Why does fandom seem to hate Suzaku?

[epistretes.livejournal.com]

I have been nosing through the fandom for some time and I couldn't help but notice the rampant Suzaku hatred. So, I decided to find out why this seemed to be the case.

'Hypocrite' seemed to be the biggest complaint, but (and yes, I am a Lulu fangirl as well before you kill me) Lelouch is one, too. So I was wondering just what made Suzaku seem to be such a target of ire.



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I'm just interested to see what dynamics make people like or dislike certain characters in this series.

Comments

[annwyd.livejournal.com]

I actually agree--I just didn't want to risk running over the comment length limit. XD; I've seen the "villains/antiheroes are cool and goody-two-shoes are icky! Evil is cool, good is dumb!" mentality in Naruto fandom quite a bit, for instance. I think it's a large part of why Geass fandom is so nearly monolithic in its love of Lelouch and, to a lesser extent, hatred of Suzaku. Normally the fandom gets split into "siding with the viewpoint character" and "siding with the cool dark guys" camps that bicker and bash each other--Naruto vs. Sasuke/Itachi/the Akatsuki, Kira vs. Shinn (although this one is more muddled because of Destiny's confusion over who was the main character), Harry vs. Draco/Snape/Death Eaters, etc. But with Geass, the power of both forces has been combined. D: