bitching; public for once. LO, THE WANK.
"Hmm, female characters kind of get shafted in fiction. How do we deal with that?"
"I KNOW! Let's take the few fully-rounded female characters who do exist and hold them to sexist standards!"
I mean, you're allowed to dislike whatever, but if you're going to hate on female characters for not living up to expectations that are usually suspiciously higher than those for male characters, at least don't cloak it in "but I only want what's right for my fellow women!"
Ergh.
"I KNOW! Let's take the few fully-rounded female characters who do exist and hold them to sexist standards!"
I mean, you're allowed to dislike whatever, but if you're going to hate on female characters for not living up to expectations that are usually suspiciously higher than those for male characters, at least don't cloak it in "but I only want what's right for my fellow women!"
Ergh.