😳 vinh and flint pls, bonus if u add why xiangvinh and flintroza is problematic 🥴🥴🥴

idahahah of course 😳 cracking my fingers to practice the art of REACH ⚠️ satire as always. under the cut because this got. admittedly beefy.

🕯vinh is a poor portrayal of kidnapping victims and presents a heavily romanticized depiction of a situation which often traumatizes its victims, and instead implies that there is such a thing as a good kidnapper.

🕯she is clearly a victim of stockholm syndrome, however she is never properly counciled and treated for it. to allow vinh to continue seeing ithas in a positive light is only excusing the behaviors of kidnappers and making light of a very serious crime and an even more serious trauma that very few people ever properly address.

🕯in fact, she is even shown to feel some manner of guilt — is this a truly realistic depiction of a kidnapping survivor? following the set standards of an institution that has CLEARLY no flaws despite being proven time and time again that they are failures in all manners of functioning and handling situations with victims of a possibly traumatic event, this is clearly a case of a woman who cannot think for herself and a writer who is too intent on justifying the actions of a man.

⚖️ flint is an idealized image of the military — especially of drill sergeants, defined by his strict and straightforward (and often times brutal) personality. the indoctrination of youths are nothing to joke about or to romanticize even within the realm of fiction and the lack of awareness present within how flint could be interpreted is careless and actively harmful. to further sell the point of this carelessness, flint being shown as a near-perfect student, well-adjusted and responsible yet showing little to no personality outside of his serious demeanor?

⚖️ it only affirms the stereotypes of the robotic youth, made to fit the ideals of society without defying any expectations. this is a toxic image to present to young viewers and possibly even older viewers. it implies that those who are not similar to flint are inherently failures, or that they are falling very far behind.

⚖️ to elaborate more on this set image of perfection however, it also coincides with cold-war era propaganda of the soviets, portraying them as heartless and mindless people who only follow their leader’s command unlike the free-thinking americans with their democracy. flint is described as having originally come from a rather frigid region of the land of pyroxene, a location that could certainly be interpreted as culturally similar to various Slavic nations. do you really want to support a character that is running off of dehumanizing war propaganda?

🕯🏹 xiangvinh is problematic for a GREAT DEAL of reasons and to enjoy it in any manner of ways is a clear sign of a decay of morals. for starters, there is that monstrous age gap between the two — and while xiang may be a legal adult, vinh should know better than to prey on young men as a woman who is well over 300 years old. it is irresponsible and predatory and it trivializes the experiences of men who are targeted by ‘cougars’. moreover, it is very clear that this is not a relationship of mutual and healthy pining and respect; it is an incredibly toxic one. vinh is objectified and treated as a commodity instead of as anything even remotely close to a girlfriend. xiang is regarded as someone to serve rather than an individual of equal standing. there is a very clear power dynamic here that plays on age-old sexist ideas of what a woman and a man’s relationship should be, implying that a woman’s place is in subservience and a man’s is in exploition.

🌹⚖ flintroza is another example of a sexist and patriarchal view on what a romantic relationship should be. roza is depicted as a naive and curious girl whereas flint is the serious and experienced man; the two are in a relationship that plays heavily into the perceived power dynamics between a man and a woman, in which the man must teach the woman and the woman is there to receive the man’s lessons. the woman is to be childlike and demure, while the man is cold and stoic; the woman is kind and warm, the man is unyielding and blunt, etc... it should also be mentioned that while roza is a 17 year old, flint is one whole year older than her and that is a disgusting age gap that should not exist within fiction nor reality; it is predatory behavior to even consider a 17 year old as mentally mature as an 18 year old.