I have spent far too many years trying to make everybody like me. It's not possible. People can say or think what they want.
Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials, or none at all.
Well, I'm Italian, but my family isn't stereotypical. I mean, I only have one sister and we don't yell or throw pasta at each other. My mother doesn't even have a secret spaghetti sauce recipe.