#hero with bad publicity

[the-flower-named-fire]

A couple like the Beauty and the Beast Trope, but you don't truly which is which

In one side, one have a terrifying appearance and the other is well know for their beauty

But on the other hand...

The abominable one is good at heart, even if they are hated by their looks

While the fair one is a dreaded villain with awful feats, loved by their charming personality and stunning features

Because of this, both of them think the other is the 'Beauty', believing themselves the 'Beast' and unworthy of their beloved

#beauty and the beast #writing prompts #prompt #writing idea #writing romance #romance tropes #heroes and villains #villain x hero #hero x villain #hero x supervillain #Hero with Bad Publicity

[victimized-martyr]

As awful as Cartman is, his true desires are simple. He just wants attention and praise— and it’s not only important to Cartman that he gets that praise, but also by whom it’s being said. (there’s a reason Jimbo is one of the people to say good job)

#south park #he could have gotten this praise honestly too. he’s always so close yet so far #trey rly said ‘he doesn’t wanna rule the world or crush his enemies he just wants praise’ and i’m listening trey i hear you!! #i’m taking notes!! #moments like this is why i’m so adamant that he’s an ennea 3 and not an 8 like most ppl assume #8s as well as any ennea appreciate praise but it’s not a priority #usually it’s the success of the business and seeing it grow that would empower an 8 #but for 3s seei bc how their success is turning the public’s eyes towards them and praising them for their efforts— #for THAT specifically for Cartman’s voice to wobble and say it’s a dream come true— i’m furiously pointing at the screen like leo dicaprio #that’s a signature 3 wish #eric cartman #cartman #I think his more specific wish of being a hero (that’s been brought up more than once) is also worth looking into #he doesn’t wanna be seen as the bad guy even though he’s objectively the worst person in SP #one person was missing in that gaggle of ppl giving praise but tbh if he showed up cartman would literally die on the spot

[always-a-slut-4-ghouls]

Me seeing these bad bitches as a kid

“You can do that? You can dress like that AND be cool? Woagh”

Me now: wait. is this why I’m goth?

#emma posts #avalon web of magic #danny phantom #to be fair more things than that influenced me #and half of it was seeing other stuff about them and being like ‘she’s just like me fr’ #but i don’t doubt that this had a heavy influence on my current wardrobe #in that sense of ‘they inspired me to explore this’ #when you are really little all the hero characters fight people dressed cool so you feel like it’s bad #and then THESE TWO came up #I feel like I’m forgetting someone… #OH MY FUCKING GOD! HOW COULD I FORGET RAVEN?! #I added her #i have a sticker with raven on my LITTERAL FUCKING LAPTOP #and I just forgor? groans #I always loved purple and my music taste went into that direction over time but I definitely think these girls had an impact #to be fair evanescence did also alter my brain chemistry at a key point in development #raven teen titans #thinks these are some of the coolest characters as a kid. listens to evanescence during my early teens. went full goth #a few years out of highschool ‘no dress code to bind me except the law’s rules on public indecency’ #slowly transforms into my new adult self ‘mother. I am goth’ #also. I misremembered Sam’s skirt as having purple print for so long #I was like ‘purple and black skirt is so cool’ #I actually bought a few vaguely like it #and then you tell me it is GREEN???

[definitely-maybe-not-a-cryptid]

Concept art of Thumper's vigilante outfit drawn by my beta reader/editor who doesn't have a Tumblr of his own.

#bad publicity mha fic #vigilante izuku #my hero academia #Thumper the vigilante mha #fanart #bad publicity fan art

[tswwwit]

Has fam!Bill ever landed on a talk show or got interviewed, or has someone atleast made a movie/series/novel about him or his life with dipper?

I'd think that Dipper tries to keep Bill out of the spotlight. Partly so it doesn't feed his enormous ego any further - and partly so Bill doesn't try starting a cult. For like, the millionth time. He's a little too persuasive when he gets public attention.

There also exists a case - probably many decades along, once Dipper's out of his first life - where there is a movie/series/novel.... about Dipper.

Of course Bill's there. You can hardly have a story about Dipper Pines without at least vaguely addressing the demonic power subject - but in this one, Bill's cast as sort of a demonic sidekick. Unable to tempt the righteous Dipper Pines from his heroic cause. Bumbling, and awkward.

Used for comedic effect.

You bet your ass Bill's absolutely fuming about it.

#answers #In later decades it becomes very rare to find copies #Partly because it wasn't a very good movie #Too bad to even be funny #Didn't sell well and wasn't even pirated much #And partly because there's a lot of murders associated with watching it #One of those urban myths #Even *Dipper's* offended by the portrayal of Bill #Thankfully Bill gets to correct the damage done to his public image sooner rather than later #There are likely other much better portrayals of Bill and/or the state of their relationship #That one just sticks out as a sort point for Bill #But overall he's *also* huffy because a LOT of them cast Dipper as some kind of 'hero' #Like c'mon!! They BOTH wouldn't be in this situation if Dipper Pines hadn't messed up horribly #To which Dipper points out that in the demon realm HE'S always the sidekick so deal with it AND #BILL also messed up horribly or HE wouldn't be here #It's something to bicker about #Bill might get more pissy about it than Dipper but they both mock the movies #It's fun to drag them and also fun to revisit old arguments in a very married couple way

[niteshade925]

I can see how the regional phenomena in totk is basically totk's version of a modern 4 horsemen of the apocalypse: pollution (the sludge), addiction (marbled rock roast), climate change (the extreme blizzard; admittedly this one is a bit of a stretch), and pestilence/infectious disease (the giant mosquito boss and the undead gibdo). Which, hey, references to real life issues, great, but what I didn't like so much was how you can just solve puzzles and fight bosses--basically have a handful of big name heroes running around doing tasks--and the water will magically clear up, the addicts will magically become normal people again, the extreme storms will magically dissipate, and the pestilence will magically disappear. Real life does not work that way. I know, I know, it's a game why you taking it so seriously blah blah, but I'm just saying, we have to remember that for any of these problems to be solved, it takes a lot of effort and cooperation from a lot of people to accomplish, and that's definitely an understatement.

#totk spoilers #:P #i haven't played many other zelda games so i can't say #but botw and totk are basically the Great Man Theory #aka 'we only need a few big heroes to save the day and nobody else's input is worth much' #maybe I'm too nitpicky or maybe I'm too old to suspend my disbelief entirely #something about that just doesn't quite sit right with me :P #doesn't mean the game is bad but just my thoughts #and let me add that genshin is also kind of a Great Man Theory sort of game on the surface #but in genshin the story itself actually does challenge that idea in many different places #whereas in botw and totk nothing about that logic is even questioned #you are expected to just accept that 'oh the hero defeated the bad guys and now the problems magically went away' #and since we are talking about real life issues this approach is honestly incredibly lazy #basically the same as 'if everyone can drive less (aka be a hero!) then we can reduce emissions and save the environment!' #while completely ignoring how driving is basically essential to life in the greatest country on earth (tm) #bc of urban planning lack of effective public transportation systems and lobbyists #it's a systemic problem and it's not going to be solved by being heroes or eating the rich #in conclusion: if you want to put real life issues in your game please don't be lazy with it #and if you want the traditional hero vs big bad thing then please stay away from real life issues #this is part of the reason why botw is better than totk

[nthflower]

I am having thoughts about Xavier wtf?

#i will real immortal X-Men xavier issue again #later #i love xaiver as a self hating mutant who cares more about looks than actions etc. etc. like #he likes being messiah being a figure good figure a hero #and he loves also mutants too he is not evil not intentionally but it always comes second or third #first is looks how humans sees them how public sees him #he want to still be respected and accepted he didn't even say puplic he is a mutant for years #he is egoist also i think #like he love having powers and good things being mutant brings and rehects hates avoids bad things it brings #mind reading is cool but he still need to be respected professor attending conferences getting applause #shit man #this is why i am not a cherik girlie #magneto is also flawed like i ilove uwufing him but he is deep complex etc. but his relationship and brotherly or loverly love for Xavier #just sad #this is why i love he is rejected him #i am really interested now in xaviers fall and i want him to be pathetic about him #xavier needed to be betrayer not moira tbh i want him to sell mutant kind for saving his looks #and by selling not being cartonishly villain but also wgile keeping his looks good for mutants that he cares too #kinda like leaving morlocks because he need acceptable mutants for his X-Men but also sending his acceptable child soldiers to save them #i am missing points probably definitely i am not good at getting things but i like thinking #and i like this version #long long tags

[asteria-argo]

Some people are allergic to nuance in fiction and insist on making that my problem by being very confidently wrong in public

#reading takes that make my eye twitch tonight #to be clear this is mostly a joke #but some of you are very confidently wrong in public #anyone who seriously poses the idea that Batman is a bad dad because his kids are vigilantes #I demand you learn what suspension of disbelief is this instant #and also look at the context of the events #there is a crocodile man that eats people living in the sewers of Gotham #children putting on a mask and fighting crime is not that unrealistic #and unless you’re keeping that same energy for EVERY child hero like kid flash any of the wonder girls or super boys #you’re using a straw man argument because you don’t like the fact that comic canon is extremely subjective #and to claim that you’re interpretation of this character based off of the runs that you personally consider canon #is the only correct way to view a character that has been present in the cultural zeitgeist of comics since the 1930’s #and had about a hundred different runs to draw inspiration from #and also all the people reading my fic who keep leaving character hate in my comments

[reanimatedgh0ul]

atp i think the difference btwn my take on danny in re:animated au vs where he's more canon compliant is his relationship to being a hero

#re:animated au is shaping up to have way more conflicted feelings abt his role as the supposed hero of the town #bc of how the g.i.w. are more of a threat bc of their presence in amity park and influence on the town's attitudes towards the paranormal #and more specifically towards danny #my take on public enemies involves walker being a g.i.w agent rather than ghost and g.i.w going out of the way to use this situation #to cement danny as a public enemy #bc danny act of choosing to protect town is potentially threatening to their status they can't have that #whereas in canon after danny becomes public enemy it only takes him saving the town from a big bad like pariah #to singlehandedly restore his reputation #which that doesn't happen here #there isn't gonna be a singluar event that is catalyst for public opinion positively change of danny #but rather it's time and time again danny has to prove that he isn't bad guy #if anything the public perception of danny in amity park is split more than anything #rather than leaning towards overwhelming positive or negative w like a few outliers compared how it is in canon #this where i think the idea of danny not loving being hero could be interesting #like i agree that how it's presented in phantom planet wasn't good ok #but here i think it could work #the idea of him somewhat wanting to go back to how he use to be before the accident has more merit here #bc yeah no wonder the kid who's being treated as a public scapegoat by the supernatural cops and everyone else in town on a day to day basi #would want to go back just being a normal kid again #re:animated au #robi rambles

[amaurotine]

its so funny to me that presumably, la.habrea was involved with teaching the art of summoning of a re-imagining of his ifrita concept (ifrit) to be more or less used as a weapon by the sundered (the amal'jaa revere ifrit as a god iirc but in ascian terms, the primal summonings were little more than another means to an end and helping incite trouble) after how he must've felt when hyth and azem yoinked his beloved concept 12000+ years earlier... can u imagine the whiplash he gets from hearing abt ifrit

#🧋 — spillin' on ur dash. #laha probably privately chewed hyth's ass out for helping azem ''borrow' the concept altho in public hyth masterminded it and made it look #like laha 'donated the concept for the benefit of the star because He's Just That Benevolent TM' essentially disarming him in public #by making him look like the real hero of the situation and just. skjdghsjkdgkjbsdgjbsdjbjhdb #i mean it is his concept but its just. "its ok if i grossly appropriate my own concept for inciting genocide but u borrowing it was bad'' #i mean in ancient terms it is His Property/His Concept but lmaooooooooooooo

[hyperpsychomaniac]

Nightmare

Hilda fanfic

Another nightmare for Erik. I do like playing around with the surreal-ness of them. One-shot.

***

“Go on. Tell them, Ahlberg. Tell them you lied. You made the whole story up to get attention, because nobody likes you!” Jeremy’s accusation rang out, bringing a hot flush to Erik’s cheeks. He dared not lift his head as he stood, trembling, before the entire schoolyard.

“Tell them you never deserved that medal.”

Erik’s jolted upright, the second accusation knifing deeper than the first. How did Jeremy know he’d deliberated riled the Trolls - provoked them to attack the city he’d sworn to protect? How could he know what he’d done?

It was not the schoolyard before him, but all of Trolberg. A vast crowd, staring up to where he stood, alone on the stage where they’d presented his medal. This time, all those faces didn’t fill Erik with giddy elation, but with the same fear that had gripped him all those years ago. He’d been caught.

Erik looked about desperately for his deputy. She always knew what to do. She would get them out of this sticky situation. “Gerda? Help.” There she was, suddenly, standing at his shoulder. But his plea fell on a stone-cold expression. Gerda said not a word, but turned her back and walked away.

“No, please! Gerda, don’t leave me alone up here.”

“TELL THEM.”

It was not Jeremy that accused him now. The voice was familiar, but deeper. The same voice he’d heard in the vision, calling out his name. Behind the crowd, she stood, towering over them. The Troll’s mother. His mother.

She stepped forward, shrinking as she strode through the crowd, her face still carved of stone, but the features became clearer as she approached. Not kind. Not the loving face Erik knew, always there to tell him none of this was his fault. Nothing ever was. No, her features were twisted with utter disgust.

Erik raised his hands as he took a stumbling step back. “Mo-mother?”

She grabbed a fistful of his shirt, lifted him clear from the ground, and slammed him up against the wall behind. Erik gasped. Not only from the force of the blow, but the shock. His mother had never laid a hand on him before.

“Tell them.”

The crowed stared, expectant. As what she wanted from him dawned, tears sprung to Erik’s eyes. They would all know! They’d know he’d lied, they’d know he’d put them in all in danger. And worse, they’d know he’d made a desperate, pathetic grasp for their praise, love and affection.

She had never hurt him, but in that moment, Erik knew she would not relent until she’d wrung the truth from him. “Mother, please, don’t make me…” he begged, voice splitting, “I can’t!”

“If you won’t speak, I will reveal you to them as the man you really are.”

She raked her nails down his chest, tearing his clothes to tatters, stripping him bare. Unheeding of his pleas, she clawed one hand, then the other across his body, again and again and again, cutting his flesh to ribbons. And all of Trolberg saw him revealed. Not only for what he’d done, but his mother cut him deeper still. Through the layers of deceit, past the stories of doom, and the grandiose speeches that promised Safety Patrol, and its illustrious leader, as Trolberg’s heroic saviour.

“Mother, please, stop…”

Erik collapsed to his knees, whimpering, hugging his flayed chest together. But it was too late. Every eye had bored deep inside, seen past the deception and frustration to the fear and desperation which had driven him. Seen deep inside to the scared, unlovable, ugly soul, desperate to be seen as something it knew it could never be. They’d seen him for who he truly was, and they would never love him now.

Erik awoke, not violently, but with a faint, wrenching sob. He curled up on himself, and scrunched up tight, covering all his mother had stripped bare. Until, slowly, he realised it had been nothing but another dream. Another in the string of nightmares, waking him since his actions at the wall. Despite his safety, no longer in danger of being outed, despite no hope of falling back asleep, he stayed knotted in his covers for a long time.

#hilda #hilda netflix #hilda cartoon #hilda the series #hilda the show #erik ahlberg #fanfic #fanfiction #hilda fanfic #hilda fanfiction #also Erik has got to be terrified of the public at large finding out what he did #especially after praising him as a hero #like on top of all he did he accepted a medal for it #bad juju

[heaven-dope]

my unpopular opinion is that chainsaw man is kind of mid

#sorry i get that its themes are interesting and i understand the appeal. im not saying its bad. its just mid for me. #i also dont think being subversive is a fast pass to it being masterpiece. i mean look at shield hero and re:zero. theyre dogshit #my credentials: i watched the anime and read the rest of the manga to the end of public safety arc #talk tag

[beckface]

Becky doing teen angst things as wordgirl but the fair city citizens take it way too seriously and the villains have to step in to calm them down.

Pretty Princess episode got cancelled? Wordgirl is floating in the center of the town with Huggy, Violet, and Scoops, loudly complaining about how this is the first sign the world is ending. City goes into a panic. Food Pyramid is hanging out together and are confused at why everyone is running and screaming, thinking it’s a fellow villain until someone screams “WORDGIRL SAID WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!!”

They go to check out what happened. They are, collectively, annoyed and disappointed that their relax day was disturbed over Wordgirl effectively just pouting.

They scold her for causing a panic. She feels bad but will not admit it in front of the villains, who are embarrassing her in front of her friends, so she’s just like “ughhh you guys are ruining my life!!”

The onlookers are confused. They assume that the villains are doing something diabolical to WG even though they’re just standing there. Panic increases

Yknow when you’re at your friends house and they start arguing with their parents? Thats Violet and Scoops rn except they’re surrounded by the city literally going into chaos around them

After a large thing crashed down next to them and scares the living hell out Violet, Scoops, and Huggy (the others do not react and just look at it like spilled water or smthn) WG finally agrees to retract her complaining “ughhhhhh fine I guess i’ll go on a public broadcast to stop the city from killing itself 🙄 doesn’t bring back PPMPPH though.”

Everyone goes back to their day. Violet and Scoops yet again wonder why being friends with Becky has to be so strange. The end.

#wordgirl #hc/au #becky botsford #Food Pyramid wordgirl #violet heaslip #todd scoops ming #Other possibilities: #Becky cuts her hair. The city thinks that Wordgirl’s been replaced. Panic ensues #Becky has public relationship drama. They break up. The city thinks there’s a new villain. Panic ensues #Becky’s mad at her parents. She runs away from home. Somehow the city links this back to wordgirl. Thinks she’s turned evil. panic ensues #Becky changes her hero outfit to have less flashy colors. Panic ensues #Becky stops in the middle of a battle to text someone. #She says it’s ‘really important!’ (its not) and to ‘give me a minute!’ (it takes longer then a minute) #The city assumes that she’s contacting some other super hero person because of how bad the battle must be getting. panic #ensues. #The villains have to calm it down every single time because no one else will #Food pyramid=Dtb butcher and chuck btw #I used them because they’re just easy

[coockie8]

oh I'm so fucking excited to write chapter 15 of A Ghosts Game

chapter 15 is in Lightning Strike's POV and I've been dying to get this maniac's mind down in writing XD

#Storm Hawks #trash king rambles #have I mentioned that Homelander from The Boys makes me think of how I portray Lightning Strike #like when I saw that beautiful asshole on that show I was just like !!!!!!!!!!! It's my boy!!!!!!! lol #give 👏 me 👏 heroes 👏 who 👏 are 👏 bad 👏 people #give 👏 me 👏 selfish 👏 heroes #we all know the selfless hero who would sacrifice himself for a stranger #that's not fun to me anymore #give me heroes who are only in it for the praise or the money or the *power*! #and don't try to tell me I'm making Lightning Strike ooc by portraying him like this #because in case you forgot he doesn't *have* a character #we know *literally* nothing but what we're *barely* told about this guy in the intro and origins #I portray him as a master manipulator who only cares about himself and puts on a nice-guy persona for the public #he's a hero for fame and power he does not care about other people #his ''mission'' to ''unite the kingdoms and rid Atmos of evil forever'' was *him* taking the throne of Cyclonia and ruling Atmos #the kingdoms are united under him and he doesn't see himself as evil #therefore #he would have united the kingdoms and rid Atmos of evil

[definitely-maybe-not-a-cryptid]

Initial draft and final piece of fan art for a scene from chapter 22 of bad publicity as drawn by my beta reader/editor.

#my hero academia #vigilante izuku #bad publicity mha fic #bad publicity fan art

[scorchedhearth]

love when the big brains start to leave comments. have u seen how often heroes get their costumes ripped to shred while they fight? having a distinctive physical mark at all is dangerous because it can be seen if the situation gets bad enough, and given everyone's luck in comics it gets bad enough all the time. hell, having a hair color rare enough is a concern for keeping your identity safe, let's not talk about really unique marks like tattoos when it comes to privacy hazard

#the whole point is that it's not something that should be ever done but wanting it anyway because the primitive hindbrains find it hot #jason's my exception because he's got no public identity he's dead. his only concern is not leaving a trace that can be followed #and he's got no private life. no friend no normal ppl he hangs out with so what does he cares if they see those things #its not like literally every other hero who have the 'the cant know or bad guys will attack my friends to get to me' thing going on