#female antagonists

[webpageprincess]

#female horror #femal horror antagonist #lizzy grant #fit #outfit #2000s internet

[otaku553]

I have an agenda.

Long hair teenage sabo.

#one piece #sabo #you cannot convince me that he did not have a long hair phase #like if he grew out his hair to hide his scar he has to have tried more to hide it more thoroughly #I found a fic recently that followed sabo’s growing up in the revolutionary army and it was really really good #I want to see more amnesiac teenage sabo acting awkward around his peers because even back on dawn he had only two friends #more of kids being insensitive and asking about his scar which even he has no idea how he got #and koala and him being antagonistic towards each other #and them slowly becoming friends #anyways I’m so. I tried going onto YouTube to see if there were any good video analyses of sabo #and like yeah I can see why sabo would be a divisive character #but I also completely forgot that there are one piece readers who have not an ounce of media literacy #or respect for female characters #something something ‘sabo is like an oc insert because he exists so distant from everything and just in time to replace ace’ SHUT UP #or ‘favoritism towards sabo because he has a hot girl following him around and more hot girls in the revolutionaries’ I AM GOING TO GO INSA #KOALA IS HER OWN CHARACTER AND AN EXTREMELY INTERESTING ONE THAT DOES NOT EXIST JUST TO BE EYE CANDY OFF OF SABO’ ARM #SABO IS AN AMAZING CHARACTER IN LINE WITH THE THEMES OF ONE PIECE AROUND FREEDOM AND EQUALITY

[dragongirlafro]

are you FUCKING kidding me. this is the wapeach that got instantly shot down by Miyamoto and banished to the Nintendo vault for practically 20 years????? this is literally the most inoffensive take they could have done on an "evil peach twin" and it was still too much for the old man.

i don't even know what to say at this point lmao. this in a nutshell i think perfectly shows why no matter how much cool shit nintendo does they'll always be held back

#vi posts #some tweet says the real reason for her rejection is bc she's too similar to the character shes inspired by (Doronjo from Yatterman) #but i call bullshit on that they only look vaguely similar. i've seen team rocket homages that take bigger lawsuit risks than this #and like. i really don't mean to slander Miyamoto but let's be real here #it's really not that hard to believe a video game producer in from the 80s who'd only ever made princesses before #simply didn't want an antagonistic female character in his game

[streco3y]

😳

#tf2 #team fortress 2 #tf2 ms pauling #tf2 miss pauling #tf2 scout's ma #tf2 scouts mom #“all female characters have been antagonistic to her...”

[crocrubies]

Ichinose my beloved 🫶🫶 I miss her

#persona 5 #persona 5 strikers #p5 #p5s #persona #kuon ichinose #j's art #shes unironically my favorite persona girl i love her so much #we need more female antagonists like her PLEASE #i'd download emma just bc she made it <3

[merilles]

Narmeleth 🌸💖

#I MISS HER SO MUCH *cries* #still mad that lotro gave me an incredibly compelling well written female antagonist with a redemption arc #and then went and killed her! right in front of me!!! #lord of the rings online #lotro #npcs #elves #narmeleth #amarthiel #art #fanart #my art #merilles

[siriuslyobsessedwithfiction]

Every protagonist is so different and complex and handles things differently and...yeah sure. But can we talk about how many types of evil characters and antagonists there are? I'm not talking about morally grey, I'm talking about who we call EEEVVILL bastards.

What makes a character evil and who decides? Is author even a competent authority on the subject if they don't seem to understand what they wrote? And change the villain's story in the way that doesn't make sense for their personality and motives just to suit the plot?

Is the main character an unreliable narrator who demonizes them and makes them the bad guy? Could the antagonist be redeemed? Were they forced to commit crimes in the name of a greater good and in what case do they have a better point than the hero? Was it convenient for everyone to blame everything on one person? Do we just ignore the different world setting, ethics and politics and judge them by modern standard? Or maybe they were never would have become a villain if someone was kinder to them? Or maybe, they were always meant to be evil. Driven by narcissism, greed, envy, belief in their own superiority, results of trauma and psychotic tendencies.

Maybe someone is a villain but the main character doesn't realize it, doesn't see them as one and readers are only picking up hints here and there when their masks slips and they do something hard to justify.

#writing tropes #the antagonist #villain #morally grey characters #morally grey villain #morally grey men #authors #readers #ao3 writer #female writers #creative writing #writer stuff #tom riddle #tom marvolo riddle #lord voldemort #tomarry #the darkling #aleksander morozova #kaz brekker #six of crows #pekka rollins #slytherin #the secret history #dark academia #dark fantasy #fantasy #historical fiction #evan rosier #bellatrix lestrange #barty crouch jr

[goattrucksss]

Every true jojo fan knows that they're counterparts bc both of them have long hair and cool sunglasses (i can't remember the words for Gyro's "sunglasses" but we're just going to pretend they are).One of my biggest dreams is to see these two fight because both of them are part of my favorite characters and idk how to explain it.

Both of them have unorthodox ways of teaching (experience is your best teacher),unlike Gyro,Lisa Lisa was willing to kill from the start,i want to see spin vs hamon,Lisa Lisa has more experience when it comes to hand to hand combat and hamon meanwhile Gyro has a stand (please don't beat me up for thinking Ballbreaker is a stand or i'm going to cry and make everyone here uncomfortable) and he has the golden rectangle and stuff.Both of them are very good at their respective abilities so yeah.Side note i kind of dislike how this drawing turned out but i needed an excuse to talk about this and to draw them so i still like it in a way

#another reason is that i think the only female antagonists Gyro and Johnny fight are Hot Pants and Sugar Mountain i think?? #im not sure wich is why i think it woulf be midly funny if they fight bc #Gyro is a man in the 1890s so the idea of him losing against Lisa Lisa is a bit funny #lisa lisa #lisa lisa jojo #jjba lisa lisa #gyro zeppeli #jojo gyro zeppeli #jjba part 7 #jjba part 2 #jjba fanart #jjba art #my art #jjba #jojos bizarre adventure #jojos bizzare adventure fanart

[shinigami-striker]

IHop X Sonic Collaboration | Monday, 04.01.24

This just in: IHop is officially collaborating with Sega to bring Sonic the Hedgehog-themed delectable breakfast items between now through Sunday, May 5, 2024!

Plus, you can use this opportunity to get that "Modern Amy" DLC skin for Amy in Sonic Superstars, as well as full game downloads for selected Sonic titles for your home console or PC of your choice!

#this just in #just announced #ihop #sonic #sonic the hedgehog #miles tails prower #knuckles the echidna #amy rose #dr. eggman #shadow the hedgehog #protagonists #female protagonist #anti hero #antagonist #sega #sega of america #sega sammy #limited time offer #limited time only #video game nostalgia #video game characters #sonic superstars #modern sonic #collaboration #april 1st #april 2024 #monday monday

[hostilemuppet]

wild how a woman can be the protagonist of the majority of the movies and television shows in a franchise and then just get shunted to the side, often without malice, by people who consider themselves fans of the property. i'm talking about poppy but this is a wider problem of insidious fandom misogyny.

i talk a lot about fandom misogyny and male favouritism but it is... so much more egregious in trolls bc of how the protagonist is a woman and the franchise seems mostly targeted to little girls. its like if the mlp fandom zeroed in on, like, raritys dad. or shining armour. or fluttershys brother

#ask #like. obviously my faves to draw rn are both dudes. i feel very bad about it actually! i feel like i am betraying my core beliefs! #but im. yknow. acknowledging it. i could definitely do more with the female characters! #its one of the reasons i tried REALLY hard to like b4rb on my rewatch! unfortunately. i do not think she was a well written antagonist #they tried to make her sympathetic but just said 'oh shes sad sometimes' #they did something similar with v3n33r and i also think he as a load of shit 😭 at least your sister owned it dumbass

[starrysharks]

i used to be a bit conscious about having so many girls/fem characters in my works (starsaints carnival is the only developed story right now that doesn't have a female protagonist, and most of the time i have to actively go out of my way to make male characters) but you know what fuck it i like girls so i'm gonna write girls goddammit!!!

#this is a bit inspired by my last reblog because so many of my girl ocs are super flawed/villainous/antagonistic/what have you #and then reassassination... literally every girl in there is a mean rude bitch who kills and murders..... #but like if every female character in actual published media that focuses on dudes is gonna be hated for being a bit mean #then why not have all my personal oc projects about mean girls who take focus of the story ? #oftentimes the needless hate of girl charas also stems from the underdevelopment of that character compared to her dude peers anyway #(tho thats not always the case and misogyny is almost always a driving factor in unnecessary hate regardless of the quality of the writing) #i feel like i'm waffling lmao #but in the end i just want to write stories about evil annoying overpowered lesbians who hate everyone #also the whole “mostly girls” with my oc projects probably stems from the fact that i only ever watched stuff about girls as a kid!simple as #i took the tokyo mew mew pill at age 8 and never recovered

[empydoc]

i love so many things about alexis but i really don’t like her as a character and i think that’s just props to how well she’s written and voice-acted

like, of course she’s an asshole. but she’s a funny asshole

she has a cool name, a past that faults her, and complicated relationships. she’s got the funniest snap-backs and she’s undoubtedly pathetic. she’s easily jealous but hides behind it by throwing needless insults about werewolves being dogs. she thinks she’s owed things she should never have. incredible

i’d never defend her actions, i’ll say that outright. she’s simply interesting and i like it when she’s mentioned. i’m just super interested in a female character written well by a man, which isn’t something you get to say very much!

alexis, you’re awful, but also, you’re really intriguing. thank you for being That

#i tend to have an admitted bias to female characters #but then again #nothing wrong with liking women ;) #that is to say #some people hate alexis more than like #other antagonists in redacted #and it confuses me #bcus i get it #alexis sucks #but she’s not as bad as some of em #cough ADAM cough #anyway #she’s horrible. i find her funny. #redacted audio #redacted asmr #redactedverse #redacted alexis #📼.txt

[stackslip]

i wish i could get into dungeon meshi but ngl the more people post about it on tumblr the less interested i am in it

#i can bear only so much dnd based fantasy worlds #also i am contrarian #and i keep hearing about its great women but i have a feeling this is a case of 1-2 decently written female characters #with the bar being so low it's seen as an achievement #maybe im just being antagonistic for no reason there's stuff in there that looks juicy #the problem is that that juicy stuff seems to be 1% of what people blog about it #eli talks

[imminent-danger-came]

#people love characters until they're women #actually this post applies to Mei too #but specifically LBD with her sympathetic villian status #imp tag #Idk why every female antagonist in this show must be described as a ''bitch''

[autumnmobile12]

Storm Hawks: A Pretty Fun Take on Feminism

I don't know how many people actually remember this show, or even watched it , but this is an episode that's stuck with me all these years so I want to talk about it.

For context, the plot of Storm Hawks itself is pretty basic: Evil empire taking over the world, the good guys try to stop them, shenanigans ensue because kids' show. The main cast members fall into pretty generic archetypes. too. We have:

Aerrow (the 'true blue' leader)

Piper (the smart one/the girl)

Finn (the funny one)

Junko (the buddy)

Stork (the neurotic one)

Radarr (the animal sidekick)

And we're off:

This is Storm Hawks Season 1, Episode Ten: Fire and Ice

There was a lot going on in this episode, including a climate change allegory, but for the purposes of attempting to remain somewhat concise, I'm only going to cover the feminism theme for this post. Episode ten revolves mostly around Piper, opening with the team attending a festival put on by the Blizarrians, a race of snow-dwelling, humanoid, rabbit-dog creatures with Canadian accents and stereotypes in their world. (Which might be offensive, but the show was produced by a Canadian studio, so they can make fun of themselves if they want.)

The Blizzarian team (aptly named the Absolute Zeroes) invite the Storm Hawks to come snowmobiling with them in the backcountry. Piper is enthusiastic about the invitation, being a skilled cartographer, so she wants to map out the terrain...only to be told, "Ladies don't do the backcountry training. You just stay back with the girls."

Aerrow, being a true friend, tells Piper not to listen and she can ride with him, but since she's apparently not welcome by their hosts, Piper doesn't feel inclined to go anymore.

However, when Piper goes to meet up with 'the girls' and hang out, Suzy Lu (pictured above) unexpectedly introduces herself as the Absolute Zeroes' Sky Knight (essentially their captain.) So she's the one in charge, not the men, leaving Piper with the impression, Okay maybe being left out won't be so bad after all.

Later on in the episode, Aerrow does call out the male Zeroes, telling them she is part of their team and she has every right to be there with them. However, the Zeroes meet his words with genuine confusion, with the original member who told Piper to stay behind saying, "But Sky Knights don't do the backcountry training. That's just for us squaddies."

He thought Piper was the leader and therefore didn't need to be there. Similarly, because he was the male, Aerrow thought he was the Zeroes' leader, not Suzy Lu. It's still a sexist assumption to think Piper was in charge because she was a woman, but it's definitely a fresher take than the typical, "No, woman stay home because woman weak."

Going further into the comedy of the situation, though, is the fact the 'training' the Zeroes do in the backcountry pretty much amounts to them messing around on the snowmobiles and pulling off crazy stunts. They're just 'boys being boys.' If somebody wipes out on their ride, everyone else will be concerned up until the moment the fallen team member stands back up and starts cheering to show he's okay. It gives off a vibe that's similar to parents sending their kids outside to play when they're too hyper.

Further proving the point they are a bunch of well-intentioned dorks, it's also shown that Blizzarians don't assume all women are in charge. When Aerrow suggests a solution to the aforementioned climate issue that was also going on in the episode, Suzy Lu declares, "I like your thinking." And then, as an aside to Piper, whispers, "I was wondering why this one was in charge." So upon meeting the group, she definitely had a moment of, Okay, this Aerrow guy is the leader, not Piper. Kinda odd, but humans are wierd. Whattya gonna do?

...

Overall, the storytelling of Storm Hawks was a bit shallow, which doesn't often appeal to most adults, and that likely was a contributor as to why it didn't receive much attention outside its target audience. The world itself, Atmos, was an interesting concept; a world interspersed with mountain nations (terras) that rose up out of a hostile wasteland, so travel is achieved primarily by flight. This theme is seen throughout the series in the very culture as many of the characters are named after birds. (Junko (junco,) Stork, Piper (sandpiper,) Starling, Dove, Snipe, Wren, Finn (finch.) In addition to the flight, their machines were powered by these crystals that varied in type, purpose, categorization of how common or rare they were, so there was a scientific/magic element to it.

The writing was episodic in format, though, so the characters don't really have longterm goals and never really had development arcs that spanned much longer than a single episode. The conflict itself was effectively a world war, but unlike a series such as Avatar: The Last Airbender, Storm Hawks never achieved the level of seriousness or emotion that a war story demands to be compelling or really respectful of that particular theme in fiction. The characters of Storm Hawks and ATLA are fun and light-hearted, but the Storm Hawks episodes were really more goofy and child-like adventures. I mean, there is an episode where it is heavily implied the reptilian humanoids are carnivorous and eat people. Okay, fuck, that's hardcore disturbing, but the show doesn't really expand on that because it's a kids' show. Nonetheless, since it's there, you're kinda left with, Okay, either follow through with your darker themes or don't mention them at all. It's a cartoon, find a better balance than that.

There also wasn't much depth to the villains either and their motivations were really just chalked up to the standard, "We're evil." One of them was even former 'good guy' turned traitor ten years prior to the main plot, but his reasons for turning traitor were never explored or even revealed. Come on, people, what happened? Ambition? Greed? He saw the political structure of the side he fought for was fundamentally flawed and decided it was best to tear it all down?

...

However, the detail that I appreciate with this nostalgia series is the fact that there were female characters in positions of power in Storm Hawks. Most of the fighting battalions were mostly made up of men, sure, and I would have liked to see a more balanced male-female cast, but some of the teams were straight up led by a woman and there was at least one group that was exclusively women.

The main antagonist, the reigning monarch of the aggressive nation in the war, was also a woman. (Well, teenage girl, but you get the point.) What's more; she was 100% in charge. She was not influenced in any way by a male advisor, she wasn't spurred on by the memory of a male predecessor, she was never intimidated by her male generals. And she was intelligent. Throughout the series, she was a scientist, an engineer, and a fighter. (Unfortunately, in the last season, her mind started to go a bit, so she pretty much devolved into a knockoff Azula.) We even have the brief insight of her background where it's shown she inherited her throne from her grandmother, not another male ruler. Which either implies primogeniture inheritance regardless of gender or it's a matrilineal monarchy, which is interesting to speculate, but that would be headcanon territory.

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It was a fun watch when I was a kid, but as an adult...yeah, lots of flaws, a great deal of loss in potential with world-building and storylines, and even as a kid, I knew the plots and humor of later episodes fell into a category that was more stupid than funny.

But if Storm Hawks had one strength, they had the groundwork of the feminism angle down pat and that is always appreciated.

#storm hawks #piper #feminism #episode analysis #episode synopsis #nostalgia series #series analysis #absolute zeroes #cyclonis #female protagonist #female antagonist #sky knight #suzy lu

[distraughtlesbian]

literally the best part of this whole stupid book iwlove weird obsessed horndogs thee villain archetype of all time. he’s so silly. “we could’ve had a life together”, he says to his lesbian ex-neighbour who he’s just shot with a crossbow bolt meanwhile her girlfriend who he’s also just shot is half dead across the room. god i love it here he said me and the bad bitch im going to fumble

#WHAT A FUCKING FREAK IJBOL!!!!!! #MORE PSYCHOSEXUALLY OBSESSED WEIRDO VILLAINS PIXELBERRY I KNOW YOU HAVE IT IN U. #their villains are usually so cringe and one note at least this one is memorable #mind you this could have used more buildup. up until like chapter 19 he still had the benefit of the doubt #his ass was NOT beating the twist villain allegations but the fucking freak allegations were a whole separate beast #and he could be presumed innocent in those. like sure i guess these are just average fanatic werewolf hunter antics. #like EYE had my suspicions. him sending that frat bro to sexually harass mc was a fucking freak move #but like in general he was coming off as someone who was just a normal amount of concerned about a friend of theirs falling in w a cult #like girl why am i following my cringe fwb into the pool house to be all ‘babe this isnt u :(’ #i dont CARE i wanna go engage with the twist antagonist who at this point my mc still thinks is kind of normal/their friend!!! #but alas that’s just pb for you. we WILL NOT stick a landing ever. they make all the new writers swear to never write a villain that makes #sense or is well foreshadowed. ONLY side characters who you would never suspect bc they have like 5 lines in the whole book. #like you’ll never be duffy veilofsecrets you’ll never recapture that magic. #anyway. markus choicesalpha the fucking weirdo cringefail stalker incel loser you could have been…kermit looking out rainy window dot png #maeve speaks #playchoices #choices #pixelberry #choices alpha #channing lowe #markus barnes #side note this whole thing probably has a Much different vibe with a male mc #but as it is it’s like ijbol. channing is cringe and emotionally unavailable but how could you POSSIBLY compare to a buff werewolf bitch #he is so completely not a contender that its comedic to me. you think WE could have had a LIFE TOGETHER? #even if my mc had never ever met channing SHE IS A LESBIAN!!!! SHES GAY DUDE STOP IT LOL #and with a female mc and male channing its like yeah whatever average incel number 10 billion. wow youre going to kill me bc some other guy #is hotter than you? eyeroll. at least channing canonically gives great head.