I actually really don't want to hear anything about how 'overcoming misogyny' is a major theme in Avatar: the Last Airbender when "The Fortuneteller" exists and the ultimate thesis of that episode, in the context of the show as a whole, is that if a girl is in unrequited love, it's cringe and kinda pathetic and she should move on cause the boy will never want her; but if a boy is in unrequited love, he just needs to be patient and wait for the girl he wants to come around cause he's a hero and how could she not?
Its secondary thesis is that you need to make your own destiny and not rely on someone else's words to tell you what your life has in store...if you're a BOY; if you're a girl then what the fake psychic told you will actually determine your ENTIRE life even if you are only fourteen years old.
Meng's existence really would have been the final nail in the coffin for Kataang even if the arc of the ship in Book 3 weren't so abhorrent to me personally (sorry but I have higher standards for romantic relationships than 'the girl is completely oblivious to the boy's advances for the entire show, is actively distressed when those advances become more pronounced, and then her feelings are resolved completely off screen between episodes so that the boy can get his prize in the end')--because her relationship with Aang is deliberately paralleled to Aang's relationship with Katara, and yet Meng, the one-off character, learns a lesson which Aang is quite literally told he must learn in the Book 2 finale... but he never ever does.
Aang has an entire season to internalize that lesson and come to terms with it--that maybe she doesn't have feelings for me and that's ok because I still love and care about her and that's enough--but he never even comes close. His possessive attachment to her gets worse, culminates in the EIP kiss, and Katara just capitulates because we're meant to believe that she went through the entire development of her romantic feelings for the love of her life off-screen between the penultimate episode and the four-part finale.
This was misogynistic even in 2008, and the idea that the show truly had anything meaningful to say about sexism/misogyny when uncritical and unchecked misogyny was baked into its very DNA (assuming we're meant to agree with Brychael that Kataang is 'in the DNA of the show) is just laughable to me. When it comes to 'overcoming misogyny' the show doesn't actually say anything more profound than 'girls can fight too!!!!!'
And that wasn't good enough for me then, it certainly isn't good enough for me today.
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Live Emotion Idol Introduction - Aijima Cecil ♬
Voice Actor: Toriumi Kousuke
Height: 177cm
Weight: 58kg
Blood Type: Unknown
Birthday: October 31st
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Place of Birth: Agnapolis
Hobby: Magic
From the official Twitter:
Cecil belongs to Shining Agency and is a member of ST☆RISH. Hailing from the foreign land of Agnapolis, he is popular for his elegant, gentle atmosphere, and honest demeanor. The way he earnestly approaches everything with his best efforts is shown in his appearences in variety shows, and is a soothing sight for everyone.
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hi!! i know my last request wasnt that long ago, but was wondering if you had any supernatural dividers, especially for Sam?
@superegosystem
Hi @superegosystem! 💕 I made some themed Supernatural / Sam ones for you - I also have links to some completed in the past that might work as well:
vampire | werewolf | halloween
[Free] Masterlist Headers & Dividers!
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“Some people need to accept that Chloe is going to be an irredeemable monster in all universes.”
Do people who have this mindset not realize that is the LITERAL problem we’ve been pointing out for a month now and that this mindset is worrisome??
Not only does Chloe being evil in EVERY universe including the backwards universe offset and unbalance the rules of alternate universes in general but it furthers people’s theory that Astruc has this never ending grudge on Chloe or has this uncanny problem of presenting her in a remotely positive light (which is weird because he wasn’t afraid to make Gabriel a downright hero-)
And it ALSO furthers the sentiment that the same guy who baseball-ed his own son into the Eiffel Tower without mercy is the SAME person the writers are saying is more sympathetic and able of heroics then a gODDAMN 14 YEAR OLD-
The fact there aren’t more people at least questioning this bothers me to no end.
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chrollo suggests that you should get a spiderweb tattoo. if you make the mistake of asking why, he'll tell you without the least hint of embarrassment, that it's 'because you've ensnared him.'
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