#Character Foils

[biggest-vi-defender]

okay but let’s talk abt the way jinx wrote her own name on her cheek in ep. 5 the way vi has roman numerals that basically spell her own name on her face.

it gives me the feeling that jinx is still trying to be like her sister in a way, even if she no longer idolizes her or sees her like some perfect protector like she used to, which is a rly good thing; she can still appreciate and admire vi w/o putting her on some kind of pedestal.

even more so, it reminds me how vi has begun to absolutely lose herself and her identity (her tattoo disappears underneath all the makeup and she begins to look less and less like herself as she continues to cage fight), while jinx is becoming more and more confident in hers.

last season, they were the opposite.

[anthurak]

You know the more I've thought about it, the fact that Charlie and Vaggie do a romantic reprise of 'More Than Anything' feels like a strong indicator not just that Chaggie will end up being framed as a thematic parallel/foil to Lilith and Lucifer, but also that Charlie is specifically meant to be the counterpart to Lilith; the (half)human woman who inspires Hell through song, and Vaggie the counterpart to Lucifer; the fallen angel who fell in love with her.

[biggesthomuradefender]

hmmmmmmm…

interesting. :)

[shhhhimwatchingthis]

I see a lot of people talking about the duel between Luke and Percy, and while a lot of people are correctly interpreting the moment where Percy cuts Luke and immediately apologizes and lowers his guard as another moment revealing Percy's fatal flaw --loyalty and love for his friends, an inability to contemplate betrayal and a habit of giving mercy/redemption to those people-- I think a lot of people are misinterpreting, or glossing over the next moment--when Luke retaliates

people seems to be reading the moment where Luke strikes Percy back, knocking him to the ground and drawing blood as a comment on Luke's cruelty and violence,(in contrast with Percy's loyalty and mercy) and while i don't think that's wrong, I think a better way to look at the moment is that Luke's reaction reveals his fatal flaw.

its never explicitly stated in the books, But Rick Riordan mentioned it after The Last Olympian in interviews. Lukes fatal flaw is Wrath. he is angry, blindingly, overwhelmingly angry at the gods, and Kronos is able to manipulate and twist that anger until things go so far Luke is forced to destroy himself to save the world

The duel between Luke and Percy is such a brillant scene, yes because Luke and Percy are foils, yes we see Percy's fatal flaw in Crystal clarity. but we see Luke's too--he reacts in a surge of anger knocking Percy to the ground, making him bleed, ignoring Percys apology because in the moment he doesn't care about reconciliation only revenge, he hesitates only just before killing Percy, his rage taking over. Luke doesn't make Percy bleed in this scene in a moment of cold or calculated cruelty. its swift burning and unthinking anger. its his doom. because the next moment Annabeth reveals herself, sides with Percy, and Luke runs off, isolated, where, if you've read the books, he becomes even more tragically isolated from his friends and vulnerable to Kronos' manipulation

Loyalty and Wrath cost them both in that fight. their fatal flaws indeed.

[shaylogic]

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[killugon-truther]

i love when people actually bring up/point out that both gon & killua have abandonment issues & insecurities surrounding being good/strong enough for the ppl they care about/love, including & especially when it comes to each other.

[hobbithabits]

A meme by yours truly :3c

I do love Spirk and Garashir because they are Soulmates and I stand by that, but character foil ships excite something in me I cannot describe. They have the same level of unspoken-ness as the soulmates but they hate each other so their character development is more fun. Need me some more gay guys who just fucking hate each other.

[jameslongforjimshortforgabriel]

thinking about how in Alexander Hamilton the main lighting is yellow while in Aaron Burr, sir the main lighting is blue..... complementary colors...... on opposite sides of the color wheel....... character foils my beloved

[telumendils]

Jewelers often put shiny metal foil underneath a gem to make the stone shine brighter, or display them on dark velvet to bring attention to their brightness. A literary foil serves a similar purpose: To provide contrast to another character by accentuating their differences. [x]

Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-2008) ↳ Team Avatar + Character Foils

[goingbuggy]

There’s this view on shanks and buggy that their relationship exist now only because of nostalgia. Other shanks relationships are natural, he wanted to hang with them. Buggy was his only option on oro. What do you think of this?

And why is that relationship in the story? Honestly? I was shocked they were close. That’s an odd pair of friends.

Frankly, that's a ridiculous claim. What about Shanks' interactions with Buggy tells you that it's insincere? They were practically attached at the hip on the Oro Jackson. No one forced them to act that way. Buggy being the only other kid his age on the ship doesn't diminish their friendship in the slightest.

I think the straw hat actually speaks volumes about how much he cares. As a kid, he jumped overboard to save Buggy in a heartbeat, not even acknowledging his most precious life possession because Buggy was worth more. As an adult, he entrusts Buggy with that same possession, just moments after seeing him again. You can say it's just nostalgia, but I mean, c'mon. That straw hat -- Roger's legacy -- means a lot to Shanks. But Buggy means something to him, too.

[biggest-vi-defender]

okay but jinx betting on vi during her cage fighting era (s2 ep. 5)…

she sees vi arguably at her worst she has ever been in her life (besides her experience in jail, i’d say), she sees that vi isn’t some perfect protector/guardian who knows everything, she can fall and drown just like jinx can and has.

and now that jinx is essentially probably feeling the genuinely happiest she’s ever been since her own childhood (happier than she ever was when silco was alive imo), i feel like she can legitimately offer her sister the understanding, compassion, and empathy that they both deserve.

she sees her beloved sister at rock-bottom, and instead of finding some kind of cruel pleasure in it or wanting to hurt her further like she did in the past due to everything in S1, she not only puts faith in her and her abilities, but she later even helps her in such a way that could only be described as “healing”.

first, she bets on her. she demonstrates that she still BELIEVES in her. she puts faith in vi’s abilities again and again, bc that love is still there. she wants her to win, bc she knows her sister can. she’s still vi, after all.

jinx basically accepts her sister, the person who was once her best friend, at her worst. and not only that, but she then attempts to and succeeds at pulling vi out of her own self-destructive and loathing cycle, and they then fix their family (with a new addition, isha) TOGETHER.

i fucking love this show.

[anthurak]

So here’s something interesting:

Did anyone else notice that despite his concern for and wanting to reconnect with his sister, at no point does Blitzo try to apologize or otherwise take ownership of whatever it is he did that clearly HURT Barbie Wire so much in the past?

Which I think makes for a very notable and interesting contrast to how Moxxie handled his relationship problems/screw-ups this episode.

Like I’m starting to think that the M&Ms posing as siblings this episode wasn’t just setup for a joke, but also so they can act as a foil to how Blitzo is handling, and screwing up, his own relationship/family issues.

[shyjusticewarrior]

Tim & Duke Are Mirrors

Tim became Robin because "Batman needs a Robin" and Duke because "Robin doesn't need Batman."

Tim grew up rich with preoccupied parents, Duke grew up poor with attentive parents.

When training Tim, Bruce thought about how Tim could die like Jason did. When training Duke, Bruce thought about how Duke could use what he learned for things Bruce doesn't approve of like Jason has.

[biggesthomuradefender]

ngl i honestly don’t think that homura was planning to genuinely kill sayaka in ep. 8.

i mean, if u just take the scene of face value, it obviously seems that way: homura declares that she doesn’t care abt sayaka or if she lives or dies (which is 100% a lie, she may not like sayaka very much but she def cares abt her just like she does the other girls), and then raises her soul gem to her face in a threatening manner before kyoko shows up.

but that’s exactly it: homura puts her soul gem in front of sayaka’s FACE, not her soul gem, which is the only thing that can actually kill a magical girl.

so why wouldn’t homura just attack her soul gem directly? it wouldn’t be hard to do; sayaka is incredibly weak and depressed/suicidal atp, and homura could easily just snatch her soul gem/ring and break it, esp considering her time manipulation.

and when kyoko shows up, homura doesn’t put up a fight at all; she just stares stoically at sayaka. and even when homura DOES use a bomb to get away, you see how she doesn’t go to sayaka to finish the job. why would she have given up that easily, despite the fact that killing sayaka would still be very easy to do?

i think it could have been a last, desperate attempt to maybe "wake" sayaka up, a threat to get her to heal herself before her inevitable turning into a witch or smth. homura isn't above being harsh or using deception to achieve her goals, as she's done it multiple times (esp in rebellion), and i don't think it's necessarily any different here.

[transrevolutions]

yeah. enjolras and grantaire are foils (belief vs. cynicism). but so are enjolras and combeferre (logic vs. philosophy) and enjolras and valjean (justice vs. mercy) and enjolras and javert (revolution vs. rule of law) and enjolras and eponine (privilege vs. poverty) and enjolras and montparnasse (altruistic beauty vs. selfish beauty) and-

[raynetheinsane]

“oh dabi and hawks are character foils!!” WRONG.

HAWKS AND SHIGARAKI.

Their stories, their lives, even their dreams are perfect mirrors of each other. they are two sides of the exact same coin.

Young Takami Keigo, son of a well known theif, he finally escapes an abusive home only to be met with an even crueller world. Just when he thinks the world has failed him, in comes the HPSC. They give him a new name, a new purpose, a new life. He is perfectly trained in everything he does, designed to carry out the Commission’s will.

Young Shimura Tenko, grandson of a well known hero, he finally escapes an abusive home only to be met with an even crueller world. Just when he thinks the world has failed him, in comes All for One. He gives him a new name, a new purpose, a new life. He is perfectly trained in everything he does, designed to carry out the All For One’s will.

Even their dreams, the thing that separates a hero from a villain are nearly identical.

Hawks wants a world where heroes aren’t as burdened, where they can trust that others will help them and that they can not have everything put on them.

Shigaraki wants a world where people dont leave it all to the heroes, where they realize that they have autonomy outside of hero society and can help people as well.

Admittedly, Shigaraki wants his because he believes heroes to be incompetent, but the point still stands.

Hawks and Shigaraki are cut from the same cloth. The only place where they differ is who “saved” them.

(Because neither of them were really saved, were they? Simply told they were saved, and pushed into a life that they didn’t want in the first place)