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The Rose of Versailles PSA
From the author and official material.
"Oscar is a "woman" both physically and mentally. She is only interested in "men". She is "man" only in her clothing and social status. In other words, she is a transvestite heterosexual"
"Some people seem to wonder if Oscar has gender identity disorder, but gender identity disorder refers to a person or state in which they feel uncomfortable with the physical sex they were born with. Homosexuals, if they are women, they will like other women while remaining women, and if they are men, they will like other men while remaining men. Therefore, Oscar does not fit into either category."
“I think that is what led me to create Oscar. A woman who can fight on an equal footing with men. I wanted to show that women have that ability too. I think that in that sense there were female readers who were able to empathize with her."
"Also, it is true that the background to drawing Oscar was a kind of antithesis to male society. 35 years ago, Japan was still an overwhelmingly male-dominated society. I felt that it was fine for a cute girl to be loved by men, but a strong woman with her own will was also wonderful. Things have changed a lot now, but overall, I think there are overwhelmingly more men who like girls like Rosalie."
“In those days, it was not accepted for men and women to be equal. It was a time when women were told to stay at home, so if a woman tried to go out into society, she was severely criticized.”
Oscar only ever identifies as a woman. The premise of the entire story is that her father raises her as a son (not her choice) so she can succeed him in the military and be his heir (a traditionally male field, not allowed to women)
Oscar's story correlates with the experiences of the author as a working woman and women who were entering the workforce for the first time. The authors intentions with the character of Oscar, as she had stated, was to show that there should be equality between men and women and that women can be just as capable as men.
People are missing out on a great story in favor of projecting something its not onto it. While ignoring everything that's there. I think its a shame.
People trying to apply modern gender concepts to The Rose of Versailles is where I see a lot of newer fan confusion stemming from and I think we should to stop doing it. It really does not compute. It has a very specific gender narrative that relates to what was going on when it was written, which still holds value today.
The near constant disparaging comments in the main tag about how Rov/Oscar should have been and would have been better if xyz/completely different story/character, get really old and do indeed come off as pretty rude and ignorant. This is not something most fans of the story and character want to see everyday. I think anyone of any background can relate to and like a character without having to “read” something else into their story and complain about it. This seems to be getting more and more unhealthy and confusing for people. People wishing the story was something else entirely and ignoring the text is not an interpretation.
No matter how well intentioned it is, this waters down the true intent of the work until it becomes something completely different. As a fan of The Rose of Versailles I would like to see it be successful and loved for what it is, not what it isn't. I think the preservation of history is important. The perception a lot of the newer English audience has of this story is fabricated or "head canons" that have been sold as truth and a lot of people can't tell the difference.
It is not a yuri/wlw, people need to stop lying about that and recommending it to people that way, especially If you haven't read/watched it at all. Many, many people recommend this work as such, sight unseen. Knock it off, it does no one any good. Get out of your echo chamber. The story is historical fiction with multiple het romances. The MC is straight and lowkey homophobic. There is one character who as a child develops a one sided crush on the MC and later falls in love with and marries a man, then a few comic relief moments from some background court women. This is not what people are looking for when they want a wlw story and this often leads to these peoples disappointment, anger, conspiracy theories and sometimes downright hate towards the existing fandom. Knock it off.
Just like Oscar’s father we are forcing the story into being something that it’s not. Just like Fersen we are refusing to see Oscar as who she is and who she has TOLD us she is. Why?
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I'm going to say these things as nicely and as kindly as possible, because I think the RoV fandom needs to hear them:
Not every thought or idea or headcanon can be considered an interpretation of a canon work.
Not every "interpretation" of a canon work is reasonable, sensible, or valid.
Not every "meta" or "essay" is written in good faith. Many are biased. Most are trying to convince you of something.
Finally: words mean something. To you, to me, to everyone.
We are all people existing online within the same space. When you post in the main tags, you're posting where your words can and will be found by people who enjoy RoV. Are they something people looking at the main tag will want to read?
I want to encourage everyone to think critically, and by "think critically" I do not mean negatively. I mean: be aware of the words you and others use. Are those tags appropriate for that post? Is that a good discussion or is someone just using buzzwords in an attempt to sound smart? Are those posts actually bringing up good talking points? Is that essay discussing the source material fairly? Are those interpretations actually interpretations or are they just shower thoughts? Is that post engaging in the fandom and in the source material(s) in good faith?
Sometimes you'll find an essay that puts words to a feeling you've had for a while but could not express. Other times, the "essay" is just nonsense.
Not all essays are created equal. Not all takes are hot. Not all that you read online is valuable, valid, or well-intentioned.
Don't let yourself get gaslit by the dissonance sometimes found between Rose of Versailles and some of the RoV fandom. There are some people who are not engaging with Rose of Versailles; they're engaging with something they've made up in their heads because they don't actually like RoV.
(Let me make myself clear: if you have to change the whole meaning of the story and you have to change the characters because the way they're canonically portrayed isn't to your taste...then you don't like Rose of Versailles.)
Everyone has thoughts, ideas, and headcanons; there's no shame in that. But the way you phrase them and the place you put them matters.
Tangentially related: I've been in and out of the RoV fandom for a great many years, but over the last six months, I've noticed that this fandom has a real issue with misleading potential fans into thinking the series is great [x] representation when those ideas are not present in the source material. (I'm not specifying what [x] is, here, because multiple things apply.)
You cannot call RoV good [x] rep if it's just your headcanon or a ship you like. Anyone eager to read that rep will be disappointed if you recommend RoV to them with that as the selling point.
Unfortunately, this has already happened more than a few times. "I was told RoV was [x] but I watched/read it and I'm not seeing it. Am I missing something?" What you're missing is that people in this fandom continually conflate their own ideas, shower thoughts, and interpretations as canon and recommend the series based on what exists in their head rather than the reality.
Worse, sometimes they recommend RoV because they read somewhere that it was good [x] rep but haven't even confirmed that for themselves. Yikes!
RoV is not great [x] representation for the average modern audience member. You're not doing anyone any favors by calling it [x]; please stop saying it as if it's the definitive truth presented within the canon. It's not.
All that does is set expectations incorrectly for people who haven't seen/read it, and ultimately new fans oftentimes end up disappointed because they did not get the thing they were sold.
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Oscar is not transgender. Ya'll are just misogynists.
Out of topic but I hate it when there is a female character raised as a man, who is also forbidden from exploring her femininity, and when she logically wants to find out how it feels to be a woman and she clearly has gender dismorphia in an extremely intolerant and patriarchal society, and people say "OMG she's trans!!"
Another thing is when a female character says, "I wish I was a man... everything would be much easier" - and people say,"omg she's trans" - apparently, misogyny and patriarchy do not exist for such people.
The number of cis women who thought/said, "I wish I was a man," at least once is 99,9%. I myself said that multiple times when I was a teen and when I was super insecure in my own body, feeling like every single man I met wanted to sexually harass me. Such thoughts are, sadly, a norm for our female cis community, no matter how masculine you dress and behave. The only way to get rid of such thoughts is to accept yourself and the fact that you are not weaker or worse for being feminine, and even if you're all in pink glittery feminine whimsical things, you still can beat the shit out of those who harass you, there is no such a phenomenon as "weak gender/sex".
And that's the whole point of the character of Oscar. She clearly strongly associates being feminine with being weak and submissive. For Oscar, there is nothing scarier than being weak and submissive, to the point she feels strong disgust to wearing long skirts, and she's very sensitive to anyone who tells her she's weak. In terms of her sense of gender, she behaves like a teen girl, thanks to her patriarchal society and strict dad.
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i can't just rewatch Rose of Versailles I want to inject it in my veins