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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2011-12-24 03:24 pm

[ SECRET POST #1817 ]

⌈ Secret Post #1817 ⌋


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[identity profile] streetcake.livejournal.com 2011-12-25 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
But the sum of Bella pretty much IS her passiveness and inability to function healthily without Edward. This isn't a case of misogynistic fans nitpicking a female character, since Bella's whole essence is a badly-written and poorly portrayed idea of a woman in love. And people argue about Edward too, but it's(I'm assuming) because Bella is a character that the readers are allowed/encouraged to envision themselves as that ticks people off. She's unhealthily obsessed with an abusive man and it is shown to be romantic and not wrong at all. Bella is the one Meyer encourages the female readers to relate to, so Bella is the one everyone is quick to criticise. Or maybe they're just sick of shitty female characters and since Bella is a rather shitty character from a shitty franchise with immense popularity they want to make sure that everyone knows that she could have been written a hell of a lot better than what Meyer presented everyone with.

And there's really no proof there was no examination when the person made this image? There's not a disclaimer that explains and maps out their thought processes to confirm that they weren't just making quick judgements, but regardless there isn't anything about this particular image that makes me think they're judging women for being passive. Since it's about Bella specifically, who's whole existence doesn't expand past her dependence on a man.