#and I don't see them as villains

[the-n3w3st-g1rl-g1rl]

the fact that Chara's big plan to destroy the barrier involved them committing suicide…

like, killing themself for "the greater good"… and it didn't even work, either…

if anything it made things worse. because it made Asgore want to declare war on all humans. it caused Flowey to exist and caused mass murder on multiple resets.

and this isn't me blaming Chara for that. this is me saying that their suicide didn't improve anything. killing themself was a horrible idea with massive consequences. they didn't need to die, they didn't deserve to die and dying did not fix anything.

I don't understand how anyone sees them as a villain really…

#sorry I'm stupid and brainfogged right now #not feeling good and having random thoughts #the fact that they got Asriel to agree on that plan too #it’s so fucking sad #hhhhhh #I know people have talked about this backstory a million times I'm just #idk it's in my brain #I don't see Chara as worse than Asriel #and while I don't think either of them did the right thing I also don't blame either of them #and I don't see them as villains #especially not Chara #like what was their big villainous act? dying? watching someone commit genocide? #I'm going to. explode. #idk I'm kinda dumb right now ignore me #gonna take tylenol and maybe pass out for a while #edit: ALSO FUCKING. 'CHARA STAY DETERMINED'. AFTER THEY ALREADY KILLED THEMSELF.

[yardsards]

i love you, media without romance

i especially love you, character-centric media that explores the bonds between characters but still has no romance

#eliot posts #aromantic #this is about infinity train #intr #i sometimes choose to interpret ryan and min gi as romantic but i like that it's my CHOICE #other than that it's like #the book 1 VILLAIN is the only one w a romantic arc #beyond that there's pretty much nothing other than a RARE few second gag #the closest we get is we see a few seconds in a montage of ryan repeatedly getting broken up with #but the whole POINT of that scene is he is chasing things that don't make him happy #this post is also A Little about 17776 but it doesn't fit the croteria exactly but it kinda fits them in spirit if that makes sense??????

[lotus-pear]

bsd fic authors i understand yalls pain SO well right now why is it so fucking HARD to write dazai. like i have a whole fucking spreadsheet dedicated to tireless analysis i have done on my part so i can accurately characterize him but he is such an unpredictable and morally gray character that it's hard knowing his limits and boundaries and where he draws the line for himself.

#i hate when ppl make him out to be a sadistic villain with no remorse. like did we read the same manga 💀 #but at the same time he is NOT crying abt all the ppl he sent to the grave. he sleeps just fine at night knowing he committed atrocities #yes he feels remorse? but he isn't like kunikida to weep at someone's grave for failing to save them #and then we have his emotions themselves #dazai isn't emotionless. far from it. he has difficulty expressing affection but yk he finds someone endearing when he trusts them #trust is very important to dazai and is one of the aspects of human emotion that he can fully grasp #but like everything else is in a hazy gray area that he does not feel like exploring. he feels alienated from his humanity bc of this #AUUUGHH can someone help me with character analysis PLEASE #I WASNT PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS MF UNTIL RECENTLY SO I MISSED OUT ON A LOT OF IMPORTANT DETAILS #see i would go and reread a few light novels but like i don't have time for that #and this is for dazai specifically. i am very well versed on his relationships w other charcaters #but just like asigiri himself said: it's very difficult to write dazai and write him WELL #so yeaaa i have a lot of smart ppl following me pls help #bsd #ALSO MY FRIEND STILL HAS NO LONGER HUMAN UUUUGHHHHHH I NEED THAT BACK BC I TABBED IT A SHIT TON #FOR LIKE CONNECTIONS TO YOZO AND BSD DAZAI AND WHERE ASIGIRI DREW INSPIRATION FROM YOZOS CHARACTER FOR DAZAI #THAT WOULD BE SUCH A VALUABLE FUCKING RESOURCE BC I DID SOME ANNOTATIONS IN THEM TOO BUT MY BOOK IS ANOTHER FUCKING STATE #I HATE IT HERE FML

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 132

So it turns out Danny and Billy share a realms guardian. Not like they knew that until they literally got scruffed and taken through a portal- apparently realms paperwork can take years or even centuries so they actually got really lucky with how much their guardian was pushing. 

Apparently the primordial being of Space and the primordial being of Storm is one and the same and has been… well not throwing a fit but also yes throwing a fit at the Observants and other paperwork beings of the Zone. 

So it’s not the worst kidnapping either of them have gone through, apparently they’re getting a checkup and a crash course in realms stuff?? Oh god what do you mean there’s the equivalent of galas in the Zone and they have to go to them??? Sam/Tim help them! 

On the bright sides, way less attacks on Amity now that a primordial being that literally shuffles around entire galaxies just because is hanging around to teach him how to do things. And when Billy gets found out to be ten he can cheerfully say he has permission from his guardian. The one literally letting them get through space so quickly just because they think the league is neat. In an idle wow yep kiddo that is a funky looking cat we aren’t taking home yep, way. 

#dcxdp #dpxdc #prompts #Danny: Oh god is Vortex my ghost brother nooo #Marvel on the phone in the middle of battle: Hi Phantom can you tell pops that I'll be late #Marvel: I know they can definitely see me right now but speck amidst the eternal storm of stars yadda yadda #Villain and JL overhearing this: #Billy: Omg Danny look parent made constellations of us #Danny literally sobbing: Y e a h they did #Their ghost parent has tea with clockwork all the time they're twins #Time and Space are two halves of a whole after all #Children of the Realms itself- or rather the being whose blood fills the cracks between worlds whose body forms the planes of reality itsel #Danny and Billy don't realize how OP they are because this is normal shit for them #Y'know what #Eternal 10 year old Billy and 14 year old Danny #Billy: Wait am I a halfa?? My marvel form doesn't have a heartbeat and I'm literally striking myself with lightning #Danny: #Billy: #Danny: Oh my god #They deserve to be brothers your honor

[kotaki]

hirogaru sky! pretty cure ♡ ending messages

↳ episode fourteen → cure flora

#aaaaa she said the thing 🎀🌷 #precure #hirogaru sky precure #go princess precure #cure flora #haruno haruka #i don't have time to gif the actual episode but there's a lot i want to gif so i'll probably make them tomorrow and queue it for the week #and yes i'm happy the new villain is my favorite type of villain i'm glad yotsuba tamaki can become a precure villain 🙏 #i sleep well knowing we're 1 more message away from seeing cure heart again #mygifs #*hgspm

[givemewallywestorgivemedeath]

There are only so many fanfics that use the entirety of DC as cardboard cutouts to prop up bat family characters that I can read before I go berserk.

I swear to god. Every character that has ever been shipped with a bat or coexists on the same team as a bat is owed an apology.

How many Young Justice fanfics that solely revolve around Tim must exist? How many Titans fanfics centered only on Dick? Why is it a herculean task to find a Justice League fanfic without Bruce as the main character?

And then even when you do find a fic that seems like it's balanced, everything still revolves around the bat. Like Kon, Cassie and Bart have nothing else going on in their lives except Tim and Tim's issues or thinking about Tim. Like Donna and Wally and Roy just cannot function if they aren't spending every waking moment thinking about Dick.

I'm... Guys. I'm at my limit. I swear to god. We need to make a Batman tag and surgically remove all these fics and quarantine them there. We'll keep the actual DC fics and they can do whatever the fuck they want in their own tag. It's getting ridiculous how hard it is to find fanfic that's actually DC related and isn't just 'The BatFam Show'.

#im going INSANE #i literally just have to filter out the batfam characters at this point #and even that doesn't help sometimes #holy shit guys what is GOING ON #seriously if i see one more fic thats all 'haha the justice league meets the batfam and they're so shocked! 😯 because they're crazy 🤣' #i don't know how to explain to you people that THEY HAVE SEEN WEIRDER #a bunch of ninja kids aren't even making the top ten weirdest moments my dude. like. at all. #not even remotely #i can't stress ENOUGH how normal that would be to them #anyway im going fucking bonkers over here #dc #dc comics #or god fucking damnit the YJ fics that literally just have Kon's life revolving around Tim #and Cassie and Bart are just background scenary. and only exist to push Kon and Tim together. I'm going to go fucking nuts #ship whoever you want but at least have the character have an actual character beyond 'love interest' #also jfc. every. single. birdflash fic. that has Wally just be a love interest with literally nothing fucking else going on #except his relationship with Dick. work? family? life? villains?? nope! no he's just madly in love with Dick and cute and thats it! #im GOING INSANE

[the-casbah-way]

forgive the brief jesus chris superstar rant but. there is a very important difference between the pharisees being villains and the pharisees being antagonists. they're technically antagonists because they're actively working against the interests of our protagonist, but i don't believe they should ever be played as villains. they're not evil or bad or wrong. they're terrified just like literally everyone else in the show is, and their actions are completely justified. to me that's the entire point of the musical. it's not about christianity; it's about the impact the roman empire's brutal and violent imperialism had on everyone on all levels. including jesus and judas, but also including the pharisees, and even herod and pilate. when a powerful coloniser forces their presence on innocent people they are the only winners. everyone else suffers, even the puppet kings and high priests who look like they're reaping some sort of benefit from it all. that's roman propaganda. the romans kept native rulers like herod and caiaphas in power to maintain the illusion of provincial autonomy, and keep populations appeased and therefore under control. everyone in the show is acting out of fear of the romans. the one roman character we do see (pilate) is acting out of fear of his own emperor. it makes no sense to cast the pharisees as two dimensional Bad Guys, especially when the same productions that do that usually offer a sympathetic portrayal of pilate. it would be so easy to stage and direct a production in a way that makes it obvious that the pharisees are doing what they're doing because they truly have no choice, and not because they're pure evil and want to kill jesus for the sake of it. it's not only an antisemitic trope but also undermines a really important theme of the musical. if you can see the humanity in the violent roman governor installed forcefully on conquered land then you can afford some humanity for the pharisees too. they are victims of pilate and victims of rome just like everyone else

#THEY ARE NOT ALLIES OF PILATE. they have a common interest yes. ie avoiding punishment from rome #but the pharisees have no choice but to go to pilate. they have no real power. because like i said. they are puppet rulers #i am just tired of seeing the pharisees as villains #IF YOU WANT A VILLAIN (idk why you need to have one i don't think this show is about that) IT SHOULD BE FUCKING PILATE. AND NO ONE ELSE #THE PHARISEES ARE NOT VILLAINS. THEY ARE NOT EVIL. THEY ARE VICTIMS. #i am tired of seeing them costumed or directed in a way that makes them stereotypical Bad Guys #the 2k version of jcs is my favourite but i HATE how it portrays the pharisees at times especially annas #when annas pushes judas to the floor for literally no reason it's like. you are going out of your way to make these guys seem evil #sucks because the actor from 2k is the best annas i've ever seen in terms of presence and voice #and the actor who plays caiaphas in that film does a really good job at showing fear instead of pure anger and evil #but it's generally all still done in a way that makes the priests seem evil. in my opinion #and yes i called pilate violent. he's not in A Lot of productions but. the real pilate was an extremely brutal governor #and there's a very good reason for portraying him as such. especially when you consider the themes i mentioned here #jesus christ superstar #jcs #ask to tag

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

not spop-related but i can't post this on my main blog so.

i do find it funny how most of the fan depictions of belos were far more interesting and detailed than s3 belos. i've seen fanart and fanfics of him where he's a complex villain struggling with religious guilt and then the canon is just like.. lmao yeah he's pure evil. kill him.

#i feel like belos is the opposite of catra #a potentially sympathetic villain who is reduced to Evil Man Who Deserves Death™ #don't get me wrong i'm not saying he should have been forgiven or anything #he didn't deserve forgiveness #and he didnt really need a redemption arc #but did they have to throw away all of his complexity just to appease the anti steven universe community? #that's what it felt like #fun fact: you can write a sympathetic/complex villain and not redeem them #it's perfectly doable #but oh well #toh critical #toh salt #toh criticism #anti toh #toh discourse #belos #emperor belos #philip wittebane #bad writing #i was so excited for his character at first #especially around hollow mind era because the layers were peeling back #and we were seeing a really interesting and intimidating villain in the making #sigh #my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

[anonymouspuzzler]

back on my I Need To Draw Like 4+ Hours A Day Or I'll Explode grind which means: two new sets of villain coded character references! we've got the long-awaited full ref for Dr. Practis (seriously they were the first character I concepted after the main trio this took forever) and then some slightly newer additions, Shithead Teen Friends Of Nemo Names TBD

#anonymous puzzler art #anonymous puzzler originals #villain coded comic #dr practis something something are you transmasc or transfem don't know don't care you want me #cannot emphasize enough all the Shithead Teens are either directly visually based on or amalgamations of my Actual Middle School Friends #using they/them for all three right now bc they all give me vibes of Figuring Out The Whole Gender Situation #we'll see where that goes in time. #anyway they're all nemo's friends and in a shitty teen punk band with her (nemo's the drummer) #minnie won't meet them for a while but I think it will be good for her when she does.

[fromtheseventhhell]

"It's normal for siblings to fight" Okay well it's not normal to be extremely classist and look down on your sister for being non-conforming. Or to go to the woman who ordered the death of your pet to tell her about your father's plans, when he specifically warned you against doing so, because you want to marry the boy you saw attack your sister and her friend (contributing partially to said father's death and your sister being unable to escape on the ship he chartered). Or to think of your sibling as unsatisfactory in comparison to another when you believe her to be dead. I notice that none of the "Sansa and Arya are going to reunite and instantly have no issues" crowd ever acknowledge any of this, which makes it seem like they don't actually believe what they say about their relationship being normal and easily reconciled. People wanting them to have no issues simply because they're siblings is another example of how fandom likes to flatten complex characters and relationships. They get reduced to being bickering siblings when their conflict runs deeper than that. If the author is telling you that they have "deep issues" to work out [X], I don't understand being so adamant about ignoring said issues. I also get the sense it's about ignoring the capacity for a certain character to be flawed, but that isn't going to change the fact that her "slip of the tongue" is very likely to be revealed and a source of further conflict 🤷🏾‍♀️

#arya stark #sansa stark #house stark #asoiaf #also if it's so normal for siblings to fight then why are you guys losing your minds over us theorizing they won't get along?? #the amount of condescending /that's just how siblings act/ takes I see 🙄 #sorry I guess? that we read the book and don't just delete parts of the story because we find it convenient? #it's not even like takes about them being enemies is widespread the most I see is that they aren't instantly bffs when they reunite 😭 #some people theorize they'll never be close but guess what? that's a completely fair and valid assumption based on their relationship! #personally I think they'll have a sweet reunion before the issues they have inevitably surface again because while they've been through #a lot they haven't fundamentally changed as people or the values they hold #and I think that's going to be very interesting to read about! #I can't figure out why people always take the most boring bland route for how things will play out #mostly because people seem to be unable to swallow the concept that Sansa is a flawed character who isn't perfectly sweet all the time #and the fact that their conflict is instigated by Sansa's classism #which is funny cause in the grand scheme of things her being mean to Arya is such a mild thing that opens the door to a ton of growth #never seen anybody but stansas equating her being a bully to her sister to her being evil/a villain #all we do is point out that it exists in the story...people in this fandom have no concept of nuance I stg 😭 #anyways they're both complex characters and their conflict is interesting and I hope we get to see how it plays out #cause it's definitely going to be better then that trash d&d came up with 🙏🏾

[arataki-neato]

Thinking about how Kakfa tells Blade to unleash the Mara but doesn't Spirit Whisper him until he explicitly asks her to

#honkai star rail #kafblade #the stellaron hunters are so fascinating to me #it's like.... their relationships don't seem HEALTHY healthy #I would hesitate to call them a found family yet #but it's definitely a healthier villain team dynamic than like the fatui harbingers for instance #they (kafka and blade specifically in this case) have this like implicit trust and coordination #that's almost like a dark mirror of the astral express dynamic #(possibly because they've got elio who can see the future so they have reason to have perfect faith in each other and the plan)

[mumaji-rabid-fangirl]

My hot take of the day--

Look, all I'm saying is-- if Lucifer clearly doesn't like Alastor, than neither do I ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#Hazbin Hotel #Meme #Lucifer Morningstar #anti ship #Alastor #Hazbin Hotel Lucifer stan #Don't get me wrong Alastor is an amazing character I just see him more as a villain than a love interest #I ship them as enemies not lovers #mmj'sposts

[polite-pandemonium]

Me to me: don't get your hopes up don't get your hopes up don't get your hopes up don't get your hopes up don't get your hopes up don't get your hopes up don't get your hopes up don't get your hopes up don't get your hopes up don't get your hopes up don't get your hopes you toei has burned you so many times before you know better than this don't get your hopes up don't get your hopes DON'T GET YOUR HOPES UP

Also me: Hopes? High. Delusions? Strong. Theories? Brewing.

#what I want this to mean: you see the movie in a new light cause the audio reveals they are SECRETLY DATING the whole movie #what it probably means: idk something I probably don't care about at all #BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN? #Toei you are the villain in the narrative of my life constantly dangling this carrot in front of my face for 20 years! #i'm gonna lose it! #let me be free! #(one could argue that they already let me be free with that 02 epilogue but NO I SAY NO - they have been reigniting hope since 2015!) #ughhhh please I just want some small 100% romantic canon interaction between them please #pleaseeeeee #these dramas are being released in stickers at the theatres #and I think I am going to miss the week this one is being given away by a HAIR #which is so annoying #also last thought but when was the last time we got PURELY takeru and hikari content? #like episode 13 of 02??? #goodness #anyway #watch me be crushingly disappointed #digimon #takari

[poisonousquinzel]

me holding up a Harley Quinn from every section of her development arcs: she's the best!!!! and I love her very much!!!!

#harleen<3 villain arc harley<3 emancipation arc harley<3 recovering harley<3 chaotic neutral 'hero-esc' harley<3 just harley<3<3<3 #all of them are my blorbo. she is my everything. #we don't hate any section of her !! just some /versions/ suck and we ignore those <3 #the concepts the idea the development are all the best parts of her and i love seeing her work her way out of that well <3 #harley quinn #harleen quinzel #dc comics #im sorry if some of you are just used to your comic favs never evolving or developing but she doesn't have that problem<3 #and your preconceived opinion that she should just stay as a one note never changing villain is lame and boring<3 SAD!

[electrozeistyking]

_^Loads gun^_

for you my liege

#Zeisty's Askbox #Green Varian Anon #you know I spent wayyy too long on this one so i need people to see this one #varian tts #tangled varian #tts varian #varian the alchemist #tangled the series #tw eye contact #tw gun #for my peeps who need that tagged #folks who don't understand may I present to you: the green varian anon in my askbox. I also call them green varian for short #green varian's schtick to me is that they write in green and like varian so #I often send screenshots of varian in response. but I was inspired because they're apparently going through their villain arc in my askbox #zeisty’s goofs

[ekat-fandom-blog]

Dr Wayne AU

Idea from this post.

Bruce graduated from medical school. He went out and trained to become a vigilante. He came back and things mostly turned out like the original universe does. Until Dick. The stress was getting to him. Gnawing away at his morals and last shred of patients. Mysteriously, the building Tony Zuko was in blew up and Batman wasn't seen again.

Years go by, and more mysterious explosions kill more mob bosses and super villains. No one connects Bruce to the explosions except for a malnourished street kid who caught him in the act. Smart little street rat that is Jason Todd uses this knowledge to get some food. Bruce quickly takes a liking to him and brings him home. Jason starts helping Bruce rig these explosions after a while. While setting up a bomb meant for their slipperiest evil doer, Joker, it goes off while Jason's in the building. Bruce goes a little crazy (or maybe crazier. who's to say) after Jason's death.

He meets Tim Drake at a function being held by Mr and Mrs Drake and notices some things. The first thing he notices is how similar Tim looks to Jason when they met in that dark alley. The second thing he notices is that the Drakes are almost always out of Gotham. The third thing he notices is that Tim seems to light up when Bruce mentions Dick. He'd love to just snatch the kid up and bring him home, but he couldn't. Not without a reason to keep the kid. It was just luck that one of the many villains still populating Gotham decided to target the plane the Drakes were on a week later. In his gratitude for the opportunity to take in the sweet child he'd found, he made sure the explosion he set for them would only maim them instead of kill them.

Getting Jason was amazing and horrible. The sweet precious boy nearly killed Bruce and Tim with the minor explosive he'd put in Bruce's favorite car. But that didn't matter all that much. By the end of the entire debacle, no one was hurt and they'd even managed to clear up some misunderstandings. Bruce had all of his children under one roof again.

He thought he had all of his children under one roof until he learned about Damian. There weren't any words he could use to describe how upset it made him to learn that another of his children were being kept from him. He did have to thank Talia, however. Without Talia slipping up to Jason about Damian's existence he wouldn't have known until one of the Al Ghul's revealed it to him. Tim overheard Jason and Bruce planning to retrieve Damian and revealed that he'd known since he came to the manor what Jason and Bruce did. Told the two that he knew how to help gather intel on the League long term as long as they could slip a microchip into one of the League's mainframe computers. The Plan went well, all things considered. Jason and Bruce came out of it with a few scars and a broken rib, which was less damage than expected. They sadly weren't able to catch many of the assassins in any of their micro explosions, but they overall won the battle.

After everything was said and done, Damian fit in well with their chaotically violent family. Even if he did prefer swords to explosives. It was much less strange than Dick's proclivities to only do harm when he felt it was strictly necessary. He gets it from Alfred, Bruce supposed.

#batman #dc batman #dick grayson #bruce wayne #jason todd #damian wayne #tim drake #this is more an info dump than a fic #so if anyone wants to use these ideas feel free #i didn't add the girls in because i don't think any of them would join bruce's crusade in the way he's carrying it out #I think cass would end up with wonder woman or green arrow tho #barbara would probably become a cop like in the lego movie #steph would probably still end up as a vigilante but idk #don't ask me how duke factors in because either he gets adopted by bruce or he doesn't and i'm not sure which would work better #i do think that he'd become a vigilante still tho #the bats are kinda more anti-villain than vigilante #also i had thoughts about how the canon version would react to seeing this version that i was going to write down #but all of those thoughts kinda flew out of my mind when i was writing this