buffythefeelsslayer:

If Mikasa was male, her traumatic past, distant personality, and her devotion to Eren would probably make her the most popular character in the fandom. And pairing her with Eren would be touted as nearly canon. But Mikasa isn’t male and instead she’s treated as Eren’s stalker and I don’t know, that really bothers me.  

Personally I love Mikasa to pieces, but this is a valid point.  What I like best is how Eren told her to fight back, it wasn’t just that he saved her, he showed her how to save herself because if she didn’t do something that man was going to kill her (not HIM, but her).  She’s flawed, yes, because sometimes her devotion to Eren has her ignoring others or needing to be told by Eren to go off with another group (though same with Eren and his one track mind, he has to learn, and so does she).  But considering her back story I can’t blame her if it takes her some time to establish connections with others.  Her parents were killed, she was kidnapped, she was going to be sold off.  So she’s actually been through two terrible worlds: the world without the titan threat was cruel to her, and the world with the titan threat was cruel.  She’s got one consistent thing right now (and thought she had lost it at one point) so yeah, she’s allowed to be a bit clingy.  And yeah, if she were male, it would be shipping times all around.

Oddly enough, I’ve been saying this about Naruto for years.

If Naruto were female, his determination to save Sasuke would be seen as stupid.  "She’d" be called foolish and obsessive, and be told to quit while “she’s” ahead.  But since Naruto is male, it means he can be slashed with Sasuke quite easily.  And I use to be a huge fan, but at some point I realized, “Shit Naruto why are you still obsessing about this?”  I mean yeah sure if he does come back yay but there was a chapter where Naruto was like, “I don’t care if I lose my arms, and legs, and eyes I’ll still find a way to bring him back,” or something like that.  And I sat there like, “… holy… shit… you… are… insane.”  And I realized, wow, if you were a girl the fandom would be bashing the hell out of you.  

Proof in this is Sakura, who is hated on for having a crush on Sasuke, and people forget that she was part of the team too and she actually cares for BOTH of them at this point, but no, she’s a bitch, the end.  It’s a thing that happens with female characters sometimes.  I’ve done it before, years ago, with Gundam Wing and Relena.  "She’s in the way of the Heero and Duo,“ "What a bitch,” “Ugh,” and later I realized, you know… she actually grows up.  Probably more than anyone else.  But I was so focused on the yaoi that I ignored it.  She was in the way of my OTP, which meant that she was to be hated.  It’s a silly thing we do in fandom but usually we reach a point where we realize what we’re doing.  

megaweapon:

nellachronism:

kurtslovechild:

helshades:

makerofmischief:

icy-mischief:

loki-friggason:

i-am-thor-odinson:

shaitana:

thedemonwithbloodstainedlips:

Is it bad that I want to slap Jane?

I bet this is after that scene of Thor shirtless, as in the morning after he and Jane had some smexy times so she is feeling all full of herself.  Not that all Thor’s friends are there too so it would be the only time Jane could get away with this.   On the other hand, it SHOULD have hurt her hand because Loki has the physique of a fucking frost giant and weighs like 500lbs and can take a hit from Thor without blinking.

They better show that bitch shaking her stinging hand aftewards or I’ll be pissed.

UGH, I know. I mean, Natalie Portman is a tiny little lady, my girl-crush yes, but fucking tinier than I am. Trying to say she can land a good hit on a fuckiNG NORSE GOD SLASH FROST GIANT is just… Eh. Everyone found this part so grand, but I was kinda left twitching and foaming at the mouth.

What I love about this is that Loki is laughing. He doesn’t give a fuck about them. And for Jane: girl, what a dumb move, you’re slapping the criminal who is supposed to help you like, aren’t you supposed to be intelligent?

EXACTLY. 

Look I want to like Jane so badly but things like this are why I cannot. 

I agree whole-heartedly that Jane should be in pain for that—especially since I think she actually punched him and that can break a person’s hand regardless of striking someone who took blunt force trauma from the Hulk.

But Loki full on had that blow coming. He probably goaded her, for one thing. Not to mention this is the same asshole who sicced the Destroyer on Thor. Do you think she doesn’t have a few reasons to be angry with him? He deserved it, even though it obviously didn’t hurt him.

“That bitch”? Left you “foaming at the mouth”? and you cannot bring yourself to like her although you’d very much like to?

Foster’s Fellows, hold my fucking flower for me, will you.

So.

Let me be very clear, so I’m sure I get you all genii properly: you loathe Jane and wish her harm because… because…

Alright. First, I would really love to understand how one may reconcile a blind adoration for a criminal character who is, apparently, “a god” - although it was stated in canon that the Asgardians were only mistaken as gods by our ancestors - and rumoured to be able to defend himself, with the irrepressible urge to rush to his aid when a tiny little lady slaps him across the face?

Let me remind you the situation, just so we are clear. In the scene captioned above, Jane Foster, brilliant astrophysicist but mere human being, slaps Loki. She is an impulsive woman, and she is not a trained warrior, and the slap owes more to a reflex than anything.

Loki reacts to the slap certainly out of surprise; he was probably expecting a whine or a curse, and not expecting to be hit by that frail creature he would already despise out of principle, but whom he hates because she has her brother’s affection.

In other words, Loki is as prejudiced and bilious and disdainful as you all are, you wonderful beings, you lovely samples of humanity, you who call death upon a character because she happens to be female and in the way of your male fantasy…

I want to fucking know why every man I’ve met who disliked Jane only found her boring because she was “unsexily portrayed” or “just another stupid love interest”, but the women are foaming in the mouth because she is a bitch who deserves to be hit. That would make my fucking education, you know.

“Supposed to be intelligent”? Why? Because I am adamant about the fact, if she had not reacted, that you would have called her a coward, too afraid of the mighty male to act, and counting on Thor to protect her.

Do you know what I see in that scene? I see Sif’s respect for Jane. Sif’s total absence of disdain for the fragile human who dared to hit the god.

And I don’t see Jane’s stupidity. This obviously happened when everyone else has threatened Loki with death if he but moved, and he did not respond but with a sarcastic smile. Jane knew he could not harm her, and she hit him with her bare hand because Jane is straightforward, and her bare hand was all that she had.

No, of course Loki is not hurt. She hit with some force, and his cheek never reddens. But that was never the point. The point was that Jane would show Loki that all humans are not ready to kneel before a dictator, as a proud old man in a crowd once demonstrated. Of course she could never hope to measure herself to his strength, but that was not the point. The point was about telling Loki that Midgard didn’t forget.

That was a fucking grand scene.

(And now I want the next one to be Hogun bringing her some ice.)

ANYONE WHO DOESN’T THINK LOKI DESERVES TO GET ALL LEVELS OF SLAPPED FOR NEW YORK BY JANE OR ANY OTHER HUMAN UNFOLLOW ME NOW.

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seriously, loki is a fun character and an interesting antagonist but gdi the level of apologism he receives from the Marvel fandom for the fucking horrible stuff he’s done is naueseating. 

i know he is charming and handsome but let’s not forget: he’s also terrible

Absolutely all of this.  Had she not slapped him she’s be a coward and “omg so whiny she does nothing,” but when she does slap him she’s a bitch.  Just… guys I like Loki too, but come on now, considering what he did in Thor AND in the Avengers… he’s the bad guy, o.k.?  He’s not supposed to be liked, least of all by a human who had to deal with him fucking everything up.  Don’t forget, she was pretty much tossed into this situation without knowing what was going on.  Imagine doing your life’s work then these guys in suits show up like, “Hey take this check we’re taking everything kthnx.”  Then shit starts getting destroyed, not just in New Mexico, but in New York.  I mean sure S.H.I.E.L.D gave her her stuff back but that’s a lot of crap to go through.

And how is she being called stupid for hitting “the dangerous criminal who is helping them,” she’s not the only one who attacks him in this scene.  They all threaten him, EVERYONE THREATENS HIM, and instead of standing back and watching them she’s like, fuck this, I’m in on this too, because he fucking ruined my life too.

This reminds me of the Rise of the Guardians fans who hate Tooth for punching Pitch at the end of the movie.  Like… are you serious?  HE ATTACKED HER FIRST!  He took all of the baby teeth, destroyed her area, made sure kids stopped believing in her so she lost her power… she deserves to be angry!  Just like Jane.  Like what, you want her to look at Loki and fawn over him?  And not be pissed at him?  Really?  Right, because that’s believable.  

I just hate when women hate on female characters because “oh noes they’re attacking the guy I like.”  This guy you like is an asshole.  I’m sure if Thor was the one who punched him you’d be crying, “OMG OTP,” but since it’s a woman it’s like, “Ugh bitch no.”  Just stop with the woman bashing over silly things, please.  I wonder… did Black Widow get this much hate in the Avengers?  Cuz she spent the whole movie fighting Loki with the others, are we supposed to hate her too?