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⌈ Secret Post #6291 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I will say - I wouldn't go so far as to use the word "threat" but I do get the insecurity to some degree. It's not about viewing the fictional characters as competition, it's that your mind can't help going to draw a comparison and say "Oh, I'm not like that, I don't have those attributes, I don't look like that, I would never be able to be in that situation", etc etc etc.

[(Anonymous)]

I think it depends on how much you characterize yourself into these fictional ppl in the first place.

I don't think I've looked into many characters female or otherwise and compared myself to them (as a competition??). Emphasized with their situations yes, but comparisons nope.

[(Anonymous)]

Empathised* can't English today

[queenslayerbee]

Yeah, that's the explanation I've seen, but my god. Doesn't that feel to them like an incredibly limiting way to look at fiction?? I recently saw someone use these arguments and bringing up they couldn't relate to a female character because she was beautiful, smart, well dressed, had a job in a male-dominated field... is that all?? The first two might be about genetic lottery, but the others are actually something many women are?? And pleeeeeeeeenty of male characters far outshine that list, all without men everywhere in the world deciding these makes them unworthy of their attention.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

For the record, I would say that this is something that I feel specifically with respect to shipping - which is a very, very narrow slice of how I relate to fiction overall.

[(Anonymous)]

Why... would you do that, though? They're fictional. They don't even exist. There's nothing to compare to because they're literally just a figment of someone's imagination, not an actual living, breathing person.

[(Anonymous)]

Nonnie, believe me, I have tried explaining many times to my brain that the things it does make no sense.

[(Anonymous)]

Female characters are often a reflection of what the writer expects women to be like. If you're not as awesome as the main girl, not able to keep up with the boys like she dies, then you're useless and making your gender look bad.

[(Anonymous)]

I would say they're more often a reflection of what the writer wishes they could be the same way male MCs written by male writers are likewise personal wish fulfillment.