#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).

[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

[ticcitavvi]

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

[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

[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.

[skydaemon]

btw if you even care the ACTUAL bad ending of wwdits is if nadja remains aimless and unfulfilled, wandering from project to project without intention or internality

[screwpinecaprice]

Would connverse kid(s) be given any sword training or self-defense (despite era-3 being more peaceful)?

Sorry in advance, I could not English right now. Hope I'm understandable at least. 😅

With my connverse kids, Ebony would be very interested in Gem stuff and going around different places and planets. Apart from hostile environments, there are still rouge and corrupted gems out there though. Best to know combat.

Rohini really likes swordfighting, but she mainly have used it to compete athletically. Sometimes it's useful when she tags along Ebony.

/Sakura/* saw her older siblings their swords, and she just thinks fencing is fancy. 🤷‍♀️ Whether she'll get over it or not, I don't know yet. Haha

/Zachary/* would not be interested with swordfighting at all.

*Sorry, STILL don't know what to officially name the twins. 😅

Also, can I use Steven's healing ability as an excuse for him and Connie still looking younger than their age and hide my inability to depict age? 🥺

[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

[prideprejudce]

the more i think about Oppenheimer the more disappointed i get because at its core it’s such an interesting story to tell. like the whole manhattan project catapulted the entire world into a new atomic era that we could never go back from whether we were ready for it or not. and the fallout from the project not only changed and devastated the lives of hundreds of thousands of people (including of course the victims in hiroshima and nagasaki + the people living in new mexico where they tested the bomb) and the continued generational trauma of the bombs. also just the general mass panic and fear that the Cold War instilled into every citizen in the states who were literally waiting to one day be just annihilated by a nuclear attack. the whole creation of the atomic bomb had so much impact on the world. so doing a deep character study of both oppenheimer and his colleagues on the moral ambiguity of their work in the project and the outcome of it is such a great movie concept. but the film didn’t feel like that at all. instead Nolan gave us the watered down story that he’s best at and spent almost three hours forcing us to watch whether oppenheimer had to lose his disneyland government fast-pass due to his communist ties or not (spoiler: he does) and how strauss doesn’t like him because he got his feewlings hurt once. all the other scientists and physicists were given one or two minutes of screen time and were really just names to a face. the actual bombs creation was given a sidelong glance and trivial explanation at best. and of course to tie it all off the main female side characters were either naked/having sex for 80% of their screen time or was given the character depth of a piece of tissue paper

[utilitycaster]

I am very excited for Unend and I have absolutely no insight into what it will entail but I do want to offer a gentle warning regarding what I'd like to call, for the CR audience anyway, the Campaign 1 to Campaign 2 problem.

I found in the early-ish days of Campaign 2 there was an immense focus from some parts of the fandom on what previously seen characters were doing, rather than the current cast of characters, and at times a bitterness that we weren't just showing the same characters 25 years down the line. Which was silly, because we got a great story with new great characters and saw the world grow before our eyes, and there were even some small nods without them overshadowing something new and exciting.

I feel this way about Unend: again, I know nothing, but I don't think it will be heavily focused on characters introduced in Midst or Moonward at all. I think it's an opportunity for a new cast of characters to explore new things in the same world. While I suspect the islet of Midst may show up simply because it's a strategic location for an exploration vessel to stop given how the cosmos work, the story is explicitly going to be taking place as far away from Midst as possible, since they're trying to find the extremes of the cosmos, not the middle. I don't think we're checking in extensively with past characters, and I think that's great! Get excited for new ones!

[aroaessidhe]

2025 reads / storygraph

The Stars Too Fondly

scifi romcom

20 years ago a deep space mission was supposed to depart for Proxima Centauri but the entire crew disappeared before launch

now a group of friends who’ve spent their whole lives obsessed with it break into the ship to try and figure out what happened - but when they go to look at the dark matter engine, it turns on and starts sending them into space - and gives them strange magical abilities

along with a holographic ai copy of the ship’s captain, they have to deal with their strange abilities, reckon with the fact they might be spending years of their lives in space, and unravel the mystery of what happened to the old crew

bi & lesbian MCs, trans girl & nonbinary aroace side characters

[nekoro-san]

I’m starting to seeing lot of comparison obsessed gags for Yuri in recent chapters.

But here is what Yuri bought to Anya ( which clearly is Loid daughter and person he currently hated) without Yor wishes to.

Yuri was bad mouthed yes, but he does care for Forgers deeply. He’s like Loid in beginning in the progress to open mind about having a new family due to all the lost of their parents.

Yuri was still too young and being headstrong to accept. But action does acts faster then speech. It was proven following in old chapters and it’s a small detail we can see that in him.

In bus jacking arc, Yuri was rushed to asking his boss when he heard about Anya situation was kidnapping right away although his group trying to hiding from him. He did used for Yor excuse to made it “ For the mission” just like Loid to motivate him but these 1st panel can show how worry he is. And he does care for the kids to the point breaking the rules, brush out orders from the group and almost risked his life.

And here Yor was requesting Yuri to tutoring Anya and at 1st he was not motivated to do so but after Anya said she does want to get good grade for making Yor happy it’s moved him and trying to giving him a motivation to study.

This is from the light novel but Yor was requesting to Yuri babysitting Anya and he did taking her to a career center to having fun with her.

This is my favorite line from Yor to him the end of lightnovel,too.

[qoldenskies]

By the way, which of your au's are wwww (and what does the acronym stand for) :D?

where we went wrong! the name's based off the song from the hush sound lmao. its a b-team centric sep au that's essentially about donnie (with draxum & leo) and mikey (with splinter & raph) trying to found family each other and raph and leo being VIOLENTLY against it to the point where they keep trying to kill the opposing side lmao. a bunch of other stuff happens too but most of it's spoilers. its a very busy plot eventually

[twilightprince101]

So! The ost for Indigo Park chapter 1 released on youtube. and they come with official titles for all the songs

Do with this what you will Rambley Fans