rest in peace to the funniest mfs on this show, they hate to see a bad bitch living
i stg “are you sure you remember how to do that? because you used to force me to do it for you.” is how nat DEFINITELY wanted to finish that sentence to shauna when they were cutting up adam’s body
They’re all so lucky that Nat has never actually joined in on one of the card draw hunts because she would be absolutely lethal
“i hate jackie taylor” ok! have fun being boring!
One thing about Shauna and her beef with Mari is that she wants to be respected and worshipped and if she can't have that she want people to fear her. And Mari never did either. Mari never worshipped her nor felt like she had to walk around eggshells around Shauna like everyone else did. She didn't pity her. And she wasn't scared of her. Which is kind of stupid at times, but also really telling. The others saw Shauna as if she was the Terminator, but Mari always saw her as a pathetic teenage girl with a lot of insecurities. Which is how Shauna feels deep down and it drove her mad, having someone whose very presence reminded her of those insecurities. And she becomes leader and and Mari still wasn't afraid of her! She becomes Nat's biggest supporter instead! Nope, she never showed her fear toward Shauna. Not even when she was hunted. She was afraid of dying. Not of Shauna. Mari didn't even give Shauna the pleasure of looking her in the eye when she put the necklace on her. Shauna never had the treat of seeing fear in Mari's eyes. Instead Mari tried to take her out with a knife and then told Shauna off one last time, telling her she deserves everything (bad) that's gonna happen to her.
No respect. No fear. Ever. The only time Shauna could have any control over Mari was after Mari was dead. Which says a lot about Mari as a person.
"But, that Vanessa Palmer charm magnet is just too powerful" bro :( van brought so much joy to the people around her. she was the life of the party.
(while being interrogated and exposed as a liar in a trial ran by teenagers to decide whether her only father figure lives or dies)
(trying to force her suicidal father figure to eat while holding him captive)
(deciding to kill her only father figure)
(facing down a tyrannical dictator who is sabotaging her only chance at getting rescued)
(plotting against that tyrannical dictator)
(losing the last scrap of hope she has left and coming to terms with having to continue to live in a hellscape where she will inevitably lose herself completely)
(serving boyfriend while yelling at her girlfriend, whom she just discovered broke the flight transmitter and is therefore partially responsible for every terrible thing that has happened out there)
(being humiliated by bisexual stalin in front of a crowd and forced to participate in another card draw)
this is the worst fucking day of my life, and yet i am not surprised in the slightest.
toph is an icon for disabled people. she’s one of so few blind characters who is a hero and whose disability is not her weakness or fatal flaw. while it does make her life harder, as any disability does, it also gives her strength. she is the greatest earthbender of her generation. she invented a whole new subsection of bending. the people behind the live action production had a chance to make history just by doing the bare minimum: casting a blind actress to play a blind character. they couldn’t even do that.
not only that, but they’re making her “slightly more feminine” to “humanize” her. as if there weren’t so many young girls out there who looked up to toph because she was weird and didn’t fit the mold. in “tales of ba sing se” she tells katara, “i don’t care what i look like. i’m not looking for anyone’s approval. i know who i am.” to have a female character who doesn’t conform to beauty standards is so important especially right now with the prevalent beauty influencer culture.
while the original cartoon’s representation of women wasn’t perfect, it was diverse. katara and ty lee were both feminine. they liked to dress up and look pretty. toph is not feminine. she grew up forced to dress in formal clothes and style herself a certain way and decided to liberate herself from that. all three of these women are incredibly strong and incredibly talented at what they do, and none of that is impacted by their appearance or gender presentation.
every day, my hatred for the netflix version of avatar grows.
they/them. free palestine. pfp is my ferret. not a bot, just lazy because i’m locked out of my old account :(
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