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Things Rashaka Hates To See Done To Female Heroes In Fanfiction, ft. Katara of Avatar:TLA

1. Katara being lured away by a man and almost raped only to be rescued by Zuko/Aang/Jet/Haru, seeing as she totally forgot she could kick their asses any OTHER day except the day some random man decided to rape/sexually assault her.



2. Katara kissing Zuko/Aang/Jet/Haru after he rescued her from almost being raped/sexually assaulted, because sexual contact is really what she wanted the whole time, right? And it's just Zuko/Aang/Jet/Haru talks prettier to her, so that makes it okay, the whore.



3. Katara whoring herself out for money to survive, because a woman in need of poverty will always whore herself out, because that's a woman's natural fallback way of life, right? Even though someone like Katara has the physical/magical power to maim or kill pretty much anyone she chooses, there's no way she'd be a thug and mug people for money. Why do that when she can whore herself out?



4. Katara whoring herself out for money to survive, and being rescued from her life of sin by Zuko/Aang/Jet/Haru, because it's always a man's job to rescue the little woman from her natural state of whorish behavior, and only through his benevolent love and protection can she find happiness and integrity in life, providing of course she falls in love with him next, since being his object of sexual desire is fine, just as long as she realizes she can't be anyone else's.



5. Katara forgetting the fact that she knows how to use waterbending to maim or kill people. Seriously, KATARA KNOWS HOW TO MAIM AND KILL PEOPLE. KATARA IS A WARRIOR, AND WARRIORS MAIM AND KILL PEOPLE. That is what she went to the North Pole to learn, and she got very good at it. Katara had the opportunity to be a healer, and she decided she'd rather learn how to maim and kill people. Please for all our sakes' remember that.

Okay, see that list? Now take the name of the character, Katara, and replace it with EVERY LEAD FEMALE CHARACTER IN ALL OF YOUR FAVORITE SHOWS. Television, anime, books, WHATEVER.

Chances are, you've read that fic multiple times, for every female lead character you can think of.

More than bad spelling, more than an inability to understand paragraph breaks, more than random OOC love stories, this is the shit I hate to see in fanfiction.

^---This is what badfic looks like.---^


p.s. If you want to write rapefic, read this story first. Then come back and tell me you want to fucking write some rapefic, and I'll say okay.


EDIT: muffytaj is love.

Comments

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

You'll find that in most of the fics Katara doesn't actually get raped or assaulted. Usually she is saved at the last moment by [insert male character here] and all she really suffered was a traumatic scare and a few bruises.

It's not even the concept of fanfictions that use rape as a plot/character device that bother me-- if done well, it can be a very emotionally affecting story (suffering usually is.) But what happens with these fics is that the threat of rape and "rescue" is used as an excuse for romantic thrills in writing. It makes me sad that so many young girls writing fanfiction think such a traumatic situation, even just the threat of it, actually inspires romantic thrills. That's such a fucked up way too look at it. And the other half of me is sad that they are so willing to break down a strong female, to strip her of her strength and make her depenedent, instead of looking up to her strength as an inspiration.

[easytodistract.livejournal.com]

Ah okay... so it's more of a case of 'new' writers rather than they really see Katara as a weak defenseless female.

That's a little reassuring.

Anyway, I still won't go around randomly searching through FF.net - I don't want to be traumatized or waste time trying to understand why... why... would this writer or that writer write it this way. Just don't have the time for that sort of thing.

By the way, I have a worrisome feeling that a lot of die-hard Zutarians are feeling that their ship is being pummelled by the new eps. I am -hoping- this is just my imagination. However, if this is really the case, this is another reason why I prefer to be a multi-shipper.