ficbyzee and I just had a conversation on AIM that ended up drifting into character hate, and then to the zero-sum character love fandoms, like SV, where it seemed like loving one character was making a firm political statement
against the other main character -- and then suddenly it was FLASHBACK TO 2003 TIME!
pearl_o: Anyway, my point was: CLARK WOOBIE why does everyone hate you? it is not your fault you are a big dumb geeky alien who doesn't know how gay he is!!! let me give you a hug! go give lex a blowjob!
pearl_o: Or, you know, sit around your fortress reading self-help books. EITHER WAY.