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I dont care if the whole world hates her, I will stand strong in my love for her

I don't care how cool it is to hate on KFP4, I think Chammy is very neat.

#kung fu panda 4 #kung fu panda #kfp chameleon #the chameleon #the chameleon kung fu panda 4 #kfp 4

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i struggle so much with drawing his face and head consistently so hopefully this helps me figure him out a bit better LOL

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THIS ACTUALLY GOES HARD, HELLO?!

the killerrrrrr /ref

jokes aside this guy’s a personification of death, part of my ocverse with Eel and another oc i need to remake… i just dont feel like focusing on those guys rn BUT one day i will flesh them out more lol

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This is the only rewrite of The Chameleon that I actually like, and the only one I aprove (yeah I read the last part buddy dw)

The Chameleon rewritten! or smth

Idk she was probably from a rich family and was a spoiled prick

One day she learned about Kung Fu and said "Me"

She said "I'M GOING TO BE SUCH A COOL AND POWERFUL KUNG FU MASTER AND YOU ALL ARE GOING TO CRY SOO BAD FR🔥🔥💯💯" and left the palace.

When she went to her first Kung Fu class it went like this:

Kung Fu Master: "If u want to learn Kung Fu you need to read and practice-" Chameleon:"I want to hit really hard" Kung Fu master: "Yeah but you need to discover your own style-" Chameleon:"That would take too long" Kung Fu master: "I mean, your size doesn't help and you don't even have like, something to actually use in combat, so-" Chameleon: "ARE YOU /SRS??? THERE IS LITERALLY A CHICKEN HERE" Kung Fu Master: "He has been here for 2 years and he still-" Chameleon: "U KNOW? FUCK ALL OF U I'M OUT OF HERE AND YOU ALL WILL BE THE FIRST ONES I'LL KILL WHEN I COME BACK!!11!1! 🖕🖕🖕"

Then she learned sorcery in a "How to Magic for Dummies 101" book and she said "Actually this is cooler than Mid Fu" and yeah

(I actually like The Chameleon, as much as possible tbh, and this is a /hj post so don't take it as a hate post please :B)

#kfp #kung fu panda #the chameleon #shes so cute #she is just a girl #kfp 4 #kfp chameleon #rewrite #or smth #she is a girlfailure #this is kind of a joke

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Keep speaking facts, I beg you

MY opinion to The Chameleon

MY first version is CHINESE so I share my opinion by CHINESE. Also have ENGLISH version, BUT might not express myself well, English isn't my native language. IF you like this opinion, you can consider both the Chinese and English versions together.

the chameleon-魅影妖后

zhen-小真

其实我还蛮欣赏妖后的，除了畸形母女情戳中我的点还有一个原因是，她和其他三位的反派立意感不太一样，她面对的困境与片子里同样的学武的���性角色也不一样。

虎妞和小蛇尽管都是女性，但是一个有师傅和种族力量，一个有种族敏捷和武侠家庭背景，她们在武学这条路上社会身份（师门）和自身素质（天赋/能力）足以忽略性别（社会主流男性视角）带来的不平等，因此不会太难。从设定上来说妖后是一个没有背景、瘦弱的女性不被主流武学承认学习武术的能力和天份，所以另辟蹊径自学变形、幻术（法术？魔法？总之是魔法攻击）。三无身份不被主流接受，所以用其他方式做大做强，蜥妃回宫。如果她不是一个反派，一定会拿励志剧本的，一个从底层爬起来的女性！（这告诉我们不要在一件事上死磕，通过别的方式也能达到想要的目的，虽然我们在功夫的世界，但是我们也可以追求其他东西）

与其他三位反派相比较，妖后的设定上就会发现她其实站在一个男性（包括传统武侠）视角的对立面，她的地位在男性视角下是不受尊重的，她的身形在男性视角下是弱小的，她的性别在男性视角下是客体。一个不能被男性社会接纳、认可的女性，要么顺从社会运转的思维，甘愿成为一个客体，要么就是反抗，把自己变成主体——这样就会有两条路，要么打出专属女性的道路，要么就是变成一个拥有女性身体的男人。（我认为妖后这两条路在剧情塑造下算是融合在一块了）她攻击了每一个反派，一方面是剧情需要，另一方面算是对男性主体的世界外表层面反驳。之所以说是外表层面，因为她的变形借用其实也说明她还是认可男性主体这件事的，她没有完成真正意义上的反驳。 但这不意味着妖后这个角色很败笔，她还是展现出了其他反派相对稀缺的独立性。大龙、沈王爷、天煞将军他们其实都在复仇-获取认可，经历了他人对自己带来了巨大创伤之后做出回击，他们在情感上都有非常强烈的对具体他者的执念性。

妖后其实没有这种对具体他者的执念性，她在情感上独立，她要做的事情是来源于自我意志的，她没有上者（大龙与师傅、沈王爷与父母/羊仙姑）和同辈（天煞与乌龟）的情感纠葛，唯一有情感关系性的下者小真，也是她的自我的投射。她对小真的愤怒表层是背叛，深层是来源于自我投射的偏离。因为社会主流男性视角，习惯将女性作为客体，现代社会女性拥有了主体的权力，但客体的身份属性仍然在身上，使得女性在这样的情况下拥有主体和客体的双重视角。对妖后来说，小真作为客体是养女，作为主体是曾经的她。所以说妖后是自恋的，不允许自我意志受到外界的倾轧，她所欣赏的自始自终都是她自己。

尽管KFP4的故事不尽如人意，可是一个独立的、拥有自我意志的、自恋的底层爬起来的女性，怎么让人不心动呢？

Actually, I quite admire the the chameleon. Besides resonating with the theme of the twisted mother-daughter relationship, there's another reason: her characterization differs from the other three villains. The challenges she faces and her response to them diverge from those of other female martial artists depicted in the film.

While Tigress and Viper are both female characters, one possesses a master and racial abilities, and the other has racial agility and comes from a martial arts family background. Their social status (martial arts sect) and personal qualities (talent/abilities) are sufficient to overlook the gender-based inequalities (from the mainstream male perspective) on the path of martial arts. Hence, their journey isn't too difficult. In terms of setup, the chameleon is portrayed as a backgroundless, frail woman whose ability and talent in martial arts are not recognized by the mainstream martial arts community. Therefore, she takes a different path, self-studying shapeshifting and magic( magical attacks). With no recognized status, she seeks other means to gain power and influence, eventually returning to the palace as the Lizard Consort. If she weren't a villain, her story would likely be an inspirational script about a woman rising from the bottom! (This teaches us not to be fixated on one thing; we can achieve our goals through other means. Even in the world of martial arts, we can pursue other things.)

Compared to the other three antagonists, the chameleon characterization reveals that she actually stands in opposition to a male (including traditional arts) perspective. Her status is not respected, her physique is seen as weak, and her gender is objectified from the male perspective. A woman who isn't accepted or acknowledged by male society must either conform to societal norms and become an object or rebel and assert herself as a subject. This presents two paths: either carving out a path exclusive to women or becoming a man with a female body. (I believe the chameleon embodies both paths in the narrative.) Her attack for each villain is partly due to the plot's needs and partly a rebuttal to the male-dominated world on the surface. This rebuttal is superficial because her use of shapeshifting implies her acceptance of the male-dominated society; she hasn't truly opposed it.

However, this doesn't mean the chameleon is a failure as a character; she still exhibits independence, which is relatively rare among the other antagonists. Tai Lung, Lord Shen, and General Kai are all driven by revenge - seeking acknowledgment and retaliating after suffering immense trauma caused by others. They all have strong emotional attachments to specific individuals. The chameleon, on the other hand, lacks this attachment to specific individuals; her actions stem from her own will. She doesn't have emotional entanglements with superiors (Tai Lung with his master, Lord Shen with his parents/Sheep Elder) or peers (General Kai with Master Oogway), and her only emotional connection is with zhen, who is a projection of herself. Her anger towards zhen is superficially about betrayal but fundamentally stems from her deviation from her self-projection. Due to the male-dominated perspective, which habitually objectifies women, modern women possess the power of subjectivity but still carry the attributes of objects, giving them a dual perspective of subjectivity and objectivity. For the chameleon, zhen represents both an object (as a foster daughter) and a subject (as her former self). Thus, the chameleon is narcissistic, refusing to let her self-will be crushed by external forces, and everything she admires ultimately reflects herself.

Despite the shortcomings of KFP4's story, how can one not be drawn to an independent, self-willed, narcissistic woman who rises from the bottom?

#kung fu panda #the chameleon #kung fu panda4 #kfp 4 #kfp #kungfupanda

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Chameleon looks like she wanted to beat Zhen's ass from a long time ago but now she had the chance and the ways to do it

Zhen vs The Chameleon

#kfpedit #kfp zhen #zhen #the chameleon #kung fu panda #kfp #kungfupandaedit

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The Chameleon in Chinese Culture

The Chameleon actually resonates with Chinese people.

Firstly, China has a very famous empress named 武则天（Wu Zetian）The chameleon appearance is very similar to this empress in Chinese TV dramas. (Interested parties can search for it.)

Wu zetian in the history image

Secondly, the patterns on her body. Her patterns are derived from Chinese bronzes. Bronzes are the representatives of Chinese culture and technology in the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, with a special social status, and are the products of a strict hierarchical system. Chinese bronzes first appeared around 5000 BC and spanned a history of about 3,000 years. The first empress and the earliest dynasties, these two ideas have a strong impact on Chinese people. But her clothing is in a male style rather than female.

I'm not sure if it's intentional by the production team or if they've researched to that extent. This might be related to another thought of mine, that as a woman, she still identified with the male perspective.

Thirdly, her patterns are similar to "taotie patterns"饕餮纹.

Taotie饕餮 is a mythical creature in China. Also is a fierce and voracious beast, one of the four evil creatures. It symbolizes greed and is often used to describe gluttonous or greedy individuals.

However, the taotie patterns are slightly different. They feature a frontal animal head with symmetrically arranged pairs of horns, brows, ears, as well as a nose, mouth, and jaw. Some have elongated trunks, limbs, claws, and tails on both sides. The taotie features horns resembling those of a water buffalo, a nose reminiscent of a tiger's, and feathers akin to those of a bird. The layout typically follows a symmetrical arrangement along the central axis of the nose bridge, forming a beast-like visage with large eyes, a nose, and paired horns, often lacking a lower lip. So, The Chameleon's transformation into such a figure is consistent with the setting.

taotie pattern

Scholars believe that taotie patterns help shamans communicate between heaven, earth, and humans, serving as assistants to the shamans. Some scholars also argue that these mythical beasts are the natural gods or ancestral gods worshipped by clans, tasked by the gods to bring rain and ensure bountiful harvests. Others advocate that these mythical creatures are the gods themselves, and taotie patterns represent the faces of the gods. Regardless of which interpretation, it actually implies that The Chameleon is designed to be someone who uses spells, summons spirits from the spirit world, which is all reasonable.

The significance of being the first empress, the representation of the first dynasty, the fierce mythical beast, and the pattern symbolizing communication with the gods are all profound. It's unfortunate that in such a story.

Even though Kung Fu Panda 4's plot may not have been satisfactory, I still really like the character of the Chameleon.

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I got a doodle from my selfship and now im so happy

yeah, im a selfshipper. Chameleon, come and kiss me in the cheek

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I had to do this, sorry.

Here is an Hola tonotos, a crappy translation and the og meme ofc

i love the fucked up chameleon burger king toy she looks so stupid

#why is she like that #hola tonotos #the chameleon kung fu panda 4 #lol

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i want to pet her so badly ok

#the chameleon #kfp #kung fu panda 4 #kfp 4 #kung fu panda #kung fu panda 4 spoilers #??? ig

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Omg, I love the choice of the localized name for her so bad

...K...

KAMARA

Guys...the writers did NOTHING for her Kamara babygirl girl boss supreme I'm so sorry they let you down. 😔

#kung fu panda #kung fu panda 4 #the chameleon #chinese

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I love asignning songs or parts of songs to characters I like, and The Chameleon will not be an exception.

Shame, by Mitski

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She is so me wtf

(excepting the powerhungry part)

A final face-off between formidable adversaries, alike in so many ways.

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A final face-off between formidable adversaries, alike in so many ways.

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Rando: Look guys! I rewritten a story of an official film I did not like and it's so much better than the official film! How is that I made a better story than a studio? Me: At least you don't have to deal with deadlines, co-workers, budget management, and executive meddling in your rewrite. Rando:... Me: You're also working with off a an already existing story, so you're of course having an easier time with the writing. Rando: Well, at least my rewrite it still better. Me: You mean the poorly written fanfic that that goes beyond than a rewrite because you got rid of everything that was in the film? And why is it so focus on romance?

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Man I just wanted to know what type of chameleon our new villainess from kung fu panda is and she' a veiled chameleon. And these species live mostly in Yemen

I wish I hadn't googled about this country💔