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labingi ([personal profile] labingi) wrote in [personal profile] beatrice_otter 2017-04-16 11:11 pm (UTC)

I'm only familiar with this show because my son is obsessed with it, and I have very mixed feelings about that. On the plus side, it's more grown up than his usual fare, which gives me hope that he's growing up. :) And it does have some interesting plots and generally model heroic behavior. But, yeah, the presentation of women annoys me no end, right off the bat with standard trope that they're all 25, gorgeous, and always spend (I presume) 4 hours dressing and doing their hair/makeup regardless of how ingenious or career-oriented they are or how soon the world is going to end if people don't act fast.

My concerns for what my son is absorbing are echoed a little by an interchange we had about Ninjago: I asked him his favorite character. He replied... I have no recollection because frankly I couldn't care less. But, as is typical for him, it was the person he viewed as having the biggest superpowers. Then, I asked him who the nicest character was. "Prolly, Nya," he replied dismissively (in other words, the only girl). (On the up-side, if the girl is the superpowered lead, she's his favorite character, see Elsa, Rey....)

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