#at the end of the day

[profoundmakerdreamerss-blog]

The quote by Charles Bukowski, "—and when nobody wakes you up in the morning, and when nobody waits for you at night, and when you can do whatever you want. What do you call it, freedom or loneliness?"

Makes me think about Voldemort. Like, what would happen when he wins. What would happen after he has it all. What would happen then, when there is no familiar faces, there is no one who knew Tom Riddle, from that accursed orphanage. What would happen, when the people he knew end up becoming vestiges of the past, and even their family line doesn't last. What would he do then, with his endless life and nothing to look forward to?

#musings #Voldemort #tom riddle #tom marvolo riddle #what happens once you have it all? #once you have everything #what then #Harry Potter meta #at the end of the day #what does one do after living forever

[oldfarmhouse]

𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨🍁𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐧

𝗁𝗍𝗍𝗉://instagram.com.kjp

#kjp autumn photo #at the end of the day

[vesperione]

Speaking as a complete Max Jagerman stan,, the way the fandom has completely butchered his character. Did we watch the same show where he has an established god complex making him believe he’s better than everyone else or ,,,

#at the end of the day #max is a villain #based on the one line alone #his homelife MAY be rough #(I speak as someone who took that line and RAN) #but he definitely would not have forgiven the nerds easily if he had survived the Waylon place #and if he did #he’d have likely JUST stopped bullying THEM #side eyes Reese and PJ I’m so glad u loved guys #and we saw it with Callahan in yellow jacket #he’s likely started on Hannah behind the scenes #he wouldn’t have stopped w her either if that was the case #basically #tldr #the guys a villain at the end of the day and got babygirled and now everyone forgot the true meaning of his character x #and now #for some real tags #starkid #npmd #max jagerman #track 14 on FITF

[rahhhhellion]

Oh to be just a little guy

#not a thought behind those eyes #the skrunkly #orko #orko he man #at the end of the day #are we not all just little guys #original art #digital art #sketch

[jessepinwheel]

my very serious writing advice for people who are trying to write more morally complex characters is to stop caring about their morality and focus instead on their individual motivations

it’s hard to articulate exactly what I mean, but the essence of it is basically: when a character does a murder, not only do I not care about whether they’re justified in doing so, it’s straight-up irrelevant. a character���s moral standing from some nebulous universal standard has no bearing on the plot or their interactions with other characters and has no use in the story for me as a writer. what does matter is why the character thought they were justified and then if it comes up to other characters, what they think about it.

you can obviously think about your characters’ morality but it’s not your job as a writer to interpret your stories for your readers and tell them how to judge your characters. your readers can see the evidence for themselves and draw their own conclusions. your job is just to understand why a character is motivated to act in a certain way and have it make sense

focusing on character motivations is a much more versatile framework than trying to give them specific personality traits or moral alignments, and frankly more useful to understand why a character would do a certain thing instead of just what they do. that way when something fucked up happens and your character starts acting differently, there’s an actual logical reason for it that isn’t you forcing characters to do things because it’s what’s required to make the plot go

when you write your characters with the understanding that people are not static and they act differently under different circumstances, complexity in character and morality follows naturally.

#honestly I don't think of my stories as being morally complex #like the thought of morality doesn't enter my mind at all #I straight do not care #advice like 'make sure you give your characters some flaws' have always felt very unhelpful to me #traits don't have to be good or bad #they're just traits #whether something is a flaw is heavily context dependent #and trying to build characters from a sum of 'good' and 'bad' just flattens them #this ties back into my other thing about how characterization is a scam #because you can write just about any character by writing a reasonable human person #and just having a good handle on what they want and what they're willing to do to achieve it #that's it #that's all you need #I have a lot of thoughts about this but #at the end of the day #does it really matter if a character is 'right'? #is it not enough to put a character in some situations?

[daily-hanamura]

#p4 #p4g #persona 4 #persona 4 golden #hanamura yosuke #yosuke hanamura #weak when i think about early yosuke constantly living under the surveillance of the townpeople #in a way it kind of explains his reluctance in trying to connect with them (like in the magician manga) which is itself very complex #but for someone who's always on the lookout #for someone whos constantly checking his own behaviour and making sure hes not doing anything that could be perceived as negative #even if he did want to become better friends with kou and daisuke its hard to extend any trust to them #yosuke didnt understand why they were trying to be friendly with him -- to some extent i think its because he just didnt trust them #that they weren't trying to get him to relax so he would do something wrong and then inaba will have one more reason to dislike him #its an overthinking thing!!! #but with yu? he can relax a little because he doesn't expect yu to betray him in that manner. #at the end of the day #after the liquor store and the shadow yosuke incident #yosuke KNOWS that yu is someone that has his back #amd maybe that knowledge is still a little tentative because hes still unwilling to be fully honest with yu during their early friendship #but deep down he has the evidence that yu is on his side. he wants to believe that yu will continue to be on his side. :') #and this first friendship is what enables him to actually form more meaningful bonds with other people #i mean. after saki and the blowback from him trying to connect with saki. #is it any wonder that he's a bit reticent #but ah look. hes still doing that thing where he puts on an air of nonchalance and confidence and plays it off with a joke #even as it bothers him. :') #he's good with his queue

[androgynouspenguinexpert]

everyone give it up for some of the best character writing i have ever SEEN

#redacted asmr #redacted audio #redactedverse #art #illustration #redacted vincent #vampire #look its definitely a sunk cost fallacy thing but COME ON look at him hes such a fantastic character #we've got teen angst at 21. we've got dad puns. we've got the most uncomfortably realistic portrayal of depression i have ever seen in media #what more could you want #at the end of the day #he's also just a girl #alexa play my dad is rich by danny gonzalez #which i refuse to add to my vincent playlist but by god if the song hasnt been irreversibly linked to him in my mind #i'd hang out with him #just to play uno or something

[lemon-wedges]

Day 7, 8/27: Free Day

I wanted to end brry week with something real special. thats right a TDI style beam POW >:D

#barok van zieks #ryunosuke naruhodo #baroryuu #baroryuuweek #the art of a lemon wedge #ill have u know barok was like 10x easier to draw than ryu #like #its too tempting to add more details to him but #at the end of the day #ryuu is just some guy #and just some guy shapes arent flashy or big #theyre squares with faces that look like this. c:

[dwarvenchords]

honestly thank god logan doesnt have a tiktok. love him but i just know that his algorithm would be bone chilling

#logan sargeant #at the end of the day #hes an icon #but hes also a florida man #we have to be realistic here

[a-small-writer-in-a-big-world]

I saw a propaganda ad so

This is your reminder that yes COD is fiction and it’s fun to pretend that these characters would fall in love and do the things we write about but it is also propaganda. What is seen in the games is not real life and is glorified to prey on impressionable people.

Be mindful of what you consume.

#call of duty is war propaganda #at the end of the day #that doesn’t mean you have to stop #but just be mindful #and consume the content with a critical lens

[oldfarmhouse]

🌅𝑨𝒕 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒚

T̼h̼e̼r̼e̼ a̼r̼e̼ s̼o̼ m̼a̼n̼y̼ t̼h̼i̼n̼g̼s̼ t̼o̼ b̼e̼ T̼h̼a̼n̼k̼f̼u̼l̼ f̼o̼r̼

#sunsets #at the end of the day

[forthenewunicorn]

hi guys time for me to devolve for a moment as i slowly come to realize the reason that i ship xenk yendar and edgin darvis is indeed because "macho alcoholic man who has nothing but jokes for days and a love for music" x "holy man who often gets confused over basic sayings who the protags end up needing in order for plans to fall into place" is startlingly familiar.

#at the end of the day #it all goes back to #fucking #supernatural #spn #dnd #honor among thieves #dnd movie #xenk yendar #edgin darvis #xedgin #xenk x edgin #edgin x xenk #destiel #unfortunately

[questionablealibi]

//Teaser hehe ^^ no tw!//

Ooooo new new new content gameplay! What's in store for our protagonist this fine October, hm?

#Remember when i said “fully colored” or something along those lines #Yeah no i cant :'D #This is the best I can do 😭 #Want to finish this ASAP before exam AND before the month ends #Or maybe until first week of november #Not only that but things have been going on recently and i want it and everyone to calm down and gain bearings before i ah #Put this all out hehe #Please please please despite the fact that im not very frequent #You guys have been such a big inspiration and spirit-lifter (or something ^^;) #I love you guys so much /p /vvvvvvvgen #Things may not be in our control but in the end #At the end of the day #Its still you <3 #Still us even #if you prefer that ^^ #Its been a while since ive been in such an interactive loving and caring community #You lot have made me feel so at home ^^ hugs kisses and words of gratitude and affection all around! #Whichever of those youre comfortable with #Take care <3 #Alibi! #the stanley parable #tspud #tsp #tsp stanley #tspud stanley #art wip #wip #work in progress #wip stuff

[kiwisandpearls]

adding onto my last post (linked here), and maybe this is a hot take, but honestly:

homura taking madoka’s powers and rewriting the universe was a morally gray action. Not totally justifiable but also not totally irredeemable. She’s justified in the fact that if she hadn’t, kyubey probably would’ve used madoka in order to bring back the old magical girl system with witches. It’s not totally justifiable though because she goes against madoka’s wishes and desires.

“But madoka was lonely being a god.”

that’s correct. She was lonely and wasn’t fully happy being a god (displayed in the lyrics of the first ending). Even then though, she weighed her options and chose this one knowing what she would sacrifice. And objectively (key word being objectively. It does not matter how you view this scene this is what homura is objectively doing by taking Madoka’s powers) homura kinda invalidates that.

this isn’t something irredeemable on homura’s part but it does mean homura’s action is a very complex and a morally gray one that can’t just be boiled down to being a good thing or a bad thing. It’s a mix of both.

and even if homura’s action was an entirely good thing, homura’s action does nothing but prolong the inevitable. Her world is kinda falling at the seems, with how easy it was for madoka to nearly gain her memories back.

that doesn’t mean her actions are totally evil either. She didn’t do what she did to “have madoka for herself”. Frankly anyone who believes that that was any part of her motive to do what she did didn’t pay attention when watching the anime and movie. She does strongly (and I use strongly very heavily here lol) love madoka but she’s not a yandere who isolated madoka from those she loves to have her all to herself like some people act like she is.

It’s just…I really do wish people would understand that her actions as a whole and specifically in rebellion don’t need to be seen as exclusively a good or bad thing. In the some way as how I said in my previous post that homura just wanting to protect her loved but also doing some morally questionable actions aren’t as mutually exclusive as the pmmm fandom pretends they are.

#talk away ⌞🍵🍋 ⌝ #I have so many thoughts on this lol #too many maybe #but honestly #at the end of the day #I love homura as a character #and I think the moral ambiguity of her actions is something that makes her such a great character #so seeing people act like all her actions were either just good or bad and not shades of gray #just ruffles my feathers #you can like a morally gray character without constantly justifying/demonizing all their actions y’know #I hope you guys don’t mind me rambling about this lol #madoka magica #madoka magica rebellion #madoka magica rebellion spoilers #madoka magica spoilers #pmmm spoilers #pmmm #homura akemi #akemi homura #madoka kaname #kaname madoka

[isleofhoneysuckleandclover]

Five characters I will defend as AroAce until my dying breath

5. Alastor

It's canon. But he's my least favorite because he eats people. :(

4. Wednesday Addams

The multiple versions of her make it harder to confidently say, but she is. That doesn't mean she isn't willing to have a relationship.

3. Daryl Dixon

I only watched a few seasons before giving up, but I swear the vibes are there. He's aroace and unbothered.

2. Bakugo Katsuki

Putting him at two would send him spiraling into a rage. But also he just is. I get no real sexual vibe. Just unchecked aggression.

1. Katniss Everdeen

I'm sorry, but the first-person POV in the books is so telling. I firmly believe she was content to be in a relationship, but she had no real drive for sex or romance. But she gave Peeta what she didn't mind to give. And he took what she was willing to give.

#aroace #aromantic #asexual #alastor #wednesday addams #daryl dixon #bakugou katsuki #katniss everdeen #ngl their lack of romantic/sexual attraction makes everlark so much cooler #peeta will never demand more than she can give #and she will never give more than shes willing to #and makes bkdk so much funnier. #deku is thirsting after bakugo so much #it adds another layer of fucked up and i eat it up #at the end of the day #they're all fictional #but i love them all

[thephantom]

She's been laughing at you while she's having her men! She'll be nothing but trouble again and again! You must sack the girl today! Right, my girl... ON YOUR WAY!

Katie Hall as Fantine in Les Misérables on West End, 2023. @shakeatradefeather's master.

#katie hall #les misérables #les mis #les miserables #fantine #at the end of the day #lesmisedit #*mine #this has been drafted a sec i might as well post <3 #MOMMYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY #this choreo is killing me my girl is getting thrown around like a RAG DOLL AHHHHHH