We Love the Women That Fandom Hates- Day 1

[fauxkaren]

It is past midnight and thus officially September 9th which means it is the first day of the We Love the Women That Fandom Hates project. For those of you who have only watched Game of Thrones and not read A Song of Ice and Fire, the Catelyn meta today does not refer to events that happen after the first book. However, it does refer to events that

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[fauxkaren]

That's not really what the project is about though. As per the original post:

I'm tired of fandom hating awesome women. Aren't you? It's time to show the haters how we appreciate the women and that fandom doesn't have to be a place full of hatred. So I propose ONE WEEK DEDICATED TO WOMEN THE FANDOM HATES. Fest of love! Some details, I suppose, are needed.

WE LOVE THE WOMEN THAT THE FANDOM HATES

1) You choose one fictional woman that you love and against whom, at one point or another, you felt fandom hatred. It doesn't have to be a woman that majority of fans hates (Ginny Weasley, Susan Pevensie, Bela Talbot). It is enough if you read somewhere that she deserves to die because she kissed that guy and not another (Elena Gilbert) or that that bitch tries to act like a man (Kara Thrace). The sad truth is that, probably, every woman in any fandom will pass that criteria.

This isn't about having a persecution complex and arguing about which character gets the most hate. Rather, it's about accepting the fact many female characters do get hate from some corners of fandom and taking this week to celebrate women in fiction and give them the love the deserve.