After Vanya discovers her powers, she kind of sort of kills a lot of people. In fact, and you shouldn't read this next line if you haven't finished season 1, she has a teensy-weensy blunder that blows up the moon and kills humanity. It's this murderous side of Vanya's personality that has some fans on The Umbrella Academy sub-Reddit hating the character.
In the aptly named thread "I hate vanya," the original poster, u/amoorimachayekh, claims the moment that led them to start hating the character was when Vanya slit Allison's throat in season 1. This happens immediately after Vanya discovers Allison had used her powers to make her believe she was powerless. U/amoorimachayekh also states that they "hated her even more from season 2." Other fans cite the same incident within the thread and mirror the original poster's dislike.
U/Thr0waway0864213579 thinks viewers are supposed to dislike the character. "Her story is pretty authentic and I think you're supposed to feel off put by her in season 1," the user comments. "She doesn't have powers, she's bitter about her family, and she's just generally a gloomy character."
"Vanya made choices as an adult. the others made choices as adults. they were ALL abused. they ALL make sh***y choices," says u/CaseyRC, while contesting those who have sympathy for the character, "but those choices are their responsiblity [sic] and Vanya should carry her own burden of that rather than being absolved of everything by people that love her."
