Make Marvel Male Again

[@HiroKompleX]

Remember when Cap was holding the Helicopter one handed? That put me in the gym for a couple months lol

[@michaelbrooks241]

Big Facts 😂💪🏿💪🏿

[@manoftomorrow5987]

Facts.

[@martinyanez7474]

Yo i feel that 100% im trying to get arms like that lol

[@tech_muzi4350]

Hope you didn't stop bro. Consistency is key. And yes curling a helicopter is cool

[@hoof31]

cant believe that didnt become a TikTok trend

[@SlightlyUnsalted]

The tomboy bit is what gets me. You can do, say and wear whatever you damn well please and still be comfortable in your gender. EDIT: wow this doing numbers thank you all

[@jrhelios8443]

I feel ya. I love the tomboy attitude. It’s refreshing she isn’t making up genders and pronouns and is sticking to reality and not following into that fantasy lifestyle this is becoming popular these days.

[@fcold9402]

Yeah, I cannot imagine what hell it would be if I was growing up today. I was always just me. Yeah some igits tried to insult me for the way I dressed and whatever but now a daya they would be trying to push drugs and stuff on me and telling me lies about myself. It would be horrible.

[@marcel3942]

I married a beautiful Tom boy. She's loves going to nba games with me. She's also plays soccer.

[@blacklivesorblackvotes2985]

Nowadays you can’t even be a tomboy. They’ll just say you’re a trans man in the closet

[@canadianeh4792]

Shout out to the tomboys hanging on to femininity while society tries to tell you you're dude. You might not need my validation but you've got it. It's not being a "pick me" if it's true.

[@somethingclever8916]

The fact they make butch women automatically man hating lesbians is showing me that Hollywood isnt that deep.

[@comedicsociopathy]

Thanks bro, appreciate it. 😄 I don't feel threatened though. It used to be the pearl clutching conservatives yelling at me to finally get married and have some brats and now it's the woke idiots yelling at me that I'm secretly a man and can't accept it or a bigoted pickme. Never gave a shite about either of them lol

[@MattieK09]

“Pick me” basically means you just don’t hate men

[@brettjohnson4321]

Society is more open than ever You: I self identify using an old term that dogwhistles I'm not acting feminine. But now that's changed to mean I'm not acting feminine. Pick me girls are just women who act like doing male oriented things makes them different and more attractive to men. From what I gather people are trying to break down those barriers so that we don't use terms like tomboy or tomgirl to describe people who don't engage with traditional gender roles/activities. Because... shocker anyone can do anything, it's so old-fashioned to think we need to have strict gender defining activies and attitudes.

[@macdoeman4560]

I remember when Avatar The last Airbender aired. Both male and female characters got to shine, both in fights, and interpersonally. The only characters that were haughty ("I'm right and everyone else is wrong") were the villains. The heroes had their moments of selfishness too, but they were either called out on it, or made to see how they were wrong. Point is, ATLA didn't need to pander, or talk down to its audience. It knew they were smart enough to grasp that people were flawed, yet capable. And that it didn't matter where they originate, they could still contribute to goals larger than themselves. Something(s) that I feel is missing, in present MCU. P.S. first time viewer. Loving the vids. Don't let anyone stop your grind.

[@koalafromtomorrow5656]

The villans were one note Zuko was egotsticsl but he learnt his lesson

[@CannonRaw]

Make men masculine and women feminine. It's not a bad thing to show people as they are. You addressed this recently in your Nebula changes in guardians of the galaxy 3.

[@blacklivesorblackvotes2985]

@Jeremy Smith lol your comment isn’t negating anything the OP said. Lara Croft is still very much feminine so his point still stands. No one said feminine meant not having abs and no one said there was anything wrong with that. Where are you pulling this from?

[@joshfriedman7099]

Gender stereotypes are bullshit,

[@supernintenjoe8911]

@Jeremy Smith *How did you not even land in the same ball park*

[@philemonx]

Black widow remains the BEST female hero they ever produced. I miss her 🔥🙏🏾

[@ThePOPcultureHashira]

Speak for yourself! About time they have their women GET JUST AS JACKED AS THE DUDES! They are superheroes

[@iconichero9259]

Preach!!!! As a masculine man i appreciate you bringing this to peoples awareness and thank you for your opinions!

[@TheIcemanthomas]

Define what it is to be a masculine man

[@anthonystar]

@@TheIcemanthomas LOL a moustache just kidding but i do sport a beard 😃 yeah that masculine bit does seem boastful but with a name like iconichero who can blame him hahaha

[@4t0mb0y9]

The war on tomboys is unforgivable.

[@deltacosburrito9214]

A war on tomboys is a war against the god emperor! For the empire brothers!

[@somethingclever8916]

Yup. Not feminine woman. They immediately make a lesbian. It shows Hollywood doesnt know people.

[@kirazen3740]

@@deltacosburrito9214 The Emperor is Pleased. *Meme*

[@p.d.l7023]

Around here there are no "Tom boys" just farm girls.

[@ZACHANDJACKSZACHSMAFIA]

Tomboys are just women, they aren't boys, why do people use slang when it's as simple as saying they just like that stuff because that's their own likes and interests, tomboy implies that is their "Whole Identity" instead of just who they are, people do change but what I mean is saying gamer boy or gamer girl is just as pathetic as using tomboy to find a identity instead of being yourself which is just to enjoy what you love instead of forcing those habits towards yourself out of wanting to dissociate into that personality you dream of, my point is tomboys are like any woman and gamer boys are just fat men, they wouldn't be gamers but instead just men if they didn't use gaming as their whole personality and it being all they're known for and as, where they only use words as a form of finding themselves but go too far with the stereotypes of what that personality holds, women and men are equal so why call them tomboys when they are just women who happen to enjoy those activities just like some dudes, also I dislike femboy as a term but know it's power including how femboys legitimately dissociate to make that identity, it's unhealthy to force behavior into yourself to feel better associated with whatever term a person uses to describe themselves, so anyway enough about my politics and lack there of, let's enjoy the video that does a good job of describing what I meant in a way better way than I can at the moment, also I love feministic and masculine activities but I am not a gamer or a femboy, I'm just weird and choose to allow myself to be who I am, and no I'm not a femboy or trans, I just have a idea of what I am as a person, but I'm a man and that is who I am at heart, so as a man I choose to enjoy my own activities rather it be playing games or thinking about my random weird stuff, anyway here's the sports -JACK doesn't know any sports except for Cricket And he's a good sport -Jack used wordplay to make a joke about the sport cricket and the expression of "Good Sport" -Jack is possibly narcissistic -Jack typed all of this -I Am JACK -Ok I'll Stop Now

[@BestnameIcanThinkof89]

As a dude who has been in the nerd space my whole life, I have never heard one guy say, “I hate it when pretty girls genuinely enjoy what I do.” Never happened once.

[@Grace_And_Truth]

Nope you won't. Is why when my husband met me on Wow he swooped me up to keep me. lol He still says all the time how awesome it is having a wife who get's it and enjoys doing the things he does. lol

[@ferallion3546]

Viva La Dirt League did a skit years ago about a pretty gamer girl purchasing a gaming rig. It’s pretty funny and true to life. Us guys, our behavior changes as our brains go to red alert lol.

[@BestnameIcanThinkof89]

@Chandller Burse I was referring to actual real life.

[@SpiritOfParadox]

​@Chandller Burse The solution to that problem is simple mute and block. Which alot don't do but will gladly complain it.

[@BestnameIcanThinkof89]

@Chandller Burse So true haha

[@therealstephentv]

I don't mind a well written female character as long as she not the bestest thing ever. Which is how most female characters seem to be written as.

[@firepenguin38]

The wonder woman movies are good

[@therealstephentv]

@@firepenguin38 The first one I liked. But the second one I didn't

[@Manco65]

​@@therealstephentv agreed the second one was doggy poop.

[@Cletus-Hellfire]

Exactly. Araki (JoJo Bizarre Adventure, Boah the Bioweapon, Gorgeous Irene) said he wrote bsd female characters in the 80s which is why he made the only female JoJo protagonist. His women characters needed a bit more development but they had strength and a personality. He did much better than a lot of the women characters in recent stuff. Most mangakas have. Studio Ghibli had similar criticism yet they have female protagonists who are mentally strong but also has a heart. Funny thing is some of the bland women heroines we see were written by women who have no idea how to write characters with a personality. Plenty of good female writers but unfortunately the ones being hired in gaming/film industry in recent times are obsessed with race and gender stuff i.e rugrats and Velma show.

[@blackphillip8486]

The first one was phenomenal and was the first thing I thought of while watching this, the 2nd one? Not great. But I think it gets more hate than is warranted. I think because of how different it was look wise, and a different time I think people immediately said no. And as far as the complaints about Wonder Woman technically r@ping the man whose body Chris Pine's character inhabited? Show me one straight man who would be forever damaged after unknowingly sleeping with Gal Gadot. 🤣🤣🤣

[@UltraViolettaPlays]

I took ballet classes growing up, but I also played video games, watched wrestling with my dad, played with the local boys in my neighborhood with toy guns, tree houses and pretending to be Power Rangers while fighting a snowman army. I rarely wore shirts because I didn't want to worry about flashing people. I wore jeans in the summer because I was trying to hid my muscular calves and thighs from years of dance classes several times a week. I group up knowing I was a tomboy despite my love of dance. I loved doing both traditional masculine and feminine activities. I'm now an Aesthetician. I work in the beauty industry, love playing with make up and doing nail art. I go camping with my friends in the summer, play both video and board games, love scented waxes, reading romance books, listen to Kpop and watch Hockey. I never seen myself as anything but a woman despite being a tomboy. If anything, I believe it's healthy to dabble in both traditional masculine and feminine activities. It's about finding yourself. I don't think what Hollywood is doing to women and men on screen is healthy for anyone. They're too busy playing with social politics and not focusing on making great stories, or even using the great stories the IPs already come with. There's teaching people a lesson and then there is shoving it down their throats. Great writing isn't spelling out the lesson like the audience are toodlers.

[@noneyabidness9644]

As a person who grew up watching he-man, she-ra, thunder cats, voltron, transformers, care bears, strawberry short cake, etc...I felt so represented. Because as a small child, I was also a hulking blonde man, a red headed woman, a hybrid cat-person, a giant composite robot, who transformed into vehicles, a cuddly bear with a symbol on my stomach, and a pastry-themed little girl. I don't know how horrible my life would have turned out, had I not been so well represented in every single facet of media. 😊 😂🤣🤣😂

[@shn3340]

I feel you I was so happy when I was included in M.A.S.H as helicopter & in Spiderman as Spider that was born and identifies as Man

[@ericwoods6286]

You just mentioned all the best cartoons that I watched after school in the 80's. I remember Gobots, Silverhawks, and the Bionic Six as well. Don't forget C.O.P.S. -- probably the best cartoon series ever!!!

[@DemonicRemption]

@noneyabidness9644 I know you're joking, but as a 90s kid myself your comment reminded me of how prominent the imagination was to our generations. So in some respects there's a grain of truth to this joke. In short, of course you felt represented as you pretended to be all of those things. :p

[@noneyabidness9644]

@@DemonicRemption I didn't pretend to be any of them, except he-man. And "pretend" isn't a representation of me.

[@cdmarshall7448]

I loved G.I. Joe great animations back then. Buff men and sexy women. This is the way.

[@Green-HairedAnti-Liberal]

Fellow tomboy here and wholeheartedly agree! I bought that shirt from flagrant triggers in all three colors because I cannot stand what they've done to the men in Marvel (Hollywood in general really). Gotta represent the GOOD messages. Feminine tomboys unite! We need to stick together.

[@zenstrata]

My younger sister is like this. She likes doing a lot of the same stuff guys enjoy. But she is still very feminine (because she's a girl!) I am very annoyed with modern society that is trying to destroy traditional genders. If people want to pretend they are something other than they actually are - then fine, let them do that. But they shouldn't try to force their views and their way of life onto everyone else.

[@crustyMilk]

common sense solutions shall not be tolerated bigot!!!

[@ArielCleirigh]

Today society is saying Women and Men are the same when Not.

[@ascendednightingale2456]

Not all women are extremely feminine, though. I am sometimes, but I also tend to be tomboyish. There aren’t rules for how feminine or masculine we need to be, and I’m not going to pretend to be a way I’m not to appease anyone’s idea of what I should be.

[@patrickhenry8425]

Yes. There are rules to it. That's what's wrong with society. We can't accept the rules.

[@DumbMonsta]

Why are you guys defending traditional genders Who fkn cares about traditional genders Give me a reason Why we need them Just 1

[@Pinkcrystals91]

I’m a nerd but I’m half and half with being Tomboy and girly. Anime, video games, playing dolls, loving comic book and the movies.

[@MelonieMacGoBoom]

Yes same! 😊

[@Pinkcrystals91]

@@MelonieMacGoBoom and I'm also a pink fanatic.

[@helvaxh8348]

@@Pinkcrystals91 I used to haaaaate pink! But I managed to make peace with it one day and now I kind of love it at times. Purple is my color though.

[@MeggaMann_theBlueLion]

Tom boy is one thing masculine is another for a woman

[@VIISoldiers]

Never heard of your channel. This video popped up on my timeline and I decided to listen. I'm subbed now.

[@FireBomberBassist]

Tomboy here. Its amazing to me that this is still happening with all the women coming in. I didnt think it would last this long, mainly in comics and Marvel movies. Like holy shit… chill a bit. I want it male again too. 😂

[@MelonieMacGoBoom]

YOU ARE MY PEOPLE!

[@RobinT.H-D.E.S]

It's cackling! TOMoxic feministity now. Thanks wokies 👎.

[@AwakenZen]

How is that going to happen since strong heterosexual men are a threat to the Pride community?

[@wallywest001]

Amen Sister Melonie, as a Man I grew up watching Justice League, BTAS, Superman The Animated Series and other DC Comics shows and movies, I felt represented by both the male characters and the female characters especially Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl, and Stephanie Brown and Barbara Gordon.

[@greyman1104]

As a kid, I always got bullied for being a nerd and having good grades. Nerdspaces were my safe spaces, my happy place. And then somehow all those bullies wanted to be nerds. They didn't even change themselves, same assholes as at school times. Now, my happy place is at home. Also tomboys are best girls.

[@k1n63d]

No, not at all. The cool kids are still the cool adults now. They are the ones who grew up and transitioned into productive members of society. The garbage that's invaded your spaces are new age nerds, geeks, and dorks. However, they are not the smart kind. They are the mentally stunted kind. Instead of helping the mentally ill, society has decided to encourage and enable them. The cool kids never wanted into your space, they have no time for it and are busy with real life hobbies and real life situations. They are social and handle things head on. They are not "introverts", they are not shy, they aren't cowardly, they don't hide away indoors, aren't afraid to go out and talk to people, etc etc... Do not confuse the cool kids with the "woke" kids. The "woke" kids are who keep invading your spaces and they are the ones who treat you badly. Cool kids will either treat you well because they can see the value in you or they will ignore you completely because you're a waste of their time.

[@greyman1104]

@@k1n63d Well, our experiences have been different. The nerdspaces have been infiltrated long before anyone said the word woke. And don't confuse the cool kids and the bullies.

[@ShadowWolfQc]

​@@k1n63d dude could use some tact like that's rough lol yes the woke crowd is the issue, the bullies are the issue y'know the jock the bitch the rich one the perfect body not even trying crowd that never struggled a minute in their life aka the weak shitstaina that wouldn't last a week in bullied ppl's shoes themselves or would crumble if they weren't lucky with the genetic lottery. The way you talk you sound like one of those. Get off your high horse and touch grass, if you work anywhere where intelligence is required I'm probably your boss so shove it mr perfect 😂😆

[@ShadowWolfQc]

Hey man guess who rules the world now, not the jocks who took your lunch money and took pleasure in humiliating and hurting others. We actually fire those wastes of oxygen because they can't flip a burger properly ;)

[@k1n63d]

@greyman1104 "long before anyone started using the word woke" So according to you, the nerd spaces have been invaded long before the 1930's? Woke has been around for a long long time. Always ignored, laughed at and ridiculed for its stupidity.

[@spookydeadite]

Fellow, tomboy here , always loved boy's stuff hahaha I grew up with two brothers and no sisters ,so I know the feeling Ha I got called a pick me girl because I replied to a man on IG agreeing with him about how nobody asked for The Marvels film , this girl got so pissed at me lol calling me a misogynistic , pick me girl , etc. I miss the old MCU...

[@stevemclendsy3911]

Tomboys are just gay women now. If you you are a female and dress like a dude, you are gay. There are no such thing as tomboys anymore.

[@spookydeadite]

@@stevemclendsy3911 whatever you say I guess lol never been attracted to girls but ok

[@scroletyper8286]

i think "pick me girls" was made an insult by those girls who just couldn't get a boyfriend. PS: your dog is cute.

[@SubZero-hs9xc]

I mean, pick me up girls exist. Just the term is used too much

[@adester1]

I dont get what's so wrong with wanting to appeal to the opposite sex and not be so enduring. Men have to be a pick me in ways with women but that's okay.

[@SubZero-hs9xc]

@@adester1 pick me is use for propke who doing too much, if you devalue yourself and others of your kind

[@JCannon38]

Pick me is used by women who are “skip me’s”

[@huncho8967]

Remember when Black Widow, Wanda and Okoye and that brief scene of women empowerment in Infinity War. That was the beginning of the end

[@Bumbum_Inspector]

Winter Soldier still to this day is their best movie by a landslide.

[@djtrunksta]

Where Cap literally is the alpha male, presenting very male characterisitics and personified true masculinity; the notion that masculinity at its core is protecting what is yours. Your family/friends, your country, your ideals etc. Totally. :D

[@myles3856]

​@@djtrunkstatrue

[@deganhardt77]

facts

[@samekhproductions]

YES!!! THANK YOU!!!

[@LVTHORAscending]

I didn't want to like it at first because I just wasn't familiar with Captain America, but now I watch that movie ever month or so. Definitely worth rewatching.

[@RicardoGonzalez-ii3nx]

Your a smart well articulated women and love how you don’t play the victim game of people that were never victims but play the victim

[@Speedstreak]

I agree, Melonie. Companies need to wake up and realize what they have done to all of these franchises and to quote Doc Brown, " in order to put the pop culture multiverse back as we remember it and get back to our reality, we have to stop pandering to the woke mob and focus on good stories and amazing characters!"

[@Manco65]

The only problem is they've unleashed the woke leftholes loose at Marvel might as well call it Marx-All.

[@NormanReaddis]

Is that in the director's cut of back to the future? Also companies are not gonna wake up but they're learning the overton window. They're now putting good IP with signs of the agenda and people will consume it regardless. TLOU HP legacy. They don't need to he successful nowadays a fair amount of sales is fine because they're aiming for that ESG score. They'll drop that off if no one (can't stress this enough) NO ONE buys their products no matter how "goo"d" it was.

[@varanid9]

@@NormanReaddis Actually, it was in The Bible, chapter 3, verse 11, The Gospel of Poindexter.

[@Highbudget]

If you’re gonna quote someone at least get the person behind the quote right, Everyone knows that Shakespeare said that

[@Dragonage2ftw]

1. Doc Brown never said that. 2. The companies are succeeding without you mediocre bigots. They don’t need to cave to MAGAts.

[@DarthVoxyn]

You have great points. As a straight white man, when I engross myself into any story I totally submerge myself into it. Whether I am alongside He Man or Lion-o smiting evil or cheering on Optimus Prime to holding my breath as Sara Connor and Ellen Ridley manage to endure their hardships to the complex relationships that Wonder Woman, Cara Dune, Princess Leia and Storm go through to exploring strange worlds with Sami’s Aran, the big point is that these characters are written so well they feel as alive as I am. I have even enjoyed stories that are more feminine such as Rio, Jem and the Holograms, and Twilight. Again,great storytelling allows me to lose myself into these different lives that are totally different from me which escapism is all about, getting AWAY from the real world!

[@redninja3056]

Yeah but you guys seem to escape too much it's time you be reminded of it

[@amansrivastava7683]

Well MCU is trying to convert itself into Disney princesses franchise.

[@thebiolithic]

Thanks for telling your side of the story. Growing up, my sister liked girly stuff like makeup, fashion, anne of green gables, cinderella etc whereas I liked playing soccer, drums, video games, batman, xmen, etc. So, an outer space visitor looking into earth might conclude "Ok, someone like Melonie must be lgbt or transgender or genderless or something because she doesn't fit my original idea that if you are a woman/all women are into X whereas guys are into Y. So lets make content for people like you showing women as men and men as women because we don't understand the situation." But you are still a woman, a pretty woman, a caring woman, etc who also enjoys things so I am glad you can speak up for the women like you. I remember being really excited to see X-men 1 and 2 in the theatres and I wish I could go back to those days of a child like excitement for things

[@johncollins2257]

"We can only like something if we see ourselves represented in it." You're absolutely correct. Idk when it became a thing that we have to know why we like something or have to have a reason to like it. Sometimes you just like something (a person, a movie, a song, a game, etc) and you don't really know why and it isn't important anyway. Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Stupid Age.

[@DMcPherson]

Not just Marvel, it's time for men to toughen up and become manly again full stop.

[@the_havoc_collection]

Hard men > Easy times > Soft men > Hard times

[@Counterbalance_]

As a woman, I agree. One of the best men I've ever known is a strong manly-man with a strong moral compass. He's a rescuer who saves people and animals. That's my ideal.

[@comedicsociopathy]

​@@Counterbalance_ I think people tend to mistake masculinity for toxic masculinity nowadays when those are very clearly not the same. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@CMCAdvanced]

It's nerd culture that needs to change

[@ez6888]

@@comedicsociopathy toxic masculinity doesn’t exist.

[@PlaidMoose24]

The new avengers kang dynasty looks like all the male characters are going to die, once they fully femminize the MCU it'll die.

[@AndrewR15]

Women are more than welcome to like what men do. It doesn't mean women are secretly men and vice versa. I'm glad you shared this video today. You look great too! 💛

[@TheHighRoad1748]

You rich or something? 💀

[@AndrewR15]

@High Road Media No. Just happy to support her. I will always give what I can to support her.

[@staticcharm3808]

@@TheHighRoad1748 $10 to support a content creator isn''t being rich. There are dudes who tip girls on Onlyfans thousands of dollars for no reason and get nothing back

[@randomdude8877]

@@TheHighRoad1748 No he's a creep

[@ClERCE]

@@randomdude8877 you prolly watch furry porn stfu

[@amutharamalingam2397]

My mom who was born in 1957 have been a huge superhero fan and she passed her love of comic books and cartoons to 4 of my elder brothers whom then passed it to me, the last daughter of the family. We even have this huge comic book collection from the 60s and 70s at home. These stories used to be about the struggles the heroes faced and how they overcome those struggles and bring hope to the people and to a certain level we could relate to those stories and the struggles which made the characters loveable. But now we just get overpowered female characters that seem to not have any flaws or character development and weak male characters who are just around for comedic relief also without any character development. Watching superhero movies now is just annoying. I finally lost it when joker got pregnant 😂

[@RubyRose1990]

Fellow tomboy here. I agree with everything you said. You can have great female character without having to tear down male characters just to prop them up. But all they are doing destroying them in the process. Games are still fine but most feel watered down. I love action movies but i miss martial arts movies. They don't make them as much as they did when i was a kid. Everything, everywhere, all at once was refreshing. I don't watch sports anymore. Just not fun for me anymore. Its also nice to see a fellow ninja turtle fan. I still have my tmnt pillow. And not ashamed to admit it.

[@Faeloden]

You’re fantastic! Thank you for saying what you said. The more people we have standing up to ask this the better it’ll get. We’ve got your back!

[@OtterloopB]

Glad you're continuing to make your regular content and not letting anything stop you. Love to see it. God bless you richly, Melonie :) 🙌

[@jerry2968]

They tried this in comics and every book got cancelled.

[@Immopimmo]

I feel like there are two kinds of female nerds. Women who treat a fandom the same way that men do, and then there's the women who are only in it for the shipping and who likes fetishizing gay and transgender people.

[@NateTheScot]

There's a lot of women who join a "male dominated hobby" just so they can be the only girl and get all the attention, but then they realise they don't like that attention unless it's from hot dudes, so they claim everyone who looked at them in the last 10 years was actually sexually harassing them, and they start writing twitlongers and ruin the hobby for the people who were in it before them.

[@captain_clean]

You hit the metaphorical nail on the head.

[@somagai467]

Shippers are degenerates.

[@sauce6746]

​@@somagai467Especially when they start to lose their minds and ship like a child w some grown person.

[@otbaht]

what you're saying regarding gender and seeing yourself fits with race for me. i saw aspects I respected or that were like me in people who weren't my race more than my own. honestly I never noticed things about that until people literally pointed it out to me.

[@CoollMackan]

This is why it's so important for us to gatekeep the things we love! The reason why games like Elden Ring and Dark Souls are so successful is because they know who their audience is.

[@fclefjefff4041]

You sniveling dorks are hilarious 😆

[@jonathanharwood1255]

@@fclefjefff4041 what makes them dorks?

[@AvaaSlays_Swiftie]

@Chandller Burse some games require a different style of play to get the best experience. Not everything made has to be made for the vast majority.

[@cj7011]

I think girls like you actually are a great depiction of the word feminine at least to in this particular case. You appreciate and are fascinated by the differences and interests men.

[@rosegilliland220]

Have two sisters and have many girl cousins I hung out with yet still ended up a Tom boy and preferred male character lead stories and my idols were and still are male characters. I’m a daddy’s girl and he introduced me to Clint Eastwood movies and Stephen king books. Everytime I play open world games I play as a male and prefer male game characters. I pretended I was Luke Skywalker when outside with friends and had a crush on Captain Kirk. Saw Joel as a father figure and refuse to play the new game as I know how it ends. It saddens me seeing the things I love get taken for granted and re-written.

[@thegreatestever913]

Ngl that's kinda odd...not shaming u but it is odd. Even in female lead roles where the woman was a badass I didn't imagine I was her but I imagined I was a male version of her and I stuck to male characters in video games (even if I happened to start off playing as a female)

[@HinataUchiha_22]

This kinda sums up how i ended up being my dad would read me comic books and watched stuff like yu-gi-oh now i read comic books and watch anime even though all of my girl cousins are pretty girly. And even now if im playing a game like the recent assassins creed where they actively make the main story with the chick cannon i play as the guy

[@JTwrites-58]

Hey Melanie! Love hearing from you, Gary, Drinker and the gang! It’s always entertainment centered around a very grounded point of view. Where I once groaned at hearing the phrase “strong female character,” I’ve now taken it up as a challenge in writing my own protagonist, Mioko. One of my highest priorities is to redefined this phrase through actual characterization as opposed to the cookie cutter that Abby gave us in The Last of Us. Don’t let the nerd space get you down. Look forward to seeing more from you so keep up the great work!

[@jerry2968]

This is the Disney influence as well they have been trying to create a disney princess for the MCU for the past 5-7 yrs.

[@josephcrabtree3224]

The women taking over Marvel movies just happens to match up with the movies going to heck. It's entirely a coincidence, lol. Have a great weekend, Melonie. Your hair looks great 🤗

[@genebaker511]

It's not women who are the problem, it's political activists who use popular IP as a platform for their lecturing.

[@ianesgrecia8568]

@@genebaker511 Darling. There movies are literally advertised to be made of 'women only cast writers'... So yeah. THESE women are the problem.

[@zonefreakman]

It's just superhero burnout! I swear it doesn't have anything to do with our bad writing or woke agenda!

[@thegreatestever913]

@@ianesgrecia8568 wen it was men only nobody had an issue but wen it's women only there's a problem? I'm an in shape male that does martial arts and idc...I've had my male heroes dominate the cinematic world, I don't see the issue with doing the same for young girls that wanna be more than a damsel in distress

[@gamergeek_2470]

I agree with everything you said especially with the tomb raider games. They never forced woke ideology bs onto people. I don’t mind a female character as long she’s written really good and not using her identity,woke,forcing trans/lgbt bs,and others. We live in a world now where they force that woke bs and then blame everyone else except themselves. You’ve earned my support 🙏

[@titanforge4317]

Thank you for the video melonie. I to never understood why people want to see themselves depicted in entertainment. I already live in this mortal shell. I already experienced this mortal shell. Why would I want to see my weak, insecure self from a different point of view. I want to see a different story manifested.

[@thedrawingdesk]

Your not alone, I feel if they keep going this way there won’t be a franchise left

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

It might be too late

[@OmegaMan999]

Thing is no one was ever truly excluded. When you say "male doninated" it just means that it's primarily men that like it. When I was younger the idea of a lady that likes the same things I do would be a dream come true. It would be amazing.

[@GuerrillaGorilla023]

I was one of the biggest gamers in the family but that never stopped my sister or cousin from picking up a controller and taking me on. Only reason I think they'd want games to go woke is so they don't hear Ashley in RE4 screaming for me to save her every 5 seconds. Seriously though, bring back the gatekeepers. Disney's been playing fast and loose with my Star Wars. Netflix and I have beef over what they did to the WItcher NOT EVEN BAYONETTA 3 is safe, (like I don't know what you're doing when you kill a highly sexualized character only to try to replace her with another character who is cringe as hell and flat as a board)

[@comedicsociopathy]

​@@GuerrillaGorilla023 Especially when a woman designed Bayonettas character lol

[@GuerrillaGorilla023]

@@comedicsociopathy now that I think about it the Bayonetta franchise is a good earmark for our cultural shifts. Bayo 1 - kinkster makes her debut 2 - kinkster goes mainstream and is repackaged for a wider audience 3 - all the sexy people should kill themselves, we can replace them with this lame ass caricature of what we think is cool now

[@filthycasual8187]

@Chandller Burse I'm really not attracted to the opposite of myself unless we're talking about the opposite sex.

[@OmegaMan999]

@Chandller Burse That's changing, and thank goodness. But the left have constructed this retarded conspiracy theory that all that is due to prejudice against women. It's just flat not true.

[@mikielsahagun6054]

Make it female but make it a new character: and make it stand on it's own; while being good; like actual artistic work

[@DavidMartinez-ce3lp]

I wish they gave the Shield to Bucky, it would've completed his redemption arc and Steve could've been with him symbolically.

[@nicbell8090]

Bucky never wanted it though. Honestly falcon didn’t really either, big shoes to fill. He’ll probably lead the thunderbolts though

[@DavidMartinez-ce3lp]

@@nicbell8090 Bucky in the comics struggled to live up to Steve's legacy, so he decided that he wouldn't try to replace him. He made it his own. That's why he used a gun and changed the costume. But he still tried to represent what Captain America stood for. But he never really was able to escape from his past, in the end he was put on trial for what he did as Winter Soldier. He stepped away from the role as Captain America. That could've made for an incredibly interesting movie. They pushed Bucky out of relevancy, despite him being such a huge part of the previous films. Feels like he was forgotten. Wasted potential.

[@DavidMartinez-ce3lp]

@Chandller Burse I agree, but also disagree because of how essential Bucky taking the mantle was to his arc in the comics. He redeemed himself. Why I liked his character so much. It would also play into Cap being with him to the end of the line, symbolically. Red Hood wouldn't be next in line, it's always been Dick Grayson. Taking up the mantle of Batman wouldn't make sense for Jason Todd character. His character was his own, even when he redeemed himself. Whereas Bucky isn't the Winter Soldier, he would need a new identity to try to move on from what he did. It mattered, especially in the eyes of the people. In the eyes of the people, Winter Soldier is an Assassin that killed an lot of people. That identity is forever tainted.

[@DavidMartinez-ce3lp]

@Chandller Burse Yeah, I agree he is much better as Nightwing. I was just saying that Dick is usually the one who's next in line. Terry from Batman Beyond is a much better comparison to Bucky because he, just like Terry does with the mantle of Batman, makes the mantle of Captain America his own.

[@dj_Samurai]

I agree with you, God bless you, hope you do well and Yt doesn’t act stupid and cancel you.

[@leonnunhofer3453]

I agree. It's a huge problem. It has a lot to do with comparing people. Because if you are insecure, you compare yourself to others. Especially respected and secure people. Even fictive people. "Real" heroes. So if you have a bunch of insecure, beta male writers and directors, and self centered women, who write themself into the stories, they either genderswap men to write themself into the story, or they downgrade feminin women, or they downgrade masculine men, so they look better in comparison. If you are a bit more secure and a physically beta male, you see the strong heroes, and it encourages you. You say to yourself, you can achive that, too. Some of the actors really are cool guys with a lot of muscles, good guys who care for others, so you can compare yourself to them and see them as an Inspiration and what they have as motivation, because you tell yourself, you aren't a useless and lazy clown and can improve, can have a goal, can work for that and can reach the goal. Comparing yourself to better people feels bad, and you can do something about that, and that's the healthy option. But if you are weak minded, useless and a lazy clown, you sabotage better, stronger and more successful people. You are weaker, so you have to group up. That's what happens a lot atm. And if it's about superheroes, they compare themself to them, and see, the superheroes are superior. And they can't say, it's ok, it's fantasy. They can't see it as Inspiration or motivation, because they are lazy. So they downgrade them to look better and feel better. That's a huge part of what is going on in entertainment atm in short 🤷‍♂️

[@technopirate304]

1:27 MCU Thor is a freaking joke compared to what he is in the comic books. I loved the fact that he is the oldest Avenger and so views life through much more stoic lens that the rest. Thor being a kindred spirit to Captain America makes total sense. I’m a Black dude so I don’t physically see them as representing me. But their warrior spirits, bravery and code is something anyone can identify with.

[@LauraTheRed]

As a tomboy myself, I feel this so much. I practice Muay Thai, I love heavy metal, horror movies and comic books - And I love being a woman. No one can tell me I'm "really a dude". I'm proud to be able to defend the crap out of myself while wearing four inch heels.

[@slothguy5946]

No offense, but how do you ladies manage to even walk with those, let alone fight while wearing them? I tried it out of curiosity, then immediately fell and injured my ankle.

[@AwakenZen]

@@slothguy5946 Sus

[@kaycee7446]

got Tomboy friend, now she hates going out looking like she likes because people think shes trans or something

[@holty1314]

Nerdrotic: “Hell yeah”

[@lostcause3151]

Well said and 100 percent true. it's sad as a life long marvel fan that literally has a room in my house full of long boxes I remember being so excited we were going to get live action marvel movies now I don't even bother to watch them untill they are on tv most of the time if then (last I saw was Dr strange 2 ughh) As far as so called gate keeping i never once saw or even heard of anyone being kept out that was interested in comics or video games before all this craziness of the last several years. Hell everyone I ever knew or talked to was always thrilled to meet a new person male or female into nerd culture since we were the ones always getting bullied for liking it. Anyway have a great day everyone I'm gonna go read some Claremont era x-men.

[@Psycopathicus]

I will never understand this business of 'you can only like something if it's directly targeted towards you, and if you like it anyway, that means you're denying something about yourself'. As a boy, I watched and read plenty of stuff that was theoretically 'girly' - one of my favorite childhood films was 'The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking', for crying out loud - but I never felt alienated from them because the leads were girls, and I never inserted myself in the girls' place or wished I was one. I liked 'em for the stories and characters and adventures and funny stuff, just like I liked the more boy-centric stuff I also read and watched; I wasn't thinking 'why not me' or 'this is me'. If you need to see yourself in things all the time, you'd do better investing in a whole lot of mirrors.

[@delunk5906]

I haven’t decided to identify as a female tomboy YET, but if I do I’ll definitely come back to this video so I can relate more.

[@RavenCroftLoft]

Puppy inching in for moms attention was so damn cute I had to roll the video back lol.

[@barral69]

13:00 Marvel Female Heros... I didn't read alot of the comics growing up, but my friend was really into X-Men. So I remember reading a few stories about Jubilee. She was always pretty cool to me. I'd watch a movie about her and seeing more of what she can do. If I remember right, she teamed up with Gambit a lot. That might be a great idea for a movie right there! 'The Gambit of Jubilee'!

[@snsdkbopper7819]

Yes the overwhelming majority of people want video games, movies, tv shows, and sports to be for ESCAPISM! and fun entertainment! Not for political & social agenda’s.

[@AlenAlic]

I love how the dog just came in by the door to chill. 3:02

[@myles3856]

Just noticed that cute

[@Angeluis2883]

Stumbled on your channel after watching a KZbin video on how mad people are about Henry Cavills exit from Superman and how mad I was as well. I agree with a lot you are saying in your videos and love your content. Keep up the good work

[@LPetal86]

I don't know if I would consider myself a tomboy per se, but I've always loved playing video games and being into computers (never been a big fan of sports). When I was 3, my favorite movie was Batman and my parents bought me some Hot Wheels from that movie, and at the same time I had Barbies. I always appreciated that video games were male-dominated but they always put in cool female characters in games, like Chun-Li in _Street Fighter II_ , which they really didn't have to. It's always fun to play a video game that was not made with girls in mind; the nerd space has always been welcoming to ANYONE who wants to have a good time. Anita Snarkeesian and Literally Who didn't do anyone any favors and our favorite hobbies have been hijacked by narcissists. It's time to take our hobbies back.

[@dosdee]

I used to have a huge crush on tomboys 😩 grew up crushing on that goth girl from Danny Phantom. Growing up, it just seemed like every tomboy is lesbian or dude. I just gave up.

[@trickshot_katebishop7612]

I think her name was Sam

[@dosdee]

@@trickshot_katebishop7612 yes!! Aaahh 😩

[@christscrackers647]

7:00 - 7:16 You make an excellent point Melonie. Being a superhero is, was, and always will be a Male fantasy. Being super powerful and getting to beat up your enemies while protecting the world is something that is inherently male, because we as males are the protectors, the providers, and the purveyors of the world. Women of course can be superheroes as well, there' absolutely nothing wrong with that, but for the most part superhero comics have always been catered towards men.

[@lostvayne9146]

"Women of course can be superheroes as well" can doesn't mean they should. As shown in the MCU as soon as its been feminized. Women have their own stories. Beauty and the beast, etc. Superheroes are a male power fantasy.

[@kayzaac]

Personally can't invest much into that line of thinking, cause while there is a majority factor at play, there is always a high number of exceptions to any rule. As a dude, there are a lot of things that are inherently feminine that appeal to me, and I will not have anyone question me being male despite liking those thing; the same way so many under this video hate being told they're not real "women" for enjoying masculine things. There's action content that I totally would not have looked twice at if it weren't for female lead roles, because male roles would have made them look as generic as any other. So I can't put superhero content into a gender-defined box. Rather I think the more important thing is to not change things that were catering to one audience to cater to another. If more diversity in the audience is desired, then make just *new* things. Make *new* superhero content designed for whatever demographic of women is being targeted and see if it has merit. I think the recent Velma release encompasses everything wrong with the nature of this video's entire issue, not only about gender, but race, culture, and everything in between. And it all stems from that same matter of disrespecting original content in order to greedily pander.

[@christscrackers647]

@@kayzaac This is actually an excellent point! Girls CAN like masculine things just as much as men can like feminine things. But just because they can, doesn't mean they have to adapt those masculine thing and give them form. Disney is constantly "swapping" their characters lately, race-swapping and/or gender-swapping, and like you said it doesn't come across as diversifying their roster of characters, rather it comes across as pandering. If Disney would either create new stories and/or heroes, or writer better female superheroes with the ones they have to represent the fairer sex, people would respond more positively to the representation without bias or prejudice I guarantee. I love to see my female heroes strong just like the men, but I would still prefer they at least still act like.... y'know... women?

[@ToonCrusader]

The Black Panther 2 movie had me disgusted with the Disney agenda trying to force me and my family to watch this false reality of what masculinity looks like. R.I.P. Chadwick Boseman the only true Black Panther. I will no longer support Disney and it's entities until they make it right.

[@therealstephentv]

Yes we need more Masculinity on comics and comic movies. You have the coolest hoodies Melonie. Stay cool or warm in this case 😅💛

[@TKDBoy1889]

-Gatekeeping is a good thing. If you truly like and want to enter into a certain sphere of entertainment, you will ingratiate yourself to the community and appreciate what is already there. Gatekeeping is to keep out people actually don't enjoy the hobby, but need something to control and find validation in. -I've never enjoyed media because I "see myself" in a character. If anything, I've appreciated characters that inspire, that motivate, that are badass. I sure as heck don't identify with most of the male characters I've enjoyed in games or movies, but I find them awesome and inspiration. Same with female. I don't need to be a lady to enjoy a well-written female character. -Gaming got hijacked not just by imposters who want to hijack our hobby, but also by corporate greed. AAA publishers want cinematic games that hold your hand because it appeals to the masses, hence more sales. Quite frankly, it goes back to gatekeeping. Every hobby is best when it's NOT mainstream. Mainstream dilutes everything.

[@3rdeyerate508]

So glad to hear a real woman explaining this to the world. Thanks

[@punxvnn]

Can I ask what makes a woman a real woman

[@rascalgamer205]

​@@punxvnn exactly like Damm they must be gay if they just want man superheroes cuz I don't see no problem womans superheroes

[@BlackKingArmory]

​@@rascalgamer205I don't think it's the fact that we have female superheroes that's the problem I believe it's the fact that they are portrayed to be almost perfect and almost always faultless compared to their male counterparts. I mean you had well-written female heroes that men loved before the MCU got their greedy little hands on them. My personal favorite back in the day was Ms.Marvel ( Carol Danverse ) because of what her goal was. It was reminiscent of how I was at that time.

[@rascalgamer205]

@@BlackKingArmory you know what you got a point right there but i definitely understand where you coming from this 💯

[@Foe4Life]

This is one of your best vids. Keep up the great content!

[@MelonieMacGoBoom]

Thank you so much!

[@thegamingdutchman2280]

You give me hope for humanity

[@legendsofthebravebard]

I am so enamored with Melonie's untamed hair. It's beautiful.

[@vijrever2770]

Watch the action drama movie RRR playing in theatres right now. Very macho movie without being toxic.

[@Pengu_Kiwis]

Girls that liked 'boy-targeted' media liked it for what it was, there was nothing that needed changing- because we already liked it! It's one thing to have female characters, I mean, superhero media always had those- but it's another to completely butcher something we liked to begin with just to 'appeal' to us- like wtf that's so damn annoying...

[@thegreatestever913]

I'm an in shape male that does martial arts and idc tbh...I've had my male heroes dominate the cinematic world and influence me as a young boy to a young man, I don't see the issue with doing the same for young girls that wanna be more than the damsel in distress who makes her male counterpart look good while in turn making her look bad

[@Mcelly58]

Yeah, but you’re forgetting there were positive female action heroes look at Sarah, Connor, Ellen, Ripley, Laura croft. There are plenty, but when we put all this focus on little girls who gets left behind? Boys. It’s like they want us to pick which one we like better

[@thegreatestever913]

@@Mcelly58 idk who any of these people are ngl...and the women heroes we have are very very minor in comparison to the men heroes...another thing, the female heroes in the MCU are REAL comic characters so I REALLY don't see the issue. People are acting like there was never a female hulk and now all of a sudden there is to push some so called agenda

[@Mcelly58]

@@thegreatestever913 the female leads of alien, terminator and tomb raider. You’re absolutely correct, there have been female, lead comic books in the past, but when everything they say is the same rhetoric that you hear, “Women/girls have it so bad” maybe we just need better writers because the ones we have are not doing it. What really hurts with she hulk is that she’s so interesting by her self when her gender isn’t her entire character. I understand breaking away from the damsel in distress trope yeah you’re absolutely right it’s played out it’s tired. Maybe we don’t need romantic interest at all. I’m all for breaking the norm, but it should at least be entertaining, right

[@eeman1335]

I loved the original cast for the original Predator. They were all alpha males and it made the hunter alien seem all the more formidable. Arnold calling the alien to battle at the end was the height of 80s era alpha male dominance. A level of fierceness none of the later versions could even come close too. I also loved watching Sigourney Weaver (Aliens) overcome terror and fight an equally terrifying monster. She never tried to act like a man. She was/is the quintessential strong woman.

[@renatoreyes6583]

Honestly the new predator movie didn’t seem too woke to me the brother literally was badass and caused the most harm to the predator making it injured already

[@fictitiousart6410]

Marvel has gone full Dilbert.

[@gray-fox-iii]

I always wanted to do that 🤷🏼‍♂️ but I'm 35 and should really not act like a boomer 😂😂😂 but I hope you have an amazing Saturday Ms. Mac N Cheese 😃

[@tammylanglois2602]

Like Bonnie Tyler said in Holding out for a Hero....we tomboy types like a big strong hero type manly man!

[@trickshot_katebishop7612]

Yes

[@avefenixflames]

The worst is the double standards, they have practically deleted every trace of everything even remotely sexy with female superhero characters, like with black widow that even in her own movie made fun of the sexy poses she used to make, but we can have jokes of how perfect Captains America's Ass is, A Penis Joke with the Hulk or a joke where Thor gets Practically Naked...

[@xavierramirez1911]

ehh the "poser" joke in black widow wasn't that bad or made to shame the character. it was just sister banter imo. the rest of the jokes though, yeah they're pretty bad...

[@unitedkingdomoffiveeyes9765]

Just watching dark knight series amd the differences between this and the marvel are like "night" and day We all want an iron-man or the dark knight again.

[@farawayfindlay4775]

You are absolutely spot on Melonie. There are no positive male heroes in modern movie's. I can't comment from the "tomboy" angle, even though my wife and one of my daughters would fall into that category. Personally I prefer the term "girls that like cool stuff" but young boys and men need male heroes. When I was younger I wanted to be the hero, rescue the princess from the dragon and live happily ever after. Boys NEED to have those masculine heros as role model's so they can grow up to be a protector, provider and the hero of their own family.

[@TheIcemanthomas]

That’s just a flat out lie but continue to tell it

[@osleyathechampion]

You're absolutely lying. There are still way more male heroes/role models in media than there are female heroes/role models. And boys can grow up relating to female characters, just as girls can grow up relating to male characters. Both female and male characters should be nuanced and complex- strong, badass and protective, whilst also being soft, loving and caring, because there are no personality traits that should be exclusively male or exclusively female, and we need to teach kids that. Let female characters be strong warriors and protectors. Let male characters show emotional vulnerability and be soft, kind and peaceful. Because there is no right way to be a woman, and there is no right way to be a man, and the best, most complex, most interesting characters, whether they are male or female, are a mix of both traditionally "masculine" and traditionally "feminine" traits. It's 2023, let's allow current media to evolve and not be stuck in a regressive 1960s midset.

[@dewolf123]

You don't need fictional males to do that, that is the job of the father to teach their sons to protect and provide for their loved ones.

[@osleyathechampion]

@@dewolf123 obviously it's not the sole job of fiction to teach kids things, but they are impressionable and can learn a lot from it. Also, not every kid has a father, or a father who is a positive role model. Obviously parents should be doing their job and teaching their kids to grow up to be decent human beings, that goes without saying. But it doesn't hurt and can be helpful to have positive role models for kids in fiction too. Like I said, kids are easily impressionable and can learn a lot from the fictional media they engage with.

[@dewolf123]

@@osleyathechampion That is true I admit I often forget sometimes not every parent is a good one and fiction is a good teacher at times for kids who need one

[@wolftrex7757]

yea thats just like if the powerpuff girls added a dude lmao 🤣 so inauthentic

[@DanielITravel]

I was raised with Jean claude slyvester stallone Arnold dolph longren jet li Jackie chan. Man do I miss action movies the director of John wick is keeping action movies alive with John wick and nobody but his alone out their

[@bartonabrams3433]

Caught you on simpcast last night, and I agree, you need a bigger dog trained for body guard work. You guys brought up mastiffs if you were talking about American bull mastiffs it’s an excellent bread for the work. But they have their downsides, they are very stubborn and require constant training from day one and they do not get along well with other dogs. Outside of that they are big, 210-220 lbs big, they drull a lot and shed a lot, but they are natural protectors and defenders of people and are dead silent, they’ll take out the ops legs stand on their chest and just stair at them without ever making a sound instinctively. Would recommend routweilers again big dog 90-120 lbs big, drull, loud barkers, lots of training for attacking, very loving and great with children German shepherds are solid, very intelligent, easy to train, shed a lot need a decent amount of exercise, pretty loyal 80-110 lbs big Outside of that I would recommend 2 additional personal firearms for yourself S&W snubnose .38 5 or 6 shot hammerles or hammer guard as a back up but is only good for close range And a derringer.38 2 shot it’s a better than nothing classification but very easy to Cary on your person but ment for extremely close range. But definitely get a guard dog

[@jazbean]

Tomboy here, though I love expressing my femininity too. Bring back manly men! If not for me growing up loving Marvel, DC, videogames etc. I might have become a crazy liberal like so many in Gen Z. Because they actually taught me the value of masculinity in men, and let me appreciate that while still recognizing the difference between men and women and how we both have our unique strengths. It's such an important lesson to learn as a kid.

[@MelonieMacGoBoom]

Preach!

[@jazbean]

@chandllerburse737 That's a fair point actually. I think maybe different people take different messages from films/entertainment. Me personally I was inspired by a lot of male superheroes and admired them for their strength, and I looked up to female superheroes around them for working together and using their abilities to help each other. For example, my favourite Marvel films growing up were Avengers, the first two Captain America movies, Thor, Iron Man etc. all of which had both strong male and female characters that inspired me. Maybe I just took a lesson from them that lefties didn't 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@kevangeorge1357]

They want to reboot Starsky and Hutch and make them women cops instead of men.....OMG

[@Crea_TV]

As a man raised by a single mother, who is a tomboy, I learned so many of my interests from her, Martial Arts, Football, Soccer, Boxing, Superman. That being said, she learned her interests from her time with her father. She was never confused about her gender, she just liked kicking ass, poetry and art, she is a tomboy and yeah, she hated Captain Marvel, hated the Black Widow Movie...which speaks volumes.

[@Crea_TV]

If it wasn't for her, I also would never have learned, Art, or more importantly, the word of God. Mama didn't raise no fool, as they say.

[@CrimsonRayne]

Female leads can be amazing, like wonderwoman, lara croft, black widow, scarlet witch, harley Quinn. But... when they are theres saying "a woman needs to do it" like cmon. It's about teamwork, not bringing the other sex down to elevate yourself just because they are male.

[@konnen7354]

Make gatekeeping relevant again.

[@brianestrada1993]

The Souls Community is good at gatekeeping most normies stay away from those games.

[@ModeloLoveMeLongTime]

How the characters Ellen Ripley from the Alien franchise and Sarah Connor from the first two Terminator movies are how to successfully do a strong female role in movies because they were still feminine and vulnerable yet strong people and were believable. Mr and Mrs Smith with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie is also another example of how to properly do a strong female lead because she was very feminine and beautiful looking and sexy as hell yet at some points shown vulnerability and strength.

[@winterfire1097]

I'm rewatching The Walking Dead right now and just finished the "All out war" era and I gotta say it is so refreshing to see masculinity portrayed by men in the show. Rick, Glenn, Abraham, Morgan, Carl, even father Gabriel was honestly kicking ass. Negan exudes the same and man I am SO afraid of what will happen to Negan when he goes with Maggie to New York this summer. I already know The Mary Sue will come out with an article titled "Negan, his bat isn't the only thing that swings both ways." And I mean ship whatever you want, but don't make that his focal point. Rick Grimes focal point is not that he loves the women he's had in his life from Lori to Jessie to Michonne, its the fact he is a great leader, does what needs to be done, and fights for his family to survive. Tbh its also so touching to see a man be uber masculine but also dote and love on his son and daughter. Which is also sorely lacking in Hollywood now. Can't have a man being a good father.

[@Rodeo_Wizard]

We all thought Disney buying most/all of the Marvel properties is a fantastic thing that ever happened, OHHH WE ARE DEFINITELY WRONG! Right now, I & almost everybody hates properties getting the Disney treatment. Look what happened to the Marvel properties and the Star Wars I.P. Disney is trashing, destroying, and tarnishing these. Let's hope the House that Mickey Mouse built will crumble & burn into flaming pile of horse crap. Really! A lot of people these days have lost respect to Disney.

[@NickSibz]

I don't have a single female friend whether right of left wing that watches these shows that are "made for them." Conversley a ton of my guys friends no longer tune in for any of these new releases (myself included). Marvel ended, ironically, after Endgame IMO.

[@thelrdroca9412]

You know what I call a Tom boy when she’s all grown up, a STRONG FEMININE woman. Not like these weak insecure chicks we got in Hollywood right now, insulting men and complaining about everything

[@somethingclever8916]

Anyone else notice that these strong female leads are physical perfection and film ready beautiful?

[@stonecold6385]

And the male leads are physical perfection and film ready handsome. Kind of a comic book thing lol

[@arkad6329]

I hate how the term “pick me girl” is used. Now I’m a dude, and I know that “Pick me Girl” is generally a female to female insult. But why is it bad for a woman to want to impress, and be kind and supportive to men? That actually sounds awesome.

[@trickshot_katebishop7612]

Yes I totally agree! :)

[@Shiba9870]

No that's what it means dumbass

[@djtrunksta]

a LOT LOT LOT of people, including myself, found characters like Ellen Ripley to not only be strong female characters, but also able to maintain femininity. hell, even her daughter in Alien isolation had those traits. You see this all over, from Rogue (XMEN) to Power Girl, from Lara Croft to Zoey from L4D2, April Oneil to Scarlett and Lady J. Youre right though, some things like DND and disney marvel have bowed to the infiltration, some have been pushing back like in Warhammer 40k.

[@Shagrath71]

What these woke lunatics don't understand is women don't have to be just like men to be cool and interesting characters. But despite what they say their goal isn't advancing women it's destroying men because they hate us. And that's not a good place to come from if you want most people to like the entertainment you're producing.

[@coastcity7029]

Skully, Leah, the Power Rangers, the list goes on and on. We used to have leading women who were complex and dynamic characters, not just bland and emotionless.

[@rockytheblackdragon]

Awesome Death Note hoodie😎👍👍