I think I judge female characters more harshly than males myself, but I think badly-written men get filed into the "blahhhh" pile while badly-written women fall into the "actually this is kind of offensive" pile. Does that make sense?
No, it makes perfect sense, but WHY do we do that? That's another symptom of the *internalized* double standard, IMO. We don't evaluate male and female characters in the same way.
One thing I keep coming back to mentally is my reaction when I found out what was driving Titania was (allegedly) her sekrit love for Greil. I felt disappointed. Why did I feel disappointed? Does that really "weaken" her? Is it "better" to have a Titania who's totally fulfilled by hanging out with a bunch of kids and whacking stuff with an axe? How would I feel with the genders reversed? If "weakness" becomes "romaaaantic" just by flopping the sexy-bits, something's gotta be wrong with the way I'm looking at these characters. Right?
We can say the whole Makalov thing is gross/"unhealthy" but she still makes her own choice there, which has to count for something.
Yeah. I've come to take that as a positive thing, really. I mean, I praise FE for showcasing trainwrecks like Abel/Est, so why not embrace Makalov/Astrid?
no I don't think so blah blah blah I have Feelings on that.
Heh. Yeah, me too.
That said, I like Lucina the most of all of the females in FE13
I love Lucina. I hate the way she is handled within the confines of the plot. It's not even like Eirika, with a potentially great character kneecapped by the story until they're not-great and you have to headcanon them up. She's a wonderful character and the plot keeps taking a crowbar to her kneecaps. :/
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No, it makes perfect sense, but WHY do we do that? That's another symptom of the *internalized* double standard, IMO. We don't evaluate male and female characters in the same way.
One thing I keep coming back to mentally is my reaction when I found out what was driving Titania was (allegedly) her sekrit love for Greil. I felt disappointed. Why did I feel disappointed? Does that really "weaken" her? Is it "better" to have a Titania who's totally fulfilled by hanging out with a bunch of kids and whacking stuff with an axe? How would I feel with the genders reversed? If "weakness" becomes "romaaaantic" just by flopping the sexy-bits, something's gotta be wrong with the way I'm looking at these characters. Right?
We can say the whole Makalov thing is gross/"unhealthy" but she still makes her own choice there, which has to count for something.
Yeah. I've come to take that as a positive thing, really. I mean, I praise FE for showcasing trainwrecks like Abel/Est, so why not embrace Makalov/Astrid?
no I don't think so blah blah blah I have Feelings on that.
Heh. Yeah, me too.
That said, I like Lucina the most of all of the females in FE13
I love Lucina. I hate the way she is handled within the confines of the plot. It's not even like Eirika, with a potentially great character kneecapped by the story until they're not-great and you have to headcanon them up. She's a wonderful character and the plot keeps taking a crowbar to her kneecaps. :/