a character who's been so mistreated or alone that they have to (re)learn concepts like trust and self-worth. Are they always expecting to be hurt or rejected, not even because they think anything bad about the people around them, but just because that's how they expect life to always be? Do they ignore their own needs because they assume they don't matter anyway?
How could you expose me like this (^_^;)
I guess I could call this trope "fictional oppression", but I feel like I most often see it... sort of used as an externalized, dramatized justification for self-loathing of the kind that might come from depression or interpersonal abuse, rather than as an exploration of how more systemic oppressions tend to work?
This reminds me of things Silvia used to tweet about othering in fantasy or sci-fi from their literature cons and things, if I find them again I will let you know!
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Date: 2020-01-31 06:44 am (UTC)How could you expose me like this (^_^;)
I guess I could call this trope "fictional oppression", but I feel like I most often see it... sort of used as an externalized, dramatized justification for self-loathing of the kind that might come from depression or interpersonal abuse, rather than as an exploration of how more systemic oppressions tend to work?
This reminds me of things Silvia used to tweet about othering in fantasy or sci-fi from their literature cons and things, if I find them again I will let you know!