tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post8380528346414395301..comments2024-03-19T07:27:06.216-04:00Comments on VOTARIES OF HORROR: Reviews That Make My Eyes Roll: Getting Mad at Imperfect CharactersKatherine Woodburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14364517253667798449noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-5607693616706729472018-06-12T12:40:51.511-04:002018-06-12T12:40:51.511-04:00What annoys me is when characters faults aren'...What annoys me is when characters faults aren't even acknowledge. Despite how he has been romanticized, Darcy's faults are acknowledge (which you pointed out in the posting.) Lizzy's faults are also acknowledge like how she was too swift to judge Darcy (though she had her reasons.) It's characters that are treated as not having their faults that gets me.<br /><br />In the character Mabel in the cartoon series Gravity Falls behaves quite selfishly, but she's actually called a saint by one of the characters in the show. There is no real acknowledgement (though there are half-hearted ones) and no real character development. There's not even a reckoning for it even though she's partially responsible for almost causing the friggin' Apocalypse in the last few episodes.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695983348254508387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-37968762007441130192018-06-11T17:45:22.914-04:002018-06-11T17:45:22.914-04:00There are also those characters who are absolutely...There are also those characters who are absolutely beloved <b>precisely</b> because they are rotten (and then redeem themselves): Mary from <i>The Secret Garden</i>; Edmund from <i>The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe</i>. Many of us, including me, consider Edmund the true hero of those books!Katherine Woodburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14364517253667798449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-73388170816377303652018-06-11T17:38:19.354-04:002018-06-11T17:38:19.354-04:00Regarding children's books, it kind of throws ...Regarding children's books, it kind of throws most of Dr. Seuss out the window. Okay, those books are creepy. But still . . . Katherine Woodburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14364517253667798449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-25975825139666644072018-06-10T14:31:02.061-04:002018-06-10T14:31:02.061-04:00The reviews that get me are the ones that are writ...The reviews that get me are the ones that are written by someone who seems to enjoy criticizing the book too much. Sometimes they are offended by "micro-aggression." More common though are the ones who think disdaining a work is showing "sophistication." The classic example is the person who looks down on all science fiction, but I've seen it within the SF genre as well.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695983348254508387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-7135326505090788202018-06-08T20:21:56.892-04:002018-06-08T20:21:56.892-04:00Max shouldn't have said "I'LL EAT YOU...Max shouldn't have said "I'LL EAT YOU UP!"<br /><br />But then the book would have ended at page 3.<br />Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04450897654318345683noreply@blogger.com