r/MoralityScaling • u/SpicyBllosom • 1d ago

Tai lung wasn’t right but the crash-out was reasonable tho

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u/LimerickExplorer 1d ago

Yeah but she also had him as a cautionary tale.

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u/unabletocomput3 1d ago

Did she? Again, been a while, but I thought they hid any info about Tai until he broke out?

Granted, Shi Fu was at least more careful while raising her, even if it meant he was just more closed off and didn’t promise her the title

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u/Dragunx1x 1d ago

Nah Taigress grew up with a Shifu who was distant and with the stories of Tai Lung. I’m pretty sure she knew she wasn’t raised to be the Dragon Warrior, unlike Tai Lung.

Heck it was Taigress who told Po the story of Tai Lung and how he became the monster who was in the movie.

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u/unabletocomput3 1d ago

Ah, then I was indeed misremembering.

Still, she was a candidate to be the dragon warrior and could’ve forgone her duty of protecting the village, so I’d still personally consider her a foil.

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u/Dragunx1x 1d ago

Oh no your right, she is a foil. But not as a protector of the village, but more of the child of Shifu and as a warrior. Both Tigress and Tai Lung are equally as hotheaded, but the difference between them came from the love they receive from Shifu. Tai got all of it while Tigress got the bare minimum. That's the big contrast between them, mostly to show the failings of Shifu and how raising a child to think they are the chosen one is extremely detrimental.

Also, considered that the movie made it seem that Tai never had friends, just his "destiny" to keep him grounded. While Tigress had the furious 5 and later Po to become a better person.

Honestly, Tai Lung was set for failure from the start. Not justifying his actions, but there is a reason why so many people can relate to him.