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Is there a word to describe the misogynists who fetishishize and heteronormative mlm relationships ? I used to use Fujoshi but after learning it’s history I’ve been ‘fetishists’ or ‘fetishizer’. It feels like there should be a better word to use…

Reasons to read Six of Crows

It’s got all the tropes we all love:

Resident emotion repressing murder child that will kill you if you hurt their loved ones? CHECK

Heart of the team who is one everyone’s good side and will scare the life out of you if you dare cross them or their friends. CHECK

A roguish mischivous and witty sniper with a sad past who puts a smile on their face to not be a burden to the team while knowing their flaws and doing the work to change. CHECK

½ unapologetic badass with a silver tongue, ½ sweet tooth who could possibly turn yours inside out, the glue of the team who can spark banter with distant of people. CHECK

Our child who was thrown into chaos and managed to climb that ladder while keeping hope in a cruel with jokes world and can make complicated weaponry with just about anything. CHECK

Stubborn, cold, hardened soldier personifying the phrase ‘If you can’t beat them, join them’ while being a sweet dork to their significant other and a pretty good friend with occasional moments of not being able to read the mood. CHECK

Angsty ship with both people get work done as loathed and feared figures in society and where the one known to have a cold heart is so clearly in love but won’t show unless the situation is life or death and the one who would normally be oblivious KNOWS while defying society acceptable romance tropes in the best way possible. CHECK

Fluffy, adorable, and the one which will make you grin like a fool ship with a lovable smartass and a could have been murder child that starts from adoring them in their heads to helping each other deal with their respective traumas. CHECK.

Enemies to Lovers ship where the worst qualities they have due to the conflict are not glossed over and they both have to put in work into their relationship while being badasses and adorkable sweethearts who can’t hide ANYTHING. CHECK

All combined with diversity and written with care, subverting and defying cliches while showcasing an understanding of the nuances of the world. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

On another note, I am so pissed off Horikoshi thought it was a good idea to appropriate Indigenous and Chinese cultural clothes into COSTUMES.

Man had to have studied society in depth so he HAD TO KNOW this thing existed. Even if not through Japanese education, he knows a lot about comics, he had to have come across it at some point.

Its disappointing, he should have known better.

The thing that really got me hooked on Kuroshitsuji was Madam Red. At the time, I never got to read/watch stories that had unapologetic, expressive, and confident woman who embraced her femininity with open arms. Usually those traits would be framed as bad and the woman would be punished for it or at the very least be antagonist, so seeing a woman who the MC worked with and not view her as inferior felt so different.

Then her backstory was shown. I watched it in the anime first and that pushed me towards reading the manga but when I got to it…. I was shocked. I didn’t really understand how unique this situation was for me at the time. Usually when it came to loss of family, you would see the impact of the male characters (usually in the form of the woman in the refrigerator trope) but to see a woman whose position would have been faceless support character if she was even written in felt revolutionary. Seeing her character being delved into, seeing her hurt and angry and coping in the worst way possible and still being seen as sympathetic was such a new thing to me and I never knew why, but I remember being frozen in place, not taking a breath till Grell killed her.

Looking back, I get it now. And man the reason is both pathetic and sad. Well written female antagonists were so rare then and have increased a bit now. I can only recall 16 big ones (varying from minor to major roles, 6 from the same show, 3 hopeless, 2 dead, 2 MIA and only 2 who were redeemed and the other on her way) from the top of my head when thinking of series I have read in 7 years. Compare that to the hundreds of well done male ones and damn isn’t that a problem. And I’m not even getting into POC and LGBTQ antagonists.

And its because of this that I got so peeved at what happened to Mina. She totally has the potential (if not already)to be a good foil to Madam Red and show us the struggles a WOC would have in the Victorian Era (Yana doesnt shy away from showing how the status quo hurt so many women in the series). Her characterization was only done for shock vakue. AND HER ENDING. THE F WAS THAT. I love Kuroshitsuji and I think Yana gives great development to her characters, but for the 1 WOC to be a stereotypical slut and then killed off… that is racist.

The only benefit I’ll give Yana is the fact that the early arcs were not the best and the quality rose with the Circus arc. Even then that doesn’t excuse the racism.

But she still has a chance. Her death wasn’t totally shown and if so to some people I don’t see why Yana can’t just retcon it. She could have had Lau take kill her husband and take her to his den and use her to for oversea operations. Then when Lau gets his focus it could be a great parallel to the Curry Arc with Mina actually being a hostage. I’m not to knowledgeable about scheme and plans, but if I were a drug dealer who had connections to Asia and wanted to say, have a Prince who has power and a lack of supervision to be in my debt, having his loved one may be a good bargaining chip.

Since Lau does have his connections and Soma isn’t the most discrete it could be possible Lau has spies to check up on him once in a while (like say homeless children) to see if he grew. Then when an opportunity to expand his business comes along he could open an wound and dangle a bandage, giving Soma an opportunity to connect with someone he knows again.

Heck Mina coming back could parallel RCiel as both sibling figures came back from the dead to be used by kooky mysterious men.

If Yana can give short arcs (Wolfram, Joker, Arthur), save a character for exploration down the line (Snake, Lau, Ran Mao), write about Indian characters after doing her research (Soma, Agni), write a good female antagonist who did have a change of heart (Madam Red) and have female characters important to the main cast have their potential hinted at for years (Claudia, Francis, Elizabeth, Seiglinde, Queen Elizabeth) then she can so pull off bringing Mina back and giving her a redemption arc. Yana’s already writing characters that break traditional storytelling norm, so writing a dark skinned WOC redemption arc would be one hell of an accomplishment.

And if one were to look at the conventions of good writing, then Mina SHOULD BE back. After all, Soma’s arc started with Mina. It’s natural it should end with her in some way and Yana’s a great writer.

It’s in times like these I wish I was a fanfic writer

Kanej in an FMA AU with Kaz as upstart Flame Alchemist who people hate and fear and Lieutenant Inej who is known for her aim and precision. The two would be a force to be reckoned with while being pariahs due of Kaz’s attitude and theirs towards Ishvalans.

One thing I’m super excited what Nora’s final name is going to be, since she all her other names have been marred by negative experiences. I would really like for to her to be able to choose her name since it could symbolize a big step for her gaining a sense of self and control, though she could be given a name by someone she respects/likes and accept it like Yato did with Sakura.

Seeing Gabi this chapter made so sad (for seeing her not being able to cope) but happy (for being pushed in the right direction). I’m so excited to see how her arc climaxes. I would love those girls to find out about Sasha and continue to be friends, I’m not sure of the specifics but that would definetly enforce some of the series themes.

Historia also proves to be the leader we all need once again. If only I had the power to switch a living character with a real human 😧.

Oh my girls Mikasa and Louise. I love their relationship already. It looks like Mikasa has to save Louise from becoming like how she was with Eren and to be her own person.

My respect for Isayama continues to climb unseen heights, I don’t think I’ve seen many stories with this many female characters being given focus like this (god that is so sad).