[meta] there is no such thing as character bashing in well-written fic

Let us not be wishy-washy. I am sure that each of us can acknowledge having seen a summary or disclaimer attached to a fic that says something similar to, "This fic contains bashing of Character X! If you like Character X, don't read this fic! You have been warned!"

I contest this statement. I would like to suggest that a statement such as this is flawed, for the following reasons (that I bring together to form my hypothesis):

1. You are welcome to dislike or like Character X.
2. If you are writing a fic and within it there are characters disliking Character X, or Character X comes off in situations very poorly (ie, as a bitch) in a way that would be believable in the original text, then this is not character bashing, this is writing your characters correctly.
3. If you are writing a fic and within it you are bashing a character, ie writing the character incorrectly for the sake of being a bitch about that character, then WHY ARE YOU GIVING US YOUR POORLY WRITTEN (and characterised) FANFIC TO READ?

In conclusion, there is no such thing as character bashing in a fic that is actually worth my time.

Discuss.

For extra points, you can bitch about smooshed pairing names. My new least favourite is Burtina.