Sympathy? Empathy? Apathy?

[deird_lj]

Commenters on this post seemed very split on whether they sympathised with Kate or Justine (no-one really seemed to sympathise with both).

So I started wondering…


Here's a poll - about the background characters on AtS (or the female ones, anyway) and what people's reactions to them are.


[Poll #1475576]



Questions? Comments?

Comments

[rose-griffes.livejournal.com]

I felt more resentment for Justine because she was so implacable and set on a course that was bound to hurt more people from the beginning. But I still had sympathy for her at the same time. :( She was used.

Love Kate, though. I'm glad I hadn't stumbled across online fandom when the show was on-air, because I would have been constantly raging about people disliking a useful, interesting, good secondary female character. (Yeah, Kate's definitely a litmus character for me. Someone can dislike her--fine. But if they start ranting about how awful she was, I seem to take it personally. Oh brain. So weird.)

I tend to like almost all female characters, though. Hm.

[deird1]

Yeah, Kate's definitely a litmus character for me. Someone can dislike her--fine. But if they start ranting about how awful she was, I seem to take it personally.

Same with me and Darla. :)

[ticketsonmyself.livejournal.com]

set on a course that was bound to hurt more people from the beginning. But I still had sympathy for her at the same time. :( She was used.

Agreed!

Love Kate, though. I'm glad I hadn't stumbled across online fandom when the show was on-air, because I would have been constantly raging about people disliking a useful, interesting, good secondary female character. (Yeah, Kate's definitely a litmus character for me. Someone can dislike her--fine. But if they start ranting about how awful she was, I seem to take it personally. Oh brain. So weird.)

Oh, I completely feel the same way about Kate! It's nice to find another Kate fan. :)

I really did like just about all the female characters on Angel! And considering how many recurring/main female characters there were, that actually surprised me when I first realized it - though I tend to be sympathetic to female characters in general.