#because like?? teling a FICTIONAL character to kill themselves??

[olivers-cocoapuffs]

Speaking of Jegulily, how is that Jegulily survey you posted about around a month ago coming along? Have you taken a look at the results, and if so, any interesting trends?

I’m sorry for leaving you hanging a bit, I didn’t have access to my laptop for a moment there. Thank you for asking!! I actually haven’t had a recent look at the results/trends in a week or so, but I’ll do that now.

57.7% people were cis females, 17.9% were trans mascs, 2.6% were cis males and 21.8% were none (other)

Like last time I updated, people choosing Princechaser are more likely to pick regulily as well

7/10 Dramione shippers are also James Stan’s, and choose Jily over Snily (something that surprised me)

7 people hate both ships, 5 of them being James stans and 2 being Severus stans

Two people are neutral about both ships, both of them favour Severus

The lead cause of people not liking Doechaser is because they don’t like Snily (or Sev in general)

More people are willing to look into Doechaser than Jegulily

People mainly don’t like Jegulily because they headcanon Lily as a Lesbian and Regulus as a gay man

Jegulily is more popular with newer members of the fandom

opinions that really jumped out at me are a)Jegulily is the same as Doechaser and b)Jegulily is a lazy solution to the Jily and Jegulus debate

Note: I’m not trying to say either ship is better than the other (personally I’m not a fan of either) and this is data I’ve collected from a sample size of 78. The link is here if you want to contribute your opinion (thank you to those who have done so already)

[alyceinwonderland777]

Why do I think that humanizing villains in fiction is actually a good thing

1) It makes the story more interesting. Generally speaking, a villain with depth is more interesting than a villain who is just Pure Evil. Of course I'm not discrediting villains who are just Pure Evil. One of my favorite villains is Aro Volturi and he is a very interesting character despite being a Pure Evil villain

2) It shows that anyone can hide a dark side. Even your neighbor who is always so kind and cheerful can be a piece of shit behind closed doors.

3) Dehumanizing villains is counterproductive because it's as if you're taking away their responsibility for their actions. You're basically saying, "Well they're not a human, so obviously they behaved this way." I'm sorry but that's not how it works. This argument can be made with a lion that kills a gazelle, not with, for example, a serial killer who brutally killed dozens of people. The lion kills by instinct since it has to feed itself, while the serial killer does what he does because he wants to do it. He made a plan and got the tools, which means he thought before acting, and do you know why? Because he's a person and consciously decided to be a piece of shit. He did what he did because he wanted to do it, not because he was "overwhelmed by instinct." Obviously I'm talking about cases where the serial killer was fully clear and present.

4) It shows that unresolved traumas can influence a person's life choices and therefore push them to become dangerous to themselves and others. This is absolutely not a justification, but the exact opposite. It shows that that person had a choice and chose to be a piece of shit. Explaining how a certain phenomenon works does not mean justifying it. Except in rare cases, no one wakes up one morning and is like, "Aah, today is a really good day to become a criminal." Obviously you have to be a decent writer to be able to do this. You have to arouse mixed feelings in the audience. You need to make them feel both pity and anger towards the villain, not make them believe that the villain's traumatic past justifies the villain's negative actions. DC Comics managed to do that with Harley Quinn. In the comics we clearly see that she is a victim of domestic violence, but that doesn't justify the negative things she does.

5) It shows that people aren't always black and white. A bad person can do good things from time to time but that doesn't make them any less of a bad person.

BONUS: Research shows that non-moral factors can push a person to like a certain FICTIONAL character, even if it's a villain, so no, liking villains doesn't mean supporting their actions.

That's all I had to say. I hope my post was helpful to you. Peace. ✌️❤️✨️