when Bear and Elora Danan have their big blow up (as they inevitably will after events at the end of ep 4) I’m mostly concerned about Cheese and Willie Jack. it’s going to be like a bad divorce and mom and dad are going to be going at it and Cheese and WJ are going to be like the kids who have to pick a side.
jsdkjk!!! basically, in the first season she was like dating different guys, and jonas in the gifs was one of them but it didn’t end well.. and then on christmas last year she recieved 100 red roses but it didn’t say who it was FROM, and she thought it was from her co-worker, cus he arrives at her place shortly after.. and then they actually become a couple for a year but they break up in season 2 cus she doesnt actually love him and blabla… but she still has feelings for jonas and they meet again in season 2, and the gifset is when she finds out that jonas actually sent her the roses, and NOT the guy she was in a pretty bad relationship with for a year!! so like both happy and sad i guess cus i interpret it as like.. her wondering what would’ve happened if she knew a year ago they were from jonas? and also living in a lie as to who sent them, and now being shocked to find out they were actually from the person she seems to have hoped they were from! idk if this is understandable but dkjasdjsdks
“As a performer, a lot of times you [get to] say your true feelings through some other character, so you don’t have to admit them or take responsibility for them, and you can kind of be freer in that way than you can in life. For Stevie, she’s so closed off all the time and doesn’t want to express anything real, and I wanted to hopefully let her have a real authentic moment through that song.”
It was, arguably, a love of war that created No Man’s Land. The advent of automatic weaponry created a space across warzone fronts since World War I that was decimated by artillery, bombs, and scattered with corpses from either side. It was un-winnable space, an area from which there was no escape, and no advancement either way.
Thankfully, Diana of Themyscira is no man. And in one of the most iconic and emotional scenes in the film—one, of course, the studio didn’t believe in but director Patty Jenkins, thankfully, fought for—Diana learns what it is to be Wonder Woman. Try as one might (and trust, I have) it is hard to explain the depths and layers of importance of that moment without speaking to it on a personal level. I’ve gone on a journey with the Wonder Woman film, and I’m not too proud to admit it. Diana’s journey was a layered one, an origin story filled with lessons she needed to learn.
And, as it turned out, there were a few lessons I needed to learn, too.
The awesome born sexy yesterday video is putting that trope on the forefront of everyone’s minds, which is great. Critique away!
I just wanted to point out a few of the ways Patty Jenkins, Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, and the writers subvert the worst aspects of the trope.
I’ll try to be as vague as possible but SPOILERS:
1. Diana is not embarrassed by nudity of any kind. Yes, her outfit is revealing. BUT one guess as to who gets naked in this film. Hint: it’s not the person the trope usually applies to.
2. Diana is untouched by a man by virtue of the plot – she’s never even seen one before. But the film makes a point of calling out her knowledge of sex. It even heavily implies that Diana takes charge of her own pleasure, be it via self-pleasure or bisexual/pansexual Diana ftw!
3. Steve is her guide to the outside world, but so is Candy. Steve is her guide to the outside world, but never once is Diana abnormally impressed with his insights or his teaching moments. Ice cream vendor, though? He should be very proud.
4. The born sexy yesterday trope is predicated on the idea that a woman falls in love with the first schlub she sees and worships him. That emphatically does not happen. In fact, it’s a running gag that Steve is trying to convince Diana that he’s above average. Only when he proves it to her – through his kindness and his bravery – does she fall for him.
5. The thing that happens in the middle? Not the “prize” saved for the hero’s reward like it is usually is in the Born Sexy Yesterday trope.
So, yes, Diana is a fish out of water. Yes Gal Gadot is a stunner. But those two elements are not what make born sexy yesterday such an egregious violation of female agency. Wonder Woman does not exist to be taught by a mediocre man who she holds up as god’s gift than for no other reason than that he’s breathing near her.
Instead, she learns and teaches equally in reciprocation with a true partner–aka my favorite feminist fantasy trope.
