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I know this sounds very let women be feminine but walk w me

I like the idea of aradia’s story being a tale of escaping the roles you were forced in. But the idea that the only way to reject them is to be masculine is foolish.

For some people thats how it is, but a girl shouldn’t let go of harmless things she enjoys because men sexualize them, fetishize them and overall see them with malicious intentions. I think thats what happens to aradia.

Before dying, she is aware that because of both her role in the game and her identity (as a woman and a lowblood) her future wouldnt be bright, but despite it shes a jolly girl and expresses herself however she wants, even if it could (and it did) bring her suffering.

Now with equius specifically, he definitely tries to force an appearance he thinks is ideal with aradiabot, but mostly we see him freak out over things that are mundane for aradia. He also doesn’t ever manage to have much control over her except for the kissing. Instead he makes her uncomfortable by looking at her behavior with other motives in mind. This is what i mean with men looking at things women do with ill intentions.

To me aradia loses her identity (including her gender expression) during this period of time and gets it back when she revives. Shes didn’t let herself be turned into something she wasn’t until it got bigger than her, and even then she was rebellious.