Hot take but the reason Scott Pilgrim works so well as a romance is because Ramona is (at least partially) a deconstruction of the manic pixie dream girl trope. About halfway through the series she calls Scott out for not treating her like a real person with flaws and an interior life, and by the end of the series there’s been a complete role reversal in their relationship and Scott becomes the one who has to rescue Ramona from herself and her flaws.
That’s why it bugs me so much when kids on Tumblr who think ripping media apart makes them more progressive try to come for Scott Pilgrim because it utilizes the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope. Of course it utilizes that trope, half the point of the series is deconstructing and examining that trope! You guys aren’t actually interested in analyzing things, you just want to shit on popular media because you think it makes you look cool
Bryan Lee O'Malley: Scott’s biggest flaw is that he treats other people, and especially women, as objects
Y'all: OMG HOW DARE YOU SAY WOMEN ARE OBJECTS WTF NO ONE READ THIS COMIC IT’S #PROBLEMATIC
I can’t believe the real actual Wallace Wells reblogged my Scott Pilgrim post
