Fandom Misogyny Victim Tournament
Round One, Bracket 7
Piper McLean (The Heroes of Olympus / Riordanverse) vs. Maya Fey (Ace Attorney)
Piper McLean
Maya Fey
Propaganda below the cut:
Piper McLean:
fandom HATES her for being mildly sometimes annoying. they act like shes killed puppies when her greatest crime is being a girl and a bit annoying. fandom literally adores a man who's actually hurt innocent children but dog piles her for being a 'pick me' just because she is unhappy with the gender roles assigned to her EVEN THOUGH SHE DOES NOT WANT TO BE PICKEDD!!!!!!
Shes my favourite girl ever she's iconic, she steals cars, she's lovely, and she's one of the very few indigenous reps in popular kids books. when my 7th grade class was reading the percy jackson books everyone hated piper but little 12 year old me LOVED her and i'm in super hell forever because fandom hates her too.
Maya Fey:
she is infantilized so frequently it's actually crazy. she is a minor (17) in ONLY the first game she appears in. she is in 3 other games where she is 18, 19, and fucking 28. she is a whole adult and has been for ages!! why are we treating her like a child!! in addition she is frequently featured in fics about the most popular m/m pairing (narumitsu) as a wingwoman/cheerleader for the men. this wouldn't be a huge problem if she showed up in like. any other circumstance. but she doesn't and is reduced to the Competent Girl Who Can Get The Gay Men Together (which is funny because to put her in that role you have to mischaracterize her pretty damn badly!)
maya fey is the best girl in the world and more than phoenix's quirky teenage assistant!! which everybody would know if they paid attention to her arc about her self-worth issues and her role within her family that spans the first three aa games!! she's strong and kind and stubborn and the sort of person who loves and trusts with everything she's got!!
