#hes such a refreshing protagonist

[thejetblackwings]

So far, what I really want from TCF is to see all of these events up until the Harris village rebuilding from Choi Han's perspective. Cale's take on the opinions of the people around him are so biased that I feel like I barely even know these people lol.

Choi Han: Cale-nim is a really nice person!

Cale: Me? Nice!? I have the worst personality in the entirety of Henituse County *cue Cale feeding and adopting two homeless kids*

Cale: I'm literally the trash of the Henituse family *spends millions to save a baby dragon*

Cale: What bullshit are you spouting? I'm the worst guy ever *saves the capital from a terrorist attack*

Cale: Everything I do is for my own gain *does twenty different favors for a paralyzed man*

Cale: I don't care about anyone else. I only care about living the life of a couch potato *adopts ten orphaned children and builds a village for them*

Choi Han & the entire cast:...

Beacrox:...should we tell him?

Ron: Nah this is funny

I know this has probably been said a hundred times before but I really wanna know what goes on in people's minds as they hear Cale say this shit XD

I cannot wait for the moment when Cale realizes that the people around him LIKE him like a lot lot. Especially Ron. God I can't wait for Cale's surprised Pikachu face when he realizes that Ron adores him. Like genuinely.

#no spoils plz #i adore Cale's brand of obliviousness #hes such a refreshing protagonist #selfless to a fault and still thinks he's selfish lol #my man did not invest any coins in the self-awareness stat #tcf #cale henituse #trash of the count's family

[lemonlurkrr]

I like it when the snakes say things

#mgs #metal gear solid #mgs3 #mgs4 #eva: its called the slay button actually. #they're all so talkative #kind of refreshing as a fan of another multi-game franchise featuring a silent protagonist #i wanted to get more horror and dread in hal's face but it wasn't working so he's just perturbed now #lemondoodlrr

[ur-local-kiwi]

i feel like we need a knk slice of life spinoff thing. the doomed yaoi storyline we have rn is good and all, but tbh i wanna see all my favorite goobers just hanging out and doing normal people things. i think thatd just be nice honestly

#kiwi is eveposting... #kara no kioku #i feel like having something like that would be a refreshing change of pace compared to the constant peril of the main storyline tbh #and i wanna see more of the characters and get to know them better !! #like 90% of the cast never really gets their chance to like... have any sort of personality imo #even rei gets cheated out of this tbh. i cant even really describe rei as a person because hes just A Guy Who Is Suffering #< same thing with nagi and yukito tbh #but its even worse for rei because like. hes the protagonist and yet hes sadly not that memorable or unique #anyway sorry for the rant in the tags here... that was not intentional TTOTT

[hyacynta]

"apollo is so annoying I couldn't read toa" just admit you like bland characters

#his personality is what made me love him so early on #he put character into everything i never found that annoying #it was refreshing to have a protagonist who wasnt classically 'heroic' #trials of apollo #toa #pjo apollo #lester papadopoulos #rrverse #riordanverse #pjo hoo toa #the trials of apollo #ttoa #apollogists

[lanliingwang]

miss writing a-yao as the protagonist of a fanfic

#lulas's randomness #jin guangyao #mdzs #i have one completed fic and a couple of wips where he's either the protagonist or the deuteragonist #but god my brain has not been in mdzs writing mood for a while so idk when I'll finish the wips #it was refreshing to write him as such though. one of 3 steadfast beloveds from mdzs <333 #(the other two were nhs and wwx) #meng yao

[hecksupremechips]

Listen I don’t really care about this play anymore and I haven’t interacted with it in ages but in Be More Chill I think Jeremy and Christine were good together and I won’t STAND for everyone in that fandom trying to convince me otherwise!!!!!

#the klock keeps ticking #ive. held onto this for a long time 👉👈 #and i may be biased cuz christine was the only character i gave a shit about BUT #i stand by my opinion #i think it was refreshing too cuz in a lot of teen trash stories your generic guy protagonist has a crush on a girl #and shes pretty much always the generic popular girl or his generic childhood friend girl #but bmc was like ‘yeah so this guy is in love with this theater girl whos just really fucking weird and has autism swag’ #which i adore we need more of that shit #and like i know WHY ppl hated them together because ppl hate female characters #especially ones that get in the way of THE SHIP BETWEEN TWO MALE CHARACTERS UWAAAAA #i was always of the opinion that michael was gay and he could do better than jeremy #like damn maybe a guy can be gay and single but ppl dont actually want gay characters #they want ships to fawn over #and then the Feminist™️ fans were like ‘i dont hate christine owo heres art of her being SUPPORTIVE of the REAL PAIRING the BOYS’ #‘i headcanon her as pansexual so see im not misogynistic see i ship her with a female character she didnt even interact with see!!!’ #‘im totally not doing this cuz i cant stand the idea that this harmless female character stands in the way of the male characters i woobify’ #which hnnghh all this can segue into a rant i have about musical fans knowing nothing about the source material and therefore being sooo #incorrect in their interpretation of the shows they claim to enjoy #because i know none of these hoes gave a single fuck about anything that happened in this fucking teen trash play i KNOW they didnt #but aaaaaa later #anyways i dont stand for christine slander shes all i have left in this cruel world 😤😤😤

[acerola-tree]

i kind love how much of a little shit junpei is

#he's rude stupid disrespectful selfish #and you want to kill him or die out of second hand embarrasment 90% of the time #but i find it refreshing cause usually sports anime protagonists are rays of sunshine that have never done anything wrong #and junpei has a lot to grow in terms of personality not only in ballet #dance dance danseur

[grassbreads]

God I'm so glad I decided to read No Pollution, No Public Harm. Gan Qing is a fucking gift. I'm genuinely thrilled that for once I've found an interesting m/f dynamic where the woman gets the be the tortured, edgy, mysterious one.

I'm in mid to late book three, and man, the other women in the novel are a mixed bag, but Gan Qing is just so good. She's a shameless brash menace of a person on the surface and an obviously traumatized hardass underneath. If she's not already a murderer, then she's constantly teetering on the edge of becoming one. She's got layers. She dropped out of high school but she corrects the mistakes on Liu Zhongqi's english homework. She hangs out around her apartment in oversized basketball shorts and gets sick from running after eating too many chicken wings and she could slit somebody's throat with her house key. She's cool as hell and legit terrifying and she's gross and messy and weird. 10/10 the love interest of all time genuinely.

#maybe I just read/watch the wrong things but it's genuinely so refreshing to see a series w a male protagonist and a female love interest #where the woman is such like. a well rounded and cool and un-sexualized character #she's violent she's tortured she self-sabotages she's a sillygoofy little menace that eats junk food and sells astrology charms #I picked this novel to read in large part bc I wanted to see how priest would handle a female love interest #since the two danmei I've read by her are such absolute boys' clubs but the women in TS are so good #and the answer so far as of midway through the series. is that she does it *really* well #there hasn't actually been much in the way of romance yet #but the confrontation in the cemetery. man #I can see the echos of mo du just a bit in their dynamic #the relatively straight-laced main character desperately trying to keep a person he cares about from taking a step down a dark path #that they can't come back from #andie reads npnph #no pollution no public harm

[michi-chelle]

aaaaaaaa i did it ✨

#no thank you!!! #nty #once i got ryu’s good ending i was like purr time to see the whole gang together on the title screen #then haru just??? waved goodbye and disappeared????? my heart– #what a rollercoaster of a game lmaooooo it was pretty good! i had a great time #hiroshi’s my fave character and his route was good but tbh? ryu’s route may be my fave #i feel like more things were sorta tied together at the end w the coupons and the sewing machine and the piano #and even the cases sotano dealt with had better conclusions in ryu’s route #not to mention we get a completely different perspective on them especially the case with the brothers that shit came outta left field #but anyway at the same time ryu’s route ending still had the ambiguity similar to the other routes but it was idk more satisfying lol #anyway the game as a whole was fun! haru is such a fun and interesting character #i wish we got some more of his backstory tho part of me likes piecing together his past through little details found across the routes #i think it’s interesting that he was a seme…i mean it suits his personality but i’m so used to eroge protagonists being on the receiving end #so it was quite refreshing lol tho i kinda wish he was a switch so we could see him in different roles like that….oh well! #and i loved all the love interests they all had unique motivations and i saw something lovable in each of their personalities and designs #and i love the comedy of this game despite it touching on dark themes as well #overall i had a great time and i miss this game already lol #actuallyyyy i only completed 98% of the game so i’m gonna actually try and 100% it wish me luck #michi yaps

[space-owl]

One thing I really love about Titan Luz' desgin is that it looks evil! Like.... as if she would be the bad guy! If you saw this in any other childrens media youd be straight up like "Oh yeah shes the evil one!"

Like look at her! And together with the magic shes casting it looks even more "evil"

All those purple, black glowing magic with a hint of gold. It looks powerful. And sharp. All things we do consider and connect with the "bad guy"

King and Eda dont really "help" in that case! Eda has black pupils just like Luz does, she has sharp claws and a tooth peeking out of her mouth. King is basically just a skull on a wolf body. And when you know how his beta desgin looked like, you know that he couldve looked even more "evil".

But no, those three are the GOOD ones in this scenario! And do yall wanna know how the true evil looks like in his real form?

Like THIS! THIS guy! If you didnt know anything about the show and you saw that guy next to Luz, Eda and King, who would you say is the protagonist and who is the villian? Most likely youd assume that this man right there is the good guy, right?

So, bascially, what happened here is that Luz walked straight out of a Hot Topic to beat an old conversatives white grandpas ASS!

Kinda personal but as someone who grew up as a girl who always loved to dress "alternative" and was shout weird things at in school and who always saw the "goth person = bad person" in media this is so refreshing and good to see. Im so glad they did all of this!

#the owl house #the owl house spoilers #watching and dreaming #luz noceda #toh #personal post

[australet789]

I think we are sleeping on Charlie's determination and goals

Because when she, Vaggie and Angel confront Pentious and the last two want to kill him, Charlie lets that out as an option. She doesnt tell them "NO", she knows they are in Hell and that's normal, and that redeeming the souls comes from EACH one of them. She knows Sir Pentious story, so she knows how to help.

That's why she hasn't been able to help Angel, because she didnt know the extend of the abuse. And since Angel didnt want help she couldn't do it.

So when we go into episode 4 you see the reasons why forcing yourself into helping isn't that easy. Sure, Charlie could have killed Valentino but that doesn't help Angel and what he is going through. It's not only the abuse, but the cycle of self-hatred that came with it. And it's not one day, it's a process and Charlie KNOWS THAT.

I dont know, im so used to see this "oh, one song, 2 episodes and we are all fine" it's refreshing seeing the protagonist actually stoping and say "this is not easy, i need to work with this people and find ways to help" instead of just pressuring them to change in one second or one single speech.

And that's how redemption works! It's a process and you have to start somewhere!

Im babbling at this point but like, props really to Charlie and how they are handling her character and her ideas.

#hazbin hotel #charlie morningstar #you can see im falling in love with this show more and more

[cryptidjeepers]

Actually so fucked up that the x files continues to be one of the few shows ive watched where the relationship between the male and female protagonists feel real to me. Like they arent just love interests from the get go. The romantic subtext isnt as important as their platonic relationship most of the time. Mulder is protective of scully because shes his friend. He checks in on her but it never feels like shes being belittled. She feels comfortable speaking her opinion without fearing that mulder will be condescending to her. Idk it just makes me feel safe to watch as a female viewer, knowing there is this respect between the main characters. That these characters actually care about each other. Very refreshing for a 30 year old tv show

#i hope i explained this right? i just feels like a lot of male protagonists have this vibe of wanting or needing something from the female #or the female character is straight up just a love interest or this poor baby that needs to be protected #or the opposite where the female character just wants something from the guy and diesnt actually care #and you're supposed to root for them but they clearly dont care about each other #im tired im sorry #x files #the x files #tv show writers please make your characters actually like each other

[screeching-bunny]

Dark/yandere king x the queen's lady in waiting mc, perhaps with Anne boleyn vibes👑🌹♟️♥️

Saw the witch x priest post and I have to say that the morally grey protagonist is a really refreshing and unique take

Yandere! King pt.2

Warnings: Obsessive Behavior, Yandere Thoughts, Bad Writing, Stalking, Possessive Behavior, Reader is Referred as ‘You’

Pt.1

Even though you were never assigned to him Yandere! King couldn’t help but want to be by his side no matter what. You are the in-waiting for the queen, you’ve been with her for all her life and you adored her. She was strong willed and she was extremely intelligent. You’ve been by her side ever since you were young and have a tight bond with her. She was cold but you were happy to serve someone like her. Yandere! King was someone that people couldn’t be offended easily. When in his presence, everyone needed to watch their tongues if they wanted to keep it. He was a ruthless man who only cared about his own needs and goals. Even though he was married it was clear to see that the marriage was clearly political. There was no love between the two of them and they would almost daily cheat on each other. He sometimes even forgot that she existed. It was due to this loveless marriage that he became so interested in you.

Any normal person would be intimidated by this but you honestly didn’t care. If his attention would help you get a pay raise then let him stare at you all you want. In this economy, there was no way you were letting this money bag go. Something that you noticed about this man was that he was overly possessive and seemingly jealous of the things that he considered “his”. If he remotely took interest in something then it was his until he got bored and discards it. No one is dumb enough to stand in his way; he's cunning, backstabbing, and absolutely brutal. Morality means nothing when faced in his way.

Right now, your current situation was… strange. In a dining hall filled with luxurious food. There was a centerpiece in the middle of the table that no one could take their eyes off of.

“You’re majesty, please let me go! I repent, please forgive me for my sins! Please just don’t kill me!” The man screams with streams of tears pouring down his face. It was quite a pathetic sight to behold.

Yandere! King stared coldly at the man nailed down to the dining table. The look on his face could send shivers down anyone’s spine. He was absolutely pissed off right now. Aside from the man in the middle screaming, the room was filled with absolute silence as everyone held their breath. The tension in the air was thick enough to cut it with a knife.

“Your highness please have mercy on my husband! He didn’t mean to! He wasn’t in the right mind! Please forgive him!” The man’s wife begged.

“Listen to him scream like a pig. He touched someone who belonged to me. A sin like that is unforgivable.” Looking your way the king says in a menacing voice. “Tell me where he touched you.” Oh boy, you knew for sure that this was about to get very bloody. Man you really wanted to leave right now. All you could do was hope that he’d increase your salary pay after this for compensation for having to witness this. Like yeah it sucked that someone was going to die right now but there’s no way that you’re quitting. This job paid way too much and you were way too money hungry to quit.

“Tell me where did he touch you? I’ll make sure to gouge out the exact body parts to match.”

“My cheek, my neck, my waist, and my thigh”

Giving you a dismissive look, the king finally allows you to finally leave. On your way out all you could hear were the screams of the man and the sound of ripping flesh. Thank god that was over, it was starting to get annoying. Now you might be wondering where was the queen in all of this? Well, she was with her lover of course! Like I said, the king and queens marriage was only a political one. As long as they didn’t bother each other or get into the other's business, then they did not care about what the other did. It was just truly a loveless marriage.

Making your way towards the queen’s chambers you begin to perform your daily duties. Mindless tasks that bore you to death. The only reason your pay was so good was because of how fond Yandere! King is of you. Any other person in your position would only get a fraction of your wage. You were a bit thankful for this because if he ever deemed you as boring and fired you. You’d still have enough money to live a fairly decent lifestyle. Something that you’ve learned while working for the royal family was that it was always best to stay away from their personal affairs. It gets real ugly once an outsider ever decides to interfere. You honestly wished you knew this before your parents forced you to sign up for this job. Maybe it would have saved you from an annoying king?

Sometimes he’d hand you little trinkets to indulge yourself in. It seemed that he was quite fond of observing you and witnessing your reaction to new devices. With someone like him running the country most people would think that it’d be in ruins. However, he’s definitely smart and knows how to run a country. It’s thanks to him that his kingdom has one of the best economies in the world.

Even though you were primarily assigned to the queen you saw Yandere! King more than her. To you, he was an obnoxious and dangerous figure. One that can easily win wars and conquer any land he so desires. He is a very selfish man that has a habit of being physically and emotionally manipulative. To be honest you can’t say you were any better. Oftentimes you’d use people to your own benefit but he’d definitely take it to the extreme. The amount of people that he used and discarded was insane. Weakness is a word that seems to be out of his dictionary.You could never tell what exactly he was thinking, he was like an enigma. One thing you were certain about was that with the rate of his obsession he’d never leave you alone.

#yandere #yandere headcanons #yandere imagines #yandere x y/n #yandere x you #yandere scenarios #yandere x darling #yandere x reader #male yandere #yandere king #yandere oc #gn reader

[saffalilac]

this is a post about spiderverse spoilers. so you know how toy story is one of the greatest animated trilogies (when it was a trilogy) of all time right. like each of its movies built on each other in really satisfying ways and felt like natural evolutions of the other. you know how kung fu panda did this as well. you know what both of those trilogies have? all of their movies have happy and self contained endings. they leave room for growth but otherwise the villain is defeated, the lesson is learned, etc. this is something spiderverse does NOT do. in fact it goes back to that really classic idea that the first is the introduction, the second is the continuation (which includes a rock bottom point), and the third is the conclusion. the spiderverse ending ROCK BOTTOMS our protagonist in such a cool way. kind of! while also showing us how’s he gonna get out of this one! it’s a massive cliffhanger! can you name another animated trilogy that’s done this story structure? not to mention the “crap”s and “hell”s and “ass”es uttered by the characters? modern dreamworks could never. this movie is something special lads. oh and it’s really refreshing to see a superhero trilogy that FEELS like a trilogy in terms of story structure, and doesn’t just get a new movie Because We Can.

#spiderverse #spiderverse spoilers #across the spiderverse #mine #100 plus #500 plus #viralish

[ystrike1]

How To Refuse the Route - By Saessak (8/10)

This yaoi/harem/isekai/otome mess is relentlessly adorable. Super sweet, slow, and full of dread. The very careful protagonist accidentally sets off the worst red flag by...being friendly and choosing to have a normal childhood. Yup. He didn’t go around seducing everyone. He made a bunch of friends instead. Too bad about the secret yandere character. Better stop running, or the country will drown in a bloody revolt!

Jerry Route is a pretty nice guy who gets reincarnated into a really weak body. He's got a loving family. He's a Counts son....but he quickly figures out that he's in some sort of dating game. Everybody spoils him a bit too much, and there's game mechanic symbols about love everywhere.

The love stuff immediately takes a backseat, because Jerry is in love with magic! His new life is awesome, and he doesn’t wanna worry about love yet. He's not even old enough to go to school! Plus, his health really is awful. He enjoys his new life, and he puts some work into his health. The love and romance premise isn't his priority for many years.

Some of the love hints absolutely disgust him to the core. He starts to suspect there is a "twin brother" route. He tries to have a healthy relationship with all of his family members, and he remains calm. He actually starts to love his game family. AS A FAMILY nothing more. Dating his twin brothers, or his elder brother, would be a nightmare.

He absolutely rejects those routes.

The next route is with the pretty crown prince, Karyan. Jerry mistakes him for a girl at first. Their relationship is tense in the beginning, because Karyan doesn't trust very many people. Jerry gets poisoned though, and they become close friends.

Jerry becomes very close friends with the unwanted fourth prince. A mousy and nervous boy named Ilya. Jerry wasn't supposed to meet Ilya until later. They only meet because Jerry always actively avoids romance. They kinda have a cat together it's really adorable.

Everything is sooo sweet I wouldn’t have known about the yandere part if it wasn't in the promo art.

Karyan is definitely the good prince. He's supportive and kind and he's burdened by all of the manipulative people around him. Jerry has a refreshing personality and a childish love for magic that makes Karyan smile.

Jerry isn't interested in picking a route though. He wants to stay friends with all of his friends, and obviously his brothers.

He starts searching for The Guide Book. A cheat item that can help him avoid the games plot. He wants a certain ending. The Mage Ending. Where Jerry graduates single and he quietly lives inside The Magic Tower.

He enters school with hope. Both princes are incredibly kind, even though they don't get along too well as brothers. Jerry makes other friends too, and he does well in school. Being kind and honest has rewarded him with trusted friends and a happy future....

Raven.

Raven is a catalyst character that seemingly appears out of nowhere. He's not some random guy. He's Ilya's "friend". Things start to get dark immediately. Karyan and Ilya don't have friends??? They only have followers and it's actually really sad??? There's a royal power struggle because both princes are strong and capable???

Karyan is kinda depressed because he has followers instead of friends. Jerry is his solace and his love seems quite innocent.

Ilya's followers are absolutely terrified of him. Jerry is in shock because remember...Ilya is the cat dad/quiet/nervous guy.

Raven is an extremely rude awakening. When Jerry chose to befriend Ilya AND Karyan he set off a huge red flag. Ilya wants Jerry to like him the most, and Ilya has freakishly strong magic. Ilya has been hiding his magic so he can attend basic classes with Jerry, but it's an open secret.

Raven tries to bully Ilya, to force him to pick one of the princes before Ilya truly goes insane

....but it's far too late.

Raven barely manages to avoid being maimed. Ilya chops an arm off, and it gets swept under the rug. Ilya is absolutely obsessed with Jerry's safety and more importantly his health. Jerry has been working on his health, that's true, but he's really only functioning because of Ilya. Ilya constantly casts stamina spells on Jerry so he can have a somewhat normal life.

The situation gets even worse when Jerry finally finds The Guide Book. Ilya is an evil boss character. There are no good endings with him.

The two options are.

- Ilya raises a revolutionary army against his brother, and he kills everyone Jerry knows.

- Ilya wipes Jerry's memory to make him "happy forever", leaving him soulless.

In the current story Ilya is still playing nice, because the plot has been twisted. Most of the original love interests no longer see Jerry in a romantic light. He has healthy relationships with everybody....including Ilya.

Jerry decides to continue pushing towards The Magic Tower Ending. He's frightened, but he doesn't believe Ilya will hurt anyone if the love route isn't activated.

He decides to distance himself from Ilya a little bit, so the love route doesn't activate. If he avoids Ilya's love route everything will be fine! Everybody can stay friends and live happily ever after!!!!!!

I'm sure you've guessed the plot twist.

Jerry has been on Ilya's route the whole time.

There was never any room for anyone else.

#yandere #male yandere #yandere male #yandere boy #recommendations #recs #rec #recommended #webtoon #How To Refuse the Route #yaoi #2024

[hecksupremechips]

Crying and sobbing cuz video game will never be as good as it could’ve been 🥺

#the klock keeps ticking #just feeling this with p3 and aini and ztd all at once rn lol #games that have failed me so hard in every way yet. compell me #well okay ztd not so much lol thats more like a missed opportunity #but the other ones just like. great stuff to work with here #why do it so bad though #why do the character not get what is good writing #why do the story have bad in it #agony #yeah basically im just having a crisis over p3r lol #YOU CANT MAKE THIS BAD STORY GOOD WITH PRETTY ART AND CATCHY MUSIC #but damn! you sure can torment me with it 👺 #god just like the story needs SO MUCH work and idk maybe theyll do it but i doubt it lol i fucking doubt it so bad #and yeah just crying cuz shinji will never get the good writing he deserves and kotone is literally the best persona protagonist #but shell never get acknowledged again and like god lol i booted up portable the other day #cuz i needed the refresher and was just feeling sentimental and god they were just so infuriatingly lazy with the kotone route #they couldnt even be bothered to give her like. a proper awakening #i hate it so much ughhh like she is so good we couldve had something so special with this but god its so lazy #but ooooh reload has good voice acting at least damn you reload for having good voice acting #i guess i just have to write it all myself which is nice gives me something to do and its. fun? #but hm also annoying cuz maybe i just wanna like be lazy and not do this and just enjoy a game thats good #and not some shiny sack of garbage that i got hyperfixated on