If you like those kinds of characters then you’re probably not gonna like this thread so fasten your seatbelts.
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TSUNDERE CHARACTERS ARE TOXIC.
They are characters who mask their feelings of affection and turn them into teasing, rejection, insults, and go all the way up to physical and emotional abuse.
But “it’s okay because that means they like you.”
Boys and girls alike learn that “causing upset”=“love,” and then we wonder why DV happens altogether.
Um, you can like something and still be objective and know when something needs to be criticized.
I know it’s fiction, but that’s not an excuse. Fiction shapes our worlds, so much so I’m sure nobody would tolerate a Vegeta irl and yet he’s a fan favorite (how, just how).
They rank from rudeness and skirt-lifting to physical and emotional abuse.
Know it when you see it.
I’m just saying—be aware.