For me I have a harder time liking female characters, because they will often be written as the lesser species that has this Teen Twilight mindset come out and play whenever the guy needs to come out on top.
This is definitely a huge problem- poor writing/characterization of female character... but it bothers me that the same bad writing applied to male characters is much more easily ignored or forgiven.
Albeit nobody can be composed of just good traits, but to glorify a person's negative side seems to be an utterly backwards mindset. I don't want to find myself disappointed in fandom, but a lot of people need to stop being stuck in the 50's.
This is definitely one of the things that confuses me. Especially the way the "bad" guy often is the fandom darling, which, fine- villains can be interesting- but said character usually has reams and reams of fanfic in which he gets rehabilitated... often at the cost of women. I suppose redemption is a fascinating trope, but why does so often involve misogny?
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This is definitely a huge problem- poor writing/characterization of female character... but it bothers me that the same bad writing applied to male characters is much more easily ignored or forgiven.
Albeit nobody can be composed of just good traits, but to glorify a person's negative side seems to be an utterly backwards mindset. I don't want to find myself disappointed in fandom, but a lot of people need to stop being stuck in the 50's.
This is definitely one of the things that confuses me. Especially the way the "bad" guy often is the fandom darling, which, fine- villains can be interesting- but said character usually has reams and reams of fanfic in which he gets rehabilitated... often at the cost of women. I suppose redemption is a fascinating trope, but why does so often involve misogny?