#hero has good intentions

[puddleslimewrites]

day one of humbly requesting you to continue nuisance

Hi anon! Thank you for the humble request! ^-^

Nuisance (Part 6)

Part 1 / Part 5

Hero was trapped. And they were trapped with a kid.

They didn't know what caused the earthquake that made this building collapse, but when the ground started shaking while they were out on patrol, they grabbed the nearest civillian and covered them.

When the dust settled and the shaking stopped, they blinked to let their eyes adjust to the darkness, and looked down at the person squirming in their arms.

"...Oh. You're Villain's kid." It took them a moment to realize why this girl looked so familiar, but they were sure of it now. How long had it been since they last saw her with Villain? A few weeks? Perhaps a month or two at most? How fast did kids grow?

She removed herself from Hero's arms and drew herself up as much as she could in the cramped space. They were lucky they ended up in this pocket within the rubble instead of crushed underneath the chunks of debri. "And what if I am?" The little nuisance wasn't looking quite so little anymore, but she certainly kept the attitude Hero remembered.

Hero leaned back and exhaled slowly. They didn't take offense to the challenge in her tone. They had other things to focus on. Like how to get out of here.

After determining that there was no way to move the rubble themself without ruining the fragile stability that happened to be keeping them both alive, Hero returned their attention to her. Although they were trapped, she didn't seem panicked at all. If anything, she was far calmer than any adult Hero had had to rescue.

"You don't seem scared. Are you alright?" Everyone expressed fear differently. Hero might not be great with kids, and this one might have an unusual liking for villainous characters, but they did still know how to do their job.

She gave them a look that Hero was very familiar with. It was reminiscent of Villain's favorite expression - the one that let Hero know they were being judged. Heavily. "Duh. I'm just waiting."

"Waiting? For what?"

The child scoffed. "What do you think?"

Hero frowned. Was she waiting for rescue? Hero couldn't put a call through - there was no signal here - but she seemed confident that something would happen soon.

A beat passed before they attempted to assure her. "I'm sure someone will be looking for us. It might take some time for a team to find us-"

"I'm not waiting for one of you," she cut them off bluntly. "Heroes suck. You even blew up my house once."

That gave Hero pause. It was true some of their coworkers could be a bit reckless. They couldn't blame a child for seeing things that way if they were affected so directly. "I'm...sorry to hear that," they said seriously. "I promise we are doing our best to protect you. But sometimes destruction like that is unavoidable."

"Oooor you're just bad at your job." She scoffed, small fists planted on her hips as she glared Hero down. The image would have been just a bit more intimidating if she didn't stick her tongue out too.

Nevertheless, Hero's face burned a little with embarrassment. At least they could be sure now that that sharp tongue of hers didn't come from Villain's influence.

#puddleslimewrites #asks for puddle #thank you for the ask <3 #i wrote this unusually fast this is not the standard #i wrote this instead of sleeping #heroes and villains #nuisance #writing #writing snippet #snippet #hero has good intentions #accidental adoption #villain 'adopts' a child #villain sidekick #hero x villain community

[guardianspirits13]

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dear lord y'all should learn to tell the difference between a gag in writing and an actual instance of harmful behavior... news flash but kids find mild violence funny and- shocker- can tell the difference between something that was the in-universe equivalent of roughhousing and actual physical assault with the intent of harm.

so much of the younger generation is caught up in the lack of nuance perpetuated by the internet that in trying to analyze a piece of text they read so far into it that they miss the point entirely.

this person also cites that because Percy (who is KNOWN for his sarcastic and often exaggerated narration) says that he's "scared" of Annabeth at times that means he is in an abusive relationship. Have you considered that in the context of the way the narration and the surrounding universe is constructed, this is a compliment?? Of her ability to kill monsters and survive?? or in some of the context they cite he's intimidated by her because he's a TEENAGER WITH A CRUSH.

For the love of the greek gods stop taking everything so literally!!!!!!

And I want to clarify, this is not about shipping. I couldn't care less if you like Percabeth or not. Heck- if you want to interpret the text in the way that makes you personally believe that they're toxic or whatever I'm not gonna stop you, but I draw the line at using your warped perception of the narrative to lash out against people who enjoy it, let alone calling them "abuse apologists".

no reading comprehension-ass website for real 😩

#pjo #percabeth #percy jackson and the olympians #heroes of olympus #i fr don't get why people in this fandom have such hatred for the author who created it??? #like even if he's made some mistakes in his representation he continues to try and clearly has good intentions #i swear ive seen more vitriol towards him on twitter and tumblr than i have for jk #i don't get it #like every 'controversy' ive seen cited for him was a genuine mistake that he has acknowledged and grown past like??? #i understand #dramaaaa #jess's rambles

[turtletoria]

every time i see art of boxleitner and wordgirl in an explicitly father-daughter scenario i sit there gritting my teeth and fists clenched like thats not her father thats not her father thats not her father thats not h

#like nothing wrong with it ig.... ? like ur not evil and ur not terrible for liking it #but she has a dad. a pretty good dad in fact (well minus that one ep. lalalaala) #but steven is her weird uncle at best and strange neighbor at worst #hes a mentor and a trusted adult but still not her dad #and i know this owes to the writing of the show and steven is everyones fav blorbo (mine included!) but i very much dislike how in so many #cases this white guy is becoming number one dad to this child of color as if she doesnt have a loving family at home #like ive been thru the owl house trenches and im kinda sick of white favoritism esp in the parental space #like in the case of toh how everyone really fawned over eda being a “good mom” to luz while camilla was highly criticized for a while before #everyone warmed up to her . and even then i dont think she was wholly liked #despite her also being a victim of ableism and potentially undiagnosed neurodivergence. her good intentions doesnt negate the harm she #caused but thats a good char exploration and plot driver between mother and daughter and its a really unique exploration of motherhood ive #seen in kids tv. and its smth i envisioned for wordgirl and her own parents who are good intentioned but still have room to grow for their #kids. #i can see why steven is popular as a father figure bc we see a lot of him and he is a guardian figure in the show that wg misses but #i still think that a big part of wg's char is someone who is split btwn being a normal girl and a hero. in this case steven is her #“superhero dad” (i say this non-seriously just to make a point) with her real parents representing her “normal” side #and exploring how she reconciles these experiences and even these adult figures in her life could be interesting! #but cutting out her parents and only having steven as a father or primarily showing him as being doting and loving of wg kind of feels like #its ignoring a huge point of conflict for wg and also kind of mischaracterizing steven as well

[backjustforberena]

I've finally watched Fate: The Winx Saga and... wow.

#not a good wow #a puzzled wow #a “wow” they wasted potential #and “wow” this structure is a mess #and “wow” what was even the intention with some of this? #it's got it's MOMENTS #there ARE things I like #but JEEZ #esp bloom as the protagonist? like honey those are all the wrong choices for not even the right reasons. #i'm all for heroes being flawed but you're not flawed - you're just stupid #i can tell that this series probably has very good fanfic though

[betelgeusing]

marty hart's cyclical return to praising family as THE thing that keeps a man grounded, stable, and happy (specifically in pointing out that rust DOESN'T have a family) even as flashbacks show him spiraling into jealous macho violence as he lies to, mistreats, and destroys his family over the course of multiple affairs (by which he deliberately steps outside of and away from his family despite his wife's best efforts to get him to reconnect and step up to be the family man he sees himself as)

vs

rust cohle's repeated excoriations of the idea of individuality and personhood and the stupid self-centeredness and entitlement that comes with saying "I, a human being, matter to the universe, and the things I do matter", an ideology he carries for years and waxes poetic on for his interviewers as late as 2012, even as he obsessively works himself to the bone to get justice and resolution for the victims he's assigned and ultimately to protect children from the powerful and dangerous people who want to brutalize them

#true detective #so what if it all goes back to Melville and Milch. every great character spins against the way he drives #I know this is the point of their characters I know other people have said it before and better #but I go through it every time and this time Marty is hitting me extra hard. bc with Rust it's basically screaming in your face #Rust says humanity (without exception) is stupid selfish and vain and we're fools to convince ourself our actions matter #he then proceeds to take a job where everything he does matters SO MUCH. and to CARE about that job deeply and obsessively #but Marty... I've really noticed this time how Maggie calls him a coward multiple times in her efforts to pull him back to his family #and she's right because he's too much of a coward to face that gaining the sainted ''family'' hasn't fixed him! #it hasn't made him stop wanting to fuck other women #it hasn't made him the household hero the perfect father and husband the savior of the women in his life #he thought it would and when it doesn't live up to the fantasy he checks out completely #and even in 2012 when his marriage has fallen apart! he still lauds marriage and family as the thing that makes a man good! #despite all the evidence in front of him that he became WORSE after becoming a husband and father. he can't let the ideal go #he has good intentions at his core but he's obsessed with the idea of being a good ol boy and a family man #he shits on Rust for being isolated because he's scared to face the idea that he-- Marty-- would have done less damage on his own #sorry for the tag novel they make me want to bite. and knock their stupid empty heads together really hard #btw this show would be 75% less effective if they had not filmed on location. big brain move thank God for the TD S1 location scouts

[enbysiriusblack]

dorcas meadowes and sirius black are the anti hero marauder characters.

#if you're wondering why regulus isn't here. i shall explain my decision. #right so. an anti hero is a character who does good but has un- heroic like traits #an anti hero focuses on personal motivation above a sort of greater good. #and is generally disliked/on the outs with the clearer hero/villian characters #dorcas is on a clear side of good. but the way they go about it isn't that moral #they kill practically hundreds of people (bad people) out of more anger and grief than anything else #dorcas could be classed as a hero with more villianous qualities (acting on more selfish desires/careless about people they hurt) #sirius comes from a family of more villian characters but runs towards good #his intentions are some 'for the greater good' and just. to rebel. #they tend to act selfishly and impulsively and make bad choices #sirius strives to be a hero but his trauma and intentions land them in anti hero #whereas regulus. #he (unlike sirius and dorcas) isn't on/striving for good. #he is a very neutral character that is trapped in a villianous world #an anti hero actively does both good and bad. an anti hero thinks firstly of themsevles #regulus doesn't. his good deed is stealing the horcrux. his bad deed is joining the death eaters. #he does do both good and bad. but that just lands him as a neutral character. a morally grey victim. a complacent rebel. #dorcas and sirius do good things with bad intentions and bad things with good intentions #whilst regulus does a bad thing and a good thing. and so on. which cancels each other out. making him neutral. #marauders era #marauders #sirius black #dorcas meadowes

[llumimoon]

ouggh. add another "npc relationship that would be really cool to see but that we probably wont get" to the list !!! anyways im thinking abt Hero Oak and Grant Wilson and fucking weeping

#cal rambles #dndads #their relationship is one ive BEEN thinking abt but actually this episode very much solidified it #as something really interesting i think. #BIG fan of Hero being initially raised by all the kiddads and therefore she knows them better than the other teens #i like the idea that theyre all kinda like weird uncles to her <3 yk the family friends that u call aunt and uncle #but aren't actually related to u #anyways. cries #before i was like haha it would be really cute if Hero's inital facination with video games #originated from Grant when he babysitted her as a kid #and then. this episode. OUGFFGGFGH #something something being forced to kill a living being in an intimate and grotesque way by ur father figure #and being told its for your own good. but all it did was fuck you up #one of my fav hcs of Hero is that she inherited the bulk of the oak family anger issues #that is to say. shes got a very short temper but also the tendency to repress it until it explodes #unlike Henry I think she does this partially unintentionally. she forces it down under a layer of apathy #from the moment she was born with the intention of being raised to be the chosen one #her situation has been unfair #and shes been angry at that unfairness for so goddamn long. and there wasn't much she could do about it #so her options were be continiously furious or repress it disassociate and feel nothing #if shes angry she could lash out and she's powerful. oh god she's powerful. she already has blood on her hands. she doesnt want more. #so she keeps it all in a tight little bundle and presses it down where it belongs #you see where im going with this. cries #anyways i just want to see them interact so bad ough i want to chew drywall #grants exposure to violence caused him to enter a disassociative state where only more violence could bring him out of #which caused him to seek more violence despite all the guilt and bad feelings attached #bc he wanted to FEEL something and it was the only way to do that #versus Hero. whos exposure to violence caused her to similarly numb her emotions #except i think more violence makes it worse. the state she has to put herself in to do violence is too emotionally taxing to get in & out of #so she actively avoids it avoids even thinking of it in order to feel like a real person

[redysetdare]

You guys don't understand I cannot watch s4 of lmk because if I have to sit through the story acting like Macaque is all fine and dandy and redeemed while it and the fandom actively demonizes wukong i will fucking lose it.

#text #you cannot convince me s4 is better than s3 when s4 just HAS MACAQUE THERE and BEING A GOOD GUY with NO CONSEQUENCES to hurting MK #but Wukong gets yelled at and hated by the characters and fandom for doing FAR LESS HARM #like YOU CANNOT CONVINCE ME THAT IS GOOD WRITING LMAO #You cant convince me they are building up Macaque's redemption when he's just fucking hanging out #and MK is acting all nice and like he's a fucking friend like theres no distrust or anger towards what macaque put him through #but yeah he and eveyrone else can still be pissed at Wukong who had better intentions than macaque ever did #FUCK i hate how this fandom and show treat macaque as some anti-hero when he doesn't deserve that title!!!! AT ALL!!!! #MANS DID NOTHING #HE DIDNT EVEN DO THE BARE MINIMUM!!!! JFC!!!!

[hecksupremechips]

Actually cry so goddamn hard when I think about Shinjiro Aragaki healing and being loved and having to learn to be okay with himself and being taken care of

#writing him has just been like. OOOOWOEOEOEOOE i piss tears i cant handle this shit this gay ass shit #i came up with an idea for just like a cute short one shot i wanna do soon and hnnnghh im so emo about it #very healing its like very hard to write some of the shit im gonna be writing cuz basically #some of it is just a little too real man and while i crave the angst and the drama i am just like #AND THEN EVERYONE HOLDS HANDS AND ITS OKAY PLEASE DONT CRY PLEASE #and ive mentioned how shinji has accidentally become nb to me now because i just kinda happened to write him that way without meaning to #and now another thing im noticing is that in my fic hes kinda bpd coded #it definitely wasnt intentional but now im accepting it as truth no one can stop me #i just really need him to be happy its more important to me than anything else man i need it for me #and he needs to be gay with aki they need to kissy and i think its funny cuz even in the parts where shinji is mad at aki and pushing him #away its like. he kinda has it bad lol and its clear he feels no actual hatred towards aki but more just self deprecation because he doesnt #feel good enough and like idk i just think about their respective roles in society like #aki is an honor student star boxer hero very attractive very kind very popular got adopted by a rich family #hes going places you know meanwhile shinji is a drop out who never had a family ever hes homeless hes sketchy hes on drugs #his reputation couldnt be any worse and he just leans into it and feels he has no future and hes worthless garbage #and aki could literally have anyone he wants you know he has an army of girls pining over him but he doesnt want them #HE WANTS SHINJI AND NO ONE ELSE HE SPENDS YEARS CHASING AFTER HIM #and shinji HATES it hes trying so hard to push him away and be the crusty delinquent and make aki see how worthless he really is #but aki just doesnt stop he loves him so much makes me sick SICK #and shinji really loves him back hes like not gonna shut up ever about aki hes like either doing it in a gay ass annoyed way #or hes like ‘haha omg aki is so cute though hes always trying so hard to be tough but hes just so sweet and gentle you know i hope he #doesnt push himself too hard if he got hurt id fall apart hes so silly i hope hes eating good i desire him carnally’ #yeah sorry gamers this is just a pairing i cant be normal about they mean so much to me personally the fate of the world rests upon them

[doctorweebmd]

coming out of my baldurs gate 3 delirium (aka i am working a night shift and can't physically play it. at work.) to say that horikoshi. horikoshi when i GET YOU. you are NOT leaving izuku with no quirk and no arms. i am in your walls

#bnha spoilers #also. more evidence that horikoshi read zero-sum game #like come on the twins thing the izuku losing his quirk thing the losing his arm thing the shiggy getting decay from afo thing #TELL ME THE TRUTH HORIKOSHI. DID YOU READ MY FANFIC. #i'm joking of course. he's just done a really good job of foreshadowing through the series. its a marker of an amazing author #and i know that izuku probably won't lose both his arms and his quirk. i fully expect it to be a happy ending in some way shape or form #this is a sixteen year old boy who sacrificed EVERYTHING. more than he ever had to give #and he had less than a year. LESS THAN A YEAR. #sorry i'm already crying thinking about the scene of him holding shigaraki's hand even though it will decay him........ #izuku who knows better than ANYONE what shigaraki's power can do.... reaching out to him. caring more about others than about himself. #he's just. he's so good. he's SO GOOD. he deserves the world #tbh i feel like eri HAS to be involved at this point. she's the deus ex machina in all this #that or overhaul #both of their abilities can at least physically restructure izuku's body #it would actually be a very interesting redemption point for overhaul....... #i mean WHY ELSE RESCUE HIM. and why give him THE SAME FUCKING INJURY #what a powerful thing it would be to have eri give overhaul his arms back #and overhaul learning about goodness and forgiveness from this girl he's done nothing but abuse and torture #and saves izuku........ #its about ATONEMENT. its about GROWTH. its about IT NEVER BEING TOO LATE. #AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I LOVE YOU MY HERO ACADEMIA #... ok. i'm normal. its fine. #on another note #i loved the ending to my first bg3 run which i think i finished Tuesday/Wednesday. i cried. #IMMEDIATELY started a durge run where i'm playing a male human bard instead of the female half-wood elf ranger #i was like 'haha. i'll make a character based on hisoka from hxh! i'm gonna be SOOOO evil! >:)) #and guess who still isn't good at being big evil. ME. at worst i'm probably chaotic neutral. #its wild i'm already finding SO MANY new scenes i missed on the first playthrough even though i'm making a lot of the same choices #so it still feels super fun and fresh. more so now because i kind of know the characters and the mechanics better #my current playthrough i'm with lae'zel shadowheart and asterion with no intention of switching out

[puddleslimewrites]

Nuisance (Part 3)

Part 1 / Part 2 // Part 4 Hero froze.

It was a child. Villain's child.

They had followed her after she bumped into them and they realized their hands were empty.

At the end of the street stood their nemesis, tall and intimidating in civilian clothes. Except, they didn't look so intimidating out of uniform.

Hero swallowed. They didn't know Villain had a kid. They didn't talk about their home lives on the job. Or much of anything, actually.

It was all very routine, their encounters. Villain wasn't one to monologue. Always, Hero showed up, they fought, and either Hero thwarted their plans or Villain found an opening to slip away.

Hero watched the little girl run up to Villain. It wasn't quite broad daylight but the evening glow was enough. She reached up, proudly showing off her prize - a cinnamon bun freshly stolen from Hero.

To Hero's bafflement, their enemy crouched down and gave her a pat on the head, clearly congratulating her. Hero's eyes narrowed as they considered what to do.

The two had an agreement, of sorts. They already knew what the other looked like, the masks having come off on one occasion or another during their altercations. Wordlessly, they agreed that outside of work they would ignore each other - or at least not acknowledge that they knew one another. But this? Could Hero really ignore this? There was a chance, however slim, that that wasn't Villain's child. They still had to consider all possibilities, whether they were on the clock or not.

~

"Did you-?"

"Kidnap her?" Villain raised an eyebrow and gave them a look that made Hero flush. They were well acquainted with this expression. It was their patented 'Are you really that much of an idiot?' stare.

Hero cleared their throat. They glanced down at the child who stood next to Villain glaring up at them fiercely. Hero wondered how long she'd been in Villain's care.

"Yes," the hero said. "That."

Villain rolled their eyes. "Oh, yes, the local daycare is just full of potential," Villain drawled. "Isn't that where you heroes get your sidekicks from? Thought I'd have a look for myself."

Hero's lips thinned in a satisfying way. Villain thought it was very typical of a hero to assume the worst of their enemy without basis.

...Perhaps not without basis, but still. Kidnapping? Really? Did Hero take them for some common criminal?

"I'll have you know she adopted herself," Villain said airily. The girl bristled with pride at their side, clearly pleased with herself.

Hero narrowed their eyes and looked between the two. "And why should I believe you?"

The girl huffed. "If you weren't gonna believe it then why'd you ask?" she demanded. Her scowl really was quite impressive.

Villain couldn't help but roll their eyes again. They turned away from Hero, a clear dismissal. The little girl stuck her tongue out and followed her (il)legal guardian in a similar fashion.

#heroes and villains #hero x villain #accidental adoption #villain prompt #villain 'adopts' a child #hero and villain prompt #writing prompts #hero has good intentions #found family #puddleslimewrites #nuisance

[roobylavender]

3, 7, 8 & 10 for ask meme :)

ok my asks are working again YAY

3. screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on tumblr

thankfully i don't save any of these screenshots when i rant about them so my memory really is failing me here but usually like 8 times out of 10 it is something from a dick fan completely mischaracterizing bruce as a person bc they have not bothered to read anything removed from the context of new teen titans and onward

7. what character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because how how the fandom acts about them?

this is actually something i make it a point not to do because i personally really hate to ever let fandom influence my opinion of something. which is why it's very rare for me to actually hate a character and when i do i really mean it and it's always coming from somewhere textually

8. common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

not so much an opinion as it is a sentiment but i personally think people are way too harsh on tim. like there is absolutely classism at play with how tim and jason are written with respect to each other in the 90s but idk why the blame for that is placed on tim as a character when there is so much he doesn't know and can't be expected to know bc bruce will never truly reveal whatever is going on with himself internally. tim is naive and too idealistic and privileged but i also think it is very tragic how willing he is to rob himself of a childhood for the sake of a city and an idealism that is already falling to pieces within bruce by the time tim makes it into the family. he is self righteous and he gets angry and he is too willing to please and for some reason people's prerogative is to castigate him for it instead of recognize that.. he is mentally really fucked up and probably should not be doing any of this? and i also am no fan of dc's tendency towards overkill so personally tim's canon ceases to hold relevance for me way before infinite crisis comes into the picture but i think it is absolutely crazy people act like tim has no right to be upset over the fact that his dad, his best friend, and his girlfriend all die in immediate succession of each other. like if i was sixteen years old and that happened and i was already hanging by a thread trying to sustain the weight of believing i need to hold a city together i would be the emotionally ugliest person in the world and no one could say shit to me about whether they suffered more or less

🔥 choose violence ask game 🔥

#op who asked me who my favorite robin is the other day here is my tim manifesto ig. ajlkfjdsgdsfhgdf #i think i kind of toe the line as a tim fan in the sense that i too like most tim fans would like for his trauma to be recognized #but i am also not intent whatsoever on tim making a career out of vigilantism like he clearly should not be doing this at all #even if he is good at it #and that is where i think i diverge from tim fans bc they seem to get like. really upset that he has no concrete hero identity #like newsflash babes. timothy jimothy is not meant to have one #my son should hang up the colors and go into photography or journalism or something #outbox

[lemongogo]

ok question . dont actually answer it bc im only partly thru season 4 and dont want spoilers but wwyd if i told u that skylers an enjoyable character . /gen /srs like im not wven joking u i think shes fine, fun even, but i feel like everykne HATES HERRBAJWHWJ is it a woman moment thing where ppl label her a bitch bc they dont like that she often opposes walt / is capable of making “poor” decisions or is there a legitimate rzn later on bc im more than halfway thru the series n like . none of what shes done thus far is even comparable 2 anyone else😭 ik its such a nuanced conversation n very few characters if at all r like . supposed 2 be unambiguously viewed as good or bad but from all the reception ive seen before watching , its almost like ive been waiting 4 some nonexistent ball to drop

#like is this the same thng as binhuh crowd where ppl see endvr and think like. ueah that guys a hero but @ walt #bc no matter his intentions i thknk walt is a severely flawed (4 good rzn n good in writing) character w many issues n moral shortcomings #2 the point whre is like. im convinced ppl who defend him blindly jst Have not watched the show #NAWTTT to get into br/ba politics help but i like dissecting characters n their intentions #and skyler legitimately like . what shes done . so far . is so insignificant in the grand scheme of thjngs . SOO far at least #girl fucks her boss money launders n dupes a man out of his business OKEYYY!m??? AND??she looks good doing it🤒 #no but srsly like . even if wht she has done isnt like . the coolest (which irdt shes done abysmal shit) .its fun when #walt or jesse or gus mike hank etc etc do it bt when she does it its like.worst chara hall of fame or smt😭 #MAYBEEEG help watch everything implode w/i the next like 20 episodes n i eat my words but anwyays regardless #i think even if she did do awful awful shit like.ok. ! she can b fun w it too ALL im saying #whenever i talk 2 inrls ab it i always ask who their fav n least fav charas r and skyler is ALWAYSS w/o fail the least fav😭😭😭

[freakinflipflop]

Been thinking about Apotheosis because of course I am, but about Rumi specifically and their obsession with perfection and how it interacts with their love and care for humanity. Bc on the one hand, he feels so strongly that he has to look perfect, he has to repair his injuries and make a good impression and say the right things. But on the other hand, she’s continually so interested in the well-being of others, to the point where it can cause problems- she insists on saving the people in the blights, refuses to land the killing blow, showed Peter care just bc they knew of him from their visions, and repeatedly states that her main goal is to make the world better for people. And also like the bar scene at the very beginning! He’s trying to lift up and inspire people through telling hopeful tales!

But then you see the interaction between the perfectionism and the goal of making a better world for everyone, and how they weave into something that feels more questionable. Rumi gathering followers purposefully in any way possible. Rumi putting the marks on people’s hands to show that they’re still alive, which on the one hand has the side effect of causing people to think they’re dead, but on the other, more serious hand, leaves, as far as they’re aware, a permanent mark on that person’s body to show they believe in him. The intention to go save other worlds and make them better. The fact that he’ll lie and hide things about himself from Peter and Thanatos bc he wants to upkeep the perfect image, even in front of people he cares for.

Rumi is so interesting to me because although he wants power, he is very strongly aware of his goal with that power, and I genuinely believe that the power won’t corrupt him. What I DO believe is that Rumi will be so caught up in her need to have others see her as perfect that she won’t notice when her uses of power greatly overstep where she should be using them. She wants to help people, and I believe that she will; however, when she does, it will be as a benevolent but untouchable god, and not as a hero of the people.

#Rumi jrwi #jrwi apotheosis #just roll with it #Rumi is SO INTERESTING TO ME #what happens if someone wants to help people #but never asks how they can help #never asks what they need #and instead seeks to create a perfect world without suffering #she is SO GOOD and has pure intentions #but that purity also folds over into her self-image #and she refuses to let herself connect on a personal level #which is what you NEED to be a folk hero. #you don’t need people to idolize you. you need them to trust you #and if they don’t know you how can they trust you? #they can trust your ideals; they can trust that you’ll get the job done #but they can’t trust that you’ll still come back home and buy everyone drinks and make everyone laugh #i don’t think Rumi can truly be a hero with their pathway unless they open themself up #otherwise they’ll just be an untouchable god like the ones they’ve just slain #and how long will that improvement last?

[longagoitwastuesday]

Do you have favorite actors for the various roles in "Cyrano de Bergerac"? I would love to hear your thoughts!

I do! I actually rambled a lot about this while I was watching the different productions I could get my hands on (I tagged it "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "I talk too much").

My favorite productions are the one with José Ferrer and the one with Benoit Solès, and those actors make the best Cyranos in my opinion. Though that's probably something in part beyond the actors' choice, their dynamic with their respective Roxane and Christian are the best ones, I think, and I find how Cyrano moves around these two particular characters at the core of a good Cyrano characterisation.

José Ferrer's use of his voice, which is arguably Cyrano's true most characteristic feature, is unmatched imo (although McAvoy does a very good job with this too), and he manauvers very well several of the different aspects of the character, such as his playfulness, his shittiness and longing. By the end of the play you believe he is the most beautiful man on Earth. Cyrano, however, is a bit pathetic (not just in a "pathos" way), and I'd say Ferrer gives off an air full of dignity very fitting of many scenes, but that eats almost entirely this aspect of Cyrano; Benoit Solès manages this very well, while also playing well with some of the other ones, such as the playfulness, the longing, the pain and the despair. Both Ferrer and Solès are hilarious, tender, a bit shitty, vulnerable, playful and sad. Albeit neither of them portrays 100% what Cyrano is, I think both come pretty close in slightly different flavours, and by the end of the play one ends up being terribly fond of them.

My favourite Roxane is Clara Huet in the production with Benoit Solès, but Mala Powers in the 1950 film is a close second. I think they portray wonderfully Roxane's spunk, and her mix of honest playful cheerfulness and her haughtiness, her intelligence and wit, and how much like Cyrano she is.

I've not come to love for now any Christian as much as I've loved Ferrer, Solès, Huet and Powers, but again I think the Christians in the 1950 film and the Solès productions are very very good. I love the dynamic they have with their Cyranos, especially the one Christian and Cyrano have in the 1950 film, enhanced positively by the added scenes (they actually work so well in showing their developing as friends, their deep love and care for each other!). I don't want to expand too much on this to avoid spoilers (beyond the already known 'Christian dies' ones I mean), but some things they do with both these Christians are a thing of genius, and both feel vulnerable, kind, ready to fight and truly desperate at times; I like when they do that.

There's an Italian production which has a Cyrano I truly enjoy as well, despite how they dumbify him more than I usually like my Christians. His mix of anger and deep pain when he discovers Cyrano's feelings for Roxane were so well made, and his physical presence makes you identify who Christian is even before the play starts.

The Podalydès production has two different Christians. The one in the version on youtube isn't bad, but @ride-a-dromedary likes Éric Ruf a lot. I actually adore him based on the clips and gifs she's posted of him, but I haven't been able to find the version with him online, so I can't know. But he truly seems one of the best. Based on what little I've seen, I love his intense gazes and subtle gestures.

I'm not entirely sold on any Le Bret, De Guiche or Ragueneau yet.

I think the German musical has a decent Ragueneau in vibes, and the 1990 French film does as well. I found his poem made song for what I think is a Spanish production (I'm not sure if it's a fan creation based on the Spanish production), and while I've not been able to find that production online, the song works well in vibes too I think.

The German musical's Le Bret in vibes is very good. He encompasses well his deep love and worry for Cyrano while also being done with his shit. They truly feel like close friends. The 1950 film kind of combines Gaston de Castel-Jaloux and Le Bret into one character, which sadly changes Le Bret's dynamic with Cyrano a bit, but that's a very good Le Bret as well. The one in Solès' production is pretty good too. He has my favourite delivery of the scene in which Le Bret chastises Cyrano for risking his life sending letters.

De Guiche is complicated. I think productions often make him too pathetic and laughable or too bad, so bad it makes the last act kind of not make sense. The 1950 one, the 1990 French one, the Kevin Kline one and the Solès one are all good, but I am not passionate for any of them either.

And basically that's it!

#I'm sorry for such a long reply‚ it wasn't my intention. In fact I tried to keep it short but oops #As an extra I'll say that the Japanese film based on Cyrano‚ Life of an Expert Swordsman‚ has a quite good main trio #The Christian character is pretty‚ noble and kind. The Roxane character is smart and well-versed in poetry and a writer in her own right #I loved when productions enhance these aspects of these characters #Kline isn't a bad Cyrano‚ but he is a bit too unbelievable to me. He is too pretty being too old. I already don't like these characters #being old because it makes it lose some sense (they're idiots in part because they are young) but he is so fit for a ~60yo which is like... #Really? The nose? A young man with the same traits is more believable to be self-conscious and think himself unlovable I'd say #I like that Kline comes off at times as a bit cruel and violent and I think it works well with how he is a lot of fun #But at times he is so much fun it ruins the mood‚ although this is a problem of the production in general and of it being based #on Burgess' translation‚ which is something I could ramble about on its own and that makes me kinda mad #I think Depardieu on the other hand falls short on being fun. He tries so hard it isn't funny and it often feels a bit pathetic to me #but not in the way Cyrano is meant to be. On the other hand‚ I felt Depardieu was too full of himself in this film and was too aware #of being he protagonist. The thing about Cyrano is that he doesn't think he is #All in all‚ the more I watch this film the less I like it and his portrayal of Cyrano. I also don't like their Christian and Roxane #(although she isn't as bad as the Klein production of Roxane‚ who is for me among the worst) #I'm not sold at all on the 2021 Roxane either‚ and this Cyrano is so much the dashing tragic hero that he isn't funny #which is one of Cyrano's main characteristics. So I don't like the 2021 Cyrano a lot either. But that's not due to the acting‚ #but because the musical does a poor work at being an adaptation of the play and its characters I'd say #The worst Cyrano out of the ones I've seen is perhaps the one in the Italian production I've mentioned that had a Christian I liked #Their Roxane was awful too but iirc Le Bret was good and Ragueneau was decent #I'm not into the Podalydès Cyrano at all. One of the Cyranos I enjoy the least I must admit. But at least he isn't that Italian one #I conclusion‚ and I always feel kinda sectarian‚ everyone should watch the Benoit Solès version #The José Ferrer film is popular enough not to mention #I talk too much #Cyrano de Bergerac

[wizardnuke]

i love my ocs

#a scientist who does very unethical experiments. his political marriage partner who works as an interrogator. and the charming rougish #enemy spy they caught poking around in their house #this story isn't about redemption not really. or love or forgiveness but it's kind of in the margins #this is a full novel idea sitting in my head. maybe one day ill write it #positing the idea that everyone has good in them but not everyone deserves second chances. this isn't about second chances it's about #rewriting all of ur work. reversing everything you did n feeling hollow in the aftermath. are you a hero if you only fixed what you broke. #the intention would be to end the story on a bittersweet note of. like. the knowledge that they're essentially right back at the beginning #will they repeat or break the cycle. they don't know and i don't either #i like Concepts and Themes