#superior female character

[meyyy00]

The fact that BOTH, Nikolai and Zoya POV in power; they love "power," power is salvation for them but they truly value it, they didn't use it selfishly and never too greedy for it. BOTH of them. Damn who's doing it like them. The fact that they are superior BOTH— individually and as a couple omg will never get enough in the idea of them. They are such goals! the BLUEPRINT.

#zoya nazyalensky #superior female character #nikolai lantsov #superior male character #zoyalai #the fact that they are amazing both— individually and as a couple #their power unmatched! #real superior #two brilliant people #two selfless people #power couple #bi paniccccc #grishaverse #leigh bardugo

[woodcoltonloc]

i need you guys to fall in love with female characters the same way you do male characters i need you guys to fall in love with female characters the same way you do male characters i need you guys to fall in love with female characters the same way you do male characters i need you guys to fall in love with female characters the same way you do male characters i need you guys to fall in love with female characters the same way you do male characters i need you guys to fall in love with female characters the same way you do male characters

#everyone's superiority complex about this post is so annoying #'not me op!!! im perfect and fall in love with ever female character!!!' didnt ask did i AND i dont believe you #we all have internalized misogyny and should examine it whenever confronted with it #i do too!! sometimes i have to ask myself 'is this character actually annoying or is she a woman' and results vary!

[the-daily-dreamer]

Reminder that if your feminism revolves around propping up women that partake in traditionally masculine activities/roles and shitting on or even hating women who embody traditionally feminine roles and enjoy feminine activities you’re not really a feminist.

It sets the precedent that women are only valuable and valid if they have traditionally masculine traits, which feeds a narrative that masculine traits are better simply because they are associated with men who are the ideal. It perpetuates the idea that things that are feminine and traditionally associated with women are in fact inferior to men/masculinity and should be looked down upon and belittled.

And, it alienates so many individuals that feel more comfortable in femininity, regardless of gender identity.

I think people in the ASOIAF fandom really need to learn this because feminine characters are so despised on the basis that they are not “better” women. Simply because they don’t embody traditionally masculine things like conquering or fighting.

Much of the hate comes from stans that love characters like Rhaenyra, Daenerys, and Arya (and do not get me wrong I love Arya), who are women and girls that are in positions that allow for more traditionally masculine behaviors and tomboyishness. And they will say incredibly sexist things about how the other women in media are inferior and directly contrast these women to their faves negatively by pointing out that they’re “too weak” or “subservient”. They reduce femininity to weakness and bowing to patriarchy instead of considering that some people have a different, more feminine nature. And that is OK! Just because a woman isn’t wielding a sword or fighting on the front lines or pursuing leadership roles in masculine ways (because historically women exacted and sought power in different ways than men) doesn’t mean they aren’t valuable and strong characters. Do not use feminine characters as a negative comparison to show how “feminist” and great your fave is. Because it’s just so blatantly sexist.

Don’t fall into the trap of reinforcing patriarchal rhetoric!!! Don’t reinforce narratives that traditional masculinity is superior to femininity!! Don’t belittle feminine activities and act as if they aren’t valuable!!! Girbosses are great but so are gentlewomen.

#This may not make total sense but I hope the point gets across anyways #Masculinity is not superior to femininity #And if you actively say that your female faves that are masculine are better than feminine characters… #You feed the narrative that those behaviors are inherently better simply because they are associated with MEN #anti team black #anti targaryen #anti rhaenyra #anti rhaenyra targaryen #anti daenerys targaryen #anti daenerys #anti Arya stans #anti dany stans #anti rhaenyra stans #anti got fandom #anti hotd fandom #team black’s feminism is insanity #feminism

[roz-ani]

Classic Hunter - attracted to confidence

Honestly, the boy has a great taste. The real strong girl should know her worth!

#I'm proud of my boy #I bet he's already used to blushing around her on daily basis #seriously tho can we talk about willow being a good strong female character??? #she goes through development but doesn't get rid of her feminity #she doesn't act rude or superior to people around her especially if they're guys #there's simply no such narrative in this show and I love it #some people should be taking notes... #toh spoilers #the owl house spoilers #huntlow #hunter #willow park #toh #the owl house #mine

[wilsonsmcgillsweatshirt]

If you can't support women in their evil activities don't follow me

#That's it thats the post #I love evil women #I had Amber in mind for this but she's not even evil she's just superior #But in general in all fandoms I love evil women #And evil adjacent women #And rude women #any women really #but I'm getting off topic #So I'm tagging some female characters that aren't evil but maybe a bit morally corrupt and I would love to see become evil #house md #housemd #amber volakis #bedelia du maurier #alana bloom #margot verger #horror #female characters #women

[worstloki]

entering the story and deciding it's your mission to save your favourite depressed, lowkey suicidal, losing-hope blorbo

#some people enter the story as a villain and want to NOT DIE #and others are isekai'd as background filler that just want the character they love to live and be happy #there are plenty of examples of this trope but i thought it would be funny to throw derelict favourite on there T-T #like bro there are legendary tier stories and comparing them to the regular ones in the genre is so so funny to me #compares solo leveling to like. spare me great lord #the difference a male vs female lead can make in comic content is sooooooo funny #like yeah the plots are like 80% the same tropes over and over #but that just makes it very funny #it's not a surprise that the romance genre in manwha tends to have fem leads but it is very funny #if you look for a male lead the universe stares into your soul and asks if you are looking for yaoi #XD #omniscient reader's viewpoint is enough romance for me #male leads that have no romantic interest and actively try to stay away from romance subplots in their isekai'd world are superior anyway #💥🦅🔥

[astyrra]

a while ago i saw a post about dirk and vriska having the naruto vs one piece debate, only they don’t realise that dirk is talking about human naruto and one piece, and vriska is talking about troll naruto and one piece. and obviously dirk favours the ninja show and vriska favours the pirate one

but here’s the thing. i think that, objectively speaking, troll naruto would be better than human naruto, and human one piece would be better than troll one piece

(disclaimer: i prefer one piece. i did not finish naruto. i will try to be balanced however) so, naruto is a series where the characters are in a military dictatorship and the narrative thinks this is fine. imo, one of things naruto does poorly is tonal consistency. the characters are ninjas but they never assassinate anyone. the heroes are Good People Who Don’t Do Murder (mostly). it has a whole bunch of things that are incredibly messed up if you think about them, but they just kinda get ignored or not addressed.  troll naruto would be significantly more violent, and many of the things that are morally wrong irl but happen in naruto are just. things that happen in troll society. it would therefore have a much more consistent tone. i also think that kids raised to be soldiers for the military dictatorship, the clans, etc, would go down well with the imperial propaganda machine. meanwhile one piece has like. the main characters fight the world government. “it is a bad idea to punish people for the circumstances of their birth” is a running theme. i think troll one piece would be the one with the inconsistent tone and contradicting words vs actions, because all of this would be immediately get shut down by the empire.

anyway the point is, once dirk and vriska figure out they’re arguing about different shows, they sit down to watch each other’s culture’s anime. and find that the other’s version of naruto/one piece is better. and are immediately like, what the hell. how are you even more wrong than you were before. i hate you so much

and the argument continues forever

#homestuck #naruto #one piece #dirk strider #vriska serket #troll versions of both would probably have more female characters though lol #also troll naruto would have spades naruto/sasuke #troll one piece would also have to change like. fishmen being a racial minority who are discriminated against #and the main downside to having devil fruit powers being you can't swim #i feel like both of those would clash somewhat with seadweller superiority

[breadedsinner]

My extremely cold take is that, while the option to play a woman is very cool and the sole reason I got into Mass Effect, and while her performance is considered by many to be superior, Femshep herself is not a Strong Female Character. When people include her in various Favorite Female Characters lists and such, I have to wonder if they’re mainly talking about the character that exists in their head.

At the very least, when discussing the fleshed out female characters of the series, to dismiss the other human women, including the sole Latina, to prop up the usually white readhead Jane. It’s not a very Girl’s Girl attitude.

#Me Tag #Yes this also applies to any other protagonist whose gender can be selected #Like don’t get it twisted #I love Hawke as a character #But to say she’s a better female character than say Isabela #Is just not fair #And like yeah femshep is considered superior in the fandom #Which has its own problems because there are lots of men under represented #Most regular players seem to go with MShep if not the default #idk I was just thinking about this one gifset of that ME3 commercial #Femshep and Ashley were fighting together #But the gifset cut out every bit of Ashley #And if that don’t say it all

[meyyy00]

“IF her aunt hadn't lived in Novokibirsk. Zoya would still follow the darkling.”

Honestly, it's the funniest thing I have ever read. Because "IF" = creating/making stories. "IF" = something that even NONE in the books. Something they don't even read.

Zoya and her blind loyalty to Ravka. She truly worked at her very best for Ravka, she fights, she bleeds NOT for herself but for Ravka. Zoya has always been faithful to Ravka: UNTIL she let herself believe to the TYRANT who PROMISED her the safety, the future of Ravka.

So it's really really funny when people said: "IF her aunt hadn't lived in Novokibirsk. She would still follow the darkling."

Because the TRUTH: Zoya has always been faithful to Ravka, NOT to the darkling. Sadly.

“Zoya hasn't changed. She is still that short-tempered, rude.”

"Change" doesn't always mean: have to change their "temper." That is something "natural", a part of that person. The real "change" is: how that person changed his/her perspective, and point of view on everything.

Does Zoya still see Alina as her rival? She finally realize and learned from Alina. Does she still think that she is the best among others? She treats everybody the same with "respect", not as mean as before.

Zoya might be that ruthless, short-tempered etc people say. Im not even afraid to confess: that's the truth. Now real questions: does she abuse or torture? does she manipulate others? Being two-faced? Faking or sugar-coated everything just to get what she wants?

It's clear, in the books, her ruthlessness is to keep herself safe, her shield. that is what makes Zoya as a character different from any others, she doesnt completely change to fit in, she might be that ruthless but she NEVER being two-faced or faking everything in case to get what she wants. She was being REAL.

Also, it's clear enough that her ruthlessness does NOT refer to anything bad, her ruthlessness is only to push her soldiers, friends to be tough and stronger. Thats the fact.

That is Zoya.

#zoya nazyalensky #rantsss??? #i just need to let it out whats inside my head #all facts #and people really need to stop saying or making stories that is not even in the books because that is just the funniest thing ever #all honest #grishaverse #leigh bardugo #superior female character #morally grey female character #hits different

[eclipsecrowned]

stares at a group

imagine thinking that all ships between a man and a woman are het in 2023. imagine pigeonholing all m/f dynamics as somehow lesser/cringe because it involves a woman. imagine unironically parroting misogynist drivel in rp tags post-early 2010s.

#THE THINGS I SEE IN TAGS I SWEAR. #vent // #it's always w male bios too. it's giving HOW DARE YOU THINK YOUR CRINGE FAIL CLEARLY HERE TO SHIP FEMALE IS WORTHY OF OUR SUPERIOR MALES.

[katherynelizabethhudson]

hello kitty coin purse

#sanrio #hello kitty and friends #sanrio characters #my melody #kuromi #pompompurin #sanriocore #coin purse #coin pouch #sanrio aesthetic #hello kitty girl #2000s y2k #girl blogging #superior female #female manipulator #softcore #soft aesthetic

[azure-scribby]

Fire Emblem Engage chose male Byleth as the Emblem for the Ring of the Instructor. I'm knocking 2 fucking points off of this game. Fuck this.

#AT LEAST LET US CHOOSE #Female Byleth is fucking superior #what a waste of a good character slot #FUCK #Fire Emblem Engage

[fortes-fortuna-iogurtum]

i think my biggest beef with "Miss Scarlet and the Duke" is just the general awareness of the characters. I get that the entire point of the show is about a lady detective attempting to make her way in a man's world and having to fight her way through sexism prejudice and injustice for every single victory she claims, but there's a level of... modernity? to a lot of the issues addressed that just... doesn't quite flow with the setting and the rest of the writing, imho.

like--the female characters talk about how they can't do anything of importance because they're women, the gay characters talk about how they're 'outcasts of society' and 'marked for life' because of their sexuality, the misogynist male characters flaunt their male privilege over everyone, loudly, with extreme awareness. idk, it all just seems very much like inflicting modern views and opinions onto historical characters who couldn't possibly have the context to actually hold those views?

and don't get me wrong, I am not saying that these issues didn't exist in that time period. they did, and they were very real, and the people who faced them really did have to struggle in ways we'll not fully understand because we enjoy so much freedom today that had to be hard-won by previous generations. but there... was a bit of balance, I think, in a lot of ways? for instance, women weren't allowed to hold political power, but they had enormous social power. and I think a lot of that is overlooked and glossed-over in order to make a big loud statement about historical sexism and give a lot of snappy dialogue about how 'it's a man's world' and 'how DARE a woman do ANYTHING'.

and I say all this with caveats, too, because I just blazed through all of season 1 in two days, and I actually am enjoying the show! Eliza and William are both really fun characters, and I love their dynamic with one another! there's a lot of good stuff too in respect to how neither of them are fully clear-cut people with simplistic moral and ethical codes, they're not cardboard cut-outs but actual characters, and I appreciate that. and I appreciate that there are women of diverse backgrounds who want various different things from life and they're all represented equally and with dignity--same of the male characters. and I do think there's a historical precedent for a lot of the things that are brought up in the episodes! there's real history here. but I think the writers are missing some of the real depth of it for the sake of boiling everything down to focusing on One Specific Topic (ie, anti-woman sexism, social injustice, and general misogyny in the past and the struggle to be seen as An Actual Valid Professional as a woman in a career and profession completely dominated by men). and in a lot of ways, when the story really gets lost in itself and stops trying so hard to be About Sexism, it's a lot more immersive and enjoyable.

again, all just imho.

#miss scarlet and the duke #gurt says stuff #tv series #period dramas #like I said I only just finished season 1 #and I'm loving the character growth!! especially William's struggle to decide between furthering his own career and not making himself #an outcast to his superiors for championing ''radical'' ideologies (having Eliza help him on cases and lauding her abilities as a female #detective) and remaining loyal to his friend who was trusting him to help her gain publicity #plus I find it hilarious that they have to argue about literally. every. single. thing. no matter how hard they try not to #I can relate. most of the friendships I've had with guys have been about like that actually. sdfkjhsdkfjhskdjfh #women's place in history and historical roles of women in what are usually thought of as 'male dominated societies' is one of my pet #interests too tho. so this was always prone to be something that would get me stirred up lol #I just watch too much Bernadette Banner and Karolina Zebrowska to Not have OpinionsTM about women's roles in history kdjfhksdfh #long post

[mystifyingdepy]

another commission for @johnny-sillyhand! had a lotta fun with this one, loved drawing her character val and i would absolutely do it at gunpoint again <3

#cyberpunk 2077 art #cp2077 art #johnny silverhand #myart #cyberpunk 2077 #fem v friday #cp2077 #cp77 #fem v #female v #johnny x v #cyberpunk character #cyberpunk johnny #no legit i love them #but i love my characters more #sorry sillyhand xoxo #nomad superiority

[britneyshakespeare]

well i finished the women (1936) by clare boothe luce. i did not like that as much as i was expecting.

#you wanna talk about how ppl act like all literature written by women is inherently feminist... brother #tales from diana #she has a genuine disgust for her own characters EXCEPT for mary. but choosing to get a divorce is still the greatest sin of her life #i love when im consuming 20th century entertainment and all the sudden i realize it's anti-divorce propaganda #the first act was alright but by the time i realized how it was going to end i was severely disappointed #it's not that i can't stand literature where basically all the characters are bad people. but the moral of the story is also bad #also boothe's stage directions were awful in how she described characters and scenes and just further illustrated how much she hated #the company of other women and thought she was so superior to all of them in her class basically. #all anyone ever told me about this story was that it had an all-female cast and i think a lot of boothe's storytelling methods #were really interesting in innovative in how she pulled that off. #but trust me. it does not pass the bechdel test lol #women are a bunch of catty gossips with no good judgment. men are cheating dogs and you should forgive them for it #even when they gallivant around town with their mistresses and go home and mistreat you. is what i learned from this play #a shame bc as far as her skill for dialogue and scene-setting it's really admirable. #but the soul of the play is rotten to the core. im so very let-down by this

[orcelito]

ok yea my last play of fire emblem echoes was september 2021. this means that obviously it is time to play it Again

#speculation nation #CANT HELP LOVING THE SUPERIOR FIRE EMBLEM GAME #like literally all my gripes with the other games r Irrelevant to this one #except for the weird insistence for like almost every female character on Alm's side to be a damsel in distress b4 u recruit them #that's weird. other than that tho it's missing a LOT of the problems of other more modern games #PLUS the art style is so beautiful and the MUSIC!!!!! GRAAAAAAAAH THE MUSIC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #the music makes me go INSAAAAAANE it's so good #no apologies for the person i am going to become again. im looking in the tag rn