“You’re an old man’s battle fodder, killing everyone and everything!”
#let’s talk about nux’s deprogramming #he’s got a better heart overall than 99.9% of War Boys #and then he gets a very intense intervention re: feminist theory and #How You War Boy Too Are A Victim of Patriarchy #and THEN #his mangod #proves exactly what a piece of shit he is #and shatters nux’s sense of self #and THEN AND ONLY THEN #is he not so vile he refuses to see the sisters as people #long difficult journey to being not horrible #(which is why i don’t buy the idea that nux is meant to represent the majority of war boys) #(he is the exception) #(who goes on an exceptional journey of change) #(the rest of them look at the sisters and see things) #(and that is all they ever will see) #(because they love hurting and enslaving people) #(whether it’s their ‘fault’ they came to love it is kind of beside the point) #(they fucking *love that shit*) #(you know because they’re meant to represent) #(toxic hypermasculinity) #(and how the men in our world who hurt women and dominate and abuse) #(are also exploited by a larger system) #(but most of them don’t want to change) #(BECAUSE THEY’VE COME TO LOVE THAT SHIT) via mswyrr