[Jerr Conner]

I once tried to make a post defending every characters so-called bad qualities. However, I never got to complete it due to the fact that sometimes I get too lazy and need some major inspiration to complete a task. Call that one of my own so-called bad qualites.

Anyway, I've sort of been getting irked lately. Why? Mainly because there seems to be so much hatred toward characters in Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II. I know that everyone is entitled to their own opinions.

Simply put, I don't think that the people with their opinions really have well-thought-out opinions. Simply put I think that people really just want to latch onto one trait of a person and totally hate them because of this one trait.

What makes it worse, in my opinions, is that these people are fictional; not real.

If it makes me shallow to defend fake non-existing characters, then so be it. If this defense makes me enemies with some people because they can't handle how I view the situation, or they believe I'm insulting them because I tell them my own opinions, then so be it.

Let's just face it, I'm not the type of person to keep reading something and not say anything about it.

Ask all of the bigots I've debated with on other boards I've been too, they'll tell you I annoy them quite a bit. (By the way, in no way am I saying that anyone is bigotted)

You could also go on to argue that I have something in common with these characters, therefore I like them. But if you hate any of these characters and happen to find me a likeable person, then ask yourself if I have something in common with them, why do you like me? (I'd hope that people like me as much as I like them, I've found quite a bit of people enjoyable to talk to here, even if I don't always agree with what they have to say.)

So here goes:

Aerie does whine. However, she has a lot to whine about. She was a slave, she lost a body part, and life just generally sucks for her. I've whined before myself, because my life sucked just as much as hers. Aerie can't fly anymore, that's an incredible gift to lose. Well I haven't been able to walk since I was two, and I still remember what it was like.

I know how Aerie feels because I've been there, and still am sometimes. I'll admit sometimes I still ask why me.

Aerie is just going through her why me phase. If she didn't have people like I did, that could understand, she may have turned out bitter. In fact:

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Anomen brags because he's had a bad childhood. He just deals with his bad childhood differently because it's the only way that seems to work. When we all find something that works, we go with it. I'm pretty sure quite a few people have ooed and aawwed at his stories. I'm also sure that some people haven't, but his defense mechanism still works.

How does this relate to me? I used to brag a lot to gain acceptance.

Anyway, comparing him to Viconia has one major flaw. Viconia is a female drow. Sure, her mother may have treated her bad, but Viconia was raised to believe that if you're a female drow, you are stronger than any male of any race. She's practically a first-class citizen in her society. Add onto that that she's talented and had her way paid, there's not much of a comparison.

Viconia= Training Paid For and accepted, despite her abusive mother
Anomen= Not paid for, had to beg for a sponser, and not accepted right away, plus a drunken father who abused him and his sister

Certain factors make a big difference in the lives of people.

Jaheira may want to get with your character practically when her husband isn't even cold yet, but she just wants to get rid of the pain. Add that you're someone she could fall in love with, and it's more likely she will fall in love with you right away.

Anyone else have a bad thing to say about a character, I'll defend them. I'll just leave you all with this one thing someone once said to me:

Everyone has a different way of dealing with life. It doesn't make them a bad person, nor does it make them a good person. And you (Referring to me) aren't a better person for hating them because of it.