hating characters: why it's okay to bash

Was just having a discussion on yma2's journal, concerning something I've often seen debated before: the issue of character hating and character bashing. And the question was posed of why fans do it at all.

The thing is, I don't character bash often myself, but there's been a few chars I've hated enough to appreciate the feeling. And I'm in defense of any fan activity that doesn't hurt people. Char bashing in fanfic is usually OOC, and can ruin my enjoyment of an otherwise fine story, but hey, if it's what you enjoy doing, knock yourself out. The characters are fictional; they can take it! But even beyond this, I think that character bashing is a perfectly reasonable, understandable form of fanning.

( in defense of hating characters )

sv/ss fic, part 2

It continues! Sorry for the delay; it's written, but it takes me forever to edit drafts of multiparters. I always poke and prod and rethink phrasing. At any rate, I was most gratified at the reception to the previous opening. This won't be a terribly long fic - five or six parts total, I think. Oh, and it's still a comedy. Pretty much.

PG, futurefic; Smallville/Static Shock crossover, a couple mentions of Justice League

Read it on AO3