Hey there. Someone pointed me over to your post, I hope that's okay?
And then Taffy made some comment about how she was amused by people posting stuff like that as if she actually cared, which made me wonder why she asked.
I just wanted to clarify this. I never actually asked why there was so much dislike for Gwen. I have heard the arguments for why she's flawed, and I get them. What I actually asked was this:
...why must fandom spend so much time and energy attacking Gwen for being just as flawed and imperfect as the rest of them?
So not "why do people see Gwen as flawed and imperfect?" Rather, "why are everyone else's flaws excused and explained away while hers are focused on and magnified?" The responses that amused me weren't answering this question at all. They were making an argument that I had granted as a premise for my post (namely, that Gwen is flawed and imperfect.) Does that help you to understand my comment better?
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Date: 2010-12-31 01:22 am (UTC)And then Taffy made some comment about how she was amused by people posting stuff like that as if she actually cared, which made me wonder why she asked.
I just wanted to clarify this. I never actually asked why there was so much dislike for Gwen. I have heard the arguments for why she's flawed, and I get them. What I actually asked was this:
...why must fandom spend so much time and energy attacking Gwen for being just as flawed and imperfect as the rest of them?
So not "why do people see Gwen as flawed and imperfect?" Rather, "why are everyone else's flaws excused and explained away while hers are focused on and magnified?" The responses that amused me weren't answering this question at all. They were making an argument that I had granted as a premise for my post (namely, that Gwen is flawed and imperfect.) Does that help you to understand my comment better?
Edited for punctuation fail.