User blog comment:Dryuuu/The hatefulness has to stop/@comment-5102537-20121006110218

I agree with the most part of it, Daniel. However, it is always important to make a difference between criticism and between just trolling. I do agree that rude comments about characters that have to die or even using swear words is out of line. I often wondered why some people could wish death on a fictional character and it sometimes even alarmed me when I read statements like "I cheered when person xy died" and such stuff.

On the other hand, aside from Lurkers who come here to either make trouble or who want to let everyone know that they really hate a character, we should not forget that there are different reasons for it:

Some people are not native speakers and/or are very young and can have a slip of tongue when trying to express their feelings due to either lack of words when not being a native speaker or due to their youth.

It is also actually not surprising that such an extreme character like Morgana who is described as the archetype of a villain, arouses many negative and also extreme opinions. As I said before, a lot of viewers are still very young and they either don't understand how someone can be so evil (even I have no sympathy for that) or they defend everything that such a villain does and support their cruelty because they are their favourite characters. So people try to express their feelings and opinions and often find themselves having come to a "dead end" when there are those who applaud extreme characters and those who hate them. You know, I'm sure the producers/writers were very well aware of the fact that especially Morgana will cause a stir and divide the fandom because they didn't leave anything about her to have moderate feelings for her - you either love or hate (dislike) her. It's not really the fault of the viewers, they only work with what the show delivers, and I for one would have wished for a better critical view on evil characters and things like torture within the show itself. Since the show doesn't, the audience tries to do it. And this often results in either extreme opinions or heated discussions.

In my opinion it's kind of dangerous to send out such a message to the young viewers. And when there are doubts, questions and confusion, there are forums and websites that offer a place to discuss and to give new perspectives on things because I doubt that every teenager discusses an epsiode with their parents afterwards.

Anyway, I think that the real people are always more important than fictional characters. I'd rather have someone say "I hate characters xy" than someone saying "you are stupid and you don't understand anything". I have seen adults doing this ;-) The best thing would be of course if neither of this happened - but honestly, I don't mind so much if someone says that they hate a character, no matter who because they are not real and can't be hurt. It's different with sophisticated and supposedly "polite" postings and blogs that try to humiliate other users or the actors or real people at all and simultaenously defend a character that tortures and kills others, trying to convince others that this character has every right to do so and needs to be understood. I think that is much more dangerous than just a rude remark with which an admin can deal with easily.

On this wiki people have been most tolerant to other people's opinions which is why, I think, there not so many rude discussions here than elsewhere. This has been the friendliest site so far and the users have civilized and polite debates about the things they either like or dislike. In my opinion, things should be kept that way - and in case someone oversteps a line, intentionally or unintentionally, an admin can notify the user about it, ideally in a private message if possible.

In the end nobody should be surprised that a lot of people are disappointed or even angry when the beloved TV show makes a 180.... This was to be expected.