#redemptionarcs

Anyone Who Writes? Journalists - Poets - You get the vibe (They're determined - god they might go through an entire arc - but these guys give me life - Bilbo and John are technically writers)

The Inspirational Teacher/Parental Figure/ Guide- The one giving the motivational speeches - That sort of person ]

People who are like leaders and guiding figures- Like People who try their best to be good - You get the vibe

Whatever this is?

Redemption Arcs

Ok, a lot of it is unfortunately about what characters someone considers attractive.

But it seems when you take that out, there’s a more social class based element to it. 

In Ste*ven Un*verse, the main consensus by those unhappy with it seems to be the lower class gems deserved redemption, but the Diamonds did not.

And I think maybe a lot of this discourse is thus reflecting real life issues with the American Justice System.

We see the rich and powerful get off easy, while the poorer get excessively punished; and I think that dissatisfaction is drifting into how people consume fiction.

Of course the issue of who you consider an “elite” and who is “oppressed” can get tricky as fictional power structures don’t always line up to have an easy real-life modern equivalent. 

(See Hordak being simultaneously a conqueror and a piece of military equipment, and how that’s leading to confused feelings; or the Diamonds .)

When more is revealed about a villain, whether audience members will reframe them as part of the oppressed and deserving can depend on how much the villain resembles real life oppressors. 

Slave owners? Tend to get lots of backlash at their characters being developed or given a redemption arc.