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sarafangirlart · 19 days ago

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I lied, put your clothes back on we’re gonna talk about how modern discourse and rewrites on the ‘damsel in distress’ trope are actually low key victim blame-y and don’t actually give the damsel in question more agency but rather make her “‘strong’”’ in a masculine sense.

#andromeda was crying her eyes out when she was tied up which was completely understandable and human #she didn’t badass-ly slay Cetus herself #she was terrified and helpless just like anyone would be in that situation regardless of their gender #she had her agency literally and metaphorically stripped from her so it was her decision to leave her family to be with Perseus #yet ppl seem uninterested in that part of the story #ancient greek mythology #greek pantheon #writing tropes #Cetus #Perseus #andromeda #damsel in distress #greek mythology #tropes #sexist tropes #Persomeda #dragon slayers #sleeping beauty #Snow White

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