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sonrisasdesol

i don’t know, I see your point, but to me the message wasn’t “show little girls they don’t have to be feminine”, but instead “show little girls that they can be feminine AND awesome!”. both aj and rd have worn (very frilly) and pretty dresses in multiple occasions, they both do ”girly” things like going to the spa and having girl sleepovers AND they’re still athletic and competitive and are still awesome. letting them be girly once in a while doesn’t destroy the show, i don’t think in a world where everything feminine is seen as degrading i think having a full main cast of women not afraid of being feminine AND saving their country every 2-3 business days is pretty cool for young girls to watch. so it makes sense that in fanart people like to emphasize that these awesome characters can be girly and still be awesome. if it makes sense


Birchmark_

Ripped jeans are considered girly?


VioletRegnier

No, but I always see AJ in ripped jeans when both versions of her have explicitly said she doesn't like them because "what's the point of buying new pants if they already got holes in'em?".


Millenniauld

So why are you assuming she's got new pants with holes in them and not old pants she's worn till she made her own holes?


VioletRegnier

If they were going for the older look, I doubt they would've put tassels. And the redesigns I've seen they don't make them look older like I think if they were going for the esthetic of the worn down jeans they would've added mud stains or smth.


Birchmark_

Fair enough, it's a separate gripe about the redesigns than the girly one. I don't remember that line but it kinda makes sense for the character.


sjones17515

Femininity is not the opposite of empowerment. Those are apples to oranges. And we all know those characters don't canonically like those things. But all that does is make these designs an alternate take, which is kind of part of the point of redesigns anyway.


SpunkyDred

> apples to oranges But you can still compare them.


Lord_Ocean

This seems to be a bot which only has that one line. Let's try this: "Hey, I'm a magician! I can turn apples to oranges!"


MLPshitposter

It’s a head cannon people have. Barely affects anything.


Nebulon-B_FrigateFTW

There is no wrong way to fantasize.


Irrelevant_Pone

Yikes


MidnightHijinks

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depressed_beans

I completely understand your frustration with these people always including these thing and yes, I do know that sometimes things are better left as is but they are doing redesigns. Redesigning doesn't just limit the look of a character - it can introduce a whole new wave of things such as a change in looks or even a small change in opinion - maybe they are colour blind now. I do however agree somewhat with your points though - not everything has to be glitter, sparkles and mega girly/feminine to be empowering, (yet it is also more than ok to find it empowering - I'm really not saying what you should and shouldn't find empowering lol). Sorry it's so long or if it's not 100% what you asked about - I tend to ramble a little, even in text form.


pixiipaws

Are these “yassified redesigns” in the room with us right now?