Anonymous Coward · 3mo

Any AK character that you view so differently than the rest of the fandom?

(Spoiler: this turns into a Silverash rant)
Depends on what part of the fandom. There are people with whom it's super interesting to discuss stuff even if your views/tastes differ, and then there are people who you just know have not seen anything but three meme pics.
And we all know the top shitty memes like "shotakon Pozy". Blargh.
Let me share a funny one: I said that to a few friends, but I don't trust both Silverash fans and Silverash haters.
Silverash fans: I'm a Silverash fan myself at this point. I thought BI was an extremely interesting story, I enjoyed his dedication to taking harsher means in front of future risks, I enjoyed pondering how his past shaped his cunning but benevolent persona, and I enjoyed the family drama where circumstance crosses paths with the lack of communication.
But then there's that portion of fans who enjoy him as this shitty romance novel trope I call "dominating CEO who fawns over you"? Christian Gray, my ass. Sure his early portrayal is to thank for that, but when people still take him just as that and -enjoy- it, I screech on the inside. I also have... a hate boner for one super popular artist, but that's a different story.
Then there's the type of Silverash fan who understands the good parts but tends to whiten him way too much. "Sending Enya to be the Saintess was also to protect her!" Where did you get that? Even if we can argue it had that side effect, his primary motivation was "the good of Kjerag", him thanking the Doctor for "proving Enya to him" pretty much shows he was just viewing her as a pawn, and didn't expect much from her. His taking his time to arrive at that decision and being thankful it ended in a tie shows he viewed it as a necessary sacrifice and he was ready to make it. He understands his responsibility about everything better than some of his fans do.

Now, about the haters. "I don't agree with him that it's the best course"/"I feel bad for the sisters more"/"I just don't like his conduct" are valid Silverash haters I like more than the two types of fans I've listed above. Then there's people who say his actions for Kjerag were devoid of any valid reasoning, or who start treating him as the mastermind of the whole thing while half of it is Gnosis' solo endeavor (I've even seen some claim Gnosis is "just a guy" while Silverash is the evil manipulative chessmaster? haha), or even start finding problems with completely normal things like "sending Ensia to RI", and... What? BI ended with a better outcome and it would if Silverash were to succeed with what he was planning to do, but that perfect outcome that happened partly by chance wouldn't happen if the whole thing of Kjerag development and untying the false status quo of the Three Clans and the Wine-Bear Court wasn't kickstarted by him in the first place.

And damn it feels weird to see both Silverash fans and Silverash haters and think that both are wrong. It's all about the balance.

P. S. Kal'tsit doesn't talk that much and what she says isn't as difficult as memes claim

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