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This is how great Princess Mononoke is. It is so great that I couldn’t contain all my fangirl feels into just one post.

Because while San is awesome, so is Lady Eboshi.

Look at her.  Just Look. 

She is in charge of the richest Iron town in the country. She took in brothel girls and gave them a safe place to live and work and be happy. She took in LEPERS and gave them a purpose and a sanctuary. She’s so bad ass that war lords don’t stand a chance. GODS don’t stand a chance. She personally kills not one, but TWO mother fucking GODS in this movie. And in the end, she sees reason. She’s not ambitious to the point of insanity. She just wants what is best for the people she’s in charge of. 

She’s snarky and awesome, and designs guns, and kicks ass AND empowers OTHER women as well. She’s caring too, empathetic. She’s kind of the villain of the movie, and yet she’s not a villain at all. While San is all feral and nature and wild, Eboshi is humanity and civilization embodied. Not evil. Not good. Complex and wonderful, empowered and powerful. 

Could not have said it any better myself. Anyone who looks at this film and complains that it’s just another “MANKIND IS BAD, NATURE IS GOOD” film has seriously missed the point; neither side is entirely right, but neither is entirely wrong. The point was more that they needed to live in harmony with each other, rather than fighting and allowing for no compromise.

Lady Eboshi is awesome.

(via hellomynameisgeek)

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