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quotidian-oblivion · 7 months

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DC Villains - Bats and Flashes

Okay, so I got an ask from @sardonic-sprite about the DC ask game over here. And since the answer to one of her questions was too long, I decided to put it on a separate post.

48. Favorite villain?

I overthink questions like these.

I'm debating between Joker and Thawne.

I like Joker as a character and a villain cuz out of all of Gotham's rogue gallery, he is the only one who has managed to get on Bruce's nerves permanently and properly. I like his character because he truly is insane and it is that psychological state of mind that makes him scary rather than material things like power, money or crime.

He is the only one who can truly understand Batman. But that's the catch, he can understand Batman where others cannot, but he can't understand Bruce while others can.

And I love the fact (in one of the canons) that if only a little bit had changed, then Bruce and Joker would be leading each other's paths.

I love how Joker knows the exact spots to hit to hurt Bruce. The exact people in the exact ways.

Which is why Joker hates Tim's Robin the most because he's the only Robin which Joker couldn't use to hurt. This is different to Joker Junior from Batman: TAS/Batman Beyond. I'm talking about Robin II: Joker's Gone Wild arc. When Tim was in his beginning stages of Robin and Bruce had to go somewhere so it was mainly him busting crime in the city with Alfred driving him around (it was so cute, I love them <33). Then Joker decided to take a stroll and he stumbled across Tim and was furious because didn't he kill the bird brat?

He tried to hurt Tim and kill him again like Jason, but Timmy was smart enough and cautioned enough from Jason's story to stay on his toes and guard. Which enraged Joker because Robin was Batman's biggest weakness and he couldn't hurt and exploit Batman's weakness. And that just destroyed his only purpose which was to hurt Batman.

And I love that - that Tim is smart enough, but also more careful which makes him the best person to face Joker out of the Robins. Dick can't cuz he's too blinded by fury and emotion. Jason can't cuz... trauma. Steph can't because she just cannot understand the Joker. And Damian can't because though he may be able to defeat the Joker and kill him, he's not careful enough and a biiiiiit over his head with confidence.

But Tim has the perfect position. He learned from Jason's tale. He's the closest to Batman in psyche, but different enough which means that he can understand Joker in a way the others can't and can figure out the madman's weaknesses and strengths. And he doesn't have any direct connection to the Joker. With all this combined - yeah, he's awesome.

(This is excluding the JJ arc which i love and adore and cherish with all my heart btw)

There's also a bit of a Smeagol factor here, though Smeagol is considerably better in terms of crimes. So yeah, the Joker is a good villain character. He's scary because he is insane and truly, genuinely, honestly does not know the difference between right and wrong because he has his own right and wrong.

But Eobard Thawne... ooooooh Reverse-Flash. Love that guy (as a villain and as a character). My favorite portrayals of him are in Justice League: Flashpoint and in The Flash CW show (only in the first 4-5ish seasons and especially in the first season).

I like how he can get under Barry's skin too. And he is the only rogue out of all the Flash's rogue gallery who has been able to truly and completely get on his nerves. Barry was ready to murder this bitch sooo many times. I love how he knows exactly what Barry will hate and exactly how to defeat him and stay one step ahead of him.

I'm still unsure of his motives though, cuz I think it has been retconned a lot? Or at least, it hasn't fully developed. I only know that Barry did something to him in the future and that's why he doesn't like Barry, but I think that's not a good enough motive to warrant all the horrible, horrible things he has done to Barry. Mainly in the JL Flashpoint movie.

God- that movie is so fucking good. Jsjdhiwiajrwh My favorite scene without a doubt is the letter Thomas left to Bruce. Just- skdndjiwiejdw.

My other favorite scene is the final battle between Barry and Eobard. Barry is so overcome with emotion there and Eobard is just... he is one step ahead of him in every race, every battle, every move. He knows which spots to hit, physically and emotionally. And I love that.

I love villains who understand their heroes so well. I would love for the heroes to also understand their enemies as well or just a touch below, so that there could be this little balance, but eh, you can't always get what you want.

The second worst thing (the first worst thing is him messing with Barry's family) that Eobard has done to Barry is what made him as good a hero as he is now - and that is a key reason why I love their hero-villain dynamic. His mother's death. It was one of the most painful moments for Barry. Mom gone, dad arrested. And yet- he rose from that and became the Flash we all love today.

I guess to answer the question, after much speculation... I'm gonna say Eobard Thawne is my favorite villain. I haven't even covered the absolute genius of a plot that was Season 1 of The Flash. Just- *chef's kiss*. But I'm gonna say Eobard Thawne because Joker is a lost cause who cannot make any sense at all. Which I adore because it is such a total opposite of Batman who makes sense of everything. And- I adore that dynamic!

But it doesn't stop me from having a special place in my heart for my blorbos the batboys WHO HAVE SUFFERED SO MUCH AT THE MADMAN'S HAND LIKE- JASON CROWBAR- TIM JOKER JUNIOR- SJDIFJWODJFNWJFWOIDJR

So yeah, because I am an extremely biased person who yields to my favoritism urges towards the batkids being alive, I'm choosing Eobard Thawne as my favorite DC villain.

Hey, I did say I overthink these sort of questions.

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egophiliac · 9 months

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swipes everything else off of the table to yell about diasomnia flower bookmarks

(I gave Silver one too :D)

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #white rabbit festival #me: oh boy i wonder what excitement will happen in this new part #characters: now it is time to buy souvenirs :)#me: oh god #jk jk even when the filler is kind of painful i do enjoy the little character moments #like everyone screaming as loud as they can into silver's watch #deuce busting out his suzy izzard impression #SMASH IT WITH A HAMMER!#and of course silver assigning flowers to the other dias and getting all sappy over lilia. god. delicious.#you don't understand this ten second long scene is everything to me #though we all know the real highlight #the knowledge that 1) deuce used to have an extremely silly edgy badass nickname #2) he almost certainly gave it to himself #3) he harassed epel's extended family to the point that they told horror stories about him and he was briefly epel's personal idol #epel: i heard he once killed three men with but a look #deuce: what no i never...i mean...ha ha sounds weird nothing a model student like me would know about #also deuce: if you fuckers don't apologize to my mom right now i'll fucking kill all of you (sees dilla) uhhh i mean #deuce: i challenge you to a children's game #black bunnies leader: (strapping on his duel disk) i accept #meanwhile silver is running full speed at a group of children screaming to them about donuts #we aren't going to talk about what ortho did with that fantasy-gregg's sausage roll #so glad that we've reached the 'what the heck is even happening' portion of the event #anyway i completely screwed up the resolution of these so here's hoping they don't look terrible!#whoops!

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skania · 2 years

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Suigetsu's obviously loosely based on this moment right here since he's turning into water, but he gets to keep his clothes on.

Meanwhile poor Karin unzipped her shirt for one second to try and save Sasuke's life, and that's what they go with?

The disrespect 😂 The least they could've done is keep Suigetsu naked up there to make things even.

#taka #karin uzumaki #uzumaki karin #team taka #it's so sad it's hilarious #on the upside juugo and sasuke and suigetsu get to look like badasses even though they got their asses kicked throughout the fight #AND they all look absolutely gorgeous while doing so too #now if only we could fix Karin the statue would be god's work #fandom: naruto #seriously though it's a l w a y s the female characters lmao

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magioffire · 2 years

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i just saw a really good post talking about how its kinda unfair to expect everyone to cow down to your muse just because they are powerful and roleplay has never worked like that where everyone is just expected to be submissive towards another muse just because they are evil/powerful/whatever. or they will purposely misinterpret aspects of your muse to make theirs look better or?? something. like. fucking earn the respect and fear.

#i s2g if i see one more post thats like 'respect muses of power uwuwuwu' im gonna throw up #like roleplay is a two way street #i would argue respect and fear like that towards a character has to be earned.#you cant just thanos snap your fingers and have everyone either bow down or die #esp on tumblr where...other people also have powerful muses #disregarding another person's muse's abilities and strengths just to make yours seem more badass is something i see all the time #people completely and purposely misinterpreting aspects of your muse to make their own muse seem like the powerful and 'cool' one #like this is why even though vali is a super high threat and has crazy abilities i always give everyone a chance to get one up on him #because while hes powerful hes not omnipotent #but at the same time i would appreciate it if people at least.....ACKNOWLEDGED? THAT HES DANGEROUS? LOL #because im always over here having vali acknowledge the danger of other characters and there are times where its like #'lol who is this skinny mage who cant even lift up a sword' like what where who---?#are we looking at the same character here??#skinny?? weak?? hes 200 pounds and half of that is muscle wtf--#but sure change around aspects of my character to suit yourself LMFAOOO #all im saying is its not as fun for it to be a constant dick measuring contest #the only dick measuring contests i approve of are the ones where we're making fun and laughing at our muses fighting in an ooc chat #otherwise it just kinda feels like...uh?#idk ive had a few interactions where people used ic conflict as an excuse to say what they really feel about vali as a character and its #usually not very nice at all LOL #like damn i didnt know yall despised vali that much hes just a little guy damn.

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alleybats-cat · 1 year

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Considering the city's DA died in The Batman, I imagine Harvey Dent will be in the second Reeves Batman movie.

#he should be played by christian and not become two-face until movie 3 btw #i think it would be neat to have a whole movie w Harvey Dent and not have him become two-face until the next movie :)#harvey dent deserves to be a good man and want to change gotham for the better and be pals w the waynes and understand batmans mission #i want to see badass lawyer harvey dent who helps mayor bella real to show real change in gotham #it would be sweet (well. it would be terrible really but) to see two-face kinda destroying his own progress. i mean . wait no bc tbats.#well. narratively? you feel me? but i suppose what i really eant too is reeves to have the audacity to let characters chanfe #if we see harley ever i want her to be herself. dr harleen quinzel. and by herself i mean unaffected by the joker #a good therapist who also helps the city and is trusted by bruce AND batman.#i really just wanna see harley and bruce being friends #also!!!! single dad bruce!!!!!#sigh. i have lots of wants for the next movie and probably none will happen.#matt reeves of anyone on the team for this movie uh if you see this and use it can i uh get $100 and credit and uuuuh a ticket to the #premiere please. thanks :)#maybe more than $100 but . n... we can talk about that later.#lol anywho #harvey dent #two face #no really i dont know much about harvey but please for the love of god let people be good and acheive their goals and then crash n burn #yanno? ok. im done now

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theavatarspirit · 2 years

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prayer circle for pike to spend most of 1x07 captured and knocked out while una gets to fight space pirates

#i just would like una do actually get to do something for once #let her be captain!!!!! and a badass!!!! and save the day!!!! while pike can be the damsel in distress #he would be a fantastic damsel and he would love it we all know #it really is funny (concerning) how they advertised this show with number one being one of the main characters #and one of the three crossover characters from disco #like all the promo footage is of the three of them #and nobody knows what to do with her #half of the episodes I’m like ????? is Rebecca romjin even in Mississauga for filming?????#anyway. i think twould be neat #lydia rambles #snw spoilers #strange new worlds

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bumbleblurr · 1 year

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I gotta hold myself accountable to when I'm making content that's not really based on canon at all, so I remain self aware & whatnot, but I still occasionally think things like "but blurr should be arcee's number one fan 🥺.... bc i said so........"

#🐝 could you repeat the last part? 🟦#i make a good effort to stay self aware bc i dont want to lost in fanon delusion. i cant let that happen to me #also it would be hypocritical of me to go ''i dislike this fanon it has no basis in canon''#when i also like making up shit if it's interesting #so i make it clear that im just picky abt hcs and stuff like that #for me to enjoy them they gotta contribute something interesting to the source material but not come out of left field #and i dont rlly care for edgy stuff if it doesnt rlly serve much purpose #so i dont rlly care for hcs like ''bee is ACTUALLY megatrons great nephew once removed !!!!!!!!!!!!''#they do nothing for me i just go ''man i dont care'' and turn around #like thats just personal taste though and im a notoriously particular & picky person so. who cares what i think u get what i mean #though u should care abt arcee fanboy blurr bc its good and awesome alright /hj #IT THINK ITS FUN AND CONTRIBUTES AN INTERESTING TAKE ON CANON ...#bc blurr admiring arcee 1) makes sense bc arcee is genuinely a badass & literally worked in the same division he does #2) brings more focus to the parallel between them about how they got seriously injured in ways that impact their most notable qualities #(arcee having her memories wiped when her mind is one of her most important qualities as a school teacher & intel agent)#(blurr having his body damaged & handicapped when speed achieved by his physical athletic ability is a defining part of his character)#3) solidarity in that trauma baby. and arcee can be blurr's gramama (applause amazing brilliant we love to see it)#and also who doesnt love to see blurr having girlbosses idols. arcee inspires him to be a girlboss too #see this is how ridiculous i am i have to have these detailed thoughts abt hcs i cant just go stupid #no i cant change this about myself btw #i am pretentious at heart i have to be like this with media i enjoy #but still i always try to indicate that i am aware that my hcs are just fan interpretations of stuff so i dont like #accidentally come off as me forcing my ideas of canon onto other ppl like. this is just my lego city that im building i know of my bullshit #though i still do draw deep lines for things like . blurr being social (shudders)

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ladymononoke · 1 year

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if canon won’t develop the “long and poorly understand” history of the byakugō no in and all the potential it can have then I will

#springclimaxtxt #naruto #boruto #they really gave us that tease in boruto about a long and misunderstood history #and left it at that #i bet if it was a male character with the byakugō we would get a badass backstory for it #but anyway #I’m writing a fic #it’s sasusaku ofc #and bamf sakura #dark bamf sakura #bc kishimoto was a coward #but I’m not #writing

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insertcoolnameherethanks · 10 months

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My one fear is that ST5 does go back in time and no one remembers, therefore Steve is still King Steve and loses the friendships he's made with the kids and Robin

#Like dont get me wrong I love King Steve type media BUT THE CHARACTER GROWTH WILL BE GONE #bad ending right there v bad ending #“Well at least he's alive” no. Shut up #I am that no fear one fear tshirt guy #Robin walks past and Steve gets a confused look like SOMETHING is off but he doesn't know what #Then proceeds to let his friends bully her??? I actually will riot #“But that means they can save Eddie and Barb” BRO BARB GOING rip Barb IS NANCY'S WHOLE ARC #SHE WOULD NEVER BE THE BADASS BITCH SHE IS IF BARB DIDNT GO rip Barb forever will be missed #LIKE YOU THINK LIL MISS STRAIGHT A NANCY WHEELER IS GONNA HAVE GUNS IN HER ROOM AND GO AGAINST THE GRAIN?#NAH SHE GONNA BRING HOMEMADE STUDY CARDS #I LOVE EDDIE JUST AS MUCH AS THE NEXT PERSON and I do think it was unnecessary to kill him off #Because they can say “oh its growth for Dustin's character” we've already seen a lot of growth for his character #It made no sense to do it and didn't further the plot and literally everyone seemed to forget 2 seconds later (ya other things were happeni #But like you mean to tell me no one but Dustin told Wayne????)#Duffers said we originally wanted to kill Steve off and regret we didn't so we're gonna create someone JUST to kill off #Like every death makes sense to the plot and to further the plot except his and yes I can go into detail BUT I WONT #BACK TO STEVE BABY #This is quite literally the worst thing for his character if they make him grow so much snd become loved #Just to put him back into asshole douchebag status (of course I would still let him get it rip to u but im different)#Like honestly that's worse then death for him and if Duffers are doing that???#Duffers its gonna be ON SIGHT #You will catch these hands #Steve Harrington #Stranger Things #Stranger Things s5 #Stranger Things thoughts #King Steve Harrington #Hello I'm speaking here

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orbdotexe · 11 months

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Hmmm.

Timeline wise for Exile, I can kind of see them stalking Crow once they hear about him taking on their old duties and such, which could possibly be blue they hear about Shadowkeep?

BUT I also wouldn’t be surprised if they genuinely had no idea he existed until he started seeking them out.

I was drawn between Wolf actually stalking Crow, and them hearing about him through either Drifter (who acts a lot like an info broker for them), or being tapped into some comms and hearing someone crack a joke about there being a new Young Wolf - which would, obviously, tick Exile off severely. And not just because they're being replaced so easily.

And since Crow doesn't take to trying to find Wolf until Cayde talks to him about them in BL, it gives Wolf time to figure out his place in all this and for them to pin down just who he is.

But I think a combination could work on Wolf's discovery? They hear about Crow first through some fireteam's comms they're eavesdropping on, and ask Drifter about it the next time the two of them meet, and then they start stalking Crow.

I think, when Crow learns about how they knew he was being used as their stand-in, he'd be... a little off-put. I mean, this Guardian's absolutely feral. I think, before he truly gets a grasp of who they are and warms up to them, he'd certainly be quite. nervous. about catching their eye like that, and might feel like he just barely dodged a bullet?

I mean, I wouldn't blame someone if they thought being stalked by someone who was absolutely feral was out of anger at that person. So... maybe Crow'd think he might've been in danger for awhile? Before he realizes they were worried, not angry?

Because I think Wolf would tell him early on, before you could call the two of them friends, probably, so he'd be in that spot where he would know they had been stalking him but where he'd be trying to understand them during their next meetings.

And there was definitely a short period of time between Mara asking him and Cayde to go find them and Crow actually meeting them for the first time, where they'd be dancing around each other. Crow probably caught glimpses of them from a distance, just staring him down, before disappearing again since they didn't want him to follow their steps.

#*writes an essay about Crow and Wolf's dynamics in Exile*#Crow has a feral buddy who he used to have a healthy amount of fear for #what a trip would it be if we made this Crow/Wolf. or did we already do that?#i have no idea! but also my brain autocorrects to Crow/Wolf in everything I write so #orb rambles #the forsaken exile #also i like to think that. since Crow is taking up Wolf's mantle. that he's getting training from a lil bit of everyone #like Wolf did! which i feel like he did. a little. in canon #but since he's playing Hero now. he needs *more*?#also he's being directed by Cayde and Wolf. so #Exile Crow could beat Canon Crow's ass i think #he's a bit more badass now!#Crow is no longer a little meow meow. a sopping wet kitten.#now he's a sopping wet *adult* cat #character growth! pong!

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musical-chick-13 · 1 year

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I know I complain about this just. So much. And I’m sorry, like even I’m starting to get annoyed with myself, but I’m just so tired of how, pretty much unless a work is SOLELY populated with ONLY female characters, when it comes to who people spend their time on in fandom, overwhelmingly without fail, they will pick a (white, conventionally attractive) man at every turn.

#what do I have to do! what do I have to do to get people to care about women!!! what do I have to do to prevent people from saying #'I want her to die violently in [obviously-gendered way]'!!!!!#like my god I'm pretty sure that the only reason a man isn't going to win my tournament is because I limited it to female characters lmao #like yeah obviously fiction isn't real life and fandom isn't activism but you still uh. carry your biases from real life into your hobbies #those biases don't magically go away just because you're doing something fun???#as evidenced by the way people treat the REAL LIFE ACTRESSES who play these supposedly Irredeemable™ characters #(or who play characters who are '''in the way''' of a man doing something)#(thinking of that one guilty feminist podcast episode where they talked about how works centered around men frequently let the men #be the 'story movers' and the women are the 'story wreckers.' in the sense that they try to dissuade the men from doing Badass (read: Cool #Morally Grey) things)'#(and then there's the shipping dimension which. the less I say about that the better"#In the Vents #like. do you know why noir only has female centric works/analysis/content/whatever? THERE ARE LITERALLY NO MEN IN THE SHOW #(not in ANYTHING resembling a major capacity anyway. not that anyone would watch an installment of something called the 'girls with #guns trilogy' if they weren't looking for female characters. but. still)#HOW ARE WE AT THE POINT WHERE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO AVOID THIS

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swagging-back-to · 3 months

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thinking about how much better toh wouldve been if dana was a normal person who didnt subscribe to gendie bullshit

#raine as a character; great. love it. overthrow that government. king.#raine after dana tried to say hes nonbinary and or gnc; stupid. old. dusty. smelly. decaying. loser. sexist. abusive male. manipulative male #that one 'enbie'girl before dana; cute. amazing representation for gap teeth and gnc women. witchy. spooky. would let her step on me #after dana enbified her; gross. can smell the bacteria under those nails a mile away #frog face #sexist #internalized misogyny #like cmonnn dude #we couldve gotten lesbian eda and bi camila.#but instead they made eda straught #bitch.#eda is.NOT. FUCKING STRAUGHT #look me in the eyes #eda. is. not. straight.#eda is a flaming fucking lesbian badass hot mama and youre trying to pair her with a shitty ass moid who broke up with her #BECAUSE SHES BADASS???? and cursed but like #thats an afterthought #no!!!!#get out #you dont own these characters anymore I do #raine is just some loser fucking moid.who took eda for granted and then when he sees her with a loving eife and adopted children #he gets jealous and tries to be like oooh no i love your badass harpy mode even tho it was THE REASON I BROKE UP WITH YOU #fuck raine #but noooooooooo #god forbid

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celibibratty · 3 months

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to us is all crazy😂

Horror game to me/us is ps2 finding nemo game

Rage game is ps2 survival horror games

#I not even curse(d) when i play(ed) s1fu😤✨#The only phases in s1fu that made rage a littleee bit were this jinfeng and this yang boss at first time🙄...#But was because i feel for our main characters and this two taunts are so cruel and mean(poor w0man and m4n)that mades me want to kill them #So good💢(but they were too hard at first)#reflection #The finding nemo game was soooo hard for us to Platinum i got even sick(my Head hurted a lot i almost vomit in the day with that ball phase #The ball bugged in a hole I had to do all over again That game was a torture😂(we found hard as kids and it continued being hard as adults)#We finished this rule of rose and kuon in this days(kuon today)i cursed/raged a lot playing(specially at the main characters)both this game #I get so mad💢 the type of mad that makes me punch my leg or sofa of rage(and i punch my leg so hard that gets a little Hurt😅💦)#I feeling like a badass for having played those games without no fear💪✨(mostly on night)okay that i was with Marina🙄...#But even if i was alone i think i would play normaly😤Come on they are not scary just weird

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sokkas-therapist · 3 months

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Can I speak on another hot take (maybe) that I’ve been sitting on

I haven’t seen anyone else on tumblr bring this up yet but it was the first thing I noticed with the shots we get from Kyoshi Island…

Why is Sokka not in the dress??? Or the makeup????? He’s still in his regular clothes, and this is a pretty clear shot of them during his training. In the og series, Suki made him change before she started teaching him anything because it was important to her that if he was to learn the combat skills used by the Kyoshi warriors, he also had to respect their traditions and uniform. It wasn’t just a silly “haha they made the misogynistic guy wear a dress” moment, it was a sign of respect for the Kyoshi warriors, their sacred traditions, and Avatar Kyoshi herself. So why is he not doing that???

Aside from Suki rightfully kicking sokka’s ass in this episode and beating the misogyny out of him, a large message in this episode was the fact that Sokka was deconstructing his misguided enforcement of gender roles by going directly against them and wearing and dress and makeup, even if it was part of a warrior uniform.

At first I thought “ok, maybe they’re just doing things in a different order” but no. In the trailer we see a shot of Suki and Sokka fighting side by side like they did at the end of the original episode, and even then Sokka is still in his regular clothes. It just looks like he’s wearing the top layer of Kyoshi warrior armor over his regular clothes since they’re in a battle.

I really hate this because not only is it disrespecting their traditions, but it also makes Suki’s character seem like a push over for allowing him to stay in his regular clothes while simultaneously utilizing their armor. Her original character was a total badass, and had such a powerful spirit that Sokka willingly bowed down to, so she would have never let him get away with that.

Another reason to be skeptical of the live action </3

#sokka #Suki #atla #avatar #avatar the last airbender #kyoshi warrior #avatar kyoshi #avatar live action #atla netflix #avatar netflix

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bookdragonideas · 27 days

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Here's the thing. I'm a girl, and as a girl, I really like it when girls are portrayed in fiction. Especially fantasy.

But so much fiction/fantasy mixes up 'girls' with 'unstoppable forces of female badass' and there's not necessarily anything wrong with having a character who is an 'unstoppable forces of female badass'. But it gets old real quick. And it is not the same as portraying normal girls, or having good female characters.

And that's one of the many reasons I love Avatar the Last Airbender.

Because all the girl characters have flaws and weaknesses and sometimes act like idiots or jerks. They get emotional and make mistakes. They lose fights or arguments or are just wrong sometimes. Some of them are amazing warriors, and some aren't. Some are powerful or special and some are normal, with nothing special about them.

And I Love that.

I was around the same age as Katara when I first watched Atla. And I instantly connected with her as a character. I loved her optimistic attitude and her fighting spirit. And I could relate with her anger, and with her maternal instinct. I admired her fighting skills of course, but I loved how the show portrayed her compassion and kindness, the way she could both beat up a bunch of bullies AND enjoy a relaxing day at the spa. She was a baddass warrior that should never be crossed. But she was also a normal teenage girl who had a lot of the same internal struggles and problems that I did.

(I never connected to Toph on the same level, but I did relate to her on a few things. She's an adorable trash gremlin who would commit any crime for fun and I love that. But she struggles with being both independent and letting people help her, and I still struggle with that sometimes. I've learned that sometimes, you can help others by letting them help you.)

Yue is, in my opinion, a perfect example of a type of hero that seems to be disappearing. She is not a warrior. She is not a fighter. She's not even a bender.

Yue is a perfect princess, a perfect daughter. She is extremely feminine in a rather older sense.

And she was the only one who could save the world. She gave up everything for her people. She saved everything, everyone, the entire world. Without ever becoming a fighter.

Yue is a perfect example of a girl who was never more than a girl, and how that's okay. Not every girl has to be rough and tumble and fight for her rights in order to change everything. Sometimes it's okay to just be a quiet obedient girly girl. Sometimes that's all it takes to be a hero.

And I love that. Yue is strong in her own way. She is unique and interesting. She appears in only a few episodes and yet manages to be one of my favorite characters.

Song is another great example of this. Song is a healer in a small town. We don't see much of her but we see her compassion and empathy. She is gentle and generous. A healer not a fighter.

She watches Zuko steal her ostrich horse and does nothing.

Is that because she's kind and generous and knows he needs it more? Or is it because she's a healer girl who knows she can't actually stop those two from taking the horse? Maybe neither, maybe both. I have always thought that the scene where Zuko steals the horse and only the audience knows she saw it is one of the most thought-provoking in the series.

Suki is a badass warrior woman who is an awesome fighter and good leader. She is one of the best non bender fighter we see in the entire show. She was one of the smartest, most efficient, and powerful characters we ever saw.

She kissed a boy she had just met because she thought he was cute.

Now don't get me wrong I love SokkaxSuki. Its one of the best couples in the show.

But Suki totally did the old 'love at first sight' thing. And that is awesome. Because when she kisses him she delivers one of the best lines, not only from her, but, I think, in the entire show.

"I AM a warrior, but I'm a girl too."

Being a warrior doesn't mean that she isn't also a teenage girl. She might be a fighter, but she still gets crushes and likes to flirt with cute boys. And hey, she picked a good one. Not every boy is going to come break you out of prison.

Anyways, let's have more realistic girls in fiction. And please enjoy the next 24 hours.

#bookdragonideas #atla #katara #suki #yue #princess yue #avatar the last airbender

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What we know about Goncharov so far:

PRODUCED by Scorsese, but DIRECTED by Matteo JWHJ 0715, get it right.

Robert De Niro, Al Pacino star, along with Cybill Shepherd. Released in 1973.

About Soviets in Naples dealing with the mob. Greatest mafia movie ever made, natch.

Ice Pick Joe is under rated.

Homoeroticism between Goncharov and Andrey is extremely popular in the modern day, bordering on explicit text and desire even through their rivalry and sublimated competing for Katya.

Katya is underused in the movie, and is a complicated character who is both the femme fatale, the center of a love triangle between Goncharov and Andrey, Goncharov’s wife, and also manipulating everyone.

There’s also a scene where Katya kisses Sofia? Tumblr lesbians go crazy.

Had political undertones and commentary, possibly about the failures of the Soviet Union, or leftist ideology vs. realpolitik.

Is over three hours long and kinda slow at times. Violent. Not as easy to watch as the memes and shipping would have you believe.

However conversely film bros who reduce to a badass gangster movie are missing so so much.

Has clock symbolism. Themes of how the characters are trapped in cycles of violence, revenge, hubris, tragedy. Lots of Catholic imagery.

Snubbed at awards, lack of official releases has turned it into a bit of lost media, despite how influential it was.

There have been talks of sequels/remakes through the years but nothing has ever come of it.

#Goncharov #goncharov (1973)

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