#So people Inno'ing T1 Kazui but not Mahiru just really doesn't sit right with me
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Yukari from Persona 3 & Mahiru from Milgram - both are judged way more harshly than if they were guys. Yukari is one of the best-written characters I've ever seen and Mahiru in no way deserved that T1 Guilty people were making up wild stories about what might have happened based on nothing.
You can’t win as a woman in fiction. Be too positive, you become a Mary Sue, have flaws and those flaws are why almost nobody likes you. Be moderate, you have wet-cabbage personality, be exuberant, you are an unrealistic example. Have strong morals, and you’re badly developed, be morally corrupt and you’re hated with such vigour fans will send hate mail to the actress who plays the character. Be kind and soft and in love, you’re a representation of sexism, be cruel, harsh and cold and you’re just a bitch. Be a complex, realistic, ambiguous character, and either your flaws or your positive traits will be ignored or blown out of proportion and into oblivion. There is no winning for female characters.
#you're so right for this OP#yukari takeba#persona 3#mahiru shiina#milgram#heck maybe even Amane counts for this#seeing as how Haruka was excused BECAUSE of his age and mental capacity but people doubled down on Amane#despite her being younger#I dunno man I feel like the girls in Milgram really got the short end of the stick#I like Kazui! A lot! But I'm still genuinely surprised he didn't get a Guilty T1 based on his song#(I wasn't aware of Milgram at the time)#But there are a lot of comparisons I can draw between Mahiru and Kazui - so much so that I keep forgetting they're not officially paired up#So people Inno'ing T1 Kazui but not Mahiru just really doesn't sit right with me#(I've already derailed this but I'm going further apologies OP)#I also think the Milgram girls suffer from the writing front too#Not that they're written awfully; I mean in comparison to the guys#Considering the premise I find it really sad that most of the guys are kinda okay people#-overworked man whose stress caused him to have a massive mental break#-guy who lied about loving his wife and finally telling the truth blew up in his face#-doctor#(full disclosure I don't like Shidou at all but even I can't deny he's helped others)#and the girls get. Kotoko#the only person to explicitly make everyone else's lives worse#Muu#who manipulates and feels no remorse. who does not care if Haruka does what he's threatened to do#I feel that the other three are all easily forgivable* but the spread seems so uneven#*not that Muu and Kotoko are entirely irredeemable I'm just talking about the writing#even the other two guys are not that bad#-young adult who let success get to his head and doxxed someone#-kid who killed someone for attention because his mom ignored him
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