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The Intertwined Themes of Revenge and Morality in "Guild of Assassins"
As a writer, one of my primary goals is to create stories that not only entertain but also challenge readers to consider deeper questions about the human experience. In my upcoming dark fantasy novel, “Guild of Assassins,” I’ve woven a tapestry of themes that explore the complexities of vengeance, morality, and personal identity. At its core, “Guild of Assassins” is a story about the consuming…
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#assassin stories#Character Transformation#dark fantasy#dark fantasy themes#ethical dilemmas in fiction#fantasy character arcs#fantasy novels 2024#fantasy world-building#Guild of Assassins#identity exploration#moral ambiguity#moral choices in novels#morality in literature#narrative of vengeance#personal identity fiction#protagonist development#psychological fantasy#quest for justice#themes of revenge
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I have always loved the paladin!riz headcanons regardless, but this season actually sets up SUCH a funny reasoning for it,,
please, just, riz multiclassing as a paladin of cassandra just so kristen will fucking pass
#like there is actual character arc stuff i find really interesting to imagine#but this thought just gets me#fantasy high#dimension 20#riz gukgak#kristen applebees#i dont think murph would go that route but that cant stop my imagination
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Riz Gukgak will forever be my special little guy, because in a world where aspec characters are borderline non-existent, he was not just a cool character who happened to be aroace. He also had an incredibly compelling character arc unique to him as an aspec, and the character arc was so iconic it birthed one of the most memed moments in the entire series.
#tbc im not saying every aspec character's arc should be focused on their aspec identity#in fact it would get very annoying very fast#however aspec experience is so rarely addressed in anything ever#watching riz was so incredibly validating to me#in a way nothing else had ever been#at that time#dimension 20#fantasy high#riz gukgak#bitch speaks
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had to get off twitter bc of the amount of hate being directed towards the bad kids AND the cast was driving me insane so i’m posting on here.
i will say that i have developed sympathy for the rat grinders and i hate how they are being manipulated. it’s gross to groom kids the way jace and/but especially porter has.
HOWEVER, i fully defend the bad kids. they are acting how traumatized kids would react to being put into another life and death situation. i get that they were impulsive and that they could spend actions trying to turn trg but that would just waste time bc there is no guarantee that it’ll work.
#ppl going after emily for her rant against ruben#and ppl going after brennan for not controlling the pc characters better#i’m in ur walls#traumatized bad kids acting traumatized has the fandom acting up#i’m tired#i hope there is a redemption arc#but i also couldn’t care less#dimension 20#fantasy high junior year#fhjy spoilers#fhjy#fantasy high
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though you do not know how or why it works like this, your realm is doubt. it works.
how about that miracle scene, huh.
#fantasy high#fantasy high junior year#kristen applebees#i started this lichrally the moment the episode finished i am so obsessed with this scene. with kristen.#fantasy high plotlines with characters loosing their abilities absolutely undefeated character development arc tactic#dimension 20#my art
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fantasy au whiteboard scribbles <3
#the brainrot has been. SO severe lately you guys dont even Know#its insanely funny to me picturing sally accidentally setting things on fire#She's Simply 1) Made Of Fire & 2) Made Of Fire#poppy's poor tail... sally absolutely tells her that she put it over the campfire when she turned around#ohhhh a Thought... writing it down for future use#another thing that entertains me is the 'wally reverted into puppet form' arc#its full of dramatic irony <3 its so silly <3#scribble salad#wh fantasy au#OH THIS WAS FROM WHITEBOARDING WITH MIGUEL AGAIN! INDIGOPOPTART! GO LOOK AT THAT BLOG RN!#but. yk. a 'trope' in art that i absolutely Adore#is when character's faces / upper torso is blacked out in shadow bc they're just That fucking incensed / Experiencing Emotion#ITS CATNIP TO ME!!!!
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Like everyone else I literally couldn't help myself and had to hop on the art train.
Not expecting much since I was playing around, but here is Roan of Arc! Her first VMA fit has been living in my head rent free for about a week
#chapell roan#roan of arc#good luck babe#illustration#fanart#character illustration#characterdesign#digital art#digital fanart#character design#artists on tumblr#fantasy art#fantasy#my art#misslovelyillustration#costume design#girls with swords#medieval#medieval fantasy
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(ASOS, Sansa II)
(ASOS, Jon XII)
#jonsa#jon x sansa#sansa stark#jon snow#don’t tell me they mean nothing to each other when they have such glaring parallels#it’s the way no one else in the series has this exact dream to restore Winterfell and have a little starkling family#in the same book mind you !!#the way Robb is the missing piece to Sansa’s fantasy <33#and Jon and Sansa don’t mention each other because they’ll be parents#oh the feelings I have#sometimes there was even a girl who looked like arya#and arya is known to resemble Jon really closely#implying that Sansa wants to marry someone of the north with stark features#which makes so much sense for her character arc to BE with someone born and raised in the north#not another random lord to exploit her claim and power#see this is why I wrote a 40 paged meta analysis and compiled it into a PowerPoint#and then presented it to my mother thus converting her into a Jonsa truther#WITHOUT OBJECTION#on a side note I find it so interesting when you talk to someone who’s neutral on ships and is willing to listen to whatever theory#as objectively possible#because as soon as I pointed all the evidence out to my mum she was like woahhh you’re smart analysis and you’re so correct
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Hey, so we all understand that ANY serious RWBY theory that has Jaune getting some kind of cool powerup or weapon or a badass fight scene or killing one of the big bads like Cinder or Salem or literally any other fantasy-hero/power-fantasy staple is effectively dead on arrival, right?
Because it runs counter to one of the fundamental qualities of Jaune’s character: that he is a massive SUBVERSION of the whole ‘fantasy hero protagonist’ archetype. That a CORE aspect of Jaune’s character arc across the show has been all about abandoning any desire to be some idealized ‘Fantasy Hero’ who’s super special and always saving the day and defeating evil, and instead growing in an ‘Every-Man Hero’. Someone who isn’t all that special or strong but is nonetheless committed to helping those in need.
I mean just compare Jaune in Atlas during Volume 7/8 to Jaune in the Ever After during Volume 9: During their time in Atlas, we see Jaune not trying to be ‘The Hero’, instead he’s part of a group, following someone else’s lead and focusing on helping and supporting his friends and anyone else he can. While his friends are off slaying monsters and fighting the bad guys, Jaune is escorting kids to school or evacuating civilians or just carrying a friend or three. And it’s clear that in this role, Jaune flourishes. Emotionally and psychologically, Jaune is the best he’s been in the entire show! To the point where even in the depths of Salem’s ominous Grimm Whale of Doom, Ren’s empathic senses see Jaune as a pure, bright spot of positivity.
Then Volume 9 let Jaune try to be a cool, badass legendary hero in the form of The Rusted Knight. A single, solitary hero at the center of everything who fights monsters and helps everyone.
And it utterly DESTROYED HIM.
At this point I think the show has made it pretty clear where Jaune’s character is going, and just as clear where it ISN’T going.
If anything, rather than Jaune getting some kind of powerup, I think it’s far more likely we’ll see the opposite.
You know the theories that Jaune will wind up being integral to any plans to revive Penny? That Pietro will reveal/confirm that he doesn’t have enough aura to reactivate Penny, or is prepared to sacrifice his life in order to bring is daughter back one more time; only for Jaune to step in and volunteer his aura as the catalyst to bring Penny back.
Well consider how (re)activating Penny permanently stunted Pietro’s aura. I think it’s pretty easy to imagine much the same happening to Jaune.
Specifically, what if reviving Penny costs Jaune his uniquely strong and quick-regenerating aura reserves? As in, the very things that have helped him to be a capable fighter? To the point where Jaune’s aura might now be not much stronger than that of a normal, untrained civilian.
Basically, what if Jaune doesn’t sacrifice his life to bring Penny back as Pietro might have done, but rather sacrifices his strength and even ability to be a HUNTSMAN?
Honestly, I think this would be the perfect conclusion to Jaune’s character arc; the idea that things like martial strength and the ability to slay monsters and fight bad guys are actually so unnecessary and even counter to who he really is as a person that Jaune can just give up those things without issue whatsoever (remember that he would STILL have his semblance that allows him to empower others).
Perhaps even to the point of admitting that he never really needed to BE a huntsman in the first place.
#rwby#rwby theory#rwby analysis#jaune arc#character analysis#Penny Polendina#pietro polendina#rwby volume 7#rwby volume 8#rwby volume 9#trope subversion#archetype subversion#jaune is NOT a knight or a warrior or a fighter or anything else that could be a power fantasy#if your theory has jaune as ANY kind of power fantasy then it is dead on arrival
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Here the grass once flashed with hard steel Blood of scarlet on the sword point gleamed That is all for you and that’s for me – These two blades of those who became now Phantoms of the winds for centuries
All tendrest, all smouldering and gentle aches - adore's and love's galore all for the glorious within of evermore, most beau and fawned, all for the @quietvesper, of eventides' one!<зз
#dark fantasy#gothic#digital art#original character#other's oc#ffxiv#final fantasy 14#final fantasy xiv#ff14#portrait#art#female knight#ffxiv oc#Joan of Arc of John Everett Millais#was within our tender premises<ззз
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why does the pjo series have to unnecessarily villainize goddesses (hera & athena) or show them as silly ladies (aphrodite & demeter) BUT posiedon and apollo are somehow shown as the coolest/most likeable gods, even though arguably, they're right after zeus on terms of corruption?
ares shown as the worst god after zeus and hera amuses me. last time i checked, he was the patron god of amazons and literally killed a man for attempting to rape his daughter but guess who cursed women for rejection? apollo. guess who raped women when they said no (aside from zeus)? posiedon.
#all the gods and goddesses in the greek mythology are flawed in their own way#it doesn't make sense why the books were so unnecessarily biased towards certain gods?#it bothers me specifically that hera and athena are SO unnecessarily painted as villains#while posiedon is ‘cool’ dad ‘great’ lover ‘decent’ god ‘reasonable’ than other olympians#i get it he's the main character's father of a children's fantasy novel so rick painted him in a good light#but my man? then why are you painting other gods who are arguably just as bad as him as WORSE#shut up i feel strongly about it#i love the percy jackson series#but i hate how the gods are portrayed#is trials of apollo a good series? yes#does it make sense why he's shown as a human-like god with redemption arc#while hera is reduced to ‘evil stepmom’ and ‘bitch to annabeth’ even if apollo is JUST as bad as her?#no#and aphrodite is not some ‘silly fangirl’ whose personality revolves around shipping percabeth#she is powerful terrifying and cunning who can bestow some of worst revenge on those who offend her#demeter is not a silly crop goddess#her love for her daughter was so strong it almost ended the world and destroyed mankind#shes in charge of harvest and agriculture without her humanity will starve to death#shes just as powerful as the big-3 or at least she should be#posiedon is not this cool perfect rational god#medusa would disagree demeter would disagree pasiphae would disagree odysseus would disagree#apollo cursed women posiedon raped yet ares killed a rapist BUT nooo let's make ares the bad one#percy jackson#rr crit#greek mythology#heroes of olympus#trials of apollo
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Very funny to me how Stansas present her character as being so interesting and complex because of her vulnerabilities, while simultaneously ignoring those same vulnerabilities in other characters. Dany is sold as a bridal slave and lacks agency throughout AGOT and after. Her dragons are either too young/small to utilize effectively or locked away for the majority of the story. They aren't some all-powerful trump card that protects her from harm. Arya is captured as a prisoner of war, forced to watch countless people tortured and murdered, and then essentially enslaved in Harrenhal with no way to fight back. She has an entire arc of feeling powerless, of being a "mouse", during ACOK. She doesn't have "kung-fu" or the ability to magically fight her way out of every situation, she's a young child lacking physical strength with only the most basic sword training.
Sansa isn't the only female character, she isn't the only young character, she isn't the only character who suffered, and no one is obligated to prioritize her. I'm so tired of Dany and Arya being mischaracterized and having their stories erased to prop Sansa up. "Sansa has kept her dignity" In other words, let's praise her for having a level of security that Dany and Arya don't have access to. She hasn't ever been forced to make a hard decision which of course means that she's morally superior to them. They can't even admit to themselves that her lack of action is due to her own passivity. If it doesn't fit their delusion, they erase it from the story and expect the rest of us to play along. Ask one of them what they like about her character without bringing up her being the ultimate victim, and I genuinely don't believe they'd be able to give you an answer. They belittle other characters more than they talk about her and these takes just scream insecurity/jealousy at the content and development other characters have in their POVs.
#arya stark#daenerys targaryen#anti arya bs#anti daenerys bs#asoiaf#anti sansa stans#these being comments on a video of a stansas /correcting/ a Dany stan...the jokes write themselves#/she's a break from the fantasy/ /people would be equally powerless in her situation/ like they aren't even pretending#that they don't use her as a boring every-man self-insert#okay she's subjectively /normal/...what is interesting or important about that in a fantasy novel? 😭#Arya and Dany are so interesting because they have that complexity...vulnerability but also the strength to navigate their situations#and it isn't because they're /special/ it's because that's who they are as characters#Reducing Dany to her dragons or Arya to her combat abilities (which barely exist) is such a disservice to their arcs#but of course acknowledging that they're well-developed and empathetic doesn't square with their fantasy that#Sansa is the most pure important character who deserves everything because she suffered 🙄#they really write entire fanfictions and then go /why don't people think like us?? 😔/#/Sansa kept her dignity/ yeah that's why she's currently part of a plot to poison a disabled child#because she was told she'd benefit from it oh yeah she's sooooooo morally superior to Dany and Arya 😑
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Got my hands on a Ultra Analysis BNHA book from a library
Some points I liked (I focused more on 1B since they don't get a lot of attention)
1B once had a Tetsutetsu BBQ. They heated him up and cooked food on him. He proceeds to ruin it when he declares his sweat is the salt to their food
Yui is canonically the prettiest first-year
Mineta has no sex appeal at all, but he thinks being a hero will make him lucky
Class B does respect Monoma. He's sharp-minded, witty, and has a way with words
Monoma sometimes wanders into 1A's dorm just to throw down a mean speech, and heads back to 1B
Juzo probably isn't helping Monoma's confrontations with 1A, since he just always asks him why he can't say it to their faces whenever Monoma complains about them
Shiozaki tries to be polite even in a fight
Pony hosts anime parties, so 1B knows a lot about anime. Vice-versa, they teach her Japanese, and everything nasty is Monoma's fault
Tokage was a gyaru
Tsuburuaba, Kaibara, and Kuroiro get worked up whenever they talk about girls
Manga likes Kenranzaki
Awase's family runs a small factory. He also restrains Monoma whenever Kendo isn't available
1B likes hearing Rin say "Aiyah", so he does it for them
Kamakiri is obsessed with cutting into things
Class B's play was really successful
Tamaki is scared of Kirishima's energy
1C was planning a send-off party for Shinsou for his upcoming hero transfer. They didn't doubt he would make it, ever since the Sports Festival
Shishikura (meatball Shiketsu boy) might've chosen Shiketsu because he likes the uniform's hat
Nakagame and Yo are dating
Tsuyu's family gets to spend a lot of time together now, since their parents' busy jobs have calmed down
Tsubasa (devil wing kid in Midoriya's memories) suspiciously lost touch with Midoriya and Bakugo in middle school (his Wiki page confirms Garaki - his grandfather - turned him into a Nomu)
Torino likes goofy gags. This rubs off on All Might (ex. when Midoriya thought he died when Torino fell with ketchup. People don't know whether to laugh or be concerned)
Nighteye has yellow streaks in his hair as a homage to All Might
Nezu likes worming into tight, dark places, so he likes Aizawa's scarf. They went into detail, describing why Nezu likes it, such as material to crawling in, etc.
Recovery Girl has to travel around Japan regularly to help people with her Quirk (as in, she uses her Quirk to help them. Healing Quirks are SO rare)
Hojo, Tabe, and Sestuno are kept in the same jail, so at least they're not separated
#wish i had vestiges other than nana but even she isnt a lot of info here#since the book ends with villains from the overhaul arc i think thats where the series was when the book published#im not doing the math but the book was 2019#also i am not tagging all these characters. thats gonna throw the limit on the floor and give me nothing to work with#1b#class 1b#1-b#class 1-b#spoilers#boku no hero academia#bnha#my hero academia#mha#mha spoilers#bnha spoilers#ultra analysis book#a limit of 30 tags and 1b alone is 20 ppl? no thank u#recovery girl's Quirk is actually the ideal typical heal ability you see on fantasy series#magically heal cuts and wounds? in a quirk-way we need a way to explain it#and recovery girl's quirk is the best way to explain it: she speeds up a body's healing process#thats just what happens when u use healing magic or something in a TV show#this was my explanation for why a pokemon cant use healing moves on broken bones (HC stuff for a fanfic) before i made the connection about#recovery girl being ideal in her quirk#because if u use it on a bone to speed up the healing. it might heal incorrectly or beclme cancerous instead#so recovery girl is just “natural healing of the body” rather than “i speed up ur bodys natural stuff”#so ur cells dont multiply so fast and wrong that u now have a tumor or cancer#do i know if these points are in their wiki pages? no. honestly im not going through their pages i just think these are interesting facts#neito monoma#hitoshi shinsou#yui kodai (yup tag limit immediately)
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So I remember talking to this person and she was basically saying “If it takes Bakugou dying to redeem himself then he’s done too much.” But it doesn’t take Bakugou dying this is just who he is… am I wrong?
i wouldn't take any bakugou anti's argument to heart. the fact of the matter is that bakugou was a childhood bully who grew up and bettered himself. it's like, one of the tamest, most normal redemption arcs ever. he didn't even have to die to complete it, he's just that devoted to deku. which in itself should say enough about his development
#'bakugou being a dipshit asshole bully from ages 5 to 14' is not nearly 'doing too much'. and certainly does not deserve death#the truth of the matter is. people overhate bkg bc his 'crimes' are the most tangible and relatable to the audience#objectively speaking there are way more characters in mha who have done far worse than him#but most people can't relate to more heinous crimes - they probably haven't lost someone to a mass murderer for example#but they CAN relate to knowing a dumb idiot kid from middle school#a lot of bkg antis project onto deku so it's likely due to a personal grudge they have against their own childhood bully#that they haven't gotten over and so they can't accept deku getting over it. bc they can't accept deku not acting like them#ppl just really don't like seeing bkdk as characters with their own arcs. to them bkdk are self-inserts#the self-insertification of midoriya izuku by dudebros must be studied... the revenge fantasies they cook up... it's fascinating#anyway i wouldn't worry about it too much#asks for becki
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#fëanor#maedhros#my art#silmarillion#the brainrot continues i'm afraid. yes i'm aware of how much feanor&maedhros stuff i've drawn and written here in the past couple of weeks#i too am horrified. not surprised though#fëanor & maedhros#why so many floral ornaments on their clothes? they're noldor! you might ask. and you would be completely right#i have no idea what i'm doing#i have a very limited fantasy i just copy the ornaments from whatever clothed i find on pinterest and like#i DON'T enjoy thinking ohhh what kind of clothes and ornaments would these characters wear if we take into account their culture and the we#ther (which we know nothing about) their individual personalities their character arcs and symbolism the parallels between them and the oth#r characters. i DON'T care!!!!! and i can't just leave their clothes unadorned. so here we are#i say if the clothes match the characters vibe — great amazing good lovely. if they don't — fantastic splendid beautiful wonderful
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"A Song of Ice and Fire" sounds like it could be a magical girl anime c'mon let's be real
Individuals below the cut!
#asoiaf#asoiaf fanart#brienne of tarth#daenerys targaryen#arya stark#sansa stark#magical girl au#for this magical girl squadron I have selected the female POV characters with ages beginning with a 1#specific af prompt but that's the vibes#brienne and arya both barely qualify#bri's outfit inspo is joan of arc. not the most original pull but yknow it works#for dany I was looking at Targ inspo classic Byzantine fashion#arya is every dnd assassin just de-edgelorded#sansa I tried for a more classical princess look. she's in blue bc I tried like every shade of green and they all made her look too much#like Fantasy Jean Grey#my art#fan art
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