#. as a trope i mean. lmao

[blackkatdraws2]

The Main Character.

[Blank Scripts AU]

#take a look at his shounen genre anime/manga acting ahh #okay small talk in tags (im gonna start spouting entire essays at you) #i personally think the TSP community dont give me enough content with Stanley as the main character #like yall are fr missing out #guys think about it #rather than focusing on the narrator (who's basically the equivalent as a high-leveled entity comapred to Stanley) #wouldnt focusing on the weaker person seeing the world filled with unknown monsters be more fun? #because you get to explore the story alongside him #since Stanley is just as clueless as you are #and compared to the already powerful beings #you actually get to see Stanley grow and progress #(I mean this is just me giving yall a prompt lmao dont take this personal yo I just really like Weak to Strong tropes) #(I dont really care-) #(-yall have fun with your stuff man :) #tsp blank scripts au #tsp au #the stanley parable #the stanley parable ultra deluxe #tsp #tspud #tsp narrator #narrator tsp #stanley tsp #tsp stanley #my drawing museum

[chirpsythismorning]

Ya'll catch the final rose ceremony at the end of s4?!

#byler #stranger things #'last nights episode ended on a cliffhanger with the audience left wondering who bachelor-mike would choose--' #'will he choose the one who walked around the rose delicately to stand with it framed neatly in the background between the two of them?--' #'or will he choose the one who bulldozed it?' #'all will be answered tonight on the series finale of bachelor apocalypse' #no but seriously is that flower in front of el cgi? #depending on how many takes this shot took... i don't think they'd have something like this occur unless they wanted it to #i know they hand picked flowers for these shots #but it's not like that rules out them using movie magic #especially in this case where it was apparently important enough for them to handpick in the first place... #meaning there is in fact some significance to it #i hope this shot puts the 'it's not a love triangle' allegations to rest #like idk why fans would rather believe the duffers are sorcerers who can do dozens of things coincidentally all fitting a specific narrativ #bc that would honestly be way more impressive to me than them just using basic film techniques and tropes lmao

[prying-pandora666]

I can see why you voice Azula. Your manipulative and a liar just like her.

You say you have nothing against Zutara but you defend Aang anytime we have valid criticisms of his sexism and racism.

You are highly critical of Maiko and yet you claim to love both Zuko and Mai. If you loved them so much you’d want them to be happy together.

You reblog any Zuko ship that isn’t Maiko. Casually scrolling your blog I have seen you support Zukka, Jinko, Toko, and Zutara but that last one is obviously fake because you also criticize the pirate scene.

Meanwhile you hypocritically support Azula ships like Sokkla, TyZula, and Mailee. You don’t call out Zucest either just like your TERF icon Grey.

Your obvi a Kataang shipper in disguise. Zutarians have been fighting this battle since the beginning. We won’t fall for your Trojan horse.

Azula always lies.

I can see your entire post history behind your eyes. You were born with nothing. And you’ve had to troll, and plagiarize, and drama-post your way to the top.

But true power? The divine right to multi-ship? Is something you’re born with.

Your followers (if indeed you have any) may not know how this is going to turn out.

But I know.

And you know.

Those allegations against Grey Delisle were false. Katy Perry stans made them up because Grey called Katy out on voting for anti-gay politicians.

Whoops. Guess you’re not as informed as you thought.

Don’t flatter yourself.

You were never even a shitposter.

#Lucia says #this is the most unhinged ask I’ve ever gotten #I don’t even know what they’re mad about #Because I don’t take shipping seriously and enjoy multiple ships? #Because I love Aang and defend him against false interpretations? #Because I have been critical of some Zutara tropes #then my support of Zutara must be false? #Because I don’t like Maiko or how it was written that means I don’t like Zuko or Mai? #I never denied I like Kataang. I’m open about it. It’s not a secret. Lmao. #Masterful detective work. #Also you missed Azulaang and TySuki.

[ceaselesslyinlove]

"I cannot bear to think that he is alive in the world and thinking ill of me." "It's just...I to hate to think that Mr. Thornton thinks badly of me."

#let's piece it together ladies!! #lmao i love you lizzie and margaret <3 #elizabeth bennet #margaret hale #pride and prejudice #north and south #i love the trope of girl falling for guy and she's really struggling to figure out why this man she once hated suddenly means so much to he #tee hee <3

[hellothereiplaygames]

Some thoughts on Asra's route...

Replaying Asra's route after having played Muriel's really hits different...

In one of the other routes Asra and Muriel appear to start a romantic relationship, and in Asra's route it's very clear that Muriel cares very deeply for Asra and dislikes the Apprentice. He mentions in one of the paid? dream scenes that he's worried about Asra and the Apprentice fading into their own world and leaving everyone else behind (again, apparently), and that he's determined to stop this from happening. His concern for Asra and initial hostility toward the Apprentice may be rooted in jealousy, not only because his oldest (and only) friend was more or less taken from him, but perhaps with romantic connotations as well.

In Book XI: Justice, Asra and Julian stage a mock trial by combat against Muriel. Though he apparently agreed to participate and is implied to have returned to the Coliseum of his own volition, presumably out of concern for Asra, who has been accused of being Julian's accomplice... he is still more or less backed into a corner and forced to play along with Asra and Julian's plan to stage a fight.

Now, to be fair to Asra, he states after everything goes wrong that it wasn't supposed to end this way, and it appeared that he was attempting to not only exonerate himself and Julian from their charges but somehow help Muriel overcome his past (he does disintegrate Muriel's chains during the fight no matter what choices you make). There was a point during this that I thought I could guess what Asra's plan was regarding Muriel's past, but being refreshed on how it actually pans out, I can't remember it now. Something about making the people of Vesuvia realize how barbaric the Coliseum was under Lucio.

The thing that stands out to me throughout this whole ordeal is that Asra knows about Muriel's trauma. He knows he was enslaved to Lucio and forced to fight and execute people in the Coliseum. He knows that Muriel is terrified of hurting other people, especially those he cares about. In Asra's route, the only person Muriel cares about is Asra, so hurting him is triggering for him. He literally is in a stupor after the board he was using as a weapon splinters off and hits Asra in the mouth, making him bleed. This is clearly meant to make the reader worried about Asra, but Muriel reacts as well, and appears hypnotized by the blood. I remember the first time I read this I thought he was going to have some crazy berserker-Hulk sort of reaction, but having read his route, it's way more tragic.

Though Muriel did seem to return to the Coliseum of his own volition, it does seem that Asra took this as a sign that he was coming to terms with his trauma. He was willing to exploit Muriel's care for him in order to save his own skin so he can be with the Apprentice. Though I recognize Asra's other toxic traits to some degree, I also have similar ones myself so they don't really stand out to me. This, however, where he more or less disregards Muriel's feelings on the matter, is actually really crushing. In Muriel's route, his whole thing is that he DOES NOT want to fight, he DOES NOT want to even spar with the Apprentice with blunt sticks out of fear of hurting them, so why would he willingly go along with this unless he was more or less in the same position Lucio put him in? Fight in the arena, or something bad will happen to Asra.

Asra knows this, and puts him through it regardless. During the whole fight, Julian's actions are written so as to make it seem like he's the one messing things up--he takes the "finishing blow" that Muriel was going to deal to Asra and gets knocked unconscious. Asra spends most of the entire time doing flashy, dramatic magic tricks that get the crowd cheering for him. After he "wins", he and the Apprentice are carried out of the Coliseum like heroes. Though Asra will try to soothe Muriel if the Apprentice so chooses right before the end, and he does look for Muriel in the crowd, he seems otherwise unbothered or unaware of the impact this may be having on his oldest friend. Which is pretty shitty.

Of course, Asra, Julian, and Muriel are all playing characters during their fight--Asra is the flashy magician, Julian is the rogueish BDSM dagger guy, and Muriel is the Scourge. Asra obviously can't show his concern even if he wanted to because he's supposed to be fighting Muriel. But putting his bro into this situation in the first place says a lot about his character. Though Julian is the one whose route is based around self-loathing because he believes he hurts everyone around him, Asra is the only one who gets what he wants out of this ordeal, and he even says so right before the chapter ends. Muriel was forced to relive his trauma and didn't get the resolution that was intended, and Julian gets KOed by a punch that literally sent him flying across the arena (though he probably enjoyed it tbh, he's a nasty little man like that lmao).

I wonder if this dynamic between Asra and Muriel was intentionally written this way in order to further amplify his tunnel vision when it comes to the Apprentice. Is this is how he acted in the past, causing Muriel to hate the Apprentice as he does and remark that he won't allow it to happen again? Maybe (probably) I'm reading too much into it, but as a survivor of abuse and trauma it rubs me the wrong way much more than Asra's obsessive, clingy nature. Of all of the reversed ends, Asra's is the one that actually scared me and kind of haunted me, because it hits a little too close to home.

These are all just thoughts that I wanted to spill out because I thought it was interesting and I wasn't sure if anyone else has talked about it before.

#the arcana #asra alnazar #muriel the mountain man #muriel of the kokhuri #asra the arcana #asra the magician #muriel the arcana #my thoughts #i mean maybe they do talk about this later in the route and i just forgot but??? #considering lucio's route and the way that was handled i don't expect it #i adore asra #he literally checks all my boxes for my favorite tropes #but like... this actually is kind of insane and i hope muriel was the one to be like “i can play scourge... i guess” but i doubt it #it also makes me wonder if asra projected onto julian and that's why ilya thinks everything is his fault #because i can't see mazelinka and the grandmas raising julian to think he's not worthy of love #asra however might have given him that impression during their time together?? which is just a big no from me ok #just some thoughts though lmao #this game has returned as my major hyperfixation so i apologize for the novel and all these tags

[ghostdrinkssoup]

idk how controversial this is but I’m actually such a big fan of s3a. it’s the exact kind of phantasmagorical bullshit that makes me kick my feet and grin like a fool. the whole show goes haywire and completely abandons the generic structure of the police procedural, and it totally gets away with it because at this point the narrative has unravelled so much that the show can safely let go of whatever conformity it was barely hanging onto in s2b. and on a metafictional level the shift in external genre strangely parallels the progression of the two main characters: just as will and hannibal have changed each other, the show too has revealed its true nature

#this is even further emphasised by s3a exploring hannibal’s backstory #like he’s been ripped open and the show has too #and now will’s peering in and trying to find the core of hannibal #so he can understand him #and in doing so finds the heart of the show #in all its gothic glory #but by the end will still doesn’t accept himself #and when he rejects hannibal and attempts to return to normalcy the show also returns to its old police procedural structure #except now it’s fragmented and unlike itself #much like will’s s3b persona #because he simply cannot return to how he was in s1 #it doesn’t matter if he marries molly or tries to make a nuclear family for himself it’ll never be as it was #and he ultimately can’t deny himself #which is literally reflected in the show’s style because it’s so unlike s1 #even if it tries to return to its original genre tropes and conventions #it ultimately reverts back to the gothic wonderland of s3a (the dragon fight + fall) #I didn’t mean to continue the analysis in the tags LMAO but I guess that’s how it is #I was too sleepy to articulate my thoughts two hours ago but now it’s 1:30am and I am so Awake #nbc hannibal #hannibal #hannibal meta #will graham #hannigram #ghost speaks

[starryemeralds]

things change, we can’t stop it... but nothing - not distance or time - can break the bond that we share💕

-

for @amphibiasupernova

#they all mean so much to me — this show means so much to em #im excited to see where they end up but not ready to say goodbye #I just love the found family trope LMAO #amphibia #anne boonchuy #sprig plantar #polly plantar #hop pop plantar #plantar family #sasha waybright #marcy wu #sashannarcy #calamity trio #starry art

[fiendpact]

tav qotd: for those with playlists, pick three songs and tell me in the tags how they describe your tav/durge <3

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #tav qotd #bg3 tav #i don't know what else to tag this as 🫥 #anyways three of makaria's are: cheerleader by ashnikko - brutus by emma blackery - mercy by king mala #naturally there are spoilers below so watch out ‼️ #cheerleader is kind of a joke one bc she was originally based on the mean cheerleader trope but it plays into her ego and her hubris #and is kinda eerie in a way. also the 'cut throats and i feel better' line is just so good LMAO this song is such an earworm to me #brutus is wrt orin and how her treachery affected makaria; 'taking back what you stole' isn't in reference to bhaal's chosen but + #to makaria's sense of control over herself after being left helpless and forever changed by orin's literal knife in her back #and mercy kinda speaks for itself i think but it's the internal struggle against the dark urge and how could she ever possibly reconcile + #her ungodly past and move forward to be something more than what bhaal created her to be #rb games #jess.txt #makaria

[pharawee]

Me, mostly here for Kenta, Pete, Way and Kim:

#jane watches stuff #pit babe #it is what it is lmao #at least kim has realised all of his dreams #and by that i mean punching winner and being adopted by uncle alan #he will go on winning the season because everyone else is too busy making out #it truly is the little things #as for pete and kenta #they had their happy ending off screen after lots of therapy the end #and way... i knew it was coming so i'm mostly just 😔 #i dislike the redemption through death trope so much ugh

[fluffypotatey]

Shadowpeach's reaction to believing the other is dating again

ANON I AM SO SORRY T^T i meant to reply to this the moment I read it then got distracted and now it’s almost 1am (edit: it is now 1:30 lmao)

anyway,

you have come to ask me, a girlie who is a sucker for unhealthy shadowpeach and long time lover of the jealousy & possessive tropes, about shadowpeach’s hypothetical reactions of the two monkeys believing the other is back in the dating scene?

well, obviously, they would be completely fine. absolutely no negative reactions or breakdowns or obsessive thoughts hindering their ability to function and be mentally healthy. of course.

jk i lied: THEY WOULD BE SO HORRIBLE LMAO

however, i feel like swk would be more subtle about it. like maybe he hears something out of context said by MK or Mei or Tang or Red Son or Sandy (who might have also jumped to the same conclusion) and is like “oh……” and then is oddly quiet for maybe a month, freaking out MK

also, SWK would have his own internal battle of wanting to see Macky to confirm but also not wanting to see Macackle because the confirmation would break him. but he would make so many excuses to see Macaroon by visiting Pigsy’s noodle shop then chicken out when the time does come (the funny part of me says that Pigsy is the only one aware of SWK’s true intentions and is very annoyed about it)

the anger doesn’t really come until SWK feels fed up with Macaroni’s “mixed signals,” meaning Macky’s very bad attempts at being civil/flirting. because “if Macky thinks he can just use my feelings while being in a relationship he can think again!” (despite Macky never being in a relationship but Wukong never confirmed this so is mad for the sake of this hypothetical SO and himself while struggling with his own very messy feelings. because he likes it when Mac has his attention on him, he likes it when Mac tries to woo him the same way he had tried when they were younger and ignorant, he likes it when Mac cannot help but look at Wukong, he likes it when he makes Mac forget all about that stupid significant other because Wukong and Mac used to be something and could still be that something if Mac just gave Wukong a chance or if they had never ended their old relationship like the way they did. if only, if only, if only, if only, if only—

with Macky, ahahahaaaaaaa hoo boy.

not subtle. very unsubtle. like, yes, even Wukong can see and notice Macky’s very unsubtle and unstable self but unlike everybody else who is aware of the reason, Wukong would just be confused on why Macky is always weirdly snappy and grabby and always feel the need to mention Wukong’s love life????

anyway, Macky would not react well. 1) because it feeds into his angry theory that Wukong found their relationship to be superficial and temporary 2) he has been revived for, uh, *checks watch* not very long, so imagine going through a severe break up and dying them being resurrected and trying to enact revenge on your ex (of whom the feelings are still too raw) but you’ve been out of time for so long that you cannot process shit 3) it is my belief that Macky had nobody else as close to him as Wukong was

so, Macky hearing through the very botched grapevine that Wukong is back in the dating scene? man’s is not handling it well. house/apartment/whatever establishment he was staying in is trashed. he replans his revenge against Wukong. he stalks Wukong obsessively bc he has to see that bastard in the act because maybe then he’ll be free. he would sabotage any and all attempts of demons, humans, whoever that whispers about pursuing Wukong because….reasons

(obviously the reasons are not the fact that Wukong moving on terrifies him, the fact that he can be so easily replaced hurts, the fact that he cannot let go despite everything, the fact that Wukong still smiles the same, that Wukong still laughs the same but it’s so much lighter, that he understood what it was like to be loved and cared about by Wukong. to have all of his attention on Macky, to hold him so gently even though these same hands could break him (and have), to be treasured and desired by someone so powerful. how could Mackarell give up something so precious? he is still selfish and has been deprived for f that love for too long. why on earth would he ever wish for someone else to have a piece of what he once had?)

so yeah i’d say they would be coping sO well :)

#this is a side tangent but shadowpeach deserves some more fics with both or either of the two idiots being jealous #please #for me #ley them simmer or wallow in their personally inflicted angst/pining soup while i giggle and read with delight #and when i say i’m a lover of this trope i also mean i’m a connoisseur of this trope #i have tastes and am picky about it #bc there are some…….not great works that try this trope (to put it politely) and it hurts bc i KNOW it could be written sO good #also funny note: this reply was supposed to end after I shout ‘they would be so horrible lmao’ #but then I thought nah lemme share my elaborated thoughts #another side note: I am sure y’all notice I call Wukong and macky’s thing a relationship instead of friendship or situationship mostly bc #a relationship can mean many things and my view of shadowpeach is both romantic and qpr #like the vibes fit for both of them and I’ll just roll with either #but i struggle to call their thing a friendship because to me that takes away some of the aspects of swk and macky #do i think they even dated in the past? no but i DO think the two were so attached to the hip that to outsiders they saw 2 boyfriends even #if nothing was technically official of their relationship being romantic or platonic but it blurred the lines so well nobody could be 100% #& even in the current plot their relationship is STILL blurred to me so i can’t pick and like both options (both are severely unhealthy ofc #lmk #shadowpeach #asks #anonymous

[indecisiveaboutthetitle]

“As daughter of the Ice Tribe's leader, it is my duty to protect our people!”

Guess who is in the middle of a Fates hyperfixation revival.

Also guess who hates the maid archetype but at the same time loves an underdeveloped character who is a maid.

#fe14 #fire emblem #fire emblem fanart #fire emblem fates #flora fire emblem #as much as I love fe14 I've always thought they did Flora and Felicia dirty by not develoing them more #they are political hostages! they were taken from their home and FORCED into servitude #it is such an interesting concept because their situation is at the same time so similar and so different from Kamui's!!! #but all of that was wasted in favor of character tropes and fanservice #at least with Flora they explored the situation a bit more #but Felicia? #lmao #she's next btw. I already have the sketch #also #the ice fire and wind tribes had SO MUCH POTENTIAL in the worldbuilding but we know so little!!! #I mean #we can make up ideas and hcs about them ourselves BUT STILL!! #I wish I knew what the original concept was

[neighbourhoodtwo]

reading an absolutely insufferable book on the recommendation of a friend this had better turn itself around fast

#need to tell this friend that just bc i like shakespeare doesnt mean i want to read about people #who like shakespeare. also bold move to admit all your characters are common tropes lmao they better do something with that

[joelsgreys]

VEE. you bet your ass Big bad Joel miller is using his strength to hold up peach's belly when the bump gets heavy. I can see it and this man DOES NOT LET GO. OH and Ellie is for sure shoving her face into peach's belly at every opportunity to get the baby to hear her voice bc if Mozart can influence babies THEN SO CAN SHE (Joel is concerned for the future of his child)

can you tell that the pregnancy trope is my bread and butter?

omg you know what this made me think of? those reels/tiktoks where partners stand behind their expectant partners and lift up their tummy and it’s just a huuuuuge relief for them

I can imagine Joel (y’know once the shock of her being KO’ed wears off and later on down the line as the baby grows and things aren’t so tense) noticing that she’s uncomfortable or that her back hurts and he just goes up behind her and uses those big strong hands to give her relief and I— 😮‍💨

OH Ellie’s going to be so excited for her sibling the baby she’s going to be all over Peach until the day it’s born

#vee answers #tw pregnancy #fic: a safe haven #this trope in this story #is gonna mean everything to me #i am so happy people are excited about it #because so many people hate it lmao

[sanctamater]

i think there is something to be said about misogyny and the popularity of 'virginal pure and innocent young woman in her early 20s who is actually a sex fiend' trope i see in many ocs/canon interps in the rpc that should be unpacked, actually.

#i see it a lot. its.... an uncomfortable trend; to say the least esp w the rise in actual trad.wife propaganda as a means of control. #the inherent infantilization and demonization of a woman's sexuality in this. lmao. #its such a sexist trope made popular by so many men like. we can do better. #im kicking the hornets nest w this i fear IUFFUFHIUFIUFHIU #🕊️❝ out of redemption ( ooc. )

[secrettastemakerland]

reading king of greed by ana huang and i hate to say it but it kinda gives naruhina vibes

He had her, he lost her…and he’ll do anything to win her back.

Powerful, brilliant, and ambitious, Dominic Davenport clawed his way up from nothing to become the King of Wall Street.

He has everything—a beautiful home, a beautiful wife, and more money than he could spend in a lifetime. But no matter how much he accumulates, he’s never satisfied. 

In his endless quest for MORE, he drives away the only person who saw him as enough.

It isn’t until she’s gone that he realizes there may be more to life than riches and glory…but by then, it may be too late. 

***

Kind, intelligent, and thoughtful, Alessandra Davenport has played the role of trophy wife for years.

She stood by her husband while he built an empire, but now that they’ve reached the top, she realizes he’s no longer the man she fell for.

When it becomes clear that she’ll always come second to his work, she finally takes charge of her life and puts herself first—even if it means leaving the only man she’s ever loved. 

But what she didn’t count on was his refusal to let her go…or for him to fight for their marriage, no matter what it takes.

#not to be mean or anything but this is how most divorced naruhina fics are lmao #don't get me wrong like that's how most marriage in trouble fics are but idk i get tired of the naruto ignores hinata cause work trope #just making observations having opinions etc etc #carry on #naruhina #king of greed

[bl-inkstone]

ok i'm supposed to be writing an essay but all i can think about right now is yan!childe as your childhood best friend that you, somehow, stayed with all the way to the present. he's not violent nor does he restrict you or anything — he's actually pretty tame for the most part. the yandere part is just him being overtly clingy and obsessive, and maybe a little (a lot) possessive over his title as "your best friend". you could read this to be romantic or platonic but either way, he'd love you til celestia permanently tears your bond apart, which is never if he has anything to say about it. just thinking about childe clinging to his childhood friend and constantly bringing up all the dumb promises they made back then to a) tease them as friends do and b) ensure that they'll never leave

#miyo.muses #dc.moment #childe.togo #as soon as i get my head out of the closet and get comfortable posting here #any unfortunate viewer will be subjected to my Very Normal thoughts #first sane yan childe post #and possibly my last lmao i struggle to be normal about this man #and!! i love soft yans so much!! #as much as i love reading abt darker yans whose actions have lasting and visible negative effects on their darlings #soft yans are just so #yeah theyre still unhealthy as hell but its such a cute trope in fiction #and by cute i mean i can jampack all sorts of subtle nuances and underlying hints to a deeper terror #the uncomfortable terror is hiding just a little bit to the left of the funny goofy soft yan content #dont let the silly sweet comical actions of these yans distract u from the fact that theyre still yans haha #genshin impact #genshin childe #yandere childe