#evolving character opinions

[ambidextrousarcher]

The more I read the Ponniyin Selvan books, I find Vanathi’s quiet bravery quite impressive. For all that I struggle to relate to her as a character and still don’t have much of an opinion on Arulmozhi/Vanathi, largely because he hasn’t interacted with her yet in the books, and those who I know in real life that have read the books sincerely dislike the ship, I do think that her quiet bravery in spite of her circumstances and her loyalty to those she loves is a commendable character trait. Kundavai, too, seems to love Vanathi wholeheartedly, which is a bond that I enjoy reading about for the most part.

#ponniyin selvan #character opinions #evolving character opinions #vanathi #kundavai

[anistarrose]

The thing about the "fridged" trope is that obviously you can't have a female love interest dying as a defining moment for a male character because that's not feminist, but you also can't have a male love interest dying as a defining moment for a female character because then she's just going to have an arc revolving around her relationship with a man and that's also not feminist, and you also can't kill off a love interest from a gay relationship or a relationship involving a nonbinary person because that's burying your queers, which is at least as bad as misogyny if not even worse, and now suddenly you can't kill off romantic partners at all in stories because no matter the demographics, it's going to be problematic somehow, which is... a pretty ridiculous limitation to impose on storytelling.

And, like, it would be satisfying to have a solution other than "it depends on context if not straight-up vibes, and it's usually very reasonable for audience members to have a range of opinions on the execution of one specific instance," but. Yeah, you do kind of have to just vibe check it in a deeply subjective manner sometimes.

#thinking about a few things and characters here... but especially about amelia infinity train #when i watched book 1 the first time i was like “...hey wait her motivation all revolves around this One Man? idk about this” #but then watching book 3 and noticing the whole unwanted child allegory #plus a very good video essay about the historical feminist context #i've come around on it completely now. sometimes men do die and it fucks women up #and amelia's story is handled with care that gives her agency; plus traits outside her husband-centric trauma. #it works in my personal subjective and constantly evolving opinion is what i'm saying

[rippedstitches]

Honestly where’s the fun in your ship going canon?? Real bitches suffered through queerbait and wrote banger fics because of it. Good flag means shadows or whatever will simply never compare

#unpopular opinion but the entertainment industry just hasn’t evolved enough to #consistently make good canonically queer characters #most of them are very boring

[en-chi-la-da]

Hey Chi, What's your opinion of Kazuichi Souda (and What's your favorite 3 straight ships with him?)

ok anon im gonna give you the condensed version of my first impression of mr. souda and how it developed as i went through sdr2:

intro/chapter 1: "OH GOD I REALLY LIKE THIS DESIGN!!! UH OH 😳"

chapter 2: "ah we have our best bro character here i see. he's so silly. so cute. oh im starting to actually like him pls dont die :("

some time after chapter 3: "ok i get that he has a crush on sonia but like. he's becoming a simp about it. hope that doesn't last"

chapter 4 onwards to the end of the game basically: "???what the fuck have they done to you you annoying little shit"

and my opinion of him now? he's my scrunkly, he's a dumb little bitch baby, he's my little meow meow, a wet tissue paper boy (all said with affection) <3 his design still slaps and i lov him. feels like im doing this 👇🏼 to him in my brain:

(LMAO my favorite """straight"" ships with him??? like m/f?? i htink trying to ship him with like. mahiru or miu is pretty funny. other than that i really don't ship him with any of the girls 😅 i'd want him to have a normal FRIENDship with these girls first tbh)

#kazuichi soda #ari art #PFFT KINDA #ask draw #my opinion evolved like this 'oh i like him! oh no i dont like him anymore! oh wait nvm i like him again!' #but only AFTER i finished the game i was like 'god. they couldve handled his character/development better :/' #he got very little of it by the end tbh they just amped up his SIMPometer and left him as a bit of a creep/coward #WELL i dont wanna say he CANT be a cowardly character. but they couldve made him less annoying about it LOL idk #i like his fte's with haji a lot bc you get more out of him as a regular person. you get that juicy backstory for why he's like that mostly #also soulfriends <333 obvs <333 #ALSO i just realized ur calling me 'chi' bc of en*CHI*lada LMAO i was about to be like 'bitch whos chi???' omgg #anyways (crumples up kazuichi into a little ball and kisses him goodnight) i love the guy :) #sdr2 #danganronpa

[doctorwhoisadhd]

see the thing about blaseball and how it informs me of my character types is like. i was into such niche and specific characters that nobody on the planet is going to put that together by making connections with any other media i like Before I Fucking Can

#blaseball #the specific character in question is of course #thomas england. #like. nobody is gonna read me for filth via pointing out shit like idk #how im obsessed with the trickster AND thomas england aka both things that evolve getting erased from time or whatever. #or like. #the way im obsessed withboth thomas england AND the guy who gets abandoned by the doctor forever (jack) because something irreversible #happens to the very CONCEPT of his existence #because NOBODY THE FUCK ELSE IS GONNA REALIZE THAT SHIT BEFORE I CAN. #because i was quite literally *THE* thomas england guy. like!! NOBODY on the PLANET knows as much about him as i do!!!! #ari opinion hour #some bonff #'niche and specific characters' also involves specifically MY concept of parkers lore. hes a niche + specific character in general tho bc #nobody knows what blaseball is

[advestager]

I feel like saying Josuke doesn't have any daddy issues whatsoever isn't entirely fair (I've seen some fic and comics go further into how he and his mom might have been treated due to the circumstances of his birth that were pretty compelling) but people who act like he grew up without any father figure are definitely off base imo. Every single adaptation and extra material have always had a focus on his close relationship with his grandpa for a reason!

see, that's precisely the thing. it is literally impossible to be a grown up human without having internalised some sort of illogical Feeling about oneself or the world – but fandom as a whole tends to just assign arbitrary ones to characters based on stereotypes rather than what they actually are like.

i do think josuke feels some sort of way about his lack of a father growing up, but that's as inevitable as joseph himself (or giorno, or jolyne, or even jonathan) having feelings about his own dad, and yet somehow jorge's absence does not get brought up despite joseph and josuke's fairly similar upbringings. the fact is that most of western fandom tends to view the JJBA characters through a (white, usa-centric) lens that simply does not lend itself to a fair or accurate reading when most of the cast is either POC or from an entirely different cultural background. that's why i'm so resistant to label josuke as having 'daddy issues'; the term means something entirely different to me than it seems to do to most of the fandom, based on all the fic, comics, and discussions i've seen (and had) about the topic. it's not exactly like the organised crime aspect of VA, but it fills me with a similar kind of frustration. i don't think one needs a degree in cultural studies or history or whatnot to enjoy a silly series about people punching each other with slutty soul-ghosts, but it's exhausting to see the same thoughtless, very specifically westernised takes being regurgitated over and over as Absolute Truth until the characters are so flanderised they seem nothing as much as a caricature of their original versions. i love transformative works as much as any other fan creator, but i also happen to like the source material. it is infinitely more interesting to me to think about what kind of relationship josuke might have to his heritage as a mixed-race person, or his identity as the son of a single mother or the obviously cherished and spoilt child of a family such as his own (especially in a place and period like canon's late-90s/early 00's japan), than to hear yet another iteration of 'haha, josuke has daddy issues' where the person saying it has no intention of analysing that premise beyond the puddle-depth obvious.

at barely sixteen years old, even as interested in high-end fashion (and as very much part of a working class family who could definitely use the nest egg) as he is, josuke's immediate reaction to being told his missing father is incredibly rich and wants to take care of him is to say that it's not necessary, and he's fine as he is. sixteen. i worked as a teacher with kids as young as a year old and people as old as mid-seventies; that kind of ease of mind is one-in-a-million and not something you'll find on someone who fits fandom's definition of 'daddy issues'. he's not angry at joseph, he's not grasping for money, he hardly even wants to find out more about the missing part of his origins. his only thought is to wish he wouldn't be the reason other people were hurt, and to protect his mother once there is a risk she might find out and be distressed about it. his entire morality system is (from what i remember of canon) mostly based around the question What Would Grandpa Do?, with some leeway allowed for the temper he clearly got from tomoko and for the fact that he is, again, a big and slightly spoilt sixteen year old.

so yeah. it might not sound fair to say he doesn't have daddy issues, but i don't think the terms fandom's operating under are fair to start with, so i'd rather recuse myself (and my interpretation of the character) from it all til we're playing the same game. the sandbox's wide and wild, and the block and mute buttons are there for a reason, so i'll just stay in my corner writing about higashikatas wielding their feelings like sledgehammers til my mum says it's time to go home.

#tl;dr: everyone's absolutely entitled to their opinion! i just happen to find the most common one the equivalent of soap-flavoured cilantro #i definitely agree with the part about his rship with his grandfather! it's a whole thing in my own writing for them #it's just 'daddy issues' has become shorthand for a combination of takes i quite dislike the past few years #so yeah. i'll just... Not. if y'all don't mind #(i do think Other characters have daddy issues in the traditional sense. and even in the popular modern sense. but not josuke particularly) #anyway i hope this doesn't read as confrontational as i fear it sounds bc that was. so not my intention orz #ty for the ask!!!! i really love discussing character analysis i'm just rly tired rn so i probably sound super Debate Team Mode haha #ps ryohei was 100000% josuke's favourite person in the world growing up and he's still tomoko's special baby gremlin at age 50 pass it on #josuke higashikata #jojo #the funny thing abt my fic is i'm really at ease abt posting my shippy stuff bc it's just like. treating myself to sth nice #and then sharing with everyone as a bonus #but the stuff where i actually talk abt familial and platonic rships for my faves lives in eternal development hell bc i just LOVE it #and never feel like it's perfect enough to share. it's never complete because it's always evolving #which is why i once wrote a novel allegedly about detectives in love but in reality about 100kish of family/friendship character analysis #meaning there was no way this ask could've ever been answered succinctly lol #ask tag #joji.txt #joosk #anonymous

[angelsdean]

my spn bracket showdown would have immediately started w/ just the dean studies / dean centric + destiel eps asjkdfk. so many eps i'm just like, what were you about?

#hence the need for my current rewatch. like i remember broadly what happened thru out the show but some specific eps i'm lost #also. controversial opinion but i'm not crazy abt motw eps UNLESS they're doing some character study via parallels #like. 1x03 dead in the water or 1x06 skin etc etc #but like. in the later seasons when most episodes were driving the season arc and bigger plots the motw eps were literally filler #and often not good filler :/ there's only so much i can take of the salmondean solving cases show skfjdf #esp when at that point the show had evolved PAST that and should've been fully an ensemble cast show #you know. to reinforce the THEME of *found family* and 'family don't end in blood' #vic.txt

[rohirric-hunter]

Question I just thought of: does Léonys actually speak Rohirric at all?

Léonys spoke a little Rohirric as a young child, but being raised in an environment where no one else spoke it I think she forgot most of it, except for a few words that she most likely forgot the meanings of, and certainly didn't know how to spell. She likely asked Éogar to teach her, but he's busy, and before long she was busy, and as they don't live especially close to each other I don't think that went anywhere.

The thing is, Léonys is good at picking up new languages. I think that over the course of her adventures she picks up a fair bit of Sindarin, a little bit of Black Speech, and a fair bit more of the language the Uch-lûth speak. (Dunlending clans, I imagine, do not all speak the same language or even variations on the same language, but rather a number of different tongues with common roots in what was perhaps once a unified language. These languages may also have been intentionally estranged from their sibling tongues in an effort to keep a clan's secrets from the others, especially with Saruman's meddling and setting the clans against each other.) She also picks up a handful of words from the Falcon Clan, although I believe after the Unpleasantness with them she ends up using them as curse words, if at all.

But to the question at hand -- Léonys knows very little Rohirric. By the time she enters Rohan she is in a very bad headspace and not really learning. She knows a number of greetings and such that she learned from the Rohirrim in the Gravenwood, but mostly speaks Westron during her time in Rohan, limiting her communication to only other people who speak Westron.

I think she learns a little, post-war. Although she has decided to return to Bree, she doesn't entirely abandon her heritage in Rohan, and likely seeks out someone to teach her; however by this point the skill is not one of practical use, so it doesn't stick as well as the other languages she knows. I think she retains some greetings, anything she learned from Théodred, and one other thing: since "Léonys" is not an actual Rohirric name I think at some point she talks to someone who hazards a guess at what her given name might have been, coming up with three or four possibilities. (Most likely including Léofa, her actual given name. Yes, this is the same name as the little girl from the Glittering Caves. This is a complete coincidence, as I came up with Léonys' given name before I did that instance, but I like it so I'm keeping it.) She doesn't change her name, but these possibilities are a connection to her parents, so I think she keeps them close to her heart.

After the war, she may return to Rohan once (although I am not 100% on this), but throughout her life I believe she will have contact with Dunlendings of one description or another, so the ties to that language are a lot stronger.

Eventually one of her children will move to Rohan, I think, and I believe this direct link will cause her to learn a bit more, enough to be at least conversational. But that won't be for years and years.

#lotro #the leonys of rohan cinematic universe #thanks for the ask friend 3 #okay i meant to type <3 but my keyboard had other ideas #anyhow i actually only finished working a lot of this out a couple of weeks ago #the game simplifies a lot of the lingual complication present in lotr (for obvious reasons) #so in terms of storytelling theres a bit of reverse engineering going on trying to figure out how realistically characters communicate #my opinions on dunlending language is also subject to change because i dont know a lot about how languages evolve #in societies structured like that #most of my studies in lingual history focused on the big western languages that were tied to regions and kingdoms and all

[magentagalaxies]

so close to writing an essay on the very hit-or-miss quality of queer representation in big mouth bc oh my gog i have Opinions but also like no one wants to read this and it's genuinely weird that i have such distinct opinions on how fucking big mouth of all things handles its queer characters

#yes i'm embarrassed to admit i have watched all 6 seasons of big mouth so far and the first season of human resources #but i probably won't watch the new hr season or any future big mouth stuff bc i'm just not interested anymore #and like yeah all the criticisms people have of big mouth are totally valid. the art style is atrocious and it is needlessly gross #but there were enough moments of interesting character development and body positivity that it balanced it out #not to mention the really cool way the show portrayed anxiety in season four #imo season four was the last good season (tho even that was a mixed bag) #and the human resources episode about dementia was genuinely well done. and i like that they brought back the trans character #but also hhhhhh i have opinions on the way they handle their queer representation and how that's evolved over time #and i do think it's fascinating to look at in our current media landscape. but do i really want to go off about big mouth

[ladysophiebeckett]

marcia and willa suffer from ppl not getting their characters. its so crazy. its so crazy how stupid ppl are. 

#i blocked this pop culture girlie on tiktok bc she said she didnt like marcia and then had the blandest succ opinions #and in the tags here only 5 ppl get marcia and the others....okay #i think its a red flag when ppl start succ and hate marcia immediately #she's so funny and mean and all around a delight #and willa... #willa is being seen as a victim in her relationship with connor #ignoring that it began as a transactional relationship #and has evolved #is it a fairy tale? no #but if you took two seconds to listen to the actress that plays the character--you would understand it a little bit more #instead of just taking an opinion fm an actor as the cold hard truth #anyway nobody loves these women like I do

[nthflower]

I mean all sexualisation and bad protection and ridiculousness and ugliness aside, one of the reason why kwannon needs a new costume is this one got boring. Like being iconic is for me something overrated I don't care how iconic something is she needs something new.

Not something only to wear one issue and never again. Actually you know what I think all superheroes should wear something different more often. Like something fitting their theme but not same. Like Emma's all white costumes. She wear some white and some diamonds and cleavage and X shaped cuts and that's Emma. Every hero needs something like that. Costumes should be more fluid.

#lile change thinhs a little bit play with your themes add accessories #its fun #making something different while still trying to make it recognasinle is a great challenge its fun #always same costume is boring #i hate iconicness and iconic things my unpopular opinion #it means nothing to me #if character wears something cooler than what they are known for then i wont care about how iconic other one this one is better #this needed to be a kwannon post amd evolved into some ramblings i domt know whats the theme

[godblooded]

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#ooc. king of unpopular opinions. #[psa I’m about to write about character interactions here so i don’t forget when the adhd hits. #just having some thoughts about the rpc and how it’s evolved and I have onions (and not even bad ones.) #but fuck knows I’ll forget in five minutes so here’s my placeholder. #and no I am forever not sorry for the amount of ooc on this blog. i just found the shark emoji and decided #time for tag rant ooc posts instead of full ones for the sake of y’all on mobile.]

[1dragon-mustard1]

Omg, are you saying I can enjoy reading someone who has a different opinion than me and still enjoy it because it's thoughtful, well supported and nicely done?

Yes, you can.

#You can whole heartedly disagree with some one and still appreciate the effort they put into articulating why they have said opinion #This applies to everything #Chocolate vs raisen cookies #polotics #What ever your blorbo character of the day is #Refusing to hear and listen to someone who thinks different than you not only makes you have a shallow understanding of your own views #And exactly why you disagree with something #But limits your own opportunity to evolve and expand your own thinking and view point #The only way to make the world a better place #To find actual solutions #Is to collaborate and listen to each other #Yes there are people who are off the rocker #Yes there are genuinely bad people #And toxic people #And people spouting bullshit #And people who won't listen to you #But what about everyone else

[lord-squiggletits]

People really can't let .2% of positive posts about IDW Optimus exist without putting their shitty and completely uncontroversial opinion where no one asked it

#squiggposting #negativity #i mean also people literally cant even talk about tf without talking about how much they hate idw op out of nowhere #i've had to unfollow or choose not to follow soooooo many people because i couldnt browse them safely #without being randomly slapped with hate of my favorite character when i least expect it #oh you hate idw op? how stunning and brave for you to have the same opinion 99% of tumblr does #don't care didn't ask plus your insistence that OP should only be a goofy dad is tonally inconsistent with IDW #and keeps him from evolving as a character that actually makes mistakes and has responsibiliity for narrative events

[saraswritingtipps]

Good Traits Gone Bad

Exploring good traits gone bad in a novel can add depth and complexity to your characters. Here are a few examples of good traits that can take a negative turn:

1. Empathy turning into manipulation: A character with a strong sense of empathy may use it to manipulate others' emotions and gain an advantage.

2. Confidence becoming arrogance: Excessive confidence can lead to arrogance, where a character belittles others and dismisses their opinions.

3. Ambition turning into obsession: A character's ambition can transform into an unhealthy obsession, causing them to prioritize success at any cost, including sacrificing relationships and moral values.

4. Loyalty becoming blind devotion: Initially loyal, a character may become blindly devoted to a cause or person, disregarding their own well-being and critical thinking.

5. Courage turning into recklessness: A character's courage can morph into reckless behavior, endangering themselves and others due to an overestimation of their abilities.

6. Determination becoming stubbornness: Excessive determination can lead to stubbornness, where a character refuses to consider alternative perspectives or change their course of action, even when it's detrimental.

7. Optimism becoming naivety: Unwavering optimism can transform into naivety, causing a character to overlook dangers or be easily deceived.

8. Protectiveness turning into possessiveness: A character's protective nature can evolve into possessiveness, where they become overly controlling and jealous in relationships.

9. Altruism becoming self-neglect: A character's selflessness may lead to neglecting their own needs and well-being, to the point of self-sacrifice and burnout.

10. Honesty becoming brutal bluntness: A character's commitment to honesty can turn into brutal bluntness, hurting others with harsh and tactless remarks.

These examples demonstrate how even admirable traits can have negative consequences when taken to extremes or used improperly. By exploring the complexities of these traits, you can create compelling and multi-dimensional characters in your novel.

Happy writing!

#character traits #writing #writing tips #character development #writer on tumblr #writerscommunity #writer tumblr #writblr #writing advice #oc character #writing help #creative writing

[ltleflrt]

Figuring out I'm on the ace spectrum was so difficult because I have always been a horny bitch. I knew what sex was at a fairly young age, because I'd asked my mom and she's one of those good parents who'll answer questions like those, and as I grew older and would ask more complex questions, her answers would evolve along with my curiosity and understanding of the world. And I remember having fantasies as young as 9 or 10 years old, even if they were hella vague and nothing close to what sex actually is lol

So as I became a teenager, and all my friends' focus turned from playing with dolls to flirting with boys, I automatically thought I was attracted to boys. And I paid more attention to Cute Boys than I did to Cute Girls, because girls were just nice to look at while boys were People To Have Crushes On. Because of heteronormativity. Looking back on it now, I know there were girls I liked to stare at just as intently as boys, although less often because I wasn't trying to pay attention. And I certainly didn't fantasize about girls because I started reading romance novels in 5th grade, so I was fantasizing about male romantic partners because that was the fiction I was consuming. I didn't even realize fantasizing about girls was possible until I was 17, and I had a few "am I a lesbian" internal crises for years because of it.

So when I did start having sex, I had A LOT OF IT with SO MANY different guys, and eventually a couple of women once I started accepting that bisexuality was real. But it was never really fulfilling. Not like my fantasies were. Not like my books were. I was slutty because sex was fun, I was horny, there were plenty of options so I kept searching for that satisfaction I was craving.

Getting married was a relief (even though it turns out I'm aro-spec too lol) because I was tired of hunting, and even if sex with my husband was meh, at least I had someone around to scratch that itch if I had it, and he didn't mind if I occasionally took care of things on my own because I'd read an especially hot scene in a romance.

I learned about asexuality in my early 20s, but I brushed it off. Couldn't be me, I'm far too horny for that. But I think that comes from the fact that everything you hear about Aces is attached to sex-repulsion or sex-indifference. I wasn't either of those things. I was horny all the dang time. I was fantasizing about sex all the dang time. I figured actual sex was meh because my imagination was so vivid that real life could never match up. Which could be true to an extent, but I think not as much as popular opinion would have us believe. If fantasy was really that much better for everyone, then I think we'd have less incels and unplanned pregnancies than we do.

In my 30s I finally saw people talking about The Spectrum, and I started examining my past, and I figured out I wasn't really attracted to anyone I had sex with. I do occasionally find someone attractive; there are men and women and enbies who make my skin feel tight and give me a little wave of lightheadedness lol... but it's always always the fantasy that gets me really going. If given the opportunity I wouldn't have sex with any of those people. Thank you, but no thank you, I'd rather just imagine it than physically participate in the act with them.

(Ok I might go down on them, but that's less about wanting sex, and more about being able to add them to my Tally. Hell yeah I want to brag about making *insert hot person* have an orgasm. There's PRIDE in that kind of accomplishment lol)

I have a lot of respect for aces that are not horny. I understand it even if I don't share the sentiment. And I feel like most of them understand me even if they don't share the sentiment. There's a solidarity between us.

Until I go into a fandom tag for a character that the aces have glommed onto because they're canonically ace or headcanoned as ace. Good lord, the non-horny aces can turn into downright vicious bastards if a horny ace sexualizes their blorbo.

This post is for them.

Horny aces exist. Please look up "autochorissexual, lithosexual, and aegosexual."

Refer to those definitions in regards to romantic attraction as well as sexual attraction.

Some aces may not fall into one of those definitions, because asexuality is a spectrum, but they may still be horny.

Horny aces are not disrespecting you by enjoying being horny on main. We promise we'll wash the stickiness off our hands before we hold your hands in queer solidarity.

And most importantly: Your blorbo is fictional and does not need to be defended from icky sexuality. They exist in an infinite multiverse, so your blorbo and my blorbo are not the same, even if they appear to be on the surface.

AND:

This post is also for the people who are confused about themselves because they're horny but don't actually feel attraction. You're not crazy, you're not wishy washy, you're not "waiting for the right person to come along" (unless you are, in which case I hope you find them). You're just a thin strip of color on a massive rainbow that holds more unique shades than anyone can perceive at a glance.

You're valid. You're one of us too.

And don't be mean to the non-horny aces. Tag your smut so they can avoid it. (But actually so I can find it lol)

#ltleramblings #queer stuff #seriously the fandom fights are so exhausting #thank goodness for the block button #asexuality