Can an FL be allowed to gain confidence with her imperfections without magically making her conventionally attractive before she can grow or attain any level of success?
I’m bummed that her birthmark “deformity” randomly vanished after she went back in time. It’s not uncommon, but it’s annoying when making sure the FL is conventionally attractive is prioritized over all else. Character arcs of MLs accepting their “imperfections” are somehow allowed, though less so because in male characters those traits are not automatically considered defining of their entire character and how they’re treated/perceived.
A knight or assassin FL is always petite and slender with no noticeably muscle or scars. A severely or terminally ill FL is always thin, but somehow not in a gaunt or jaundiced way. A non stick thin FL who is either curvy or overweight? Soul swap, reincarnation, revival, time travel, or some other trite magic with take care of that until she is supermodel slender.
Is it really so impossible to write a story where the FL learns to be comfortable with her “flaws” and attains success and love without getting a magic makeover first? I just wish stories wouldn’t even bother adding these traits if they’re just going to be magicked away for no other plot relevance than a comparative “glow up” without any relevant character development related to the traits themselves
Can an FL be allowed to gain confidence with her imperfections without magically making her conventionally attractive before she can grow or attain any level of success?
I’m bummed that her birthmark “deformity” randomly vanished after she went back in time. It’s not uncommon, but it’s annoying when making sure the FL is conventionally attractive is prioritized over all else. Character arcs of MLs accepting their “imperfections” are somehow allowed, though less so because in male characters those traits are not automatically considered defining of their entire character and how they’re treated/perceived.
A knight or assassin FL is always petite and slender with no noticeably muscle or scars. A severely or terminally ill FL is always thin, but somehow not in a gaunt or jaundiced way. A non stick thin FL who is either curvy or overweight? Soul swap, reincarnation, revival, time travel, or some other trite magic with take care of that until she is supermodel slender.
Is it really so impossible to write a story where the FL learns to be comfortable with her “flaws” and attains success and love without getting a magic makeover first? I just wish stories wouldn’t even bother adding these traits if they’re just going to be magicked away for no other plot relevance than a comparative “glow up” without any relevant character development related to the traits themselves