Oh Internet, You and Me Are Gonna Be Enemies Forever Aren't We?
I got sucked down the YouTube wormhole tonight and ended up watching a bunch of "Most Hated Anime Characters" videos by people. Besides the one retard whose qualifications for not liking characters were along the lines of "this Japanese girl can't accept generosity!" and "Why Japanese girl no get fat when eat taiyaki?", it seems like most people's problem with characters is moral dissonance...which I find odd. I hate characters that are annoying and/or overrated (Roy Mustang, Sasuke, Ash Ketchum etc.); these people apparently want to take issue with the fact that some characters do bad things, which is especially retarded when you consider that half of them are FUCKING VILLIANS.
But what really annoys me is how many people hate on Light from Death Note. It's not Light, because I'm not really fond of him either and I can see why you'd hate a sociopathic pretty boy who seems to always get his way, but the thing that rubs me the wrong way is how L gets a free pass. Despite that I can find people who align with my Near abhorrence and (more rarely) that of Mellow, it appears that there is literally no L hate on the internet. None. Even people who can't stand Death Note as a series leave him alone.
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
He's a giant, obnoxious Gary Stu, people! "Oh hurr durr...I solve crimes cause I'm super smart like that, for no discernible reason! Derpa derp...I sit like a retard and gorge myself on sugar...doesn't that make me INTERESTING and DEEP?" He's fucking Juno with (presumably) a dick and a career as Sherlock Holmes, with a nice side of John Mayer's fucking eye bags.
But he's SO HOT and SO KEWL and SO CLEARLY HOMOSEXUAL that he gets away with being a terribly written character that makes me want Light to win. THE FUCKING GOOD GUYS IN DEATH NOTE ARE SO FUCKING ANNOYING (the police aside) THAT I WANT LIGHT TO WIN.
If you must make everything about psychology though, how do people relate to a character like L? He doesn't act like a human. At least Light begins with the understandable goal to bring justice to those who are getting away with evil and spirals out of control from there...L's got nothing. What, you bond over his brooding looks and love of confectioneries? Over the fact that you think you're a special snowflake too?
I hate L, and I think he's a horrible character. Fuck you, internet.
Finally: to the dickwad at Game Informer who said that Banjo and Kazooie weren't relevant icons ten years ago and shouldn't have a revival, up yours. Sorry that they don't cater to the super masculine, personality lacking space marines of today. You're right, we've gone in such a positive direction.
But what really annoys me is how many people hate on Light from Death Note. It's not Light, because I'm not really fond of him either and I can see why you'd hate a sociopathic pretty boy who seems to always get his way, but the thing that rubs me the wrong way is how L gets a free pass. Despite that I can find people who align with my Near abhorrence and (more rarely) that of Mellow, it appears that there is literally no L hate on the internet. None. Even people who can't stand Death Note as a series leave him alone.
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
He's a giant, obnoxious Gary Stu, people! "Oh hurr durr...I solve crimes cause I'm super smart like that, for no discernible reason! Derpa derp...I sit like a retard and gorge myself on sugar...doesn't that make me INTERESTING and DEEP?" He's fucking Juno with (presumably) a dick and a career as Sherlock Holmes, with a nice side of John Mayer's fucking eye bags.
But he's SO HOT and SO KEWL and SO CLEARLY HOMOSEXUAL that he gets away with being a terribly written character that makes me want Light to win. THE FUCKING GOOD GUYS IN DEATH NOTE ARE SO FUCKING ANNOYING (the police aside) THAT I WANT LIGHT TO WIN.
If you must make everything about psychology though, how do people relate to a character like L? He doesn't act like a human. At least Light begins with the understandable goal to bring justice to those who are getting away with evil and spirals out of control from there...L's got nothing. What, you bond over his brooding looks and love of confectioneries? Over the fact that you think you're a special snowflake too?
I hate L, and I think he's a horrible character. Fuck you, internet.
Finally: to the dickwad at Game Informer who said that Banjo and Kazooie weren't relevant icons ten years ago and shouldn't have a revival, up yours. Sorry that they don't cater to the super masculine, personality lacking space marines of today. You're right, we've gone in such a positive direction.