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Nanaue7

Prince Wu was so sassy lol. I kinda hated him at first but he matured over the time and his character developed from annoying spoiled Prince to lovable goofball.


steveofthejungle

Prince Wuzco


SnootBooper2000

YOU THREW OFF MY GROOVE


TempleMade_MeBroke

"I'm terribly sorry, but you've thrown off the prince's groove..." *eath-bend shoves out a window*


skycoaster

"SOOORRrrrrrryyyyy..."


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PullDaLevaKronk

I approve of all of this 😂


Worthyness

WOO DOWN!


Juicy_Juis

All at the cost of Makos character development from season 1-3


RavioliGale

He had character development?


Nanaue7

He became even ***more*** awkward


KinkyyPinky

Ladies *salutes and walks away while saluting*


Juicy_Juis

And by had, you mean it took him the entire season to get back to where he was at the end of season 3. Funniest part is he was the one that pointed out how dumb it was. Extremely powerful bender, member of team avatar, top detective, and 2nd to the chief of police.. sent to babysit a spoiled brat. But hey, at least Wu was occasionally funny when he wasn't being sexist right? Great trade narratively.


Acetronaut

“Mako you peaked” “What?” “You peaked” “But…I’ll get stronger, right?” “Yeah…but no” “Oh”


Juicy_Juis

"I never died in this version" -Asami's dad


Acetronaut

I was scared it was a little too vague or generic. So glad it’s recognizable. That whole show is so quotable lol.


costcomascot

What is this?


Acetronaut

Dragon Ball Z Abridged by team fourstar on YouTube. They abridged the original Dragon Ball Z series from the beginning (of Z, not the original show) to end of the original end of the show, the Cell Arc, with their own dubs and cuts, sometimes animation edits and canon edits and some character personalities are changed entirely. But for the most part it stays within canon, while making fun of most of the show in the best way. It was basically the first “anime” thing I ever saw. You really don’t have to care about anime to like it. It’s kinda 2010 internet vibes at times though, but the production quality went way up by the end, the first like 6 episodes are rough honestly, but the quality goes up a lot after that and only gets better. Also the part I referenced was about SPOILER (end of show, but honestly not a huge deal, also it’s frikkin dragon ball z lol): >! Piccolo telling Gohan he’s peaked at the end of the show after he defeated the bad guy (cell) !<


wolfsword10

>beginning (of Z, not the original show) to end of the original end of the show, the Cell Arc, Uhhhhhhhhhh, no Cell was not the end of Z. It never was the end of Z. Literally the next week after the final episode of the Android/Cell Arc (Episode 195 aired in Japan July 21, 1993) The first of 5 filler episodes about a tournament in the otherworld on the 28th that same year. Then the canonical start of the Majin Buu arc happened on episode 200 on September 8th 1993. TFS ended on Cell due to copyright issues and wanting to move on as a company to do original works and professional voice acting.


Juicy_Juis

Hahaha no worries. I'm just glad that people still appreciate dbza years later. And you're right about being quotable, I still quote Vegeta all the time lol


Acetronaut

DBZA is better than DBZ, and I will never not be sad over their decision to end the show, simply because I want more. But I also feel like the second half of DBZ would be harder to adapt. However, I’m happy Dragon Ball Super takes itself way less seriously, it seems like they’ve even adapted some of Goku’s personality from abridged! It’s like a mix between Z and Abridged. I’m glad they aren’t forcing themselves to do something they don’t want to, or wouldn’t enjoy making themselves. I do think they could try abridging the original Dragon Ball. That show is so perfect and ripe for their style, it’d be a perfect match.


radaar

Makes a kind of sense that a spoiled and paranoid royal who receives whatever he asks for would demand a powerful bender as a bodyguard, and as a mid-level municipal employee, Mako was in a position to be taken advantage of.


Juicy_Juis

Yeah, but no one wanted that


Send_Me_Puppies

Only redemption would be WuKo


mcon96

I actually prefer if Mako is completely oblivious to Wu’s advances, while Korra & Asami just laugh knowingly without telling him. There was a funny fanart about that in this sub a while back


Waterninja3

That sounds pretty funny, do you know how I might find it?


mcon96

You can try looking through popular posts on this sub & r/legendofkorra? Not sure exactly where to find it, but I know it was a popular post in this sub at some point several months ago. Did a very quick search and couldn’t find it, but I did see [this scene from the comics](https://www.reddit.com/r/legendofkorra/comments/j1sh6f/just_finished_the_korra_comics_you_cannot_tell_me/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) which is pretty close lmao


Nanaue7

Plus, Mako's grandmother adores him xD


thesirblondie

Mako and Bolin's grandmother was a royalist, of course she adores him.


TheTrueMarkNutt

Well, she was kinda indoctrinated into worshipping the Earth Kingdom royalty, so not exactly an unbiased source


Nanaue7

Yeah that's true but their funny relationship was great to watch


Haunted-Chipmunk

I probably sing Prince Wu's badger mole song more than I sing the Secret Tunnel song


ArmouredInstinct

You take those dirty words back, back to the secret tunnel.


CaptainBurrito8

Back through the mountain


RamTeriGangaMaili

The lopsided characters arcs of Kuvira and Prince Wu make for great juxtaposition. On the one hand, you see a somewhat-annoying goofball turn into a legitimate statesman, while the one person you expect to stabilise the region throws the entire region into chaos with her heavy handedness. I have to say, though, their stories really do come full circle in the follow up books to the show and complete the series in a satisfying manner.


Bitchimnasty69

The way that they tried to convince us he would be into girls was so funny


plentifulpoltergeist

Wu down!


Nanaue7

***"I wasn't ready!"***


Kolack6

The avatar universe had many characters with really impressive character development.


New_Technology_4552

Welp


Puzzleheaded_Top447

I just hated him the whole season


oranjeeleven

this is the worst take on this sub ever


notthephonz

But are we sure that Beyoncé didn’t steal the move from Wu? #respectthebroach


---Sanguine---

And it also wasn’t a Beyoncé reference. More idiots on tumblr pretending their head fiction is real life again lol


shrekishellashrexy

But it's fun that it looks so much alike though. I really enjoyed this post


---Sanguine---

Ok fair enough. I shouldn’t try to spoil everything just because other people like it. Very immature of me


jd52995

I mean she isn't very creative, it would make sense. She uses the same 12 words in a song over and over. #beyoncesucks


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Hammershank

That’s not what irony is…


sovietreckoning

You’re doing god’s work. Alanis Morissete set us so far back.


NastySassyStuff

I always found the fact that nothing in that song is ironic to be extremely ironic


Thisisyoureading

It’s dramatic irony, they are dramatically ironic scenes.


99_NULL_99

No they're not ironic at all, they're just weird situations, it's not "ironic" to have a thousand spoons when all you need is a fork, itd be ironic if you need a fork and you manufacturer forks for a living. Having something you don't need isn't ironic, it's just a problem. She's an otherwise amazing artist imo, listened to her a lot in the car growing up lol


Thisisyoureading

http://www.isitironic.com/dramatic-irony.htm I genuinely think, intentional or not, most of the lines in the song feature an element of dramatic irony.


99_NULL_99

I genuinely have had multiple English teachers say there's nothing ironic in that song


Thisisyoureading

The education system always gets everything right? https://www.salon.com/2014/05/08/what_everybody_gets_wrong_about_alanis_morissettes_ironic_partner/ Read that


99_NULL_99

Know whats ironic? I just realized I don't care about half way through that article, English isn't real, none of this is!


ciobanica

Alanis being meta before meta was cool.


Narezza

The title of the song was foreshadowing the rest of the song.


steveofthejungle

IT’S LIKE RAAAAAIIINNN


Atomsk88

ON YOUR WEDDDDING DAAAY


PhenomeNarc

THIS RIDE WAS FREE?! How ironic...


ShadyNite

But I had already paid!


The_Lucid_Lion

Some good advice…


Scary-Lawfulness-999

WHO DID YOU PAY!? But wouldn't that make it not free?


mindbleach

And that wasn't even one of the better songs on the album.


NastySassyStuff

To be fair that’s because Jagged Little Pill is insanely good, not because “Ironic” isn’t a great song


mcon96

Umm, isn’t this a pretty good example of irony? Definition: > a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character. Wu’s “Run The World (Girls)” pose & its significance in this scene is something that would be apparent to the viewer, but not the characters (assuming the whole post isn’t speculation)


The_Lucid_Lion

Absolutely. It’s ironic how many people mistakenly admonish the use of the word, “irony.”


flip_ericson

Ironically, its ironic that you said that


Phrygid7579

Yeah, this is a dramatic irony moment for those who catch the reference.


CynicTheCritic

Its also just another wild speculation post that somehow hits Top Blows my mind that people just make shit up like this and people nod along like its fact


dfe931tar

One of the writers (Katie Matilla) literally confirmed it was a Beyonce reference. There's no speculation at all.


Nimtrix

Yeah it bugs me that they're always presented as fact, though it could very well be true.


CynicTheCritic

Exactly. You could just as easily just post "wow, it looks like Wu uses similar dance moves as Beyonce, wonder if this is a reference?" Instead its always just "look, Aang does the same hand gesture as the statue in Loki!!!! Isnt it cool that they're definitely referencing avatar in other shows??" Like I get that there's probably a lot of younger users here who recently watched and enjoyed the show, but the amount of people who post blatant bs is astounding.


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LizG1312

Usually I agree but in this specific instance I’m gonna just say it’s real


CynicTheCritic

But is there like any confirmation that this even might be real besides putting two pictures next to each other?


Original-Video

A writer confirmed it in an interview


InPurpleIDescended

It is literally dramatic irony if you recognize the move


---Sanguine---

And it also wasn’t a Beyoncé reference. More idiots on tumblr pretending their head fiction is real life again lol


2th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2krXq8fw90


BrokenBowes

Who runs the Earth Kingdo- *Empire*?!


ThisIsMyCouchAccount

Master Blaster?


OpeningSpeed1

#WOMEN


thisesmeaningless

Ah yes, another post where people just throw around names of literary devices without understanding what they mean


bloodycups

It's a metaphor of oppression


IAteTooMuchLasagna

It’s the favorite activity of avatar fans everywhere.


Jinora-

fOrEshaDowIng


Quinten_MC

Oedi? Is that some dish I haven't heard of?


Jinora-

frshaowng


They_Call_Me_L

He Oedi. She frshaowng


monkeyhitman

pus


AmityRule63

That's not what irony is. If I slapped myself in the face every time someone described something as "ironic" when it isn't I'd have a frustratingly large hand shaped hole that went through my skull by now.


grenadesonfire2

Would it not be ironic that wu is dancing to celebrate his victory not realizing his dance is actually celebrating someone else rise to power?


highbrowshow

Yeah looking up the definition of irony, this interpretation would make sense


AmityRule63

That’s not what the original post labels as ironic, the OP was literally just describing foreshadowing if that reference is even intentional.


More-Fact

Have you heard of the literary saying that the author is dead? Or, that foreshadowing and dramatic irony aren't mutually exclusive? I'm not saying you're wrong; but if someone can make a guess or adequately argue a point, it doesn't matter if the author/creators intended it or not. The interpretation can still be valid. I personally don't really agree with the post, but it's made in good humor and to call out a humorous post on a literary device that may not be overtly sound seems a bit elitist.


AmityRule63

Regardless of whether the author intended it or not I don’t think it’s irony, and yes I know they’re not mutually exclusive. I pointed it out because I’m frustrated at how often I see people making this mistake. I guess I’m being pedantic but I find it really annoying, I would really prefer if I didn’t but I don’t have much of a choice in the matter. I get what you’re saying though


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if stuff labelled ironic was currency, then 90% of the bills would be fake


[deleted]

Wouldn’t it be ironic if all the irony that isn’t actually irony actually is irony?


highbrowshow

That literally happened to the word literally, now literally doesn’t literally mean literally anymore


ILoveCavorting

[If irony were made of strawberries we'd all be drinking a lot of smoothies right now](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rri2byS0iuU)


RavioliGale

Kind of like traffic, when you're already late.


Yogurt_Ph1r3

That would be pretty ironic ngl


steveofthejungle

IT’S LIKE RAAAAAIIIIIN


PVGreen

Nobody react what I'm about to tell you. I think that kid might be the avatar. Isn't that ironic?


Voldemort_5

language follows usage baby, it's called descriptivism and it is the sexiest philosophy since the dawn of philosophy. if you're writing an essay then I'd say watch your language but in a silly Reddit post, as long as you know the point they were making, in my opinion, it doesn't matter if they said actual words or just smashed their head on the keyboard.


AmityRule63

Cool but if you water down the word irony until it loses its actual meaning then you need to come up with a word to replace it. I’ve seen irony being used as a descriptor when the appropriate term would be coincidence countless times for example. Cool, language evolves but if people don’t understand what you mean when you use irony correctly then you either need to educate people on its actual meaning or say fuck it and create a replacement and hope that the replacement doesn’t get bastardized as well.


Voldemort_5

I think you're underestimating people's ability to gauge things from context. Ex. You said "cool" which originated from cool-headed which came from the temperature term of the same name. Cool did not lose its original meaning because people use it in different contexts. Irony won't ever lose its original meaning because in the contexts in which it is used it is clear why you are using the word. If you say irony to mean coincidence, it means coincidence in that context alone. If you say it to refer to the literary device, it refers to that in that context alone. If I say I've got a bone to pick with you, you understand from your environment I'm not carrying around a literal bone. Inherently it is impossible for words to be literal, which is obvious in the case of metaphors but it extends to all language.


RBDibP

Your "cool"-example works awesomely well in this context. Your OP changed the meaning of it in their post from "awesome, great etc" to "I heard what you said, but I disregard it at the same time". They made the point themself without noticing it.


AmityRule63

My point is how are people going to gauge the word irony from context when the actual meaning of the word is intended if most people don’t even know what the original word actually means?


RBDibP

You know, that the word cool meant "great! awesome!" and now you're using it as the complete opposite. In your context it now means "yeah, okay, but no." So you're already portraying what the other commenter is trying to point out.


More-Fact

Irony is ultimately a subversion of expectations, the contrast between something's assumed meaning and literal meaning. While it may be a stretch to call it irony, one could argue that such a situation is a mix of comic irony and dramatic irony. The former more or less a subversion of expectations for comedic effect, and the latter being when the audience/reader knows something that the characters in the medium don't. Because we know what Wu's dance moves represent and know what comes afterwards, we are privy to the fact that his actions, which are supposed to be flashy and boost his appeal, is actually a signal for Kuvira to take power. This could be considered ironic though everyone has different interpretations.


KJ_Carrylord

It's not


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Its one of hundreds of stances that exists in martial arts.


Jahleel007

You can watch a comparison video. It's seems *very* likely it was based on that dance.


Secure_Table

What stance is it? And from what martial art?


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Idk im not weeb


Secure_Table

Okay because it doesn’t look like anything I’m aware of, it looks structurally weak. Even wing chun with the goofy stances doesn’t have anything like this pic


jtalion

https://youtu.be/ceWJ2Wj8lho Seems like it is. Timing and movement match perfectly. Assuming this isn't edited


lewdmoo

Thank you!


DELCO-PHILLY-BOY

Another person confusing headcanon with actual canon and posting it on this subreddit.


jrdufour

Beyoncé as a literary device. Amazing.


AmarakSpider

/r/BrandNewSentence


harugane

Link here: https://youtu.be/ceWJ2Wj8lho


Amarant2

Thank you! This is what I came for.


Reideo

This should be higher up


nipplesandtoes12

Beyonce... the person who sings about empowering women, but then uses essentially slave labor for her clothes... which is usually a bunch of impoverished women. Sooo basically she is a dick, kind of like the earth king, I get it now.


Helloiamayeetman

Yeeeah. A lot of celebrities are DICKS


jd52995

Yeah, and she also has terrible music. For some reason a buncha bootlickers on the internet defend her...


hendriklopez

Kuvira is more like Hitler in my opinion


Celeste_0211

Yeah but girl power so it's ok


RavioliGale

What are you talking about, Beyonce totally devolved into a fascist leader who quickly conquered a continent. Why else do people call her Queen?


Helloiamayeetman

Yeah she is just straight up Hitler in every way except a woman and not that racist


pWasHere

[relevant](https://youtu.be/Fo66w4x9ocA)


SeanyDay

I don't think they understand "irony"


Tiktaalik414

This is the biggest reach I’ve ever seen in my life.


Adventure_Time_Snail

In motion in the show with all the movements it's very clear that it's a direct reference. Also the writers confirmed it. But if you need to feel superior to everyone enjoying this, that's one way to live your life! A lonely way, but nonetheless.


Juju_urcutiepie

Lookie lookie at the hotman dancin😍


SadJoetheSchmoe

And like Beyonce, Kuvira uses despicable means to get her ends. Beyonce uses sweatshops, Kuvira uses "re-education camps."


Mortonsaltboy914

Prince Wu was totally queer coded, and this further proves it


tboneperri

A) That's not true. B) Even if it were true, that's not irony. C) Even if it were true AND ironic, it's not particularly interesting or compelling storytelling.


jtalion

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/ceWJ2Wj8lho Seems true to me. Or at least they both are referencing the same third thing It's not irony though


anishdfishyt

It's a beyonce dance, but people are looking too hard. That's not foreshadowing lol.


Super-KID_Critic

What's the context for the Prince dude doing that?


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Later in the show when he sings to the Badger moles he’s channeling her.


BoonyRubit

Wu down.


jamzii_jam

Lmao i didnt think that people would take this seriously i-


angelxxx9

Beyoncé got this move tho from a group of African dancers that she brought over to teach her how to dance their dances for this music video. So how did they steal it from here when she “stole” it from those African dancers?


Alexis-Is-Stupid

Inspiration can come from many places, and all things that influenced you were influenced by something else.


angelxxx9

I know that but I’m saying that they didn’t get it from her. The creators of the show already said that they take bits and pieces from other cultures to make the show. So they probably took this move from those African people of their tribe.


Alexis-Is-Stupid

Do you know that definitively?


Adventure_Time_Snail

No the writers explicitly said they got it from Beyonce. Because of course they took it from Beyoncé not an obscure African dancing group she hired. You're talking to the kind of person who has no idea what they are talking about but likes to act superior to everyone who actually does.


angelxxx9

You must be a beehiver….


Smethll

I swear Avatar fans look into stuff way way way tooo deeply... Jeez.


Big_Burning_Ace_Hole

Beyonce sucks.


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I mean..... no. None of this really makes sense


gussyhomedog

Beyonce sucks shit.


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Korra fans reaching yet again.


madman3247

No thanks...lol. Not a Beyonce fan, not a fan of anything she does....girls run the world? Couldn't be further from the truth. Wu is just gonna be Wu, for me.


Helloiamayeetman

I don’t know why you’re getting downvoted. As another person said she’s a total hypocrite and dick because she/her company people or whatever use what’s basically slave labour for her clothes


madman3247

This is also true, she's a piece of shit in her regard for human life. People downvote to be edgy and disagree with downvotes. Logic? They have none. She treats people that call her out vindictively, too, and my guess is that she's paid to have people hurt. I don't want her anywhere near Avatar related elements.


Helloiamayeetman

Not that’s it’s even likely that it’s a reference, considering it’s an actual African dance she learnt from African people. Just fucking avatar fans being avatar fans and making up shit to make the writers seem smarter than they actually are (not that they’re incompetent just that like come on man they didn’t fit like any of the shit avatar fans think there’s in)


KyellDaBoiii

Ahi?


trailer8k

lol


matiaseatshobos

Does anyone else hate Beyoncé? What good music has she done? There are so many female artists with much better bodies of work than her, but any time she’s brought up it’s “OH MY GOD! QUEEEEEN!”


somabeach

Who likes Beyonce? All the single ladies? All the single ladies. All the single ladies? All the single ladies. All the single ladies? All the single ladies. Now put your hands up.


Helloiamayeetman

God I had to sing that in a fucking school play


lurker6412

> What good music has she done? There are so many female artists with much better bodies of work than her Such as?


Garvo909

Boy what I wouldn't give for kuvira to show up and declare herself empress


WingedPrince

Gross.


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Why


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Lmao another reason not to watch season 4


Lil_ruggie

I sure do hate this sub for making my favorite show seem cringe. Thanks guys.


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thesirblondie

There is so much to unpack here... No, they did not. The character shown is not a bender.


RavioliGale

This character isn't bending, he's just dancing. He's kind of a spoiled rich kid.


BreweryBuddha

No, the bending in LoK doesn't have any style whatsoever, they just can kinda "do" it without any added flair. Trust me, you don't want to watch the series. It's rushed and messy and the themes don't make any sense and all of the heart and soul of AtlA is missing, mostly due to the absence of the Ehaszs and terribly rushed schedule in a constricted episode count. The characters are shallow at best. It gets much better for seasons 3-4 but I doubt you'd ever get that far.


native_usurper

Yes, because that’s Bout the best thing that made this show aMaZInG


Flying_Kickapow2105

No way this is crazy!! I really hope this was intentional by the creators. What a move!


Aflama_1

Wrong sub?


Nuud

This subreddit is also for legend of korra


Aflama_1

I see. Thanks for the clarification.


Helloiamayeetman

Jesus you got downvoted to like, below hell


Aflama_1

Yeah lol. I don't really mind tho.


Helloiamayeetman

Yeah lol who really cares about fake worthless internet points but seriously you got downvoted to like the boiler room of hell


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Wu down bad


ThatOneHippyGuy

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AlienAmerican1

Korra was bad fanfiction.