The ABSOLUTE ANNIHILATION Of Strong Female Characters

[@NuxTaku]

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[@JesterKindaSucks]

Why do you want your fans to suffer?

[@seedfan8548]

Please, take a look at Blue Maiden (Aoi/Skye Zaizen) from Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS.

[@swampboyblack5628]

Gud joke btw

[@demonderpz7937]

What are your thoughts on Karen Paige from the Daredevil and Punisher marvel tv show series' on netflix?

[@deltacream]

I knew you were gonna start out with "women"

[@yourdad7853]

General message of the video: *actually* interesting female characters don't entirely rely on their gender to be cool. They rely on being well written to be cool.

[@forsagebone]

Don't write female character and make her a badass, write a badass character that just so happens to be female.

[@yourdad7853]

@@forsagebone I like your summary more than mine.

[@KiaraLily5788]

When even anime is doing better at writing female characters, you know you messed up

[@Amaling]

​@@forsagebonetrue, wish authors on average just made more of their cool characters happen to be female. Think we are going in that direction fortunately, with modern games novels anime etc

[@les907]

But, if WOMEN are the ones writing these horrible female characters, then accountability should be placed on FEMALE writers. It's funny when you read comments about poorly written characters never blaming who specifically wrote them and never complimenting specific MALE writers. It's always this umbrella answer like all writers are the same.

[@niloticnya]

I think that separating the gender from female characters to judge their quality lacks nuances. You can separate Toph’s gender, but Katara is a great example of a strong female character that is enriched in the concept of womanhood. Katara is feminine & girly, cares about grooming, believes in fortune telling, is nurturing & caring, & maternal. Her character represents a common female experience of sexism when she has to take on the responsibilities of domestic labor for her village, be an emotional pillar, literally heal people, & is barred from education that’s traditionally only offered to men. These events & their unraveling make up a large part of her character. As someone who grew up in a similar culture w/ similar experiences, she captures my feelings of rage from needing to uphold gender roles, but also shows me how to embrace womanhood & femininity

[@toxicheadshot360]

I never get this when people complain about women only being allowed to be the care takers etc, guess what men were only allowed to be soldiers etc only a select few would be able to rule and the same with the women, a select few were always at the top with the men, so men are physically stronger on average so we are the warriors, soldiers protecters, providers etc while women are the caretakers, nurtures etc we both have our strength and weakness and the less we fight to act like we are the same the better society will be

[@niloticnya]

@@toxicheadshot360 What does that have to do with Katara’s character? Sokka is older, but isn’t able to protect his village from danger. He shouldn’t have to just because he’s a *boy,* he’s also a kid. Katara was a child when she took on all chores. It’s common in my culture for boys to never learn how to take care of themselves (while pretending to have real jobs), and for girls to take care of everyone at a young age. Their *dad* is the one who left to fight in the war as an adult, so it’s odd that you’re essentially comparing Katara’s responsibilities as a child to a grown man

[@toxicheadshot360]

@@niloticnya I wasn't speaking about her specifically

[@aelitastone5629]

@@toxicheadshot360 Because forcing is NEVER a normal thing, you don't have to force a specific path just because of gender. Katara don't WANT to be a care taker and she have the power to do a lots of others things. She didn't have anything less to her brother for fight. She have talent and that not normal to deprive, deny and forbide her just because she's a woman. We don't care about gender. Even in reallity, what we judge is if the person have the strenght and capacities and we don't care what he or she is. That why there are millitary women. All women are not the same so it's ridiculous to try to impose the same for all, there are not all care taker or nurtures. Before male and female we have our own possibility and it's not allways match the cliche that the society want. And more, we didn't have to block and impose a path of another. Only the person have the right to take the path that she want, trying to block is just atrocious, inhuman, it cause suffering and cause a lost talent for stupid prejudice.

[@enriquesanchez9016]

@@toxicheadshot360 "we both have our strength and weakness and the less we fight to act like we are the same the better society will be" so basically you want to force gender roles on people just based on how they are born. Guess what buddy: this kind of toxic mentality is why feminism is a thing to begin with. Because of course when people talk about how "different" women are compared to men, it's always to talk about how inferior they are.

[@elizabethjennings722]

As a woman... that joke was fire

[@iambeavis762]

As a man... I have a wiener uhhuhhuhuh

[@Spring-qw3xi]

Stop the cap women don't exist

[@Aqua1515]

As a non-binary… I’m neutral on it

[@akiriathorsteinson7611]

@@Aqua1515 same here

[@rbxbadkarma295]

As a skeleton… *bone sounds*

[@eenn78]

I love that Nux has just accepted that he is gonna be canceled for everything he does and is just like "Come at me"

[@painvillegaming4119]

You can’t cancel someone that just doesn’t care

[@danganryanne9499]

@@painvillegaming4119Yeah as Jschlatt and Markiplier are uncancellable, people try to cancel them for the most dumbest of reasons, people such as Twitter

[@j.r.3945]

Hey let’s not forget toph was originally supposed to be a guy. A big, strong muscular guy too. I personally love how she keeps that kind of attitude and bravado as if she was (while still being just as strong as she presents herself), but she still has her moments where beyond her bravado she is vulnerable and accepts her strengths and her weaknesses. A great character who can present masculine traits in a way that doesn’t really take away from or derive from her being a girl. She’s awesome

[@MarvelousAdmirer445]

Which explains why in the play back in the Fire Nation where they had her BE a guy, she was the only one of the team who actually LIKED her portrayal.

[@j.r.3945]

@@toxicheadshot360 she definitely came off as masculine at times and certainly sees herself as such. That doesn’t mean you need to be masculine to be strong, katara and azula are both very feminine yet both portrayed as incredibly strong. Toph just so happens to have more masculine qualities to her because of her originally being based off of Dwayne Johnson

[@jihosz]

Reality is y'all love her because she rejects femininity, acts like a little dude, and has no flaws because being blind never stopped her from beating a ton of grown adult fodder, her vulnerable moments are minimal. Y'all hate female characters who have feminine emotional traits, have flaws and fail. That doesn't make her a better written character than others.

[@Adamatronamus]

An amazing anime.

[@toxicheadshot360]

@@Adamatronamus not an anime

[@dr.plague9927]

4:50 toph also uses her lack of functional eyes as a gag. while riding apa she pointed something out like hey guys it's over there and sokka got excited cause they were searching for a while and when he turns around to look where she's pointing he just see's her with a huge smile and waving her hand in front of her useless eyes.

[@John-Stark]

I would kill to hear an argument between Toph and MJF

[@Daecoth]

She wasn't afraid to joke about herself; woke mobs won't let you joke about ANYTHING! When I tell a Mexican joke and expectedly get called a racist, I have to ask if they are Mexican, because I AM AND WE DON'T GIVE A FUCK!

[@JuzefaWingedCat]

The she-hulk talk made me think of Claymore. There it is also set, that only women can be claymores, because only they can resist the temptation to turn into youma. Men give in to the urges much too fast. However, later in the story we are introduced to characters of both genders who have turned into youma, so in the end it still depends on the person. Also the big bad villain in the end is still a woman-turned-youma. Funny how it is exactly the same concept as she-hulk, but handled so differently.

[@justasimplenobody2666]

Nux is a true advocate of gender equality 🙌 Kuvirah needed a giant mech to mimic a fraction of Azula's power 🔥

[@SwarmerGaming]

Kazuma is subbed and already donating money

[@justtakeitac2028]

Kuvira couldn't even touch Azula's toenails with her giant mech. Remember when Azula took down Ba Sing Se with just 2 other women?

[@justasimplenobody2666]

@@justtakeitac2028 for real tho, Azula is a force of nature 💯 Kuvira is a butterfly fart in the wind in comparison 🤣

[@phlpcockrell]

​@@justtakeitac2028remember when kuvira and her tech conquered like 90% of the earth Kingdom? While spanking the entire main cast? The earth Kingdom being more powerful than it was in Airbender because of the widespread use of metal bending. Azula is a better character in just about every way but let's not act like Kuvira just was 0 threat.

[@jaridatkinson4907]

Azula forever my cartoon wife 😅

[@StyleshStorm]

If anyone is able to get away with a title and thumbnail like this, it's Nux. The hero we don't deserve but we need.

[@InanisNihil]

Lol I sniped in on his joke literally 2seconds in 😂 that title made it so easy to guess what it would be

[@C-Farsene_5]

Good thing lots of people agree, the ones in the left are badly written (tho tbf Korra was more of mid than outright awful)

[@colinthewierd8102]

To defend the absolute mess of Korra's character for a bit, it should be noted that the writers were almost completely screwed over by the higher ups refusing to lock them in for a longer series. Not that it completely exuses everything with her character, but it puts her mastering the avatar state in season one into some perspective. If *was* just gonna be one season, she might as well give people a lot of what they came for.

[@corypowercat7277]

Thank you! Also Korra was an Avatar that needed to learn to be a human. She was SUPPOSED to not be like Aang.

[@sonicfan2403]

Yeah, I heard a lot about how Korra was abused by Network Execs so hard.

[@josephbartholomew]

Don't

[@fireemberess]

thats not the defense korra stans think it is. That means bryke went into the show knowing they only had a certain amount of episodes and needed to use them wisely and more than half of book one is wasted on dumb crap. there are plenty of anime that do plenty of character development and amazing storytelling in 12 episodes. also, this doesnt justify the quality of the rest of the series either. korra doesnt grow as a character the entire series. if i as a writer have 12 episodes to tell a story, *i have 12 episodes to tell a story*. that means i need to be incredibly selective with what content gets into episode. *maybe* that means the dumb love triangle plot should have been left out, no?

[@Ninjaananas]

Aang mastered the avatar with issue just by meditating a few seconds.

[@ProxyDoug]

Disney was so intent on hating on Banner that they didn't even allow him to save Jennifer's life by giving her a blood transfusion like in the comics. He just bleeds on her, the man who can't even kill himself, bleeds on her.

[@ruseagull]

Glad to see Izumi here. Overall, I think female FMA cast is great. Each in their own unique way. I've seen takes that Winry is bland, but I couldn't disagree more. People tends to mix her with other love interests of main characters, and they often poorly written. But Winry has her own arc completely unrelated to Ed. There is a gag that she is "weird, rough and not girly" because of her love of automail, but she is actually the most kind and empathetic character of the series. She is the first to break the cycle of hatred - and that's one of the most important messages of FMAB. Everything is connected, and if Winry gave up to her rage and killed Scar, Amestris couldn't be saved. But If you look for a character not romantically involved with man whatsoever - there is Olivier. I'm actually impressed how much Arakawa managed to explore her character while having (relatively) little screen time. I like how she owns her every decision and how that contrasts her brother flight from the war (very understandable one, but still). She believes that change can only occur by your own hands and waiting for a miracle is stupid. I think she is a very noble depiction of a soldier, patriot. Which is interesting, because FMA, being anti-militaristic show, often not portray being a soldier as something noble. Roy, Riza, Hughes and many others see themselves as murderers, not protectors. There are a lot of other cases, but I think the point is clear. I just like how different FMAB female characters are. Thank you for the video! I agree that a female good character is foremost just a good character. There are specific cases where being female is necessary to the themes or struggles, but the overall principle stays.

[@TheLastGarou]

Izumi is the ultimate expression of Mom Energy. She lost her baby, but became the mother Ed and Al needed most.

[@keyki9832]

I love your comment but disagree with the bit of FMA being anti-militaristic show, for starters a huge part of the main cast are in the military, hell the MC is also a dog of the military. The thing that sets FMA apart from how alot of media espeically older ones depict the military is that like you showed later that the soliders are also human, they make mistakes and have done things they aren't proud of, and while the examples shown are unique to the miltiary perspective are themes anyone can relate with. Also if anything the show displayed how a corrupt government affects its people and in alot of cases in the story the military folks were the ones bearing most of those affects. I would say its not pro or anti-military at the very least.

[@jaieregilmore971]

Don’t forget livia my god the Ezra scarlet voice acting got me.

[@gildedphoenix]

Mustang and his team were involved with Isvaal. Olivier was not. Isvalan war broke those involved with it due to it being not actually a war, but an ethnic cleansing. And on top of that, Briggs survive in an environment that's hostile to you in every way possible, that kill or be killed is norm of the norms.

[@xaius4348]

"I'm an expert at controlling my anger because I deal with it infinitely more than you!" She-hulk says calmly.

[@thatotherdan9984]

She's better than Bruce because she's a woman. Women don't need to learn anything they are just born different. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@Ebro452]

@@thatotherdan9984lol 😂

[@pinkimietz3243]

You know. Writing a good female character is just writing a good character.

[@danielknapp3141]

53:35 Um, actually. Zuko's mom only helped Ozai kill his father to save zuko's life. This was because Ozai suggested that he should have his brother's birthright to the throne since he still had a son, to which Azulon decided a fitting punishment was killing his only surviving grandson. Family issues all around here, this is just the tip of the fire lord family iceberg.

[@remo27]

"She grew up in a household where her mother convinced her father to murder her grandfather to seize power..." NO, that is simplistic to the extreme. I mean, sure if you forget that "Grandpa" was angry at 'dad' for trying to convince him to elevate him instead of the rightful heir, his brother and this at a time when said brothers son just died. So what does grandpa do? Why orders dad to kill Azula's brother! That will teach him(dad)! Of course 'dad' doesn't care for his son because his son isn't a useful tool (prodigy) like Azula. So in his own words: "And I was going to do it too." Thus, as far as the canonical materials go Zuko and Azula's mom(who had no real power in the family and was basically a peasant girl who Ozai literally forced to marry him), in order to spare her sons life, made an undetectable poison for dad so that grandpa would seemingly die of natural causes overnight (I mean, he WAS old). "Dad" not only got the power he wanted but also got rid of the wife he was now tired of (for defying him and never loving him or being 100 percent loyal to him, but crap, the man kidnapped her and either threatened or downright tried to kill her chosen fiance) via banishment. That's the whole story. As for how she gets along with Azula, it's obvious she TRIED since Azula manipulates her at like age 7 to get her older brother to play with her and child Mai and child Ty Lee. She simply doesn't know how to parent a child psychopath (I doubt anyone in the entire Avatar world does) and probably tried to discipline her which not only would backfire with Azula (Why doesn't mommy always love and praise me like daddy esp when I'm mean to my stupid brother or other inferior people?) but would also cause Ozai to argue with or threaten her. In short, a very bad take.

[@ragnarian]

Kuvira couldve been made really good if theyd given her a proper backstory For example, her village was raided, one of her parents killed, they left to a safer place, but found more corruption and exploitation of the vulnerable like her and her family, she joins the army ti try and do good, when she gains power she remembers past grievences and starts by first being petty, but it escalates until she becomes evil Or aomething like that

[@magicwitch4559]

If I remember it correctly there was supposed to be an episode of Kuviras flashback. But nickelodeon cut the budget at that and instead we got an useless recap episode. I was a little bit disappointed when I found that out because I really like Kuviras fighting style and she could be a more interesting villain

[@ningmushii]

I would’ve made Kuvira’s backstory/story something like this: She’s the legitimate child of the earth queen. She would never know of this (until later ofc) and end up at zaofu somehow. Suyin would take her in and teach her metalbending, which like Korra she would excel in, even better than Suyin and lin. Suyin could be asked multiple times from Tenzin and the other councilmen/the soon to come president of republic city that she needs to find a way to denounce the earth queen because she’s abusing her power (maybe she’s trying to do what Kuvira basically does in the series.) Since Suyin will repeatedly oppose this idea, Kuvira (being her most trusted guard) would offer to convince people of the earth to support Suyin. Suyin would object saying that it’s too dangerous, leaving Kuvira upset. So what does she do? She leaves to go to the earth kingdom anyways, and then she meets Wu, who takes interest in her and brings her to the palace. Along the way he would tell her about how he’s next in line for the throne, because the earth queen has no heir. The earth queen would recognize Kuvira as soon as she arrives and tells her the truth? Why? She doesn’t want Wu to take the throne even after she’s no longer queen. Kuvira would refuse and won’t believe her and try to arrest her. Ofc it doesn’t work and she’s locked up. She could spend who knows how long in there. Suyin would later come looking for her as she realizes she’s gone and comes to the earth kingdom. Then yk she’d try to negotiate with the earth queen, but then the earth queen would villainize her. Let’s say that Toph’s family had some land that they maybe manipulated the earth king to get. Or think of it like modern rich folks who exploit poor people or something for their land. Let’s say she purposefully lead them to where Kuvira was imprisoned so that Kuvira could hear part of the conversation. Then she would free Kuvira and let her go but Kuvira would refuse as she thinks that Suyin is bad. Then she’d end up taking her role as the heir of the throne. This could have happened during season 3 when we’re not focused on Korra or the airbenders or Zaheer. Then by season 4, instead of a 2 year skip make it 5. So it’s a bit more believable that Kuvira was doing everything she did. This way it makes sense for her to dislike Korra and call her weak, and even dislike suyin. Or…she could be apart of the red lotus (all 4 villains actually) and be a double agent for the earth kingdom, zaofu, and the red lotus all together. Her backstory then could be that she was picked up by the red lotus (before they would try to kidnap Korra) when she was younger because they thought she was the avatar. However after they discovered that is was Korra, they would forget about her until she’s imprisoned. Amon, unalaq, or even unnamed red lotus members could raise Kuvira. Then when she’s probably around 10 or smth she’d pretend to be a orphan and Suyin picks her up and teaches her metalbending and she becomes a pro at it. Her job would be to assassinate the leaders (maybe she should even succeed at the earth queen) then take over. However she would forget her mission (like the others) for her own personal gain (power) and need to be taken down, with Korra doing so.

[@evilmandrake]

"You dropped your bear" is one of the most iconic lines.

[@palpadur1112]

TheRussianBadger said it best in his "Tomahawking Spiders for Tresspassing" video: women sure do seem to be nothing but "fictional characters" these days.

[@glueconsumer9317]

I agree Thank God women are fictional

[@mastergamer4575]

What is this creature you call “women”?

[@djaxeman2424]

What does it mean tho?

[@jameslongoria00]

@@djaxeman2424can do no wrong essentially.

[@deadlycanadian05]

The wait for the joke was worth it🙏😭

[@Ttgreeny]

Ik

[@StorymasterQ]

What a joke, eh?

[@D_YellowMadness]

7:13 is why I despise Japanese games/shows/trailers/whatever where all the male characters can't shut up about how cool this one female character is (Smash Ultimate Mythra Pyra trailer for example) for doing the same shit all the other characters do. It's like having the dev slide the screen off, climb out of my TV, & scream "I'm not sexist! These are actual characters! I didn't put porn in a children's game! I'm not a creep!"

[@jourdanfarquharson4697]

Korra aint that bad tbh. We know avatar who come after follow a corrective process where they take opposite characteristics that are seen neccessary to make up for previous personality flaws. Aang ran away from wanting to be an avatar, was a pasifist while korra came with personality of embracing the avatar identity and more confronational and aggressive as an individual

[@zephyrstrife4668]

That intro joke was hilarious... And i had to pause in the Toph section (fave character from OG Avatar gang), the joke where she was drowning and Suki saved her would have been just as funny if Toph was a boy and Sokka jumped in to be the hero. The comedy in that scene was perfect. Everyone knows that feeling, where you do something that just comes off unexpectedly awkward and you just wish some divine entity would zap you out of existence because of the embarrassment.

[@mattiemedia4096]

Something for Korra I will argue against is the whole "masterd 3 elements as a little kid". Korra could do basic bending of 3 elements at a very young age, but it's only at the age of 17 that shes masterd 3 of them and goes off to republic city to master air bending. At the start of season 2 (6 monthes after season 1), Tenzin tells her they need to work on her airbending to master the spirutial side so by the age of 18 she has masterd the four elements. Anng masterd the four elements at around the age of 13.

[@barsni4779]

Despite being most pampered avatar in history with best treatment and best teachers world could provide for money. If I say it out loud, it kinda explains all her flaws.

[@reddytoplay9188]

Did he master it from the comics? From what I know when Aang fought Ozai he hadn't mastered the four elements which is why he used avatar state for that mastery boost.

[@justhaku9240]

The thing about that is not what age i don't think that matters its how they start the story and how much development we see on screen. Korea at the beginning if the show has mastered 3, anng at the beginning just knew air and it took him the entire show to master the rest, I think the age is irrelevant

[@C-Farsene_5]

@@reddytoplay9188 he was already skilled at all 4 during his fight but his general pacifism held him back

[@BigAl2-u7e]

Was Aang a master of any of them other than air bending? It seemed like he could use the other 3, but he never mastered them. Especially if we're talking about fire bending.

[@sanitarysanchez]

i don't think Bellatrix Lestrange needed to be elevated any more than she was, she was just shown too much in the later part of the series and that is even more so in the movie adaptation. at least in the book she felt more menacing and less crazy then the books where she was depicted as a punchline in any evil dead done.

[@lvnarvoid]

Yo that joke was fire

[@Emimilliemoo]

As a woman, I agree

[@roelcrafter9850]

As a man i also agree

[@LetsDanceBros]

As a lovecraftian horror, I agree

[@divinefox4306]

As a 14 legged dog, I agree

[@edgardsalazar9522]

As a simp, I agree

[@wardenm]

It's kinda sad that it's gotten to this point with female characters. They just keep making the fact that they are 'strong feminine role models' as both a promotion point and the key character trait, rather than just letting them exist and have room to breathe in their setting. It sorta reminds me of similar situations in the past where the proverbial pendulum in Hollywood overcorrected... How black characters were token ones or made light of, then instead we got a streak of "magic black man" type films such as Bagger Vance or Green Mile. The same thing happened with gay characters suddenly going from the butt of jokes to every woman's wise best friend and unable to do wrong, once Will & Grace took off and they realized just how profitable the demographic could be. This whole poorly written "strong woman" phase we've been seeing just seems like that same pendulum, overcorrecting in response to the Me Too movement and all the various Hollywood scandals that came out. They're not well written characters so much as they are the studios attempting to distance themselves from controversy and pat themselves on the back.

[@mistingwolf]

Korra's journey is not one of strength, but of spirit, which is the complete opposite of Aang's journey. Even though she has the Avatar state from the start, it doesn't do her any good because she hasn't made the spiritual connections required to actually make it powerful.

[@thenoblerogue]

The thing about Korra picking up the elements easily always seemed to be that the writers didn't want the focus to be mastering the elements... Again. Aang had a talent for the mental spiritual work today we didn't get to see develop much because it wasn't necessary. Korra was the opposite. I don't think , of all the valid issues to have, that that is one of them.

[@tylerprime6741]

That IS the avatar though. All of them needed to spend years and put time and effort into learning all the elements. Korra could have just picked them up a bit faster than other avatars and then spent more time on the spirit side. But they didn't even do that, she just mastered them all AND mastered avatar state. Which we never saw aang do because he never mastered avatar state in his own series EVEN THOUGH he was the guy better at the spiritual side of things

[@thenoblerogue]

@@tylerprime6741 not going to argue the avatar state point, we're in agreement on that. Korra spent years being trained by the White Lotus, it isn't fair to say she didn't have to work hard despite having a talent for the physical aspects because we didn't see it, we can't know, and her learning to use the elements isn't what the story they were trying to tell is about. It's fair to say the story of LoK was less than interesting than TLA, but we can't say that it is bad because it isn't TLA. That would be like saying Terminator 2 is trash because it was different from Terminator 1.

[@tylerprime6741]

@@thenoblerogue not saying it's bad because it's not TLA I'm saying it's bad because it's bad. They tried to write Korra as this strong OP avatar but then had her lose and actively nerfed her over and over and over again. If they wanted her to be the most powerful, legendary avatar. Lean into it. Have her be a bending genius, master everything by like 10 years old. Have the world see her as not just the avatar, but as a Monster. Have her fights be resolved easily, have the main conflict come from her trying to relate to regular people. Her struggle not to become stronger but to become human. Instead we got this half and half where she's really strong, but all her problems are just "am I good enough" even though she was introduced as someone strong with confidence bordering on arrogance with the talent to back it up. But somehow as someone who should, by all means, be so far and away stronger than everyone she could ever meet. She just isn't. She loses and struggles in terms of not being strong enough where she absolutely should be, to the point of it not being a challenge. And that's where they missed it with Korra. It could have been something entirely unique to TLA and just as good if they flipped on its head what it meant to be the Avatar from what we saw with aang

[@thenoblerogue]

@@tylerprime6741 definitely in agreement with you there. On all of that. I think LoK was married by times where the hand of the writers was too obvious. That and I don't think any of them have ever trained to fight because of they had they'd have been more conscious about keeping skill and power consistent. Btw, is this an interesting conversation for you or just annoying and better off dropped and forgotten? I don't think I've disagreed with you at all but I think we could both be more correct about what we think.

[@NoHandle44]

Aang was about becoming the Avatar. Korra was about BEING the Avatar. Though, I think the writers fumbled the ball a bit there.

[@AdeptusSteve]

"Korra is a mary sue mastering 3 elements when she was 4 years old.. boooh" She is seen doing baby tier splashes and sparks. How people conclude mastery from that is just beyond me. Anyone with that take immediately loses all credibility to me. She took 12 years of training with dedicated masters to actually come even close to mastering those 3 elements. Aang on the other hand did it in a summer vacation at 12 years old. Think about that.

[@RussBuss3]

Speaking on She-hulk, anyone else notice how one of her traumas was sexualization? but the 1st episode begins and ends with her sexualizing Captain America.........

[@TheGamingGhost574]

My main issue with She-Hulk isnt even how she was written, well partly, its that she continually acts like she has extreme trauma compared to all the guys around her and acts like she has worse trauma than Bruce, but if anyone has read the comics they’d know Hulk was actually another personality he had as a kid that came to life from the gamma and the reason he had this mixed personality disorder was from years of abuse from his father, She Hulk has everything handed to her while Hulk struggled every single moment of his life and she thinks she had it worse

[@mikaylaweber1882]

This was a great video. Growing up as a young woman watching characters like Toph and Raven always inspired me. I feel like a lot of the “strong woman” characters now a days are really toxic and cringy. I don’t feel represented by She Hulk at all, I’m fact I feel like a lot of the characters like She Hulk are actually insulting to women. One female character I love that’s come out recently is Nobara Kugisaki from Jujutsu Kaisen, she’s top tier wifu for sure.

[@neneargueta8332]

I didn’t really like she hulk’s personality and “arc” in her show, ironic because Wandavision, a marvel show that came out before she hulk and had a female lead, had a better written female character that actually went through tragic events.

[@AdorianDelmore]

I will never compare those two shows. What i like about Korra was that she wanted to be the Avatar while Ang didn't. And that way i love season 3 and 4 the most because of the consequences of what that did to her own identity. She wanted to be someone people needed in a time where the Avatar was not needed. I just wish they did season 3 after season 1 and jumped over season 2 except for the lore part of the spirit world and the Avatar orgin. But yes i could have been better.

[@xaius4348]

If you want to write a strong woman, make sure to have them remind the audience of their gender every 30 seconds, or else, how would we know? Make sure to have them explicitly say "I am a woman," at least once. Also, make sure they never act like a real human woman, as realism is offensive Additional note: fiction is also offensive, so make sure that you don't draw women with boobs, boobs are a myth, and do not exist.

[@jourdanfarquharson4697]

Well tbh just give the character a female appearance. I dont think its a crime if i made robot chick with above average abilities and has personality flaws of short temper that she learns to grow from. I can say for me personally i just have issues when female is a lead or mc character and end up or just as useless as a side character female which is pretty common. Not saying we dont have male fodder characters just that more often then not male lead/ major characters arent stomped by fodder or minor antagonist compared to the female leads. Also how real human women act varies

[@AliH14]

I am genuinely curious, has a reposted video ever done so much better than the original. W vid Nux.

[@bigdaddy_bo6741]

THIS is the Nux I came to see. Glad to hear your analysis once again!

[@durk5331]

Seriously Scrubbing Toph's Feet is like massaging your eyeballs with quick-shifting, flashing, vibrant color patterns

[@mf_204]

Thx for talking about Jinx and Arcane, they did such a fantastic job in general but also especially in that regard

[@jlinus7251]

I do think there are good stories where women actually struggle in a male dominated society. My favourite Hindi movie is called Dangal. It's about the first female gold medalist from India in wrestling. The amount of sexism and harrassment she had to face, and the lack of resources to help her and her sister the entire way, made them great underdogs. We had their village calling them derogatory terms and calling them men, to watching them in the world scene cheering for them by the end. Its not sexist to acknowledge that there are barriers to women in our world. I think it's alright to not address this in fantasy, but if your society is sexist then you have to.

[@mon0lithic629]

Korra as a baby could MOVE the elements. She spent 16 years mastering the three of them, which is longer than Aang did and by the end she was no where near Aang's level by the end of his journey.

[@dominicadugyamfi7330]

She was

[@mon0lithic629]

@@dominicadugyamfi7330 I meant by the end of her training, not the series

[@toasterowens8916]

Yes she was. Most of aangs impressive feats came while in the avatar state

[@mon0lithic629]

@@toasterowens8916 Most impressive, yes, but don't forget -- the boy was master airbender by the age of twelve. As to the feats, let's see... Aang mastered waterbending from scratch in the span of two months and was generally very good at it from the start. Aang also learned and performed lightning redirection after only practicing it for less than a couple of days. Aang took out, and I quote, "a dozen" of fire navy ships BY HIMSELF during the Siege of the North and only stopped because there was simply too many for him to tackle. Aang and his gang assaulted the Earth King's Palace and made a mockery of their defensive force. Granted, he wasn't alone there -- but still, quite a feat. Aang stood his own against Fire Lord Ozai (considered one of the best firebenders) empowered by the comet and could even kill him with lightning redirection if he didn't choose the other option. In that same fight he took out Ozai's blimp with just a couple of precise stone throws btw. In "Fortuneteller", Aang saved the village FROM A FUCKING VOLCANO and froze the lava with his airbending. Again, the boy's twelve. Should I remind you that Korra struggled against non-benders and was defeated by them on numerous occasions? Highly trained non-benders, but still.

[@toasterowens8916]

@@mon0lithic629 she struggled against non benders that were either skilled chi blockers, or used literal electricity. Non benders that would have did the same thing to nearly every character in atla, including aang if confronted under the right circumstance. And that again doesn't invalidate the main point that we aren't shown horra doing those specific feats, but that doesn't equate to her not being in aangs level, especially with her canonically already being the better fighter You also somehow manage to talk like a mix between a Twitter user and a redditor

[@LPCYSMI]

I agree with everything, I disagree with Korra, she mastered all elements that where not air right before starting air. She keeps loosing cause of her rashness and personality, her desire to be so memorable, she tends to constantly think how to be the avatar, the hero, instead of how to be humane, that is independent of men or women

[@okita_souji_alter]

Yeah bro definitely missed the mark with Korra. She didnt even master the elements at the age of 3 let alone the avatar state at the end of season 1. They make that explicitly clear at the start of season 2

[@Zetaforce-uv8el]

I’m happy you brought up Aki from Yugioh 5Ds. She really is the best female character of all of Yugioh.I honestly wish you made a no one understands video just because no one understands her arc.Her arc was never about revenge it was about finding a family.She’s important not because she’s a Stand user but because she is important to her crew.She helps out Yusei where she can and lets him and his bros deal with the main enemies.

[@shadownightdragon6524]

I love Aki in season 1 but she not the best written character after that. Once her arc finish the writers seem too have no clue what too do with her.

[@Asodym]

I think it is possible when writing a character to start from anywhere, provided you do it with nuance. If you start with a badass and then make them female, but your understanding of what it means to be a badass isn't nuanced, the character likely won't be interesting. I'd say it's harder to start with gender and then work towards other traits since gender is such a complex subject, but so long as your understanding of gender is nuanced, it can work.

[@RustCole01]

Every female character from Walking Dead could have sucked if they didn't provide a believable character arc. Carol was the weakest person in the entire series and by the 4th season, she was a female Terminator and it was brilliant. Michone was introduced as a badass, ninja chick but her origin story and efforts to become a trusted member of the group, are what made her a fan favorite. And as much as a hardass as she was, she also demonstrated a softer, maternal side.

[@Asodym]

@@RustCole01 I'm afraid i haven't watched either of those series but I'm glad to hear your take.

[@RustCole01]

@@Asodym Well... 2 characters. Both from The Walking Dead. But that show had no problem depicting very realistic versions of regular people. And in the first 2 seasons, most of the women were likeable characters, but they more or less let the 3 or 4 top dog men in the group handle the fighting. But by the end of the 2nd season, most of the women have made progress with their combat skills. But the thing that I think TWD did better than almost any show, was create believable tactics for a 120 lb woman to employ against much larger opponents. Sometimes they will act like helpless little puppies and then get the jump on them. Or they will set a creative trap or diversion... stuff like that. It really is an excellent show and after season 1, it's not just a zombie show. Other people are a much bigger threat than the zombies. Definitely worth a watch if u looking for something new.

[@Asodym]

@@RustCole01 Ah, sorry. Well I shall keep that in mind.

[@rheiasmodeux5711]

Hey Nux. Arcane is not a Capitalist State, is an Authoritarian Police State. It's different. On the other hand. She hulk makes sense that she has more control over the hulk part, the problem is that her character is insufrable. The reason banner can't control Hulk is because of his trauma as a child. She hulk didn't have none of that, so she has more control even in the comics.

[@Alceste_]

It's capitalist tho.

[@rheiasmodeux5711]

@Alceste_ bro capitalism if free trade. Selling anything could be considered capitalism. Capitalism isn't the rule of law its the medium of trade btw individual. So no its isn't capitalist it's a police state

[@Alceste_]

@@rheiasmodeux5711 Aren't you arguing in my direction here? Literally saying that it being a Authoritarian Police State doesn't matters as far as economy concerned, and that capitalism is purely about the medium of trade between individuals? Which, in Piltover, is definitely capitalist.

[@rheiasmodeux5711]

@Alceste_ my point isn't that they are capitalist is that they just say "capitalism" and ignore that the problem is the ruling class not the medium of trade

[@Alceste_]

@@rheiasmodeux5711 Yep, that was definitely the point you had in mind, it just wasn't the point you said so I pointed the correction out. ^^'

[@Dazzle_Dork]

Hats off Nux, incredible video, most impactful part was YES Azuluas mom was the most horrible character in Airbender, more than Fire lord. She calls her child a monster, balant favouritsm, erases her memory so she won't feel bad for abandoning her children What IS WRONG WITH THIS WOMAN??? Also DON'T YOU DARE forget Ai Hoshino from Oshi no ko. This character in my opinion is the most well written character in the anime/manga history

[@Stew91]

More so than Ozai? The man who scarred his son in front of hundreds, and disowned him, telling that he's only of worth if he captures the Avatar?

[@Dazzle_Dork]

@@Stew91 yup, Ozai is bad he treated azula and his son with same amount of cruelty, Azula produced result zuko didnt. Otoh, their mom is a hypocrite oppertunist

[@lunarshadow5584]

I actually have thought of a simple change to Kuvirah's story that could've made it make more sense, and that would've been giving a reason she chose to rise to power in the first place, or more specifically, why she became a soldier in the first place. Kuvirah's father was a soldier of the army who she idolized but after a mission to get rid of bandits goes wrong, her father ends up as one of the hostages to the bandits. Kuvirah wanted to rush in to save him but her superior continued to order people to step back and give the bandits what they want till the hostages were safe. But when it came time for the hostages to be delivered, there were less hostages returned than recorded. When the soldiers try to rush the bandit base, it would be found the bandits made their escape and that the remaining hostages were dead days long before the exchange. Kuvirah blames the officer in charge for her father's death and decided to rise through the ranks to make sure there wouldn't be an incompetent leader ever again. The death of the Earth Queen was just an opportunity for an even higher position to spread her influence and ideals throughout the entire earth kingdom. Which is when we start seeing cracks in her character. She may have united all the major cities but you can never get rid of every bandit in the kingdom despite how much she tries to, which is when she comes across the bandits that killed her father with the rising tension and a bit of mocking from some idiot bandits, she wouldn't lock them up but slaughter them. And it didn't help that the people didn't mind either way, praising her regardless as a hero. This would've been the reverse Katara incident where she met the killer of her family only to choose the option to kill him do to the stress of having so many people relying on you. And as she became more obsessed with having everyone following her ideals, wiping out more and more bandits, the areas that she was originally allowing to live on their own without her influence she was now pushing to sign which is when she reaches republic city and her decision to fire the cannon. "A leader needs to decide when to act" but a ruler must decide "when is it enough" and because of this conflict started by her father's death do to the decision to wait by her superior officer, she choses to act, no matter what happens because of it. It was the wrong decision. A leader must know their enemies to make the right call. The bandits that killed her father would've been known by the leader to be sadistic and blood thirsty, making the decision to hold back and meet their demands a bad decision, but Kuvirah's decision against the avatar and leaders of republican city, good people who she shouldn't have needed to fight with.

[@RensStoryteller]

I think that, as a civil service, the board of directors who allowed Velma as a show to exist should be publicly executed to put us all out of our misery.

[@BasicallyRANDOMYT]

1:07:00 to be fair Korra also lost her connection to Aang and other avatars, so her avatar state that was supposed to borrow power from all avatars before her kinda just makes her eyes glow and gives her a tiny bit of power. SInce there are no avatars to connect to, she doesn't get as much of a power up for the last season.

[@MarkSeinIII]

Gintama has the best female characters. They're strong but they have quirks and flaws which makes them all lovable characters.

[@thestruggler340]

I gotta disagree about bellatrix and im not really a Harry Potter fan but I like the fact she is the embodiment of pure evil and her clash with molly pure good is the poetic symbolism of good overthrowing evil. I also like the that she’s basically Jeffery Dahmer if he was a wizard, no reason is needed behind her evil just like their was no reason behind dahmer. I also thinks the reason she works with the death eaters is because they enable her desires

[@Alondro77]

Nux forgets that natural-born psychopaths are a real thing that exists. Especially when there's a ton of inbreeding involved, as was the case with Purebloods.

[@yortiz2022]

Yeah, so poorly written.

[@LuminousSteel]

iirc Bellatrix was a reference to Margaret Thatcher. she wanted to make Bellatrix as much of a bitch as possible because of the extreme hatred from both sides against Margaret.

[@Wurzelknecht]

@@Alondro77 I agree. It's just a sad fact that people like that exist. Indoctrinated to bigoted views since birth, also probably born as a sadist/psychopath. And then finally found a charismatic cult leader who supported all her views and actions and became his fanatical follower. Also I liked the idea of Bellatrix being one of three sisters, all of which turned out differently. In oversimplified terms, Bellatrix turned out irredeemably evil, Andromeda turned out good, and Narcissa turned out evil but with a capacity to be good or at the very least less of an asshole.

[@Alondro77]

@@LuminousSteel And yet these same people celebrated German Chancellor Merkel... who was FAR worse than Thatcher was even imagined to be. They like women in power who follow their cult of globalism, while demonizing anyone else.

[@klutzmtg2310]

I’m so glad someone else said Korra is awful. I got SO MUCH shit for saying she sucked when the series was running.

[@okita_souji_alter]

Nux missed the mark with Korra anyway. Not sure why there's comments like these😂

[@klutzmtg2310]

@@okita_souji_alter Because Korra is a garbage female character 💀. Tf you mean? He’s right. She an absolutely awful female MC.

[@okita_souji_alter]

@@klutzmtg2310 Nah he misconstrued a lot with her character in a 5 minute segment alone especially regarding how strong she was. Korra definitely has her issues as a character but she isn't as bad as people like new age Velma

[@Ctr_Alt_Del]

Im literally ten minutes in, but I just want to say, Asuna isn't necessarily poorly written, the first season just misses a lot from when they knew each other on the floors before he leaves them all. I forget exactly when, and progressive was suppose to help with that, anime wise, until it was made a movie and not show. So, manga readers know a little more on why she loves him, but anime viewers got thrown to the wolves. [For frame of reference, I did not read the manga and this is solely based on what I've heard and read about].

[@aurinii]

She is but ok

[@eleemaeli1830]

43:00 in defense of comic she hulk, yes is canon that she control herself, but the way she can is for one thing only the way she got the power she didn't got a full gamma radiation it was blood (it was an emergency when that happen not this bs series) so for that reason she's much weaker so much easier to control and the first time she transform she defend herself because bruce was a wanted criminal and being his cousin ofc they hit the family so the series showing that she's stronger is complete made up she can control herself but because her hulk self is weaker so in a 1v1 against bruce she lose if they go with raw power only

[@eija4487]

I generally agree with the takes but I feel like he def missed the point with Korra. The story of the show wasn’t to master all of the elements, there wasn’t a big bad to defeat like in the original show - in fact they were in an era of peace. Like they established many times in the show there really wasn’t a need for the avatar. The main story in Korra were social issues unlike in the og where it was very straight forward - big bad man wants to rule everything because he thinks he’s better and needs to be taken down. I’ve heard someone say that Aang and Korra would’ve done better in each others stories, and I agree. Aang was much more diplomatic, sympathetic, and introspective. While Korra had a better natural talent for bending and was headstrong. But yeah all I was really trying to say was that the legend of Korra wasn’t about mastering the elements, it was about introspection, grey areas, etc. I can understand why you’d think it’s a bad story if you think it’s just supposed to be about mastering bending.

[@TheTubeLovers]

Even Toph called out Korra as being the worst Avatar she's trained.

[@sunwithaface]

korra has canonically done more for the world then any previous avatars we know of.

[@jihosz]

Media literacy is lost.

[@souloftheworld9810]

​@@sunwithafaceexcept you know, she is not real. Nobody cares. You can make her the god emperor, still doesn't make her a decent character.

[@ConstantinDOSSOU-vy1zo]

Aang and Roku are objectively the avatar who had the worst performance in history . Like her or not the result of Korra was really positive

[@TheMadirishgunner]

only take i dont fully agree on is Korra, i can agree on its bad how powerful they made her so quickly, but the reason she then goes on to lose all the time is because of how her trauma affects her mental state and how that makes her get worse and worse at doing her job as the Avatar and how she needs to bounce back from that, thats why she keeps taking Ls. thats her story arc. shes a child prodigy who wants so badly to be a great Avatar after how legendary Aang was that she runs headfast into that role and finds out shes not a God, shes human, she gets trauma after trauma and has to learn to be human rather than learn to be the Avatar

[@toasterowens8916]

Bro is clearly media illiterate in some aspects

[@Ninjaananas]

​@@toasterowens8916 A lot of people are.

[@backupforthevideos3861]

It breaks my heart to see a video with so much work put into it gets so little recognition 😢

[@barsni4779]

Lestrange is more understandable if you look at Harry Potter from the perspective of society within the book. You see, whole Harry Potter series is basically a power struggle of noble clans (plus Hermione). And persistent theme is "you either deny or accept your bloodline, no third option here".

[@lunarshadow5584]

Dr. Horrible I think best shows what happens when you have an overpowered character who never faced adversity in their life gets introduced to one.

[@joshuahunter3131]

That joke was a certified hood classic

[@epickills45]

Literally as soon as he said he was gonna spoil Arcane, I paused this video, watched Arcane and immediately came back after finishing it... Literally I'm still crying yet I'm watching this

[@NintendanGX]

There's something really funny about seeing a tank decorated with two body pillows.

[@danielhavoc889]

Maybe try and tackle the "moral paragon" archetype that they shove onto so many female characters, like Amber from the Invincible show, for example. It's the whole "we can't have a girl be bad" ideology taken to the extreme.

[@FoxxyFire-HellFrost]

I thonk Fairy Tail writes their female characters way better. They're very fleshed out and they have limits, but they also have incredible badass moments. That's literally Erza's personality: badass, but also a female.

[@LuminousSteel]

ironically the only major character in yugioh who never lost was Tea.

[@epicsoul8136]

10:12 This is why we all love SAO Abridged, it delivers great characters and story in spite of the source material. 10/10

[@thehermitman822]

It definitely made sense of things and became more than just parody.

[@trajectoryunown]

@@thehermitman822 The members of TFS really spearheaded the entire abridged genre, even outside of their group. Everybody on that team is crazy talented and it rubs off in everything they do.

[@John-Stark]

I love how Asuna in the Alfhime Arc is basically an SCP constantly breaching containment and traumatizing the guards

[@ihatefridays2715]

SAO Abridged is mediocre.

[@John-Stark]

@@ihatefridays2715 well good for you, your wrong

[@demonderpz7937]

See, the whole "she hulk is a woman and has to control her anger" bit is hilarious because it shows the writers of the show have no fuckin' idea how much anger men have to hold back on a day to day basis. Like, think about what testosterone does to the body (and why steroids used to increase muscle mass are basically just injecting testosterone+other shit), think about how many violent impulses men have that we have to bite back all the time just to be able to work a job, and tell me that women have more anger to grapple with everyday. I'm sorry? That's just plain ignorant.

[@D_YellowMadness]

The part about Korra reminds me of Rukia from Bleach. "Wow, look how badass she is!" *Gets kidnapped.* *Gets a fist through her stomach.* *Gets another fist through her stomach.* *Gets a sword through her stomach.*

[@rimurugluttony]

That joke had me rolling 😂😂😂

[@Izkata]

This doesn't help with story-arc-ness, but Tea's role in Duel Monsters makes a bit more sense once you know the pre-Duel Monsters story (anime-wise known as "Season 0" since it wasn't dubbed in English): She's Yugi's oldest friend, from before he even met Joey or Tristan, and also Yugi has a crush on her. During Season 0, when Yami Yugi first starts showing up, Tea then starts developing a crush on Yami Yugi because he keeps rescuing her, without knowing who Yami Yugi is.

[@myownfreemind6627]

I have BPD which is heavily stigmatized amongst women and massively undiagnosed in men and called the “crazy ex disorder.” Which more often than not you’re only hearing the more extreme, untreated stories. That majority of us are pretty much just self hating unstable messes. Jinx is a great inside look of what BPD feels like mentally. The amount of trauma that just breaks you and left so hurt it’s easier to go bad than risk what remains to try for the good. I relate to it emotionally since personally my BPD was always only self destructive and internalized, but the heaviness, anger, wanting to do right always feels like it’s done wrong etc and then you just reach a point of wanting to let go and be unhinged but also wishing to be happy and normal. It hits me in a soft spot in a deeply relatable way. I’m considered unsymptomatic now by my therapist and living my best healthy life, just thought I’d add my part. Anyone else who deeply relates to Jinx, I hope you find your stability and happiness ✨ Also the women joke was fire Nux.

[@ryanfladung8490]

I'm not defending kuvirah. But legend of Kora does have well written characters. I personally think koras arc to become less of a jackass was pretty good

[@ImValkyrieOwO]

if there is a part two id say definitely look into Lucy from Cyberpunk Edgerunners. A couple other ideas could be Hange Zoe, Mikasa Ackerman, Annie Leonhart, and Gabi Braun from Attack On Titan.

[@Danamous]

Maaan, i was missing this analysis type videos sooo much. Nux is great at making compelling points

[@nickjones1609]

Not every character has to be "redeemable" alot of stories are better off for having a complete evil character with no redemption vs oh they're actually someone who is good but the cruel world made them evil, both have their place

[@ZackTheOmnipotent]

3 Nux Taku videos in a week? It must be my birthday!!!

[@yammoto148]

I think you kinda missed the mark with Korra here Nux. I do agree her being overpowered from the start makes her hard to relate to her struggles but she does have emotional struggles. Because its literally pointed out throughout the series she wants to be the Avatar so bad she never learned to be a good person and to accept herself. She lived sheltered without ever seeing the world to the point where the moment she gets the opportunity she jumps at it. Yes she abuses her powers because she never emotionally matured from being a kid, so she is boastful and prideful. So most of the time throughout the series her development is the inverse of Aang where she learns to not be stronger but become a better person. Its also why Air was so hard for her to learn because it requires more emotional maturity to understand and master. Aang was the total opposite, while he was a kid he got through all his emotional struggles instantly. He just really had issues using his power and accepting the role of being the Avatar. I mean seriously his entire race gets whiped out and the next episode he is doing something goofy and fun. Maybe he is doing it to hide the pain but in general emotional trauma rarely cripples Aang throughout the series. Sure he is not the most skilled bender and yes he had to struggle for his power, but he never had to struggle to be a mature human. So to put their character arcs together we see that there is a nice parallel between the two and both have genuinely good stories to tell. Aang's story is about responsibility, and Korra's is about maturity. Its just people have issues seeing that because both characters are such a juxtaposition of each other.

[@chrisjacobsen7265]

The writers definitely made it clear that Korra is not Aang cause they didn't want to make a retread of TLA. Some people who didn't like that fact throw the character under the bus for whatever reason they think justifies their disdain.

[@davinperry5648]

This is amazing nux. I hope it goes viral

[@RafidW9]

The Korra take is fucking weird to me. The way Nux said she "has to respected", who tf said she had to be respected by the viewer? No one. All of Korra's L's ARE her struggles, I think her being brash and arrogant and then losing all those battles does make her a realistic character. A good character. Not once from the show did I feel like Korra's character was disrespectful towards Aang's. I think it's all in Nux's head. Made up arguments.

[@shahiro92]

The worst part about Asuna is that she had a moment where she could have really showed off how much of a badass she was to be near kirito's equal in the fight with p.o.h. where she unleashed the mother's Rosario growing angel wings and having yuki show up in spirit to back her only for all to do absolutely nothing needing kirito to come to the rescue again

[@CandyThePuppy]

Nux has that kind of unexplainable energy that I just can't help but admire.

[@kairostimeYT]

You did Korra and Kuvira dirty. Korra neither mastered the elements at the age of 3 nor did she master avatar state; her disconnecting from the world is understandable given she thinks that she doesn't have a place in the world as the avatar; she loses to Kuvira because of her trauma. There are parts of your argument against Kuvira I find acceptable. She basically is a more "neutral" version of Azula but she is extreme in her ideologies to completely unite the earth kingdom INCLUDING republic city. I can see how her extreme nature could trigger you but I still think that you just laughed at both of them without getting the background information right or straight-up omitting them.

[@mui_scope9519]

Man that joke was so fire it burned down my house

[@danielknapp3141]

To be fair, belatrix was a side character, the simp to the bad guy. There was no reason for her to be anything beyond having always being crazy and madly in love with a murderous psychopath.

[@austinswagg1]

L take on asuna … completely missed the point of their relationship early on give it another watch. Kirito’s purpose in asuna story arc initially is that he gave her a new outlook on life and she even clearly states it later on that she was sad and depressed feeling she was losing time in the real world and kirito taught her that she wasnt just losing time in the real world but getting to live a life in this new world. Theres more depth to their relationship than u lead on so def think u should give it a rewatch or watch the new progressive films thatll be releasing over the next few years detailing the story from her perspective. No not a SAO shill have plenty of gripes wit the story but overall i am a fan.

[@FragariaNoKami777]

I will aggressively steal this for my own writing projects, thank you for your services o7

[@christopherbennett5858]

Honestly, with characters like Korra and Ruby Rose, I can’t help but feel like the writers are getting off on the pain inflicted to them. Then you have issues like with Marvel. X men is a big one. Jean Grey for instance had a whole story where this encouraged abuse of her power by Xavier and the exploitation of the Hellfire club unlocked Dark Pheonix; a form that was evil, power hungry and something that she liked but she killed herself so it wouldn’t happen again after she destroyed an entire solar system. I bring her up because, when they brought her back, they removed all blame from her so she could be a hero again. The best written Jean is definitely one who acknowledges that she is Pheonix and doesn’t want to realise that she’s a bad person. However, it feels like some writers treat her like this precious doll to make her entirely innocent. Maybe that’s why i like Emma Frost more. She knows she’s been awful but has her own ethos and still tries to be better in her own way. It’s a recurring thing that she’s often disliked by many of the other women who respect her but that hasn’t stopped her from making friends or being beloved by her students. Shame that recent movies and tv series had put Storm to the background.

[@nkyfong]

So... What about Oda and his character, Trafalgar Law?

[@christopherbennett5858]

@@nkyfong I’m not familiar with one piece. Pray tell why bring him up as a counterpoint?

[@emikochan13]

the new Asuna movies are way better at showing her character arc and how she earned lightning flash though.

[@ronflores1153]

I remember watching yu gi oh as a kid and every time Téa attempted to contribute to the situation, she was always written as just “the fourth person in this friendship ring” Now, Tristan wasn’t any better 😂 but I felt like it was lacking a well written female identifying friend seeing as besides Joey and Yugi’s absolutely boy toy love for each other, the other two just felt like extra Thanks Nux, I love that you always seem on the edge of being cancelled but you truly provide a great commentary on the things you make 🤘🏽

[@danielknapp3141]

8:30 to be fair, they fixed most of these problems with asuna in the abridged version by witty entertainment. Which many have pointed out is a better version over all of the series.

[@Jaesais]

47:43 Actually, this is a lesson by itself. A good woman just by her existing and pretending to believe in her man will make the man do everything in his power to live up her her expectation. There are men that literally only succeed because their woman motivates them. Granted, this is not the best case scenario, but non the less, it does happen. Basically it was written so that the lovable women that are “side characters” can have something relatable to themselves so that they can focus on being the excellent cheerleaders that they actually enjoy being.

[@jourdanfarquharson4697]

Akiza still the best the yugioh female cuz she did things other than being a solely a cheerleader. She was able to face the danger along with her other fellow signers and seek to better herself to protect those she cared about. Even if it is from her attraction to yusei she chose to take the risk that comes with being a turbo duelist and learn to use a runner. Tea was really just eye candy

[@PhoenicopterusR]

What's that phrase people use sometimes? "behind every successful man is a woman."

[@jourdanfarquharson4697]

@@PhoenicopterusR there is some truth to that. Some dude who are supported by the right chick will be motivated to achieve success so that she can be more proud of him

[@PhoenicopterusR]

@@jourdanfarquharson4697 it was just relevant to the initial comment. I can't speak to the validity.

[@jeepmega629]

I will never understand why companies think that a female character that is strong can’t act like a female

[@KamiAnimeS1]

We all know what the problem is just don’t transform male characters into female characters. And just make a new characters you don’t need a shit on either character to make it. New character seem better. Just write them to do more impressive stuff or even train more. And that goes for anything like if your shows an action show computers whatever it is.

[@danielknapp3141]

50:34 so yu-gi-oh 5ds is good? I gave up after season 4 or 5. I had a hard time accepting that Yugi was not the main character since i was a kid. Now i might give it a shot.

[@harmonylynx252]

This is my problem with Millie in Helluvaboss. Shes so powerful all the time, yet the easiest to put to the side. Y? cause shes not really strong, shes just writtten to do what needs to be done. Shes tough? gotta knock her out so the real characters can be devolped. 25:40 also shwos my prob with Stella. Shes evil, phyco, but apparently for no reason. No innertermoil no feelings, just the apitimy of evil.

[@LathropLdST]

Nah. True with Millie, but see Stella wirh Andrealphus. She is a brat accustomed to have her way. She is roped in this arranged marriage as much as Stolas is. She was likely promised a fairytale marriage and was instead humiliated in the seven circles. That's enough to make a brat like her explode. A supreme being like Ozzy is getting his comeuppance because of his affair with Fizzarolli. Stolas being frisky with an imp is enough cause of ridicule among the Ars Goetia. Stella is doing as expected, it's you who cannot read between lines. Can also help to have grown up seeing this kind of disastrous unions pan out, but you are merely being superficial instead of analytic. Also, take some time to work on your ortography, you are giving everyone that reads you an aneurysm.

[@philosopherkingzant2037]

Izumi Curtis expelling Edward and Alphons made them equals with her. That was a big "huh..." moment

[@crazyscotsman9327]

I have a single disagreement with you Nux. Mai Valentine is a cool and good female character. She's a skilled duelist, strong when she needs to be. But also kind and caring. She gives food to the gang during Duelist Kingdom, she gives Yugi some of the tokens to get into the finals, she gave Joey the card he needed to continue in the tournament in order to get the money for his sister's surgery. She is both a good person, and a strong woman who doesn't take any shit.