The ABSOLUTE ANNIHILATION Of Strong Female Characters

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0:00 intro
2:09 monetized part
3:38 Toph (Avatar the Last Airbender)
8:30 Asuna (Sword Art Online)
12:17 Kim Wexler (Better Call Saul)
15:50 Velma (Velma Show)
18:23 Jinx (Arcane)
24:16 Bellatrix Lestrange (Harry Potter)
27:38 Izumi Curtis (FMAB)
32:38 Daphne (Velma)
37:37 Raven (Teen Titans)
43:01 She Hulk (Marvel)
46:25 Tea Gardener (Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters)
48:23 Akisa Izumi (Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds)
50:57 Azula (Avatar the Last Airbender)
56:40 Kuvira (Avatar the Legend of Korra)
1:02:49 Kiyoshi (Avatar the Last Airbender)
1:05:05 Korra (Avatar the Legend of Korra)
1:09:08 outro

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[NuxTaku]

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[yourdad]

General message of the video: *actually* interesting female characters don't entirely rely on their gender to be cool. They rely on being well written to be cool.

[niloticnya]

I think that separating the gender from female characters to judge their quality lacks nuances. You can separate Toph’s gender, but Katara is a great example of a strong female character that is enriched in the concept of womanhood.

Katara is feminine & girly, cares about grooming, believes in fortune telling, is nurturing & caring, & maternal. Her character represents a common female experience of sexism when she has to take on the responsibilities of domestic labor for her village, be an emotional pillar, literally heal people, & is barred from education that’s traditionally only offered to men. These events & their unraveling make up a large part of her character. As someone who grew up in a similar culture w/ similar experiences, she captures my feelings of rage from needing to uphold gender roles, but also shows me how to embrace womanhood & femininity

[eenn]

I love that Nux has just accepted that he is gonna be canceled for everything he does and is just like "Come at me"

[j.r.]

Hey let’s not forget toph was originally supposed to be a guy. A big, strong muscular guy too. I personally love how she keeps that kind of attitude and bravado as if she was (while still being just as strong as she presents herself), but she still has her moments where beyond her bravado she is vulnerable and accepts her strengths and her weaknesses. A great character who can present masculine traits in a way that doesn’t really take away from or derive from her being a girl. She’s awesome

[dr.plague]

4:50 toph also uses her lack of functional eyes as a gag. while riding apa she pointed something out like hey guys it's over there and sokka got excited cause they were searching for a while and when he turns around to look where she's pointing he just see's her with a huge smile and waving her hand in front of her useless eyes.

[screwyou]

My favorite female character as a kid was Ahsoka Tano from Star Wars the Clone Wars, especially near the end where she decided to stand up for herself and leave the Jedi Order

[justasimplenobody]

Nux is a true advocate of gender equality 🙌

Kuvirah needed a giant mech to mimic a fraction of Azula's power 🔥

[JuzefaWingedCat]

The she-hulk talk made me think of Claymore. There it is also set, that only women can be claymores, because only they can resist the temptation to turn into youma. Men give in to the urges much too fast. However, later in the story we are introduced to characters of both genders who have turned into youma, so in the end it still depends on the person. Also the big bad villain in the end is still a woman-turned-youma. Funny how it is exactly the same concept as she-hulk, but handled so differently.

[colinthewierd]

To defend the absolute mess of Korra's character for a bit, it should be noted that the writers were almost completely screwed over by the higher ups refusing to lock them in for a longer series. Not that it completely exuses everything with her character, but it puts her mastering the avatar state in season one into some perspective. If *was* just gonna be one season, she might as well give people a lot of what they came for.

[ruseagull]

Glad to see Izumi here. Overall, I think female FMA cast is great. Each in their own unique way.

I've seen takes that Winry is bland, but I couldn't disagree more. People tends to mix her with other love interests of main characters, and they often poorly written. But Winry has her own arc completely unrelated to Ed. There is a gag that she is "weird, rough and not girly" because of her love of automail, but she is actually the most kind and empathetic character of the series. She is the first to break the cycle of hatred – and that's one of the most important messages of FMAB. Everything is connected, and if Winry gave up to her rage and killed Scar, Amestris couldn't be saved.

But If you look for a character not romantically involved with man whatsoever – there is Olivier. I'm actually impressed how much Arakawa managed to explore her character while having (relatively) little screen time. I like how she owns her every decision and how that contrasts her brother flight from the war (very understandable one, but still). She believes that change can only occur by your own hands and waiting for a miracle is stupid. I think she is a very noble depiction of a soldier, patriot. Which is interesting, because FMA, being anti-militaristic show, often not portray being a soldier as something noble. Roy, Riza, Hughes and many others see themselves as murderers, not protectors.
There are a lot of other cases, but I think the point is clear. I just like how different FMAB female characters are.

Thank you for the video! I agree that a female good character is foremost just a good character. There are specific cases where being female is necessary to the themes or struggles, but the overall principle stays.

[ragnarian]

Kuvira couldve been made really good if theyd given her a proper backstory

For example, her village was raided, one of her parents killed, they left to a safer place, but found more corruption and exploitation of the vulnerable like her and her family, she joins the army ti try and do good, when she gains power she remembers past grievences and starts by first being petty, but it escalates until she becomes evil

Or aomething like that

[danielknapp]

53:35 Um, actually. Zuko's mom only helped Ozai kill his father to save zuko's life. This was because Ozai suggested that he should have his brother's birthright to the throne since he still had a son, to which Azulon decided a fitting punishment was killing his only surviving grandson. Family issues all around here, this is just the tip of the fire lord family iceberg.

[ProxyDoug]

Disney was so intent on hating on Banner that they didn't even allow him to save Jennifer's life by giving her a blood transfusion like in the comics. He just bleeds on her, the man who can't even kill himself, bleeds on her.

[StyleshStorm]

If anyone is able to get away with a title and thumbnail like this, it's Nux.

The hero we don't deserve but we need.

[pinkimietz]

You know. Writing a good female character is just writing a good character.

[remo]

"She grew up in a household where her mother convinced her father to murder her grandfather to seize power..." NO, that is simplistic to the extreme. I mean, sure if you forget that "Grandpa" was angry at 'dad' for trying to convince him to elevate him instead of the rightful heir, his brother and this at a time when said brothers son just died. So what does grandpa do? Why orders dad to kill Azula's brother! That will teach him(dad)! Of course 'dad' doesn't care for his son because his son isn't a useful tool (prodigy) like Azula. So in his own words: "And I was going to do it too." Thus, as far as the canonical materials go Zuko and Azula's mom(who had no real power in the family and was basically a peasant girl who Ozai literally forced to marry him), in order to spare her sons life, made an undetectable poison for dad so that grandpa would seemingly die of natural causes overnight (I mean, he WAS old). "Dad" not only got the power he wanted but also got rid of the wife he was now tired of (for defying him and never loving him or being 100 percent loyal to him, but crap, the man kidnapped her and either threatened or downright tried to kill her chosen fiance) via banishment. That's the whole story. As for how she gets along with Azula, it's obvious she TRIED since Azula manipulates her at like age 7 to get her older brother to play with her and child Mai and child Ty Lee. She simply doesn't know how to parent a child psychopath (I doubt anyone in the entire Avatar world does) and probably tried to discipline her which not only would backfire with Azula (Why doesn't mommy always love and praise me like daddy esp when I'm mean to my stupid brother or other inferior people?) but would also cause Ozai to argue with or threaten her.
In short, a very bad take.

[thenoblerogue]

The thing about Korra picking up the elements easily always seemed to be that the writers didn't want the focus to be mastering the elements... Again. Aang had a talent for the mental spiritual work today we didn't get to see develop much because it wasn't necessary. Korra was the opposite. I don't think, of all the valid issues to have, that that is one of them.

[evilmandrake]

"You dropped your bear" is one of the most iconic lines.

[sanitarysanchez]

i don't think Bellatrix Lestrange needed to be elevated any more than she was, she was just shown too much in the later part of the series and that is even more so in the movie adaptation. at least in the book she felt more menacing and less crazy then the books where she was depicted as a punchline in any evil dead done.