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[farla]

So on the one hand, the update was all very cute and the characters good. On the other hand I don't really like any of what we're learning about.

In the end, I'd really prefer rare thoughtless lines about games for girls that people can ignore or make up other interpretations than something pointing out it's sexism but making it canon that there's sexism there. Stories about sexism are good, but beyond the sexism issue, they're not ones I really want to explore the worlds of. I'd rather have a gender neutral or actual matriarchal society over yet another replay of how the patriarchy is inescapable.

(Also holy fuck tumblr, everyone's talking about Kankri and all anyone says about Porrim is how hot she is.)

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[wintersheir]

Kankri is hilarious to me because of the overt social justice warrior parody. I'm curious to see the others after seeing the leaked sprites.

Stories about sexism are good, but beyond the sexism issue, they're not ones I really want to explore the worlds of.

This. I wonder constantly why every fantasy world is the same hacked-together ball of tropes and expectations for gender roles. It's fantasy, we can do ANYTHING ELSE.

[farla.livejournal.com]

And the worst is when you get a matriarchy and all the power ends up going to the men anyway, because apparently that's just a universal constant and it's impossible women could ever be in charge for real no matter what the universe is.