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out with redemption arcs, in with rehabilitation arcs
#important text posts#i might write something longer/more cogent about this at some point#but i also might be too lazy to do that#fuck the villain police#(adjacent)#anyway i just saw something that annoyed me on the internet so i'm getting off tumblr and going to do something else*#*yet to be determined
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A lot of folks don't realise that they're fanpolice, or at least have the potential to be fanpolice (or engage in feelings yakuza style behaviours), and a good way to check if you're fanpol - at least when it comes to fanfiction - is a common sentiment that even I've fallen into the trap of expressing, and it goes like this:
'I just need the author to know they're writing something that's wrong.'
It could be that you read something triggery or squicky, or that the author is writing something so dark, you're genuinely unsure they understand that something is morally objectionable irl.
On AO3 this is very easy to check: Did they use appropriate warnings? And tags? Does the content of this fic reasonably fall under these tags and warnings?
If the answer is yes, then the author knows.
They might not share the same understanding as you, but they certainly know enough to warn folks in advance. It might even be tags that you've always been comfortable with but for some reason, in this one fic, get squicked by, and immediately assume 'oh god it's the author' and not 'oh god, it's the writing, I've been squicked.'
If you're still unable to distinguish whether the author knows the difference between right and wrong after seeing an author appropriately tag a work with something like 'dead dove: do not eat' - you may not be able to tell the difference, or alternatively, are having a kneejerk reaction to something very squicky personally.
(In the case of fics that have been inappropriately Warned for - i.e. 'No Warnings Apply' in the case of Rape or Major Character Death, you can certainly give AO3 support a heads up about these fics. There's a reason those warnings are mandatory in the absence of 'Creator Chose Not To Use')
Some folks are just going to be 'antis' about everything, but some of us can stumble into fanpol behaviours when we're shocked by content we didn't expect to find shocking, and we immediately look for somewhere to blame our unexpected shock and discomfort. If the first place you go is into the author's comments or inbox with that blame (or an attempt to shame, ridicule, or mock) that's fancop behaviour.
I think it's worth noting that there's a grey area where many folks have engaged with fanpolice / fanpol / fancop / anti style behaviour while still generally being very supportive of philosophies like 'don't like / don't read' etc. and not realising that these philosophies still apply to you even if you have an extremely strong emotional reaction to something you didn't expect to.
Many of us are going to also experience this, or have in the past. If we like surfing certain tags, if we've read enough DD:DNR fics 'safely' it might not occur to us that other authors might have different ways of writing under those tags.
I've been thinking about this a lot lately. Certainly because I've done it myself, years ago now, and I've seen other folks who would consider themselves very supportive of all fanfiction do it, and you can sort of tell by the language they use. As soon as you see a: 'I wish I just knew that the author understood this was wrong irl :/ ' - and the fic is tagged for - there's something going on that's leading to fancop style thinking. Often it's to try and correct a sense of emotional injustice or betrayal, sometimes it's grounded in moral panic.
Folks who cling to fancop style behaviours believe that feeling their own strong emotion (particularly those of revulsion or disgust or fear) is an accurate compass re: identifying moral injustice, and then proceed to apply 'corrections' to those around them who have caused that revulsion, disgust, or fear. But imho, it's easy for everyone to feel a strong enough emotion that they might slip into fancop thinking or behaviours without realising, for say one particular fic, or one particular ship, without ever realising, because they're 'permissive the rest of the time.'
Anyway, just some barely coherent thoughts on the matter that I'm barely even resolving here. I miss using Tumblr to think about this stuff out loud, so here we are, lol.
#feelings yakuza#fancops#fuck the villain police#fanpolice#policing fandom#moral purity#moral purity wank#anti anti#it's normal to have strong reactions to certain emotions#but there's an area of responsibility that comes under#'i cannot know all the ways someone will use this tag'#'and reasonably speaking this is going to happen sometimes'#'and it's my responsibility to do damage control'#'i do not trust myself to leave a good faith comment to this author'#'i'm going to close the tab'
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Someone on reddit: Caesar Clown has redeeming qualities, I don't hate him
Reddit:
Look in the notes for psrt 2 and 3.
#caesar clown#one piece#one piece fandom#one piece caesar clown#caesar op#pro fiction#caesar has redeeming qualities#my f/o#antis dni#anti fanpol#fanpol dni#afcab#one piece selfship#fandom wank#fuck the villain police#villain f/o#hE eXpErImEnTeD oN cHiLdReN#caesar clown defense army#reddit#f/o#caesar one piece#shurororororo#and they say tumblr is the hellsite#reddit says the same shit about basically any tumblr sexyman btw
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bff: I am taking you by the shoulders and looking earnestly into ur eyes and saying
bff: For ur own peace of mind u need to let go of the concept that u are only permitted to give villain characters x amount of leeway
bff: Even if canon supports more leeway
#fuck the villain police#advice for life#writing#writing an ask response rn and it feels like pandora's box lmao
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Current least favorite genre of fandom post:
It's fine to like evil characters, so long as you never ever disagree with the morality of the narrative justify their evil actions. It's important not to interpret them in complicated ways or talk about what shaped them woobify them. You can only like them as entertaining monsters. If you disagree with that designation it's because you're just too immature to properly appreciate problematic characters.
(It's especially fun to see one of those posts tagged with a character that 99% of the fanbase already interprets as a pointlessly malevolent monster with no redeeming qualities. In direct opposition to what the canon creator has said about them, even.)
#fuck the villain police#this isn't a new thing at all#but i've been running into it a lot recently#and it's fucking obnoxious#salt#original poast
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the way so much meta wants to virtue signal about modern cops so so so bad and misses javert’s entire purpose in the narrative every! single! time!
#fandom wank#wank for ts#yeah modern cops suck#but why does so little meta fail to comprehend the difference between Now and 1830s france#and how no hugo wasn’t making a point about acab or ‘the only good cop’ AT ALL. whatsoever#like no javert isn’t symbolic of authority (he himself loves abiding by authority and persistently considers himself inferior)#he isn’t symbolic of a police state he doesn’t have power or ambition#and for the Last Time he did not fucking kill fantine#so many posts want javert to be a villain so bad#and they’re all just wildly misreading the entirety of les mis because of MODERN cops#usually modern american cops too. for extra nonsense#it’s crazy#javert#les miserables#les mis#les mis letters#les misérables
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Danny is on a vacation. It doesn't matter where, why or how, the important thing is that he is.
Tim, was forced to go on a vacation. He hates it, but at least there's a good coffee shop.
A villain attacks while both of these are in one location. Both of them tense, ready to beat the shit out of the baddie, when they realize "oh hey, I'm on vacation/oh hey, b send me to get some rest, and I'm petty AF so unless the villain starts killing people, I'm letting them get away with it"
That isn't the problem of course. Nor is the fact that the villain took both of them hostage.
No, the real problem is both Tim and Danny immidietly clocked the other one as a teen hero. And both of them expect the other to do something about the situation.
It starts with Danny checking the time and realizing that if he stays here any longer, he will miss his reservation for the observatory. He tries to let Tim know he knows hes a hero, so please go ahead and beat the baddie?
Of course Tim answer similarly, because his coffee is getting cold and he can't reach it. So they're both pushing the other to do something about the situation.
Well, few hours later, they're both still at it. The villain at this point let them go several times only for them to come back like "hey Mr villain, I think you lost us there for a second". Theyre communicating with each other through various eyebrows movements and spite. It's 2 in morning, please just go home.
At one point batman shows up and Tim interrupts him, telling him to mind his own fucking business. In that moment he was in fierce staring duel with Danny, and he was slowly losing. Though Danny's eyes were slowly starting to glow toxic green, so maybe he was winning...?
#the villain calls the police batman anyone#hes tired he just wanted some cash#dcxdp#dcxdp crossover#dcxdp shitpost#dpxdc#dpxdc crossover#dpxdc shitpost#shitpost#writing prompt#crossover#tim and danny will never be friends in this one#its not for any good reason theyre just really fucking petty#the only reason they stop whatever this is is bc jazz shows up#(batman called her)#(be knew how to deal w tim but danny? nuh uh he aint touching that w five feet pole)
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RED HOOD!!!! KILL THIS DUMBASS CLOWN!!! AND MY LIFE!!! IS YOURS!!!!!!
#gotham citizens everyday#please kill this fucking clown i cannot take it anymore#jason todd#red hood#dc joker#dc#batman#batman ain’t even do shit#this fucking villains blew up my car and they got off scott free#scarecrow killed my grandma#i didn’t even get her life insurance#can’t even make bank in this stupid ass fucking city i can’t take this anymore i’m moving to mars#the police don’t do anything???#the joker deserves AT LEAST the death penalty like#fuck my stupid gotham life
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my favorite thing about mha has got to be how you can't tell if the writers are aware or not that the setting is in fact a corrupt police state
#like. it almost says something sometimes and then they back out of ittttt😭😭😭😭#I'm not keeping up with mha canon presently so I'm just thinking back on things#like. they have plenty of villain characters where it's like oh they're sympathetic and were clearly pushed into this life#by the narrow views of what is acceptable in society and the corrupt police state#AND THEY HAVE CORRUPT HEROES AND A CORRUPT ORGANIZATION SO LIKE. YOU KNOW IT'S A CORRUPT POLICE STATE THE WRITERS MUST KNOW#but then mha pulls fun shit with like. redeeming endeavor!! A CORRUPT HERO WHO GETS AWAY WITH THE SHIT HE DOES BECAUSE OF A BROKEN SYSTEM#while the ENTIRE rest of the todoroki family is like#“well obviously dabi sucks and is a monster and needs to be put away and can never be rehabilitated ever” 😐#AND LIKE. FINE. FUCKING REDEEM HIS ASS IF YOU WANT (BOOO HATE THAT BITCHHHHH) but don't then act like dabi is unsalvageable!!#both or neither babe!! nerf or nothing!!#like. do you guys get me. sometimes it feels like wow look at how much this corrupt society sucks#and sometimes it feels like yes we are going to not examine this at all#it's just. mha is so bad. it's so bad guys and it could've been good but it's bad#it could be so good if it was good but it's not it's just bad#it sucks its a stupid anime stupid manga fuck off
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sometimes I read the words "I don't excuse [x]" about fictional characters and a little part of my brain just goes "well I do!"
#it's not even necessarily *true*#and yet. the contrarian impulse is still there#fuck the villain police#liseproblems
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so many people have never held an idea loosely and played with it until it laughed with them - it shows in how they cling desperately to the nebulous idea of objective goodness.
"don't say this, don't say it that way, don't joke about that, um actually it is that deep and here's an essay on why" - a culture of superfluous and cynical (but well meaning - so so so well meaning) deconstruction has wrecked the ability to have mental fun.
the need to be morally correct has colonized the natural right to try on fancies and slip in an out of perspectives like clothes and god - oh god - your art suffers for it. wooden, stiff, serious, bound, lacking in soul, rigid, dogmatic, seeking approval (rather than authenticity).
you don't play with anything, the inner child is replaced by a miserable adult who desparately needs to be good to be right to be perfect so as not to offend (to be valued).
stop trying to be perfect. life is messy and so are you, it's part of the price you pay for the privilege (yes) of being here. openhearted imperfection will widen the Perspective that dogmatic righteousness closes in you.
#Writing#creative writing#writers#writeblr#writers on tumblr#writers and poets#writerscommunity#writer stuff#writerblr#writer problems#thought police#cancel culture#art#artwork#artists on tumblr#mental health tips#mental block#positive mental attitude#self discipline#inner child#creativity#Let yourself be messy and problematic and bad#You're the villain in someone's story#Accepting that won't make you evil it will make you free#My loves there are so many people out there who are not judging you at all#Focus on them and tell everyone else to fuck off
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Oh oh!!!!! Can you do prompts about "Language"!!!
Been wanting to write a language related fic for months but can't think of any cool ideas :(
Best regards,
@heroes-villains-side-blog
Ah, apologies for the delay, I’m not always online.
Anyway, let’s see what I can do:
Language
There’s yet another prophecy about doomsday, but it’s encrypted/in an ancient language. Time for Hero to ask for Renowned Linguist’s help once again, aka Villain under their secret identity.
Superhero claims that Citizen’s body language shows that they were lying during their interrogation. They’re not. They just really, really don’t want to be here.
Hero and Villain are the only two who can speak a dying dialect. Reluctantly, this brings them together.
Same idea, but they’re absolute nerds and speak Vulcan or Elvish fluently.
Hero&Sidekick (or Villain&Henchman) share a second language the other team don’t speak. It’s great to yell messages at your ally that your foes can’t understand.
Hero and Villain don’t speak the same language. They need Henchman/Sidekick to be a translator to understand each other. The translation might or might not be accurate.
Villain has captured someone who knows things, but speaks in a language they can’t understand. They use an online translator. Confusion ensues.
Villain has captured someone who knows things, but speaks in a language they can’t understand. They kidnap Sidekick to force them to be a translator. Sidekick tries to communicate with Citizen and find an escape plan together without getting caught.
Villain’s Evil lair has a great gadget able to detect any kind of human voice to detect any intrusion. Shame that Hero speaks ASL, then.
Once captured, Villain has a lot of four-letter words to say about the way the heroes treat them. Hero whumps them into watching their language.
I hope these can be useful to you! (I'll keep your other ask for later.)
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#hero x villain#writing prompt#hero villain community#writeblr#writers on tumblr#writing inspiration#original fiction#my writing#writing dialogue#creative writing#writing ideas#villain and hero#hero x villain community#hero and villain#heroes and villains#heroes and villains community#random writing prompt#asks#ngl the last one made my skin crawl#anyone who’d try to police my language would get whumped in the fucking mouth#slang is wonderful it means your language is alive and thriving and colorful and evolving#Words! Are! Made! To! Be! Used!#you don’t like slang you don't like “vulgar” words you don’t love your language. Period.#anyway
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I hope The Spot gets to die as a himself like pre-powers. It’s likely he’s gonna destroy himself trying to destroy Spider-man (I think he’s gonna for the mythos of the hero not just Miles, if the flash forward is any prediction) cause he’s either not gonna be able to handle the full effects of his abilities it and needs to be saved but it’s too late for him or does some not fully redeeming sacrifice as he realizes he didn’t have to resort to villainy and doesn’t want to go out with people fearing him rather than respecting.
It’d make the point that anyone can be Spider-man under the mask string as it’d point out that depending on circumstances anyone could become anything. In this case none of them would know The Spot personally or even in passing as Johnathan Ohnn, so seeing a complete stranger, someone who could of been anyone, defeated at the end of the battle would invoke a lot with the random chance and fate that comes along with being Spider-man if not just going through life rather than the adherence to canon events that is trying to be pushed on characters.
I feel like giving the Spot his face back would just make the climax feel more complete, an odd commentary on being true to oneself even if it is past your time.
#cause like every other Spidey villain spiderman usually knew or came to know as Peter#Norman and the goblin harry and the hobgoblin#Felicia and black cat etc#Johnathan wants to be spider mans personal enemy but knows nothing about him if it was for his abilities#like he probably just thinks he is scared of the police captain dying cause he failed to save people or that he’s fond of law enforcement#cause I am certain if he knew Miles was spiderman The Spot would call him that#to fuck with him by knowing his identity#but i digress I think it would show that it really wasn’t personal#cause the spot hated what he became and lost and placed the blame on someone close to the incident but ultimately had nothing to do with it#yeah he blew it up but who was just fucming around with dark matter like wtf John#it’d be rad to have Johnanthan like see Miles face for the first time and be like ur just a kid wat did I almost due gaining some of the#humanity be lost back only to not being able to rectify it cause honestly I’d be horrified if I found out my enemy couldn’t even drive yet#LEGALLY#johnathan ohnn#the spot#miles morales#atsv#itsv#spiderverse#across the spiderverse#into the spiderverse#atsv spoilers
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The LoV, Dabihawks, and more Hawks
Suddenly actually quite into Dabihawks (only took like, 5 more years lmao) but also their individual relationships with Twice, Himiko, and the rest of the LoV.
I really think the story should've given us more filler and time of them bonding together. Imo, that would've made their arcs and stories so much more emotionally investing, and their faith and care for each other even more apparent and genuine. Not that it isn't, but I think it wasn't given enough time and space to really grow.
Just thinking about Hawks, a brainwashed child soldier, suddenly becomes quite close to a bunch of people who genuinely like him and accept him for his past, his identity, and his mistakes, because that is just what the LoV are, a place of acceptance and change. His relationship with them initially out of necessity (as SxF Loid would put it, "For the mission"), growing into smth more genuine.
How in the war, he killed Twice, betrayed Dabi (and the whole LoV obv), and ordered Himiko to be killed to, but only upon losing his quirk and seeing Himiko's Twice clone does he realize the emptiness and foolishness of his whole life- that he accepted being stabbed by her.
This man can fit so much guilt and tragedy, and with his new position in the HSPC, I think he genuinely would try his darn best to change the system for the people who he betrayed. Honestly, a fucking tragic guy, and I wish the story made that more apparent.
#I could go on an entire ramble abt how bnha is honestly a tragedy that serves as a wake up call#and how u could honestly do an entire sequel of the same mcs and conflicts picking up right where we left off#its both really tragic but also hopeful but also a fucking Call For Help#Hawks couldve been so much more man. The HSPC conflict with Nagant and everthing couldve been so much more#i wish this story was less fckin pro cop even the whole show is abt idolized rule enforcers#how is smth so fuck the police and also pro police at the same time its bonkers#anyways. poor hawks i hope he feels the weight of the death of the ppl who cared for him in his shoulders#so he becomes a wiser and stronger man to better shape society#or something like that.#also yeah dabi n hawks definitely kinda. yeah. mhm.#im just rambling here really#evelynpr bnha#bnha#mha#my hero academia#keigo takami#league of villains#touya todoroki#dabi#dabihawks#hawks#mha critical
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I'm a menace I really just be munching on fruit without giving a fuck like?? Who's gonna stop me the police??? Like I'm just eating a peach right now and I'm having a great time I'm just so one with nature yk consuming genuine sustenance for once... I'm really living on the edge like I am in the moment right now... I finished the peach now and yk what I'm such a rebel I'm gonna go eat another bc fuck society's rules I eat however many peaches I fuckin want.. I'm so wild and crazy I cannot be stopped I'm in my villain era
#peach#peaches#menace#fuck society#burn down the patriarchy#fuck the police#acab#anarchy#villainous#mmm this peach is fucjkinh delivcoius#shitpost#196#idk#am i ok? what am i doing? what is this?#silly#:3
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the only thing stopping me from being insane about the renegades trilogy by marissa meyer is the fact that I am soooooo so sleepy at all times. take this knowledge into your hearts and know that the sleepiness has saved you
#its SO....#inverting the superhero genre in a fascinating way. police brutality. the system enforcing the power held at the top#etc etc#also cool ass fuckin powers and THEEEEE m/f romance of all TIME. if u even CARE.#anyway im slowly working through a reread and well. might have thoughts.#also is it any surprise that phobia was my fav villain. was it any fucking surprise.#(cloak. mysterious. fear-based powers. scythe. etc.)#anyway. series of all time#winter speaks#renegades trilogy
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