Talk:Index Librorum Prohibitorum/@comment-175.34.5.247-20180113153934/@comment-76.180.83.104-20190724040227

I mean, everyone keeps abusing Touma despite him doing nothing wrong. Seriously, even the fan favorite Misaka Mikoto regularly attacks him for no god damn reason besides the fact that she can't deal with her emotions. Othinus also does the same but less often (you'd think someone who tortured a guy with thousands of universes would think twice before hurting him). Fukiyose does the same in school (especially when it was Aogami and Tsuchimikado being perverts, Kamijou keeps getting dragged in). Need I go on? The series as a whole treats abusing Touma as a joke with no real consequence, so it's a bit incongrous to hate a single character for it. She just happens to be around Touma more often, so her bites happen more frequently than other forms of abuse.

Trying to compare herself to Misaka... what? Both of them show animosity as romantic rivals, but I never recall Index comparing herself to Misaka. They live in different worlds, and Index actually treats Misaka as more or less irrelevant since she's in the world of science, not Magic. If anything, it's Misaka who is anxious about Index, because Misaka couldn't help Touma when it came to matters of magic. Also, what does the fact that Index has no family/home have to do with anything? It's not like it was her fault that she has no memory of her family and have no income (when she's been protected in a isolated buble most of her life).

She is definitely limited in power compared to Mikoto, but to say she doesn't help Touma would be foolish. In matters regarding magic, her information/advice helps Touma out a great deal, and her use of spell intercept or sheol fear can come in handy. Hell, she can make a flawed gungnir when push comes to shove. Plus, it's not as if Mikoto did not need saving by Touma. I mean, Othinus is just as (if not more) useless in a fight as Index is, and also help Touma through advice, yet the fandom loves her. I mean, by that logic, was accelerator during level 6 project, or Othinus when she was tormenting Touma your favorite character?

(gotta say, I saw someone post about how people like Mikoto b/c she's stronger than Index and thought that was the dumbest thing ever, but apparently some people actually believe this)