[MKDremare]

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Originally Posted by TheJaz

I think what stings a lot about a number of the female riders is how they handle their motivations, Mariko and Sabella are both trying to serve "strong men", in Gaim that is eventually revealed to be Mariko's one and only goal, to find a strong man to serve, and Sabella is honestly uncomfortably dedicated to her brother, both of these come off as honestly kind of gross. Like honestly these two cases feel just flat out sexist to me, especially Mariko... Then we have Poppy and Valkyrie who both are under the control of powerful men in their arcs, at least they're able to break through that sort of?

I think it's very obviously apparent that female riders are often handled differently then "one note" male riders, and usually in a way that just seems baaaaaaad



I almost forgot another example but this reminded me! In ghost Alia does transform into a pink necrom, just to get beaten immediately... Even up against an impossible foe I think we know a male character in the same situation would have gotten a few good hits in on the big bad before getting defeated, but Alia transforms and promptly loses.....

I don't think it's too much to ask that more female riders are at least treated as more than a servant or a character who just exists to be defeated....

Overall I agree tho, it's pretty clear in a lot of modern series, all the important male characters eventually become riders, while all the important female characters just don't, that sucks

Yea, that's a very fair criticism to make, though I'll be honest, Makoto has the same sorta issue with Kanon that Reika has with Ryoga (something that I hope won't happen in the next KR series that this writing team will make in the future when that happens). Probably would've been more serviceable if neither of these pairs were blood related.