Quote Originally Posted by Hurlstone View Post
As Aerith is my favourite FF character of all time though, I feel I should say that female characters can still be strong even if they are ‘cute flowers in a dress’. Aerith may not be on the front lines hitting perverts over the head with a chair 24/7 (Although when she is, she is amazing doing it) but she is a really well written, charming character. In the Remake especially, I feel they gave her a lot more agency on top of that (Its also nice how her and Tifa actually bond, rather then get reduced to jealous rivals).
Well put and I completely agree.

Women and men shouldn't be confined to a "default" state where if you're anything other than the caricature of a traditional gender role it's some sort of statement or a transgression, it's just being a well-rounded human being and behaving in a way that comes naturally to each individual, whether that fits within traditional gender roles or not.