And to ramble/play devil's advocate here, this applies to pairings themselves. By which I mean, people are usually a little different in a relationship, and I DO think it is legit to go, 'this pairing is having a detrimental effect on this character.' For example, I have the Duncan/Veronica and Mai/Zuko pairings for the exact same reason; when it that relationship, my favorite characters started acting in ways that I hate. My loathing of those pairings has very, very little to do with the fact that it's 'getting in the way' of my OTP (note how zen I am about Kataang or Veronica/Logan, by comparison.) And I think you get in danger of having your ideas dismissed about a certain pairing if you have problems with it and it's obviously not you OTP.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I think it is really valid to hate a character because of how they effect/treat another character, you know? Like, I hated Duncan because he never stood up for Veronica and expected her to be the girl he dated prior to Lilly's and Veronica became the girl he dated prior to Lilly's death and I hated Mai because she treated Zuko horribly and Zuko turned into a pod!Prince while he was dating her.
I'm totally rambling here, but what I'm trying to get across is that hating a character because of who they are in a relationship and because of the effects of the relationship is human.
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And to ramble/play devil's advocate here, this applies to pairings themselves. By which I mean, people are usually a little different in a relationship, and I DO think it is legit to go, 'this pairing is having a detrimental effect on this character.' For example, I have the Duncan/Veronica and Mai/Zuko pairings for the exact same reason; when it that relationship, my favorite characters started acting in ways that I hate. My loathing of those pairings has very, very little to do with the fact that it's 'getting in the way' of my OTP (note how zen I am about Kataang or Veronica/Logan, by comparison.) And I think you get in danger of having your ideas dismissed about a certain pairing if you have problems with it and it's obviously not you OTP.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I think it is really valid to hate a character because of how they effect/treat another character, you know? Like, I hated Duncan because he never stood up for Veronica and expected her to be the girl he dated prior to Lilly's and Veronica became the girl he dated prior to Lilly's death and I hated Mai because she treated Zuko horribly and Zuko turned into a pod!Prince while he was dating her.
I'm totally rambling here, but what I'm trying to get across is that hating a character because of who they are in a relationship and because of the effects of the relationship is human.