>> I’ve actually come to despise them and the attitude they symbolize. The issue is, they don't necessarily symbolize an attitude. That's an assumption on you

>> I’ve actually come to despise them and the attitude they symbolize. The issue is, they don't necessarily symbolize an attitude. That's an assumption on your part, and in my opinion, and erroneous one. These stories let people see urges they have played out in a fictional setting, and explore how it might play out. This can relieve the pressure people might feel to actually act in these ways, because they get some outlet, while also seeing how the behavior is problematic in real life. It's fine that you don't like this fiction, but when you start projecting your own interpretations of what the fiction means or symbolizes, you are projecting your own interpretation and judgement onto others who may consume that fiction in an entirely different way. It doesn't symbolize what you say it does, it at most makes you feel something about it. To others it makes them feel something different. In neither case does it necessarily make someone act or think more in line with how the main character does. We can ask people to act a certain way within society, but once we start demonizing urges people may have and not act on, and fiction that appeals to those people, I think we've gone too far.