Comments | aztecravemonkey: I really need to stop reading comments on Fandom Secrets.

aztecravemonkey

I really need to stop reading comments on Fandom Secrets.

Aug 23, 2011 20:11

( Or: An Essay On Feminism In Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Please read rant in its entirety before commenting. )

Comments 7

insanepurin August 24 2011, 02:45:21 UTC

Before I watched Madoka, I remember someone commenting on a friend's journal that said the show was misogynist, and the first thing I thought was, "...Huh?" I was still interested in the show, so I decided to watch it and see for myself. I was too wrapped up in the plot to look for any "signs", and when I did remember, I thought, "Eh? I don't see it here." The commenter never said why the show was misogynist, maybe on account of spoilers, so I don't know if this was what they were talking about or not ( ... )

aztecravemonkey August 24 2011, 06:13:14 UTC

Honestly, I'd really, really like to hear an actually well-constructed argument about how this show is misogynist because I've heard that a lot too (usually also without specifications). I can sort of see it, but in order to do so, I'd also have to ignore a lot of what the show is saying. It's like listening to only the first half of a sentence ( ... )

bay115 August 24 2011, 03:33:03 UTC

This is why I love Puella so much. It has so much depth in it if you look at the canon material more carefully.

aztecravemonkey August 24 2011, 06:15:35 UTC

Exactly! And it's not overly obvious to the point where it bashes you over the head with "LOOK AT ME I'M INTELLECTUAL" the way that Evangelion does (but it's okay, Evangelion, because I still love you and your ambiguously gay apocalypse-inducing aliens).

diddy106 August 24 2011, 16:34:38 UTC

To be completely honest, I was too blinded by potential yuri that I didn't notice anything that could be construed as sexist.

After reading your argument, I agree that those feminazis be wack and that they need to watch anime more carefully in the future.

clewilan August 24 2011, 20:39:52 UTC

I wish I could cut my screen and put this post on my room wall.

dragon_infusion December 17 2011, 07:25:43 UTC

I was looking for that Incubator game and came across this, which I can now read free of spoilers.

At any rate, this was a really interesting read! I never really considered there was much sexism in Madoka really. Hell, was more delighted that the Mom/Dad situation was similar to mine in real life. I've never seen that played realistically in any show before.