MK’s Friendship Aesthetics: Celia and Maui [Celaui]
@celiagorgon
UGHHHHH CELAUIIII. This is just what I was saying the other night about a relationship that just comes out of nowhere and just hits you right in the honeynut-feelios. I wasn’t planning anything with Celaui and then Celia told Maui about her powers.
Then, Maui had to tell her about how he became Maui and it just felt so right, like, who else would Maui tell? It’s just such a beautiful relationship and even though it’s broken a little right now, it’s not above being fixable, and I think that’s really real. Like--friends hurt each other. They say and do things that they don’t always mean. Friendships are just like relationships--you have to work at them in order for them to be good, healthy, lasting relationships.
What I extra love about this is the fact that it is male/female. Like--Maui is a total player and he grew up in a place full of toxic masculinity. (Seriously, I did some reading on the culture, and, a lot of people’s biggest issue with Moana was that she was the daughter of the chief and going to inherit the role of leader sooo...make of that what you will.) I wasn’t planning on him having many female friendships (and now both his best friends are female?? idk man), but it has help shaped him a lot so far.
He’s not just kind of a sleazy boy, he really does have a good heart, and he’d never want to make someone feel uncomfortable or like they weren’t having fun with him. It’s just such an interesting dynamic because of what happened to Celia. Both of their genders are very heavily part of their storylines and to see them overlapping--Maui learning about rape culture and Celia learning to trust men again--is really beautiful to me.
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