I Had The Same Knee-jerk Reaction But It Was Mostly Directed At Rin. Like, I Started Disliking Her Because

I had the same knee-jerk reaction but it was mostly directed at Rin. Like, I started disliking her because her character seemed too naive and blindly worshipping Sesshomaru, but then I realised she’s a CHILD. Of course she’d be naive and trusting, and it’s not the character’s fault her innocence is being misinterpreted. Call out s3ssrins, call out Sunrise if it comes to that. Rin and Sesshoumaru are just moving pictures.

Honestly with all this drama going on it’s starting to make me dislike Sesshomaru. I love his character I always saw him as a protector to Rin. So I was confused when they started pairing him with her. I’m really going to be upset if they paried Sesshomaru with Rin. It’s going to make me completely dislike him.

I understand. It can be difficult to maintain your own opinions when being flooded and overwhelmed with the opinions of others. It's at times like these that I recommend taking a break from fandom so you can re-establish your own views on a work or character. What was it that you liked about Sesshoumaru in the first place? Why did you identify with/empathize with/ get drawn to him? What personal meaning do you associate with him?

Sometimes keeping the invading over-inflated opinions of others (including Sunrise) at bay means retreating for a while so you can rediscover why you started to love something to begin with. That's the part you get to keep even when everyone else wants to fight over their different interpretations. You built that, and no one in the fandom or production/creation of your favorite things can take that away from you. It isn't easy to abandon either, being a part of you, so if you do ultimately change your mind and begin to hate Sesshoumaru, I hope it's because YOU decided he wasn't going to be a favorite anymore, and not because someone ELSE influenced you.

Good luck, querent.