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ooc. okey so i rewatched my natla s2 and it's time for me to write what i think, regarding the WHOLE BEIFONG STORY , && i really love what they did on this one 

First  things  first:  I  really  love  how  the  Netflix  liveaction  adaptation  changed  the  narrative  around  how  Toph’s  parents  treat  her.  While  some  might  think  this  strays  too  far  from  the  original  animated  series,  I  disagree.  It’s  ultimately  the  same  core  situation,  but  with  added  more  depth  in  to  it

In the original series, the Beifongs hide Toph from the world out of shame && overprotectiveness. This stands in stark contrast to the Netflix version, where everyone knows exactly who Toph Beifong is. Furthermore, in the original show, her parents are completely oblivious to her earthbending skills. In the live-action version, however, they are very aware of her capabilities

In this screenshot , you can see the proof of what i'm pertaining. The moment Aang asks who taught Toph—noting that she is clearly an accomplished bender—Poppy’s face changes immediately. She looks back && forth between Aang && Toph, silently knowing what he was talking about .

There are numerous hints in the live-action series screaming that Poppy && Lao know Toph is an amazing earthbender. They know she is a genius, but they actively choose to ignore it. They turn a blind eye to her talent && force her to play the role of an innocent, prim, && proper "little flower."

They don't do this because she is blind, delicate, or because they want to protect her. They do it because, to them (especially to Poppy), Toph is nothing but a pawn—a bargaining chip. This perfectly explains why she is famous && visible to the world rather than hidden away.

The merchant side of the Beifong family is heavily emphasized in this adaptation. As Toph’s parents point out, "business has no borders." If they can do business with the Fire Nation without flinching, then using their own daughter as a financial tool isn't a stretch.

Toph is treated as a marketing asset to build political && business relationships with other high-profile figures. Her parents don’t care that she is a prodigy or a genius earthbender; they only care about what she can bring them through marriage. The live-action series heavily highlights the dowry, fame, && status the Beifongs stand to gain from a good political match.

She isn't hidden because she needs to be seen by suitors. She is forced to be delicate because she is being groomed as a noble commodity, ready to be sold off to elevate the Beifong name.

&& I really , really love how they tackled this. because it explores a different facet of Toph's struggles : the burden of femininity && the intense pressure of being the only daughter in a noble family. (This cutscene of her frowining while being bombarded by marriage proposal just speaks so many levels)

She carries the painful knowledge that she is only valued for her status, her dowry, && her compliance. && WHAT"S WORST && HURT THE MOST IS THIS SCENE.

She knows that if she had just been born a boy, she wouldn't be treated like this. She wouldn't be reduced to a shadow of herself or a bargaining chip on a marriage market. Instead, her genius would be celebrated, && she would be groomed to inherit the business && beifong name. Instead, she is trapped by her gender && her status—making her rebellion && escape with Aang even more powerful.

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Dallas is squinting at everyone who uses axe body spray, him and his anti bacterial soap and Irish springs are judging from the sidelines.

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F R O M    B E I N G   R E C K L E S S    T O    B E I N G     C A R E F U L .

Hanji  had  been  known  to  be  reckless and  focused  on  things  that  they  become  blinded  by it,  not  knowing  the  casualties  and  risks given.  It  was  a  big  issue  about  her,  reasoning  why  her   teamwork  rate  is  8/10 ,  she  was  too  hyper-focused  on  the  things  she  wanted , endangering  herself  and  her  team mates  are  the  least  of  her  problem  when  she  set  her  eyes  on something.

This  problem  also  caused  her  to  be  called  weird, crazy  and  hard  to  understand,  the  passion  that   runs  through  her  blood  just  keeps  putting  her  and  her  comrades  on a  dangerous  spot, causing  her  to  have  numerous  misunderstanding  and  fight  with  other  cadets  and  Levi’s  Squad,  specifically Olou.  And  although  she  had  caused  problems  to  the  man  already and  both  have  reconciled  after  what  had  happened  to Ilse’s notebook,  hanji  continued  on  to  just  put  her life  in  danger  when  Erwin  had given  her  permission  to  capture  titans.

This  recklessness however  changed  as  time  passed  by,  after  erwin’s  passing  and  shinganshina’s  battle,  after  what  she  had  heard  from Levi on  how  erwin  brought  survey corpse  to their  deaths   and  Moblit’s  sacrifice  to  save  her  and  also  the  expressions  of  the family  hanji  had  saw  when  they  returned  from  the battle.  Hanji  had  become more  careful,  more  observant  than  ever,   this  is  where  the  motto  ‘ Don’t  die , Survive. ‘  cause  she  didn’t  want  to  be  the  cause  of  an unnecessary  death  this  time,  she  didn’t  want   to  be  another  ‘ erwin ‘  that  will sacrifice   her  ‘soldier’s   lives’  for  the  sake  of  freedom.  At most,  she  wanted  them  to  be  ‘ there ‘  with  her  to  see the  outcome  of  what  they  are fighting  for.

That  is  why,  she  had  become  more  meticulous  when it  comes  to planning,  moving into a  more civil  relationship  with  the  enemy than being  in  an  all out  war  like  what  Eren wanted,  studying  their  enemies first  than  to  attack recklessly,  that’s  why she  was disappointed  and same  time  feeling  distraught  after  what had  happened  in marley,  cause that’s  not  what  she  wanted  and  she  was  helpless that she couldn’t  prevented  it.

Hanji is the one who had cried  a million  tears  after  yet  again  a hundred deaths  of  her  comrades.

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Headcanon Nora’s Origin ( Long Post )

          Possible   ideas  on    where   Nora’s   concern   towards   Mantle  is  all coming from.     This  also  tackles  my   Nora’s   backstory    based   on   my  assumptions  and how Discrimination on Atlas started,   (  Though  it  would  still  change   depending   of   the   out  come  of   Nora’s   backstory  in  RWBY. ) ..

         In  the  world of remnant episode about  Atlas  ,   we  can see  that  the  first  people  who  had  lived  there  are  similar  of  those  stories  of  the vikings  and  how  they  had lived  through the  rough weathers  of  the  continent  of  Solitas  .     They  lived   there  despite  the lack  of   resources  to  gain  but   in return  those  resources  was replaced  by protection  against  in predators   in which  in RWBY’s  side  was  Grimms   ,   both  had  eventually  get  accustomed and  get adapted   towards   this   and  they  used  the  small resources /  weather for  their own gain  ---    For   the  vikings   they  used  the  abundances  of   Sea foods   meanwhile  as  per  the first  people  of  Mantle  they  had  discovered   the  Dust  Crystals  and developed it. 

         Then  the  great war   came   ,  this  is  where  I  think  Nora’s  ancestors  would  have come  to  appear.  Her  ancestors  started way back on the first people who resides in mantle but  due  to  the advancement of Atlas they  had  to suffer the  consequences of  this changes.

          In  the  episode about Atlas ,  Qrow  mentioned  something  about mantle  that  people  discovered new dust forms that is beneficial  to the  creation of weapons  that  helped  mantle  expand  further  and  for  this ,  they have to sacrifice a  lot of   their  territories  to  create more  dust mining sites  and  research  facilities  (  ‘ More and more territory was set aside  for dust mining and research’  - Qrow ) . 

          Which makes me assume  that  this  is  how  the dispute  had  started on  Mantle,  people are  too eager  to  develop the kingdom ,   thus  making them not  to care  anymore to those  who are affected  to  this,   and  as  this part of  mantle ( now known as Atlas )  had  developed  and   the  people that  those  who remained  on the  old way  of living on mantle  not embracing the changes   had  been ignored ,  forgotten  ,  what more when Ozpin  had  introduced  the  Relic to  those  who are  on Atlas,  the remaining bond between the two  had been broken when Atlas managed to get  to float it’s land over  mantle.     The  pride they  might have  felt  after successfully  making  a strong kingdom  like atlas had  filled their ego thus  this is where  the  Class  division is Born or had existed. 

            People  now that resides in mantle  ,  are  now  people in atlas  had  considered as  Low Class  --   with  the growing  technology  and  improvements in Atlas  the  expenses  and value  of everything had  been really, really  expensive and  for  those people who lives in Mantle ,  the chances of  being able to avail expensive stuffs  is  low ,  Debts  and  poverty  are starting to appear  all over mantle ,  and  to  be  able  to be  only  to  pay  for debts  or  make money  or   get  out  of  poverty is either   you  join  the  atlas  academy  and  become huntress   or  work  on the  dust  mines   along  side  with the  faunuses  ( whom they  considered  as  low  class / or  slaves ) .  

           Nora  mentioning  that  ‘ It’s different  if you were  the one looking up into it ‘  is  already self explanatory  that she , really came from Mantle ,  and   during her very young age  she would stare  up to  the  city hovering over them , it’s  possible  that  Nora  was  just a  ordinary kid ,  and that  her parents  work  as  huntsman or huntresses  ( I say this cause Nora is  extremely strong so her parents could also be one of them as well )   or  worker  as  dust  mines.   They  have  something little  in their lives  but  it helps them to live  by each day despite the  poverty  they are experiencing  but  that doesn’t mean  that she was  blinded  towards the cruelty  her parents  or siblings ( if she had one)  has to  deal  with to  those who they owe money from ( assuming that it was the higher classes  people of Atlas ) 

           Working in mine  or  being  a huntress is very  dangerous  job , and when i think about it , Nora’s  parents could  had been  a casualty  of  mining problem or hunting job that the people of Atlas  didn’t care  much  about to solve  or help , or  they just let it be  buried underground forever  and  for  Nora  who just turned into an  orphan ,  the  life  was  no much better than  being  in a family   filled with debt  of poverty ---  that’s  why  orphans are not  being adopted  in mantle ,  cause  who  would ?  They  are already  poor enough  and  adding another person  to  feed  would  make  their lives  even more difficult. 

            Thus  this leads  unto  why , Nora ended up on  Anima  in the first place?   The  growing  scale of  orphans  in Mistral  could  have been  very difficult to bare  by  the  government,  and what’s  the  best  possible  way   to  get  a  benefit  from all of  this children ?? 

             That is  to  make  children  work  for you ,  or  what you call Child  Trafficking ,  Nora  could have been one of  the children that was sent  on Argus  to help work on ports ,  or  to be sold  and  for  a kid  who wasn’t familiar  to a  new place and  being forced to work  or  being sold as  a slave ,   your first  instinct  is  to run away  ,  and  thus  leads nora  to become  a stray  child  in   Anima.

            Nora’s  beliefs ,  concern  and  love  towards  the people  of  mantle  had came  very, very  , deep  and that is due to her  experience  as   a child  who  lives in mantle ,  it  wouldn’t  be that  deep if she was  just concerned.  She wants  ironwood  to do something ,  she wanted someone to do something and change the situation in mantle  cause  she didn’t want anyone experiencing what she had to experience when she was kid  anymore ,  and that won’t happen at all  if  ironwood kept on pushing  and using Mantle  as their dummy  or  a  pawn  for  his plans  against  salem. 

[inndomiitable]

Misogny in Earth Kingdom && How Toph Changed it Study/HC?

Lately i've been rereading and rewatching Avatar series and comics, and I’ve noticed a subtle, systemic misogyny woven into the Earth Kingdom’s culture towards women and It is really ironic since the most powerful Avatar in history was an Earth Kingdom woman, yet for centuries following Avatar Kyoshi's death, strong female benders vanished from the public eye until Toph Beifong. TW: Female Misogny , Opression, Darker take on Avatar ( Don't Read if this makes you uncomfortable)

I believe that Earth Kingdom in the series was a reflection of the Joseon Era of Korea and Ming Dynasty of China , which helds the same opression and Misoginy towards women especially noble women. Hence is why Toph Beifong wasn't just a prodigy, but a total anomaly in a society designed to keep women—especially noble ones—invisible to the world. The misoginy is already showcased day one since we first met toph beifong, but the focus was diverted to mainly focus on her disability, but she had mentioned through out her introduction that she isn't allowed to make friends, nor leave her home , which was again brought back on the comics when she was with aang and air acolytes during ' The Rift ' . In there we can clearly see how it takes a role on Toph's life and could be mayhaps the reason why she run away from home at a young age. In there she asked 4 questions , " Why do I have to Bow? Why Do I have to wear this ? , Why do i Have to take 3 sips precisely and lastly Why I'm not allowed to go out and keep locked up inside the house " and this time her ' blindness ' wasn't the reason why they are doing this, they were doing this because of ' it's just how it's done' which go back to systemic misogyny that was woven to their culture. This also confirms my thoughts that the Earth kingdom is a mirror of Joseaon Era and Ming Dynasty since all the question toph asked pointed directly to the rules established for the women that time which is called  "Three Obediences and Four Virtues", which emphasized chastity, subservience to male guardians, and confinement to the home. And due to this it made me think if toph was experiencing this as a noble then most likely, this is also happening to other females that resides in Earth Kingdom . Commoner and Nobles a like , there could be a lot of female earthbenders but due to the culture and rules placed among them they were not given a chance to be taught or to florish thus the theory on why theres' no Strong Female Earthbender that showed up after Avatar Kyoshi's death until toph showed up. Toph was just slightly lucky compared to other earthbender women , since her parent's still had high regards on her earthbending skill considering that their ancestors where naturally master earthbenders and they are the one who taught the earthbender who taught Avatar Kuruk Earth bending, thus is why there's a passing comment in the series from toph's father ' because of blindness he doubt's she'll ever be a true master '.

Now that the main point is out of the way , I want to focus on my headcanon on why i think it was Toph who changed how Earth Kingdom views women. Like i said Toph being a female earthbender and metal bender was an anomaly to the point that her image towards others who heard her name was a strong , muscle man type of guy, due to misogyny and female opression , the very idea of a strong earthbender women sounds impossible, Her starting Metal bending school and taking Penga in as a student ( Another Noble Women like her ) ruins this illusion of her being a man and instead people in earth kingdom had slowly but happily accepted the reformation. This reformation towards women opression may also have started first in the republic city , considering that Toph would play an active role as protector of the said city , causing more female earthbenders to follow her stead , and it really worked since if you look at Korra , Strong women earth benders are much prominent than male ones. And this is where my study / headcanon ends. Thank you for listening to my ted talk

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Don’t fuck Dallas, because it’s gonna be a fun time

Shit he would say 😂 and I’m wheezing

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