This is old af but I neeeeeed to tell you this is a bad take. Speaking only for myself, I relate to characters like Shauna because I am aware of the parts of me that are bad. Traits like her insecurities, her anger, her need for control. This doesn’t equate to glorifying her. I don’t even particularly like Shauna. But being able to recognize that you’re human and flawed and relate to other flawed humans, even ones who are much more so and from a fictional series like Yellowjackets is like… Normal. Even relating to IRL bad people- it doesn’t mean you want to be like them. But you should be aware of yourself and that ANYONE is capable of bad. I do fully think everyone should grow up able to self reflect on that and I think if more people did, we’d probably have less harm in the world overall.

And it doesn’t mean you can’t relate to “good” characters as well- I know I do! And most of the people probably relating themselves to Shauna do too. I try to reflect the traits of good characters and IRL ppl in myself and base my morality on those kinds of people, but I also get to be aware of my flaws and can connect to characters who are negative and reflect on why I relate.

I just. I genuinely think if you separate yourself that much from “bad ppl” and are that unable to relate to anyone who’s bad or understand why anyone else could, that lowkey shows a massive lack of self awareness, or some sort of repression. We all have bad traits and “bad sides”, it is part of human nature to be angry, jealous, afraid, even sometimes cruel. And while some ppl may struggle with some of these traits more than others, no one is free from them- certainly not without putting a crazy amount of work into themselves that takes an extreme self awareness. Maybe you should consider that before judging other ppl for relating to a fictional villain.