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fortunelowtier · 1 year

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One of the things that's always irked me with fnaf lore is how they've already just kind abandoned the Afton stuff and are going into the weird pseudo sci-fi bullshit, despite the fucking angsty narrative GOLDMINE that could be made from Michael Afton alone

Like man fuck whatever they’re doing for the fnaf movie now, I don’t rlly care abt the animatronic side of things, i wanna see the trilogy following this physically and emotionally abused 16 year old struggling with the loss of his sister, his mother, and then causing the death of his brother, then having that guilt stick with him for decades until he’s tricked into wandering into his own fathers facility where he is then gutted like a fish and piloted like a fucking mech by an animatronic spaghetti amalgamation. Only to wake up weeks later as an empty rotting husk on the sidewalk with only one thing in mind, to kill his father and end all of this

He manages to track down his uncle Henry and after months of planning he manages to lure William and everyone else still refusing to pass on into a pizzeria which is then lit ablaze.

We get an entire segment in the final act in the final movie of the trilogy (beginning with Henry’s speech from fnaf 6 cuz that shit is the rawest monologue in gaming history):

William goes out screaming, begging for mercy just as his victims did to him, his plastic shell melting to reveal the flesh and metal beneath it. As Michael feels the flames around him he sits back and accepts his fate, a small semblance of a grin on his rotting, decrepit face. But before he can pass on he sees the ghostly visage of his brother, eyes blackened and shirt still stained with blood as it was on that fateful day. He knows he has nothing to say, nothing that can fix what was done to him all those years ago, so he says the only thing that comes to mind.

“I’m sorry...I’m so sorry...”

As he breaks down into what little tears his body can produce, the structure of the building giving way as the fire grew hotter and hotter, he expects to have the full wrath of his brother unleashed upon him. In his mind he deserves no redemption, no happy ending, and no forgiveness. Instead, he feels the embrace of a hug around him, hearing a voice he never thought he’d hear again

“I know...“

Michael uses the last of his strength to wrap his arms around his brother, embracing him, as they both are engulfed by flames, being able to die in peace knowing that whatever lied beyond the veil, his father would never see it. It was over.

Reflected on the monitor is a vision of both of them as they were all those years ago, embracing as they are in modern day, almost as a window into what could've been, had everything gone right.

The camera is obscured by flames as it begins to move up, through the flames and through the smoke, “Bonnie’s Lullaby” from fnaf 3 playing in the background. as the song comes to an end, so too does the movement of the camera

cut to black

“Five Nights at Freddy's

The End”

and then nothing else happens because the story is over and resurrecting William is a terrible idea and retroactively would ruin the ending of this (cough cough security breach cough cough)

thank you for coming to my ted talk

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walrusofdoom · 7 months

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People getting Astarions tattoo is proof that media literacy is dead, and that he's going to be doomed to only ever be remembered as a sexed up twink despite his whole arc being that he hates being seen as that

#mine #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #astarion #i hate you i hate you i hate you #HES SUCH AN INTERESTING CHARACTER #AND NONE OF IT WILL EVER BE DISCUSSED #DOOMED TO TWINK OBLIVION LIKE ALL THE REST #ZZEEEVVVRAANNNNNNNNNNN

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eyesanddragons · 9 months

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Im still not over how Lagoon Was going to use Fathom the same way she's been using Albatross. I'm not over that she almost slips and says me when she talks about the Good Fathom will be for the kingdom. I'm not over that her first scene with Albatross is her bringing up his Incredibly Traumatic First Experience with his Powers to guilt trip him into behaving. The Albatross Tragedy IS Preventable. And I think that's important.

Because in the same book where the idea of inevitable fate and destiny is tossed around and everyone is trying to engineer the future they want or predict what will happen next or just submit themselves to what they believe is the way things Will Go. The Albatross Tragedy is an extremely preventable one.

Albatross was put under immense mental AND physical strain, I doubt they let him rest much at all. However these circumstances weren't inevitable but were caused by the society they lived in. The Kingdoms in WoF are monarchies, where the ruler has almost absolute power, and even at this point in time it's a very "might makes right" society.

Albatross could of totally taken over the throne at any time, he doesn't even need to murder for it. But the trauma of what he accidentally did to Sapphire coupled with how Lagoon kept on emotionally and physically abusing him made it so Albatross was so beaten down that he didn't even think of doing that. Except it wouldn't end there because he had the magic powers equivalent of a god.

Albatross isn't a tragedy of inevitable fate, it's one of societal failings and familial abuse, a tragedy that gets mirrored in Darkstalker. I have my criticisms of the book and I have Many Criticisms of Darkstalker but Albatross not being inevitable is such a great little bit.

#wof #wings of fire #wof meta #wof albatross #its nice to write a post like this again #I think Albatross should of been more important to Arc 2 as a whole #hes such an interesting character

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arl-the-beloved · 7 months

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Ngl im gonna be so upset if the new movie is gonna be a copy of Sunflowers of Inferno with "is Kid a bad guy now???"

I wouldnt be opposed to Kid and BO teaming up with Kaito stealing things for them, featuring auntie Vermouth *wink wink*

#HEAVY ON THE WINK WINK #i dont rlly mind if the plot is similar tk movie 19 #i just need Kaito to get a canonical murder ykk #ALSO AUNT VERMOUTH AGENDA #dcmk #kaito kuroba #kaito kid #kaitou kid #hes literally so special to me #like you dont get it #IM SO FUCKING EXCITED THEY LET HIM OUT OF THE BASEMENT #HES FREE #(for like an hour and a half)#i wish they used him and his plot more #hes such an interesting character

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frogmanfae · 8 months

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There's something so symbolic about how quickly David's transition was from "we can't go on strike no way" to being the one to initiate throwing their pape bags on the ground in The World Will Know

#newsies #david jacobs #livesies #hes such an interesting character #so many layers there #i love him so much

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sophiehatterp · 1 year

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there's so many layers to jason's character, i could and i would stay hours talking about it

#we talk a lot about nico's trauma but jason?#could write a whole ass essay on why his more than the guy who just passes out #his trauma isnt Shown explicitly throughout the series like the others imo and thats maybe why ppl don't really care much about it #bUT IF YOU STOP AND THINK JUST A LITTLE #hes such an interesting character #would commit war crimes for him #he can do no wrong #jason grace #hoo #heroes of olympus #pjo #percy jackson

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gallonsoblood · 7 days

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Yknow what i havent drawn yet guys..

#freak of nature #get it #becau #okay ill go #should i draw this Boing tho #theres also a few other characters ive not drawn yet #bc i cant find a good stylization for them #i have a lot of drawing ideas im in my Bing era rn😭#hes such an interesting character

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1-800-disasterbi · 1 year

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He’s been circling in my head for about 3 days and I finally gave in and drew him

#paris of troy #the iliad #troy #paris #greek mythology #hes such an interesting character #we love to hate him still tho #art #sketch #my art for once

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tezzbot · 2 years

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hi tezz my friend tezz did you know that um

anyway um what are your favorite jyushi bits when do you think they used him best?

[image of me screaming so loud]

uuhhhh see thats kinda a hard question to answer bc like. there are a Lot of moments that change just like So Much depending on how you read the context?? like shit like the octopus hold that can absolutely be written off as Jyushimatsu being an idiot but it also can be perceived as 'he totally is following along with the conversations and he only ever Does the octopus hold to the person who tells him to as a way to deescalate the situation in a way that still lets him come off as silly and stupid when hes really not' like a lot of Jyushimatsu's. i guess nuance?? as a character really depends on How you view him?? idk if that makes sense but. yknow

im sorta doing a rewatch of the show where im like Really paying attention to jyushi to like. be able to rlly get a good grasp of his character so ill prob be able to answer this kinda question better once im done (considering for the most part seasons 2 and 3 have p much exited my brain orz)

what i recall from season 3 was a Really really good insight into jyushimatsu as a guy though cus its like. He really is just like the rest of them he is Just Some Guy. but unlike the rest of them hes like? fully aware and accepting of the fact that he is In A Cartoon and he like. ithink Wants to be a cartoon like he wants to play his part so he'll defy physics he'll drop that anvil on your head he'll turn into a rubber hose he's like. Built to entertain in a way. BUT at his core he just Is Some Guy he is Human just like his brothers and thats like. rlly interesting to think about tbh. his eyes r so open to the universe and yet hes just here for a good time<3

i do also love those stupid ass cryptid hunt skits with jyushi iyami and hatabou its Such an out of left field trio but its so fucking good to me HDJDKG

#tezztalks #THIS GOT. kind of rambly lol #HES SUCH AN INTERESTING CHARACTER #peels open his brain what is goin awn in there #I ALSO DIDNT RLLY ANSWER THE QUESTION BUT WHATEVER WHAT EVER

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tschulijulesjulie · 1 year

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one thing i love so much about Damen is how incredibly smart he is while also being unbelievably oblivious.

like here - he might not know or understand Laurents motives at all and misreads him so much, but at the same time he does already understand so well how Laurent works

#hes such an interesting character #like most times a character is either super intelligent or super oblivious #but he is both #it might be the bisexuality tbf #tschulis capri reread

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siramory · 7 months

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U KNOW WHAT ELSE IM INTERESTED IN SEEING THOUGH. is what happens to nikolai ..!

(s5 finale spoilers)

because like. he wanted to kill fyodor but his reaction at fyodor actually Being Dead was so like.. uncertain. he is abt to go insane maybe? i wonder if he's going to like. think of the despair he feels as part of his humanity. and if so its a little ironic because he wanted to kill fyodor to get rid of the humanity he felt because of their connection. i wanna know what he's thinking i wanna know what hes gonna do after this yk. hoping and praying we get to see a lot more of him

#bsd #rambles #hes such an interesting character

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fumifooms · 2 months

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Omg guys he just genuinely likes bugs and mollusks and critters 😭💘💔 Forced to noble when he just wanna crouch and watch things skitter in the dirt…

#Dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #spoilers #dungeon meshi manga spoilers #toshiro nakamoto #shuro #tfw you latch onto the first person you see that shares your interest #I’M SOBBINGGG #Yeah i didn’t know the hag monster tidbit existed so now I’m adding stuff into my masterpost #6 yo toshiro watching a snail and tuning out his nanny calling for him I’m screaming #This post is blowing up so: just for your information I made a masterpost on his whole family situation we do get a lot of info on him #His character goes quite deep it’s just not relevant to the wider story so Kui doesn’t go into details in the plot #So yeah look for that on my blog if you want. Also he likes flowers <3 #Nature lover toshiro

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last-answer · 9 months

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thinking abt yak.umo bl.ue period

#☆ chatting !#hes such an interesting character #he says he just likes to use big canvases but i wonder if thats influenced by san.ada ?#since its pretty obvious hes heavily weighed down by her death going as far as to say she was killed when it was just an accident #it feels like he feels responsible in a way ? since he didnt go w her to buy the art supplies since he was feeling jealous of her #hmhmmmm

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redcallisto · 4 months

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Kieran my baby boy. someone take him to a therapist please

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elvyn · 9 months

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Idk I just wanted to draw him with long hair

#when it's 2023 and you're experiencing Bleach for the first time #I have a bit of a love hate relationship with this series xD #Buuut in fact I'm lucky that I've only been watching anime for a few years now.#A lot of interesting series with interesting characters are still waiting for me.#my art #anime #bleach #hirako shinji #It's funny that at first I hated his character and now he's one of my favs in this anime

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loriache · 23 days

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"I've been waiting for ages for somebody to unmask them."

This moment tends to elicit negative reactions in a first read through, and I've got some opinions about why where Kabru is coming from here actually makes a lot of logical sense. So I thought I'd elaborate on that.

I think people hear this and go, "He thinks they must be hiding something because they gave money to someone? What a cynic." Or "he dislikes them because they did charity?? What's wrong with this guy!". And obviously, a lot, a lot is wrong with him. But I think this makes more sense than it seems at first glance! What people evaluating this judgement miss is why Kabru is paying attention to Laios and co to begin with.

Kabru knows of the Touden siblings because (he's a little bit of a stalker-) he is keeping an eye on all the relevant parties in events developing on the island, in order to be able to guide them to his preferred outcome. This includes adventurers because they are the ones actually exploring the dungeon! He's well aware that something as minor as internal tensions between party members could be key to the historical events that are developing. (He would love the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.)

His desired outcome is that whatever the rewards are of breaking the dungeon's curse, whether that's kingship or the ancient elven secrets of dungeons, are claimed by:

A) a short lived person

B) Someone who will be a good, effective leader and/or use those secrets and the power they carry wisely, with foresight, and to establish a political bloc for short lived people.

The person he can best trust to do this is, of course, himself. But due to his PTSD regarding dungeons and monsters, he's not able to develop the necessary skills to conquer the dungeon. Once he realises this, he starts looking for someone else who he can support to that end.

But most of the adventurers don't have any intentions of conquering the dungeon, don't have the skills, or are unsuitable in other ways. In fact, it seems like some potentially suitable people are the Toudens. There are a lot of good rumours about them going around - they actually seem to have a very positive reputation! That's what Kabru means when he says "unmask".

So when Kabru is observing something like them giving money to an old comrade from their gold-peeling days, he doesn't consider it a problem because "they're giving money to this person who doesn't actually need it" or because they must have some dark secret if they act superficially nice. I think he actually understands this situation and what it implies about Laios (in particular) perfectly well.

Laios and Falin gave money to an old comrade who got injured and couldn't work. That person then healed up but kept taking their money. Then he used the money to start smuggling illicit goods to the island.

The key is that for Kabru, the problem here is the same as with the corpse retrievers - people using the dungeon's resources to fuel dangerous, selfish, or violent pursuits cause problems for the island, attract more criminals and people with motives other than breaking the curse, and increase the chances of the whole situation ending in tragedy.

Kabru is willing to work with the Shadow Lord of the island if it gets him to his goal - he isn't scrupulous - but the criminal element of the island increasing is something he sees as a major issue.

Also, when you're evaluating someone as a candidate for power, riches, secrets, potentially kingship - then being curious about how the money you give to people is going to be used is kind of a relevant trait!

Interpersonally, Kabru's actually very easygoing - I mean, Mickbell isn't exactly an upstanding guy, is he! But Kabru likes him and they get along well. These traits wouldn't be a problem at all in a friend, or a comrade, or someone Kabru was confident he could use. But he can't get a handle on Laios, and Laios is someone who has the potential to be a major player!

On Laios' end, this is the same as with the marriage seeker who joined their party. She kept asking for things and he gave them to her, because he tries to be nice to others. He even gives her money! It's the exact same thing.

That's fine, but it became a problem because he basically wasn't interested in her motives, didn't notice she was trying to manipulate him, and it also didn't occur to him that the other party members would notice or be affected. We can assume the situation with the gold peeler is the same. When Kabru says that "It's not that they're bad people, they just aren't interested in humans," he isn't wrong.

The extent to which this is true of Laios is linked to his autism imo, (because it isn't just disinterest - he genuinely isn't able to notice nonverbal cues that people are lying to him or have ulterior motives) but to a greater or lesser extent I think it's a very common trait. Most people aren't actually that interested in other people who aren't close to them. Kabru is the weird one here. It isn't an issue except as a leader - which is why we see an immediate comparison to the Island's Lord, because that's how Kabru is evaluating them.

And disinterest in/lack of ability with people to the extent Laios exhibits it, it does, actually, make him a worse leader... it's just that as we see in the story, people can help him out. The rest of the party tell him the marriage seeker is taking advantage of him so he tells her he can't give her special treatment anymore. They're pissed and it's a crisis point - he couldn't have recovered their trust without Marcille and Falin - but that's exactly the point. With Marcille and Falin, he was able to recover their trust.

And he has other good traits that make up for it, such as his intelligence, strategic knowledge, open-mindedness and sense of fairplay.

Kabru doesn't disqualify Laios as a candidate based on what he sees about him from afar, though - he still tries very hard to get close to him, obviously hoping that if he manages he can steer Laios to defeat the dungeon and make up for his lack of people-skills in the aftermath. (Which... he does eventually achieve that goal!) He completely fails until the events of the story, so... definitely I think "They just aren't interested in humans" could also partially be a stung reaction to Laios' complete disinterest in him.

Anyway, that's my read on what exactly Kabru's "issue" with Laios is. Obviously, once he does find out what Laios' true nature is like - about his love for monsters - he develops an entirely new set of fears about Laios' priorities. But since Laios kept that a secret until the start of the story, he has no idea of that yet.

Given all that, I think it's interesting that he says that he doesn't think that the Toudens are suitable to defeat the dungeon, and that he's hoping they'll turn out to be the thieves. As some of his few potential candidates, people who he thinks may play a big role in the island's future, you'd think he'd hope they would be good people!

I suppose it's better, in his eyes, because it means that he's involved in something "interesting". They haven't just had their stuff stolen by regular criminals (boring, puts them further away from his goal) - they've been caught up in the beginning stages of "a historic event". The desperate and dwindling group forgetting morals in their quest to retrieve their lost comrade probably appeals to his sense of melodrama. Because he also just... loves drama.

Despite it being "uglier than anything he was expecting", he still pursues Laios as the person he wants to conquer the dungeon pretty much as soon as it becomes clear that he won't be able to do it himself and they are out of time. That's because... well, to be fair, there aren't any other options. And he fits standard A: he's short-lived!

and Kabru still hopes he can fit standard B, too, and be persuaded to use the power he wins for good. No matter how many nightmares he has about Laios, or whether he thinks about killing him. He doubts him, but ultimately he puts his faith in him and seems happy after the manga's ending that he made the right decision.

#dungeon meshi #dungeon meshi manga spoilers #dungeon meshi meta #kabru of utaya #laios touden #labru #laios x kabru #dunmeshi #og post #kabru is such a big picture thinker. and he evaluates people more than he judges them imo #the hater jokes are funny but the people he judges most harshly arent laios and co. they're people like the island's lord.#but you don't see that as clearly because he isn't interested in the island's lord. he understands him. finds him contemptible but useful.#whereas laios lives in his brain rent free because he WANTS to understand him but doesnt quite.#even though he sees the elves as a major threat to his ultimate goals and dislikes the way they treat short lived races #he still understands and evaluates mithrun as an individual based on his own merits #he's one of the characters who is least judgemental in that sense because while he's always making judgements and evaluations #he's also constantly revising them whenever he gets more information #my beautiful machiavellian prince <3 #it's genuinely a really laudable way of understanding others imo.#the only problem is that because he's driven towards his goals by his PTSD and survivors guilt #he pushes himself into situations (the dungeon and also interpersonally) that trigger him or even just upset him #without regard for what he authentically wants or his own wellbeing.

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