I just realized...

[pyrephox]

There is a whole sub-genre of creative works where Boy A meets Free Spirited Girl B, and they have delightful adventures together, form a friendship and/or romance...then the girl dies horribly or tragically, and the boy learns a Life Lesson.

Am I the only one to find this more than a little disturbing?

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[siadea.livejournal.com]

There is a particular movie out there that is otherwise very good except for that. Yeeeeeah.

Something something 'beautiful woman as symbol (in this case of freedom)' internalized instead of externalized as masculine norm ceases to need an exemplar of the concept...

[siadea.livejournal.com]

Oh. I was too exhausted last night to continue, but. This actually, I think, ties into artistic trends: moviemakers in this case, I think, are borrowing from the long-standing tradition of having female personifications, the male norms, et cetera.

In any case. Yes. It is kind of freaky, regardless.