shrek-inspired RP.

ok think about it: the lives and times of fairy tale creatures. ideally with no required FCs to encourage more creative character designs. maybe with ogres. they're like onions.

this isn't an update BUT i'd like to thank everyone who participated in the google form!!! it really means a lot to meet to see feedback & @ the person who asked if help will be provided for those who don't know how to set it up: yes!! but the process is really simple so i'm sure you'll understand it in no time

in honour of all the responses i got, i got permission to share another spoiler with you! here's [one of] the advertisement images i've created for the site!

I watch a lot of Shoujo/Magical Girl anime, or anime that depicts strong female leads, and I love them. I love that the women are powerful and strong and develop and progress in their own right, and become fundamentally better as the anime/manga progresses.

However, I'm not a big fan of the guys they are usually paired with. Like, I get it. Because of the central focus of feminism and woman power, their canon s/o tend to be more in the background, useless in power, and generally just there for 'back-up' and in support of the main character(s)/strong female lead. But! it's kind of decimating and crippling to the character in question, because not only is her love interest not developing or powering up at all, which undermines him in a fight, but he is not as multi-faceted as the female characters, and often times, is more of a cardboard copy and placed just so the mc can have a love interest, rather than given any type of real back-story or purpose(Sailor Moon, Mermaid Melody, Tokyo Mew Mew). Even anime that nothing to do with magical girls, and are more catered towards slice-of-life, drama, and romance generally share this trope when it comes to having a male lead who falls in love with more than one girl. It constantly annoys me how the women are strong and independent and have depth you can dip down into, but the protagonist who can't choose between them is often idiotic, young, and seldom ever explored or developed very much past the drama in the series(Domestic Girlfriend, Orange Road). 

I notice the reverse in a lot of shonen anime as well, with the lead character and his friends powering up, learning more about themselves and their attacks, but the women in the series either develop much later, seem strong and then are somehow equally not as strong as the male character for some reason, or barely get any recognition at all(Bleach, Naruto). Inuyasha is really the only "shounen" series that I've seen that makes learning and strength and development somewhat equal, or at least excusable, and has strong leads all around, with their own developments and accumulating statuses in power.

tltr, Can we just have a strong male lead for our strong independent women, please??

I mean, look at Rin and Hatsuharu, or Tohru and Kyou shot.