Posting this here because if I said this on my TikTok then Iβd genuinely get death threats and be doxxed
This is probably gonna sound like an βextreme wokeβ thing but I feel like most of the hate towards Rotunda is borderline misogynistic or just straight up misogyny
Now, for me, I dislike her character more so for personal reasons, her character just makes me incredibly uncomfortable, but for others itβs always about Betrayus, itβs usually the Betrayus defenders who hate her. Betrayus defenders hate her because she supposedly βneglectedβ him or βabusedβ him. In which it could be true, or it could just be another lie from Betrayus, but thatβs why they do.
Now, Iβm not saying you canβt hate/dislike her, but I feel like hating Rotunda because she supposedly βabused/neglectedβ him but then turning around and supporting Betrayus and his act of genocide is pretty bad. Thereβs literally nothing that will justify a literal genocide.
And I donβt know, but I feel like defenders of him try so hard to justify his actions because they donβt want to consciously like a horrible person. You can like a horrible character without supporting their actions.
Anyway, back to Rotunda. Iβve seen some make her homophobic towards Betrayus, or make her down right rotten, when thatβs kinda like nothing of how she was in canon. She has some sass to her and sheβs like mean once to Betrayus at the end of the episode but he deserved that for possessing her and using her. Now, you could say itβs because he βcaresβ and βlovesβ her still and that she did canonically abused him, and Iβll say this, it feels more like heβs justifying to himself that βoh because this happened to me, then I get to do this and thatβ, heβs pinning the blame on everyone but himself for his actions. Also back to making her homophobic towards her bisexual son, uhm, that feels weird to be honest. It feels like the whole βwoman in the way of mlm romanceβ and just another way to make Betrayus seem more βjustifiedβ in his actions because his mother abused him, neglected him, and is homophobic. It feels theyβre babying Betrayus by having characters care for him and have him be just seemingly misunderstood and not in the wrong and then have cruel punishments happen to Rotunda because of this and that, that are usually made up but she still for some reasons gets the worst of it while Betrayus gets maybe a slap on the wrist or some βnoooo baby you did nothing wrong, the mean old witch is just being a meanie to you again, donβt worry Iβll protect you.β Like people in the fandom want her to suffer, be tortured, or just straight up die, but just be like with Betrayus βyes king! Commit a genocide!β
Bro got like put in a mustard costume every Halloween and maybe got bullied by his brother when he was young but Jesus Christ that was when they were LITTLE, Betrayus might as well be in his late fifties or something when he started the war. Also yes I find it weird they seemed to have a whole racial hierarchy if I recall correctly with the whole title of βYellow Leadersβ that was glazed over and never talked about again, but I doubt Betrayus cared about that shit, he just wanted power and the throne.
Now, people can make AUs of her being like that, and I have too (again personal reasons), if you wanna make Betrayus good or like the trope of βmisunderstood villainβ, then you gotta make him not commit a literal genocide cause once you do then you legit just canβt make him good. However a lot of people in the fandom seem to try and justify the genocide, EVEN IF IT WAS A RACIAL HIERARCHY like others speculate there was, ITβS STILL A GENOCIDE AND STILL A VERY HORRIBLE THING TO TRY AND JUSTIFY.
To be honest this whole thing feels like the ββmean woman vs mean manβ where the man is praised, justified, or glorified and then the woman is wanted dead.
This post isnβt meant to attack anyone but this is just how I feel about how the fandom treats Rotunda.
Sorry if this feels out of place Iβm not very good at writing out my thoughts
Idk Iβm just kinda getting really frustrated and upset that people are defending this man and making him seem like a misunderstood villain, then throwing all the blame on a female character we see only once.
Conclusion: Betrayus is horrible and should be held accountable and Rotunda shouldnβt be blamed for all of his actions when he made them consciously
