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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-09-25 06:56 pm

[ SECRET POST #2093 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2093 ⌋

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Re: Other OP

[personal profile] ellie_oops 2012-09-26 10:31 am (UTC)(link)
But it's comparing apples to oranges really. Two different shows, two different mythologies, two different fanbases. Yes, people like Eric or Spike because they have little bits of character that make them enjoyable. Things that make them sympathetic, sexy, funny, likable, whatever; it is purposefully done by the showrunners so that viewers will love to hate them.

Gilligan is purposefully writing Walt to go on this moral and ethical decline. Where everything that used to be "sympathetic" about him is being eroded away with each episode. Yes, in early seasons, people felt bad for him; a guy in a desperate situation who resorts to desperate measures. However, as time goes on, that sympathy gets washed away. So much in fact that when you rewatch earlier episodes, you actually view him differently and react differently to his choices.

Re: Other OP

[personal profile] agnes_bean 2012-09-26 11:55 am (UTC)(link)
+1000

I'm inconsistent about which morally-terrible characters I do/don't like -- my feelings are normally influenced pretty heavily by idiosyncratic things like exactly what their motivations are, how well I respond to the actor, etc -- so in general I find "People like X but not Y, that's wrong!" an invalid complaint that overlooks the power of specifics.

But at least when you're complaining within a single story or even genre there's SOME common basis of comparison, and I can see why it would be annoying to see villain A based while villain B is loved, or whatever. But True Blood vs. Breaking Bad? Not exactly the same kind of narrative happening!