#but the evil (step) sister/mother trope is rooted in such blatant misogyny
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I wonder if you can talk about this manhwa called the real daughter is back. Its a manhwa where its a revenge story but a lot of readers dropped understandably because they pity the sister of the fl that is actually a nice person name hyllian. and the story even fl and other characters always treats the sister like a villain even though her sister didn't do anything bad to the fl heck hyllian was truly a kind person who loves and cherish the fl. Also,a lot of people thinks the fl is taking her anger out on the wrong person that is the sister.
Unfortunately I haven't read it. I would try look it up, but I struggle to read new manhwa along those lines. I've tried reading quite a few of them, but after a while you notice... patterns. Female characters are either the main character, evil bitches, or passive side friends, overly exaggerated emotional dialogue, bloated pacing, etc.
I nope out so quickly the moment I see it
I don't doubt the story doesn't treat the FL's sister poorly. The only ones I've read recently that do treat that sort of character well are intentional subversions of the evil sister/mother trope
#not art#it's a shame these tropes are so prevalent#it's just the stock bitch archetype for cheap catharsis and conflict for the main character#and i get that some stories don't need to give their antagonists a lot of depth#but the evil (step) sister/mother trope is rooted in such blatant misogyny#especially when the added step relationship adding to the idea that blood relations are automatically more pure#weirdly one story that subverted the evil sister (though not stepmother unfortunately) is 'Levelling Up My Husband to the Max'#it's quite a sweet/well done take on the story because there's a lot of relationship progression#and the FL's sister is emotionless and the favourite#but she's treated more like she's autistic and they genuinely love each other
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