[ SECRET POST #336 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #336 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Out again, Christmas shopping/making a buttload of cookies! You know what to do!

Last day to submit for next week!

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #048.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, [ 1 ] not!secret, [ 1 ] not!fandom, [ 1 ] repeat.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Saturday, December 7th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

OP of 37

[relmneiko.livejournal.com]

You might have a point there, and my opinion will change with time (hopefully the entire genre will change and all the other cliches with it, but that's a bit much to hope for). I *do* think that they're a type, and a type that I find boring... and believe it or not I do like het and rejoice for certian games (I know I mentioned Suikoden V a few times in some of my replies for having a simply AWESOME female cast, love interest and all. Lyon = epic win.)

Of course, not liking the type makes OMG SO SEXIST!!11, according to all the wank I seem to have started...

Re: OP of 37

[kinneas.livejournal.com]

No, negatively grouping together an entire set of female characters whose personalities are nothing alike for the purpose of elevating male characters makes you OMG SO SEXIST!!11.

:)

Re: OP of 37

[relmneiko.livejournal.com]

But... they are alike. They share various traditionally feminine traits and the same roles in gameplay in within the story.

I mean, isn't it at least a bit strange when you realize that the love interests of every protagonist in 95% of every JRPG ever made are healers? Wouldn't you want to look for other patterns as well?

Re: OP of 37

[kinneas.livejournal.com]

That, dearheart, is called an archetype. Not a stereotype. Maybe you should learn the connotational difference.

Your problem is that YOU are the one doing the stereotyping. I could spend hours writing out the vast differences between Yuna, Aeris, and Garnet, but I'm not going to because I don't feel like it.

I'll be nice for a moment and say this: There are JUST AS MANY character archetypes for men, and yet you notice the differences between them. Perhaps you need to take a step back and evaluate your OWN view.

Re: OP of 37

[relmneiko.livejournal.com]

Fine, call it an archetype, I still don't like those characters and I still find them boring.

Like it has been mentioned at least five or six times already, I'm quite aware that the men are typed. I find the 'types' - be them archetypes or stereotypes, whatever the hell you feel like calling them - to be more appealing.

I never said I didn't like ALL female types, just this one. I DON'T LIKE THE HEALER-LOVE-INTEREST TYPE. I'm not saying it's BAD or WRONG or other people shouldn't like it, I'm saying *I* don't like it. K?

Re: OP of 37

[kinneas.livejournal.com]

Wow, you just aren't getting it =\ Whatever.

Re: OP of 37

[relmneiko.livejournal.com]

*sigh*

I've had a day to think on the matter, and this post I think will explain my position better than all the wanking I did yesterday.

http://community.livejournal.com/fandomsecrets/105739.html?thread=24124939#t24319243