but i really need to get this out of my chest. it bothers me that the female characters in this story is comprised of 95% being dead, evil of various degree, or both at the same time. while only the remaining 5% is normal women, including MC and og protag. in contrast, the male character in this story is comprised of 95% himbo/golden retriever adjacent, secret softie under a stoic/brash facade, or misunderstood people with depth to their stories and characters. the remaining 5% of the men is petty characters or literal children.
the storys engaging and interesting but i cannot for the life of me stop noticing this trend in this story and others. even the grim reaper assigned to her soul was a woman....before he morphed to be a man??? and for no reason ig except for establishing the fact that MC is loved and supported by practically all men, and incurs the nonsensical wrath of practically all women from the get-go.
all i know this is virtually prevalent in almost all if not every webtoons with this dukes daughter found family stuff. the subject of the acceptance is mainly men, and the subject of the rejection are mainly women. all of the mothers are dead and out of the picture too so that mc can be the sole object of affection. this story takes it up a notch by having her ducal family have 2 dead mothers, both of whom are evil or have dubious agenda, PLUS a dead sister who was never acknowledged again outside of the matter of her bodysnatch plot.
its just......i hope these authors know they can build a strong case for readers favorability for an MC without resorting to....whatever strain of casual misogyny this trend was built on. conscious or unconsciously.
You're so real for pointing that out and we hardly get any proper/cute interactions between Camilla and the remaining normal female character, Lila too. I yearn to see Camilla bond with female friends sm it hurtss.
And, we gained a new one from the recent arcs which is Petro's sister but they made her into someone Camilla would find bothersome to hangout with.
Sometimes it's the editor that's behind these tropes because it became popular with one work and kept pushing it to ride the fame for profit. While a good number of people do follow these plots with recycled characters and are entertained by them, the people at production fail to consider the long-term appeal to readers, especially when the storyline is taking light-years to progress toward the ending like this one. That's why they sales turn stagnant when stories passed their first 100 chapters. Camilla's story isn't that bad because I've seen worst but yes, the other characters except MC and the OG could be a little less cliché and better.
Sometimes it's the editor that's behind these tropes because it became popular with one work and kept pushing it to ride the fame for profit. While a good number of people do follow these plots with recycled ch... Helios
This. I chalk it up to editors and industry pressure with a glaze of actual female fantasy that we don't want to talk about. Whenever I read these types of stories, basically every single character is mentally ill in a bad way
but i really need to get this out of my chest.
it bothers me that the female characters in this story is comprised of 95% being dead, evil of various degree, or both at the same time. while only the remaining 5% is normal women, including MC and og protag. in contrast, the male character in this story is comprised of 95% himbo/golden retriever adjacent, secret softie under a stoic/brash facade, or misunderstood people with depth to their stories and characters. the remaining 5% of the men is petty characters or literal children.
the storys engaging and interesting but i cannot for the life of me stop noticing this trend in this story and others. even the grim reaper assigned to her soul was a woman....before he morphed to be a man??? and for no reason ig except for establishing the fact that MC is loved and supported by practically all men, and incurs the nonsensical wrath of practically all women from the get-go.
all i know this is virtually prevalent in almost all if not every webtoons with this dukes daughter found family stuff. the subject of the acceptance is mainly men, and the subject of the rejection are mainly women. all of the mothers are dead and out of the picture too so that mc can be the sole object of affection. this story takes it up a notch by having her ducal family have 2 dead mothers, both of whom are evil or have dubious agenda, PLUS a dead sister who was never acknowledged again outside of the matter of her bodysnatch plot.
its just......i hope these authors know they can build a strong case for readers favorability for an MC without resorting to....whatever strain of casual misogyny this trend was built on. conscious or unconsciously.
You're so real for pointing that out and we hardly get any proper/cute interactions between Camilla and the remaining normal female character, Lila too. I yearn to see Camilla bond with female friends sm it hurtss.
And, we gained a new one from the recent arcs which is Petro's sister but they made her into someone Camilla would find bothersome to hangout with.
Camilla needs more women by her side
Sometimes it's the editor that's behind these tropes because it became popular with one work and kept pushing it to ride the fame for profit. While a good number of people do follow these plots with recycled characters and are entertained by them, the people at production fail to consider the long-term appeal to readers, especially when the storyline is taking light-years to progress toward the ending like this one. That's why they sales turn stagnant when stories passed their first 100 chapters.
Camilla's story isn't that bad because I've seen worst but yes, the other characters except MC and the OG could be a little less cliché and better.
This. I chalk it up to editors and industry pressure with a glaze of actual female fantasy that we don't want to talk about. Whenever I read these types of stories, basically every single character is mentally ill in a bad way