Hah, YES! Villain and Heroes all need individually tailored love!
I'm really glad I found this essay of yours because I've been thinking on a variation of it all day. And, like most of my fannish musings that aren't Kieron Gillen's fault, this lot belongs to Legend of Korra.
I don't know if you watch this or not but episode 9 came out about 24 hours ago and I found myself in the bizzare position of well and truly cheering on every single character in this show simultaneously. Minor Villain, Hero, Big Bad, Big Bad's Lieutenant, Hero's 5 man band of epic, characters that are long dead, the bloody works.
I honestly didn't know I could contain that many emotions at once. (FYKorra!)
It's like every single character has had a very raw deal shoved in their faces in the 23 minute time frame and every single one of them handles it LIKE A BOSS in their own special way that is just so perfect for them. Even if they screw up they screw up in a magnificent manner.
What I am actually trying to say is that I agree with what you just said about holding characters to the standards of their own morality and judging them based on that (And Siege!Loki? Brilliant!) and somehow turned an example into gushing.
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I'm really glad I found this essay of yours because I've been thinking on a variation of it all day. And, like most of my fannish musings that aren't Kieron Gillen's fault, this lot belongs to Legend of Korra.
I don't know if you watch this or not but episode 9 came out about 24 hours ago and I found myself in the bizzare position of well and truly cheering on every single character in this show simultaneously. Minor Villain, Hero, Big Bad, Big Bad's Lieutenant, Hero's 5 man band of epic, characters that are long dead, the bloody works.
I honestly didn't know I could contain that many emotions at once. (FYKorra!)
It's like every single character has had a very raw deal shoved in their faces in the 23 minute time frame and every single one of them handles it LIKE A BOSS in their own special way that is just so perfect for them. Even if they screw up they screw up in a magnificent manner.
What I am actually trying to say is that I agree with what you just said about holding characters to the standards of their own morality and judging them based on that (And Siege!Loki? Brilliant!) and somehow turned an example into gushing.
So..sorry. And thank you! ^-^