#fandom archetypes

[violet-moonstone]

Women who look like they could throw me over their shoulder and carry me to safety...should the need arise....

#castlevania #striga castlevania #game of thrones #brienne of tarth #holga kilgore #honor among thieves #dungeons and dragons honor among thieves #luisa madrigal #encanto #karlach #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #froya #froya norsemen #norsemen #archetypes #fandom archetypes

[prokopetz]

I think the biggest thing that's helped me to stop being annoyed by odd charactersation in fandom media is realising that much of it isn't really about its ostensible source material. It's basically a bunch of nerds re-inventing the commedia dell'arte from first principles. You've got roughly a dozen broadly sketched archetypes with pre-defined roles, and while they may appear in guises taken from popular media, it's really always the same "characters" in a variety of masks. Sometimes the Grumpy DILF wears a Bruce Wayne mask and hangs out in the Batcave; sometimes the Grumpy DILF wears a Luke Skywalker mask and has telekinesis; it doesn't terribly matter what Bruce Wayne or Luke Skywalker are "really" like in in their respective source material, because the persona is just a framing device – this week the Grumpy DILF is a superhero, next week he's a space mystic, and so forth. What will the Grumpy DILF be next?

#media #fandom #fanfic #characterisation #archetypes #tropes

[grape-souffle]

#NOT BUT ACTUALLY THO #No hate to the fandom but seriously-- #undertale #undertale fandom #undertale papyrus #Undertale fanon #canon vs fanon #canon vs headcanon #fanon vs canon #headcanon #fanon #papyrus #character archetypes #best of tweets

[aipilosse]

The constant fandom whiplash over Maglor is funny actually. "He's the good one" "he's the worst one" "he's soft and gentle" "he's a violent warrior." STOP. he's barely a character. He's got like one long paragraph of canon across the Silm and relevant HoME - he's whoever you want him to be babes

#this was too good to let die on bluesky #fyi i am on bluesky if anyone wants to find me #I'm really not an “everything is canon :)))” person #generally i think canon discrepancies are way too emphasized in fandom #but for real we know next to nothing about Maglor's motivations #he's s vague epic ancillary character archetype #go forth and make him into any type of blorbo you want and don't listen to the haters #maglor #silmarillion

[lizzieonka]

Please reblog after voting so this can get more votes 🙏

#tropes #archetypes #howl ratio vs reigen ratio #polls #howl pendragon #mp100 #howl's moving castle #howl ratio #reigen ratio #arataka reigen #mob psycho 100 #fiction #male characters #fandom #miyamiwu.poll #miyamiwu.src

[puppypawprintce]

anyone else out there think severus is just a chronic pain haver. i know the dark mark pain is real, but i feel like he might be miserable in more ways than just mentally in other ways

#severus snape #hp fandom #like i could imagine him having joint problems or even anemia #also off topic but i don't rlly think he fits the gross gremlin archetype that i sometimes see #he seems sickly to me. moreover we actually dunno Why his hair is always greasy #i feel like he has some self respect at least to hold up a front to everyone #it's 3am if im speaking nonsense just sectumsempra me zzzzz

[candycatstuffs]

Will never understand how people can care about a pairing while also just making them accessories to each other

#lik girl no... the flavor #the spice #where did it go #why are you shoving two fully realized and nuanced characters into a little tiny fandom archetype box

[friendofthecrows]

As always, (no pressure) reblog for more votes, etc. <3

#fiction #tropes #blorbo #fandom #poll #tried to choose ones that are just specific and over-used enough to be cliche #and yet still vague enough to be a valid archetype #also biased towards ones that are popular on tumblr despite cliche-ness cringe or problematic/stereotypical aspects #possibly due to the room for nuance still existent in these tropes #or possibly due to a high number of tumblr users relating to these characters #or perhaps because some popular early blorbos fell under these umbrellas #either way #I'm really curious for how this will turn out! #apparently I'm in a poll mood today

[snikidoodles]

toph's emotional maturity is often overlooked in favour of "crazy chaotic gremlin child" and i think that's a lil fucked up ngl

#why does the atla fandom forget that people have layers to them and are not all character archetypes #avatar the last airbender #atla #toph beifong

[yzafre]

Roxas: Had the Halloween town kids throw bombs in his face for multiple missions in a row before finally breaking down and smacking them around a bit.

Ventus: The dwarves were rude and refused to talk to him, immediately resorted to chasing them down and whacking them.

Characterization I see frequently: Ah, yes, Roxas is the one always willing to throw hands and Ventus is a smol sunshine boy.

#kh #kingdom hearts #these are really silly examples but the point stands! #in fact I think it expands when you look at their full screen-time #I am once again begging people to watch a full let's play of Days #don't get me wrong Ventus IS brightness and sunshine #but he also has the energy of a chihuahua ready to fight the world and I will stand by that #where as Roxas will tend to just try to avoid it until he Very Much Can't #now I think Roxas does BITTERNESS better than Ventus or Sora #but bitterness is not temper #in fact bitterness is usually negative emotions left on the backburner until the resentment caves in on itself #I suppose this is up to interpretation but from my reading... #a lot of times Ventus seems to burn out his anger then let it go #whereas Roxas doesn't do anything with the emotions until he/the situation self-destructs catastrophically so it ends up being nastier #but on the day-to-day? #yeah no Ventus is going to be the one reacting first #you can also exchange Sora for Ventus for some of these arguments #though I think he lands somewhere between Ventus and Roxas for short-temperedness #all this is more complicated than this reductive commentary of course #you have to take in how and in what orders the characters were introduced and marketed #the difficulty of getting the handheld games historically and the biases that set in before they were easily accessed #not to mention stock archetypes for fandom joke set-ups that then perpetuate the characterization... #like there's a LOT to how this came to be #but it Gets To Me sometimes #yza talks about a thing

[violet-moonstone]

Pick your fighter:

Violent, emotionally-damaged dark-haired lesbian?

Or: blonde, pansexual vampire with a tragic backstory?

#the way i'm obsessed with all of them #race to the edge #heather rtte #heather httyd #tangled the series #tts cassandra #morgana #merlin #astarion #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #castlevania #alucard #iwtv #interview with the vampire #lestat #lestat de lioncourt #fandom archetypes #rtte

[chamerionwrites]

Somewhat more controversially - beyond just well-written characters, I think a lot of people find themselves repeatedly drawn to particular Types of characters. And I think the frequency with which those types appear, and the particular flavor of those types, is often (unnecessarily!) gendered. (Sticking with the espionage theme: it’s pretty difficult to find clever, calculating, socially astute female spy characters whose tradecraft doesn’t hinge primarily or at least very heavily on their sex appeal). TL;DR even very well-written female characters are often (unnecessarily!!!) confined to a much more limited set of narrative roles and archetypes.

And while I’m definitely not saying this is something we should all just accept completely uncritically, I do think it’s a pretty undeniable factor in why a lot of people’s lists of favorite blorbos might be kinda dude-heavy.

#as an aside one of the things I’m enjoying about bg3 is that there’s a lot of genderswapped archetype stuff going on w the companions #reading tag #also #fandom #my posts #like to be clear i think that as writers we should be the change we wish to see in the world #add depth and dimension to characters that canon did wrong by! genderswap some archetypes! #ask yourself if there is any particular reason the character you created needs to be the gender you initially assigned them! #but also i think it’s at least *slightly* more complex than people not engaging with characters just because they’re women #personally i have a weak spot for emotionally reserved/guarded characters who struggle with vulnerability and self-revelation #there is nothing inherently gendered about this and I can certainly name female characters that fit the mold! #but also surprise surprise: Socially Enforced Masculinity Norms And The Crushing Weight Thereof are a thing #and this is reflected in fiction. and in fictional dudes.

[pocketponii]

Furry Razputin! A friend on insta had the idea of him being a squirrel :)

Also idk if i should add the spots on archetype Raz. I feel like its kinda too much??? What do yall think???

#furry art #furry community #anthro #furry fandom #razputin aquato #psychonauts #psychonauts 2 #archetype raz #doodle raz #anthro squirrel #my art #my art work #art

[fuckyeahkarlach]

Karlach Tarot Card: Strength ♡ featuring our favorite good boy Scratch ♡ by Alperrrrr_ on Twitter. (Please check OP out, they're doing a whole tarot series!)

#god i love fandom tarot cards so much #ever since dragon age tarot cards #there is just something so deep and meaningful about the whole process #pickin the right card #saying “this is the archetype this character embodies” #i love everything about it #karlach #karlach cliffgate #tarot cards #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #Alperrrrr_ #scratch bg3

[ardentpoop]

dean upon learning that ppl ship him with cas: EW. YUCK. WHO CAN I PUNCH ABT THIS

sam, immediately: lol :) they should ship me with cas instead tho I would luv that 😌 💕

#things that canonically happened that the fandom ignored as usual #it’s bc dean is extremely and archetypically insecure abt his masculinity of course #whereas sam doesn’t give a shit if ppl think he’s gay #he’s also the most queer-coded character in this show (unintentionally bc the creators are of course homophobic themselves) but you’ll #never catch the fandom at large acknowledging that #spn

[twilitdragoneye]

I have been thinking about the end of 7x04 and nothing else for days (thanks abc) but with Buck's discovery of self and his new not so new bisexuality I've been also thinking about Eddie. (Yes I have Buddie brainrot thanks for asking.)

Now, stay with me here, I am so excited to watch Buck's storyline play out but my fave is Eddie. And as much as everyone seems to be all in on the jealous Eddie train, I don't want that? Like if it happens it'll be fun but I really just want a super respectful and supportive best friend Eddie.

I'd really like for Eddie to not have to have a parallel journey of discovery to Buck.

I think it would be great if Eddie had just always known he(himself) was queer. This man is terrible at registering flirting unless it is absolutely blatant and in a place where it makes sense (ex: drunk girls at a club). It would make sense to me that rather than needing to realize that he is attracted to/likes guys, he would need to realize that he actually has a shot. He's been with women because it can just be easier in our hetro-focused world, but also maybe he's never liked a guy enough to risk it. Or maybe it took him a bit to get over his compulsory heteronormativity in regards to having a son. A voice in his head telling him that his son needs a mom more than he needs a partner.

Also I feel like Eddie compartmentalizes his feelings/relationships, so Buck is absolutely in the friend category because he was straight, only now he's not straight but he's still only in the friend box because Eddie has a girlfriend and Buck is dating someone else. I think it would take both of those relationships ending to really allow himself to stop and look and go...

oh you're right here

#anyway that's my thought #911 abc #911 spoilers #911 speculation #eddie diaz #evan buckley #buddie #look I got into this fandom in season 2 and fell for the new guy ok #Buck's great but I love the wounded warrior character archetype #in this essay I will... but I posted the essay