[ SECRET POST #2242 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2242 ⌋

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

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Comments

[fscom]

17. http://i.imgur.com/DAbezuc.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

OH BOY HERE WE GO

[insanenoodlyguy]

Sometimes people like established gender roles. For themselves and others and how those interact.

And that is not inherently a bad thing. Only imposing on others is. Liking is most certainly not.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not sure whether to get out my popcorn for sexism wank or to go away and trust that no one's gonna give a shit about things that are technically sexist but aren't hurting anyone.

[maverickz3r0]

I like it whenever one character physically protects another like that. No matter the genders involved or even if it would help. It's really touching, to me. Like the one character has an instinctive reaction of 'you won't hurt her/him!' even if it wouldn't do any good in the circumstances.

So I guess I sorta get it? At least I understand why you like the dynamic anyway, even if it doesn't extend for all gender combinations with you.

[(Anonymous)]

I have the same reaction to that kind of image.

Of course, I also have the same reaction when it's a woman protecting a man or a woman protecting a woman or a man protecting a man. (I just wish I saw the last three anywhere near as often as the first one. I think that's where the 'feminism' part comes in.)

(If it's a robot protecting a kitten, of course, it goes well beyond warm tingles.)

[(Anonymous)]

Anyone protecting anyone else gives me warm tinglies. That someone loves a person enough to put themselves before them in the face of danger... it's old-fashioned, but I like it too.

Then again, I tend to date more alpha males, who have done that sort of thing when we've been out walking in our college town when the drunks are staggering back to the dorms.

[(Anonymous)]

What the heck is he doing in that picture? Why is he sticking his chest out like that, some sort of alien greeting?

I actually agree, OP. Perhaps not with this particular picture though.

[elephantinegrace]

You like what you like. I remember seeing a secret where a self-described feminist said she wanted to be a housewife with a husband who supported her family, and I have the same response to you as I did her; you can like what you like and chase after it. The whole point of feminism is that women have the right to go after what they want without being shamed for it.

Besides, it'd be weird for me to judge you, OP, when I get warm tingles from seeing or reading someone small physically protecting a bigger person.

[intrigueing]

Well, tbh, stuff like this doesn't spring from nowhere. A lot of girls instinctively find male characters who show physical protectiveness appealing because preferences like that are wired into people's brains and into society. And a lot of guys find the idea of protecting a girl appealing for the same reason. Which is maybe technically sexist I guess, but...it's just not that big a deal IMO, especially when it's just a personal preference and isn't OOC for the male and female characters in question.

I guess it would be sexist if you found the flipside of a girl protecting a guy annoying or something, though.

[(Anonymous)]

My OTP is that sort of ship, though it's a m/m pairing (protective manly guy/weak girly guy) and it makes me HNNNNGH every time. Does that make me HETERONORMATIVE??

[(Anonymous)]

I like it from a kink perspective (and a warm fuzzies perspective) with any combination of genders but an overly stereotypical and/or frequent portrayal of man/woman annoys me.

+1

[al28894]

Yep, same here, and especially if it's a m/m slash pairing.

[(Anonymous)]

No matter what the SJW or fembots want us to believe a lot of people are wired to want that whole protective person in our life. It's one of natures ways of urging us to find someone who will protect our offspring. Of course not everyone is wired the same but if you feel that way there is nothing wrong with it. It's only misogynistic and wrong if we try to force other people who don't have that desire to be in that sort of relationship or we tell them there is something wrong with them for not desiring it.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree except...

Your tone bothers me. As if you're one of those women who claim that they're anti-feminist to look special.

[diet_poison]

Heh, I'm the other way around. I kind of like it when it's a woman doing the protecting. Maybe it's because I've always seen myself in that kind of role.

Nothing wrong with either, though. Whatever makes you happy :)

[(Anonymous)]

Ho boy, you're in trouble now.

But you know what? Me too!

[(Anonymous)]

You're not alone, OP. I like it, too.

[wauwy]

In general, someone physically protecting someone else gives me the warm tingles. M/M, F/F, F/M, M/F.

[(Anonymous)]

Donna!
"Oh, oh my god, I can't go back. Don't make me go back. Doctor! Please. Please Don't make me go back!"
I... I can't even. *Bwuaaaaaaahhaaawaaaaaa!BlubberBlubberWhimperSniffleSnotBubble - CRY*
I still cry my eyes out over "Journey's End" every time.

[world_eater]

That does not look like someone protecting someone. That looks like the dude's going all Take Me I'm Yours and the woman is kind of just looking at the viewer wondering what the hell is going on.

[(Anonymous)]

I know that feel. OP, if you haven't watched the fifth Doctor's serial "Caves of Androzani," you should. There's a bit in the second part where one of the antagonists is being really creepy to Peri and the Doctor keeps putting himself between them and trying to make the creeper back off. It made me all sorts of happy.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't like it, but you're welcome to. It's a very common trope so I'm not hugely clear on why it's secret. It's not going to stop being populae anytime soon or if ever...

As long as you don't object to the few stories it doesn't happen in or happens in the reverse, I don't mind. As long as you don't demand everything to be like that I also don't mind. I'll be delighted if you're alright and understanding when people would like less "man protects weak girl" and more other

[(Anonymous)]

He isn't protecting her. Donna is using him as a flesh shield until she can work out how to get them out of the mess he got them both into.

[nachtmusik]

I have my Kyoko and Sayaka nendoroids set up so Kyoko is protecting Sayaka from Nightmare Moon, so yes I totally understand why this is a thing people like to see, though I'm more in line with all the comments saying gender/species/etc doesn't matter.