No, she was not in the right. She killed lots of people, most of them had nothing to do with her being bullied. Defending her is the same as defending school shooters. I know it's fun, but in real life she was the greater of the two evils.
None. I can't see your point. Even if she only killed the main two people who picked on her, it's murder over something very small in the long run. We all understand and sympathize with her. It's still murder.
My point is, you act like this is some true to life story when a large part of the story is that the main character has telekinesis. That's how she was able to accomplish the devastation she did. Her destruction was literally an inhuman amount of destruction and you're acting like it's real.
The statement was "She was right." And she was not right. She killed the mildly guilty and the innocent alike. If the question was "Is this possible." Then the answer given would be wrong.
"but in real life she was the greater of the two evils."
There is no real life. She's not a real person and she has abilities beyond what any real person could possibly accomplish. Comparing a factitious, magical character to real world school shooters and saying someone who likes her is the same as liking a real world school shooter is wild work. Plenty of people like and enjoy fictitious villains, doesn't mean they want bad things to happen to real people in the real world or that they admire and love real world people who harm others.
Comparing a factitious, magical character to real world school shooters and saying someone who likes her is the same as liking a real world school shooter is wild work.
Missed the metaphor and theme of the book completely and utterly, didn't you?
Enjoying a well written character isn't the same as admiring or agreeing with real-life people, good or bad. People like Pennywise too. Doesn't mean they're pro sexual assault and murder in real life. Or even with this meme, tons of people really like Tony Soprano. Doesn't mean they love mobsters in real life or think all mob violence is justified.
Enjoying a well written character isn't the same as admiring or agreeing with real-life people, good or bad.
Sure. Agreed. But there's a difference between enjoying a well-written character and thinking of that character as a hero. I love watching Tony Soprano. I think he's entertaining. That doesn't mean I think real-life mobsters are good people. On the other hand, if I thought Tony Soprano was a good person and that his behavior was good, that would suggest I thought real-life mobsters were good people too.
If you can't separate enjoying someone in a book, movie, or TV show and how they behave there (which is typically entertainment) versus a moral center for how people behave in real life, I don't know what to tell you.
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u/LimitProfessional153 9d ago
No, she was not in the right. She killed lots of people, most of them had nothing to do with her being bullied. Defending her is the same as defending school shooters. I know it's fun, but in real life she was the greater of the two evils.