#whlie she is like 'you are great now kill some childern' in P1

[2ofswords]

Let me talk about a frustrating fandom behavior I started to call "The Capella-Effect". It shows up when a character's morality gets based on how mean they are to the main character or how much their behaviour criticizes the main character's actions.

And it get's waaaay more aggregious when the offending character is either a woman or a POC or both. Because they are often already seen as subservient to the plot and the main character (especially if that character is white and/or male). People get soooo offended when they cross the main guy. It's personal. Everyone else can get excused for whatever they do but criticize the main guy (or - god forbid- betray them) is a crime that can never be forgiven! The reason for it barely matters and how sensible it is from the "offender's" perspective, what does matter is that the main character is inconvenienced and sad about it.

I've seen entire tier lists that can basically be summarized by "how nice the character is to the main character". And that doesn't mean btw, how much pain the character cause but specifically how much they disrespect or are rude to the main character. It's not a scale of morality but how difficult they make it for the consumer to relate to the main character and feel their power fantasy without being inconvenienced by other people's opinions.