[ SECRET POST #4887 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4887 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

The thing I don't get about this is that half the point of representation in media is for people to see themselves reflected in those characters. You need imperfect characters for full representation.

To use a slightly different example - having a strong female lead who loves drinking, can wrestle a kgb agent twice her body weight despite no training and is a mechanic would have been refreshing maybe 15 years ago now it's just the new stereotype. They slap them in there and call it a well won fight for equality.

True equality is to see women, LGBT, BME characters in any facet of a story, not just their new stereotypes.

[(Anonymous)]

Big mood with just slapping one-dimensional action girls everywhere and expecting back pats for doing so much for women and equality. This character has been a trope since ever yet it feels but people treat it like it's something new every time they see it and each time a more main stream media has a character like this she seems to be getting more and more flat. It's like putting a gruff and emotionally stunted male detective who is otherwise superbly competent at everything and putting him into every story for no reason and whenever you see a new one crop up you act surprised to see him and exclaim "no one's done this before!"

Give me a smart female character who uses her brain to solve problems. Who is competent with a lot of weapons but has to utilize skill and tactic more than physical strength because she's usually smaller than most of her opponents. Who recognizes she needs help sometimes and that things are easier when you have someone watching your back. There doesn't need to be some black and white either you have an OP female character or a weak doormat who can't do anything.

[(Anonymous)]

Honestly at this point I'd take still having that same OP female character who can bench press everyone and is a mechanic and can outdrink all the men and all that but she's played by an actual super buff muscular actress instead of a sexy blonde waif, at least it would be slightly different.

[(Anonymous)]

OMG this one-hundred percent. I'm tired of seeing actresses who clearly don't eat more than 1,000 calories a day being presented as these super stronk fighers who can manhandle anyone when it's like...no...no you have noodle arms and the muscle definition of a stick.

A can suspend by disbelief if the strength comes from a sort of super power but still...