"Diversity" is Killing Badass Female Characters - Video Essay

[@matt-tb6gt]

“I may make a separate video on toph” *Everyone liked that*

[@chowderthegod6279]

I know I did

[@BatTCK]

I mean, Avatar has loads of badass whamen. Suki, Azula, Tai Lee, Mai, Katara, Toph, and Kyoshi

[@Korusaunt]

@@BatTCK suki is not badass m8 and the kyoshi are fodder.

[@dancostello4872]

@@Korusaunt I'm sorry but Suki is badass, she just didn't get enough screen time until post Boiling Rock

[@dragonroots]

It's been awhile since i've seen the series but if i remember correctly they do fight very well, and even try and protect Appa when he gets separated from Aang, they do fail but they are also a small group and i think they were up against Azula and her group so their loss is understandable.

[@t.b.cont.]

Being a badass isn’t the inability to feel pain, it’s the ability to feel pain and persevere through it

[@lordrevanz16]

"Feels Pain" Nagato: surprised face

[@jakobmatthies6553]

For some reason, this made me think of Clint Eastwood's old western characters. Super screwed up, but still getting shit done.

[@Pk2723]

Persevere through it, learn from it and grow as a person. Now that's badass.

[@ArcCaravan]

@@jakobmatthies6553 Made me think of Guts from Berserk.

[@MissCaraMint]

Jakob Matthies I mean that’s not wrong. He does play a badass in those movies. There are also some badass women in some of those movies. Like Shirley MacLain as the nun Sister Sara, in Two Mules for Sister Sara.

[@afrospider]

"dont take a woman and try and make her badass, take a badass and be like 'oh shes also a woman'" THE QUOTE I DIDNT KNOW I NEEDED TO HEAR

[@MrJordwalk]

Samus Aran fits this perfectly. People thought they were playing as a dude when Metroid came out in 1986, but when Samus strippped out of the armour at the end of the game...... LO AND BEHOLD, A WOMAN!

[@edschramm6757]

i have long held that the best characters exist as "this character is badass. and happen to be (insert)". you should be able to swap around any given piece of a character along that vein (male/female, straight/LGBT, Race) without it feeling forced, or even necessarily important. Sgt Johnson (Halo series) nailed that. it didn't matter that he was black, he was badass with the force of his speeches and the way he acts towards the Master Chief is less a person to their idol, and more the banter of two friends, most of the time. it had nothing to do with his being black or not. i feel like you should be able to have a movie run without any jokes about male/female anatomy on a given character and it should still be a solid character. otherwise you gotta go back to the writing board and either replace the character, or give them character beyond a cardboard cutout. Sgt Vertaski in Live Die Repeat nailed this. her character initially gives this "i am untouchable" air to them, and even incapacitates people who look down on her (don't call her the full metal bitch unless you want your chest caved in). and once Cage realizes what she went through at Verdun is when she finally starts opening up at all to him. narratively, if you made her a male and kept everything else the same, it wouldn't really damage the story, while allowing her to express emotion. to me that means she was a very well written female character, because it wasn't in the foreground of the character when they were writing her, but she has more character than a random stone.

[@arikakarin2323]

I don't see why not

[@justanawkwardnerd]

@@edschramm6757 Exactly! And even if that other identity is made very important to the character or storyline - like their sex/gender, sexuality, race, etc., they have to be an organic person/character in their own right far more than anything to be a SUCCESSFUL character. And people forget to value that correctly. Make them feel more like an organic person with struggles, rather than a lame attempt at pandering for views. Bad representation can honestly be worse than none at all.

[@Fireprincess161]

The strange thing is, this quote is thrown around SO much in writing circles, yet the people who get paid to make things don't do this. It's said about as much as 'show don't tell'.

[@ahel4523]

I love the Toph is blind jokes that she makes on herself while joking at other people's expense. " that drawing of appa looks accurate. To me." "Oh thank you. Oh Right your blind"

[@thiagocerqueira9473]

Katara: “What’s this?” *unfolds a poster* Toph: “Well, it sounds like a paper, but I think you mean to ask what’s WRITTEN on it”

[@etsymichael1514]

Same

[@GioVortex]

Toph: "I think your drawing looks great sokka!" Sokka: "Thanks! You know- why... Why do feel the need to do this?" One of my favorite interactions in ATLA 😂

[@Cecebookworm07]

Actually Sokka says, “Thank you for tha- why did you feel the need to say that?” Cus he realizes she couldn’t have known.😂 I’m just pointing it out.

[@AmateurAnimations65]

"Look there it is! ... Which is what it'll sound like when one of you spots it" *Waves hand in front of face*

[@thegoldenfret123456]

fun fact: Toph was originally written as a male and then last second they changed her into a girl because they thought it would be interesting

[@TimmyStreams]

They used her previous model for Bolin, as a matter of fact

[@rowinacamacho6343]

Still works cause they Made Toph a badass then a wahmen.

[@tiffanypersaud3518]

thegoldenfret123456, I don’t think it was last minute. She had very feminine traits, behaviours, reactions, and ways she processed things, though less common that other female characters, it’s there and I feel they were purposely written in.

[@wellwellwell881]

​@@tiffanypersaud3518 Probably true. Saying it's last minute assumes that everything else remained the same, but that just doesn't translate to what happened in the story.

[@firestylefireballjutsu2792]

that's the reason why she was portrayed as a big muscular guy in the fire nation play parody episode

[@afont13]

RWBY: Don’t seriously injury someone in this tournament. Naruto: Yeah go ahead and kill each other

[@AL-lz6px]

Wasn't killing the one thing prohibited in the tournament?

[@namoma4922]

@@AL-lz6px in the duel parts yes.in the forest thpugh it was free real estate.Plus tobe honest ninja techniques only don t kill Because you have another ninja as an ennemy

[@the13thjoker]

@@namoma4922 And dont forget where gaara try to kill rock lee or nidji try to kill hinata

[@or9422]

@@AL-lz6px technically allowed, they just didn't want it to happen, so they stepped in before it did

[@xenotronia6681]

Nice pfp

[@kayhaych05]

The secret to writing women? Just treat them like living breathing people. They don’t have to be able to flip you over their shoulder to be badasses. Make them brilliant when it comes to making money. Make them politically savvy. Make them fantastic orators. Make them fiercely protective of their loved ones. Make them passionate learners. Just approach them like you would their male counterparts. Establish their character motivation. What are their character flaws? What is their character arc (if you plan to give them any)? And from there, draw up the character design. Character design always comes secondary to character motivation. Stop trying to fill a quota and treat them like human beings and not a set of tits and ass. It’s honestly not difficult and people still act like female characters are daunting to approach.

[@kayhaych05]

person person I actually disagree with this statement. But I’d like to explain why. There are certain experiences that colour a woman’s experience in life. Let’s use an example. Imagine we’re writing about a princess (cliche I know, but stick with me please). Would her experience be the same as that of a prince? Perhaps more pressure is placed upon her to maintain her beauty or physical appearance. Or perhaps there is a double standard to which she must maintain her virginity, whereas a prince may not be held to that same standard. Or perhaps her experience of marriage is expressly different from a prince. We should acknowledge and write about the differences in experience, rather than pretend they do not exist. No two people have the same life experiences, and so we shouldn’t shy away from talking about issues that explicitly affect women. I do understand there are some female characters where her gender plays no role in her experience. And while I acknowledge and appreciate these characters, I do believe that in some capacity, they exist in a vacuum. Societal and cultural norms have arisen in every culture in history, resulting in gender roles. So to say that gender shouldn’t affect a character’s story is somewhat ignorant of the female experience. If you read this entire comment you deserve an award. Sorry if I rambled. I’m just very passionate about well written female characters. Some of my favourite books are from the perspective of women :)

[@kayhaych05]

Артём Я you’re correct. It seems that societal norms and expectations are wildly different for women in shonen anime. Can I ask who your favourite female characters in shonen are?

[@itsstanaka]

@@kayhaych05 My personal favorite is Mikasa from Attack on Titan :D

[@kayhaych05]

Grey Winston good choice. I love her too

[@guyver5er412]

Not exactly, your right about treating thwm like a person first and foremost but men and women are fundamentally different. Granted that difference is only one layer of a myriad of things that make an individual, but the difference is still there.

[@Gloomskiida]

I hate it when the "badass girl" has only one personality trait. That being "look at me, I'm a girl and I'm fighting too" and their constant need to mention it.

[@renegademarbles7747]

That's tokenism for ya, hurts everything

[@renegademarbles7747]

@@NoaZofia hmm...not sure I care for your tone. The little fyi at the end...sounds a bit simp. So then let's hear it, are you supporting female artist or are you just going around on KZbin and probably Twitter too just go around and complain and leave passive-aggressive comments?

[@renegademarbles7747]

@@NoaZofia I may have gotten a little antagonistic myself then, and I'll apologize for that (personal experience with fyi) While I despise tokenism I do know how that comes about in shonnen. Which is mostly due too the target audience. Pretty much none of this conversation applies to Avatar: Last Airbender Pretty much all of this conversation applies to Naruto (want to talk about female characters getting the proverbial short end of the stick then here you go) Alot of other anime have some of the same issues as Naruto in regards to the ladies of the cast, but Naruto has them all aside from maybe two slotted into the roll of love interest

[@diablo.the.cheater]

@Yuki Schlagel That or they can be overly petty about how badass they are to make them seem like egocentric assholes for comedic effect

[@slevinchannel7589]

Yeah, yeah, but Is Anime that great overall? It has overall Problems, you know? LIke Fanservice-Problems. Sex Sells, the Cavemen-Mindset, becoming a Religion apparently. Those are big problems. Another problem would be Overworked Creators.

[@tomuchcamoflauge]

the steps to writing a strong female character A) write a good character. that's it

[@osets2117]

So unfortunate most writers don't seem to understand that

[@8man943]

that means erza isnt badass

[@Defengee]

@Nomis Kira How about his backstory and the things that lead to his strength? What does he use that strength for and why?

[@steelbat1128]

do anybody know the ost for the rwby section

[@dabskiiboii74]

Stonks

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Secret to badass girls? You mean there’s a secret to being a good waifu like Speedwagon?

[@luisat431]

Why in ZA WARUDO is Speedwagon a waifu ??

[@miscalotastuff733]

Its an injoke. Hes a gentleman and very noble.

[@MrBusiness247]

Luisa T A better question would be, why ISN'T Speedwagon a waifu?

[@mumsazpatel9759]

@@MrBusiness247 this guy knows wassup

[@obsidiankrystal3308]

I see you every fucking where lmao

[@LumeanTV]

I never liked the stigma of true love only being a romantic thing... Sometimes you just. Care about your family way more than anyone else.

[@LumeanTV]

@Holli Would Concepts have been repeated through since people could write. Frozen isn't the only movie that's done it. It's just a first in Disney, since they were known for the romantic True Love grab for so long.

[@robertdouth8979]

@@LumeanTV Frozen isn't even a first for Disney. The Fox and the Hound touches on an element of brotherly or sisterly love like that. Or at the very least, it's clearly not romantic love in the Fox and the Hound, but more of a sibling love or a sense of loving your friend out of a sense of duty and responsibility

[@tallerwarrior1256]

“Sometimes you just care about your family way more than anyone else” *SWEET HOME ALABAMA!!!*

[@LumeanTV]

Taller Warrior12 thanks I hate it here

[@tallerwarrior1256]

@L. To quote Jules Winnfield “Hey! Keep Chillin👌”

[@gamer-san8923]

"I am a warrior but I'm a girl too." - Suki

[@kamron_thurmond]

Suki is Sokka's best girl.

[@marcdimartino9118]

Amazing

[@lucacomine1612]

This quote is a doble edged sword, in one side it semantically separates woamen and warriors, what is wrong, but in context it says the polar opposite. The avatar team were too far ahead to their own good

[@awesome8831]

@@lucacomine1612 But women aren't really good warriors

[@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr]

@@awesome8831 , Kunichi are scantily clad women in the fought on the battlefield with men in Feudal Era Japan, Celtic women would fight nude in blue paint, and the men and women of the Zulu tribe fought on the battlefield nude, and these are just a few examples throughout human history where women and men fought side by side one another in war.

[@jettblue24]

Nux: "I may actually do an entirely separate video on Toph" Me: *screams hysterically while watching on the toilet*

[@jeffreymoffitt4070]

@bryan diaz varela i got next dibs

[@StrumaticRock0]

Di you flood the bathroom in hour excitement

[@mavisdom-animeonpiano]

Evan_Almighty YASS TOPH

[@dom6258]

I also am on the toilet

[@briannalee1998]

As badass as Toph is, Katara is extremely badass and powerful, while being compassionate and feminine at the same time. Her mother was murdered, her dad would leave her behind, and she grew up in a dystopia. Despite all of that she remained kind and was not bitter. That shows a lot of mental toughness on her part. She grew, practiced, and became even more mentally stronger and became a more powerful water bender. I would love to see someone make a video on her because everyone talks about Toph and Azula, but nobody talks about Katara even though she is arguably the most badass character on the show (besides Zuko.). She is personally my favorite character and definitely one of the best female characters in all of television. Katara, Toph, and every character on the show felt organic, and had realistic personalities. Katana and Toph are great examples of people who rise above how they are raised and choose to be strong and try to have a good life. This video made me want to watch Fairy Tail and the Black Lagoon.

[@lordderppington4694]

I thought no one talked about Katara because we all just assumed everyone knows she's amazing

[@sprigganpanda]

@@lordderppington4694 Just any character in Avatar the Last Airbender is an amazing character. Have you seen how iconic the "MY CABBAGES!!!" guy is?? Pretty noice

[@rhondahoward8025]

There's more than just physical strength. There's mental strength. Emotional strength.

[@plagueknight8026]

I HAVE TO SHOW MY BROTHER THIS- he was trash talking Katara and I couldn't properly defend her because I haven't watched it in 6 years. Though Toph and Zuko will always be my favorites because sass and introversion.

[@Ignorance96]

YES. This is why Avatar is so awesome. All the prominent female characters are badasses, and they're all very different. This acknowledges that there isn't just one way to approach womanhood, and I'm HERE for it.

[@happycamperds9917]

The way you say “woman” makes me think you are secretly Waluigui.

[@thundergaming155]

Wah

[@sammorgan31]

Wahminz.

[@spicywater9747]

Wahmenis

[@wolfgangkern3274]

Reminds me of those shitty game streamers that my youngest watches that screw up their voice and scream like 3 year olds cause the viewers and subs like it. But thats just me...

[@mocamokshi9024]

He sounds like Pewdiepie saying women

[@hi-there-]

Fun fact: Erza was supposed to be a spunky tomboy, because she was supposed to be scary enough to scare Natsu. But the author decided to change her design and I'm really happy he did because just because she's girly and likes fancy things doesn't mean she's not badass 👍

[@ladynoname3621]

Ikr I love how they portrayed Erza as a sophisticated but feared and respected woman in Fairy Tail.

[@moonbuns5902]

I love fairy tail so much man. The way the story goes sometimes is bad in a normal anime, but it actually works in fairy tail because of the point of the show. My favorite character is a tie between Natsu and Ezra. Lucy is a close second. I love how the creator writes every single one of the characters. Although it has story flaws I think it is genuinely a great show and I believe the creator has improved a lot in 100 year quest.

[@meisstupid]

I really like the fact that all the female characters in Fairy Tail are very different in terms of personality and looks although their body types are quite similar (except for Wendy and Levy). Like, Lucy is a bookworm like Levy but more street smart while Levy is book smart. Wendy is a innocent and brave girl. Erza is motherly but also fierce in her own right. Juvia is Juvia, Mirajane is sweet and kind, but can turn into a demon if you cross her in the wrong way, the list goes on. But thats not what really defines them as a person. They have flaws, issues and trauma like a normal person does and that’s what makes Fairy Tail so great is that Mashima opens these weaknesses so that the characters grow and the weaknesses become strengths. He sees them as humans and not just side characters for the main protagonist to shine That’s why everyone in Fairy Tail is the main character and not just in the guild itself but everyone the main cast meet and interact with

[@Mar-ix8wr]

Erza its a mary sue

[@hi-there-]

@@Mar-ix8wr Is it because she wins every battle and is stupidly op toward the end? Yes? That mean Natsu and Gray are Gary Stus too. (lol Gray and Gary) Technically Mary Sues aren't always bad. As long as they don't feel out of place/bland I think they can be decent characters.

[@filipbabic4913]

"Jojo female characters are useless atleast until Part 6" Are we just not going to acknowledge Lisa Lisa?

[@TheGavtel]

Or Trish...

[@brian2189114]

Unfortunately, Lisa Lisa was badass in name only. Actually wasn't allowed to do anything when it mattered.

[@dionotdio]

@@TheGavtel Trish did barely anything except for helping out with Notorious BIG, and even then, it was mostly her stand guiding her like the fight was a tutorial or sumshit I'm not saying she useless, I'm saying she could've done more

[@SanvelloSerapiega]

@@dionotdio golden experience requiem couldve done more..... That is a crappy critique.

[@SanvelloSerapiega]

@@brian2189114 didnt lisa lisa teach ceasar how to use hamon....and then i remembered the only one that actually did anything in part 2 was stroheim and jojo.

[@terrenaven]

"Interdimensional Metrosexual Satan" God, i laughed way too hard at that xD

[@TheElite711]

It is the truth after all lol

[@gingerninja-qg7co]

still no metrosexuual vampiremon

[@Dwellerinshadow]

LOL yea I just lost my shit when he said that, caught me off guard there.

[@najodo5209]

The most badass women in story’s are the ones not made just to be badass. They are real people who are just themselves. Purposely putting a character who fills out your diverse narrative just for social points ruins the point of the diversity in the first place.

[@dreadedsage8630]

True but I think there are group of people who thinks it's always the situation where it's some type of social justice statement without looking at it, they'll be like" oh, this movie has a female main protagonist? Sjw trash."

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

If you’re badass and don’t have a tragic character flaw or horrific back story. You’re likely the villain.

[@najodo5209]

broderick kurtz what about mereoleona from black clover?

[@najodo5209]

dreaded sage that’s a fair point lol. I’m pretty conservative leaning myself but there’s a lot of people in my group that will see anything like that and say “sjw trash” without consideration of the character or settings

[@dren5810]

@@najodo5209 yes, and that's a big problem. It makes it difficult to tell stories with different characters now because people just automatically assume oh this is sjw. I thought we moved past this stuff last year, guess not.

[@FeliciaLyons]

While I agree with most of these, I think one thing that I find annoying is when writers make a badass woman but give her very masculine traits, aside from sex appeal. Feminine traits are NOT synonyms with weak. Women in the military and police force aren’t less feminine bc they’re in that field..

[@jeyolikemayo]

It's unfortunately a balancing beam where characters are either too masculine or too girly. The middle is almost never done right or represented well.

[@elisakeller8912]

I think you would like the character Otose from Gintama

[@qweraws6829]

yeah but masculine girls do exist and they're never represented

[@marisafaith9975]

I honestly find Erza more interesting than natsu and not because she's a girl.

[@humzah7854]

Cus she op as f but still I like and feel zeref the most lol prob cause I have a younger brother too u kno

[@George-jc3mt]

Cuz she beats natsu in terms of power

[@humzah7854]

@@George-jc3mt no she don't have you seen 100 Year Quest Natsu can annihilate her in seconds flat she lost to laxus who I mean is OP I'm talking 100 year quest fight.

[@shadowofthenorthstar989]

Anybody in fairyTail is more interesting than Natsu

[@JoeSmith-zm9ur]

I dislike both the characters, but I like Laxus

[@Sostuo]

I like a girl that could kick my ass - best quote ever

[@SamTheGumMan117]

Quote from Animak

[@Sostuo]

@@SamTheGumMan117 yes

[@theamazingmaymay123]

It’s a quote that I use often n never remember where it was from

[@Sostuo]

@@theamazingmaymay123 lol😂😂

[@morgansanderson9923]

"Bang" is a superior quote

[@davidpap5369]

Finally, someone articulates this point. We need good writing first and then we can make the character what race, gender, age whatever we want and people will latch on.

[@MustacheDLuffy]

Couldn’t of said it better, this point is astronomically important right here

[@ziglaus]

I don't get it, do you mean we need good writing in a show, or good writing for that character? Because bad women characters are even in good shows. Does that mean that writers don't know how to write for women? Are you saying we need more female writers?

[@kaiseramadeus233]

@@ziglaus Mans literally just said that good writing is what's best. The skill of writing good characters (in this case, good female characters) can be done by anyone that gains the skill. I'm not sure what you're doing here And also, why not have good writing for BOTH characters AND the story?

[@MustacheDLuffy]

What he means is what Nux said. The personality of a character should come before who they are, I.e, a person is a badass and she happens to be a woman rather than she’s a badass because she has a vagina

[@Mooncubus]

I'd add sexuality to that as well.

[@kerryduncan426]

I really don't think diversity is ruining female characters, sexism and just lazy ass writing is ruining female characters.

[@Luvelyte]

Yes thank you.

[@renegademarbles7747]

Diversity isn't the problem, tokenism is. Tokenism sucks

[@Mr.Murphy2802]

Yeah and the fact that people aren't presenting the female characters correctly, certain producers, writers and directors present their female leads as better than everyone else and can do anything for no reason, and some do that for the whole female society, as is the example of Elizabeth banks' Charlie's angels, and especially rey in the star wars sequels, they believe they either need to pamper the female gender to make them feel accepted or just believe females are superior to males, which shouldn't be the case, throughout this video he always said "not because they're a wahmen" or "they took a badass who was just coincidentally a wahmen" which is the mentality alot of big companies overlook

[@ComradeOgilvy369]

*Forced* diversity is what's ruining good shows, key difference. Not just in the realm of gender either. It's like when J.K. Rowling came to us YEARS after Harry Potter was done like "oh yeah, Dumbledore was gay.". It didn't make me think how bold! Good move! It made me think "call the ministry, we've got a magic pedophile"

[@munxox]

exactly

[@loregoblin3854]

I feel like there’s a specific way to implement the idea of writing women into a story so that the story can have women in it. like... the fact that they’re women can have a bearing on their role in the story and that can be a good thing. Toph was seen as helpless because she was blind, sure... but she was also small, young, and female. all of those traits stacked on top of each other made people underestimate her like four times over. and Katara much more directly confronted the sexism of her own culture when she refused to be relegated solely to a healing role, and demanded to be trained in combat bending, which was in direct defiance of tradition. one of the first things Katara ever does on screen is call her brother sexist for trying to pigeonhole her into a strict gender role, and we watch Sokka outgrow this attitude after meeting Suki, showing that people can change with enough time, and a little proof that their thinking is backwards. comparatively, Legend of Korra doesn’t really tackle sexism at all, because it’s kind of implied that this is a post-sexism society. the areas where sexism existed for the original ATLA cast kind of got solved by them existing? like, Katara changed the way the water tribe operated in terms of teaching specific bending styles based on gender, and by becoming the legend that she was, Toph modeled strength and genius for later generations, while continuing to be a blind woman of relatively small stature. it’s her bending and demeanor that make her seem larger than life. comparatively, Korra had a whole different set of issues. she started as a strong bender as a child, and presented clearly as the avatar very early on, then grew up with the burden of great expectations resting on her shoulders, and, as far as I’m concerned, she really broke down a lot when she was actually challenged by her circumstances. for as cool as Korra’s design may be, her arc isn’t a very badass look... and has _much_ less to do with her being female. the only time her gender seems to be relevant is in the romantic subplots, and even then, only meta textually. because like... the world of avatar sidesteps addressing whether or not homophobia is a thing, but it is the meta reason why Korra and Asami were tossed in each other’s direction at the last minute. and I guess what I’m saying here is that ATLA had women that were badass, but that was not divorced from their femininity. and femininity doesn’t just mean pretty frills or delicacy or whatever. there are times when Toph, Katara, Suki, and even Azula are required to be women for the narrative to work. they are not interchangeable with men in these specific instances. for example, I find it interesting that Ozai looked at his two children, saw a son who wasn’t very good at fire bending, and had more empathy and emotion than pragmatism and ambition, saw a daughter who was the polar opposite, and basically shrugged and decided Azula was the favored child. no sexism present at all. meanwhile Katara had to struggle to prove herself worthy of inheriting the cultural knowledge of her own people because they wouldn’t teach her the things she needed to know on account of her gender. the difference is that Katara’s culture was viewing her as a person with a social identity, whereas Ozai viewed his kids equally and objectively as tools, and kept or discarded them based on utilitarian function. one is less sexist, but the other is more feeling. and the minds of the water tribe were able to be changed, because the water tribe _does_ have feelings that Katara could appeal to. injustice means something to them eventually. Ozai decided that Zuko was useless a long time ago, and nothing Zuko accomplishes could ever be enough to change that. implementing a character’s gender to communicate something like that is excellent writing. but it is also writing that stems from wanting to write a story about a woman. someone who couldn’t be a man and produce the desired narrative. being a badass comes in flavors other than raw beatdown capability... though these ladies happen to have that in spades. Katara was the emotional core of the group. a role that women often fill in stories like these. which led her to do things like keep Aang and Sokka’s goofiness in check, try to free enslaved people, and blood bend the hell out of a bunch of fire nation dudes while trying to find her mother’s murderer. her badassery isn’t a subversion of her role as an emotional person... it’s complimentary. and if a call for more diversity in a cast is able to bring about writing like this, then I say that the push for diversity is worth it. sure, it can backfire and create useless characters whose only trait is “woman” and nothing else, but like... I’d call that a problem with the writer, not the idea. if a good writer is toodling along writing their story, and someone suggests that their story doesn’t have many women and maybe it should, then that could open the door for the writer to do something creative with either an existing role, or additional characters that they’re only about to write because somebody pointed that out. that’s how we got Toph. and on the flip side, it’s not as though women haven’t gotten nerfed for their gender before either. Lisa Lisa from JJBA part 2 was supposed to be way more kickass than she ended up being, but due to predominant trends and ideas at the time, she never got to win in combat where we could actually see it happen. it was lucky that she didn’t get edited out entirely and replaced with some generic strongdude mentor. if folks are allowed to complain the badassery out of female characters, then I should be allowed to try and complain some badassery into them, yaknow? so yeah, including women in a story just to hit a diversity quota sucks, but sometimes trying for diversity in a story can still result in something good... if a writer is willing to put the same work into their women characters as they do with their men characters.

[@jaspersong7959]

holy shit, this was so articulate and thoughtful. kudos to u for writing this!

[@loregoblin3854]

@@jaspersong7959 thanks to you too, for your appreciation! ^_^

[@kamiladiaz1465]

This was so accurate and amazing! I've never seen something so structured in a comment, great job dude!

[@loregoblin3854]

@@kamiladiaz1465 thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed reading all that ^^

[@Icrecreqmart34]

ozai wasnt sexist and was ahead of his time thats what i got from this

[@masterklaw4527]

Cowboy Bebop’s theme is a flex in and of itself.

[@Avarn388]

MasterKlaw Indeed. Bebop has some of the best music in anime. Yoko Kano is the GOAT.

[@revolvingworld2676]

3 2 1 lets jam

[@eletricsaberman8916]

"by not including characters *because* of diversity, the diversity present becomes so much more real and bad-ass feeling." Finally, someone who *gets it*

[@InfernosReaper]

Exactly, how do you write or play a color or a gender? Those can only be as positive or negative as you want them to be. They can't have high and low points, nor can they ever grow. There's no journey the character can take, no true obstacles to overcome or improvement to be had. All they can do is just be there and do stuff because the plot says so. That's where a lot of stories these days seem to be falling short.

[@kittchenKAT]

Okay but seriously, twitter is trying to destroy him bc they misinterpreted the thumbnail and title, and it's like they didnt even watch it. It is so fucking annoying bc like, Nux has always supported the wamen and they're dising him. Also are calling out his h. 3. N.....tio videos even though theres no need

[@ripghotihook]

This is what I end up explaining to people when we get on the subject of forced diversity in media. There is a difference between a hero who happens to be a black transgender midget and a black transgender midget who happens to be a hero. It's amazing how many people don't understand this concept.

[@Silva-ek9hd]

@Real Communism Pretty straight if you ask me

[@Silva-ek9hd]

@Real Communism I do? And it's importance is what?

[@parasol3561]

I feel like authors who respond to criticism of their females characters with it’s a shonen, it’s targeted towards young men. That’s a shit excuse, just because it targeted towards a certain group, it doesn’t mean that another group would like to watch it, for example the author of one piece.

[@tvddamonlovernina]

I think it’s even worse when anyone says its for young boys... like are boys supposed to look at female characters as walking boobs and ass and thats it?? Treating fem characters like shit is supposed to be normal for boys?? What on earth are these authors trying to actually say? I dont think i want to know actually

[@xxxfairycorpsexxx7592]

Also it just doesn't excuse bad writing. Especially when it's for young boys and regarding female characters, we already have plenty of problems with how men are taught to treat women, we don't need to enforce it in media too.

[@costcosfinest4763]

not to mention, if you admit that all you're doing is catering to a specific (and immature) demographic, aren't you just shitting on your own work? don't you want to tell genuine, complex stories? like if you're aiming to write a story about motivation, don't you want to show off your craft by giving a variety of characters a variety of motivators? it's the same when fans do this imo. "oh it's for boys so it only needs to be about boys." so you admit that you are incapable of understanding anyone different from you??

[@tvddamonlovernina]

@@mrbubbles6468 i agree that part is good, no need to treat women differently than other ppl. Considering most MCs are on the side of good and stuff like that, the MC is not the one (usually), however other characters (not ‘bad guys’) and plot treat women wierdly for the lack of a better word, right now i only watch jjk and attack on titan, just to avoid stuff like that

[@burgerboss8377]

Men stay winning

[@KylenPhylar]

I love that mention of Revy. "There's a million things I could say about why she's a badass, and not a single one of them is the fact she's a woman." You get her.

[@mr.unknown731]

@@lynxis What dumbass SJW said this? Revy's character is PHENOMENAL!!! It not like they just stuck some boy personality with a Female body; her character has real depth!!! Yes she has very foul language but its believable because of her upbringing, environment, and her having some insecurities. When you meet Revy it's very clear despite what she says about her main goals in life(Money being the only values in the world) that she still longs for being able to dream(Not to be valued just by profits). That's why she takes an intrest to Rock(main protagonist) although he has problems keeping his ideals in the story to make that climb in Roanapor.

[@myself1gcv]

Look up The Women of FullMetal Alchemist. I've never seen a series with more depth and character given to women. Also the author was a woman.

[@WolframiteWraith]

Those two things might have something to do with each other. Amazing how she writes great male characters as well, instead of giving excuses like many popular male mangaka *cough* Kishimoto *cough*.

[@meanncat3050]

@@WolframiteWraith A passion for writing might help. You'll find the ones that are passionate for what they do are either great at it or constantly improving...or both. Usually both. You see it with artists, so you'll see it with writers.

[@D_YellowMadness]

Makes it all the more baffling that the creator of the first animated adaptation of FMA thought it would be a good idea to turn Winry into a whiny lunatic who's always crying & likes to hit her friends in the head with wrenches.

[@the_gratefulgamer]

You haven't seen a series with more character depth for women, than FMA. That's cute. 😏😏😏😏 Try Claymore.

[@platinum_noelle]

"Was" Ik what you mean but it makes me giggle bc it implies she may no longer be a woman

[@RikuHino]

Nuxtaku: Avatar the last air bender is so good Avatar fans: looks like we've got another one bois

[@lmcdoug23]

More like Nux taku: Avatar the last air bender is so good Avatar fans: duh where the fuck have you been

[@mikanchan322]

@@lmcdoug23 RIGHT I was surprised,, how had he seen +200 anime and not avatar 😭😭

[@aniketshrotriya6836]

Still could not get in his top 10

[@salman6254]

@@lmcdoug23 it's kind of mediocre.

[@lmcdoug23]

@@salman6254 lol ok

[@concept5631]

Me: *sees "hot badass" in the thumbnail* Me: *also sees Toph in the thumbnail* Me: *confused screaming*

[@Konpekikaminari]

She qualifies for at least one of the 2

[@concept5631]

@@Konpekikaminari Yes, particularly the "badass" part.

[@etsymichael1514]

As a ten year old when I first saw her she was cute. Don’t judge me. 🤦‍♂️😂

[@concept5631]

@@etsymichael1514 At the time she was two years older than you so its fine.

[@Dressup_Doll]

@@etsymichael1514 if fine. She’s adorable and awesome

[@skaudivee]

The 'female' personality trait being the only personality trait is the most annoying garbage .-.

[@joyc.e.7511]

@University student in hiding ho ho ho I don't think it really mattered that she ended up getting with Asami. I think the main problem was Korra's personality and how she never grew personally as a character.

[@VillackDeSage]

@University student in hiding ho ho ho Oh please, I know gigantic boobs are ridiculous, but Shonens are for teenage boys, of course they're gonna put humongous pillows on fictional characters, it sells. That said, if we COULD trade chest volume for personality, they should have done so from the f*cking start. Fun fact, the author himself did say in an interview that he quickly realized he sucked at writing female characters, which is pretty obvious. The closest he got to making decent female characters were Tsunade (who then immediately gets promoted to bench-warmer for-f*cking-ever) and Haku... who's not a girl. As for Korra, you can't seriously say it's that "suddenly she gay" ending that ruined the show, it's like what? 5 seconds at the end? In fact I thought that it wasn't bad to show that, sometimes, relationships don't work out.

[@ZainKaneko]

@University student in hiding ho ho ho Korra ending up with Asami wasn't a problem for me...it was all the people saying "oh i saw this coming because reasons"...and those reasons were straight up things you would normally expect friends would do or whatever. like korra and asami had an interest in each other because they only wrote to each other and left out mako...and not because it makes sense that they're both women in powerful positions having to deal with expectations and could more likely relate to each other.

[@brendlol1]

@University student in hiding ho ho ho To be fair Naruto character were all weak cause Unless you were a Uchiha or in the Uzumaki clan you aren't doing shit in that anime. The only Execption to that is Minato cause the man with his own abilities and skill found out how to fuckin teleport.

[@forestelfranger]

@University student in hiding ho ho ho I think the big boob thing is just your own personal taste there. Which for Hinata are not as big as you are making them out to be. They would not exist at all for her younger self, be around medium size after the time skip. Than in Boruto would become smaller again. I think you might of been looking at two many fan manga or pictures, if you think Hinata is big in any way shape or form when it comes to chest size. Women having big boobs is not unrealistic. That is again your own personal taste. Female characters who have a chest with character have existed for years like in comics before they when down the drain. Which fun fact, the world largest naturally chest size for a woman is 109.22 cm held by a woman. Which is alot larger than Hinata. Also thank you for ignoring years of good female characters, like Emma from a promised neverland, which has the very same thing you requested. Your legit points aside from avatar the last air bender sequel. You could find what you want in anime/manga if you searched for it. I'm sorry you have to ignore years, generations of female characters just so you can go on a rant about how a realistic chest size is unrealistic. Oh oversexuallizing? Yeah lets forget about that when it's done to male. I am women. I love how people always ignore the male female fanservice and just go on to talk about the female fanservice. Oh no a male is stripping and taking off his shirt for no reason, showing off his abs and well tone perfection flawless body. It happens to both genders. Not just one. Bad writing happens to both genders. Not just one. It a issue suffer by both if we really want to go that far. Serious this one side nonsense is bs. It's always the females females. Never once about the male characters. Hahahahahahha hahahahaha! Hahahahahah. Bs it's hard to find great females character on the same level as Naruto? You mean Naruto who whole theme was being the under dog only for that to be total bs and he was the son of god. Revealing he was never a underdog at all, he was this famous legendary character reborn the whole time? Something that undermines countless things related to Naruto's character? Haman Karn, Sayla, Kudelia Aina Bernstein. Bs again.

[@rumplstiltztinkerstein]

She is a badass that happens to be a woman, not a woman that is badass

[@emblemblade9245]

I’m definitely in love with this idea but I know that some characters can be enhanced, so to speak, by being a whamen, especially depending on the setting. I guess what I’m trying to say is, when you make a badass character and say “this badass is also a whamen”, does that mean the character would look and act the exact same way if that character was chosen to be a man instead? I sometimes have a hard time understanding at what point of writing a character do you decide their gender, because you’ve gotta do it at some point and it will change the way the audience views the character because even though men and whamen can both be total badasses I do believe there are inherent differences between the sexes (not to get too political). So yeah love the phrase, but I’m a bit murky on the implementation. Deciding when’s the right time to say whether this badass is a man or whamen, or perhaps some minority, and how much they should be fleshed out with that in mind if they are a minority. It’s a tricky subject isn’t it.

[@bafbaas1210]

Personally I don't mind the fact that they're women to be an integral part of how they're badass as that is more authentic to the real life way a woman is treated and goes through life. Also don't think that women need to fight or be masculine or physically tough to be badass cause badass-ness has a lot to more do with confidence and succes.

[@rumplstiltztinkerstein]

@@bafbaas1210 I think it's quite funny how some people think that woman need to be more like men to be "tough". They talk about female power, but when they see one lady just being herself these "feminists" get mad. The characters that Nux spoke about in this video are awesome because they are themselves. They have their personal dreams, desires and personality. They act according to who they are even if society doesn't agree with that. The feminists are a chunk of society that wants to decide what people should and shouldn't be. So if you ignore them and just be yourself, you are a badass.

[@starshade7826]

"She is a badass that happens to be a woman, not a woman that is a badass." Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you an Internet user who does not understand the Reflexive Axiom. A = B therefore B = A I rest my case. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk. Have a nice day.

[@rumplstiltztinkerstein]

@@starshade7826 and thank you for showing us how smart you are

[@Raph___A]

"I am an advocate of gender equality. A man who has no problem drop kicking a woman."

[@SamTheGumMan117]

Touma agrees

[@Salemwaaa]

Naofumi Iwatani I agree with these sentiments wholeheartedly

[@maadtee6281]

Hyakkimaru agrees

[@fuckyouandyourbullshit69]

Mob doesn't Agree

[@martiddy]

Same!, I usually avoid conflicts, but if I would have to use self-defense against a woman. I wouldn't care to punch the other person regardless of the gender.

[@TIENxSHINHAN]

Ironically, the creator of Cowboy Bebop said that the anime was so diverse simply because he thought diversity was important. He cared about having a diverse set of characters to expose Japan to people of different backgrounds and even wanted to include people speaking different languages, but figured it would be too hard to do. One of the best anime in history came from a man wanting to write a story that was diverse for diversity's sake.

[@CarmelloVision]

This is the fuckin comment 🎉 also, makes a more realistic human expansion into the cosmos. More so than things like Star Wars initially. Disney tried fixing that, but too deliberately

[@flashfrozen7401]

As far as American cartoons, let me just leave this here: Powerpuff Girls. EDIT: Original series only!

[@TimmyStreams]

YES YES YESSSS

[@shadrikb]

Buttercup

[@jamesmcqueary6233]

Do you mean the old school original version were the girls each had their own flaws and problems, and the villains were a legitimate threat but the girls came out on top because they found a way through? Or do you mean the "hilarious and lovable" reboots that portray the girls as nigh unstoppable and the villains as literal assclowns, where the girls always win just because? Gotta be clear about these things.

[@snailthelostcow63]

@@jamesmcqueary6233 damn, even the weeb version aka PPGZ is better than the reboot

[@SL2797]

The ORIGINAL one

[@jlinus7251]

All the women in full metal alchemist are badasses

[@truekurayami]

Except one, she is tragic but that isn't her fault. Poor Nina she did not deserve what the writers did to her.

[@cesargeney5268]

Except mom. She was just a piece setting for the story

[@knightowl2407]

@@cesargeney5268 This is true, though I don't think it is a bad thing. Not every character can be perfect. But even then, mom was not a bad character.

[@jlinus7251]

@@truekurayami Nina😢😭😭😭

[@AlphaOmega08922]

Let's examine this statement: Winry? Yep Pinako? Okay, yeah Lan Fan? Yep x2 Mei? Surprisingly, yes Riza? Hellz yeah Izumi? Hehe... he... um, duh! Olivier? See Riza Maria? Pretty much Paninya? Really wish we'd seen more of her, but yes, she is In conclusion: There is no lie here. Every single important female character is a goddamn badass in FMA:B.

[@emeraldgreenz]

“This badass is also a whaman” -Nux Taku 2019

[@gyalaxy2131]

Ok

[@xbolt678]

Erza and Toph are some of the most influential characters in my life, even if I didn't realize it at first lol.

[@panpanmonday3585]

Nah just Erza and Toph for me Korra s annoying and in my opinion never learns her lesson also the fact that's she's unbelievably weak even in the avatar state really annoys me. No to mention how she has everything handed to her even after she screws up and never learns anything.

[@CarolineVMay]

@@panpanmonday3585 You're thinking of Korra. Katara's a regular waterbender, not the avatar.

[@panpanmonday3585]

@@CarolineVMay whoops

[@panpanmonday3585]

@christagi mbeka got confused with korra whoops

[@Bllssxfull]

@@panpanmonday3585 I’m sorry but Korra went through hell and back for her feats. She trained nonstop, went through depression and PTSD. She’s not weak at all. I think she was one of the well written characters in LOK.

[@Cpruett]

"There are no badass women in...Magi" Stand still why Morgiana gives you a love tap and then say that.

[@TxtCat]

THANK YOU.

[@theblackoutexplorer2658]

This them feet gonna crush

[@NachoCheeseDorito-Kun]

Pretty much every WAHman in that show is badass and strong in an entirely different way from each other. Morgiana is strong and versatile in both body and heart, Scheherezade is incredibly wise and talented with magic, Hakuei. Shit, don't even get me started on Hakuei. And the best part is their gender is never a contributing factor.

[@aghadlarhen9397]

@@NachoCheeseDorito-Kun oh boi, remember when Kougyoku showed up and almost wrecked everyone AND still had the power to engulf Sindria with a tidal wave while holding her own against plot contriva- I mean Sinbad. Literally no Female in that show was either weak or useless.

[@jilliancrawford7577]

Morgiana is one of my favorite females in anime for that reason!

[@verdethestarwarrior1088]

Nux Taku: uploads a video that doesn’t have “Will Delete Soon” in the title Me: What has ZA WARUDO come to?!

[@megzarie]

It doesnt have trending in japan thumbnail in it either. I fear for our dear Lord Nuxanor

[@Wesley-of-224]

It means Za Warudo has come full circle!

[@69SalterStreet]

Pewdiepie has changed how a generation of dudes say "wahmen".

[@irkenpony17]

:0

[@meg2831]

It hurts to listen to and i can't even watch this whole video

[@thurmanstevenson5692]

I wish he didn’t

[@thurmanstevenson5692]

I’m so annoyed

[@pearlyp9898]

Yeah, like, this video has a point, but I just can't stand the way he says that. If you're gonna make a video about women in media, the least you can do is not reffer to them in such a condescending manner.

[@DrSmalley]

I feel like in so many Tv shows, movies, etc. today, when attempting to write a strong female character, the writers focus all their attention on writing the strong female, but totally forget to write the character.

[@franktank334]

Bingo. They don’t give the character any flaws because they think if she has flaws then she isn’t strong (Which is not true. All the best strong characters have their own flaws and that’s what makes them instwresting as characters.) and as a result the character comes off as flat and boring.

[@StarforceOnAir]

>Watches RWBY >Favorite is Yang >Admits that he's only seen Volumes 1 through 3 Oh, Nux Taku, my friend, I hope you make a video on RWBY once you catch up. You're gonna soooo much material to riff and laugh at.

[@Drums_of_Liberation]

True. But you gotta admit that it's kind of making a turn for the better. Volume 7 is easily the best the show's been since Volume 3. Granted it wasn't perfect, but it's a step in the right direction.

[@I_HippoIsAlive_I]

i believe volume 6 is more of a turn around to me. they fix alot of pass mistakes and brought back the badass fights and actual somewhat good storytelling

[@Drums_of_Liberation]

@@I_HippoIsAlive_I 6 was good. Though the revelation of Ozpin's war just being the world's bloodiest episode of Divorce Court was kind of silly. The story behind it was great and all don't get me wrong.

[@arrondraco3820]

@MrHungryhippo007 I don’t know, 6 was really bad for me. They completely fucked Adam’s character beyond repair so decide to straight up kill him. The main characters actually kill a person on screen a person that was then defenseless and beaten and they decide to kill him anyways. This is coming from our main characters the people who are supposed to always be morally superior to everyone else or they are in this series anyway. That just seemed so lazy to me. Also the Ozpin thing makes no sense. Like yang is upset at him because he gave her mom....bird powers? Keep in mind that there are literally no draw backs to this power and is exclusively a plus.They treat him like a morally grey character but he does literally nothing to actually be morally grey.

[@Drums_of_Liberation]

@@arrondraco3820 bruh Adam didn't even have a character beyond being the stalker ex boyfriend trope. And as for Ozpin I'd say manipulating Pyrrha into a corner so she'd say to being the Fall Maiden was pretty screwed up. As well as basically killing centuries worth of people in an unwinnable war against his ex. Old Oz is the poster boy of don't put your dick in crazy.

[@remuj6457]

No one: Nux every 5 seconds: the protagonist of fairytail is the guild

[@gladehartdreamer5620]

hey, its better that way, natsu is... not exactly the most interesting protagonist

[@Rayketsu]

Doralingus & Assorted his backstory is. Even tho it’s kinda cliche

[@Melodyofthesea78]

@@gladehartdreamer5620 Yeah....Natsu is a basic main shonen character. Not exactly original or interesting.

[@alucard8433]

@@Melodyofthesea78 Natsu is not main character, Lucy is technically the main character.

[@admin.slayerenryu]

@@Melodyofthesea78 He's a revived demon who was raised by a dragon, was then alone, joined the guild as a kid, lost one of his best friends and his only real family is an immortal who everything he touches dies.

[@ClashBluelight]

so to summarize: step 1: make a cool character. step 2: be like "ya'know, this could be a whamen and nothing would really change, so why not?" step 3: profit.

[@theallaroundnerd9889]

Or, the alternative 1) Write badass character 2) You know, I'd like to see some porn of my characters, make it a whaman 3) Fuck it, give her lady abs 4) Profit

[@seandabest4329]

Gets a little difficult with some characters. It CAN work with some characters (Toph, Pidge from Voltron, probably others who were written as male then gender swapped because why not), but in others it's a little more difficult. For example, a James Bond type (repeat, _type_) character who does cool stuff, picks up the ladies, always a gentleman, so on and so forth. If you were to simply make a character like him female, then theoretically that would also mean picking up the hot guy, always a lady (the posh kind, not the gender kind), does cool stuff, all of which put together... doesn't quite mesh as well, mostly due to preexisting biases of women who "pick up" guys and what "being a lady" means. Another thing that can make it difficult is that if the villain is one of those vain, egotistical dudes who underestimates the hero, they probably don't have the best views on gender roles which can easily make it seem as if the gender is more important than the accomplishments. I'm not saying it's impossible, or necessarily even that difficult, just that there's a little more to it sometimes. However, race should have even less of these issues, so I really want to see more cartoons with non-white protagonists out there like Static Shock or the one about Cornelius Filmore. Craig of the Creek is a good step, but that doesn't mean it's a show I want to watch.

[@ShadowAraun]

@@seandabest4329 I do agree about the villain bit, but that mostly stems from people using art and media to push their own views. if they can see something a certain way, death of the author, that's how it was meant. An author could write a good female protag fighting a stereotypical villain who happens to be male and who happens to look down on the protag and mean nothing intentionally political by it, and people would see it and see it as feminism or some shit. a good modern example of this is the Bubble Girl scene that pissed people off in My Hero. i have flat out heard people say "if it was a guy in that machine it would've been funny" and i nearly choked trying not to laugh at that double standard statement (also that scene gave me some great loony toons flashbacks, top tier comedic subversion). Even people who believe in refining society to true equality have these double standards and bias's towards men and women and its freekin' hilarious that they don't realize it.

[@ClashBluelight]

@@seandabest4329 i get where you're coming from, but the basic idea of writing what you know still applies. also for the "bond type" as you describe it. i feel like there are characters who fit this bill pretty well. rouge the bat and kim possible are both pretty clearly bond style characters in their own way just to name a few. cat woman also fulfills bond tropes pretty well. it's about perspective. given enough time i'm sure i could find more "bond type" female characters who don't hit these pitfalls than there are versions of bond himself. really my point was to write what you're good at. then assign a gender if that doesn't hurt anything. like, why does the evil temptress have to be female? because the victims are overwhelmingly straight males. since there's a realistic plot reason i wouldn't change this one. but, why is the champion wrestler with mommy issues male? no reason? then we can change this one freely. it should always come back to why you wrote the character in the first place. if you wrote a character to serve a purpose then their gender should match that if possible. if the purpose isn't gender specific then make them what you want. WHAT they are should matter very little when compared to WHO they are. hope i cleared up my stance a little.

[@terraglade]

At least when it comes to ttrpg stuff i play in, being an artist i'll make the character first then decide a gender. Mostly comes down to what design i want to make XD

[@Mr.Smiley_J]

Toph is probably my favorite female, maybe even character in general. Such a badass.

[@crescentmoondriver4343]

Toph's name is literally pronounce *tough* how badass is that. She's the G.

[@ZeroOmega-vg8nq]

More like the first half of the word toffie to me actually

[@xolotltolox7626]

But the G in tough is silent

[@dontforgetsolstice1403]

xolotltolox I laughed so fucking hard

[@SMunro]

Toph comes from Tophus, latin for stone. Toph is a variety of Sandstone.

[@ashwindeshpande7557]

I guess that would be a bit toph to pronounce

[@yuku6921]

"Her time of the month is the whole goddamn month" never a more accurate description of korra

[@ZeroOmega-vg8nq]

I always thought it was manipulative THOT who we lost aang for.

[@Melodyofthesea78]

@@ZeroOmega-vg8nq Yes Korra is a manipulative Thot. Fantastic discrption of that character. 😂

[@ZeroOmega-vg8nq]

@@Melodyofthesea78 nowadays i call her proto rey

[@zeterzero4356]

Has a good character design though.

[@Silva-ek9hd]

Am I the only one who appreciates Korra for being a real person with like actual issues that a lot of people, especially teens faced? Gosh I feel so weird but like, the whole Korra hate train kinda irks me.

[@xdadam1223]

"I am an advocate of true gender equality, a man who has no problem drop kicking a woman." -Some anime dude.

[@Kaimax61]

@ZIOZIO and now, Genzo, Animal Mask. same author. lol

[@rexerator]

-Luffy

[@CakeofRage]

fun fact: toph was originally supposed to be a guy, but someone on the team was like "what if toph was a girl? we could even bring back that voice actress we really liked" and so here we are and we have one of the best characters ever

[@EskChan19]

Because a truly good character is just that, a good chracter regardless of look and gender. If you have a great character, go "What if we change their gender" and it's still a great character, then you really made a good character. If changing the gender, skincolor or something like that of your character and suddenly the majority of their character is obsolete, then you made a token.

[@frannava2463]

@@EskChan19 well that's the thing it was written well character-wise it wouldn't matter of his gender race ethnicity because in the day that character is written well and they can add a little here and there for its character when the day the results will be the same

[@SnowStorm42]

Uncultured People: Nux Taku makes so many Hentai videos. Theres no way he respects women Nux Taku: *makes this video*

[@mavisdom-animeonpiano]

SnowStorm42 *reverse card*

[@thunderring8056]

Once again he flexes on all

[@AnEdgyWeeb]

Nux: There are no badass females in Magi Me: **watching Morgiana kick a bunch of tigers to death** k

[@seirachan5108]

She's the one who dragged me to watch Magi actually 😂😂😂😂

[@TSH425]

@Eric Flaquer oof nah dude she has heart u just calling everything manly

[@Yuki_Ika7]

@Eric Flaquer i think the phrase you are looking for is wo-MANLY!!!!!!

[@thomasgriffin2198]

She is wo-manly till she starts dancing, really shows her feminine side/ability to have fun. She is great, and her story, however limited, is great. Very implicitly built character.

[@Yuki_Ika7]

@@cedricb.7664 then i do have to give the people behind the anime a hug and/or pat on the back, if what you say is true then the anime is the better version

[@TheWookiee89]

Korra "ok boomer"ed so much she lost her connection to the previous avatars

[@trentonbuchert7342]

Paul Mulkey Not exactly true, but funny nonetheless.

[@isaachinds3736]

@@trentonbuchert7342 Very true

[@QuesaritoBoy]

Aang actually did that in the sequel comics, at least with Roku. They reconcile later though

[@xMckingwill]

LOL

[@NeoDeity]

TRUUIUUUE

[@Shadow_Sonata]

True "diversity": A collection of characters with different backgrounds, strengths and weaknesses, personalities,etc. that add something to the storyline. SJW "diversity": Character fits a series of checkbox categories. Usual result is either a Mary Sue or a generally horrible, lazily written character. For a good series, try Puella Magi Madoka Magica (especially Homura Akemi)

[@water1374]

Hmm, It's almost like the modern "Civil Rights Activists" are a bunch of fakes who believe people should be judged by how much melanin they have in their skin, what kind of genitals they have and what way they swing rather than the contents of their character. Irony is lethal.

[@ninjatylerfortniteblevins2951]

I don't really like pulling the "sjw" card but I guess I agree

[@maikcampbell]

LOL this is such a hot take. Who do you think is writing "true" diversity?

[@water1374]

@@maikcampbell Doesn't it just happen naturally when a good writer feels the need to make his characters visually distinct?

[@maikcampbell]

@@water1374 You said modern 'civil rights activists' are fakes as if people are incapable of writing organic characters and everything is contrived. I'm finding it ironic that more than likely you'd be short changed to find natural/organic/authentic 'diverse' casts from any modern conservative media/outlets

[@Cloverfr]

I personally like it more when the character being a woman just enhance the traits they have and just make the character better, let's take Toph, she was meant to be a badass man, he was supposed to be a little older too, like Bowling, yet we had Toph, a badass little girl, her traits, just shine brighter, the same with Akane from Psycho Pass. Sometimes is not a matter of "does not matter if is a woman or a man" rather, this character being a woman, just shine brighter, without the gender overshining their traits.

[@justanawkwardnerd]

I think it's because of sexism that makes those characters better for you - the bar for a well-written woman is so fucking low, that media and society actively treating a woman as a well-developed person in their own right the way they would a man is what makes a good female character SO much better and interesting. The mark of a great character is so easy for men because it's thought that only men can have good stories or lives, or that men are more universally relatable and a woman is just not as interesting in comparison. That's just the sexism popping out, and why female characters are, across the board, lackluster. Also, remember that many male-dominated societies and professions ACTIVELY demeaned women's contributions for much of anything across the world for several generations. Writing - historical, literature, etc., was generally a male-dominated field when it was taken seriously, and that has lingering effects on how we view story-telling today.

[@Polymathically]

I'm so glad you mentioned Toph. She's easily one of the best animated characters ever. I really hope you do a separate video on her!

[@TheTangentExpress]

"Interdimensional Metrosexual Satan" needs to be a T-shirt

[@antonstrydom3401]

This I can agree with

[@AlphaOmega08922]

Best comment in the video

[@trajectoryunown]

I'd rock that.

[@Knights_of_the_Nine]

Boomer shirt

[@alfredosauce8177]

This is a long way to say, “Characters that are women should be written as characters.” Like, I agree! And you have a point! But wanting to tell diverse stories regularly and not once in a blue moon isn’t the problem. It’s having writers that aren’t self aware enough to realize they’re making a token, which no one likes. It sounds like you don’t have any problem with strong female characters or representing diversity more- you have a problem with bad writing and writers that don’t know how to represent or tell a good story. I just want to see more awesome characters. I don’t care if some are straight white dudes or if some are aromantic pansexual people covered in polka dots. I do know that seeing representation in media can literally save lives. 🤷 Your own argument is that characters should just be characters, it doesn’t matter, so why would more diversity be a problem if it doesn’t matter? I’m honestly not trying to pick a fight. Just wanted to say my piece.

[@EskChan19]

More diversity itself wouldn't be a problem. It only becomes a problem when it becoems extremely on the nose that this was just done for diversity, or when it actively hurts the story. Or when it takes stuff away from people. Nobody gives a shit if a good character is a woman or not. But when 90% of the "story" is "look how cool she is because she is a woman. She's a woman did you know? BTW she's a awesome woman. She's awesome because she is a woman", then that sucks. And most of western media is all about that now. Most of the time it's just "look we have a *insert woman or actual minority here* ". And that's not interesting. Same with if it hurts the story. Whatever way that may be. We see that in war stories, where they try to tell realistic stories about war and the past, but then suddenly 50% of the nazis are black women wielding katanas with their robot arms like in Battlefield, then it just breaks the story. Or if some stupd storyline is suddenly shoved into somewhere where it ahs no place, like Supergilr did, where it's all about superheroes, but then they dedicate an entire season to her sister being lesbian, and it's pretty much the only thing happening in the entire season. Even worse when they need to construct enemies because they can' take any real ones. Like everything went fine, but suddenly when it turns out her sister is gay, all white men are suddenly douchebags and everyone suddenly behaves like they came straight out of the 1930s. One season everything is normal, second season, just because they want to be as on the nose as possible, suddenly everyone is "Shut up gay people are bad, go back to the kitchen woman!" out of nowhere just because they couldn't find a realistic representation of the subject. And the third and probably worst one is when, insteda of making representation natural by making own, original concepts, they just take suff away from people and make it their own. People wanted a superhero that represents black people, so they made Black panther. Neat. But then they went on their "Wouldn't it be cool if everything was diverse now?" and suddenly Captain America is black, Hulk is asian, Thor is a woman, Iron Man is a black woman, Captain Marvel is a woman, and so on and so on. They could make their own original characters, like Miss Marvel or Spider Gwen. But no, they want to be as in the face as they can be by remodeling t he stuff people enjoyed for decades, just to get some browny points for "look how diverse we are guys!" And it's those three areas that make up pretty much 99% of western media nowadays. And it sucks. And it's what makes people go up against SJWism. Because western media nowadays is almost exclusively tokenism. Actually good characters are relatable to everyone and don't need to be defined entirely by their skincolor or gender. I like Samus Aran just as much as i like Link, because Samus doesn't need to go around shouting "I'm a woman, respect me i'm a woman you people!" all the time. So more diversity itself isn't a problem, but that it's forcefully shoved down our throats and in turn actively makes stories objectively worse is a problem. Also that push that "Diversity" just means "Ban White Men" is also not helping a lot. More diversity is fine, but doing that by the checkbox and making sure that all white people are only allowed to be evil because all white people are evil i not fine.

[@dbzfan45]

@@EskChan19 I agree with the first couple parts of your reply, especially in supergirls case (I say that as a black gay person). The thing I hate is when the storyline revolves around them being gay or anything like that, it should focus on the plot of the show and the character happens to be gay. That being said the last half of your reply is where I differ and where like 99% of the complaints of tokenism fall into the same trap that they are complaining about in the first place. For example with super heroes, it is very different to say the storyline shouldn’t be them constantly stating “look how awesome I am being a women doing awesome thing” or “look at me I’m doing this thing WHILE GAY” bla bla bla and then someone saying hey “I’m the next person taking up this mantle” and they happen to be black. Those are two different things where I feel you start to cross the line between tokenism and literally just having diversity which in itself isn’t bad as explained from the original commenter. You can’t argue that it’s bad to exclude white men from the media but it’s okay to do that to everyone else? As long as it’s a well written character who is driven by the plot then they aren’t a Tolken character and it does not matter what race, sexual orientation, etc they are. Super heroes have new people take up the mantle all the time that’s nothing new. So as long as they don’t change the character or their motivations for that character is does not actually matter what they look like. By saying that them now being black or a women or whatever that it’s tokenism, even in cases where the character itself did not change then by your own reasoning for why tokenism is bad then you’re doing exact same thing. It also makes it impossible to have well written diverse characters if it’s automatically labeled as tokenism just by those minorities existing at all. Like when the new comic about Jon Kent (Superman’s son) was teased everyone started shouting about how it was tokienism, and how him being gay ruined the story etc. But this was before the comic was even released! And he was a new character! You can’t call it tokenism if you haven’t even read the comic yet, he could be the most well written character ever made but instead he is instantly shut down. This is just one example of many as to why I can’t subscribe to the notion that all western media suffers from tolkinism because most people are so reactive to seeing diversity that they are making it so there is actually no way to win. We can’t head in the direction where anything that’s not exactly the same as it’s always been is automatically bad, we have to take the focus of simply “diversity” and call it what it really is which is a problem with writing. So I guess my point is that the solution is for everyone to not be so reactive to diversity being present in newer media (because it’s not going to stop and it shouldn’t) but be diligent in making sure these characters are actually well written, add to the plot, and realistic otherwise we will keep seeing this problem happen. Just my two cents though 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@user-oq9js2tj1f]

@@EskChan19 You got WAY too political, media is not there to shove an agenda down your throat, media is making bad characters because they sell. I do agree with "women for the sake of diversity" is generally bad and harms the story BUT sometimes the character's main struggle can revolve around their identity _as_ a women, and in those cases, being a women is essential for the character and helps the story rather than crippling it. Again I think ultimately the important thing here is properly writing a character, whether it's a bi women or a black man it doesn't matter.

[@impartialthrone2097]

"Korra's character is better on Rule 34 than it is in the show" That is... oddly true...

[@PlatinumSpartan077]

just look up Lahfy aka LAFHY and her Korra art / comics, so goods

[@Vonias]

if there's one good thing about her character it's that she makes a damn good futa in r34.

[@impartialthrone2097]

@@Vonias ah I see you are a fellow man of culture

[@Weather-more]

Gosh...don't google it...This is madness! Ough!

[@IllMatic97]

@@Vonias wow bruh, that's gay. You need help.

[@eixenI]

Erza not wearing many clothes? Erza's mom, not wearing clothes... "I guess like a mother, like a daughter."

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

But... Erza's magic power is specifically the ability to wear all the clothes.

[@shade8608]

@@dontmisunderstand6041 But she mostly wears little clothing when it comes down to a SERIOUS fight. I mean she pretty much wore next to almost nothing like in half of the episodes versus her mom. She wore that bandage bra, and the baggy pants like 80% of the episodes. And you know what they say, "Like Mother, like Daughter". And her mother wore damn near next to nothing.

[@julianrobertson1869]

the reason for the baggy pants outfit is that they NOT magic and therefore she can pump all of her magic into the swords. It's Erza's OHKO equipment, but just like in pkmn it only works if it can land a blow.

[@bribli2177]

Erza vs Rias Gregory. Who wins?

[@GuyFransis]

bri bli Is that even a question? Erza would body Rias.

[@reesebooth4636]

“I like Korras character in rule 34 more than in the show” Nun spirting facts

[@djinsanity3575]

Full agreement

[@WinterSoldier37]

She’s dummy thicc, only thing about her the creators got right lol

[@ocarinaplaya]

Spurting facts among other things

[@jacobmortimore]

Agreed lol

[@FryedPidgey]

Reese Booth I read that as ‘Nun squirting facts’

[@dioelric3032]

So the thumbnail has the word “Hot” and a picture of Toph FBI:hmmmmmmmm

[@cartergilderubio1103]

Nux: *Talks about Yang and says everything I think* You probably won’t see this Nux, but thank you so much. Yang is a character that’s literally changed my life and helped me through some of the worst moments of my life because of the attitude you described, and seeing someone like you who I carry a tremendous amount of respect for in terms of making content and just as a person means the world. Thanks for shining light on a girl who doesn’t get enough love! I really, really loved hearing you share the beliefs I have too

[@RedDragneel]

Great to see there is another person who feels the same as me about Yang im in the same boat she is an amazing character and she helpt me through some tough times

[@serendipitousdestruction5266]

Yang was a character that greatly influenced me, I’ve always wanted to be like her. That’s probably why a character influenced by Yang is in all of my writing.

[@lexymordio1928]

Getting that inspired by fictional characters is kind of sad. I hope you find better people in your life.

[@ninjaking1358]

@@lexymordio1928 and what's wrong with that. They are based on some form of reality.

[@coranbaker6401]

@@lexymordio1928 You say that, but Yang is literally just Barbara Dunkelman.

[@SnuSnuDungeon]

Nux: There are no badass women in YuYuHakusho Genkai would like to know your location.

[@lavolperiyo]

Shizuru, Kuwabara's older sister, would also like a word.

[@ArcaneFiasta]

Mukuro too

[@zerofudou5689]

Also Yoruichi,Soi Fon,Neliel,Captain Unohana/First Kenpachi, and Harribel from Bleach would like a word.

[@pedrorivera9640]

I like Toph cause it sounds like tough. Also, her family is so rich they can afford a last name.

[@aerialpunk]

I feel like the fact that Avatar is one my all-time favourite shows, which I've watched multiple times, and yet it didn't even *occur* to me that such a big proportion of the main characters were women really says something. That's good writing and good character development, cos like you said, they're strong characters that are also women, not women they tried to shoehorn into being badasses.

[@wa11pon33]

Take a drink every time Nux says “WHAMIN”

[@DaidriveCJ]

Are you trying to kill most everybody who doesn't either have the alcohol tolerance of Sterling Archer or a healing factor?!!

[@osets2117]

I don't want alcohol poisoning today thank you, LoL

[@zachbahamutson5477]

@@DaidriveCJ thankfully I have both.

[@DaidriveCJ]

@@zachbahamutson5477 Haha! Then you're most fortunate!

[@zachbahamutson5477]

@@DaidriveCJ no not really cuz that means I can't really get drunk by friend and sometimes you just want to get s***-faced

[@albertosantana269]

Nux: I yearn for true gender equality! I would drop kick a women! Shonen Wamen: Who decided that?

[@RSET16]

One of my favorite badass female characters in anime doesn't even start out like that, it takes the whole story to develop her into a badass. Yona from Yona of the Dawn is a spoiled princess who gets betrayed by the man she loves and sets out on a journey to figure out who she is setting aside her royal lineage for most of the story. She meets so many badass characters that their badassery rubs off on her.

[@sofiap.5222]

Totally agree, I love Yona's development so much!

[@kageyame]

You going to love twelve kingdoms, Youko begins as a weak willed always conforming class representative and ends as the high queen of a nation. And the journey is simply great. It's hands down the best isekai i ever read.

[@silentaria3241]

Yes! Yona of the Dawn is amazing!!!!

[@criptideancia]

is there more than one season?

[@rv462]

@@criptideancia not for now ,but hey there's always the manga

[@kenobigaming5755]

Rey: I’m a strong female character! Captain Marvel: No, I am! ???: Amateurs... Captain Marvel: What did you say?! Princess Fiona: Amateurs

[@okag3]

Lol sounds like bad writers are killing badass women characters rather than diversity

[@zacharycrater2588]

False, Diversity for diversities sake is what the problem is.

[@miuletzmitzu6641]

@@zacharycrater2588 False, people not treating women like humans is where the problem is at. They dont see women as humans, as people, they see them as objects: this woman is a badass so guys can drool over here, look this other woman's personality is big tits and this one's moe and being useless. If instead of trying to make them look incredible and appeal to the male gaze they would've focused on them as PEOPLE and CHARACTERS then they would've had a personality, reasons, backstories, depth, all that good shit, but no, as long as they got big tits nothing else matters, and that's where the problem is.

[@randomperson4198]

I'ma just drop a comment to see where this is going

[@debuffedhuman982]

Gonna drop a comment to comeback later...

[@GonnaDieNever]

@@miuletzmitzu6641 Nah, that's pretty obviously not the thought process behind a lot of these characters. Brie Larson as Captain Marvel is unappealing visually and psychologically, as is her comic book equivalent. She was literally a better character in the comics before the people trying to save her from the "male gaze"(tm) took her miniskirt and tube top costume away, because when they took that away they also drained her entire personality beyond icey fascist bitch.

[@Michael-Cross03]

3 minutes in and I love the statement being made. I love how the new sequel of Star Wars was used. I hate women that are badass for the sake of diversity. Kills the overall story. Kudos to you, Lord Nuxanor. Another reason you're my favorite youtuber.

[@Salemwaaa]

Same

[@nituraa8147]

I do kinda agree, but honestly sometimes it's nice to feel somewhat represented even if it is just a token for the sake of sales. Growing up it can be really shitty not to see anyone that looks like you on the big screen. Just saying.

[@Michael-Cross03]

@@nituraa8147 I agree, but at least make the whamen an interesting character. Don't put her in there just for the sake of diversity. Look at Rey from star wars. She's a strong woman main character for the sake of being a strong woman main character. Like, if she had a reason to be strong, I'd totally be down for it. But she's just a Mary sue for the sake of diversity.

[@nituraa8147]

@@Michael-Cross03 Yeah that is true. But as much as I dislike Rey, this idea of a Mary Sue has always confused me. Male main characters in media are normally OP in some way or another, be it Luke Skywalker or Harry Potter, but when it's a woman it's a problem? But honestly Rey's character development and personality is so poor I can't really defend her xD

[@overthemoon34]

@@nituraa8147 I don't think you know what a Mary Sue is if you think it's about a strong person. Hint: it's not

[@cort_ex1365]

Everyone: One The most badass and hottest girls is erza Speedwagon: am i a joke to you

[@maadtee6281]

Louis Armstrong: (shows of his muscle with sparkles showing everywhere) only a man with muscles as big as mine is the best waifu

[@elemomnialpha]

Yes, yes you are

[@hollyishereblue]

MAAD TEE saskuke : ok boomer only best waifus the MC has to have a crush on

[@alifhazmi7341]

Speedwagon is a badass, hottest man and the best waifu. He is a man don't assume speedwagon gender. Respect his gender.

[@KOCChristian]

He’s said girl not goddess

[@specimenzero9337]

A good character is shown to be badass by the situations they’re presented with. A bad character is said to be badass by stupid writers who want diversity over a good story

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

I love Nux, but I bet he's going to mention how Korra is a "badass female character" from a series that "rivals the original"... *Nux:* "I feel like Korra from The Legend of Korra did not hold up this mantle nearly as well as Aang did as far as a protagonist goes. Just like The Legend of Korra show wasn't nearly as anime-inspired as Avatar the Last Airbender was." ... *sheds tear* Yes. YES! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! Finally! Someone gets it! I THOUGHT I WAS TAKING CRAZY PILLS!

[@fogheaded3866]

You really don't get lok

[@Frostyman452]

Thatanimeboytwentyseven _ no he does and I do too, it’s just, well to be honest in terms of good storytelling it’s pretty much cartoon Game of Thrones.

[@ashchisalleh1454]

That's one not look like woman.

[@fogheaded3866]

@@Frostyman452 it's way different than got their not even close how did you even come to that conclusion

[@Frostyman452]

Thatanimeboytwentyseven _ second, the reason I called it cartoon Game of Thrones is because in terms of it having a good plot and story is off and on, just like how Game of Thrones was

[@vladdiaconescu5665]

You can tell how this channel evolved from the fact that I was half expecting this was a henrai video

[@nitroplayz2254]

Lmaoo I though the same thing

[@WPharolin]

Olivier Armstrong is my favorite FMA character for these reasons.

[@JamesSamson487]

Louis: "How dare you insult our father! I challenge you to a fight!" (Three seconds after fight starts) Louis: "PLEASE!! STOP!! PLEASE!!!!!!"

[@aritramukherjee6819]

And got wrecked by izumi kurtis in that fight with sloth that left both the armstrong in awe

[@crazykirsch]

FMA is full of world-class badass whaman. Izumi Curtis is in the S-tier of powerful alchemists, right alongside Mustang and the Elrics. Then you have Olivier and Hawkeye who are both non-alchemists but kick as much or more ass than most of the alchemists. Especially Riza who single-handedly keeps Roy in check and exposes Selim.

[@ddomenicoeeziommancini]

Seras Victoria is my waifu for these reasons

[@the13thjoker]

@@crazykirsch And she always says that she just passing house wife

[@Eccentrick218]

Actually, Korra was initially meant to be a boy because the producers thought a girl protag wouldn't be well received by viewers. After a test group watched the pilot, they're response to her being a girl was "who cares", so she stayed a "whamen" despite being whamen. It was never added simply to win some "whamen" points (this was 2012, no one cared about Whamen points back then). Legend of Korra had Nickelodeon constantly cutting their budget and production deadlines which made the show live short to Avatar expectations. Korra was meant to be a mirror to what Aang was. One never wanted to be the avatar, the other defined herself as the Avatar, and had her own identity challenged as the world needed an Avatar less and less. If production wasn't cut by Nick so much, the writers could've explained her story better.

[@spiceyblueroyalhoney1225]

even though they cut their budget or whatever doesn't excuse most of what they did. It's really bad. Also, this must have been much earlier in the show because there are a lot of things (annoying romance plots) that wouldn't make sense unless they gender-swapped everyone with their design at the last minute. And the back story od the first avatar is inconsistent with ATLA completely and I hate it and it's a hypocrite of a protagonist. Even if their budget was cut that show could have still been better.

[@Eccentrick218]

@@spiceyblueroyalhoney1225 Actually, the reason Korrasami couldn't be better expressed was because Nickelodeon didn't want LGTB representation in a children's cartoon show. Bryke wasn't allowed to flesh out their relationship, because Nick was afraid of getting anti-LGTB backlash. In the end, they could only release a hollow form of their romance, because more romantic development between them was against what Nickelodeon wanted.

[@spiceyblueroyalhoney1225]

@@Eccentrick218 even if it's hollow, it's pretty messed up. She somehow falls for the person who stole her boyfriend before, hit on her boyfriend's sister, and forces herself on the boyfriend. I would understand they can forgive each other but being in a relationship with her is ridiculous no matter how you see this. They should have just not bothered with it or made a background character be gay mako because it was horrible.

[@EskChan19]

The thing is, no matter whether she's a girl or a boy, she's Mary Sue who gets stuff handed to her and rewarded for every stupid decision she makes. The only lesson to learn from this show is pretty much "Just do whatever you want untill people are so fed up with you that they give you what you want to make you go away" and that's not a good lesson to teach.

[@Eccentrick218]

@@EskChan19 How is she a Mary Sue? She literally gets beaten up every other episode. She lost the Avatar cycles, lost against Amon/Zaheer, and had PTSD by the final season. That's hardly an 'award' for her actions. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2Omk2WpipyFmc0

[@stormstrider1990]

Erza is my favorite character in Fairy Tail. She is kind, loyal, strong, determined and beautiful.

[@yeoboseyoitsrebel-metaloid]

“Jojo women are useless” *Lisa Lisa, Reimi, and Trish would like to know your location*

[@yeoboseyoitsrebel-metaloid]

Gio If it wasn’t for her they all would’ve all died to Notorious B.I.G and she was the one who led them to Diavolo ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@SanvelloSerapiega]

pretty much all lisa lisa actually does is throw jojo down a pit. She leaves most the actual teaching to other people. Her grand contribution to the fight against the pillar men is fighting a no name that is introduced soley to get oneshot. (Edit rewatched part 2. She also does a bluff). She immediately becomes a liability after immediately losing to Kars.

[@SanvelloSerapiega]

@Seraphi Grimaldi the guy in the video he is quoting later clarifies that he meant till part 6. Lisa Lisa isnt really useful in part 2 or 1. Reimi and Trish are counter examples though.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

Sorry, but Lisa Lisa is what Dio and Giorno would describe as: *MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA, MUDAAAAAAAAAA!!!*

[@brunobuccharati2424]

Narancia: Am I a joke to you

[@lunarshadow5584]

I was using, "I like a woman that can kick my a**" without even remembering that it was a line in Cowboy Bebop, because a strong woman with a great personality or powerful morals is a great person that knows what she wants and how she wants to live. And there is some women in anime that are villains that are strong while not being psycho, but they are also the characters that are most likely to betray the bad guys and join the heroes because her boss lied about what they were trying to achieve.

[@trackmaniaIIDX]

anybody could beat your ass

[@jacobthompson4444]

"You know how Korra was hitting on dudes for like the first few seasons? Yeah, she's actually gay. VERY COOL." You know how Yang was quite clearly attracted to dudes in volume 1? Yeah, she's actually gay. VERY COOL.

[@deathwish-fs1ib]

The LoK writers did say they wanted her bisexuality to be more obvious but Nickelodeon wouldn't let them, as for Yang she is kind'a flirty with everyone or at least that's the vibe I get from her.

[@lychanking]

I'm fairly certain more people(at least I can say it for myself and assume it for others) Korra being bi would have been better if there was any indication of it beforehand. It was way too sudden.

[@deathwish-fs1ib]

@@lychanking The writers did plan to do that but due to interference from nickelodeon's higher ups couldn't do so as they wouldn't allow it (we've come a long way as if it was produced now it'd probably be included).

[@tiffanypersaud3518]

Hitting on the same sex may be taboo. Even though there are same-sex relationships in that universe. And bisexual and pansexual are also sexual orientations that exist.

[@deathwish-fs1ib]

@@tiffanypersaud3518 I doubt that's the case, in the canon comic sequels they are very open with their affection although it is explained by Kya how the different nations view same-sex relationships (Air Nomads were accepting of everyone, Fire Nation was accepting until Sozin outlawed them (which I don't think they really needed as it seems to have just been added to make Sozin seem even worse) the Earth Kingdom appears to have been conservative even those Kyoshi was bi and the Water Tribes are accepting but would prefer people keep family matters private). They also state that the pair fell for each other during the time skip (Korra when Asami was taking care of her and Asami when when Korra was in the South Pole).

[@zacharycarter1462]

I'm not going to tell you to drop RWBY its a good show... However I will tell you to drop and avoid the community, the community killed my love for the series and made it harder to enjoy the characters.

[@teamcybr8375]

RWBY Fandom (at least online, most I've met IRL are good peeps) is getting up there with Steven Universe Fandom. Hasn't pushed anyone to suicide yet, but has sure as hell tried.

[@zacharycarter1462]

@@teamcybr8375 I mean yeah, if you meet the good ones then the community seems nice and fun... But if you meet the majority of the vocal ones its all down hill from there.

[@GohanLSSJ2]

To be fair, All fandoms have an extremely toxic element. In fact, I think Nux has a series planned on how horrible fandoms can be.

[@zacharycarter1462]

@@GohanLSSJ2 I mean the rwby community is far from the worst one out there, it would have to beat out stuff like the LoL and Dota2 communities to achieve that, but it's still a horrible community that actually drove me away with threats the usual toxic bs.

[@helenanaubert7045]

i hate how the rwby fandom spiraled over the years but thats fandom life so oh well

[@turnttaco7661]

Nux: "Yang is my favorite character" Me: "that's weird" Nux: "even though I'm only on the third season" Me: "oh that's why"

[@coranbaker6401]

Oof. I'm definitely interested in seeing if his opinion changes at all.

[@leprekhantar347]

I know! That was a very important fact. By the end of vol 5 Yang has becomes kinda annoying. She is so angry all the time. Angry at the drunkle. Angry at the little boy. Angry with the government. Angry at delays. Indignant with the all the badies. (indignant is the worst kind of angry to have to watch) Besides we all know who is really best girl...Right?

[@edaniyeloye197]

@@leprekhantar347 blake?

[@turnttaco7661]

@@edaniyeloye197 Weiss

[@petrsevcik5044]

@@leprekhantar347 Neo

[@jaydubbzit3551]

*Nux Posts ANY video* No one: Not a soul: Nux: IS THIS AN EXCUSE TO TALK ABOUT FAIRY TALE?!?!

[@miscalotastuff733]

Yes because some people like that anime. It truly was silly turn your brain off fun.

[@Zal0vid]

Fairy tail is not a great series.

[@berno8535]

@@Zal0vid sure, but its fun and emotional, so its enough to be enjoyed by many

[@jaydubbzit3551]

Thanks for helping inflate my massive C-..ego.. and validate my shitty comment by liking & replying y'all! You da realest ✊

[@jaydubbzit3551]

@@miscalotastuff733 I'm sure it is s fun series, I couldn't get into it much when I tried a while ago but I didn't watch a whole lot of it, and if our Lord(+Savior) Nuxxador enjoys it this much I'm willing to give it a second shot 😁. Hopefully it goes better this time around

[@garrondumont]

"When women by nature can do and be everything, the one thing they can't do is be unique." -Filmento Despite all of these characters having two things in common, being badass and being WHAMEN, they're also unique. They have their own flaws, stories, triumphs and failures. That's what makes them interesting, not that they're women.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

This is the type of content that tests our fortitude in being able to survive No Nut November.

[@TheFriendless1]

Wrong video... or is it actually that hard to not do it for this long? (I forgot about it and lost on second day. I'm a disgrace and pathetic).

[@pissedoffturtle7333]

I'm on day 27 and have gained the ability to send youtube comments back through time.

[@nerodeadweightclaudius5422]

@@pissedoffturtle7333 I didn't realize it was 12:01 AM on November first. I was actually going to try this time damn it!

[@dutch_asocialite]

Nux: *Puts Yang as a good example* Also Nux: *Hasn't seen past volume 3* Oh no...

[@shyguyrocks1]

As someone who's only heard bits and pieces, would you mind elaborating what you mean by this? Make sure to preface a reply with a spoiler alert if you do reply.

[@dutch_asocialite]

@@shyguyrocks1 Yeah, I'll put spoilers as an addendum, so you can read them at your own risk. Scroll slowly. Anyway it's actually conditional and dependent on how well you yourself took the future volumes, but many viewers, including myself, generally agree that the handling of Yang's character,* especially in regards to her relationships (hint: Frogs tie into this),* is incompetent and damaging to her character, and is rather contradictory to Nux's point in the video, if these volumes aren't disregarded. I can't go over too much since it's been a chore to watch the latest volumes, but I can say any growth of her character that could've resulted from the ending of volume 3 was only partially explored in volume 4, before being squandered in V5.** That's about as much as I have to say without spoiling anything, but I hope it explained enough. *_SPOILER ADDENDUM_* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *That namely being the fact she was forced into an awkward homosexual relationship with another primary character, partially as homosexual representation but predominantly as fan pandering. Thing is, it wouldn't be an issue (at least, it mostly wouldn't) were it not for the fact that her partner, Blake, embodies a lot of the sources for Yang's past trauma, namely abandonment issues, since her mother just up and left when she was still very young; there's also the fact that the basis for their relationship is flimsy at best (mostly a soft, comforting talk about Yang's step-mother), making it feel hollow and unbelievable. Which doesn't help when she chooses to save the person most likely to abandon her again over her unconditionally loving sister in a near death situation. **See, at the end of volume 3, Yang faces off against Blake's ex-boyfriend and terror cell commander (long story) and, in one move, is absolutely annihilated by him, severing her -left- right arm. Typically being a bombastic, cocksure, trigger-happy brawler, she's understandably shaken to her very core and thrown into a depressive rut when she not only faced the only enemy who could reliably take her out but also hurt her in a way no one else had. Add onto this her best friend (at the time) Blake, who had previously been open to her friends about her association with this terror group, ran away unexpectedly, it's understandable she'd be feeling... well, very bad. Thankfully, this sets up (or, implies) an arc for Yang, to rebuild herself physically and mentally, to learn from the mistakes of her bombastic, reckless fighting style, to fight with a bit more brain and come to terms with her former, immature self. And this *is* done throughout volume 4 as she lives and trains with her father. Come volume 5, however and it's simultaneously there yet not there; one of the first scenes we see of her in the volume shows her artificial arm termoring, likely as part of phantom limb syndrome or remembrance of its loss... as she, picks up a bottle of water? Whatever, it's a fairly minor detail anyway. Conversely, later on when she and her former teammate, Weiss, are at her mother's bandit camp, outnumbered like ten to one, she readies herself into a fighting stance and equips her weapons, like she always does, pumping herself up to fight and throw down. Here is where I'd expect her to suddenly experience some kind of PTSD or PTSD-lite symptoms yet... no. There was a fight before this encounter, where after owning everyone, she holds her prosthetic arm to still its tremors yet again, which does qualify as a symptom I'd expect but not only is it the only good scene I remember of this since she lost her arm, it's also over and disregarded very quickly into triviality. It had no bearing on her fighting capability, not least to mention it kinda cheapens her growth from volume 4. Perhaps there are more scenes like this, but I failed to finish volume 5 and haven't really been captivated by the later volumes to find out, so I don't really know.

[@kamiladiaz1465]

@@dutch_asocialite Dude, your comment is awesome! You told everything what's happening to the character and I'm sad about the current writting the CRWBY has on Yang.

[@GabimaruSano]

Onii-chan is watching you Then you should probably watch volume 6 before writing this essay...It definitely shows the hostility Yang has for Blake and shows that it won’t be mended over night. Not to mention a certain confrontation that allows her to finally overcome her PTSD tremors. Yang did learn not to use her semblance all the time and that’s seen throughout v5, so she has changed. She used her head now. I’d prefer people to watch the whole thing before making assumptions I guess.

[@GabimaruSano]

Kamila Diaz You should read my response as well for a different point of view from someone who’s watched all seven volumes. Ruby is the only team member left who needs real development and it certainly looks like she’ll be getting that in v8. Yang has learnt to not be so hot headed, Blake has learnt not to run away and Weiss has become more than her family name. Just because it doesn’t happen at the pace people want, doesn’t mean it doesn’t occur. RWBY is meant to be like 12/13 volumes- it’s a long story like anything else.

[@chrono3652]

me: sees toph clicks instantly

[@juniorjunior5884]

Same.

[@kambuchanan9876]

Same

[@ChaoticUrges]

I did the same

[@Salemwaaa]

Same

[@danielsirbu6706]

Same here

[@annasjournal]

Me: but erza scarlet and merleona are really well written characters. Nux Taku: *talks specifically about erza and merleona* Me: :0

[@mysterroniouscherry326]

Two of my fav ladies too😍😍😍

[@MidnightDarkness666]

I wish more badass women in Anime wore sensible clothes and actually functional armour...

[@cam9759]

Agreed; fan service is nice and all but it really bugs me that a form fitted chest-plate that doesn't even start until the midrib and also is hugging the breasts is considered just as protective as a dude wearing a chest-plate over chainmail over a protective vest. Though the worst offenders are mmos where bikini armor is a thing.

[@OldManDoom]

Haha Yeah because all the men not wearing shirts that happened to be shredded and ripped, that is not anything to worry about? This argument is so stupid. It goes all around, stop making it like the female character’s yoke to bear. It is just making cool looking characters, both men and women. People need to complain less

[@Meriadoc]

@@sokkvabekkr5973 YES

[@shyguyrocks1]

@@OldManDoom Or perhaps we are entitled to what we like and want to see in the media we consume? It's not like they're saying all girls should or that the girls who don't are bad. Besides, we have Undyne from Undertale, if it's any consolation

[@smeekyevie4348]

and i want women who are gender nonconforming or more masculine. like I don't mind it when women are hyperfeminine or wear certain clothes but when that's ALL we're getting, it really sucks.

[@BuckMeisterCulREACTS]

Nux taku: Says Magi has useless wahmen Morgiana: am I joke to you Nux?

[@eldestdragon5766]

BuckMeister Cul REACTS I feel Morgan is more of a crouching tiger hidden dragon badass. Less upfront like the characters Nux talked about, but will definitely kick ass if she gets pissed off or needs to.

[@BuckMeisterCulREACTS]

@@eldestdragon5766 But she is the defininition of a nuanced powerful well written character

[@eldestdragon5766]

BuckMeister Cul REACTS Yeah, maybe. Nux was referring to how most of the female characters in the show still kinda take a back seat while compared to the male characters, but IDK. Sometimes he misses things XD.

[@VillackDeSage]

@@eldestdragon5766 you gotta admit that her amount of screentime is painfully low in comparison to the dudes... And that hurts me 'cause she IS really badass. (Honestly, if memory serves, she doesn't even take part in the final arc).

[@eldestdragon5766]

VillackDeSage She does show up at the final battle of Season 2 if that’s what your referring too, though it’s at the tail end. I agree that she didn’t get as much screen time as the guys; however, that doesn’t lessen how badass she is during the times shes in the show. Tbh I wanted to see more of her and Alibaba’s power improvement, but Aladdin is the main protagonist and the season was revolving around the Kingdom of Magic so \_•_•_/

[@electricbluetiramisu3713]

Nux’s take on disability [I guess] “If you treat them like a freaking invalid they ain’t gonna grow!!” As an irl Toph (sans earthbending T.T) I approve 😎👍

[@PolloLocoTheFun]

*That lemur is earthbending!*

[@Kingdeme]

I wonder, given all the memes and emojis, how is it navigating through text to speech youtube?

[@electricbluetiramisu3713]

Kingdeme not easy lol sometimes usernames don’t make sense when they should and sometimes you realise they just aren’t meant to on a phonetic level. The graphic comments where you draw something with punctuation are mostly a waste of time but I’m quite lucky because there are days when my eyes and brain are willing to work together and I can see (by my standards but I don’t think you’d call it seeing 😅) and I use those days to really learn app layouts and refresh my emoji knowledge because this gal exists now👩‍🦯 and I’m so happy

[@electricbluetiramisu3713]

But oh yeah reading memes on social media just doesn’t work unless op or a kind soul in the comments writes out a description which I know can be a real hassle when you’re trying to do real-time reactions in online discourse. That’s why I’m lucky because then on the days where I’m more literally blind I can use my memory as a reference point and match colour schemes (because I’ll still have light perception and colour and you can do a lot with that if you’ve been paying attention to your surroundings) and memes become intuitive once you know them but learning a new one is a big effort. But I do it a) because I want to and b) some of my friends can never read visuals under any conditions and I don’t want them left out. Sorry I’ve given the not-so-fun answers but thought I’d take an opportunity to showcase some of the reality of being blind because it’s not as one-dimensional as most people would think although for some people that can be the case like one of my friends was born without light perception so not only can she literally not see anything but she’s also never had any visual reference point even for colours. But honestly that expert level of blind is actually quite rare (about 4% last i heard). Anyways hope anyone who’s still around enjoyed the long read!

[@doctoramigo4620]

Me: sees toph in the thumbnail labeled under hot and badass Also me:" *i have chris hansen on speed dial* "

[@sinnamaruchch1397]

same lmao

[@c_huvaknunh9138]

so... "Diversity" is killing badass female characters [in Hentai], when?

[@nightwithnomoon3386]

This post needs more likes

[@kageyame]

@Janeiro I A man of culture, I see... But I find Mikura more Badas than Sawa...

[@emblemblade9245]

There seems to be a sort of inverse relationship between badassness in anime and submissiveness in hentai lol

[@emblemblade9245]

Janeiro I Honestly I could’ve worded that better. What I mean to say is that the more badass a character is in their source material, the more likely it is that hentai artists will make art of them in a highly unrealistically helpless and submissive position.

[@adriannaranjo4397]

"B-but Batwoman is a strong wahmen" Batwoman: *Loses 60-70% viewership with each consecutive episode*

[@shawnmiller4185]

The hell are you talking about? Batwoman started with nearly 2 million viewers and the viewership hasn't went under 1 million yet

[@bluedragon8417]

@@shawnmiller4185 This might be it. boundingintocomics.com/2019/11/05/ruby-rose-and-the-cws-batwoman-continues-to-bleed-viewers-after-episode-5/ Or it could possibly be this rumor. boundingintocomics.com/2019/11/15/rumor-batwomans-declining-ratings-could-lead-to-cancellation/

[@The_Pie_apocalypse]

It suck that this great character is being ruined by a shit show

[@sophiefilo16]

Once I realized it was going to be on the CW, I knew it was going to suck...

[@paulcoffield2102]

@@shawnmiller4185 Losing 50% of your viewers within the first six weeks is fucking terrible. Just for a bit of perspective, the Sarah Connor Chronicles 10 years ago hit 18 million viewers on it's debut, slowly going down to 4 million over 2 years. One was a reasonable show with well written female characters, the other is a dumpster fire that pisses all over it's comic book.

[@vibhushukla8900]

I'm probably in the minority of the 2℅ who like this kind of content over the heonteoie stuff and not because it is November.(I still love hentai though)

[@wanderingshade8383]

I feel that man.

[@youssefmalak4504]

The hentais were funny but are becoming the magority of the vids cuz it gets a lot of views and is easy to make

[@kaiba_supporter]

I’m with you fam

[@danielvelasco4003]

Yang Xiao Long in seasons 1 - 3: cool, light hearted, kick ass blonde who was fun and liked boys at the beginning of the show Yang post season 3: CRAWLING IN MY SKINNNNNN BLAKE'S KITTY I CAN FEEEEELLLLL

[@bernardomarkuskampffdemelo4323]

So, if she is a female character, she has the obligation to like boys? Being attracted to the same gender automatically makes you an uncool character? Also, she might still like boys. Just because she is in love with Blake, does not mean she could not be bisexual...

[@danielvelasco4003]

@@bernardomarkuskampffdemelo4323 I'm saying it was a massive deviation in character. There was never a hint of her having bisexual or homosexual tendencies and she was shown to be heterosexual. The only reason she is blake's main squeeze now is because of pandering not to the fans but a very particular vocal faction of fans screaming for bumblebee. If anything it's more insulting that one can't have a very close bond with a friend that isn't sexual at all.

[@deathwish-fs1ib]

@@danielvelasco4003 How is it a massive deviation in character? She makes one comment about everyone sleeping in the hall together and has then never made any comments after that (she even seems to hang out exclusively with female characters apart from taking Neptune to Junior's) and outside of Ruby the only character she has any kind of emotional contact with is Blake when she's running herself ragged (until later seasons with Weiss). There's also the fact that nothing remotely romantic has happened between the pair in 7 seasons that couldn't just be close friendship yet you're already jumping to the conclusion that they are a couple?

[@danielvelasco4003]

@@deathwish-fs1ib because they're a couple in the show now. I wish Blake and Yang just stayed great friends. It makes more sense.

[@deathwish-fs1ib]

@@danielvelasco4003 Are they? Have they done anything beyond hold hands and hug like any other pair of good friends? Also, how would it make more sense if they just stayed great friends instead of becoming a couple?