#where the manga is so much more. hmm. not unhinged

[kayspaceprince]

it's wild. I rewatched the first episode of the Planetes anime and it did nothing for me and now I just binged most of the manga in one night.

it's SO much more compelling to me??

[the-nysh]

Need me a female character like Deku... the problem with warrior female characters in manga is that their rough side is never limited to battle, but it also exists in real life. They tend to be all masculine and hair-trigger tempered. Where my sweet, kind and compassionate but also completely feral and unhinged in battle female characters at? :( Do you happen to know some examples? I am in need!

Ooh...in other anime/manga? That might be a toughie...especially if you're looking for equivalent girls respectfully portrayed with his same range, from a sweet, openly compassionate, nerdy good bean expressing the spectrum of emotions on (their) sleeve, to....a very scary, unhinged beast when unleashed.

Hmm. Ah! It might not be exactly what you're looking for, but Clare (the protag) from Claymore has a lot of those qualities. :O Once a sweet, compassionate (crybaby) and awkward young girl, who becomes a warrior, like her role model (who's my favorite), of her own choice. She also has to work her way up from the very bottom (the weakest, including earning respect from her peers) with both her own resourcefulness and the inherited powers (help) from others. She may be the 'weakest,' but she's still the strongest in other ways.

The only thing is that once she's no longer human, she becomes much more stoic and emotionally repressed (much like post-war Deku), following all the tragedy, and her motivations are different than his, but controlling the balance between her softer, compassionate human and feral/unhinged monster sides, so that she doesn't end up recklessly destroying herself and losing limbs, is...an ongoing struggle for her to master. :')) (That, and 90% of the cast are women by world-building design, as they typically have stronger emotional control compared to the failed male claymores who gave in to their monster sides far too quickly. So even just the cast itself probably has the range of even more varied women characters, who yes, get to be graceful and dignified and strong - to batshit feral insane, to look forward to.)

But beyond that, others are free to chime in with more recs~

[thecodeisveronica]

Issy I don’t know if someone asked you but...Albert Wesker and Jake for the character ask? 👀👉🏻👈🏻

Hehe thanks Karen I’ve actually been wanting to do these two >:) 💕

How I feel about them:

Albert: Whew, where do I start. Ok, so I can honestly say without any shame that I LOVE ALBERT WESKER. Yeah, he’s a dick but that doesn’t mean I can’t love him 😔 Not even kidding but when I was 12 I wrote a whole story about his childhood because something about young Wesker interests me soooo much. Spencer was the one that fucked him up and I actually feel quite a bit of pity for him (I meant, the poor dude was brainwashed as a kid and forced to do terrible stuff ;-;) He’s badass, super hot, and he’s got that old-school villain personality which I just love so much. His calm and collectedness (obviously pre re5) has always been something I’ve gushed over because, I don’t know, there’s something about stoic villains that just sends me, ok? 💕 Also, his fashion sense is impeccable.

Jake: I’ll be honest with this one. At first I didn’t like him. I was pretty young when I first played 6 and didn’t really care about him (I was more into his dad lmao) Played 6 again and I can honestly say that I now love Jake Muller to pieces 🥺💓 He’s badass, he’s cool, he’s a jerk but super charming in his own way. I love the fact that his morals are very grey to begin with — being a mercenary, he’s only in it for the money and it was nice to watch him slowly develop as the story went on. Also the fact that he has hand-to-hand combat as one of his weapon selections just hhhhh omg he’s such a badass 😩 I just honestly love him and his character so much and I wanna know what the hell he’s been up to!!

Who I ship them with romantically:

Albert: Oh damn. Love is definitely a tricky thing to describe with Wesker. I think the closest he’d get is either respect or fascination (definitely obsession if he was ever with an SO). He was with Jake’s mum in what, the early 90s? So we definitely know he is or at least was capable of sexual attraction. I think there was possibly something with Excella (nothing he really cared about but just saw her there and perhaps used her as stress relief? He’s a selfish dude so he’d totally do it). Like I’ve said, I’m not a huge re shipper but there’s something about him and Chris back in their S.T.A.R.S. days 👀 maybe even Jill too.

Jake: No-brainer — Sherry. Not only does their dynamic work but they were clearly fated to be together or something. I mean, their dads worked together and created the virus/blood- types that they both carry in them. I loved watching them flourish over the course of the game and watch Jake slowly start caring for Sherry 🥺💞 (you CANNOT tell me that this man isn’t an awkward softie when he wants to show affection) Basically, I just love them together and the fact that their history is so closely related just makes it even more special.

My non-romantic OTP for them:

Albert: Hmm probably William. Mainly based hcs and the true canon but these two men clearly respected eachother. They were even described as rivals back at the training facility and given nicknames — scholar Will and practical Al (I love that hhhh). Especially in that manga with them together, I just love them 🥺 (I never stop thinking about Al with the juice box omg 💓) Maybe calling them friends is a push but Will was clearly the closest thing that Wesker ever had to one ;-; 💕 (high-key wanna hug him 😔)

Jake: Ooh I think him and Leon could work well. They both respect eachother thanks to Sherry and they have a lot in common. Jake kinda reminds me a bit of re4 Leon (cocky but caring) so maybe Leon sees a bit of his younger self in Jake? Jake and Piers are an interesting duo too. They hate eachother’s guts but it would’ve been nice to have them properly work together or something ;-;

Unpopular opinions on them:

Albert: I hate what they did to him in 5 😔 He went from being cool, calm and collected to a completely unhinged psychopath in a space of just years and it triggers me so much. Capcom basically turned him into a stereotypical villain that wanted to take over the world and went mad ajdjdjd. How could they massacre my boy like that? 😭😭😭

Jake: Not really unpopular but I wish we could’ve seen more about his mother :( I wanna know if she ever spoke to Jake about Wesker or if she genuinely loved him while they were “together”.

One thing I wish would happen:

Albert: I wish he didn’t die (a part of me thinks he maybe be alive thanks to Umbrella Corps soooo). His death was stupid, comical and just cheap. A volcano,,,with rocket launchers,,,really??? Wesker was the main villain of the franchise and deserved a WAYYYY better death smfh 😤 I ALSO WANT A PREQUEL ON HIM SO BAD!! Whether it’s in Umbrella or S.T.A.R.S. or both! Just something 😩 Omg just imagine a game where you can play as him and Birkin in the different facilities hhhhh 💕

Jake: I wanna see him with Chris again. I need to know if those can ever work together properly or smooth things over. I’m sure they’ll forever be love-hate but I just wanna see how they’d act together 👀 Another thing I wished we could’ve seen was Jake confront Albert!! Yeah his dad is dead (possibly 👁👁) but seeing the two interact would be so interesting, especially since Jake feels so conflicted about his dad. (Also imagine them doing normal father-son stuff 😔✌️)

I’ve always found pre-5 Wesker the hottest ngl hhh (he’s hot in general buttttt) 👀💞