Why do people spend so much time purposely hating on characters from TV shows?

*CyberCubed* · 12-22-2014, 10:09 PM

This is what I don't get. There have always been plenty of characters in various shows/cartoons, etc. that I either didn't like or didn't care for that much. But I could never bring myself to literally sit there "hating" on a character and making huge posts across the internet spreading said hate.

Usually when I don't like a character in a show, I'm just "Meh" about it and move on. But I always see on various forums people who continually post, FOR YEARS, endless amounts of ranting hate about a fictional character as if they ruined their life or something.

I mean what is the point of this? Even characters in shows who are *intended* to be hated (like villains or people who do something immoral in a show), don't require that much energy to sit there loathing a character and fuming at the mouth.

Then there's also insane shippers, mostly female, who spend all their time hating a male or female character who gets in the way of their ship. Which is beyond retarded for altogether different reasons, because if you're getting butt-hurt that two fictional characters didn't get together because another pairing came to be, you have serious problems.

Why do people do this?

12-22-2014, 10:09 PM	#1
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,887	Why do people spend so much time purposely hating on characters from TV shows? This is what I don't get. There have always been plenty of characters in various shows/cartoons, etc. that I either didn't like or didn't care for that much. But I could never bring myself to literally sit there "hating" on a character and making huge posts across the internet spreading said hate. Usually when I don't like a character in a show, I'm just "Meh" about it and move on. But I always see on various forums people who continually post, FOR YEARS, endless amounts of ranting hate about a fictional character as if they ruined their life or something. I mean what is the point of this? Even characters in shows who are intended to be hated (like villains or people who do something immoral in a show), don't require that much energy to sit there loathing a character and fuming at the mouth. Then there's also insane shippers, mostly female, who spend all their time hating a male or female character who gets in the way of their ship. Which is beyond retarded for altogether different reasons, because if you're getting butt-hurt that two fictional characters didn't get together because another pairing came to be, you have serious problems. Why do people do this?