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bambiraptorx · 5 months ago

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It's how, the first time she reveals her other form she says "let me slip into something a little more comfortable". It's how when she's having herself a spa day it's in the spider form. It's how sometimes she has six eyes and not a one of them has eyeshadow, and sometimes she has two eyes and a full face of makeup. It's how the times that we see her something like emotionally vulnerable (after getting her hotel destroyed, after losing Bullhop) it's as the spider.

It's how we only see her physically fight in the form where she has eight limbs and six eyes and no makeup. It's how she goes between both forms depending on the impression she's trying to make on people but there isn't a clear difference between the 'approachable' and the 'intimidating' one because she can and does play both roles and so many more in either body.

It's about how the form we first meet is the "business woman" who dress sharp and wears heels and makeup and is almost immediately trusted. It's how she conforms to the stereotype of a rich yet eccentric lady until she doesn't, and part of that not conforming includes hair that is larger and less neat and not wearing makeup and a different body type entirely. It's about how looking like a human woman includes a petite frame and a tiny waist and perfect hair.

And yes, it's about how one of the few female characters in Rise who doesn't wear makeup doesn't look anything like a human when she doesn't wear it. Are you picking up what I'm putting down here. Are you picking it all up.

Given that Big Mama wears makeup in her human form but not in her spider form, I'm inclined to think that wearing makeup is not necessarily actually her preference and possibly something that she does to fit into the human world's perception of what a successful business women is supposed to be; and is, in fact, part of her facade. In this essay I will-

#bambi's rambling #rottmnt #rottmnt headcanons #rottmn analysis #rottmnt big mama #It's about the way that she's written and the way she's designed and the way people assume makeup is the default for women #it's the way i've seen people say 'well of course her assistant wears makeup when big mama does!'#but Why does big mama wear makeup? Why does she conform to human standards of beauty but only some of the time?#her human form is by no means uncomfortable for her given that she uses it even around other yokai #but like. she explicitly calls the spider form comfortable. and yeah its hard to parse if she means that sincerely or not but still #and there's an interesting discussion to be had about the doylist vs watsonian explanations but i shoulda been asleep 40 minutes ago #i barely even know what i'm saying here but like. big mama doesnt wear makeup all the time and its a small but important thing

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