LuckyFluf's Story Hollow

It's not misogynistic to have a character in a gender role they chose to pursue.

Yes. This is about Katara being revealed as a healer in The Legend of Korra.

I've seen a lot of arguments saying that having Katara "reduced to a healer" was inherently sexist. When it is so clear that she wasn't reduced in any way.

I do have my qualms with how Katara was written in LOK, but this is not one of them.

I'll say this again, Katara never had a problem with healing. She had a problem with it being her only option and it being assigned to her "because she's a woman."

We see in other bits of Avatar media, like the comics and even the upcoming Avatar Aang movie, that she was far than "just a healer". So why in the fuck are we ignoring that when seeing her in Legend of Korra? Oh, the story didn't bring it up constantly?? Does that suddenly mean it doesn't exist???

Seeing Katara that chose to become a healer and saying it's sexist is like saying a woman choosing to be a Stay At Home Mom is sexist. It isn't. It's the absence of choice that is sexist.

I feel like the Kyoshi novels do a better vengeance story than The Last Of Us Part II.

I've said it before, but I think I finally figured out why...

The character's internal monologue about their actions... And their partner's reaction to that change.

TLOU has Ellie's internal monologue consistent, but Dina's reactions inconsistent. Whereas the Kyoshi novels have Kyoshi's internal monologue inconsistent, and Rangi's reactions consistent.

This makes a world of difference. Having a main character not change in a revenge story is a terrible fate. Using revenge as a "lesson" for healing by having them do it and having them regret it is stupid unless you show that regret.

On the contrary, having a companion character's reactions to these actions be passive lessens the severity of the brutality taken. There's a difference between indifference and avoidance... Rangi does this better, I think, because she ends up calling Kyoshi out with the purpose of humanizing her. Not condemning her...

... I am so tired of the idea that a ship has to be Canon for you to ship it.

I love Mako and Korra. I think they could have been a really good couple. But that's not what the story shows and I'm okay with that. They are instead really good friends. They might even have a bit of a queerplatonic relationship, which I actually really like the idea of.

But saying: "I have nothing against LGBT representation, but I think they would have worked a little bit better." When it was shown that Mako and Korra had a very dysfunctional relationship even before they started dating... Is kind of blinding yourself to what actually happened in the text.

Again you are allowed to ship them, I do too! But being ignorant of why the story went this way is my problem with this argument.

The point of the relationship is that it could have happened. It could have been something great. But they were hurting each other. And they both, mutually I might add, agreed to stop seeing each other so they wouldn't hurt each other anymore. They knew they couldn't compromise and so they decided to break up.

That. Is. FINE.

But don't come over here and say that Korra and Asami shouldn't be together because "it's not your ship". That makes it sound like you think gay people in media are a commodity and that just sounds really shitty.

Heyyy. So this is my first time posting any of my LOK related stuff on here (I recently finished the show and am OBSESSED.) So, here's an edit I made today!! I love Korra so much. I relate to her A LOT, like almost uncomfortably so. This edit was a work of love for the character. She goes through so much. 🥺

(VIDEO DESCRIPTION)

Korra as a character went through so much. I don't think many people talk about what she experienced. This girl has gotten beaten down, time and time again, stopped threats so much bigger than her... And nearly broke doing it. Some may say she still did break...

There is no easy way to be an Avatar...

SOOOO THIS IS NEW! I decided to collaborate with a friend of mine, Aurora, in making a Life Is Strange animatic to Feed Us Your Girls! This was originally just going to be an edit idea, but when my friend got interested in the concept, we decided to comebine both our forces (Aurora doing most of the art, and I doing the editing) to bring this idea to life! I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY.

I always thought that the aspect of the dark room, the fact that these girls were taken advantage of, was always overlooked by the fandom. Sure, people know about it, people talk about it. But I think the fact that what happened to these girls is very much considered assault... Isn't really talked about much. That's why we decided to make this concept.

Similar to the actual Feed Us Your Girls animatic by Lydia The Bard, we used red accessories to represent the ways in which these characters were taking advantage of. Victoria has a pearl studded collar (vanity). Kate has a cross necklace (faith). Rachel and Max both have plaid bandanas (resilience and innocence respectively). And Chloe has a spiked collar (strength).

Even the kinds of animals they are have symbolisms; most of the victims are prey animals, two of them are dogs. Victoria being a domesticated dog is supposed to represent the fact that she is the perfect opposite to Jefferson; a beauty that he would find fascinating. Rachel is a deer with antlers because it took two people to take her down. Max and Kate are both prey animals (a doe and a bunny respectively) because they were easy targets. And Chloe is a coyote mutt, because it isn't just the "obvious picks" that are victims.

Jefferson is obviously a wolf (I had to keep the analogy of the song in there somewhere) but Nathan is actually a kind of shepherd; He's a dog acting like he's a wolf, acting on an imperfect imitation of Jefferson's actions.

This was very fun and I hope to possibly do projects like this in the future.

Characters (In order of appearance)

Victoria Chase - A Saluki

Kate Marsh - A Lop-Eared Rabbit

Rachel Amber - A Red Deer

Max Caulifield - A Piebald Deer

Chloe Price - A Coyote/Husky Mutt

Nathan Prescott - A Dutch Shepherd

Mark Jefferson - A Gray Wolf

Now what exactly do I mean by that? Obviously it isn't JUST a love story, obviously there are other themes present in the first Life Is Strange. How could I possibly narrow it down to one, singular, thing?

Because throughout this entire game, this entire story... There is one through-line that connects Max's actions to everything else: Max's love for Chloe.

Now, this isn't just me being a Pricefielder, although I adore them as a romantic couple. I mean this as a baseline as well: No matter what you choose to do, whether you romance Chloe or you're just really good friends, Max's first and only priority throughout this entire game is keeping Chloe safe. The one thing that she is the most focused on is Chloe; reconnecting with her, sharing moments, protecting her...

Some people may bring up the endings and counteract my point, "If you have Chloe die, how is that still a love story?"

Let me ask you this, dear user: Do you think love stops at death? Or does it inform grief? Because I don't know about you... I think the fact that Max grieves so intensely that she refuses to let Chloe go in either timeline SHOWS how deep her love goes.

In every timeline, in every turn of events, Max will always love Chloe.

Chloe appreciation post? Chloe appreciation post. This is a gift for @lemonswrite-sing.

I will admit something. When I first played Life Is Strange, I did not like Chloe very much. I thought she was annoying, brash, and a little too hot headed. But, a couple of years later, when I played Before The Storm during the pandemic, I started to come around to her. Yes, she was quick-witted and sharp tongued, but I didn't realize that those were weapons that she used to protect herself in a home that was inhospitable to her.

And during a time when my home felt that way, I started to feel seen by this character I once judged too harshly. Because I had been in Chloe's situation before, I had my own David in my life... And the fact that she wouldn't take his crap made me more defiant in a time when I needed to be.

I love Chloe, even though in the beginning, it was a little hard. I have her and Max to thank for helping me discover who I was, and who I could potentially be. I'll be forever grateful to them.

This game series was never just about the powers that these characters have, but about the life experiences they go through. It's about a teenager going through the turbulent time that is high school. It's about two brothers living a life on the run. It's about a girl getting a new start in a new town. But it's also a game series about loss, grief, connection, love, and so much more.

I'm playing through Double Exposure currently (I watched a friend playthrough it when it was released, so this isn't my first time experiencing the story) and I really don't see what people are talking about. Yes, OK, Max is acting "different", but that is literally only because she's a woman pushing 30 now. She's a full blown ADULT, dealing with this shit again. Obviously, she's going to have slightly different ways of handling it compared to when she was still a teenager.

Maybe I'm defending "awful writing", as one person put it, but I really don't think it's that bad. Problems don't go away as you age, they evolve; We see this with Max. A very good example of this is how she deals with Safi's supposed death in DE: I'm sure I'm not the first to notice how similar of a reaction she had compared to when Chloe would get hurt in the first game. The only difference? She's not as reactive as she was in the first game... Because she CAN'T be reactive; her rewind powers are gone.

But she's still having very similar reactions, she's still trying, desperately, to figure out this mystery she's found herself in, and she's STILL haunted by the idea of losing another person who's important to her. The difference here is that she's older, and internalizes the consequences of her actions more.