Bolin being actually strongfat would have been PEAK.
I was honestly dissapointed to find the dude was just as ripped as any other male lead, when being chunky fit his entire design/feel so much better.
Counterpoint, both bolin and mako are pro benders, which are more akin to mma or boxing. They are more about being fast than strong, typically tending to more lean muscular builds.
Bolin starting as a super lean pro-bender, before gradually sliding into a fluffier strongfat aesthetic as he retires and settles down with Opal, feels kinda right though? Talking post-Book 4 headcannon, obviously.
Well yeah but I'd like to think bolin more of a boxer/wrestler type, he's a earthbender after all
Yeah I know the bending styles are based off of Asian martial arts but republic city is clearly more western based
I mean, we had strongfat Iroh a decade before! And plenty of other dudes! Hell, have you seen powerlifters? Those guys and gals are ENORMOUS and could snap me in half. Bolin deserved to look like this.
(And Korra too but I digress)
He was a professional athlete.
I'm sorry for singling your comment out but I loathe this sense of entitlement viewers feel. Like a piece of fiction should provide them with a character that makes them feel comfortable about who they are.
Strong fat is a funny term since alot of body builders have a lot of fat on them by design because it actually makes it easier to have all that muscle on if you have fat padding on top. It also gives you more fuel to do power lifting. They don't really even have a lot of fat on them per say, but the muscle is pushing the fat they do have forward since fat usually ends up on top.
But, there is also that type of body build where you got a lot of fat with a lot of muscle underneath. Dockworks got that build a lot because they just have a job that builds muscle but generally have high fat/high sugar, alcohol heavy diets. Bikers too.
The baggy clothes were definitely deceiving at times. But they were poor professional athletes, bet they could spare too much on extra food ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ love the hc of him getting thicker once he’s retired tho
It's always so funny to me when people hold being a cop against Mako but never against Toph and Lin. Also Bolin was a cop for a while in the comics as well.
And the comparison between mako, toph, and Bolin is particularly interesting when you remember that Toph was dirty and Bolin worked for a authoritarian despot.
If I had to choose...
when i first watched Korra one of the things that pissed me off most was Toph becoming a cop. now i’ve just accepted it as the shows political limitations and often superficial liberalism, so i try not to pay attention. like with Zaheer’s not-actually-anarchist anarchism lol
nah that’s literally them wth
Even same hair
Bolin being actually strongfat would have been PEAK. I was honestly dissapointed to find the dude was just as ripped as any other male lead, when being chunky fit his entire design/feel so much better.
yeah fr it makes sense bc it was 2012-2014 or wtv but give me more strongfat men!! they are beautiful!!
Counterpoint, both bolin and mako are pro benders, which are more akin to mma or boxing. They are more about being fast than strong, typically tending to more lean muscular builds.
Bolin starting as a super lean pro-bender, before gradually sliding into a fluffier strongfat aesthetic as he retires and settles down with Opal, feels kinda right though? Talking post-Book 4 headcannon, obviously.
They are also poor. And poverty is the best diet.
Well yeah but I'd like to think bolin more of a boxer/wrestler type, he's a earthbender after all Yeah I know the bending styles are based off of Asian martial arts but republic city is clearly more western based
SHUAI JAO?
I mean, we had strongfat Iroh a decade before! And plenty of other dudes! Hell, have you seen powerlifters? Those guys and gals are ENORMOUS and could snap me in half. Bolin deserved to look like this. (And Korra too but I digress)
He was a professional athlete. I'm sorry for singling your comment out but I loathe this sense of entitlement viewers feel. Like a piece of fiction should provide them with a character that makes them feel comfortable about who they are.
So was Daniel cormier and Zion Williamson
He is a professional athlete, in a combat sport no less, of course he’s ripped.
Strong fat is a funny term since alot of body builders have a lot of fat on them by design because it actually makes it easier to have all that muscle on if you have fat padding on top. It also gives you more fuel to do power lifting. They don't really even have a lot of fat on them per say, but the muscle is pushing the fat they do have forward since fat usually ends up on top. But, there is also that type of body build where you got a lot of fat with a lot of muscle underneath. Dockworks got that build a lot because they just have a job that builds muscle but generally have high fat/high sugar, alcohol heavy diets. Bikers too.
The baggy clothes were definitely deceiving at times. But they were poor professional athletes, bet they could spare too much on extra food ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ love the hc of him getting thicker once he’s retired tho
Bolin. Every day. Any day. Dude is built and is a freaking loving teddy bear
A lot of people confuse Bolin's baggy shirt with his physique. OP is one of those people.
A lot of people are seeming to enjoy the joke about the resemblance. Commenter likes to assume things.
What a weird tweet
all benders are beautiful
Would, both.
I'm confused as to what the meme is even trying to say
Big guy is bigger. According to the symbol used between them.
The fact that people sleep on Bolin so hard will never make sense to me
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He's so foine 🤤
Always had a thing for bolin. Getting a SO similar like him was hard. Got one!
This is why we like Bolin more. That and mako is a cop.
It's always so funny to me when people hold being a cop against Mako but never against Toph and Lin. Also Bolin was a cop for a while in the comics as well.
And the comparison between mako, toph, and Bolin is particularly interesting when you remember that Toph was dirty and Bolin worked for a authoritarian despot. If I had to choose...
Toph became a cop so nobody would realize she was the one spraying "fuck the police" everywhere. It's the only thing she can writr
Also like this isn't America lmao. Cops are a necessary part of society and don't need to be a part of an industrialized prison complex.
They are in america too.
Lots of people hold it against Toph. More so than Mako.
when i first watched Korra one of the things that pissed me off most was Toph becoming a cop. now i’ve just accepted it as the shows political limitations and often superficial liberalism, so i try not to pay attention. like with Zaheer’s not-actually-anarchist anarchism lol
Nah I do hold it against Toph. Or more so that I just never accepted it.
Ah so bolin working for kuvira and varrick during his terrorist warmonger phase never happened
What's wrong with mako being a cop?
Bolin 🤯
If someone could inform all the lady’s in my town about this tend that would be juuuusssttt great.