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fandomsecrets2008-06-13 04:24 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2008-06-13 04:24 pm
[ SECRET POST #525 ]
⌈ Secret Post #525 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Notes:
1. D:
2. Early due to zombie apocalypse. Good luck.
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Re: 130
Which will cause you to dress in a more "masculine way"? No, sorry, just kidding. But really, All the seminars I've been to stresses that feminism is all about choice. Preferably informed choices, of course. If you want to be a housewife, be a housewife - just don't make it out to be the "true" place for women (not that I think that you do). It's not a choice I personally understand, but a choice nonetheless.
I haven't seen Gurren Lagann yet, so it's difficult for me to discuss, but Nia sounds like a rather typical female protagonist. There is absolutely nothing wrong with characters like that, but when they dominate media to the point that they become the standard, the ultimate ideal for women, there is a problem.
I present to you the case of Lucrezia Noin. Her goal in the show Gundam Wing is to ensure that Zechs Marquise (her higher-up and also longtime love) succeeds in his goals.
Yes, but that's the character's goal. It wasn't the creator's sole use of her in the plot, and therein lies the difference. Riza Hawkeye is similar; they both have protecting/supporting another character as their main goal, but they both have a history, other roles to play in the plot, and other things they care about, and most important of all: character development (which is rarely afforded to female characters, sadly).
It's not the motivation of a character that makes it a plot robot, but the reason the creator put it there. Ginny Weasley in HP was rather like that; her characterisation was completely dependent on what the writer thought was the "perfect" girl for Harry, as showed by the choppy and pieced-together characterisation (and don't get me wrong, I love the books; they have their faults, though). Her only function was to be the love-interest, to be the goal for the hero to reach at the end.
But generally speaking, I think the textbook example is something along the lines of "the young beautiful girl alone in the park at midnight, after a warning that a crazed killer is on the loose has been issued". The only reason she's there is because the writer needs someone to be attacked.