*nods* It's a bit like the stories where the female MC starts off plain and/or above-average weight, and then at the end of the book becomes beautiful and thin. Because that is, of course, the only way that such an unfortunate young woman could ever have a happy ending.
Sure, it satisfies a lot of readers, including some readers who are plain and/or above-average weight themselves; wish-fulfillment always does have a certain satisfaction about it. But the underlying message is more toxic than anything else.
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Sure, it satisfies a lot of readers, including some readers who are plain and/or above-average weight themselves; wish-fulfillment always does have a certain satisfaction about it. But the underlying message is more toxic than anything else.