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starbuck · 7 days ago

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i truly do not believe in hating characters (they are simply fulfilling their narrative purpose, leave them alone), but i also find it fun to figure out which character i’m the most upset with in a given piece of media and i’ve found one for the show i’m watching… he’s not even top 5 in the rankings of characters who have done the worst shit but, even still, he is not forgiven and he will not see the light of heaven.

#gaslighting in media is hilarious except when it ISN’T #the show BARELY touches on this too - it’s truly soooooo unimportant #but it makes me sooooooooo upset - i just hate seeing people be taken advantage of #it’s a much more subtle form of cruelty… the lies and manipulation and making them feel like you’re the only person they can rely on #when they’re already broken and vulnerable and are easier to control #and that’s in a sense more fucked up to me than the more direct forms of cruelty that other characters engage in #that being said - i don’t actually HATE the character that does this because he is not real #but i would love to explore the fucked up elements of that dynamic more…#if only i remembered how to write his voice #he’s in the show so little i’d have to go back and rewatch like one scene lmaoooo #half-tempted to write a little fic in what i remember of his voice and then fix it later #bc i’m pretty confident that i could do the other characters’ voice #i just think it would be fun to talk about bc like.#i don’t think HE thinks he’s doing anything bad #i think there’s probably an intriguing blend of patronizing dehumanization going on there #worth thinking about… worth discussing

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