I know! Fuck context--she's delightful! You guys definitely need to meet.
And-- uh, no, sorry. 'Manic Pixie Dream Girl' is... it's the name for a sort of stock character in fiction. Film mostly. They're silly and quirky and girl-y and sweet and playful and they mostly exist for the depressed male protagonists to fall in love with and experience personal growth through loving. A lot of the time they don't get any backstory or interior life in these narratives. They're just-- there.
Anyway. Charley's version of pretending to be normal comes off a lot like your Manic Pixie Deam Girl stock character. It's easier for her to be like that instead of forcing her to act completely normal--but it's still an act, you know? And it does lead to the men in her life treating her like she's that stock character, that she's just there to make their lives magical and teach them how to love again. It's why-- it's why I get so protective about her when it comes to boys. Because it's really hard to trust that they do respect her as their own person and aren't just-- using her, I guess. Especially with how easily she gives her heart away.
[He makes a frustrated huff of sound.]
She did it with Hades, you know. Over the weird weekend. A lot of things are fuzzy, but Charley telling me about meeting him on the beach and having a fun afternoon together, almost like a date and just-- God. I'm so glad he's not really interested in women, because if he'd used my little sister to feel better about life and himself the same way those college boys did--
I mean. You know. Not that I can do anything. Not with the treaty. But I'd be very bitchy about it to you at the very least. Because Charley's been hurt by boys who treated her like their own cute little incarnation of personal growth. Badly too.
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And-- uh, no, sorry. 'Manic Pixie Dream Girl' is... it's the name for a sort of stock character in fiction. Film mostly. They're silly and quirky and girl-y and sweet and playful and they mostly exist for the depressed male protagonists to fall in love with and experience personal growth through loving. A lot of the time they don't get any backstory or interior life in these narratives. They're just-- there.
Anyway. Charley's version of pretending to be normal comes off a lot like your Manic Pixie Deam Girl stock character. It's easier for her to be like that instead of forcing her to act completely normal--but it's still an act, you know? And it does lead to the men in her life treating her like she's that stock character, that she's just there to make their lives magical and teach them how to love again. It's why-- it's why I get so protective about her when it comes to boys. Because it's really hard to trust that they do respect her as their own person and aren't just-- using her, I guess. Especially with how easily she gives her heart away.
[He makes a frustrated huff of sound.]
She did it with Hades, you know. Over the weird weekend. A lot of things are fuzzy, but Charley telling me about meeting him on the beach and having a fun afternoon together, almost like a date and just-- God. I'm so glad he's not really interested in women, because if he'd used my little sister to feel better about life and himself the same way those college boys did--
I mean. You know. Not that I can do anything. Not with the treaty. But I'd be very bitchy about it to you at the very least. Because Charley's been hurt by boys who treated her like their own cute little incarnation of personal growth. Badly too.