I do too.

Me three. Different strokes for different people, etc. I could see how Darcy could bug (especially if she's featured in stories with blatant Mary-Sueing) but I enjoyed her thoroughly in both Thor movies and read some fun fic featuring her.

Also, I think Kat Dennings is ridiculously beautiful: [link]

Darcy makes great seasoning in a story. Stories focusing on her too often turn into author insertion. But not always.

I like Darcy.

I totally like Darcy.

She's the everyman. Which doesn't mean sometimes I don't find her overwritten or written in ways I don't want to read but I like Darcy.

Darcy being likeable in the movie and a fandom's collective (in)ability to write her don't have to be related. Kenzi's an amazing character--many people's favourite, and she was suggested for a similar fic role. And Willow--the show was written like no one dislikes Willow. Why are people coming out in support of one of the characters?

Why are people coming out in support of one of the characters?

Probably this exchange:

It's handy that the Avengers universe has a ready-made Mary Sue/self-identifiable character in Darcy. She lets authors who want to insert themselves into the story kind of avoid the Dreaded OFC Who's Just Like Them.

Not coincidentally, she's also the character that makes me skip past any story if plot developments involving her are present in the summary.

Some people don't like fic with her. Some do. Personally, I often do. Which wasn't supporting the character so much as liking the character being written in fic that I've enjoyed.

Whereas I would say that Darcy being likeable in the movie is argueable; I certainly didn't. Ashley Miller and Zack Stenz could be writing her in fanfic and I'd still recoil.

I liked Darcy more in the first movie than in the second; I wanted Darcy to be more competent than she turned out, sadly.

Darcy is a great sassy sidekick. I enjoy fics where she's in a commentary position--Phil's assistant, Jane's lab gofer. But the Misunderstood Cute Geek character in a show often gets pickedup by a certain class of writer as a springboard.

Tangentially fic-related things that make your heart plummet:

Reading 6 chapters of the story where there was apparently a long gap between 5 and 6 (AO3 doesn't let you see that AFAICT). The author explains she attempted suicide after chapter 5 (one of the main characters is addicted to drugs, self-harms, and is anorexic in a long game suicidal way) and spent months in an institution afterwards, and then apologises for the delay in updates.

Of course the comments are mostly "This fic hasn't been updated recently! Need moaarrrrr......" after chapter 5, and one after chapter 6 saying "Been there, done that, don't apologise, keep on rocking."