one of my all time favorite character tropes is when a character has two sides to themselves that by all means SHOULD be contradictory but somehow co-exist.
a character can be a ruthless killer who is also a kind, loving person, and those two sides don’t have to cancel each other out! they can be both and it makes me feel shrimp emotions every time
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Sometimes I think I've not improved but then I see this and I feel a bit better about my art 😊
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Barnaby refusing to get any character development is so funny cause he is set up to go through the classic route of
"Arrogant, stuck-up rich guy learns to be more humble and respect the lives of the poor/ his friends/ his found family"
But at every turn he completely ignores any potential growth.
Gets kidnapped and tortured in a dungeon? Completely represses it and it never comes up again. What torture? Nothing bad has every happened to Barnaby Fortesque.
Meets an equally insufferable rich person who, GASP, is part of an evil secret society, which is completely against his mora- Oh wait, he is also in that same evil secret society and has no problems with it, and is completely chill with Astor, even as he tries to ruin the life of his coworker/crime friend.
Reach the end of the adventure, about to change the world forever, and everyone gives their speech on what they learned and why they won't accept a world without magic, debunking Astor's call to their vices, and when Astor goes to Barnaby, the one person who he admits will suffer THE MOST from this, what does Barnaby say to refute him? What life changing lesson in humility is this character archetype obligated to learn that will cause an acceptance in a drastic change in the status quo, that will negatively affect him?
"Oh I completely agree with everything you're saying and I don't like nor understand why everyone wants this 'equality' thing so much, but Im too lazy to stop it and I'm so rich I'll just bounce back from this lol."
Incredible. Excellent. Amazing. Peak character tbh Idk what else to really expect from him.
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