#and when we explore beyond those tropes: how the female character is treated lesser by the fans
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It's not actually that hard to not make a female character's entire arc about motherhood or being guy characters' love interests or what have you I think you guys just need to become better writers
#blimbo rambles#rambling about my own character for a minute but queen mother macerate II's arc is never about being a mom or whatever#when horrid tragedy befalls her colony she isn't sad about it because those are her kids#she's sad about it because it comes as a revelation of the flaws of Ant Society to her#the same society she sacrificed everything about herself for to perfectly fit in as the next queen#quite literally the only loose connection she and the other ant queens have towards#some very vague and blurry resemblance to motherhood is just their goddamn titles#now that isn't to say that you can't ever have some parts of a female character's arc be connected to motherhood#hell it can actually work really well IF DONE RIGHT#but step back and think for a minute about the writing choice and the choice used in other pieces of media#really think on why we allow male characters to be loners & heroes & complex villains & outlaws & tragic figures#while we relegate female characters to some of the same few tropes#and when we explore beyond those tropes: how the female character is treated lesser by the fans
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