#nezha thoughts

[sillysoliloquyshits]

I watched a few movie reviews on Nezha 2 and one of them on two white guys (iirc) doing a podcast on their surface thoughts on the movie kinda threw me off as one of them said 'one thing that was off-putting to me was a lot of onscreen crying' or something like that. Which is super off-putting to me actually.

I mean what do you mean? Your little brother or mother or wife just died in front of your eyes what do you mean you should not cry and it's not a natural response? Ao Bing cried into his dad at the start as he felt so awful for letting his dad down and his buddy nearly died if he didn't intervene. Ne Zha cried so hard when he saw his parents again because he really thought they were gone. Both kids are three years old for the love of God. And Shen Gong Bao is a literal family man he has a soft spot for his little brother of course when he died trying to escape he had to cry so much and to be honest, I've watched videos of how the animation team spent a long time animating and planning the crying scene for him to ensure it's perfect. The creative team has spent so long to ensure every detail to actually ensure the whole story and every shot and scene will have a lasting emotional impact to touch the audience.

And another thing that's also respectable is how the team and the story in general is very committed to fleshing out the characters and ensuring they are all very relevant to the plot and have their own personal stories in a sequel, which is not often seen nowadays given how hard it is to make a better sequel (but that's another story and post I digress, but anyway-)

What I'm trying to say is that we all need more stories of boys openly crying. The only other movies off the top of my head I can think that has boys openly crying are maybe Coco, or Luca and maybe HTTYD, and I feel Nezha 2 has done a great job in showing the different sides of healthy masculinity, in how it's okay for boys to ugly cry and for dads to be tough on the exterior while also being very caring and gentle to their own sons, and for close brotherhood bonds being a soft side of characters. And it also dispels a stereotype in how Asians are often stoic and not as emotional as westerners, as while a lot of Chinese and Asians are quite stoic, there are plenty of people who see themselves in Ao Bing and Ne Zha and etc.

And I also saw a post earlier on how Ne Zha and Ao Bing defy societal rules and societal expectations respectively, with Ao Bing doing so by being outwardly feminine in looks and being elegant while precise and aggressive in his attacks and still being able to be confident in his self, while Ne Zha has been insecure in his own looks until the end. And personally I feel the movie is a great place for kids and boys especially to learn that masculinity can be anything they can define, like how one can be more confident like Ao Bing even when he's not traditionally masculine, while knowing it's okay to be insecure and that they can overcome judgements in society.

And with their friendship and loyalty to each other (and possibly *cough* *gay* *it's ok if you don't ship them*), it also teaches boys that male friendships can be very close knit where they can be vulnerable to one another, like how Nezha soon learnt to be vulnerable around Ao Bing and how Ao Bing learnt to follow his heart through Ne Zha's influence. Boys can learn from one another and become emotionally stronger together like it's not just a girls thing yay-

So yeah this is another long ramble but tldr again:

Nezha 2 is a fantastic movie on healthy masculinity and we need more movies like this for boys especially to learn that expressing strong emotions are very healthy and essential in being a person. And we need to punch toxic masculinity to death the way Lu Tong and He Tong did at the end to the bald bitch so-

[sonia-the-hedgehog-2369]

This is a commission I've wanted to get done for a while, and I'm glad I was finally able to get it! This just had to be done, for the idea was just too funny not to! This commission was masterfully done by @smallpwbbles who perfectly understood the assignment! Each character's facial expression perfectly captures their character and I live for it!

Nezha: is absolutely fed up

Wukong: knows exactly what he did but is trying to play innocent anyway

Macaque: he too knows exactly what he did and will gladly do it again once given the chance

MK: he is just a silly guy who had never done anything wrong ever in his entire life nope never don'tlookatseasonfive trust trust

Masterful work as always!

[mstrchu]

my experience with the ending of ne zha 2

[sharknark]

demon child not because of the actual demonic energy or wtv but frankly because he is the youngest sibling

[cerucadet]

stupid nezha

[yukipri]

Nezha has me in a stranglehold

the gay mythology Chinese boys are dragging me out of art slump, so have some quick sketches of Nezha & Ao Bing

(psST go see movies!!!)

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[lotusloong]

I've never made one of these before, but I wanted to try! Incorrect Quotes!!

(And for personal self-indulgence)

[trashwhattrash]

Rin and Nezha, the egoist and the altruist, the peasant and the prince, the sun and the moon, the fire and the flood, the Phoenix and the Dragon.

Both are bound by their blood to be opposites. They are victims of their upbringings and they both want what the other has but cannot fathom living the other’s life, not truly.

They are opposing forces, they are an unstoppable force and an unmovable wall, they are two cardinal directions on opposite ends of a compass, they are north and south poles on the same magnet and at the end of the day they do love each other so much.

But a love like that is destined to fail because they cannot change the rules of this plane of existence so they can either coexist without interacting at all to keep the balance or risk destroying one another in the chaos of their union.

What a cruel and beautiful tragedy they are.

[changeofpace]

Back at it with the R.F. Kuang.

Only halfway through the first Poppy War book so no spoilers! Their faces have been burned in the back of my mind for a week and I needed to let it out. I wanted to draw how I interpreted them so far without looking up other art.

[sillysoliloquyshits]

You know the feeling where older Ne Zha is just so handsome to look it but at first you just can't bear to look at him because you're too shy or anything despite wanting to look at a photo of him?

Well the psychological whiplash is very normal for a lot of people. Because when you spent the first two hours seeing a booger cute kid and suddenly he just had a growth spurt/glow up by like 12 years and has an immaculate manicure and hand shape and face pattern and an incredible face shape with his dad's eyes and the rest of his face resembling his mom's with high cheekbones (if I'm not wrong), of course you're gonna feel like you're on a chokehold. Like dude's vocabulary even increased when he's older. We're all Ao Bing at the last five to ten minutes of the movie 💀💀

(And for some who may be confused, the Qian Kun Ring kind of stunts Ne Zha's growth as he looked like a kid since his first year and stayed that way, so if we saw Ao Bing in his first year he could have been in a similar height as Ne Zha as a kid. The Qian Kun Ring around the neck helps mostly suppress his demonic aura and putting it as a bracelet helps for semblance of control to ensure he doesn't lose his consciousness, though that slowly became not the case for the second movie which I'll talk about in another post. But anyway, I have agreed with some people on how Ne Zha still kept the Qian Kun Ring around his neck so as to not give off as much demonic energy and cause more trouble for his family, and to maybe continue being a small kid for his mom. But perhaps in the first movie he may have been subconsciously scared of his true form? And then decided to just screw it in the second.)

[azureandcrimson]

Tears.

Do we think Macaque's forgotten how to cry? In most of the scenes we've seen Macaque in pain or losing in a way. It almost looks like he want's to cry.

Like, I know in these scenes he probably didn't because LBD was there but he was litterly hyperventilating.

But in this scene, he genuinely looks so frustrated and possibly on the verge of tears and he knows what's coming for him because he failed again. But also in Season 5. When Mk and Wukong went and tried to sacrifice themselves. He obviously wouldn't cry because he was trying to convince Mk not to go. But he looks so actually worried and scared for him.

Everyone was crying after that (Except NeZha and Li Jing of course) once Mk was brought back. We know Mk and Macaque aren't as close as Wukong and Mk are but the point still stands on how worried he was for both of them and the fact that Mk was the first person to possibly put faith/believe in Macaque in years. Every time he should/or at least somewhat have hints of tears in his eyes. He doesn't. He's shoved down tears so much sense his death. He's forgotten how to cry. Or he's holding his emotions in so much he's forgotten to. Either way. He holds his emotions in to much. WILDBRAIN STUDIOS. MAKE MACAQUE CRY AND ECLIPSE DUO/SUNDIAL DUO/SHADOWPEACH HUG IN S6 AND MY LIFE AND SOUL CONTRACT ARE YOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bonus: He looks so genuinely scared/terrified.

[jedediaholsen]

i NEED to write/draw whatever about nezha and ao guang being annoyed/standoffish about nezha esp when ao bing is like so into him... and ao guang eventually does begin to get attached to him

i keep thinking about him giving envelopes to nezha (i know its a silly doodle but still). i like to think he was impressed by nezha in the 2nd movie's battle and is like ok he is a good fit for my son..

like i just want ao guang deciding he does like nezha and being a little protective over him too and treating him well and nezhas like wtf is your dad doing

[sweeetsh]

she’s wondering just how badly one can fuck up

[moussedoodles]

Curse my girlfriend @itsmikabab for showing me this stupid movie because these kids are now a new addition in my brain space

[eggsolotl]

rough Nezha doobles....

[steamedlotusroot]

i want to doodle in class SO BAD