Discover Top Posts Tagged with #go-lion

androids dream of lightning blades ( i did another thing )

so yeah i dont really want 2 b a fandom troublemaker

but that thing in the novelization where it says her dad was a SWORDSMITH ZOMG & her family was against her bein a her bc how cld a MERE GIRL be a SWORDSMITH so WHOA LUCKY COOL AWESOME SHE MADE SWORDS FOR ROBOTS SEE WHERE SHE GOT IT FROM ? ? ?

when i talk abt us yanks lovin the midichlorians , that is EXACTLY what im talkin abt

that is the perfect example

like the platonic archetype of midichlorians in genre

i mean its not even THERE in the movie

all we see of baby makos pre incursion life is her rakin the dirt with a kid size rake on a hot day

it doesnt even look like shes tryin to do a sand garden

ie AUTHENTIC JAPANESE STUFFS (tm) aka HOLLYWOOD CLICHE

just rakin in the dirt like we did when i was a kid , only w a japanese style wooden rake not a metal rake from the five & dime

and her parents beaming as they get her dressed up in a fancy traditional kimono & she being all happy 2 be fancy

her dad just looks like an ordinary guy her mom looks like an ordinary gal their house is an ordinary house there is nothing that says SWORDSMITHS ZOMG in this brief snip of their life

mr mori cld be a salaryman

or a computer guy

maybe a gardner

or even a potter , if u HAVE 2 invoke AUTHENTIC JAPANESE CULTURE(tm) in her backstory

or a tailor

why not a tailor ? ? ? (he cld have MADE her outfit then )

BC THATS NOT SPESHUL & JAPANESE-Y ENF I GUESS ? ?

but by makin it a BLOOD LEGACY THING AKA MIDICHLORIANS

it DOESNT make her moar speshul

NOPE NOPE NOPE

it TAKES AWAY FROM MAKOS OWN INDIVDUALITY

makes her just a legacy hero[ine]

also theres somethin squicky abt the whole “her extended bio family was agin her ” it makes it seem like it was kind of a GOOD thing her parents got killed & she got adopted by a Westerner WHICH IS SO NOT IN KEEPIN W HOW THEY SHOW IT IN THE FILM but also is HELLA ORIENTALIST IMPLICATNS

just like the FREAKIN ORIENTALIST SUBTEXT in omg the moris have 2 b swordmakers bc NOBODY IN THE WORLD MAKES SWORDS EXCEPT JAPANESE PPL AMIRITE ? ? ( why not have her start talkin abt pocky if yr gonna INSIST on shoutout 2 JAPANESE STEREOTROPES geez its like the book was written 4 the WOLVERINE fanboyz BY a wolverine fanboy )

but ultimately it makes her a FREAKIN CHOSEN ONE just a pawn of destiny of biology of blood EXACTLY WHAT DEL TORO SAID IT WASNT ABT AT ALL ! ! !

why cldnt she have been inspired by watchin movies? ?

you know like kikuchi-san said SHEwas , when she was a little girl ? ?

videos where princesses some born some made got 2 ride ancient sentient beasts into battle 2 defend their ppl w mystical weapons

or make high tech 1s to defend their cities

just like the rest of us little girls dreamin of pilotin giant robots & fightin tyrants w our own magical swords ? ? ?

#pacific rim #midichlorians #swords #go-lion #voltron #mononoke hime #orientalism #del toro didnt put it in the film #i did another thing #mako is the blue lion pilot too

93. Voltron: Defender of the Universe

Voltron many call it the original Power Rangers.Which doesn't really make sense since Power Rangers source material is older than Voltron,but I digress.Voltron is a fun show.It's flawed,but a fun show nonetheless.I mostly enjoy it because of the robots,the storyline wasn't too bad either.

#Voltron #100 Favorite Animated Series #Anime #Cartoons #Go-Lion