#most character infantilization— especially in max’s case— isnt even on purpose. most people r doing it subconsciously.

[maxthesillyy]

I dont want to be rude, but can you please explain more about how Max is infantilozed? Like do you mean by the fandom or are there other things? Just curious seriously.

oh it’s definitely a fandom thing more than anything,, if i could i would give specific examples of things i’ve seen people say about max— but unfortunately the internet is far too large and i am far too tired to do that.

but in a general sense, i would say max is most commonly infantilized by how some people treat amberpricefield as chloe and rachel being the cool, mature, badass ones and have max be the shy, blushing-nonstop, cant say the word sex, stuttering mess.

it’s definitely not That obvious all the time, but most of the time it’s still pretty noticeable— at least to me. i’m sure you could see it eventually if you scroll long enough in the amberpricefield tag.

also, this might be a different thing, but another way max gets infantilized is how people really like to treat max as if she can do nothing wrong ever. for example, the people who got upset at DontNod making max being a part of the vortex club in the alt timeline— only getting mad because they think max is too sweet/kind/anxious/etc for that kind of enviroment, as if (and i say this with love in my heart) max has never been an asshole or a little bitch (but thats a whole other post i could make). point is! it’s infantilizing to think a character can do no wrong ever, and thats how people treat max a lot of the times.

this is genuinely a really good question— i just have zero real idea how to answer it other than what i said,, it’s just something you see a lot when youre in the fandom for a while.