Pragmata and Protective Masculinity

I have not yet played Pragmata, and that's because I'm a little tapped out on stories where men adopt daughter-like figures and prove their masculinity by protecting them. I suppose it's marginally a better power fantasy than killing everybody with your awesome strength, but then The Last of Us makes room for both anyway. If I play Pragmata - and

A text-only meme jokes about being tired of stories where male protagonists adopt daughter-like figures and demonstrate masculinity by protecting them. It compares Pragmata with The Last of Us, sarcastically framing both protective father-daughter narratives and violent power fantasies as different forms of wish fulfillment. It is used as a reaction to recurring video game storytelling tropes and masculine hero fantasies.

• @eternalclassic / 86910 2026-04-23