#focused; character development

[emystic-old]

Mika's tunic is one that his mother, Marja, made for him. She made all of his clothing or took clothes from larger scaled dolls in human settlements and typically kept it hidden under a tree in the forest they both used to reside in before the incident.

Mika is actually very fussy about clothing and doesn't like bathes either. Sometimes when he was still with his mother, she would have to use food, toys, or promises of playing for him to actually stay clean.

When he was with his mother, his hair was notably more true to his actual texture being very soft, fluffy, and thick akin to an actual fox kit. Now without her his hair looks very shaggy and unkempt, without her to cut it as well it grew way past what's expected as well and is nearly the same length as himself (his hair grows incredibly fast).

[ticcitavvi]

i will never forgive them for not focusing more on Snotlout in this scene

[tommygotwrittenoff]

i literally do not care about big emergencies on abc's 911. i want to see my characters talk to each other and have stories that are parallels to small, everyday (everyday for first responders) emergencies

[mintytrifecta]

Like one of the reasons I'm so entranced by daring is a character is how he's so self-centered but sooooo unapologetically kind and earnest to other people. He acts with a frankly egregious sense of grandeur that is definitely in part an act an act, yes, but he's willing to admit his mistakes so easily. He's so quick to accept and forgive and it's so clear the happiness of other people is something he deeply values. Prince Charmings are raised to be grand heroes with zero fear, but at their core they're about helping others and being there for them. Daring might not be a destined prince charming anymore, but he exemplifies the core aspect of kindness for kindness's sake without ever asking for anything in return. There's something poetic about it. He couldn't save someone when acting as Prince Charming, but when he was just being himself, genuinely just trying to help someone in danger, he did save them. Daring has a bleeding heart and hides it under the illusion of self-importance. I don't believe that it's all an act, I think he does very much love himself (even if it can get unhealthy) but it's so clear he loves other people just as much. There's a reason he's the gold standard of prince Charmings, and it's not his brevity or combat skills.

[asthedeathoflight]

Murderhelion the fictional relationship of all time because im equally terrified that theyre going to turn it into a romance subplot in the tv show as I am that they're going to chicken out and make it a normal friendship. Both possibilities equally bad. Please dear tv exec overlords do not try and translate those two robots clusterfuck of a relationship into a normative social category PLEASE let them stay weird.

[fragglesystem]

people gotta stop talking about how it’s actually totally okay and fine if amy isn’t in this movie because she wouldn’t have anything to add/because it’s about shadow anyway/whatever.

does this scene mean nothing to you

[theweeklydiscourse]

God forbid you ever criticize the lack of consequences Bakugou experiences in MHA, or suddenly you’ll find dozens of Bakugou stans pouring into your mentions to make a speech about how cruel you are for forcing him to eat cement. They’ll act as though “consequences” inherently involves throwing him into the dungeon or putting him in detention for 100 years and then moan about how him facing consequences would only perpetuate a cycle of abuse/discrimination.

Listen, it’s not really that much of a consequence if the “consequence” in question isn’t directly connected to his current or past bad behaviour. “Oh but his scars!” “When he died that one time!” “His guilt for getting kidnapped” None of those are related to his bullying, and in my opinion, that makes them insufficient as consequences in an arc about changing for the better.

The consequences I would actually like to see could be as simple as: Izuku feels sad/mad because of what he went through, or certain characters reflect on how Bakugou’s past impacts their perception of him. More introspection on the victim’s end is needed, Bakugou doesn’t necessarily need to be pilloried for the arc to be satisfying.

[ube-bluebay]

i have a problem

really long rambling in tags

[project-sekai-facts]

who do u think has the weakest storyline in prsk?

i actually do have an answer for this but i value my life so i'm gonna not say anything. i did a whole thread on this on my twitter recently if you somehow manage to find my account

[rnbwtrout]

If you're someone who devalues your creative ideas as unoriginal or boring, I think it's important to recognize that they may feel that way to you exactly because you're in your own head and you think your own thoughts. What might seem like a not very creative premise or idea to you could be something someone else would have never considered.

Tangentially related, it's important to recognize that there's no entirely original idea. And any great piece of art builds off of others. So originality in a lot of ways isn't really something entirely novel or new. A lot of times it's just working with the existing pieces of things you particularly enjoy and connecting them together until it creates something that is yours.

[emystic-old]

Mika has features that are linked to the idea of him being a changeling (which he originally was based on being, before I established a bigger family system).

He is meant to look purposely uncanny to humans as he looks like a failed attempt of a fox and a child mixed together as if the glamour meant to disguise him failed. In my drawings of him, his eyes are incredibly round and bright (which is adorable, but he has some big ol eyes for a normal child) and though he doesn't smile wide his teeth are very sharp with claws hands, and feet.

He is incredibly small for his age as he is only a foot tall, for comparison an average newborn is around 1 and a half. Yet he claims to be 3 years old, making him a toddler. It would be believable for someone to believe he is a newborn just to hear him talk short, but clearly coherent sentences and get shocked.

Even for a 3-year-old, the boy seems to be kind of advanced for someone his age. A common way to know you have a fairy child and not a normal one is for them to display behavior way too advanced such small baby or child such as playing an instrument or dancing in secrecy (though Mika openly does things such as foraging berries for himself, dancing, and actually being able to sing with skill). The only difference is his mentality and emotional maturity are still similar to a 3-year-old, he only shows having talents and skills that are advanced

[muninnhuginn]

so, found the draft I was looking for and it kinda talked around what I had in mind here but the gist is that I struggle to find bee and puppycat as a show "relaxing", and that's not necessarily a bad thing. because bee herself is a serial procrastinator and the show falls in line with that. she faces consequences ofc (her string of jobs, for one) but she never really *changes* that aspect of herself. avoidance and procrastination go hand in hand.

I think it's pretty well shown in the mariokart-esque episode where the whole deal is mr cup wants to "win" the race without cheating but essentially sabotages himself as soon as he gets close. the idea of "winning"/change can be scary.

and isn't that ultimately the same as what bee is doing time and again? finding fun pursuits, doing adventures/tasks for rewards. but studiously avoiding certain topics both on a conscious and subconsious level. because isn't that too much to confront?

bee's lackadaisical but there's an underlying anxiety to it all that never leaves.

[twelvemonkeyswere]

ofmd season 1: "hurt people hurt people" mostly from the perspective of Stede, who copes with his trauma through avoidance, hurting himself by hurting those around him

ofmd season 2: "hurt people hurt people" mostly from the perspective of Ed, who copes with his trauma through violence, hurting himself by hurting those around him

both seasons have subplots about healing and growth, about finding love, about what to do with those parts of yourself that are drowning you, and what NOT to do with them, and those storylines and themes help support the main ones, seen through the eyes of our protagonists.

in particular, the parallel deaths in the last episodes of each season (Badminton dying in front of Stede, Izzy dying in front of Ed) have distinct thematic beats as well, in different moments of the main characters' storylines, but are still connected in a similar way: both Badminton and Izzy represent the external voices and pressures that have etched themselves in Ed and Stede and have forced them to hide their true selves in order to survive. in Stede's case, the pressure and bullying was always kind of detached, an overwhelming indifference and casual hatred, while for Ed, the pressure and bullying was always up close and personal, given to him by the very people who claimed to appreciate him. that's why Badminton is a villain we don't care much about, and Izzy is a character that was much more fleshed out by the end, because sometimes the call comes from inside the house, and I thought it was nice the team tried to incorporate some of those nuances into the storyline to help develop the main themes.

[gummysaccharine]

PBs first instinct is to get STP out of harm's way... keep in mind STP is made of glass so it means something to me that PB could push her out of the way without even chipping her

[alicentflorent]

Rewatching season one reminded me that Taissa Turner was such strong, complex, well written character in both timelines and highlights how the writers failed her in season three. Taissa in the adult timeline had one of the most interesting stories, running for office which brought her trauma back up and restarted her battle with her primal self that took over during the campaign. Tai is shown to be ambitious but seems genuinely want to make change and genuinely tries to be a good wife and mother until it’s revealed that her other self is traumatising her son and sacrificing the family pet to win the election. Tai’s refusal to get help, despite her wife’s insistence and despite the fact they’ve had to put her young son in therapy because of his own trauma highlights the harm that not addressing your past and your trauma can cause yourself and the people around you. Something that is a major theme of the adult timeline, where everyone is still stuck in their teenage mindset and (unintentionally) hurting others because of their inability to self reflect.

Taissa is also shown to be a fundamentally good person. Taissa pays probably hundreds of thousands sending Nat to the best rehab, something she had no obligation to do but she knows what Nat went through out there, she knows Nat took on the burden of Javi’s death, Ben’s death, failing to get them rescued before Mari, Hannah and at least three others died out there - Tai also had a role in these traumas (suggesting the hunt, prosecuting Ben, choosing to stay) and I feel like her continuously helping Nat when the world had written her off as a lost cause s her way of taking accountability. Her conversation with Shauna in the car is very telling. In the teen timeline, it’s Tai that insists on going to the lake, being the first to take action and show leadership skills in the wilderness, it’s Tai that figures out Shauna is pregnant and supports her autonomy, Tai is the first to take action to look for rescue and if it wasn’t for her shadow self taking over I feel like Tai would have been a good option because she was already the first to take on the leadership role after the crash.

Now looking back on season three Tai seems to have taken more of a backseat in the teen timeline and I partially blame the ten episode format for this because we needed to dedicate more time to developing Mari and Akilah and it’s a large ensemble cast, particularly in the teen timeline which is sharing these 10 hours with the adult timeline. We still could’ve had more of Tai’s friendship with Shauna as Shauna progressively got worse , we could have had Tai showing concern for Akilah given that they became friendly and there was solidarity between them due to them being two of the only black girls (which the actresses had to ask to be included in the story). Adult Tai’s story is a bit more complicated. I understand that other Tai had taken over and this is why her character revolves around Van all season but there should’ve been more focus on how this impacted Tai, she was trapped in her own body and mind, Taissa herself is not actually getting to be with Van, losing her son, her career. We don’t get any storyline about Tai or Van as individuals outside of their relationship with each other. We also don’t get anymore answers on who or what other Tai or really understand what happened there, I suspect both Tai’s merged when Tai ate Van’s heart, which was not just an act of love but an attempt at breaking the dissociative barrier that prevents Tai from remembering everything that happened out there. As for the mystery that is other Tai it doesn’t seem like the writers understand what really went on with Tai themselves other than the fact that they confirmed she does not have DID (because it would be an offensive, inaccurate portrayal)

I’ve also noticed that Tai has started to be treated as more of a villain by part of the fandom as of late, when earlier in the show she was definitely shown to be a good person that looked out for the people she cares about but also had a ruthless side. Other Tai, a character we still don’t fully understand thanks to the writing, isn’t a representative of who Tai is as person nor she an “evil” alter ego given that she seems to protect Tai and genuinely loves Van. Taissa Turner is another complex, tragic character who I really hope the writing improves on next season.

[corellianhounds]

I know we (rightfully) give Attack of the Clones a lot of grief for Obi-Wan just being able to show up unannounced and for him to just be given the literal biggest state secrets possibly of the entire war, in addition to how this cloning operation has been going on for like a decade without anyone knowing anything or any documentation crossing Mace Windu’s desk, but considering Sifo Dyas or Dooku or whoever was able to somehow erase an entire planet from (allegedly) every known bit of data collection or documentation, it could be argued that maybe Dyas and Dooku were just master forgers and had fake correspondence and reports going between them and the Kaminoans for over a decade now.

It’s not that far of a leap to say they got their hands on some heavily encrypted software on some very expensive computers and were able to imitate different speech patterns and documents and handwriting and official stamps or even holograms and holocalls. As far as the Kaminoans know, all of their contacts are fully aware and in the know about this clone army (because as far as they know, Sifo Dyas is alive and had to have been in communication recently)— When Obi-Wan shows up, it just happened to be at the exact time Dooku was the one supposed to be there in person himself that day. The Kaminoans did greet him as Master Jedi and said he was expected.

Obviously that could have only worked in the movie if Dooku had shown up and we saw him having to keep his cool/sneak around when some other Kaminoans tell him his “assistant” has already arrived, would you like us to escort you to him?

Internally Dooku’s thinking “WHOMST??” but externally he’s keeping his chill while searching the Force for whoever else might be— is that OBI-WAN KENOBI??

It’s soooooo tasty for Qui-Gon’s master and Qui-Gon’s apprentice to meet under these circumstances. Both of them know the other shouldn’t be there right now. They’re both having to play it cool in front of the Kaminoans, and this is even besides the fact Kenobi was there to find the bounty hunter assassin in the first place.

“I didn’t think you… were still as active in the Order,” Obi-Wan says slowly and diplomatically, knowing for a FACT that Dooku left the Order a long time ago.

“I… retired from active service,” Dooku says, equally diplomatically. “I act as a… consultant from time to time.”

“It’s soooo funny how I’ve never heard anything about that or this clone army the Jedi ordered,” Obi-Wan says, making direct eye contact with Dooku and probably trying to read his mind (to no avail). “The one they ordered ten years ago before there was ever any thought of the Jedi being actively involved on the frontlines of what isn’t a declared war. What would the Jedi want with a military in the first place?”

“How old are you, young one?” Dooku deflects in that fake kindly condescending grandfatherly voice. “How long have you been on the Council— Oh you’re just a Kniiiiight, that’s right, okay I see. How interesting. How much information are you actually privilege to, Obi-Wan?”

And this is all happening even before Obi-Wan Nancy Drew’d his way to Jango Fett’s private quarters!

Obi-Wan KNOWS he can’t go rogue right now when he’s that far from his ship on a city surrounded by an ocean and a literal army of clones soldiers (of that one super efficient bounty hunter, whenever it is he finds that out) all apparently under the command (?) of someone who definitely definitely super should not be speaking or doing or ordering anything under the name of the Jedi Order.

Count Dooku (who he doesn’t even know is a Sith yet) could very easily accuse him of being an impostor and have him detained or attacked or killed on sight. Zam Wessel was already established to be a shapeshifter in this movie, so it’s not outside the realm of possibility for Obi-Wan to not be who he says he is (which is kinda true?? since he WASN’T the Jedi ambassador for the Temple there to pick up his to-go order of a quarter-million identical men, with a million more on the way??). The Kaminoans might not even know much else about Jedi and Sith aesthetics besides “Wears robes” so if Dooku pulled a red lightsaber it might not even faze them, since he’d be able to provide more information and correspondence proving he’s the ‘actual’ Jedi anyway

Like can you imagine a fight breaking out not just between Kenobi and Jango, but a team-up of Jango and Dooku against Kenobi? That would have jumpstarted some of this clone army business a lot earlier in the movie and actually addressed what should have been the biggest conspiracy, coverup, and militaristic move of the MILLENNIUM