The damsel in distress basically serves as a prized object for the hero to save; she gives the hero an objective. It should be noted that most damsels in distress don’t take action to get out of their helpless situation, rather, they passively wait for the hero to save them. 

Furthermore, the hero is most likely male, and usually lacks a distinct personality (in a sense, they’re basically flawless). To explore this trope further I’ve catered a list of various damsels to examine: Princess Peach from the Mario franchise, the Disney Princess franchise as a whole, and Princess Fiona from the Shrek franchise.

people think the trope is boring and cliche when in reality the damsel in distress trope is of them seen as a romantic and very interesting! 

What better game to contest this point than the Super Mario series, which has relied on the Damsel trope for over 25 years? If we were to get rid of the damsel, we need to take into account Princess Peach, the most influential, purest damsel of all. If peach changes to a girlboss she will be ruined and the most ugliest princess in the world not to mention a Mary sue!

Princess Peach first appeared in the Mario games in 1985. That means that she has been repeatedly kidnapped by Bowser for around 36 years. At that point, Peach’s kidnapping is basically built into the franchise, and thus, successive Super Mario games will most likely have some form of Peach being kidnapped. It’s basically the franchise’s brand: someone’s gotta save Peach from Bowser or any of her other kidnappers. But, sometimes, the franchise switches things around; in Super Princess Peach, it’s Peach’s turn to save the famous plumber brothers, and in more recent games, Peach is a playable character. Furthermore, later female characters in the Mario franchise — Daisy and Rosalina specifically — have more distinct personalities. Daisy is hot-headed and Rosalina is aloof. Despite all of these developments, however, Peach definitely has more of a reputation for being a damsel than a hero.

Once female protagonists take the reins in their respective stories, it becomes clear that they don’t need some kind of prince to save them. The only problem is that many stories tend to center around “the man saving the woman,” thus reinforcing clichéd gender norms that really need to be retired. That’s why tropes such as the Damsel in Distress trope and the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope exist: they’re basically female stock characters who only serve the “hero” of the story. It’s 2021. It’s time for the damsels in distress to take back control of their own stories.

if we can show everyone that princess peach as well as the other girls that they don’t need to become girlboss then we will surly bring their damsel in distress roles back!