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catfishofoldin99colours · 2 days ago

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Watching a video essay on how arcane S1 writes women and in the first segment alone compares Mel to Arwen as being better and more interesting cos she has more agency than Arwen, saying Arwen is pulled around by the plot and at the whims of the decisions of the male characters WHEN ARWEN'S MAIN FUCKING PART IN THE FILMS IS THAT SHE CHOOSES A MORTAL LIFE WITH ARAGORN????? HELLO????? CAN YOU FUCKING READ???? WHAT ABOUT THAT IS NOT TO DO WITH AGENCY????

(Are there cricitisms to my made about her film writing and writing in general, yes! Is this a valid one? Not in the way it's used here!)

Anyway already removed my faith in anything this guy has to say cos holy shit you do Not understand lord of the rings. Shut up.

#catfish speaks #i am so fucking tired of people Missing The Point of softer gentler characters #i am so fucking tired of people pitting arwen as a damsel that needs rescuing #i am so fucking tired of people looking at a woman making ANY fucking choice in the situation she is in and going nah shes weak tho cos shes #not sexually combative or calculating #SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU ARE AN IDIOT OHMYGOD #mel is not better than arwen #BOTH of them suffer from being heavily shafted and not cared about by the writing of the things they are in #arwen at least is an adaptation and has the books to back her up #mel does not have that #they are MUCH more alike than you think. good god learn to read.

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