"Number two: Make sure she's not 'Nasty-but-Perfect'" and "Number three: Remember to give her flaws" Helped me realise what I can't stand in a strong female lead, and put into words what was wrong with the characters I see (and probably write) today. Awesome video, man. :D
I lost it when you said, how dare a 14 years old girl who had her riches stolen, escaped an assassination attempt and was told to leave everything she knew forever, cry? What A weakly🤣🤣🤣 another one of the videos I wish some of those robots (yeah, I no longer believe actual human beings with human experience and feelings work in that studio) working in Disney would see. and a very sassy and yet polite enough way to humble likes of Rachel Zegler. I enjoyed it👏👏👏
Snow White was actually quite clever as she saw the 7 dwarves didn't have the energy or skills to keep the house in order, so she used her skills as an opportunity so that she could stay in the safety of a home by cleaning the house as a form of rent. Although I would argue that the film hasn't aged flawlessly due to the ending of Snow White marrying some random guy who kissed her corpse in a forest not being the best message on how to get a husband (especially if you look at the original version), but the actual Snow White part of Snow White and the 7 dwarves has aged well character wise.
This is why i LOVE Ahoska Tano from star wars (not from her show 😓)she is written to be disliked at first and she becomes one of the BEST girl characters EVER
You know, now that I think about it, making Snow White into a badass girlboss would be like making a movie about Jesus Christ where he defeats the romans with a divine shotgun and turns their blood into wine. It defeats the purpose of what made their characters great (though the latter option is still vastly more entertaining...)
Unfortunately, in the newer seasons, Lisa has become a self-entitled narcissist, although she's still being presented as the underappreciated genius, as well as the voice of reason.😔
@@briesullivan883 Oooh… I haven’t seen The 100, but as for Avatar… personally, I’ve always found it difficult to like Katara. She’s presented as a caring, almost motherly figure whom everyone looks up to, but what’s almost never brought up by any of the other characters (except perhaps Sokka) is that she’s also incredibly quick-tempered and, sometimes, completely stuck in her own head. How many times has she talked about her own mother’s death, when almost every other member of the Gaang have also lost family members and yet never talk about it? If I remember correctly, I think we were exposed to Katara’s hotheadedness and self-pity a good deal more than we were exposed to her empathetic nature, despite being told about the latter far more often. Then again, I haven’t seen the show in ages (even though I should definitely watch it again), so this could just be 15-year-old me talking😂 Oh, and I love Toph. Now that I think about it, I think she works for a very similar reason that Katara, at least for me, fails. She has every reason to be completely passive and sorry for herself, and yet she goes completely the other way, becoming one of the strongest benders of her time. Her blindness is only brought up by her when it’s relevant to the conversation (or when others forget about it and ask her to look at something). She chooses to use what others would perceive as a weakness, as a strength, and does so without bragging about it. She’s a powerful BENDER, not a powerful BLIND bender. Man, now I really want to watch Avatar again.
@@Jessica-Pendragon I think Katara talks about her mom’s death because the way it traumatized her was different for how others were traumatized. Katara’s mom told her to go find her dad and then the next thing she knows her mom is dead so she blames herself. Also, Katara idolized her mom in a way Sokka never did (whereas Sokka mostly looked up to her dad).
@@briesullivan883 You make some good points. Katara has every right to grieve for her mother, even if I still wonder if she may occasionally take a bit too much pity on herself. There is a difference between a flawed character and a character who quite often has completely different traits to those we’re told about, but I really have to watch ATLA again to see if I still feel the same way about Katara. Oh, and I do love her monologue in The Serpent’s Pass. “I know it hurts to hope, and it hurts more to care, but promise me you won’t stop caring.” 🥰
