u/LightThatIgnitesAll

A lot of people will talk about how Misa's unhealthy fixation on Light is unrealistic but we see many cases in the real world of attractive women who fawn and fixate over serial killers even after they've been imprisoned.

Given Light brought justice to her parent's killers, is the most notorious mass murderer in the world and attractive - it is not at all hard to believe an insecure woman with psychopathic tendencies would be fixated on him. Unlike many irl cases his actions also impacted her life directly beforehand too so that fixation would likely be stronger.

Now, I'm not saying she's an incredible character I'm simply pointing out the main criticisms against her are idiotic. It's the entire point of the character and you not being able to understand there are individuals who don't act rationally doesn't make them poorly written. Other aspects like her lack of importance in the second half of the story is fair criticism.

Now, it brings me to another point. Pathetic characters often have a bias against them in being deemed poorly written by fans. The Deep is one of the few examples I can think of where that isn't the case - but he's a comedic relief character for the most part. Usually, a serious pathetic character must grow for them not to be deemed poorly written (like Theon) are there any examples you can think of, of a serious central pathetic character who is well-written. I'm sure there are but I can't think of one right now.

Edit: Joffrey is a good example. But I guess using the rich powerful kid examples are the cheat code for this.

No consistency there. So how can you try and paint those who bash Korra any different to what you do. Don't you see the irony?

Praise Asami but she is even more boring than Mako.