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Beautiful Protagonist
She’s shy, and quite
bookish, mild-mannered
and above all,
She’s beautiful.
Beautiful, but she doesn’t try
Beautiful, but she doesn’t know it
Because a woman is only as good as she is attractive
And only as attractive as she is insecure
Beautiful because how could anything else about her possibly matter if she wasn’t?
If her eyes didn’t sparkle,
If her hair wasn’t silky,
If her nose wasn’t exactly the right size,
How could she possibly be loved?
Its okay to be smart,
quick-witted
powerful,
But only if your face is
perfectly symmetrical.
Only if
You have just the right amount of curves
and
long eyelashes.
I want characters who look like people.
I want characters who are not defined by the presence or absence of attractiveness.
I want to authors who understand that we won’t mind if the characters don’t look like models,
because we don’t either.
As a reader, it frustrates me that almost all female characters are beautiful. There's nothing wrong with conventional attractiveness, but I hate how it's seen as a defining characteristic. I want to read about characters who aren't gorgeous, and love stories wherein a person falls for someone completely because of their personality. That's just my opinion though, its cool if you disagree. :)