#Anti Elle

[fandomwe1rd0]

Elle makes me so fucking mad. She is a big part of what makes the anime so FUCKING disappointingly BAD! She is literal the perfect example of a Mary Sue according to TV Tropes:

She's exotically beautiful, often having an unusual hair or eye color, and has a similarly cool and exotic name. She's exceptionally talented in an implausibly wide variety of areas, and may possess skills that are rare or nonexistent in the canon setting. She also lacks any realistic, or at least story-relevant, character flaws — either that or her "flaws" are obviously meant to be endearing.

She has an unusual and dramatic Back Story. The canon protagonists are all overwhelmed with admiration for her beauty, wit, courage and other virtues, and are quick to adopt her as one of their True Companions, even characters who are usually antisocial and untrusting; if any character doesn't love her, that character gets an extremely unsympathetic portrayal. She has some sort of especially close relationship to the author's favorite canon character — their love interest, illegitimate child, never-before-mentioned sister, etc. Other than that, the canon characters are quickly reduced to awestruck cheerleaders, watching from the sidelines as Mary Sue outstrips them in their areas of expertise and solves problems that have stymied them for the entire series.

Ok cool, let's dissect each part and see if it fits Elle!

She's exotically beautiful, often having an unusual hair or eye color, and has a similarly cool and exotic name.

This one admittedly doesn't exactly fit her, but although she may not be "exotically beautiful" She is still clearly meant to be beautiful. For example, Morty LITERALLY blushes the second she sees her, and she's immidately hit on by Toby Matthews the second she goes to Morty's school. So although she doesn't fit this part to a tee, I would still say it fits. And yeah, her name is pretty basically, being Elle, but she tends to be refered to as El by the characters, or maybe that's how you pronounce the name Elle, I dunno, I'm not very smart. But Alien Elle fits this trope, she has the same name yes, but she has green skin and like red eyes. She's clearly meant to be beautiful in an "exotic" way. I'm so fucking sick of this bitch.

She's exceptionally talented in an implausibly wide variety of areas, and may possess skills that are rare or nonexistent in the canon setting.

I mean…COME ONNNN! She's incredibly talented in fighting, even when Rick fucking SANCHEZ couldn't defeat something, she can defeat it with ease, despite not having a quarter of the technology Rick has. She's also shown to be incredibly talented, saved Rick, Morty, and Space Beth, and has like some time powers. She is the ONLY ONE (Besides Slo Mobius but he's not in the anime and is canonically dead) in the Rick and Morty universe that has time powers. Sure Ricks are smart enough to get these powers. but Ricks never miss with time travel in canon, and they are able to time travel due to science, not power. She's one of the few Rick and Morty characters that has birth given powers, literally the only other person I can think of is Mr. FUCKING Nimbus, and he has water powers. She fits this part TO A FUCKING TEE

She also lacks any realistic, or at least story-relevant, character flaws — either that or her "flaws" are obviously meant to be endearing.

Yeahhh you cannot tell me this doesn't fit her perfectly. Tell me one fucking flaw she has. She can stand up for herself, she's smart, everyone loves her, she's strong, she's friendly, she's nice, she's popular, she's literally fucking perfect. We never even see her feel a negative emotion. When she was about to fucking DIE she was smiling because she did it for Mortyyyyy. And when Rick had to option to make her disappear, she's fine with it because she got to meet Morttttyyyyyy. She sacrificed herself for Mortyyyy TWICE! Morty always feels safe when he's with her. blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Literally the only time she feels anger was towards the fucking VILLIANS! She did use to be a villian, but apparently nobody cares about this, and she immidately turned good when she met Space Beth…for some reason. I don't even fucking know man…we don't even get to see her be evil because the moment she is, she instantly turns good because of Space Beth. Are you fucking choking me silly right now?

She has an unusual and dramatic Back Story.

Yeah, literally her backstory was that she used to work with the galactic federation, but she saw Space Beth and got reminded of what she should be doing (Space Beth literally did nothing, she just existed and that was enough ig). Then she suppperrrr coolly kills the highly trained alien guard and Space Beth was not at all worried that Elle straight up PUT HER LIFE IN DANGER and it is never mentioned. Space Beth is just happy because Elle saved her life. Then she tells Space Beth that Morty would accept her with open arms andddd that's it. Wow. Yeah it is way too overdramatic. I hate this chick so much istg. And that's not even it, she also is like anti-matter, like she was created by mistake when Rick made an anti-matter bomb and her existence was a mistake by the universe and is messing things up- Dude I dunno, the writers had to be smoking SOMETHING when they were cooking up Elle's backstory istg. At least the universe knew she was a mistake, shame they didn't get rid of her eariler though.

The canon protagonists are all overwhelmed with admiration for her beauty, wit, courage and other virtues, and are quick to adopt her as one of their True Companions, even characters who are usually antisocial and untrusting; if any character doesn't love her, that character gets an extremely unsympathetic portrayal.

Yeah this fits her perfectly. She's popular with everyone at Morty's school that even the popular guy Toby Matthews asks her out. Domestic Beth says that she "quite likes that girl". We don't really see her interact with Jerry, but he seems cool with her from the bit we do see. Summer gets along with her well and even said that she's "way more useful than Morty, that's for sure." I fucking hate that line so much. She saved Space Beth life and Space Beth is apparently a little baby who needs her help even though she's a super trained space lady. And Space Beth NEEDS to pay her back for saving her life, even though fucking ELLE put her life in danger IN THE FIRST PLACE. Even fucking RICK who is y'know AN ASSHOLE!? Is fucking KIND to her and trusts her immediately and like WHY!? Apart of Rick's whole FUCKING thing is that he's emotionally closed off?? And Morty is reduced to her proud boyfriend and would do fucking anything for her and always talks about how much he loves her.

She's literally accepted into the Smith family since she saved Rick, twice and became a major character. She's in damn near every episode and is probably the 2nd most paid attention to character. Being next to Morty. She gets more attention than RICK FUCKING SANCHEZ. AND THE SHOW IS CALLED RICK AND MORTY NOT MORTY AND ELLE. And even some random guys who we barely know praise Elle at the beginning of episode 6. Nobody is against her, everyone loves her. And for some reason Beth is completely fine with Elle staying in Morty's room??? Huh??? I hate this girl so much I want to fucking die-

She has some sort of especially close relationship to the author's favorite canon character — their love interest, illegitimate child, never-before-mentioned sister, etc. Other than that, the canon characters are quickly reduced to awestruck cheerleaders, watching from the sidelines as Mary Sue outstrips them in their areas of expertise and solves problems that have stymied them for the entire series.

Yepppp. She's dating Morty and is close friends with everyone else in the Smith family. And yeah, whenever there's a problem, Elle fixes it and gives the characters the exact advice they need. And whenever she's fighting, everyone just watches her in awe because she's a perfect baby princess. And literally everyone in the Smith family, besides maybe Rick and Jerry, fawned over her at least once. Especially Morty, they did my son so dirty istg-

Yeahhh Elle perfectly fits the traits of a Mary Sue. I might make a longer post on how she makes the whole anime worse, but just gonna end this one right here with a "Fuck you!" to Elle.

[melleody]

once u realize that you’ve already got your desires in your other realities, it’s so so so much easier to not get jealous of others and what they have in this reality.

she posted her face & gained 5 million likes? well, you posted yours and got 10 million.

her hair is so long, it reaches the back of her knees? well, the whole city calls you rapunzel because of your ankle length hair!

she got an interaction with your ult bias? whole time, you’re in your dr on a date with them.

this way, there’s less feelings of envy, and more of excitement to experience your desires physically!

so go shift 💕 you already HAVE your desires! you’ve gotten them a long time ago, ever since the moment you decided that you did !! ^^

[62percentmaplesyrup]

Ok so ima jus talk abt thjs really quickly bc somepeople (milevens) are kinda not very smart ell in the beginning of season 4 is wearing blue but when she starts to realize she dosnt really need him or mike is not a part of ells identity she sheds her blue layers

Shes her own person i she dont need mike :)

Her color is pink bc she feel pretty in it obviously shes right

[the-badger-mole]

It Shouldn't Need to Happen...

Someone open the tequila! I'm back on my Kataang salt.

One of the (many) things I hate about Kataang is that there is no real build on Katara's side. Even the moments that get trotted out as proof that Katara liked Aang back (like the dance in that stupid Footloose pastiche that meant nothing to the overall plot) are undercut by the fact that Katara doesn't acknowledge them. It's business as usual afterwards, and nothing about how she treats him (like her baby brother-son) changes. The only explicit proof we get that Katara likes him back in an he is my equal and I see him as a potential partner way is that awkward kiss in the end. Here's the thing, that kiss shouldn't have been necessary.

Go with with me for a second. I was recently revisiting Legally Blonde (classic), and it gave me another reason to hate the Kataang kiss in the finale. Compare how Kataang was handled to Elle and Emmet's relationship in Legally Blonde. We never see them together in an explicitly romantic way. Even the last scene, at Elle's graduation, he's in the crowd, and the whole post script reveal that he and Elle had been dating for two years and were about to be engaged could have been skipped and nothing would've been lost. The movie wasn't about Elle and Emmet. It was about Elle learning that she was smarter and more capable than anyone realized, even her, and she didn't have to change anything about her personality to be successful. Still, the fact that they did end up together makes sense. We understand why they are attracted to each other. In Emmet, Elle finds a rare supportive figure who believes in her abilities and values her beyond her physical appearance. He, in turn, is drawn to Elle's determination and intelligence (and the fact that she's hot is a bonus). That's made clear in the movie before anything remotely romantic happens between them. They don't kiss in the movie at all. We don't even see the proposal. Still, them ending up together makes sense because the movie set them up for it. It was a bit disappointing that we didn't get to see them kiss, but that's not what the movie was about. My point is, we didn't need them to kiss to believe their relationship. We may have wanted it, but we didn't need it. Because the writers did their job.

Circling back around to Kataang. They needed the kiss to show where their relationship stood. If the show had ended without them kissing, even with Katara going out to stand on the balcony with Aang, it could just be read as completely platonic. Following with the undercurrent of mom/sitter and child, Katara going out to the balcony with Aang could've been read as his caretaker's quiet pride in the child she'd raised. They needed to kiss to make it clear that their relationship was no longer platonic, and it was entirely because the writers had neglected to give Katara any real reason to want to be with Aang romantically.

That's its. That's the post.

[bylersbear01]

Tao is not being his true self just like mike…

[severussnapemylove]

Reached a new level of wondering how Marauders fans minds work. Saw someone say that James Potter is like Elle Woods from Legally Blonde.

Elle would hate the Marauders. James and Elle are nothing alike. Elle would never bully someone or mistreat someone for being different.

However she would end up adopting Severus and giving him a makeover and a self-esteem pep talk.

[underestimated-heroine]

"name ONE OTHER artist who's been actually, emotionally honest about the toxic, unfair, real reasons a relationship was doomed from the start?!"

girl, be fr

[cenkillis]

Cant wait to see these losers in my dr💖

[yesimwriting]

just saw someone say chatgpt premium is about to go up to 200$ a month and im begging them to get greedier, put ALL of that behind an inaccessible paywall pls pls pls 🙏😭

[tw1nkitty]

to the people who say barbie promotes 'anti feminism'...

DID YA'LL HOES HIT UR HEAD OR SOMETHING??? DID U GET DROPPED ON THE SIDEWALK AS A CHILD? THIS QUEEN HAS OVER TWO HUNDRED CAREERS, INCLUDING STEM FIELDS– SHES BEEN A GODDAMN UNICEF AMBASSADOR (you can look it up in the wiki if you don't BELIEVE ME DINGUS) barbie is NOT get her degree and become a college graduate for you ungrateful GOLBINS TO SHIT ON HER CAREER.

[fandomwe1rd0]

Y'know, given how well (in my opinion) the show portrays Rick and Morty's codependency, it's honestly sad how the anime romanticizes Morty's codependency on Elle. Morty was seriously considering letting a universe DIE since he wanted to still be happy with Elle, and literally abandoned HIS WHOLE FAMILY so he could be with Elle in a VR game, and was sad when he was pulled away from Elle in a VR game, because Elle is perfect ig, even though if they didn't pull him out, he would've been stuck there, FOREVER! Like yeah, Morty was obsessed with Jessica at times in the show, but at least he gets CALLED OUT FOR IT or it's just a fucking JOKE. Meanwhile, with the anime, they show Morty's codependency on Elle as #RELATIONSHIP GOALS! Jesus Christ this anime is so FUCKING dumb! I don't even know if they MEANT to make Morty codependent on Elle. Hell, I don't THINK they meant to, since Elle is a fucking Mary Sue and can't be involved in anything negative. But that makes it even worse, showing how they SERIOUSLY dropped the ball. That's one of the many, MANY balls they dropped.

[melleody]

being a shifter is when ure itching to overshare about your dr and then remembering that’s like giving out your personal info in this reality..

[duckapus]

Idea: The Dead and the Living hear things, names in particular, differently, partly just because Ghost Physics Are Different and partly because Identity is a Big Deal in the afterlife. So while to a human "Danny" and "Dani" sound identical, to a ghost they're the same amount similar as "Bob" and "Rob." The two of them tend to forget that and genuinely don't understand why Sam and Tucker keep getting their names confused without context. They always know which one is being referred to, after all.

Some interesting exceptions:

-Jazz can hear the difference because Big Sister Powers.

-Valerie can hear the difference because I'm fully convinced that her second suit makes her at least 20% ghost.

-Vlad can't hear the difference despite being part ghost because he sucks and refuses to use or acknowledge their preferred nicknames.

[mxjackparker]

This week's episode of They Talk Sex, hosted by Elle Stanger, just came out - and I'm on it talking about what it's like to be a transmasculine sex worker, my own history selling sex and when I started, as well as what it was like to put together Working Guys: A Transmasculine Sex Worker Anthology.

You can check out the episode here on Spotify, or here on the website!

[transwolvie]

People don't even understand the parts of Legally Blonde that were actually feminist because they're taken in by the glitz and glam of Elle Woods as a character. The outer look? The aesthetic? Has fuck all to do with the feminism of the film. Elle could look exactly the same and the story could've been anti feminist as fuck. Her aesthetic is exactly that—an ultimately irrelevant layer of frivolous, unimportant choices. It doesn't matter that she loves pink, it doesn't matter that she gets her nails done. None of those things are why Elle Woods stands out as a feminist character.

She's a feminist character because any time she sees another woman in the story she strives not only to understand them but to help them fight sexist oppression. The point is to protect other women from aggressive, vindictive men. To protect other women from sexist workplace standards and sexual harassment.

If what you got out of Legally Blonde was "feminism is about choosing to do what I want to do" you missed the point. Elle DOESN'T get to just do what she wants to do. Initially in the film all she wanted to do was get married! But choices and wants don't happen in a vacuum! Once she finally gets over the fact that her "choice" to be a housewife was shattered by the fact that her man didn't even want her back, she then goes out of her way to help the women around her, and that sometimes directly makes her life more difficult in a way it wouldn't have been before.

It's also still not the apex of feminist media by any standard, but like.......a lot of people clearly didn't even understand which parts are feminist. It's not that Elle dresses in all pink and is in a sorority, and in fact some of the movie is her realizing that the version of femininity that she's been fed from the get-go is BAD FOR HER. Her parents literally question her choice to go to college by trying to tell her she's too hot, and that college is for ugly people. The musical is honestly even more on point when they present the sorority—Elle is in a BAD environment, one that tells her that her one aim is to be a married woman and a Good Wife that only exists to please a man (literally the musical has the sorority say "now that a man chose you, your life begins today"). Part of the film is her escaping this by deciding to focus on the women in her life that she can be an ally to. You missed the fucking point if you think it's all about your personal choices.