#not quite redemption?

[sparingiscaring]

Girl (Gender Neutral) Help I gave my throwaway Seeker OC a Tragic Backstory and now I'm attached

#WHISM HOW COULD YOU #I MADE YOU TO EAT WEIRD STUFF AND HAVE BILLY LENZ-STYLE LAUGHING BREAKDOWNS EVERY DAY #WHY ARE YOU. BACKSTORIED NOW #WADIYA DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A FUCKING BACKSTORY BEYOND ~~VIBES~~ AND YET- #new theory- whism stole wadiya's backstory #anyways I don't like smen so it's okay i'm attached <3 #I can make them bail at whatever point kills me the most and then we can set them up with a nice little redemption arc #not quite redemption? #bettering themself #just. having a better time. yeah. enjoying life and the like #anyways lol i swore i wouldn't give anyone a tragic childhood backstory but dammit #anyways kids if the voices in the mirrors start telling you to steal dad's Special Honey from the cabinet and lick it and come play with em #it's a Bad Thing To Do #and then whism woke up 19 years later in an alley with basically no memories beyond Babyhood #and. AND #literally unable to recognize themself anymore because. 5~ year old to Adult especially when hair style completely different and also #Vitiligo Moved A Lot #and i just keep thinking of a tragic moment of them seeing a photo of themselves with their parents and just. not even recognizing it #not even realizing that's them #that they're the cute little kid in braids #or that the name on the back is theirs #or that this home was once theirs too #or why seeing that dusty mirror makes them feel so... wrong... #whism come on what THE FUCK- #fl #my ocs #oc: whism #i am. SORRY for the long tags #something something forbidden food snake and Consequences idk i got kicked out of catholic school for queer-

[ninjautistic]

a ninjago au where Lloyd is a bit evil >:]

#mischevious man #he's still a ninja btw.. #A EVIL NINJA #I would give this as an opportunity to do a “father and son” duo.. #BUT in this au Lloyd still has the destiny to “destroy lord garmadon” but in a more redemption arc instead of the hero arc! #so he's quite literally filled with family issues #some angsty stuff >;) #ninjago #ninjago fandom #ninjago au #ninjago fanart #lloyd montgomery garmadon #lloyd garmadon #lloyd ninjago #ninjago lloyd #lloyd garmadon ninjago #ninjago lloyd garmadon #ninjago art #artwork #drawing #art #my art #fanart

[lieu-rey]

javier but i draw him with the default pen

#rdr2 #javier escuella #red dead redemption 2 #so i use a texture marker but sometimes i feel like it doesnt quite fit the line style im trying to go for #so i tried the default pen and im still not sure about it lmao #maybe some mix of the two will work. like a textured pen of some kind instead of the marker #[waves hand] eh ill figure it out eventually #anyway. poor little meow meow posting hours #my art

[ranna-alga]

"Do the Evolution" - Pearl Jam

#ranna word dumping #this specific lyric of the song reminded me soooo much of dutch/john and hosea/arthur #obviously john is very different from dutch but i think there is a reason why he was considered to be dutch's favourite son #john seems closer to dutch in a similar way arthur is with hosea but in a different manner i think. there is obviously a tension present #dutch is observant but only when he wants to be (otherwise i think he would have kicked micah out of the gang a long time ago) #john is just observant. he saw first-hand what happened in blackwater and is sus of dutch throughout the rest of the game #he isnt as dumb or slow as he calls himself #i read a meta about it and it explains it 1000x better than i can #as for hosea/arthur the parallels are already obvious enough #also i am quite a fan of pearl jam so teehee i had to make the selfish parallel #might make more like this idk #rdr #rdr2 #red dead redemption #red dead redemption 2 #arthur morgan #rdr2 arthur morgan #dutch van der linde #rdr2 dutch van der linde #john marston #rdr2 john marston #hosea matthews #rdr2 hosea matthews #outlaws for life #pearl jam

[strrwbrrryjam]

"we need more complex female characters," you guys can't handle molly o'shea, mary gillis, abigail roberts, sadie adler, tilly jackson, marybeth gaskill, karen jones or susan grimshaw.

#karen tilly and marybeth dont get it as much people are usually quite kind or just completely forget about them #but they are included too. with susan molly mary sadie or abigail they get the worst treatment #being called either a bitch whiny mean asking too much emotional etc #i can understand why people can't handle susan. sometimes i can't handle susan #when i see her sometimes interact with the girls or remember the fact that she killed molly i'm genuinely disgusted but she's more than tha #there are layers to her. she's like dutch yet people still like him and try their damnedest to defend him #people might be surprised by sadie being included too but god the hate that she gets from mostly men for being 'overconfident' is insane #you have complex female characters yet you refuse to either give them a thought or completely disregard them as one negative quality #and refuse to recognize that they are just as complex as the men in this game #treat them as such #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #rdr2 molly o'shea #molly o'shea #rdr2 susan grimshaw #susan grimshaw #rdr2 sadie adler #sadie adler #rdr2 abigail roberts #abigail roberts #rdr2 mary gillis #mary gillis #rdr2 tilly jackson #tilly jackson #rdr2 karen jones #karen jones #rdr2 mary beth gaskill #mary beth gaskill #rdr2 van der linde gang #van der linde gang

[lovesbooksdoesntread]

i definitely want the ratgrinders to find redemption however i do really like the posts that have brought up that they kind of need their asses handed to them in this battle and the bad kids are so weary and over it at this point in just their high school careers they can't be bothered trying to "fix" them in this moment they need to save the world AGAIN

all that said i think now that ankarna is coming back likely in her uncorrupted form thanks to fig as a goddess of JUSTICE, my hopes and dreams are that she will see the deaths of these CHILDREN manipulated and used as pawns by cruel and selfish adults as DEEPLY unjust and because the ratgrinders were still devoted to her in some way, she will revive them herself, offering them a second chance bc i think that is what is ultimately fair and right

#and then i hope she explodes porter #this is rambly and probably nonsensical but i just woke up so #but yeah im very much on the side that they can and should find redemption bc unfortunately kipperlily was quite right #but not in the way she originally thought #they were being treated unfairly #dimension 20 #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #fhjy #rat grinders #the bad kids #ankarna fantasy high

[harriertail]

“We have to let the Warrior Code rule our hearts. The death of a warrior does not mean victory.”

#day 16 redemption #going with what hollyleaf probs saw as the start of her own redemption #defeating sol and leaving the tunnels #warrior cats #the forgotten warrior #oots #hollyleaf #sol #wc sol #windclan #thunderclan #harriertail #not quite clantober

[michsmeesh]

🤠🐴

#javier escuella #rdr2 #rdr1 #red dead redemption 2 #rdr #my art #michsmeesh #this was very fun to draw #that was a lie #im not quite happy with how it turned out but hhh its been too long since i've done a proper drawing #i got soooo lazy with rendering #so now i'm trying to improve again

[edgar-fujioka]

sometimes I think about that one interview where Con O'Neill said about Izzy "he wants to change, he just doesn't know how to change" and then I think about the fact that in season two we see him actually change, we see him realize people care about him and he starts caring for them as well, we see him realize his mistakes as he tries to make it up to people and talk and listen, we see him becoming friends with Stede even though he absolutely hated him and vice versa when he realizes Stede values his opinion, we see him slowly get out of the toxic relationship he had with Edward, we see him embracing his repressed queerness and casting away the toxic masculinity literally singing la vie en rose in drag in the most beautiful scene ever and suddenly I believe in love and I have faith in humanity and that people can grow and change and be better if they're given the chance and other people will help them and care about them and I just want to jump around my room happily

#i genuinely don't think any redemption arc in any media hit me quite as hard as this one did #i'm just having so many izzy thoughts #especially over calypso's birthday #our flag means death #ofmd #izzy hands

[petricorah]

i'm. so excited

#it's a very cliche plot i feel but im having fun #been reading so much manga #it's about zuko realizing sokka has a crush on someone and not knowing who it is #cue fear of losing his best friend and not quite understanding his own feelings #also azula's there. because i love no explanation redemption but she still talks shit. its who she is #featuring also...betrothals...sword fighting...angst...maybe even kissing. who knows #i think to do it properly it would be more than fifteen because im just at the beginning but we'll see how long it gets

[roguishknight]

#gamingedit #vgedit #rdr2edit #rdredit #red dead redemption 2 #rdr2 #rdr #arthur morgan #jack marston #red #mine #it's not even of arthur quite disappointing

[sir-adamus]

this isn't directed at anyone specifically, as this is a sentiment i've seen a lot, but i think some people were expecting some kind of catharsis in regards to Neo being punished or just straight up dying in the volume 9 finale because they don't personally like and are therefore dismissive of the character; and then making claims that it was bad writing that she didn't get the shit kicked out of her and was then killed, but instead getting to bow out gracefully and taking the first step to improve on herself and find herself again (which, i have to say, is not a redemption, the claims of 'bad writing' always paint it as such which is weird to me - it's like, the start, at best)

and i've been seeing this sentiment for months and, from the perspective of someone who never really had an issue with the character and liked the way she was handled, every time i've always had the same question of like, is it bad? or do you just not like it? cos let's be real that's been a major, major problem in this fandom for years, and even the people who complain about it coming from the loud vocal minority are often guilty of similar behaviour, just in more 'acceptable' ways

there was this really good post i reblogged the other day, which i'll link here, which basically covers my general feelings on this in regards to media in general, but in specific regard to the show;

a) the main characters' priorities have never been on personal payback, and neither has the show's (which it makes a point with several times, with Yang and Blake giving Adam multiple opportunities to stop and just leave as just an example, which he doesn't take), so there's no reason for them to go after Neo when she's no longer a threat

b) by the time WBY would've had the opportunity to 'punish' Neo for everything she did, Neo was possessed, and in the aftermath of that, was no longer hostile to them because of the events leading up to her getting possessed in the first place

RWB/Y is a show with lots of thematic resonance, we see parallels and layers and one of the major themes in the show is grief, and how you handle it; in the Ever After, Neo serves as a microcosm of Salem - she lost the one positive (though ultimately co-dependent and not particularly healthy) relationship she had after a horrible childhood of isolation and instead of coming to terms with her grief, she dedicates herself to revenge (which was her characterisation click moment when she returned in volume 6, as that return actually gave her motivations and a goal, versus how she was in volumes 2 and 3, where she was just kinda there and didn't have all that much to her) and it consumes her, so when she actually does get that revenge she wanted, instead of there being any kind of catharsis, she's just left hollow and empty because she has nothing left, which leaves her open to getting possessed by the Cat

but after being freed from possession, Neo has no reason to keep fighting because of that prior realisation, and comes to the conclusion that she needs to move on, with the best opportunity to do so being letting the Tree help her. and this is what loops back to the post i linked; Neo is given the option to stop and change and she takes it

does it come too late? sure - but by the same note, better late than never. besides, the Ever After is a fairytale world where the normal rules don't apply, so 'late' isn't as damning as it would've been

#rwb/y #sometimes i think people really can't handle or even really grasp what a redemption arc is #because their usual frame of reference is Zuko who never quite managed to do anything actually awful #a character has to actually be a bad enough person that them improving on themselves would /be/ a redemption #additionally i think people jump the gun a bit on dismissing certain character turns /as/ redemptions #when often it's just the first steps to making a change #actually i think people are just jumping the gun in general #and getting unnecessarily hostile over interpretations they don't agree with #calm down have a snack #it's just a show #you should really just relax

[messrmoonyy]

Sadie Adler | Shady Belle

#Sadie: tryna enjoy a quiet smoke #my Arthur: 🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️📸 #I thought the smoke looked quite cool #she’s cool let’s be honest #spare hand in marriage? #Sadie Adler #red dead redemption 2 #rdr2 #rdr2 photography #Sadie Adler icons #rdr2 icons #van der linde gang #dutch van der linde #Arthur Morgan #John marston #mrs adler

[prettyboykatsuki]

✮ tags ; fem reader, historical fiction (time period typical commentary about gender), bantering / romantic tension, smoking cigarettes, indirect kiss, enemies to lovers if you squint, a vague age gap hejkfdjks

✮ a/n ; i cant believe myself but i needed to get it out of my fucking brain.

"Aren't very good at being stealthy, are you Mr. Marston?"

His eyes linger on your frame longer than he'd like them too. You're still in your night clothes, and dawn has yet to break. Up earlier than he's used to seeing you. Up brushing his horse, of all things. Old Boy's nothing but tender under your care.

The faint mist of morning touches his skin, turns him cold. You oughta be even colder like that, but it doesn't show on your face.

He scoffs a little, hands tucked into his pockets. "Wasn't trying to be. Nobody's up this early so I though we had some unwanted company."

"I guess I still count for that, huh?"

“Oh, shut up would you?”

You giggle back to him in reply. It’s rare to hear. Normally when you're laughing, it's a lot coarser. Always so rowdy. He doesn't mind how you sound now. He sits on a log nearby, watching you as you pat the horse gently. Brushing it's mane and whispering words quiet enough that he can't hear over them over the crackle of the freshly lit campfire.

He can't see your face in the dark either, not well. But you're smiling.

"He likes you more than he likes me," He mumbles.

"A woman's touch or somethin' like that," You reply back. John laughs sardonically.

"A woman? Hardly. Got plenty of other options if that's what he needs."

You shoot him an unimpressed look, brows furrowed. Most women would be pissed at him for saying so. John wouldn't say it to anyone but you, he figures. You hardly look mad though, if a little displeased.

You rifle through the horses saddle (with all of John's things, not even bothering to ask him permission) until you find some sugar cubes. The horse makes a pleasant noise as you coo at him, opening your hand up to feed him.

"But he's eating out of my hand all docile anyway," You give John a furtive glance, smile pulling at the corners of your lips "Reminds of somebody,"

Yeah. Right. He bets it does.

For how much you and John argue and for how much you get on each others nerves, he can admit to himself that he spends more time looking at you then looking away. He can't understand it himself. Makes him feel guilty. He ain't much of a good man. He ain't much of anything. A decent marksman, a fine swindler. Not much else.

The flame paints your face orange-yellow in the light. Not enough for you. Not in anyway. But he can't keep his eyes from memorizing you . Always noticing the way you look back at him. All tender. You can be a lot of things when you want to be, but he doesn't often catch it.

It's hard to ignore when he does. "Don't you have things to do, Mr. Marston? Your turn to stand watch today, isn't it?"

He wants a little longer with you. He frowns at you. "Mr. Marston? You call everyone their name but me."

"Does it bother you?"

Course it does. That's what he wants to say. He looks around for his satchel and pulls a cigarette out from it along with a lighter. The flame sparks, looking away from you. "Just wondering why that is."

"Well, lets see," You stop tending to Old Boy after a few more lonesome pats, instead walking towards him close to the fire. You pour yourself a cup of coffee as you sit on the log adjacent. "Arthur's troubled when I say Mr. Morgan, says it makes him feel old. Mr. Smith is too formal for Charles, and Summers is... Summers. Same with Dutch, and Hosea and Bill. Mm, I guess that leaves Javier - but he's hardly a mister."

"And I am?"

You grin into your cup of coffee, not looking at him. "Course you are, Mr. Marston. What else would you have me call you?"

"My name would do you just fine."

"I like Mr. Marston. It's nice and formal, and well," You do peer up at him at him this time. "Young ladies are supposed to be prim and proper and formal, aren't they? At least from what I know. Shouldn't go around calling a man with a son by just his name now should I?"

Damn it. You're clever. "It's no wonder men lose their betting money to you."

"What are you saying now? Just trying to be mindful. Would you prefer I call you your name, Mr. Marston?"

You're doing it on purpose now. He sighs.

"Call me whatever you want," He says, giving up on it after a while as he takes another drag of his cigarette. You finish your coffee, bemused before empty out the grounds.

After, he watches as you saunter over to him. You bend forward, too close - bare skin inches away from prying eyes.

He's thankful everyone's asleep and not around to witness this.

You bend to him eye level, plucking the cigarette half-smoked from between his fingers and placing it between your lips. Your lips are smooth, shiny and plump and soft.

You hold it between your pointer and middle and take a deep inhale of smoke. The scent of tobacco floods his lungs again as you blow the remaining smoke out into his face, making him cough.

He stares at you wide-eyed and awe struck as your grin widens. A flush creeps up his face as he realizes where your mouths been, watching the end of butt of the cig get dark and stick between your lips.

"Thanks for the cigarette, John," You say, waving him off as you turn back towards your tent. "I'll see you at supper,"

John watches you smoke as you get yourself ready for the day, at the far end of the camp - adjusting something in his jeans. Damn you do something to him.

#rdr2 x reader #john marston x reader #red dead redemption x reader #how on gods green earth do i tag for a man named john #writing tag #i want that guy quite terribly

[arthursfuckinghat]

Trying to take pretty pictures but my horsey is too nosey

#this is sundae <3 my absolute loveliest lady #she's a palomino dapple american standardbred #quite skittish but very fast! #mick squeaks #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #arthur morgan #sundae my horse

[pinkysberg]

they make sense to me :)

#john n abi that couple that on again off again all the time but refuse to just call it quits #but they're also deeply endearing and in love #also john n javier have a shitty band that also breaks up constantly (they also have absolutely no songs) #anyway i love them #red dead redemption 2 #rdr2 #abigail marston #abigail roberts #john marston #javier escuella #john x abigail #john marston x abigail roberts #jovier #modern au #mine