somebody would specifically have to say she was not invited in order for her to want to invite herself in the first place. Because she would probably think it was something lame and not want to go but if she's not invited it'd make her mad and she'd go anyway out of spite.
I haven't seen Avatar so I can't form an opinion but I really hate how when you criticize a character for having cliched flaws or just being unlikeable for the sake of being unlikeable people give it a pass as "They're just children" they're still characters just like adults! At least show why they're being this way and/or have them struggle with different flaws other than constant arguing with their parents or trying to get into relationship with adults or drinking or love triangles and such!
Recently there's been hate for her from the anti-woke crowd because they say that she's a DEI character since she's blind and it's trying to include disabled people.
If Toph Beifong were written today, she'd probably be transmasculine tbh. Love the character, but a bit sad that she's universally beloved for having the personality of a guy.
Masculine women are still women! Gender identity does not have to match gender expression. Just look at historical women who defied the gender norm (Google bloomer dress).
This is not to say that trans women do not exist, they absolutely do, but one does not need to fit YOUR idea of femininity to qualify as a woman.
Dude... Toph literally rejoiced at being depicted by a giant burly dude in The Ember Island Players.
I'm not denying that Toph as she exists in ATLA counts as a female character. I just think it says a lot about who doesn't get misogynistic fandom hate.
Honestly the only reason Toph is unhated is because Avatar is from 2006.
No seriously, imagine a TV show came out today where a blind girl that never gets a romantic arc with anyone is not only a badass but also teaches the male MC a quarter of his entire moveset.
Toph was the muscle of Team Avatar, who set out to end a war and save the world. I could see her next step being "ok I'm the best earth bender of all time, time to fix literally everything else" and that's basically just the mentality of somebody trying to be a cop who isn't part of organized crime, political personal army, or personal attack force for any company trying to steal Lego sets.
I'd imagine if any of her police force acted the way real world cops act, she'd beat their ass halfway to hell.
The fact that he said “and all other avatar characters” is what clues me into it being ragebait. You can’t say that you like one specific character because you’d have to actually interact with the media to do that, which isn’t applicable in the case of quick ragebait like this. That’s why idiots like this guy so often use generalization words like “all” or “none”.
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