I absolutely agree, but I also think that most character-hatred is actually fandom-induced (or that's my personal experience). You see it in the polarization between Weasley-fans/Malfoy-fan, Black-fans/Snape-fans and so on, and I think that it's the product of these conversation which probably *initially* start as "omg, that argument between x and x was so intense, but I kinda think x went to far" "blasphemer! x was being too kind!" Non-fandoms fans never seem to have the intensity of hatred/love that fandom ones do, and I think a lot of that is the byproduct of mere discussion.
And, of course, it leaves me wondering what the place is for someone who fundamentally disagrees with the fans of a character on interpretation (enough to hate the fanon version of the character) but actually likes said character. Not to be too vague or general, I'm actually talking about Hermione here, but I've experienced it in nearly every fandom I've been in.
It sometimes seems that factions are very single-minded in interpretation -- not to mention stereotyping the other side. You bring up the example of a person regarding Snape as a bitter man who bullies eleven year old as the *anti*-Snape position. I think that's absolutely true, and really don't feel any need to sugar coat it or mitigate it, but I also love Snape (obviously because I think there are more angles to him than that of a mere bully).
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Date: 2004-08-31 02:50 pm (UTC)And, of course, it leaves me wondering what the place is for someone who fundamentally disagrees with the fans of a character on interpretation (enough to hate the fanon version of the character) but actually likes said character. Not to be too vague or general, I'm actually talking about Hermione here, but I've experienced it in nearly every fandom I've been in.
It sometimes seems that factions are very single-minded in interpretation -- not to mention stereotyping the other side. You bring up the example of a person regarding Snape as a bitter man who bullies eleven year old as the *anti*-Snape position. I think that's absolutely true, and really don't feel any need to sugar coat it or mitigate it, but I also love Snape (obviously because I think there are more angles to him than that of a mere bully).