Forum Overview :: Gamerasutra :: Very well, prove you're not a troll; let's discuss the Damsel in Distress Trope!

[quote name="Mischief Maker"]I say focusing on the damsel is missing the point entirely: <ul> <li>Many great stories focus on hero figures.</li> <li>A hero is someone who does something above and beyond <I>to help people!</I></li> <li>One of the greatest and most exciting services you can do for someone is to save them from physical peril.</li> <li>Nobody is more compelling to help than a loved one.</li> <li>Therefore, throughout literature, protagonists prove their heroism by saving their beloved from imminent danger.</li> </ul> There certainly is an object to be obtained in the damsel in distress trope, and it's <U>not</U> the damsel. The object is heroism itself. Your thoughts? (Remember when you reply you're trying to prove you're <B>not</B> a fictitious caricature of feminism as seen through a miserable misogynistic recluse's eyes.)[/quote]