Poor Kikyou Voodoo?

This is in response to Angeladorable, and to others who are going to leave me a 50 line post defending Kikyou.

People like what they like and dislike what they dislike, and they have the right to express their opinions if they choose to. That's why I can say I don't like the president, I don't support him, and I think he should be tossed out of the white house- and not get arrested.

I understand the NEED for Kikyou's presence in the story line and for character development, but beyond that I don't like what she represents. I won't bother saying what she represents to me because there are 1,000 different ways to interpret a character in a story, and all can be correct, but most people are going to fervently aruge when they're over identifying on a personal level with a fictional character. I know, I've been there before.

So I poked fun- I drew something that I could see Kikyou resorting to doing. It was just something that the people who don't like kikyou could giggle at together. That's IT. A lot of people do so much worse, so much, much worse. To her, and beyond Inuyasha: making racial 'jokes' that are really horrible slanders in disguise, and etc. And SO WHAT if people call Kikyou names and say she should die? That shouldn't upset you. 1) She's already DEAD- she doesn't have a soul because it's reincarnated in Kagome- she's a walking, talking personality. And the two according to Shinto are not the same thing. The personality is only the mask of the soul through each lifetime. (I remember that, reading an essay that covered this subject... I'll have to find it again to make absolute sure). 2)Why take it so personally? I don't understand that. If someone trashed Kagome, that wouldn't bother me. I like Kagome a lot, but beyond a playful debate with someone, someone calling Kagome a this and that, really doesn't affect me. I don't take it personally for the character. They don't know what's going on, afterall, they're paper and ink.