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KH Public Service Announcementby *alyssafew

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Character bashing is a huge, huge turn-off for me, no matter what the character. I've actually been known to like characters more after seeing them bashed, because I end up feeling sorry for them.

Look, it's not the end of the world if you can't stand a character. Really. We can still be friends. Just have a little respect for them, even if you don't like them, okay? A character never did anything to you.

(If you agree, please feel free to spread this around.)

(Sorry if this hit your devwatch twice. I changed my mind about the preview and couldn't see how to fix it except by deleting the deviation.

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Edit: Holy crap, you guys. I've been trying to respond to all comments on this one because it's that important to me, but y'all just keep coming! I can't keep up!

I'm really glad this is being so well-received, and I very much appreciate all your comments, even if I can't respond to them all.

~Sonicno1fanatic Mar 4, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Well said.

*sweetsweetsunshines Mar 3, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Awesome, I for one love Kairi and agree that bashing usually makes me pity characters more

~gambzilla Jul 17, 2012

FUCK YEAH! SO MUCH WIN!

~fantasyfan1999 Oct 26, 2011 Hobbyist Writer

I'm not a big fan Kairi, so instead of bashing her, I just don't add her in a story unless it's absolutely necessary.

~animaillady32 May 26, 2011

Glad I found somone who hates character blashing as much as me I mean seriesy even if I hate a character I still wish haters would cut them some slack.

~NightsideHaven Mar 17, 2011

I kind of love you right now.

See, Kairi-bash is one of the many, many reasons I decided to take a huge step out of fandom. I think it's terrible to desecrate and warp perfectly good characters just for the sake of your petty dislikes or your fangirlish dreams of RiSo buttsex. If you don't like her, fine. Don't abuse her character and abuse others by making THEM hate her. It makes me cry sometimes to see how far my fandom can sink.

Then I see this, and it makes my day a little brighter

thank you.

*Miscomunication Feb 14, 2011 Student Traditional Artist

I am getting a little sick of the Kairi bashing
I've read a lot of fanfics where she's a bitch, but it normally isn't to do with the main KH story or anything like that so it's alright i guess
but everywhere else
damn
>.>
aww well, guess you gotta hate somebody

*alyssafew May 18, 2011 Digital Artist

Ain't /gotta/ hate nobody. We can grow past our ingrained bullshit tribalism that leads us to make certain people "other". And we can definitely stop projecting it on innocent fictional characters.

*firm nod, steps off soapbox*

Anyway. XD

*Miscomunication May 19, 2011 Student Traditional Artist

haha thats true I guess XD

now what? XD

~Xarti Jan 9, 2011

After thinking about it for so long (and poking around TV Tropes), I concluded that we the audience have gotten so used to stereotypes that any one character that's different than what we are used to gets bashed because they don't fit. Another conclusion is that boys got centuries of stories to be developed, they can be whimps, the strong guy, etc. But with girls making them 3-dimensional can take some getting used to. Lastly, jealous teen girls who don't have lives and too much free time on their hands.

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