We've probably all heard plenty of reactionary wojak-nooo grill-broke frothingfash about the accursed "strong female characters" in fiction.

It doesn't help when there is a LIB way to write and portray such characters that is terrible and often panders more some thirsty writer than it does in any way actually "empower" the character outside of spank bank material. Looking right the fuck at you, "waifu fights for senpai" anime industrial complex. pathetic

The reaction against LIB "strong female character" writing promotes RETVRN misogyny ideology, as if those are our only two choices, and that also sucks.

I'd love it if someone or a lot of someones did a little trolling a-little-trolling and started some momentum against "strong male characters" instead, because they are such an unexamined cliche and built in expectation that they really aren't even questioned, or even noticed except as a default state that everything revolves around to the point where its absence is seen as "political."

What if a man's wife died... and it made him very sad and in need of emotional support?

What if a man's daughter was kidnapped... and he needed help to rescue her and asked for that help?

What if a father figure was shown being warm, supportive, patient, and constructive, period?

Or, for Toby Fox enjoyers, to sum up my argument, why not more Ralsei-like characters? ralsei-splat

Oh, the reactionary rage alone would make the movement worth it. sicko-wistful

  • GarfieldYaoi [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Look, the problem isn't that there are so many waifus in media, but the fact that there are just waifus and no twinks.