I consider bashing to be any combination of treating normal human responses as horrible via the narrative or other characters
This, so much.
Also is the villlainised character necessary to the plot? I mean I get that sometimes you need a bad guy/gal, and though I'd prefer not to see someone I like cast in that role, it isn't necessarily always a bad thing, so long as they're kept IC and realistic.
What really bugged me about that JDM/JA fic was that the ambassador character seemed completely irrelevant to the plot, and coiuld have been left out without changing the story at all. And the first few times she's mentioned she's just The Ambassador, so seeing that one throw-away line of Ambassador Gamble really made me think the author was taking a pop at her.
Re: Questions about character bashing
This, so much.
Also is the villlainised character necessary to the plot? I mean I get that sometimes you need a bad guy/gal, and though I'd prefer not to see someone I like cast in that role, it isn't necessarily always a bad thing, so long as they're kept IC and realistic.
What really bugged me about that JDM/JA fic was that the ambassador character seemed completely irrelevant to the plot, and coiuld have been left out without changing the story at all. And the first few times she's mentioned she's just The Ambassador, so seeing that one throw-away line of Ambassador Gamble really made me think the author was taking a pop at her.