#i apologize in advance for the not-so-discreet piper slander

[somewhereincairparavel]

I genuinely love that Biana breaks the character stereotype of "girly girl characters cant be badass" and that she EMBRACES her love of frilly dresses but isn't shallow about it, she simply loves make up and doesn't change herself for anyone even when other people concede her for being "princess pretty pants". I mean, she knew at some point that Keefe wasn't into her and that her interests didn't match his, she could've easily forced herself to be more like Sophie, but she didnt. thats some actual boss behaviour. the "i'm not like other girls" trope where the girl only pretends to hate the "girly" stuff to look "cooler" should really be thrown out the window and never return tbh, bc it's somehow NEVER executed properly without coming off as shallow or demeaning the "other girls" cough cough I am looking at you Piper Mclean.

But i'd say Sophie is a good written character for that trope tbh, she doesn't like frilly dresses and is genuine about it BUT she doesn't condemn Biana for liking them and even tries to like it to make her happy. she just genuinely doesn't have time for all that since my girl barely gets any sleep, makeup would probably be the last thing on her mind. Also, Sophie stands out a lot in the elven community because of her eyes, it would be obvious that she would avoid being fancy to make herself not seen/noticed.