āØWHY I THINK OOGWAY FROM KUNG FU PANDA IS A HUGE BITCHāØ
And why I LOVE Tai Lung and Kai
EDIT: I wrote a long time ago and I would have liked to rewrite it more precisely and add points because YES but I don't have the courage so appreciate my burning hate from that day while waiting lmao
Ok so it might be a bit long and you probably won't agree, if you have the courage to read I thank you for it and be really happy to hear what you think about it. ā¤ļø (hope my English will be understandable enough)
I loved Oogway like everyone, but watching the movies again I got really attached to Kai and Tai Lung and I noticed that in both cases the one who destroyed their lives was Oogway; Tai Lung was just a little orphan abandoned at his doors. He loves his dad Shifu more than anything and dream to make him proud and win his love because he feels worthless due to his abandonment; he never asked to be the Dragon Warrior nor have infinite power, he was just playing with a ball. Let kid be kid dammit ! Shifu transposed his own dreams to Tai Lung, and TL willing to do well pursued his father's dream, whatever the cost, even if it means sacrificing what he believed to be his destiny. He worked his ass for 20 years every day until he collapsed, "until his bones cracked ", couldn't go to school or make friends, or grow up like a normal child because he had to train hard TO BECOME the DW Shifu told him he's destined to be.
Tai Lung being a prodigy and Shifu a perfectionist, he always asked more from baby Tai Lung, never apologizing for overworking him physically and mentally or telling him that he was proud or love him. He grew up in the company of Oogway, who has been telling for 500 years that the Dragon Warrior prophecy would come true, that "Thereās no accidents", so OBVIOUSLY Tai Lung who was abandoned at the gates of the Jade Palace and raised by the greatest master of China, who discovered he was a Kung Fu prodigy and who was told that nothing happens by accident his whole life thought he would be worthy if he did everything for; -This is where Oogway should have intervened, he saw Tai Lung grow within his walls, take his first steps in the palace, at no time in 20 years has he told Shifu to stop putting too many expectations on Tai Lung, or tell him to thanks him for his efforts, or say I Love You, or NOT to bribe him with his own ambitions, but he never did-
He did for Tigress. He told Shifu "She wants you to be proud of her" and guess what, later Shifu told Tigress he was proud of her. Why has he never done this for Tai Lung. (Probably cause it will obviously change everything and he didn't want to)
He also never took the time to talk to Tai Lung and guide him to his own destiny, like he does with everyone else, so WHY TF not the little orphan who grows up with him ? Since Oogway adopted Shifu when his father abandoned him at the Jade Palace too, Tai Lung is basically like his adoptive grandson. I just think Oogway sacrificed Tai Lung's fate to use it later to accomplish Po's. Since Tai Lung never did anything wrong, at any time before being denied the scroll,I think "the darkness in his heart" was only an excuse to deny Tai Lung the scroll after all the effort and flawless behavior he's had all this time (he even had the 1000 scrolls that even Oogway never reached). Especially since the Dragon Scroll was "written" by Oogway, and it WAS EMPTY AND OBVIOUSLY HE KNEW IT. He could have used it to teach Tai Lung a lesson but he preferred to refuse him just to destroy him and use him as the perfect opponent of the Future Dragon Warrior. When Tai Lung left to sow desolation in the valley to attract the attention of his master/father, hours have passed after his rejection of the title, no one went to console him or give him explanations. Because there is none. He just broke the hearts of proud Papa Shifu and Tai Lung by passing him off as a bad guy for no reason, and Shifu as a bad master / father. Shifu didnāt even stand up for Tai Lung kindness of heart, which hurt him more deeply than being denied the scroll. He did all this for Shifu, and Shifu did not show recognition for his work
(+ Tai Lung has already shown several times that he has a good heart during the film, I will be happy to talk about it later if you are interested but let's continue)
[p.s: It has been confirmed that Tai Lung never ever killed, not even the rhinos. Good boii]
When Tai Lung made a mess of the Valley, ( the first and ONLY bad thing he have done in 20 years of life) Oogway didn't move and stayed to protect his empty scroll rather than the Valley and its people, when he could knock Tai Lung out in a second. He probably preferred let Tai Lung act to prove his point, even if it means leaving the Valley and Shifu traumatized; Oogway asked Shifu to defend the EMPTY scroll by killing his son with a lethal kick but ofc he couldn't. ( how do you think Shifu might react if he found out he had to kill his son to protect an empty scroll ??) So instead of killing Tai Lung for Shifu, Oogway decided to put TL into an icy coma for several months, to MAKE SHIFU BUILD CHOR-GHOM prison in the most freezing mountain of Mongolia where he will have to remain locked for LIFE with a pressure-point-turtle-shell Oogway created himself to block his chi, where he can barely breathe until he dies, like WHY ?? Tai Lung never deserves this, he was abandoned by his mother, then abandoned by his adoptive father who tried to kill him, then abandoned by the society of which he worked hard to be the hero, and now he is locked up in Chorh-Gom, alone, constantly watched by 1000 guards, cold, in the dark on his knees for 20 years, with the beating of his heart, the sound of his thoughts and the mocking of the guards as his only sound; without any visit or message from his adoptive father, they do not even have the right to pronounce his name so that he is permanently forgotten and in addition is badly treated by Vachir without being able to move or no one to defend him . NO, Oogway just no. If you wanted him to die first, why keep him alive under such conditions if not to mentally break him and use him later? You knew Shifu couldn't do it. You knew Tai Lung would push him away, you knew it would mark the end of their relationship and that's why you asked him to do that. Now Shifu must have tried to kill his baby at your request and Tai Lung will never forget that his father stood in front of him to destroy him. disgusting āØ
[You even took the care of designing a TURTLE SHELL for Tai Lung with 16 jade needles each decorated with a dragon's head as well as the chain clapboards in the shape of a dragon, you keep him imprisoned in his own obsession to prepare him for combat you little bastard]
Is this the moment to point out that Tai Lung never met a person in his life who didnāt want him dead? Because I think about it every second
Oogway instructed Shifu to train warriors so that one of them would become the Dragon Warrior, TO kill Tai Lung. It makes me think even more that Oogway planned from the start to use Tai Lung as an ordeal, he already knew that Po was destined to be the Dragon Warrior so I don't understand this need to have Shifu train people in the bitter goal of killing his own son when Oogway could have avoided it all from the start.
It was cruel to Tai Lung, and cruel to Shifu. At no time Oogway assumed part of the responsibility or blame himself, he could have acted for a very long time, but he just never did, and let Shifu bear all the brunt of his "mistake" alone. Iām mad.
ā One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it.ā what was Tai Lung's fate then? Die by the real Dragon Warrior then? I'm sure there was a way for both to be fulfilled and happy (and besties forever)
Even 20 years later, Shifu still loves and thinks about Tai Lung, (and same for Tai Lung.)* proven by the fact that he plays his theme on the flute under the tree where he fed him, or continues to meditate in TLās personal training room. I won't talk about the fact that Oogway let Po be harassed by the Fives or Shifu because of his own decision cause it wasnāt the worst he did, but still. ĆØ__Ć© Once he's screwed up the shit, he is told Tai Lung is back as he had hopedpredicted, all his plan worked, he can leave his staff to Shifu to face death on his own with his son and get out in cherry tree petals. Give the shit youāve done to others as usual
We have already seen that Oogway did not hesitate to be calculating and intervene so that others "accomplish their destiny" as he was able to do by making Shifu fall sick with noodles he ordered (I don't know if he did it on purpose) and not healing him while he can so that he is unable to fight and leaves Tigress to fight Boar alone in "The Secret of the Scroll"- once again, so she can "fulfill her destiny". It is exactly this kind of manipulation that I blame him for having done to organize Tai Lung's fall.
--what we know about Tai Lung's past, told by Tigress, is what Oogway told her and we know that he is canonicaly described petty and very probably a liar (to be continued in Kai chapter), when Tai Lung mentions it from his point of view in his fight against Shifu we can clearly see the difference. Tai Lung was just a child who needed guidance, and I still donāt understand why Oogway didnāt helped him.
I also won't be talking about Tai Lung or all the reasons he's my absolute favorite character ever because the post would never end, but I'm done with Oogway about him. I just hope he welcomed Tai Lung into the Spirit Realm and showed him the path of redemption. š
I really wonder why if "There is no accident" and "There are no secret ingredients", why is there a chosen one. and if the secret ingredient is to believe in yourself, why is it wrong when it's Tai Lung
Now I'm going to express myself on all the bad Oogway did to Kai, it might be shorter but just as pissed off š„
First of all, we all agree that Kai is in love with Oogway but that Oogway saw him as a friend right ??? Good
I find Oogway particularly HYPOCRITICAL to treat Kai as a monster and himself as a Saint when they were literally war murderers together. [Dreamworks describe him as a ā troublemaking, rebellious warriorā]
Oogway literally describes himself as "an ambitious young warrior leading a great army" bro just say that you killed people like everyone at that moment and assume for once. Kai him was Suprem Warlord of China, in other words, a hero for all, they won wars together, fought together, in short Kai clearly had his share of glory in that. The day Oogway almost died on the battlefield, Kai, who had remained standing, gave up everything to help him. The battle, the soldiers, absolutely anything to take Oogway against him and wander the snowy mountains in despair without destination and terrified of losing him. Once Oogway was saved by Kai and the pandas, he stayed in the village where Kai waited for him, he learned to transmit chi, and suddenly decided to play it peace and love after having massively killed in the war.
He wrote that Kai wanted the power of chi all for himself, but that's not what I think and I take no shit about what this liar turtle is saying. I think Kai was terribly scared when he nearly lost Oogway, he felt totally helpless and useless, and never wants to feel that feeling of weakness again. I think he genuinely loves Oogway, and seeing that chi could save him, he decided to collect it so that he never runs out of it to help Oogway again when he needs it. Not only is this technique revolutionary, but it could have been incredibly useful in war, imagine taking chi from enemies, making you stronger, and controlling them to turn them against their own army. Of course it was wrong to use that on a poor panda, but Oogway communication exists you could tell him to stop right now rather than kill him after everything he's done for you, you gave him no chance to explain himself like fuck
(+ excuse me Oogway but don't you know yourself a Chi technique used to KILL? like Wuxi finger hold maybe āā©ā®)
Oogway didn't just kill Kai, he ERASED HIS NAME FROM HISTORY AND FOR WHAT ? Kai fought valiantly, he probably brought China to victory, protected the innocent, he was known as a war hero and YOU, Oogway, you should have died in a battle if Kai hadn't left it all for you. Kai won the war, you didn't. And now everyone recognizes Oogway as the supreme hero, building a huge palace in his honor, though he's just an ungrateful liar. Kai wanted to be recognized as well, Oogway could leave his name in history and erase what he did, no one would ever know. But he preferred to appropriate all the merits, all the honors and glory, to be the wise old man kind to everyone after committing genocides, kind to everyone except Tai Lung. He decided to invent the title of Dragon Warrior to defeat Kai 500 years later, and as he say so well āI have set another on that pathā so surprising of you Oogway. NOTHING OF ALL OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF KAI HAD LET YOU DIE AS HE SHOULD
Notice how even as an amulet, Kai wore Oogway on his heart around his neck talking to him regularly, holding him in his hands and never using him in battle.
Ā«Ā - I would not let you destroy Oogwayās memory !
- Why not ? He destroyed MINE.Ā Ā»
ā I fought by his side. I loved him like a brother, and he... betrayed me.ā
Iām going to stop this essay here and thank you if youāre still here lmao, honestly THERES MORE lmao, i used to love him now i just hate/like him BUT I can't forgive what he did to my babies and canāt contain all my rage towards him anymore so let me end on just
āØfuck OogwayāØ and long live everyone else
