'We're all mad at Alan Rickman in Love Actually. But we've got it wrong.'

It's that time of year again. You've cracked open the Prosecco, you've dusted off the DVDs (or, let's be real, the streaming service subscription), and you're settling in for your annual viewing of Love Actually. 

Then, it happens. The Joni Mitchell scene. Emma Thompson standing in her bedroom, smoothing out the bedspread, crying silently while 'Both Sides Now' plays. It is, objectively, the most devastating three minutes in Christmas cinematic history.

Every year, our collective rage boils over and we want to hurl a mince pie at Alan Rickman's character, Harry. The memes are already starting to resurface. How could he? For a gold necklace and a girl in a devil costume who works at his own office? It is truly pathetic.

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His betrayal is valid grounds for a lifetime of hatred, but I'm here to propose a radical shift in our festive fury. While we've been busy hyper-focusing on Harry, several other absolute garbage-fire men have been sliding under the radar. It's time to diversify our hatred.

If there was a prize for being a gaslighting tosser during the most festive time of year, Jasper Bloom from The Holiday would have a trophy room full of them. While Harry was a bumbling idiot who got caught, Jasper is a calculated, emotional vampire who kept Iris on a string for three years. 

He got engaged to someone else and didn't tell her, letting her find out at the office Christmas party in front of everyone. He then had the audacity to fly to LA, show up at the house she was staying at, and tell her he "missed" her while he was still very much engaged to another woman.

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He is the human equivalent of a damp, mouldy sock and we need to stop crying over the necklace and start forming a physical barrier to keep this man away from Kate Winslet forever.

If we're being honest Harry's not even the only problematic man in the Love Actually universe alone.

We have Karl. Sarah has been pining for this man for over two years and they finally get home, the lighting is perfect, and the tension is palpable. And then Sarah's brother calls. Sarah's brother has a mental illness and she is his primary support. 

It's a heavy, beautiful, selfless load. And what does Karl do when she has to step away during their night of passion? He sits on the bed looking mildly inconvenienced and then just leaves. 

Whatever happened to saying "no worries at all, go take care of your family, I'll be right here when you're done because I'm a grown man who understands empathy"? No. He leaves and the implication is that their love is never to be again. 

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We also need to address Mark, who thinks creeping on his best friend's wife and filming creepy close-ups of her face at her wedding is a romantic gesture rather than a reason to call the police. 

And don't get me started on the Prime Minister, who basically redistributed a staff member because he couldn't control his own jealousy. 

Alan Rickman's Harry was a fool who broke Emma Thompson's heart, but at least he seemed to know he was a piece of work by the end. Jasper, on the other hand, to this day, would likely still look you in the eye and tell you it's actually your fault for being so generous. 

This Christmas, let's keep the Joni Mitchell records for the vibes, but save our real, burning vitriol for the Jaspers of the world.

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