kissmywonderwoman: Because not only is her emotional arc indisputably the center of the film, the st
kissmywonderwoman:Because not only is her emotional arc indisputably the center of the film, the story also validates her choices. She wants to be a pilot because she knows she can do it. And she’s right. She’s the best dang pilot anyone has ever seen. She wants to be the one to go fight this Kaiju? Turns out that, yeah, she’s the only one that can kill it. Mako is pretty much always right, and she’s not afraid to make herself known. She’s not afraid to call it like she sees it, all while being incredibly kind and respectful.Heck, the movie makes it very clear that Mako and Pentecost have a relationship that is built not on obedience but trust and respect. Even when she considers going against his wishes, Mako understands and honors what Pentecost has done for her. She completely subverts the expectation that the emotionally damaged hero in an action movie has to be a loud, abrasive, rule-breaking white guy. She’s none of those things, and she’s still damn heroic.Now, the movie does get a little bit of flack sometimes for having Mako not be the one in the end to pull the trigger. Instead, Mako’s oxygen is damaged and she’s jettisoned to the surface while Raleigh detonates the bomb and barely survives. They say that this indicates that Raleigh was the hero of the film all along. But I disagree with that. I think that while what Raleigh does is heroic, it doesn’t negate Mako’s heroism earlier. And I think that there’s something very powerful and important in the fact that the movie establishes Mako as the character who is definitely going to survive. Because Mako has to survive. She’s the hero, and she’s the one who’s going to rebuild the world.from “Strong Female Character Friday: Mako Mori from Pacific Rim” on Kiss My Wonder WomanAll this. -- source link
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