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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2016-02-13 03:37 pm

[ SECRET POST #3328 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3328 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2016-02-14 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
My experience has been just that - behavior from both sides has made it very difficult to discuss such characters without being called out as an apologist, even if you state that the character's actions were wrong and unjustified.

There are some people who say that sympathetic villains are misunderstood woobies, and others who say that they're utter monsters with no sympathetic qualities whatsoever. There's a gray area, though, as you pointed out - you can discuss a villain as a complex and even sympathetic character while understanding that their actions are wrong.
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[personal profile] darkmanifest 2016-02-14 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
That gray area is my favorite, and yet so tricky to find. It's hard to separate character discussion from personal preference, especially when discussion is always trying to make it personal, like your ideas of fictional characters somehow make you a questionable person.