Gotta love the mindset. One poster expresses dislike for a FICTIONAL character…so another poster insults a REAL PERSON to signal the superiority of their own position?!?!?!
The problem with Dinkly is that he is an unrelatable character … no effort has been made to let readers know why he acts as he does. That’s OK, as far as it goes, some supervillains didn’t have a lot of motivation, either. However, they remained interesting if they are seen through the eyes of a superhero with whom the reader DOES empathize … and thus some kind of interaction with the audience is maintained. Good writing is largely “show and not tell”, this seems like the opposite.
We had a Basset Hound puppy who was attacked by a German Shepherd. When she got older, she would attack that shepherd’s cage every opportunity that she got … and the shepherd would cower in the opposite corner. If you’ve ever looked at a basset’s teeth, and watched them crack a soup bone, you’d show a load of respect. They are sort of a hard target to attack because other dogs will tend to get a mouthful of loose skin while the basset can turn around and literally go for the throat.
Gotta love the mindset. One poster expresses dislike for a FICTIONAL character…so another poster insults a REAL PERSON to signal the superiority of their own position?!?!?!