#they infantilize short women and act like it's all just hoyo's fault for not making them tall. this is insane. this is fucking insane

[ridl]

Something i rlly dislike abt Ganyu's characterization in fandom is how ppl see her being read as a stupid weak stereotype, and they just retaliate with another stereotype but from the other end of a spectrum.

She can be strong, competent, knowledgable and have very important role in the Liyue Qixing for years, but also be kind, humble, avoiding conflicts and NOT always knowing everything. those are not mutually exclusive!!! Yes she's old, no that doesn't mean she's now perfectly confident, knows everything and is good at everything. She's not some untouchable, divine being, better than everyone else. Stop removing humanity from her, when that's the whole point of her identity!!!

When i see overly confident, dominant, bitchy, smug, flirty Ganyu i start throwing rocks bc that's not Ganyu, begone impostor.

I just want Ganyu to be actually herself. Not a submissive secretary caricature. Not a dommy mommy caricature. JUST Ganyu, with all her complexity, strengths and weaknesses.

It's like treating Ganyu's personality as inherently weak and boring, so in the act of "justice for women" ppl just remove it and replace with a caricature of a strong woman. It's driving me insane when those "women defenders" are just slandering them, without even thinking abt it. If someone thinks a woman being quiet, kind, humble, avoiding conflict etc. is inherently "misogynistic" and needs those traits to be completely removed and replaced, then they just hate women

#anyways this is my opinion and i feel like an alien in this fandom sometimes lol #i picked ganyu specifically bc obviously she's my fav so i notice it the most here but this is a bigger problem in fandom i think #i'm literally going insane whenever i see this kinda behavior #everytime ppl criticise hoyo for writing/treating women badly they somehow pick the worst arguments #and don't mention how fandom perpetuates shitty stereotypes #they pick favorites instead of making a point. they still think that certain female characters like keqing and ganyu are boring #bc they refuse to acknowledge that those characters have a lot to them but it's just NOT PROPERLY SHOWED. THATS THE ACTUAL DAMN PROBLEM #they infantilize short women and act like it's all just hoyo's fault for not making them tall. this is insane. this is fucking insane #we're playing anime style video game. everyone is gonna look extra young no matter what!! oh my god!! #rant