#they're. fucking. FOILS!!!

[citrinide]

Saying this in the nicest way possible.

Some people really need to shut up.

#cecil.fm #DESPERATELY begging some of you to stop ignoring huge parts of a character JUST because you like them #He's an asshole. He's CONSISTENTLY an asshole. He makes slights and unnecessary judgements toward EVERYONE. PLEASE IT'S NOT JUST THE CHASSIS #yes this is about Wheatley obviously I'm going to be pissed over people misinterpreting characters from my special interest AGAIN #I was there when people UwU-ified him and treated him like a precious baby while demonising GLaDOS at the same time I'm bashing heads in rn #they're. fucking. FOILS!!! #THEY'RE BOTH BAD PEOPLE OH MY GOD THEY BOTH MAKE UNNECESSARILY RUDE REMARKS YOU NEED TO ACCEPT THIS OH MY GOD #I am begging oh my fucking god #there's moments where I see this behaviour and like desperately want to block people because oh my god what ELSE are you blatantly ignoring #like I'm not innocent either here I'll be the FIRST to admit my f/o is a shitty person too! He's a pathetic little suck up #he's annoying and so fucking rude but I'm not ignoring any of that! #The portal fandom has such an issue with this I swear to god. nothings changed we're going in circles. character analysis is dead. #I think thats what made me cancel LaaC originally too. fuck. #this is why I stay in my little Aperture Tag corner. Because at LEAST we aren't operating under the false pretense that Nigel is some saint #forcing you all (non-specific) to play the game again and TRY to explain away the blatant instances of him being all types of awful #just a general sentiment I've seen again recently that I REALLY despise. stop declawing characters im going to MAUL you #anyway sorry for the tag rant im just very passionate about this game and people misinterpreting characters WILDLY off is. Yeah :)) #extra note: blaming the chassis for his actions as if he wasn't predisposed to that behaviour is a stupid ass take and always has been <3 #i could go on for hours but I'd hit the note limit so <3 #one of my biggest pet peeves in fandom honestly.

[a-memory-a-distant-echo]

do you ever think about how when we see their backstory, di feisheng and jiao liqiao are both victims? jiao liqiao physically restrained and surrounded by jeering, threatening men about to assault her; di feisheng restrained by mind control and jeered at, threatened, until he has no choice but to fight? both of them trapped, her knowing that she can't even hope for the escape of death, him knowing that if he dies here, he'll never be free?

and jiao liqiao takes that terror and violation and sees how it could be a tool she could wield.

and di feisheng takes that terror and violation and sees how it is an unendurable moral injury that has to be eliminated.

do you every think about how they were both so focused, both so driven, both so fully fixated on the single person who was their goal, their reason for everything?

and jiao liqiao let her obsession with di feisheng turn her into someone who would destroy the world, would destroy di feisheng himself, as long as it meant he would be hers.

and di feisheng let his obsession turn him into someone who would save a world he doesn't care about, would give up everything he's worked for, if it meant that li xiangyi would live.

#they're just devastatingly perfect narrative foils #this show does it so fucking well #mysterious lotus casebook #di feisheng #jiao liqiao

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Interviewer: Avatar Aang, why did you run away from home? Aang: I was told I was the Avatar at like 12, and the pressure got to me so I childishly ran away. :( Ironically that ended up being the right choice, but that's a diff story. Interviewer: Fascinating. Did you take anyone with you? Aang: Of course! My best buddy, ol' pal Appa! :D Appa: Moo Interviewer: Avatar Korra, why did you run away from home? Korra: Well the first time- I don't want to talk about the second time- it was because those jerks wouldn't let me BE THE AVATAR! So I ran away to do my duties! Interviewer: Fascinating. Did you take anyone with you? Korra: Of course! Only the best girl ever, Naga! Naga: Woof

Interviewer: Avatar Kyoshi, why did you run away from home? Kyoshi: After witnessing the death of two of my loved ones. I swore to escape my sifu's control and to get revenge by any means necessary. Interviewer: Fascinating. Did you take anyone with you? Kyoshi: Of course! I took my totally 100%, platonic bestie Rangi! Mmmhmmm just friends, totally, ONLY friends. Haha. No secret longing feelings here, no siree. Rangi: Platonic???? Not by the end of this trip, not if I have anything to say about it!

#atla #avatar the last air bender #lok #legend of korra #rise of kyoshi #shadow of kyoshi #rangi #korra #kyoshi #rangi sei'naka #rangshi #rangi seinaka #rangi i get it girl but kyoshi's having a gay crisis you need to be more forward #parallels #it was a funny post and fun parallels leave me be! #i think i'm funny #the 2nd time korra ran away she took her ptsd with her ;w; but we don't talk about that! #kyoshi is over compensating cause she doesn't want her bestie to know she's in love with her #little does she know rangi was DTF for like 2 years now TT0TT #i love how they both throw out 'i'm totally in love w/u vibes' but then they just fucking miss each other???? #and what's worse is that both think they're just soooo good at hiding it TT0TT the miscommunication no one does it like THEM #my fav type of miscommunication #absolute messes I love them #aang and korra were great foils #but adding kyoshi makes such a great 3 way venn diagram~!

[lovedeltaa]

thinking about my little meow meow

sol emeralds and sol energy fucking her up 😱

#sth #blaze the cat #au stuff #me n my friend have crafted lore for the sol emeralds #cuz there's literally nothing canonical lmao #they're like foils to the chaos emerald #and simultaneously reflecting blaze's personality vs sonic's #so they're like chaos vs order here #I luv the hc that chaos energy spurs the growth of plants and flowers #and it's important in this au #so the sol emeralds sorta do the opposite #cause destruction and wilt and kill any surrounding plantlife etc etc #sonic's beauty of chaos vs blaze's downfall via order #u feel me #and her powers are 'fueled' by sol energy ig #I'd need to dissect my brain to truly explain wtf I mean by all of this #but in essence the sol emeralds don't like anyone and barely tolerate blaze LMAO #must maintain the order and stability quite literally to a fault #so all that is fucking her up! caused scarring from using her powers! #so the bangles r to help regulate and disperse that energy so the scarring doesnt really go past the wrists #ok bye i'm talking too much here sry #luc arte

[possamble]

whats your take on marcille and pattadols post canon friendship? they seem to hang out occasionally in a couple of post canon shorts and i was wondering if your beautiful mind has anything more to add? youre amazing 💖

☺️ aha thank you so much!!! Pattadol and Marcille are sooo interesting to me because like. I think Pattadol is who Marcille would have become if her parents had both been long-lived, and she never had a reason to question elven authority. The hardworking attitude, insistence on sticking to a very rigid set of principles, a little bit of vanity in wanting to be recognized for her efforts... the slightly ridiculous uptightness and neurotic attitude at times, though at heart they're both kind people who want the best for everyone in their own ways.

In the post-canon, I'm assuming that Pattadol has her own ambassador's quarters in either the castle or the inner city, and the two of them grab tea at the castle drawing room/garden/whatever. I think they talk shop, soundboard ideas off each other, and gossip/complain a little about incompetent colleagues/problems... I think they're each others' dream work friends, honestly. Polite, competent, friendly but never getting overly personal, fun and pleasant to talk to. The fact that Pattadol's 82 and a fairly young woman by elven standards also plays into it, I think -- Marcille hasn't had another elf friend along the same maturity range and professional level of experience, so this is probably nice for her!

What I would like to see is them eventually developing a closer relationship. I think a lot about the way Pattadol reassured Marcille that, because of her accomplishments, she'd have a pretty comfortable sentence as a Canary. About the way, while there was tension because of what was happening at the time, they were both immediately very polite to each other upon meeting and kind of?? got along/clicked immediately in some ways?? It feels like they have the same kind of standards for themselves and others (as well as general inexperience and slight insecurity about their own competency, which probably makes them feel at more or less an equal level with each other).

And I think that'd be good for both of them -- having someone else that they admire, who also admires them in return and recognizes their talents and hard work. There's a very unique kind of rapport you build with someone that you hold as an intellectual peer and can trust to give you feedback that's actually reliable and up to par. While they might both be too professional to really become super close friends who can always be open with each other, there's a very real and deep kind of companionship that forms from this kind of trust, and I hope that's the direction they're heading in.

It's also extra delicious if you add in the tension of Pattadol inherently being a foreign agent from a country that isn't necessarily friendly, but they end up with that strange trust anyway... not to mention the thought that she might find herself actually admiring how Melini is growing and trying to defend it when reporting back to the queen.

#happy for them!! #dungeon meshi manga spoilers #dungeon meshi spoilers #dungeon meshi #marcille donato #pattadol #uptight blonde women lovers unite #phd buddies who go for coffee sometimes #it's so funny that the first time i saw pattadol in daydream hour i was like?? that's not marcille is it?? face is different??? #it's so underrated how they're each others' foils and mirrors in a ton of admittedly low-stakes but interesting ways... #these keep getting so long im so sorry #asks #i don't write about pattadol much in a little creature because i think they'd both rather die than have pattadol get roped into the drama #imagine her nervously watching marcille turn more and more into a wreck and just going...erm...im very sorry this is happening to you... #and she's genuine about it but it's so fucking awkward bc. both equally mortified by the extent of the farcille dyke drama #forgot to post this last night whoops #marcilleposting

[autumnalmess]

LOOK AT THIS AND TELL ME MODERN ENJOLRAS WOULD NOT FUCKING LOVE THIS

#immediately instated within every single amis meeting #grantaire brings his own cup that says “doesn't fucking matter” #les mis #les amis de l'abc #enjolras #grantaire #they're foils your honour

[mintmechs]

in honor of sonic & knuckles' anniversary tomorrow, here are some of my favorite sonic & knuckles frames from sonic x

(they're holding hands)

anniversary dinner! BONUS:

anyway sonic & knuckles

#I LOVE YOU DOG #sonic #sth #sonic the hedgehog #knuckles the echidna #knuckles #sonic 3 and knuckles #sonic 3 & knuckles #sonic and knuckles #sonknux #sonuckles #sonknuckles #THEY INVENTED THE RED AND BLUE DYNAMIC DON'T EVEN FUCKING LOOK AT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOOK AT THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #they complete each other. they are narrative foils. they will rile each other up until the day they die #remember knuckles was the og he was the sonic rival #never forget #they're best friends THEY'RE BEST FRIENDS THEY'RE BEST FRIENDS #i climbed this hill to kill #i'm so normal i'm so normal about them #sega #red and blue #tails the fox #amy rose #sonic x #sonic x knuckles #i love sonic x sonknux i feel so fed

[boyfriendyke]

vash truly is one of the most characters ever. like. he's a normal guy. he's a gunslinger. he barely uses his gun. he's lame. he's a dork. he's the most badass character ever. there are two (2) different instances of him barking in the anime. he has an evil brother. he's cain and also abel. he's an angel. also an alien. he's good with kids. he's a staunch pacifist. he's naive. but also he's aware of how inconvenient his views can be. he's a staunch pacifist. and he's killed before. and he's everything to me <3

#he's just. so incredibly nuanced its incredible. i love him i'm picking him up by the scruff and shaking him #i just love how he's legit so badass. and also the most lame pathetic man youve ever seen. and these r not mutually exclusive things #jc.txt #trigun #vash and wolfwood r just such fucking insane characters 2 me theyre both so goofy and dorky #and also they can both be so fucking serious and stoic and badass and tragic #theyre insane 2 me. they r buzzing like flies in my brain #anyways. god. when they're narrative foils

[ct-hardcase]

In terms of Inquisitor stories I'm hoping that we potentially get someday, I'm looking forward to seeing how the Seventh Sister and Fifth Brother's dynamic got established. While we don't know much about them as a duo before rebels, it's been established that if they're in the same room, they're near each other (be it fighting or just in each other's presence), and they also hate the other's guts. We also know, based on their sparring together in Vader (2017) and their appearance in Rise of the Red Blade (also sparring together and/or Seventh heckling Fifth while around Iskat) that they've been at it since 19BBY and kept it up until 3BBY, which, especially considering the backstabby nature of the inquisitorius, is a long time!

I do ship them, so clearly my questions about/view of them has a bit of a romantic and/or sexual tinge to it, but even completely in the context of a platonic relationship, the question of why those two gravitate to each other fascinates me, given everything else we know about them as characters and how they interact with the other inquisitors.

There's quite a bit of evidence for this on Fifth's end—he doesn't take shit from Reva or Iskat, and the only inquisitor he shows true fealty/respect to is the Grand Inquisitor. Seventh, whether or not you take stock in the numerical rank system, doesn't outrank him, and she'll also openly confront him, so there are similarities among her, Reva, and Iskat in that none of the three of them are doormats. Notably, one could also assume Fifth's attitude skews a bit misogynistic, as he doesn't seem to have the same issues with Eighth or Tualon based on what little we get of those dynamics, but that's a different post.

We've gotten less of Seventh's dynamic with a variety of inquisitors given her comparative lack of content compared to him (not that I'm bitter), but she's clearly headstrong, smart, cruel, and isn't afraid to push others under the bus in order to gain the upper hand in a situation for revenge. Given all this, it's notable that despite their arguing, she consistently works with Fifth and spars with him (which, even Iskat notes that sparring with Seventh is sort of terrifying). Clearly, Seventh's willing to put up with him as much as he's willing to put up with her. Since she isn't that different from Reva and Iskat, all things considered, what was The Thing that did makes Seventh and Fifth tolerate, and even gravitate toward, each other?

Obviously, I have my own ideas for why (up to and including "they want to jump each other's bones about it"), but in terms of guessing what canon may do? I'd estimate that when the two first meet (and they're probably among the earliest to do so/the earlier initiates), Seventh takes Fifth's surliness less personally than the other inquisitors and makes it more into banter, keeps pushing him back. This pisses him off, but the fact that she doesn't back down draws him in, both as a rival and otherwise. Given the fact that he's dyed-in-the-wool committed to the inquisitor cause and less fazed about evildoing, her propensity for cruel and unusual violence may not bother him as much as it would the others. The two of them coming as a set may be process of elimination as much as it is being drawn to the other, honestly.

This bit also didn't really fit anywhere else, but what cements their dynamic as different to me is something I noticed while watching Rebels, where despite the fact that Seventh almost always takes point on missions (and in notable contrast to owk, he usually lets her), the two have what seems to be an unspoken agreement that Fifth is the one interacting with imperial leadership and Vader. By the end, they clearly know each other, even through pointed barbs.

#star dorks #inquisitorius tag #r: always two #idk their dynamic is so good and despite evolving canon and more characters always rings as one of the most interesting #and honestly I was wondering to myself that if Iskat and Tualon are an item does that diminish them? #but honestly I love pitting Seventh and Fifth in contrast to them #each couple works as a foil in multiple directions #(fifth and tualon loving their dangerous women and being led by them #seventh and iskat taking power in knowing this is true #fifth and iskat being power-hungry volunteers and driven but with the loyalty to the cause being their fracture. #fifth SEEING iskat and knowing what she has with tualon and thinking they're so unbearably stupid but envying it so much it aches #tualon and seventh both having been irrevocably fucked up by the process on nur/HQ but being good inquisitors despite it all) #and iskat and tualon could eventually put love to their words #I think fifth and seventh did keep an ember of hate generally stoked #they never loved as deeply and it's what kept them alive #something something the opposite of love isn't hate it's apathy #crossposted from twitter but this has director's commentary due to lack of character limit #the fact that they were included in rotrb is a relief bc I was genuinely wondering if dlf was going to leave their dynamic in the dust #sw headcanons

[drhu0806]

I may be an O-mancer at heart but as someone who also loves playing fast and loose with both O and Seven dynamics I am both sustained and gain damage when people inevitably draw contrasts/comparison between the two

#what does the owl say #listen the fact that i love both o and seven is just the biggest indicator #that i have a Type #they're both unintentional foils to each other and that's so fucking funny to me

[lesbiaeneas]

So who do you ship Aeneas with?

i think shipping aeneas is a bit of a dangerous business when juno has the winds on call at any moment :// now, shipping odysseus, that's another thing. but after what happened to phaeacia i think it's safer to stick to less high-profile uber customers

#max.txt #SORRYYYYYYYYYYYY FOR BEING THIS WAY. GENUINE ANSWER: the aeneid is not a media i am super shippy about #i do find a lot of the characters very interesting but overall i'm more invested in the poem's context and themes and such #but 1. dido and aeneas make me fucking crazy insane. would they have actually worked out as a couple? idk #but they make me crazy. foaming at the mouth scratching at the walls thinking about their parallels #2. aeneas and turnus should fuck because they're foils and that's what foils should do #3. i think achates is gay for aeneas is what i think. based on no evidence at all just vibes #asks #aeneidblogging

[troublcmakcrs]

//i watched post-covid over the weekend, and one of my friends was like, "fair warning, there's some creek in it..." and my friend kyle was like, "omg there's no creek! they stand next to each other and talk a couple times, that's it" and guess which one was right

#misc :: ( ooc ) #//IT IS FUCKING BAFFLING WHAT PEOPLE IN THIS FANDOM WILL CALL A ''CREEK MOMENT'' SOMETIMES #//they never even touch each other and there is no real warmth towards each other displayed at all #//they sit at the same table #//they go to get aluminum foil together #//craig answers for tweek when people ask how they are #//and tweek corrects him and says that in fact he is NOT good he is very anxious #//but oh yeah they're totally super married and in love LKFJDSJDF #//real shit tho. in the bad post-covid timeline they ARE married :) #//just bc i think them being fucking MISERABLE along with everyone else is hilarious #//truly the worst ending is them following along with this situation all the way to MARRIAGE #//post-covid craig & tweek wanna kill each other and themselves i can see it in their eyes

[misstrashchan]

OZPIN

#maya ozpin model... but at what fucking cost #also with what oz and ironwood say to ruby when they're beating her ass is like #very applicable to themselves and their own flaws and insecurities #oz and ironwood foiling to ruby coming in so strong #rwby #ozpin #rwby9 #rwby spoilers

[heirbane]

anyway thinking about the thancred/ryne and gaius/allie parallels

#ⅹⅳ tertius oculus ( hcs. ) #just two dads trying their best - aka: trying to remedy their past mistakes #trying to wipe the blood off their hands to not dirty another child with the losses they've caused #realizing maybe a bit late that they're actually not. the best. that good intentions do not equal good acts #and that playing the role of dad isn't enough #having to look at their teenage charges and tell them they are sorry and they are trying and it may not be enough #anyway the foil storytelling between g.aius and a.llie and r.yne and t.hancred was good. as ive said many times before - #g.aius is only the bad guy bc he was written to be that way. tha.ncred and him aren't too dissimilar. #doing sometimes heinous things to further themselves and only realizing later how fucked up some things are #and trying to make things right - ie r.yne & r.anjit and v.alens & a.llie #but knowing they cannot wipe away the ash that came before them. that it stains.

[bylertruther]

max saying "it's like [vecna] only sees the darkness in us" because vecna brings up their worst moments and thoughts and reduces them to just that without ever giving them a chance to be more, heal, or see otherwise, essentially snuffing out all the light in their lives until they're weak and isolated enough that they have no choice but to succumb to the dark

vs

mike showing will his darkness (expressing his insecurities, worries, and being vulnerable in front of him) and will shining a light on all of the things he loves about him (you're not some random nerd; you're the heart; you're our leader that guides and inspires us), reminding him of the good that he's done (that was you guys that saved me) and the good he can still do (whatever you didn't say, you can say it to her then), essentially dispelling mike's darkness by reminding him of his own light

#if y'all would listen to what i've been saying and preaching and praying.gif #+ how will was able to talk to his mom in the upside down because of the love they had for each other like. he is LITERALLY the light he #was INTRODUCED to us as the light he's the most whimsical and innocent n sweetest of the byers bunch n we're shown that thru flashbacks #and how dark and empty their home was without him and LITERALLY BY HAVING HIM COMMUNICATE THROUGH THE LIGHTS JOYCE #TALKS TO THE LAMPS N TOUCHES HTEM LIKE THEY'RE WILL BECAUSE HE . IS LITERALLY. THE LGIHT. #AND THE FIREBALLS. DO U THINK THATS JUST FOR SHITS N GIGGLES. WILL THE WISE WIZARD VS VECNA THE DARK WIZARD. CMON NOW #anyway. im fine sorry im not mad i just go momentarily insane any time i think abt them sorry it will happen again <3 #the character foil realness is just . WHOA #bc they're literally foils in every single fucking way like ........ GOD DAMN

[michiganmerchant]

please do not read the tags i am being insane at 10pm on a sunday night

#thinking. perhaps even thoughting. thunking. #<- new tag because i am Insane #anyways shipping disease is real etc etc but. i love luke hughes because i also love brandt clarke #and i want to put them together like two barbie dolls !!! #listen LISTEN luke/brandt is like me and two other people in the fucking boat but it's such a good one #it's also completely made up in my head but. well. look. #luke/brandt is the only appealing hughes ship to me! i dont know why! #quinn/elias does not do anything 2 me (quinn/elias/brock DOES but also not a. ccanucks fan) #no jack ship inspires me Enough but he and nico are kind of cute? #but luke and brandt bitch4bitch... oh that's good stuff right there mhmm 100% #it's just. it's the way luke is such a peculiar and funky little guy like of course #he had to go... not fall in love but something to the left and darker than that with the boy he used to beat up during ministicks #also hilarious how they're both dmen! opposite sides too! wow you could put them togeth-[gets shot] #i think soecifically the idea of examining luke and his little guy bitch vibes via brandt i #who is also little guy bitch and them being narrative foils 2 each other when they are Not the same person its like WOW!!! #i want to write (no i dont i want to read actually) about luke and his tenacity when confronted with a bite that's just as bad as his #luke and his youngest brother weight of expectations successful brother vs brandt being the best clarke at hockey in his family #they're around the same point imo in their development curve and its going to be SUCH a battle i know #because they play similar games #and i think brandt heightens luke's competitiveness! and his competitiveness is part of what makes him- HIM! #in conclusion i am going to watch lak vs njd even though i do not like any of these teams in the slightest!