I really don’t understand what “traditionally feminine” means to some stans. Is it personality, hobbies, fashion? I don’t get this criticism because it’s vague as fuck.
Kill me if I know. I assume that in the context of the medievalesque setting of AS0IAF, a traditionally feminine woman is a woman who confirms to the rules and limitations imposed on her by the medieval society and mindset: dutiful wife and mother, soft spoken and conventional, who faithfully sticks to these customs and rules, who manages the household (in some cases), who likes knitting & sewing, who always dresses as a noble lady should dress etc. etc.
(below cut because I just don`t want too much AS0IAF discourse on this blog either especially when I am the one who voice her opinion because apparently it`s forbidden to have opinions who don`t actually worship….but I`ll stop)
I ACTUALLY HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO EXPLAIN THIS TERM because take Daenerys, Arianne and Margaery, for example: all three of them are feminine in their behaviour, outfits, looks but they aren’t called “traditionally feminie” because they actually challenge the rules and limitations imposed on them by the society they’re living in. S/ansa and C/atelyn silently conform to these standards and don’t have a high opinion on women and girls who don’t (see S/ansa’s bullying to Arya and how C/atelyn obviously favoures the feminine proper lady S/ansa over the gender-non-conforming Arya).
What GRRM did right is that these type of conventionally feminine characters usually have the backround, silent roles of mothers and wives, but he did give C/atelyn a voice and a well constructed arc. While I can’t and I don’t want to talk about S/ansa because I just hate hate hate her, despite my dislike for C/atelyn, I always claimed and I will always claim that she is incredibly clever, politically savy, shrewed and really posseses what this fandom loves to dub “inner strength”.
I can’t explain, however, why these two female characters are supposed to be given bigger credit because they represent a twist on the trope of silent mother/wife and conventional young lady, respectively. I can only say that this fandom doesn’t seem to understand that you can perfectly dislike a female character like this without being a dumb mysogynist who hates womanly virtues because the dislike has nothing to do with the fact that they follow the rules imposed on them as noblewomen in a patriarchal medieval society. I don’t like them because they wear dresses and are polite and all that. I dislike them because their privilege is way too rooted in their mindsets to the point where it borders on classism self-centeredness and because, from my point of view, they are unpleasant people. Not women — people.
I don’t know who the fuck sjm is but I’ve been reading through your tags and I am both amused and disturbed.
Haha, any day when someone tells me that my blog convinced them that SJ/M's books are bad is a good day!😂😂😂Both her series had so much potential, sadly, but everything was ruined for the sake of writing really weird sex scenes and problematic behaviour.
@soooo-over-it and I came up with the comparison that SJ/M is David and Daniel's female persona
I honestly hope the term, “getting Daenerys’ed” becomes a thing. Let’s call writers out on their nonsensical plotlines for the sake of drama and ruling females who get screwed because society still thinks ambition in women is bad.
I hope that too. It pains me to see this trend is still a thing whether if it's 1960-1970 or 2019.
It all started here, @actuallyfeanor pointed out Stannis' fixation with grammar, @thalassakimou perfectly noted that Fëanor would be just the same and I pointed out that the shopping potential is strong in Fëanor × Stannis
I was thinking about our Maenerys au and I wonder how he would react to Quaithe? She just appears out of nowhere to ramble cryptically at Dany and that could make for some funny moments.
Quaithe: To go north, you must journey south, to reach the west you must go east. To go forward you must go back and to touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow.
Daenerys: honey, I can't figure out what is this supposed to mean. Can you?
Maedhros: idk how can one go east to reach west, Arda was flat back in my youth. If you went too east, you could have fallen into the encircling sea
How I feel about this character: it's not ok AT ALL to bully one of your students just because you hate his dad and calling people Mudbloods, and sympathizing with a Nazi-like faction which promoted the extinction of those who haven't pure magic blood? Not on my watch
All the people I ship romantically with this character: no one
My non-romantic OTP for this character: Lily, Dumbledore
My unpopular opinion about this character: He is not a misunderstood broken hero, he was quite an unpleasant persom while a teen, but we should still give him the credit he deserves. He helped Harry in Deathly Hollows when he brought him the sword, he stayed loyal to Dumbledore and his good cause until the very end and was instrumental in bringing Voldemort down.
One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: I didn't want him to die. I wanted him to have a chance to have a normal talk to Harry and apologize to him for all those years of bullying
All the people I ship romantically with this character: Maedhros × Daenerys is the only valid ship
My non-romantic OTP for this character: his brothers but mostly Maglor, Fingon
My unpopular opinion about this character: I love him, but he is not an angel as many Fëanorians hardcore stans portray him. He actively took part in two of the third kingslayings. He is a morally-grey character, capable of both very good and very bad things
One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: I wish he hadn't died, but I understand why he died and his death made sense, thematically speaking
