#i am a girlboss miranda defender

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literally ebeneezer scrooge if he slayed

[hubristicassholefight]

Swordswoman Showdown Round 2 Part 2

Kikunojo (One Piece) vs Eowyn (Lord of the Rings)

(Better here in a "preferred character" sense, not "who would win in a fight")

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Kikunojo

She is a samurai and a retainer for the Kozuki Family, serving as one of the Nine Red Scabbards, a group of samurai that protect the Kozuki family and their country. She's a very skillful samurai, and she and her group managed to delay and hold off the main villain of the arc, (which was an almost insurmountable task for even the main character) and survived the experience despite her horrible injuries; She's canonically and openly trans! And she's gorgeous. And huge... She's 287 cm tall, which for the USAmericans in the audience is 9' 5". She's simply the coolest.

She’s a samurai and fights with a sword; tall trans woman <3

Legendary devoted samurai!; She's 2.87m tall, a time traveler, and not even losing an arm in the middle of the fight stopped her- she had it imediately cauterized and went back to the fight.

She's a lady samurai! Pretty and very skillful with her katana!

She is a samurai who was sent 20 years into the future to avenge the death of her lord; She’s so tall and canonically trans and I love her

She’s a badass samurai who fights for what she believes in and to help people. She is known as Kiku of lingering snow. She’s also canonically trans

She's a time traveling trans samurai, the only woman in a group of 9 legendary samurais; Her arm was chopped off by the biggest baddie so far and she continued fighting, isn't that badass?

One of the strongest samurai in her country; She's a trans icon

#kiku the greatest of all time#🐐#tall and gorgeous samurai lady#who is a trans icon#love that she is so tall that she doesn't fit in the image display#gets recognized as strong by the main character multiple times and proves it by being the most resilient badass of the entire arc#stands up to tyrants and abusers of class privilege#also helps break said main character out of the enemies prison and takes part in a rebellion against the corrupt prison staff#one piece#okiku#kiku

Eowyn

Kin to kings and heir to horse-lords, she refuses to be left behind when her people must fight; she puts herself in danger to defend her liege, defeats a great and terrible evil, and finally puts aside the sword after proving herself the equal of the very greatest challenge and recognising the horror and futility that heroic ballads elide. The most dramatic moment of her tale is all about her presence, in a moment of trial, with a sword, being a woman; “What do you fear, lady?" he asked. "A cage," she said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.”

She uses one to fight and kill the Witch King of Angmar, whom "no man can kill"; I mean, come on. She's kinda The Live Action Sword Woman. "I am no man." is an instantly iconic line and Miranda Otto is an incredible actress and played the role perfectly.

I AM NO MAN

"No man can kill me." "I am no man!" And then she put her sword in the head of the dark lord rule of black Nazguls (don't remember his name) and he dies and this is badass.

Famously stabbed an 'unkillable' evil ghost sorcerer in the face with her sword and killed him

Was told not to go sword, went and sworded anyway. Sworded big powerful bad who could not be slain by man in the face while yelling “I am no man!”; Super cool. Girlboss. After swording the aforementioned bad went and married Gondor’s softest boi.

She kills an unkillable evil and is just badass in general; Hot hot girl ;-;

Used one to kill the witch king of Angmar; She is no man✨

[marirey17]

The Problem with Netflix Originals

I'm writing this post in regards to Sense 8 and the way Netflix has handled it. Sorry if you are tired of hearing about that issue but I do think it highlights what Netflix is doing with it's Originals shows. Take it as a warning.

Now I want to preface this by acknowledging there is a difference between a Netflix Original and it actually being Original. There are two types of Original Shows. The first a show that is funded by and aired on Netflix.  The second being a show that was original funded or aired on another network. I am also primarily going to be focused on first type of Netflix shows not their comedy specials, documentaries, children tv shows, or anime. Anyway on to the points I want to make.

Netflix currently has 35 shows that fall into that category. 16 of those shows are based of a previous work.  Be that a book, movie, comic, or previous show. That is ~43% of their current Original shows. For the other 19 shows, 6 were cancelled. The other 13 of those are a mixed bunch. You have a few like Master of None that we still aren't sure are going to get another season. Then a bunch of shows that have been renewed for a second season but we aren't sure are going to get another season after that. Before we get into what this all this means. Let's take a closer look at the shows based on previous material.

House of Cards -Based on a book

Hemlock Grove -based on a book

Orange Is the New Black – based on a book

A Series of Unfortunate Events -based on a book5. 13 Reasons Why – based on a book6. Daredevil -based on Marvel Comic books

Jessica Jones -based on Marvel Comic books

Luke Cage -based on Marvel Comic books

Iron Fist-based on Marvel Comic books

The Defenders-based on Marvel Comic books

Fuller House – Continuation of Full House

Haters Back Off -based of Miranda Sings YouTube

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return -Return of a previous show

Girlboss -based on a memoir book15. Dear White People -based on film of the same name16. The Crown - based on Queen Elizabeth life

A majority of the series above are the most well known or talked about Netflix Shows. With House of Cards and Orange is the New Black being flagship shows for Netflix Originals. And while the Marvel series might not be the 'best' shows on Netflix they still draw the audience who have read the comics or like the Marvel movies. 13 Reasons Why and Dear White People are both generating conversations arguments? about suicide and race. The point is that these shows draw in their original audience and hope they stay and talk about the show to others. It also looks like Netflix is moving more into creating shows that already have a fan base. i.e. The Castlevania show and the Death Note movie.

Alright so originals based on other properties are doing rather well. at least we think so cause Netflix doesn't release their inner rating system Originals that are truly original are rather hit or miss. We have had some great shows recently like Stranger Things. Shows that are both good shows and generates an online audience that talks about them. But recently we have had a several shows that have been cancelled. Bloodline, Get Down, and Sense8. All three shows are expensive to make. Bloodline cost ~7 to 8.5 million per episode. Get Down cost about $16 million per episode. Sense8 Season 2 cost $9 million per episode. But I would argue that the real reason why Sense8 and the others are cancelled is that they failed to get the online recognition or following that shows like Stranger Things or Master of None have.

TLDR: Netflix is leaving it subscribers who like their original content in a tricky place. Netflix is showing that it is more interested in shows that already have a built in audeince. With their business model that makes sense. Since a majority of their content are movies, and shows that are produced by someone else and you can watch them whenever you want! But that business model fails when dealing with Original Shows like Sense8. With ~43% of Original shows based on other properties, those shows grab traction from the audience member it already has. The Death Note Movie has not even been released and it is already being discussed in the Anime community. But shows like Sense8 that have no built in audience, Netflix needs to create/cultivate that audience. Especially when all episodes are binge able at once. One of the benefits for weekly shows is that they generate talk every week. Instead of a large spike if your lucky at the beginning of the release, a show might gather an audience eventually. But that audience will not generate as much talk in concentrated amounts. And with the streaming model of Netflix you know that the Netflix Original shows will most likely always be there but shows like Twin Peaks, Futurama, and Psych might not. Then Netflix loses potential fans for their original to shows that already have a reputation. So what does that mean for us if we are fans of an Original show like Sense8? It means that the fans have to promote their favorite show as much and urge others to watch it as soon as they can. Or the show might be cancelled. And those cancelled shows that have rough or bad endings will forever be on Netflix. They will slowly gain new fans who are casual Netflix users who don't realize that there new favorite show is dead.

[hubristicassholefight]

Swordswoman Showdown Round 1 Part 4

Baiken (Guilty Gear) vs Eowyn (Lord of the Rings)

(Better here in a "preferred character" sense, not "who would win in a fight")

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Baiken

She's a wandering samurai wants more swordi than that; 1. Look at her she's magnificent 2. She's only got one arm and eye 3. She's sworn revenge on "That Man"  4. After "That Man" is finished with she adopteds a child(not exactly what happened but close enough)

In a setting where other characters have interdimensional magic and time powers and shit, Baiken is the coolest character thanks to the powers of Being Good With A Sword and Being Too Angry To Die; Listen to Mirror of the World

I haven't played guilty gear and I've only listened to the soundtrack but her design and theme is 👌 her sword is huge and I think that's sick

Hot

Eowyn

Kin to kings and heir to horse-lords, she refuses to be left behind when her people must fight; she puts herself in danger to defend her liege, defeats a great and terrible evil, and finally puts aside the sword after proving herself the equal of the very greatest challenge and recognising the horror and futility that heroic ballads elide. The most dramatic moment of her tale is all about her presence, in a moment of trial, with a sword, being a woman; “What do you fear, lady?" he asked. "A cage," she said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.”

She uses one to fight and kill the Witch King of Angmar, whom "no man can kill"; I mean, come on. She's kinda The Live Action Sword Woman. "I am no man." is an instantly iconic line and Miranda Otto is an incredible actress and played the role perfectly.

I AM NO MAN

"No man can kill me." "I am no man!" And then she put her sword in the head of the dark lord rule of black Nazguls (don't remember his name) and he dies and this is badass.

Famously stabbed an 'unkillable' evil ghost sorcerer in the face with her sword and killed him

Was told not to go sword, went and sworded anyway. Sworded big powerful bad who could not be slain by man in the face while yelling “I am no man!”; Super cool. Girlboss. After swording the aforementioned bad went and married Gondor’s softest boi.

She kills an unkillable evil and is just badass in general; Hot hot girl ;-;

Used one to kill the witch king of Angmar; She is no man✨