The original post: /r/television by /u/Southern_Schedule466 on 2024-05-28 23:42:59.
And by “hate” I don’t mean “oh the way X character talks is grating/annoying,” but a deeper kind of audience hate because the character inflicts harm on other characters. I don’t necessarily mean being typecast as a villain. I’ve seen people say horrible things on actors’ Instagram posts because they’re angry about something their character did. Like if X character took away any chances of Y character’s childhood hopes and dreams coming true for instance.
This question could apply to the movie subreddit as well, but I chose the television one because people get very emotionally invested in television characters over a period of years which elicits strong emotions from the audience.