yes i kin psyche sorry it's the trauma /lh
this !!! also, what i don't get with people who don't like psyche for being the "soft" one, is why do they think being compassionate and not losing empathy is equal to being weak? like, i so love medea but why does it seem that medea is the strong one while psyche is the token weak one?
shouldn't they be looked at as two sides of the same coin? and not as an anti thesis to each other?
Same same, the only reason I could think of would be internalized misogyny? Because being compassionate and stuff is associated with women, and masculine traits (aggressive, cold, unmerciful) are typically praised and more valued. And so girls grow up thinking that if they want to be independent, respected, and not fit the stereotypes that they have to bash anyone who acts like a decent human being which is sad </3
And yes, I agree! Psyche's kindness is by no means a bad thing, and in some cases, it's better to use her approach rather than Medea's. It's really concerning how people still bash Psyche and hype up Medea, as if caring about others is a bad thing. Psyche is bashed for being "weak" and a "pushover", but when she questions Medea because she doesn't agree with her approach, actually standing up for herself and expressing her opinions in ways that she never could have with Eros, people start calling Psyche a bitch and saying that she needs to back down and blindly obey Medea, which is ???? because they were getting mad at Psyche in the first place because they perceived her as weak?? They don't want Psyche to develop as a character, they just want to be able to hate her for being kind and because her entire existence doesn't revolve around the main character. Of course, you can't save everyone all the time, but Psyche in the current scenario objected because she was worried about what would happen to Medea if her scheme were discovered. And while people may look down upon empathy, empathy can also be used for manipulation (which everyone loves for mcs). Since you can feel the person's pain, you know what would hurt them the most or cause them to act in a certain manner and use that against them, in the process fucking with them. By being empathetic, your choices will appear to be in the person's best interest, when in reality they might not be. Of course, people tend to favor the kind of manipulation that people like Medea does, but regardless manipulation is manipulation.
Also kjlsdfldkflkd sorry for the long rant, I just hate seeing people treat kindness like it's a shitty thing or looking down upon empathy because it's "weakness" and doesn't make you a manipulative badasss, when in reality empathy can definitely be used to hurt others.
Of course, that could be a reason why people hate empathetic characters, but most of the complaints I've seen around it is that it makes *female* characters weak (because apparently it's okay for men to be uwu soft, but not women :/), presumably because it won't make them a badass that manipulates everyone.
you broke the code ofc it’s alwyas that
u spoke the truth and nothing but the truth
I agree a 100 percent
psyche bestie i have faith in you
yes, you're are extremely idealistic and clash with medea, but
a. you provide a good foil to medea and can help highlight each other's traits for better or for the worse
b. it's honestly better that you question medea and develop your own voice rather than obediently listening to her every word than eros. just because medea's the mc does not mean that you should toss away your own opinions for her sake
that being said, you're going to get hurt a lot if you keep your idealistic views down the road because everyone in this webtoon is fucked up except for dekis(?)
i don't want you to lose all your kindness because i am so sick of seeing traditionally feminine traits (being kind, soft, etc) being bashed in this genre, but rather pull a kaneki and realize it's better to protect solely the people you love, rather than strangers
sincerely,
someone who kins you