#despair for me. ��� in character.

[yoldels]

Playing through Sdr2 for the first time with some friends! We all agreed that everyone BUT Akane is transgender for the bit LMAO

[lonelyzarquon]

Kathryn Hahn as Clare Tiny Beautiful Things (2023) | 1.01 Pilot

[strawberri-draws]

shuichi posting

[sexy-sapphic-sorcerer]

BBC Merlin being about 'magic' for 7 minutes gay

[emotinalsupportturtle]

David Tennant characters x text posts. Wet cat edition:

[thebrainrotsreal]

Spectra is one of my fav characters of all time, she is so evil, and I love her so much for it, so this is how I'd draw her! I think when she doesn't wanna work to feed on misery she trespasses on funerals ♡

[moxie-girl]

*some exceptions may apply

[demodraws0606]

God Ace being the culprit is so fucking fantastic when I think about it.

Ace being nothing but a tragic character is so unbelievably genius I just can't explain it.

Usually when a danganronpa game picks a culprit it's usually someone who is loved so that it will hurt people even more when they're gone, or if it isn't then it's a character who is revealed to be actually evil along.

Ace isn't any of those things, he is not loved nor is he evil. It was worse than that, he was overlooked.

People love to point out how mean the cast was during chapter 2 and honestly Ace being the culprit is a good exemple of the consequences of the cast's discord.

If someone maybe noticed Ace, maybe if they reached their hand towards him, maybe if they weren't so caught up in their own bitterness none of this would've happened. We see Teruko telling Levi to give up on Ace and in retrospect, what if Levi didn't give up ?

But on the other hand, it's also Ace's fault undeniably. He had the chance to change, we saw it in Arei. We saw how he denied all of his lifelines time and time again, if only he allowed himself to be vulnerable.

His entire fate shows how the cast distrusting one another and being aggressive isn't the way to move forward. It shows that especially to Teruko as well as Ace kinda is Teruko's worst flaws personified.

Isn't it funny how Ace killed out of paranoia and fear, and we see Teruko having to grow out of her own paranoia/fear in this chapter ?

Ace is a cautionary tale and I know some people don't like that because it feels like it throws Ace's character but really it doesn't. The story isn't showing Ace as a person you shouldn't have cared about, the story is telling you how awful it is that Ace didn't have the chance to redeem himself. It's a tragedy, you can see how he could have changed.

Ace and Arei could've seen the other side and become better people, but not in this lifetime and that's what's really heartwrentching.

[librariansrose]

I think it’s fine to have headcanons for your favorite ships but if the dev themselves made a statement about their own characters sexuality/orientation then you shouldn’t make jokes about disrespecting that canon.

As someone who is an Unlabeled person, I’m really grateful that Teruko Tawaki is also unlabeled and sports that flag. It’s representation that I’m grateful for because unlabeled characters aren’t very well known in media at all.

My point is. Please don’t bash canon representation because you don’t agree with it. They aren’t your characters.

It’s fine to have your own headcanons, takes, what have you but at the end of the day. Canon is canon.

I get annoyed too when people conveniently erase the fact that David is Bi but not open with his feelings about that fact. That is incredible representation because growing up it is how I felt about my relationship with labels since I didn’t understand my feelings.

DRDT is aimed at an older crowd that’s on the cusp of when LGBTQIA+ wasn’t widely accepted or even legal like it is now.

So representations like Nico being closet NB, David being a repressed and conflicted bisexual man as well as Teruko choosing to be explicitly unlabeled is incredibly important representation that shouldn’t be ignored or overwritten just because you don’t agree with the creators narrative.

My point isn’t to pick a fight with anyone, mind you. I am genuinely just asking you to consider why Dev has written their characters in the way that they have and that it should be respected.

[imbecominggayer]

How To Write Character Motivation

This little (not-so-little) post is all about how to give your character a motivation for that goal all the while taking into account important things like the backstory, worldbuilding, themes, and such.

Keep in mind the fact that there are billions of different goals and connecting motivations so this advice is probably not applicable for everything :)

Again, these are just some tips. I am going to be assuming that you have some basic information about your character like what they want and where they come from :D

A) Questions, Questions, And More Questions

Take your character and ask them what their goal is. Then ask them "why?". Force them to answer. Then ask them different "why" questions based on what they answer!

For example: "Character A wants to kill the dragon"

Why? The dragon killed my family.

Why did the dragon kill your family? My father was a monster hunter who was upsetting the dragon's food resource.

Why did the dragon kill your other family members? My mom and my sister were collateral damage in the dragon's attack.

You can do this little exercise with any type of goal from crime, adventure, romance, to any other genre I haven't listed yet!

B) Deep Psychology

Now you have ask yourself, actually your character but you know, "what is this really about"?

What does this goal symbolize for this character?

Character A wants to kill the dragon because she believes it will end her own nightmares about the death of her parents. This is a thoughtless attempt to grieve without grieving.

Character B wants to steal a treasure of their home village because he believes that by gaining the financial rewards associated, he will be adored by his new community of outsiders. This is a desire for belonging.

You get the point. These goals aren't just about stealing your home's sacred treasure for wealth or killing a dragon for revenge. It's about universal desires we all share. To be loved, to be strong, to be great.

This is necessary because most people don't live in isolated villages housing secret treasures nor do they kill dragons. If you want your audience to connect with your character, the audience needs something universal to latch onto.

C) Themes And Misbelief

Most great stories feature a "misbelief" or mistaken assumption. This is the potentially fatal flaw of this character who believes something that is either not reflective of reality or will endanger something they care about.

Even if Character A kills the dragon ten times over, their family is gone. They can't kill their grief. They have to authentically work through it. Besides, I can't imagine how completely f#cked the food web would be if an apex predator like the dragon died.

If Character B used the sacred treasure to gain untold wealth they most likely would gain the acceptance and support of the "outsiders". But isn't it more important to protect the tradition. Their culture? Their people? It's a good thing to protect things that need to be protected!

These stories can either end as a cautionary tale, a lifeless happily ever after, and an impactful happy ever after depending on the character arc and ending of these characters.

If Character A and B "succeed" in their goals but this ruins their overall life, it's a cautionary tale.

If Character A and B succeed in their goals and they suffer no consequences for their mistaken belief, it's a lifeless victory.

If Character A and B choose different goals as a result of a character arc then they will succeed and reach a true happily ever after.

[reddpenn]

Shamelessly draws more scenes from my own fanfiction.

It's those Ultra Despair Boys!

[hiraya-sa-dilim]

not moving on from how louis so far surpassed the bare minimum of saving daniel's life? how he could've just let daniel walk away and call it a day but he sat him down and armed him not only against the past few days but the rest of daniel's damn life?? how daniel's had it horrible since, but in spite all his losses, he had something??? how he had the hope of being someone and mattering and he held on to it for 50 long years?? and it worked??? it helped him survive over and over and over???? a shit life is better than no life at all and daniel lived because louis chose to help him??!???

[kenaissance]

colt’s rare moments of vulnerability

[mimikip4744]

episode 16 was wild

Like, that was the best episode this far

but also WHAT THE FUCK!!!

[acethehorseishere]

Funky little Personal Stylist!Ace

He's SUCH a mean girl

[violetstrations]

[ID: a redraw of Beatrice's portrait from the second episode of Umineko, with David Chiem from danganronpa despair time in her place. He is sitting on the chair from the literature girl insane MV, crossing his legs and smiling smugly with glowing stars surrounding his head. The artist's watermark is across his right arm. End ID]

I hate this guy so I trapped him on rokkenjima

original portrait this was based on below cut ^^

[ID: the portrait of Beatrice from Turn of the Golden Witch. End ID]