Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-77.202.110.65-20141102105434

all the Yui bashing, and heroine hate/erasure in general, is getting really old. For the record, I don’t even care if someone dislikes Yui. I mean, I’d love to see everyone appreciate her because I think she’s a sweetheart who’s clever, brave, strong, and admirable, but that’s just me. No character is everybody’s cup of tea, and that’s fine. Maybe, for example, somebody does prefer heroines with fierier personalities. That’s okay! You just have to accept that 1) Diabolik Lovers couldn’t work with a heroine who is too rebellious against the vamps because that would get her killed and then we’d have no story, 2) not finding appeal in a character doesn’t automatically make them poorly designed or written. Or maybe you’re really into self-inserting and you’d prefer to pretend that it’s you with the vamps rather than Yui, that’s okay too! As long as you have rational reasons behind your feelings and you show respect to those who feel differently, go ahead and dislike or ignore Yui! What you can’t do is bash Yui for “reasons” that have no basis in truth. Calling her a “slut” or “whore”, saying that she has no personality, that she doesn’t fight back, that she’s dumb, so on and so forth, these common complaints do not align with canon at all (that is, what’s in the games and drama CDs and other media). Heck, even if we limited our scope to the anime alone, seeing as some fans have not been exposed to anything related to Diabolik Lovers but that, you still can’t make those claims. I can’t say I know why any one individual perpetuates these lies. Jealousy? Internalized misogyny? Poor comprehension of the material? I don’t know. I simply ask those who do dislike Yui to take a second to think about why. Is it just a matter of personal preferences, or do you have to conjure up lies and spread hate in a vain attempt to justify to yourself why you feel the way you do? Because if you’re doing the latter, I guarantee you that you’re not doing yourself or the fandom any favors. 