#we’re straight up reverting back to like. fuckin puritan beliefs istg

[autism-swagger]

I hate the idea that you’re only allowed to like villains that have been redeemed, and if you like villains that don’t join the hero’s in the end, then you’re a bad person. We need to reject the notion that villains have to be redeemed or have some sort of tragic backstory to it to be acceptable to like them. Anti-intellectualism has been on the rise lately (especially on tiktok, oh my god), and nobody has any nuance or media literacy anymore.

#this is inspired by the new ao3 tag ‘author is a Tyler Galpin apologist’ #I am of the belief that if you like a character that is a bad person then you should embrace it yknow? #also in regards to the no nuance thing: people have reached the point where they genuinely think that if a piece of media does not #explicitly condemn bad behavior then they must be condoning it #it’s so stupid #seen multiple people say that the book Lolita condones pedophila #and that if you enjoy it so do you #as if the main character is not an unreliable narrator that we are seeing the perspective of!! #media should not have to explicitly spell things out for people to get it #I think there should be a mandatory media literacy class in every school #we’re straight up reverting back to like. fuckin puritan beliefs istg #you’re not allowed to have any kind of gray areas anymore it all has to be black and white. bc people are fucking /stupid/ #I miss when villains were allowed to just be evil #can we bring that back please