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mc-critical · 3 years

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Hi darling, Idk if you talked about this before, but what do you think about Rumeysa (Mustafa's concubine)? Do you think they planned to make her Mustafa's wife untill the actress was changed? And also, if she would've become his wife, how do you think she'd act in comparison to how Mihrunnisa (queen) acted? We didn't really see a lot of her but I wanted to know what do you believe they wanted to do with her character

Hey, dear! 🤗 No, I haven't talked about Rumeysa in here. I'll cover the S03 one and the S04 one separately, because in practice, they're both very different characters.

I strongly dislike S03 Rumeysa as a character, to be brutally honest. She goes all good, nice and innocent, when secretly she's sneaky and even manipulative in order to fulfill her goals. The thing that annoys me the most is not necessarily her fixation on Mustafa and how she wants to get him, because after all, it's a harem and everyone wants to get him, but how nearly inexplicable her whole motivation is, in spite and outside of that.

I feel Rumeysa's arc could be split in two almost separate halves - her set-up in the harem (pre-E93) and her as a favorite in the harem. (post-E93). The most interesting things about her were precisely her set-up and backstory. The way she was sent to the harem, the way she was tied to signora Gabriella, the way both of them were about to reunite and when that happened, Rumeysa was just confused more than anything... The idea of sisters finding each other within these harem walls was fascinating, but that was seemingly dropped. I feel even from this point on that the show tried to make a case of a person who's been long in the harem and has lost the touch of a free life to the point of being afraid to leave, but her confusion on the signora and her refusal to go with her was the only part they pulled off. (not to mention they executed that concept much better with Sümbül!) Then begins the second half of her arc that went in another direction the writers didn't succeed to make me get. I didn't get why she wanted Mustafa so much. She said she wanted and appreciated Mustafa a lot and that was why she wanted to leave and this trainwreck began all of a sudden! That doesn't make any sense! She had no (or at least not pivotal) scenes with Mustafa before E93, she neither experienced a desire to get Mustafa, nor was it shown to the audience in any way before the convenient moment. Her build-up was never about Mustafa before then. Her arc was never about Mustafa before then. And yet Mustafa became the center of her character, to the point it's as if they were like: "let's have another woman for Mustafa, but this time with an even more overexaggerated you might think it was Turhan Hürrem-esque arc, so we can make her his full on woman!". She was paving her way through sneaky methods to the point of hypocrisy for no reason, she didn't even have much of a threat, either. Ayşe Hatun put pressure on her once in a while, but it felt understandable when she had a child from Mustafa and that, Rumeysa started acting this confident just like that. I get that in the harem you have to be sorta like that in order to survive, etc., but with Rumeysa that wasn't enough of a motivation! She seemed just fine under Mahidevran and taking care of Nergisşah before then, she could calm people down, what happened? And notice how in the second part of her arc these scenes were lowered to the minimum, or recontextualized, at the very least, so you can't buy anything with her anymore.

But wait, what if she always wanted Mustafa when she arrived? Then every moment of kindness she has shown, even to the little child, becomes even worse in retrospect, because it would either just suit her interest, either become a jarring contrast with what she has shaped up to be. But wait actually, that effect is achieved even without her arc being split in two halves! I would've sympathized with her much more if there was some additional motivation, like everyone else basically, but honestly, the harem excuse is all we could use with her and in her case, that just doesn't suffice, especially for such a big shift in storylines. And then after building up to a halvet, we had the halvet and it was over and left me very unsatisfied. (okay, that's probably because of the actress, but still)

She was screwed up spectacularly at best and downright horrible at worst. Her early concept was way too good to be left out like that and since that leaving out was maybe inevitable for the writers, they had to do this transition better and have the first half of the arc be focused on Rumeysa, as well as Gabriella, instead of making this whole line with her being Gabriella's sister she was searching for more of a plot twist than an organic build-up, because Gabi was the one click baited to want Mustafa! This character ended up being defined by her goal she was trying to fulfill and nothing else, not any redeeming quality whatsoever.

I think Rumeysa was the least suited woman for Mustafa, yes, even less than Fatma. Because if Fatma had some love for him and was genuinely trying to calm him down after Efsun at first, with Rumeysa we simply had steps to get him right from the start and an entire ordeal that wouldn't sit well with Mustafa. We didn't even know not only why she wanted Mustafa, but also what was it she had with Mustafa - was it love, was he just a vessel for her to rise in the hierarchy (that's probably it for me), what was next when he was all hers etc. We have no feelings, no insight here and Mustafa himself was only slightly intrigued at best. And even if she were there for the battle of the throne, she would definetly scheme even more actively than anyone else and that would seriously clash with Mustafa's desires. I don't think she would suit S03B Mustafa's level of maturity, either.

Yes, I would say S03 Rumeysa could very well be the endgame for Mustafa and become his wife if it wasn't for the actress leaving and stuff, because of how she was framed to succeed. This part of Rumeysa's arc existed in a vacuum, it was a tiny victory after a tiny victory due to sly thinking that she was always allowed to get away with somehow. Again, the way she was slowly, but surely getting her way reminded me of all the Hürrem-esque arcs in the series that did end up with these women becoming the total favourites and I wouldn't be surprised at the least if they kept that pattern of success with Rumeysa, since it was very present in her arc.

[While we're at it, I didn't get why Mahidevran believed her so much. On one hand, yes, character development, because, as seen with Mihrünnisa later, as well, Mahidevran no longer gets suspicious of the nature of these women and only intervenes when she sees a decision of Mustafa's regarding them that could potentially be dangerous for his future, coupled with the fact that Mahidevran values loyalty a lot and she has seen nothing but that with Rumeysa. But on the other hand... Mahi is usually so perceptive when it comes to women that could actually be problematic or dangerous for him and Rumeysa being the only exception then was as much character development and the chance of lowering her guard because of the calmer environment as it was.. way too convenient, since we saw Rumeysa was playing a game behind the curtain. Especially the situation when Rumeysa provoked Ayşe Hatun on purpose for Mahi and Musti to see and Mahi not listening to Ayşe or Fidan's warnings about Rumeysa, along with her fully adapting to the harem laws she was previously against and taking on her role as a Valide in Mustafa's harem, was almost like Plot Armor for Rumi similarly to how Hürrem acted accordingly when she saw SS listening to her in the candle mirror in E44, albeit in the opposite way. I view that as a clear recipe for narrative favor and I was appalled that it had to be with such a character.]

If S03 Rumeysa became his wife, I don't see her acting much like Mihrunnisa. First off, due to how her arc was framed, Ayşe Hatun would have very much stayed as an antagonist of hers (even though Rumi wouldn't view her as one in their confrontations) and would try to eliminate her in a secret, subtle and cunning way. While Rumeysa would definetly try her all to keep Mustafa safe and would try to win Mahidevran's support for the marriage the way Mihrunnisa did, Rumi would have more of an agenda of her own she would follow. I won't be surprised if she tried head down on the path to overpower them all in her influence of him, either. Mustafa and Mihrunnisa were partners more than anything, with the same ideals, aspirations and desires. They were very close in their way of thinking and how they would approach problems, that's why they had such a deep bond. S03 Rumeysa would get further and further away from Mustafa's personality as his wife and if the other S04 events are canon, she would probably indeed go and reveal Bayezid's marriage with Huricihan the moment Mustafa refused to and act herself instead.

S04 Rumeysa is barely there, but I like her a bit better. She is an entirely different character with her consistent worries for the future, her more caring and protecting nature and even Mahidevran's more "I'm fed up with all this" attitude to her. Even if we add S03 Rumeysa to the mix, we get at least more feeling out of her and what was she all about and we get some other contrasting facets of hers as a bonus: in contrast to Rumi calming Mahidevran down when Mustafa disobeyed SS's order in E91/2 (my favourite S03 Rumeysa scene, but it was also kinda ruined post-E93), now Mahidevran tells her not to worry so much. Thing is, S04 Rumeysa could very well work without S03 Rumeysa both because of the different actress and the different characterization that could only loosely recontextualize S03 Rumeysa at best, and since there was a time skip, some random concubine and favourite Mustafa slept with and she became pregnant wouldn't be out of the question at all. Yes, her death would probably have less impact that way, but nor could I ever bother with S03 Rumeysa, nor would it be weird because of her different dynamics, which made her look almost foreign in comparison. (that's not on the actress, both Rumeysas were great!) And it would be as impactful as it would've been for Mustafa and Mahidevran, because the loss of the child would be just as devastating for him and was still tied to the mirror of sin.

If S04 Rumeysa didn't die and became Mustafa's wife, I think their bond would be focused more on their future child than anything. Rumeysa would probably act similarly to S03 Ayşe Hatun, only in a more secure position, I see a lot of similarities there. I don't think their bond would be as deep, but they could have the chance to get close for a little bit. I see Rumeysa refraining from acting so much, because of her worrying for the consequences, but when that fear gets the best of her, she could take desperate measures.

#magnificent century #muhteşem yüzyıl #muhtesem yuzyil #rumeysa hatun #ask #queen-deter #that's basically why S03 Rumeysa annoys me so much #actually strongly disliking her is an understatement #i may overexagerrate but she indeed is one of my least favourite characters in the show #the interesting thing is that Firuze had similar problems with her ambiguity #but not only is she an antagonist rather than one we're supposed to root for in narrative #we see her helping nature outside of her plan which helps us buy it much more and actually be a more functional contrast #unlike rumeysa #and while she was written in two halves as well i'll probably call them pre-plan of twist and post-plan of twist #the build up was slower and more detailed since it was framed as a mistery we weren't supposed to buy #so her motivations were more interesting to decipher #and she had a personality outside of the schemes that could work outside of the planning issues #rumi is more like Turhan in comparison #a much softer version ofc but still

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scrimmification · 3 years

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taking a self care day and was instantly hit with temptation so u know what. here’s that dhurkemara essay. but it’ll be under a cut because i’m polite like that

the following is some canon facts sprinkled in with mostly my own headcanons and opinions. but i’m right about everything. cw for mentions of trauma and aa6 spoilers.

i should actually start this by saying that i see a lot of polycule dhurke/amara/jove or dhurke/amara/datz and while it is cute i feel a bit weird about using a poly relationship as just a “oh he has two hands” solution to love triangles. not that poly relationships aren’t valid, but it’s usually just people putting characters together without thinking about how the dynamic would even function. as if a polycule is a band-aid solution.

but that’s not important because this essay is about why dhurke and amara should just be friends (post SOJ)

i do not respect capcom or its canon, but here’s a bunch of canonical soj facts that are kinda fucked up; - when nahyuta is born, amara is 19 and dhurke is 20 - when the palace fire breaks out, amara is 21 and dhurke is 22 - there’s a gap of approximately 8 years of time where dhurke thinks amara is dead before they reunite and have rayfa (they’re each around the age of 30 at the time) - there’s a period of time anywhere from 9 months - 1 year that they’re living together again before rayfa and amara are both kidnapped - following this, dhurke never sees his wife ever again

because i have extreme brainrot, i sat down and feasibly considered the amount of time they would’ve been together. like, genuinely face to face together. if you only take into account the numbers the game gives you, then that means out of 25 years of marriage, they only see each other for about 3 of them. i tend to tack on an extra year or so for dating, but that’s still a really short amount of time, with almost all of it being before the palace fire ever happened. not to mention, they married incredibly young, and amara is royalty. typically royal families will push for children to be wed as soon as they come of age.

there’s also the fact that canonically, dhurke was not wealthy to any degree. he mentions in a throw away line having a bunch of weird odd jobs including both farmer and street performer (side note, street performer dhurke is hilarious). considering amara was basically hailed as a goddess by virtue of existing, i kind of doubt they were childhood friends or anything before that. my own hcs for how they met and got married initially tend to fall into a romeo and juliet style of mushy romance. plucky lawyer steals the heart of the queen with his humble charm and promises to whisk her away kind of thing. idk i do actually think they were very in love when they were younger, and maybe like... TOO in love, but my essay and thoughts tend to skew towards characterization through how the two of them grow through their traumas. so let’s just go in order of events here;

the palace fire

i do not care what capcom tries to tell me, dhurke has burns. if amara has a giant chest mark from being in the fire for a very short amount of time, dhurke would have full body burns from literally breaking into and out of a burning building. do you know how hot fire is? it’s fucking hot. it’s also genuinely terrifying. my point is i hc dhurke has some form of pyrophobia.

the years after the palace fire and before rayfa is born aren’t given much canon information, but it is stated that amara is convinced dhurke was out to kill her and willingly lives in the palace outside of the public eye. she’s convinced that dhurke is evil and was trying to kill her for at least twice as long as they were married. that kind of skews your perception of a person, no matter how much you might have once loved them. even if you STILL love them, it’s different. feelings change with time, and i think that’s a really fun thing to explore in fiction.

the rescue/rayfa’s birth

so here’s where i add the drama. just sprinkle it in. there’s a very sneaky line in the game that they kind of slip in during dhurke’s recounting of events around the time rayfa was born, and i have not stopped thinking about it for 2 years.

so plot wise, when apollo presses dhurke about lying about amara being dead, he talks about how he (somehow) got a tip that amara was alive and still being held in the palace. he broke in to save her and potentially run away with her, datz, and and nahyuta into safety, but they add something else in there. dhurke has a moment where he says she didn’t initially believe his innocence. and it’s kind of just played as a joke.

but because i like conflict and i do not write dhurke the same hyper-toxic-masculine way they do in canon because i think Men Should Be Allowed To Have Feelings i thought. man that must fucking suck. everyone in the entire kingdom thinks he’s the devil, and the one person he’s been doing it all for the sake of - his wife - initially doubts his innocence. of course this is obviously an understandable response. she was basically trapped and gaslit for nearly a full decade over an event that nearly cost her her own life (and would have to instead come to terms with the fact her own sister wanted her dead) but like it still. it would still suck to hear that from your spouse?

they were together for under a year, and in this time rayfa was born. this is probably my favorite window of time to explore a dhurke and amara relationship adapting because they would be such different people now. time already effects how you personally grow and adapt, but the kind of horrors they went to would drastically change them both. neither of them would be the same kids they fell in love with, and dhurke had just shipped one of his kids to america in an attempt to protect him. he’d already be down bad, but to have to deal with that, his wife not fully trusting him, nahyuta not knowing their own mother and most likely not trusting her initially, and also an entire pregnancy... that’d be an incredible amount of stress, on top of the fact they’re both living under the law.

(sidebar; because of how weird they had to twist the timeline to make it so apollo was gone before rayfa was born so they never met, i tend to headcanon this as dhurke trying to send both his kids to america to protect them, but not being able to initially send nahyuta because of their royalty status, and it quickly becoming too late.)

something else that confused me was why the hell they’d even have another kid while they’re both trying to save themselves, and that... uh. okay maybe this is an unpopular thing to say in terms of headcanon, but i actually believe rayfa was an accidental birth. like logistically, if you see your wife for the first time in almost a decade, you’re going to do Something. and you don’t have protection in the mountains. i’m just. i’m just saying.

but all of that being said, more than anything, i think they’d still be in love during this point. or more accurately, i think they’d be trying to convince themselves they’re still in love. they wouldn’t be the same people anymore, but the only thing dhurke has left is his family. it’s the thing he’s fighting for, and amara would have just been told she can’t go back to her sister for her own safety. there’s this kind of pressure to stay together for both themselves and their kids. there’s also a part where dhurke implies that the two of them were planning on trying to escape khura’in together and cross country lines before shit hits the fan.

turnabout revolution

so if you’re a coward who actually considers canon, after rayfa and amara get kidnapped, dhurke never sees them again. sure, he gets spirit channeled by amara in the final trial, but he never sees her face to face, or gets a chance to speak with her. if you’re like me and simply refuse to believe your favorite characters die, then that means there’s a 14 year gap between the next time dhurke and amara speak to each other.

what’s the first thing amara does when they see each other again? accuse him of murder.

in fairness, she’s under threat of blackmail to do so. she’s trying to protect both her children at this point, and clearly had a role to play in inga’s murder herself that she doesn’t want to admit to. but at the same time, when apollo reveals that dhurke was actively hiding evidence because he still loved her, she seemed genuinely surprised. this revelation is the thing that gets her to actually go against ga’ran’s plot. there’s also the obvious point of her picking her children’s safety over dhurke’s entire revolution, and what he’s been working on for her sake for most of his life. and honestly I thinks she made the right and most understandable choice. the real part that makes me think they wouldn’t get back together after the events of soj (provided dhurke isn’t an epic ghost guy) is,

amara chooses her own safety over dhurke’s, while dhurke chooses her safety over his own.

dhurke’s a very hopeful character, a very jovial one. throughout all his screen time, there’s no point where he genuinely thinks nahyuta has betrayed him. there’s no point where he thinks apollo isn’t capable of handling the case without him. he clearly cares a lot about his family, and would do anything for them. this includes amara. he’s not asked to hide evidence for her sake, he just does it. at the risk of undermining his entire revolution and destroying it entirely, he tries to hide evidence that’d implicate his wife of murder.

amara’s more of a realist. she doesn’t give up information until she absolutely has to. she doesn’t even admit to loving dhurke until the last moment she’s on screen. the only lines in the game she has as herself are during the trial, and half the time she’s just telling everyone how horrible and awful and terrible her husband was. and again, i must say, this would probably suck to hear.

the aftermath

the country is kind of a little fucked after soj. sure, it ends on a positive note, kind of, but there’s both a lot of political stuff to fix. and a lot of family stuff to fix. dhurke basically has to rebuild his relationship with every single one of his family members (and in rayfa’s case, from scratch). while I do think marriage is important and stuff, I don’t think it’d be... the most important.

what i’m saying is i think they’d be friends. even if they stayed married, they’d have to relearn almost everything about each other. they haven’t seen each other in forever, and also amara just threw dhurke under the bus. that’d sting! i think he’d forgive her for that, but it’d sting. knowing your partner would have willingly let you and your entire cause go up in flames sucks. it all sucks. soj is a very downer aa game.

and also i value m/f friendship a lot. i value older adult relationships a lot. i value exploring unfortunate and uncomfortable themes in learning to grow as a person and dealing with your own trauma a lot. i think there’s a lot to explore in characters like dhurke and amara. alot of people prefer thinking about the relationships between nahyuta and apollo and rayfa as siblings, which is great! but... i don’t know. i really like fictional dads. i like thinking about him getting more time with his kids. i like thinking about amara learning to become a person instead of a revered goddess. i like them becoming real people instead of just figureheads in a political war.

also i think dhurke and datz should kiss because they raised kids together in the mountains for 20 years

#thanks for coming to. something #i think about dead side character so you don't have to #dhurke sahdmadhi #amara sigatar khura'in #soj spoilers

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backtodc · 6 years

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Who do you think Ran takes after more, Eri or Kogoro? And in what ways?

I think she has a certain straightforwardness that definitely came from Kogoro. The man doesn’t have much in the way of a brain-to-mouth filter, and while Ran’s much better-behaved and capable of keeping secrets, she still doesn’t generally seem at home with a great deal of deviousness, whereas Eri does (pretending to be listening to music instead of Kogoro comes to mind, whereas I’m trying to think of any time Kogoro had to put up an act that wasn’t blatantly obvious, and the only thing that came to my mind was Sunset Mansion, where it was actually Kaitou Kid).

Her temper’s probably her mother’s. Kogoro’s temper does flare up hard but also tends to burn out hot and fast. Ran’s anger--I’m mainly thinking of the case where the girl lied about being Shinichi’s girlfriend to get help finding the boy she was babysitting who’d been kidnapped, or the time she met the guy she thought was Eri’s new boyfriend and turned out to be her vet--burns longer and can turn icy cold, which is definitely more how Eri operates.

Her compassion is prooooooobably from Eri? I mean, it’s probably not a plot twist to say that Kogoro’s kind of an asshole who doesn’t notice or care about the happiness of people around him a great deal. Like, he gets hella mad if Ran or Conan get hurt and can get pretty mad about murders, especially when it involves people he knows, but he sure doesn’t seem to care too much if they’re all that happy. We mostly see Eri when she’s dealing with Kogoro, which definitely does not bring out the best in her, but she does seem to have a lot more close friends, is kind and sociable with her coworkers including her secretary, and appears to have a more positive relationship with Ran, though I still really wanna know the details of why she didn’t take Ran with her when she left Kogoro. (Maybe she thought, since she was the one walking out, if he tried to sue for custody she’d lose? Though which one of you is a) sober and b) an actual lawyer and c) employed at all for that matter. Japan’s got some pretty old-fashioned attitudes to divorce, still, but surely even then custody wouldn’t be awarded to an unemployed father over a mother with a rising career?) Plus she’s a cat person and a lot nicer to Conan, so yeah, probably the compassion comes from Eri, though I actually think Yukiko is also a valid argument, since Ran seems to have spent plenty of time with Shinichi’s family to the point of travelling overseas with them for holidays and seems to be as familiar with Shinichi’s house as her own. I wouldn’t be surprised if she spent a LOT of time over there when her parents separated, since it’s pretty common for kids not to want to be at home in those situations, especially if the remaining parent is liable to be drinking himself into a stupor. (I also SERIOUSLY question a lot of Yukiko’s parenting choices, but there’s no denying that mostly she’s a very friendly soul).

Her tendency to pine endlessly over Shinichi is something I blame on both parents and their complete inability to move the fuck on

IDK. I can see things she got from each of them, but I’m not sure if she actually takes after either of them particularly strongly. Since neither’s exactly been a strong parental figure in her life, she’s got a wider patchwork of strong influences--Shinichi, Sonoko, Yuusaku, Yukiko, Agasa, and I think there’s at least two incidents of her showing extremely deep-seated fondness for her elementary school teachers. Most folk I know are hard-pressed to remember their primary school teachers’ names except maybe that one that was either super weird or hated them specifically. Good god this girl needs a hug

#peggaboo #Ran Mouri

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klanced · 7 years

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New concept: white people should keep their fingers of of characters of color and stop pretend that they can understand the characters' struggles or dynamics. People who blame and vilify Keith are just as bad as the people who call Allura racist. Especially, when they're twisting what really happened. Keith ever said "not all Galra". You all want to make yourselves look so problack when you're not.

Lmao. Imagine being this far up Keith’s ass :)

Anon, are you a fruit harvester? Because I’ve never seen someone cherry-pick a narrative this hard before. Let’s dismantle your argument one one piece at a time.

“People who blame and vilify Keith are just as bad as the people who call Allura racist.”

I’m gonna go out on a limb and assume that you can’t tell the difference between a rock and bird, because you seem to be completely incapable of comparing and contrasting anything :/ Wow!

Are you… implying that the feelings of an asian character are more valid than those of a black character? That an asian character… deserves more respect than a black character? That Keith… needs to protected, while Allura deserves to be condemned? Wow. That’s a lot to unpack!

Let’s do a check-list, and hopefully this’ll jog your memory since you seem to have an incredibly selective memory of season two, anon :)

Keith’s Galra arc caused him a lot of insecurity over his identity. It’s totally reasonable that he wanted support and validation from his friends/team, and it does suck that Allura wasn’t immediately accepting of him.

HOWEVER, you forget that Allura kind of has a valid reason to be wary of Galra! Maybe because she… idk… witnessed the Galra turn against her people and then slaughter them right in front of her?

And don’t forget! Allura saw the beginning of the Galra Empire… and then she woke up 10,000 years later to find that it was still alive, and even stronger than before. Why? Because no one had ever stood against Zarkon. At least, publicly speaking.

Oh, sure, we know now that the Blades exist, but Allura had no idea when she woke up. Instead, she fell asleep to her father’s face against a backdrop of war, and awoke to the same war, only worse this time, because it wasn’t a war anymore, not really. Calling it a war implies that the other side had a chance to fight back.

Allura opened her eyes to see an Empire that has lasted for 10,000 years, with no (apparent) internal conflict. She woke up to an army that has never doubted Zarkon. What she saw was an entire race who never tried to stand up and say that this is wrong, or we shouldn’t be doing this. She saw the Galra, she saw their complacency, and she saw nothing she could trust.

What was it that Allura said to Kolivan? “Your caution is the reason Zarkon is still in power!”

Now, let’s rehash what happened in the show!

Keith cautiously broaches the idea of working with the Galra to Allura. She immediately dismisses the idea because the Galra have had 10,000 years to do something, and they just let things get even worse. Voltron can handle Zarkon on its own. Cue shot of Keith looking sad.

After revealing his Galra heritage, Keith looks at Allura. Her face is carefully neutral. Cue shot of Keith looking sad for a few seconds.

Cut to another shot of Keith looking sad.

Another shot of Keith looking sad.

A scene where Keith vents to Hunk about how Allura is making him sad. Hunk tries to comfort him by essentially boiling the situation down to “this is all just Allura’s problem, but eventually she’ll get over it” (with ‘it’ being the Genocide And Destruction Of Her Home Planet Along With Countless Others That Zarkon Has Murdered Over The Past 10,000 Years)

Surprise, a shot where Keith is sad again (x10)

And then the scene where Allura suddenly realizes that She Was Wrong All Along and apologizes to Keith. Keith starts to say something in return, but Allura cuts him off, because this was obviously all her fault and Keith did nothing wrong :(( Allura wipes away his tears and gives Keith the most awkward comforting hug ever, because obviously it’s her responsibility to ensure he’s emotionally stable :)

“Especially, when they’re twisting what really happened. Keith ever said “not all Galra”.”

Are you sure about that? Yeah, Keith never said ‘not all Galra’ but… his bullshit argument and your bullshit argument can be summed up pretty nicely with a reference to this bullshit argument. Looking at my above bullet points, we can conclude that the narrative (with all its shitty writing) is wholeheartedly in support of Keith. The audience is supposed to feel sympathy for Keith. We are supposed to empathize and weep alongside him.

We are supposed to coddle him. We are supposed to forgive him. We are supposed to excuse him. But where does that leave Allura?

I don’t think the writers intentionally wanted Allura to be the villain of Keith’s (show-spanning) character arc, but they needed someone to… be a foil? To be so extreme(ish) that it pushes the audience in the other direction, towards sympathizing/liking the Galra? Yeah. They needed that kind of catalyst. But this Hell Fandom took that and ran with it and somehow produced the idea that Allura is a racist.

So no, anon. There is nothing comparable about ‘Keith getting called out’ to ‘people calling Allura a racist.’ You’re pissed because this show worships the toilet Keith shits on, while the fandom is willing to call out the blatant favoritism and bullshit of the writers.

If this arc had actually been written well, Keith and Allura would have been left on equal ground. But that’s not what happened. Neither characters were perfect in this situation; both were flawed in how they approached the issue. And that’s okay! That’s great, even! But things started tilting sideways when the show writers refused to admit that Keith was wrong. And not just about his Galra plot-line, but also about how he acted/what he did this season in general. They excused away all of his actions, even when they were shitty moves and choices! Keith held a king at knifepoint, Keith shouted at his teammates, Keith did x and y and z and was surprised when it all blew up in his face. But he never, ever, faced any consequences for it. But you know that if Lance or Hunk had done something like that, they would’ve suffered hell for it. They would’ve been treated as a joke. They would have been demonized for it.

And you know how I know that? I know because I still see posts in the tag about how ‘Allura is a racist.’

Oh, and finally?

“New concept: white people should keep their fingers of of characters of color and stop pretend that they can understand the characters’ struggles or dynamics. (…) You all want to make yourselves look so problack when you’re not.”

1. I’m Chinese-American you fucking jackass.

2. How dare you insinuate that I, and anyone else speaking up against this, is doing this simply for ‘brownie points.’ How dare you imply that certain races cannot weigh in on this problem, and then turn around and pretend that ‘vilifying’ Keith is somehow more racist than calling Allura, a black woman, a racist. How dare you claim all this while ignoring the fact that this entire conflict centers around a pale male character versus a black female character. How dare you pretend that last sentence wouldn’t have some degree of impact on the fandom and its treatment of both characters.

3. The next time you feel obligated to try and lecture, shame, and belittle me, at least have the decency to do it off anon so I can rip you apart to your face, you fucking coward.

#anonymous #discourse #long post #racism//#ask #keith #allura #1 discourse ask down a couple more to go.. though prolly not tonight i still need to do homework lmao

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