And Manages To Use What Seems Like A Stereotypically Feminine Protagonist To Comment On The Flip Side Of Those Characteristics - Blog Posts

anyway…. atla lotr so many examples of this that I love jjk (maybe) still have no clue how that story will end but yuuji is kind af hobbits being the perfect bearers bc they’re humble and kind (some of them at least) is so interesting and as much as I love the movies they focus a lot on the glory and drama of that story and miss a bit with characters like frodo and faramir whose spirit and kindness and humility save the world just as much as characters like boromir and aragorn and gandolf they nailed sam though also fruits basket does this really well and manages to use what seems like a stereotypically feminine protagonist to comment on the flip side of those characteristics like the strength it takes to be deliberately soft in a world that encourages you to harden yourself to other people how difficult and revolutionary it is to love other people wholeheartedly tohru honda is a badass in a way that never undercuts her femininity (e.g. no ‘girl with a gun’ tropes) and that’s a really special thing love these stories and this kind of protagonist