Warning: contains spoilers forThe Walking Deadseason three,Breaking Badseason five, andBattlestar Galactica.
The force of geek love is strong.
So strong, in fact, its basically a Newtons Third Law of Motion kind of deal.
Each instance of geek love leads to the simultaneous, opposite force of geek hatred.
Wherever a TV character is adored, another will be despised.
For every fan of Angel, theres a critic of Riley Finn.
For every Rick and Shane fan, theres someone shouting boo at Lori Grimes.
For every Captain Picard nut, theres a person scribbling devil horns and moustaches on pictures of Wesley Crusher.
Geeks love and geeks hate.
As a great mind once said though, hate leads to suffering.
Thats why were defending some of TV fandoms most common punching bags.
Rest in peace Lori Grimes, some of us loved you.
By Duncan Bowles
Its not hard to see why many people dont like Wesley.
The USS Enterprise NCC1701-D is supposed be Starfleets flagship so why is an unqualified child sitting at the helm?
In a series of awful jumpers followed by a strange grey catsuit-thing?
Why do the crew defer to him and how come he can solve apparently unsolvable technical problems?
And why oh why is he so irritatingly chirpy all the time?
But to giveThe Next Generationits due, there are answers to many of these questions.
These may not be good answers, but answers they are.
Plus hes played by Wil Wheaton, and come on, who hates Wil Wheaton?
By Juliette Harrisson
Poor old Riley Finn.
Hes a good egg, for the most part.
But for manyBuffyfans, Rileys something of a damp squib.
Finally, if it wasnt for him, Buffy might not even have found beating the Gentlemen so easy.
So, lets all be a little bit nicer about Riley.
Hes on the front lines fighting the good fight.
Skyler may not be a saint, but shes no Lady Macbeth either.
you’re able to read actress Anna Gunns own terrific riposte to the hatehere.
By Mark Harrison
It is often said of the Cybermen that theyre terrifying because theyre us.
Theyre a cold, bleak alternative to humanity.
Adric, similarly, is one of the most unpopularDoctor Whocompanions of all time.
The important lesson here is: people can be very embarrassed by who they were as a teenager.
Dont, therefore, put every awkward moment of your childhood writ large into one character.
Adric never stood a chance.
Fan criticism of Don Drapers French-Canadian second wife abounded inMad Mens fifth and sixth seasons.
To certain members ofMad Mensaudience, the Manson Family cant pay Megan a visit soon enough.
When an exasperated Megan asked What is wrong with you people?, the question reverberated throughout season five.
Whats wrong with them?
Blimey, where do you want to start?
Happenings, weed, sexual liberation, sixties psychedelia and fashions…
Finally, weve met her parents, and any character who can survive that upbringing frankly deserves our respect.
By Louisa Mellor
While hes undoubtedly not the best thing aboutCommunity, Pierce Hawthorne isnt the worst either.
He truly brings some darker laughs to the show that none of the other characters could pull off.
In reality, shes the most intelligent and resourceful of any of the companions since 2005.
Yes, but so would you if you were stuck working in space with no end in sight.
But it wasnt all complaining, Cally had her kick-ass moments too.
Who could forget when she shot Boomer in revenge for the attack on Adama?
Say it with me: Stay in the house, Carl!
Hes a teenager, and hes still learning the ropes of the zombie wasteland.
Lets cut the kid some slack.
By Ron Hogan
There are two main reasons Sansa Stark is not the most popular character onGame Of Thrones.
So why should we give her the time of day?
And Sansa has hidden depths.
