A deadly monster with a terrifying appearance bonds with a small child and protects the small child with its life.
An injured hero comes upon a monster, or a hero comes upon an injured monster, and they have a Moment where they understand each other.
Giant vicious-looking monsters that answer to names you would give a pet dog.
A character rescues or spares the life of a wounded or infant monster; later, the fully-grown/recovered creature returns the favor.
A monster is only behaving aggressively to defend its young; the heroes realize this and make piece with the creature before leaving it be.
Similarly, a monster is only behaving aggressively because it is displaced and frightened; the heroes realize this, and help it to return home.
The horrifying eldritch creature that has been stalking the heroes turns out to be wholly benevolent, and its previously menacing behavior is revealed to be its attempts to protect them from something far deadlier.
BENEVOLENT MONSTERS!!!! BENIGN MONSTERS!!!! MONSTERS YOU DON’T HAVE TO FIGHT!!!
show: *introduces smirking obnoxious boy in the first 5 minutes who will be her love interest*
me: well it was good while it lasted
Lemme guess. If it was a smirking obnoxious female, it would be okay?
no it would be awesome because then it’d be a lesbian story
Tumblr has been pretty good about blatantly admitting it’s double standards and hypocrisy lately.
I’m cool with this because it makes my job easier.
“I hate this trope”
“Okay, but what if lesbians?”
“I LOVE THIS TROPE”
…???? Your standards just evaporate as soon as there are lesbians???? You’re willing to settle for lazy, shallow writing as long as there’re lesbians?? They don’t even have to be interesting or fresh lesbians????? Just, just boring lesbians playing out the same boring heteronormative tropes is “awesome” in your book?????? You’ll settle for less as long as there’s les??????????
(Also: Wheeeee, bi/pan erasure)
I know right?
It’s as if the awesome female protagonist’s sexual orientation is 100% of her personality and importance as a character. (And I am guessing that they would count a bi/pan protagonist as “straight” because she dated a guy once even though her current/end-game relationship is with a woman. Or “lesbian” because they think she’s going to quit her attraction to men cold turkey once she’s been with a woman.)
Our culture really romanticises the idea
of a brooding misunderstood loner who’s an asshole to everyone
but secretly has a heart of gold, so it’s frighteningly easy to meet a guy who treats everyone around him badly and believe without evidence that he has a heart of gold.
Don’t fall for it.
And a lapse in cruelty is not evidence of kindness.
“A lapse in cruelty is not evidence of kindness” Bolded because that line is so incredibly important
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