....People hate Frodo....???? *lip wobbles* .............I have a hard time with that, man. *sniff* I'd have to steel myself & shut off some major emotional valves to fully get that, I think. Then again, Harry-hate makes me want to hide too, and Harry's not even really 'heroic' (yet) or all that nice/noble/etc.... Wah.
I know. Frodo-hate hurts! There's that one letter, I think, that somebody wrote to Tolkien all about how he should be executed! Tolkien was like, "Errr...meep!" I think. With Harry I think I feel like, well, he's been hated a lot in his life so he can take it. He'll just hate right back, at least. But when it comes to Frodo I really can understand how people feel hurt themselves when people don't like a character. Or get really angry when you hear some idiot completely misunderstanding the character and daring to insult him because of it!>:-O
Anyway, your ability to see people in an even light is one of the (many) things that make me proud to know you, man. I'm just sort of like, reassured by your sanity, if that makes sense~:)
Hee.:-D Well, of course in my own lj I always sound sane. It's those other people who have these problems, not me! Um, well, maybe it's sometimes me too. I've been known to go on a tear about characters too. It's just usually when some intelligent person argues with me they always make sense and then I have to see where they're coming from! It's easier to hold onto your own biases when you're arguing with somebody's who's just...wrong, you know? Like, when somebody defends the character to the point where it's absurd then you can just feel like you were right after all, because you have to change the character to defend him.
Though honestly, there -are- trends as to what kind of people will like certain kinds of characters-- about as much as there are what sorts of people we gravitate to for friendship, though looser since you don't have to be able to tolerate a character in real life. However, there's a rift between people who do and do not perceive characters the way they would real life people.
Oh, totally--I remember in XF it was like a farce the way Mulderists had one sort of personality and Scullyists had another and we drove each other crazy. We completely pushed each other's buttons a lot of the time. And then there was also the thing with people who see characters like real people and those who don't, definitely. Fictional characters are just so much more complicated! Sometimes they're like real people, sometimes they're not.
Heheh I've actually never seen you be angry (well-- in an obvious way, I think I can kind of tell how you feel these days but it's not-- uh-- well anyway usually not prominent in meta posts one way or the other). Ahahah the idea makes me laugh. Man, judgmental people. =;
LOL! Now I'm totally intrigued with my subtle anger.:-D
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I know. Frodo-hate hurts! There's that one letter, I think, that somebody wrote to Tolkien all about how he should be executed! Tolkien was like, "Errr...meep!" I think. With Harry I think I feel like, well, he's been hated a lot in his life so he can take it. He'll just hate right back, at least. But when it comes to Frodo I really can understand how people feel hurt themselves when people don't like a character. Or get really angry when you hear some idiot completely misunderstanding the character and daring to insult him because of it!>:-O
Anyway, your ability to see people in an even light is one of the (many) things that make me proud to know you, man. I'm just sort of like, reassured by your sanity, if that makes sense~:)
Hee.:-D Well, of course in my own lj I always sound sane. It's those other people who have these problems, not me! Um, well, maybe it's sometimes me too. I've been known to go on a tear about characters too. It's just usually when some intelligent person argues with me they always make sense and then I have to see where they're coming from! It's easier to hold onto your own biases when you're arguing with somebody's who's just...wrong, you know? Like, when somebody defends the character to the point where it's absurd then you can just feel like you were right after all, because you have to change the character to defend him.
Though honestly, there -are- trends as to what kind of people will like certain kinds of characters-- about as much as there are what sorts of people we gravitate to for friendship, though looser since you don't have to be able to tolerate a character in real life. However, there's a rift between people who do and do not perceive characters the way they would real life people.
Oh, totally--I remember in XF it was like a farce the way Mulderists had one sort of personality and Scullyists had another and we drove each other crazy. We completely pushed each other's buttons a lot of the time. And then there was also the thing with people who see characters like real people and those who don't, definitely. Fictional characters are just so much more complicated! Sometimes they're like real people, sometimes they're not.
Heheh I've actually never seen you be angry (well-- in an obvious way, I think I can kind of tell how you feel these days but it's not-- uh-- well anyway usually not prominent in meta posts one way or the other). Ahahah the idea makes me laugh. Man, judgmental people. =;
LOL! Now I'm totally intrigued with my subtle anger.:-D