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Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Aug. 6th, 2008 07:37 pmFrom the Onion, who's finally coined the term for the annoying character:
Like the Magical Negro, the Manic Pixie Dream Girl archetype is largely defined by secondary status and lack of an inner life. She's on hand to lift a gloomy male protagonist out of the doldrums, not to pursue her own happiness. [Or her own existential trip.]
From Jezebel's coverage of the Onion article:
Honestly? Anyone who telegraphs their so-called weirdness so outlandishly is not actually weird, they're merely quirky enough to be vaguely interesting without having their own thing going on. They're completely mainstream but have one really big tattoo, or occasionally sing really loud in the shower!
Luckily, I'm far too depressive and not non-threateningly pretty enough to ever be mistaken for this type for long.
Like the Magical Negro, the Manic Pixie Dream Girl archetype is largely defined by secondary status and lack of an inner life. She's on hand to lift a gloomy male protagonist out of the doldrums, not to pursue her own happiness. [Or her own existential trip.]
From Jezebel's coverage of the Onion article:
Honestly? Anyone who telegraphs their so-called weirdness so outlandishly is not actually weird, they're merely quirky enough to be vaguely interesting without having their own thing going on. They're completely mainstream but have one really big tattoo, or occasionally sing really loud in the shower!
Luckily, I'm far too depressive and not non-threateningly pretty enough to ever be mistaken for this type for long.
