#good trait in a man!!!!!!!

[greencarnation]

eleven is fascinating to me because he came right off the back of tens horrible traumatic breakdown after he lost everything and he immediately tried to establish himself as the opposite of that. he is funny and goofy and almost childlike, and he bulldozes on in his adventures with amy like nothing happened at all. but then something happens and his masks slips and it's like oh! the core of this man is still anger. he is so so angry all of the time and this façade is the only thing stopping him from being consumed by it. he isn't over any of it and he hasn't moved on. he is wearing a fez and laughing but under that all that exists is age old anger and grief and it is going to consume him

#i do think that this pit of anger was eventually covered and soothed by the ponds #but he didn't adress it and he couldn't even look at it until he was twelve #when he stopped pushing back and repressing everything and finally allowed himself to exist as he was #but ok listen #its all layed out in the first 3 episodes of season 5 and in the way amy sees him #episode 1. here is the new doctor he is energetic and reeling and fun #episode 2. the space whale comparison. here is the new doctor. he is unthinkably ancient and almost godlike but he is so so kind #and patient and good. he is ancient and lonely but he can't stand to see children cry. so the doctor helps people #episode 3. daleks. the doctor is a soldier. these are his age old enemies. he wants them dead and he will stop at nothing #all logic and reason vanish. he is hitting the dalek with a pipe and yelling his head off while amy watches in horror #like obviously we know why but amy didnt #this is not a sane or rational man he is unstable and angry #and in that episode he was stripped back to what he largely is: hate #you would make a good dalek ect ect ect #anyway 3 episodes with 3 very distinct and equally definitely traits layed out like: here you go #i don't like elevens era much but those first 3 episodes were great #doctor who #eleven #amy #eleventh doctor #matt smith #dr who #dw #i mean idk this is what river literally had to spell out for him #eleven was careening completely out of control #how long til doctor means warrior indeed? #mine

[beatcroc]

there's no way the bathroom at peppino's pizza is actually that big but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ . hey ummm anyway.... i care them...... anyway there's a lil ramble on my take on fake pep's like psyche or whatever in tags on the og post if ur into that kinda thing :y

hey! it's a series! fake peppino world tour: [noise] [noisette] [peppino]<- u are here [gustavo] [gerome] [noisette again]

#ramble after realtags yeag. shoutout to serrangelic btw suggesting the silhouettes thing bc i would have Died otherwise #pizza tower #peppino spaghetti #fake peppino #gustavo and brick #arting #pizzaposting #so anyway i think fake peppino has like. a general awareness that he is supposed to Be Peppino and that he was Made to do that #and likewise he does generally try to...do that. the thing he does NOT realize is hes like really goddamn bad at it #not to be mean but like...c'mon. they are pretty distinctly different kinds of guys even beyond the physiology yknow. #he's neither on-brand nor fooling anyone dsjdsjjkgfsd. BUT! #since the rest of the cast generally likes him [at least as I play it] he thinks hes doing just fine #he's like 'oh they r happy with me so i must be getting a good grade in being peppino :)' #so getting told that 'yeah you actually really suck at that but that was never the reason people liked you' #and told that by og model peppino no less--yknow THE guy he's supposed to be living up to #who's already a bit intimidating for that and who ALSO totally wrecked him TWICE in the tower #making him acutely familiar with just how formidable the guy is and how much there IS to live up to.... #it's a Moment for sure. not really a sad or hurt one though. just... contemplative. #thinking abt people liking him for being the guy he's already naturally been being even though that guy is Not Peppino #i don't think he's gonna be super broken up about realizing he has a bad grade in peppino given everything else hes got now #nor do i really think he cares enough to go like reinvent himself or whatever after the fact #he seems to b pretty clearly having fun with it already so i think he just keeps doing that #and in some cases he still has the pre-installed peppino traits/instincts like to cooka da pizza. and that's fine #is this projection. yes. but if youve been following me awhile you know most of my character writing is ghdhfdgf #gonna kinda expand on all this in the gerome one which is...one after next. itll be a bit but man. #anyway peppino will never admit to anyone and especially not himself that he's gotten a little attached to the guy. hee hoo #pep tends to be kinda surly but he certainly has his ways of showing he cares. all of which are on display here #''that thing is not my son'' says man currently watching thing's antics with the 'bemused dad' arms crossed pose. yeah ok buddy. #gus is totally onto him already but hes not gonna say anything. #if u read all this ur prize is not having to go decode fp's rot13. his lines are ''meant to be you...?'' and ''wrong question.''

[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

[untouchedsoap]

there is something sooo fucking good about early seasons ian and mickey, about watching this summer fling turn into something more, the fear that elicited from mickey but him being unable to stop, finding those little moments hidden away and taking all this meaning from small gestures and persevering in dugouts and under bleachers and barely pressed confessions in the back of a church that is soo good for my brain

like i am very glad mickey gets to shout his love for ian from the mountain tops and also beat his love for ian into his dad's face but when he was clenching his teeth shut and his love for ian was coming out regardless ohhhhh baby i was eating

#shameless us #gallavich #and also they actually gave noel something interesting to work with instead of 5 mins of nonsense in the later seasons but. what can you do #like i watch later season stuff with like equal parts 'good for them i'm happy they are happy' and 'thats not my boy' #yes my man deserves to be out and happy and a bridezilla but also he would not act like that <3 hope this helps #yes he deserves to be a diva menace no he wouldn't do it like that though <3 #yes he should get to heal from his familial trauma no he should not be forced to care for and interact with that man who should be dead #gallavich truly double edged sword of biggest win for fans and also biggest fumble #like ian's supposed to be one time hook up in s1 became his HUSBAND after years of bringing him back and sending him away rinse and repeat #because the writers hated mickey but audiences loved him #so yay they're married! time to have the most uninteresting plots for them imaginable & retcon some dumb ass traits on them for plot purpos #the last 2 seasons should have centered around ian and mickey becoming the centralizing force of the house that fiona was at the start #god there are so many tags here sorry. got more passionate about this than i thought i would #mickey milkovich

[blackkatmagic]

I love cunning and ruthless female characters more than I can possibly express in words.

#kat rambles #I've been on a manhwa kick recently and some of the fls are just #*chefs kiss* #so good #so conniving #so perfect #totally willing to kill or frame a man if it gets them what they want #love it 1000/10 best character trait no notes

[taibhsearachd]

Hey, for real? Can we stop using "biting" to describe what Wilbur did to Shelby? Because I think "assault" is a much better word. She explicitly revoked her consent, and then he hurt her more. Wilbur assaulted Shelby.

The problem isn't the biting. That's a neutral action that can be loving, can be gentle, can be consented to.

He fucking assaulted her. There are memes about it because it apparently seems childish and funny, and it's not. She asked to stop being hurt and he did not stop.

#wilbur soot #shelby grace #shubble #on the other hand... I've seen a lot of 'every time a man hurts a woman god pushes his hairline back' #just making fun of a part of wilbur's body that he is clearly uncomfortable with #...maybe associating neutral physical traits with bad actions is not a good thing #actually get fucked if you do that #his hairline is fine and there's nothing wrong with being bald #as an afab person whose hair is thinning from a medical issue and is planning to shave everything off #it's weird that you are even making this a thing #sorry to say morality does not live in the hair follicles

[quaranmine]

can people be nicer about the solar eclipse because i've had people irl laugh at me when i express disappointment over the bad weather forecast and online i see tons of people being rude about it too? like where is your whimsy and sense of awe at the universe and how dare you insinuate that i'm being frivolous to be sad about potentially missing what is, for my area, a once in a lifetime event?

#like everybody is like oh well that's a good thing because if it’s cloudy everyone will STAY HOME!!!! #and im like???? yeah the highways are gonna be insane but?? #why laugh at the misfortune of us potentially missing something INSANELY COOL? #be nice to our guests who traveled to see it. be nice to those of us who live here who are thrilled about it. #idk man i think traffic being bad for a day or two is a trade-off for something that i will literally have no shot at seeing ever again #unless i specifically travel in upcoming years to another location #it's cool! this is cool! space is cool! i feel annoyed that yall are acting like you're Too Cool to appreciate astronomy! #idk some people seem to have made it a personality trait to not care about it. as if it's frivolous

[columboscreens]

#columbo #season 1 #ransom for a dead man #columbo is strong. columbo is smart. columbo is good. #but his most essential trait? he is a pain in the fucking ass. incredibly annoying. massive shut the fuck up energy #he balances it so well. he rides that fine line between annoying and endearing like an absolute pro #that's why he's iconic

[hauntedpearl]

my toxic trait is that i truly just want dean to be a good dad so I. make him. i make him one in my head. and I don't think about anything else. im just like. well if the world let up for a second, he will step up. for me. because I want him to. and I'm not even Castiel.

#it's just like. i think there is SO MUCH potential there is the thing #because he has the traits scattered across his very haphazardly thrown together character build #and like. what if. FOR ONCE. FOR ME. EVERYTHING WAS GOOD #ykwim? #anyway i love giving that man children i love making him better #he is my little doll #doe is talking again #dean posting

[qcomicsy]

I don't think we talk about Robin War as much as we should, this is insane this kid is insane. HE WAS THE LEADER OF A MOVEMENT.

A BIG EARTH SHAKEN MOVEMENT.

Yeah I get it, The Robin movement had no official leader. But we cannot deny how he was one of the most prevalent voices. How he is so good with his words that he was able to to encourage not only all of them to go home and all of them to go fight.

And fight for their fucking lives, for Gotham's safety.

And you don't understand the Robin, wasn't a team they didn't have leaders, they didn't have training, they did't had someone o be assigned to be in charge, hell half of them shouldn't be older than 25! This is a social movement, made mostly by yound adults and teenagers.

Being able to to influence this amount of people in less than what a month? In matter of minutes is absolutely fucking insane. This isn't easy shit, this isn't lightly shit.

This is fucking revolutionary.

For fuck sake he knew DAMIAN, fuckin Damian for a day and was able to get his point across into that kid's thick skull.

This random kid, with not training in martial art, who saw Damian beat up not only his fellow comrades, but Red Hood and Red Robin themselves, who may or may not be aware of Damian's reputation as a deadly Robin (if that comes to the public and knowing Gotham and Gotham's relationship with vigilantes he might) stood up on his own feet and got his ass beaten by him without even considering back down from it.

Duke Thomas was ready to die that night and this is fucking earthshaking.

#this isn't a quirk is a insane op character trait and I'm ?????? on how this isn't (as far as I'm awere) used narratively again yet #I think the only other batfamily member who comes close to this is Dick Grayson and even him as far as I know was able to be that good in #that great scale #Most batfam characters becomes leader beause they are the most capable and (fix it) focused at something (Dick grayson and Tim drake) #But by sheer word and organization atrategy???? not even Batman #thats diplomat behavior man #what I'm sayin is that Duke Thomas can bullshit in and out himself of situations and thats fucking bonkers in this essay I will– #q rambles #q rants #Duke Thomas #Robin War

[peacelovengranola]

Tell me how, if you think you know how

People love when there's no tommorow?

And still not cry when they have to go

jefferson airplane ice cream phoenix

#stony #tony stark #steve rogers #stevetony #fanart #marvel #otp #my art #superhusbands #captain america #iron man #mcu #artists on tumblr #plz listen to my music it’s my only personality trait #it’s good tho you’ll like #it #it’s kinda crispy but idk how to fix it

[laugtherhyena]

Man i love Olivia because she's pretty much implied to be jealous by nature yet she isn't potrayed as someone who is secretly evil and was actually tricking everyone all along, no! She is genuinely a nice person

Like yes!!! give me characters with real flaws who are not boiled down to just these aspects and potrayed as monsters!!!

#idk man i think this is just so nice to see?? #i remember seing so much jealous = evil characters in media when i was growing up #so it's fun seing one with that trait that isn't just evil #termina characters are n general really good in this aspect of giving both good and bad traits for their characters #regardless if they're meant to be good or bad people everyone has good abd bad traits to them #you still got the undeniably evil like Caligura but you get my point #fear and hunger #fear and hunger termina #fear and hunger Olivia #hyena ramblings

[aeoris4lovers]

i know travis guiding them was 100% travis and not in character as chet bc he didn’t even have the voice going, but i also would like to imagine that chet did exactly that.

i like it generally bc he has moments like that where he drops the chaos when things get serious (i’ll never forget watching him and orym talk about will and realizing that oh god, under all those layers of whatever the fuck is going on with him, he cares so much).

but i really like it in this specific situation too bc i’m pretty sure imogen was the one to step up after his confession and immediately say they weren’t going to leave him, and i can totally see him avoiding the conversation in the moment but then stepping up to guide her and taking it really seriously out of appreciation.

#idk something about chet and the way he acts when things get serious is FASCINATING to me #like he says he doesn’t get attached but oh he is soooo attached and it shows so much when shit starts going down #even if that shit is just an unexpectedly terrifying team building exercise #yknow like it’s inevitable that a piece of the player always ends up in the character #and i would Love if this is a travis trait that chet inherited #bc like. you might think it’d be fjord who would get that #but really when you think about it fjord is (with nothing but love for my boy) not always the best under pressure #like i can see him being good at it but also potentially really bad at it #vs chet who like. isn’t the obvious choice but if you pay attention!!! i don’t think it would be out of character at all #idk man i have so many thoughts about this #at first i was like yeah that wasn’t chet at all but then i was like wait. but what if it WAS #c3e79 #c3 spoilers #cr spoilers #chetney pock o'pea #bells hells #critical role #c3

[nightswatchdisbandmentera]

One of the things that sticks out to me about Jon is just how active and readily available his kindness is. And it’s funny because the fandom at large considers Jon to be someone with a good heart, but he usually isn’t specifically linked to kindness as a key character trait even though he should be. Because every now and then, we have moments where Jon is just so proactive in how good he is to people. Not like it’s a performance, but it’s just something that comes to him naturally. And it doesn’t have to be big things either because sometimes, it’s really the little things that matter. Take this interaction with Tyrion for example:

“Boy,” a voice called out to him. Jon turned.

Tyrion Lannister was sitting on the ledge above the door to the Great Hall, looking for all the world like a gargoyle. The dwarf grinned down at him. “Is that animal a wolf?”

“A direwolf,” Jon said. “His name is Ghost.” He stared up at the little man, his disappointment suddenly forgotten. “What are you doing up there? Why aren’t you at the feast?”

“Too hot, too noisy, and I’d drunk too much wine,” the dwarf told him. “I learned long ago that it is considered rude to vomit on your brother. Might I have a closer look at your wolf?”

Jon hesitated, then nodded slowly. “Can you climb down, or shall I bring a ladder?”

- Jon I, AGOT

First, it’s quite adorable how readily he strikes up conversation with Tyrion, a man he’s just met. The hint of curiosity mixed with concern when he asks Tyrion why he isn’t at the feast is cute.

But it’s the last line that stands out to me. “Shall I bring a ladder?” Because he could’ve just said “shall I call for a ladder?” but he didn’t. The latter suggests that someone else will do the brunt of the work. It’s still kind, because he’d still be looking out for Tyrion, but it puts him in a passive role. Instead, he means to get the ladder himself. He will look for it, bring it, and position it for Tyrion to use. So now his kindness is very much active. His empathy is on full display here as well because he acknowledges that Tyrion may need assistance and takes the initiate to provide it.

This seems like such a silly thing to get hung up on but I love this small moment because it provides a lot of depth to a character who is meant to serve as the series’ traditional hero - a role that is often times “good” by default without exploring how or why. Anyone who’s read Jon I knows that he has spent the chapter being a raging jerk. But GRRM uses this moment to remind us that despite being a moody, asshole-ish, 14 yr old boy, Jon is a really good kid at the end of the day. He’s is kind and he’s so active in how he practices his kindness. Even to people he doesn’t know and has no obligations to.

Because we’ve had a bit of whiplash so far. Bran I established Jon as a sweet and empathetic, self-sacrificial brother. But the first part of Jon I makes us question that when we see his pettiness and immaturity on full display. It almost seems like a case of unreliable narration from Bran, until we get to this last part when Jon gets a small moment to redeem himself. Which he does ~ and it’s done beautifully because it later links to some of the larger themes in Jon’s storyline. That he is one who actively looks out for the “cripples and bastards and broken things”. It’s not just looking out for Bran when they found the direwolf pups, but looking out for Tyrion in this chapter, and then for Arya and Bran again in Jon II, and then for Grenn in the last part of Jon III, and for Sam in Jon IV, and so forth and so forth. It’s a pattern that’s established through big and small moments all throughout AGOT where Jon still has a lot of growing up to do. But these moments, at large, serve as an anchor to remind us why we ought to care for this hero’s journey.

#jon snow #asoiaf #valyrianscrolls #my stuff #And it’s one of the (many) things that the adaptation got wrong about Jon’s character #Yes show!Jon was “good” #sometimes the show showed us most times the show told us #But show!Jon’s goodness was never as proactive as book!jon’s #We don’t get him offering to help Tyrion #we don’t get him telling Tyrion that he sees him as a man beyond his disability #we don’t get him making gifts for his friends just because he wants to #we don’t get him telling Gilly that her name is pretty because that’s the only kindness he can offer her at the time #Instead we’re told that he’s good because he can’t lie #Ummmmm yeah book Jon lies all the time ajnsjsbaba doesn’t make him any less admirable #We just lose so much depth with Jon like ugh #in whitewashing him they ironically removed his most admirable traits #justice for my boy

[rachedurst]

Autistic jotaro is so dear to me. no more small uwu cutesy gremlin autism (i respect you guys though) please i need his "divorced because of his inability to communicate with his wife and emotional repression" 6'5 marine biologist with poor emotional regulation autism rep hes so fucking funny. his ass is not thinking about anything but starfish. He thinks people can just tell his emotions because he doesn't get how nts read body language. I just know he practiced all his dumbass lines in front of a mirror and took them from manga he read because he had no idea how to socialize. star platinum literally emotes FOR him and star platinum is just a silly fucking fella. incredible

#jotaro kujo #youre welcome person who wanted me to make it into a post #jjba #sdc #stardust crusaders #this man is so autistic its painful i love him #i genuinely do appreciate him so much though like i dont think araki intended this at all but he ended being a pretty good rep of a like #'highfunctioning' autistic person whose autism traits still influence his personality leading to things like him fucking up his marriage #nd tag

[the-irken-pony]

So in my head I was going over what my favorite "character tropes" are and I came up with sopping wet men, women who should be in prison, haunted nonbinary ppl, and any lonely bitch with an attitude problem

But then I realized that that list is just

#any combination of these traits works though #sopping wet nonbinary characters? haunted women? also v good #ellie rose #reginald copperbottom #right hand man #henry stickmin #the henry stickmin collection #thsc #mine #random #shitpost #personal