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I noticed there’s still a little debate between the Dominator and Hater love arc, some think Dominator’s existence was hinged solely for being a love interest, and this just isn’t the case. Let me tell you why. As a girl myself, I see no problem with the past story arc, because it never belittled a woman in any way.
At the beginning of the series we had a glimpse of Dominator and how nasty she could be, nearly killed Wander and Hater right off the bat, and the gang escaped with their lives.
The next story arc we see Dominator revealed in front of everyone. We don’t see all the villains falling head over heels in love with her, no, all of them bowed down to her in respect. It was only Hater and Wander that acknowledged her existence of being a woman, and there’s nothing wrong with this, but we have to look into the intentions of both characters to see why they acted this way.
Hater as most all of us know, is really a softie at heart, shy, embarrassed easily, dorky teenager type. He has a soft spot for girls and doesn’t know how to act around them, so when Dominator, who he sees as so cool reveals herself, he is smitten. Not because she’s just a GIRL, but because she has qualities he admires, and he looks up to her as being a boss villainess. Dominator saw Hater’s reaction and pushed it, because she’s evil that way. She egged on Hater’s crush, not because she liked him, but because she saw what a huge dork he was and how easily this fight could end. From then on in the series we see her entertain his crush toward her, just so she can get something out of him. She’s not appalled that Hater likes her, she thinks it’s downright hilarious and entertaining that she can shoot at him and try to kill him and he keeps coming back like a needy puppy. She had him wrapped around her little finger and could do whatever she wanted with him.
As for Wander, his reasons for Dominator and Hater getting together again wasn’t because she was just a girl. If that was the case he could have tried pairing a ton of other girls with Hater. He chose Dominator in a desperate attempt for Hater to start caring about someone else for a change. Hater won’t be friends with anyone, so romantic love is the next possible way to reform Hater, because friendship goes hand in hand with love. Seeing Dominator having, what at first appeared to be the same likes and dislikes as Hater, Wander was just being a meddling matchmaker with good intentions. …and we all saw how well that turned out.
Hater was the only villain in the Galaxy who truly had a crush on Dominator, none of the others tried to woo her except Awesome but knowing that shark’s reputation, it was inevitable. That, and Awesome didn’t have the same innocent, genuine crush as Hater, Awesome was just looking for a girl to party with. His mistake.
Throughout the second arc we see Hater trying to impress Dom in ridiculous ways, because he has absolutely no idea how to be around girls and what they like. He just assumes pink and ponies is something girls like, which isn’t WRONG per say, it’s just that ALL girls don’t necessarily like those things. Hater being inexperienced, how would he know that? If he has next to no experience being with girls, how could he possibly know what girls like and don’t like besides what little knowledge he has? He wasn’t intentionally belittling Dominator, he was just so desperate to impress her, he did it the wrong way. Dominator never cared though, never once did we see her incredibly frustrated about Hater, she just took it all like a joke, especially in Showstopper where she paused her destruction just to listen and crack up. He was her cheap entertainment. If she really was bothered by him, she would have put a stop to his gags a long time ago.
It wasn’t till this most recent episode we saw Hater really TRY to be a gentleman, because in the back of his mind he KNEW he had to treat her the best way possible, because he thought she was so amazingly cool and out of his league, she deserved only the best. It’s in My Fair Hatey we see he genuinely loves someone, and cares about them, not in a superficial way or for his own selfish gain. He’s willing to do anything that would make Dominator happy, because she deserves the best and he considers her The Greatest. He doesn’t want to bring her down to his level, or lower her and use her like a pedestal, he sees her as an equal, even more than an equal. He treats her like the most precious thing in his whole life, which is how it should be. Of course it wasn’t a full, true love since love is a two way experience, but he was on the right track. Unfortunately for him, the time he finally understood how to love and care for someone, all his dreams were crushed. All his love stifled, as Dominator laughs in his face.
Dominator is tickled pink he would think of her that way, and in her cruel mind she doesn’t care the slightest bit. She crushes Hater’s love and laughs as she nearly drowns him in lava. Now that’s a real villainess. The crew didn’t once make her look weak or used her just as a love interest, she was far better than that. She was…as she puts it…The Bad Guy.
I noticed there’s still a little debate between the Dominator and Hater love arc, some think Dominator’s existence was hinged solely for being a love interest, and this just isn’t the case. Let me tell you why. As a girl myself, I see no problem with the past story arc, because it never belittled a woman in any way.
At the beginning of the series we had a glimpse of Dominator and how nasty she could be, nearly killed Wander and Hater right off the bat, and the gang escaped with their lives.
The next story arc we see Dominator revealed in front of everyone. We don’t see all the villains falling head over heels in love with her, no, all of them bowed down to her in respect. It was only Hater and Wander that acknowledged her existence of being a woman, and there’s nothing wrong with this, but we have to look into the intentions of both characters to see why they acted this way.
Hater as most all of us know, is really a softie at heart, shy, embarrassed easily, dorky teenager type. He has a soft spot for girls and doesn’t know how to act around them, so when Dominator, who he sees as so cool reveals herself, he is smitten. Not because she’s just a GIRL, but because she has qualities he admires, and he looks up to her as being a boss villainess. Dominator saw Hater’s reaction and pushed it, because she’s evil that way. She egged on Hater’s crush, not because she liked him, but because she saw what a huge dork he was and how easily this fight could end. From then on in the series we see her entertain his crush toward her, just so she can get something out of him. She’s not appalled that Hater likes her, she thinks it’s downright hilarious and entertaining that she can shoot at him and try to kill him and he keeps coming back like a needy puppy. She had him wrapped around her little finger and could do whatever she wanted with him.
As for Wander, his reasons for Dominator and Hater getting together again wasn’t because she was just a girl. If that was the case he could have tried pairing a ton of other girls with Hater. He chose Dominator in a desperate attempt for Hater to start caring about someone else for a change. Hater won’t be friends with anyone, so romantic love is the next possible way to reform Hater, because friendship goes hand in hand with love. Seeing Dominator having, what at first appeared to be the same likes and dislikes as Hater, Wander was just being a meddling matchmaker with good intentions. …and we all saw how well that turned out.
Hater was the only villain in the Galaxy who truly had a crush on Dominator, none of the others tried to woo her except Awesome but knowing that shark’s reputation, it was inevitable. That, and Awesome didn’t have the same innocent, genuine crush as Hater, Awesome was just looking for a girl to party with. His mistake.
Throughout the second arc we see Hater trying to impress Dom in ridiculous ways, because he has absolutely no idea how to be around girls and what they like. He just assumes pink and ponies is something girls like, which isn’t WRONG per say, it’s just that ALL girls don’t necessarily like those things. Hater being inexperienced, how would he know that? If he has next to no experience being with girls, how could he possibly know what girls like and don’t like besides what little knowledge he has? He wasn’t intentionally belittling Dominator, he was just so desperate to impress her, he did it the wrong way. Dominator never cared though, never once did we see her incredibly frustrated about Hater, she just took it all like a joke, especially in Showstopper where she paused her destruction just to listen and crack up. He was her cheap entertainment. If she really was bothered by him, she would have put a stop to his gags a long time ago.
It wasn’t till this most recent episode we saw Hater really TRY to be a gentleman, because in the back of his mind he KNEW he had to treat her the best way possible, because he thought she was so amazingly cool and out of his league, she deserved only the best. It’s in My Fair Hatey we see he genuinely loves someone, and cares about them, not in a superficial way or for his own selfish gain. He’s willing to do anything that would make Dominator happy, because she deserves the best and he considers her The Greatest. He doesn’t want to bring her down to his level, or lower her and use her like a pedestal, he sees her as an equal, even more than an equal. He treats her like the most precious thing in his whole life, which is how it should be. Of course it wasn’t a full, true love since love is a two way experience, but he was on the right track. Unfortunately for him, the time he finally understood how to love and care for someone, all his dreams were crushed. All his love stifled, as Dominator laughs in his face.
Dominator is tickled pink he would think of her that way, and in her cruel mind she doesn’t care the slightest bit. She crushes Hater’s love and laughs as she nearly drowns him in lava. Now that’s a real villainess. The crew didn’t once make her look weak or used her just as a love interest, she was far better than that. She was…as she puts it…The Bad Guy.
Okay but Stanley Pines having (undiagnosed) dyslexia would make so many other things fall into place.
People will often assume that students with dyslexia “aren’t trying hard enough” (especially in the era Stanley grew up in, when people heard “learning disability” and went to extreme places to say the very least) and assumed that people with dyslexia just weren’t smart enough to succeed.
Stanley was always copying off Ford and either a) never getting caught, thus rendering Filbrick’s “…riding off your brother’s coattails” line useless cause he would have never known, b) always getting caught but somehow the school board never thought to separate them to prevent it or c) Copying off Ford and getting decent grades but never having the exact same answers as Ford did because he cannot read Ford’s handwriting properly. Thus people like Filbrick could deduce that Stanley was copying Ford but the school board wouldn’t be any the wiser and thus, would not bring this up at, say, a parent teacher conference.
It would make the infamous “Grammar, Stanley” line even more painful because grammar is notoriously difficult to master for people with dyslexia, and definitely a sore spot for Stanley.
Dyslexia can make it difficult for people to express themselves clearly. (Remember the swingset scene, where Stanley just would not admit that he was scared of Ford leaving? Yeah.)
Stanley asks Stanford to write their names on the cave wall, and it’s Stanford who writes “Stan O’ War” on the side of the boat they find. Stanford’s handwriting is usually in cursive, and is relatively neat, while Stanley’s is all caps and never in a straight line.
People with dyslexia are often very creative (Stanley is only bested by Mabel in this department, he is almost always seen with some hairbrained scheme or attraction in the works)
Dyslexia can make it difficult to learn new languages and understand nonliteral language such as jokes or sarcasm (Remember Jorge and Rico?).
It would make figuring out all Ford’s codes and ciphers hell, that’s for sure.
Stanley Pines is every bit as smart and clever as his brother, but a failing school system in an era where a successful diagnosis of dyslexia wouldn’t have changed much in terms of his education and probably would have made things worse (it was the sixties/early seventies, not a fun time for people with learning differences), combined with the fact that he never wore his glasses until later in life and the fact that (thanks to his asswipe principal) he was missing more class time than he should have (because faculty members would call both twins when they only needed one) prevented him from succeeding academically.
Okay but Stanley Pines having (undiagnosed) dyslexia would make so many other things fall into place.
People will often assume that students with dyslexia “aren’t trying hard enough” (especially in the era Stanley grew up in, when people heard “learning disability” and went to extreme places to say the very least) and assumed that people with dyslexia just weren’t smart enough to succeed.
Stanley was always copying off Ford and either a) never getting caught, thus rendering Filbrick’s “…riding off your brother’s coattails” line useless cause he would have never known, b) always getting caught but somehow the school board never thought to separate them to prevent it or c) Copying off Ford and getting decent grades but never having the exact same answers as Ford did because he cannot read Ford’s handwriting properly. Thus people like Filbrick could deduce that Stanley was copying Ford but the school board wouldn’t be any the wiser and thus, would not bring this up at, say, a parent teacher conference.
It would make the infamous “Grammar, Stanley” line even more painful because grammar is notoriously difficult to master for people with dyslexia, and definitely a sore spot for Stanley.
Dyslexia can make it difficult for people to express themselves clearly. (Remember the swingset scene, where Stanley just would not admit that he was scared of Ford leaving? Yeah.)
Stanley asks Stanford to write their names on the cave wall, and it’s Stanford who writes “Stan O’ War” on the side of the boat they find. Stanford’s handwriting is usually in cursive, and is relatively neat, while Stanley’s is all caps and never in a straight line.
People with dyslexia are often very creative (Stanley is only bested by Mabel in this department, he is almost always seen with some hairbrained scheme or attraction in the works)
Dyslexia can make it difficult to learn new languages and understand nonliteral language such as jokes or sarcasm (Remember Jorge and Rico?).
It would make figuring out all Ford’s codes and ciphers hell, that’s for sure.
Stanley Pines is every bit as smart and clever as his brother, but a failing school system in an era where a successful diagnosis of dyslexia wouldn’t have changed much in terms of his education and probably would have made things worse (it was the sixties/early seventies, not a fun time for people with learning differences), combined with the fact that he never wore his glasses until later in life and the fact that (thanks to his asswipe principal) he was missing more class time than he should have (because faculty members would call both twins when they only needed one) prevented him from succeeding academically.
((im so glad that stan has heard filbrick say how much children ruined his life that he decides to repeat the same idea to some random stranger that he picked up off the street whom he’s trying to sell merchandise to))
((im so glad that stan has heard filbrick say how much children ruined his life that he decides to repeat the same idea to some random stranger that he picked up off the street whom he’s trying to sell merchandise to))
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