First off, what is a tsundere? Well, you see my rant on the Jerk Jock trope? Tsundere's are basically the female version of that. But tsundere's are worse. The Jocks are at least honest about the fact that they are complete assholes. Tsundere's? Tsundere's are manipulative monsters. They pretend to love you, act nice, spend time with you...and the moment you get out of line, *POW!* They punch you in the face and start attacking you for every little thing.But when they calm down oh they are soooo sorry, they love you, they'll never do it again, blah blah blah blah. And the cycle continues. That's right. Tsunderes are domestic abusers. But unlike the male versions, they are NEVER called out on it. In fact, no matter what happens, the man is ALWAYS treated by the characters as the villain all while the tsundere bitch is getting her ass kissed. It is fucking disgusting and don't give me any of that double standard bullshit. I'm calling tsundere's what they are: CUNTS!
Yes I said the C word, big whoop.
Let's take a look at a textbook tsundere whore, shall we?
Zero Louise from Familiar of Zero: She 'accidentally' kidnaps an innocent kid from another dimension, 'accidentally' kisses him, which 'accidentally' makes him forget his ENTIRE PAST LIFE and then proceeds to 'accidentally' treat him like utter shit and make him her slave who she repeatedly abuses, whips, beats, starves, blasts with her magic and puts a collar on him that allows her to electrocute him at will and treats him like a dog all for her own fucking sick laughs. Oh yeah and that magic kiss she gave him? IT KEEPS HIM FROM GETTING MAD AT HER! That's right, Saito can't even call her out on her bullshit. Not that it matters because nobody else ever does. And of course people will defend this cunt because 'Oh she's a girl so it's okay. Oh she's a noble so it's okay, blah blah blah.' Fuck that and fuck Louise. Let me ask you this, if Zero Louise was a male and Saito a female, would you still defend him? No, you'd be screaming for his head, so don't give me that bullshit.
'Oh her classmates were mean, she's a female Naruto!'
Do not, don't you dare, EVER put that monster in the same category as Naruto Uzumaki.
And of course, her defenders always try to bring this one out of their asses: 'Oh he tried to attack her in her sleep' and hope that you don't know the truth. But guess what? That was 1)Complete horseshit and 2) Not Saito's fault. The Gandalfr runes on his body took him over and were forcing him to assault her to give him some bullshit attachment to that world. So yeah, nice try Louise fans but that won't work either.
I'll say this now: Louise is nothing but a whiny, pathetic, bitch and if she wasn't protected by double standards, Saito would have stabbed her in her sleep after the first episode.
There are more, such as Naru Narusegawa and Kirie from Girls Bravo, but it's just more double standard domestic abuse crap.
See Louise.
Now, I'm not saying that anime women shouldn't be tough, I like that, but there is a big difference between being a badass and being a Jerk Suie.
Let's take a look at Miss Revy for instance. From what we know, Revy had a downright horrible childhood, has lived a life of crime, associates with criminals and lives in a wretched hive of scum and villainy, so her having a bad attitude makes sense. She will cop an attidue with pretty much everyone but there is a major difference here: Characters can and will call her out on it. During the Nazi arc, Dutch snapped her out of her Whitman Fever Psychosis and called her out on her attitude. Later, Rock did the same in a truly awesome moment.
Balls of adamantium this one.
It's not just the guys either. One of Eda's favorite past times is trolling Revy after all.
Also, Revy is a surprisingly sympathetic character, as revealed more and more as the series goes on.
This is how you write a character like this! You show them as badass and tough and rude but characters will call them out on their behavior when they cross the line, that way everybody is happy.
So, recently, I was re-watching the Broly anime movie with an eye and ear regarding his supposed Galaxy Busting.
Now, a lot of this comes from the opening of the movie.
However, note this clip.
4:04. In which Paragus outright says that he is, and I quote, "Wreaking havoc all over the South Galaxy."
Odd isn't it? How could one wreak havoc all over a galaxy if it's already been destroyed?
0:47 in. Here, Goku is talking with King Kai and quotes him. "There is a Super Saiyan in the South Galaxy."
King Kai: "He's torn up MOST of the South Galaxy." Most. Not all, but a lot of it.
Finally, they all head to New Planet Vegeta which is in, you guessed it, the South Galaxy. Also, despite all his amazing power, Broly never shows anything close to Galaxy Busting in either of his movie appearances. Casual Planet Busting yes, but not galaxy.
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbcTrW2hMZ8[/url]
Gendo Ikari is a coward who ran away from his responsibilities as a father
and abandons his own son, his last remaining link to his wife, in favor
of delusions of wanting his wife by his side again to the point of
making a clone of her with angel DNA and uses a woman who was jealous of
said wife for satisfaction and uses her daughter for the same once the
mother is offed, he covers this up by acting like a strict and orderly
man leading an organization made for the sole purpose of saving the
world. He pretends to be a magnificent bastard who plays all the people
around him like pawns when in reality he's no more than a lying weasel
who has a way with words so that nobody can argue with him nor
comprehend his true nature, thereby only making his emotionally disabled
son even more confused when he either gives rare moments of
complimenting him or just plain doesn't care nor acknowledge that
Shinji's his own flesh and blood. But what really makes Gendo Ikari a
worse character by emotional standards is when he's finally denied his
chance in End of Evangelion. Now that he's lost everything he had of
ever seeing his wife again, he finally confesses that he ran away from
Shinji because he was afraid of hurting him and he didn't know what to
do without Yui by his side to raise Shinji. The kicker here is that if
Gendo got what he wanted at the very end, HE NEVER WOULD HAVE REALIZED
IT. Gendo is an utterly selfish man who never realizes his mistakes
until the last minute. Being so petty, he doesn't deserve the title of
Magnificent Bastard, much less the right to be the Big Bad of the
series.
Could not have said it better myself.
Credit goes to here: http://otakurevolution.com/content/in-defense-of-shinji-ikari
Note: This following rant is opinion and contains language.
Am I the only one getting fed up with this shit?
For those not in the know, the jerk jock can be summed up thusly: A sociopathic bullying high school / college age teenage boy, usually presented as a popular star athlete and foil to the heroes. See the above video.
Now, in a High School setting, having an asshole character is a given. And it is a given that the main character will get even with them, or at least give as good as they get. However, I have noticed a disturbing trend recently of not only making the assholes into utter psychopaths, but also of ensuring that they get off scott free. Take the above video for example. Those of who have seen my review of I Am Number Four know exactly who that guy is: Mark James, the town sociopath. Despite all of the shit he pulls, and despite the fact that the main character HAS SUPERPOWERS, Mark never gets touched and everybody forgives him at the end, John even leaving his girlfriend in Mark's care.
What do you want to bet Mark went right back to being an asshole the moment John was gone?
Amazing Spider-Man?
Asshole bully beats up students to cheering crowd? A-OKAY as far as the school is concerned!
Student stands up for himself and others and beats bully in a basketball game? He's a monster! Detention and community service! AND Uncle Ben telling him he shouldn't stand up for himself! Yeah, the kid coming home with bruises all over his face shouldn't stand up for himself.
*Slow clap.*
Smallville?
Okay, that first Smallville clip? Those three psychopaths threw Clark in a furnace, steal from people, trashed the Kent Family Barn, strung up his parents and tore apart Chloe's wall of weird.
The second clip? A common practice in Smallville: The sociopathic fucks from Smallville High beat up and abduct a random Freshman, take their shirt off, crucify them and leave them out there to die in the cold. Or at least catch pneumonia. The worst part? Everybody in the school knows about this shit but nobody calls the cops on them!
This brings me to my next point: Man of Steel. Now, I can kinda forgive Bully!PeteRoss, since he is actually a human being....and because I still can't figure out if 'dicksplash' is actually a word. I mean...what?????
No, my problem is a later scene, where a trio of jocks bang on the windows of Jonathan's car, force it open, pull kid Clark out, kick around his books, throw him against a fence and challenge him to a fight. Clark kinda just rolls his eyes at them, but Jonathan and other adults see this and.....do all of nothing.
Which means that after the bullies wander off, they'll just find some other kid to beat up on.
The list goes on and on and on.
Now, you may be wondering why I'm not bringing up The Final.
It's because I hate that movie. That's why.
What really makes me scratch my head is this scene.
Boom. Done in less than two minutes, we can now move on with the movie and the audience feels satisfied. Seriously, what happened to scenes like this? Douchebag bully, student stands up for himself, people with souls wanting to just break up the fight, student wants to just call it off, douchebag presses it, student puts him in his place. It's perfect, the lesson is clear, there are no real problems.
Compare and contrast to the above scenes.
The only thing that really compares are these two clips from Chronicle.
Now, Wayne was a dick. Andrew ripping out his teeth could be seen as going a tad far, tripping him with TK and making him hit his head on the floor or embarrising him in front of the school would have been just fine. But, Andrew is not really the most stable guy, so i can understand.
The dad, Richard, did indeed an ass whooping though.
Take it Hank!
Thank you Hank.
My overall point is, if you're going to make the bullies and jocks into such total bastards, then the consequences should, at the very least, reflect that.
If they are violent thugs, the protagonist should beat them up in return.
If they are the type to play rude pranks on and humiliate people, the protagonist should fire back and humiliate them.
If they attack people in public and kidnap them, the cops should arrest them and their faces should be shown on the news and they will be issued criminal records and jail time.
Hey, it's better than the "Let them get away with it." trend I've been seeing.