![]() ![]() It's so incredibly harmful and ideas like these prevent people from coming forward and getting help. I hate how often thrillers further the stigma/idea that people like this who may be shy or suffer from mental illness (no, Scarlett isn't diagnosed with anxiety within the story but the effect is the same) can easily become unhinged and snap. The first is that she is portrayed as being an awkward outsider who suffered from social anxiety. I had two specific issues with Scarlett and how she was written. Yes, there are terrible men out there who do terrible things, but having all the male characters be evil just came across as a far too exaggerated attempt to get her point across. The only male character who was nice throughout was one of Scarlett's coworkers and he's not very present in the story. It wasn't a well written one because there was no indication that Wes was anything other than kind and respectful and it came across as a complete 180. Fargo even takes a seemingly nice guy (Wes) and turns him bad at the last second as a shocking plot twist. Literally EVERY SINGLE male character sexually assaults women and is generally disgusting in their behavior towards women. It's almost like Fargo wanted to give the idea that all men are monsters who will sexually assault you. I can only hope that my male characters aren't quite as bad as Fargo's. ![]() My dad accuses me of writing poor male characters and I will not deny that I struggle to write the opposite sex. ![]() There are no redeemable male characters in this novel. ![]()
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