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I agree that the trope is misused, but this is a Trope Talk discussion, not an ATT one.
Furthermore, I... don't think that's what happened to Ron the Death Eater? If anything it's the opposite. Specific examples got classified as Adaptational Villainy.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallFrom what I've seen, most of the Ron the Death Eater examples address specific fan works that invoke the trope, rather than making general statements about the fandom.
Edited by Javertshark13Sure, but that's because the misuse isn't clean yet... anyway I saw you made a trope talk thread so we can take this issue there.
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I've noticed a lot of DILP entries that don't really make the case that fans are downplaying a villain's crimes, but instead act like merely liking or defending the villain at all qualifies as the trope, even if fans still acknowledge that they're the villain. These entries often make aspersions on the work's fandom, or read like this: "[Character] gets this a lot from fans, but this ignores the fact that they [list of the villain's crimes]." Some of these entries also come off as sexist, such as this one:
It also doesn't help that the trope page itself seems to attribute the trope to fans finding the villain physically attractive, and states (without citing any evidence) that it's mostly fangirls who invoke the trope. I'm starting to think it might be better if this trope was limited to specific fanon examples, similar to what was done with Ron the Death Eater. Thoughts?
Edited by Javertshark13