Capable

I went to see a talk by the Colin Gibson, the production designer of Mad Max: Fury Road, and one of the most mind-blowing tidbits I learned was that when the Green Place turned sour, the matriarchal Vuvalini took their girls and fled, but they left all the boys behind. Those boys, left to die in the poisoned bog, became the Crow People we see walking on stilts:

Gibson also said they chose white paint for Immortan Joe’s war boys because (and I quote) “fat white bastards killed the world.” The Vuvalini were conceived as the opposite extreme to this, the opposite of the “fat white bastards” - but their way and their culture is still a dead end, and their callous disregard for male children is no better than Joe’s callous disregard for female children.

This makes the ending of the film, where the wives and Furiosa take the Citadel in order to build a new society, even more important. Neither Immortan Joe nor the Vuvalini had the correct ideology, but the wives and Furiosa do. Thanks to their long journey in the Wasteland, they are placed in a position to fashion and rule a more idealised, peaceful society, one based on equality across race, class and gender.

Dag, the pregnant pacifist, took the seeds from the older, violent generation so she could build a new, peaceful one. Capable showed empathy and kindness towards Nux even though she had been abused by men her whole life, and will surely show the same empathy to the war boys and war pups left behind. Toast the Knowing, observant and intelligent and ready to lead, took the wheel from the dead tyrant at the end and eagerly helped raise up the oppressed classes at the Citadel. Cheedo the Fragile turned her fragility into her greatest strength, proving that gentleness is not weakness in this barbaric world.

Furiosa forged a relationship of complete respect and equality with Max that helped her overcome the trauma she suffered at the hands of men. She achieves catharsis by killing Joe and loving Max and the wives, emerging from it all ready to begin again, ready to leave the past behind and step into the future.

Jay knew what it was like to not feel the sun directly on her skin, honestly it was hell for her, but it made her laugh that Capable seemed to know the feeling as well. “Oh yeah, definetly.”

She seems to astound him with that statement. It’s clear as day on his face, see, the surprise, the slight confusion. Eggsy isn’t used to the niceness, understand – his life is full of people who try to do him harm. There’s Lagertha, of course, but even if she’s the exception, Capable is still far gentler. 

          “Is everybody here as kind as you are?” he asks, wondering what sort of place this must be. “If it is, I like it already.” 

“I’ve certainly been working very hard to try to make it that way... there are many kind people, or at the very least, civil ones.”

 Nitro cocked a thin eye brow at the dame, scoffing quietly.         “Sure there’s ladies, Bird. Just that they tend t’be in the black market. So unless yer tellin’ me yer’ in a mafia now or a merc’ or somethin’, y’ain’t like them.           —So what’re you lookin’ for?”

“I suppose I’m not.”

No, she wasn’t any of those things. She was just desperate. And, if she achieved her goal here, she may not be much better than any of those things.

I mean… you learn quickly. You learned how to fix a war rig, ride a desert bike, and shoot all in under twenty-four hours. That’s something to be proud of, I think.

You’re a quick study.

ONCE YOU GET THIS YOU HAVE TO SAY 5 THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF PUBLICLY

My hair.

I was strong enough to survive.

I’ve managed to find and keep wonderful friends and family.

It can be troublesome, but I do mostly like my compassion.

My... eyes... I suppose.

I’m just gonna tag a couple people but for them and anyone else just do it if you feel like it!

((I NEED TO JUST CATCH UP but I’ve been the worst about watching TV…and being productive at all tbh…whoops.))

((WAIT HOLY SHIT THAT HAPPENS??? oh god bless you show I mean that genuinely))

self-inflicted-perdition

Grimacing some at the line dropped her way, Capable grudgingly glanced over at who it had come from while messing with her water glass. Sometimes she just liked to get out, but then didn’t have anywhere much to go, so she wound up here. She always seemed to regret it, however, when things like this happened.

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