Didn't he and another writer named Farla write a story in which an Eevee decided to overthrow humans because he hates them and also pokemon training is now abusive for some reason? Weird.... Yep. He appears to have taken down his fics, but I distinctly remember him as a Team Rocket fanboy and a friend of Farla's.
I also remember that he loved Team Rocket in VILLAINOUS roles, so I wouldn't be surprised if he jumped ship when Cori went into full-on We're-The-Real-Heroes mode. (And I suspect he genuinely hated the protagonists for being shonen heroes, not for them being Team Rocket's enemies.)
Talk about biting the hand that feeds them.... As I say in the intro to the Cori Falls MSTs on my LJ, Pokemon fandom also has its Slytherfen. :P
I do that all the time (and I'm a twenty-year-old environmental biology student who hasn't taken a single literature class since high school) so why can't they, if they're such clever English majors? Four words: Black-and-white thinking.
If characters are Good, they cannot have any serious flaws, because then they would be Bad. If characters are Bad, they cannot have any serious redeeming values, because then they would be Good. And they cannot like Bad characters and they cannot dislike Good characters, so any characters they like MUST be Good and any characters they dislike MUST be Bad.
While that's true of a lot of people who are just immature, a bit brainless, or sheltered, I think the people who don't outgrow it genuinely have it hard-wired into their brains. ...It results in some downright peculiar behavior, yes, but it cannot be helped. ...Not that it stops me from mocking the downright psychotic ones (such as Cori Falls and Co.), because they can help how they act upon their views, but anyway...
Anyway, the answer to your question is that they really, really think they're fans of Team Rocket, but they genuinely are not watching the same show/reading the same manga. :| *sigh* And therrrre y'have it...
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Yep. He appears to have taken down his fics, but I distinctly remember him as a Team Rocket fanboy and a friend of Farla's.
I also remember that he loved Team Rocket in VILLAINOUS roles, so I wouldn't be surprised if he jumped ship when Cori went into full-on We're-The-Real-Heroes mode. (And I suspect he genuinely hated the protagonists for being shonen heroes, not for them being Team Rocket's enemies.)
As I say in the intro to the Cori Falls MSTs on my LJ, Pokemon fandom also has its Slytherfen. :P
Four words: Black-and-white thinking.
If characters are Good, they cannot have any serious flaws, because then they would be Bad. If characters are Bad, they cannot have any serious redeeming values, because then they would be Good. And they cannot like Bad characters and they cannot dislike Good characters, so any characters they like MUST be Good and any characters they dislike MUST be Bad.
While that's true of a lot of people who are just immature, a bit brainless, or sheltered, I think the people who don't outgrow it genuinely have it hard-wired into their brains. ...It results in some downright peculiar behavior, yes, but it cannot be helped. ...Not that it stops me from mocking the downright psychotic ones (such as Cori Falls and Co.), because they can help how they act upon their views, but anyway...
Anyway, the answer to your question is that they really, really think they're fans of Team Rocket, but they genuinely are not watching the same show/reading the same manga. :| *sigh* And therrrre y'have it...