Sam, 25, White, Female, Scorpio, Paragon (of beauty), Jerkbender, Geek Extraordinaire, Alliance Scum, Mage Sympathizer. Loves cats, coffee mugs, cardigans, and Minnie Mouse.
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The only child of the war hero Loghain Mac Tir, Anora has never been one to stay quietly in the background. It is common knowledge that in the five years Anora and Cailan held the throne together, she was the one wielding the power. She is held in much higher esteem than her husband by the people of Ferelden, nobility and commoners alike, and commands the respect even of foreign nations.
An Orlesian girl discovers lightning in her fingers when she touches a lake and kills all the fish. In the woods down the road, an elderly elf hides from templars. His only company: the undead he calls to rise by cutting his arms. Far north, a Qunari with the power to make fire from air is chained, masked, and led around like a dog on a leash.
These are mages. The terrible gift they wield is magic.
I didn’t do it for them. I did it for you. It was always about you.
No, y’all, I’m gonna describe some characters, okay?
- Pirate who sleeps around and takes nothing seriously except for the things he takes seriously. Does the right thing quite often, but is assumed to be untrustworthy, selfish, and narcissistic.
That would be Jack Sparrow, a fellow whom almost everyone loves. Right? We all agree with that. He’s well-loved, and with good reason; he’s funny, charming, salacious, sexy, and a bit more complicated than he seems.
Let me describe the exact same archetype again.
- Pirate who sleeps around and takes nothing seriously except for the things she takes seriously. Does the right thing quite often, but is assumed to be untrustworthy, selfish, and narcissistic.
That would be Isabela. A woman who gets so much hate and vitriol it kind of takes my breath away. The same archetype. Only different because she’s a woman.
That’s how misogyny and sexism work. We revile one character for having the same attributes that we applaud in another. That’s casual sexism, and that’s why I get so upset when I see the truth of it being dismissed.
Ooh, I wanna snuggle this text.
