#the cast and the characters

[sanguinarysanguinity]

Expanding a thought from a conversation this morning:

In general, I think "Is X out-of-character?" is not a terribly useful question for a writer. It shuts down possibility, and interesting directions you could take a character.

A better question, I believe, is "What would it take for Character to do X?" What extremity would she find herself in, where X starts to look like a good idea? What loyalties or fears leave him with X as his only option? THAT'S where a potentially interesting story lies.

In practice, I find that you can often justify much more from a character than you initially dreamed you could: some of my best stories come from "What might drive Character to do [thing he would never do]?" As long as you make it clear to the reader what the hell pushed your character to this point, you've got the seed of a compelling story on your hands.

#writing #writing advice #my writing #I think 'ooc' is a bogeyman that casts too big a shadow for fanfic writers #stop thinking 'is this ooc?' #and start thinking 'have I given this character a good enough reason to do the thing?'

[lackadaisycal-art]

I'm getting so sick of major female characters in historical media being incredibly feisty, outspoken and public defenders of women's rights with little to no realistic repercussions. Yes it feels like pandering, yes it's unrealistic and takes me out of the story, yes the dialogue almost always rings false - but beyond all that I think it does such a disservice to the women who lived during those periods. I'm not embarrassed of the women in history who didn't use every chance they had to Stick It To The Man. I'm not ashamed of women who were resigned to or enjoyed their lot in life. They weren't letting the side down by not having and representing modern gender ideals. It says a lot about how you view average ordinary women if the idea of one of your main characters behaving like one makes them seem lame and uninteresting to you.

#feminism #media criticism #this doesn't apply to media with large casts of female characters where one or the other is uncommonly outspoken or ahead of her time #and it is dealt with realistically in the setting #im not saying women in the past couldnt be wild and headtsrong and revolutionary #i just think treating it as an essential whenever a female love interest gets added to a historical story about some man is wearing

[livingmeatloaf]

There is only one way to make a truly wonderful Avatar adaptation, not matter how bad it turns out to be:

A professionally shot, full length stage production of the Ember Island Players' Fire Nation propaganda version of the events

#avatar the last airbender #Atla #Think about it! It has no downsides! #There's only a few scenes that are fleshed out in the show so they can reference or fully do those and expand elsewhere #Even if the scenes are done poorly of course they are #Bad casting choices? Typical of the EIP! #The only casting choice that matters is the biggest buffest dude for Toph #There could be a behind the scenes feature during the intermission to show all the special effects #And there could be character cameos but not anywhere close to the camera so they are vague figures in the background

[cracklewink]

hear me out: moose in mlp

#mlp #my little pony #my little pony friendship is magic #twilight sparkle #oakley the moose #any other oakley fans out there #one of my FAVORITE mlp toys ever #i wish they would reissue her oakleys go for like 250$ on ebay :sob: i guess it is a rare G1 toy #oh also i hc that in mlp some horned species like moose can make special carvings on their horns to “Access” magic #but they cant use uncarved horns to cast spells #unicorn and kirin horns have natural magical markings on them so they dont need to do it #my version of oakley's magic is blue like her leaves : ) #i am also a huge truther about putting cutie marks on non pony characters

[swannsways]

favorite Angus Tully's quotes, The Holdovers (2023) dir. Alexander Payne

#the holdovers #angus tully #dominic sessa #filmgifs #dailyflicks #moviegifs #films watched #my gifs #his line delivering is truly impressive for someone who had never done film acting before #so natural and added so much to the character #face muscles/tone/rhythm he ate everything and left no crumbs #now where are the awards and casting news guys I NEED ANSWERS #i need my client on his way real quick to end all the nepo babies in this mf industry

[overheard-at-camp-half-blood]

I saw someone in the comments of something Percy Jackson show related complaining about the “wokeness” and then they were just like, “I hope they don’t add any gay shit.”

Who wants to tell them?

#percy jackson #nico di angelo #will solace #solangelo #there is a whole book dedicated to a queer couple #but it’s interesting that so many people who claim to care about book accuracy when it comes to certain casting #obviously don’t care enough if they didn’t know there were multiple queer characters

[malyen0retsev]

i wish everyone who made kit connor feel he had to come out a very merry FUCK YOU. you forced an eighteen year old into coming out publicly, before he was ready, when he stated many many times he wanted to keep it private. how many more times does this shit have to fucking happen before some of you fucking clock that YOU CANNOT QUEERBAIT IN REAL LIFE. this is the natural end to the discourse of ‘if somebody is in the public eye playing a queer person they owe us their sexuality’, and it’s DEEPLY FUCKED UP, they do NOT owe you an answer, and this mindset JUST FORCED AN EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD TO OUT HIMSELF BEFORE HE WAS READY TO

#the way kit connor has been treated by people is genuinely horrific #and i'm so SO angry that he had to come out not on his terms and before he was ready just to make people SHUT UP #so congratulations everyone!!!! good job!!!! #and also a very huge screw you to people saying 'he's bi playing a bi character WE WON' you won NOTHING #i repeat you forced an eighteen year old to out himself #THAT IS NOT WINNING. THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS #kit connor #heartstopper cast #sarah rambles

[magicalgirlsasuke]

everyone stop. walker’s eyes noticeably take in the colour of his surroundings.

meaning he naturally canonises one of the oldest headcanons in the fandom.

PERCY’S EYES CHANGE COLOUR

#percy jackson #pjo #don’t ever try to say these characters weren’t perfectly casted #oh my godsssssss #don’t say this happens to everyone go rewatch the trailer when he first comes on screen his eyes are GREEN

[dakeus-art]

My take on the new cast!

#maybe Lena’s design is just a bit too self indulgent #but I’m the one holding the apple pencil #I can do what I want #I hope I didn’t miss any canon descriptions #if I did I blame it on the fact that english isn’t my first language #my art #tmagp #tmagp fanart #tmagp cast #the magnus protocol #digital art #character design

[mikuyuuss]

“You'll see my face in every place

But you can't catch me now”

#this makes me want to revisit the og trilogy bc i feel like i wasnt able to fully appreciate it as a kid #lucy gray baird #the hunger games #tbosbas #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #thg #thg fanart #hunger games #my art #coriolanus snow #tbosbas fanart #snowbaird #so i just watched this movie and loved it all #the cast and acting??? chefs kiss #the story and characters immaculate #the outfits ! #their dynamic… interesting also lucy is such a mood stan women in arts #rachel zegler #tom blyth #tbosas

[indestinatus]

EYES: the trio; perfect casting

#if i hear one more complain about casting #this is SOUL casting ok??? my children #percy jackson #annabeth chase #grover underwood #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo tv show #pjoedit #pjosource #mygifs #ughmerlin #userbecca #useraurore #userelio #jemmablossom #userhann #tuserlucie #they fit perfectly it's insane #just look in their eyes and see the characters #*mygraphics

[hybbart]

He did so good it was so funny how the wardens completely ignored him

#solidaritygaming #tango tek #ethoslab #rancher's revenge #decked out 2 #deepfrost cast au #hermitcraft #fanart #fantasy #character #comic #art #sketch #doodle #Hybbart

[vriskan8or]

let her go

#homestuck #vriska serket #terezi pyrope #vriska #terezi #vrisrezi #mic_art #screencap redraw of that one utena scene woohoo #vrisrezi and utenanthy dont share many similarities but there are some interesting parallels that can be drawn #like theyre all characters who are devoted to the respective roles they think they have #utena needs to be a prince and vriska needs to be a hero #terezi needs to cast vriska as the villain so that she can be the one to bring her to justice while anthy #is resigned to her role as the rose bride and is cast as a witch by others (and herself in a way...) to justify her suffering #im too tired to put into words all the other shit rattlign around in my brain but something something vriska society violence princes utena #something interesting to note is that in the rgu stabbing scene utena is walking to the left while is hs vriskas walking to the right #which i think is mostly a cultural difference due to english being read left to right while japanese is read right to left #changing which direction is percieved as forward #which could be read further into but could also just be the natural flow of the scene or whateevr #idk i need to peruse ohtori.nu again i looooove reading utena essays

[scaredii-cat]

My beautiful wife!! REAL!!!!

#hi hey hi i really liked the first episode #it was good! they manage to put a good amount in without it feeling crammed or rushed #the food looks delicious and the characters are wonderful as ever #only thing i didnt love was the english cast #everyone was either okay or didnt really fit? at least to me #ESPECIALLY falin and senshi. my god. #but thats a small thing the japanese cast sounds great and i might go back and listen to some of the other versions #anyway! i enjoyed it #oh and the end credits!!! theyre so so so good #made me hyped to see some of the characters later in the story #chitchat #dungeon meshi #dungeon meshi anime #senshi #screenshots

[bivampir]

it's SO funny that when asked what he had to do to prepare for his role in IWTV Sam Reid says he had to learn how to play the piano, learn to speak French, Italian, and English with a French accent. Bailey read IWTV religiously and added her own comments, and kept an actual fucking journal she wrote entirely as Claudia. meanwhile Jacob Anderson, when asked the same question, just responds with “oh nothing, i was already emo”. icons and legends only

#I LOVE THEM SO FUCKING MUCH YOU DONT UNDERSTAND #JUST TO BE CLEAR #I don't think Jacob didn't put a lot of effort into his Louis he's an incredibly talented actor and makes Louis everything he shouldve been #he's legit amazing and the way you as a viewer get a very clear sense of who Louis is and what's he like IMMEDIATELY after meeting him #not to mention how fucking HARD it is to play a deeply repressing character without making them feel actually emotionless. #and Jacob fucking nails it #NOT TO MENTION THE AMERICAN ACCENTS????? TWO DISTINCT ACCENTS THAT ARE BOTH SO PLAUSIBLE I WAS SHOCKED TO LEARN HE'S FUCKING BRI'ISH? #I JUST THINK HIS RESPONSE IS FUCKING HILARIOUS #IWTV #Jacob Anderson #Bailey Bass #Sam Reid #interview with the vampire #iwtv cast #amc iwtv #my posting #wow it's been a while #3rd degree failpost #didn't even notice this broke 1k 😭😭😭

[scrambledslut]

i need him in a way that is concerning to feminism

#wHO GAVE HIM THE RIGHT?!? #they knew what they were doing when they casted pedro as joel #jesus #i cant imagine anyone else as him now #pedro pascal #joel miller #joel miller x reader #tlou #the last of us #tlou joel #joel miller smut #joel miller x y/n #pedro pascal cinematic universe #pedro pascal x reader #pedro pascal characters #pedro pascal x y/n #joel miller x you #joel miller fanfiction #joel miller imagine #pedro pascal imagine #tlou hbo