the-mighty-birdy:

I hate the attitude of viewing female characters as a “we”. NO. THERE IS NO WE HERE. I AM NOT EVERY WOMAN EVERY WOMAN IS NOT ME. Don’t go into every goddamn movie expecting to come out feeling “empowered”, that’s not what movies (or any media for that matter) are for! They’re for telling interesting stories and making us feel for fictional characters. Having every female character be a whiny, weak damsel who needs to be rescued all the time is annoying yes, but what’s just as annoying is having every female character be a stone cold badass with little to no personality beyond “She’s tough and snarky and won’t take your shit” because everyone will lose their fuckin minds if you allow them even the slightest bit of weakness! Write female characters like human beings and not tools of empowerment or role models because those are BORING.