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Katara was always kind of a preachy brown bitch crying about "muh sexism," but the writers were at least self-aware enough to balance that with more endearing traits to make her tolerable. Netflix is advertising the fact they're gutting the smart character writing that made the show work to begin with. Characters being human and relatable is now implicitly right-wing, because real human emotions as opposed to artificial tropes designed to break stereotypes are too close to badthink.
Katara was always kind of a preachy brown bitch crying about "muh sexism," but the writers were at least self-aware enough to balance that with more endearing traits to make her tolerable. Netflix is advertising the fact they're gutting the smart character writing that made the show work to begin with. Characters being human and relatable is now implicitly right-wing, because real human emotions as opposed to artificial tropes designed to break stereotypes are too close to badthink.
@ArdainianRight ATLA is a very liberal show, the plot is yet another liberal fantasy of WW2, it’s very brown, even for its time it was extremely feminist, and the whole moral conflict of the final arc is a thinly veiled metaphor for the death penalty debate which was raging at the time (naturally they endorse the Democrat anti death penalty position). the reason that it’s good is simply when it was made, liberal writers in America back then were still interested in creating fun worlds, stories, and characters, they were at least as interested in Asian cultures and martial arts as they were the hot issues of the Democratic Party. Oh and faggots weren’t required to be in every kids show, that’s the other big difference.
that era is just gone, full stop. It was really at the very tale end of it too because even korra, which feels like a lifetime ago at this point, had already moved on from ATLA’s feminism of “look, the girls are just as tough and strong as the boys!” To “actually girls are tougher and stronger and better in every way” and liberals have gotten DRAMATICALLY more bitter and vindictive in the decade since korra. It’s a lot like Star Trek, the lighthearted fun days are never coming back, it’s all resentment from here on.
that era is just gone, full stop. It was really at the very tale end of it too because even korra, which feels like a lifetime ago at this point, had already moved on from ATLA’s feminism of “look, the girls are just as tough and strong as the boys!” To “actually girls are tougher and stronger and better in every way” and liberals have gotten DRAMATICALLY more bitter and vindictive in the decade since korra. It’s a lot like Star Trek, the lighthearted fun days are never coming back, it’s all resentment from here on.
@jimmybuffettfanaccount @ArdainianRight I never got into Avatar, so my go-to example is Justice League - it's definitely left-liberal, anti-Bush (of course, that's not necessarily a bad thing!), and made sure the Green Lantern picked for the team was the more obscure John Stewart (who was black) rather than Hal Jordan, easily the most notable and iconic GL. There's even an interracial romance involving him and Hawkgirl that's relatively prominent.
And yet, not only is the show itself genuinely good, but it has plenty of wholesome elements like fanservice, and male and female beauty ideals being consistently promoted (all the female heroes are slim, curvy and boobalicious hotties - all the male heroes are broad-shouldered, square-jawed Chads). There's even positive depictions of religion, with Amanda Waller's redemption arc being partly driven by her finding Jesus.
And yet, not only is the show itself genuinely good, but it has plenty of wholesome elements like fanservice, and male and female beauty ideals being consistently promoted (all the female heroes are slim, curvy and boobalicious hotties - all the male heroes are broad-shouldered, square-jawed Chads). There's even positive depictions of religion, with Amanda Waller's redemption arc being partly driven by her finding Jesus.
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@ChristiJunior @ArdainianRight @jimmybuffettfanaccount still my favorite green lantern and I will die on that hill
@beardalaxy @ArdainianRight @jimmybuffettfanaccount I did like his military background and drill sergeant-lite personality. The major rap against him (aside from the Affirmative Action aspect) was his lack of creativity when using the ring, just making basic green orbs, shields and blunt objects to hit villains with, whereas someone like Hal would create giant jackhammers and digging machines in the middle of battles.
@ChristiJunior @ArdainianRight @beardalaxy @jimmybuffettfanaccount That would have been an interesting point for the show to bring up
since the ring is influenced by your personality his no nonsense attitude would make his constructs simple yet effective
jackhammers are cool and all but how much better are they than a big hammer
The affirmative action isnt bad since he isnt just a palatte swap of jordan and is just skinwalking all his traits off jordan like miles morales he is his own character with his own personality
since the ring is influenced by your personality his no nonsense attitude would make his constructs simple yet effective
jackhammers are cool and all but how much better are they than a big hammer
The affirmative action isnt bad since he isnt just a palatte swap of jordan and is just skinwalking all his traits off jordan like miles morales he is his own character with his own personality
@beardalaxy @ChristiJunior @ArdainianRight @jimmybuffettfanaccount Black GL is a better choice for affirmative action Justice League member than Cyborg.
