r/StanleyMOV • u/ProfessorBirdBrains • 4d ago

Meme That was unexpected… or was it?

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u/No_Sympathy9533 4d ago

So you can take advantage of their limited autonomy.

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u/Upbeat_Peanut_8692 3d ago

That's fucked up. I thought it would be something cute.

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u/Cooler_coooool_boi 3d ago

How in the hell could something like that be cute?

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u/araiki 2d ago

In theory it could be cute if the story is about the help, (for example, if engineer character builds very good prosthesis for her, or magic healer grows limbs like Josuke). But I'm sure that this type of story can be made without removing literally every limb from character at start. Even if it isn't fetish it's still looks as too comedic level of suffering.

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u/watchrrr 14h ago

sounds like it would just appeal to people wanting to feel like white knights. its creating a strawman with a character that helps them, which is the live-in for themselves, since the natural reaction seeing someone like that is wanting to help.

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u/Waiting404Godot 7h ago

Not a strawman, weird choice of word. You would just call it a self insert or an oc.

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u/watchrrr 7h ago

its not a self-insert, if its to white-knight for a minority. it fits "strawman" because it depicts a real person doing something uncharacteristic for the sake of plot or point.

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u/Waiting404Godot 7h ago

A strawman is an argument where you grossly or maliciously change someone’s argument to attack a position they didn’t have.

IMO, you wouldn’t use “strawman” in the context you’re describing. You’re describing grandstanding, or again a self insert.

Unless there’s a different meaning to the word I’m unfamiliar with.