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keyslox · 10 months

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fWhip is cool. watch fWhip.

#fwhip #fwhip fanart #fWhip hardcore #his monster chest are so silly to me idk why #they’re just real #and epic #and sososososo messy #mcyt #fWWWWhippp

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canisalbus · 5 months

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I had a dream with Vasco and Machete last night, I don't remember all details, but I do remember people talking about Machete being some sort of fallen angel or something. I even saw flashes of his angelic form in between, I'll have to draw those when I get back home. It was both scary and delightful.

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#aaa that sounds so poetic #and epic #and cool #you're having way nicer dreams than I do #???#answered #salem-lunaris #earlier this week I had an apocalyptic dream where earth was about to blow up and I thought “oh geez I have to warn The Dogs"#so I went to their house and this time their decor was oddly grandmacore sorta pastel and vintage and well worn #I can't recall what we talked about but Machete had just started some new meds or had some procedure done to him #he wasn't feeling himself his pupils were freakishly blown out and he couldn't walk or talk properly so they weren't planning to evacuate #Vasco dropped me off to the spaceship airport (his car was yellow)#but first we got some shady alien takeout that looked like red plastic straws and ping pong balls in a yellow toy bucket #we hugged and I boarded the dingy spaceship #and then the dream morphed into a vague retelling of that Raised by Wolves series #I felt bad about leaving them behind knowing they would get smashed to smithereens later that day

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ikuzeminna · 11 months

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In my previous post I talked about the women of Gundam Wing not being treated as awards or reasons for man pain for the guys and I’m actually a little surprised that no one so far called me out on Meilan because at first glance, she falls right into that category. Because her death is specifically there to motivate Wufei and do nothing else. No one else knows about her, her death doesn’t affect anyone or anything else.

Except for her grandma who is apparently still so grief-stricken she blows up her entire colony. Thanks for more trauma, Master Long.

But I guess I’m gonna call myself out here then and derail this into a meta about Meilan’s portrayal actually being male-coded. Apparently I’m also gonna make up words while doing so lol

What do I mean? Let’s first clear up what I meant when I said the Wing women aren’t used for man pain. Man pain is quite an umbrella term that’s supposed to describe any instance of the narrative portraying a male’s emotional pain be of a higher magnitude than anyone else’s within his story. Especially women’s.

In my post I was referring to the very specific case where a woman’s suffering is stripped from her narratively and made exclusively a guy’s problem, to the point it only exists if it’s in relation to him. Think Gwen Stacy’s death affecting Spiderman or 2009‘s Spock’s mom dying or Aang burning Katara and then moping about never firebending again, necessitating her comforting him about his (accidental) assault on her. messed up doesn’t even begin to cover that last one The girl with the puppy is actually an example of this in Wing because her death only exists to make Heero feel bad. She isn't even given a name. The most classic example really is a guy’s mom dying though and him being forever sad about it. It’s the easy way for the writer to give his manly man something to cry over without making him a wimp. Otherwise Kira from Gundam Seed would be more popular.

But when we get asked to name a famous fictional death, I think most people will pick Mufasa, the prime example ever of a death affecting the audience. And it makes sense. Because not only was Mufasa a good parent, who sacrificed his life to save his son, Simba’s entire hero’s journey is basically living up to his father’s example. It's what drives the story.

And that’s the difference between men and women dying in fiction, especially parents. If a mother dies, it’s something to be sad over (i.e. Spock). If a father dies, it’s a legacy to uphold (i.e. Kirk). Simba is never worried about living up to Sarabi’s expectations. Hiccup spends three movies trying not to shame his father. Katniss won’t shut up about what a great person her dad was even though her mom is right there, being the medic for her entire district, but never being worth emulating in any way.

The same goes if it’s just a friend. A female friend’s death is a devastating event, a male friend’s death is a call to not let his sacrifice be in vain.

Which brings us back to Meilan. Meilan may have been written as just a device to give Wufei a tragic backstory, which lands her squarely in man pain territory, but narratively she is the same category as Mufasa, influencing Wufei to the degree he changes his entire way of life to live up to her memory and hold himself accountable during the series when he fails to do so, which yanks her right out of it again.

Besides, Wufei never goes around openly mourning her death. It’s hidden in aggressiveness and weird sexism towards Noin and his odd reverence of his Gundam. I love that it was supposed to be a secret that would have been revealed at the middle of the series, just like everyone else’s backstories, had the schedule not been crazy, giving us the recap episodes instead. Alas...

But this is one of the reasons I love Gundam Wing so much. The colony leader Heero Yuy and the late King Peacecraft may be revered figures within its universe, but by the end of the series, and definitely by EW, the person the entire galaxy admires is Relena. A girl. Which is completely deserved for all the things she manages to pull off, mind you.

I love most that Heero admiring Relena also has a very personal aspect to it. He knows her. He knows how bullheaded she can be. She’s not an abstract to him, he’s intimately familiar with that Gundanium backbone of hers. That scene on Libra where they keep throwing compliments at each other is great. Relena tries to transfer her accomplishments to Heero, playing into narrative tradition of gender roles here where the guy always gets all the glory, no matter how competent the girl may have been (glaring at you here, Hiccup and Astrid >_>) and Heero, the show’s male protagonist, bounces it right back, telling her he is nothing compared to her, landing a sweet blow to narrative sexism.

Gundam Wing is a weird little show where I don’t know if one could call it feminist considering how every woman is assigned to a man, with Treize and Zechs and Duo and Wufei standing above their female counterparts due to their strength or lineage or because they’re the series’ Char clone, but within the roles it assigned to everyone, it does a wonderful job of not being sexist about them. Une is portrayed as more competent than Treize, who is more of an opportunist. Zechs outright says Noin is better than him. Wufei won’t shut up about Nataku and what a failure he is. It's like the show apologizes for being Gundam and made in the 90s, explaining why the pilots and big bads all have to be male, but they'll make the female characters as cool as they can to make up for it. Here, have some Sally and Noin being a badass duo or Relena and Dorothy carrying the philosophical debate during the Cinq arc.

....Except Hilde. I got nothing here because her and Duo are classic gender roles to a T, haha. But at least Duo is not being a jerk about it, which is more than can be said about most fictional guys trying to dictate a female’s actions. Duo lets Hilde make her own decisions.

#Duo is a gentleman #and epic #it still stinks that there couldn't be more to Meilan #but I'll give it a pass since 98% of Wufei's actions are based on her #gundam wing #gender roles #long meilan #chang wufei #duo maxwell #relena peacecraft #heero yuy #I don't wanna tag everyone I mentioned #that'd be 6 different fandoms #nah

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wren-of-the-woods · 3 months

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So I just finished the last episode of Percy Jackson and I just

*deep breath*

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

#ITS SO GOOD YALL #10/10 ABSOLUTELY NO NOTES #I expected it not to resolve completely bc cliffhangers but it was SO SATISFYING ACTUALLY #AND EPIC #AMAZING #wren talks #pjo #pjo tv show #pjo series #percy jackson

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justasightseer · 1 year

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WAKE UP!!!!!! THE TRAILER FOR SEVEN KINGS MUST DIE HAS DROPPED!! 🔥

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12u3ie · 10 months

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that feeling when you wanna be more active in a big server but you just don’t seem to. stick.

#I’m sorry hermbi and xbfam 😭#y’all are lovely #and awesome #and epic #I’m just. I can’t describe it. Ugh.#twelves rambles

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sirpunsalct · 4 months

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luckily i've got two loving partners i can vent the really serious shit to

so, it probably won't make its way onto here

#[ ic text ]#sirius - aka our grillby #and epic #my problems aren't as bad as some though #and i know that

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off-the-heezys · 1 year

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y’all got no idea what me and @gh0stbunnie are cookin up

#it’s evil #and twisted #and sad #and epic #and homosexual

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thewolfisawake · 2 months

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The whole of the Circe Saga just screams of the Consort. They have a vibe that has some things like but yet so different from main verse Bal. Kinda why I deal with them. Messy in such all new ways--

#wolfatrest #my poor coworkers #I put them through all of Hamilton #and Epic #I'm sure they're rethinking letting me have the speakers #but to be fair #this is why I use the headphones #blame other coworker for bitching about it

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yourfavouritefighter · 5 months

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guys i just hit 100 stars in mario 64 ds

i am so cool

#fighterfightsbowser #mario 64 #mario 64 ds #100 stars #gaming progress #i am so cool #and talented #and epic #100%#just gotta get the last 49 then i can fight bowser #and get the bunny on the roof #im so cool dudes

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kingdumbheartz · 9 months

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earlier i went to go see tmnt, and my dad got blue beetle collectors cups, and then we went to the arcade and then we got the pizza hut tmnt pizza today has been so awesome

#i love mondo gecko #mondo gecko was the best part of the movie #hes sooooo cool #and awesome #and swag #and epic #and cooool #I WANT TO LEARN HOW TO SKATEBOARD #I MUST SKATEBOARD

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cgi-heart-eyes · 1 year

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we need to appreciate robin more. like not just as a lesbian. i’m not saying that her being a lesbian isn’t important or bad, i’m just saying it feels like it’s all we talk about. like can we talk about how badass she is? she stood up to a grown man who disrespected her. and also can we talk about how smart she is? she knows so many languages and she plays an instrument (which is VERY difficult to do). she’s an awesome problem solver and very important to the team. she’s awesome.

#and yes #she is also a lesbian #which is amazing #and cool #and epic #and we desperately need more queer representation #this is coming from a queer person #but we also need to recognize that she is a person with her own qualities #not just a lesbian who is obsessed with love #she quite literally said she wasn’t really worried about romance #yk #in the face of the world ending

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slicksquid · 1 year

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