Talk:Yui Komori/@comment-77.202.102.123-20141114202948

I still find it hard to understand why someone would hate a fictional character just because it doesn’t fit their cookie-cutter demands. IT’S A FICTIONAL CHARACTER. I have my preferences but I accept EACH DAMN WOMAN/CHARACTER FOR WHO THEY ARE. Because I sure as hell am not the same kind of person as my friends, family, or any other stranger on the street.

One of my favorite remarks by someone regarding otome MC hate was that when you hate on a fictional female MC (I’m narrowing it down to otome games because that’s the current topic) you’re essentially hating on SOMEONE VERY REAL IN THE WORLD who likely associates with that character on a very deep level. When you point out and pick at those “flaws” (or as I like to call “glistening golden differences”) you’re literally picking/bullying on someone who LOVES that character/type!!

Having your own opinions, and dislikes, for a character/type is FINE. Sadly not the entire world loves everyone else in it, for their own reasons of course, but it doesn’t mean we have to rant and rave about it to everyone else because we’re so upset. Finding someone else who shares your opinions is great, and you can all converse about it but please try to remember that the writers, artists, producers, players, and fans who RESPECT the game and it’s contents, would very much like you to remember some common courtesy.

Everyone’s so quick to hate on fictional characters because they essentially can’t defend themselves. It’s like bullying but not directed AT THE PERSON themselves, but AT THE PERSON’S FRIENDS/FANS who have to witness it and that bothers me. More often than not, these characters were not written to be HATED by people. They were written to be relatable, understood, and VARIED much like the wide range of people who populate the planet. It’s strange that these are romance (more often than not) games and we’re so bent on hate/bullying much like the typical “bad” characters in the very games themselves. We say the same things as those dark side-characters “You don’t deserve him!” “I’m better suited to him than you!” “GO AWAY!” and I’m just sitting here shaking my head thinking perhaps every otome game writer is aware of all this unseen hatred of rivals in love (ie: the MC vs players) that they wrote them in as tribute? I dunno, I just find it ironic I guess.

I’m…. just gonna go back to eating my lunch now.