(01-23-2015, 01:12 PM)Ixarien Wrote: Gods I hope the FFXIV writers read this. Somehow. Someway. PLEASE. Surely they know the damsel in distress trope doesn't fly anymore....seriously.
I wouldn't mind the Damsel trope so much if we're not actually forced into accepting that, as soon as said damsel is rescued again, she gets to keep being the leader, and giving orders, over and over and over and over again, not seeming to learn much from it.
By comparison, there's only so many times Mario can rescue Peach before it starts to creep into his brain that maybe, just maybe, she needs to stand down. "Who's-a the ruler around here? It's-a me, Mario!" But Peach has had a few games in which she's shown to have a few skills of her own - not so with Minfilia.
I'd at least like to see F'lahmin sit down with her daughter and have a little talk...
"But in the laugh there was another voice. A clearer laugh, an ironic laugh. A laugh which laughs because it chooses not to weep."
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