[ SECRET POST #2470 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2470 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Homestuck, Teen Wolf, Supernatural and Sherlock]


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03.
[Supernatural]


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04.
[Watashi ga motenai no wa dou kangaetemo omaera ga warui]


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05.
[Agents of SHIELD]


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06.
[Sleepy Hollow]


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07.
[Fullmetal Alchemist]


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08.
[World of Warcraft]


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09.
[Pacific Rim]


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10.
[Richard III in "The White Queen"]


















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Comments

[iggy]

but with Winry it's made a defining character trait.

but with Winry it's made a defining character trait.

Wow okay I'm done. A defining trait? That is plainly incorrect. If you seriously think that the wrench gag, which happens a few times in the series, is a defining character trait of hers, then you are pretty clearly paying no mind to her character.

[dragonimp]

It stood out for me. It's not her only defining trait; far from it. And I love her character. But with a wrench fling being her introduction to the story, it being her default reaction when Ed angers her by damaging the automail, her reaction to Ling when he embarrasses her, her reaction to Al when she's pissed at him after the Lab 5 incident - yes, I would call it a defining character trait.

But that's kinda beside the point. The author treats the violence seriously, but she didn't invent any of it. But she doesn't paint Winry as evil or the bad guy. Treating the violence seriously doesn't automatically make it bashing.

[iggy]

It pretty much does when you don't treat any of the other slapstick in the series with equal weight. Unless both Ed and Ling are ghosts in the fic because they've both 'died' comedically and god knows what other ridiculous things have happened are also treated as seriously as Winry's wrench, then yes, I think it's at the very least a huge double standard (and very typical of fandom misogyny and die for our ship behavior).

[dragonimp]

I went into how I view the slapstick and why some bothers me and others don't in that tumblr post I linked to; again, it's too long to copy-paste here. I can't really speak for the author. But even if all the slapstick is viewed as real events that have been greatly exaggerated for comedic effect - which I think is what the author is doing for this fic - it's still a pattern of violence. I'm not saying it has to be viewed this way - but I'm saying it's not a wrong interpretation.