tornskyline replied to your post: [[MOR] ok literally that mikasa powerpoint did...
why shouldn’t she be a feminist icon then?
because physical strength is not the most important thing. yes she is physically strong wow great a woman who is better than all of the men physically yay too bad she's completely emotionally dependent on the man in her life (it's not anything against her it's a reasonable response considering her childhood trauma but the fact remains) so it literally doesn't matter anyway as far as feminism is concerned
yes she in a way chooses to be dependent(?) I guess??? but the fact still stands that despite being the one who is physically protecting eren she is still dependent on him and if you think a situation in which a woman is highly dependent on a man is feminism then i'm sorry
my point with that post though was that that powerpoint was all 'omg theres more in mikasas life/mind than just eren' and then they proceeded to give a bunch of examples that didn't prove their point in the slightest, thus in a way proving mine. the fact is that whether tumblr likes it or not mikasa is codependent and this fact really obvious throughout the whole series so far and actually in my opinion is probably one of the most important aspects of her character in general so ignoring it or pretending it isn't true is just plain stupid
physical strength =/= emotional strength
