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fullscoreshenanigans · 9 months ago

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#I mean. she's an emotional child and should be allowed to cry #no need for shaming tears (via @officersnickers)

One of my favorite things about the series is how it doesn't shame any of the characters for crying, regardless of gender.

(Chapter 55)

So I think Silent's ire is rooted in the simplification and sanding down of her character in order to more easily facilitate stock narratives/scenarios rather than the act of Emma crying at all, especially when it's such a significant moment of "The Day Emma Cried" short story from the first light novel (released back in 2018) that it's the focus of the title and it's laid out plainly in the text itself as something that both Norman and Ray recognize.

Norman notes it again years later during chapter 4/S1 episode 2.

It's why his reunion with Emma in chapter 118/chapter 119 is such a striking moment with how her tears initially seem to flow without any preamble, only wordless disbelief as the magnitude of everything happening rapidly registered in her brain and a figurative switch has been flipped.

It's not that she doesn't experience those emotions, but that it's not how she generally regulates and expresses them.

(Chapter 3 | Chapter 49 | Chapter 109 | Chapter 110)

I'm assuming the fanfics in mind weren't having her cry as part of a character study examining the ramifications of how being thrust into a leadership role at such a young age and internalizing so much trauma while maintaining a front for the sake of others and leaned into being more tropey, which is something that people are free to write as an exercise in flexing their creative muscles, but it's not something I'm keen on reading either.

Alright, so something tha really bugs me in the tpn fandom, particularly in fanfics, is how they characterize Emma. There's a lot of fic I've read that make her a crybaby. Now there isn't anything wrong with a character being a crybaby but it isn't accurate for Emma. Yes she's emotional and sensitive and open about it, but you need to remember that she's canonly only ever cried 3 or 4 times in the span of 15 years.

#personally I blame S2‚ (cishet) ship brainrot‚ and that the light novels were only officially translated into a few languages #so they aren't as easily accessible or even well known by more casual fans #though even if they were we're already inhabiting a niche fandom where the light novels aren't the main text nor are they written by Shirai #so it's seen as more acceptable to play more loosely with the events that happen within them than with the events in manga canon #and still be considered canon compliant #FSS Chatter #Emma #TPN Fanfic #Fandom Salt #TPN Light Novels #The Day Emma Cried #A Letter from Norman #nomi9006 #Pre-Canon #Norman #Noremma #Search for Minerva Arc #TPN 055 #King of Paradise Arc #TPN 118 #TPN 119 #It can be a difficult balance‚ wanting to encourage young and/or inexperienced writers #because how is one supposed to better their skills if they don't write something to exercise and flex their creative muscles #and there's a falling back into the familiar both in one's own life and what they've seen in other media #but on the other hand if I feel like a fic is straying into this territory with her character #where she's being molded to fit the narrative/scenario instead of her shaping the narrative through her actions and choices #I'm going to dip out #swear I never see this with her when she's paired up with Gilda #maaaybe with Violet? but even then nowhere near as often as with NE or RE lol #cishet ship brainrot a hellavu drug

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