#(wasted opportunity)

[candlelightsinner]

a subwoofer sounds like the perfect puppy play category and I can’t believe it’s some tech stuff

#hate hate hate #wasted opportunity

[foolilazuli]

Season 2 mkulia is what all stars aleheather should have been

#the could have been villian power couple but writers made them stupid for mal #wasted opportunity #total drama #total drama 2023 #total drama all stars #mkulia #aleheather #td mk #td julia #td heather #td alejandro

[lady-of-the-spirit]

You're telling me there isn't a single Lucifer/Doctor Who crossover fic where Tom Milligan and Lucifer are the same person and Martha finds out she's engaged to the devil

#wasted opportunity #doctor who #lucifer tv #lucifer #martha jones #tom Milligan #i'm saying stuff

[kittenslady]

If only they would have teamed up.

#ada wong #resident evil #aeon #resident evil 6 #carla radames #twins #clone #evil twin #wasted opportunity #ada and carla #besties

[itsmeswaggyg]

Get ready to raise Hell this summer.

#faith the unholy trinity #faith the game #faith fanart #the day of the beast #fanart #digital art #horror art #crossover art #art #why didn't anyone think of doing this before #it wouldve been so good #like seriously #wasted opportunity #john ward

[xxamorxexmortexx]

The fact that Street Profits didn't have any interactions with Snoop Dogg is just criminal

#wwe #tawny's watchin raw #street profits #wasted opportunity

[navnae]

It would’ve been so nice to see Steve and Eddie check up on each other and making sure that everything was alright with one another. Steve barley have any male presence in his life that genuinely seems to care about him and Eddie could’ve easily been that. A few ‘hey man, are you alright’ here and there between the two would’ve highlighted their relationship no matter if it was platonic or romantic.

#steddie #if only #I wish #wasted opportunity #wasted potential #they deserved better #they’re my babies #i’m crying #eddie munson #steve harrington #stranger things #help lol #idk what else to tag #please #come on #manifesting #power #so cuuuute #lmaooooooo #that is so funny #hmmmmm #omfg #i know what you are #be for real #duffer brothers i swear #i’m tiiiiiired #wow

[doubleaspectrum]

Ruby Gillman, A Lesson on Earning Moments (Spoilers)

So, I recently watched Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken. Overall, it was… well… it wasn’t particularly great. It had potential, but I would most likely prefer the fix fics that people either have written, are writing, or will write.

Now, I could say what everyone else has already said, or I could go on a tangent, but how about I just try taking one writing lesson away from the movie instead?

Today’s lesson is on earning your moments, with Ruby Gillman standing as an anti-example.

You see, when I saw the scene where Brill talks Ruby out of her obligatory “My actions made everything worse, so I’ll start moping before the final battle” moment, I flipped out.

Looking back at the scene, what he said to Ruby word-for-word was, “I could never understand why [Agatha] chose to leave the ocean. Until, I saw the awesome life she created on land. And I realized, your mom chose her own path. She chose you.”

Now, this sound like something that should come out of the tail end of a character arc. It contains an admittance of bad understanding, acknowledgement of a transformative moment, and a declaration of new ideals following said moment. Overall, it’s a summation of somebody’s character development.

You see where I’m going with this? My problem is that Brill is acting like he’s just conquered his character arc, when most of his time in the movie has been:

This

This

And… you get it by now

My point is that with Brill’s comic relief antics dominating his character, he had no arc! So getting to say, “I didn’t get it at first, but I do now” isn’t earned in the slightest!

It wouldn’t have taken a lot to earn this moment either! He may be a dumb marshmallow, but he’s a well-meaning marshmallow! All we’d need is to have some moment which fits his character and still progresses him to the “I get it” moment that would justify his speech!

The solution would be either bonding with Agatha, or bonding with Ruby. I could see how either of those would be structured too!

For Agatha, all Brill has to do is express any emotion beyond “happy puppy” when he’s with her.

Seriously! She left home without an explanation and he makes it clear that he looks up to her! All he would need is a moment to say, “I missed you” and the conversation could take off from there!

Such a moment would force Agatha to respond and that could give Brill a chance to understand why she left. Heck, it would benefit Agatha too! Being confronted with the idea that her choices have harmed her family would force her to reflect on her actions! She could either go out of her way to justify her choices, or show some remorse at having hurt her brother’s feelings. It would be a revelatory moment that would show us how to see her character.

Sorry about the tangent, I’ll get back on topic.

The alternative to get Brill to his “I get it” moment would be to have him bond with Ruby.

What I’m thinking in particular is for him to act as a firsthand witness to Ruby and Grandmamah’s relationship. Grandmamah’s ideas of making Ruby the heir to a warrior kingdom is shown to make Ruby uncomfortable. If Brill was shown reacting to this, and if he took into account any accusations Agatha had about Grandmamah being a controlling mother, then it would have helped him have a “So this is why Agatha left” moment. That would validate a later claim that he understands that Agatha only wanted what was best for Ruby.

Overall, what I’m saying is that an emotional revelation should have emotional buildup. It makes the character’s actions flow in a logical manner, and it gives us a chance to determine their natures. But when you have the emotional revelation without the buildup, it’s jarring. If we can’t see how it happened, then it doesn’t make sense to us why it happened at all!

To sum up the lesson, take your time to give characters moments to have emotions and react to the events and ideas they’re exposed to. It’ll give moments to develop their relationships, character traits, ideologies, and most importantly, their character arcs.

If you give characters the time to become who you want them to be, we’ll get to enjoy watching it happen.

#movies #criticism #wasted opportunity #ruby gillman teenage kraken

[em-um-canto]

Wait-SO WHY WERE THE MINIMES INTRODUCED IF THEY AREN'T EVEN GOING TO USE IT IN THE PURGATORY????

#qsmp #qsmp minimes #wasted opportunity #could be an oversight by the admins #maybe they'll add them again later #or they will all just die of starvation

[noemitenshi]

#kelly lord #a town called malice #daniel sharman #danielsharmanedit #dsharmanedit #my gif #gifs #would have loved if he'd actually shot him #wasted opportunity #not going on a rant in tags #not going-

[idungoofed]

You wanna know what I’m mad about?

We didn’t get any close up shots of Frankie’s hands on the helicopter controls.

#I wanna see his fingers flicking all them buttons #hands gripping the stick #wasted opportunity #Frankie morales #frankie catfish morales #triple frontier #pedro pascal #pedro pascal character

[lemonsbakery]

Kind of upset over lange de chat having no cat features. I might change thag myself

#wasted opportunity #shaking my head amshmshs

[atrashbearthattrashes]

Ok a golden fucking angst opportunity MISSED yet again — where is the confrontation scene between Ashley / Tim over Lucy? Writing Ashley as clueless to the dynamic and not addressing it at all makes for such WEAK writing and character. We needed a drug-induced “Chen, is that you?” from Tim post surgery and for Ashley to explode, break down, and walk away. Like if my bf made heart eyes to his co-worker, especially after the double date from last season, I’d be like ?? Bitch??? Are you in love with Lucy?? We can all see it, including me, the blonde??? Give Ashley rage. Let Tim stew in it. Then let that be the lingering thing when Lucy comes to visit him so that he’s hurting and maybe a little bit shut down, which makes Lucy fuss over him all the more, and generates even more angst, I MEAN FFS, let them be real people like in S1/S2, not these milquetoast soap characters. I just —

#The rookie spoilers #chenford #these fucking writers #wasted opportunity #WASTED #trashbearrants #sorry for the rant #but honestly #the rookie #lucy x tim

[balkanbitch]

Cozy glow is such an interesting villain cause she is one of the only times in media that has the whole "friendship is magic" trope to try and USE IT TO THERE ADVANTAGE

#cozy glow #wasted opportunity #mlp #my litte pony friendship is magic #cleaning out my drafts

[howifeltabouthim]

I'm so mad at myself. I have so many opportunities just handed to me, and I fuck them all up.

Anna Dorn, from Vagablonde

#self blame #self recriminations #i'm so sick of myself #fucked it all up #fucked up #mistakes #regrets #regrets collect like old friends #wasted opportunity #missed chances #mad #angry #quotes #lit #words #excerpts #quote #literature #relatable #personal #anna dorn #vagablonde

[semicollected]

Is it just me or are there so many shows that would be immensely better if they were gay?

And not just in general but in a specific character motivation, plot driving way?

#i may be biased #but still: cowards #wasted opportunity