#at least with arya its partly the showrunners' fault for leaning into the soulless assassin with no emotional attachment thing | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

bloomingbluebell · 4 months

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something about how female characters who are fighters are often characterized by the fandom as unhinged, chaotic, mean, aggressive, etc. even when, canonically, they're none of those things. and if they aren't any of those thing, then they're considered boring, uninteresting, etc.

#thinking of hornet and i'm thinking of arya #will never fucking forget what i heard some people say. it was immensely ableist and misogynistic #and i see it happen with hornet too #where her meme character is this brash fighter with witty one liners who says the first thing on her mind #and fights first asks questions lster #when canon hornet is NOTHING LIKE THAT????#at least with arya its partly the showrunners' fault for leaning into the soulless assassin with no emotional attachment thing #with hornet its like ???? where are you getting this from? did we play the same game?#or is it just because we fight hornet twice in the main plot of hk?#hornet is a princess protector but she's not like. unhinged or brash or anything #she's quite composed actually. she's got a serious demeanor and she doesn't remain an enemy #it doesnt help that your character is the exact thing she's protecting hallownest from #AND NOW. i see people calling melinoe uninteresting #which is LARGELY in part because she's like. the polar opposite of zagreus lmao #and don't you dare give a female character a complicated arc where they learn how to be a better person and realize that their actions #were wrong so they take steps to change for the better #*side eyes botw zelda*#anyways. have this anger fuelled 11pm rant about characters from interests

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