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Ununnilium: Took out:
Regardless, she's still 20 times more realistic a female character than most fantasy females.
...because, well, looking at this page, that kind of character seems to be a dime a dozen.
Jefepato: Would Natalia from Tales of the Abyss count as a subversion here? She runs off with the other heroes not to escape her duties as princess, but because she feels it's the best way to fulfill her duty.
Tanto: She strikes me as a straight example, really...Rebellious Princesses see their job as saving the world as often as not, I figure. The subversion comes from the fact that she's not actually of royal blood.
Jefepato: Point taken, but the key points of the trope seem to be the princess's reasons -- a distaste for the responsibility and a desire to escape it -- rather than the end result of joining an adventuring party. Natalia isn't really rebellious at all, even when she has very good reasons to be, and the fact that she's lived up to her (numerous and burdensome) responsibilities so well ends up saving her life when the party flees Baticul.
Lale: Cut Ozai's Angels from the Avatar example. It's apparent that in the more modern Fire Nation, one doesn't have to be rebellious to be an Action Girl.
Unknown Troper: Cut Zelda. She's generally just a straight Distressed Damsel. The more recent games give her more of an active role, but she never becomes a Rebellious Princes: In Ocarina of Time, she dons a disguise and flees the castle immediately prior to Ganon's coup (and thus no longer has a palace life to go back to); in The Wind Waker, Hyrule has been forgotten for centuries, and the current heir to the throne has no idea of her lineage; in Twilight Princess, she's a wise and noble ruler who gets captured at the start, etc.
Gloating Swine: How is Gilbert in FFIV rebellious? His kingdom gets all blowed up, he leaves with the party to go and do something about it. Edge, on the other hand, is a full on rebellious prince. |
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