Second: Where did fandom get the idea that tropes are "bad"? If they were bad, then all media would SUCK. I mean, TV Tropes is a freaking jungle of a website - if you go in, pack a lunch and a large ball of twine, etc. - and every show I love has an entry on there. So.. fitting a trope is somehow bad? No, I don't think so. Tropes can be misused, even overused, but they are not inherently bad.
Every character ever conforms to several tropes, male or female. The people who are torching and pitchforking about female characters and tropes have obviously never studied literature or literary theory. Or given much thought to what they're talking about. *sigh*
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Second: Where did fandom get the idea that tropes are "bad"? If they were bad, then all media would SUCK. I mean, TV Tropes is a freaking jungle of a website - if you go in, pack a lunch and a large ball of twine, etc. - and every show I love has an entry on there. So.. fitting a trope is somehow bad? No, I don't think so. Tropes can be misused, even overused, but they are not inherently bad.
Every character ever conforms to several tropes, male or female. The people who are torching and pitchforking about female characters and tropes have obviously never studied literature or literary theory. Or given much thought to what they're talking about. *sigh*