Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Nov 22, 2021Why are there so many Christmas movies about random women becoming princesses but no movies I can think of about random guys becoming princes?28654
Josh is making animated videos@JoshuaLelon·Nov 22, 2021Replying to @vgrI would assume because, stereotypically, men don't want to be princes, men want to be kings (e.g. power, status).23
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @JoshuaLelonThere’s not even movies about that2:34 AM · Nov 22, 20211 Like
Simon Sarris@simonsarris·Nov 22, 2021Replying to @vgr and @JoshuaLelonisn't that what the worm movie is about15
Dragos Ilinca@dragosilinca·Nov 22, 2021Replying to @vgr and @JoshuaLelonThere are, but where they only incidentally become kings (LotR, GoT). They're supposed to first prove out some values worthy of a king (bravery, sacrifice, justice, strength, smarts) and then becoming king is just a bonus.15