Paul is truly the modern Terry Long. It's amazing how long a universally reviled character stuck around. His whole presence just oozes spite.
>>149700567Sometimes, you just gotta roll with the punches. Some authors are better about pivoting to a different waifu when the one they wanted to shill wasn't as popular. Like Hideaki Anno being surprised that Rei was more popular than Asuka. He signed off on Rei merch and made a zillion dollars.
A similar thing happened in the Trails games. Specifically in its third arc, Trails of Cold Steel. The main girl who was pushed was somewhat bland, so as a result, there's just waaaaaay more smut and fanart of literally every girl but her. Partly because it took them three games to make her relevant to the plot at all and every other girl had more to do with the plot. But, they rolled with it and instead tried to beef her role up a little and address the criticism.
>>149701376I'd stopped before then. Sometime during Clone Conspiracy. Mostly out of a lack of interest than outright rage or anything.