[ SECRET POST #2219 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2219 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Oofuri]


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03.
[Adventure Time]


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04.
[How I Met Your Mother]


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05.
[Gangnam Style/PSY]


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06.
[Arthur Conan Doyle]


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07.
[Sherlock]


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08.
[Richard Armitage]


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09.
[Bioshock 1&2, Heavy Rain, Silent Hill 1&3, Alias, Taken 1&2, Once Upon A Time]


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10.
[Lizzie Bennet Diaries]


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11.
[Steam Powered Giraffe]


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12.
[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]


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13.
[Ghost World/Safety Not Guaranteed]


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14.
[Patalliro]


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15.
[Bones]


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16.
[Hetalia]


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17.
[Dynasty Warriors]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 060 secrets from Secret Submission Post #317.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - personal attack ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

IDK about the miniskirt part. Many girls like wearing skirts. You can be feminine and skill kill monsters, right?

[fingalsanteater]

No you can't. Girls that fight have to have traditionally masculine personality traits and must wear pants. People would be confused seeing a girl in a skirt kick ass.

"Must Wear Pants" is the name of my new book deconstructing the cliches and archetypes of non-traditional female characters.

/not really
//it's probably already been written

[(Anonymous)]

People would be confused seeing a girl in a skirt kick ass.

It is far, far more likely to see a girl heroine fighting in a skimpy outfit than it is to see her in 'pants'. Your comment doesn't make much sense.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah action heroines usually wear pants and masculine clothes

http://thehawkeyeinitiative.com/

http://eschergirls.tumblr.com/

oh wait

[(Anonymous)]

No one is understanding this is sarcasm.

[fingalsanteater]

I noticed some people have a problem with that. Anons in particular. Sometimes I wonder if it's a trolling tactic to take obvious sarcasm as a serious comment.

[(Anonymous)]

What was the point of the sarcasm if not to indicate that criticism of "kick-ass" females who wear skirts is silly?

[(Anonymous)]

They actually have seen the sarcasm, given that they're attacking the point behind the sarcasm.

[(Anonymous)]

Well sure, but let's not pretend there is not a gender-based discrepancy in how belief is suspended for things like miniskirts & heels as athletic attire, boob-bowls & tinsel as armor, etc etc

Is Adventure Time of all things a particularly heinous example of this? PROBABLY NOT. Is there nonetheless still a conspicuous difference in the amount of gender performance and sexualization going on for Finn vs for Fiona? I think if you're being honest you have to say yes.

It doesn't have to be wrong or The Worst Thing, but I'm happier examining and questioning it than quietly agreeing with the idea that a little girl can't be rowdy and rough and adventure-loving without also being qualified by certain adult notions of femininity.

I had lots of adventures when I was little, and I ran around and chased things and hit them with (wooden) swords. It never once occurred to me to wear a miniskirt while doing so. So yeah, why would it not strike people like me and OP as a little odd?

[(Anonymous)]

DA

Oh, I dunno, I was sent to school in flouncy skirts and tights and Mary Janes and pink-sparkle-explosion because my mom thought that stuff was cute, and I would climb the jungle gym and stomp a boy into the dirt at recess just the same. Though tbh I don't know how old they're meant to be in Adventure Time.