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The June Something prompts!

Day 6: Who was the first hero you wanted to be saved by? And from what would you need rescuing?
Bonus: Who's a hero you could save?


... Super interesting question. I never, even when I was small, imagined myself being saved by a hero. Is that a typical fantasy? I've literally never had it. I definitely made myself the love interest of the hero, but that was never done in a way that would require them to rescue me.

I definitely did rescue my heroes from danger on occasion, though. :D :D :D

My first fandom was Star Wars, I was gonna marry Luke Skywalker. Basically I was just another kid like him that basically went through the same stuff. I was weirded out when I found out Leia was his sister because basically that's what it felt like the way I sort of wrangled the plot around my character.

Next was Lord of the Rings (the books, not the movies) and I was gonna marry Aragorn by being Legolas's little sister elf. When I finally found out about Arwen (in what, the appendices or something? Like she's not even mentioned until the end!), I was super put out.

Nowadays instead of writing myself as a hero or the romantic interest thereof, I tend to write myself as emotional support for the characters I love. I'm the supportive auntie that helps them out, the clever shopkeeper, something like that. Funny how things change. :)

on 6/21/23 04:18 am (UTC)
genarti: Knees-down view of woman on tiptoe next to bookshelves (Default)
Posted by [personal profile] genarti
What a fascinating question! I'm with you -- I always imagined myself as the rescuer swooping in, not the damsel in distress needing rescuing. I think it was mostly putting myself in my fave's place or swooping in alongside them as battle besties rather than rescuing them either, though.

on 6/21/23 08:25 am (UTC)
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Posted by [personal profile] trobadora
Huh, what a strange question! The first hero, as if of course you'd regularly have this kind of fantasy. I've never had it either! But then I don't tend to insert myself into the fantasy at all, and back when I did as a teenager, they were mainly power fantasies, so, a very different vibe ...

on 6/23/23 08:25 am (UTC)
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Posted by [personal profile] trobadora
♥ ♥ ♥

on 6/22/23 02:30 am (UTC)
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Posted by [personal profile] adafrog
:)

on 6/24/23 08:36 am (UTC)
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Posted by [personal profile] sunshine304
I also can't think of a hero that actually rescued me. The love interest thing, yeah, a bit - but mostly, I imagined myself as part of the group, tagging along and having adventures/fighting evil alongside the heroes. XD
Like, I imagined being a fox amongst The Animals of Farthing Wood, or part of the Sailor Moon team. :D

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