#not a helpless damsel in distress

[alicefromwhichplanet]

Tfa Arcee: The One Trapped in Time

“You may leave now.” Arcee stares at the paper that has just been sighed with her name. A flame-red stamp of very big letters, “DISCHARGED”, encircled by a square. It lies like an angry mechanic crab, on the blurry picture of a young intelligence officer just recruited into the autobot army 70 year before.

She says thank you in a small, gentle voice she always uses and starts walking out of the hospital. Outside, the major star lights the sky white, an unfamiliar glare staring back at her face. A confusing and angry blank, like the years she lost in the hospital wing, in a coma. She doesn’t know what to make of it still.

In her old officer Cliffjumper’s room, She was told that her role was taken. The war is over long ago, and the titan she was supposed to waken has been woken up, and put to sleep by the same bot, the medic she entrusted her code to. “Go home, Caminusian. There is nothing you need to take care of here for now. Go home. You’ve done what you can. Now it’s time for you to feel protected. Enjoy your life. Maybe find a lover. You’re still young and pretty.”

She doesn’t know what to make of those laughters, so she moves away silently. She feels like heavy and clumsy, like an extra set of bullets no longer needed, because the war is over. Her role was taken. Omega Supreme was awakened and put to sleep by a very different bot. She doesn’t know how to feel about this bot. She entrusted him with her secret code to finish the mission in war. But now here she is, feeling bitter about everything he has done for her with her consent. It does not feel well to lie in bed for a century, having bots shedding tears of pity for her, recalling her as a brave but fragile dream. It does not feel well to wake up and find her role already taken, and every bot begins to show that surprised and sorry smile when she explains her identity. “We’re impressed by your bravery. But this world kind of does not need you anymore.” Their looks seem to be suggesting she is lovelier lying in the crystal coffin, being a monument instead of a living being.

That’s why she laughs so hard when Ratchet finds her and tries to propose her. “You reminds me of my ex-girlfriend.” So he says. And she cannot stop laughing. All these years of sacrifices she made, disappearing into the curtains and letting him do the tough but rewarding job she was trained to do, and now he thinks of her as a potential lover?

What does he see in her? A beautiful wooden bird in a cage waiting for his rescue?

The next morning, she leaves again without goodbye.

[satintightsnic]

HELP ME! I've been kidnapped by one of my followers...he's forced me to pose for this picture!

[thebagsyndicate01]

This is one way to deal with a cat burglar

[jakewing]

Of course she's a pirate. Have you SEEN her booty? Captured pirate in Phoenix42 jute. shibarifairy444 (IG)

[jlambosaurus]

[sarafangirlart]

I lied, put your clothes back on we’re gonna talk about how modern discourse and rewrites on the ‘damsel in distress’ trope are actually low key victim blame-y and don’t actually give the damsel in question more agency but rather make her “‘strong’”’ in a masculine sense.

[robbyykeene]

And you know what? Fuck Axel. I’m sorry his sensei is abusive, but his behavior towards Sam was disgusting. She’s nice to him and he tries to kiss her and fine, he got the wrong idea and it happens. He backed off and left and didn’t force it. But then he proceeded to antagonize Miguel at every turn out of some fucked up sense of ownership he felt over Sam. And why? Because she had a single conversation with him? Was nice to him? I get he’s probably pretty fucked up but that doesn’t excuse his behavior, and I find it really hard to feel any sympathy for him when this kind of predatory creepy shit is something that women have to deal with all the fucking time and is not cute or funny or sympathetic, it’s just fucking scary. And maybe if this wasn’t the season where a literal sexual assault occurred and was brushed off as cheating and a “mistake” and maybe if this wasn’t airing right after a literal rapist has been elected in then I’d be able to shut off my brain and not give a fuck and call it innocent jealousy and move on but. Here we are.

[jessaerys]

the way the heavily implied sex work themes in thumbelina (1994) did something permanent to my brain chemistry

[andorerso]

additional thoughts re my last reblog: I think another reason I like "touch me and she'll kill you" better is that it defies the gender expectations a bit. for so long you only saw the man being the big strong protective one in media, and the woman was the damsel in distress who needed his rescuing, and now it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth, so I'm kinda wary of the "touch her and die" trope for that reason. it's not automatically bad, and can be executed well, but it can still often lean into the "she's just a fragile little woman she needs me to protect her" territory and I emphatically hate that. I find it works best when it's mutual.

[thebagsyndicate01]

"Do you have that nosey blonde secured?"

"Mmmmpphhh!!"

"Yeah,she's in the back seat of the car hogtied and ballgagged."

[jakewing]

Shots I did on or near my birthday throughout the years. This is Paige Fox in a Bettie homage shoot we did in 2017.

[jlambosaurus]

Jewellery Store Heist #14

They rushed the store just before closing. The manager had stepped out a few minutes early, so she was the only one left in the store.

She wasn't sure if they were even armed, but the three masked men forced her to the floor and restrained her.

One of the men kept staring at her, leering at her. He muttered something about her body. And then she realized who he was.

The store manager. An inside job.

And the way he couldn't stop staring at her... she was terrified that this wouldn't end with just the robbery.

[m0l0kk0]

How did I end up like this? Naked, and tied, and bondage, and gagged? Somebody help me, please!

[wonder-vixen]

[everykonan]

ch. 446

[blue-b-bro]

Is Izzy really so hard to interpret for people? Or do they see him being mean and just stop trying? The more meta I read, many truly brilliant, the more I notice that, no joke, around 80% get Izzy wrong. It's baffling! People can write so incredible show analysis and then completely miss on this one guy specifically! How?????

Like... you guys know a character can think one thing, do the other and then the second character could completely misunderstand? You know characters could be confused? Have bad coping mechanisms? Unhealthy emotional responses?

I'm not saying "Izzy's my poor little mew mew and did nothing wrong". He made mistakes. He was wrong. But he wasn't some evil demon, purposefully making Ed's life miserable!