#a trope that needs to die

[joethetoonfanandoutcast]

The usual Saluki's mates

In films, whenever there's a female Saluki, the male love-interest has to automatically be a tall, handsome dog.

(Technically, Dodger's shorter than her, but he's still the handsome type)

(Sasha's an Irish Setter, yes, but she still looks like a Saluki)

Seriously, don't we have enough of these couples where a Saluki is the tall handsome male's significant other and provider in cartoons?

I swear I will lose it if Illumination gives Suki some Gary-Stu who's tall and handsome!

#a trope that needs to die #cartoon salukis #dodger x rita #charlie x sasha #cash x dixie #millionaire dogs #krypto x brainy barker

[fluffyartbl0g]

Holy crap this is like world record breaking pace guys

Speedrun/Time Travel AU masterlist

#speedrun au #one piece #time travel au #op fanart #sabo #monkey d. luffy #portgas d. ace #asl brothers #time travel aus are my favourite trope for any fandom's fanfic #but this especially is why i want it for one piece #because I needed ace to die in canon. luffy NEEDED to get that wake up call and his whole crew NEEDED badly to get stronger #but ace is so much more than just a plot device for luffy... he was a person who was loved by so many people because #he made so many people happy #if luffy and his crew travelled back in time... they wouldn't need to worry anymore about their strength #Ace could live you know.... #He could meet sabo while he was an adult #sabo could meet ACE while he was an adult #ALSO SIDE NOTE BUT SABO ALSO REMEMBERS THE TIME TRAVEL SHENANIGANS!!! but def not as well as any of the strawhats #i think the thing he remembers most is what he felt when he regained his memories in the first timeline #u guys... this comic was so vivid in my mind i HAD to draw it out... like i was planning on doin other time travel au comics before #but like I HAD to draw this because i had such intense ASL feelings #I tried to think if Ace would just start cussing sabo out cause like WHY DID YOU LET US THING U WERE DEAD ; - ;??? WHY DIDNT U CONTACT US?? #but i think ace is really tired... like he's been worrying about luffy... and suddenly his brother starts uncharacteristically start #full out bawling in his arms... and he's really confused right now but both of his brothers are here and they're both crying #so there's really only one thing he can do #anyways i hope u enjoyed the comic #op spoilers #<- oops forgot to add that my b

[scopophobia-polaris]

Honestly could we throw out the idea that totk's story issue is that it isn't consistent with the lore of the older games but instead drops intresting world building from botw because it might have gotten actually dark

#seriously eveeyone keeps up bring up the triforce not being the same like the older games instead of HEY why DOES the royal family just..... #have it #like all of it #and was the sheikah tech from the last game that functions the same was as light arrows/the biden blast was uh #how do i put this #how did they weaponize lightmagic in robots and does this all tie in with the “banishment” thing #or idk dropped point from botw zelda's fucking chracter arc #i know it ended with LOOOK!!!! YOU FUCKED UP BY DOING WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS RIGHT #But damn they could of just not done that shit in totk making her just the #what was jt #idk man they just keep taking away her agency #man and it sucks cuz the dragon is so cool but mf shes forced to do it what she gonna do stay in the past and DIE? #idk man it just all feels hasty. makes me sad #and it sucks cuz a lot of shit shit is really cool and intresting but man idk i may become a botw zelda deserved a better weiter for her #becuase girl she needs a break. not saying chracters cant go through hardship #but there is something so nasty about the framing of youll never be anything but eveey past princess zelda trope and nothing more #instead of a crystal she turns into a dragon like guys this is the same as skyward sword but idk man is it werd to say #when Hylia does it aginst a thing that wants to steal the god triangles and is also a god its like yeah you had no other choice #how the fuck did one fuckass stone make ganondorf into a god like being you would think that like #mannwhy are the stones THAT powerful and why werent the other bitches able to take them down what because #did #did rauru give sonia the equivalent of the one ring at their wedding hey wait a fuck #sorry for all my spelling mistakes but what the fuck man

[delusionalblfan]

you know what i miss the most? a stable mental state

#i'm watching too many series that are so different. feeling a variety of things compressed in a couple of days and switching tropes #omegaverse mpreg human trafficking with cannibalism innuendos and lots of smooches and riding (sex) and just a slight bit of vroom vroom #supernatural love/mystery. mythical creatures mingled with people. 2 boys destined to love eo and die eternally as a cycle. they fuck #twins switch lives. puppy-twin falls for the not-puppy-twin enemy. fucks him while the boy thinks he is not-puppy. boy has identity crisis #rich blind boy has carer/lover that is 'bad boy' but soft loving perfect. goes all-blind while seeing the twilight and the love of his life #tropes i didn't ask for but also didn't know i needed!! #pit babe the series #the sign the series #twins the series #last twilight #and so much more cuz i'm watching 8 atm but these are the ones that are messing me the most tbh

[beanghostprincess]

if you like ling and greed the most… have you perhaps considered… shipping greedling? 👀

Bold of you to assume I don't ship whatever the fuck Greed x Ling x Ed have going on at the same time

#there is just something about the 'dude that takes over your body that turns out is extremely lonely and just wants love' trope #believe me i ship them believe me very hard #greed was too hot to die it's a loss for the bisexual community (the bisexual community being ling and ed) #ed saying he knows ling is in there. ed telling greed to become allies. dude be pulling both he doesn't even think about it huh #greed is just so gay for these two i can't even put it into words maybe what he truly needed were friends and 2 boyfriends #and ling is so in love with them too like look me in the eyes and tell me his last scene with greed wasn't extremely romantic #jumping off a bridge honestly these three live in my mind rent free #fmab #greedling #edling #edgreed #?? i am guessing that's the ship name i am new here okay

[abnormallyo-a-k]

seeing all the reblogs and tags on my terricky post has me going not only feral but properly insane

I'm so glad yall see the vision - now hear me out on some sad headcanons (happy ones will come later) :

After The Betrayal™️ for about a year (the expiration limit of inhalers) Terry still kept Nicky's inhalers in easy to access places, the glove compartment of his car, in his go bags, in his office, in any place that nicky and he were together in a lot. But after they expired, they now sit in a little box tucked away safely. He tried to throw them away, but he just couldn't.

Terry keeps his office locked because the others come in, move shit, and don't put things back in the right spot and it drives him crazy. It's lessened since Nicky left, and he misses it now. The lock had never stopped him since he could just... carve portals into Terry's office. But he misses the scent of sulfur in his office and finding his shit fucked with.

He's big on organization, he has filing cabinets in his office he fills with important documents, scrolls, and other shit he'll need to quick access too. But one of them, the top one, is always locked.

He keeps the name plate that was on Nicky's office door locked away in that drawer, because one of the others tried to throw it away, and he couldn't handle seeing Nicky's name in the trash. So he put it with all the important documents he keeps stored away in his locked office.

He keeps all photos he has of him, Nicky, and the others in his office both at daddies and at home.

#dndads #dndads s2 #dungeons and daddies #terrick #terricky #terry jr stampler #terry jr #nicky foster #nicholas foster #nicky close #nick close #nicky freeman #these sad sad tragic men have my by a chokehold #im in desperate need of content of them #you have to see the vision #friends to enemies (one sided) to lovers #please they can be a walking trope- let them work through their shit together #terry is filled with so much guilt he tried to PERMA die to avenge what he did to nicky #SEE THE VISION #nark is great but pLEASE GIVE THEM LOVE

[hephaestuscrew]

I want to talk about this moment between Lovelace and Minkowski immediately after Cutter dies:

Lovelace GASPS in relief. Both women COLLAPSE, wounded, at the end of their ropes. LOVELACE Nice... shot. MINKOWSKI Couldn't... have done it... without you, Captain. You all right? LOVELACE No. You? MINKOWSKI No, I... I... yeah... LOVELACE Stay with me, Minkowski. MINKOWSKI Yeah... We're almost through this. We just... need to... get Eiffel... And off of their attempts to hold onto consciousness, we -

Firstly, the acting of this scene is incredible. (The timestamp is 1:42:26 if you want to listen back.) I'm in awe of the way Emma Sherr-Ziarko and Ceilia Lynn-Jacobs convey the sense of pain and exhaustion and relief and trying to hold onto consciousness. The kind of damage they've undergone has been very different - Minkowski bleeding out from her gunshot wound, Lovelace recovering from the external control that caused her to inflict that gunshot wound. But the way these experiences manifest in their breathless pained voices is pretty similar. There's almost a kind of unity in that.

I love that the first thing Minkowski and Lovelace do after Cutter dies, even as they are struggling to speak, is to acknowledge each other's contribution to this moment.

"Nice shot" feels like a comment more suited to congratulating someone on doing well at a shooting range than as a response to a friend successfully harpooning their evil boss. There's a casualness to it as a phrase that feels almost humourous in this context, but it also reflects the fact that there isn't really an established thing to say in a situation like this. (More below the cut)

Minkowski could have just taken full credit here - after all she's the one who fired the killing shot - but she doesn't. It reflects the ethos of this show that neither Cutter nor Pryce, the major antagonists, is defeated by a single protagonist alone, and that the protagonists themselves are aware of that.

This scene is an example of a kind of exchange we get a few times throughout the show, where a character asks another character if they are okay and the answer is a clear no. There's an conversation like this between Eiffel and Minkowski in Ep12 (EIFFEL: You okay, Commander? / MINKOWSKI : No, Eiffel. My second in command just betrayed me and tried really, really hard to murder both us. I’m pretty damn far from “okay.”), and between Hera and Minkowski in Ep29 (HERA: Commander? Are you okay? / MINKOWSKI: No. You? / HERA: No. But I will be.), and between Eiffel and Hera in Ep41 (EIFFEL: Are you okay now? / HERA: No, Officer Eiffel. I'm not. But... I'm going to be.) I think I've said this before in tags on a post, but there's something about that type of exchange that fits the tone of this show so well to me. Of course none of these characters are all right, not with what they've been through. But the asking is still important, because of the care these characters have for each other. And the honest answer is still important, because this is a show partly about communication and because sometimes the awful things need to be acknowledged.

I should probably also say that there are also plenty of instances in Wolf 359 where people falsely claim to be fine in response to questions like this. There's an awful lot of emotional repression and compartmentalising on that space station. Which makes it more significant when characters are honest about not being okay.

In this scene, Minkowski and Lovelace don't need to waste words on saying why they aren't all right. I picture them both looking down at Minkowski's wound as she speaks here. And they laugh, or as well as they can do in their current condition, at how absurdly obvious it is that they aren't okay. Maybe that attempt at laughter is a way to keep going. And they are both so determined to keep going.

Lovelace tells Minkowski "stay with me", even though Lovelace is struggling to remain conscious herself. There's something so tender about that to me, and it's particularly heart-wrenching given that Lovelace was forced against her will to fire the bullet that wounded Minkowski.

When Minkowski says "We're almost through this", it feels like a call back to her conversation with Eiffel earlier in this episode, when he said "We're almost through. Just one more day, and then we're done." The "this" in "almost through this" somehow holds everything that they've been through on the Hephaestus. The repeated sense that this is the last confrontation that they will face on that station is perfect for a finale. But there's also something very emotionally heavy about that finality, especially when spoken by a woman who is bleeding out from a gunshot wound. And yet through her exhaustion and her pain, Minkowski expresses hope that they will get "through this", that they are "almost" on the other side of the whole nightmare.

Neither Minkowski nor Lovelace even consider the option of not going to look for Eiffel (and Hera). It would have been perfectly reasonable for them to have gone back to the Urania to try to patch Minkowski up and to wait to see if Eiffel and Hera were able to join them. But these characters would never do that.

They go to look for Eiffel even though Minkowski has been shot and Lovelace has been subject to horrific external control. They go to look for Eiffel even though both of them are "at the end of their ropes" and struggling to hold onto consciousness. They go to look for Eiffel even though waiting on the Urania was the plan they'd agreed upon with Hera. They go to look for Eiffel even though, for all they know, Eiffel and Hera might have the situation completely handled, or might even already be safely on the Urania. They go to look for Eiffel (and Hera) because only once they are all together can they consider themselves "through this".

#It's surprising that I've barely talked about this scene #given that it is definitely one of the finale scenes that lives in my head rent free #I put Hera in brackets in that last point because they don't explicitly mention her #and the location aspect of 'looking for Hera' isn't quite the same #but I know that they wouldn't have left without her either #Also characters telling an injured/sick loved one 'Stay with me' is one of those tropes that really gets me #It's a way of saying 'don't die' without saying it (cos they don't want to say it) #It's a way of saying 'don't die' that disguises itself as says just 'stay conscious' #It's a way of saying 'don't die' that also says 'don't leave me. I need you here with me' #wolf 359 #w359 #wolf 359 spoilers #w359 spoilers #the empty man posteth #renee minkowski #renée minkowski #isabel lovelace

[bisexualmultifandommess]

My favourite character trope is when the more nerdy and seemingly non confrontational sweet character goes absolutely feral when their loved ones are threatened.

My main example is Spoon from Shelter because I’m 100% certain that he would kill for Mickey, Ema and Rachel but the way he actually flung himself at Buck (I think it’s him I can’t tell the difference between him and Troy tbh lmao) to attack him just because they were bothering Mickey is amazing and him punching Buck for upsetting Ema.

#I also like when a restrained more serious character loses their shit when a loved one gets hurt too #I would die for spoon #I need mickey and spoon to be canon next season #shelter #harlan coben's shelter #shelter prime #mickey bolitar #ema winslow #arthur spindell #spoon spindell #mickey x spoon #spoon x mickey #spokey #tropes #tv tropes

[chirpsythismorning]

I just remembered they devoted a whole scene to Mike and Will burying a dead body for no reason other than to poke fun at—

#byler #they said cliche gay tropes #we raise you mocking those tropes subtly through the plot #like did they really need to devote a whole scene to burying a dead body? #they could have left dude laying anywhere #could’ve just stored him in one of the trunks in the junkyard #it wouldn’t have made any difference #fucking argyle joked about just writing their names on the makeshift gravestone #the scene was treated like a joke instead of them seriously needing to bury the body for safety reasons #it was a way to joke about how many viewers think Will is going to die #and follow the same trope every gay main character in mainstream media has before #where YAY they give us a gay character and get some brownie points from queer fans #only to kill the character off to appease the homophobes who make up the majority and would rather not have to actually watch a queer story #and the duffers are essentially saying #lmaooooo fuck that #and having it be both Mike and Will most prominently in this scene… #another fuck you to those saying that this love story is unrequited like every other story before it #they’re laughing at y’all!!! #y’all as in ppl that are predicting the most cliche ending to the story #like do you think they would poke fun at a trope that favors straight characters over gay ones… #only have a storyline that does just that? #the correct answer is no

[sweaterkittensahoy]

SCREAMING CRYING QUEERBAITING SCREAMING

#the sentinel #jim/blair #younglings this is where the sentinel trope comes from #fuck i need to just lie down and die for several hours and have a homoerotic near death experience with someone #fanvid #Youtube

[moongothic]

On the train of your last ask, what are your thoughts on dragons sexuality?

Personally I think he’s Demi something (more attracted to personality than looks or gender)

Honestly because we don't know that much about the guy it's kind of hard for me to form an opinion, and if Crocodad Real then we're going to find out his orientation eventually (since we gotta find out if that was a contributing factor to the Dragodile Divorce (assuming they're divorced)) so I'm kind of okay with not forming any headcanons, since the headcanon could get thrown out the window

If anything, what interests me is how Dragon's orientation could impact the story-- like when I've discussed the Dragodile Divorce I have mainly focused on speculating how Crocodile would've felt about it, but how Dragon felt about that is interesting too

Because if he's straight then yeah that probably contributed to The Divorce, but how did Dragon feel about it? Learning that the love of his life is now happier than ever before after transitioning and being happy for him, while also losing the version of Crocodile that he fallen in love to begin with? No longer feeling thet draw to him because of the thing that has brought him so much joy and comfort? Knowing that even if they did take down the WG the family Dragon had hoped to have would never come to be, because their relationship would now end? And that it would be on some level his fault, because he's not attracted to Crocodile anymore?

Like even if Dragon took things well and the divorce happened "on good terms", it would've been sad for Dragon too.

But then there's a slightly juicier option, because what if Dragon was bi, but the Divorce happened under unpleasant circumstances (be it Dragon lashing out or things getting violent because he couldn't recognize Crocodile) and he didn't figure it out until it was too late?

Because you'd still have Dragon going through some if not all of those previously mentioned feelings, of having to come to terms with the version of his significant other whom he had fallen in love with no longer existed, the family had pictured in his mind would never become a thing, that those things were be kind of his fault and that he had hurt Crocodile deeply in the process. But then he'd be looking at some news article of Crocodile's most recent heroic stunt, seeing his handsome face with that usual, unbothered expression, and realizing he still loved him? That he still wanted to be with him, wished they were together, even now that Crocodile was a far more handsome man than he was? And then the realization that he's bi hitting him like a fucking truck But it's too late. The divorce already happened. He already hurt Crocodile too deeply. Knowing Croc, he had probably already moved on. There was no fixing it, the relationship was over. At least for now, trying to go see Croc could be dangerous due to the WG and not wanting to risk the WG finding out about them and The Kid and Croc would probably be furious if Dragon even risked that at this point, after what he had done. Oh, and then Crocodile killed thousands of innocent people attempting to usurp a country by manufacturing a civil war. Something Dragon can't forgive. (Not to mention, hearing he had been taken down by their own son... Oof)

But what if despite all that, and not knowing the full circumstances behind what had happened (like the fact that Crocodile didn't know who the hell Luffy was), Dragon still loved Crocodile? What then?

#Moon posting #Asks #Dragodile #OP Meta #Answering an unusual amount of asks today because 1) Compensating for being AFK for a while and #2) The Tumblr News are deeply fucking upsetting and I need something to lighten my mood desperately ngl #So clearing my ask box it is wheeeee #Sorry this is a little incoherent lmao #Something about Dragon looking at Crocodile and being like ''why the fuck are you more handsome than me'' cracks me up okay #When your transgender husband gives you gender envy #I just love the story telling potential bi Dragon would give us because like. Yeah if they're straight then the relationship is joever #But if he was bi then there's that theoretical possibility they could maybe reconcile and get back together #And the fucking drama? The possibilities? I'm so here for that man give it to me #Luffy and/or Ivankov telling Dragon to get over himself and admit that he still loves Crocodile and wants to be with him? Gimme #Dragon taking a deadly blow to protect Crocodile because he doesn't want to lose him again? It's a trope for a reason #OR Dragon craddling a dying Crocodile begging him not to die because he still loves him? Oh yes #Crocodile trying to sneak away while everyone celebrates the destruction of the World Government #And Dragon showing up like ''I don't wanna lose you again pls don't go ;_;'' #And Croc telling him to either piss off OR to hurry up and get on the ship so they can leave before Luffy finds out #I am. Obsessed. Dragodile Retirement Romance let's fucking go #THE POSSIBILITIES MAN. Like I don't wanna get my hopes up because I doubt we'll get Canon Gay Dragodile BUT IT COULD BE SO GOOD

[lifblogs]

I want to understand. Are people predicting Hunter’s death because Crosshair and Batcher are “replacing” him? What are you thoughts? I want to know because I don’t see it.

#star wars #the bad batch #tbb #i’m just so busy crying on the i think crosshair will die train #for the record #i don’t believe crosshair will die #because of the stupid #‘they need to die to be redeemed trope’ #he’s good #he’s been redeemed since the season 2 finale #i hate that trope anyway and don’t believe in it here or see it

[n40mii]

Sometimes, I hope the tragic, sarcastic character who gives more love than they receive, hides how they’re feeling with jokes, and is generally seen as annoying but is also a fan favourite goes through something absolutely tragic. Just to see the reaction of the other characters. Will they cry? Will they regret not spending more time with them? Will they hate themselves for not being able/given the chance to help them? Will they be indifferent and not give a single shit at all?

#i’m talking about lister bird and leo valdez #i don’t care if they already went though something bad #they need to go through HELL #but they are NOT allowed to die #i just wanna see them suffer so they get the love and care they’ve always deserved #lister bird #leo valdez #iwbft #heroes of olympus #whump #whump tropes

[pikkish]

Yeah we've already talked about how outright stupid the lore n writing for modern Doom is, but tbh I can understand why they had to do something with Doomguy, why they had to make him The Specialest Boy instead of Just Some Guy. Do I like how they did it? No, I would've taken it a different direction. Do I think that hugo could've done it well even if he took it in the direction I would've? No, I have minimal faith in his story writing. But realistically, how many times can a guy singlehandedly accomplish the impossible before you have to acknowledge he's very much not Just Some Guy who happened to be at the right place at the right time? I think that, with how every single other person on the Phobos UAC base were killed in Doom I, doomguy stopped being Just Some Guy the moment he decided to do anything other than just lie down and die.

#pikspeak #im sure this is old news what with eternal being 4 years old now but. idk ive been thinking abt it. #i dont like the 'you were a chosen one from the very beginning!' trope too much #makes it feel a little like what the character actually does doesnt really have any significance #like if they were the chosen one who was going to win from the very beginning then why does it matter. #its the whole free will vs predestiny argument and. idk. i just think it could be done better. #no modern doomguy cannot be just some guy anymore but. it couldve been done a lot better. let him have been just a normal guy who had the #option to be normal and die but chose not to and through his own actions made himself significant #then again. maybe it wasnt the moment he didnt stay down that he became significant. i do like the idea of blazko having something to do #with it. i do like the idea of blazko having picked up the spear having something to do with it. #but still. 'youre actually a god and you were going to be this powerful Always' is just. not appealing. let him have some influence in his #own power. u dont even need to take the thing w the divinity machine out. just make him a separate entity from davoth instead of davoths #clone/destined counterpart. let dg make the decision to rise to davoths level instead of saying he was always there from the beginning. #sigh. i couldve written eternals story so much better. and yet. somehow i am still repeatedly drawn back to it. sighing smh.

[skunkes]

funny thing is that genuinely canonically talon is bi with an immense preference for women to the point where he cant really imagine any long term stuff with a man... but since ive whisked him away to the brain zone its like ok but what if he was safe and happy with another guyyy and meeeeee 🫶

#talkys #i think he'd also want to be a dad again but uhh not here king sorry #i mean it doesnt actually matter and its helpful for if i outgrow him #its just like with al #like al is a caretaker he wants kids so bad but I Need Him. if i ever outgrow al i can say the differences were too much for him #if i need al forever i can reverse the usual trope and make it so that he changes his mind and chooses me etc etc #i guess the other thing is well technically this wont be long term will it. talon can heal with some mortals that will #die eventually and open the wounds all over again #and finally i guess we currently still dont know if the preference is just a genuine preference #(which is valid) or if its this way because of what he's suffered...i guess we'll find out eventually anyway

[inorheona]

today I want to spread give kohane azusawa her glasses back agenda

#bandori > proseka because maya and lock get to keep their glasses during school at least #project sekai #i need to have more characters with glasses myself #get rid of the glasses=glow up trope should die