Do you ever just miss a bond you had with someone? Like regardless of what happened between you two, you miss the conversations, the laughs you guys had over the stupidest things, or the way that they were there for you when you weren't at the best. The little things matter.
Lady Eboshi was awesome. You know why? Because she looked at a town full of abused and exploited women and said “Fuck this shit”
And they said “Look lady these girls are just trying to earn a living”
But Lady Eboshi didn’t take that shit. She said “Well I’ll buy them and if they want they can come with me.”
“Lady you are hysterical you can’t afford…”
“Fuck you. I’m paying for all of it. And you know how? These ladies are going to work for me. I’m going to pay them to make iron for weapons and you are going to buy those weapons.”
LATER
“Your town is so big and succesful the Emperor wants it. You better sell out now because all of those natural resources are protected by the Gods so you might as well…”
“Fuck the Gods. Fuck the Emperor. Fuck your shit. It’s my hot town I’ll do what I want.”
She also took in men who’d been crippled and were cast out to be beggars and gave them work they could do and plenty of respect and care. Lady was feminist as fuck.
transquadricpalesexual
SHE TOOK IN LEPERS.
LEPERS.
L E P E R S.
epicracharaptor
See above for why Lady Eboshi is one of the best characters ever. Technically, she’s the antagonist after you learn San’s story and how Eboshi is hurting the environment, but she’s not villified by the story or by any human characters in the town because of her humanitarian efforts. She’s an antagonist for San and Ashitaka at some points, but in all others, she’s nothing less of a hero. Even at the end, when her town is ruined, she just smiles and says “This time we’ll build a better town.” with the implication she’ll make a prosperous town for her people without harming the environment.
tl;dr - Lady Eboshi is the best
Princess Mononoke is such a great movie for not creating a single defined villain in it. Everything is more complicated than it seems and everyone is trying to protect SOMEONE. Seriously, this movie is a masterpiece of storytelling in that sense, on top of being one of my favorite (animated) films of all time.
juliawiinchester-deactivated201
I hate men
juliawiinchester
Can we bring this back? He’s the reason I started carrying knives everywhere… One time he saw me inside of a liquor store and I refused to step outside until he finally left.. AN HOUR LATER. He just stood there waiting for me to leave the store. Ugh. I’m glad I’m across the country from this creep.
juliawiinchester
Oh he also stopped by my work EVERYDAY to ask me out and EVERYDAY I would say “no thank you” it got to the point that whenever I saw his car pull up I would tell my boss and then go hide in the back room. He honestly terrified me.
xlovelyxhavocx
Men are fucking terrifying, I once had some random dude stalk me at work because I smiled at him. … something you get in trouble for if you don’t do when in customer service!
teaforyourginaa
what the actual fuck
Everytime a guy tries to describe himself to me as a nice guy and that i shouldn’t be afraid, my warning siren in my head gets louder.
bpdstri
protip, people who are actually nice, don’t usually feel the need to tell everyone how nice they are.
pharaohmangos
Men feel so entitled sometimes. It’s scary to watch the interactions sometimes.
They even said, get a degree in anything. Any degree will get you a Better job, they said
as the dash moves back to normal, please don’t let this be the end of your activism. this wasn’t just a trend, these are real lives. continue to further your understanding, get educated, listen to black people, and be an active ally.
Like I know bus stops are liminal spaces and all but this kind of thing is a little too surreal for first thing in the morning
There’s some kind of unexpected energy going on at bus stops. I once missed my bus to class and was waiting for the next one and was approached by two representatives for a bank who just gave me $125 because it was the bank’s 125th birthday.
smug-mercy
god, i wish that were me
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