I have read endless comics and novels but they all are the same. No matter the author or creator. Everything ends up at the same cross ends. Unless the author is writing about a completely different genre.
Some of the comics I have really loved and grown along with but in the end, they give the same stereotypical girl ends up with the guy ending. Never have I seen the girl becoming free of all the ties and just a starting on her own, independent and bold. Maybe this term does not exist in the comic dictionaries.
Most of the mangas, manhwa, and Chinese comics I have read are based on a rich man and poor girl plot. Sometimes I wonder if these guys have just plagiarized each other's writings. How does every story end up having a docile and submissive poor girl? The girl usually has abusive parents or is an orphan. The guy character is usually a rich CEO who is cold-hearted tsundere. He is abusive and cold towards the main female lead but has all the time to flirt around with other girls. And the story is not complete if the entire town's female is dying to marry him. Each one makes the life of the female lead miserable as if it was not already. In the end, the guy ends up loving the girl out of pity or sympathy or maybe admiration that she is different than the others. These girls are usually skinny and they guys are muscular. The entire story revolves around patriarch, misogyny, male domination, gender and body stereotypes, and body shaming.
Has no author even seen a plus size man or woman? Have they not seen an independent woman and meek men? Have they not seen rich women and poor men? Do they not know of any other occupation other than a CEO or a president or chairman of a big fake company.
Who are these authors writhing these stories for? Is the audience only little teen girls who constantly dream of marrying a rich guy and becoming a wife?
If this is what the teens are thinking about then how is this system still working? Why are the girls trying so hard to thrive in the market? Why are the men giving up their jobs and working from home to take care of their kids or just because they want to?
When will the authors look at the REAL PICTURE? We are living in reality. The comics are a relief where we want out dreams to come true. Don’t make us dream unreal realities.
Many readers rely on comics for escaping their realities. Tyr to heal them if you can. At least try to tell them to be strong. Show them how to keep going on no matter what troubles they face. Show them rich or poor, one can still work on themselves.
Isn't this the reason you made your characters? The characters are the embodiment of the readers. When the character goes through something the readers go through it as well.
If the character fights back the reader does too.
I just wonder if there is someone out there who is thinking of a plot and is not taking pity on. Because we do not need your pity. We are happy the way we are with all our imperfections. Do not try to think that only if we change our selves will we get everything we want. We are working harder than the privileged ones to achieve our goals and we will not stop unless it's here.
If this is what the children can learn through your comics. Imagine the great work you guys would be doing!
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