Analyzing The Abilities Of Characters From The Boys Pt. X

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Analyzing The Abilities of Characters From The Boys Pt. XII

🚹Jordan🚺

Jordan is, by nature, dichotomous. Their ability is a unique form of gendered shapeshifting which is implied to be a byproduct of their bigender identity. When we first meet Jordan, they’re snippy and selfish, focused solely on getting ahead and being applauded for their good work and impeccable scores. As the story goes on, you begin to reveal layers of insecurity and frustration that the world will only ever see them for their superficial identities.

When first introduced to Jordan, they were relaxed in their female form. Interestingly enough, this was most likely due to the fact that Brink knew Jordan was assigned male at birth, and accepted them regardless as both identities they present as. This, as I mentioned earlier with Dean Shetty’s master manipulation of Cate, was most likely the byproduct of a drawn out control tactic to keep Jordan’s success tethered to GodU, and to give Brink a guard dog in the event of…well, exactly what transpired in the first episode.

As we see while Jordan fights, their female form, the result of their own vulnerability typically used when comfortable or in moments of leisure, has the ability to propel people away with some form of telekinetic blast. This may be due to their own insecurities plaguing them with feelings of inadequacy. That initial desire to push people away manifests itself as the ability to do exactly that.

In their male form, they’re seemingly indestructible and super strong, being capable of being shot at point blank and trading blows with Luke and Sam, affirming that Jordan is both strong and versatile in combat.

When the V most likely kicked in, Jordan was probably going through puberty, as many other supes were when their powers manifested. Imagine recognizing that you were bigender and feeling the need to endure the bigotry of your surroundings in hopes of a better future while simultaneously wishing to shove people away. This dual nature manifested in their ability to visibly shapeshift, and yet their parents treat this as a burden, confused as to why Jordan doesn’t just stay a boy indefinitely.

Jordan’s gendered division is most likely rooted in their feelings of men being tough while women are guarded, but I believe that as Marie shows them that it’s possible to love both sides at once, we might see them use their powers interchangeably or even simultaneously.

I could literally NEVER get into Teen Wolf. There, I said it. It feels like unless you find the main characters hot, which I only liked Stiles, it just feels like I’m listening to an Alpha podcast gone wrong.

I want this summer to be different, but I can’t change if I’m doing the same thing on repeat. I need change, but familiarity is comforting

Marie Antoinette (2006) dir. Sofia Coppola

This is what the Sun looks like

"who are you without the media you consume" bitch ask who i am WITH IT. I am the hoarder of stories, the ancient sphinx carrying the wisdom of generations, the ophanium with an all-encompassing gaze. My mind is the modern Library of Alexanderia, containing tales of countless universes. I watched the worlds rise and fall, and i changed them to my will. I sympathized with the villains and condemned the heroes; I was the hero and the villain. I've seen love in a million ways and I've bathed in the rays of its beauty. Grief, pain, wrath, sorrow, hatred, numbness — I've seen it all. I explored those worlds, holding them in the palm of my hand. I exist in all of them, and they exist in me. I am in the past and in the future; I am nowhere and everythere.

turn around.

De Zwarte Zwaan (The Black Swan) by William Degouve de Nuncques (1895)

Okay this is what I’m talking about with my girl Louise. She only would have had one chance to give up her tail, but that was 50 years ago when Gracie gave hers up, and as we saw from that scene, and based on the fact that Louise and Julia both kept their lockets as reminders of what once was/the truth of what they are, both Julia and Louise were mermaids up until the end. As a kid I remembered her losing her tail/simply not having it anymore, but whenever I rewatch I love the subtle, unspoken detail that she never once touches water. Yes, she’s more comfortable being near water, but one of the first times she’s introduced she’s holding her hand just above the water at the Marine Park, insinuating that she still can’t get wet, and that she’s still very much so a mermaid.

this is why i always believe ms chatham got her tail back bc to believe anything else is too depressing