Know Your Lore: Jaina Proudmoore, page 2

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11-22-2010 @ 11:23AM

Schadenfreude said...

@Scooter:

You have to understand how loaded the sentence "[She] needs a man" is. Humans need other humans, yes, no one here is disagreeing-- but the assertion that Jaina "needs a man" is tied up with all kinds of notions about women not being independent, not having power, not being able to make their own decisions, and having their fates bound up intimately with a man's, and ultimately being subordinate or secondary to that man's needs/wants/desires/anything. So while Jaina deserves to have love and companionship, she also deserves to have her own story and her own destiny that is not dependent or subordinate to some man, which is unfortunately what is happening in canon. (i.e. Jaina only exists to cry over Arthas)

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