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[badendfriendstournament]

Hi! I have this alternative bad ending for Wirt, where instead of becoming the Beast, he became a woodsman! But since he knows where ellewoods comes from The Beast manipulated Wirt enough for him to become a serial killer of the woods, now known as the Hunter

The idea is simple, Wirt becoming the new woodsman instead of the new beast. In this bad ending Wirt didn't learn how to stand up for himself, and as a result, the Beast managed to use his worse traits to put them into the extreme until he turns into this guy you see here in order to have a more useful woodsman

Wirt not only feeds the lantern with ellewoods, he also contributes in its making, by misguiding new souls so they get lost or even cuts them down with his own axe, all in order to keep Greg's soul alive, he basically lives only for Greg now. Of course, Wirt feels guilty about it and so he develops a huge self hatred that makes him stop taking care of himself at all, his mental health has been decaying too, since he barely sleeps and suffer from loneliness Wirt started to hear voices and so he talks to the lantern as if it was Greg, and the Rock Fact as well. The Beast does influence him, as the only company he is allowed to have, by time and using feelings like hatred and jealousy, The Beast managed to mold Wirt's point of view into a more similar to his, seeing people as nothing but ellewoods to feed the lantern with

Wirt becomes more lost than the woodsman ever was, not only is he literally lost in life but also he is losing himself too.

Why all of this bad ending?

The Beast wanted to survive, it never implies that he wanted a successor, in that case he should have done it with the woodsman already, or tried to convince people to become The New Beast Instead of tricking them to take care of his literal soul

When the Beast was defeated you can see the unknown is practically the same, or better, so the Beast wasn't that important for the Unknown to need a replacement

When Wirt and Greg are leaving, the Beast tries to manipulate the woodsman to cut them down with his axe, revealing that it is not necessary to lose hope to become an ellewood, The Beast literally said that everyone who perished in the forest would become a ellewood, so it's canon that murder is also a option for The Beast

People usually say that Wirt would become the Beast if he was the one who turned off the lantern, but again, if that was true, then in canon it would have happen to the woodsman instead

Something you can notice about the Beast is that he not only likes to make children surrender but he also likes to corrupt people. He did it with Adelei and succeeded, remember when she said this "I do what he asked me to, the beast of eternal darkness..." and was about to do it with the woodsman as well, that's why he showed him Greg becoming a ellewood, he wasn't moking at The Woodsman, that wouldn't make senses, The Beast was actually looking for him to agree with it, which The Woodsman did not of course

The Woodsman lost his wife, he thought he lost his daughter as well too, he was willing to keep his daughter alive BUT as long he didn't hurt anyone. The woodsman is a full grown man, and in the comics it is revealed that HE WAS A LAWYER, of course he knows what's right and wrong, of course he has his morals already established and will stand by them. But you know who doesn't have that? Wirt

Wirt was clearly a loner because he thinks everyone at home didn't like him, he had a twisted view of his own reality (example: THE WHOLE JASON FUNDERBERKER THING), he is insecure of himself, which makes a more easy target for The Beast. Wirt is literally the first one that falls for him, if it wasn't for Greg, Wirt would have turned into a ellewood tree

In the chapter 3 it seems that Wirt is always doing what he is told, it's a recurrent thing in the comics as well too, he says he does that to avoid conflicts, being submissive and a pushover is part of his character, a characteristic that it was finally defeated by confronting the Beast face to face, which in this bad ending didn't happened

THIS IS A MAIN POINT: in one of the comics that takes place during their journey in the unknown, Wirt accidentally fell over the garden of some sisters, in favor to fix it he now has to do her tasks and he does them as they told him, the thing is that the sisters are taking advantage of him and using wrong words on purpose in order to Wirt destroy things: burning clothes and breaking every single egg of their chickens. Wirt does this because he didn't want them to call their papa and get into trouble, until in one point the sisters asked him to DROWN THEIR DOG, so he refused, then papa woke up and the sister blamed Wirt for everything. The papa cries so much that he accidentally fills all the place with his tears, so in order to stop him, Wirt ask him if Papa wanted him to drown his dog... WIRT WAS WILLING TO DROWN A LIVING BEING WITH HIS OWN HANDS IN ORDER TO STOP THE INUNDATION, THIS BOY WAS ABOUT TO KILL IF HE NEED IT TO, OR AT LEAST ACTUALLY CONSIDER IT LIKE--- LOOK????

10. Even after the events on the main series, in the comics that takes place after the events of otgw you can see that Wirt has still issues to stand up by himself. In one of them he was tricked by a fake ghost and he built a huge construct in order to get to the moon (And it was REALLY well built) if he didn't want to be curse, it was only when Greg came that he dare to go down and realize that the ghost was just a disguise of a really lazy animal. THIS shows how he can be EASILY controlled by fear and how determined he is in order to avoid bad things, dude was about to do the impossible, reached the moon with a giant tower, HOW DID HE THINK HE WOULD BREATH ON SPACE HUH??? And all because he didn't wanted to be curse by a ghost

That's why I think he WOULD kill people if that keeps Greg alive. Wirt is determined to even hurt people in favor of SOMEHOW made up for his mistakes, the good brother he should have been before. Tho, even if his own reason talks to him, Wirt can't just stop now, because if he stops he would have to accept that Greg was never in the lantern, that he hurt HUNDREDS of innocents, and that he wasted his entire life, all for NOTHING

there is no going back, what else could he do after all of that? Wirt's been far away for too long, if he ever came back home he has no idea what to expect, but even if everything was right where he left it, how could he live on his life knowing all the things he has done? How could he be able to sleep at night? That even around friends and family NO ONE could ever know what he has done or understand what he has been through, because if they knew, all of them would want him dead. And so, he sees no other choice than keeping forward it, giving in into the lovely lie until it consumed his entire self, until his mind is completely gone with it

Until he lost himself forever.

Now, despite all my points and explanation I know is kinda edgy why Woodsman Wirt would be a serial killer of the woods BUT---

This idea is actually mentioned in the first chapter of the series! When Wirt and Greg first saw the woodsman, the first impression Wirt had from him was to say:

"Do you think it's some kind of deranged lunatic with an axe waiting out there in the darkness for innocent victims?"

So I thought... What if in the bad ending HE turns into that deranged lunatic? Which is such an ironic turn if you think about it ✨ because even after that, Wirt sees the Woodsman as a crazy or even DANGEROUS man to run away from in the rest of the series until the final.

I read a little about the information you have in the blog, and I think he would be in the category of "Fanon Bad Endings" but you guys are the experts

And so that's all, sorry if it was TOO MUCH text ;; I just love this concept and I wanna know if my boy can be classified as a Bad End Friend too, it would be so cool to see him being included in the different dynamics you guys usually do, like I made this a AU but is around a bad ending so I think it still counts

Anyways, I hope you guys like it, or at least respond me, have a nice day!

Hello there.

Yeah we already knew about this AU and theres also a few more request for this wort version to be in so yeah, he can get in

[small-western-vocap-oc-voting]

NEW CHARACTER

NAME: (i have no idea again) enigma guy

VOICED BY: Kevin (Synth V)

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[idolomantises]

I think one of the more unfortunate consequences to creators being more interactive with fans is that a lot of fans/fandoms normalized this idea that creators have to explain/validate every headcanon they have.

[flo-n-flon]

"There was an Aes Sedai at the White Tower when I was a novice. She was everything that I wanted to be. She was strong, controlled, precise. She… she was terrifying. "

Super quick but I need to bite someone I'm so excited: this was the way to avoid that

Welcome to Shohreh Aghdashloo in The Wheel of Time universe

[egophiliac]

Your first initial impressions of any Twst character vs your current feelings about them?

honestly, my perception of pretty much every character went through some metamorphosis of "this guy looks like a jerk" to "oh, he's a stupid jerk? now hold on." it's all about that balancing act between a dark brooding asshole and a dark brooding asshole who is also totally ridiculous, and it really does make ALL the difference.

perhaps most ironically, I've mentioned before that I was absolutely not into the Diasomnias at first, because the impression the website gave pre-release was somehow even less favorable than for everyone else and I was mad at Lilia for getting my hopes up for a token girl). and then we got their stories and, well, I kind of just haven't stopped thinking about them since. 🤷

also, I went in thinking that Crowley was going to be. y'know. competent at his job. a helpful guide. a mysterious yet caring mentor figure, a fitting leader for this band of delicate young magic waifs with their fancy little magic outfits and their perfect, perfect hair. I've never been so glad to be wrong.

[kaban-bang]

What did Ryoko Kui mean by this

[lotus-pear]

free will is drawing ur two favorite characters together and making them gay

[evelynpr]

Congratulations My Hero Academia for providing, possibly, the biggest and longest legit straightbaiting yet in shonen history.

Bonus points that their final chapter was released on yaoi day.

[calmlb]

It’s been clear that the Tanizakis aren’t siblings from the very beginning

here’s some evidence now that it’s been confirmed canon…

everyone who’s read irl Tanizaki’s book knew that Junichiro & Naomi weren’t siblings as soon as they introduced themselves

BUT just because the Tanizakis aren’t siblings doesn’t mean you can’t feel uncomfortable about them. if you feel uncomfortable, GOOD. that’s exactly what they want

the Tanizakis, Mori— they all use these disturbing ruses to disarm or distract people in order to protect themselves, or to accomplish their goals. this is a writing device that asagiri commonly employs as a way to parallel the irl literature (it’s actually ingenious)

there are 4 main indicators that have always made it clear to me that Junichiro & Naomi are not siblings:

1. most obviously— their character designs. Harukawa is extremely intentional with character designs, & she very intentionally made Naomi & Junichiro look nothing alike

their eye shapes are purposely different

their color palettes are contrasting

even their differing styles of clothing have meaning

this was all done so that the audience could PLAINLY see that they’re not related— so that WE know that they’re lying when they say they ARE related

2. how the people around them respond to their act.

the general reaction is “don’t question it”— which is exactly what they want. “be distracted by how uncomfortable you feel so that you look away from what we’re hiding” (this is likely a protective measure)

3. most importantly, this is meant to parallel irl Tanizaki’s book “Naomi,” where the main character Joji picks up Naomi to raise her into his ideal woman, but since she's so young (& a minor) they call each other cousins (Joji makes no sexual advances on young Naomi btw)

however, his plan backfires because when Naomi gets older & they get married, she flips the script on him & manipulates HIM so that he's under her thumb (which is why bsd Tanizaki is at a domineering Naomi's mercy). Joji let her have her way because of his masochistic tendencies

4. lastly is the emphasis that Asagiri and the Tanizakis themselves put on calling each other siblings.

over & over, it’s “my brother this” & “my sister that”

like they’re desperately trying to convince us that it’s true (“don’t let your lying eyes deceive you”)

here are just a few of many examples from the light novels…

again, if you’ve read “Naomi” you knew that Junichiro & Naomi weren’t siblings as soon as they introduced themselves

just like if you’ve read irl Mori’s works, it’s clear that bsd Mori isn’t a pedophile

just like if you’ve read No Longer Human you know that Dazai’s an unreliable narrator. he makes you think he’s a bad person bc he believes he’s a bad person, but those around him see him differently (btw this doesn’t mean he’s never done anything “bad,” though bsd isn’t about morality— but that’s another discussion)

anyway, i’m so excited for the Tanizakis backstory to be revealed so that we can better understand why they use this defense!!

also let this be a reminder to READ THE LITERATURE if you’re able to!! even reading synopses & analyses of the coordinating books makes bsd make much more sense 🥹

reminder that this how you’re supposed to react while reading bsd:

also, if you’re interested in a post explaining how Mori isn’t a pedo, i wrote this analysis on twt. OR you can read this document that one of my moots sent me (remember: analyzing a character does NOT mean you condone any actions they may or may not commit!)

[doyouknowthisjewishcharacter]

Do you know this Jewish character?

[badendfriendstournament]

would quint from mega man count as a bad end friend? he's the future version of mega man (the main character) who was kidnapped, taken to the past,and reprogrammed to work for wily. it doesn't really fit any of the given types (mainly bc of time travel and robot bullshit), but he definitely feels like one.

After talking about it seems we decided that hes good to go aswell.

[small-western-vocap-oc-voting]

NEW CHARACTER

NAME: ???? DRAW5 guy???? i have no idea

VOICED BY: v4flower

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CREATOR: https://youtube.com/@vocatart

[mossy-aro]

tbh as much as i do think it is worthwhile to discuss the topic of shipping aromantic/asexual characters and the nuances of it all (as well as the general attitude allos have towards aspecs in fandom spaces). it also makes me sigh equally because like... what characters. i'll be real guys we don't even have characters to discourse over. literally there are like 3 ever and none of those have fandoms anyway and the ones which do are like 'it was confirmed on twitter in a nebulously worded post by the creator'. its so bad out here

[skittlesking]

Have a drawing I stayed up to make to express some feelings I've been having

[egophiliac]

do skully have pokemon?

Pumpkaboo is the obvious one, but y'know, sometimes the obvious one is the right one! (we'll say SUPER SIZE Pumpkaboo, just for fun. big pumpkin for big skeleton boy.) and another person actually also suggested Greavard, which I somehow hadn't considered, but feels so perfect that I feel like I should have. dangit.

(they can also have little Nightmare Suit costumes :D)

[999999999inadream]

toby fox needs to add like a bit of narration in deltarune abt kris like "they themmed they/themily down the stheirs" cus i cant go on seeing them constantly get he/himmed in yt comment sections