#anti sandra

[romanceclub-confessionss]

Confession:

Dracula: A Love Story is so boring, I had to give up. Veronica takes forever to update, the love interests aren’t my type. I wanted Aslan but he’s dead & Leo is just boring AF. Sandra I wanted to romance her but she feels like a fwb instead so I had to friendzone her. Forget romancing Mehmed because screw him. Playing dress up was fun at least.

[linda-karen]

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[madcapberry]

One sec I need to talk about Shiva.

Lady Shiva was introduced in Richard Dragon: Kung Fu Fighter in the 70s. She was a traveling martial artist hellbent on getting revenge for her sister, who she believed had been killed by Richard Dragon. She lured Dragon into a trap, revealed herself as Carolyn's sister, and tried to fight him to the death. Once she realized that Dragon had nothing to do with it, that Cravat and The Swiss (unimportant villain characters, they killed Carolyn) had been the ones to kill her sister, she helped Dragon defeat the villain (by giving him her shiny belt so he could redirect the beam of a deadly laser that was being pointed at them while they were fighting, don’t even ask) and Richard Dragon and Lady Shiva became allies, friends even. Dragon convinced her it would be a waste to kill Cravat and told her that he had killed the Swiss himself. She accepted this. They shook hands. This all took place over the course of one issue of Richard Dragon: Kung Fu Fighter. It took ONE issue for Shiva to go from antagonist to ally. She then tagged along with Richard because she liked the adventures he got up to, the danger, the challenge, and the thrill of it. Richard even called her later on when he needed help on a different adventure. What I’m saying is she didn’t start out as evil.

Okay, so what do we know about Shiva so far? She’s a thrill-seeking peripatetic martial artist of great capacity and skill. She cared about her sister. She’s willing to kill. She’s an adventurer and a valuable ally. Great. Moving on.

The Question 1987 features THE Lady Shiva. A character capable of both ruthlessness and mercy, cruelty and tenderness. A curious, thrill-seeking, teasing character. She was vicious and nonpartisan and she was working as a mercenary for hire. But she was an ally, even when she was beating the shit out of Vic. She loved the O Sensei. You can tell she even cared about Vic in her way. I’m not saying she had a heart of gold, or that there weren’t tropes she fell into. She wasn’t and there were. But she was a fairly well-rounded, morally gray character that played a key role wherever she showed up. She was closer to a non-traditional anti-hero than anything else. Idfk, just go read The Question.

I read a tvtropes article describing Lady Shiva as “an archetypical Dragon Lady, complete with sinister motivations and exotic sex appeal,” which… she isn’t. She subverted this trope in several ways actually. She never had “sinister motivations” until Chuck Dixon got his grubby little hands on her. Her motivations were pretty neutral. She had her own set of principles, she was very morally gray. She wanted to travel and fight worthy opponents on her adventures for the thrill of it. She seemed to operate mostly on personal whims, and on the basis of building worthy rivals, out of love for the art of combat. And she didn’t use her sex appeal for shit (until the Richard Dragon reboot comic kms), she didn’t tolerate sexual advances or objectification. She just WAS NOT a conniving temptress, I don't understand where this misperception came from (but I do blame Dixon, I’ll get to that in a sec).

This same article states that she began as the arch-nemesis of Richard Dragon? Unless you’re accepting the version of the two of them from the very short lived Richard Dragon 2004 series as their canonical relationship then NO she didn’t. But I digress.

There was a marked change in the way Lady Shiva was written by the time Robin (1991) came out, this is where her character starts to lean towards the Dragon Lady trope imo. She also weirdly, and maybe arguably, leans more into traditional femininity while at the same time being written as more wild and uncontrollable. Chuck Dixon seemed to fundamentally misunderstand Lady Shiva as a character. He turned her (sometimes ironic) disdain for brutes who wouldn’t last a second in a fight with her into stereotypical womanly haughtiness. He turned her capacity for ruthlessness into bloodlust. And he made her into a conniving, somewhat deranged, villainous woman, tempting our young hero towards evil (oh my!). Again, I’m not saying she ever had a heart of gold, but Dixon changed core character traits (namely her respect for other people's personal code) to turn her into a villain.

“Kill him, little bird. Kill him and become a predator…Aren’t you my weapon? My instrument of death? Say you are mine.” Like?? She would not fucking say that, respectfully.

That isn’t even to mention Richard Dragon (2004) where Dixon turned Shiva’s relationship with Dragon into a resentful, sexually charged dick-measuring contest.

Even so, I don’t entirely hate Shiva as a villain, especially in Batgirl (2000). Pucketts Shiva is a bit less egregious imo. So she’s a passively suicidal evil mentor-figure who wants Cass to be a killer like her. Whatever, I can get on board with that I guess. I can enjoy it because I love Cass and this is a great comic run. But the retcon that–Listen, THE RETCON THAT IS SHIVA’S SISTER BEING KILLED BY DAVID CAIN, SHIVA DESCRIBING THIS AS FREEING, SAYING SHE’S GRATEFUL, THEN AGREEING TO GET PREGNANT WITH HIS CHILD IN RETURN?? This boils my blood. Shiva, who was introduced as somebody who cared about getting revenge for her dead sister. Shiva, for whom freedom and autonomy were core character traits. That Shiva?? That Shiva is relieved her sister is dead and is willing to carry her sister's killer's child to term?? What the fuck?

I hate it. I don’t understand it. Why would you take a complex character who makes it difficult to tell who she really cares about, and flatten them into somebody incapable of love?

Okay I’m done, this is getting too long and I don’t even want to get started on New 52 era Shiva. I don’t have a conclusion, I’m just annoyed. Thanks for reading. The Question (1987) is NOT a perfect comic but if you’re interested in Shiva please please please check it out, it’s very moody and philosophical, noir-esque. Also Chuck Dixon suck my dick.

[starry-eyed-steve]

The whole Billy and Karen plot still makes me super uncomfortable. In general, the whole sexualization of Billy's character, who was still a teenager, was extremely gross and done in poor taste. The shot where the middle-aged women were ogling him was so unnecessary.

The show could've given us a Karen cheating storyline with a guy her age, not the freshly turned 18 teenager who goes to the same school as her daughter.

[zeynyukine3011]

I think they have always downgraded or mistreated other characters for the benefit (at least partially) of Tim.

First there was the whole Jason got himself killed thing being used to 1) justify Tim's existence and 2) emphasize how much better Tim was.

There was also Stephanie regularly getting shit on as inferior to Tim even though she was getting nowhere near the help and training he did. (Multiple teammates of Tim even attacked Stephanie in honor of(?) Tim)

He was also kind of portrayed as the 'better' and 'more competent' one in Young Justice, especially in comparison to Impulse and Kon-El Superboy (I even saw a post saying the Tim helped teach them morality (I wouldn't credit him for that)). (and yes in some places there was a competency drop)

In some comics such as Hush he was treated as the superior Robin to both Jason and DICK. There have also been a lot of comics where the villains clearly dropped in skill when facing Tim.

It's no wonder some of his fans think there is nothing wrong with other characters (in this case Damian) being mistreated to make Tim look good. They always have been.

Holy moly I didn't realise how deep it goes! I'm mostly the Batfam side of the DC so I don't have much knowledge about others. (But one day I will read them too, like Young Justice, Green Lantern, Flash etc.)

It's honestly horrible that other characters have to suffer for Tim's sake. They all getting nerfed so Tim, the rich relatable boy, can get the spotlights. It's sad. And pathetic. It's just shows how writers are desperate to say that "Look Tim Drake is so cool he can do stuff better than heroes who have more experience and superpowers"

Unfortunately, Ra's al Ghul and Lady Shiva are victims of this too. Tim Drake cannot beat Lady Shiva, a woman who is one of the best warriors in the world, has experience of decades.

And the way fanon makes Ra's al Ghul obsessed with Tim is ridiculous. "Oh the Demon's Head wants to have Tim's babies and he treasures Tim's spleen 🤗" Why would Ra's al Ghul be obsessed with a white, privileged rich boy? Just stop

Kon, Bart, all the Robins deserve better 😩 and Tim stans need to chill

[liberashen]

‟What distinguishes human 'species being' from the being of other species is our distinctive laboring activity: This Marx regards as the free, self-aware, and creative transformation of nature in accord with human needs. But under capitalism, work is degraded. Most workers lack any opportunity for artistic or intellectual development; far from allowing workers to affirm or to augment their essential human powers, work under capitalism is forced labor to which the worker goes each day like a prisoner condemned, a mere drudgery which 'mortifies the body and ruins the mind.' ”

— Sandra Lee Bartky

[gorgugplushie]

A billion things from this scene make me rip my hair out . Awesome implications from having to drink from listening to ur daughter talk abt her life . Im sure this will do wonders for her esteem

[dropoutconfessions]

Love d20 a lot, especially the shenanigans in the middle of a season. However, Brennan’s tendency towards really binary parent types (either terrible or extremely forgiving and good) gets me sometimes. There are deffo exception (Sandra Lynn?) but the nsbu finale kinda annoyed me. It just kinda took the wind outta Livs whole arc to have been under all this pressure to be perfect and then her parents were actually completely fine with her taking a gap year? As someone who’s been that kid it felt crazy to me. But I also get the instinct for fun happy endings at the silly action movie season.

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[theflashjaygarrick]

This is one of the worst things I've ever seen. The implication that not killing people is a white thing and a Christian thing?? What the fuck? Blatant and hideous racism aside many religions and cultures (for instance famously the very much not western Buddhism) have not killing as a major part of their norms and teachings so this line is jarringly inaccurate and well as gross. Chuck Dixon I hate you so so much.

Also Sandra I am so sorry they would do this to you queen. You deserved better than to be butchered for the development of Chuck Dixon's specialist white boy.

(Also I feel like a more subtle version of this sort of anti-asian racism is what made Gail try and pitch Cassandra Cain of all people learn to have empathy for criminals because of converting to Christianity. Its pretty insidious in this era of dc comics)

[thesunwillshineonusagain757]

The true star of the night is there ! Bradley Cooper might have tried to have him not come so he wasn’t overshadowing him, but you can't overshadow what was never brilliant ! MESSI MY BEAUTIFUL BOY!!

[bcolfanfic]

if i make young vets au croz a little morally grey are you all going to beat me to death or can i sit inside his head in a way that’s nuanced and creates interesting group dynamics (:

[safirefire]

I don’t have the words to do it justice right now but How Dare the Sun Rise by Sandra by Uwiringiyimana and Abigail Pesta was such an impactful story. Uwiringiyimana was born in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, survived a war, and then the 2004 massacre in the refugee camp in Gatumba, Burundi where she lost family and friends. Her family manages to get relocated to the USA by the UN after a difficult process and she describes her new life, dealing with trauma, and understanding the social construct of race in America as an immigrant who had never experienced race this way. I know this website typically discusses YA novels and this story is written at a YA level and a chance to learn about the Congo from someone actually from the Congo. Uwiringiyimana Narrates the audiobook herself and I found it deeply moving.

[froppy-butterflyfan2000]

Magical commonground: A camper meeting with Counsellor Hannibal on a discussion and for help.

Other people's characters:

Haruko Fife and Morgan Morningstar (mentioned) belong to @aprilbrowines.

Baking to relax gone wrong when Hannibal made a fiend. Unintentionally. Warning: Contained self-harm and spoilers, so be warned. Or not reads it.

Extra: A flashforward of a timeskip - about a few years as an epilogue.

Other people's characters:

Travis Mystery, Lucas Harper, Ethan Corduroy, Nicholas X (mentioned), and Sandra Possible belong to @ej-cappy-universe

Javelin belongs to @hotsassbacon

Morgan Morningstar and Rebecca Batson belong to @aprilbrowines

Liam Bellum (mentioned) belongs to @shortytori

Kamehameha "Kami" Jojo belongs to @princekaistar/@princekaiofstars

Anty Diamond (mentioned), Athena Jojo (mentioned), Naseem Chan (mentioned), Keith Mystery (mentioned), Ani Pelaki/Makani (mentioned), Serenity Universe, and Misty Universe belong to @cooltmoney95

[starry-eyed-steve]

I swear if they bring back Eddie, a canonically dead character, I'm gonna throw hands. Especially after writing Argyle out the way they just did. Argyle was a much more important character than Eddie ever was. Anyway, justice for Eduardo Franco, who never got a phone call, which is just another level of disrespect. And justice for Argyle, who carried the California plot on his back for nothing.

[mithliya]

sandra oh anon do you want to fight. How fuckin dare you

im so glad sandra oh hater anon has the protection of distance and anonymity bc i think we'd be like this if she didnt

[liberashen]

“Women workers who are not feminists know that they receive unequal pay for equal work, but they may think that the arrangement is just; the feminist sees this situation as an instance of exploitation and an occasion for struggle. Feminists are no more aware of different things than other people; they are aware of the same things differently.”

— Sandra Lee Bartky