#Character Allignments

[wickmitz]

any thoughts/opinions on vikdecai?

i don’t believe i have any complex thoughts that haven’t already been said by the community at large! mostly my opinions just correlate to a very fond i like them, since mordecai kneecapping viktor in order to save himself from having to hurt him later is really one of the first things that humanizes his character. makes you realize he’s not nearly as cold or practical as he tries leading you to believe -- a front that unravels further given his atlas obsession. and i like that! my favorite thing about mordecai is his subtle longing for the lackadaisy crew, how much he doesn’t wish to hurt them, and how venomously he loathes his current life … what he’s doing now isn’t what he wants to currently be doing, but merely what must be done for his goal, one which is already layered in lackadaisy sentiment. so his bond with viktor is important to me, given how much it highlights this inner struggle and earnest truth within his character. but then again, this can also be applied to mordecai’s relationship with mitzi, atlas, and ivy, so let me discuss them in a more romantic sense. which i’m sure is what this question is trying to get at!

romantically, i view mordecai and viktor’s dynamic as … favorable? it’s entirely plausible there were feelings there, an intimacy only they shared as men inside atlas’ arsenal, people who were entirely knowledgeable of the lackadaisy’s nasty underbelly. it’s their slaughter of people deserving and of many, many innocents that help their boss’s speakeasy run, and this violence ( this constant watching one another’s back ) would only breed closeness in spite of the horror it’s built on. and, of course, they have core things in common outside of their job and efficiency for bloodsport! like their love for family, their devotion towards those who matter most, and how out of place they equally feel on this soil - - in this world and era, where everything feels like it’s out to get them in some way or another. their ability to connect beyond their surface level traits and quirks ( mordecai and viktor are very much opposites on their surface, and they have a habit of bickering about these differences, albeit lightheartedly ) demonstrates the profoundness of what they have and what they’d do to protect it. they care for one another in little gestures, insignificant to most but in a way that truly matters to them … as they can see the genuineness in it, since they’re putting themselves into the careful actions and aren’t just doing things for politeness sake. for example, mordecai tries adorning them in matching cloth so they’re two equal halves, symmetrical, and then we have viktor who pocketed mordecai’s glasses to give him later when they were done with their mission. i like to imagine there are more things like this in their relationship! stuff that isn’t as severe as life or death, like saving your friend’s skin by a mere inch or dragging each other to a finish line every day. any of atlas’ men can offer that. it’s the extra things, done out of agency and personal desire, that bring them closer than any other regular joe on atlas’ payroll. it’s rather clear that they were close canonically, and that viktor was perhaps mordecai’s closest friend in a way that atlas could never be due to the pedestal he was constantly put upon. and while we have less insight on viktor’s feelings, i’d imagine the betrayal has never, and will never, fully heal. it is not a wound he can easily patch up, and it isn’t something one could just forget either. how can you dismiss someone who used to be your hands and eyes and ears? when you two functioned as another man’s extra body in your entirety? you may as well have shared a mind when out on the field, and that’s a closeness and a trust which is hard to lose. viktor hardly lets anyone in as is, just as anti social as his spectacles wearing companion, so to lose that in such a violent was is an unspeakable pain he bears, i’m sure. mordecai took whatever remained of his life from him with that shot. he’s permanently robbed viktor the ability to defend the last few hairs he cares to protect. his purpose is now up in the air. and all this anguish from someone he completely and utterly believed in … there is a lot of hurt, is what i’m saying. a hurt that’s too deep and life altering for it not to be supremely personal too. it’s deep and festering and viktor ignores it, and mordecai ignores it, mostly, but sometimes his paw strays near his wound and he itches at it, and it reopens the ache all over again. there is metaphor to be found there! an abandonment and a departure that leaves you bloodied from maiming or being maimed. it is very easily a multi-layered sentiment!

however, i could still take this or leave it romantically, hence my earlier statement of favorabe rather than unabashed gushing and swooning. this is a ship i like, but i don’t read mordecai as crushing on viktor per se? i’ve always viewed his extreme relationship with atlas as puppy love that’s half bred from devotion, something not entirely genuine but also still genuine enough, which makes for a nice parallel between that and rocky’s bond with mitzi. his rivalry with atlas’ wife and his oddities such as wearing his boss’s shirts read as girlish crush behavior, typical things one does when believing themselves enamored, you know? naturally his views and feelings for atlas aren’t quite that simple nor easy to parse, and i’m not trying to simplify them in any way! i just believe he had a torch for atlas, and thus didn’t carry another for anyone else, at least not as intensely. whatever feelings he might have for someone would always be second to atlas, who was his very reason for living and breathing every day, who was his answer and justification and eventually? his obsession. in many ways i think mordecai was too wrapped up in atlas to properly develop feelings for viktor, even if there were inklings of something inside of him. ironically, the term something is what i love using when thinking about him with viktor or mitzi. mordecai is something with those two, he feels something, an unlabeled sort of thing he can’t really reach -- perhaps he doesn’t even want to, scared of what it might mean, what it could say. and it is different somethings! they are not the same feeling, what he feels towards those two, but it’s not fully known to him in the way that his feelings towards atlas was. it is not as clear! especially now, with things as awful as they are and with mordecai so full of turmoil he’s forcing himself to not share. he also has an intense aversion to emotions, obviously, which doesn’t help matters lol. this man could find some of the closure he’s so desperately seeking if he took more than a glance inside of himself, but then he wouldn’t be apart of this tragic tale, now would he?

still, in a better world where the lackadaisy’s gaggle of traumatized characters are allowed healing without any casualties or major losses, then i’d enjoy seeing a viktor and mordecai slowburn. where they decide to remain steadfast by each other’s side like once upon a time before, and they deal with life as a unit. maybe when given the space for it, mordecai’s affection can finally cement into real love for viktor -- the romantic kind, something sappy and disarming and maddening all at once. maybe viktor will allow such indulgences, finally able to touch upon his heart again and use it in a way that he hasn’t gotten to in a couple ages. or maybe he won’t share the specific feelings that mordecai possesses for him, but he’ll enjoy creating an entirely new thing that’s only for them : he can compromise and he can bend if mordecai is willing to bend just the same. they certainly wouldn’t be your typical couple, their emotions too stunted for regular dates or typical pda, but there’s something more special and intimate to them carving out their own space, and thus having their own secret world. a mix of platonic and romantic affections, a healthy dose of selfishness and desire they couldn’t ever have before but now can hoard so entirely, in small bearable doses. and there will always be some things they both won’t ever be able to shake ( mordecai disabling viktor, atlas, viktor’s daughter, etc ), although they could manage these aches and guilt better together, which is the exact sort of happy ending i’d want for them. if i may be so indulgent myself haha ( <- person who knows lackadaisy’s ending will be mostly dark and tragic but likes playing around with hopeful scenarios and what-if’s regardless! )

[jeena-says-hi]

[pastelearthling65]

alrighty more tawog content from Pinterest bc i 🩷 my fans

[thornethepoet]

decided to make another one of these templates with the bbc ghosts 😪

[saccharinescorpion]

this GWitch scene was always really interesting to me because my instant gut reaction was that this was supposed to be commentary on how hard it is to get people to accept women being in love with each other, in fiction, yes, but also in real life. they're just "good friends." it's just "for the male gaze." they're literally engaged but "that's all a lie." i did wonder if i was reading too much into things, though

anyways,

[rayonago]

(If you can find his model) could you please make a Point Patroller doing the hand heart pose?

Ty if so 🫶🫶

Of course! Heart heart love love 🩵🤍

[hummingbird-hunter]

[galvatronsthighs]

The idea of Brick the rat being a therapy animal sends me absolutely feral.

Rats are emotionally intelligent animals, I had a gal who'd always comfort a younger rat who did not like it when we cleaned their space at first. So the idea of Brick seeing Peppino having a moment and thinking "absolutely not, hi, it is me, time for a hug, this is non-negotiable" is just so *chefs kiss*

[maramahan]

Today’s TTRPG misadventure involved my D&D character resolving a boss fight by stopping mid-battle to just. beg the hag not to slaughter us because we were high-key seriously outmatched

“I’m just the mailman please :( so sorry to bother you ma’am thanks for understanding <3”

We had to abandon the hostage NPC, but at least we all survived

[earltea-art]

Another day, another dnd character to post that I wont get to play

but yeah, Meet Lun'Aria (they/them) my moon elf warlock, that is definitely evil alligned

[heleneplays]

She's as coldly beautiful in the flesh as she is in the visions, her thick black hair tumbling down over her shoulders, her eyes ice-blue and piercing. She's wearing black lipstick, which contrasts strongly with her corpse-pale flesh and a remarkable dress that looks like it belongs in the last century, a red satin formal ball-gown with ornate black lace trimmings. She smiles as she sees you standing on the doorway.

Her smile looks hungry.

- Ch. 6, Relics 2: The Crusader's Tomb

Ariadne Stokes mam,,, please,,,,, my neck and thighs are free 👏😩💥

*honks my clown nose with scene redraws bc i think that's what this brilliant series deserves*

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[ilynpilled]

Your asoiaf passages posts actually are super helpful for me because I'm personally kind of bad at linking subtle things in books because english is not my first language, and reading your posts always opens a whole new world or motif for me. (If you have any tips on how to do it myself pls give them ♡♡)

💜💜. i think it mostly comes down to rereads. not even the whole series like i just like to revisit certain chapters a lot bc i hyperfixate on these things so some quotes etc are verbatim etched into memory. so if i see something related to it my brain makes the connection. like when u read/reread u will see certain things over and over again and u just have to try to make ur brain take active note of it. and if something really pops out at you, u can always plug it into a search of ice and fire/search a word/phrase if you have the books digitally, and look for it and see how the motif actually evolves and what events it is surrounded by if it is a significant one.

[werenotacoupleyesyouare]

got any tma-related thoughts?

Elias Bouchard call me

[twocrabcake]

every character in any franchise fits under one of these categories

everyone, pls pls pls take your baby girls from your fandoms and reblog this with your opinion

[felifeltfrog]

Me? Making my joke backup dnd character come to the realization that his childhood best friend/crush is slowly dying because of a symbiote creature and that he's probably beyond saving by now and that despite him trying hard to nudge him back into the right path the guy in question doesn't WANT TO be saved?

Yea. It's happening.

[helladventurers]

Hmm, i don't think i would make inherently good or evil characters in a game like this, i think i'll instead just use the alignment system for like, determining which characters can get along with each other and their general affinity with the rest of the party lol like if two characters on the party would hate each other they will be on opposite sides of the spectrum, as well as use it more in terms of like, opposing ideals (ie. an altruistic and a self centered character being on opposite sides of scale) when they're not locked to an alignment because it's part of their class requirements, and ignore the alignment altogether when it comes to character development