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Originally Posted by DMN
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The article didn't have a valid point.
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Originally Posted by Mewse
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You're better than that. Thinking the article is hot garbage is in no way fear of women.
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The whole article just came across as agenda-pushing.
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Did you guys read the same article as me, or did you just get through a paragraph, think "femizazi!" and run off?
The article I read made a very valid point about redemption arcs, both in GoT and in general. The very valid point it made was that men almost exclusively get the redemption arcs: women don't.
So look, disagree with feminism (ie. women being equal to men) all you want, but if you want to disagree with the article start by giving some real examples of female redemption arcs that actually contradict the article's point, in GoT or elsewhere. Maybe the very act of trying to do so will change your mind, precisely because there are so few.
In GoT Melisandre is as close as you'll find, and she very much
wasn't redeemed in the same way Theon was. Both literally (nobody said she was, whereas the source of all knowledge in the world explicitly told Theon he was) and thematically (Theon had a long story taking him from being a villain to being a hero; Melisandre just disappeared and showed up).