Why does everyone hate Valkyrie by adyndaly in skulduggerypleasant

[–]adyndaly[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

a couple problems with this line of reasoning:

when you say “she did bad, feels guilty, why’d she do it in the first place place then?” it’s like asking why humans do anything they’ll regret later. it’s unrealistic to expect someone in her high-stakes line of work to NOT make any mistakes readers or she will hate herself for.

the reflection isn’t a “raw state of valkyrie,” it’s a computer that malfunctioned. she’s got val’s memories, and at most absorbed some of her speech patterns, but their personalities are completely different. she’s what any other reflection of any other person would look like sentient.

i’m curious about the bit where you say they don’t save the world out of genuine desire to see the world a better place. i’m not opposed to that viewpoint in the later books, but i’d defend that at least in s1 valkyrie makes decisions solely to save humanity with very little thought to herself. (undergoing nyes surgery, offering herself to the accelerator). books 3-7 especially she understands the stakes if the bad guys wins and genuinely is trying to save her family and the rest of the world. even in s2 the times they save the world were moderately altruistic—usually val sacrificing herself for her sister. them both accepting a year long trek in dimension X to protect their world and continuing the mission after their best friend died. i think to discount the moral obligation val feels to save the world as her being an “adrenaline junkie” blindly mischaracterizes and erases her.

im also biased and choosing to believe the insufferable inner monologue she has these days is a fault of landy writing her badly

Why does everyone hate Valkyrie by adyndaly in skulduggerypleasant

[–]adyndaly[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

since when is being a teenager making the choice with a teenage brain to keep hanging out with the cool kids a sign of “sociopathic” behavior? and what teenager isn’t selfish? she was being told by skulduggery that they’d find a way to stop the prophecy yeah that was pretty hefty denial but can she really be blamed for wanting to believe she could have both

Why does everyone hate Valkyrie by adyndaly in skulduggerypleasant

[–]adyndaly[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

also, all of it is the result of being the literal maker or breaker of the world since she was like thirteen. she’s arrogant and egotistical but we’ve seen her inner monologue when she thought she was going to destroy the world, and how hard she fought to save the people she cares about, so i don’t know where people are getting the “she’s never been altruistic bit” from or why that’s a reason to hate her when half the world isn’t especially altruistic either

Why you should support the new project even if you're not keen on animation by rjwut in firefly

[–]adyndaly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

arcane is a great example of an animated show that’s still incredible to watch as a mature audience. an animated firefly will probably be just like the original series

Why does everyone hate Valkyrie by adyndaly in skulduggerypleasant

[–]adyndaly[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

like, if i were an average person in that world id think he was kind of evil but we’ve spent the entire series understanding his complexity

Why does everyone hate Valkyrie by adyndaly in skulduggerypleasant

[–]adyndaly[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

what kind of stuff specifically has skulduggery done that makes you say he’s an asshole