[ SECRET POST #1839 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1839 ⌋


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Secrets Left to Post: 07 pages, 156 secrets from Secret Submission Post #263.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeats ]
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Comments

[kindlycoyote.livejournal.com]

Oh wooooooow.

Hun, sit down and take a chill pill. One, I mentioned that I probably would not have cared nearly as much if it wasn't in conjunction with a lot of other stuff that was going on. Two, the anon who replied to you was right in saying it's different to make a girly character rather than replace a tough one with a girly one. Three?

Three is that I do like a lot of 'girly' protagonists/characters, when done well. Like Lily (How I Met Your Mother), Lola (from a book), Mara (also from a book), Glenda (from the Wicked Musical)... girlishness I find is just fine when it's a fleshed out character. Partly I feel this way because my sister is very girly, but still kicks ass and is one of the toughest and proudest people I know. Girlishness is not a problem in and of itself.

What is a problem is that in a lot of Anime, I had noticed that women who were tough were many times either replaced by or made into a girly character. Or were shown to be 'lesser' through narrative or other means than the girly character. During that time I read one Manga that flat out stated that women, no matter how tough or well-trained they were, would freeze in a crisis while a man, no matter how timid or 'weak' they were, would rise to take over the situation.

It was in the form of a inspiring monologue and everything.

This I read right before I saw the character changed, so you bet I felt annoyed as all hell. It isn't that a character is girly, but that in many cultures and in many peoples' eyes a girly girl is superior to a tomboy or any other type of woman. THIS is my issue, because no one is superior. We all rock equally. And I'm sick of people making judgement calls about how people choose to live their life.

Hell, I'm not even a tomboy or particularly tough looking myself. I like lipstick and sleek curve-hugging dresses with pimped-out high-heels. Sure, I also like to throw on cargoes and hoodies, but I would no more classify myself a tomboy as I would a diva. *shrugs*

TL'DR- You barkin' up the wrong tree.