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So sad!

I'm learning about characters, concepts, and stories that are meant to be cautionary, or be seen as all around 'bad' and unlikable, yet the mass public, for lack of a better term, adores them.

"These guys are the bad guys, and no matter how vile or appalling they get, or what terrible things they do, they look cool, so people like them." That kind of thing.

Take the stormtroopers: they're supposed to be the bad guys, and have parallels to Nazism, yet merchandising and fandoms have taken over so much that no one really seems to notice that anymore.

It's like how some people think that Bellatrix Lestrange is the pinnacle of feminism, or want to be Harley Quinn. It's frightening, to me.

There's also the fact that a lot of people take pretty much any villain in existence, and get defensive and say things like 'oh, they're just misunderstood' or 'they just need love!', and then go on about how they, the fans, would redeem the villains and live happily ever after or whatever.

This is quite common in abusive situations, where the victim [I don't like that word] will stay in the relationship because 1) they feel "safe", because it's what they're familiar with; 2) they often, subconsciously, think that 'maybe one day a miracle will happen, and they will be nice to me/love me/ectc', and therefore stay; and 3) they don't even realize they are being abused.

Now, rapidly switching topics, I'm learning about product placement.

^^ I'd say I am up to my neck in mud at a minimum. Seems most of it is not my fight though. So I'll just ignore it until needed, someone said I have too many conspiracy theories and after thinking about it, they are kinda right. There is no sense in worrying over things that aren't my fight so until its right on top of me, it doesn't really matter. I can't control what others do around me or even to me, I can only control my reactions.

Mr. Tom Turkey stops the traffic to let the ladies cross.

Love on the police radio: Officers stopped a suspicious car that had been circling the police station. Driver was quickly released: he was just waiting for his girlfriend to make bail.

I think I may stay up again to go down to the park at dawn. Four more hours to go.

My therapist told me women in their 30's get tired of the bad boys and will be more willing to consider me a potential partner. Well, I am pushing 31 and I am still being overlooked by the opposite sex.