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    » "12 years later, I'm still pissed [Invasion America] never got a proper ending." - a) Whoa, has it been 12 years already? and b) OMG ME TOO TIMES LIKE A THOUSAND. I went through the requisite obsessive period with that series and I am forever bummed that we didn't get a proper ending for it, not even as a series of books or something. So bummed. At least I'm not the only one.
    » "What's so horrible about having a female healer? It should be about the personality, not the gender!" - I was surprised by the comments, that most people agreed or else the point was that too often female healers suck. Which is close to my issue with them, but not precisely it--I don't mind female healers, I often enjoy them and you will NEVER catch me going into a fight without a dedicated healer who will save my ass time and again. But it gets tiring to have the female characters always be the healers, that they hardly got to do anything else. And that there weren't a lot of male healers for a long time, which was sadface-making.
        It's a different kettle of fish to say that only an offensive (rather than defensive/healing) female is a a "strong" female, which isn't my issue with all the female healers. To make this further complicated, I'm not sure what context the OP is saying this in. Tired of fandom giving the exisiting female healers crap solely for being healers? Or are they ignoring that the trope of a female healer has become a stereotype? (Though, after awhile, the comments reflect this two-pronged problem, so I'm vaguely satisfied with the discussion. Vaguely satisfied with a discussion on fandomsecrets, what is this world coming to!)

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