It is baffling to me how clogged up with toxicity the Ambessa Medarda x reader tag is.
Literally.
There is a constant stream of toxic!Ambessa Medarda x reader fics, most often posing her in an unflattering, uncaring, brutish, abusive light.
A large part of me knows that some of it is attributed to racism. Something something strong black woman and something something equating her to terrible stereotypes and something something thinking she can’t be written or perceived in any way other than toxically controlling and terrible.
It is very disappointing.
I understand everyone has their own interpretation, but if you watched the show or gave a damn about Ambessa Medarda beyond her looks, you’d know that her natural setting is not ‘toxic’ or ‘abusive’ or ‘apathetic’ when it comes to being in a relationship. In fact, you’d know that such behaviour would be incredibly out of character.
Yes, she’s a warlord and has committed an insane amount of crimes against humanity, but she’s not an abusive fucked up partner that manipulates her lover into thinking they’re nothing without her.
In regard to fic writers that answer requests—to each their own. I’m just upset that so many people want to channel their ideas of intense toxicity and angst into one of the most multi-faceted, strong (physically and otherwise) female characters in not only Arcane or the League of Legends universe, but also in modern media.
