Is the "female counterpart" cartoon character archetype dead? Most female characters these days seem to be conceived and designed as their own character as opposed to taking a the character design of a male main character and making it feminine.
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More females working in animation = less female characters built specifically for the male gaze
>Is the "female counterpart" cartoon character archetype dead?
no
Not the best example since Gwen Stacy was a pre-existing character.
yeah he should have used petra parker instead
You say it like it's a bad thing, homosexual.
This cliche feminine counterpart trope unfortunately still happens a lot.
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How to Train your Dragon 3 is the last example I can think of, and it came out like 5 years ago.
I also hated the light fury design. It stands out way too much from every other dragon design in the movie, entirely because it falls victim to that trope
Agree completely and I never bothered with the sequels snyway
The second one is really good
Can't have any of that pesky heteronormativity
Existing female counterpart characters like Smurfette, Lola Bunny or Amy Rose have also been given more character depth and personality than "is a girl".
It's a shame that Space Jam 2 reverted Lola back to her original bland personality instead of using her actually looney character from the Looney Tunes Show.
Furry "fandom" goes on
It's seen as "problematic" now because of stronk independent whamin