the last time I made a post about a character type I really like it went well, so here's another one: I love a character who is a piece of shit loser.
Let me explain: a very specific kind of piece of shit loser. This is a character who is almost never (at least not at first) a major protagonist or a major villain. They might be a mercenary or thief or black-hat hacker or in some other sort of antisocial "bad guy" line of work. They are some sort of henchman, or at least have strong henchman energy: dangerous and/or talented in specific skills perhaps, but also, importantly, undeniably a loser. Their personality sucks. They're uncharismatic and unpleasant. The heroes interact with them only when they must-- and this character deliberately cranks up the cynicism around especially sunny or optimistic heroes. They know the world is a cold, hard place, and the only thing they trust is cold, hard cash (if they're even getting paid for this shit). Things like "hope" and "friendship" are for suckers.
Until... somehow, some incident or confrontation or compounding sequence of events puts a crack in their armor. It's a crack where the light can get in-- and also, alarmingly (to others and to them), shine out. It turns out this piece of shit loser had a little spark of goodness buried deep inside all along, and no matter how much they dig in their heels and insist they don't care, their conscience is steadily pulling them over to the "good" side, and it's winning. And the heroes know it, too: this character might still be a piece of shit loser, but now they're their piece of shit loser, and there's no going back.
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2012 and Rise TMNT Crossover Masterpost
Rise! Mikey, on his last straw: Listen here you little shits. I am this close to Dr. Delicate Touch. And NO ONE likes Dr. Delicate Touch. So you’re going to. Sit down. And listen. Got it?
The 2012 Gang, fearing for their life: Y-yes sir.
Rise! Mikey: Good. That’s what I thought. You’re going to process your emotions in a healthy way, whether you all like it or not.
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Meanwhile, the Rise! Gang watching from the doorway:
Rise! Raph: Should-should we help them?
Leo: No. No I wanna see where this goes.
Donnie: I want to see them cry. It’s going to be wonderful.
April, recording: I almost feel sorry for them. Almost. Poor guys should’ve ran the moment Mikey got on the turtleneck.
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Oh to be a she/he/they beast healer in the midst of mineral hyper-carries…
Based off my character display because a friend of mine told me to put Medpoc in the middle hejwhhekshjshe
Me and the bad bitches I pulled by committing perpetual medical malpractice <3 They’re winning, I fear
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i know for a fact i have made this post before but for me it's very important that bbc merlin is a pointless tragedy. it wouldn't be good (it's frequently not good anyway but it would be a lot further away from good) if it wasn't a pointless tragedy! it's simply not arthuriana if it doesn't go past the high point of the heroic/legendary/high medieval romance stuff and end with detailed rundowns of exactly how everybody got betrayed and died like that is what makes it real arthuriana to me and not just a silly show about a wizard
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