#but novel fans who tend to be the most virulent haters dont bring the changes into account

[llycaons]

jc is so. I’ve been in online fan spaces for 12 years and counting and I’ve never seen fans react to any character as divisively as they do to jc. just the most wild readings from both sides, people making an identity out of hating him or of claiming he never did anything wrong, THE most lengthy and bitter arguments I’ve ever seen on here, accusations of abuse apologism and of cultural illiteracy, interpretations on both sides that make literally zero sense, contradict canon, and are based on nothing but wishful thinking and an active imagination, overbearingly smug text posts implying the reader is deeply stupid for daring to disagree with the op ...something was in the water because when they made him because he REALLY makes people feel some kind of way

#re: the above. nothing related to what I've reblogged recently this is a trend I've seen for years #and there are also like...people who both dislike him and like him who get the situation and get the nuances and have critical thinking skil #there's no right answer here I like blogs on both sides I they they both make points #obvs you can feel any way you want about him #but the extremists are SO insane. it's like they're talking about two different characters in every possible way #the fans annoy me more because I feel like they misread things intentionally more often but I feel like the dedicated haters #just don't bring a lot of context into it and always read him in the most uncharitable light #...this is probably bc of what the drama did as I said before. the vagueness _ emotional performance really sold a lot of ppl #even though his actions were still pretty bad #but novel fans who tend to be the most virulent haters dont bring the changes into account #when in fact hes quite different in the book vs drams #cql txp