#the approach taken with her is much more nuanced than just ‘wuh woah caring supportive woman died. time to cry over her protag man!’
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the instant downwards spiral of danganronpa’s female characters after thh is so insane to me. like while thh has its issues and is no way perfectly written its female cast is largely treated like Normal People with real motivations and complex inner lives on par with the male cast. and then you get to literally every other game in the series and it’s like. killing women off to enhance male characters’ development. obscenely obvious pedo bait. literally 0 character. sexualized sa victim. killing women off to enhance male characters’ development. killing women off to enhance male characters’ development.
#icarus speaks#dangantag#crit#like again. thh is not the Pinnacle of writing#but comparing someone like celeste to later characters like mikan or tenko#it’s literally fucking mind boggling how we got there#thh does slightly suffer from the fridged wife issue#but sayaka feels different to me because she doesn’t Solely exist/act for the protagonist#chiaki and kanade’s whole shtick is ‘omg protag i love you and support you so you better support yourself after i die to honor me 🤪’#but sayaka’s story is largely focused on makoto supporting HER#and her actions are taken purely selfishly and impulsively#chiaki and kaede died wanting a better life for their classmates#sayaka died wanting a better life for herself#and obviously yes she wasn’t aware the others would get executed if she was successful#she was still ready to leave them all behind. to take a life for her own dream#so like again while there’s still An issue#the approach taken with her is much more nuanced than just ‘wuh woah caring supportive woman died. time to cry over her protag man!’#also sorry not sorry for all the dr posting therm’s series reminded me of how much i fuckign hate this franchise#like yes i love it and was hyperfixated on it for years. i would also easily sell it for a single corn chip
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