Internalized Misogyny - Blog Posts

Idk if this is real or I’m just going crazy from sleep deprivation, but am I the only one that thought in the most two recent episodes Rhaenyra and Alicent were being paralleled in their internalized misogyny? (Not a hate post, I love both of them and I think it’s impossible NOT to have internalized misogyny in that setting. Just talking about something I noticed.)

Like in episode two we see Alicent having Helaena do the whole political funeral thing, and it’s so obvious that before, during, and after it, Alicent sees herself in Helaena. The whole thing is like Alicent reliving her earliest days as Queen all over again where not only was she also just a political pawn for the men in her life, but also where her biggest fear started. This fear being something happening to the kids she was forced to have. While the political pawn thing is majorly important too to the generational misogyny discussion, I think the more major relation that registers within Alicent’s brain is the fear of her children dying, and her consciously forcing Helaena to suffer through an extended version of that pain, and it is what will be relevant later in my post. Keep that in mind.

Similarly, in episode three, we see Rhaenyra narrowing Rhaena down to nothing more than an idea of motherhood. Rhaenyra basically tells Rhaena that her main purpose in the war is to take care of her children, even though Rhaena is less than enthusiastic about it. Even before I made the distinction that I make in this post, this whole scene struck out as odd to me, because my first thought was “teenage Rhaenyra would have hated to be told this,” yet Rhaenyra didn’t seem to care about Rhaena’s feelings at all. And then I realized that was the point. Sure, Rhaenyra’s fear of motherhood surrounded around childbirth mainly, but still, her greatest fear had been motherhood for most of her life, specifically being forced to mother children she didn’t want, and yet she forced it onto Rhaena without a second thought.

So. Alicent’s greatest fear, suffering the loss of a child, befell Helaena, and instead of comforting her in her time of need, Alicent furthered her daughter’s pain. Rhaenyra’s greatest fear, being forced into motherhood, was easy for her to force onto another young girl. It’s disturbing, and shocking, and upsetting, but it’s such a good decision for their characters. It shows how easily women can forget their girlhood fears when they come into more power, contributing to the misogyny around them. But that’s not all. Because then I realized something else.

Despite the idea haunting her for almost her entire life, Alicent never had to suffer the loss of a child. But Rhaenyra did.

And in the end, Rhaenyra did get to choose who the father of her children was, and when she had them. But Alicent didn’t.

They lived each other’s worst fears. It adds another layer of tragedy to them, because it would have been so easy for them to understand each other, their fears and grievances matching perfectly, but they never really got the chance because of how they viewed the other as having caused their issues in the first place. And even later, they get another chance to understand both themselves and each other through their daughters, but it makes no difference.

None of them will ever win, because they don’t help each other. Everyone complaining that “so-and-so” is better than “this character” because “so-and-so” is a true feminist and “this character isn’t” doesn’t understand the point of the show.

The point is that they won’t help their mothers, they won’t help their best friends, and they won’t help their daughters. If you think any of the men in House Of The Dragon are an ideal image of feminism…. I don’t even know how you’re on my page in the first place. And all the women in the show are only looking out for their own best interests. Which is totally fair for the time period theyre in, and I would probably do the same. But it all goes to show that they could’ve been so much stronger if they all stood together.

When fandom shits on female character, and than they claim that they are just pointing out misogynistic writing and they want better for her. No, if you truly liked her you would not say humilating things about her, insult her, bash her based on qualities she does not have, dismiss her trauma, try to prove that person she loves the most (whom, of course, you ship with your fave) does not love her. Yes, the way she was treated in canon was bad, but fandom is 1000x worse

also there's no one stopping you from loving a badly written woman. in fact sometimes a badly written woman will crawl inside your brain and live there forever.

Just Digimon Fandom Things

Taichi Yagami: *cries when Sora gets taken by Datamon*

Taichi: *seemingly cries/bangs at the door when they can't get through Vamdemon's / Myotismon's gate back to the real world aka They Might Be Stuck Here*

Taichi: *has a MAJOR internal crisis when Hikari gets sick*

TAICHI: *CRIES IN FRONT OF KOUSHIRO IZUMI WHILE SPILLING HIS DARKEST SECRET A.K.A. THAT HIKARI NEARLY DIED BECAUSE OF HIM BEING A LIKE // 8 YEAR OLD UNSUPERVISED KID //...*

Taichi: *cries/or is clearly nervous or anxious VARIOUS other times in the series too, like when trying to put his hand through the electric fence to activate his Crest*

Taichi: *goes through clear internal distress during Tri as he, now OLDER, fights with himself about making decisions that might harm the // ENTIRE POPULACE OF HIS HOME AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE REAL WORLD //*

Meiko: *cries when her Digimon's ATTACKED / intentionally targeted by an enemy and this is made clear to her*

Meiko: *cries when her partner is TAKEN by said enemy and it's barely been DAYS after this event occurs*

Meiko: *cries because she's so distressed on what's happening to her partner that it legit PAINS her*

Meiko: *cries at the thought of having to legit KILL HER DIGIMON PARTNER to FREE said partner from its' pain*

Meiko: *cries when said partner /// DIES /// *

Digimon 'fandom': OMG @ MEIKO WHY DO YOU KEEP CRYING PLS STOP WITH YOUR CRYING WOW WHAT A DUMB MARY SUE SO WEAK CAN'T DO ANYTHING ON HER OWN IT'S SO DUMB THAT SHE CRIES

TAICHI YAGAMI, PROBABLY.....: ....................