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He reminds me of these two

From the show Wednesday, he makes me think of (spoilers for Wednesday) >!Joseph Crackstone. AKA a guy from a similar era and place who hates magical people and yet becomes magical himself. Same with Marilyn to a lesser extent!<

Another one is All For One from My Hero Academia. TOW doesn’t go into it much, but Belos/Phillip looks to have a similar possessive obsession with his brother.

On the news, when we have a female teacher grooming a male student and everyone is like ‘if the genders were reversed people would take it more seriously.’

Uhm, no they wouldn’t. Teen girls get victim blamed all the time.

This happened with the Rebecca Joynes case in the UK. Everyone, including the judge, were like ‘if it was a male teacher and female student people would be taking it more seriously.’

This judge somehow didn’t remember Jeremy Forrest or the grooming gangs.

And the police condemned the public for saying ‘the male victim is lucky.’

Are you not the same police who victim blamed victims of the grooming gangs?

You see this a lot in pop culture. People will see examples of women and girls abusing boys and men and say ‘if the genders are reversed this would be taken more seriously ‘ or ‘if the genders were reversed the audience would hate said female abuser.’

An example of this is Makima from Chainsaw Men and Esdeath from Akame Ga Kill. People think they would not be tolerated if they were guys.

Except there is a guy version who is loved by the audience.

In the book series Shadow and Bone, we have the Darkling, a much older guy who grooms the teenage female lead.

And yet the audience likes his character since he was the most well written character in the books.

Yeah, the books weren’t that well written.

Someone actually said that make tsunderes are dislike compared to female tsunderes.

These people clearly have never heard of Booktok. Enemies to Lovers are big. We have abusive men being seen as ideal book boyfriends.

In female targeted media like Fifty Shades, 365 Days, Twilight, Kissing Booth. we have toxic men galore.

Plus, don’t Shojo and Josei have plenty of toxic men. Western media for girls and Booktok have plenty of abusive men loved by the audience.

Conveying abuse, a different kind of abuse from Ozai but nevertheless still abuse.

And it shows mothers can be abusive too, a great contrast to Ursa and Kya.

She was portrayed well too.

Conveying abuse, a different kind of abuse from Ozai but nevertheless still abuse.

And it shows mothers can be abusive too, a great contrast to Ursa and Kya.

She was portrayed well too.

Conveying abuse, a different kind of abuse from Ozai but nevertheless still abuse.

And it shows mothers can be abusive too, a great contrast to Ursa and Kya.

She was portrayed well too.

I’ve seen this book recommended to Phillip Pullman fans and after reading it I totally agree with the comparison

Babel is set in an alternate Earth with silver bars that provide magic and they are powered by translation.

HDM is set in an alternate Earth too.

It is also set at Oxford and features themes of rebelling against British colonialism that Oxford is complicit in.

It reminds me of HDM’s anti religious themes.

Babel is also set in a post industrial England.

You hear people wonder what would happen if Bakugo from My Hero Academia had been a girl. Would she be more hated, or loved?

Asuka from Neon Genesis is the perfect response to this. She and Bakugo are very similar to each other. Both are hot headed, arrogant prodigies who are mean to the protagonist whilst also caring for them on the inside. I think Asuka and Shinji are the most popular ship like Bakudeku.

Asuka had a better backstory though while unless you count Rebuild Bakugo got the better ending.

As for reception, Asuka has the same as Bakugo. There are people who love her and people who hate her. She’s very divisive.

I love The Infernal Devices with a passion but the Villain doesn’t really have much of a presence. They just appear every now and then when the books need a break from the romance and drama. Or they just amplify it instead.

What are other examples of this

The theory entails that someone can be so far left they end up far right and vice versa

Jet is a great example of this. He is anti colonialist but goes too far with it so he’s far left. Then he goes so far he attacks the Fire Nation defectors in a way that’s reminiscent of far right agitators attacking a minority because of a rumour.

While I have read Fantasy female protagonists, the focus tends to be more on her relationships (platonic, hostile and romantic) with other guys.

You may have her mother, that one female friend, the mean girl and that’s it.

I want complex relationships with other female characters

That’s why I find the argument that guys won’t relate to the FMC weak. The MC is a girl? They literally have majority of the rest of the cast to relate to in terms of gender.

And I don’t want a helpless female MC as well.

And no fairytale theme.

I’ve already read The Poppy War, The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices, Grishaverse and His Dark Materials.

Bonus points if there’s a Two Girl One Boy Trio or the FMC have mostly female friends

While a lot of YA I’ve read have female protagonists, the focus tends to be more on her relationships (platonic, hostile and romantic) with other guys.

You may have her mother, that one female friend, the mean girl and that’s it.

I want complex relationships with other female characters

That’s why I find the argument that guys won’t relate to the FMC weak. The MC is a girl? They literally have majority of the rest of the cast to relate to in terms of gender.

And I don’t want a helpless female MC as well.

And no fairytale theme.

I’ve already read The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices, Grishaverse, His Dark Materials and Twilight.

Bonus points if there’s a Two Girl One Boy Trio or the FMC have mostly female friends

Like in Fullmetal Alchemist where it’s set in a constructed world.

His gardening. Kuei is inspired by Puyi, the last Emperor of China who became a gardener.

The live action also did a great job with the Fire Nation = Imperial Japan parallel with the emphasis on their violent crimes. Also with their armour too that mixes Feudal Japan as well.

His gardening. Kuei is inspired by Puyi, the last Emperor of China who became a gardener.

The live action also did a great job with the Fire Nation = Imperial Japan parallel with the emphasis on their violent crimes. Also with their armour too that mixes Feudal Japan as well.

Like when a school banned spaghetti strap dresses from Prom when most girls Prom dresses have spaghetti straps.

Or when they ban girls short shorts when most girls shorts are short shorts.

Spoilers for the book

I liked it slightly less than the first one but it was still a good read.

I really liked the exploration of Agent N and whether or not it’s a good thing that it can be used.

I loved the further exploration of Renegades abusing their power and issues like solo work, vigilantism, the over reliance on Heroes and the merchandising of Heroes.

I really loved everything to do with Max. The fact that he got to hug Adrian was so heartwarming.

And the idea of the great Villain Ace Anarchy having beef with Max since he was a baby was hilarious.

The books still have great male and female characters

That said, I do have criticisms.

I wasn’t exactly sure about the gap between the first book and second book which made me wonder why it took a while for Adrian to see Winston.

The fact that nobody thought that Phobia had something to do with Lady Indomitable’s death seemed quite stupid since his whole identity revolves around fear.

‘One cannot be brave who has no fear.’ I wonder which Anarchist knows about this.

I’m surprised none of the Renegades had any other issues with Agent N being used freely when everyone dislikes Genissa’s team and Ruby even threatened to use Agent N on her team. Like people should have thought ‘if our Renegades hate each other what will they do to civilians.’

And how come word hasn’t spread to the Renegades about what kind of person Genissa is when surely the Villains would have warned each other about her and then word should have reached the Council. Ruby even said she can easily believe that Genissa tortured Hawthorne.

Why doesn’t Danna just use a computer or spell out that Nova is Nightmare using the Monarch butterflies? Adrian had a laptop no?

And the world building continues to be confusing.

Still have no clue where Gatlon is. Probably America, but where in America?

Do other countries not have a problem being ruled over by a bunch of Americans? I find it weird Nova talks about her ethnic identity but we don’t know anything about how countries work in this world. Like if Nova is Italian, then does she have strong feelings about The Council ruling over Italy?

Do cameras not exist in this world? Just wondering why didn’t Adrian just try to film what Genissa did and send it to the Council rather than going as the Sentinel.

Did Ruby, Adrian and Oscar not go to school? Leroy went to school and he doesn’t seem that much older than them.

Just wondering what exactly Nova knows about her world. Since she mentions human rights but nothing about the UN.

Finally, all the stuff about prodigy history fell flat since the history around it is so confusing.

So prodigies have existed for centuries. Why did it take so long for them to rebel? You’d think that they would have done it during say, maybe the Age of Revolution. Or the 19th century with its Social Darwinism. Or the 60s with its counter culture.

And if humans knew of Prodigy existence, why did no one take advantage of them for Wars? What did humans do with Prodigies when they stopped burning and hanging them?

If Prodigies weren’t known of and there was a masquerade, then why is so much known of Prodigy History? Was there some community of them with a Masquerade or not?

Sorry for the length.

Spoilers for the book

I liked it slightly less than the first one but it was still a good read.

I really liked the exploration of Agent N and whether or not it’s a good thing that it can be used.

I loved the further exploration of Renegades abusing their power and issues like solo work, vigilantism, the over reliance on Heroes and the merchandising of Heroes.

I really loved everything to do with Max. The fact that he got to hug Adrian was so heartwarming.

And the idea of the great Villain Ace Anarchy having beef with Max since he was a baby was hilarious.

The books still have great male and female characters

That said, I do have criticisms.

I wasn’t exactly sure about the gap between the first book and second book which made me wonder why it took a while for Adrian to see Winston.

The fact that nobody thought that Phobia had something to do with Lady Indomitable’s death seemed quite stupid since his whole identity revolves around fear.

‘One cannot be brave who has no fear.’ I wonder which Anarchist knows about this.

I’m surprised none of the Renegades had any other issues with Agent N being used freely when everyone dislikes Genissa’s team and Ruby even threatened to use Agent N on her team. Like people should have thought ‘if our Renegades hate each other what will they do to civilians.’

And how come word hasn’t spread to the Renegades about what kind of person Genissa is when surely the Villains would have warned each other about her and then word should have reached the Council. Ruby even said she can easily believe that Genissa tortured Hawthorne.

Why doesn’t Danna just use a computer or spell out that Nova is Nightmare using the Monarch butterflies? Adrian had a laptop no?

And the world building continues to be confusing.

Still have no clue where Gatlon is. Probably America, but where in America?

Do other countries not have a problem being ruled over by a bunch of Americans? I find it weird Nova talks about her ethnic identity but we don’t know anything about how countries work in this world. Like if Nova is Italian, then does she have strong feelings about The Council ruling over Italy?

Do cameras not exist in this world? Just wondering why didn’t Adrian just try to film what Genissa did and send it to the Council rather than going as the Sentinel.

Did Ruby, Adrian and Oscar not go to school? Leroy went to school and he doesn’t seem that much older than them.

Just wondering what exactly Nova knows about her world. Since she mentions human rights but nothing about the UN.

Finally, all the stuff about prodigy history fell flat since the history around it is so confusing.

So prodigies have existed for centuries. Why did it take so long for them to rebel? You’d think that they would have done it during say, maybe the Age of Revolution. Or the 19th century with its Social Darwinism. Or the 60s with its counter culture.

And if humans knew of Prodigy existence, why did no one take advantage of them for Wars? What did humans do with Prodigies when they stopped burning and hanging them?

If Prodigies weren’t known of and there was a masquerade, then why is so much known of Prodigy History? Was there some community of them with a Masquerade or not?

Sorry for the length.

Spoilers for the book

I liked it slightly less than the first one but it was still a good read.

I really liked the exploration of Agent N and whether or not it’s a good thing that it can be used.

I loved the further exploration of Renegades abusing their power and issues like solo work, vigilantism, the over reliance on Heroes and the merchandising of Heroes.

I really loved everything to do with Max. The fact that he got to hug Adrian was so heartwarming.

And the idea of the great Villain Ace Anarchy having beef with Max since he was a baby was hilarious.

The books still have great male and female characters

That said, I do have criticisms.

I wasn’t exactly sure about the gap between the first book and second book which made me wonder why it took a while for Adrian to see Winston.

The fact that nobody thought that Phobia had something to do with Lady Indomitable’s death seemed quite stupid since his whole identity revolves around fear.

‘One cannot be brave who has no fear.’ I wonder which Anarchist knows about this.

I’m surprised none of the Renegades had any other issues with Agent N being used freely when everyone dislikes Genissa’s team and Ruby even threatened to use Agent N on her team. Like people should have thought ‘if our Renegades hate each other what will they do to civilians.’

And how come word hasn’t spread to the Renegades about what kind of person Genissa is when surely the Villains would have warned each other about her and then word should have reached the Council. Ruby even said she can easily believe that Genissa tortured Hawthorne.

Why doesn’t Danna just use a computer or spell out that Nova is Nightmare using the Monarch butterflies? Adrian had a laptop no?

And the world building continues to be confusing.

Still have no clue where Gatlon is. Probably America, but where in America?

Do other countries not have a problem being ruled over by a bunch of Americans? I find it weird Nova talks about her ethnic identity but we don’t know anything about how countries work in this world. Like if Nova is Italian, then does she have strong feelings about The Council ruling over Italy?

Do cameras not exist in this world? Just wondering why didn’t Adrian just try to film what Genissa did and send it to the Council rather than going as the Sentinel.

Did Ruby, Adrian and Oscar not go to school? Leroy went to school and he doesn’t seem that much older than them.

Just wondering what exactly Nova knows about her world. Since she mentions human rights but nothing about the UN.

Finally, all the stuff about prodigy history fell flat since the history around it is so confusing.

So prodigies have existed for centuries. Why did it take so long for them to rebel? You’d think that they would have done it during say, maybe the Age of Revolution. Or the 19th century with its Social Darwinism. Or the 60s with its counter culture.

And if humans knew of Prodigy existence, why did no one take advantage of them for Wars? What did humans do with Prodigies when they stopped burning and hanging them?

If Prodigies weren’t known of and there was a masquerade, then why is so much known of Prodigy History? Was there some community of them with a Masquerade or not?

Sorry for the length.

Harry Potter first and foremost is a story about defeating an evil wizard.

Year there are societal issues amongst the wizarding world. Yes a lot of them do go unsolved.

But it takes a while for society to improve, so I understand why Rowling chose to focus on Harry’s life over Wizarding Society overall in the epilogue.

Yes, the ending was rushed, but so many other book series had rushed conclusions.

The OWL and NEWT system is a great way to encapsulate this. Yes getting qualifications based solely on standardised exams is not really a great system but it’s what the UK does.

I don’t expect JK to mention ‘oh by the way, they were abolished.’

FYI, House Elves are based on European spirits.

I understand why Rowling is hated but people expect more of the books than what they actually intended to be.