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hi I’ve been busy
im back back back back back again with this week’s reaction video to Legend of Vox Machina! AND the video is shorter this time
(Spoilers and volume warning tho )
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it’s… really weird how some people are using “he” pronouns for Rainbow Quartz 2.0 and calling them male, when there’s no reason to believe they are any different from Steven’s other fusions?
For all the people going “Crewniverse confirmed it!!”:
people were calling RQ 2.0 “he” and “a guy” before any of that.
I love Sunstone
I LOVE THEIR NEW DESIGNS
Okay but like no matter what escapism isn’t filler
Even if you personally think it was a boring episode, it’s not filler
If it didn’t match your expectations, it’s still not filler
It literally showed how Steven contacted Earth and that now the gems on earth know what to do, advancing the plot
Action wise, it’s a moment right before the final, leading to massive build up, a pause to let the characters sink in what happened, and let the audience calm down and reminiscence about how the story has progressed with callbacks.
Just because you didn’t enjoy it doesn’t mean it’s filler
dare i say. 2022 bruce felt the most genuinely Bruce Wayne out of all of them, to me, because it felt like they understood that the core of batman’s character is love.
that whole final act of the movie where he starts accepting his own fear, and understanding the negative effect his vengeance has had on gotham city, and seeing the importance in love. that whole montage of him lifting children out of rubble and holding the hands of scared, injured civilians and smiling comfortingly at them even though he’s covered in dirt and has a whole city full of people left to save after them. that individual kindness he gives them all. the way he doesn’t so much as hesitate to throw himself into the flood to save them.
that’s batman. that’s who batman has always been, at least from my perspective, and i’m so glad they’re finally putting it on the screen properly. i got so sick and tired of seeing comics and movies and games etc where bruce is portrayed as this cold, brutal, downright villainous character - he should be scary, and strong, and sometimes a little violent, but overall he should be caring. batman is terrifying to the people who deserve to be scared, and comforting to those he saves. batman was the hero i looked out of my bedroom window and daydreamed about coming to save me from all my problems when i was little, because i knew i’d be safe with him.
and sure, you could argue that i’m wrong - he’s DC’s character, i have no say in how they characterise him, if they want to make him brutal and cruel they can go ahead - but if you’re asking me? this movie was the first time i’ve seen my bruce wayne on screen in a long time. it felt like they finally remembered that under all that kevlar, he’s a human being.
you know what bruce got for his troubles? his family’s trauma and secrets aired to the whole city. his father figure in a hospital bed. the very foundations of the city he was trying to save crumbling beneath his feet. a bullet to the chest. having everything he thought he knew about himself thrown out and remade. the stark, painful realisation that edward nashton became a monster because he looked at batman and saw himself reflected back at him. the sight of his city blowing up around him, and the knowledge that it was his anger that caused it. pure, paralysing fear, the kind he thought he’d never feel again.
and you know what he did in return? he started picking people up and helping them to safety. he started calming people’s fear instead of worsening it. he started healing the wound he’d accidentally deepened.
that’s what makes him a hero. not his suit, not his gadgets, not his cave. his love.hishumanity.