Thanks! This list looks really helpful! I'm always meaning to give my characters all of the little background details that make them fleshed-out, but making my own questionnaires is a nightmare. So this is really useful.
It's kind of upsetting when people diss what you like, huh. Very disheartening. But just ignore them when it comes to sucking the enjoyment out of stuff. No one should be mad to feel bad about what they like. Unless it's certain animes, fetishes, style in clothes, et cetera... god, the hypocrisy of humanity is killing me.
And one of the actors I like, Michael Fassbender, has had allegations of physical abuse put against him back in 2012 -he practically beat up his girlfriend when he was drunk, but it wasn't quite as direct as physically beating her. More like serious manhandling- and I was almost relieved because I was expecting something hideously dark, like Harvey Weinstein stories. But before I knew the exact nature of the allegations and supposed they were more violating in nature, I had this crisis of conscience because I realised something:
Fassbender is awesome looking. He's a good actor, and charming, and we share heritage, so there's this instant fondness going on. So I was automatically more willing to forgive him than if he'd been charmless, a terrible actor, not as cool-looking and of a heritage that was completely unlike mine. Which is utterly horrible. If he'd had the latter's qualities, I would have mentally condemned him to whatever prison had the most spit in it.
The point is... it's disturbing how charm, good-looks and talent can basically get you off the hook. It inspires more leniency. But what's worse is that people who do not have those qualities are going to suffer more. Judgement should never come too easily, and should be examined closely.
Would we forgive a dog for shredding our sneakers if it was cute and fluffy? Would we forgive it if it was mangy, and prone to biting, and yapped all the time? Ack...! The implications...!
But I'm seriously disappointed in him now, and I don't like him as much nor do I really want to use him as my template anymore. I know he was drunk when he did those things, and that drunkenness often brings out the worst in people, but that poor woman must have been really scared, and she came away with some pretty bad injuries. I just hope that history doesn't repeat itself.
Pretty weird, impromptu diatribe but aaaagh! Implications, Kimi! The implications!