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To add to it, it is completely out of character for him 😃

i can’t be the only person who’s noticed a steady decline in tolerable, well-written women in fanfiction (referring to both OCs and f!reader categories alike). i’ve talked about this already, but the "coqeuette, bimbofied, daddy’s little princess" trope has taken over my entire feed. it’s a freudian example of one of the many international consequences of lana del rey and choice feminism. but it isn’t just that trope entirely. it’s the half-assed attempts at different archetypes made to write the reader off as an empowering, dominant badass or sultry femme fatale, and failing because it all falls flat with snarky one-liners and glorified combat instead of any actual substance.

mind you, the same authors will praise male characters like leon kennedy and joel miller for being well-written and criticize women who goon to them without "appreciating their depth", as if PTSD is some generational, ground-breaking, never-before-seen character trait.

i’m looking forward to an increase in—not only well-written female characters—but ones that explore actual flaws that make the characters borderline evil. the normalization of docility, obedience, and abusive undertones that are somehow always followed by the same "it’s a kink, don’t be judgemental" excuse, is exhausting.

the ones who never got a gift “just because”, never went to parties, never got promposed to, never even skipped class because you were always the good kid.

because he didn’t get that either.

he never got football games, riding his motorcyle to school, or that messy teenage rebellion that you look back on and cringe.

none of that sweet, stupid, carefree stuff that everyone takes for granted

so you figure it out together.

he shows up to your first date nervous, trying not to act like he's not blushing so hard he's combusting, and you take his hand anyway, both of you pretending not to notice how sweaty your palms are as you try to subtly wipe them on your pants when you think he's not looking

you both get to experience it all, just…later.