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Comment on In movies a strong woman is manly. (big muscles, aggressive, punches people, etc.) Is that really the way it is?

Son_of_dad@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I don’t know what you mean, but I do find it silly when a 100lb Harley Quinn is kicking the crap out of 200lb men with guns and riot gear. At least if you get a muscled up woman, it’s more believable

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AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Right, Xena is a much better ideal of a physically strong woman, plus has integrity, character, compassion that Harley Quinn can’t even dream about.

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- Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Quinn is a villain, what sense would it make to give her integrity or compassion?
  
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  - AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    All sorts of criminal characters in entertainment are depicted with strong honor, moral codes, and compassion, but twisted.
    
    since I just saw a commercial for Minions: Rise of Gru, let’s take Gru. His redemption arc centers around his compassion coming to the front
    
    or take Captain Cold from the Flash, at least in the modern interpretation
    
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    Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Gru is a children’s movie character… You may as well reference Jumba Jookiba, who has the coolest evil character arc… Evil alien scientist, has the opportunity to restore his freedom, instead gambles everything on little earth girl. Then decides to stay with little earth girl and become family to her. But does he stop evil experimentation?.. of course not! He is Jumba Jookiba! The most mad evil scientist in the universe. He will make toaster that can only toast Hawaiian toast Mwahah! He will make house that can clean itself to show matriarch of the household that she is unworthy! Jumba will even make a worse version of the thing that got him exiled to the primitive earth planet to begin with! There are no limits to Jumba’s depravity, his evil cannot be stopped… except when it comes to helping little earth girl. Or his annoying friend/lover Pleakly.
    
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