White Tree

Joan Watson:

In Joan's case the fans that attacked her were mostly from another fandom, BBC Sherlock, who were mad that a woman was playing Watson. Sometimes they were racist also since she is Asian.

Joan is the best adaptation of Watson out there and a great take on the character. Never forget when Sherlock smashed a plate in anger and then Joan smashed a plate and was like Well look at that that didn't solve anything. Or when she outsmarted Moriarty.

the level of hatred and disdain people had for the character Joan Watson and the show elementary (which also spilled over to the real life actress Lucy Liu) even though they never watched the show was absolutely wild. And literally the only reason was because they turned John Watson from "white dude with just enough characterization to be gay shipped with Sherlock" into a self-confident, genuinely complex Asian woman. People back then ate up EVERY Sherlock adaptation or AU… but somehow the only adaptation that was considered to be universally hated trash was the one where your fav is adapted as a woman 🤨

Alicent Hightower:

The fandom favorite is a man who grooms his teenage niece, murders his wife, slaughters innocents, and is an all around insufferable dick. Alicent is way more hated than he is despite the awful hand she is dealt.

Is Alicent the best? Hard to say. Yes, the child bride is a terrible mother. Yes, she nearly stabs her childhood best friend/first love. Yes, she plots against our main protagonist. Yes, she marries her two children to each other. Yes, she is self righteous and hypocritical. I support women's wrongs.

Alicent is a victim of CSA and general misogyny. She resents her children because she was a child bride forced to have them and thus her relationship with motherhood is complicated. She acts out because of all of these things and instead of trying to understand her or offer her any kind of sympathy, people instantly attack her and say she is a bad character. I know you said not to bring up misogyny towards real people but the hatred of the character gets so bad that sometimes people make the actress who plays her uncomfortable which just goes to show how undervalued and disliked Alicent is. Meanwhile the rapist pedophile men on the show are beloved for being hot and sexy.