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OH MY GOD YOU DENSE BITCH
Sincerely: I Became a Duke's Maid - Vol. 1 Ch. 29
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the only ones i'm here for are Liliana and Alejandra everyone else is just the background albeit a very annoying background.
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these ppl be acting like lesbians and bi girls don't exist i-
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like, Lilliana I know u and I are both girls but if u like girls 2 then plEASE--
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like, Lilliana I know u and I are both girls but if u like girls 2 then plEASE--
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Attention All Protagonists: Ensure The Rebellion Does Not Happen And Give The Duke His Happy Ending Today, With This One Neat Trick!
@LilyPad123:
I thought acting like gay romance doesn't count or exist seems broadly plausibly-correct for the sort of culture they're vaguely emulating? In a hyper-sexist and probably-homophobic society, where women are expected to get married and have children and are largely denied the means to support themselves (a maid being one of the very few professions available, they even kind of hinted in the dialogue here...), attempting an open and devoted lesbian romance would normally present such practical problems as to be outside consideration for most people. Ultimate effect on happiness notwithstanding.
Having said all that, of course they have lady knights so it's not actually exactly that kind of society... But, hey, I never expect total setting consistency from this sort of story. XD
Of course I wouldn't mind if more fantasy settings were a bit gayer and a bit less bloody medieval on this subject. :'p And it's always good to pay heed to which anachronisms vs. "historical realities" we're all picking for them, and why.
@LilyPad123:
I thought acting like gay romance doesn't count or exist seems broadly plausibly-correct for the sort of culture they're vaguely emulating? In a hyper-sexist and probably-homophobic society, where women are expected to get married and have children and are largely denied the means to support themselves (a maid being one of the very few professions available, they even kind of hinted in the dialogue here...), attempting an open and devoted lesbian romance would normally present such practical problems as to be outside consideration for most people. Ultimate effect on happiness notwithstanding.
Having said all that, of course they have lady knights so it's not actually exactly that kind of society... But, hey, I never expect total setting consistency from this sort of story. XD
Of course I wouldn't mind if more fantasy settings were a bit gayer and a bit less bloody medieval on this subject. :'p And it's always good to pay heed to which anachronisms vs. "historical realities" we're all picking for them, and why.
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@Pokari Except for the fact that this story clearly has no problem breaking those norms (Marriage age is seemingly 18) and women are allowed to hold stereotypically male-dominated positions such as knighthood. The author probably just has no interest in including such representation and that's reflected in the main character's immediate dismissal of same sex relationships by being like ''Oh, she's a girl nvm''.
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@NowhereJoker:
So basically, me, in the previous post? :'p
So, I mean, like, by the same token, it's already inconsistent that ladies can become knights but the "only option" other than to get married is to keep working in a maid. Are there lots of jobs available for women to be self-sufficient, or are there not...?
But I'm still skeptical of assuming that the author is especially dismissive of same-sex relationships (though it is entirely possible), in roughly the same way that I'd be hesitant to assume that she's a sexist who believes that men should be the primary bread-winners and women must get married ASAP (though that, too, is possible, although less likely). Even though the choice to have an assumed-straight society is, indeed, a choice, and not made in a vacuum, it isn't necessarily indicative of homophobia on the author's part.
(Speaking of things not happening in a vacuum, there's another aspect to this, that there's a difference between the acceptance that someone may like the same gender and expectation that someone may do so—I mean, I live in probably one of the most gay-friendly areas to be found in English-speaking world, and even here it definitely feels like it's only recently gotten to the point where you don't simply assume people are straight (until suggested otherwise, that is, you understand). The notion that it might be genuinely rude to assume someone is straight, is very new, and not universal even here... I'm freely assuming Korea is not there yet. So disparaging the author for thinking like that seems a bit much to me, I think.)
It should be said that if this were like, some well-cultivated relationship, or, say, someone turning away without a thought in the middle of an actual romance, instead of from one-of-many silly looks-based crushes of hers on some boys, I might feel more strongly about how cavalierly it was handled.
So basically, me, in the previous post? :'p
So, I mean, like, by the same token, it's already inconsistent that ladies can become knights but the "only option" other than to get married is to keep working in a maid. Are there lots of jobs available for women to be self-sufficient, or are there not...?
But I'm still skeptical of assuming that the author is especially dismissive of same-sex relationships (though it is entirely possible), in roughly the same way that I'd be hesitant to assume that she's a sexist who believes that men should be the primary bread-winners and women must get married ASAP (though that, too, is possible, although less likely). Even though the choice to have an assumed-straight society is, indeed, a choice, and not made in a vacuum, it isn't necessarily indicative of homophobia on the author's part.
(Speaking of things not happening in a vacuum, there's another aspect to this, that there's a difference between the acceptance that someone may like the same gender and expectation that someone may do so—I mean, I live in probably one of the most gay-friendly areas to be found in English-speaking world, and even here it definitely feels like it's only recently gotten to the point where you don't simply assume people are straight (until suggested otherwise, that is, you understand). The notion that it might be genuinely rude to assume someone is straight, is very new, and not universal even here... I'm freely assuming Korea is not there yet. So disparaging the author for thinking like that seems a bit much to me, I think.)
It should be said that if this were like, some well-cultivated relationship, or, say, someone turning away without a thought in the middle of an actual romance, instead of from one-of-many silly looks-based crushes of hers on some boys, I might feel more strongly about how cavalierly it was handled.
