I hate so-called "cool, calm, and collected" characters being presented as superior beings that are shown being correct so often that the consumer take-away message is that being emotionally cold and abrasive makes them smart too. :reddit-logo: worshiped characters like that pretty much since Digg collapsed and also LARPed as being the same way in their own self-descriptions. The "misanthropic genius asshole flattered by the script and by total screen time" cliche is related to this too.

  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Well, you chose the same one I was going to say so I'll pick my close second:

    A common trope in Japanese media for teens and kids, for lack of a better descriptor, is the "Irrational girl who thinks everyone is coming on to her."

    You know, the type of girl character that totally misreads everything male characters say as pervy. To which the 'nicer' male character will shake their heads like "haha women be crazy" while the cool, calm and collected male characters might straight up just tell her to shut up and stop being stupid.

    She's also very superficial and is the kind to declare she has cute charms and feminine wiles, and is often depicted as saying things like "You don't understand women, do you? Teehee!"

    Basically a walking caricature of all the things incels accuse women of being.

    This is a particularly bad trope when you consider how much sexual assault does happen, and how a lot of it is brushed aside because "she's lying and/or crazy"

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      Considering how many people can and do get their ideas about how other people are from their entertainment, that's fucked up and may partially explain their own romantic frustrations when they see feeemales that way as a presumption.