#give them character growth

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

License to Kitty.

[rika-mortis]

Headcanon: Deep down they both want to be their fairy godparent/godkid again after losing them, but don't believe they deserve each other and feel like they aren't worthy to be their companion anymore

They both need counseling and therapy as a whole package

[alistair-blackwood]

for my money, labru is head and shoulders above other ships involving them simply due to the unmatched yap potential, i imagine them feeding off each other's energy like they're slipstreaming in mario kart until they start going fast enough to break the sound barrier

[aingeal98]

Thinking of Cass and Damian got me thinking of the New 52 and how the dynamic between Batgirl and Robin there is even more proof of the travesty that was Babsgirl. She's been the longest running Batgirl to Damian's Robin, has witnessed most of the events of his life as Robin and yet their dynamic is just... A nothing burger. She's there in batfamily group reactions in the New 52 as the most heinous use of the Smurfette Principle I've seen in a long while. Tim isn't Tim, Dick isn't fully treated as Bruce's son, Jason exists mostly to say funny one liners, and yet despite the shallow characterisation there are still moments and events you can point to and say look. This happened. They interacted with Damian and it meant something. With Babsgirl? Nothing. How can there be anything when they're shoving a grown woman into a role she's outgrown for years now and forcing her to be the Batgirl of a preteen Robin? Her original Robin gets his own mantle, gets to be an adult with a legacy. She's shoved back into this role she doesn't fit in and because they know damn well she doesn't fit in it and they're just doing it for misogyny, they don't even try to make Batgirl and Robin a thing. Any interaction they had during the new 52 was so unremarkable and flavourless, devoid of character and heart, that I've never seen a single panel of the two of them in my 16 years as a DC fan.

Steph had a 24 issue batgirl run where she interacted with Damian a few times. Cass got even less than that with a six issue miniseries to bond with him. And yet the characterisation, writing and dynamic created in those stories was interesting, entertaining and impactful enough to last in the fandom for YEARS when Cass and Steph got erased. When you think of Damian's big sister you think of Steph, Cass, Maya etc long before you think of Babsgirl.

It's just infuriating to me. All those years of potential Batgirl and Robin stories wasted on a duo with as much cultural impact on the Batgirl and Robin team up as the James Cameron Avatar movies had on the word Avatar. All so they could erase the women of the batfam and reduce the sole one remaining down to The Girl Bat. Yeah whatever she was there in Damian's life when Steph and Cass weren't why am I supposed to care when her standing there gave me nothing to work with emotionally compared to a single conversation Steph or Cass had with Damian back in 2011. Compared with them or even Oracle Babs, I care about Babsgirl and Damian's dynamic and bond as much as DC and it's writers do. Which is to say, not at all.

[fromtheseventhhell]

It's crazy that people still uphold show!Sansa as a well-written character and pretend that liking her is the pinnacle of feminism when it would be infinitely more impactful to acknowledge her terrible and misogynistic writing. This is the same character who, while written by two men, was thankful for the abuse she suffered because it allowed her to grow. The same character who we had to be told was smart because the writers were too lazy to develop or show her intelligence. The same character who had to rely heavily on the men surrounding her and ended up accomplishing nothing on her own merit ( and no, thinking that she deserved to be Queen doesn't mean that she earned it). She is not well-written, she is not complex, and she is not a feminist character. Which is fine! If you enjoy her then good on you, but please stop pretending that she's something she isn't just because you feel the need to justify liking her character

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

Still blows my mind the disparity between the Eng and the JP localization of Sonic Frontiers

So in the og English Tails expresses that he needs to part ways from Sonic so he can grow into a hero on his own, right? That he can't grow by being with him?

But like. The director of the game, who worked with Ian Flynn, worked on the JP localization and it's like. You're telling me that when they localized that scene for the Japanese audience

That it was about Tails learning that there are things only he can do? That instead of concluding that he needs to part ways from Sonic and become a hero, he just comes to realizes the ways in which he and Sonic fill each other's gaps? He learns that he already is on equal footing with Sonic. The two of them are just heroes who save people in different ways?

[official-lucifers-child]

new fanfic pet peeve is when people are writing children and clearly don’t know the difference between a 3-year-old, a 7-year-old, and a 13-year-old. this newborn isn’t saying words, this teenager is learning emotional intelligence, this child is literally not capable of comprehending that complex topic. please, it takes 2 minutes to look up “how should a 9-year-old be speaking” and “how developed is a 4-year-old’s mind”

you could even take it a half step further and look up the various stages of development in people. piaget, kohlberg, erikson, all those psychologists created these stages because we all followed such strict patterns when growing. you don’t need to go into the moral development of your oc’s child but at least make sure they’re speaking and acting like a child would at that age.

also when in doubt, for older children just go for more mature. it’s far better than treating teenagers like they don’t know what an emotion is lol

[briarmoon1015]

It’s very tragic to take Barry, a character that is defined by his inability to put himself above anything else, and rip away his choice to retire.

[akkivee]

I just listened to drb AAHHH… AAAHH….. IT’S SO GOOD….. the combo live action and cg is amazing the cg is so flawless??? THE WOMEN GETTING A VERSE??? THE HARMONIES????? AND YOU CAN HEAR HOW MUCH THEY’VE IMPROVED ON THEIR RAPPING OVER THE YEARS AAAHHH AHHHHH I MIGHT EXPLODE FROM JOY 😭😭😭😭😭😭 I’m so emotional 🥺😭 I need to rewatch a million times

LIKE!!!!!!! like!!!!!!! the moment the ichirap hit it was like so much more grounded of a performance and it felt more ichiro and that’s how you knew it was re-recorded god i was losing my mind like old bb seiyuu lore lol but amasaki-san actually initially voiced saburo with a deeper tenor, that’s why the og bb intro in drb sounds so deep, he and ishiya-san have similar tenors, so to differentiate from jiro, he pitched saburo higher but that was never reflected in drb uNTIL NOW THE SEIYUU HAVE GROWN INTO THEIR CHARACTERS AND THEIR CHARACTERS STYLE OF RAP THIS IS SUCH A LOVE LETTER TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN HYPMIC BRO ITS SO GREAT 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[asexuallucanisdellamorte]

if bioware do make a dlc for veilguard i will only accept a mass effect citadel style one. Rook and co can't go back into the fade so the inquisitor gifts them skyhold and the entire dlc is just inviting every single one of dragon age's previous characters to a massive party

[canisalbus]

Your art is so poignant and skillfully executed. I'm always excited to see what you create, and all the various influences that are revealed(or hidden) in each art piece.

That being said, I was not prepared for the sudden influx of Sad Dog x Bright Dog art you've been sharing recently! Machete having the potential of being loved and enjoying tenderness despite himself is one of The Best reveals of 2023. I enjoy how you express his relationship and struggles just as much as i enjoyed the stand alone pieces you've shared.

Thank you much for sharing the broader stories and pictures of your characters 💓

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[crimsonlovebartylus]

I, personally, feel that two ships could coexist in the same fandom using one of the characters for different partners if some of the fans weren't such entitled bitches and comment shit on post that have nothing to do with say ship.

in order to coexist in a fandom, you have to be respectful of others people HC's or ships. like you can't consistently shit on someone ship and expect for people to not talk shit about yours. it's all about being respectful - I don't believe writers/artists (or editing) enjoy consistently receiving underneath their work comments like: "oh this is so beautiful but i prefer (ship name)" or "this (ship name) doesn't make sense, but nice writing".

I've seen people comment on others blog post, shit like, "I don't agree with you, but nice try." there shouldn't be a need for such a condescending comment. If you don't agree, cool. Stay quiet, and mind your business. If you don't ship two characters, than cool, stay quiet.

and there should also be no need for someone to send anonymous hate to someone because they don't particularly like a ship or they use their blog to talk about about their dislike. If you don't agree with the person, just unfollow them.

Coexisting in a fandom is about being respectful and just enjoying the content without it becoming some fan war or a ploy to make someone feel like crap for not enjoying the same ship as you.

You could most definitely like a different ship and still be respectful to the people in the fandom. Like for an example, I absolutely love Bartylus and I am moots with many that prefer Jegulus & Rosekiller - but I take the time to enjoy my moots content and writing and see their POV of how say ship works for them. They respect my post about Bartylus and we coexist in a fandom.

It's that easy. <3

[amelikos]

Thinking about the portrayal of ancestry in Horizons.

[the-unconquered-queen]

Because I'm seeing cakegate on my dash again, let's stir up some old drama

[griefabyss69]

Ghost 👻

So this isn't something I've shared before, but I started it in October on the same day I started shrapnel! It's Tommy x Carol x Steve + Carol x Robin, college au. I'm not super into second chance fics but I think the theme works really well for Tommy & Carol with Steve.

It's been really interesting digging into a Tommy POV!!! There's a lot in there it turns out.

This scene is after Carol already ran into Steve and Robin and they planned to get coffee and catch up, and now she's bringing Tommy with her.

Tommy can't even look at himself right now. Carol inspects his teeth for him and even looks to see if his nervous sweat is showing through his over shirt. She's a sturdy tree branch and he's a raccoon, clinging for his life. "C'mon, you look like ten times hotter than you used to," she says, kissing him like five times as she does. "So it doesn't even matter what you look like compared to last week, because he'll still be impressed." That all seems like a lie, but he can't think about it. "And I'll talk so much he won't even notice that you're too nervous to open your mouth," she says. Another kiss - those are helping. "Besides, Buckley's mother was a radio and her father was a jukebox, or something. She never shuts up." Tommy nods. He vaguely finds the joke funny. He looks down at himself one last time before Carol half-drags him out of her room. He feels like he left his ghost in there.

Word guess WIP game

[maxgicalgirl]

Carlos is the kind of autistic I am and Cecil is the kind of autistic I want to be