Fuck Yes

[redbrunja]

From tv.tropes:

"Tsunade in Naruto can not only deliver an armour piercing slap but an earth shattering kick. Such is her incredible strength that the beat the titular character with one finger. Her student, Sakura, is following in her footsteps and Tsunade herself has commented that she could become stronger then her.
What's scary? Is that her Armor Piercing Slap is tied to her ability to increase her NORMAL attack strength."

I have no idea where they got this fact, but I just want to say: Fuck, yes. If you watch Sakura, when she is breaking down walls and punching through mountains, her posture is fucking excellent. You get hit by someone with form like that, it's going to fucking hurt.

I have no doubt, that in a straight hand to hand fight, she could beat just about anyone sans Lee or Gai, without using a smidge of chakra.

Pay attention, fanfic writers.

(Okay, it was just that fanfic that one time, but it bugged me then, and it retroactively bugs me a hella lot having seen Sakura post-timeskip.)

Also, I don't know if I mentioned it before, but I will love tvtropes.com forever for having the header quote for both "Badass Normal" and "Action Girl" be this fabulous quote by the fabulous Karrin Murphey:

"I put on the boots and kicked some monster ass. I dropped the ghoul, and I'm the one who rammed a chainsaw through the head of that plant monster thing. Crippled the ogre too. What did you do? You threw a can of Sterno at him. That's barely an assist."

-Detective Lieutenant Karrin Murphy, The Dresden Files.

....Except some jerk totally changed the quote on badass normal to something someone I don't care about said. *annoyed face*

Comments

[studentrobin.livejournal.com]

No, she really couldn't. I think they probably picked her for matching what Eddi's singing voice would likely resemble. And Phouka..I didn't think he was much of a physical match, but his voice was absolutely perfect.

The lack of Hedge in the trailer I have always found disappointing.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

*nods* Yeah, when she was singing, she was perfect, and the rest of the time... no.

On that subject, she didn't look anything like what the Eddi in my head looked like (although I think she was visually pretty close to what Bull was picturing.) How did she compare/contrast to the person in your head?

[ryanitenebrae.livejournal.com]

Let's see.. I'm not great at facial descriptions, but let's see if I can manage this.
In my head, Eddi has a shorter, pointier nose, her hair was a shade darker than the almost-albino-blonde of the actress. Her face was a little more angular, less long, with thinner lips, and a pointier chin. I also pictured her hair as being slightly spikey. Not spiked, per se, but not lying flat, either. And..similar height and weight, but a slightly different shape. Flat-chested..willowier. How did you picture her?

As for Phouka..it's mostly his hair that grates on me. His voice is perfect..I would have imagined a softer face, and slightly different bone structure, and his hair, I feel, should be longer, and at least a little curly. And..the bright, bright shirts..augh..the shirts! I think they just let him act in whatever he showed up in.

The Queens looked about right, though the Queen and Air of Darkness..well, it would be physically impossible to make her as dangerous and awesome as she should be. I think the Seelie Queen was actually Bull herself, though.

God, I hope I made some brand of sense. It's also been years since I read the book. I think I read it when I was..14? Earlier? And I'm turning 18 in a week and a half, now.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Oh, you make total sense.

I imagined Eddi as being on of those elegant blondes with long golden hair. I pictured her looking pretty delicate, with nice cheekbones.

And for someone who is supposed to be as stylist as the Phouka... those shirts... I mean... those shirts.