#what a flawed masterpiece

[heirbane]

S.hadowbringers gaius is held in my heart in the same place as t.lou2 j.oel and I think that explains a lot

#what a flawed masterpiece #deeply deeply flawed male characters who know they did wrong but aren't 100% able to repent #or admit what they did truly. j.oel did admit but commited to his morals - which isnt a mark against him #g.aius admits what he did but struggles to find ways to make things right - because honestly nothing will. nothing can. he has caused #death and suffering by what he did. j.oel caused - may have caused - the world to stay stagnant by his choices too #frankly the fact that we adore j.oel and are so fiercely protective of e.llie is SO INTERESTING TO ME #because g.aius is joel. g.aius Did what he thought was best and both their daughters suffered irreparably #the only difference is g.aius is a.bby adjacent to us bc we were given him as an irredeemable villain. #I just fucking love unreliable narratives because if we had spent as much time as a.bby and had a whole game to understand #her grief and growing up we WOULD be on her side. what she did was wrong. what j.oel did was wrong. what they both did was wrong #but they are portrayed differently due to the coin side they're on and the way the story tried to convince u one was justified and one was - #just unhinged #ANYWAY.Z #tlou2 tw

[frogs-in3-hills]

rewatching hxh is crazy like the foreshadowing is so good. i’m just as emotionally engaged as i was the first time watching but in a COMPLETELY different way bc it’s almost hard to watch through the sheer sense of foreboding you feel as gon learns more and gains more power. his recklessness was always taken quite seriously by the narrative and that’s clear on a first watch, but knowing exactly what happens and where that self-abandoning recklessness, that thrill-seeking, that bullheaded perfectionism (not to do everything perfectly but to do everything with perfect accordance to his own terms), and that childish willingness to disregard everyone else in pursuit of his own impulsive goals (thereby reinforcing his own worldview for better or worse) goes… the show is SCREAMING at you that this is all going to go horribly wrong and it’s so sinister in this weird offhanded way, like it’s sticking to shounen tropes just close enough that you definitely notice something off but don’t suspect it’ll snowball the way it does.

#he is my precious wonderful best friend forever. tbh #i don’t like to characterize what happens in caa as a big character pivot or his ‘downfall’ or whatever #because ultimately despite gon’s myriad flaws he is intensely sympathetic and extremely well written as. you know. a LITTLE KID #but yeah……….. fuck. i can’t believe it i am now one of those guys who loses their mind over how good a shounen is #LISTEN you’re only allowed to say it about fma but if you start talking about ANY other shounen like it’s a masterpiece you’re a WEEB!!!!! #/j #hxh #sully is typing

[jinxphobic]

I think I have discovered I particularly enjoy extremely very amazingly well written very very very very very very very flawed women and not just that they are hot but everything about their characters and being their biggest apologist and analyzing everything and anything ever 😍🤤

#nevermore webtoon #annabel lee nevermore #ada nevermore #i am so gay #their characters are so well written and interesting god i love nevermore ty rnf for making this masterpiece #i would die for both of them #i also will defend them no matter what #they are so flawed and need a shit ton of character development but idc i support womens wrongs even if that wrong is sleeping with monty #or annabel seeing everyone but her and her gf as pawns

[gunkbaby]

Sometimes i check the tokyo ghoul tag on tumblr and i see u guys acting like tg is objectively bad and i honestly feel like maybe there’s confusion between ‘thing we can critique’ and ‘objective rubbish’. A lot of it feels like saltiness that certain fave characters didn’t get adequate exploration - which obviously I understand. But also im like…that doesn’t make it bad tho…

Is it a joke my autistic ass can’t pick up on or do u guys actually think tg is bad.

#Tg has problems and we can and should critique but idk #I used to be in this mindset in like 2021 so i understand but tbh i was undiagnosed bpd trying to mimic bc i wanted ppl to like me ha #Ghostalope/toastyyghostie was my sheep arc #I wanted clout (I didn’t) #But anyways #i see tg as very layered and very open to interpretation #There are so many layers and so much symbolism #The story is weak in others and tight in others #It’s not perfect. I’m not saying that. It’s flawed and even ishida sees that #But is tg objectively bad…? #Personally I don’t think so #It’s a few messy splodges away from being a masterpiece #Idk #gunk #I should analyse my past self online more bc my god what a teeming cesspool of undiagnosed mental illness i was (still am) #Idk at a point where im almost 20 and im abt to start meds for the first time. Things could be getting better for me #It’s important to view the mistakes of the past to make sure it’s mess does not haunt me later

[novelmonger]

The dialogue in Andor is so good. Every episode, I find myself amazed at how expertly written it all is--when usually, I don't tend to notice film writing unless it's particularly bad. But when I watch Andor, I feel like I'm sitting through a film-writing masterclass. Most recently, episode 9's dialogue stood out to me as particularly excellent. If I could take one lesson from this episode, it would be:

Good dialogue does not have to be elaborate.

It doesn't have to be flashy. It doesn't have to use complicated sentence structure or big words. It doesn't need people interrupting or talking over each other. Good dialogue just needs to do three things:

Convey information (plot exposition, characterization of the speaker, etc.)

Sound like something a person would actually say

In most cases, not say everything the speaker is actually thinking/feeling

(Point 3 might sound like a contradiction of point 1, but it's related to "show, don't tell." Besides, people generally don't go around saying exactly what they mean or what they're thinking, so it ends up sounding clunky and unnatural.)

And I have a perfect example from Star Wars to demonstrate my point. In my opinion, Episode II has some of the worst writing in the entire series, such as this teenage-poetry-worthy line:

Okay, no, we need the whole poem for context. "From the moment I met you, all those years ago, not a day has gone by when I haven't thought of you. And now that I'm with you again, I'm in agony. The closer I get to you, the worse it gets. The thought of not being with you...I can't breathe. I'm haunted by the kiss that you should never have given me. My heart is beating, hoping that that kiss will not become a scar. You are in my very soul, tormenting me. What can I do? I will do anything that you ask."

First of all, who talks like that? (They sure don't! This isn't how they talk, before or after this scene.) The whole conversation is awkward and stilted, and has all the subtlety of a foghorn in a library. It conveys information, sure, but in a very clunky, cringey way that takes way too long. (And I'm just talking about the writing here, not the delivery--Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman both did their best with what they had.)

Contrast this with the dialogue in Andor:

"I can't help him. I can't help anyone."

Two lines. Two four-word sentences. Very simple sentences, too. No fancy words at all. And yet just think of how much they convey, whether you hear them in context or not. Yes, a lot of the power of this scene comes from the excellent acting, the expressions and body language that tells you so much more than just the words.

I don't even remember if we ever learn what this guy's name is. And yet, with those two simple sentences, we can glean so much of this man's story, his outlook on life, not to mention simply the impact he has on the plot unfolding right then.

Pretty much everything about this show is fantastic and keeps me thinking about it for days, and the dialogue is no exception. This is just one tiny example of the good writing in this show, and I can't wait to see more.

Full credit to Beau Willimon, writer of episode 9.

#star wars #andor #dialogue #writing #dialogue analysis #i've gotten so used to the writing in star wars being abysmal to mediocre #even in the installments i love #(tpm is my favorite of the movies and i love the mandalorian) #(both of which have plenty of flaws) #i hardly know what to do with myself when it comes to andor #here i was expecting just a fun romp with an interesting character #and instead we get this masterpiece??? #(also yes i know these two scenes have very different tones and are from very different stories) #(but i think even taking the context into consideration you can see how much more effective the writing in andor is)

[dailyeca]

sometimes i think that i should be putting him in more complex compositions and dynamic poses and cool outfits and color palettes and pretty rendering and detailed backgrounds and more characters and story-driven comics and personal meaning

and then im like. that's the fucking devil talking. dailyeca is and always was supposed to be a low maintenance blog where i draw an eca a day and this eca can be the most scribbled motherfucker in da world but as long as there's a daily eca then i've succeeded. when i have time to add cool shit i can absolutely do that but even if he's just a sketched up bust shot at 11:59, i'm doing enough because that's just dailyeca babey.

#eca orichird #daily eca #we do what we can. i am doing enough. #for a lot of other things i always feel the need to make masterpieces; art larger than myself and my scope; something with heart and soul. #dailyeca is truly like. not everything has to be perfect. this is my grimy grumpy little asshat and i can do whatever the fuck i want. #(including cursing because goddamnit i am no one's pure little angel baby anymore. i am not here for your judgement anymore.) #im not trying to impress anyone here. dailyeca has always been art for me first. i never truly announced this blog in the beginning. #if no one looked i'd still do it. i draw this angry lonely boy for me. if other people want to see i appreciate it but that's secondary. #that one tumblr poem post. ''you say 'it’s my villain era''' by ridinkskinned. sometimes i feel like making eca was my villain era. #what i mean is that sometimes people hate things when they hit too close to home. what i mean is when i first made eca i felt repulsed. #i can be angry and rude and imperfect and alone. i don't need to facade or fawn or listen at all times and be the perfect little nobody. #i can be flawed and i can still be important and i can still have a happy ending and have people love me without need to change me. #i wrote that i wanted to draw ecas with more personal meaning but every eca posted is a personal meaning in of itself. #you get it. (you probably don't. but that's fine. that's secondary.) i should work on creator and creation again.

[moonscape]

i've been seeing gates get some belated love the past few years and it's been really nice to see

#bwark #i watched a retrospective if it a few years ago that called it a flawed masterpiece and one of the comments that really stuck with me was #smth like ''it speaks volumes of the quality of this series if the worst game in the series is still this good'' #assuming they forgot about adventure squad when writing that but i get what they're saying anyway djbsjsjsbdn

[sibyl-of-space]

Naturally, I found the Sword familiar and the Beryl Circlet after I beat Galamoth and finished the game the first time around, so they were basically useless. This is after my roommate and I went running around everywhere and looking shit up on the internet trying to almost-200% the map so we could get the best ending. (We got to about 196% before we gave up and just looked up a map to see what we were missing.)

I am glad we got the TRUE TRUE ending, not just for Alucard, but for Maria. Go make out with the hot half-vampire man offscreen, girl

#this game is a masterpiece #its sole flaw is that the soundtrack in the second half is not as killer as the first half #i APPRECIATE AND RESPECT what it is going for but i miss the like sick ass disco beat in the coliseum #coliseum easily the best part of the game though SO strong 10/10 #anyway i dont know if this has turned me into a castlevania fan or just a symphony of the night fan #but symphony of the night is now one of my favorite games ever

[capricornsicle]

How are you doing post movie?

It is very much Teen Wolf. I enjoyed it.

#I mean that it is teen wolf in the sense that it has both tw's flaws and charms #fireproof shorts and scenes just slightly too campy to take seriously #retcons and 2 things that definitely did not track with canon but also. fireproof shorts and scallison #and argent finally got to call someone motherfucker #I think letting them swear worked really well #and I think given the intended audience (mostly people who had only seen a bit of tw) it did its job very well #working with pretty much only things from s4 and earlier they made a pretty coherent and very entertaining movie #and so what if it is not a cinematic masterpiece. the purpose of movies is to entertain #teen wolf #teen wolf movie #teen wolf the movie #teen wolf: the movie #teen wolf spoilers #teen wolf movie spoilers #anon asks

[kicktwine]

the past three or four media ive engaged with have all had posts made about them saying well the writers probably arent smart enough for ______ or the writers didnt do this on purpose but ______ or dont get your hopes up the writers wouldnt make these connections and i think thats enough!!! i have had enough bashing of well-meaning writers i have had enough of it from now on every writer is so so smart and everything they do is intentional and flawless and if i think a writing decision is stupid or the direction they went is bad no i dont and im gonna kiss each and every one of them on the mouth

#kipspeak #so what if its true!!!!!!!!! it comes across as twitter prefacing #where you have to be absolutely sure to cover all your bases in a thin sense of irony or acknowledgement of the flaws before admitting #that you like something or something stood out to you or you noticed something. so what if they didnt mean to!!! #unironically like things write something yourself play in the space change it go nuts #like this isnt to say to stop criticising things but for the love of pete! these are bad sentences! theyre mean! #and no one gets to reblog this just in case it leaves my circle of influence #I don’t know what I’d do if someone came in to this post with a thought-out argument about bnha or iron man or something #yes there are dumb writers. no that’s not important… don’t you see… they’re creating something! You can do that too! #you can!!! And you can make something amazing!! #also unless you’ve tried scriptwriting or longform writing I don’t wanna hear it #I know in the past I’ve said some of these things myself… but I’m tired. i prefer to play with the stuff I’m given anyways #I LOVE to analyze and reconfigure things. But I have to be in a specific mood/mindset/distance to do it #maybe That part is a me thing. but! That doesn’t change the point which is this is rude for no reason #i think nomura has never done anything wrong and every decision he’s ever made is a masterpiece of fiction now what. now what

[bl00dw1tch]

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#horse.txt #theres still time for things to get shitty so im going to keep my voice down but. the way things are looking? #lowkey thinkin the Avatar haters are gonna be on the 'wrong side of history' in the future #if it turns out as amazingly as it sounds like it will--bro. its just. oUGH! #i literally Cannot Fucking Fathom how ANYONE can watch these movies and not feel moved. and not feel intrigued. and not Like Them #the flaws are so few are far between and yet deeply threaded into the story enough to almost be ADDRESSED? by the story??? #its a masterpiece. its a masterpiece! #its wishfulfilling and beautiful and heartbreaking and tragic it is at the moment to pinnacle of what storytelling could be #the relationship we can have with these films and this fantasy AND our own real lives can be so so deep if we let it #i dont understand what could bring someone to hate it #i mean i guess i CAN but. i dont know. i guess i just wish we lived in a world where everyone felt like they were Allowed to enjoy it #bc it always seems like the hates comes from a moral stance of 'the movie portrays harmful concepts that we shouldn't watch Ever' #--even if theyre Condemned #im just really excited man. i wish i had more ppl to share this joy with sfdfdygg frgd....

[arsonicversed]

Blank Period + Scars reference

#Out of Fuel // OOC #A Masterpiece! // Mun Art #;; just a quick little grayscale thing i did #;; i wanted to make a reference for what scars still are left that K/arin can't heal #;; those scars are permanent / cant be healed #My Personal File // KM #Forgotten Scars // KHC #;; tho she will obvi wear clothing that subtly hides them #;; cuz she is during the blank period kinda insecure about them #;; seeing them as a 'flaw' to her otherwise perfect self

[vvindication]

Cyberpunk 2077 is the cruelest game. it lured me in with the false premise of being an overhyped 1st person shooter taking itself too seriously and instead delivered a tragic and incredibly well done story. its a dystopian future yet is so grounded in the reality of how people react to death, to terminal illness, to the loss of self. its the worst game Ive played. its the best game Ive played. it needs a huge list of trigger warnings. its best experienced when you know nothing. 10/10 I would never recommend it to anyone.

#vvin plays cp77 #say what you will about its many flaws and shortcomings. I know the game material doesnt present everyone fairly. #I know people who worked on this game suffered unfairly. but what a masterpiece flaws and all

[musical-chick-13]

I bring a real "Doctor x River OTP" vibe that a bunch of the DW fandom doesn't really like.

#the ONE good thing about college is that most of the fans I met there really did love her and this ship #but I think that might be because we were all mentally ill and Going Through It™ #not that like. shipping this is a symptom of mental illness I just mean that this relationship was...honestly kind of unlike anything #else that was onscreen at the time? #she got to be MESSY. she was incredibly extra and emotional and vulnerable and she got to MESS UP SOMETIMES. IN REALLY BIG WAYS EVEN. #she was a genuinely MORALLY GREY character and all of these were seen not as things that made her inherently harmful or #someone the protagonist should At All Costs Stay Away From #but as someone uniquely equipped to understand him and STILL WORTH CARING FOR #there were so many like. BIG emotions and she was allowed to have PROBLEMS and be a lot of things that were considered #'unpalatable' for women to be and their whole thing was that he forgave her for EVERYTHING. even with all of her flaws she was the one #who 'always knew' and the one he listened to #...you can see how that might speak to a bunch of angry lonely mentally ill people #like this relationship isn't perfectly written. and I'm not trying to say that this era of the show was a grand feminist masterpiece lol #but...again. it really was a lot different than anything else that was on tv at the time #and she wasn't rail-thin and 23!!!! do you know how RARE it was for us to see a love interest outside of that!!!!!!!!! #(ESPECIALLY given. you know. the HORRIBLE toxic beauty standard culture that comes with. studying to be/actually being a performer.) #the only other like...significant female character I can think of from this tv era who was generally 'unpalatable' was...rachel from glee #and eventually they...idk what they did but she definitely became more in line with 'typical' protagonist fare #(and of course there was also the fact that THAT show--at least for a while--was ostensibly grounded in reality. and she was still #a certain age and body type) #(so I think my original point still stands)

[saraswritingtipps]

The Villain Checklist!

Creating a villain is a delicate art, much like crafting a masterpiece. To ensure your antagonist leaps off the page with depth, consider these essential elements for your villain checklist:

Motivation: Every great villain is driven by a potent motivation, one that fuels their actions and sets them on their dark path. Explore their backstory and unearth the core reason behind their villainy. Are they seeking power, revenge, redemption, or something more sinister?

Complexity: Gone are the days of one-dimensional villains twirling mustaches and cackling maniacally. Infuse your antagonist with layers of complexity and nuance. Perhaps they possess redeeming qualities or wrestle with inner conflicts that humanize their actions.

Flaws and Vulnerabilities: Despite their nefarious intentions, villains should be flawed beings with vulnerabilities. These weaknesses not only add depth to their character but also create opportunities for conflict and growth throughout your story.

Backstory: Delve into your villain's past to uncover formative experiences that shaped their present disposition. Trauma, betrayal, or societal pressures can all contribute to their descent into villainy, providing rich narrative fodder for exploration.

Goals and Ambitions: Just as heroes strive for noble objectives, villains pursue their own twisted goals with fervor and determination. Define what your antagonist hopes to achieve and the lengths they're willing to go to attain it, even if it means sacrificing everything in their path.

Antagonistic Traits: From cunning intellect to ruthless brutality, equip your villain with traits that make them a formidable adversary for your protagonist. Consider how their strengths and weaknesses complement each other, creating dynamic conflicts that propel your story forward.

Relationships and Alliances: Villains don't operate in isolation; they forge alliances, manipulate allies, and cultivate relationships to further their agendas. Develop the connections your antagonist shares with other characters, be they loyal minions or reluctant collaborators, to add depth to their character dynamics.

Moral Justification (from their perspective): While their actions may be abhorrent to society, villains often believe they're justified in their pursuits. Explore your antagonist's moral code and the twisted logic that rationalizes their behavior, offering readers insight into their twisted worldview.

Arc of Transformation: Just as protagonists undergo arcs of growth and change, villains should experience their own journey of transformation. Whether it's redemption, downfall, or something altogether unexpected, chart the evolution of your antagonist throughout the narrative.

Memorable Traits: Give your villain distinctive traits or quirks that leave a lasting impression on readers. Whether it's a chilling catchphrase, a distinctive appearance, or a haunting backstory, give your antagonist elements that linger in the minds of your audience long after they've closed the book.

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[maria-eve-falcon]

I'm in a dream of sidney sheldon books and I don't want to wake up!

#god what else am I missing out? #sidney sheldon #book #i was reading happy place but I stopped cause I got into these books on my cousins shelf and finished 1 almost in like 3 hours! #got the other one and finishing soon too! #i'm weirded out by them #are these masterpieces or trashy?! #can't decide #a part of me is like these books are very flawed but masterpieces for the flaws #trying to make it make sense #nothing lasts forever #master of the game