[ SECRET POST #2651 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2651 ⌋

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Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 051 secrets from Secret Submission Post #379.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 1 2 - repeat ].
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I'm finding it hard to find this an example of a 'bad' woman. From the excerpt she's upset because the guy she's (in love with? fallen in with?) whatever, has had his house burned down based off of some sort of dangerous situation, and she feels unsafe.

I'd be pretty freaking upset too if I thought my life was in danger just from being around someone and they didn't seem to be taking it seriously...

Are there poorly written female characters? Of course. There are poorly written characters in general in a lot of fiction (popular and otherwise), but that doesn't mean there aren't well written ones out there.

And I've seen a lot more poorly written women in fanfic than in published novels, personally.

[(Anonymous)]

^This

[(Anonymous)]

The opposite here. I've seen a lot better written women in the average fanfic than the average published novel.

There are fanfics where women characters get bashed because they're in the way of the author's favoured pairing. But these fics are usually easy to spot early on and suffer from multiple other problems as well.

No such back button on published fiction once I realise how appalling the women (and usually also the male) characters are written.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, the excerpt isn't making me think the woman's being the unreasonable one. It's the guy who seems to not have a clue why she's upset when a house just burnt to the ground that seems off kilter.
But then again I don't have any context.