The real irony is that both Navier and Rashta had the potential to be incredibly nuanced characters. But of course it was easier to pit them against each rather than make the emperor the real problem. And I'm so mad it actually worked on me at first. I bought into the rivalry before realizing I was reading patriarchy's oldest magic trick...
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Soft female lead x overly cold, serious or aggressive ml. I hate this trope with every fiber of my life. Maybe I’m just being too woke but why is it that soft fls are always written in a way where they have to fix the ml even though he will either treat her like shit in the beginning or has communication issues and the fl is so extremely kind and...... 1 reply
When the story starts off with an empowering fmc fighting to resolve a conflict and then the main conflict gets resolved by a man. And I’m ngl hetero romance in general, it’s idealistic and often falls into many stereotypes about woman. (I’m not straight phobic okay )
Here are a list of examples:
Studio cabana
Fragrant flowers bloom with dig...... 2 reply
Not really a trope but the pale fl and tanned (grey) ml. Basically suggesting colorism and sometimes racism that later becomes misogynistic as women need to appeal to the aesthetic men prefer. You don’t see the opposite in manhwas which makes my point stand that women are a target to colorism. reply
Female characters in manga and manhwa are overwhelmingly cast in supportive roles, serving as the narrative backbone for male protagonists rather than driving the action themselves. This dynamic can be seen in many popular shounen titles: in One Piece, while Nami and Nico Robin possess combat utility, they are frequently framed as the "brains" or n...... reply
when the "villainesses" in question are always misunderstood women, like miss me w that bullshit, why are there so many red flag ml's, no red flag fl's? so many crazy ml's and no crazy fl's? why so many villainesses THAT ARE NOT ACTUALLY EVIL, fuck off w that shit
thats why resetting lady and forgotten fields are always special to me, i live for as...... 1 reply
this is a more common trope, but I find the "soft bunny girl x fierce cold tiger guy" misogynistic or just weird. And it always has the "I can fix him" scene reply
A female character being emotional support to other characters (usually male, but they can be any gender) and not contributing to the plot in any other way. I feel like this one gets overlooked a lot cuz they're still enjoyable characters that are presented as important. Like a female best friend, mom, sister, etc, that's usually (but not always) d...... reply
Not sure if this is less known but I havent seen anyone talking about it. But when the wife or romantic partner of the ML is some sort of evil wicked witch of the west which allows the ML to get with the sweet, kind, amazing, wonderful MC. And it could be interesting if it wasn’t used as an excuse for the ML to get with the MC reply
