#Jack Spicer is SO iconic

[rtmkff]

Jack:There's egg fried rice i've made

Vlad: HA! Egg fried a rice?

Jack, visibly nervous: H-how do you know?

#xiaolin showdown #jack spicer #transfem jack spicer let's gooo #she's an icon #vlad #vlad at this moment be like #“i made a joke in english” #“i am so smart” #“boss gonna be proud of me” #headcanon

[starleska]

(KICKS IN YOUR DOOR)

You gotta look up the Shred Force Pilot and see what they look away from us. He's so dumb and pathetic 🎸

HELP MEEEEEEE OH MY GOD I LOVE HIM!!!!!! NORDIC BUNNY YOU DAMAGED LITTLE FREAK WHAT IS YOUR DEAL 😭😭😭🤘🔥 omfg okay so i'm gonna give some background after digging for a bit for the uninitiated who will read this...the above clip is of the villain Nordic Bunny from the unreleased 2010s Disney pilot Shred Force!!! it was created by Matt Maiellaro, co-creator of Adult Swim shows like Perfect Hair Forever and Aqua Teen Hunger Force. which you can really feel - it's giving severe Venture Bros. and Kick Buttowski vibes, and it feels like Metalocalypse for kids!!! 🙈💖

the animation is astonishingly gorgeous, especially for a pilot...my brain can't work out how they've done it!! reminds me of the movements from Storm Hawks 🤩 oh, and that marvellous voice work from the iconic Dana Snyder (Gazpacho from Chowder) as Nordic Bunny...and is that Danny Cooksey (Jack Spicer from Xiaolin Showdown) as Hank?! this kicks so much ass i am HERE for it 😭😭😭 and you're so right, we were robbed. everything is so fun in this pilot but the stand-out is that mental design for Nordic Bunny. what is he?!?! a sentient catboy guitar?!?! is he wearing lipstick and underpants on the outside of his...armour? or is that his body? the TAIL?!?! PLEASE!!! and oh my god he's so pathetic and whiny and crazy. i want an entire season of this right now just to see the deranged exploits he gets up to 😂 dude thank you so much for sending this pilot my way - i can see it's popped off severely on Twitter over the last day or so!!! all that lovely fanart 🥰 and the producer/director Matt Danner has been giving a lot of amazing background information on the show!!! who knows, maybe Disney would be willing to give it another shot...👀

#everyone go watch the Shred Force pilot and make some noise about it because it DESERVES the attention #shred force #nordic bunny #shredforce #f/o suggestions #starleskasks #long post

[relatableblorbopoll]

Round 1 of preliminaries, group 2

The first two places get a place on the bracket

Little reminder: there will be 2 more rounds of preliminaries, the losing blorbos of this poll still have 2 chances of getting in the official bracket

Propaganda under the cut

Jessica Day (New Girl)

"She brakes for birds, she watches her favourite movie several times when upset, she is more comfortable at home than at the club, she struggles with being flirty, she's a geek, her humor isn't always understood by others, and she's in love with Nick Miller."

Daniel LaRusso (Karate Kid)

"Man... he has represented every bullied kid just wanting to prove themself since the 80s. I can relate to him coming from a single parent family, starting a new school and struggling to fit in. He kind of makes things worse for himself too by retaliating and trying to stand up for himself and pulling pranks without using his goddamn brain. He just has the worst luck constantly. Gets on the wrong side of the high school bad boys on day 1. Gets a crush, turns out it's the ex of the leader of the bad boys. Wants to learn karate to try and defend his scrawny ass, the only karate class in town is where ALL the bad boys learn. That's how being a teenager feels. In the end he ends up kicking their asses and proving himself. I guess that's how we all want to feel. Also the first thing he does when he moves into a new place isn't sort out his luggage or anything. He fills a bowl of water for a dog outside. Me too kid. Me too."

Omota Uramichi (Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan)

"He's extremely tired dead inside all the time for extremely relatable reasons such as annoying colleages and bosses, dreams not working out, being stuck in a job he doesn't really like, and just adult life being a bitch. But even so, he still has to keep up a happy facade."

Jack Spicer (Xiaolin Showdown)

"- He's a gifted kid who doesn't get taken seriously despite having some clear skill - So fucking gay it's unreal - He wants validation so badly dude - Alternative fashion icon - Autism beast - Trans in my heart (but he's canonically respectful of people's preferred pronouns so even if he isn't, yes king)"

Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid)

"number 1 princess in the whole world"

Eichi Tenshouin (Ensemble Stars)

"gay"

#tumblr polls #tumblr tournament #character bracket #character tournament #preliminaries #jessica day #new girl #daniel larusso #karate kid #omota uramichi #life lessons with uramichi oniisan #jack spicer #xiaolin showdown #hatsune miku #eichi tenshouin #ensemble stars

[narvana27]

It often amazes me how the creators Xiaolin just randomly put Jack's Spicer outlook the way they did. I love my guy Rai, cuz he's handsome af, but Jack? Jack freaking Spicer is THE icon of the show when it comes to image. The pale skin, red, like really red (and messy) hair, the long black leather jacket, and it all boosted with the MAKE UP? Make up on a B0Y in 2002/3? They werent playing, that's for sure. Like you can imagine him with some piercing and nail polish on his nails so easily, and it would totally make sense and look good?! so many people love him not only cuz of his personality, but also because of that look, and Im not blaming them, cuz he HAD IT!

#xiaolin showdown #xiaolin #jack spicer #jackspicerisanicon

[kaus-quietis]

A Circus Library - quick recommendations of short stories, poems, comics and novels I've recently read #1

Hello there! I'm the circus resident poltergeist, Eliott, managing this blog until Lav comes back. Today I offer you a slightly different formula of my super awesome super rare super bookclub post, as Lav would say!

Hello hello hello! Is this a bookclub?! Is this chaotic ramble?! Ding ding! You got it wrong!

Writing full on reviews is tiedous and long, and while I appreciate doing it, I'm myself not always in the mood to read a long post explaining why a book is genius. Do I love that from time to time? Yes! Do I have the attention span to write one now? Nope! However, I still wanted to share some titles I recently (re)discovered, and that I think are marvellous reads for anyone wanting to dive into something new.

Here you'll find a few recommendations with the shortest of words to tell you why they are great, or just scream about it.

short disclaimer before I begin because this is tumblr and while I forgot a lot about this website, I remember how the TW thing works lol, it's at your own discretion to search for the works beforehand if you have any trigger you don't want to encounter.

Jack Spicer - Billy the kid

The master of my fate, captain of my soul as Timothée Chalamet would say idk I barely know the guy. Classic and gold, Spicer is an amazing writer and this poem is phenomenal. It's quite short and perfect if you want to know more about the wonder that was US American poetry during the 20th century. Of course I'd encourage you to read all of his works, but Billy the Kid is perfect to start somewhere.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa - Hell Screen

Classic and iconic, I've recently pushed further than Rashomon and boy oh boy am I never turning back. Hell Screen is a phenomenal short story displaying all the elegance and cruelty Akutagawa can incorporate in his works. It's mesmerizing, it aches, it's everything I love. I read this story in Jay Rubin's translation (Penguin Classics), and even though I do not speak Japanese so I cannot compare, I dare say it's a very good one.

Lucie Bryon, Thieves

I never recommended comic books before but I wanted to for a change! I am a huge comic book lover, but most of the ones I usually read are not available in english language. This one is, though. Thieves is a beautiful comic about growth, falling in love and finding acceptance in others and in yourself. It's light and heartwarming, like eating candy.

Ottessa Moshfegh, Lapvona

Now, this book exploits one of my biggest plot weaknesses ever, and that is fucked up people in medieval settings. Lapvona tells the story of Marek, a sheperd's son, who'll be caught in a series of unfortunate events, political struggles, and secrets, all inside the town of Lapvona. It's dark and unsettling, the characters are scandalous and horrible, yet sickeningly human. Now, I said to check the TW yourselves, but be very careful with this one, if you can think of a TW, then it's certainly in this book.

Osamu Dazai, Early Light

In the Storybook ND series, this book contains three short stories : Early Light, Three Hundred Views of Mount Fuji, and Villon’s Wife. I'd recommend the three of them, as it's a fantastic dive into Dazai's shorter works. I think that reading his short stories is very important to understand his work and the width of the subjects and stories he wrote about. It helps that once again, in my opinion, the translation chosen by this publishing house is so good.

This is it for today! Here you have five of the works I read (or re-read) this summer, and that I'd warmly recommend. There are two short stories (Dazai, Akutagawa), a comic book (Bryon), a novel (Moshfegh) and a poem (Spicer). 'Till next time!

#circusghost #here we go again #this is a shorter formula but i'm glad it allows me to talk about several books #really #i cannot stress it enough #please read Jack Spicer at least once in your life #i am not a fan of contemporary US american literature and media whatsoever #however there was a wave of poetry that's really interesting during the last century and Spicer was part of it #lololol anyway #i have a newfound love for Akutagawa these days and he makes me want to read Gogol again #these authors are the same dudes in different fonts #this summer i read mostly japanese and american lit and it shows lol #lapvona is a great book but it's also the darkest out of this list so beware! #its ending is phenomenal tho #let me know if you read any of these or if you have some book recs yourselves! #or if you want specific ones #my book year started again and we're currently sitting at 33 since july #hurray! #eliott

[fullofsunsetwhispers]

Do Megan and Dojo still have tea parties together occasionally?

I wish!

In my silly head, when Megan is at Spicer's manor, she informs Kimiko they might come with a visit (much to jack's tsundere protest). (side note: little girl steals Jack's phone to write a message haha what a resourceful girl) If some of the monks are occupied with their own temple-related responsibilities, it's usually Omi and Dojo storming out Jack's lair only to have the tea party! Omi and Dojo might teach Megan how to make delicious traditional Chinese tea!

However, I would like to suggest monks take turns so they all could have some quality time with Megan (and Jack bc he becomes actually fun to hang out with but Kimiko and Rai would never admit that out loud haha).

But, yeah. Megan and Lady Dojo are an iconic tea party duo, please DO NOT SEPARATE.

Oh, and Megan TOTALLY should visit the temple one day so she could drag Master Fung to her shenanigans!

#ask #dojo kanojo cho #megan spicer #we stan lady dojo and megan's friendship #i just want everyone to be besties ok #Let's write a petition to make Master Fung Megan's tired grandpa friend lol #dojo should be an enthusiastic grand(MOM) friend

[l-e-g-i-o-n-losh]

Fucked up of me to be a jack spicer kinnie bc there's literally nothing wrong with batcat & riddlecat & selina is only ever played by absolute icons so it feels anti feminist not to support her (*puts on im sorry women hat*) but literally katnappe has ruined everything in my whole life for this. Especially blonde selinas like in batman returns every time i see cute riddlecat im like ugh go AWAY ASHLEY >:/

#songs that the hyades shall sing #i can get into the ashley drama if you want its stupid

[lj-creations]

Don't you just hate it when someone brings up an old cartoon and you look into it and now you're in the fandom and you want to drown yourself in fan art but can't because the show ended before you were even born and the people who used to be in the fandom are probably alll grown up?

#the cartoon in question is xiaolin showdown btw #jack spicer is so iconic and uGH #he's one of my favorite characters #he's also the type of villain that's just too quirky and lovable to hate #not to mention chase young...

[jackedspicer]

i just found out it was national best friends day so here’s a doodle of me and the boy. dumbass pride 4 the win

#EDIT: i gave her the rainbow flag because it's kind of all encompassing #like. i dont have a neat and tidy label for myself but i know im lgbt so that extended to her hehe #but it's still a really old drawing i would portray her a lot more masculine now #jack spicer #xiaolin showdown #dumbass pride #draws #callback to my favorite iconic duo #xiaolinsona

[jxckspxcer]

hey guess who i love

also a fiery version, just cause I was messing with colors and it happened. 

#jack spicer #mun arts. #[FINALLY. COLOR] #[i was gonna make an icon but this minimizes crappy so.... guess ill have to try again tomorrow] #[bUT AYE MONKEY B O I] #[and playing with paining / coloring lineart / MESSING WITH COLORS] #[anthrojack... technically] #[coloration similar with monkey staff tho....] #[maybe ill delete this n try shading and post it again tomorrow... maybe n o t]

[voleuserouge]

@jxckspxcer​​​ ♡’d for a short starter

                ❝ I was raised by villains. So, pardon me if I’m not quick to believe you. ❞

#jxckspxcer #jack spicer 🔻 main verse #outgoing transmission 🔻 reply #heyyy I've only iconned episode 1 so far and this was the expression I was looking for but #I was hoping it would be in her mission outfit sooo just pretend she's wearing a hat okay ??

[justgottafinishthischapter]

Writing Romance: Villain Love Interests

I should point out from the get-go that this is primarily focused on addressing a romance between a hero and a villain, though villain x villain ships will also be addressed in this discussion. I want to talk about what is needed to make a villain viable as a romantic interest for another character. In this case, I am primarily talking about making a villain worthy of a ship within the actual context of the medium, not just creating a thirst-worthy villain that generates a lot of smutty fanart. If the goal is to turn a villain you’re writing into someone swoon-worthy, we need to determine how this is done.

Firstly, we need to address that not all villains are created equal. Some villains are easier to convert into romantic partners than others. Roughly speaking, there are about 7 archetypes for us to address: Anti-Villains, Comedic Villains, Fallen Heroes, Partners in Crime, Henchmen, Nemeses, and Big Bads. And yes, these dynamics are allowed to overlap. With the obvious exception of the Big Bad, these villainous archetypes might be a major villain, but are rarely the endgame final boss of a story. Typically, they’re ultimately a minor threat to a greater evil, although not always. It should be noted that a big bad is not always the biggest threat in the story, just the most commonly faced one. Dr. Drakken is the Big Bad of Kim Possible and her archnemesis, but Shego is easily Kim’s biggest recurring threat.

THE ANTI-VILLAIN

The Anti-Villain is a character who is on the antagonistic side of a conflict, but is morally and personally a good person. Zuko from Avatar: the Last Airbender is a perfect example of a villainous foil to protagonist Aang. However, the story dedicates just as much time to showing his story and his arc as much as the heroes. The audience is allowed to see his struggles, shortcomings, insecurities, and his growth. That, paired with him becoming a certifiable hottie in Book 3 cemented Zuko as one of the most shipped characters in Avatar. Similar Anti-Villains like Scorpia from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Lotor from Voltron: Legendary Defender (until his contradictory and uncharacteristic re-write), and Poison Ivy from Harley Quinn are three villains with sympathetic enough desires and beliefs that the first two end up reforming into good guys by the show’s ending, while Poison Ivy is a villain in name only who keeps insisting she’s not an actual villain. Because the Anti-Villain tends to lack many traditional villainous traits, they have a high chance of redemption, and as such, frequently end up becoming late game teammates to the heroes, which increases their chance of creating romantic or sexual tension with a hero that can actually build into something.

THE COMEDIC VILLAIN

This villain is easily shipable because they’re so incompetent, stupid, relatable, or sympathetic that they’re not really a genuine threat to the heroes regardless of how evil their intentions or motivations. Jessie and James are the most iconic comedic villain ship to date, but other villains like Jack Spicer from Xiaolin Showdown, Ice King from Adventure Time, and Dr. Doofenshmirtz from Phineas and Ferb are all villains so charming, stupid, and inept that fans either actively ship them with someone, or would be okay with them finding a romantic partner in the canon of the series. Despite some of them being legitimate card-carrying villains and darn proud of it, they’re all so hopelessly harmless that their repeated failures endears the audience to how hard they try, yet ultimately fail. Many of these antagonists fall into the trope of the Friendly Enemy, such as Ice King, who can hang out with Finn and Jake to have chili together one week and then next week get into a fight with them because Ice King tried to kidnap a princess without her consent. 

THE FALLEN HERO

The Fallen Hero was once a trusted friend and colleague to the main characters, but has since become a card-carrying villain, betraying everyone and everything they have ever known, usually in pursuit of power or vengeance. I’d say a good 99% of the time, the villain starts as a good guy in the story proper and then gets corrupted by another villain, so the Fallen Hero often ends up a Dragon with their corruptor being the Big Bad as Orocimaru was the Big Bad that corrupted Sasuke... at least at that point in the narrative. But every once in a while, you get a fallen hero villain whose fall the audience doesn’t see, leaving the audience with only the villainous aftermath and their heroic past filled in with backstory or flashbacks. However, the emotions hit much harder if the audience can form a bond with the villain before their Face-Heel Turn. This is by far the most angsty and emotionally impactful villain love interest, as the sense of betrayal and the pain of lovers fighting can have a visceral reaction in the reader or viewer. It’s a large part of why this is also one of the most effective villain love interest types. The characters and the audience already have a strong emotional attachment to the character, and now that they’re a villain, that emotional angst is worked over every time the hero and villain square up.

THE PARTNERS IN CRIME

This is the only ship dynamic that is strictly Villain x Villain. Partners in Crime is when two villains aid each other in their villainous schemes, and no matter how dangerous, evil, or amoral they may be, they love and care for one another. Blowing up a wing of a hospital is hard to find endearing in a villain x hero ship, but blowing up a wing of a hospital because the guy that donated it insulted your S/O? That’s a twisted kind of romantic. This ship dynamic is the epitome of “I would burn the world to the ground just to see the light dancing in your eyes.” A lot of the appeal of this dynamic is the juxtaposition between how they treat the hero(es) or world vs how they treat each other. While the Addams family are not actively villainous in personality or role whatsoever, they often make jokes about decapitation, homicide, Satanism, human sacrifice, gratuitous violence, witchcraft, and torture, which gives them a villainous coat of paint, if only one layer thick. It’s no surprise that Joker x Harley Quinn is the most famous example of this, despite how toxic and abusive their relationship is. While Partners in Crime can be a pair of seriously nasty types, they also have a tendency to be Comedic, such as Jessie and James or Shego and Dr. Drakken, or Anti-Villains like Harley and Poison Ivy in the Harley Quinn adult animated series.

THE HENCHMAN

The Goon, the Dragon, the Partner In Crime, the Henchman is a villain who is little more than a mini-boss, though that has some exceptions. Typically, the Henchman villain will intersect with another type. The outdated stereotype is of the seductive Femme Fatale second-in-command falling inexplicably in love with the male protagonist and aiding him for no real reason other than he’s kinda cute and the hero needs a way out. This has led to the common tendency for the genuinely villainous henchman to be redeemed through love, though if it overlaps with another type, it’ll tend to resolve another way. Shego from Kim Possible is probably the cleanest example. She is a straight up villainous Dragon to Dr. Drakken. Shego and Drakken are also both Comedic Villains and Partners in Crime, helping to endear the audience to Shego’s sarcastic ragging on Dr. D. Terra from Teen Titans is a Fallen Hero with a pre-existing relationship with all of the heroes but especially Beast Boy, and we spent several episodes being endeared to her before her betrayal. Mai and Ty Lee from Avatar: the Last Airbender are this to Azula, with Ty Lee even being shipped with Azula herself. Because Mai and Ty Lee are just henchmen following Azula’s orders, it’s easy for the audience to be more forgiving of their villainous actions, especially since they turned against Azula and stood up to her. They’re more Anti-Villains, simply being citizens of an Evil Empire, with Ty Lee only helping Azula because she was threatened, and Mai because she’s so bored and helping Azula gives her something to do.

THE NEMESIS

The Nemesis is a personal foe to the protagonist. Often overlaps with either a henchman, big bad, or fallen hero variety of villain. Catra from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is a henchman nemesis to Adora, Slade from Teen Titans is a Big Bad nemesis to Robin, and Sasuke from Naruto is a Fallen Hero nemesis to Naruto. Of these three, the Big Bad Nemesis is the least common romantic choice. Catra and Sasuke get their fair share of shipping fodder, but characters like Slade or the Joker don’t tend to get paired with their hero nemesis very much, at least, not by the canon material. The Nemesis shares a benefit with the Fallen Hero. Being so closely linked to a specific hero drastically increases the sexual and/or romantic tension that plays out every time they fight. While not a canon ship in the show, Kim Possible may refer to Dr. Drakken as her nemesis, but she almost always ends up fighting Shego because Shego is the actual threat between the two of them. As such, Kim and Shego have been shipped together driven primarily by being nemeses. The nemesis tends to be more petty and emotional with the hero. There’s a more personal need to one-up each other and prove themselves superior. The nemesis is also more likely to use the hero’s flaws against them. More than most of the other villain ship dynamics, this one drips with inter-character related angst and drama.

THE BIG BAD

This is the one that only tends to work under a few circumstances. Typically, the Big Bad isn’t a very shippable character because they need to be defeated by the end of the story. So, the romantic Big Bad tends to primarily overlap with either: the Nemesis, the Partners in Crime, or the Fallen Hero. Big Bads that get a romantic subplot often end up being revealed to be the dragon to a bigger and more evil villain, such as with Lord Hordak in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. However, there is one variant that debunks this: the Big Bad with loved ones. A great example is Kingpin from Marvel comics. He is a villain, he is a legitimate threat, but he has a wife and child. In this context, the love interest of the villain does exist, but is rarely a major focus of the narrative. The villain is often driven or motivated by the grief of losing the people they love, or driven to desperation to be reunited with the people they care about. Honerva from Voltron: Legendary Defender is a very stupid and weak attempt at this, but does apply. When she becomes the end game villain, she is motivated by reconnecting with her family, even if she has to wipe out every other reality in the multiverse to do it. The last variant comes from the Only One Allowed to Kill You trope, where villains form a personal vendetta with the hero, treating their fights like some cosmic clash of ideologies, destined to remain in constant conflict. The Joker and Batman have this sort of relationship, as does Megatron and Optimus Prime. Often, this is more of a villain-sided thing, as heroes are usually surprised when villains save them to invoke this trope. It almost always overlaps with a Nemesis Big Bad, but takes it a step further because the villain is actively invested in their clashing with the hero. It’s more than just a fierce rivalry. All things considered, Big Bad villains with love interests are hard to write, and it’s easy to see why they don’t tend to show up very much.

ALWAYS A BIGGER FISH

While it’s not a strict rule, and people shipping Joker x Harley is clearly proof of this, the majority of the time, the villainous love interest is not the biggest baddest person in town. Catwoman is a small time thief, nowhere near the destructiveness of Joker. While villain love interests often convert to the side of good, that’s not the only reason why they’re typically smaller villains. For a villain to feel like a compelling love interest, they have to have an interesting dynamic with the hero. They have to be likable enough that them ending up with the hero feels like an acceptable outcome. Where they’re a small enough threat that even if their hero/villain dynamic never changes, the villain winning every once in a while isn’t the end of the world, allowing them to reach a nice equilibrium. It’s easier to pull this off with smaller villains because they don’t look as bad as the puppy kickers or world enders. If the final boss fight is between the hero and their villain love interest, it can only end one of two ways: the hero converts the villain to an ally, ending the conflict, or the pair have to fight, running the risk of turning it into a tragedy. Granted, they could be fighting because of an external thing like war, but in this context, the hero can either stop the thing that puts them and their love interest at odds, or talk their love interest into surrendering peacefully. A similar thing sometimes happens where reformed villain love interests aren’t always pushed by the love of a good woman to change. Sometimes, it’s literally jut a bigger more threatening villain comes along, and it arbitrarily puts the villain and hero on the same side, with the possibility for the alliance to end up sticking, as we see with Vegeta and Bulma in the Dragon Ball Franchise. Vegeta starts off as a Big Bad who nukes his own Henchman just to prove how evil he is, then Freeza poses a threat to all of them, and Vegeta slowly goes from Not Technically The Problem Right Now to Unofficial Token Evil Teammate, and eventually simmering down into Grumpy Anti-Hero mode.

THE TROPE IN ACTION: MEGAMIND

The entire premise of the movie is about the villain getting the girl, so what better way to address the dynamics I’ve discussed than with this movie? First things first is classifying Megamind’s villainy. He’s technically A Big Bad, just not THE Big Bad of the movie. He’s a Comedic Villain with his quirky mispronouncing words shtick and the general tone of the movie being a comedy as well. He evolves from a Big Bad to an Anti-Villain to a Reluctant Hero over the course of the film, growing tired of running rampant through the streets, only to find a new purpose in making Roxanne happy. The film also gives Megamind a Bigger Fish villain in the form of Tighten, contrasting the possessive incel mindset of Hal who feels Roxanne owes him her affections because he’s ‘the good guy’ with superpowers, while Megamind actually learns about who Roxanne is, why certain things matter to her, and then sets to fixing the city he wrecked because it’s important to Roxanne, which makes it important to him. Megamind isn’t even actively trying to win her heart. He bonds with her over how Metroman gave them both a sense of hope and purpose, and as he discovers more about Roxanne as a person, he begins to care about her, and funnels his energy into doing things for her sake. He doesn’t even technically take the credit for cleaning up the litter or returning stolen goods. She has no idea that she’s talking to Megamind, so all of these gestures come out of nowhere from her perspective, and Bernard (who Megamind is disguised as) has no connection to these little miracles as far as she’s aware. Because it’s not about proving it or winning brownie points with Roxanne for Megamind. He genuinely cares about her happiness and changes as a result of caring for her. Likewise, he steps up to being a hero because when Roxanne rejects Tighten, he decides to go full supervillain. And with Tighten threatening both the city, and more importantly, the woman Megamind was willing to change for, Megamind goes from trying to recreate his hero/villain relationship with Metroman to stepping up and becoming the good hero that rises up against the villain Tighten, save the day, and get the girl. Sorry to gush so hard. Megamind is just a seriously good movie and an excellent deconstruction and parody of the superhero genre that deserves more praise than it gets.

LOVING TO HATE THEM: CERSEI LANNISTER

Cersei Lannister is a fantastic villain. She’s undeniably evil, powerful, and dangerous, yet the viewer still finds her sympathetic to a certain extent. If you put a knife to my throat and asked me who is the Big Bad of Game of Thrones, I’d tell you it’s Cersei Lannister. She’s on screen moving the plot and serves as the political final challenge, where as The Night King is an external threat engame boss who is only actually seen in a small handful of episodes. Yet despite being a Big Bad, Cersei doesn’t easily land in any other category. You could say she’s a Partner in Crime with fellow Season 1 villain Jaime, but this dynamic doesn’t stick once he loses his swordfighting hand. She’s sort of vaguely an Anti-Villain, except she dies as a petty, jealous, vengeful woman. So, what is she exactly? Cersei is simply put: humanized. Cersei has very few sympathetic traits, but she is a loving mother, and despite her eldest son being a complete bastard, it still hurts to watch her cry in agony over his body because those screams of anguish belong to a grieving mother, not just to a villain whose evil scheme was just foiled. And as her children are taken from her one by one, the slow descent from condescending bitch to tyrannical overlord makes sense as each devastating loss makes her more and more heartless and careless about who she’s hurting. Cersei told Jeoffry in season 1 that their family are the only people in the world that matter, and now she’s alone in a world of people that don’t matter. Expendable extras to be used as pawns in her game of vengenace and petty self-satisfaction. Cersei is not a likeable person, but the failings and shortcomings of her love life are still compelling because of how she’s humanized.

Ultimately, Villain love interests are as numerous and varied as villainous backstories and motivations. What works for one villain doesn’t necessarily work for another. But hopefully, this analytical deep dive will give you the necessary tools to write your own villainous heartthrob. Just remember that there’s a difference between romanticizing villainy, making a villain sexy, and making a villain someone whose love life an audience will root for. The Joker is often romanticized, Aaravos is a nasty boy of the stupid sexy Satan variety, and Megamind is a Big Bad Heel-Face Turn Big Good motivated largely by the love of a good woman.

#writing romance #writing villains #villains #villain romance #romantic villain #villain love interest #love interest #significant other #romance option #big bad #even evil has loved ones #joker x harley #harley quinn x poison ivy #megamind #catradora #entrapdak #she-ra #she-ra and the princesses of power #satpop #sratpop #jessie x james #drakken x shego #zutara #tyzula #narusasu #sasunaru #sasusaku #catwoman x batman

[cinemaocd]

A Woman's Heart Contains an Ocean of Secrets

So I watched Titanic for the first time tonight, prompted by Lindsay Ellis' video "Is Titanic Good, Actually"?

Not sure I can really answer that question. It's a mixed bag. The action bits, the ship sinking, the iconic scenes all stand up pretty well. I feel like James Cameron is incapable of making a bad action movie. But what happened to him while making The Abyss, a kind of nerdy affair with underwater filming, deep sea exploration and Titanic lore--overtakes his sensibilities and it's just...very long in places. We were an hour in and Rose and Jack had only just met.

The dialog seems cribbed from 1940s Bette Davis melodramas, or even, the sort of cheesy romantic novel that Bingo Little's uncle would have enjoyed: love story about Worthy Poor and Not Completely Evil Rich. People say things like "a woman's hear contains an ocean of secrets" with complete sincerity.

I was impressed by the way in which the framing device managed to hold tension despite the main story arc being a foregone conclusion. It was a pleasant surprise to discover the depth of the cast--a bunch of actors I like turned up in small parts.

David Warner plays the most camp, over the top, gay coded butler/villain since Martin Landau in North by Northwest. What is this guy's motivation? What drives him to risk his own life to step on Cary Grant's fingers handcuff Leondardo DiCaprio to a pole? Forget whether or not Jack could have fit on the door with Rose, I want to parse out Snidley Whiplash...Lemony Snicket, Spicer Lovejoy's backstory. At any rate it's the kind of performance I've come to expect from great British actors playing villains in piss poor American action movies.

Ioan Gruffudd plays a sailor who is the officer in charge of the only lifeboat that returns to rescue survivors and all I could think was THAT'S MY BOY. HORNBLOWER TAUGHT YOU WELL, SIR.

I knew about the framing device-- the 100 y.o. survivor telling the juicy details of her romantic tragic story, I just didn't realize it was all told with the greatest tearful sincerity to the "Game Over, man" guy from Aliens...

#Titanic 1997

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[narvana27]

                        Moment's when Jack Spicer was evil for real:

We all see Jack as this "wannabe evil boy" who just tries to be evil so hard, and tries so hard to impress the real villains of the series like Chase or Hannibal, but he got some real evil moments himself 😏

1. Ep.9, S.1- "My Homey Omi"- When he wanted to run over Dojo in the abandoned train station and was mad when Dojo survived. Some people say they were traumatized by this scene and I can't blame them. I mean - he really wanted to do this, and his anger also was real.

2. Ep.52, s.3 - "Time after Time part 1" - When Omi got his brilliant idea of taking his stoopid ass back in time to prevent Chase from becoming evil there's a lot of things going on. I mean multiple universes, multiple versions of reality and events. The first thing that happens after Omi freezes himself is Jack attacking the temple and actually winning over monks. (I get that they were probably in bad morals at the time, but let's not act like the 3 of them wouldn't actually beat Jack's ass as usual just because Omi wasn't there. C'mon, a better explanation would be the version in which Jack, Wuya and Chase were doing this together and then he screwed them over and prisoned them with the monks, but...Whatever). He built the prison they couldn't escape. Neither monks, neither villains, who were in even worse position, cuz they were tortured. Wuya chained and in a cheerleading costume... Which is a little bit weird to me tbh, but I can understand it was in the name of Jack wanting Wuya to feel embarrassed, or he just wanted to objectify her. Chase - almost naked, water dripping on his head, chained and with yellow paint brush smudging on his abs. Hannibal in his big form in a cage that is clearly too small for him. Monks prisoned in one cell, old, eating some nasty food. I mean Kim had bones in her hair instead of some hairband or whatever, so... Yea, bad conditions in general. Not to mention they were patrolled constantly, probably 24h/7 day a week by robots, and they had to fight like gladiators even tho they were 80 at the point Omi found them, so Jack could feel "even more evil" and just feel like he's Julius Caesar. I mean yikes, you can't deny he had some fantasy there.

3. Ep. 34, s. 2 - "The new order" - Jack traps Chase Young(!😳) in Sphere of Yun and takes over his palace, while still making comments about Chase and how old he is. Maybe it's not that serious and big, he didn't even hurt Chase in any way, and didn't seem to think about it, but imo it was still pretty badass considering how Jack was always licking Chase's ass, just for him to like him a little bit more.

4. I don't know which episode it was, but remember when Wuya turned her back on

Jack...again, and for once he was not having it? He again was acting like a total

badass and boss towards her. He even said she has to be gone by the time he gets home. He was cold and said he doesnt need her cuz he built a device that detects wu instead of her, so... Outstanding move, Wuya:0, Jacko: 1!

5. When he broke into monks dreams:

6. When there was no pudding left xD 😂

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[vilevampire]

Can I ask what xaolin showdown is about? I have never heard of it and the artstyle looks v cool so I’m curious

hi anon!

if you've got 20-ish minutes to spare, I'd suggest just watching the first episode* bc it gives a pretty good summary of what the show is about. still, I'll give you a rundown.

*note: the dailymotion channel linked also has all of the other episodes, so you can watch the whole series there.

xiaolin showdown takes place in a fantasy-like setting that is close to real life. 1500 years ago some cool monk warrior named dashi fought an evil witch, wuya, and trapped her in a puzzle box.

I should probably also mention here that while dashi was alive he made these artifacts called "shen gong wu" that have unique powers and he scattered them all over the world.

anywayz, fastfoward 1500 years and we're introduced to our main cast, who are all monks in training. first off, we've got omi

he's lived in the temple his entire life and has a strong sense of duty. he can be kind of annoying but he's also cute so it evens out (also he's literally the face of the show)

raimundo, the personification of the smirk emoji. the best way I can describe his personality is just "older louie duck". kinda drives me crazy how similar they are sometimes. also he's brazilian GO US 🇧🇷 🇧🇷 🇧🇷 🇧🇷 🇧🇷

kimiko, this absolute fashion icon, is a girl with a quick temper but a big heart. she's also pretty tech-savvy. I love her

last monk is clay the gringo ass cowboy (I'm ignoring the green lizard bc he's not relevant most of the time but his name is dojo) clay is very grounded and down to earth, he's kind, chill and hard to anger.

so as our main cast gets to know each other, meanwhile we've got some goth loser who lives in his parents' basement plotting world domination.

this is jack spicer, my poor little meow meow. he's hilarious and I enjoy making fun of him. also I would ransack his entire wardrobe given the chance.

through amazing plot convenience, wuya's puzzle box gets in jack's hands, unleashing a very irritable old hag, who is also interested in world domination

so they team up. the plan is to go after dashi's shen gong wu and unleash their powers to conquer the world, but ofc the monks will try to stop them... for like, the rest of the show.

soo yeah. that's basically what xs is about. I hope this explanation is understandable enough.

this show aired in 2003-2006 so I'm not surprised if you've never heard of it. literally the only reason I know it exists is because I'm old enough to have watched it as a kid lol 5 episodes in and I was already hopelessly attached to jack (and everybody else. but mostly jack) and now I'm stuck here

feel free to ask more questions or talk to me about xiaolin showdown if you decide to watch it :)

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