eeveelutionsforequality:

Yes! This even applies if the character is not instantly called out on their poor behavior.

There are plenty of reasons a person may write or enjoy a fictional character without necessarily condoning or agreeing with their actions. A writer could be setting up the character to feel the weight of karma later on for their behavior, or it could be written in as a character flaw, the flaw in the cases of sexism and racism could be a case of the character being representative of the norms of the time or place that the work takes place in, or it could just be as simple as the character in question is a villain and is not supposed to be taken as a moral superiority in the first place! Sometimes people enjoy fictional characters and ships because of their dark nature, fiction is a good escape from reality after all. But a large majority of those people would never support the character or ship in reality. 

It’s simply not reflective of reality to assume someone supports a morally questionable ship or character because of the character/ships poor moral values.There are plenty of reasons one may like or write such a character to consider first- so please stop assuming!

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