Those who ignore the importance of female characters in Silent Hill have never even played one by mistake. And yet they even pretend to explain it to you. Like lol
#also its not even that #it doesn't oppose tradition or marriage or childbirth #its about AGENCY it's about CHOICE #its about being expected and pressured to cut off and throw away parts of yourself #blindly following in footsteps of ancestors because its the way
#fox hinako isn't opposed to marrying kotoyuki ON THEIR OWN TERMS #she just wants to fall in love with him and know him and CHOOSE HIM #shimizu hinako isn't opposed to marriage either its the arranged part she hates #her seeing her drunk father abuse her and her mother #her mom throwing away agency and her identity and groveling makes her hate her just as much as her dad #and now she's expected to do the same not to marry out of love but because she's been sold like cattle to the rich
#similarly she isn't opposed to being girly and being feminine she wants to play house with the girls #her favorite toy was a blonde doll in a cute polka dot dress until the girls made her throw it away #yes the horror is gendered because ESPECIALLY in 1960s Japan women are treated horribl #but the message is NOONE SHOULD CUT OFF PARTS OF THEMSELVES TO FIT IN A MOLD
#the horror is gendered and you see it in how kotoyuki and shu are sad and angry but sakuko is left to die alone in the dark and rinko burns #but shu and kotoyuki are equally part of the same machine without agency
