skygiants

*crashes through the wall* I HATED Ryan North's CYOA Hamlet. Not because he didn't like Hamlet much, but because he was clearly so determined to fix Ophelia by making her a completely different character. Because if she were the sort of female character that Ryan North personally approves of -- smart and witty and sensible and interested in STEM -- then she wouldn't be affected by tragedy and trauma and misogyny, which are things that only happen to soppy girls who obey their fathers and boyfriends.

It felt didactic, like he was making Ophelia into his version of a Strong Female Character in order to create a Good Role Model for Girls Today while victim-blaming canon Ophelia. Whom I don't even like, but that was shitty.