Bare Feet As A Trope in Media

   While searching the internet I cam across a website that tells of the different archetypes and tropes in TV, movies, cartoons, anime, manga, comics, video games, etc. and I came across one meant for characters who don't like to wear shoes. The sample picture for this trope I found on the main page was this:

   Was not disappointed with the example picture. I blew the picture up a bit in Photoshop but I hope the quality is still acceptable. Anyways, the article I found is here http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DoesNotLikeShoes alongside some scenarios for this type of character and what types of characters often have this trope. It claims that stuff fetishists are after are exaggerated in which there is virtually no good reason for the character to be barefoot and if they even just enjoy it indoors then its just being downplayed. And to justify it, the person has to have unattractive feet or be like a gypsy or jungle girl to not like shoes. This is why I don not like wiki type sites; most of the time they are speaking in absolute bullshit.

   Alright, be honest, does your own pleasure of being barefoot when you can seem like a trope? No. Does a character always have to cartoonish clown feet to be barefoot? If you look at Toph or Morgiana no. Though Toph and Morgiana both fall under the justification line in the playing with box, I say there is nothing wrong with a female character simply enjoying being barefoot.  If she wants to kick her shoes off the first chance she gets like in the sample picture then good for her, she's just being her own person. The scenarios this page listed for justified excuses for making a female barefoot and/or providing close ups on her feet are total bullshit. What does that say about all the tomboys we've brought up on here? Is it exaggerated when they don't want to wear shoes just for the sake of being comfortable indoors and out? What if a woman grew up in the country down  south where it was always warm and there were plenty of places to be barefoot? Shouldn't she be free to as an adult to be barefoot and feel the grass beneath her feet to remind herself of the younger years? I've known plenty of girls my age and women older than me who are exactly like that; they learned to enjoy being barefoot when they were young and are more than willing to barefoot when they can be. That's not exaggeration at all.

   Sorry for sounding so fired up, but I hate to see people make something as innocent as being barefoot seem like its wrong in any sort of media format. With all that being said, let's hear what you guys have to say after seeing this. If you were to make a female character who enjoys being barefoot, what would your reasons be to justify it I'll put in my own ideas after I hear some of what you guys have to say.