September 17, 2013

Overly Devoted Archivist Uncategorized (plus I’m sure it would be different if the character in question was POC or LBGT+), I have nothing against neuroatypical male characters at all mind, it’s just an…interesting…double standard I’ve noticed, so here it is in very simplistic form 0 Comments

Neuroatypical male character: [loads of meta and fanfic written about them, their issues discussed seriously, the word ‘quirky’ is rarely if ever used]

Neuroatypical female character: MANIC PIXIE DREAM GIRL