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[youtwitinmyface]

Remembering Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!

Today I’m going to write about my all-time favorite superhero group. No, not the Justice League of America, or The Avengers, or The X-Men, Fantastic Four, Youngblood, or any other group like that, I’m talking about: CAPTAIN CARROT AND HIS AMAZING ZOO CREW! Image by Keith Howell   Created by Roy Thomas and Scott Shaw(!), this was originally a six-member team of “funny animals” with superpowers.…

[cherry-cristal]

There's no God but boredom

Almost done with the initial thingy

How're y'all? Here it's been a really hot day

[the-light-of-stars]

that post about humanising villains gave me a weird vibe for some reason that idk so here's my own take on that matter, so :

reasons for humanising villains/ antagonists (abridged version)

narrative reasons:

1. It can make the characters more complex, which can make them more interesting to read about and can change their impact on the other characters and narrative

2. It can make them a better foil for the hero bc the similarities and differences between them can be shown better if it isn't just "good guy with blue magic vs bad guy with red magic"

3. It will open up more options for the character , if you feel like it

of course having a villain who isn't complex and just kind of there doing their thing can work well in a narrative, too, but imo those villains tend to work best as narrative tools serving the plot or the development of other characters rather than being full characters themselves, so for complex villains humanising them (which btw does NOT mean the same as excusing their actions or woobifying them) is imo usually the way to go

but aside from narrative reasons there are also other reasons that I'd say are way more important, since they can influence what message the reader will get from your text:

1. real people are complex, as is real morality. moral black and white thinking is easier than acknowledging complexities, sure, but it is a genuinely dangerous mindset to have and ignores the more complicated aspects of morality in favor of an us vs them mindset. not everything labelled as a crime is 'evil' , since the people defining what crime is, defining what good and evil is, and the system they work in are bigoted. (for example a homeless person sleeping on a park bench may be 'illegal' in some places but is in no way a morally bad/'evil' action)

2. having all your antagonists be solely two dimensional evil guys with no humanising characteristics whatsoever ignores how evil is often banal. Your neighbor who always greets you happily and feeds the local stray cats might abuse their partner and children when the doors are closed, your boss that keeps giving you raises might be a bigot that treats your colleagues that are part of minorities way worse than you, your friendly polite professor might be into right wing conspiracy theories. Sometimes people seem "good" or act kind towards some people and are horrible bigots or otherwise awful towards others, and this complexity is important to acknowledge.

3. related: not acknowledging that people who do genuinely evil things will also do neutral or even 'good/nice' things in other contexts and towards other people makes it easier to argue that you/your friends or family could never do evil things because you are nice! your friends and family are nice! and nice people don't ever do bad things, right?

4. the idea that some people are just "born evil" and could never change no matter what is! fascist! it is really fucking fascist (and eugenicist)! Because not only is no one ever born evil but also ceding this ground and going "well maybe some people are born evil actually" will so easily lead to incredibly harmful narratives. because it means you give the fascists their point that 'some people are naturally worse than others' , even if you might disagree on which kind of people are 'naturally evil' exactly, which is just such a slippery slope, especially if you decide to have the 'natural evil' of your villain show in physical traits. This whole idea of people being naturally evil and naturally "worse" than others is just reiterating fascist ideology of people that don't align perfectly with the fascist's idea of what is "good" being 'subhuman'. so to reiterate: No one is ever born evil.

5. the idea that someone that does bad things is doomed to always be evil and has no way of changing is not just bleak but also plays into the whole idea behind the police and prison systems (and other related ones), that "some people are just evil and can't change that so they should just be locked up or worse, and arbitrarily hurting and abusing them or putting them into inhumane conditions is fine because they are inhumane themselves"

There is more to this and it is a very complex topic but I am really tired and don't have the energy to elaborate more rn, so feel free to add on

[gokuman]

OK I just got done watching all of Beast Wars Transformers and This is my favorite Transformers show. I had to edit together this meme. Enjoy

[mdavidct]

#deadpool #vs #wolverine #rough #fight #sketch #cover #commission #marcocarrilloart #marvel #marvelcomics #xmen #logan #wadewilson #sketchcover #draw #illustration #ruberduck #unicornio #unicorn #claws #instadraw #instaart #intaartist #illustragram https://www.instagram.com/p/BrIez7oh5XE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=toerlwwgf4ww

[saera7676]

Bath is a happy time

아가가 장난감들과 재미있게 목욕을 하네요

아가눈엔 코끼리 인형도 오리도 꽃게인형도 사랑스러운 친구들이겠죠?

#illust #watercolor #luckymyong #children #cildrensbook #artwork #kidbookillustrations #elephant

#baby #ruberduck #crab #bathtime #목욕

#손그림 #코끼리 #아기 #일러스트 #오리 #장난감

[cardvibes]

https://www.pinterest.com/r/pin/208643395222146084/4766733815989148850/e6b3012183e278ae6eab8d22f283be26556909593c7f26c49def733ab5b31aae - Rubber duck magnet #ruberduck #duck #magnet #Zazzle #Cardvibes #Tekenaartje #SOLD

[yodaniboy]

57. #patodehule #ruberduck #vendedor #salesman #bitacoratsu57

[eseca]

#ruberduck #debugging #office #bullies (at Jaque)

[cherry-cristal]

I'm gonna 3D model Mr. MAGICTASTICAL BACK FLIPPING RUBERDUCK that spits fire in blender because I have lose all meaning of my life

And also because I can

I have never animated a 3D model BUT I'll try too

This is gonna be a mess

[scottastory]

#ruberduck #chatham #capecod #nightphotography #oncapephotography #mainstreet (at Downtown Chatham)

[jeegeezee-blog]

Summer is coming. Duck Duck Duck!

[mar-chan01]

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Creepy duck is creepy #creepyduck #ruberduck #emo #emogirl #emoboy #dyedhair #bluehair

[zsung]

[koichi1717]

. . About four storied duck 🐤 . . Nakanoshima, Osaka 水都大阪フェス2013 中之島GATE 〜10 / 18 . #RuberDuckJapan #RuberDuck . . Taken by iPhone 4S, Camera+ Apps: Snapseed, iSplash, Picfx, PicsPlay Pro .

[keepingthingsfresh]

As you do #bathtime #ruberduck