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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2021-03-31 05:31 pm

[ SECRET POST #5199 ]


⌈ Secret Post #5199 ⌋

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[personal profile] kamino_neko 2021-03-31 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah... The Manic Pixie Dream Girl, like the Magical Negro, doesn't exist for herself, she exists to be the catalyst for the male protagonist's growth. (Swap in 'white' instead of 'male', for the case of the Magical Negro.)

At least that's what the term was coined to mean...it fairly rapidly mutated into 'random quirky girl'.
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[personal profile] sparklywalls 2021-03-31 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Guess going by everyone’s comments here I wasn’t misunderstanding but I’m being stubbornly traditional in using the term the old way!

It’s pretty frustrating that it feels like a lot of female fans seem apologetic for identifying with a female character just because “positive and quirky” when that’s not necessarily an issue by itself - I get the “oh I’m so random” people in real life can be annoying but sometimes...that’s just how some people are. Especially younger people.