#talk about character assassinations

[ms-nishakadam]

Especially the head writer of BL3 !! 💅🏻

#borderlands #borderlands 3 #gearbox software #talk about character assassinations #and lack of regard for the previous games #they did the pre-sequel dirty #as well as multiple characters #i'll also never forgive what they did to handsome jack at the handsome jackpot DLC

[nancywheeeler]

hopeless time loop. the way out isn’t to save everyone. the way out isn’t to save even one person. the way out isn’t to change anything. the way out is accepting how it happened the first time is how it always will be. that’s how you acted, that’s how they acted, that’s how you would have acted every time if you weren’t given the curse of hindsight. the way out is accepting you can’t fix the past; you can only forgive yourself for it.

#there's this game i love called little hope that plays with these ideas (though not with a time loop) #i do love time loops narratives that explore how a person is confronted with their life and their choices #when forced to live the same day over and over again #and i LOVE time loops that try to reverse mistakes made and lives lost #but to see a character put themselves through loops upon loops upon loops #trying to rectify past mistakes (especially in the case where people died) only to be confronted with the reality it isn't working #and even in a loop where they save everyone the loop just resets #because the universe is essentially saying 'no that isn't how it happened and you know that's not how it happened' #it compels me! #i feel similarly about time travel where time 'fights back' #like this idea that there is a central timeline that time does not like being diverted from #so it will try to course correct itself #you save lincoln from an assassination only for him to die in a train crash #it's a cool way to confront the idea of fate #anyway all tragedies are hopeless time loops thank you for coming to my ted talk #a shout into the void #1k

[lazycranberrydoodles]

i think the barbie movie would have a profound psychological impact on hua cheng

prev comic / next comic / follow for still more hualian barbie movie content because i am not done

bonus angsty version 🎉 i hate love expressions just a couple tiny lines on the mouth and eyebrows and it goes from silly to sad

:(

#this is a haha hua cheng devoted joke but idk it’s nice to think about how much of his identity and self worth is placed on xie lian #obviously since he was 10 most of his major life choices were to serve the crown prince #but in the interval time he became one of the most dangerous men in the world and decided it was his responsibility to create a ghost haven #he works on artistic mastery and alternatively brokers deals with and evades assassination attempts by heaven #if asked i think he would say he only does good for dianxia’s sake (What Would Dianxia Do) and is actually a bad person #and similar stuff about his combat and art skills #theres a question here about how much of his success is due to being such a determined person and how much #of it is luck from ‘the savior’ reversing the star of solitude #how much hua cheng is left when you take away xie lian? #he would say nothing #xie lian would say a billionaire genius playboy philantrophist etc #tgcf looooooves to talk about destiny and free will and so do i #all this to say if it was in character for hua cheng to cry at a movie hed be sobbing #this can be read as pre or post confession btw #the poll decided which version of the comic was the ‘main version’ above the cut #tgcf #art #comic #hualian #hua cheng #xie lian #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #hob #mxtx #my art #barbie #barbie movie #tgcf meme #lmao

[mitskiluvr]

beast will always mean SO much to me because of everything it tells us about atsushi and akutagawa. all the parallels between them. they were both victims of circumstance—akutagawa ended up on the side of “good” in beast and atsushi didn’t and at their core they were both just teenagers trying to find a way to survive with the hand that was dealt to them

#bungo stray dogs #bsd #bungou stray dogs #shin soukoku #sskk #atsushi nakajima #akutagawa ryuunosuke #bsd beast #i hate talking about morally gray characters and themes because i can never get it right like i can never hit the right points #but i think this is a pretty goood example #atsushi would’ve ended up an assassin in canon if things went any differently #and it sounds so cliche but. they were just KIDS #they were doing anything they could to survive #it didn’t matter to akutagawa that he was gonna be a ruthless killer in the mafia #as long as he had his reason to live he didn’t care #even if in beast he talks about morality and how he could never picture himself in the mafia #god. i love them. i’m sick.

[bell-of-indecision]

rumor has it that if you ask me about porus 2017 I will vibrate at the speed of light and then combust out of sheer anger

#i postponed watching the last 6 episodes because I couldn't watch Hasti die yet i love him too much #and OH MY GOODNESS I should've just left it at that #this was by far the absolute worst ending I've ever seen #character assassination at its finest #and no I'm not talking about the fact that puru was literally assassinated in the end #I'm talking about the fact that Alexander did the most absurd things including murdering puru's brother #AND disrespecting his dead body #and by the end Puru was calling him friend #CHARACTER #ASSASSINATION #this can't be the same puru that brutally murdered ambhiraj out of vengeance #Alexander was the WORST he deserved DEATH and nothing else #it wouldn't be historically accurate you say??? #WHAT about this show was historically accurate my guy??? #anyway It's been a week and I'm still LIVID don't touch me I will explode #to whom it may concern. #the three people in this fandom come get y'all juice #porus #indian tumblr #desi tumblr #desiblr

[tin-can-iron-man]

I'm just gonna say it again real quick:

Yes!! Iron Man is a tragedy! It has and always has been since the very first appearance in 1963 which describes itself, Tony's life, and legacy, as such.

Tony causes most of his issues himself, he is his biggest villain, a majority of his rogues gallery are caricatures of the worst versions of himself brought to life (when they're not just being racist cuz...60s...). The worst thing about being Tony Stark is that he can't stop being Tony Stark (he tried!!) That is the point.

The majority of pain Tony goes through, is pain he inflicts on himself, whether intentionally or inadvertently. That is the point.

He is not A villain (at least. Not usually. There are...some rough moments and arcs that are. Not great. As there is with any character as old as he is). But he is his own main antagonist.

#I—just—*slams fists on floor*—I WANNA PUT HIM IN A PIETRI DISH AND VIOLENTLY SHAKE HIM #tony stark #iron man #616 tony stark #marvel #marvel comics #*screams cries throws up* IT'S NOT HIS FAULT HIS CHARACTER WAS ASSASSINATED IN 2005 IN A WAY THAT HASN'T BEEN RECOVERED FROM YET #***starts openly weeping*** if the next main IM series is bad it'll have been 20 years of this shit make it STOOOOOP #being his own antagonist! his actions and mental state and poor judgement calls reaonates with people!! #I'm wildly under qualified to talk about this stuff but #I feel like that's *why* people with mental health issues. self esteem issues. addiction issues. flock to him. #he is not a BAD person. he is a person. who makes mistakes. and devastates himself. and even leaves himself half dead sometimes. #who doubts himself. is simultaneously oversensitive and alarmingly oblivious. he is a mess. that is a fundamental requirement of being him #that. resonates with people. it's *relatable*. Tony Stark is a lightning rod of interest for people...like him. hurting. sad. desperate. #and he brings *enjoyment*. he brings jokes. comfort. #he brings hope #because if a guy like *that* can be *iron man*...maybe we'll all be ok too #it's solidarity but also it's a kick in the right direction. it's saying ''it's ok that this is how you feel. I'm right there with you.'' #''but you can't stay here forever. we always need to try'' #Iron Man is and always has been about the future. after all.

[laufire]

early 00s comics be like. everyone was SO mean to stephanie for NO reason.

#reading in rapid succession how bruce is blacklisting her and the bop refuse to keep training her #and cass just keeps knocking her unconscious adsñlfkja (which barbara practically cheers on because steph is just soooo annoying apparently #like am i supposed to believe there was anything ''defective'' about her that meant she had to be stopped from vigilantism AT ALL COSTS #(except whenever it was convenient to bruce) #but every other child/teen vigilante is just. fine? like. how is her case different than tim's? #(other than bruce needing a teenaged minder as to not get overly violent and kills someone) #and i'm sure she made mistakes* along the way but lbr batman comics are notoriously hypocritical re: whose mistakes are forgiven #(*this is all before war games but that was another story and straight up character assassination lbr) #talking to the void #my thoughts #dc thoughts #dc #dc comics #stephanie brown #bitter lau tag

[goldensunset]

my random unprompted enthusiasm post for the evening

#peach rambles #i flipping LOVE this trope soooo much #for those who don’t get what i’m talking about take kingdom hearts’ org 13 for example #like ‘superior of the in between’ or ‘graceful assassin’ etc they all have their own titles #or simple examples from twewy. ‘the composer’ ‘the producer’ ‘the proxy’ #if i have a cool phrase to call a character then my appreciation for them goes up 500% #even better when these characters actually DON’T have real/other names (at least that we know of) #so they’re literally just known as ‘The [Something]’ #ok this just in: apparently there is a distinction between epithets and titles. however i do not care #because yes i am celebrating both at once in this post #good tropes tag

[sharper-than-a-serpents-tooth]

Lily's reaction to Athy's return after she had run away from Claude is incomprehensible to me. She has witnessed the massacre of the Ruby Palace, Claude's anger and desire to kill his own child directed at the servants and concubines living there, she has witnessed Athy vomiting after her first meeting with her father, shaking, breaking into tears, drowning, passing out. Athy had been humilated at Claude's birthday and threatened with death. Even if Lily had not been present, word must have gotten around about the things that had transpired there. And the last time she saw Athy she had been depressed. The place where Athy disappeared showed clear signs of a violent struggle and blood was dripping from Claude's cheek. Yet her first instinct when Athy sneaks into the castle to meet her is to call the servants and convince her to go see her father???

who are you and what have you done to my Lily

#no one is talking about Lily's character assassination #wmmap #who made me a princess #sbapod #suddenly became a princess one day #lilian york

[poppylovestowrite]

Why Are They Friends?

Even if it's not obvious during the first watch, everyone in the ass-class fandom agrees that Gakushu's closest friend is Ren. Ever since I started writing Ren into my Asano fics, I've had this constant question going on in my head. How and why are they friends? I can see why Ren would stick with someone like Gakushu. Gakushu is admired by everyone and that includes Ren. But, why does Gakushu see Ren as a friend? Or does he? Even as adults the two keep in contact with each other, so he must enjoy his company somewhat. Gakushu also refers to Ren as his first name, unlike most people. 

Ren is a womanizer, who, yes has amazing grades, but so do the other guys in the Big Five. So why is he the closest to Ren?

Now, it could be because of Ren's status at school. Gakushu is rather shallow, so I doubt he would be close to someone who doesn't have the intelligence or wealth to back them up. Ren has both of those. 

According to the show, Ren is not only described as a poet but a shrewd one at that. And as we all know it, Gakushu himself is one manipulative asshole, so maybe that's something he admires from Ren.

In chapter 50, when Gakushu went to confront Isogai for having a job, one of the women there got upset, but Ren immediately stepped in and calmed her down. Now, Gakushu is a good-looking guy, he could probably seduce anyone if he wanted. But let's face it, he wouldn't. So, he leaves that stuff for Ren to do.

It wouldn't surprise me if something like this happened before where Ren needs to use his poetic skills to quell an angry woman so Gakushu could do what he wants. Would that make them partners in crime lol.

And over time, their time, they probably grew to have some kind of bond and grew to trust Ren for stuff like that. Ren is also the student council secretary, giving him more opportunities to be with Gakushu. 

They also hang out outside of school. After their loss in the sports festival, Ren offered Gakushu to go out to eat at a fancy restaurant to cheer him up. 

I don't see Gakushu asking any of the Big Five to go out and just hang out. He seems to only spend time with them when it comes to school-related activities. From what I have seen, Ren is the one to suggest going out or inviting others to parties.

It's safe to say that Ren seems to like having a social life. He's not like Gakushu, someone who is obsessed with grades. Yes, Ren likes to have high grades, but he also likes hanging out with his friends, going on dates, and just being a teenager. And since Gakushu was groomed to spend all his time excelling at everything, which means he doesn't have time to build genuine relationships around people, it's a nice change of pace to hang out with someone like Ren.

#This was fun #I hope you enjoyed my little analysis #Are there other characters you want me to talk about? #assassination classroom #ass class #asano gakushuu #ren sakakibara #anime #manga #Analysis #Asano and Ren

[idkaguyorsomething]

me searching through bbc merlin fanart and fics for the heart of the show.

(IMAGE ID: Doomguy in a red area fighting off hordes of monsters, captioned “WHERE IS GUINEVERE”)

#no hate on anyone who mostly focuses on all the other characters #tons of them are really fun and interesting and have a lot of potential that the show didn’t fully explore #but also it makes me sad when gwen gets overlooked so often despite being such a vital part of the story #i mean she fulfilled the whole prophecy of arthur bringing about the golden age of camelot better than arthur could #and even when her storyline was mishandled she was essential to the emotional core #“arthur finds out au” “morgana finds out au” okay how about gwen knows about the magic au huh #she would’ve been the best secret keeper and anti-assassination partner ever #i fully believe that she could have talked merlin out of self-fulfilling that prophecy if she’d been in the loop #or at least making slightly less terrible decisions. idk. #bbc merlin #merlin #merlin bbc #guinevere #guinevere pendragon #gwen pendragon

[oifaaa]

Jason character assassination again🙄

Your gonna have to be more specific here I can't tell if youre saying I'm assassinating Jason's character or if your referring to the comics either way yes

#ask #anon #im gonna presume your talking about the comics #just bc #but yeah pretty sure character assassination is just jasons norm now #its just jasons constant

[theodoravery]

the thing about amen and vincent that i think a lot of you still do not understand (and i'm using them specifically bc they're the ones being compared) is that 1) amen wants every single dark magician dead, and he takes pleasure in torturing them and killing them, that is a very important part of his character, and that's why the book has made it so fucking clear! amen said it himself! he is not gonna change his ways just because he and eva are in love! eva literally makes the decision to accept that part of himself, so you cannot deny it and you can't complain if you were expecting something else because the book was pretty clear from the beginning about who amen really was (and i'm not saying he doesn't have layers but those do not take away the fact that he enjoys killing and that's that) -- and 2) vincent is not like amen at all. sure, his job, and i think it even has to do with his legacy, is being a demon hunter, but he doesn't go around killing every fucking demon he comes across, he's only after the ones who don't care about his world's ways, the ones who kill humans (like mc was planning to do until he told her what would happen if she did). and sure, you can argue that both amen and vincent want to rid the world of "evil", but again, amen takes pleasure in toturing and killing people (and it's because of a personal vendetta he has, may i add), vincent does not

#this might be a bit repetitive. i'm tired and english is not my first language #but i've been thinking about this a lot lately #i think we should also take into account racism--i can't really talk about that because it's not my place but it's interesting that #many of you defend your white faves to death and demonise characters of colour. and i'm not saying characters of colour aren't flawed #they should be! but they're always subjected to way more scrutinization than white characters #i would also like to add that we have had amen for way longer than vincent #we haven't seen a lot of development because we're still in early days. him and threxia/o are supposed to grow as characters and people #just let wincy cook #oh and btw. not mentioning agnia because anyone barely talks about her so i don't think it's fair to include her in this convo #but if you want to do that. i'd still group her with amen. she obviously enjoys being an assassin #romance club

[drop-the-curtain-123]

Sugaya with hair covering one eye. Reblog if you agree.

#assassination classroom #ansatsu kyoushitsu #sosuke sugaya #sugaya sousuke #sousuke sugaya #assassination classroom memes #i took one hour out of my life looking for NINE panels of this phenomenon happening so the post would be pretty #please appreciate it #peak character design ngl + the two toned hair is gorgeous #i love this character so much... artistic tall kid... #sugaya appreciators never hesitate messaging me i am always open to talk about sugaya. so many thoughts in my head

[lyriumsings]

the excuse of “it’s an adaptation of coURSE it’s not going to be perfect” is so funny to me as if one piece didn’t do MONUMENTALLY WELL bc it is a literal frame by frame copy of the source material and tbh that’s not even exactly what i wanted (mostly bc it’s impossible to achieve with atla in live action and it not look cringey and cheap as fuck) but it’s such a lazy excuse lmfao they had what? over 8 hours of content atla runs for the same time (actually even less if you take out the beginning and ending credits) so this excuse of cutting down for the sake of time is a joke. they had the time to do the proper plot points they chose not to for the sake of adding weird death scenes, weird clunky romances with sokka? and massacring the plot points. it felt like the people who made this show hated atla tbqh. like the only parts they liked were the “main quest parts” (spoiler alert damn near everything that happens in atla is relevant to the main plot down to katara’s fucking necklace and sokka’s boomerang) it feels like they didn’t know the source material at best and at worst straight up didn’t fucking care. None of the characters are true to their core traits, none of the arcs are treated with any kind of respect or even just the courtesy of basic coherence. i don’t understand how anyone who actually likes and understands atla can go “oh em gee it’s just bandwagon hate it was actually so good teehee” have some fucking standards for gods sake

#lyriumsings txt #i’m not saying you can’t like natla #but i don’t respect anyone who does DKAJDJSJ #it’s bad #katara alone and the absolute assassination of her character is just insane #and for what?? this low rent sokka?? #fuck all the way off #natla #atla #ok i’m done talking about this show now #at least on here #lmao bc the willful ignorance of how bad this show is is astounding #avatar the last airbender #as if it’s simply people wanting a carbon copy #and not the fact that it’s been brUTALLY butchered to the point of being unrecognizable #like fuck the narrative #i could forgive the narrative if at least the characters were true to source #but it’s just so grossly shredded apart #idk call me crazy but i actually love this show #and wanted the live action to do well #and it was a monumental shit #and i have strong feelings about those 8 hrs ill never get back lmfao

[hopezzy]

yi said i’m going to throw my best friend the gayest romantic intimate two-person bachelor party ever and it will be totally normal and not weird at all

#cutie pie the series #cutie pie #cutie pie 2 you #zeenunew #maxnat #tutoryim #liankuea #yidiao #nuersyn #thai bl #thai drama #bl drama #because thats what friends do #poolside with expensive wine while we talk about our feelings #i mean come oN #i'm going to be generous and ignore the absolute character assassination of yi because i know they think they need someone to sow drama #but fr constantly bringing up that they legally cant get married im rolling my EYES #theyre doing it to make a statement obviously but im offended on yi's behalf #like he's trying to move his relationship w diao forward and in the books hes also engaged to diao his whole life like mr director pls #im heated #my posts