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[thenwearedecided]

fuckkkk my sacrificial lamb has started hanging out with the scapegoat

[neruomancer]

[free-my-girl-tourney]

Fandom Misogyny Victim Tournament

Round Three, Bracket 5

Casca (Berserk) vs. Anthy Himemiya (Revolutionary Girl Utena)

Casca

Anthy Himemiya

Remaining time: 5 days 12 hours

Propaganda below the cut:

Casca:

Fandom sidelines her or pretends she doesn't exist so they can feel comfortable shipping the main guy with another guy. Demonizes her for being an imperfect trauma survivor. Blames the writer's decisions for her storyline (which are also rooted in misogyny) on her, a fictional woman, instead of the actual living man who wrote it.

Casca is amazing. She's smart, kind, brave, and flawed in very human ways. I believe she is the beating heart of the story despite the author's prioritizing the male characters. Many of the story's themes are embodied in her storyline and by her. She is one of a very few women of color, potentially a Black coded woman, who stars in a fantasy manga and later a show from that particular era. Not only that but she's the love interest. Neither her romance or her trauma are handled with care by the author IMO, but nevertheless many survivors including myself have related to her story and found her to be a powerful and moving character. She deserves to be cherished and loved much more. While she may be an imperfect character because of her author's prejudices I still adore her.

imagine being a character of one of the most influential manga of all time that has been running for 40 years and you are hated every moment of it. even at her peak she was heated. experienced trauma so severe she was left mentally disabled and in canon being treated with kindness and protected in an incredibly cruel world and the misogynistic fans see her as useless and slowing down the story

Anthy Himemiya:

Fandom acts like her relationship with her brother was "mutual abuse" (he is a grown man who is raping her and she is 14) and that she really wanted him and that she was evil for manipulating Utena when she was being abused by Akio the whole time. Especially concerning given that she is the only brown female character in the cast.

Anthy is a weirdo who keeps snails in her pencil case. Enough said…

Anthy is an abuse victim who hides her feelings, and has done what her abuser wants her to do even if that involves hurting other people. Some corners of fandom take this to mean that she is an evil emotionless bitch

Because of how she hides her emotions, it's really fun watching her and trying to work out what she's actually thinking. She has a mean but dry sense of humour that is very funny. But most importantly, she's a great depiction of a survivor of incestuous abuse, and her arc of escaping the abuse is so good.

[the-quasar-hero]

You can make a movie with where the only white character is a man named Ray Cism whose one line of his 16 seconds of screen time is “I seriously hate women and minorities.” and you’ll find fifty bajillion reader x Ray Cism fanfics and renaissance style drawings of him with a halo of golden light

[mayhamster]

Holy fuck

[cringepics]

[twinkhole-destroyer]

my diva moment will have casualties

[aranzi-aronzo-wisdom]

[grundoonmgnx]

Pat Perry, Craigslist Still Life 03, 2022

Acrylic on panel, 22 x 30 in

[phantomrose96]

job interviewer: would you be willing to destroy and betray yourself for nothing?

[s1ck0]

sinsin08051

[bafahy]

9 to 5

[apollosunn-moved-deactivated202]

anyone else relate

[midnightclover]

[sirpuntine]

Not only did mama raise a quitter, but she also raised a procrastinator, people-pleaser, doormat, coward, and liar, and you can’t put a price on that

[blessyouhawkeye]

huh? what? yeah okay sure whatever-

HUH!! WHAT!!!!! HELLO!!!!!

[great-gatsby]

from the amazon page <3 they switch back and forth between their human and vegetable forms...

[evergreen-femme]

not gonna read this but i'd be willing to bet money that this is adapted from veggie tales fanfiction

[strongcat]

really? what tipped you off

[innerchildabortionclinic]

good morning everyone it's time to be tortured to insanity and then of course tortured for being insane

[dogpuppy]

[stupidrehab]

that’s just my nightstand knife don’t worry