Personally I said that because the gag that *always* comes up with this character is her hitting another character in/over the head with something [or threatening to do so] - it hit way too close to home with my experiences in an abusive relationship, particularly because her major ship was with the character she was doing this too.

It might be a fandom thing with this character [she is something of a fandom darling, or was at the time] since I've seen the same thing happen with someone simply saying 'Something about her just rubs me the wrong way', or even just 'I don't really care for her.' No gross comment needed.