#Oh no another Kipo rant

[kipowolfton]

I'm thinking abt my vase of flowers and my ADHD ass switched to depressing memories I just uncovered with my mother wtf man why do I think so fast 😭😭😭😭😭

might delete later 🥺👉👈

also trigger warning

like seriously I'm fucked up

So basically, I have this vase in my room. It's always been there. A pearly white vase with flower shaped mounds (I think it'd be called?) all over it. inside this vase is a variety of flowers

a bouquet I caught at a wedding when I was 9

a flower pen from my best friend

the flower shaped pendulum from the cuckoo clock that was on my wall that I had an unexplainable and irrational fear of

a glowstick dandelion from a Wednesday night at church.

now onto the mom part

the bouquet. It was fine. My mother decided one day that it was not. She grabbed it out of the vase and tried to leave my room with it, I asked her what she was doing and she fell something along the lines of trimming it to make it fit better

it fit perfectly. It was fucking fine. i told her no, she still tried to leave, I grabbed her arm, she tried to pull away, I told her not to cut the flowers, she hit my hand off of her and stormed off. She came back with scissors and cut about 2 inches off the bottom of the fake stems.

I was pissed. Fuming. angry. The flowers were intact,yes, but. why did she still cut the handle? Why did she do that? I told her no.I wanted them the way they were, it was fine! There was nothing wrong with them! She didn't listen to me. She never does. and so I did what my autistic ass body tells me to do when experiencing anger

I sat there, and I sobbed. I cried. I bawled. I wasn't a little kid, I just couldn't take it. she put on a worried look and tried to console me. I told her to get the hell out. She said that it was better and that no damage had been done, the flowers were alright, and that I was overreacting and that she didn't know why I was so upset. I told her to go away.

and, now, thinking of it reminds me a lot of my life now. Except I'm the flowers in the vase in my bedroom. How I'm never good enough,and I still need trimming. Even if the flowers were factory made and perfectly designed, they weren't good enough, even in a place where they shouldn't matter to her. like how I'm woken up each day with anger. I can't wake up on a Saturday and ask to go back to sleep without being yelled at, how every morning she wakes me up yelling at me and patronizing my smell and breath despite the fact I haven't had the time to put my god damned glasses on. how I'm an unhealthy eater and need to eat healthier foods and less sugars and shit, and how I need to exercise more and how im getting chubby when i am very underweight and barely eat at all. She tells me things about my body. Like my ass is to big and that my chest is developing like hers were. She tells me I have her body. She tells me I looked like she did when she was in high school. How I have her legs, how I have her arms,hands,feet, etc. i remember when I was little and my hair was in curly blonde ringlets, she'd put our hair together and tell me how alike we were. Tell me how beautiful I was and how beautiful she used to be.

she dyes her hair blonde.she curls it too.

also would probably be a good time to tell you I'm fucking adopted. she is my biological grandmother.

my biological mother couldn't deal with her shit and chooses being homeless on the other side of the country, (she's also wheelchair bound) instead of even saying hello to me once, or coming to stay, only because she can't stand that woman's shit.

I see why.

and it's all perfectly, beautifully, and painfully displayed with the trimming of the fake pink roses

[quwandathornton]

Hi

(Light Skinning) Whitewashing vs BlackWashing: 

OH LORD...

WHAT DID THEY DO TO MY GIRL AND BOY, They AUNT VIVIAN’ED HER!!

and boy did it-

Like Pharrell Said: The Truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off. (Pharrell Williamns - Lemon Ft Rihanna.)

Since we on the topic of RiRi....

Here is a cursed picture of a white washed version of her and Beyonce, look a double--

1. lack of representation of Black Women in Hollywood, Media, Art Community, Gaming Communities. (or just ignorance in general.)

 *It’s off topic about art but...it’s still historial and informative. Take a Look at Beyonce, She was the first black woman to ever perform in 2018, We are very much behind when it comes to equality in anything really.*

 White Washing is a problem because of lack their of Black Female Characters in the art community/Anime/Comic/Cartoon Industry. There is many versions of the same (pale)(Light) skin toned, of every character imaginable, and never really any dark-skinned obviously very VERY much BLACK characters.

 Black Washing: People wanting to see their favorite characters if they were from another nationality, African, Haitian, etc. What would they look like? Darker yes but with fuller lips? Pointer cheeks? who knows? it's u to the artist. 

 Reason for this: Lack of Equality, Education, Respect, Motivation, and acknowledgment. The Lack of people imagining how or knowing how Black women look, act, speak, talk (other than Ghetto or Angry). 

When they make a black woman, it's always, stereotypical or wishy-washy simpled down, Afro or Straight hair. 

It's out of frustration of not seeing ourselves, the fact that many people choose not to acknowledge it on purpose, is the reason they changed the tones of many other characters. 

We Yearn to see ourselves, especially in Romance Visual Novels.

By saying they can't see or understand the problem, even with intensive research, an explanation from said Black Women, Girls, etc. 

 What's even sadder is our counterparts, Black Men Have all of the love and attention, but are draw overly Sexual Bodies(and Angry/ Overly Hyper Stereoscopic Gangster Persona); most of the time.

 Lately, it's been dying down, since we have characters like EKKO in League of Legends and Lucian, Rock Lock, and Not as mainstream anime Michiko to Hatchin's Satoshi Batista and even Light Skinned Black men are getting in on the attention. (Note:  Rock Lock Is Definitely Afro-Japanese, His name is Ken Takagi (My Hero Academia))

rock lock: 

Satoshi Batista: 

Lucian: 

 Ekko: My Favorite Boy

We rarely see ourselves to the point we don't even know how to start, drawing ourselves once we do learn to draw, especially me.

I know how to draw straight hair, but not natural African/Black curly hairstyles, at all. I'm just as tired of seeing black women not portrayed in anime, don't even get me started on the lack of Muslim representation- or even Eastern Indian, and Natives being drawn and portrayed Stereotypical; *sigh*. 

Also miss me with the bullshit about how Japan is Japanese and all Characters are Japanese when I’m sure There is Foreigners who live in JAPAN and they exist, as well as  in Anime too, especially the White girls with BLONDE HAIR and BLUE EYES.

I’m also very happy to see more Black characters being portrayed, with natural looks, not overly exaggerated characters of racist depictions of us.

Sorry I ranted On I needed to blow off steam with the countless racist white people (in the anime community) who’ve told me that “force diversity is shit.” or “You complain to much.” or “Then you draw it.” like we arealy don’t and it’s rejected for funding because it’s not enough white people in our art, or it’s too black. 

BUT:

Gif Above: Normani Kordei

MIchiko To Hatchin: MIchiko Malandro: who was arguably the most arguable when the anime first came out. “Is she Black, Is She Japanese?” No and No, She is Brazilian Black, Afro-Latina. Her Character Design is referenced off of the R&B Singer, Aaliyah Haughton:

AAliyah:

But here is a list of Black Female characters with Dark skin who are indeed African/Japanese, African/Black/ etc; with dark or brown skin: The list is very short.

If you have any, list it below:

Baby Michiko: 

Atsuko Jackson (Rival to Michiko; but low-key cares for bestfriend.)

Them Together:

I recommend this Anime to EVERYONE <3

Michik e Hatchin

Hunter x Hunter: Canary! (she’s so cute awwwlrjoej)

Get it Mamass!!!

and my new obsession is this gorgeous cartoon that needs so much love (It’s on NETFLIX)

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts:

WOLF:

If there are anymore Brown-Dark Skinned Character list them below: I will update the list.

[demonicintegrity]

Kataow promt: Asher coming out as Non-binary to Kipo, Dahlia, & Troy :)

Thoroughly appreciate this prompt. Funny enough despite being nonbinary and coming out around the same age as them, it was hard figuring out how to write this. Under a read more for length. Don’t worry, no angst and all good vibes here.

Asher paced around their room, lost in thought. They’d been doing some soul-searching lately. It was weird and they’ve been wondering how to react for a while now. They just weren’t happy with themselves. And for the longest time they couldn’t figure out why. It wasn’t loneliness, they had good friends! It wasn’t insecurity, even with being on the quieter side they were confident in themselves and their ability. It didn’t seem like it was a body image issue, because they didn’t dislike their body per say, it just didn’t feel right. Trying to be more body-positive, hanging out with their friends more, none of that solved their feelings.

Learning about transgender people did. Nonbinary identities to be exact, really gave them to vocabulary to express their feelings. They didn’t hate their body, it’s just that they didn’t feel comfortable saying it was a girl’s body. It was a nonbinary body, they were nonbinary.

Asher smiled to themselves as they paced. When it first clicked in their brain it made them so unbelievable happy. Having the words, having other people who felt the same, it made them so ecstatic. That was the easy part.

The hard part was getting other people to be on board with it. Having used gender-neutral pronouns and terms on themselves in private, they knew they liked it far more than the feminine counterparts. Realizing how happy they were being referred in a gender-neutral way made the misgendering from friends and family hurt all the more worst. They wanted to come out so bad, but where to start? What if it all went terribly wrong?

They looked at the pictures on the wall. It was of them and Dahlia when they were younger, covered in paint and glue after doing some unsupervised arts n crafts together. They and Dahlia always did everything together.

Maybe they can start there.

Knocking being an optional curtsy, Asher walked right into Dahlia’s room and plopped themselves on her bed, ignoring her groan.

“Do you ever knock!?”

“Nope. Don’t intend to start either.”

“Leave me alooonnnee.” She drawled out, only half-caring if they chose to stay regardless. She just kept reading her book.

For a minute Asher just stayed on the bed, laying in thought as they stared at the ceiling.. We’re they really gonna do this? Like this? After thinking about it for a bit and internally weighing their options now that they’re in her room, they spoke up.

“Hey.”

“What?” She doesn’t look up from their book. “No you can’t have my shirt.”

“I don’t care about that right now.”

“What then?”

“I’m nonbinary.”

“What?” That got her attention. She lowered her book and looked at Asher, her expression not very readable.

“I’m nonbinary.” They said again, forcing themselves to keep staring at ceiling. “Y’know, trans? ‘M not a girl.”

They were a second of silence as their twin took in the words before looking back down at her book, not reading it again just yet.

“Oh.” She said simply. “When’d this happen?”

“Dunno. Recently?”

“Okay then.” Another second of thinking. “Not a girl right? So like... what do I call you?”

“What do you mean?” They finally looked over at Dahlia.

“Like, if you’re not my sister you’re what, my sibling?”

“Yea.”

“And if you’re not a girl, do you not use she or her with yourself?”

“Nope. I use they/them pronouns.” Asher watched the expression on her face as she processed their words.

“They/them pronouns...” She repeated as she thought for a moment. Suddenly, it’s like nothing happened at all. “Alright then, that’s cool.”

Dahlia returned to her book and Asher just blinked as they sat up. Was it really that easy? They just had to say it?

“That’s... that’s it?” They asked in slight belief.

“Yea?” She didn’t look up from her book. “What? Is there something else?”

“No I just... thought there’d be more.”

“Hmm.” She looked up. “Actually yeah, you gonna tell mom and dad anytime soon?”

Their eyes widen as their mouth flattened into a line.

“No.”

“Aight. What about friends at school? Or is this just an us thing for now?”

“Hmm.” They thought for a moment. “I’d like to tell Kipo and Troy. They’re cool and all.”

“When?”

“I dunno.” They shrugged and flopped back down to think some more. “I think I want you there when I do.”

“That’s fair.” Dahlia said, returning to her book. “If they’re mean about it I’ll beat ‘em up.”

“Please don’t.” They chuckled.

~~~

It was lunch the next day and the burrow squad were eating together in the school cafeteria. Kipo was raving on about some new astrology facts she’d learn, a common occurrence, to the group. Asher smiled at her. She was almost always ranting and raving about something, they found it really nice when she’d light up about something. There was never a dull moment in the group because of her.

But even still, the conversation naturally lulls as she remembers she is in fact hungry and eats at her sandwiches. It’s a natural point to introduce a new topic, but can Asher do it? After glancing at Dahlia, who smiled back at them, they figured why not.

“Hey.” They got the groups attention. “Hey guys.”

“Yea?” Troy looked at her.

“I’m nonbinary.” Just ripped off the bandaid.

There was a moment of silence, Troy and Kipo just staring at her and Dahlia glaring at them both, daring them to be mean about it.

“Yorve nonbivary?” Kipo said with a mouthful of sandwich. “Thabs gool.”

Asher snickered as Troy sighed and told her to chew her food, earning a muffled “what?” from her. Dahlia relaxed back into her seat as she shook her head.

“Kipo why are you such a child?” She asked.

“Am not!” She finally swallowed her food.

“Are too.”

“Am not!!”

“Are too.” Troy said with a smile before turning back to Asher. “Nonbinary right?”

They nod.

“So... new name or pronouns or anything?”

“Just use they/them with me please.”

“You got it.” He smiled.

Kipo nodded with a smile, making Asher smile themselves.

They’re happy their friends know. They’re happy they’re truly themself.

[sepublic]

Here's a new one! So may I ask what your take would be if Kipo were to meet any of the 3 amphibia girls? I mean Kipo, Anne, and Sasha all got Fruncles. But this is mostly an excuse to talk more about Kipo! We need more discourse!

           Well dang, that’s something I never considered! Although it’s worth noting that Grime is a TOAD Uncle, not a Frog Uncle… And this distinction apparently means a lot to the people of Amphibia, given how they have an entire caste system revolving around this difference in species!

           Getting into Kipo herself, and how she’d react to Amphibia in general… She’d take to it naturally, obviously! She’s already met Talking Frogs… She already eats Cave Moss Lasagna and bugs and worms back home in the burrow! And as terrifyingly dangerous as Amphibia is, it’s probably not THAT different from the surface… Knowing Kipo, she might not even notice a difference if she were to be suddenly teleported from Earth to Amphibia! Her first assumption would likely be that she’s on another continent, or somewhere else in the United States, but that’s about it!

           And, this fact segways into Kipo meeting Anne… I think one of the important things to consider is that Kipo has no shame! She isn’t necessarily insecure… She had a VERY loving and supportive father, who encouraged Kipo’s interests in science and astronomy and so forth! Her friends Dahlia and Asher were good people, and really, it seems there was no reason or cause for any kind of ‘bullying’ that would lead Kipo to suppress who she is! Well, besides the whole thing about being Half-Mute, but that didn’t come up until VERY recently in Kipo’s life, and so far, the people she’s met have been supportive! Sans Wolf, but that barely lasted and she’s a child dealing with legitimate PTSD, so it’s understandable!

           I think Kipo would simultaneously be much more ‘wild’ for Anne as a friend, someone who’s a lot more upfront and wears her heart on her sleeve… But she’d also vouch for Anne’s confidence as a person! She might hear about how Anne was afraid of fully expressing herself back home, and… Kipo wouldn’t really get the anxiety because it seems culture in the Human Burrows has progressed past that sort of thing. She DOES live in the future, after all. But like Mulholland-Song taught her, you may as well live it on your sleeve who you are, and embrace that! Besides, Anne’s reasons for not ‘fitting in’ are definitely a lot tamer than Kipo’s… Not that Kipo would ever compare, of course!

           Kipo is a VERY supportive and encouraging person, she’s going to tell Anne to be who she is and not care! And as for Anne’s situation with Sasha, well… More on that later- But for now, Kipo and Anne would get along just fine! Kipo’s more openly-feral attitude would help Anne embrace the cultures and norms of Amphibia, more quickly than she already did back in Season 1… In general, they’d be enthusiastic sisters with one another! Kipo would be an AMAZING outlet for Anne’s growth, and the two of them would get into whacky hijinx… Sometimes Kipo reins in Anne, sometimes it’s the other way around!

           Then, we have Marcy! As I’ve already said before, Kipo is a nerd and proud and embracing of it… It’s going to be like Luz and Marcy! Kipo is going to be the PERFECT friend for Marcy, the two of them would stay up all night discussing science and whatnot! They’d be talking about their hyperfixations to one another, Marcy listening intently and fascinated by Kipo’s discussions of what Lio taught her, and Kipo is just so INTERESTED in Marcy’s talk of videogames and RPGs, she’s never gotten to play those sorts of things as a kid! And Marcy’s eyes twinkle and brighten up, as she invites Kipo…!

           It’s going to be amazing. They’re nerds and 100% neurodivergent. Marcy will have had past reservations about being a nerd, about being definitely autistic… And Kipo’s going to say, who cares?! Lio and the Burrow community were always supportive of that sort of thing, she’d get Marcy to proudly indulge in being neurodivergent, in being a nerd! Kipo would be fascinating to Mar-Mar and vice-versa, because they’re people who can ramble on about science for hours and understand each other, they’ve even got plenty to teach one another! Kipo’s going to be SO fascinated in Amphibia’s culture, how it differs from those of the Mod Frogs as a more expansive civilization with a proper past… Marcy will happily answer, and Mutes! OH Marcy is going to be having the time of her LIFE studying Mutes, freaking out over them, inevitably stimming and asking questions at a thousand miles per hour as Kipo happily answers each one and keeps up without blinking an eye!

           Kipo and Marcy are nerds, they’d indulge in one another’s passions and interests, and there’d be a certain special understanding between them, a unique one… At least, more unique than most relationships with other people already are! There’s going to be a connection… Kipo’s going to introduce Marcy to Lio, HE’s going to encourage and indulge in Marcy’s hyperfixations! Kipo’s going to spend all day working with Marcy on her Creatures and Caverns campaigns, playing videogames… Discussing the history behind the tech, the little ways the programming comes together! It’s going to be great.

           Like Anne, Kipo’s also going to be someone who helps Marcy keep her head and mind open… Kipo’s very much a more socially-oriented, people person. Marcy’s going to admit that she has difficulty talking with anyone else that isn’t Kipo, Sasha, or Anne… And Kipo’s going to say that’s okay, that it’s understandable if eye contact isn’t a thing for her! The way I see it, if Marcy doesn’t have a name for a lot of her autistic habits and stims, Kipo certainly does and she’s going to make Marcy EMBRACE that part of her identity, instead of feeling shame! She’ll tell Marcy Wu that it’s okay that she doesn’t readily, instantly make friends with everyone else, the way Kipo or Anne do…

           Kipo is more than ready to introduce Marcy to her other friends, and she’s going to give her pointers on how stand tall and be confident! And as for Marcy’s loneliness… Like I said, Kipo’s going to encourage Marcy to make other friends. I think Wolf, Benson, and everyone else will get along just FINE with Marcy… And speaking of which, I think Marcy is someone who would be incredibly fascinated in Kipo’s Half-Mute nature, and ALSO be supportive of it! If Kipo ever feels down and like a freak, Marcy tells her that she’s the coolest person in existence… And that’s without being Half-Mute, being partially Mega Jaguar just cinches the deal! She’s going to nerd out on Kipo’s Jaguar paws, help her figure out how to control herself…

           In general, Kipo will be a GREAT person for Marcy! She’s going to teach her to be more open about who she is, to unapologetically embrace that… Tell her it’s okay to not be the most readily-sociable person! These two will be utter nerds who get to nerd out with one another to the fullest extent, everyone else is going to groan when they start ranting at several miles-per-hour about the latest hyperfixation or science subject, and that won’t stop these two!

           As for Kipo and Sasha… Well. Kipo doesn’t have the MOST experience with these sorts of toxic, manipulative friends… The closest she has is her brother Scarlemagne, but he was a bit more up-front and wearing it on his sleeve about his intentions. He certainly wasn’t trying to trick Kipo, and throughout their interactions, there was this sense of Kipo having the emotional power over Hugo… And then of course, we find out she had the logistical power as well, thanks to Mulholland!

           Sasha is definitely much more of a confident person than Scarlemagne. A lot of the time, she doesn’t even consider or self-reflect if people will hang around her or not… While Scarlemagne is VERY fussy about if he can trust people and this manifests almost literally in his pheromones’ ability to control others and have them be completely honest; Sasha takes people for granted! She doesn’t realize she’s lost them until it’s too late… And unlike Scarlemagne, she won’t default to violence and bloodshed! At least, so far… Not to compare trauma, but Scarlemagne has definitely been through worse and has a lot more reason to be aggressive, amidst him having enabled this behavior through his attempted take-over of Las Vistas! Sasha is ALSO someone who is planning to conquer Amphibia alongside Grime…

           But the thing about her is that she HAS Grime- She can trust him, and vice-versa! They didn’t expect one another to be close friends and allies, but they’d die for one another without hesitation! Sasha’s ultimately a MUCH more confident person than Scarlemagne, and that can lead to her being less paranoid and self-reflecting because she isn’t constantly checking herself. Not to mention, while Scarlemagne is someone who is used to rely on brute force first, as someone who was always in a position of weakness beforehand…

           Sasha has ALWAYS been in a position of power and privilege. She’s never really had to worry about being on the lower-end of a power imbalance. As a result, she’s someone who’s very much used to using honey instead of vinegar, she’d rather avoid conflict and assume the best of others, that if somebody made a mistake- It was just that, a mistake!They didn’t REALLY mean to defy Sasha, they have her best interests at heart inherently! She’s much more willing to forgive and forget, but inevitably, she’ll also have a line that’s going to be crossed somewhere…

           Scarlemagne and Sasha are definitely fascinating characters. They’re not very easily open to others in the emotional sense… Sasha puts up the façade of this, but in the end, she doesn’t really connect much with her ‘cronies’ and ‘minions’. She has a VERY select friend-group of people she’s truly open with… But even THEN, there’s a certain distance between Sasha, and Anne and Marcy! And especially with Toadcatcher as of late, Sasha is someone who’s going to hide her feelings behind blunt, brute force… She’s someone who’s feeling her friends slipping away, and she’s probably going to become more like Scarlemagne, and default to obsessive control not just of others, but Amphibia itself, just to feel safe!

           …So when it comes to Kipo and Sasha interacting, this is definitely going to be an interesting one. Kipo’s going to recognize a lot of familiar story-beats, here and there… But she’s also going to see Sasha as someone who still has a lot more confidence and manipulation than her brother. Sasha is someone who could likely get to Kipo more easily than most, come across as way more trust-worthy… Without really meaning to or considering this with malice, Sasha is someone who could try to assert control over Kipo.

           But the thing about Kipo is- She’s a healthy person! She’s had postivie friendships before, she KNOWS what a healthy relationship is like… So while she may initially allow for some of Sasha’s ‘eccentricities’ at first, it’s going to become obvious to her that Sasha is toxic, and manipulative. Kipo is someone who will readily stand up to Sasha and defy her, call her out… And Sasha is going to VERY surprised. Depending at what point in her development that Sasha meets Kipo… I can see her taking a moment to self-reflect. Or, maybe she feels that precious threshold being crossed, and tries to lay down her authority…

           And alas, Kipo isn’t having it! Kipo’s going to be open, blunt, and honest in her own way, that this isn’t how friends should act, and that even IF Anne and Marcy are Sasha’s best friends and vice-versa, there’s still a lot of room to improve! And Sasha’s going to be shocked and taken aback, she’s going to brush off Kipo… And I think inevitably, she’s going to cut ties with Kipo and go off and do her own thing. There’s no need to make herself more uncomfortable by arguing with Kipo, Sasha prefers to avoid conflict! And Kipo, well…

           I think Kipo would let Sasha go, at first. But she’d also consider how Anne and Marcy are doing, and how THEY need help. Respecting boundaries is important and all… But sometimes, people need help. Sasha might see Kipo being kind to Anne and Marcy as a threat, and force her friends to choose between her and Kipo… There’s going to be a LOT of discourse. But in the end, Sasha is going to listen when she sees her friends turn to Kipo’s ‘side’… And if this is pre-Amphibia, ideally this is an environment where she can at least feel safe in reconsidering her actions, and opening up.

           Speaking of environments, I think Kipo would also take a while… But she’d get Sasha to appreciate and be more open-minded towards the Surface, as well as Amphibia! Sasha might be surprised by Kipo’s Half-Jaguar nature, but amidst everything else… She’s just going to take it in stride, as much as she already does. She dismisses the Frogs as ‘just slimy frogs’, yet Sasha clearly interacts with the Toads and treats them as actual people, with all of the little quirks and eccentricities that come with navigating social relationships! And her bond with Grime, well…

           …It’s obvious that Sasha KNOWS that non-humans are still people. She’ll most just bring it up whenever she’s trying to convince someone like Anne to get back to her side, to choose between her loyal, childhood friend, VS some strangers who are also gross and slimy frogs! But in the end, I doubt Sasha has any particular prejudice against non-humans. There IS a bit of an issue with seeing Amphibia as a place to ‘take over’ and ‘have fun’ in the beginning… But as of Toadcatcher, I think Sasha has somewhat matured in recognizing Amphibia fully as a functioning place and society, and not some adventure RPG to play around in like Marcy would. It’s a place with stakes and consequences.

           So, Sasha will be taken aback by Kipo’s half-jaguar nature, but ultimately, I think she’ll express more intrigue and interest than anything else. She’ll definitely ask a lot of questions, though be less concerned with the scientific know-how, and more how Kipo’s abilities could help the two of them… But Kipo is to strong-willed and confident, and knows better. She’s not going to fall for any of Sasha’s bad ideas.

           Really, Kipo is going to take ONE look at Sasha… And Anne and Marcy, as post-Toadcatcher, and she’s going to immediately tell that these girls are unhappy. That they have concerns, but also they clearly miss one another and want to be back together. Kipo is VERY much a problem-solver, as most scientists are by nature… So she’s going to ask a simple yet obvious question, of why can’tthey be friends again? There’s clearly a past to work with, a desire to get back together… So what, REALLY, is the problem?

           Kipo’s not going to take any of Sasha’s excuses. She’s going to get right to the heart of the problem, while Anne and Marcy admit more quickly that she has a point, and take her side in reaching out… And Sasha Waybright, she is NOT going to respond well, at least not initially! There’s a reason why she’s associated with Brawn while Jock Anne is Heart, and nerdy Marcy is Mind… Sasha is someone who’d rather punch her way through her emotions, close them off, and close her eyes as she shuts her ears and starts singing literally anything to drown out the noise. She’s going to drown herself in literally anything else before she gets to the heart of the problem…

           But in the end, this is Kipo we’re talking about here! Sasha did well against Yunnan with Grime’s help, but ultimately Kipo is someone who could very easily overwhelm her in a fight. She CAN turn into a Mega Jaguar after all, although this is an ability she has to wield with tact and precise care… Regardless, it’s basically going to be that meme of someone running down a hallway while a T-posing phantom chases after them, except it’s Kipo who’s after Sasha and she’s telling her to confront her fears and insecurities and actually open up for once! And Sasha’s going to be shutting her eyes and ears and insisting she can’t hear Kipo, not at all!

           Kipo isn’t dumb, but at the same time, she’s got a LOT of overwhelming positivity that’s inevitably going to get through Sasha’s barriers. The thing about Sasha is that I think she IS considering reconnecting with Anne and Marcy, but on her own terms… She’s going to inevitably cave in. Sasha isn’t Scarlemagne, who is much more insecure for a reason. Sasha will have Grime as someone she can fall back on, and with her past friendship with Anne and Marcy, and the idea that SHE hurt them, not the other way around (which again relates to what I said about Sasha being on the upper-end of the power imbalance), not to mention she never killed anyone…

           She’s going to begrudgingly accept Kipo’s advice, or at least humor ONE request to meet with Anne and Marcy and talk things out. It’s going to be hard and embarrassing, and Sasha will be digging her heels into the dirt the whole way through. But Kipo will be ELATED, she’s going to praise Sasha for taking this important, momentous step! Kipo is a girl with a lot of patience, if she can get to Scarlemagne’s heart and change him to some degree, even if he DOES mess up in the end… Keep in mind, Scarlemagne’s final scene had him more intrigued about Kipo’s willingness to sacrifice herself for her friends. She obviously changed him…

           Sasha isn’t as scared as Scarlemagne, that makes her a lot less dangerous and more reasonable. She’ll hesitate on saying sorry because she didn’t do anything wrong, but Kipo’s gonna give her a stink-eye. And when Kipo is DELIGHTED to see Sasha finally say sorry for once, she’s going to smother her in a hug… And then it’s a carrot-and-stick approach for Sasha, where the stick is Kipo being disapproving and unhappy, and the carrot is Kipo being happy, supportive, and offering friendship and love! Sasha is NOT immune to this girl.

          If anything, I can see Sasha developing a soft-spot for Kipo, like she does Grime… Especially since they’re both friends who don’t have to worry about a power imbalance between them, who won’t hesitate to call the other out, and help them reflect on their actions! Sasha will trust Kipo as someone who can rein her in, as someone who is on equal standing and can’t be as manipulated or hurt… I can only imagine how GRIME will react to all of this! But hey, Kipo got to Jamack. Jamack’s technically a Frog, but. I imagine a Jamack and Grime interaction would be interesting, especially with the background context of both knowing Kipo as a person- Especially if Kipo helped Sasha become happier!

           Otherwise, I can see Sasha trying to be closed-off whenever she’s caught up in Kipo’s antics. Trying to be too cool for school, but Anne, Marcy, and Kipo aren’t having it! And on another note, I feel like Kipo would try introducing Wolf to Sasha… Or at the very least, bring up her experience with Wolf; She knows how to deal with someone who is afraid of losing the people they have and going a bit too far to keep them, so Kipo will be able to navigate Sasha’s issues this way. Perhaps Wolf and Sasha could form a friendship, but maybe not; Sasha is a bit prissy compared to Wolf’s more blunt attitude and lifestyle. But then again, Sasha is also learning to be quite the brawler herself…

           Either way, Wolf is someone who Sasha will REALLY have to learn to be emotionally-open around, if she ever wants to be Wolf’s friend! It’ll be intriguing, to say the least. Maybe the two could connect on hiding from their emotions through being tough and ruthless, while also having that shared soft-spot for Kipo! Maybe they never QUITE get along, but Wolf and Sasha at least bond over a mutually-shared goal of making Kipo happy, and they’re fine with maintaining their relationship on this sort of professional ground.

           It’s definitely going to be a LOT of fun… Not to mention, Marcy whole-heartedly going along with Kipo, following in her footsteps, thinking of her as the coolest person to exist! Anne is having a bit more trouble keeping up, but her and Kipo bond over being much more sociable people, and quickly form a lot of in-jokes between them! Kipo and Marcy will get into hijinks and shenanigans, especially with Marcy working to catalogue and record data on Kipo herself and her Mega-Jaguar capabilities… Anne is going to freak out and go Mom-mode, telling them not to get into trouble; And Sasha will stand to the side, too-cool-for-school as she mutters something about those girls getting themselves killed, but really, she’s enjoying it too!

[peterstanslizzie]

Reacting To: Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (Season 3 Episode 6)

Mini-rant: Honestly, these guys were Grade A villains in this episode. Though, the same can’t be said about Kipo as she was really reckless with her decisions, which led to disastrous results. 

Episode Title: It’s a Trap

Spoiler Warning: Kindly proceed if you’ve already seen the episode or are able to handle spoilers

I actually low-key dig this song 

1. In this episode, Kipo, Benson, Wolf, Dave and Mandu reunite with the Chevre sisters from season 2. They are there to get them to safety since Emilia is on her way. But before agreeing to come along, they want to do one of their cheese chants just to check things out first. They gathered from the cheese that Kipo needs to fight her loved ones in order to save the world. Come again? I’m guessing it’s the other humans and not her family/friends, right?

2. Kipo carries everyone, including the sisters’ boars, Bornak and Webber back to Timbercat Village. In order to pass through the death ivy wall, they need to say the secret password, which is “open the wall” but in bee language. I hope Kipo/Song taught everyone how to say it. 

3. Dave and Benson proceed to give the sisters, whom I completely forgot they’re blind, a tour of the village. Hence, why they’re holding each other hands whilst walking. 

It seems like Zane has been getting along well with Label (I also had forgotten her name, my bad). 

4. The Newton Wolves and the Scooter Skunks also arrive at the village to seek protection. If it were me, I would have forbidden them from entering. They have been nothing but mean and uncooperative this entire time. But that’s just me. 

5. Dr. Emilia and the other humans arrive just in front of the death ivy wall. I know the ivy is supposed to keep away the humans but shouldn’t Kipo be concerned that the ivy can kill them? I’m sure besides Dr. Emilia and maybe Greta, she doesn’t want the others to get hurt; Maybe Emilia already knows the ivy is lethal. 

6. HMUFA’s plan now is to wait it out until Emilia gets bored and stops bothering them. Like that’s going to happen. So, we then hear a cat alarm going off to notify everyone that Emilia and her army are here. Asher notices that they and Dahlia’s parents, Lily and Earl have also arrived and they become worried. Why would Kipo think that none of the other humans would come with Emilia? 

Side note: It’s cool that we got introduced to Asher and Dahlia’s parents in season 3 episode 2 without actually knowing they are their parents.

7. This is one of the few times I really feel like Kipo and the others didn’t think through their plan fully. And here goes Kipo warning everyone, including Emilia that they’re heading towards death ivy. So much for their plan. Lily and Earl realize that it’s Kipo’s voice and they tell them they’re going to save them. I wonder what Asher and Dahlia are thinking. I’m sure they’re feeling conflicted now.

8. Emilia isn’t going to let some ivy prevent her from getting in and curing the mutes and she comes up with a plan to get through the wall. Kipo and the rest of the alliance are forced to come up with a plan B because Good Billions estimates that it will take about 2 hours for the humans to break in. The mutes want to fight the humans but Kipo wants to figure out another way to solve this.

9. She notice Zane and Label interacting with each other and I thought she was gonna get Zane to try and reason with the rest of the humans to be like ,”Hey guys, the mutes aren’t bad like we thought”. But instead, she wants to set traps for the humans since seeing Zane locked up in a cage gave her that idea lol. The Chevre sisters think that what Kipo is doing is pointless because her so-called destiny is to fight her people. Well, can’t the people is this case just be Emilia and Greta? 

Dave and Benson are always getting into a bunch of mess lol

10. Despite some hesitation from the other mutes, they all agree to follow Kipo and set traps for the humans, which involves nets. 

11. Meanwhile, the humans are still at it trying to get through the wall by removing the death ivy little by little using tree branches. That seems very inefficient though. Not to mention dangerous. Where is Hoag’s daughter, Doag though? I guess the kids are left behind on the ship. 

12. Kipo is also getting Scarlemagne involved with their plan. I just hope that he’s trustworthy. I still think that there’s a slight chance for him to double cross everyone. 

13. Both Lily and Earl are starting to question Dr. Emilia’s intentions, especially after witnessing what she did to Margot and her brother in the previous episode. Ooo, I think they might ditch Emilia soon. 

14. HMUFA’s traps are already set up and it’s good timing because the humans already made it to the other side of the wall. A few of the humans fall into some of the traps laid on the ground. I’m glad Lily and Earl got trapped early so they won’t possibly get hurt later. HMUFA commences with phase 2, which is to lure them into the village’s meeting area and Scarlemagne scaring them into a trap. Scarlemagne will definitely make most of the humans squirm lol. 

15. Phase 3 has now commenced as we see those giant yarn balls swinging towards them and knocking them off the platform one by one. By the way, Greta let Zane out of his cell only for the two of them to be knocked off as well. 

16. Kipo then leads Emilia in a trap, where she gets locked in one of the mute glass cages. So, is this it? The end? What can the humans do to get out of this? Hmm, but where is Hoag anyway?

17. I guess it isn’t over. Woah, is Greta that strong? Dayumm. She manages to set herself free from her restraints and she easily walks over to Emilia’s glass cell to bail her out too? WHAT!? Why isn’t anyone guarding the cell? And why did Kipo have to leave her unattended. This doesn’t make sense. Contingencies guys! Kipo’s the worst leader ever. It’s so frustrating that she’s always leaving her guard down. 

18. Asher and Dahlia run over to their parents to get them out. Lily and Earl see Molly running towards them and they try to shoot at her but fortunately, she only came to rescue the kids from the falling death ivy. Lily and Earl sees this and because of that, they now believe the mutes are good and they drop their weapons.

I’m gonna get nightmares lol

19. Honestly, what on Earth is Kipo doing? She should be monitoring Emilia this whole time but instead, she’s now trying to make peace with the humans. Just do that later, c’mon!!! We then see the remainder of the humans getting trapped. However, Benson and the others go to Kipo and warn her that Greta is super strong and she managed to set herself free...and Emilia too:

Never underestimate them

20. We then see Hoag shooting a cure dart at Good Billions but thanks to the bravery of Bad Billions, he takes the shot for him. Oh no, the mutes are dropping like flies: Wheels then gets shot:

“I can feel my mind fading...like a dying star” :’(

Followed by Wheels

and Brad

Label nearly got shot but Zane actually saved her!!! There’s good in him after all! 

and Camille falls victim too

21. But wow, the background music is really adding to the sadness of everything that’s going on. Kipo is distraught from seeing all of this taking place right before her eyes. She gets angry and transforms into her full Mega Jaguar form. I guess that’s where the goats’ prophecy comes in because she starts attacking her people.

22. Emilia shoots a dart at her and it lands but it doesn’t seem to affect Kipo at all because Kipo’s DNA was used in making the cure and so, it doesn’t do anything to Kipo biologically. She’s basically immune. The humans then all proceed to retreat. What about you guys capture them for real this time instead of letting them run away and giving them the chance to strike back once again.

This. Is. So. Sad.

23. Kipo feels guilty about what has occurred because had she didn’t go against her fate as stated by the cheese, probably none of this would have happened. So, she’s now going to fix this. Well, you better...

24. Hope you all enjoyed my review of episode 6. Stay tuned tomorrow for when I will be posting my review of episode 7. Thanks for all your support. Bye!