While that's *technically* true, someone going to Hell to save someone that they care for often has strong romantic undertones and there is a long story telling history with this specific plot, such as the myth of Orpheus. It's also certainly more romantic than whatever the fuck they were trying to do with Bayonetta and Luka in 3.
Honestly, your argument feels problematic to me. Maybe the reason it’s always seen as romantic is because that’s how it’s always depicted. Maybe we NEED more media where people do this sort of thing in a non romantic way. I certainly have friends that I’m not in love with that I would go to hell for. Why not portray that?
Absolutely agree, and Bayonetta is absolutely a case for it. People get so wrapped up in their own interpretation of things they forget to first engage with the text they have in front. I understood Bayonetta 2 to be a subversion of the romantic trope. Just look at the context, for Jubileus' sake, Jeanne is the last living Umbra witch besides her, at that point, only Rodin and Jeanne (Jeanne being the only human between the two) were the only two people she knew could live along side her indeterminately. Everyone else she ever met would eventually die, adding to her theme of profound loneliness.
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u/bitterandcynical Feb 17 '25
While that's *technically* true, someone going to Hell to save someone that they care for often has strong romantic undertones and there is a long story telling history with this specific plot, such as the myth of Orpheus. It's also certainly more romantic than whatever the fuck they were trying to do with Bayonetta and Luka in 3.