#cool jumpers

[yllin]

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[in-the-airducts]

hand jumper discord server october event!

[evil-women-step-on-me]

How Hand Jumper Treats Gender

Most of the manga/manhwa I read default to the male gaze. I don't even mean that the female characters are needlessly sexualized, which they often are, but that they're only allowed to fill certain roles. Holy figures and healers are (young, impossibly beautiful) women, the tragic, innocent character who gets assaulted is a woman, the skimpily dressed ninja is a woman, the pure, younger sibling that needs protection is a woman, the seductive villain is a woman, the extremely powerful fighter that will nonetheless always be second in strength to the male lead is a woman. Upskirt shots and carefully framed ass/boobs panels abound. Their characterization can be shallow: especially in action and thriller series, the motivations of female characters are rarely given the same consideration that male characters receive.

Hand Jumper is different. First, female characters are taken just as seriously as male ones, in every way possible. Second, a character's gender does not influence their power level. While it's true that cis men are physically stronger than cis women in the real world, "men are always stronger than women" does not make sense in fantasy action contexts. Why are all the most powerful heroes in My Hero Academia men? Why must all the notable healers in Naruto be female ninja? In worlds where people possess honest to God magical superpowers, power is totally divorced from the density of your muscles. This is true of Hand Jumper's world as well, so it treats its characters appropriately: Male and female Aberrants fight on equal ground. As a result, some of the most prestigious Aberrant positions are held by women: Samin is the leader of the Crimson Society, Cell 4's instructor and mentor are both women, and Sayeon's mother Sara is so mysterious and so powerful that she seems close to godly. Sara's treatment is especially interesting, given that she's filling a role usually reserved for men: the mysterious, legendary parent of the protagonist who left their life when they were still a child. Think Gon's father in HxH, Baki's father in Grappler Baki, Naruto's father, the Joestars in JoJo, or Luffy's father in One Piece. In Hj, it's not the mother, but the father who is drowned out in the shadow cast by his spouse.

Personalities, fantasy power levels, and interests are not inherently gendered! So Hand Jumper doesn't treat them as gendered either. The bubbly, cheerful member of the main group is usually a girl, but this time it's Iseul Kim. The pretty, androgynous Min is both a deadly weapon and a baker of cute pastries- he picks up Sayeon in a bridal carry after a fight, and incredibly, it's not framed as a romantic gesture. Lastly, the aggressive, jaded rival to the protagonist is usually male, but this time it's Ryujin Kang. This position being filled by a female character is so unusual that I remember the comments section being filled with people mistaking Ryujin for a boy, even though she was clearly presented as a woman from the start. Part of this confusion is probably fueled by how Ryujin has a lot of… tension with Sayeon, tension usually found in heterosexual enemy-to-lover relationships. And Sayeon herself? She's on a crusade to avenge her childhood friend, a damsel in distress who died in Episode 2. Somehow, in Hand Jumper, the tragic dead lover that needs avenging is a man.

[bouncyalex]

I wonder how nurses and doctors would have reacted to that cute Bellissimo diaper. 🙈

[saym0-0]

oough guys i might have to catch up on tmagp, the merch drop they just announced looks incredible and i want an excuse to wear that jacket

[hall0wedwyrm]

Ness fandom...

thoughts on him in this jumper

slash other 'grandpa' jumpers and cardigans. especially in winter n when its colder before he gets into work or something.

[uzukali]

some of my fav little guys from the ouroborous magma :D

bonus derap and flame because I was dissatisfied with my flame design and I also fucking. Forgot derapchu existed 😭 so he didn't make it in the magma

Here's all of them though ;]

[laladventures]

Slime Duo

[chernychnyi]

i usually like my dragon age love interests to contrast my characters somehow and yet the desire to romance emmrich as a fellow academic... would it be weird if he peer reviewed my papers before. would it be unprofessional

[proffbon]

You're killing me, Bioware...

[ratmanwalking]

I fucking despise that lately they've been putting phrases on every clothes even when they have cool patterns that would make me want to buy it they have to ruin it with slapping on some shit like "vibes" or "transcendental soul" or idek , it feels like theyre putting words in my mouth

[dw-flagler]

oh shit you think the last chapter is gonna be called end of the beginning

[dragonbma]

I never understand PAMA’s motives more than when a mutual is talking about their AU and I can’t stop asking questions because TELL ME EVERYTHING.

GIVE ME LORE. INFODUMP. I CRAVE INFORMATION. DON’T STOP TALKING. PLEASE.

Yes you have to physically dump a bucket of water on my head to get me to shut up.

[bouncyalex]

[cantankerouscatfish]

there's a big bold jumping spider making a nest in the corner of one of the office windows. J the office lady who likes spiders more than I do found it while cleaning, and now she gives me daily updates on this little pal's progress in weaving its house.

probs gonna lay eggs in there, if it's as big as J says. I have trouble balancing on the stool to see so far away. wanna see happy fat spider... u_u

[houndpitspub]

Veilguard Spoilers////

It just dawned on me that the arlathan forest is basically a place like the zone from roadside picnic/area x from southern reach, which is just deeply deeply cool