#this is also why I'm annoyed by the “annabeth is abusive” allegations because it's like Ok she's clearly not intended to come off that way | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

bayetea · 20 hours ago

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I don't like the judo flip in moa as much as the next guy but in my eyes it's largely the result of rick not taking female violence half as seriously as male violence (a result of viewing women as weaker and inferior to men such that their acts of violence don't need to be taken as seriously) and not so much anything about annabeth herself. like I do genuinely feel that annabeth is a complex heroine and definitely one of the better ones in the realm of ya action-adventure fiction produced in the past 25 years but she is still a girl being written by a man and all I'm saying is that her writing clearly reflects that sometimes (more in tags)

#case in point: the amazons #hazel: you keep slaves????#kenzie: no. the men just know their place #like...... sure jan. the parody of amazon the company isn't actually using immoral labor the workers just like it that way 🥰#but that line about “knowing their place” would not fly the other way around #because women in power are not taken as seriously as a group of men dominating female workers would be #(we could talk about the futurama amazons too in this context because it's pretty much the same issue of female violence not #being taken seriously and played for laughs instead. iykyk)#do you guys know that trope of girls who are just comically aggressive and mean towards guys who barely reciprocate the energy #(like the majority of the female cast of naruto falls into this trope. again iykyk)#it's like a shallow attempt to write a strong female character by just making her a mean nasty man-hater #or it's just a validation of some nerd's worldview that women are just so mean towards men who are just trying to have a good time #and they definitely don't have power over women in society women are just Like that. for some reason #anyways if you couldn't tell by my pfp I'm an annabeth fan so I definitely don't mean this in an anti-annabeth way #just in a Critical of the way rick portrays women way #specifically women that he wants to come off as strong/powerful #and if you are a fellow annabeth stan and feel upset by this all I can say is that it isn't a bad thing to be critical of the way our faves #are written and in fact critical reading is a very important skill to exercise 👍#this is also why I'm annoyed by the “annabeth is abusive” allegations because it's like Ok she's clearly not intended to come off that way #so instead of meaninglessly antagonizing annabeth (who isn't real) or fans who enjoy her/the ship in its entirety #what can we glean about the flaws of the writing. what can we glean about biases of the author who wrote the damn thing #(not saying I even agree with the allegations to begin with because I Don't but yk)#I could write a whole essay about this phenomena because it's a social perception of gender norms that has real world consequences #where real world female violence isn't taken seriously so female criminals face less harsh punishments OR the other way around and female #cruelty is received as even more egregious than male cruelty because how dare a woman be anything but kind and nurturing and angelic #but I won't because yk it's tumblr #btw this is not a safe space to be anti percãbeth/annabeth in my notifs keep that to yourself bud 👍#rr crit #pjo hoo toa #percy jackson

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