I went out driving and listening to Snow Patrol a while ago so I could get some thinking done and I realized exactly why this is bothering me so much.
I'm not exactly upset that people don't understand Wilson. I'm not exactly upset that people dislike Wilson. I mean, I'm used to people hating characters I'm very attached to. One does not love Peter Pettigrew the way that I do without getting used to fandom hating on characters you like. Basically, I am not upset on the character's behalf.
I'm upset for fandom. People who used to really love Wilson suddenly don't anymore. That means they spent two years either being blind apologists or just plain blind. Because his actions shouldn't be such a surprise. So these poor people loved their idea of this character and now the writers are focusing on the side of him that they (fandom) have been ignoring. Feeling that a character that you love is changing for the worse is almost as bad as a character that you love dying. I feel so sad for them. :(
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Date: 2006-09-08 11:57 pm (UTC)I'm not exactly upset that people don't understand Wilson. I'm not exactly upset that people dislike Wilson. I mean, I'm used to people hating characters I'm very attached to. One does not love Peter Pettigrew the way that I do without getting used to fandom hating on characters you like. Basically, I am not upset on the character's behalf.
I'm upset for fandom. People who used to really love Wilson suddenly don't anymore. That means they spent two years either being blind apologists or just plain blind. Because his actions shouldn't be such a surprise. So these poor people loved their idea of this character and now the writers are focusing on the side of him that they (fandom) have been ignoring. Feeling that a character that you love is changing for the worse is almost as bad as a character that you love dying. I feel so sad for them. :(