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[rin-henricov]

i regret nothing

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Storm Hawks: A Pretty Fun Take on Feminism

I don't know how many people actually remember this show, or even watched it , but this is an episode that's stuck with me all these years so I want to talk about it.

For context, the plot of Storm Hawks itself is pretty basic: Evil empire taking over the world, the good guys try to stop them, shenanigans ensue because kids' show. The main cast members fall into pretty generic archetypes. too. We have:

Aerrow (the 'true blue' leader)

Piper (the smart one/the girl)

Finn (the funny one)

Junko (the buddy)

Stork (the neurotic one)

Radarr (the animal sidekick)

And we're off:

This is Storm Hawks Season 1, Episode Ten: Fire and Ice

There was a lot going on in this episode, including a climate change allegory, but for the purposes of attempting to remain somewhat concise, I'm only going to cover the feminism theme for this post. Episode ten revolves mostly around Piper, opening with the team attending a festival put on by the Blizarrians, a race of snow-dwelling, humanoid, rabbit-dog creatures with Canadian accents and stereotypes in their world. (Which might be offensive, but the show was produced by a Canadian studio, so they can make fun of themselves if they want.)

The Blizzarian team (aptly named the Absolute Zeroes) invite the Storm Hawks to come snowmobiling with them in the backcountry. Piper is enthusiastic about the invitation, being a skilled cartographer, so she wants to map out the terrain...only to be told, "Ladies don't do the backcountry training. You just stay back with the girls."

Aerrow, being a true friend, tells Piper not to listen and she can ride with him, but since she's apparently not welcome by their hosts, Piper doesn't feel inclined to go anymore.

However, when Piper goes to meet up with 'the girls' and hang out, Suzy Lu (pictured above) unexpectedly introduces herself as the Absolute Zeroes' Sky Knight (essentially their captain.) So she's the one in charge, not the men, leaving Piper with the impression, Okay maybe being left out won't be so bad after all.

Later on in the episode, Aerrow does call out the male Zeroes, telling them she is part of their team and she has every right to be there with them. However, the Zeroes meet his words with genuine confusion, with the original member who told Piper to stay behind saying, "But Sky Knights don't do the backcountry training. That's just for us squaddies."

He thought Piper was the leader and therefore didn't need to be there. Similarly, because he was the male, Aerrow thought he was the Zeroes' leader, not Suzy Lu. It's still a sexist assumption to think Piper was in charge because she was a woman, but it's definitely a fresher take than the typical, "No, woman stay home because woman weak."

Going further into the comedy of the situation, though, is the fact the 'training' the Zeroes do in the backcountry pretty much amounts to them messing around on the snowmobiles and pulling off crazy stunts. They're just 'boys being boys.' If somebody wipes out on their ride, everyone else will be concerned up until the moment the fallen team member stands back up and starts cheering to show he's okay. It gives off a vibe that's similar to parents sending their kids outside to play when they're too hyper.

Further proving the point they are a bunch of well-intentioned dorks, it's also shown that Blizzarians don't assume all women are in charge. When Aerrow suggests a solution to the aforementioned climate issue that was also going on in the episode, Suzy Lu declares, "I like your thinking." And then, as an aside to Piper, whispers, "I was wondering why this one was in charge." So upon meeting the group, she definitely had a moment of, Okay, this Aerrow guy is the leader, not Piper. Kinda odd, but humans are wierd. Whattya gonna do?

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Overall, the storytelling of Storm Hawks was a bit shallow, which doesn't often appeal to most adults, and that likely was a contributor as to why it didn't receive much attention outside its target audience. The world itself, Atmos, was an interesting concept; a world interspersed with mountain nations (terras) that rose up out of a hostile wasteland, so travel is achieved primarily by flight. This theme is seen throughout the series in the very culture as many of the characters are named after birds. (Junko (junco,) Stork, Piper (sandpiper,) Starling, Dove, Snipe, Wren, Finn (finch.) In addition to the flight, their machines were powered by these crystals that varied in type, purpose, categorization of how common or rare they were, so there was a scientific/magic element to it.

The writing was episodic in format, though, so the characters don't really have longterm goals and never really had development arcs that spanned much longer than a single episode. The conflict itself was effectively a world war, but unlike a series such as Avatar: The Last Airbender, Storm Hawks never achieved the level of seriousness or emotion that a war story demands to be compelling or really respectful of that particular theme in fiction. The characters of Storm Hawks and ATLA are fun and light-hearted, but the Storm Hawks episodes were really more goofy and child-like adventures. I mean, there is an episode where it is heavily implied the reptilian humanoids are carnivorous and eat people. Okay, fuck, that's hardcore disturbing, but the show doesn't really expand on that because it's a kids' show. Nonetheless, since it's there, you're kinda left with, Okay, either follow through with your darker themes or don't mention them at all. It's a cartoon, find a better balance than that.

There also wasn't much depth to the villains either and their motivations were really just chalked up to the standard, "We're evil." One of them was even former 'good guy' turned traitor ten years prior to the main plot, but his reasons for turning traitor were never explored or even revealed. Come on, people, what happened? Ambition? Greed? He saw the political structure of the side he fought for was fundamentally flawed and decided it was best to tear it all down?

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However, the detail that I appreciate with this nostalgia series is the fact that there were female characters in positions of power in Storm Hawks. Most of the fighting battalions were mostly made up of men, sure, and I would have liked to see a more balanced male-female cast, but some of the teams were straight up led by a woman and there was at least one group that was exclusively women.

The main antagonist, the reigning monarch of the aggressive nation in the war, was also a woman. (Well, teenage girl, but you get the point.) What's more; she was 100% in charge. She was not influenced in any way by a male advisor, she wasn't spurred on by the memory of a male predecessor, she was never intimidated by her male generals. And she was intelligent. Throughout the series, she was a scientist, an engineer, and a fighter. (Unfortunately, in the last season, her mind started to go a bit, so she pretty much devolved into a knockoff Azula.) We even have the brief insight of her background where it's shown she inherited her throne from her grandmother, not another male ruler. Which either implies primogeniture inheritance regardless of gender or it's a matrilineal monarchy, which is interesting to speculate, but that would be headcanon territory.

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It was a fun watch when I was a kid, but as an adult...yeah, lots of flaws, a great deal of loss in potential with world-building and storylines, and even as a kid, I knew the plots and humor of later episodes fell into a category that was more stupid than funny.

But if Storm Hawks had one strength, they had the groundwork of the feminism angle down pat and that is always appreciated.

[jazzyrazzy157]

SH Sketches because why not

[sertabby]

[yami268]

Pokemon Teams for Storm Hawks Characters

Disclaimer: As said before, I've tried to match up to the best of my ability, trying to develop similar theming yet different Pokemon types for each character. Also, there are no Legendaries cuz they are Legendaries after all. That said, this is for fun and I hope you appreciate it.

Storm Hawks

Aerrow: Samurott (Hisuian version), Cyclizar, Talonflame, Ceruledge, Scissor, Pachrisu (Nicknamed Radarr) Piper: Serperior, Starmie, Hatterene, Alteria, Illumise, Carbink Finn: Decidueye, Exploud, Pidgeot, Raichu (Alolan Form), Floatzel, Kommo-o Junko: Torterra, Rhyperior, Tinkaton, Conkeldurr, Greedent, Swalot Stork: Feraligator, Bannette, Wobbuffet, Sneasler, Venomoth, Watchog

Cyclonians

Cyclonis: Delphox, Espeon, Sableye, Vespiquen, Mismagnius, Dragagle Dark Ace: Greninja, Zoroark, Corviknight, Absol, Garchomp, Lycanroc (Dusk Form) Snipe: Incineroar, Marowak, Machamp, Grimmsnarl, Drapion, Druddigon Ravess: Quequaval, Milotic, Kricketune, Noivern, Salazzle, Gardevoir

Others

Starling: Meowscarda, Aridos, Mawile, Staraptor, Lopunny, Zangoose Carver: Infernape, Manetric, Gyrados, Hawlucha, Bisharp, Slaking Harrier: Empoleon, Sirfetch’d, Ampharos, Gallade, Swanna, Escavalier Dove: Blazekin, Excadrill, Farfetch’d, Braviary, Brelom, Pawmott Suzi Lu: Ninetales (Alolan version), Abomasnow, Glaceon, Froslass, Aurolas, Frosmoth Tritonn: Swampert, Kingdra, Azumarill, Lanturn, Aqaunid, Walrein Lynn: Typhlosian (Hisuian Version), Grafarai, Swoobat, Scrafty, Accelgor, Gogoat Princess Peregrine/Perry: Primarina, Mimikyu, Bewear, Sylveon, Repidash (Galarian Form), Dragonite I. J. Domiwick: Rillaboom, Wyrdeer, Darmanitan, Confragrigus, Dracovish, Runrigus Repton: Skeledirge, Sharpedo, Aggron, Mandibuzz, Tyrantrum, Serviper Lightning Stike: Charizard, Luxray, Unfezant (Male), Gigalith, Lucario, Mightyena

[terrablizzarisislove]

if Suzy Lu was in Guitar Hero she would make a great guest star

honestly yeah! I'd love to see her shredding a guitar

[lesserknownwaifus]

Suzy Lu from the animated series Storm Hawks 

[animelovermurillo]

Decided to create my own Storm Hawks Character. Enjoy. Btw this is my oc so don’t try to steal it.

[Bio]

Name: Luna

Nickname: Princess, Wacko Luna, Daring Luna, Lu, Rebellious Right-Hand Woman, Miss Crazy, and Lady of the Moon

Species: Human

Gender: Female

Skin Tone: Almond

Hair: Electric Blue

Eyes: Light Gray

Personality: Luna is the Sweetest girl in Atmosia that practically the boys fell head over heels for her, Luna is caring and enjoys helping out with those in need. But behind every smile, hides a troublemaking kids who loves to rebel against her father’s wishes, Luna is to be a lady in waiting but she prefers to go in an adventure and explore the world. She’s adventurous, daring, and even crazy when someone calls her a “pipsqueak.” But despite being rebellious, she can also have a soft side when she rebels too much to the point she feels guilty for being too aggressive or daring.

Homeworld: Terra Atmosia & Terra Celestial [Narrator: I made this one up]

Likes: Rebel, Crystals, Reading, Star Gazing, Ribbon Dancing, Music, Tea, and Nature

Dislikes: Cold, Laying Low, Hiding, and being called “Pipsqueak”

Background: Luna lived in Terra Celestial when she was little, during that time her Mom was a Sky Knight and meet Ace. At the time, she learned from her parents that when she turns sixteen she would be married to him, making Luna curious about marriage until Ace explained it to her. Afterwards, Luna was excited to have a wedding to remember. Until one unfortunate event where Luna father finds out about Ace turning against the Storm Hawks and swearing his loyalty to Cyclonia, Luna didn’t know that the Ace she knew was bad. Her father told her they had to leave and took her away from Terra Celestial until her mother went to go grab the scroll before it was too late. From there she never returned and Moonlight told Deimos to leave and never return, making Luna confused until her father fed her some tea that would soon make her forget about the arranged marriage and Dark Ace. When they arrived at Atmosia, they soon started a new life and Luna father heard the news that her mother didn’t make it. They had their funeral at Atmosia as Luna promised her mother that she will chase her dreams, unfortunately for Luna her father wants her to be a “Lady in Waiting” so that she could be married and start her own life. But pretty soon, a new squadron called “Storm Hawks” will soon change Luna’s life, including being adopted by squad Medic.

Family:

- Deimos [Father]

- Marietta [Mother]

- Moonlight [Grandmother]

- Hilal [Grandfather]

- Oberon [Uncle]

- Celenia [Aunt]

- Scorpio [Cousin]

Best Friends: Aerrow, Piper, Finn, Junko, Stork, Radarr, Mags, and Starling

Friends: Dove, Suzy Lu, Billy Rex, Davey Digger, Bobby Bones, Tritonn, Burner, Blister, and Harrier

Love Interest: Finn and Stork

Enemy: Master Cyclonis, Ravess, Dark Ace, and Snipe

Rival: Ravess

Weapons:

- Energy Crystal Whip

- Hammer Guitar

- Bombs: Glitter Bombs, Smoke Bombs, Flash Bombs, Paint Bombs, Stink Bombs, and etc

Skills:

- Melee combat

- Ribbon Dancing

- Gravity Manipulation

- Moonblast

Voice Actor: Cherami Leigh

Quotes: “You can’t expect something to happen for you to succeed, you have to just go with the flow”

Trivia:

- Luna is notorious for rebelling against her fathers wishes, she rather go on an adventure than be a lady in waiting

- Luna is very good friends with Aerrow and his friends, including giving attention to Radarr

- Luna despises the name “Pipsqueak” so much that when anyone calls her that she goes on a rampage and attacks, making her the fearsome girl

- Luna whip is designed perfectly for her bases on her ribbon dancing skills, making her quick and flexible in battle

- Luna fighting style is similar to “Mitsuri Kanroji from Demon Slayers” based on her weapon

- Luna ideal guy is someone silly & relatable [wink, wink]

- Luna knows how to play the guitar

- Luna was born under the full moon, naming her after the goddess in heaven and of the full moon

- Luna can speak Spanish

- Luna taught herself how to ride a Skimmer, when she remembered how her uncle explained to her what everything does when she was young

- Luna secretly wishes to find her “True Love”

Theme: Say Yes by Loco & Punch [Nightcore]

Battle Theme: Guide My Way (Red Like Roses - Part III)

[ashe-alter]

The newest pole shall be

[grecae]

New chapter of Mid air is out!!

Mid air (41634 words) by Greacae Chapters: 6/? Fandom: Storm Hawks (Cartoon) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply, Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Dark Ace/Starling (Storm Hawks) Characters: Starling (Storm Hawks), Dark Ace (Storm Hawks), Piper (Storm Hawks), Suzy Lu (Storm Hawks), Aerrow (Storm Hawks), Finn (Storm Hawks), Cyclonis (Storm Hawks), Ravess (Storm Hawks), Snipe (Storm Hawks), Harrier (Storm Hawks) Additional Tags: Explicit Sexual Content, Sexual Content, Drunk Sex, explicit violence, Blood and mentions of blood, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism Summary: Starling has lost everything; her friends, her family, her terra - she has continued fighting because that is the only thing she knew in her life, the only thing left. Dark Ace has no family, has murdered the only friends he ever had, made the war part of himself. When the war ends, they realize there's nothing left for them.

After basically a year, this mess is back!! XD This is the most violent, toxic fic I have and so it takes a bit to write sometimes, plus the other AUs of mine got a hang of my brain and wouldn't leave! Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter. I have mixed feelings about it since I wrote it in two parts and each was written very far away from each other and I keep looking at it and seeing the differences in writing style...so I kind just went for it and published this!

[sylvain-ia]

Aggro’d Suzy Lu

[far-side-skies]

*passes you a lesbian*

Some first concept sketches for my own Snowy Owl character. As a character she's been in the works for a long while, but I took this as my chance to give her an actual design.

This here is Daisy-Mae, a maned Tundra Blizarian and wife of Suzy-Lu. She was an architect and infrastructure manager for several communities on Blizaris. When Cyclonia invaded, she managed to make it off the Terra and now helps her wife take care of the refugee group they're a part of.

Originally, Daisy was born to a nomadic community and grew up on the move, and she learned a lot about building homes and keeping them comfortable from her own parents. She only recently settled four years ago after marrying Suzy-Lu. In contrast to her wife, she's not overly fond of the wild stunts the Absolute Zeroes are known for, but has grown equally protective of the younger members of their community. While not a trained fighter, she's still fully capable of defending herself, and her bite is much worse than her bark. Her hope is to return home to Blizaris and start expanding her family with Suzy.

[autumnmobile12]

The Sekoto Peak Tournament

It’s kinda funny how My Hero Academia is pretty much told through the lens of Midoriya’s perspective to the point where all other professions that have a fan following:  athletes, actors, singers, etc. just go completely by the wayside.  Just once, it would have been great to have Kirishima or someone mention a household name and Midoriya’s all, “…..?”

“Y’know, [insert name here?]  Legendary boxing champion?”

My point is, other professions outside of hero still exist and are probably just as popular as they’ve always been, so here’s the ‘Young Rei used to snowboard competitively’ headcanon.  This started as a piece I did for Inktober with a, ‘Rei’s a refridgerated character.  Don’t love that,’ attitude.   Because aside from finally making an attempt to fight for her family (a little late, sure, but I’m not here to do a character analysis right now,) Rei doesn’t have much characterization beyond being the victimized mother in Shouto’s story.

So two things to consider:

1.) Snowboarding is a high-intensity activity.  High intensity activities are known to reduce stress, anxiety and depression.  So Rei having this career before marriage (and possibly a little after) would have had a very positive impact on her mental health.  But after having four children, something this intense would be difficult to restart and being in her late twenties when Natsuo and Shouto were born, her professional career would have been effectively over.  Being cut off from snowboarding and its mental health benefits would have definitely contributed to her downward spiral in a more significant way than if she had never done it.  In its own way, this is also a reflection of Touya having all his energy and ambition and nowhere to put it, contributing to his own mental break.

2.) In both my Inktober post and this piece, Rei won gold and she’s wearing a different jacket, showing these were separate competitions.  Winning gold wasn’t a one-off moment; she was relatively successful and that may have served as some unspoken tension/resentment between her and Endeavor if she was one of the top competitors in her profession while her husband never made it past second place until over two decades into his.

I like the idea of this background for her.  I want to explore it further possibly as a one-shot, but I have a lot of ongoing projects right now (plus I’d need to do a little more research on how professional snowboarding competitions work,) so it’s a little up in the air whether or not an actual fic will happen.  For now, I hope you enjoy the artwork.

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I also referenced Touya’s freaky smile for these, albeit not quite as intense.  He got that from someone, and my money is on Mom.  Mostly because I am entertained by the idea of a much younger Rei rocketing down a mountainside and terrifying other snowboarders with the same ecstatic, unhinged smile her son has.  And that footage probably exists online somewhere, someone in Class 1A is going to find it, and be all,  “Uh, Todoroki, I think I found a video of your mom.”

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And just in case anyone asks:  Yes, that is Korra in the back.  I like to sneak crossover cameos into both my fanart and fanfics, and when thinking of characters, I remembered a behind the scenes LOK fact that Korra’s character design was partially inspired by female snowboarders.

The third snowboarder is also a cameo from a more obscure, nostalgia cartoon:  Suzy Lu from Storm Hawks.

[lightning-claw]

[carlottastudios]

I know. I know. This isn’t the full song. But as I said in my latest Reactionment video, the finale song from Phantom of the Opera is a mother fucking BEAST of a song! Too long to fit in a single video that YouTube will allow me to post! So, I have to cut it up. Also, my sanity could only take working up to this point of the song before I had to stop. After that, I honestly couldn’t motivate myself to work on the next part. So, as much as I’d wanted to post both parts today, the next part of the finale, the true finale of this series, will have to wait until next weekend. But next weekend is my deadline, because school starts right after. I am NOT going to continue this series after school has started. So the absolute final video of Raptor of the Opera WILL be posted next weekend, as God is my witness!

ROLES:

Repton as the phantom

Suzy Lu as Madame Giry

Aerrow as Raoul

Piper as Christine

SONG:

Finale from the Phantom of the Opera Musical

DISCLAIMERS:

Audio © Broadway

The Phantom of the Opera © Gaston Leroux

Storm Hawks © Asaph Fipke & Nerd Corps

I OWN NOTHING I USED TO MAKE THIS VIDEO!!!!!!

[yami268]

Storm Hawks Characters as World of Warcraft Races and Classes

Disclaimer: I have tried to match them up to the best of my abilities with the playable races and classes WoW has so far. I also tried to keep them aligned with the Alliance/Horde faction with the Alliance being Sky Knights and Horde being Cyclonia. There are probably races and/or classes that would fit the characters better. That being said, this is just for fun and I hope you appreciate it.

Storm Hawks

Aerrow: Human Rogue Piper: Night Elf Mage Finn: Human (or Worgen) Hunter Junko: Draenai Monk Stork: Mechagnome Rogue Radarr: Hunter Pet

Cyclonians

Dark Ace: Undead Death Knight (Was once a warrior) Cyclonis: Undead Warlock Snipe: Orc Warrior Ravess: Blood Elf Hunter

Others

Starling: Human Rogue (or Monk) Repton: Drakthyr Evoker Carver: Blood Elf Death Knight (Was once a Paladin) Harrier: Human Paladin Suzi Lu: Worgen Mage Dove: Dwarf Rogue Lynn: Void Elf Monk Lightning Strike: Human Warrior