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When the villain is a philosophy

When you think of the word antagonist, the first thing that comes to mind is a villain. This is completely natural, given that stories of good vs evil tend to follow a heroic protagonist fighting against an evil antagonist. But once you get into the definition of the word, a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something, moral alignment doesn’t dictate whether a character should be a protagonist or an antagonist. The most recognizable examples of this would be the likes of Invader Zim and Megamind, characters that are villainous in nature but are still the protagonists of their respective stories.

But villain protagonists and hero antagonists aren’t what I’m talking about here. I’m talking about the antagonists that aren’t entirely focused on, at least in the traditional sense. Antagonists that, despite being the source of conflict in the narrative, don’t actually show up a lot of the time. These antagonists, while characters in their own right, are more symbolic in nature. The protagonists of these stories aren’t just trying to defeat the antagonists, but the rotten philosophies that these antagonists have. The beliefs that push the antagonists to do their villainous acts.

White Diamond: Uniformity and the Status Quo

In the entirety of the original Steven Universe series, not counting the movie or SU Future, White Diamond appears in three episodes out of one hundred and sixty episodes. (Two if we don’t count White Pearl/Volleyball) That’s not even one percent of the series. In most series involving a good vs evil plot line, we usually switch perspectives between our heroes and villains to understand how they’re reacting to the events of the story. But SU is entirely told from Steven’s perspective. The audience only gets new information about gems, homeworld, Rose Quartz, etcetera, when Steven himself learns it. Because of this perspective, we don’t see the final antagonist of the series until the very end of the show.

But even though White Diamond is not present throughout the majority of the show, her homeworld subordinates and beliefs fill in the place of the hurdles that the protagonists must pass. Think about what the show is about and what lessons it teaches. Relationships are intricate and need mutual respect, being proud of who and what you are, and (most importantly) societal roles do not define you. The development of the main characters each involve acceptance of the self and bucking of what’s expected of them. Pearl fully moving on from Rose, Garnet improving her self-love, Amethyst fully accepting herself for what she is, Peridot’s disillusionment with Homeworld and growing appreciation for earth, Connie disobeying her mother’s strict rules, Steven slowly becoming someone better than even his own mother, I could go on. It’s honestly surprising, looking back, how most of the characters’ core issues stem from the lack of self-assurance and how homeworld views their flaws.

White Diamond and her Homeworld regime ultimately represent how systems put limits and stigma onto people for the sake of uniformity. The consequence of living inside your own head. A fusion cannot happen between two different gems, Pearls must be servants, Quartz gems must be big and strong, and Diamonds must be the perfect leaders. Why? Because that’s just what gems do. Because that’s how the system works. Homeworld’s status quo is one of creating an ever-expanding empire at the cost of independence, self-expression, unique lifeforms, and healthy relationships. The system can’t be wrong, White Diamond can’t be flawed, it’s how things have always been so why change what isn’t broken.

Sauron: Dominance and Corruption

While he has more screen presence and is a much more a significant part of the story of Lord of the Rings than White Diamond is to SU, the dark lord Sauron is similarly one small part of a larger tale. Heck, he doesn’t even have dialogue in the book trilogy. Also, like White Diamond, Sauron is best represented by his many underlings. Ruthless orcs with crude but effective weaponry, colossal beasts to crush his enemies underfoot, massive armies dedicated to the dark lord’s cause of dominating all life in Midde Earth. But what’s most notable about Sauron isn’t the great power he possesses or the armies he commands, it’s the way he corrupts and deceives those that stand against him.

The betrayal of Saruman the White, the nine Nazgûl once being great kings of men who were turned into terrible ringwraiths, and most notoriously, the enticing power of the one ring. Boromir, believing that Gondor can use this evil weapon for good. Smeagol, utterly degraded into a deceitful cave dwelling throttler named Gollum. Frodo, forced to carry a heavy burden that weighs him down both physically and mentally. To Sauron, the corruption of good is a weapon he wields with unmatched lethality.

The insidious nature of his villainy is what makes Sauron the great representative of dominance and corruption that he is. The promises of more enticing good people to do evil for the “right” reasons and the ruthless conquest for dominion over all is all too real an evil to ignore.

The Martians: Colonialism and Warfare

I debated with myself on whether or not the martians from War of the Worlds should be included here. Unlike Sauron or White Diamond, the martians are clear and present throughout the story. On the other hand, there isn’t a named martian general or a big bad that’s shown to lead the alien invaders into combat. In the end, the fact that the martians are made to purely represent the darkest parts of humanity outweighs the secondary theme of this essay.

One of, if not THE first alien invasion story, War of the Worlds messaging is clear and easy to understand. The tentacled beings from Mars are coldly intelligent, remorseless, and regard our world with envious eyes. They use human blood as sustenance when they aren’t vaporizing us by the hundreds, their tripods are horrific machines of mass destruction, and their invasion is one of slaughter and destruction. But the book is quick to remind us that humanity isn’t so morally innocent compared to the martians. The consumption of our blood seems horrific, but humans have also killed animals and each other for food and resources. Their tripods are colossal and terrifying, but humanity has made countless destructive war machines. The invaders are dead set on wiping out humanity, but humanity not only brought extinction to animals like the dodo bird but to entire groups of our own kind. The martians are not simply an alien invasion to fight back against, it’s a cautious look into our worst future. A humanity that prioritizes ruthless colonization and military might is a humanity doomed to be parasitic and heartless.

War of the Worlds also takes a critical view towards solving problems through warfare. Violence is sometimes needed to fight evil, but that does make violence a good thing. The action and battles in War of the Worlds are not thrilling or glorious, they are horrific and even bumbling to an extent. Much like the early British imperials that they represent, the martians are arrogant and only win because they have the better technology. Even the destruction of a tripod has severe consequences, a flaming wreckage falling into a lake and boiling the humans hiding there alive. There is nothing pride or goodness to found in destruction and death. Warfare and violence should be the last resort of those trying to survive, yet humanity and martians brandish their weapons without care or empathy for those beneath them.

The Truth, In-Fighting, and the Seemingly Insignificant

These antagonists all represent a morally dangerous part of humanity. The stubborn refusal to change a flawed status quo, the desire to dominate and corrupt those who don’t, needless conquest and bloody war. But despite all their power and influence, these philosophies that the villains believe in fail them in the end.

For White Diamond, her ultimate failure stems from the mortal enemy of all tyrannical systems: the truth. In the last episode of Steven Universe, White Diamond removes the gemstone from our protagonist’s body. Believing that the mischievous Pink Diamond is merely hiding in this human body, White seeks to end this silly game once and for all. But once the gemstone is removed, it does form into Pink Diamond or even Rose Quartz. It forms a bright pink Steven. In the final act of Change Your Mind, White Diamond is faced with reality and all its implications. This gemstone is Steven, it’s always been Steven. This half human is not the irrational or childish person, it’s White. The leader of Homeworld, the one who’s supposed to know all and make things better, is wrong. But in order to do that, she needs to leave her own head. One of the hardest things for a person to do is admit when they’re wrong, that their foundational beliefs holding up a status quo is deeply flawed and objectively false. But accepting that you were wrong, learning from and fixing your mistakes, and becoming something better than what you were before is the greatest reward anyone genuinely looking for redemption can ask for.

For Sauron, his victory over Middle Earth comes so close. Minas Tirith has been ravaged, the army of man outside the black gates are crumbling before his might, and the ring bearer has been corrupted. However, just when all hope is burned to ash, something unexpected happens. Gollum, the epitome of the corruptive power that the one ring possesses, attacks Frodo to get back his precious. Whether it’s through struggling with Frodo like in the movie or not paying attention like in the book, Gollum falls into the fires of Mount Doom with the ring in tow. In the movies, we’re told that the eye of Sauron can pierce through cloud and stone. Because of this detail, I personally wonder what was going through the dark lord’s mind as he watched Gollum plummet to his death. The one ring’s defense, Sauron’s greatest strength, corrupting others into fighting amongst each other, was what led to his ultimate downfall. This is not the first time something like this has happened. Think back to the orcs fighting amongst themselves, or when Wormtongue stabs Saruman in the back. Not to mention that the mercy of both Frodo and Bilbo is what led to Gollum reaching Mount Doom in the first place. Even with all his armies and power, Sauron underestimated the petty infighting amongst his followers and the little acts of kindness of his enemies. Even when the forces of darkness seemingly succeed, all they’ll have left is each other to destroy. As Frodo himself said in the Two Towers book, they can’t conquer forever.

For the martians, their demise comes outwardly from nowhere. Their Tripods fall silent and they all die due to sickness. The book states that the martians either never encountered bacteria like earth’s or they had wiped out all disease on Mars. In both scenarios, the martian’s belief in their untouchable superiority over earth led their death. As soon as their invasion started, they were doomed. War of the Worlds isn’t just a hard look at what humanity could become, but also a love letter to all types of life. Bacteria, the seemingly most insignificant part of our world, is our savior here. It is so, so easy to despise germs and how they make mankind ill. But they also decompose dead flesh, helps the human body digest food, and are just as vital to our world as so many other creatures’ humanity takes for granted. All forms of life has a place in this world and to undervalue, let alone actively want to eliminate, all of it is foolhardy and black-hearted.

It’s how these stories come to an end is why I’m attracted to the idea of villains representing abhorrent philosophies. They show the inherent flaws of such morally bankrupt ideas and how their failures are inevitable. The desire for uniformity and belief that your status quo is flawless cannot stand up to the truth of the situation. Great and powerful conquerors seeking to corrupt will find themselves destroying each other when there is nothing left to dominate, while small acts of generosity and sympathy keep their opponents afloat. Arrogant war lords with their mighty machines will crumble to the things they deem to be insignificant.

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A rant about SU and gem formation

In Steven Universe, the Homeworld can be biased against gems with oddities. They want all gems to be perfect cookie-cut soldiers to fit into their society.

However, I want to know how this affects Lapis Lazuli gems. See from my research (literally one google search) lapis lazuli can come with patches of yellow (pyrite) and white (calcite). These gems with small patches of white and/or yellow are considered some of the best quality (once again, according to google). But would Homeworld see it as the best quality or Off Color? We know they don't like fusion, and this sounds almost like fusion. Though maybe it could be considered more of a cross-contamination?

Does Homeworld make lapis lazuli without these patches maybe? Perhaps they found a way in the Kindergarten phase of a gem to remove the possibility of them gaining the patches??

I know that in SU Future, Lapis changed her form to incorporate some yellow as if to show that aspect of the natural formation of the gem, but we could chalk that up to her being a Pre-war gem. Maybe they didn't have the tech to make pure lapis lazuli back then? Still, no other Lapis Lazuli has this accent color (not counting any with a Yellow Diamond insignia). I am simply curious about others' thoughts on this.

Under the cut: A Jasper and Amethyst Rant

Another (slightly unrelated) rant about Jasper and Amethyst.

Jasper and Amethyst were made on Earth, and while Peridot proved Amethyst's Kindergarten to be fully planned and thought out, Jasper's was not.

See, I believe that with the rush job on her Kindergarten, Jasper was made Wrong. Similar to the Lapis Lazuli, jasper is a gem made from an assortment of other minerals that give it its striped-patterned look. A striped look that our Jasper shares, but most Homeworld Gems don't have (Even Holly Blue, who is an Agate and therefore should have some form of striping or rings). This makes me believe that striping or patterns of a gem's skin could be seen as an Off Color trait. If it is considered an Off Color trait, the Diamonds may have kept her around due to her strength and loyalty/service??

Additionally, I believe that Jasper wasn't lucky to come out as big as she did. I believe her form and Amethyst's are the results of "Survival of the Fittest" on opposite sides of the spectrum.

With Amethyst, she was at the bottom of her Kindergarten where there possibly weren't very many minerals to soak up for her formation, and any that were available went to those forming above her. This meant that only once the other Gems were formed and no longer soaking everything up could Amethyst get what she needed, but the time spent without the resources had already done its damage.

But with Jasper, she was placed dead center with practically no competition for resources so she could soak up everything for herself (a plausible reasoning for how Skinny formed the way she did, whose hole was right next to hers), making it to where she had an overabundance of all the resources that made quartz soldiers so strong.

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 announcing  the  arrival  of  maxwell  of  house  cerwyn the  heir of  castle cerwyn.  whispers  among  the  court  name  them  to  be  both  jovial  and  stubborn  in  disposition,  and  those  closest  to  them  speak  to  their  interests  in  metalworking.  if  we  bards  could  compose  a  song  for  them,  it  might  tell  stories  of  the sound of laughter from the other room, booming and joyful; stumbling across a bear in the woods, and the electricity in the air as your eyes meet, only to go your separate ways; the white-hot rage of injustice; the inability to ignore your urge to protect and defend, regardless of consequence.  the  seven  whisper  to  their  most  devout  queen  as  she  sleeps,  making  her  question  where  their  loyalties  truly  lie.  are  they  right  to  whisper?  for  their  loyalties  truly  lie  with  the north. 

# basic information.

official  name:  lord maxwell cerwyn.  nicknames:  max.  noble  title:  heir of castle cerwyn.  date  of  birth:  tbd.  age:  38.  birthplace:  castle cerwyn.  home:  castle cerwyn.  nationality:  westerosi.  gender:  cismale.  pronouns:  he/him.  orientation:  bisexual/biromantic.  monikers:  bear-heart.  languages:  the common tongue, has a very rough grasp on the old tongue. learned a good amount of dothraki after a friend bet that he couldn’t. (he won the bet).  accent:  unapologetically northern. smooth and rich, but quite expressive.

# physical information.

faceclaim:  luke thompson.  ethnicity:  northmen.  hair:  dark, often tousled. some grey is starting to show if you squint. please don’t mention it.  eyes:  light green.  height:  6’ 2”.  build:  strong, hardy, burly. built to survive the winter.  scent: evergreen trees, oak moss, and fresh linen.  dominant  hand:  right.  allergies: used to tell people he was allergic to mushrooms because he didn’t like them, but has grown to enjoy them and is too embarrassed to say anything.  scars: a few scars on his knuckles from bar fights in his youth.  distinguishing  features: his bright eyes, full of life. a smile and laugh that seems to emit light. a silver ring, inlaid with peridot, given to him by his father, and his father before him. clothing  style: prefers to add a little more color than the average northerner, but not so much that it draws attention. still maintains a classic northern style. he loves to carry around the sword he forged himself.

# personality.

label:   the activist, the halcyon   mbti:   entj.   enneagram:   1w2.   element:   air.   star   sign:   tbd   temperament:   sanguine.   character   inspirations:   courfeyrac (les miserables), tom wambsgams (succession), fox mulder (the x-files), more tbd.   deadly   sin:   gluttony, pride.   heavenly   virtue:   charity, diligence.   godly   parent:   hermes.

# drives.

hobbies:  politics, long walks, teaching himself new skills, writing little stories no one will ever read, metalworking.  religion:  the old gods.  alliance:  the north.  personal goals:  to maintain the security and autonomy of the north at all costs.  would they choose family or power?  family.

# familial ties.

parent one:  qyle cerwyn.  relationship:  tbd.  parent two:  wynafryd cerwyn. relationship:  tba.  spouse:  tbd. relationship:  tba.  sibling:  tbd. 

  narrative... (violence tw) 

the servants in castle cerwyn often joked that the young lord came out screaming, making his voice heard, and never stopped. he was a rambunctious child, often running around the grounds of castle cerwyn without the proper furs to keep him warm, tearing through the world without much of a care. maxwell learned to wield an axe from a young age, often reminded by his father that his duty- first and foremost- was to protect his family and his house, and the people they served. 

being an older brother came naturally. he never lamented the attention his siblings received, or grew weary of looking out for them. he loved teaching his siblings to fight, and will never forget taking his younger siblings out for their first hunts. 

by his twenty-first name day he’d grown from wiry and scrawny to strong and burly. he’d always had a tendency to get into petty squabbles, but now he had a bit more to work with when things got heated. bar fights were not an uncommon occurrence, but they were always quickly settled with little more than a few bruises or a black eye. that is, until the day someone gravely insulted his sibling and refused to back down or apologize. it started like it always did, with a few quick punches and angry words, but things took a turn when both refused to yield. insults continued, max flew into a rage, and he only came to when his friends were tearing him off the other man. 

the man was beaten quite badly, but ultimately fine. still, consequences followed, and within days max was being taken to the wall to join the night’s watch. he had never shied away from his duty, and was looking forward to his future as the ruling lord of castle cerwyn, so the change dealt a heavy blow. 

salvation came hours before he was set to take the oath, in the form of a pardon. max’s father had spent every moment of the day advocating for his son, pleading for him to be released from the watch, and emphasizing the fact that he only acted in defense of his sibling. it was lord stark that took him in, offering a position as a scribe, under the strict condition that he leave his habit of fighting in the past.

working under lord stark taught him that diplomacy and careful politics could do far more to protect his home than his fists ever could. in the first years he kept quiet- observing, learning, absorbing- but it was never in his nature to stay silent for long, especially when he had a strongly held belief. it took a while, but his ideas started to make sense, and the lord stark, recognizing his potential, began to mentor him. after a decade in winterfell, max was given an official position as an advisor to lord stark. 

following the death of lord stark, max assumed he would be excused from his position in favor of the older, more experienced advisors. there was a significant part of him that relished the idea of returning home permanently, taking on more duties as heir, spending more time at home with his family, but there was a certain sense of grief that he couldn't shake- not only for the loss of his mentor, but for the life of politics and intrigue and politics that he'd come to love.

when asked to maintain his position, his answer to the new lord stark came without hesitation. it was an honor to be trusted as he was, and his position is not one he takes lightly.

max was never happy with the north's allegiance to house targaryen, but it seemed to be a necessary step to keep the north out of harm's way. as time unfolds itself, he's starting to wonder if the north isn't better off as an independent kingdom. the dragons keep them safe now, but fire is a fickle thing.

# wanted  connections. the north remembers:  political. unwilling to be caught unprepared, max has started to float the idea of an independent north to a few close, trusted allies. he isn’t convinced that this is the right path (yet), and has only vaguely suggested it to theon stark, so this would be more of an unspoken understanding than anything else. there’s definitely potential for things to grow more concrete depending on how the wider plot progresses! these would almost certainly be northern houses (possibly houses on the border, with the right motivation), and people that have a longstanding relationship with max or house cerwyn. -1/3 available, taken by shyra hornwood, alaric mormont the pebble in his shoe:  negative. max has a tendency to be a little (a lot) judgmental, especially of those in the truly wealthy houses in the south. he sees their lives as luxurious and opulent, unburdened by the specific hardships faced by the houses in the north, and finds it difficult to relate them. he can be a bit condescending, and isn’t afraid to trade harsh words if the situation calls for it.  shares custody of the brain cell:  platonic. his best friend, they stand by each other through thick and thin. max is a smart man, but when these two are together, that would never come across. this is almost certainly the person who bet that he couldn’t teach himself dothraki, and possibly was there when max got into the fight that sent him to the wall. max is deeply loyal and protective of those he loves, and this muse would absolutely fall under that umbrella. very likely another northerner, but not necessarily! definitely major bro vibes, but this connection is open to all genders! i won’t just buy you a rose/i will buy the flower shop:  spouse. stubbornness has caused a great deal of trouble in max’s life, but refusing to marry for politics alone stands among his better decisions. he wasn’t unrealistic, of course- he would have been fine with a marriage based on friendship, and he agreed to enter a political marriage if he wasn’t wed by the time he turned 35- but none of that mattered in the end. he adores his spouse, and would collect the stars from the sky if they asked him to. (robot from SpongeBob voice) when worlds collide:  platonic. someone from outside the north that max gets along with extremely well. there’s lots of options for this connection, like a statler and waldorf muppet vibe, someone who has gentle parented him into being more open to people not from the north, someone he can gossip with, drinking buddies. the possibilities are endless. -one taken by aelora targaryen

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i'm a gold girlie first and foremost, so my daily rotation always includes a little peridot ring i have from my mum + dangly pearl earrings from my grandma :3

𝜗𝜚 ࣪˖ ִ𐙚 mahonia ⇢ what place, thing, activity inspires you most and how do you express yourself when it does?

i love nature man :((( it’s so beautiful, all of it

it’s so insane to me to think about how slim the chances are to create something like earth, to have just the right chain reactions at precisely the right times, and it’s all so spontaneous yet entirely pre-ordained, and the complexity of ecosystems that are the product of millions upon million upon million of years is so so crazy and humans truly are just a speck in the timeline amongst it all it’s so damn cool

that got really existential really quick HAHA but as for expressing myself about it.. uh i like to sketch stuff !! part of the reason i carry on biological drawings for my lab group hfdgfd

and less conventional i guess but i just love to learn about it :33 i simply must cram everything i can about it into my brain.. gives me deeper understanding and appreciation for life :33

𝜗𝜚 ࣪˖ ִ𐙚 ivy ⇢ what are your ‘tells’ for your emotions and moods? how can someone tell you’re happy, annoyed, upset or tired?

hmm i think my happy comes in two forms, either loud happy (laughing and beaming and physical touch, mostly around my friends) or quiet happy (smiles and a faraway daydreamy look, mostly just for me lol)

the last three i fear all fall under isolation and irritability.. i'm quite reserved irl and i like my own space to process things. unfortunately that makes me prone to getting brusque and snappy with people trying to butt in and help me sort out my messes (which makes me feel worse bc they usually just want to help :c)