I do agree with the “watering down a woman,” because there’s a lot of female sexualization here, but there’s also lotsss of male “watering down” as well, and lots of muscles(finally.) so I personally, as a female, think it’s pretty balanced atleast compared to most! And I mean people in general always want the things they can’t have. I think being unable to have children, and wanting to be a parent is pretty justified. Just my opinion, though!
yeah i think it definitely could have been worse! worse as in less balanced, like you say. i still wish archemis would have more goals than just becoming a parent tho.
for example, ketal is willing to settle down after exploring the world, and he wants to obtain mystery to wield magic. he has many things on his bucket list, but will ultimately stop traveling and (maybe) start a family. it might just be too early to know the whole context, but the latest chapter said that archemis only took up alchemy to try to become a mother, i guess thats the part that bothers me i think her character would benefit from a goal aside from parenthood, alchemy related or perhaps travelling with ketal, developing their relationship more
sorry for the wall of text!! im glad you took the time to explain your point of view nicely hehe
i cant help but be dissapointed that archemis is this smart character who could aspire to do many incredible things, yet her ultimate goal is to have children. it feels like watering down a woman into a mother, just like a lot of other media do