#but many anakin stans will call masculinity toxic and that anakin was a great representation of masculinity. no he was not lmao
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I dislike it when Anakin stans try to defend the PT and Anakin specially by crapping on masculinity and calling it “toxic”. That’s not it.
#star wars#pt#text#they do this every time#yes it was a bunch of grown ass men that were mad at the prequels and particularly at the portrayal of anakin not being what they expected#it to be. they expected anakin to be traditionally masculine which yeah it makes a great deal of sense#that is a basic male fantasy. men fantasize about being those kinds of men which is why they love super heroes DUUH! who knew?#but anakin was portrayed as a soyboy simp basically that made them mad because it was not the anakin they wanted him to be#the problem with a lot of the fanboys specially gen x and boomers is that missed the entire point of anakin being that way#millennial and zoomer men got anakin a little better which is why they appreciate him more. they understood the purporse of his character#i'm sorry i saw a post that made me cringe a little#they said that the older men were mad that anakin was a simp i mean what?????#i mean ofc they are not gonna like that that makes you look like a whole ass pussy#but that was the point. anakin was meant to be an awkward weirdo and it unfortunately went over their heads#that or they got uncomfortable by the very accurate portrayal of them#many nerdy guys are soyboys or awkward weird dudes. this is a fact#but many anakin stans will call masculinity toxic and that anakin was a great representation of masculinity. no he was not lmao#anakin was never meant to be great rep of masculinity he is actually a cautionary tale for young men#which is why they shoulda never gotten mad in the first place#i mean they say and will reject a dude like anakin in a#milisecond. don't pretend that you're any different#anakin is appealing because he is messed up and complex not because of his 'masculinity'. that's why he has many female fans#they are attracted by his internal struggles and complexity. because of the way women are ofc we are gonna like characters like anakin#we are sympathetic. it makes a lot of sense (that's why you see a lot of women in the mra spaces or things related to men's issues. it's the#sympathy mainly). but lbr anakin is not an ideal of masculinity and was never meant to be because had he been that way dude would have had#no legitimate reason to become darth vader. he is a representation of young men in some way#you ladies are no better than the dudebros that call anakin a lil bitch for crying because they don't understand the point of his character#claiming masculinity is toxic and the only way for men to be good people is to be like women since anakin was emotional and soft is sexist#nonsense that feminists love to spread and many anakin stans are feminists so you are basically projecting your feminism onto anakin
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