Something that Amanda the Adventurer directly represents that I do not see talked enough NEARLY enough is how much people do NOT listen to abused children calling for help in real life. How much abused children are villainized and ignored by everyone else and forced to suffer alone with their abusers. No matter how much Amanda called for help people didn't listen, in fact, the fandom reaction after the first game to villainize her cries for help and attempts to protect herself show just how prevalent this is in the real world, and it is especially bad for Black children and other children of color due to racism and stereotyping. The abused kid is almost always seen as the "bad kid" especially if they do not show the symptoms of their trauma in a way that is digestible to adults. And that's wrong. As someone who has witnessed this happening to friends and children I knew and just in discussions of child abuse in general since I was a small child it is so GOOD that we have a game that directly calls this out.
LISTEN TO CHILDREN.


























