#support womens wrongs

[erika-xero]

Minthara Baenre and Zilira for @dancing--lights! Thank you so much! Oh, this piece was tons of fun and I absolutely love how it turned out. I rarely do rendered/painted commissions and it is always a delight to come back to this art style! And I love Minthara's design and she seems like a character that I would like a lot (even though I still havent started BG3 myself, bc I got stuck in Oblivion Gates again LMAO). A little close-up under cut!

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I am once again going to talk too much about Rebellion

and how people don’t understand Homura. Here I would like to address the reasons why people call Homura evil/the antagonist, which is usually their reason for disliking Rebellion. My blog has basically morphed into an obsessive discussion on why that movie is my favorite and elevates the story, so I’ve covered a lot of these topics before, but I hope to make things more comprehensive here.

I’ve seen some people call Homura “corrupted” by the part of her that is a witch. Two thoughts on that:

Rebellion goes out of its way to show you that witches are not inherently evil. They have experienced serious pain and are spreading that pain before Madoka’s sacrifice. However, if this meant that witches were inherently evil, then why are Sayaka and Nagisa not? They are still witches- that’s why their witch forms are still a part of them.

Also, in Rebellion, Sayaka warns Madoka’s essence to not fear Homura, as “she’s the one who’s most hurt”.

I think that people misunderstand the theme of what a witch is overall. A witch is an inevitable reality of magical girls because being a girl in a patriarchal/Kyubey system is CRUSHING. The transformation into a witch is a coming-of-age step into womanhood. It comes from the culmination of mistreatments and systemic oppression girls inevitably become overwhelmed by. This isn’t to say that all women are forever overwhelmed, but it is an unpleasant reality that most women become awoken to. Think of the resolution of the Barbie movie, for instance, where (BARBIE SPOILERS) the characters need to “wake up” the others to the suffocating reality of living in a patriarchy. Same principle, honestly.

I also think that people sometimes interpret the Christian imagery in a stereotypical “good vs evil” way than looking at the situation, especially when it comes to Homura’s demon label and Madoka’s sacrifice.

I’ve talked about this a lot so I won’t go into too much detail, but I believe that the series is going out of its way to create its themes around the dark reality of the self-sacrificing nature of girls. For a brief recap:

Making wishes for someone else is considered taboo

Madoka mattered as a girl. Throughout all iterations of pmmm and its sequels, Madoka laments on the tragedy of magical girls vanishing from the world without anyone knowing and says in Rebellion that she would never want to go anywhere where she couldn’t be around her friends and family. Her mom had plans for them when Madoka grew up, her brother remembers her, and it drives Homura insane that she’s the only person who remembers the other timeline. Madoka was always worried that she wasn’t good enough at anything to have a place in the world and I truly have a hard time believing that this series is saying that young girls who don’t feel they have value anywhere else are best served to sacrifice themselves into oblivion. That’s basically been the history of women, forever.

Homura calls herself a demon because, “[Madoka] was sacred as a god and I couldn’t help but pull her from heaven and undermine her.” Throughout the Wraith Cycle, Homura commits herself to honoring Madoka’s sacrifice and new world order, so the phrase “and I couldn’t help but pull her from heaven undermine her” is, I think, more of a reflection of her self-loathing for going against Madoka’s wish and less of a true admission of evil, because I don’t think that Madoka’s erasure from the world was ever an okay thing. I think people get too hung up on “demon-bad” without thinking of the nuances of the imagery. I don’t believe that Madoka’s godhood is inherently good, and I don’t believe Homura’s demonhood is inherently bad. I think that Madoka’s godhood is more an alignment with self-sacrifice, and Homura’s demonhood is an alignment with desire, and I think that too much of either is a bad thing. It’s why they both needed to come together to eviscerate the Kyubeys.

I think that the label of “demon” makes Homura irredeemable to people and I think that people are deeply unforgiving of the not so pretty things that make us human. I’ve seen that a lot of what I assume are younger users are completely unforgiving to girl characters who go through things and make mistakes. I’m not even talking about Azula defenders (though I think there is a nuanced conversation there) but the Catra-type haters. As others have pointed out, ya’ll about women’s wrongs until a girl suffers a time loop to try to save the love of her life (who, lest we forget, begs Homura to shoot her in one timeline) and her friends and almost loses her mind by being the only person to remember the love of her life in the timeline that ya’ll think was the good one. I even hesitate to call it “toxic yuri” until the last movie comes out. Now, this isn’t to say that Homura has made no mistakes. I think the fact that her rewriting of the world to include the Kyubeys is going to be a BIG mistake on her part, and she did pull the identity of Madoka away from the Law of the Cycle against her wishes. But I think that to take everything Homura has done to try to save Madoka and even give Madoka the power to become the Law of the Cycle and say that she is irredeemable or toxic because she is traumatized…. It’s heartbreaking to me.

Moreover, this perception of Homura as irredeemable flies in the face of all this Christian imagery. Throughout the entirety of Rebellion’s ending (and as you’ll see further down) Madoka assures Homura that she loves her no matter what, that she is always there for her. Madoka in her fullness can see in intimate detail what Homura endured for her- literal YEARS of suffering yet never giving up- do you really think Goddess Madoka can’t and shouldn’t forgive Homura? Are the “good” guys in Christianity not all about forgiveness?

And finally, the real reason I made this long ass post: Homura and Rue from Princess Tutu are parallels. For those who don’t know: in Princess Tutu, the character Rue transforms into an “evil” persona- Princess Kraehe, daughter of the Crow. While Rue is convinced that she is now an agent of evil, the main character Ahiru/Duck insists that she is not. Also important to note is Rue may not rewrite the universe, but objectively commits more women’s wrongs than Homura. She rips the shards of emotion from her lover’s breast and tries to sacrifice innocent people’s hearts to her father, but the story does not paint her as condemned or irredeemable. She’s been lied to, groomed, and traumatized. She’s not an evil person, she’s a girl trying to navigate horrible circumstances, like Homura. Rebellion creates these parallels because Homura is forgivable and it wants you to know that.

So anyway, first parallel is the outfit. Demon Homura is SOOOOO inspired by Kraehe it HURTS:

And finally, Rebellion went so hard to reference this scene:

PLEASE put on sound they translate it differently but here she says "homura chan is homura chan"

so yeah if you stuck around thanks! love u muah

[flyeatspeople]

Pillars of Eternity thoughts today but unpopular opinion I love how much Xoti and Pallegina hate each other and there's nothing you can do about it, I support WLW which includes WLW vs WLW

[frodo-of-the-nine-fingers]

there is a correct answer btw

[vaguelyaperson]

I don't think the bnha fandom is as insane about togachako as we could be tbh

[thekimspoblog]

Yoko Ono has done some terrible things, but I'll still defend her, both as an artist and as a "support women's wrongs" historical figure.

[justabarbiegirl05]

Lena Luthor could of burned down the whole world and committed crimes more heinous than anything Lex had even thought of and I would still love and support my evil queen.

[yotenotes]

the myth herself: brutus. a pet turned infamous leader, brutus is a cat you do not want to mess with. shes a fair leader, even if currently unrecognized as an official leader of a new clan by the other more established clans. they even refuse to call her by her name, still referring to her as heavyclaw when she used to train in a clan before inevitably leaving to start her own. her clan works differently compared to the traditional clans, and she does too. warrior names arent a thing, there are double the deputies, double the medics, and double the training required. all cats have hunting, fighting, and medical training. there is no shortage of skillsets. apprenticeships last much longer, over a year, though there is never any time limit. even after being promoted, cats continue to learn however they please so long as they have the basics down. brutus currently has one life, but eventually she will receive her 9 after a good year or so of proving her clan as one that is to be reckoned with.

[captainlion04]

vil v pardo and senti would make the worst trio ever. all your money is gone

ASHMGAISJGAKSG THEY WOULD PULL THE GREATEST HEIST OF THE CENTURY... AND MOST LIKELY SUCCEED

[shardikart-blog]

cw:blood

nekali a newly introduce villian on my dnd campaign

[confused-alot]

I just think she’s babygirl

[mereallycan]

there's something I've recently started finding more meaningful to me (of course it's always been there on some level but I started jut paying more attention and intentionality to it) and its having critical conversations within and only within the community of subject matter.

I won't, for example, hold discussions criticizing or even giving analytical thoughts, that speaks less than praise or approval for a woman, outside of a community of women, especially never with or within general or supremacy spaces, in this example that would look like mixed or predominantly men or a man audience, and I've started applying it to all marginalized or "minority" communities. a.k. a (especially in public), I support women's rights and wrongs.

I know for sure that a woman or a poc can be wrong, I won't even oppose if they are objectively spoken about, in any direction, but will I personally degradingly comment on it or share public assent for said criticism? in most cases, NO. I'll even more silent or shun it outrightly, if it's coming from "other" voices.

We all need to constantly improve and receive notes and pointers of recommendation in one way or another, but for the most part, when people offer them, it's self serving and when it's offered by an other point of view, from someone who doesn't completely understand the full scope and cannot relate based on self reference, it's even less swallowable to me. There can be objective merit to whatever they're saying, but what I'm finding more and more is that I'm rather unwilling to participate or give it credence. Some other person can argue that it gives it a fresh, detached eye, I'm just really finding it lacking in portraying a accurate perspective from having access to a bigger picture and closer perspective and leading to a narrative that is full of holes. Holes, like I already said, empathy, sympathy, aka A BIAS that they would so easily offer when telling a story of something or someone from their (socioeconomic etc etc) demography. We like to say we're being true, fair, objective and all that but nothing is really objective is it, we're ever so subject to so many factors that will always affect our judgement on any subject matter, regardless of how much we deny or try to distance ourselves from it.

So these days, if xx does something and it's being brought on a public forum, I'll rather keep quiet than contribute venom or vitriol especially if my assessment of the matter is just that. I'll hold all judgement and negative commentary for within a safer space of origin and relatability on basis on shared physical or whatever the case characteristics and it doesn't even matter if they all share my point of view or agree with me as long as I'm not discussing it with "other" who go on to (consciously or unconsciously) weaponize and hold as armor to validate their further and continued systemic or individual "violence" and oppression of the whole.

So for example, my opinion on Taylor Swift or Hilary Clinton or Ice Spice or WomenonWomen beef will not see light of day outside of women spaces and so on. That may sound toxic girl love or not holding people accountable or shielding people from truth but that's where I am right now and that's what I'm on. And to be honest, these supremacy institutions have been doing it with themselves for the longest time, they keep all they dirt within their ranks and caucuses and present a unified and dignified front that allow people generally admire them and see their collective group enviable. They may hold the deepest grudge and hatred for someone from their sub class but understand how it reflects on them as a whole, and will either not speak on them at all or will even rather speak kindly about them. Of course, we should be moving as a society towards treating people based on their individual actions and choices, but to some extent, these narratives tend to be reinforced and turned into stereotypes when they are being repeatedly told about a specific demographic. So will I stop a judge from sentencing a woman thief to jail, no, never, will I however, start or contribute to a hate campaign, for said woman thief, not me of right now.

I guess it was part of I was saying here kind of (in a heated confused form)

[randomositycat]

It really says something about me with how much I am loving maomao as a novel reader.... huh...

[otaku553]

Strawhat women :)

[thekimspoblog]

Started watching "The Regime". It is very much the kind of show this blog was asking for, but not to the point it feels redundant or encroaching on the story I want to tell. Highly recommend.

[yellowraincoat]

Lisa Frankenstein is a goddamned cultural reset for me specifically. Where are the “god forbid women do anything” girlies bc this one’s for you