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One overall theme around Magical Girls is the Power of the Feminine, who is not necessarily "Grrl Power". In a way, a Magical Girl is a celebration of the way girls do things, and the power to overcome everything and find the strength inside herself, all while looking fabulous. Don't underestimate this wish fulfillment aspect; even if they later claim that they just [[IJustWantToBeNormal want to go back to normal]], very few girls won't enjoy having a little bit of magic power to do what they want).

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One overall theme around Magical Girls is the Power of the Feminine, who is not necessarily "Grrl "Girl Power". In a way, a Magical Girl is a celebration of the way girls do things, and the power to overcome everything and find the strength inside herself, all while looking fabulous. Don't underestimate this wish fulfillment aspect; even if they later claim that they just [[IJustWantToBeNormal want to go back to normal]], very few girls won't enjoy having a little bit of magic power to do what they want).
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* Don't abuse of the ImprobablyFemaleCast trope, despite the genre being centred around women and feminity that doesn't mean that all men have to be written off or be used as a either a LivingProp or a SatelliteCharacter, especially when they are supposed to be someone close to a member of the cast or if the setting can allow them to help the team or heroine in a meaningful way.

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* Don't abuse of the ImprobablyFemaleCast trope, despite trope. Despite the genre being centred centered around women and feminity that doesn't mean that femininity, not all men have to be written off or be used as a either a LivingProp or a SatelliteCharacter, SatelliteCharacter. This is especially true when they are supposed to be someone close to a member of the cast or if the setting can allow them to help the team or heroine in a meaningful way.
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* The liberated among us plead with you not to fall to the old cliche of the heroine giving up her powers to run off with the boy. That became a DeadHorseTrope long ago. Besides, there is nothing wrong with the heroine getting the boy ''and'' keeping her powers. While you can present a SadisticChoice for the heroine to either give up her power or lose a loved one, the dilemma can prove to be just another challenge to [[TakeAThirdOption overcome]].

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* The liberated among us plead with you not to fall to the old cliche of the heroine giving up her powers to run off with the boy. That became a DeadHorseTrope long ago. Besides, there is nothing wrong with the heroine getting the boy ''and'' keeping her powers. While you can present a SadisticChoice for the heroine to either give up her power powers or lose a loved one, the dilemma can prove to be just another challenge to [[TakeAThirdOption overcome]].
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* The liberated among us plead with you not to fall to the old cliche of the heroine giving up her powers to run off with the boy. That became a DeadHorseTrope long ago. Besides, there is nothing wrong with the heroine getting the boy ''and'' keeping her powers.

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* The liberated among us plead with you not to fall to the old cliche of the heroine giving up her powers to run off with the boy. That became a DeadHorseTrope long ago. Besides, there is nothing wrong with the heroine getting the boy ''and'' keeping her powers. While you can present a SadisticChoice for the heroine to either give up her power or lose a loved one, the dilemma can prove to be just another challenge to [[TakeAThirdOption overcome]].
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* The liberated among us plead with you not to fall to the old cliche of the heroine giving up her powers to run off with the boy. That became a DeadHorseTrope years ago.

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* The liberated among us plead with you not to fall to the old cliche of the heroine giving up her powers to run off with the boy. That became a DeadHorseTrope years ago.long ago. Besides, there is nothing wrong with the heroine getting the boy ''and'' keeping her powers.
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* ThePowerOfFriendship and ThePowerOfLove ''cannot'' be thrown away or ignored. Most magical girls' powers run off the stuff. Even if they don't, they're still going to have to bail out their friends once in a while and work together. Even if she works alone, your main character shouldn't be completely shut out from the world all the time, unless she's going to learn how valuable the people around her are. This applies to normal, optimistic series, but also to the more [[MagicalGirlGenreDeconstruction deconstructive]] ones in the vein of ''[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Magica]]'' -- after all, the theme ran strongly through the works that gave rise to this sub-genre in the first place. If you absolutely have to, subvert it, deconstruct it -- just don't ignore it.

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* ThePowerOfFriendship and ThePowerOfLove ''cannot'' be thrown away or ignored. Most magical girls' powers run off the stuff. Even if they don't, they're still going to have to bail out their friends once in a while and work together. Even if she works alone, your main character shouldn't be completely shut out from the world all the time, unless she's going to learn how valuable the people around her are. This applies to normal, optimistic series, but also to the more [[MagicalGirlGenreDeconstruction deconstructive]] ones in the vein of ''[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Magica]]'' -- after all, the theme ran strongly through the works that gave rise to this sub-genre SubGenre in the first place. If you absolutely have to, subvert it, deconstruct it -- just don't ignore it.

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