Actress Claire Bloom Running Lines With A Cat. 1951. Source.

Actress Claire Bloom running lines with a cat. 1951. Source.

Will humanity ever be free of the influence of Edna Mode? Can any of us so much as consider the character design for a hero or villain without her manifesting in the room, fully aware of our sins?

Update, twas a success.

The emotions have been successfully processed and I am once again mostly functional.

Gonna go sit in my grumpy little blanket cave and vent my emotions into a pillow.

🦔

This is Charles. He wants to go on a journey around tumblr. could you show him around?

Ooooooooh... you have triggered the thoughts and ideas

I love a character raised to be a weapon as much as the next guy. But what really gets me is a character raised to be a shield. Who can’t fathom being needed—or even being wanted— beyond keeping others safe. Who believe they are alive only to insure someone doesn’t die. no matter the cost. Characters who self-sacrifice not because they think they deserve it, but because no one else does deserve it, and it’s their job to protect.

Characters who’ve been told that’s why your important. Your worth something because this other person/ thing is important, and you are here solely to keep them safe.

Bonus points if it’s not a legitimate job they’ve been given. Maybe at one point it was, but now that they are free from it, they haven’t given up that mentality. No one is forcing or asking them to do this, but they need to. They need to in order to be deserving.

birdification beam!!