Intro.

[kankurette]

So I was reading the archives of this comm and noticed quite a few members posting their favourite hated characters. Here are mine. The main fandoms are Naruto, Bleach and Sailor Moon (I love the Harry Potter books, but never got involved in fandom because I was too scared).

Comments

[crystaldawn]

I thought before I read the series that I wouldn't like her, but I remember making it through volume one and turning to my roommate (who got me into the series) and going "Why do people hate her? She's amazing!" It wasn't until I really starting seeing the bashing in fandom that my brain absolutely broke. Some of these people go to ridiculous lengths over her, and for what? It doesn't validate any ship to bash a completely random third party.

And god yes, agreed on Hachi. He's adorable, even moreso because he's this big, portly fatherly figure. I don't think the Vizards get enough love from fandom in general, which is a tragedy, because they're all great characters. It made me so sad to see people cheering when Hiyori got cut in half and Mashiro got beaten to a pulp.

And hey, when you take the piss out of someone, it's at least funny and doesn't feel like bashing. There's plenty to make fun of for every character and keep a good sense of humor about it - Byakuya especially lends himself easily to it, since he's so stoic. Hell, the omake themselves frequently take the piss out of him.

And in all honesty, the only reason I could never bring myself to ship IchiRuki was because of Renji. It's like, I would try and then I would feel too bad for him and give up.

And I know, right? To be fair, Hime's been a bit off-model in the weirdest way this season so that she does look a bit on the hefty side, but uhh. This is anime, people. None of these characters are fat (except Hachi, but then he's mostly just perfectly, symmetrically round).