2012-09-29, 13:18 | Link #1482 |
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A girl who is trapped and needs to be saved is a damsel in distress. It doesn't matter how tough she is or if she helps on her rescuing and whatnot. It doesn't change the fact that she's in a position of weakness and needs to be saved.
I gotta agree with Cloudenvy that I didn't like to see Asuna in that position. In fact I don't like to see any female character in that position because that trope has been done to death already. Now I wouldn't mind if Kirito was the trapped one. That's something you don't see that often, and it'd sort of subvert typical gender roles as well, which is always good.
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2012-09-29, 13:35 | Link #1486 | |
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[The girl who can fight for herself or can fight along with MC] type of character is also has been done to death as well.
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2012-09-29, 13:41 | Link #1488 |
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But it doesn't objectify her as a prize/goal and it doesn't hammer traditional gender roles on the viewer's head. I like to avoid that sort of thing if I can help it, and it seems I'm not the only one.
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2012-09-29, 14:41 | Link #1489 |
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I have mix feeling when it comes to FD arc. While I do enjoy two well written characters giving their all in order to overcome various obstacles to finally get together, the said obstacle is very pathetic and disgusting one.
For me, the problem with FD is a badly written villain. His genre blindness astounds me. He violates almost every rule a villain should never ever do from providing heroine a mean of possibly escape to lousy back up plan (is trying to kill the hero with a common knife even considered one?) and not to mention raping the heroine in front of the hero. I don’t mind narcissistic villain playing elf king and acting high and mighty, but at least have some OP combat skills or wits to back up. He has neither, just some idiot who was lucky enough to get his hands on a masterpiece left behind by the previous villain who is 100 times more competent than him. In fact, I find Death Gun 10 times better as a villain. That guy has some fighting skills and wits plus he manage to obtain hard earned OP equipments to back him up in the fight. |
2012-09-29, 15:08 | Link #1490 | |
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2012-09-29, 16:11 | Link #1492 |
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No, there is a definite difference between Asuna's stretch as a Badass In Distress and a Damsel In Distress. It takes a great deal for Asuna to go 'Oh, woe is me, someone save me.'
Most of the time it's 'I'm going to get out of here. And when I DO...'
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2012-09-29, 16:32 | Link #1494 |
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While I maintain that the author did a good job of relating that Asuna would've probably found a way out on her own. But, since the main perspective character is Kirito we have to rely on his perspective and his increasing, frantic need to resolve things. The poor guy really does need her in order to function properly.
'My time can't resume until she's back.'
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