I know better than to go over there, or I would end up screaming.
I have a feeling the fandom would find a cute little pair of leather pants to fit Prince Azul. He never beats his victims, you see, so it can't be abuse, and the people who don't like him don't understaaaaaaaaaaaaaand! (Plus the number of people who suffer under the delusion that Heathcliff the puppy-killer is a romantic hero... Don't get me started.)
I think one of the problems is that they only see their favorite character and what effects her while minimizing her faults to the point where they seem to think she was okay offscreen, They don't seem to consider how her behavior effects other people who are powerless to do something or even to just leave.
Quoted for truth. I'm pretty sure this is behind every case of leather pantsing in every fandom.
About being brave, it's strange, but my stalkers both did so much to make me feel like a coward, and like I was the one in the wrong, that as much as Azula reminded me of my first stalker, seeing her as the villain, acknowledged as a villain by almost everybody, and as one of the most terrifying villains, was wonderful. And her "friends" leaving her was shown as a moment of triumph, instead of the moment of cowardice I had always secretly believed my own escape was. I'm not sure I would call myself brave, but I'm coming to realize I'm not a coward, and I'm not weak.
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Date: 2012-09-06 04:16 am (UTC)I have a feeling the fandom would find a cute little pair of leather pants to fit Prince Azul. He never beats his victims, you see, so it can't be abuse, and the people who don't like him don't understaaaaaaaaaaaaaand! (Plus the number of people who suffer under the delusion that Heathcliff the puppy-killer is a romantic hero... Don't get me started.)
I think one of the problems is that they only see their favorite character and what effects her while minimizing her faults to the point where they seem to think she was okay offscreen, They don't seem to consider how her behavior effects other people who are powerless to do something or even to just leave.
Quoted for truth. I'm pretty sure this is behind every case of leather pantsing in every fandom.
About being brave, it's strange, but my stalkers both did so much to make me feel like a coward, and like I was the one in the wrong, that as much as Azula reminded me of my first stalker, seeing her as the villain, acknowledged as a villain by almost everybody, and as one of the most terrifying villains, was wonderful. And her "friends" leaving her was shown as a moment of triumph, instead of the moment of cowardice I had always secretly believed my own escape was. I'm not sure I would call myself brave, but I'm coming to realize I'm not a coward, and I'm not weak.