I've seen the "she looks like a child" comments since forever and kinda ignored them bc as a shortie myself I get that alot (￣∇￣") and when the love interests are around her age, I ignore it even more but lately even I think some of these protags are children (not even young teens, straight up KIDS) in both looks AND mentally while the MLs are fully adults and it's deeply concerning. I hate hate HATE the "historically accurate" excuse too bc it's literally fantasy? Magic and fairies aren't "historically accurate" guys! There's basically nothing accurate about these medieval inspired stories so why make these disgusting choices? It's written by modern women for the modern audience. We can choose NOT to have age gap child brides pls ╥﹏╥ put yourself the the guy's shoes. Coming across such a kid, would you feel romantic or worse, physical attraction ever? Even when they're older? HELL NO! I'd feel like an older sister who needs to protect them! Why make such an optional choice?!!
I've seen the "she looks like a child" comments since forever and kinda ignored them bc as a shortie myself I get that alot (￣∇￣") and when the love interests are around her age, I ignore it even more but lately even I think some of these protags are children (not even young teens, straight up KIDS) in both looks AND mentally while the MLs are fully adults and it's deeply concerning.
I hate hate HATE the "historically accurate" excuse too bc it's literally fantasy? Magic and fairies aren't "historically accurate" guys! There's basically nothing accurate about these medieval inspired stories so why make these disgusting choices? It's written by modern women for the modern audience. We can choose NOT to have age gap child brides pls ╥﹏╥ put yourself the the guy's shoes. Coming across such a kid, would you feel romantic or worse, physical attraction ever? Even when they're older? HELL NO! I'd feel like an older sister who needs to protect them! Why make such an optional choice?!!