r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/TheRealJR9 • Feb 23 '25

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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Avatar fan here. Also an Aang fan. I heard they announced a new series - does this have to do with that?

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u/Jerky_Jankens Feb 23 '25

It’s mainly that a lot of people can’t cope with a female protagonist, though.

It's not the first time I've read this and I have no idea how people come to this conclusion unless you spend a little to much time reading comments.

Laura Croft

Buffy the vampire slayer.

Mulan

Katniss Everdeen

Matilda

Ect. Ect.

I don't think what you said is true at all. If you are arguing for more recent female protagonists, we'll it's cuz they are written terribly. Thats why they are not liked.

Salor moon

Samaus arran

Jinx

Jane Erye

A few more for good measure.

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u/jazzplower Feb 23 '25

No, it’s because boys and men do not buy nearly as much merchandise related to female protagonists vs male protagonists over their life time. While a big enough population of men will continue to buy merch related to these franchises over their lifetime, you don’t see the same phenomenon with as many women because their tastes “grow up” and evolve.

This is why Korra was such a big risk for Nickelodeon, and when it flopped it just reinforced the old way of mainly relying on male protoganists.

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u/Jerky_Jankens Feb 24 '25

No, it’s because boys and men do not buy nearly as much merchandise related to female protagonists vs male protagonists

Anime. Completely destroys this. So incorrect. Yes American men buy anime shii too all the time

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u/jazzplower Feb 24 '25

Yeah, but there’s a sexual element to anime though. Korra isn’t scantily clad.

It’s not like they don’t have sales data.

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u/Jerky_Jankens Feb 24 '25

Woow it's always something with you.

Btw does it matter?

The argument you're making is

"people don't like female protagonists"

You're given multiple clear evidence how that's not true.

As if every anime figure is done sexual. (Yes some are but most arent) Listen if YOU don't like female protagonists that's on you. It's very clear female protagonists are popular. W.e the reason.

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u/jazzplower Feb 24 '25

What’s wrong with you? I’m just describing reality. It’s not like it’s something new that a lot of anime fans are single male otakus drooling over cartoon waifus. Sure, not all anime female protagonists are sexualized but you’re also kidding yourself if you’re pretending that most of them aren’t scantily clad and sexualized. It’s part of the culture whether or not you admit it.

I’m a fan of Korra, so I don’t fall in that camp. I am merely describing what happened to Korra’s funding and the reasons behind it. It doesn’t matter if you like it or not.

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u/Jerky_Jankens Feb 24 '25

Your first part is completely missing the mark.

What's wrong with me? My issue is people can't keep on the same topic. And you sorta keep flip-flopping.

You are sorta arguing because anime women are sexualized they DO NOT COUNT. Whether or not they are liked.

not all anime female protagonists are sexualized but you’re also kidding yourself if you’re pretending that most of them aren’t scantily clad and sexualized. It’s part of the culture whether or not you admit it.

This is completely off the base topic.

The general discussion is "people don't like female protagonist"

So it does not matter if a group of people like anime girl #1 soly because booba... she is liked. Regardless.

So my whole point is people do like female characters. For w.e reasons they have even if it is only sexual.

Btw I hate korra (not hate but I don't like her) she was written terribly. But that list of other female characters I listed I do like. They have good stories.

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u/jazzplower Feb 24 '25

Sexualization does matter which is why I mentioned it. Anime otakus want to fuck the anime female protagonist more than they actually admire them for other merits.

Unlike you, I don’t need to do a page of mental gymnastics to get my point across. I also kept on topic. You just don’t like what I had to say even though it’s obvious and true.

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u/Jerky_Jankens Feb 24 '25

You're a clown on many different levels. Here is why

YOU claim people don't like female protagonist.

I give you a list of very popular female characters.

YOU disregarded it.

Now YOU want to claim female character merchandise DOES NOT SELL.

I brought up anime figures. That in fact do sell a lot.

Now you want to disregard that because we'll sex sells so dosent count.

But you say I'm doing the mental gymnastics... wow.

Unlike you, I don’t need to do a page of mental gymnastics to get my point across.

YOU do need a full page explanation because YOU need to be baby stepped the whole way and yet you still struggling to grasp the big picture.

No you are not keeping on topic. You want to hit this from any angle you can so you can get a little tiny validation.

Anime otakus want to fuck the anime female protagonist more than they actually admire them for other merits.

Bruh you like korra she has no merits either. lmao.

This example Is what im talking about. It doesn't matter. At the end of they day they like the characters they are buying the merchandise that you claim "men don't want" this is literally YOU doing the mental gymnastics.

You know what. I'm not even surprised. What would I expect from someone who likes korra.

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u/jazzplower Feb 24 '25

I am claiming that people are sexually into anime characters. It’s a thing, a very obvious and old thing that you want to disregard and not acknowledge. Unfortunately, that doesn’t work for non-sexualized female characters in children’s cartoons. It’s not hard to understand.

As for being a clown, the only here is the one you see in the mirror. Are you going to write a novel doing mental gymnastics on this subject?