I really can't get over Simon reframing the chimera incident romantically when he finally verbalizes his love for Baz because, first of all, that's very sexy and unhinged of him.
Also, it actually makes sense? Because during CO Baz tell us that Simon is basically unbeatable, and later he says that Simon is "beautiful in battle". And in a way, Simon truly comes alive when he has something to fight, someone to protect. So when a angsty unhinged Baz who can't decide if he wants to "kiss or push" Simon sends a monster after him to scare him, we can read it as practically flirting, even if that wasn't on anyone's confused disturbed little heads atm, cuz truly a monster send after Simon it's a dead monster. And the fact that Simon wasn't scared and instead fought and emerged victorious? It very likely just made Baz like him even more (and was also what deterred him from pulling that shit again, the crazy and dangerous of it all aside, but also cuz what if it just makes Simon hoter?!!). It's kinda on the same level as Simon going to see all of Baz football practices for them, because "surely he must be pLOTting" when in reality Simon was just very into hot and sweaty Baz destroying everyone else on the field.
By sending a monster after Simon, Baz got to see first hand how beautiful Simon is in battle, and while Simon used this as proof of "Evil Baz" atm we know that in retrospect, and in his own unhinged way, there was a part of him that saw himself fighting to keep Baz safe and unharmed as a confession of romantic love (and with Baz being the one getting them in that situation in the first place, he might have been like "you bitch!!" and "haha this didn't go as u planned!" when the chimera turned on Baz, but a part of him was still like "it's ok, i won't let anything actually harm him/put him in actual danger, no matter what he did" which is line with that part in awtwb where Baz is like "you hated me back then Simon, what are u talking about" and Simon goes "yeah sure but I still wouldn't have let anything hurt u")
And I can't definitely see goofy goth "emo shit" Baz frustrated and confused as hell, like he just wanted to scare a guy and is walking away stunned by his beauty in combat and his bravery and how dare he protected him so well??? Truly he wants him dead. Simon not dying can only be described as punishment for Baz's poor dramatic gay heart,
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I've discussed this briefly before, but I really do love the idea of Movie Verse Princess Daisy being an arena-fighting royal like Donkey Kong.
While Totomesu and the other kings of Sarasaland handle a majority of the political matters, Daisy is on call to fight one-on-one battles in order to settle disputes, her main responsibility being to get as strong as possible and crush any opponent that's put in front of her.
It would definitely set up her character as someone who is spunky, tomboyish, and aggressively competitive compared to someone like Princess Peach.
Peach, for most of her life, has had to balance both being the primary diplomat and the sole fighter of the Mushroom Kingdom. As a result she approaches everything cautiously, reserving violence as a last resort in order to keep things as simple and courteous as possible.
Daisy, meanwhile, is always .5 seconds away from challenging someone to a fist fight in a Denny's parking lot.
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Y'know the thing about writing feral/unhinged versions of Orion/Optimus, is that you can't go too far into the feral/unhinged direction to a point where OP's core character traits are lost or become too diminished. After all, in a multiple-continuity franchise like TF, part of what makes the stories make sense is that even if details change (sometimes major details), the characters are still recognizably themselves to one degree or another. (Although this isn't always the case due to executive meddling or some characters being such blank slates from their initial G1 appearances that there's basically nothing to model them off of, but I digress.)
It's pretty much another reason why I love IDW1 Optimus, bc he literally is a canonical feral/unhinged Optimus who's unhinged as a direct consequence of who he is as a person and what he's been through. Like, he still has those fundamental character traits of trying his best to be moral and make good choices, trying to be a role model, etc, except after 4 million years of war and untreated depression he's basically holding onto his sense of self by his fingertips. So when he "goes feral" e.g. losing his temper and beating up/killing people or saying hurtful things, he's feral in a way that's directly tied to his normal personality and not just as a random quirk he has.
IDW OP's feral moments arise from the gaps between "Optimus' attempts to be who he thinks he needs to be" and "the reality of the world that he can't fix/seems to only make worse" that cause him to lose hope, or become cynical, or lose his temper. But in this case, the unhinged-ness makes perfect sense because it arises out of Optimus trying and failing to be the best person or to make the most morally good choices he's trying to make. Basically, the "feral/unhinged" label is just another way of me trying to say that he's not just unhinged because he's weird or because he's a bad person, but because it's an emotional reaction (more like an emotional explosion due to pent-up emotions) to the context he exists in.
I'd also say that IDW OP's personality being generally reserved/stoic and (trying to be) noble works in tandem with those moments he has of going feral because it makes him more realistic. His psyche is treated in a way where the writers are like, "Hey what if the pressure of having to be everyone's idol and be the best person in the galaxy at all times actually broke Optimus down mentally and emotionally?" It makes IDW OP far more relatable. Instead of naturally being a perfect Christ-like figure who never wavers in his morals or convictions and is just naturally a nice person who always has the wisest and best answer, being a good person is something that IDW OP has to consciously strive to be. Even when he feels like it's useless, or the cycle of violence will never stop, or any attempts he makes to help only ends up with things becoming worse.
And I feel like this does a service not only to IDW Optimus as a character, but also as a sort of moral/philosophical perspective for the reader to ponder upon? I feel like culture at large (or at least my experience of it) tends to believe that "goodness" in a person is simply an innate feature that people are born/not born with, and that being "good" means that you must be good at all times, both in your actions as well as the way you feel emotionally about yourself and the world. Like, there's a tendency for our vision of "a good person" to be good in every aspect at all times without having to try to be a good person. So I think IDW Optimus' character stands as a good example of how someone can be good at heart but still struggle to maintain those feelings of optimism and hope and justice. It's a good idea to have such a paragon of a character (in-universe and out-of-universe) be so conflicted and to even be mistaken, misguided, or make things worse because it shows that goodness is as much about "trying to behave/act in a way that is good" and not just "existing as an innately good person."
It's way more realistic for a person to want to be good, try to be good, and sometimes/often fail than it is for them to just be a good person. I enjoy the fact that IDW Optimus is both a good person at heart, but also has to strive to be a good person and live up to other people's expectations of what they see in him. I like how he wants to be a good person and change society for the better, but he also spends a good amount of time either feeling hopeless and alone or being angry at/detached from other people because of how frustrated they make him. He's realistically portrayed as someone who wants to be good and hopeful and change things for the better, but is also mentally and emotionally broken by that burden because of how impossible it is for him to Fix Everything and be the Perfect Prime/Leader/Autobot that people see him as. It's this fascinating mixture of "yes, this is who he is as a person" but also "there are things he desires to be that he could never possibly become or live up to."
This got really far off based from feral/unhinged Optimus sdklfjaslkdlfkas. The TLDR is that if people want unhinged OP, I feel like they should give IDW OP a chance because he IS unhinged but he's unhinged in a way that's a realistic/thematic representation of how being an Absolute Good is impossible. And how being a good person isn't just about Existing And You Are A Good Person, but rather goodness is a constant state of flux in which you adjust, you make mistakes, you lose your temper and feel hopeless, but then you pick yourself up and try again.
Also IDW OP really likes climbing in dangerous wilderness and jumping out of flying vehicles which I think is very feral and sexy of him to do.
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I just finished watching Fatbeard and I saw some ppl argue/justify Kyle encouraging Cartman to go to Somalia as like a "he just wants to get rid of him so it's fine and actual it's moral because he is doing it for the good of the town" thing.
Which I think is just an insanely funny thing to argue in my opinion, cuz like. The episode explicitly tells you that Kyle really wants this to happen so Cartman will die.
Like Kyle really has no effect on whether Cartman will or won't do something as we have been shown. If Cartman wants to do something and Kyle disagrees that will only bring him more joy. And if he agrees he's still gonna do it if he truly wants to. So whether Kyle remained silent or said anything didn't really make a difference. So having Kyle encourage him is used specifically as a way to showcase Kyle's personality, motivation and character.
The only argument you could possibly make by that point in the episode is that Kyle just wanted to get Cartman out of South Park.
But in his very next scene he is shown excited and giddily making sure that Cartman going off to Somalia is true. He would even like to take credit for it. Stan litteraly asks "You really think he'll die in Somalia?" To which he responds with "Oh for sure!", like what more confirmation do you need?
Kyle isn't responsible for Cartman going to Somalia. But that's not the point. The point is that Kyle wanted/had no moral issue over encouraging Cartman to go die and was excited at the prospect of it.
And this isn't like a "kyle is actualy a horrible person and I don't like him post". I frickin love Kyle. I'm just kinda over seeing people baby him. He has a little bit of psychotic in him, let him be, it makes him a fun character and you don't need to have a moral justification for everything he does.
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You know when some people wake up with a weird idea at an absurd time of the night, write it down, then go back to bed only to wake up and see it with zero recognition of writtning it? Thats what this is, I woke up and found this doddle of Donnie...
Bonus doodles I wasn't in zombie mode drawing
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