• GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip
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      10 months ago

      People love flawed male characters and are willing to forgive them almost all missteps, but don’t treat female characters with flaws the same way.

      To keep with the show the meme originates from: Think Walter white, the viewer is suckered into his thinking and supports most of his shit until he goes really off the rails. During rewatches of the show it is much more obvious that Walt is a piece of shit who can’t leave well enough alone out of personal pride.

      Meanwhile skyler is almost universally hated during the first watch. That whore who fucked Ted and keeps messing up Walt’s plans? Fuck her.

      And then you watch it again and realize she’s just a normal woman trying to cope with an egomaniac husband and to keep her kids safe from his crime escapades.

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      10 months ago

      Flawed female characters get called Mary Sues lmao

      If someone thinks Rey is a Mary Sue and Luke Skywalker is not, they need their head examined.

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        10 months ago

        Rey’s only flaw was her acting. Lol “flawed”.

        And Luke is not a Gary stu. He’s a Padawan who happened to have an emotional connection to the bad guy he could leverage. If you actually watch the OT you realize that Luke is straight bad at being a Jedi.

        Rey is the most perfect person ever who don’t need no Jedi master to ruin her yass girl vibe.

        I could write a thesis on why only people with brain rot compare the two.