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Can we talk about misogyny on the part of writers?

Quite often in books, especially novels and romantic comedies, I observe that authors make the female character overly emotional, such a silly hysterical woman, and the man in her background, of course, is sensible, calm, even one could say unavailable. A real knight, who takes responsibility for her and protects her from the whole world.

Every time this happens, I want to ask: when will you stop passively humiliating women?

I can count on the fingers of one hand stories in which the female character was originally more mature and complete, not created to be an addition to the man. A woman's value is not to dissolve into her partner, or just to love him. A woman is a fucking human being, with her own experiences, traumas, emotional needs and defense mechanisms. And then you read reviews that talk about love for a man and humiliate the female character because she is "infantile". By the way, usually those male characters are a red flag. We just tend to idealize men with abusive tendencies)))

I am not against this type of female characters, when they are emotional, flashy, because there is a huge number of such people, and that's normal. But why can't you reveal them as a normal person? Show the influence of society with its patriarchal attitudes, how detrimental this is?

I will give you the example of "The Spanish Love Deception". Initially I liked the book, but still the final chapters caused contradictory feelings. Reading the reviews of different bloggers, probably 80% of them were negative towards Catalina and her "infantilism", that she annoys them and other things. Except that she is quite logical and understandable in terms of personality organization: the author goes deeper into her past experiences, which explains certain attitudes and reactions. The main red flag in this story is the man: in one of the final chapters, when Сatalina has an anxiety attack (there may have been a real panic attack, but I don't remember exactly), instead of showing compassion for her condition and helping her get through the situation, Aaron starts pressuring her, manipulating her trust and words about love. I didn't know that disrespect for partners' feelings is now considered romantic.

And there are enough such examples in different books. This society needs a powerful therapy to at least start seeing women as people.

#books #feminism #misogeny

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Sometimes it makes me sad that enough people see Parisa as a sexy bitch and nothing more. First of all she is a deeply traumatized person. Her behavior is a consequence of her experience. I see her defense mechanisms, her reactions, I understand approximately what she is trying to ward off, what her emotional needs are. Parisa is an incredible deep character, as is everything in this book. And she's much more than just the image of a sexy female bitch.

I could say the same about Zoya Nazyalensky. She avoids attachment because she’s afraid of pain. She pushes people away from her so that she won't have to face the fact that they will leave her. Many manifestations of its nature are a shield against vulnerability, lack of control. She's not arrogant. Zoya is just trying to feel safe. It makes me really sad that so many people don't see it and think it's cool. But these are traumas that often enough have a negative impact(

#olivie blake #the atlas paradox #the atlas six #parisa kamali

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it has finally been voiced! the same critics of Tamlin who literally wish him dead justify the equally toxic Rhysand.

Rhysand tore into Feyre’s mind. He took her most initiate thoughts and said them aloud—he barreled so deep into her mind, that Feyre felt that she was going to piss herself. That is what she felt. Those were her emotions during those scenes.

Rhysand drugged Feyre, made her dance atop him naked. Made her grind and shake against him with no undergarments. Made her dance until she was too fatigued to even walk, until she couldn’t even keep down the little food she was able to get. He humiliated her in front of the entirety of Prythian. He forced her to live her sexual assault in front of the man she loved. Even after she threw up, he made her continue to dance. Feyre felt humiliated. She felt afraid, debased, and angry. She felt sad. Those were the emotions she felt as a result of Rhysand’s actions. That’s how she felt. It’s so irresponsible to say abuse is only valid based on the victim’s response. Whether or not Feyre forgives Rhys, whether she chooses to understand whatever abusive actions Rhysand continually does against her he is still objectively a disgusting perpetrator of sexual assault who is nasty and unworthy of contemplation or forgiveness. And no matter how y’all have made peace with that in your head, that’s the reality of that situation. He and anyone who defends those actions are very weird. And then even after all that Rhysand nearly kills Feyre by withholding life-altering information—like he’s going straight to hell.

It’s one thing to dislike Tamlin, and to condemn his actions. I agree with that—but it’s another thing entirely to pretend that Rhysand’s actions were somehow more morally pure. It disgusts me that y’all would take how Feyre felt in those scenes above and carve a love story into them. If your critique of Tamlin means you turn a blind eye toward Rhysand assaulting Feyre sexually, mentally, and physically, you’re not an advocate for abuse. You are not adding to the conversation in a meaningful way.

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Callum's story breaks my heart every time💔 He was a child who needed love like any other, but was rejected by his mother. Like many other.

Over time, I began to think about Tristan: his experiences, his emotional needs. And I feel sorry for him. He doesn't see his own worth, desperately needs someone to accept him and show him love, which is what makes him fall for illusions.

Every character in these books needs a therapist.

#olivie blake #the atlas paradox #the atlas series #the atlas six #callum nova #tristan caine

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Why I don’t want Elriel to happen.

Even though I don't particularly like Elain as a character, I still want more for her than a toxic relationship with Azriel. He will only satisfy his emotional needs in this relationship, even now he doesn't know what Elain wants and what her personality is like. As I write this post, I realize that I am really curious to know who Elain is: what experiences she has had, what her attitudes and preferences are. Azriel sees her as a flower to be protected from the outside world, whereas perhaps Elain does not see herself as such and may seek to be independent.

Az needs a partner like Gwyn. A girl who will put herself on equal footing with him, challenge him, stand up for herself and not be subservient. Elain, on the other hand, will be suppressed by his care. Even though there is almost nothing about her now as a character, but I respect her and do not want that.

#acotar #gwynriel #azriel #sarah j maas

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this is a small excerpt from my sketch about callum. perhaps I'll sit down and translate this work to publish on a03.

Callum is emotionally the closest character to me. I almost cried when I wrote this sketch.

I apologize if there are mistakes in the text. English is not my first language.

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I will never cease to admire how wonderfully Olivie Blake writes the psychology of each character💔

p.s.: Callum's phrase about Tristan's father is a reference to the song. In case you didn't suddenly see the connection

art credit: nieldrawing, littlechmura.

#olivie blake #the atlas series #the atlas six #the atlas paradox #tristan caine

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my queen🛐

art credit: littlechmura

#olivie blake #the atlas six #the atlas paradox #the atlas series #libby rhodes