user6035974745675 :
it can be misagonistic trope, but Sakura and Katara (up to lok) are examples of it being done right. Sakura is the character of high contradictions, so her being a healer doesn't diminish her as a character. She is the healer, (known for being one of the best healers), but her fighting style is anything but "gentle and nurturing". Sakura was introduced as the most stereotypically feminine character (pink long hair, big eyes, very thin but still obsessed with dieting, who needed a man to save her etc.), just to cut her hair, build real muscle, become the tank who can't be killed, who will throw straight hands with anyone. The whole idea of her as a character is "the stereotypical girl breaking the mold", so her being the healer, but not a "gentle nurse who will hand you a glass of water", but a badass doctor, a head of medical department, the owner of many clinics, who will manually pump your heart and then punch the f out of you if you step out of line - is actually very interesting and very healing (pun intended) to the misagonistic media.
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Katara on the other hand hated healing. It was a big part of her character arc - rejecting the healing part of bending, because she is a fighter first, to then adapting and adopting the healing as a necessary addition to her mastery of water bending. - the problem with Katara is that in the end, the legend of Korra lit that storyline ON FIRE.
2026-08-21 19:07:26