@aurite
Long eyelashes isn't a feminine trait. In fact most men have longer eyelashes than women in general, IN REAL LIFE. BUT in mangas %99 of the time females are drawn with longer eyelashes and slighty/much bigger eyes ONLY to distinguish them from males. Not because women have longer eyelashes or bigger eyes than men irl, which is false in the first place. That's why we could easily tell there gender only by judging there faces. Long eyelashes in mangas ISN'T a makeup, they just means the character is a female, not male. And boys with long eyelashes in mangas are %99 of the time described as feminine looking or ''pretty boy'' types.
The artist could've drawn a little bit of eyelashes on paulina not because to make her more look feminine, only because we ''could'' tell her she is ,in fact, a female, but a very masculine one at that. I don't want her to look more feminine, I only want some tiny goddamn eyelashes! Only eyelashes, nothing more! And I'm a sucker for tomboys in mangas, to the point I only read romance manga where the fl is a tomboy with boyish short hair and appearance. But not like this!
''It's almost ridiculous to think that she doesnt look like a woman enough, when her being a woman and having it hard is one of the main themes in the series.''
That's the point. ''Her being a woman'' No, I don't see a woman. That IS the main issue. The manhwa constantly has to tell me that she's a woman to remind me that she's a woman. But when I look at Pauline I see no ''woman'' having it hard (which is true it's one of the main theme in the manhwa). I see a MAN having difficulties to live as the ''female'' knight.
If I only wanted to read the story I would've read its novel, not the manhwa. In mangas visuals and character designs are just as important as the story. If not then there would be no point of drawing and reading manga. I could've just read books.
And as I had said before I only want her to have eyelashes only to remind me that she's a woman, nothing more.
In this panel she looks like a crossdressing man, not the other way around. A
https://i.redd.it/htc6bz5479261.png
And I already argued with someone the other day because %80 of them mistook the gender of some girl in the manga. Here is the comment section. You can see mine.
https://mangadex.org/thread/387565/1
'WAIT WAIT wAIT SHE WAS A GIRL?''
''WHAAAT I THOUGHT SHE WAS A BOY''
''So that was not a dude......''
''I THOUGHT TOMO WAS A GUYYY''
Here are the panels of the said girl %80 thought was a boy.
https://zm3qh490hveht.xnvda7fch4zhr.mangadex.network/sUmrAQuUExX9owEldrz54wvayTtYe1fTSjA4Ter3KCLn1o1KxDvBHvBzy1gEhZlYPBcJk3CqOlNcnReyKvEW1UUVbmWewcpvOx3Hq_Lta2oeXxKjQ2N4Pi2HYuML0bFAhMnJ-soL5-Omj1Szs15Ys7568xtCH5ydFXLRJCEG6IrlquqT5VrjV6tZ4pbicHKRBaCN7t8iFZAUTWgq3Wksx8I00FI/data-saver/a3f6fcce2e109058be63a90d4fe5e93f/3-0b4ae204b6a21a65c0a4bdcb737b5610ca6996e8a1e74aed7d42e1f1135141b4.jpg
Yep this one. Most people tought she was a boy until the very last chapter where her gender was kinda ''revealed'' (it's ridiculous to even say the word) while she clearly looks MUCH MORE OF A GIRL than Pauline. Longer hair, bigger eyes, much longer eyelashes (Pauline doesn't have any and she has much longer lashes than any other character in emperor and the female knight manhwa), much shorter height, much more feminine body shape, and seemingly larger breasts. And on the top of all those she even dresses like a woman . All in the exact same page! Yet people still thought she was a boy. Hurray!
And here is our beloved Pauline
https://d1ed0vta5mrb00.cloudfront.net/comics/134/thumbnails/150x150_3ac9d0db-1dee-4db0-b5cd-514a66f93bd5.jpg