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Po Ping Appreciation Post

I was in a need of making the post about one of my favorite characters of all time - Po Ping from Kung Fu Panda. We all know that he is an overweight who became our favorite badass, the Dragon Warrior. But I wanted to focus more on the things that are overlooked - or at least I feel like they are.

WARNING - this post will contain some MAJOR KFP3 spoilers!

Ok, so let’s get this party started. Po Ping…

-is an artistic soul

-made his action figures all by himself (including carving in wood and painting) the very day he fell in love with kung fu

-has a photographic memory! He saw the Furious Five only once from far away and carved their portraits in wood very accurately

-was able to learn the Wuxi Finger Hold all by himself just from pure observation and while being under the massive distress

-learns fast. Really fast, mostly from his own mistakes. He improved his fighting skills in such a short time

-cares about his art so much and is very proud of it

-is very creative! It usually shows during the fight on numerous occasions (he “drew” the giant dragon with his own chi, for example)

-probably likes to sing when he thinks no one is around (judging from the scene from the holiday special), he’s pretty good at singing

-cooks well

-has/had PTSD

-hated himself for about 20 years of his life

-is craving compliments and affection… or any kind of validation, really

-throws himself into the most dangerous situations without second thinking

-is even ready to sacrifice his own life for a bigger cause if he thinks it’s necessary

-literally jumps into committing a suicide to save his loved ones. And yes, he was pretty sure he would stay dead i will never cope with this

-is probably asexual… heck, he is very likely asexual! I mean…

So in conclusion, Po Ping is an overweight, a fanboy and a badass but he is also…

-an artist with many talents

-a victim of mental illness

-an individual who for the course of all three movies weren’t given a love interest and yet he isn’t illustrated as broken or cold - he is represented as a loving person, as someone who is capable of love, who’s able to show his affection to others

Thank you DreamWorks, for this amazing, fleshed out character.

This has been Po Appreciation Post.

i want every single amab nonbinary lesbian to know that u belong in lesbian spaces, especially nonbinary lesbian spaces, just as much as any other lesbian, and you not being a binary woman doesn’t mean you can’t identify as a lesbian. the nonbinary lesbian label includes you just as much as it includes every other nonbinary lesbian

THE CREATOR OF THE SONG “DISCORD” (YKNOW... IM HOWLING AT THE MOON) JUST CAME OUT AS A TRANS GIRL

You ever buy a build a bear for comfort and then assign them a queer identity to quietly rebel against your homophobic parents?

On an entirely unrelated note here is my new friend Noel. He is a lesbian and uses he/him pronouns.

Xtianity fucked me up so much that even the idea of being straight felt awful to me.

You teach a child that attraction is evil but men will be attracted to her and sometimes show it in undesirable ways because that's how God made them... and tell her that her body hurts and bleeds every month because God cursed her for a sin she didn't commit and also tell her a man will take over her surname and life because God granted him an authority he didn't earn.

Despite the threat of hellfire for being gay, I was more averse to the idea of attraction to men than women because men were supposed to strip me of my autonomy, safety, humanity. Because 'husband' was a synonym for tyrant. At least, this is what I was taught, as if it was the right and only thing.

[r/adfems dni]

haven't posted art in a long fricking while but here you go. *shrug*

So I found this caterpillar on my way to class

We’re bros

dad

Staying up late is becoming increasingly addictive. When I'm alone from 2-3 I can finally breathe a little. I know its unhealthy but everyone needs air right?

Now that I'm POMO interactions with parents are weird. In a way I'm fortunate that my family is still willing to talk to me, but they still suck as people. Their abusive and continue to misgender me and be manipulative. It was really hard to say that "no, I don't want to meet up rn even for a meal" because I know how many people desperately wish they could have that offer. Even knowing how triggering it would be I almost said yes because I miss my parents. But I guess I more miss having parents I can trust and support me, than them specifically.