#leaving this up for historical purposes but im removing the main tags

[another-au-in-time]

HI everybody apologies again for inactivity but I saw a post today that kinda made me Hmmmm

Some people in the fandom are frustrated with Snatcher's overwhelming popularity and characterization as The Dadtcher, yet again, citing his voice lines and all the times he's tried to kill Hat Kid in canon

Listen y'all

Is Snatcher a good person? No! Of course not! He's a villain! He eats people's souls! He has outright admitted to murder! The ENTIRETY of the Death Wishes part of Seal the Deal was Snatcher trying to kill Hat Kid!

However

You can acknowledge how evil and terrible a character is without condoning their actions. I feel like a LOT of people, in a LOT of fandoms, don't think about this at all

Snatcher is a villain. A tragic villain, but a villain. He isn't without his sins. His actions and canon characterization should absolutely be acknowledged. He doesn't deserve a shred of pity if we're being completely honest. He doesn't deserve a redemption arc. But fandoms will do what they do. They'll give him a redemption arc, they'll make AU's, they'll change his character into whatever they want because it's fun. They're having harmless fun. Stop being upset at others for having fun just because you don't like the same character

I am SO tired of seeing everybody argue over Snatcher being popular and being the fandom favorite and being fluffed up as some uwu soft sad twink whose story is one big sappy travesty. I understand it's frustrating seeing so much content for a character you dislike. But repeatedly complaining about it will not change anything. Making people feel guilty for liking a villain character will not change anything

Personally, Snatcher is my favorite because he's purple (my favorite color) and has a silly jack-o'-lantern face. I like his design, I like his story, I like his character. It appeals to me. Does that make me a bad person for it? Or ignorant to what he's done in canon? No! And I will not feel guilty about it either just because some people disagree

I like the Dadtcher trope because it's fun and I like the family dynamic. Realistically, would Snatcher ever adopt Hat Kid? Of course not! But that isn't going to stop me from liking the idea because I enjoy it. It makes ME happy

The discourse in this fandom is ridiculous. Unless someone is a pedophile or causing real, serious, harmful problems. Now I'm sorry there's not as much content of the other characters as a lot of people would like, as a content creator in the AHiT fandom I could contribute a little more. But I'm also not obligated to. Nobody is

Y'all need to get over the dumb Snatcher issue and make the content for the characters you want to see more of. Pretty sure I've said this before on an earlier post. I do it myself in other fandoms for stuff I want to see, you might have to too. Stop being so cranky and go have fun gosh darn it

Life is too short to be mad about a stupid purple ghost you guys