What girl failure comes to your mind after this lesson?

@ShioriAme

7 ай бұрын

Ishtar from FGO Babylonia, she was made to hold a sign that says 'I'm a girl failure'

@niocalsgreogiro

7 ай бұрын

Hillary Clinton

@supasonic9499

7 ай бұрын

I’d argue that Tatsu from The Way of the Househusband is one. Sure, he excels at housework but he can’t lose the mannerisms of a yakuza.

@ReaIHuman

7 ай бұрын

The sloppy toppy demon.

@BM-13_KATYUSHA

7 ай бұрын

Everyone is at least a little bit crazy today so being crazy has actually become normal, we are all failures.

Straight from defining girl failures to a graph of declining birthrates lmao

@apenasumabatata4741

7 ай бұрын

And then to centaurs explained in math equations

@Freckle_McMurray

7 ай бұрын

Did you know that most adult male cats are lactose intolerant :3

@thatrandomguy8124

7 ай бұрын

@@Freckle_McMurray most adult anything are lactose intolerant. Humans are the odd ones because some of us decided to drink cow milk anyways and then the adaption spread to offspring. Even then only about 33% of people as adults can handle pure milk, while the rest have varying degrees of intolerance.

@Freckle_McMurray

7 ай бұрын

@@thatrandomguy8124 thank you for this information :3

@fluoxvonhoovienheimer4706

7 ай бұрын

"Shit just went from 0 to 100 real fucking quick"

Maybe the real Girl Failures were the friends we made along the way

@ThatAnony

7 ай бұрын

what a Chad 🤝

@HandleToBeDetermined

7 ай бұрын

Maybe the real waifus were the Girl Failures we made along the way

@ibisgamer2281

7 ай бұрын

Oh, so that's why my friends are trans

@disappointingperson9162

7 ай бұрын

Maybe the real girl failures were the girls we became along the away

@elainad6728

7 ай бұрын

We all have a girl failure inside of us 😔

There's actually a psychological phenomenon behind this called "The Pratfall Effect" and I highly encourage anyone who's interested to look it up, but I'll try to summarize it here: Generally, what the Pratfall Effect proposes is that 'perfect people' tend to be intimidating and we dislike association with them because it highlights our short-comings when compared. However, when you encounter someone who is still a 'perfect person' but has 1 or 2 faults, we tend to like that person MORE because they're being humanized by their flaws. I think that "girl failures" are the epitome of the Pratfall Effect and are seen as relatable because of how flawed they are. I wrote this on mobile so please forgive any spelling or grammar errors!

@dinamosflams

7 ай бұрын

this perfectly encapsulates it thx!

@NateDoesYT

7 ай бұрын

Dang on mobile too? This is pretty good tho, Ima have to give you props homie👍

@KTheBoi

7 ай бұрын

Very good explanation and demonstration of the Pratfall Effect, you sneaky social manipulator you

@sniffxy

7 ай бұрын

Yeah i don't like perfect ppl theyre annoying

@weavorjjohanna5619

7 ай бұрын

you nailed it, no need for apology

The thing with characters like Pomni and Kobeni isn't so much that they're losers. It's that they're normal. They're the only ones in the room who aren't insane. They react to a scary plot and setting the way a normal human would which is being scared and breaking.

@thefabricationof512people

5 ай бұрын

or u just like girls who has anxiety and girls who gave u a sense of selflessness, of course, base off your desire and preference!

@H.LeonideSouza

5 ай бұрын

Not really man, there are several people that goes through some insane stuff and don't break down, I would say most people wouldn't.

@KingOpenReview

5 ай бұрын

@@H.LeonideSouza They very often break down especially if they're new. The people who accustomed to it are deeply fucked/don't think like other people. The characters people tend to compare to these girls are unhinged. Most people don't act like Denji for instance.

@H.LeonideSouza

5 ай бұрын

@@KingOpenReview no, but then you have people in real life like mad jack and musashi. There are a lot of people that break and get afraid, but there is also just massive crazy man that goes through some weird stuff and still keeps it cool. A story about a duo polar opposite like this would be very funny, a nice idea for the future mayve

@jambott5520

5 ай бұрын

This is not exactly true of kobeni. Kobeni acts shit scared in situations she has no control over, which is most situations because fujimoto likes torturing his characters, but we see that when she is in control she acts like a fucking menace

Konosuba has at least 3 different varieties of Girl Failure, but all are pathetic without leaning heavily into the cowardice aspect, except maybe Aqua. Unlike the examples given, all 3 main female characters are defined by their OVER confidence. Megumin is fully committed to Explosion magic and uses it as the most inopportune times, Darkness is a masochist who puts herself and consequently her allies in danger for her kink, and Aqua is super arrogant, bratty and obnoxious despite regularly getting into problems because of her idiocy. And yet we love them because, along with Kazuma, they manage to get things done together despite their flaws.

@reign1576

7 ай бұрын

also because aqua is packing one hell of an ass

@DurzoBlint178

7 ай бұрын

Ngl...I feel like Kazuma somehow optimized his team and created the most effective fighting force in Konosuba...lol

@Mordalon

7 ай бұрын

@@DurzoBlint178 That's what makes it so good. Each character has a crippling weakness along with an absurd strength, but together they add up to one fairly competent person.

@DurzoBlint178

7 ай бұрын

@@Mordalon 💀💀💀💯

@j.s.ospina9861

7 ай бұрын

I'm not sure if they are failure enough to be considered Girl Failures... ...except Aqua yeah totally

i’d describe “girl failures” as “this girl looks like she’d piss herself”

@CuppaLiber-tea

7 ай бұрын

Would you describe yourself as a piss lover in that case? (Why am I typing out this message and why does it hurt so badly.)

@tsumikiayato1560

7 ай бұрын

@@CuppaLiber-teayes

@clanjebb2017

7 ай бұрын

@@CuppaLiber-tea Unquestionably so.

@nchp1903

7 ай бұрын

​@@CuppaLiber-tea🗿👍

@letrashcan6239

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, in my mouth

During of Era of Moe, there was an archetype of moe called 'Klutz', and was generally popular due to two element, cuteness and incompetency. I believe as a modern iteration of the klutz archetype, they have evolve to disregard the cute factor in the equation, that which is 'Girl Failure'. Unlike Klutz, Girl failure harness the power of cuteness from incompetency instead of being inherently cute.

@Taradoxxi

7 ай бұрын

Literally came here to comment this, the girlfailure is simply the latest more modern evolution of that particular moē archetype

@anpancake

7 ай бұрын

I thought you were talking about The Simpsons Moe. Got to like last sentence before realizing it's Mo-e

@ZeroXSEED

7 ай бұрын

Klutz doesn't really have the sheer amount of nervous breakdown and social awkwardness Most of the time, they're super social, in fact Girlfailure relish on being so mentally vulnerable and yet keep trying somehow

@rayminishi689

7 ай бұрын

Which is fitting for the generations since Klutz was for a social point in time Whereas Girlf failures took off with internet being so mainstream and relating antisocial folks gathered and dwell

@purple66666

6 ай бұрын

Why does this make so much sense 😂😂😂

You ever watched Watamote? I think a certain aspect of specific girl failures is their persistence is trying to succeed- they aren’t discouraged even when they fail spectacularly, as said by Imae in the final episode.

@stargazer162

7 ай бұрын

Watamote is like the peak of the girl failure. And the best thing about her is how she actually develops as a character in the manga, so there is a pay-off for having to see her struggling for so long.

@bakunaruto3000

7 ай бұрын

​@@stargazer162 the field trip Arc from the manga Its a masterpiece, after all the struggles Tomoko manage to put herself into by being a dumbass, she finally interacted with real people and make True connections developing a weird yet beautiful friendship

@nezumimouse5440

7 ай бұрын

Its refreshing of instead seeing a girlfailure be still the most innocent and nicest being with her crippling anxiety, Tomoko is a bit spiteful and angry of her situation. Same with Asa. I like that those examples show that side too.

@tranquoccuong890-its-orge

7 ай бұрын

Tomoko got better maybe she is still degenerated, but she is no longer a female incel (femcel)

@BunnyUmi

7 ай бұрын

Tomoko is a girl failure that eventually becomes a girlboss disguised as a girl failure

it's a good day to be taught by profussy lando.

@smallentales317

7 ай бұрын

Profussy landussy

@Asshen0ne

7 ай бұрын

@@smallentales317 yes.

@Based_Gigachad_001

7 ай бұрын

Can we talk about BBC soon?

@davvid_M

7 ай бұрын

haha you are dead -engineer from tf2

@NateDoesYT

7 ай бұрын

Haven't seen a Lando vid in a awhile lol

>Lando: talking about loser girls >Me: (blinks) >Lando: talking about skinsuit centaurs

I expected a Pomni Sad Girl Archetype break down. Instead I got educated on the horrifying fetishes and thoughts Professor Lando has about Centaurs. I've chosen not to sleep tonight.

@dksickestshadowgonebad1887

4 ай бұрын

Flesh Centaur.

Girlbosses make me feel inspired, girl failures make me feel accepted.

School would be much more interesting if we had more teachers like Professor Lando.

@josiahdenney

7 ай бұрын

UwU

@dangerface300

7 ай бұрын

I wish my teachers had been able to so confidently explain why my bro in an astolfo wig is hot, but if the wig comes off it's gay.

@KamiSama-fy7dh

7 ай бұрын

Profussy lando

@TheEastNorthern

5 ай бұрын

OwO kurwa@@josiahdenney

@Xdreddist

2 ай бұрын

fr fr no cap

Fun fact: you shouldn’t smile to monkeys because showing your teeth is a sign of aggression for them.

@Based_Gigachad_001

7 ай бұрын

Showing teeth is a sign of aggression to all animals.

@duncanchin

7 ай бұрын

@@Based_Gigachad_001 good to know. I thought it was only monkeys

@AHeroWith1000Names

7 ай бұрын

What about smiling without opening your mouth, i.e. 🙂 ?

@JDKDKDLDKDKDKDKKKDERYY

7 ай бұрын

who tf smiles with an open mouth

@E4439Qv5

7 ай бұрын

​@@JDKDKDLDKDKDKDKKKDERYY😀😃😄🤓

I think the big thing about "girl failures," beyond the protectability aspect, is probably the fact that few such characters are ever portrayed as intellectually dishonest. Bocchi and Pomni are not pathetic to farm attention, they are not hiding some grand self-righteousness. They're just honestly awkward. The girls of Konosuba are overconfident idiots, but they don't act pathetic and hide their overconfidence in seething, sobbing rage, waiting to get authority over those who misunderstand their greatness. For some people who do mask-up like this in real life, someone like Bocchi or Kobeni or Aqua is a relief. They're simple and trustworthy, and they lack that rage which balances these characters out. For characters whose cowardice does hold them back, the show abstracts the struggle into much more literal and apparent problems that can be solved. Often their cowardice will directly and physically hold them back from doing things, and they try to overcome it. They don't justify why they're hot shit and why "being a coward is the only reasonable solution because the world should just inherently not test them in the first place" or something entitled like that. Those really entitled people aren't fixable or protectable, and most people in the audience would probably want to hurt them. Domineering or entitled characters, too, usually do so in a way that's assertive and confident and not intellectually dishonest. And even when they are, depending on how their story is written, they may have a lot of appeal for being a good showcase of that personality even if you'd hate to personally know them. Kuroki from Watamote is the closest you get to an actual self-righteous coward, but I don't think you ever see her truly wrong anyone in an entirely delusional way.

@icahopilm898

7 ай бұрын

Kuroki outgrows her self-righteous coward era in the manga and it's kinda incredible. In the anime, she tried really hard to be cute, feminine, and pretty but in the backdrop, felt like she was owed highschool romance. Her friend, Naruse with the caramel hair, started wearing contacts, found her clothing style, and was well groomed so naturally finding a partner isn't difficult and she's more or less the same person with a different aesthetic.

@MALAY_TENGU

7 ай бұрын

Don't call her kuroki,pls Call her tomoko

@memb.

7 ай бұрын

I think your answer is the closest to the truth. I do know "failures" in real life from both genders, so i'm sure that the big thing in liking them is their propensity to lie, play victim, blame others, etc... In the real world, failing people will often have unlikable traits either born from their social inadequacy or gotten after experiencing misery for some time. It's alright to be failing at life. It's not alright to be bitter, resentful or manipulative.

@lambousginiguccigod2007

5 ай бұрын

@@memb. Not entirely sure of what quota someone fulfills to become a failure in real life or anime. However I love that characters in anime are able to drop that perfect, flawless, archetype. Bordering the line of pure awkwardness and honesty/being able to see through their lies. Capable of being clowned and fooled. Its more in line with reality then someone who is an authority throughout how things play out in their life and properly manage to pull off what they think would work all the time.

Catdog is more like conjoined-twins than a centaur, I never really considered Catdog to have 'centaur-like' properties.

@Based_Gigachad_001

7 ай бұрын

A centaur is a horse human hybrid.

@theshinken

7 ай бұрын

Minerva might count as cojoined twin as well but the twin is stuck in the ass.

@nineonine9082

7 ай бұрын

@@Based_Gigachad_001 What is the Centaur from Fallout? A heavily mutated Centaur or a heavily mutated human or 3rd guess a heavily mutated human hybrid.

@Based_Gigachad_001

7 ай бұрын

@@nineonine9082 FEV corrupted human.

@oddtomato1049

6 ай бұрын

@@nineonine9082 The Centaur in Fallout 1-2 also had animal parts.

That's honestly a good drawing of ponmi and kobeni

@YskarAlbumLuna

7 ай бұрын

Frfr. Why nobody is talking about it. This guy knows how to draw lol.

@zahard1732

5 ай бұрын

@@YskarAlbumLuna Well he is an artist

I like girl failures not because of sexual desire, or because "I can fix her", but because I am somewhat of a failure myself. Seeing a failure of a person stragle and sometimes win is inspiring for people who struggle and fail. But I am curious to see a reception to a "failure boy", many traits of a failure girl would be really anoying in a male character, I believe we forgive bad traits for failure girls because of sympathy or attraction, but we are less likely to extend it for male characters. Thanks for listening to my ted talk.

@thechosenone9361

7 ай бұрын

Boy Failures are just Baby Girls in disguise Just look at Kaveh

@wssltekliuk8119

7 ай бұрын

Oh no, a "failure boy" is a too common archetype, but tbh in media they show 'personal growth and overcoming. Literally half of the movies feature that. Especially if a mc is teenager.

@icahopilm898

7 ай бұрын

Are most shounen mc's failure boys, it's just they aren't truly relatable ones? Maybe it's because they're in a fantasy setting that it's not as relatable, rare superpowers aren't applicable in real life. Welcome to the NHK is a good example of a failure boy that's realistic, but he's not a teenager and an adult man. It's harder to sexualize that, and there isn't an intimate appeal to a male audience. But for a women, the mc of that show is just as relatable as Bocchi.

@skcvy8167

7 ай бұрын

I mean, if you want some boy failures that never grow past their weakness, Scott Pilgrim's a pretty good one

@melaniey.5596

7 ай бұрын

For another example of a failure boy, I recommend Katekyo Hitman Reborn. My boy Tsuna goes from loser to boss with the power of his repressed rage and a lovingly bully baby mentor. And for what it’s worth, the majority of the female side of the fandom wants to hug him and protect him with our lives.

"horse + horse is illegal" farmers that breed stallions: wait, what

I’d say that the reason why girl failures are so popular is because them expressing fear gives off vulnerability, and with vulnerable people (who I should mention are typically inexperienced), we can skip through social norms and get right into intimacy. Intimacy is when people are most vulnerable, therefore turning that on its head gives off the expression of constant intimacy - that being my final answer.

@icahopilm898

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, it just gets into the danger zone when someone is attracted to them only when they're a "failure" and not overcoming/suceeding.

@gristen

6 ай бұрын

​@@icahopilm898yea its kinda sus if youre only attracted to a person because theyre at a vulnerable stage at their life 😬

@icahopilm898

6 ай бұрын

@@gristen You can be at a vulnerable stage at any age emotionally and mentally, but being attracted to a mentally ill young person is really off.

@gristen

6 ай бұрын

@@icahopilm898 yea i agree. like its one thing to be attracted to someone who happens to have a mental illness, but its an entirely different thing to be attracted to them _because_ of their mental illness. like you said everyone is gonna have times where theyre feeling vulnerable, but its very easy for someone to be taken advantage of when their going through all that. its like when a woman is going through a pretty nasty divorce with an abusive husband and theres another guy thats just as sketchy already lining up to get with her, telling her he's gonna be different and then ending up exactly the same. a person just cant really set proper boundaries when theyre in that kind of volatile state. theyre gonna accept whatever seems better than what they currently have, even if its not. or they might just rush things with someone that couldve worked out if they just took it slow. relationships _do_ require you to be vulnerable, but that sort of vulnerability only comes after boundaries, trust, and two way communication are firmly established. if someone youre interested is going through something, theyre probably gonna need some time to sort it all out before a healthy fulfilling relationship can truly begin, otherwise the relationship can become codependent fast and set itself on a collision course for disaster. intimacy is just not something that can be rushed if you want it to last, it takes time to build the sort of trust and bond it requires. vulnerability in your relationship is meant to be something you choose to show because you trust your partner entirely with your feelings and wellbeing. if your partner was already in an unaddressed vulnerable state before your relationship even started, then youre always going to be lacking the trust vulnerability is meant to be built on. vulnerable would just be something they are, not something they chose to be out of love and trust for you. no trust is there when you dont let it bloom, and no trust is what will eventually doom the relationship. anyway didnt mean to go of on a tangent whoops.. 😅 but i hope you get what im saying here lol

@icahopilm898

6 ай бұрын

@@gristen It's not a tangent, I really appreciate your self-reflection and input :) I agree with your point. This is OP's point as well, that part of the reason girl-failures are attractive is because vulnerability allows "skips" of social norms. What we're talking about extends to real life than fictional characters however awareness of the concept empowers us, plus it doesn't hurt to understand ^^ Your last paragraph is important. For example.. when two people who like each other are being incredibly vulnerable, why form a solid base of boundaries, trust, and communication when simply *being* vulnerable is a gateway to intimacy of itself? Mental illness, social anxiety, and/or unstable home-life to name a few vulnerabilities are "attractive" to manipulative sleuths. It's a blaring red sign that person is inexperienced, lonely, or won't recognize co-dependence. And vulnerable people, because they are inexperienced, will not understand that venting and being vulnerable to each other is not a base for a relationship at all, much less intimacy. I get what you're saying, it's not lost on me and your point is real and meaningful. A glance at this convo and people may scoff (this is a girl-failures analysis video after all lol), but emotional intelligence and applying it is an admirable thing :)

Girlfailures are popular because they are relatable. Realistically, there are much more Kobenis than Makimas, the average people encounters more situations of struggle than complete control. They are the kind of characters that fans are like "she's just like me fr", regardless of their gender. And there is nothing wrong with that, keep being a Kobeni it's totally fine

@EmileAnimation

5 ай бұрын

real

@Jw87563

3 ай бұрын

Isn't it reversed? Aren't there more women like Makima, who are assertive and maybe even controlling and manipulative, then nervous wrecks like Kobeni? Especially nowadays, where women are supposed to be "strong" and "independent". You always hear about "Makima" types, but never about "Kobeni" type women.

@Wcduc

3 ай бұрын

@@Jw87563I hear both, but each to their own I guess.

One of these days I want to see Professor Lando do an actual exam in Kahoot or something where the winner gets a prize of some sort. I think that'd make this so much more fun. (and funny since we'd prolly have to take actual, serious notes, on why Astolfo is pog)

Anxiety in fiction: Hot Anxiety IRL: A lawsuit waiting to happen. Avoid!

Profussy really understands what makes some people get attached to certain characters, and he reveals it in this video. Truly a wise and distinguished individual.

@thevessel-real

7 ай бұрын

There is no way you are saying “profussy”

sometimes what I see in a show: They start with a GFailure, but by the end of the show they become the most op. and theres nothing wrong with powerfantasy. but I would hope for writers to not be afraid to leave their characters to wallow a little longer in the failure, cause maybe IRL people don't just need "12 ep" time laps and all of a sudden they are Chads. sometimes the little milestones that they do overcome can be a Mt.Everest if writen well.

@UwU-lm9or

5 ай бұрын

THIS OMG I wish they alsp showed girlfailires who alsp do manage to achieve the thing they dreamed off and become Chad's bur I also wish they let them go back to being girlfailures alap bc sometimes I be at my highest and then I fall back down to being the true girlfailire I am I hope this wasn't rude your so real for this

@msepic5912

5 ай бұрын

Honestly even if shes not fully a girlfailure, i think Lillie in the pokemon sun/moon anime/cartoon does this really well! I recommend it if you want to see a girl getting over a strong fear of the creatures around her very slowly but surely

@SeasideUmiko

5 ай бұрын

This is why I love bocchi, she grows a lot by the end of the show but still retains a lot of her flaws showing that its a reality that you may not be able to overcome your demons in such a short amount of time

@PrixtoTNT

5 ай бұрын

Yeah taking a little more time is called good developement

@grfrjiglstan

5 ай бұрын

It can be done well, like with Sarah Connor.

I always thought girl failures were popular because they’re relatable, but maybe that’s just me. Plus they are all adorable too

@Raigius

7 ай бұрын

Birds of a feather flock together. Someone else that's as much as or even more of a loser / failure than yourself is much less potentially intimidating to interact with than someone who confidently has all their shit handled and sorted out. Part of the appeal of trash waifus is that they're not really in a position to judge you for being trash yourself either lol.

@MrLoowiz

7 ай бұрын

Not really. It's more about the "protecting her" nature of men, that triggers over these weak characters.

@5ashll303

7 ай бұрын

@@MrLoowiz makes sense, but maybe that’s why I see them differently, since I’m too weak to protect anyone and definitely relating to the ladies having nothing under control.

@kairi4640

7 ай бұрын

No, you're definitely not alone. This is new to me as well lol. I was always felt girl failures were just me in animated form tbh. 😂

@MrLoowiz

7 ай бұрын

@@5ashll303 That might be related to the rise of femboys, and fall of masculinity we're seeing lately, especially on anime, which only recently started bringing back the old 80's-90's macho protagonist trend. Of course, I'm only assuming, and in no way calling you a femboy.

I wish I had the cool kind of social anxiety just like them, but instead I just get bullied at school.

Brining up Kobeni as a girl failure, but not Asa is a crime.

@NationalistsRuinAmerica

7 ай бұрын

who

@manfrade7758

7 ай бұрын

She is more of a femcel

@ciarangamer7362

7 ай бұрын

​@@NationalistsRuinAmerica Asa is from chainsaw man part 2

@Niel_albatrozz

7 ай бұрын

@@NationalistsRuinAmerica a femcel from chainsawman

@jg54sayaka11

7 ай бұрын

@@Niel_albatrozza femcel? She’s THE femcel! The femcel blueprint, the hour zero of femcels

Professor if I may, I’d like to propose an alternative theory on the prevalence of the girl failure and baby girl, one based on a feminist theory approach. TLDR: Women want relatable characters and also to peg men I believe that the adoration of the baby girl stems from a rejection of media’s tendency to create desirable women and relatable men. We’ve all noticed the trope of the pathetic, unattractive man with the absolute bombshell of a wife. We’ve all seen the girlboss absolutely fly her way through a battle while the guy gets a long training arc and struggles. We’ve all seen the damsel in distress saved by the plucky male hero. In all these instances, when are perfect; either as the perfect victim, fighter, of beauty. The man is flawed and we see his struggle or highlight his personality, making him relatable. The girl failure defies this tendency. She is pathetic in an entirely unattractive way. Not Princess Peach frowning as she’s kidnapped, perfectly beautiful and ready to be saved. No, the girl failure is sobbing, snot running down her nose, her pits are sweaty, her hair’s a mess. She is pathetically human in a way that we relate to. No woman is a perfect girlboss; sometimes they wear the same bra for 2 weeks, and the girl failure embodies this untapped relatability. The baby girl is much simpler. As the Joker said, we live in a society, and society tends to push women towards submission. The baby girl is so pathetic that he cannot take on the perceived masculine role of dominance, thus leaving it vacant for the woman. This explains the almost aggressive affection women have for their ‘pathetic little meow meows”, it’s a form of dominance. She’s going to bully him, draw him crawling on the floor. She’s probably thought of breeding him at least once. He’s like a steak in front of a starving lion.

@Vienna3080

7 ай бұрын

I love the sociologicalical discussion about Girl Failures💀

@Based_Gigachad_001

7 ай бұрын

Pedro Pascal..

@spiritofchaos58

7 ай бұрын

@@Vienna3080 Sorry I just took a sociology class lol. Also I just spend too much time on Tumblr and call tell you, the girlies LOVE a genuinely pathetic woman.

@Taradoxxi

7 ай бұрын

Absolutely phenomenal comment you’re so real for this

@kaoru9829

7 ай бұрын

I appreciate this theory a lot. I think it is also important to consider this idea, too, though: women want to peg women and men

Well, like it or not narrative fictions have been kinda dominated by male perspectives. So there has been a lot of 'relatable' loser guys. While women were usually written as a "goal" or a romantic companion, shaped mostly by male desires. Then women empowerment became a thing, and lots of writers tried to overcompensate that with 'mary sues' and powerful women. Now slowly as people start to write women better as human beings of their own, relatable girlfailures started becoming its own thing.

An important component that makes failure characters, beyond just girl failures, endearing is that they keep trying. Someone who is a failure that gives up is just a loser, and a failure who succeeds is the hero, but a failure who keeps trying? They are human. Characters in fiction can be perfect or tragic for the sake of the story as the story has an ending. Our lives keep going - we don't see beyond their end like you do with a story - and in life you often fall short of the perfect ideals that we can see in media. Yet it continually trying, trying to simply move forwards, that is admirable because it is what we all must do. So when we see a character capable of doing that, possessing a will to live beyond their failures, it is what we see in ourselves for we are all still here. Whether we find them cute or sexy is secondary to the capacity to identify with the character. To see oneself in the character is the prerequisite to seeing oneself *in* the character 😏

Real Talk: These characters allow men to be vulnerable vicariously through them. Women's failures receive a level of sympathy and compassion that should rightfully be available to men, but isn't. By identifying with or becoming attached to these characters, men are given an outlet from which to simulate receiving and giving this compassion.

@icahopilm898

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, I agree. The women failure works best as an anime-specific trope. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'd imagine it'd be much, much harder for a man (and woman) to relate to a female actress who has an average/pretty face even though she has the same thoughts and insecurities and fears but tries her best despite that. If the girl failure was ugly and overweight, she'd be relatable but there isn't a cuteness factor anymore that makes it attractive intimacy-wise.

@MALICEM12

7 ай бұрын

Unfortunately true, a failure of a hot woman is still a hot woman and thus is desirable. But a failure of a man is just a loser to be avoided like a leper.

@JohnDoeWasntTaken

7 ай бұрын

@@icahopilm898 That and it's also harder to believe in a pretty female character failing at what she sets out to do unless she is characterized as being ignorant or unintelligent. Aside from villainesses where their failure is required for the story to work.

@habibishapur

7 ай бұрын

Nah im not convinced. I believe its much more primal. If a girl is sweet and incompetent, we have evolved to develop feelings of protectiveness for them. I give sus points to anyone who feels like op.

@Zexceeda

7 ай бұрын

​@@habibishapursus points? What does that mean?

He drew Bochi like she's TF2 Demo levels of drunk.

and here I thought girl failures were popular because of how relatable they are.

I always thought people love “Girl failures” is due to their relatability.

"One of these instincts is to BREED" *draws Pomni a second later* You and me, Profussy Lando

On the topic of centaurs: Minerva seems closer to a ‘missing link’ between a centaur and a mantaur, with two human torsos but replacing the lower hands and legs with human upper legs / hips and horse lower legs

@Goldenkitten1

Ай бұрын

Either way my brain reacted with extreme levels of "burn it with fire", I never needed to know she was a thing.

Thanks for the lecture, professor. I'll be writing my thesis on the cosplay paradox. I posit that "less cosplay is more attractive" is a misunderstanding that emerges from analyzing the moment of undressed Astolfo as a moment detached from its temporal context, but we are not the sorts of creatures who ever experience any moment in isolation. We are stretch through time; we have a past and a future. If we analyze the undressed Astolfo as a moment free of context, we miss that what is really attractive about the seeing an undressed Astolfo is the understanding that the moment emerged from a past (which included a fully dressed Astolfo), and that the moment points towards a future (of bussy). Every moment can only ever be understood in terms of a temporal background, but we drop this background during analysis. The moment becomes gay again when we no longer recognize the person before us as Astolfo.

I love girl failures because they are just so much more relatable, I think it also is so attractive because they go against the stereotypes of what a “woman should be”, for so long we have been groomed to believe a woman needs to be clean, successful, and responsible to be attractive

"Girlfailures" as a trope are so rooted to empathy and such. Can always count on Prof. Lando to teach us the important things we'll use in our everyday lives.

Another great class professor, it's nice to see the other guys in the class too, but I honestly prefer your classic online lecture style videos like this one. Straight to the point. Easy to focus on.

As in regard to a tophalf horse bottom half human centaur I wanted to refer to Bojack Horseman. Therefore it absolutely works.

I think it's more cause they just like me fr. I too am on the verge of mental collapse, but unlike most fictional characters, I can't simply become evil. I have to study for finals next week

One of the most insightful videos yet. Top quality. Thank you professor.

1. relatability. feeling the redemption, joy, and success in life vicariously though the main protagonist failure 2. girl failure activate the savior complex neurons in white knights.

We also think that ugly things are endearing, some times more so than cute things, so it's all about pity, about rooting for and supporting the underdog.

“All of a sudden, it’s gay” LMAO

As funny as Class always is I can’t help but appreciate the artwork everytime through my laughing tears!!! 😂😂😂👍👏

Your Honor! My client, the lady-centaur, is NOT a failure; she was merely horsing around!

"Why do people love losers?" Because people are losers and look for someone similar to themselves

Ok on a serious note , despite failure they're still girls (attractive looking) . Reminder of why people didn't like shinji

@Based_Gigachad_001

7 ай бұрын

Fr

@Punishthefalse

7 ай бұрын

The girls are trying their best. Shinji wants to run away.

@ammi5311

7 ай бұрын

On the second note not pretty ones are not girl either 😔 ✋😳🤚

@Based_Gigachad_001

7 ай бұрын

@@ammi5311 Shinji from evangelion?

@ammi5311

7 ай бұрын

@@Based_Gigachad_001 yeS

I always forget how well you are presenting whatever subject comes up. You are very talented my man. Keep up the good work!

"All of the sudden...its gay..." Oh...how many situations in my life go like this...

Ohhh, you've gotten so much better at drawing than when you started, I can't wait to see more lectures in the future Prof. Lando, keep it up :D

I love watching the absolute obliteration of the pocket, the complete ghostly annihilation of where the pocket might even be. I thought maybe oh, the ship is drifting a little bit away from the pocket. Then the pocket turned inside out. This is a roller coaster, best work in a while. Thank you, Professor, merry holidays.

"what ARE girl failures" my girlfriend stared right at me when she heard that.

DAMN DUDE YOU JUST TOOK A WHOLE TWO STEPS UP IN YOUR DRAWING SKILLS!! LIKE YOURE TWICE AS GOOD AS BEFORE

@holidayturnpike

2 ай бұрын

Creativity increase is a benefit of NoFap 🧘🎨

@markbv591

2 ай бұрын

@@holidayturnpike I wasn’t talking about creativity

A very enlightening class professor!

thank you professor! very educational and useful as always!

Truly, a scholar that represents our time.

i love that two of the top comments actually answer it better than the video

"except for the thigh highs--the stocki-we gotta keep the thigh--" i was listening intently then it cut to the next part and it got me

Interesting that when it comes to popular guy failures, it doesn't work quite as well... Shinji would be by the same rule used to girls, a guy failure, but he only works for fujoshi content and then there's Zenitsu from Demon Slayers, someone so infamously obnoxious that some people had dropped the series entirely because of him, but he has some fans because of the super brief combat sequences and the design. So my point, for a guy to work as a failure, he has to be pathetic but also cute AND funny, say hmmm Bettel

@spiritofchaos58

7 ай бұрын

Because guy failures aren't rare. Grab any isekai and the protag was probably a guy failure before getting hit by a truck. Or just talk to your average man. Your dad probably can't do the house laundry by himself. Many dads taking care of his own kids babysitting. My dad tried to wash dishes by pouring laundry detergent into the water...he's a well educated lawyer btw. So yes, boy failures have to be more than just pathetic. good example can be found in the Danganronpa series. Hifumi and Teruteru fall into the 'annoying perv' character trope and people HATE them...Kazuichi has the same trope, but people love him because he's pathetic AND hot (and very shippable with male characters. that also helps)

@stargazer162

7 ай бұрын

Here I raise you Ishigami from Kaguya-sama. He's a guy failure, and a very beloved one, even being considered the best character by many. I can't really say he's cute though, but I guess that's part of the course for male characters. Instead he's just very funny.

@Zexceeda

7 ай бұрын

Ok, I can't be the only gay guy who related to Shinji growing up. I wasn't attracted to him, but I think he had very much the effect to me. Honestly, Shinji, as a character, effected me far more than any girl failure ever could, so I'm thinking that attitude, while possibly being influenced by society and instinct, might also vary by sexuality or personal experiences. I mean, girl failures also feel more sympathetic than Subaru from Re:Zero and he was about as pathetic as it gets, I related to him for the fact that I too was needing to get my shit together when I first watched it, but he also kept causing all of his problems by not knowing when to sit the f- down. I wanna second the mention of Ishigami for Kaguya-sama, he's another character who's pathetic enough to be sympathetic, and kinda cute enough to not be a walking creepazoid. I also think guys work less in these cases partially because they also tend to go further past pathetic and take their mental illness into being an awful person. Case in point: both Shinji and Subaru, despite the fact that I love both of their character arcs, did MASSIVE creep sh!t at one point or another. Which, while is actually pretty realistic with pathetic men, and ESPECIALLY pathetic young men, it doesn't actually inspire sympathy as you don't hurting people or doing stuff like that.

@edwardsantiago9109

7 ай бұрын

​@@Zexceeda yeah, most girl failures arent creeps or really negative at all in society. Its their own perspective that drives a wedge. Most of the time the audience sees from their perspective and internal monologue, hence making them relatable, but to everyone else they're just usually shy or anxious. Meanwhile, guy failures tend to have very socially negative actions, but believe they are righteous in doing so to some degree. Some, like Zenitsu, are fully aware of their cowardice, and have some decent growth, but if you simply replaced his obnoxious voice hed likely have quite a few more fans.

@kelvinantigua3423

7 ай бұрын

@@spiritofchaos58women failure aren’t rare either. To suggest the the average man is a male failure is quite a statement and kinda misandrist lol.

Subscribed immediately to 4:40. I draw characters and quickly forgot what part they play in scene. Great detail. Hilariously relatable moment.

Love your content, found you a while back and binged your entire channel one weekend.

@Sapizanza

7 ай бұрын

I miss listening "Him" but atleast I found him here

Thank you Prof! Happy Holidays! See you next year! 😊

This was such an informative video. I feel like I've learned a lot from this in certain aspects of attraction and aversions.

I noticed how much I love awkward disaster characters like Katia Managan from Prequel Adventure. Just something about such an imperfect person trying so hard that makes it feel like no matter how bad you screw everything up, they'll never judge or criticize you. Realistically this would probably be terrible, since neither person would improve themselves when constantly being hounded with "I love you just the way you are"s but it's still nice to think about a partner who wears their faults so heavily on their sleeve even if they aren't trying to.

@Spinnermist

5 ай бұрын

the Prequel webcomic about Elder Scrolls Oblivion is my jam. My frequently on hiatus jam.

I love the lectures without students interactive in class, Professor. Feels like an actual online class. Impeccable and insightful subjects too, sir!

Thanks for the explanation! I learned very much

I think there's a flaw with some of your research in not only this, but other theses. Namely, not everyone experiences sexual attraction (and/or a "desire to breed"), which you seem to attribute to a lot of our reasons for liking things, but we still like a lot of them.

When you showed that picture of a "centaur" my brain couldn't process what is where. It was pretty surreal.

the best lecture I have been apart of

The term "loser" or "failure" is completely geared towards men. Theres almost no situation where a women can be publically declared a failure. But men can be ridiculed as such any time they dont pay for dinner.

Spectacular video. True quality.

Bocchi isn't a failure, she's amazing at guitar, she just had horrible social anxiety and barely any exposure to the real adult world. But she eventually overcame her fears and achieved her dream of being in a band.

@marzipancutter8144

6 ай бұрын

May be a definition thing, I don't think anyone takes failure to mean "literally zero redeeming qualities or abilities." I think failure just means lacking the capacity to self-actualize ones will in both a broader context and immediate situations, which definitely fits at least at the beginning.

@Grasses0n

6 ай бұрын

@@marzipancutter8144 ah ok, that makes sense. I can agree with that.

Thank you Profussy for an awesome year of learning and content

I will sum this up in four words: "I can fix her"

ime girlfailure so i like them theyre like me :3 and i love characters being nise and supportive to them understanding theyre doing their best, it heals my heart from all those who treated me as not deserving of kindness just cuz im kinda pathetic i barely leave my bed sometimes and my issues keep me from being able to work, and thats me doing my best im not not trying im just paralyzed with fear and trauma and very quickly overwhelmed, ive always just frozen up or broke down and cried, i dont know how others do it maybe part of the attraction non girl failures feel to us is theyre scared to, theyre able to keep a strong face unlike me but its nise to know theyre not alone, and as ive mentioned to my wife im endlessly fascinated by how people like her can just, do things, i think being seen as so impressive prob boosts their confidence, makes people see the gifts they take for granted, and if i can help in that way im glad i can do something at least

@pisscvre69

6 ай бұрын

also capitalism has this strong man and now also strong woman propaganda that has made people have a dilution level of expectations of what most people are capable of, but everyone knows they aren't that badass cuz no one is thats not human nature, girlfalures speak to our softness, were always testing on rats in labs cuz their similarities ironic then how people overlook how we are like rats not just they are like us, we are also very social creatures who work better together than on our own and need lots of affection, community, family, and love, we arent stoic badasses were a screaming ball of rats holding on for dear life lol

@user-ti5gi9ir7f

6 ай бұрын

Allat

Bro….. men love any type of women. We have self devolutionized to find a liking to ANY type of women.

Catdog is a Chimera, not a Centaur

Great lesson Professor

All that build up and I thought he was gonna say "driven by our instinct to PROTECT" when he said "BREED" I lost it

I’m now going to write a dorky lesbian centaur and you can’t stop me

I think girl failures rely on the need to take care of someone that cannot do it themselves, but boy failures in turn aren't as attractive to women, which could go back to our most basic attractions, like men as providers and women as more gentle caretakers. Therefore a man who cannot even take care of himself is not seen as attractive, but when a woman does it the man feels more like a man. Apart from that a girl failure most probably isn't very picky as they would not feel like they have much to offer to a guy, reinforcing that any man can feel more powerful around a girl failure. It's the same principle as mogging someone, which is the act of surrounding yourself with ugly people to make yourself look prettier.

A good old style lecture. Thank you professor !

Question regarding the cosplay paradox: you said that when the bro takes off all the cosplay it becomes gay, but would it not have been gay before since astolfo is a guy, or am I missing something?

@luanmichel6957

6 ай бұрын

I'm not sure, but it must be the argument that some people use to justify certain fetishes, like "I'm straight, but I only like muscular men in anime"

@pisscvre69

6 ай бұрын

astolfo has no cannon gender just an amabb??? look LOL theyre shrodegers gay, this is why femboys AND trans women claim astolfo

My first experience with this trope was actually Tomoko Kuroki from Watamote in 2015. Its interesting to see how popular the trope became.

A lot of people like Bochi the Rock because they can identify with the main characters social anxiety and introvertism. It's fascinating to know that many people walk around terrified of human beings.

@goldenbanana7250

4 ай бұрын

That, plus it's funny.

BOOOOOOOY I haven't seen you in years!! Great vid

This was a very insightful lesson

Welcome back Professor

Your logic with the silent Hill monster is fucking bad bro😂 give me the fleshy centaur woman any day

Thank you professor for another profound banger

I love how you refused to use any sort of connectors for the different sections and just went full blast on the vastly different topics without transition lol

People like Girl Failures because they're usually well written and relatable, compared to the polar opposite Girl Boss trope which has been done dirty by literally every corporation.

A top horse bottom human centaur would be anatomically very similar to a featherless Pegasus. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

@fluidthought42

5 ай бұрын

I would say closer to a minotaur, but you do you

@pewpewpandas9203

5 ай бұрын

No, because centaurs have 6 limbs, whereas minotaurs have 4. The reverse centaur would have human hind legs, horse front legs, and arms coming out of the middle@@fluidthought42

Bruh the bucket is such an esoteric reference I had to comment. Great video btw

I LOVE all three of the starting examples