#it deserved better execution

[aphantimes]

i love the end actually it's so so fascinating

just thinking about how it immediately introduces itself as the arbiter of order.... it being a representation of death, its goal being to instill "peace" by annihilating all life....

like. ok. if it is "order", is "death", then that would mean chaos is life, right? its antithesis. the emeralds. sources of great catastrophes, but also grand miracles. they are equal parts beautiful and terrifying. they are life. life is messy, is painful, is unpredictable, it evolves and changes and grows. death is nothingness. the absence of all sensation, of all emotion. stagnation. none of the bad, but at the cost of all of the good. technically, "peace".

the end refers to itself as one of the living. i think, if it were to succeed in wiping out all life, it would then willingly destroy itself. it wholly believes in what it says. it isn't evil for the sake of being evil, from its perspective it's a saviour. doing what it sees as "necessary".

#its philosophy is so so interesting man #like its. nihilism #it doesnt see the point it is confused by life's desire to continue through hardships #chaos and order and life and death aaaaaaa......... #it deserved better execution #like they could've done something with this to show how destructive this mindset of thinking everything is pointless is #how its not true and life IS worth it through all the highs and lows #have sonic open its eyes to the reality that life is precious #theres hints of that as it dies #'is this the beginning of evolution? i see... so that is what life is' #paraphrasing but yea #goshhh its so interesting okay #sonic frontiers the end

[rowsandrowsofnothing]

It really be your own people that make you realize you’re a Taylor Kelly defender

#911 #evan buckley #911 abc #911 show #911 spoilers #gay firefighter show #911 on abc #taylor kelly #Taylor Kelly is good idea horrible execution #she’s such a good character #but she got reduced to a love interest #she could’ve been so much more #like fr #Taylor deserved better

[gwandas]

I always giggle when i see certain takes defending ACOSF/Nessian like:

"Nesta was groomed to marry a prince and that's why rejecting Eris for Cassian is powerful"

"The stairs are symbolic to her recovery which is why it means so much when she finally makes it all the way down"

"The hike was about helping Nesta learn to love herself"

"Cassian saw Nesta's fighting spirit and honed her into a weapon. She channeled her anger through training instead of words"

etc. etc. you get it

You people seem to be under the impression that we don't understand what SJM was going for. These can barely even be considered interpretations as opposed to being outright truths in the text. Her "symbolism" and "arcs" may as well be bashed over our heads with a hammer for how subtle they are.

I don't know how else to tell you that you can form your own opinion on a book. You actually don't have to take the author's intentions at face value. Especially if the book itself is terribly written.

#nesta archeron deserves better #anti acosf #anti sjm #acotar #y'all sitting around acting like we're stupid for not 'understanding' acosf is crazy #like no we get it #sjm's intent for the story doesn't automatically make the execution good #if i think she did a shit job i'm gonna fuckin say it

[thequeenofsarcaasm]

Satoru lost his top twice 😔 first Suguru and now this

#jjk #jjk leaks #jjk spoilers #satosugu #gojo satoru #geto suguru #he deserved better fr #I’m not even angry at his death #I’m mad at how poorly it was executed #still hoping for him to come back #end his character arc as it should be ended #then he can rest with his beloved #do you guys think God will let him hop in hell to see Geto from time to time ?

[pollyanna-nana]

I don’t care if the end of the manga implied Thistle died or whatever. No he didn’t. He’s still there just in his vegetable arc and he’s gonna GET BETTER!!!!

#polly speaks #dungeon meshi spoilers #dungeon meshi #thistle dungeon meshi #if the rest of the golden country crew are still around he can be too. Mithrun is also still around #he deserves better ok. and also for everyone to argue whether or not to just give his comatose body to the elves to execute bc I’m sure #they want to

[miraculouslbcnreactions]

What are your opinions on more „popular“ salt takes about Adrien and Mari, like the typical „Adrichat is an ass for for flirting with LB after she rejects him“ and „Maribug us a horrible stalker“?

Well, I'd be lying if I said that I have no idea where they're coming from. There are definitely times when I'll watch an episode and wonder what in the world the writers are trying to do, especially when it comes to Adrien's behavior as it's played a lot more straight than Marinette's. While I don't like her behavior at times, it's almost always treated as a joke, not a dramatic character beat whereas I cannot say the same for Adrien.

But these are characters in a TV show, not real people and we need to keep that in mind when judging them. It's why my go-to thought is "what is wrong with the writing staff" and not "Adrien is an incel." Because Adrien is very clearly not supposed to be an incel. Unless the writers are plotting something truly asinine, the Love Square is our end game couple. We are supposed to view Adrien as a charming and funny romantic lead. When he falls short of that role, it's not Adrien "showing his true colors." He's a fictional character. He has no true colors. If his actions and words are ever unbecoming for a romantic lead, it's because the writers are failing to write Adrien the way they want us to see him.

They consistently do this to all of the characters. Alya's supposed to be an awesome friend and a smart journalist (I think), but she can't see through Lila's BS. Marinette's parents are supposed to be loving and supportive, but they randomly believed that their daughter stole from their bakery to make a dress and didn't even try to let her explain herself. Nino is supposed to be the Chosen of Protection, but he didn't care to protect his best friend and just happily sent Gabriel on a rampage without a second thought.

Give me a character and I can point to a bunch of episodes that justify every salty take this fandom has because they're not pulling this stuff from thin air. They're picking and choosing the worst writing in the show and venting about it, which is frankly understandable. Like I get why there are so many Alya salt fics. Her writing in the Lila episodes is infuriating and I do find those fics a little cathartic at times. But it's really, really obvious that she's not supposed to be a terrible friend. She's a victim of the writers drawing the Lila plot line out for far too long and making Lila's lies far too obvious.

Similarly, a lot of the issues with Adrien and Marinette stem from the fact that you simply can't draw a romance plot out for five seasons without causing issues unless you make the romance a background plot. But they didn't do that. The love square is front and center for most episodes, but since it can't actually resolve, the writers keep adding drama that makes our leads feel horribly unhealthy.

On the Marinette side, her not being able to talk to Adrien was fine as an initial issue, but we are five seasons into this show. Over 100 episodes! You reach a point where it stops being cute and starts being concerning. It's also not helped by the fact that Marinette's crush is written like a celebrity crush and not a crush on someone she actually knows. Daily exposure to Adrien should mellow her out. Especially since he's supposed to be her friend! But if the writers let Marinette talk to Adrien, then they'd grow closer and might feel like they had to get together, so they couldn't let that. Thus Marinette being a disaster for four seasons and the terrible shoehorned plot to try and justify it in season five.

On the Adrien side, they let Chat Noir confess too soon. Prior to that, the Ladynoir relationship was a playful one where it was feasible that Ladybug just viewed her kitty as a massive flirt. This was especially true since he flirts with everyone. But once she knew that he was serious? The playfulness vanished and Chat Noir started coming across as entitled and pushy. It didn't help that they had him ignoring her preferences ("Don't call me Bugaboo") and getting them in trouble by not taking his job seriously (his flirting getting them hit in Oblivio).

In summary, the love square should have been resolved much sooner or been relegated to a b plot that got far less attention. I also would have reversed the square since it makes for a far more interesting story that you can organically draw out longer, but that's just me. I don't have any issue with people ignoring the canon problems and just writing Adrien and Marinette as the cute couple that they were obviously intended to be. I also enjoy fics that treat Adrien's pushiness as a character flaw that can be resolved because that's what canon should have done. His issues aren't the mark of a terrible person. They're the understandable flaws of a teenager who is in love for the first time and doesn't know how to express himself. If a show would actually address this kind of common tween/teen issue, then a lot of kids would get an incredibly valuable lesson that would help them when they grow up and fall in love. If you're ever watching Miraculous with a kid, I strongly encourage you to approach Adrien's character from that perspective. Talk about why his actions are understandable, but ultimately wrong and more likely to push someone away than win their heart just like we see with Ladybug.

#ml writing salt #ml writing critical #ml fandom salt #ml fandom critical #adrien deserves better #marinette deserves better #alya deserves better #This is what I mean when I say that I'm a character sugar blog and a writing salt blog #The issue is not the character concepts or the general story ideas #The issues all come from the execution #It's also why I am happy when shows only get a few seasons #I truly think we would have gotten a better story if Miraculous only had three seasons to work with

[sapphic-agent]

Netflix ATLA could make Azula a four-hundred foot tall purple platypus bear with pink horns and silver wings and I'd still watch it as long as they continue to keep Bryke away from Katara

#anti bryke #katara deserved better #pro katara #atla live action #they already won me over firing bryke #also with toning down her maternal role #it's weird that y'all get mad that bryke isn't on it but then shit on lok in the same breath #THEY WERE EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS FOR THE MOVIE #they're not good writers #they just sometimes have good ideas #the one piece live action was good so i'm actually really excited

[nesiacha]

Rest in peace Lucile Desmoulins,Marie Françoise Goupil, Arthur Dillon,Jean-Baptiste Gobel, Philibert Simon, Pierre-Gaspard Chaumette, Granmont and his son...

#frev #french revolution #no matter I like les montagnards not their best hours #remember all the good and bad sides of the executed #deserve better

[zeroducks-2]

Slightly related: in pretty recent dc canon, Slade and Talia do have a biological test tube baby together. his name is Respawn. I think neither Talia nor Slade knew about him though bc it was all Ra's al Ghul fuckery ?

Yeah Respawn, that poor little thing. You're correct, neither Talia nor Slade knew anything about him. - it's one of those thing where Ra's al Ghul goes "brilliant mastermind is 600+ year old and instead of doing anything which makes a lick of sense with his centuries of hindsight and experience of the world, he obsesses over people's genes".

Basically he spliced Talia's DNA with Slade's to replicate whatever gave him his meta-abilities, and since DC can't decide if Slade's abilities derive from his meta-gene, from the serum he was given or from both (hell, they barely can decide if Slade's hair is white because of the serum or because man's old), everything makes so little sense that somehow what Ra's al Ghul does ends up working, and he manages to create this test tube baby who indeed has both Talia and Slade's DNA, and the latter's meta-abilities.

But instead of doing anything meaningful with this kid, he keeps him locked up and tortures him (?), or uses him to get organs when Damian needs them (???), and doesn't even give him a name. Respawn picks out his own nickname, and he survives only because his healing factor keeps him alive despite all of the above, and somehow he also stays sane despite the years of isolation and hardcore physical abuse.

At some point he manages to run away and connect with Slade, and Slade *immediately* (and I mean after barely batting an eye) decides that this is his son and he will cherish him and protect him. And of course a couple of issues later Respawn gets brutally murdered right before Slade's eyes, because DC art directors are so competent and the only development they could think of was that of re-traumatizing Slade in the exact same way as it already happened with Grant (and with Joseph pre-reboot), making him lose a child brutally and by failing to protect him. Right before his eyes.

And so they also wasted a perfectly good character (Respawn I mean) which could have had an amazing plotline both with Slade and Rose & by himself, and a lot of potential for future development, just because they wanted the quick and easy drama of "child gets tortured for all his brief life for absolutely no reason, finally finds someone that wants to take care of him and dies a horrible death".

You can tell it didn't really work because not many people even know that Respawn exist, and those who know didn't get the time to truly grow fond of him since he's there for such a short time. And I bet you can also tell I'm pissed about it.

#I'm fine with the way Respawn came to be making no sense I am used to things making no sense when it comes to DC #but for chrissake give him a plotline which goes beyond 'he fucking dies' #I know he might be still alive and yada yada but until I see him on page doing something he's basically still dead #since his plotlines got butchered anyway #this is similar to what happened with Duke. They introduce a good character give him an acceptable storyline & then they do nothing with it #amazing direction flawless execution /s #anyways #my asks #respawn dc #slade wilson #respawn deserved better squad #and honestly Slade deserved better too #my meta

[calebs-hangout-corner]

Monster! Monster!

#goosebumps #the girl who cried monster #goosebumps the girl who cried monster #lucy dark #lucy girl you deserved a better set up and execution for your twist cuz the concept is so good #burtle art

[nyxofdemons]

four years for this show...

#IM SORRY. ITS JUST. IM SO. HHHHHRGN #its fine. its good. its entertaining to say the least #but from a writing perspective...... #im not an anti i am the worlds biggest helluva boss enjoyer the hellaverse is SO SPECIAL TO ME #but.. the more i see about hazbin s1...... #how in over four years was this what you came up with. how is the pacing this insane. how is this character treatment ok.... PLEASE #my sorta toxic trait is that as someone obsessed with media analysis; narrative devices; and story structure - #as well as just. someone who is an aspiring showrunner/creator working on my own huge projects - #is that every time i come across a movie or show that i think is done in a really lacking way. all i can think about is how i would #have done it instead #(this happens in a non-critical way too tbf if i really enjoy a book or game i'll be like they should let me make a based on film) #but hazbin. hazbin. all i have right now is 'i could fix her' in my head #I WOULD TREAT THESE CHARACTERS RIGHT I WOULD GIVE THEM THE NARRATIVE THEY DESERVE #there is. so much potential here. how is the execution so lacking #mine #good ideas!!!! good moments!!!!!!!! THE OVERALL CONSISTENT NARRATIVE IS NOT DOING SO HOT #as a side note though i really think this is why helluva is doing so much better in terms of pacing and writing. the structure of that show #is so much more accommodating to a long intricate story WHILE weaving in a billion different character stories #8 episodes for hazbin is insane season 1 needed twice as much #nyx crit tag

[jujutsustraycats]

WHERE IS TŌJI FUSHIGURO WHEN YOU NEED HIM??

#/hj but also not #cause what the fuck #toji as much as you're a well written character that i love #PLEASE come at a better time #i am not normal about jjk the plot is actually really good. it ties into the entire hopeless cruelty the jujutsu world is #while i don't like how exactly it's been executed #i like the meaning behind it #GODDAMNIT. #i might cry. satoru deserves to rest. #fuckkkk #jujutsu kaisen #jjk leaks #jjk manga #jjk 261 #fuck you gege #SINCE WHEN IS “FUCK YOU GEGE” A TAG– #i'm not okay at all

[zanyana626]

TF YOU MEAN OWL HOUSE ENDED OVER A YEAR AGO TODAY?!?!?!

#the owl house #a year already??? #i remember my brother & i stayed up late when the finale dropped on youtube #we barely slept afterwards #fuck you disney executives #for pulling the plug on yet another good show so soon #dana & her team deserved so much better #either way #it was fun while it lasted #ana speaks

[polaraffect]

i really wish you could name achievement showcases on steam because i really want one that looks something like this

#damien.txt #sdkjfghsdjs it would be fun #in case you're wondering what the achievements are: #1) baldur's gate 3: dark urge take over the netherbrain and destroy the world #2) hollow knight: leave zote to die (<- worst on this list tbh ifykyk) #3) pentiment - get matilda executed (no spoilers but unbelievably she does NOT deserve that. like i felt incredibly fucked up doing it) #4) A Date With Death - kill your flower. this one isnt that bad lol just a fun little insert #5) DRAMAtical murder - get the clear bad end. (😳) #6) slay the princess - kill/get killed by the burned grey. (many betrayals involved in this one) #7) DRAMAtical murder - get the virus/trip bad? end (😳😳😳) #sdfjghskdf most of these are not actually that bad and if i cared to look thru my achievements more i could probably find better replacemen #but fr i wish this was a steam feature. would be very cool.

[righteousruin]

made myself mad again thinking about writers who Miss The Point and how Bane was only on venom for like ~6 months in the comics but some writers decided it's his whole personality and he's just an Arkham Roid Rhino even though he passed the vibe check and didn't even go to Arkham even though his attorney begged him to plead insanity and go because he wouldn't face charges and he said absolutely not they're my crimes they're my charges they caught me slippin and that's on me and then not only stayed OFF of venom for the remainder of the pre-reboot comics but also actively destroyed networks that developed and distributed it, and then directly because of Batman's repeated radical compassion, dedicated his life to doing what he believed was right (even if it still involved murder) and actively protecting people he believed were innocent and helping people he thought needed help. Because he promised Batman he would do better. BeCAUSE OF BATMAN SHOWING HIM THAT WAS AN OPTION.

#EDIT: I promise this isn't vagueblogging or @ anyone I was thinking about Bane's comic arc and how publishers market on rage bait and shock #and how k-ngs' batman narratives center around creating shock and controversy instead of Stories #FUMES #“Why is the world Like This” because y'all stopped valuing kindness and compassion as a heroic trait in storytelling!!!!! #Batman doesn't fawn he'll beat your ass but he'll give you a chance to try again and learn and grow #because execution decides for you but Batman tells you to decide for yourself and Batman tells you to be brave and be kind because it's HAR #It's the harder choice it's the scarier choice it's the more vulnerable choice but Batman says it's YOUR choice #Batman believes in you goddammit when the cops and the system and the culture doesn't Batman does Batman says you can do better #Batman says you DESERVE to do better you deserve to BE better you deserve a better world and it starts with you and he LEADS BY THAT EXAMPL #Anyway Bane will always stan Bruce for that shit even if it's so so strategically stupid it's radically kind it's frighteningly kind #It's dumb and it's selfless and it's selfish and it's stupid and it's unbelievably kind #anyway we stan the bat #we don't always agree with the bat but we would follow that rich asshole to hell and back #ooc #yelling about comics

[aq2003]

series 3 is so frustrating because there is like a shining core of pure diamond underneath the problems . like conceptually it rocks so incredibly hard. but the problems

#dr who #i am being so honest when i say ten should have gotten on his knees and begged for simm!master's life #they should have framed the bit between him and martha's mom so different #like yes it is 10000% in character that the doctor with his bleeding heart and loneliness wouldn't want to kill him #even after everything that happened. because he's the only person he has left. 'i forgive you' was PERFECT. #but literally anyone else that suffered from what the master did. Deserves to rip him to shreds. so very obviously #and like i know.i KNOW that i am watching the 'funny immortal alien saves people through time and space' show #but i actually despise the doctor being framed as like an all powerful savior. or treated like one. even for a little bit. is Annoying #the first part of the series 3 finale having martha be humanity's last hope was SO GOOD bc it like kind of set her up as like #having to grapple with all that responsibility and attention like the doctor does. everyone's lives are in her hands. so crunchy #but when it like slides into 'everyone pls believe in our specialest boy in the world The Doctor <3' it just. falls flat #i feel like with a couple tweaks here and there in the execution and like actual fuckinnn people of color in the writer's room #series 3 would be PEAK media. but as it is it's just. falling short. #i do really appreciate martha deciding to leave ten on her own though. first of all. qpp down. second of all #she's realized that she can't keep traveling with him. bc (as i mentioned) hes someone who simultaneously needs saving #and refuses to be saved in the ways that matter. Yes im fucking ignoring the unrequited romance angle i think #it does a gigantic disservice to martha's character if u boil her down to that. fight me i dont care if that was the authorial intent #martha in the end is too kind to ten and ten keeps making her watch his meandering path of self destruction. toxic doomed qprism to ME. #anyway fuck. idk man series 2 consensus was that im dead inside and series 3 consensus is that the version i have of it in my head is peak #series 2 is better but i think because of my ten martha insanity i actually enjoyed watching series 3 more than series 2. #even if i got mad at it more than any other season. i think something is wrong with me. um. lmao #ten and martha #10 era