This feels exactly like when the criticism of MPDG became another checklist of ways real women are all wrong.
@emilytheslayer word. @jenphalian has all sorts of MPDG going on. criticize how women chars like that are misused by sexist directors, sure.
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@chaosprime@jenphalian I mean, the thing with the MPDG is that she exists only for the dude character, has no agency or ambition of her ownThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@chaosprime@jenphalian so to compare real women to that because they’re whimsical or whatever is fucking sick. -
@emilytheslayer@jenphalian i read it kind of differently? like MPDG is this complex of traits with the whimsy and whatnot. -
@emilytheslayer@jenphalian and the existing solely to serve a boring white guy's spiritual journey is the misuse by sexist directors. -
@chaosprime@jenphalian I guess, but that’s the dream part. A MPDG is a very specific thing created by male writers. I don’t think a real
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@emilytheslayer@jenphalian but when that shades into mocking anything resembling that style of femininity, it's just more misogyny, innit?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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