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Lenalee doesn't take a passive role, however. It's obvious from her canon reactions to losing her Innocence that she doesn't want to be a burden to anyone else and that she wants to continue fighting.

I'm talking about passive in a meta sense, here; even though she actively tries to make her innocence work, nothing comes out of it. It's not until after being completely unable to do anything during a crisis and made a prize to be saved (their princess? Good grief) she is allowed to regain it.

You'll notice that the male characters are simply not put in a position like that; even when they haven't got their innocence, they're still able to fight, or they're simply off somewhere recuperating.

I don't call that 'taking a passive role.'

No, that's being forced into a passive role by canon. She wanted to do things but was rendered completely unable to.

When it came time to face the level 4 akuma, both of them had no mobility or physical issues facing them aside from having no Innocence, which Lenalee had on TOP of being injured.

This is actually exactly my point; why is this the case? Why is it that male characters are not placed in a completely helpless situaion while female characters are? These are the hidden ways a sexist society works; we do things unthinkingly and unintentionally, reinforcing stereotypes while (probably) not wanting to.

And yes, I find a big, big problem with female characters being held to different standards than male characters

Well, who doesn't? But you cannot be sure that people are actually doing this unless you can read their minds (except in the very few cases where it's obvious), since female characters are usually held to different standards by canon; what if the dislike people feel is the result of the unequal roles men and women are dealt in a particular canon?

about Hoshino possibly having sexist attitudes

Oh, I don't think she does, not more than people in general. I just think she unconsciously influenced by living in a sexist society, making that spill over into her work occasionally. Very few works of fiction (if any) escape the traces of sexism completely.

I don't think that she should be judged on a different scale with a similar exorcist who happens to be male purely on the basis of their sexes.

This is also a point I'm trying to make. I am comparing her to the way male characters are treated in canon, and I'm finding discrepancies. This is a problem I think should be discussed.

Thank you for the link (and the one before!)

Well, I certainly agree that Linali's not a Mary Sue. I think the author there is wrong about the state of her innocence being comparable to Kanda's and Krory's, but it was similar to Allen's, and that means she's not breaking the rules of the canon world, and thus not a Sue. Especially now when it's been theorised that all equip types of innocence could evolve the same way.

From what I can discern, the people calling her a Sue seem to have mistaken hints of sexism (Breasts suddenly appearing bigger? Revealing clothing? Suddenly put in a helpless position unable to do anything but wait for someone to save her? Yeah.) for Sue traits, and simply reacted to that.

I simply took what I knew about canon and interpreted the character reactions to their individual situations as being proof of possible sexism on the author's part. I never actually wondered (in cases like D.Gray-man) why it was that the author chose, consciously or unconsciously, to write the characters into those positions in the first place. It looks like I might need some work there, so thank you for making me think about that. On the other hand, though, as a fan of American comics, I have definitely wondered what spurred some writers to put their female characters in certain positions and their male characters in others. It's just so much harder to see in series like D.Gray-man or Fullmetal Alchemist, for example, which includes female characters attempting to break free of the roles dealt out to them.

The way I see it, Hoshino may be influenced by the sexist views in society, or she may not be. There may be some subconscious ideas about women at work that led her to unwittingly put Lenalee in positions that the male characters would not be put in. Of course, I don't think either of us will ever know for sure. She might have chosen to write Lenalee, Allen, or any other characters into certain situations like that for reasons that we as readers can't really interpret. But it is something to think about.

And no, I'm no mind-reader. I've been drawing on my own personal experiences with fans who dislike Lenalee, and some of them have admitted that the problems they have with her lie in her portrayal as a female character. I can understand that to an extent, even though I myself don't take issue with the portrayal of female characters in D.Gray-man.

Yet still, some other fans were not able to provide a legitimate reason for disliking her or holding her to a different standard. I guess it's cynical of me to automatically assume that many fans who dislike her will be more inclined towards the last option. Or is it? I've found in some fandoms that quite a few fans simply don't take time to think about gender theory or how they're wrongfully interpreting characters based on traits that are beyond the character's control. And they should, because everyone should.

It's just so much harder to see in series like D.Gray-man or Fullmetal Alchemist, for example, which includes female characters attempting to break free of the roles dealt out to them.

Yeah, I mean, I think the female characters in DGM (and FMA for that matter) are all very good characters, really. The problems with them are just very, very subtle, and can create antipathy in people not prone to analysis. As you said, some people just don't think much about gender theory.

I just think that in general it's better to try and get a discussion going about why someone dislike her, and pick apart their reasoning until they ses the real problem. Or, alternatively, that there isn't much of a problem. Accusations will only make them more stubborn in their wilful dislike, I think.

She might have chosen to write Lenalee, Allen, or any other characters into certain situations like that for reasons that we as readers can't really interpret.

Imagine a world where, for example, The Millennium Earl, Cross and Sokaro would have been female, Miranda male, there being as many female as male exorcists without it changing a single thing in their personalities or the story. Seems impossible, doesn't it? That's how far we are from being free of sexist reasoning.

That's how far we are from being free of sexist reasoning.

Sadly, that's true. In the meantime, though, Leverrier can keep his biological sex. Haha.

Oh my god, Leverrier. With the cakes. How do they manage to make him even more creepylicious? XD

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