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Wich fictional character is unfairly hated by the public ? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Merlu@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

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In my opinion, Abby from TLOU 2. During the first part of the game, she is portrayed as the bad girl, but when she become the playable character, you understand that she isn't:

-Her father and friends were unnecessarly killed.
-She became pariah from her clan when she saved a member of a rival clan.
-She have been harschly tortured.
-She spared Ellie despite having occasions to kill her for understandable reasons.

I don't get why many players didn't changed their minds at the second part of the game, it's so obvious that the real bad people are Ellie and Joël. Theres no problem about having sympathy for bad guys, but you must keep your critical mind.

And what infuriates me is that people even harassed the voice actress because of what her character did. Come on, guys !

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[–] Cat@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Jar Jar Binks was not a bad "person" in Star Wars but was a hated character. He was one of the nicest good guys.

The actor who played Jar Jar Binks, Ahmed Best, said that the widespread criticism of his character had led to him considering suicide.

[–] Merlu@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can understand that people doesn't like the character (honestly, i think he is a bit irritating), the problem is that too many people are treating Star Wars as a religion, and a simply annoying character as a blasphemy.

[–] Itty53@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I'm gonna go ahead and say there's a legitimate argument to make that star wars is a religious or spiritual endeavor for at least a fraction of the fans.

[–] NotTheOnlyGamer@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I hate how the Star Wars fandom responded to Ep 1. Ahmed Best & Jake Lloyd deserved so much better. Lucas did nothing to protect them, either.

[–] Remillard@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I hate how the Star Wars fans respond to PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING. I was the biggest Star Wars geek as a kid; it was THE thing I collected and played with extensively. As many characters as I could get, ships. Made my own stuff. Generally freaking appalled at everyone's behavior since then.

[–] Ganondorf@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Star Wars has the most toxic fan base, but that first place position is possibly shared with video game players.

[–] NotTheOnlyGamer@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What about Star Wars gamers?

[–] Ganondorf@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Star Wars gamers are the singularities found at the center of most galaxies: giant black holes formed of hatred, misogyny, chip crums and neck pubes.

[–] NotTheOnlyGamer@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Geez, that's an awful image. And here I used to like Star Wars Racer. And the Rogue Squadron trilogy.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago

I just read about Jake Lloyd's life and damn, he doesn't have it easy. He has paranoid schizophrenia and was in prison.

[–] harmonea@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The actor who played Jar Jar Binks, Ahmed Best, said that the widespread criticism of his character had led to him considering suicide.

While this is absolutely sad and I hope he's healed past this, I feel like it's also strange? No actor is ever going to play only beloved characters. Many are neutral side characters or even villains, meant to be hated. As long as the hate didn't bleed through into real life, why internalize anger that's really directed at the writers for creating such an annoyance of a character?

[–] optissima@possumpat.io 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He got lots of hatemail directed at him, not JarJar

[–] harmonea@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Well, I did say

As long as the hate didn't bleed through into real life

I suppose the person I quoted misrepresented the reason the actor took it so personally. It's not "people didn't like my character," it's "a few people are assholes who can't separate fiction from reality."

[–] xc2215x@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

That is really sad to hear.