special-agent-tits-akimbo:

mastreworld:

abigailnussbaum:

xekstrin:

“Why do you like the villains when they did terrible things but dislike the heroes for doing annoying things”

because this is fiction and im here to be entertained; being annoying and unlikeable IS a much, much graver sin than any fictional atrocity any villain commits

Also, when bad characters do terrible things, it’s usually highlighted and signposted by the narrative.  When the heroes do annoying – and, sometimes, also terrible – things, the narrative usually intends me to ignore it, or think that those terrible things are actually cool and justified.

I don’t need to disapprove of the villains because the narrative is doing it for me.  But when I have to read against the text to disapprove of the shitty stuff the heroes get away with, that’s more work and, more importantly, frustrating and unrewarding work, because you know there’s never going to be any comeuppance for these characters.  Which makes it ten times as annoying.

This, this, this cannot be said enough. When the “hero” (and the people supporting them) blatantly gets away with doing bad stuff, while the villain gets put down for literally everything, it’s too close to real life for me. It’s just not fun anymore. 

I don’t need a stalwart hero who can do no wrong, but when they fuck up very badly I DO want to see them get held accountable