#but my heart cries for that character man

[goodyordle]

The issue with the Vander, Silco and Felicia Scene

I want to explore more about how making Vander and Silco know Felicia before Vi and Jinx were born recontextualizes things. I have a lot of mixed feelings about this revelation, because on the one hand, it definitely makes everything about Vander’s relationship with Vi and Jinx hit harder. On the other hand, it makes both Vander and Silco more one-dimensional, plus it creates more ambiguity for the audience.

Let’s break it down. Before we even knew about this, we viewed Vander as a man who just adopted two kids from the street. This made him have a lot of nuance because this represented him putting the people of Zaun first before his animosity against topside. It showed his true leadership and explains why Zaun was so loyal to him.

Then they introduce his relationship with Felicia. This definitely creates a lot of emotional impact (I cried when I found that he was the one who named Vi and the way he was soft with Felicia melted my heart and is on my mind rent-free). But I feel like this emotional grab was a short-term benefit for the show compared to the long-term legacy Vander could have had. Now, we are conflicted if we should see Vander as someone who had a sense of loyalty to his friend or to Zaun. That’s not to say he couldn’t do both. In fact, it is both. After all, Felicia is also a Zaunite. But making them strangers (or acquaintances at least), I believe, would have created such a unique character.

Then we have Silco. Before this relationship was revealed, we saw Silco as another ambitious leader of Zaun who took a random child under his wing. He, who once was unable to empathize with Vander, eventually understood where Vander was coming from. It made him such a compelling villain because despite having this lawful evil alignment, he was portrayed as someone with humanity, empathy and humility that most people have. Now that we know he was acquainted with Felicia (I’ll explain why I don’t think they were friends later), it makes all of us wonder, did he know Vi and Powder beforehand? It makes us question his integrity and makes the speech at Vander’s statue a bit confusing, because you’d think he would understand to a small extent why Vander did the things he did. After all, they knew these kids.

However although it made things confusing, I disagree with the take that this creates a plothole for Silco’s character. Firstly, I think the writers were implying that they were not as close to Felicia as Vander was. Silco was not in Warwick’s flashbacks of the family together, and he was also not really involved in the conversation with Vander and Felicia. When they cheers, Silco doesn’t congratulate Felicia but instead says “To Zaun then”. So although the writers did what they could, the execution made things confusing.

It’s not a plothole but it does change how we see the two in a way, and whether it’s better or worse, I’m not too sure. I think a way to have improved it was if we had a scene with more people instead of just the three of them. Have Felicia talk with Connell, the actual dad (where the heck is he?? LMAO). Bring back Benzo! Make The Last Drop / Bedrock and Blisters filled with Zaunites to show Vander valuing his community. If Vander knew Felicia in this context, it would be more consistent to his leadership, because then it shows that Vander was close to her as a people. Having this small change in setting would have solved the consistency without changing the writing. It would also reinforce that Silco sees Felicia as an acquaintance more clearly.

Overall, I think this scene is one of the weakest parts of the show writing wise. And that’s already saying a lot about how good the writing is, since this scene pulls on your heart strings.

[themareverine]

it’s actually so true. but in his defense, he didn’t exactly go after Mariko in that movie—she kinda goaded him and gave him the greenlight.

and Jean, well—Jean is just a mistake altogether.

actually just so peeved about all his romantic choices—they all use him and are so, so forced. Kayla was ok, but her entire “oh it was real for me too” turnaround was so vomit inducing I could’ve cried. Jean is—we don’t talk about her. And Mariko is an interesting concept from the comics, but in the actual movie herself, she’s so flat and completely cold that I just can’t for the life of me understand what Logan saw in her.

but this is the hill I die on, Hollywood doesn’t know how to craft good female characters for strong, well-rounded male leads. I don’t think Logan will ever have a decent on-screen romantic option just because Hollywood isn’t capable of bringing a relatable woman to the table. always too gorgeous, too strong, too opinionated, too sassy, too stupid—too damsel. Logan, I am a firm believer, is a man who doesn’t look at a pretty face—he sees people’s souls. he looks for the shred of good in people, hearts that will understand. and because he’s fictional, of course all those women are gorgeous—but if we really wanted to do something wild, I think Logan would hitch up with just a common-core girlie, the girl next door. the girl with flaws and who makes him laugh. who may not be the prettiest but is pretty to him.

my hot take—Yukio. now there was a character I could get on board with Logan actually falling for and having great chemistry with. she’s capable and strong, but also has great humor and is intelligent. she cares about him, is willing to die for him. there’s depth there. I enjoyed her time with Logan in The Wolverine, and if I had to ship Logan with anyone in that movie, it would be her.

forever just a pro Logan x OC girlie. those who study from passion have better understanding than those who attack from duty, and I will die on the hill that any OC created by relatable hands—who knows Logan, who understands the Wolverine, will be far and away better than any Hollywood movie star girl who is just a pretty face and has a drop of forced backstory.

just a hot take. didn’t need the forced romance in The Wolverine (in any of them, honestly) but—that’s what FanFiction is for.

Logan: (successfully) chases women who are not single

Also Logan: Don't cheat on your fiancé, bro.

[arisveah]

terrible awful realization

[image transcript:

arisveah: and the surgery scene was so much more piercing seeing it from a different angle like omg now we have the idea that he was screaming the whole time omg.

best friend: RIGHT

arisveah: (referring to a previous comment about the exposure) "nerd" okay star wars. what am i supposed to do with the knowledge that charlie was screaming for half an hour what the fuck. what do i do with that? poor boy. if he ever escapes his voice is going to be absolutely shot. and plus saying all that (referring to the horror of promoting a future sex channel with your voice and not your authority) on stream- poor man might never say anything again (if he gets out) :(

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[getvalentined]

A handful of work created for the Chaos Theory charity fanthology, because even if I can't draw I can repost work I'm still proud of.

[askamnesiamoonjumper]

me after editing the aau prologue for the bajillionth time

[daddy-long-legssss]

FINISHED THIS FIC. I'M NOT OKAY.

[moe-broey]

Man. I do love when the character is Scared and fucking MAD ABOUT IT. Going from crying and cowering to snapping and biting the MOMENT a hand is extended to them. Trying to help them or otherwise just work with them somehow and the entire fucking time they're kicking and screaming and complaining and being disparaging and stuck up and just kind of a brat about it. ASSUME HARMFUL INTENT BY DEFAULT, get THEM before they GET YOU‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ And NEVER trust a helping hand ESPECIALLY when it feeds you.

[cagcd]

While on the topic of Johnny's powers again, I really do love the idea of him being able to sense other's mood or negative energy as when he absorbed so many souls it gave him a link to such things ( thank you powpow for inspiring this ily ) he's always been attentive and able to read others, but after his powers are awakened he can easily tell when something is wrong or when someone is upset, especially when it comes to his loved ones, but he doesn't address it directly and offers his support through the guise of him simply being annyoing ... What hurts even more is that no one in turn knows when he is going through something, he's a good actor and makes sure no one is able to read him, not wanting to be vulnerable and have his trust betrayed ... he just sticks to his own solitude to deal with everything ...

[bouneilly]

can't believe I'm almost finished with death note, five more episodes in and it's over… orz

[nbkdramathings]

I KNEW it would be The Lovers card!

[thatnerdydino]

finished watching desconjuração

[evilcatgirlwizard]

feeling bad 👍

[noxtivagus]

THE ZACK FAIR BRAINROT IS SO REAL

[aroacewxs]

friends. ive officially caught up to yttd and. My word

[silouvertongues]

yongpil's dad is SOOOO fucking annoying what the hell is wrong with him

[kordbot]

I don't know how or when the mecha whore hacker post got so many notes [AND so many nice tags--] when it was a reblog with 0 actual tags. how did you find me