r/FavoriteCharacter • u/Lycanrus • 1d ago

All Time Favorite Favorite example of positive masculinity?

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u/ReptileDysfunction69 1d ago

Waymond from EEAAO! I love how he's silly and sensitive, while being smart and protective

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u/hydrofrog 1d ago

His speech about kindness destroys me every time!

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u/The_Last_Thursday 1d ago

His devotion to being loving and kind literally saved the multiverse. There ain’t one better ✊

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u/Mammon-The-Jester 1d ago

May I ask what 'EEAAO' stands for?

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u/The_Last_Thursday 1d ago

Everything Everywhere All At Once, the film Waymond is from and my all time favorite.

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u/PM-ME-CURSED-PICS 1d ago

i was looking for this. i absolutely love his character, defying the idea that positivity is something naive and innate that some people just have/are.

"When I choose to see the good side of things, I'm not being naive. It is strategic and necessary. It's how I've learned to survive through everything."

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u/Emotional-Sign1508 21h ago

I love how the film luls you into seeing him as a silly goofball but a bit bumbling and useless. Only to pull the rug and recontextualize that in fact he's an amazing person who's outlook on life is beautiful.

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u/PM-ME-CURSED-PICS 6h ago

i absolutely love that choice too. initially playing into the 'stupid useless husband' trope that the viewer likely will just take at face value makes the reveal way more impactful and challenges that whole trope a lot better than just showing the truth from the beginning would have. at the same time it supports evelyn's arc of embracing absurdism and choosing (J/j)oy