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<blockquote data-quote="Gahars" data-source="post: 5139375" data-attributes="member: 282323"><p>I'm going to go off on tangent here myself, but this is a good point. I know we're getting off topic here, but this is EoF, we can roll with it.</p><p> </p><p>Sort of on this note... look at the oft-despised "Damsel in Distress" trope. A woman is captured and needs to be saved; the archetypical example is of a knight riding off to save a woman from the clutches from the dragon. On the one hand, one might argue that it "enforces" the idea that women are helpless and need to be saved by men... on the other hand, though, it also seems to be driven by a notion that men are expendable and have a duty to drop everything and protect women, even at the expense of their own lives. </p><p> </p><p>When "tropes" get brought up and discussed in the context of stories or old video games, I see a lot of people mistakenly assume that they're used to perpetuate gender roles or disenfranchise people, when instead they're used because they are basic storytelling traditions that have resonated with audiences for hundreds and hundreds of years. The damsel in distress is a cliche, sure, but it became a cliche because it's an easy device to weave a story around. Sometimes, simple is good, especially when the story isn't even the focus (like Double Dragon, where the establishing cutscene is 8 seconds long, give or take).</p><p> </p><p>That's not to say it's always good, either. It can be lazy or hackneyed like anything. It all depends on the execution and the context. If we could talk about stories from this perspective, and also recognize that bad writing is more often to blame than any deliberate malice, we could probably have better, more enlightening discussions.</p><p> </p><p>I mean, I know that doesn't get the clicks or the headlines, but it's nice to dream.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gahars, post: 5139375, member: 282323"] I'm going to go off on tangent here myself, but this is a good point. I know we're getting off topic here, but this is EoF, we can roll with it. Sort of on this note... look at the oft-despised "Damsel in Distress" trope. A woman is captured and needs to be saved; the archetypical example is of a knight riding off to save a woman from the clutches from the dragon. On the one hand, one might argue that it "enforces" the idea that women are helpless and need to be saved by men... on the other hand, though, it also seems to be driven by a notion that men are expendable and have a duty to drop everything and protect women, even at the expense of their own lives. When "tropes" get brought up and discussed in the context of stories or old video games, I see a lot of people mistakenly assume that they're used to perpetuate gender roles or disenfranchise people, when instead they're used because they are basic storytelling traditions that have resonated with audiences for hundreds and hundreds of years. The damsel in distress is a cliche, sure, but it became a cliche because it's an easy device to weave a story around. Sometimes, simple is good, especially when the story isn't even the focus (like Double Dragon, where the establishing cutscene is 8 seconds long, give or take). That's not to say it's always good, either. It can be lazy or hackneyed like anything. It all depends on the execution and the context. If we could talk about stories from this perspective, and also recognize that bad writing is more often to blame than any deliberate malice, we could probably have better, more enlightening discussions. I mean, I know that doesn't get the clicks or the headlines, but it's nice to dream. [/QUOTE]
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