paradigm → moderator journal (paradigm_mods) wrote in insane_games, @ 2009-02-19 16:59:00 |
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THE DAMSEL IN DISTRESS "The one being rescued doesn't get to complain! You just act the part and stand around trembling and say 'Oh, save me!'" Sweet, beautiful, not all that bright, a magnet for trouble and generally helpless, The Damsel is frequently in need of saving. Don't expect her to do anything to aid her own resue either. Quite the contrary: the existence of the Damsel In Distress often precipitates a Dulcinea Effect; the strange compulsion of heroes to champion, quest for, or even die for, girls they met five minutes ago. Examples: Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty. The female lead in Legend. Lana Lang in Smallville. | |
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