Whoa, didn't know that Child Axl was so despised! I agree it sucks, though. Before that, the #1 Axl trope on the Hall of Shame was "angsty cutter Axl", which yes, it's awful, but I never saw works with it!
I tend to interpret Axl as less of a child and more like a cheerful fratbro, making him kind of a foil to asshole fratbro Vile, which kind of makes sense, since both are the Bass expies of the X series (Vile in personality and affiliation, Axl in game mechanics).
Abusive Wily, I think, comes from Ruby-Spears, where he can act quite shitty to his RMs as far as I know. But shitty =/= abusive rapist. Also, people who think that beating and raping is a totally cool thing for evil villains to do without serious analysis and care shouldn't be writing about beatings and rape in the first place. SEE THEWALLFLOWER.
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Date: 2015-07-31 11:00 pm (UTC)I tend to interpret Axl as less of a child and more like a cheerful fratbro, making him kind of a foil to asshole fratbro Vile, which kind of makes sense, since both are the Bass expies of the X series (Vile in personality and affiliation, Axl in game mechanics).
Abusive Wily, I think, comes from Ruby-Spears, where he can act quite shitty to his RMs as far as I know. But shitty =/= abusive rapist. Also, people who think that beating and raping is a totally cool thing for evil villains to do without serious analysis and care shouldn't be writing about beatings and rape in the first place. SEE THEWALLFLOWER.