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Feb 23, 2011 15:26

So there's this thing in various fandoms where people think that if a character is prone to trouble or messing up, their friends and loved ones need to Call Them Out instead of being concerned with their well-being. "Eirika just handed over the Sacred Stone to the Big Bad? She needs to be slapped, why is everyone asking if she's okay?! Rinoa got in ( Read more... )

crying "damsel scrappy!", discussion, fan myopia

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kankurette February 24 2011, 15:47:07 UTC
Na Roo Toe examples:
1) I dunno if Hinata and Sakura supposedly hating each other because they're rivals for Naruto's cock counts, but I do know some people seem to think Sakura deserves a good beating from Naruto for being such a shitty friend to him. Even though she does genuinely care for him as a mate and Naruto's the most forgiving person in Konoha. If he can forgive Sasuke for everything he's done, he's not exactly going to go "SAKURA YOU EVIL BITCH TAKE THAT!" And he did call her out over the fake confession. He also saved her from Sasuke. So much for him hating her and dumping her arse for Hinata.

2) "Shikamaru should dump those useless meat shields, he's too good for them." Um, no. Chouji is his best friend. He's also the only person on Team 10 who is good at taijutsu, he's a good support ninja and the physically strongest. And both boys care about Ino - Shikamaru even said he'd avenge her death if she was killed - and as anyone who's read the latest chapter will know, she's a necessary part of the team, a tracker and a spy, and she's good at kicking Chouji and Shikamaru up the arse Hell, she saved Shikamaru. So much for her being a useless meat shield. Shikamaru would never get rid of either of them.

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