[Ridersen]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Actually, they are.

And I'm telling you, as someone who has worked with kids and looked into child psychology: No, they are really not.

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

No, it's not.
A child can be influenced by their environment, but that doesn't mean their surroundings determine who they are and what they are interested in.
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After all, we're talking about a franchise originating from a country infamous for it's desire for rebelling against the system, for it's want to change the norm.
However, when it comes to fantasy mediums, kids will always be kids. When you present a viking man and an amazon woman to a little boy, they'd be more likely to gravitate towards the male, not because of the system, but because they can see more of themselves in the character they share the gender with. They can simply just identify easier.

I didn't make myself clear; I am not arguing that character identification doesn't exist and that boys won't prefer boy character, but I'm simply pointing out that kids aren't as inflexible as people think they are and that kids aren't exclusively won by just gender alone, even if it is one of the major factors.

I am well aware in the toy marketing reality, those are simply not the risks people want to take, when it does admittedly require asking for Toei to do more than they have (even if that reason is as simple as "women are not from Venus").

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

And a positive initial reception doesn't mean much when met with a far more lukewarm reception upon viewing the actual character. People were excited for Korra upon reveal, proving that yes, boys are, in fact, willing to accept a female protagonist in a show made for a male audience. But with waning interest right out of the gate, what does it say about her?

That the show failed to deliver what it was promising? That the writing sells the character not gender alone? I mean, its either that or implying that kids somehow gradually evolved to become more misogynist, which at that point would really only have one source to blame...