The Avatar universe is renown for having some of the best female characters around. It and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic are showing that girls come in all varieties and you should never be called out for being something a bit different. Toph and Rainbow Dash are oftentimes pegged as being lesbians (the latter more than the former, especially due to the color scheme, but have you HEARD of Lisa Frank?), while they're characters I pretty much identify with the most. Strong, kind of a jerk, but still a good heart - that's me. I wish they were around when I was growing up, where instead I was told to stop playing DBZ with my Barbie dolls.
This! Okay, so rainbows mean lesbian? I guess Punky Brewster must have been a lesbian too along with everyone in the 80's.
As for Toph, it is pretty clear that she has a crush on Sokka.
As I said before, there is nothing wrong with thinking "I like the idea of..." but when you start to think it is true in canon, that is when there are problems.
Also, I really wish we had MLP as a kid. Maybe I wouldn't have run into as many bitch cliches as I did.
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Date: 2012-07-10 04:52 pm (UTC)This! Okay, so rainbows mean lesbian? I guess Punky Brewster must have been a lesbian too along with everyone in the 80's.
As for Toph, it is pretty clear that she has a crush on Sokka.
As I said before, there is nothing wrong with thinking "I like the idea of..." but when you start to think it is true in canon, that is when there are problems.
Also, I really wish we had MLP as a kid. Maybe I wouldn't have run into as many bitch cliches as I did.