[ SECRET POST #5847 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5847 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Okay but why is the default hatred (and misogyny)? You know why that character was added... just ignore her if your focus is the thinly veiled BL?

[(Anonymous)]

Given that, yes, sometime female LI characters can be badly written, so not all of the dislike is inappropriate story-wise...

I'd say there's an aspect of basic ship wars about it. The Girl is getting in the way of the ship that a particular viewer wants to see, she takes up screentime that could be devoted to the Favoured Ship, her presence implies one half of the Favoured Ship might be Unfaithful to his True Love. Also, some viewers have issues with Media Femininity (and I can't say that I don't tbh) and take it out on The Girl.

And it's a bit sad, because the presence of a third party, either as a friend or as a destabilising influence on the romance, can make for some really interesting story-telling. Dismissing a character out of hand when a fic-writer could be exploring their I Wants and personal story arc and their effect on other characters is, it's just a little boring. I mean, write the fic that makes you happy, yeah? But I tend to find it boring to read.

[(Anonymous)]

Because we see the same horrible non-character over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over......

[(Anonymous)]

Because you pigeon-hole anyone with tits as 'bland' or 'bitch'?

[(Anonymous)]

... You don't know me. Maybe stop being an asshole?

I crave relatable female characters and we're finally starting to get them. Doesn't mean I don't have a kneejerk reaction after decades of the One Girl character appearing in everything.

[(Anonymous)]

Because the audience is fucking tired of the blatant homophobia displayed and the way stories they like get changed to appease censors and the characters are usually terribly written as well. I'd wager most of the hate isn't even about the characters themselves but about the simple issue that they were supposedly necessary to avoid the drama getting nuked.