wlw leaves me unmoved
where is the whw
the intimacy of betrayal from a lover
belligerent sexual tension between characters at cross purposes from one another. who didn't know each other or hate each other personally, but each one is an obstacle to the other
where is the tragic romance
show me women fumbling the baddest bitch they've ever met in their lives
show me women who meet women who are like them and take them in instant dislike because of their own self-loathing. 'we hate in others what we see in ourselves'
women choosing between duty and honor, duty and love, loyalty to a cause vs. loyalty to a lover
show me women with exes were the breakup was bitter and complex and it hurts and they're still not over it and even if they pretend to be friends again they're just going thru the motions and it's stiff and awkward and grating and uncomfortable and filled with resentment and regret on both sides (and KEY POINT they don't get back together (or if they do, it crumbles back apart for all the same reasons)
i don't care about your fuckin sword lesbians unless it's arthurian legend levels of fucked up
i don't care about ur fuckin sword lesbians unless you brutally deconstruct the corrosive lies of chivalry and patriarchy
sword lesbians were perfected in 1997 and again in 2006. how dare you write happy tales of feudal chivalry without engaging in the themes of revolutionary girl utena? the rose bride did not die again and again and again and again for you to gloss over her pain and suffering
just like
"these two women like each other. they are not important to the world that they live in. They don't have status or power. they are not leaders, not even on a community level. there is no external conflict (unless it only exists to be hastily resolved). there is no internal conflict (unless it exists solely to be cartoonishly resolved at breakneck speed). neither of them are sexually repressed or experience self-hatred bc of their queerness or any other reason :) yay
i would also complain about a story where astronauts go to the moon and take their helmets off and still breathe.
like i'm glad you're having fun playing with paper dolls or whatever but even my paper dolls had more complex inner lives than this!!!
