[ SECRET POST #3505 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3505 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Hair grows back, man. It's weird how personally some of you are taking this -- also, of all the over-used tropes to call out?

[(Anonymous)]

...I'm missing the part where we can't call out this particular over-used trope? I can see you're really a fan of it or something, but that doesn't make it any less of a cliche.

[(Anonymous)]

Don't we reserve "call outs" for things that promote outdated, harmful beliefs? This trope, as others have pointed out, borrow from respected cultural traditions and is actually kind of gender-neutral (at least I can think of several long-haired male characters who have pulled it off). But mostly I'm here going a little ehhhh at the comments going all, "As a long-haired woman..." as though hairstyle choice were some immutable identity or something. As I said, it grows back.

[(Anonymous)]

When does it grow back? How many female characters does it grow back for?

And no, something is still a cliche no matter how you try to argue it's "gender neutral" or "cultural" (which is hardly an observation considering it's cultural in probably every society ever). It makes me laugh out loud at this point when women dramatically cut their hair to signify change. It's a tired cliche, end of.

[(Anonymous)]

...okay, then. Considering that fiction operates upon a collection of tropes more or less well-worn by now, I imagine we'd be laughing all day if we had to be this hyper-critical. But it takes all kinds.

[(Anonymous)]

It grows back on real humans, but not fictional characters whose stories often end shortly after the dramatic crossroads moment. Sorry but practical limitations in storytelling exist. Or hell, maybe they just like their hair short? You're making it sound more and more like hairstyle choice is a fundamental fact of one's identity here.

considering it's cultural in probably every society ever

Somehow, I think that point would be hard to quantify.