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booasaur · 10 months

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Warrior (2019) - 3x03

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ahhhsami · 10 months

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People are sleeping on this queer representation + show in general

As a queer Asian American I feel an obligation to get more people to know about Warrior (2019) which is streaming on MAX (HBO), but had originally aired on Cinemax.

This show is based on an original concept and writings of Bruce Lee and is executive-produced by his daughter, Shannon Lee. It is set in 1870 San Francisco and bases a lot of the story and characters on historical figures during/around the Tong Wars. It's a riveting, action packed series that's sure to please anyone who enjoys old school martial arts films, westerns, dramas, and more.

But that's not it. The show has an interracial queer relationship that too many people don't know about. This will now go into spoiler territory. So if this post has already convinced you to go watch it just from the first image, then don't read on.

You first get to see Ah Toy and Nellie Davenport interact at the beginning of season 2. Ah Toy, from season 1 is already canonically bisexual. From the get go it is evident that they are enemies as Ah Toy is an influential madame in Chinatown who runs a brothel. While on the other hand Nellie is a rich widow who has aided the police force in raids throughout Chinatown to shut down crib brothels. In time you'll learn that they're both badass motherfuckers, but I don't want to spoil that for you!

As the season progresses, they find that they aren't as different as they originally thought. Falling straight into the enemies to lovers story path. So here's a still from season 3 of these wonderful bi women to encourage you all to check out Warrior.

Still not convinced? Look at them!

Not enough? How about now?

No? How about now?

Well then here's my last try...

I have now done my duty to try and get more people to watch this show and support these women. It is out of my hands now.

PS: If you do watch it, come spam my inbox cause I wanna talk about it! Also if you like fanfic, then subscribe to my AO3 cause I'm already working on some fics for them :D

PSS: There's also straight interracial relationships and gay representation too.

#ah toy #nellie davenport #warrior #warrior 2019 #queer representation #bisexual #ah toy x nellie davenport #seriously... go watch it!#I need more people to talk about it #I need more fan content #Queer #big thanks to booasaur for having made these gifs already and saving me a shit load of time

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thereinafter-art · 2 months

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Nellie taking care of Ah Toy (from Warrior [2019], drawn for @thewindysideofcare for Candy Hearts Exchange 2024)

#not da #warrior hbo max #ah toy #nellie davenport #(who is played by Miranda Raison so a little DA actually)#ah toy x nellie #don't get enough screen time together but I love them

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rmageddons · 7 months

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Warrior (2019)

Olivia Cheng as Ah Toy + Miranda Raison as Nellie Davenport + Lyrics from Aespa's song "Hold On Tight"

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kojiandrew · 10 months

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Olivia Cheng as Ah Toy & Miranda Raison as Nellie Davenport Official Warrior Season 3 Promo Stills

📸: David Bloomer / Max

#olivia cheng #ah toy #miranda raison #nellie davenport #warrior #warrior max #warrior hbo max #warrior tv show #warrior tv series #yalll look at them #they're so happy 🥺#and that top photo of them 2 is so stunning #warrior s3

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mingus-archives · 10 months

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Warrior S3 Thought

Can’t believe that Ah Sahm, king of not reacting well and aggression issues, is the most reasonable person this season so far my boy really decided to take the brain cell

#warrior #warrior season 3 #warrior hbo max #warrior hbo #ah sahm #young jun #ah toy #nellie davenport

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incorrectwarriors · 9 months

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Ah Toy: your smile? it makes my day Nellie: your happiness? i live for that Ah Sahm: a room? fucking get one

#ah toy #nellie davenport #ah toy x nellie #ah sahm #warrior hbo #warrior max #warrior hbo max #incorrect quotes

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mirobraz · 25 days

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Bruce Lee

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bluemango07 · 9 months

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Some Ah Toy/Nellie Screenshots S3E1

(Remember Lai excitedly crossing the field to greet Ah Toy?)

#ah toy #nellie davenport #ah toy x nellie #olivia cheng #miranda raison #warrior hbo max #warrior max #warrior season 3

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bleep-blop-lizard-hop · 8 months

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Warrior Thought

Warrior Season 3 Finale

(Sorry person who sent me an anon message, I accidentally deleted it 😭 but here ya go)

AH TOY AND NELLIE KILLING DICKLAND TOGETHER!!! THE WIVES ARE SO BACK!!!

They had to fit in A LOT this episode, but I’m glad Ah Toy and Nellie had two very solid scenes. I fantasized so much about them getting revenge together, and it actually happened! Sorry Leary but the wives deserve this more! Dickland talking shit and playing stupid mind games with them. His arrogance was his downfall. No asshole YOU should be afraid because Ah Toy is not playing around! She didn’t get a single scratch while slicing and dicing him like a pig! It was so bloody and brutal and violent, I love it! Nellie being backup with her shotgun like “you’re doing great sweetie!”

Then Bill and Leary had to show up at the wrong time! Though I don’t think Bill can recognize her from that distance. Then Nellie began shooting at them and they ran away. So hopefully they’ll be off the hook next season. Burning Dickland’s body in the incinerator was pure poetic Justice!

Back at the brothel, the adrenaline of revenge is replaced by crushing despair. Dickland’s death didn’t bring back Lai and their girls. He’s not the only greedy and evil man out there. Ah Toy’s been in survival mode for so long, she’s TIRED of all this shit! She never let herself show emotion like this, not even with Ah Sahm. Seeing her completely break down with Nellie is a huge deal for their relationship! After everything that happened, they still love each other and became even stronger. Nellie holding Ah Toy close and saying “I’m not going anywhere” 😭🥺💕 So similar to how they ended last season. I predict that Ah Toy will leave the brothel, and they’ll rebuild somewhere next season.

Mai Ling confronting Eliza was so good! After the trauma she endured, Mai Ling can’t help relating to Eliza. What Eliza did was wrong, but her shitty husband is the real problem. Mai Ling giving Eliza a knife…I hope she use it well.

So here for Catherine Archer scamming Buckley for all his money! Rob his slimy racist ass, lady!

The Tongs, Isaac’s crew, and police fighting over the money plates. The ice factory is a homage to Bruce Lee, according to the Internet. Nice. The finale definitely isn’t short on action, I counted 4 in this episode! Isaac almost took the plates but Ah Sahm handled him, and gave them to Lee. That means Yan Mi can be free.

Tbh I’m quite concerned with how they portrayed the black characters this season. Abigail is good, but most of them were antagonistic. I’m aware of how Asians are deemed “the model minority” and often pitted against African Americans. I just wish the show could’ve subverted that somehow.

Back to Yan Mi, she’s released from jail and runs home to her father. It’s a very poignant scene that can resonate with children of immigrant parents. She respects him, but felt stifled by his expectations. Still, she did mess up by getting involved with a gang. I would’ve preferred Ah Sahm to not have romance this season, but it served it a purpose. I like Yan Mi as a character. Too bad she gets so much flack for getting between YJ and Ah Sahm.

After getting disowned, she goes to the train station. Ah Sahm never made it, but Chao does. He convince her to go without him anyway, and she does but it’s hard. She got the money from Chao, but she’s also alone as a Chinese woman. We’ve seen other characters try to get out and it didn’t go well. Still, glad they didn’t kill her and hopefully she’ll be ok. Just a small town girl…living in a lonely world…she took the midnight train going anywhere…

After Kon Pak, Lai, and Father Jun…I draw the line at Chao getting stabbed multiple times! ZING is back and he wants revenge against everyone! Bill and Lee looked so happy, laughing on the porch 😬 They better not kill Chao if they get season 4! So many Asian characters died this season, they better replenish! Hello, Michelle Yeoh??? 🙏🏻 Don’t let the white characters outnumber them!

Finally… the dreaded moment where Ah Sahm has to choose between his sister and the Hop Wei. I figured he would choose Mai Ling. His relationship with Young Jun has been going downhill this season. It’s hard to watch because I understand both of their perspectives. Ah Sahm vs YJ and Hong was equally epic and heartbreaking. None of them took pleasure in that fight, but it was necessary. Ah Sahm knocked both of them out before going to find Mai Ling.

Meanwhile, Mai Ling is defending herself against the Hop Wei. She makes some progress with her gun, but gets overpowered by them. It looked like she might die by drowning, but I didn’t buy it. Ah Sahm and Mai Ling are reunited as they desperately cling to each other. No more Hop Wei and Long Zhii. Li Yong became the leader of his own tong, good for him! Exploring these new dynamics in season 4 will be very interesting. I’ve always understood Mai Ling while not agreeing with all her manipulative schemes. Hitting rock bottom could lead to some sort of redemption for her. Looking forward to it!

Big political changes will definitely endanger Chinatown next season. The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed in 1882, but it might be sooner in the show. Not good when everyone is still divided and fighting each other. Perhaps Ah Sahm, the embodiment of Bruce Lee, will unite them all in the end.

Season 3 had its flaws, but overall it was amazing! I really hope it doesn’t end here, the story and characters have so much potential! Fucking Hollywood studios refusing to pay people fairly 😡😡😡 I saw on Twitter some of the Warrior cast joining the protest too, it’s great! Season 4 of Warrior or we riot!!!

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rhfffas · 1 year

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These 1800s gays they’re trying to murder me 😢😭

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booasaur · 10 months

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Warrior (2019) - 3x01

#warrioredit #warrior cinemax #warrior max #ah toy #nellie davenport #olivia cheng #miranda raison #warrior 3x01 #warrior spoilers #ah toy x nellie #femslash related stuff #about as much of a proposal as they could have #both live enough outside normal society and expectations that they could get away with it #for completely opposite reasons :x #but then I guess her whiteness and wealth weren't enough for nellie either #regardless this is already a lot more than I expected...if nellie survives #for some reason I thought miranda raison would be too busy #I mean she did get literally just this shot in the whole trailer #but if this is gearing up to be a whole arc for the both of them...that would be pretty cool

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ahhhsami · 8 months

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What makes Nellie bisexual? She seems like a lesbian to me

The thing that's great about Nellie is that she could be headcanoned as bisexual or lesbian. She has a history with at least one man (deceased husband) and we don't know any other past relationships. Whether her marriage was out of compulsory heteronormativity, would be the thing that is up for discussion and could determine if she's a lesbian or bisexual. Since that isn't completely clear, I've headcanoned and seen her as bisexual. From what I've seen, Nellie is very much attracted to a person's personality and whether or not they can keep up with her. Being with women isn't unique or new to her, but being with someone who can test her like Ah Toy is.

#nellie davenport #anon #warrior #reply

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dsneybuf91 · 10 months

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Why I Didn't Review Warrior Season Two

The answer goes beyond any discouragement caused by the lack of comments or Twitter Likes on "Warrior Season One Highlights." With the long-awaited third season airing now, I decided to share a longer explanation for failing to fulfill my announcement to cover episodes from every one. This article combines writings from the unfinished "Warrior Season Two Highlights" draft, with sentiments I experienced while watching the first 20 episodes all over again.

Special thanks to people who pushed "Like" and/or "Reblog" on the Tumblr repost of "Warrior Season One Highlights," for assuring me that an audience could exist for my coverage of this show.

Among this season's six directors, two possess Asian heritage, who in total directed three of the 10 episodes. The ones I considered reviewing include "To a Man With a Hammer, Everything Looks Like a Nail" (#16; directed by Vietnamese-American Dustin Nguyen; written by Jonathan Tropper & Brad Kane) and "If You Wait By The River Long Enough" (#17; directed by Anglo-Burmese Omar Madha; written by Kenneth Lin).

The end of Warrior Season One felt like it would've made a satisfactory ending to Ah Sahm's story as a whole. This made it hard for me to tell exactly how much of following seasons' content draws from "The writings of Bruce Lee," and how much came from his successors in the writing staff. The documentary Becoming Warrior strongly suggests that almost all of it came from the latter, but I didn't find the documentary until after my rewatch of Seasons One and Two.

Season Two presents some admirable efforts to flesh out the supporting cast. Some of the most compelling storylines include Young Jun taking over the Hop Wei, and Ah Toy falling in love with vineyard owner Nellie Davenport (Miranda Raison). Regarding new additions to the main cast, new Hop Wei recruit Hong (Chen Tang) manages to endear. His homosexuality delivers a unique reason to depict him as an outcast to both Chinese and non-Chinese, though Ah Sahm and Young Jun both sympathize with and befriend him quickly after his arrival.

One difficulty I experience while attempting to recommend Season Two concerns the misfortunes of every woman who wins Ah Sahm's heart, outside of his family. Fight club owner Rosalita Vega (Puerto Rican Maria-Elena Laas) appeals by carrying out an agenda independent from Ah Sahm's story, and by holding her own in fight scenes. Unfortunately, even though she completes the agenda, her romantic subplot with Ah Sahm concludes with an overly-cruel means of increasing his loneliness in America. Meanwhile, Penny's various struggles come across as a reminder for female viewers to appreciate their 21st century privileges. The hiring of a female director, Dennie Gordon, helped prevent the reminder from feeling too condescending. However, it might still unnerve viewers who feel that women have fewer privileges now than during Warrior's Cinemax run.

By the end of my first viewing of Season Two, an apprehensive part of my mind developed the sense that the writers possibly ran out of ideas for Ah Sahm. Even though he remains important to others in San Francisco, they often threaten to overshadow him. Sometimes, even the show's least interesting characters seemed to receive more screentime than him. In contrast, a more optimistic part of my mind developed the sense that the writers decided to save some compelling ideas for Ah Sahm's story for the future. Even if it took longer than they probably hoped for Warrior to receive a third season, it feels fortunate that they and Andrew Koji could finally bring those ideas to life.

Plug

Violence towards Asian-Americans persists at alarming levels. I would like my readers to donate to The AAPI Community Fund, even if I personally take no share of the funds.

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terrorpenned · 1 year

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TERRORPENNED ––> WIDOWSHILL.

i do a lot of dark shadows posting. sometimes i write.

multimuse featuring gothic media, with an emphasis on the television series dark shadows and disney theme parks. LASCIATE OGNI SPERANZA, VOI CH'ENTRATE. this blog features regular content like murder, suicide, and cannibalism, as well as a narrative background of infidelity, period homophobia, questionable consent, and incest (among other staples of the gothic genre). if any of this is not your speed, this blog may not be for you.

sideblog to emcads (follows back from here, etc). graphic by my beloved @finalslay banner template by @gentlesource. icon by @flameandignite.

typical rp etiquette encouraged. personal blogs, I ask that you don't rb dossiers and ic writing, but other than that, go wild. I'm also liveblogging my ds watch through here, posts will be tagged "ds liveblogging." for convenience <;3

*a special note regarding roger & victoria: this is one of my main ships on this blog & I do want to make it clear I don't write her as elizabeth's daughter. I have a longer write up in v's dossier, but the tldr is i follow the hanscombe storyline with some canon divergences.

DARK SHADOWS - high activity THE LOVER. josette dupres / dark shadows. dossier. tag. ic. fc: vittoria puccini. THE GOVERNESS. victoria winters / dark shadows. dossier. tag. ic. fc: alexandra moltke. alt: diana s.ilvers. arc: mrs. collins. arc: mrs. de winter. THE SAILOR. lieutenant nathan forbes / dark shadows. dossier. tag. fc: joel crothers. alt fc: dan stevens. THE MATRIARCH. elizabeth collins stoddard / dark shadows. dossier. tag. ic. fc: joan bennett. alt fc: helena bonham carter. THE PRODIGAL. roger collins / dark shadows. dossier. tag. ic. fc: louis edmonds. alt fc: jack davenport.

DISNEY PARKS - medium activity THE STARLET. magdalena temor / tower of terror / oc. dossier. tag. fc: gene tierney THE BRIDE. constance arceneaux / the haunted mansion. dossier. tag. fc: dominique mcelligott THE BYRONIC. captain bartholomew gore / the haunted mansion & potc / dossier. tag. ic. fc: toby stephens

OTHER - low activity THE BAKER. nellie lovett / sweeney todd 2023 revival. dossier. tag. fc: cate blanchett. THE SCHOLAR. edith cushing / crimson peak. dossier. tag. fc: mia wasikowska. THE SONGBIRD. cora dawson / the devil's carnival. dossier. tag. fc: lyndon smith. THE PROPRIETRESS. eleanor guthrie. black sails. tag.

NAV edits & art. ds aesthetic tag. memes. rog&v / barnabas&v / burke&v / maxim&v / j&jos / b&jos / r&l&b platonic: rog&liz / rog&carolyn / v&david

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mingus-archives · 9 months

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who are your fav ships in warrior (canon and non-canon)

Honestly I'm p much happy with all ships because I just want to see people going feral over these characters and Warrior like I currently am!

but.....

My personal favs are (as of s3e6):

Canon:

-Mai Ling x Li Yong (ultimate malewife x girlboss pairing)

-Ah Toy x Nellie (anything to make Ah Toy happy bb)

-Hong x Marcel-the singer (they so genuinely happy rn it's making my heart sing)

-Ah Sahm x Yan Mi (I love a woman who can inspire Ah Sahm to use his chaos energy for good)

Non-Canon:

-Ah Sahm x Young Jun (I mean it's right there, they're so obsessed with each other, I love them, every scene that's just them has so much romantic tension istg)

-Ah Sahm x Young Jun x Hong (Hong deserves some love from them too my wonderful cringefail Hop Wei husbands)

-Ah Toy x Mai Ling (just imagine the power they would have + they understand each others' pasts)

-Ah Sahm x Ah Toy (I personally like them better as besties but I like Ah Sahm paired with anyone who could step on me)

-Ah Sahm x Li Yong (so hot + enemies to lovers + it would drive Mai Ling insane)

-Buckley x Jail (someone stop this man)

-Chao x some peace and quiet (after this past ep this man deserves a break)

#warrior #warrior s3e6 #warrior tv #warrior hbomax #warrior hbo #warrior hbo max #warrior max #ah sahm x young jun #im not taggin the rest sorry im eepy #ah sahm #young jun #ah toy #li yong #mai ling #nellie davenport #hong #marcel #yan mi

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