User blog comment:DatAsymptote/In Defence of Damsel-in-Distressing/@comment-33811023-20200209212404

This was so eye-opening my goodness!

It also brings the thought that maybe Damsel-in-Distressing isn't teaching what it's supposed to teach? All examples we've gotten from canon are the teachers saying to sit helplessly and wait, while the princesses in stories actually do much more.