#I am evil but not that kind of evil

[lookingforthesilverstars]

Chapters: 9/? Fandom: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi & Anakin Skywalker Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious, Original Characters Additional Tags: Sheev Palpatine is a Creep, Hurt Anakin Skywalker, Hurt Obi-Wan Kenobi, Slavery, Implied Childhood Sexual Abuse, Protective Obi-Wan Kenobi, Stripper sees 12yo Anakin in a bar and thinks the new Chancellor is a pedophile, Padawan Anakin Skywalker, Dai Bendu Language (Star Wars), Tatooine Slave Culture & Customs (Star Wars), highly irregular updates, like seriously, How Do I Tag, Bars and Pubs, Constructive Criticism Welcome, Not Beta Read, Self-Harm, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Panic Attacks, But better safe than sorry I guess, pls tell me what to do better, but it's barely there, only slightly hinted at Summary:

After Chancellor Palpatine takes young Anakin out into a bar on the lower levels of Coruscant and shows him the slavery happening right under the nose of the Jedi Council, Anakin's trust in the Jedi and his own Master is shaken and he decides to take matters into his own hands. the Jedi and the Senate are both clearly useless.

But things are not as they seem and Obi-Wan and Anakin soon learn that it takes more to overcome your past than a few meditation hours and some tinkering.

#star wars #ao3 #ao3 fanfic #fanfiction #anakin skywalker #obi wan kenobi #padawan anakin #don't mind me advertising #i like the jedi #Don't we all love it when palpatine's plan fails because people think that he's acting like some weird pedo? #ngl that's one of my favourite tropes #just Obi-Wan being an overprotective master and palps sobbing confusedly while being beat up by an angry mob #And him trying to defend himself like #I am evil but not that kind of evil #please believe me I'm only the sith lord that tried to slaughter all the jedi and enslave the galaxy #I'd never touch sweet little vaderkin #Anyways enjoy this #or ignore me #i don't even know #idc

[otrtbs]

one thing about me is that i'm gonna make remus and james besties every time.

"oh that's literally sirius' job" you say?? WRONG.

to me, sirius and james can meet at any age. any time. any place. and they'll click instantly because that's who they are. they're cut from the same cloth. they can read each other's minds. they're linking pinkies down the hallway. their souls are made of the same stuff.

but remus and james??? REMUS. AND. JAMES???

they're besties. they are best friends. they aren't cut from the same cloth. it's harder for them to figure each other out but james looks for remus first in a crowded room because he can already feel sirius' presence. it's james' constant "are you okay? do you need anything? i'm here for you" that he doesn't have to do with sirius because sirius just knows. it's remus giving james the steady constant in his life that james gives so many others.

[LOOK AWAY IF YOU HATE JFP AS THE SUN METAPHORS NOW]

james and remus are the sun and the moon people! the sun and the moon!!!! like, the sun is also a star. you get me? this is why james and remus bestieship is so special to me. this is the relationship. this is the way.

#have i convinced you yet???? #anyway this is also 2 me... and in my head... something that peter picks up in canon that goes kinda undetected by everyone else #why he feels like a bit of an outsider in his own friend group even though everyone is just as nice and kind and pleasant to him as ever #it's just....there's something..not quite....right #ESP after wolfstar happens. then peter's like....... im evil now #<- i am kidding about this part #to be clear

[skiddlecat]

i would like to make sure my stance on cluster b is clear

(cluster b personality disorders include: npd, aspd, bpd, hpd)

#every so often i remember there are people out there who think everyone with these disorders are evil and irredeemable #and i am filled with a blind rage #so just as a warning if you do this shit you're not welcome <3333 #how is it so hard to just be kind to people.

[ushiromiya]

(madoka magica / rebellion spoilers below. TW: suicide and controlling behavior)

I don't know the direction in which walpurgisnacht rising will take homura's character but I can say with confidence that from at least where rebellion left off that I truly believe that homura made the decision that she felt was the most correct one even if it meant she had to become a monster in the eyes of every person that loved her. she felt that if things were left in the way the law of the cycle was currently running things that it was inevitable that kyubey would eventually capture madoka in her goddess form, study her, and use her to as a source for mass amounts of energy at the suffering of herself, the others within the law of the cycle, and magical girls at large again. this is something he explains very clearly when talking to homura before her transformation into homulilly.

I get so exhausted when I see people try characterize homura as an actually evil person with completely selfish desires and no regard for others. all of her actions, while not explicitly explained outright, when looked at closely always indicate that she does things out of her care for the other girls but feels like she bears the burden of having to do it alone because she believes she's the only one who doesn't let her emotions get in the way of protecting madoka and the others from kyubey and sometimes each other.

I will always use the scenes of her interactions with mami and sayaka in rebellion as huge examples of this. she has no reason not to kill them if she's a completely selfish and unemphatic person that only cares about madoka and no one else when given many opportunities to do so. I also don't personally think she keeps them around JUST because of madoka's happiness either. she very easily could have suppressed their roles in madoka's life with the world rewrite and clearly choose not to. I believe her mocking sayaka and acting in a clearly "evil" manner is deliberate acting on her part to frame herself as a villain. she might believe this would her actions more palatable and will create distance between herself and everyone else to protect them as well as allow her to assert more control in this situation. it is further emphasized how she truly feels with imagery displayed in homura's new world around herself (shoes abandoned on the side of a building to potentially indicate suicidal ideation, a half moon alluding to homura feeling unfulfilled and unhappy with this decision, her dancing around happily before stopping and slowly falling off the cliff side with a similar implication as the shoes).

homura's relationship with the others is incredibly complicated but she cares for them deeply too as they are also people she considers friends, she just had a particularly strong attachment to madoka. we don't get to see as many instances of her interacting with them as we do them interacting with each other as we are unfortunately only really privy to homura's life after she began looping for the most part but we can see it in the way she has expresses concern and distress for them in moments where she believes they are in real, tangible danger of being hurt (she's winces and tries to turn away when aiming for mami's leg and screams out when she believes mami is about to be truly harmed after their gun fight, which neither ever had the real intention of hitting one another with any of those bullets in the first place). her entire witch's labyrinth is one where everyone is happy and gets the lives they desire. why would her labyrinth, which is meant to reflect in-part her inner feelings and desires, appear that way if she didn't truly want that for everyone?

rebellion is so compelling to me for all of this and so much more!! (I could write a whole other post on the way it presents it's freedom with danger vs control with safety question at the end of the film) she is a girl who has repeatedly suffered incredibly traumatizing events and longs for a world where the person she loves and the friends she considers dear are safe. homura is not really the devil, but she wants to appear to be because being the devil would be easier than being a human being in these circumstances.

#I “joke” that i'm a homura apologist but like for real I am LOL #homura's actions aren't holy and good #but I don't believe they are evil either and that's kind of the point #anyway can you tell i've watched this movie like 10+ times #madoka magica #homura akemi #madoka magica rebellion #walpurgisnacht rising #homu #letters from rokkenjima

[nonbinaryaubrey]

sunnys mom isnt a perfect parent but she isnt fuckinggg. evil. which i feel is a thing a lot of people tend to fall into. kiiind of take her flaws as a parent and interpret them as malicious and that shes a bad person when she isnt!! shes a grieving single parent and shes not going to do everything right!! but she still loves and cares and she tries. shes not flawless shes done things wrong probably but!! shes not a fucking evil or awful person

#i would also! like to say. i dont think sunnys dad is as evil as ppl make him out to be #sucks? eyah. but not like. worlds most evil person alive like what some ppl do HELPP #but im not!! gonna go into that!! #aubrey.txt #omori #i am kind of going off my personal experience here but. weh

[prolibytherium]

PSYCH!

(deetress bog moment for @its-always-ziney-in-philadelphia Valentines zine)

#iasip #deetress #dee reynolds #the waitress #sketches #I had fun with this one I love plants and bogs and evil yuri #It's kind of unrecognizable as the scene it's based on because I decided to go the route about being a pedant about making the #Also checking this on a good monitor instead of the shitty one I worked on and. There were some very big errors I missed in the image I #submitted . Fixed here but I am heartbroken

[fossilizedhysterics]

guess who finished tlok tonight and immediately had this come to him in a vision!!!!

#i. really like tlok. like a lot #i understand why people dont like it #and i can accept that OBJECTIVELY its not that great #but i had a fantastic time with it #anyways yeah. gay people #tbh. would not call zhu li and varrick normal. most queer straight couple on the planet. #hes a gay man. shes a lesbian. theyre in love. do you get it. #i dont have that many thoughts abt wuko. i really really like it though. #wu is like the webkinz milk cat to me. i need to throw him against a wall really hard. #and of course. korrasami. what is there to even say there #one thing i will say is before watching it i TOTALLY thought asami was a fire bender and also evil #like i kept thinking “yep this is when she turns evil and then theres enemies to lovers” but nope #not a bender or evil and honestly im glad #she totally wouldve been justified in becoming evil though. i sure wouldve #love her.so much #korra too ofc #i have SO MANY more thoughts but im gonna run out of space #last thing i will say is i am a guy who will just always prefer media i can criticize #love atla. but theres nothing there for me to really sink my teeth into or like bitch about #i love it when media is KIND OF BAD and i can RANT ANGRILLY about it #the legend of korra #tlok #legend of korra #korrasami #wuko #zhurrick #korra #asami sato #mako tlok #prince wu

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Cannot Unsee. Cannot Unknow.

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #xue yang #xiao xingchen #song lan #a-qing #blood #special appearance to the fox hairpin. Cute bonus episode and scene #alas I am already struggling a bit with maintaining good flow on this arc #I’ve got a better drawn mdzs art of A-qing coming soon to make up it though! #okay time to talk about This Scene…cause wow the angst is ripe and juicy #what really gets me is the fact Song Lan stays quiet while XXC stabs him…. #And that Xue Yang never intended to tell XXC about the fake corpses #NOR did A-Qing want to tell him the truth!! #the theme of ‘ignorance is bliss’ is so strong here…xxc is blind to the evils of the world #and everyone seems to recognize how rare that is. How far they go to preserve it #Yi-city asks a lot of hard questions. As someone who values Honesty above nearly all else- #-the question posed here about whether honesty is truly the correct course of action really gets to me #Lying is a form of kindness in here. And in a story about rumours and manipulations of truth- #its a good parallel to what we see in the main story! #we see the harm caused by trying to lie to be kind. The harm in realizing youve been lied to #there are a lot of plot points around kind lies in mdzs and it facinates me!

[essektheylyss]

Honestly, I'm very excited to find out what happened to Caleb and Beau, but specifically because Ludinus's current status is WILD for Caleb's epilogue in particular. It means his boyfriend is basically free and clear of everyone who has explicit material knowledge of the deal he made. It means the goal he planned to dedicate his life to is basically complete within six years. It means that virtually no one left on the Assembly cares much what kinds of changes he makes to Soltryce from here on out.

Ludinus is on the moon and probably not coming back, given the general expectations of the heroic fantasy genre, and the rest of it is a whole lot of "not Caleb's problem".

What does this man even do with the rest of his life?

#also who succeeded vess. this is the real question. no one in that role isn't fucking evil. #I'm just thinking about it. I don't imagine they'll have the same kind of time in the one-shot to go through epilogues again but like. #I do hope there's a lil bit. I wanna know what caleb does knowing that this massive problem is no longer a problem for him. #I am admittedly also presuming that margolin was implicated in or at least disgraced by the scourger shit cuz like #that's just not an easy thing to claim you knew nothing about lmfao #and fuck 'im #but like. the rest of the group is just. whatever yanno. but does caleb keep pushing? idk #I think he should get to be headmaster he'd be great at that #but then I am a caleb as magical headmaster truther so #ANYWAY I just want to see it. I wanna see what caleb looks like when he has absolute freedom before him. #it's WHAT HE DESERVES DAMMIT. #critical role #caleb widogast

[ryssbelle]

Bro didn't even get a chance

Wanted to try my hand at the drawing Otto with your oc trend, but like this little guy is the only one I got so here they are in da void.

I thought this would be a funny bit but realized halfway through it was very similar to one felsicveins already did here but again I was already halfway done so I was like screw it I'm finishing it XD

Otto belongs to @felsicveins

#my art #trolls 3 #trolls ocs #trolls band together #dreamworks trolls #trolls oc otto #trolls oc lief #evil exes au #n2 au #not the only one au #lief is the same age as Branch and Poppy btw #and again hes the only guy i got rn and i thought itd be a funny bit lmao #i realized the bit was kind of already done cuz i was looking for ottos colors #and found the bit with poppy #and i was like damn #but i was already halfway done and it was 4 am so i was not going to give up #the bit is a bit different but the punchline is kind of the same you know #also dont ask how lief knows what autozone is #he just does #and its better not to question it #lief is both the dumbest troll alive and very intelligent its a hard balance to make when writing for him #hes got his head in the clouds a lot infected with the silly disease #so technically yes he knows a lot of stuff but that information rarely leaves the brain vailt #also otto was super fun to draw #im normally not too good at drawing techno trolls but i think i did okay with him #i was scared at first but i got it pretty okay i think #i was mostly struggling on colors cuz the scene where he does have them there are lights which alter them a bit #so i did my best #also itd be important to check the linked posts for context thats why theyre there #cuz i talk too much in tags to explain it properly

[mofroggery]

wlw mlm allyship fr 😋☝️ (feat. leon in some of my silly guy outfits)

#digital art #art #procreate #resident evil #re2 fanart #like… kind of…. #leon kennedy #claire redfield #i need her so bad fr #please do not comment on the fact that leon is grey in the 3rd drawing i actually forgot to color his skin so he is just grey :-( sorry #hi i’m normal #THIS IS NOT A CLEON POST SORRY #claire is a lesbian bc i say so (i am a lesbian)

[the-real-list-of-ominous-threats]

I'm going to make you obsessed with evil video game men

#someone help i cannot escape the grasp of the Fucked Up Evil White Boys From Video Games I Don't Even Play #(the Fucked Up Evil White Boys include: Strade BTD. William Afton (that was a low point). Phillip Graves. Albert Wesker.) #why am i like this #me to my friends: guys i have a new fictional crush #friends: is it another evil mid white guy #me: uhhhhh..... #to be fair i have good taste in fictional WOMEN. #read the tags #granted the women i like also have moral questionableness. ventress my evil wife >>> #actually strade is only questionably white like he's german but he's often portrayed as kind of racially ambiguous so who knows

[ganondoodle]

utterly random late night panic thoughts but

if you read my zelda comic and like it i love and appreciate you but i really do need to be upfront about it being very much a self indulgent enemies to lovers story with a villain at the center that has done bad but isnt bad at his core and is struggeling to come to terms with the fact that he doesnt actually want to be the evil beast he and almost everyone else believes he should be

yes im one of those people ... fake villain fans or something ... i think .. i dont know the rules to that ... q-q

#ganondoodles talks #i thinks its in part the time thats making me suddendly panic about that #like i often see posts from people that are like fake villain enjoyers make the guy into a good guy #and real villain enjoyers are those that like him bc he kills people #or making fun of or generally seeming very agressive towards people that redeem villains #and i have no idea if id be counted among them bc im kinda doing it #yes he killed people but no he doesnt like it and doesnt want to #im one of those cringy softies that are like .. but what if villain ... good #of course im trying to make it make sense and with alot of extra written lore #like i made an entire world up just for demises backstory #but im undenialbly afraid that some people will tear my comic apart once they realize i made him not all that evil #again i have pretty much read no fanfiction and am unfamiliar with alot of common fanfic tropes and stuff so #i got no idea what is commonly understood as the wrong kind of villain fan or soemthing #I DONT KNOW THE CRINGE RULES I JUST HAVE LOTS OF BLORBO THOUGHTS #i need to go to bed

[red-dead-sakharine]

Korrilla insight check

When you speak to Korrilla in Sharess' Caress after taking Raphael's deal, there's an insight check that gets you some rare dialogue if you don't press her on it.

Notables:

"He's as honest as his life is long" - He does not lie to you. His contract might have loopholes, but that's on you for not reading right.

"treats me right and feeds me well" - He's good to his allies as long as they do good work (he notes in one of his journals that Korrilla does a good job)

"he's barely been home since he met you" - Likely why the HoH is in such a state. I doubt a being of order would approve of the rotting dinner table.

"I hope things turn out well for you" - She likes us. Raphael likes us. They like us.

To me, he's not an actual villain. He has a clear liking for the main character. And he only attacks us if we betray him and rob his house. Yes, he's lawful evil. But he's not a villain to our story, unless we become a villain to his.

Alternative convo path:

#bg3 #korrilla #lore #raphael is kind to those who work for him #he's not evil for evil's sake #LAWFUL evil #yea he's a devil and he tortures his enemies #and he tortures those who fail him #but he's just not in a real villain position for tav/durge #which is fine #I like that it's not black and white #I'm just confused when people call him a villain or even the bbeg #que? #am I a friend? potentially. an adversary? conceivably. #raphael bg3 #bg3 raphael #baldur's gate 3 raphael #raphael baldur's gate 3 #raphael the cambion #rds #baldur's gate 3 #baldurs gate 3

[sergle]

There's something about like. A certain genre of posts / Online Opinions about insecurity/depression/misery/complaints that are so unhelpful that they wrap right around to being straight up hilarious. and it's the ones that are more or less written to the tone of "Feeling bad? That's gross!" Like, just so you know, don't voice your insecurities/ have low self esteem, because that's offputting! You're gross and weird. Don't be insecure about that, though. That would be stupid if you felt insecure about people disliking you for being insecure. Not attractive. You should be thinking about being as attractive as possible. You shouldn't make comments about suicide, even if you're suicidal! Keep those thoughts entirely to yourself. Make sure nobody around you knows you're thinking about this. It would Make Them Uncomfortable. It's better to keep these thoughts in your head where they can fester. Don't post OR talk to friends with complaints about you feeling miserable or depressed. Tbh people who are sad/upset a lot? Kinda a red flag! You are probably miserable because you're a bad person and you've brought this on yourself. If you don't have friends, it's because you're awful to be around. Easy! Solved the problem for you. And no, there is no nuance to this, got it? So, make sure to feel bad about feeling bad, but don't feel bad about it, because, well, that's just gross. And annoying! You might've wanted your brain rotted thoughts to be Peer Reviewed, you might have just needed to vent- you might've been hoping for some comfort, to get things off your chest. Well, don't! Don't talk about thoughts or feelings that are negative with your friends, you'd be burdening them and that's only meant for THERAPY. #SponsoredbyBetterHelp #MentalHealth like, DAMN. that's so helpful. you're so good at helping. I um really liked the part where these are all hard and fast rules that encourage keeping feelings bottled up and keeping your friends at arm's length. That's really funny of you.

#I FEEL LIKE COMPLAINING RN in the context of this alternate universe these posts live in. that makes me evil rn. I may not even keep #the post up. but I Needed to complain about these bc I hate seeing them #really funny and good because it very much feeds into that part of the brain where you go wait am I stupid? am I horrible? am I annoying? #before you express any kind of personal feelings. from feeling insecure alll the way down the spectrum to feeling like your life is over #before anyone How Dare You Say We Piss On The Poor-s at me YES there is a nuanced version of this #which is. you can make someone feel like shit (A Fellow Sufferer Of The Mental Eelnesses) by using them as your dumping ground #in excess and usually with no regard for how they feel and without Regular conversations inbetween #and in a one-sided way where they can't do the same and complain with you as a sounding board in return #don't tell new friends you hardly know abt THE MOST personal shit you can possibly think of. there are steps being skipped here #right? we know this. we all know it. setting a boundary is a thing. overwhelming a person is a thing #on the other hand there is such a thing as a friend who IS okay to listen and wants to help. and friends who relate. #maybe talking abt personal stuff makes ppl feel closer sometimes. just a thought! maybe not everything is Emotional Labor. maybe just maybe #but like come on. these are almost intentionally unhelpful posts #long post

[ducktollers]

meet kelly the worlds specialest cat

(if you send me an ask of your animals i might draw them sometime . heavy on the word might but i always like having subjects >:3)

#my art #digital art #cat #illustration #id in alt text #i love posting this kind of art on tumblr when i Should be posting on instagram but instagram is sooooo scary #so safe and chill here. fanart is what does numbers but everyone appreciates a kittycat so i am here #i dont want my kittycats on evil instagram but they have to be someday 😞 not today tho