Robaschi's Corner (archived)

I know that Char sending aer regards was the last post, but I feel I should get this off my chest, I been letting it stew for a while and it's not doing me any good.

I kind of feel stupid for not doing so, but I feel like I should give more clearer context on my side of the situation. Do not that this doc is kind of old (and took screenshots from Middy's document, I had to), and despite this I am not out to slander any names or cause any trouble whatsoever. I just want to give people a different perspective from the one that they might be trying to give.

Even though what they have done is still having a negative impact on me mentally, but I am slowly moving on from the situation, and while I may hold resentment, I have no ill-will towards them.

AO3 is an archive. It holds all the stuff that people want to post. Its job is to arrange all the fics that are posted to it in a way that you and anyone else can search for what they want.

You are your own censor. You decide what you want to read, and you learn to filter out what you don't.

Pick up the skill of selecting what you want for yourself rather than relying on external organizations and algorithms to choose for you. It's good to exercise the ability to choose, and I do mean exercise.

If you find it too hard to bother and want to cede control of what you consume, then one day you won't get a choice at all.

Me: Why

Same person: Because they are a bad person!

Me: But what if that character was allowed to become a better person so that they are no longer a bad person?

like, redeemed villains are generally friends with the heroes. they get to experience love and The Power of Friendship for the first time, if they haven’t already. they generally get to experience forgiveness. if their motives are based off of some kind of trauma or pain (like a lot of redeemed villains) then they will probably have that resolved and get some sense of closure or inner peace from whatever is hurting them.

so when they say that “this character doesn’t deserve a redemption arc” what they mean is “this character doesn’t deserve to be loved. they don’t deserve happiness, peace, or companionship”. the alternatives I have seen are:

“I hope that this character realizes how awful they are and they kill themselves”

“I hope this character is redeemed by a heroic sacrifice” (meaning they would be redeemed but wouldn’t be alive to experience the “reward” afterwards)

“I hope this character begs and pleads for forgiveness over and over again, but is never forgiven”

If redemption is unacceptable, if bad behavior can never be forgiven, what is the alternative?