Original join date: 11/23/2004
Eclectic Connoisseur of all things written, drawn, or imaginatively created.
I've only watched the movie of THE WIZARD OF OZ and read the DC/Marvel comic book, never got around to the actual novel. But I certainly figured out that the Cowardly Lion wasn't cowardly. Since I watched the movie every year at Christmastime from when I was a baby until I was around 15 years old, I don't know when that insight dawned on me, but it's something I worked out for myself from the acting and the dialogue. And I think it's something that you learn better as a little kid when you can put it together from the spare detail you're given. Those characters stay in your head and you imagine what makes them tick. And figuring that out for yourself, rather than having it hammered home, is more powerful, because it's like you've unlocked a door to understanding how people really are inside and not what they show on the outside.
I always wondered why the lion was singled out as a coward when they all ran from the flying monkeys and other threats.
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G1 Starscream being a coward is a surprisingly common misconception. He's an accomplished warrior who is commonly seen leading the charge. He's a treacherous backstabber, yes, which is often conflated with being a coward-- there are a lot of characters who are both. He's shown turning tail when the odds are against him, yes. But that's more to do with his nature as an opportunist and a control freak, than with cowardice.
His fellow Decepticon Thrust is a true coward.
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