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Since: Sep, 2012
TMH-Sir-Iron-Vomit
Since: Mar, 2024
8th May, 2024 05:51:59 AM
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The creator of a work is called out for a controversial aspect of his work. It turns out they agree with the criticism, the problem is the audience either loves it or doesn't want to see the opposite.
e.g. Men Are the Expendable Gender mentions that for all the perfectly justified reasons the trope is bad (infantilizing women, reinforcing that they shouldn't try to use violence, etc.), the simple fact is the audience doesn't want to see women getting disemboweled or brutalized like male characters do.