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Poor Asami

tari_silmarwen wrote in hated_character Apr 26, 2012 11:54

Introducing the latest victim of the Avatar fandom's massive Die For Our Ship against anyone who remotely threatens their OTP, Asami Sato.

( Cut for spoilers for the unaired fourth episode of Legend of Korra. )

character bashing, love triangles, avatar, crying "how dare she like my bishie", crying "he likes her she must die", korra, asami, die for our ship

Main Characters who are confident, capable, and female are all Mary Sues doncha know?

tari_silmarwen wrote in hated_character Mar 09, 2012 15:30

Over on Tumblr this kerfluffle went down, wherein someone calls Avatar Korra (among other leading ladies) a Mary Sue.

( Some highlights (or rather lowlights) and my rebuttals. )

hunger games, sexist bullshit, misogyny, avatar, crying "mary sue", korra, crying "spunky female = bitch", post contains spoilers, women simply can't win, crying "protagonist=sue", crying "heroine = mary sue", female characters, female = mary sue, crying "indepedant = bitch!", mary sue, "female = mary sue", katniss everdeen

"They're like, fictional characters, come ONNNNN!"

sarajayechan wrote in hated_character Oct 24, 2009 18:21

But sometimes they're not. Sometimes they're real people who actually DO have feelings, feelings that might be hurt if they saw all the vitrol being slung at them by butthurt shippers and entitled fans ( Read more... )

real people, avatar

In defense of a character you wouldn't think of as needing it

sarajayechan wrote in hated_character Oct 09, 2009 18:33

Zuko is essentially the fangirl wet dream of Avatar. Full of angst, dark and troubled past, handsome but slightly imperfect, huge woobie, badass, atoner who joins the good side, and in the eyes of many extremely shippable. His fanbase is HUGE, and it's not even just about ZOMG HOT ANGSTY GUY either. People love to laugh at his utter dorkiness and ( Read more... )

stereotyping, crying "too popular!", crying "too bishie!", avatar, male characters, crying "not manly enough!", zuko, crying "emo kid", crying "asshole!", "durrr what's character development?"

Something I forgot to address in my Katara defense essay

sarajayechan wrote in hated_character Oct 04, 2009 19:36

Why do people keep bitching about the fact that Katara didn't save Jet with her magic water? Did they not miss the part where Jet told her "don't bother I'll be fine" when she tried to heal him at all, and then when Longshot said "save yourselves, we'll take care of Jet"? Somehow it's a contrived convenience that she "lol forgot" about her magic ( Read more... )

double standard?, female characters, avatar

Suki defense

sarajayechan wrote in hated_character Aug 18, 2009 21:45

I've been wanting to do this ever since those Suki-bashing secrets on F!S popped up.

(Shipping and romance will indeed be brought up in this post. Have whatever opinions you want, but please, no wanking over Bryke's ability to do romance.)

( Cut for spoilers and length )

suki, crying "third wheel", female characters, avatar, crying "mary sue", crying "not intresting enough", crying "love intrest = bitch", die for our ship, crying "independent = bitch!", bashed characters

Katara Essay

sarajayechan wrote in hated_character May 07, 2009 21:05

So I've been analyzing Katara a bit lately. Dipping into fandumb's a bad idea, but in this case at least it fueled analysis ( Read more... )

character bashing, crying "all female mood swings are pms!", character exaggeration, essay, crying "emotional = bitchy!", female characters, avatar

(Untitled)

sarajayechan wrote in hated_character Apr 25, 2009 14:00

Surely I can't be the only one tired of the way Avatar fandom exaggerates Katara's mood swings, and annoyed by the constant 'lol Katara has teh PMS' memetic mutation. Big deal, so a girl is emotional and has mood swings. She's a damn human being ( Read more... )

crying "all female mood swings are pms!", character exaggeration, sexist bullshit, crying "emotional = bitchy!", female characters, avatar

In Defense of The Avatar

sarajayechan wrote in hated_character Apr 13, 2009 16:44

Or more specifically, Aang.

While he isn't as reviled as Ash Ketchum or Shinji Ikari in terms of male protagonists people hate, he still gets a lot of hate thrown at him, especially after the grand finale. His finishing move was a Grand Ass Pull, his angst, the fact that he gets the girl.

( Arguments against the kid, and my defenses. )

crying "not manly enough!", male characters, crying "childlike = stupid", crying "hero = gary stu!", crying "child = immature!", avatar

oh hay, random passing thought.

dawnrune wrote in hated_character Aug 29, 2008 19:20

To some Mai haters out there, not those who are simply turned off by her personality, or whatever, but Zutara/Zukaang 'shippers who hate Mai SPECIFICALLY because she got in the way of your 'ship.

( vaguely spoilery rantcakes )

bashers suck, crying "third wheel", crying "tomboy = bitch", love triangles, crying "feminine = bitch", female characters, love interest = slut, avatar, crying "love intrest = bitch", crying "reserved = bitch"