#that her lack of knowledge meant they could assume near proprietary control over her entire life

[dreampearls]

the thing about nahida is that while she is very obviously purposefully depicted as childlike in image & childhood in general is an extremely important symbol of hers. she's Very notably Not literally a child

#sorry this is just like a fandom pet peeve of mine to see her infantilized #because it just feels like. Like okay her whole thing was how her agency was taken away from her because people automatically assumed #that her lack of knowledge meant they could assume near proprietary control over her entire life #and this being a one on one allegory for how children & childhood in general is treated #the loss of autonomy under the guise of protection being such an insidious form of abuse #so with nahida specifically treating her as a child even though she looks like one feels. Wrong #because her infantilization in fandom just kinda. runs diametrically opposed to what the entire point of her character is #that she may look like a child but is in fact this world's greatest source of intelligence and wisdom #who is literally several hundred years old #BUT THE ACARY FLIPSIDE TO THIS ARE THE PEOPLE WHO USE THIS ARGUMENT #TO DEFEND THEIR LOLIBAIT AND ITS LIKE #YOURE NOT ANY BETTER IN FACT THAT IS MUCH MHCH MUCH MUCH WORSE #THAN THE PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT NAHIDA TO BE CYNONARI OR KAVETHAMS WEIRD BABY THING #AND ITS LIKE IM CONSTANTLY TEARING OUT MY HAIR BECAUSE #THE FUCKING GAME ITSELF DID ALL OF THIS WHILE KNOWING THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LIKE NAHIDA #NOT FOR ANY OF THE REASONS AFOREMENTIONED BUT BECAUSE SHE IS LOLIBAIT #SO IN THE END ALL OF US LOSE