#has untapped comedic potential

[airborneice]

woo more mattie sketches

the first one is @ewwgene-fitzherbert​’s fault, as usual

sooo context bc my dumb sketches come with lore now:

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1) ok this one isn’t strictly canon, i just think it’s funny me and dee both like media with vastly different interpretations of a rat king lmao. anyway you can’t tell me that if tlou was a thing in this universe mattie wouldn’t have seen her sis playing it, and heard her talk abt her pal the rat king, and got her lines crossed a little bit

real talk though, mattie would absolutely love the (hilda universe) rat king - the only thing better than one weird rodent is hundreds of them

2) not a ton to say about this one - arwen is sensitive to loud noises, and mattie tries to help her out wherever she can

3) mattie upholds the family tradition of destroying johanna’s reputation 

so in johanna and kaisa’s defence...you try explaining to a 6-year-old why your family is on good terms with this one troll and her kid because of a changeling spell that happened before she was born. I think that by this time, johanna’s made peace with what happened in Mountain King and (very slowly at first) formed a natural friendship with trylla, and the habit of hilda and baba visiting each-other has carried on over the years, knitting the two families closer together. mattie knows what a step-sibling is from her friends at school and has connected the dots. she’s definitely implied to at least a couple people that her mum used to be married to a troll 

also i got tired before i could finish drawing kaisa quietly trying not to lose it in the bg but she’s there. in spirit

[lewis-winters]

just #final girl things <3

[racmune]

currently on the brain: the fact that spy can do perfect impressions of all the other mercs' voices n accents..

[good-to-drive]

Once again I wish Paul could have been on curb your enthusiasm, but that's another thing that god is denying me

[fanaticalthings]

Give me crime lord!Jason who's actually on good terms with the batfam. Not only would it actually be helpful when it comes to missions surrounding underground/illegal operations (Jason would be able to retrieve way more insider knowledge) but also I think having a supervillain family member that you're chill with is just untapped comedic potential that needs to be taken advantage of.

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Damian gets into a petty fight with Bruce, and the next day, instead of waiting for Bruce to pick him up from school, he calls Jason, who shows up in full Red Hood regalia and just rides off with Damian.

Of course everyone at school sees that Wayne's son just got snatched by Gotham's most notorious crime lord, so ofc when Bruce gets there, sees Damian missing, and hears a series of panicked whispers about a gun slinging, criminal biker riding off with a prince of Gotham, Bruce immediately knows what's up and just sighs, already anticipating the many publication companies he's gonna have to bribe to stay silent.

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Sometimes, they need Jason's help with intercepting certain illegal trades within the underworld of, not just Gotham, but just common areas where shady businesses are most prevalent. And when Bruce requests that Jason brings evidence of said illegal shipments to the cave, Jason will smugly respond with "I can, but it'll cost ya"

And Bruce is all exasperated like, "Jason, please, this mission's been going on for a month, I just want to get it over with."

And Jason's just looking down at the crate of smuggled materials, recognizes that it's highly sought after by many rogues (maybe it's machinery parts or rare chemical substances, etc) and ofc Jason's about to be petty as hell when responding to Bruce:

Jason: I don't think you have any idea how valuable the stuff I have is. If I sold this myself in my part of the underground, I'd make a fortune!

Bruce: Jason

Jason: Butttt, if you're not willing to pay me for this, y'know, despite being a billionaire, I guess I could just auction this off to another willing client

Bruce: Jason

Jason: I hear Lex Luthor's been cookin' up something new for Superman. I wonder if he'd be interested?

Bruce: Son, please.

Jason:

Bruce:

Jason: I'll give you a family discount.

And it's just a back and forth of this EVERYTIME. And Jason only does it when he's collaborating with Bruce. None of the other bats have to deal with Jason demanding money.

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There was one time, during a Wayne gala where practically ALL the kids (except Jason, dude's still legally dead), had to show up. And around halfway through, the Red Hood just crashes through the skylight and then just fucking kidnaps Bruce Wayne, in front of everyone. And of course the gala has to be cut short.

Meanwhile, Bruce, in Jason's custody: I CANNOT believe you, son. WHY of all times would you do this? You are GROUNDED, I don't care if you don't live with me anymore, this is just UNACCEPTABLE-

Jason, completely ignoring him, holding up a tablet with news article headlines about this incident: Bruce, look at this shot they got of me crashing through the ceiling, I look fuckin' badass

And then when the fam (in costume) come to "save" Bruce, in a blink and you'll miss it moment, Bruce catches Cass and Jason whispering something to eachother in the corner and them fist bumping before Jason books it out of there. He can already feel a headache brewing.

And generally speaking, I feel like the batfam could be way more efficient with this arrangement. You got the regular team of bats, investigating from above, as well as being able to infiltrate socialite environments as Waynes. Then you got Jason, who can keep an eye on all the lesser exposed and lucrative activities whilst he keeps the underground businesses under his control. I feel like it would be a win win situation that would be hella interesting to see explored.

[destinysbounty]

Where did we all get the idea that Pixal isnt just as self-destructive and sacrificial as Zane??? Like, shes been just as bad as him since day one, the only difference is that shes better at actually surviving all of her big heroic sacrifices.

Like that time Lloyd was all "no wait dont go into the Oni death cloud, we dont know if youll survive" but she was just like "bet" and came out unscathed like the total badass she is.

Or in s11 when she was fighting the Preeminent, Wu went "Pixal please for the love of the fsm dont overload your systems with a ton of electricity directly from the city power grid, that could kill you" and she did it anyway. And again, she survived because Pixal is just like that.

And before you say, "oh haha she learned it from Zane", uh no she didnt. She was being self-sacrificial as early as season 3 when she refrained from telling Zane that the city-wide EMP would cut her power too so he wouldnt be distracted, and didnt want him to see her shut down. Or in season 4 when Zane found her in pieces and she tried to convince him to go on without her.

Like, if i wanna get deep about it, i could say that both Zane and Pix exhibit self-sacrificial tendencies as an extention of their devotion to their established purpose - Zane was built to protect, and Pixal was built to assist. In her own words as she lay dying in Zane's arms: "I am to assist, I assisted." And sure, i could also get really emotional about how they both seem to be incapable of recognizing their individual self-worth outside of what they believe to be their PurposeTM. And how the beauty of their relationship is that while they fail to see their own worth they are able to see the worth in each other. Zane and Pixal see each other not as protectors or assistants, but rather as intimate companions (whether you interpret that romantically, or if youre like me and hc them as a qpr).

Of course, for once im not in the mood to be angsty about Pixane (shocker, i know) and i actually wanna talk about how theres a lot of untapped comedic potential in this idea.

Like. One day the whole team rallies around Zane to lecture him about his abysmal self-preservation instincts, but the moment Zane complains that they should be lecturing Pixal too bc shes just as bad as he is, Lloyd goes "yeah no shes exempt from criticism bc death respects her too much to actually let her die for real." And then he and Pix do a little fist-bump while Zane slowly dies inside.

The FSM absolutely has favorites, and the fact Pixal has survived this long is proof of that.

[sweetbunpura]

Yk I read something on twitter once about how ironically, Malleus would probably be one of the first people to support Rollo qnd Yuu dating and that it has untapped comedic potential, because Rollo would HATE that he's so supportive more than if he eas a hater. Ofc Malleus would still be protective of his friend, but it IS really funny to imagine him being like ah Child of man... You managed to tame a wildfire with love... life is so beautiful 😍 meanwhile Ace is like DUDE YOU'RE MEANT TO BE ON OUR SIDE!!!!!!

Honestly, both have funny potential.

A grumpy Malleus who has to deal with his bestie dating the man who tried to take magic from him and then the super happy malleus whose so supportive of their relationship that it puts Rollo on edge.

Meanwhile Ace: You were supposed to talk some sense into her!

[felikatze]

thinking abt silver so thinking abt ye olde dadow aus (thank you satbk for that one) and there's some really untapped comedic potential in not knowing who his parents are because of The Apocalypses.

silver goes back to the future and everything's fine for once and he actually has a house and a home (wow!!!) so he goes in to chill out and he's watching tv (wow!! tv!!!) and someone unlocks the door and oh yeah he probably has parents in this one huh? nice. and it's just shadow. hi son. how was your day did you save any futures. and silver (just stopped being an orphan five minutes ago) (to shadow it has been 14 years) goes thru all five stages of grief at the same time. hi dad.

AND. TAKING IT FURTHER. if silver goes back to the past for any reason after this he has to be so fucking normal about this. don't tell shadow he's your dad don't tell shadow he's your dad DO NOT

"hey silver why have you been so weird around shadow lately" "NO REASON. SHUT UP."

[toskarin]

I think "oops! all assassins" as a grail war format has an incredible amount of untapped comedic potential. they're just doing looney tunes shit to each other

[mantequillamcwhoremick]

For your list ask - Tweek 🫶

Hell yeah another blonde pookie let's go🫶🫶🫶

Favorite thing about them:

There's lots of things I like about him mainly bc I find him so relatable but I wanna name something positive and not painful to him so I'm gonna say his musical inclinations🫶🫶🫶 @ashartstuff has made me a fan of the idea that he'll be a piano teacher and I fw that a shit ton. Silly booger

Least Favorite thing about them:

Ehh idk I like everything about him I also love character flaws so there isn't really a least favorite thing other than that I think his dynamics with characters other than Craig are criminally unexplored

Favorite Line:

"Except for Cartman. You can keep him." (S6, "Free Hat")

BrOTP:

Tweek & Kenny 🫶🫶🫶 Idk the untapped potential of them is just downright criminal. The fact that Tweek picks up meth from Kenny's house is very much indicative of a possible thing they could bond over. Also their dynamic is so SO fun to write, there's Kenny, calm and unjudgmental as fuck and Tweek who freaks out over everything. Kenny would give Tweek 10 heart attacks a day with all the dangerous shit he gets into. Both of them are unhinged and insane but Kenny is so on purpose and Tweek involuntarily. That's a comedic fucking duo.

OTP:

Basic but obviously Craig & Tweek. Fantastic dynamic; so glad they went with it in canon.

Less basic; Tweek and Kenny as well. Not as an endgame type of relationship but I think they would definitely have a romance and remain friends afterwards. Love them

nOTP:

Can't think of any popular Tweek ships I don't like so I'm just gonna go with poorly written Creek where Craig is weirdly abusive & toxic hdkdvwjsv

Random Headcanon:

Piggybacking off of @ashartstuff again but the idea that he has a dinosaur special interest

Unpopular opinion:

Idk what the popular Tweek opinions are lol so I'm just gonna say I think he'd go no contact with his parents as soon as he can because he fucking hates them lol they literally got him addicted to meth

Song I associate with them:

I literally cannot think of any. Please send me Tweek songs I gotta make a playlist

Favorite Picture of them:

Ash made me a fan of this picture and I haven't even watched this special yet

[some-pers0n]

Thinking about Kinkajou and the amount of untapped potential for her character.

Yeah yeah, Tui has confirmed that she never will get a book and whatnot (thank god honestly), but I feel as though there's a lot you can do with her trauma.

Yeah, trauma. People seem to forget that she went through the hell that was the RainWing experiments. She copes with it by always being happy and cheerful and pushing down her true thoughts and feelings. In MR she becomes friends with Moon because she's: "Not a real NightWing" and whatnot. When it turns out that Moon can read minds, she feels betrayed.

I wish her issues were brought up more throughout the series. I get she's the funny hee hoo comedic relief character, but you can't just...introduce a more nuanced aspect of her character and brush over it.

Ah well, that's what fanfic and fandom's for, ain't it?

[anthurak]

So here's a curious little distinction I just realized between the ever-popular 'Enemies to Lovers' and 'Rivals to Lovers' tropes:

I think we can all agree that the inverse of 'Enemies to Lovers', that being 'Lovers to Enemies' is itself a well-established trope in it's own right.

However, I'm now fairly certain the same cannot be said for the inverse of 'Rivals to Lovers', that being: 'Lovers to Rivals'.

I mean has anyone else noticed this? Like we can point to many examples of the 'Enemies to Lovers' trope being flipped around wherein a couple/'good friends' go through an intense, dramatic breakup that leads to them becoming bitter enemies, perhaps on opposite sides of an ongoing conflict as any love once held between them crumbles away more and more.

But can the same be said for a similar flip of 'Rivals to Lovers'? I feel like I've never really seen a case of that, or at least one that wasn't lumped under 'Lovers to Enemies'.

And I feel like there's some untapped potential here, you know? Like maybe 'Lovers to Rivals' can be the comedic, wacky alternative to the drama and angst of 'Lovers to Enemies'. Maybe this is more a 'lover's spat' rather than a big, dramatic breakup?

Maybe a breakup is involved, but the pair insist on spending time together to constantly snipe at each other.

Maybe the pair remain together in a relationship while simultaneously completing with each other in a bitter rivalry over some prize.

Maybe this could make for an especially wacky love triangle wherein the two people fighting over the affections of a third person just so happen to have already been in a relationship together?

Like I said, I think there's some fun potential here.

What do you all think?

[gabessquishytum]

Pregnant Corinthian has some untapped comedic potential. The Corinthian freaking the fuck out because what is Dream gonna say??? He is gonna be mad. Definitely.

It takes a while and a lot of encouragement from mutual boyfriend Hob but eventually the Corinthian tells Dream.

Que Dream giving a very deadpan "I literally created you, if I didn't want you to be able to get pregnant I would have created you differently. Also you are kind of a part of me. I knew. I thought you would rather not talk about it." speech.

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AKAJSHFG yeah <3

Dream is not a great communicator but its more the fact that he respects Cori's privacy that makes him keep quiet. He keeps doing weird little things instead of talking about it, like making sure Cori is taking proper breaks from working, hanging out with him more, bringing him special little treats.

The extra attention is WEIRD for Cori and his brain works in a weird way so he's like...... oh my GOD Dream is going to break up with me.

It all comes to a head when Dream finds Cori sobbing over baby clothes and he's like. Ah. Maybe we should talk about this now? Cori mentally prepares to be dumped. Instead, Dream awkwardly asks him whether he'd prefer to have a boy or a girl.

Hob, who has been trying to stay out of it because it's kind of Cori's decision who to tell and when, grabs BOTH boyfriends by the ear and pulls them off for a Proper Conversation (in bed).

Cori does not get broken up with but he does get a lot of hugs and kisses and reassurance. Dream and Hob both promise unconditional love to both Cori and the baby, and he ends up falling into an exhausted sleep in Dream’s arms while Hob strokes his hair.

Of course after that he's an absolute nightmare throughout the pregnancy, but no one really minds. That's why they love him!

[jellybeanium124]

I'm not a big believer in Former-Navy-Guy!Izzy but the idea definitely has untapped comedic potential in ep 9. Imagine you run into your former co-worker who you fuckin cleaned the boat and loaded canons with in your twenties and now he's the #2 for the world's biggest baddest crime syndicate except the #1 baddie is head over heels for some loser. Wouldn't you be dying to pull him aside and ask him to spill the tea?

[merlinmagicmania]

I know Merlin’s magic remaining secret from everyone and him being left without a support system was integral to the eventual tragedy of the show and the self-fulfilling prophecy of it all, but I still really wish we got magic reveals with every character and magical shenanigans. Lancelot was one of my favorite characters and we only get him for a few episodes. And Gwaine would have been an excellent partner in crime. And lets be honest, if Gwen knew? Tragedy averted. All of camelot’s braincells travel towards her like ants seeking sugar and everyone else has to root around in the dirt and hope they find one that has yet to make the journey to their one true home. I would have even settled for a little time-loop episode where everything gets reversed. There are so many ways to do a magic reveal! There was so much untapped comedic potential! Those scenes in the og charmed where Daryll doesn’t understand any of the witchy nonsense that’s happening? Hilarious! That scene in smallville where Lana questions Clark about all the mysteriously solved villain-of-the-week incidents while they’re driving? Also hilarious! It’s not that hard. The knights needed to figure out Merlin was Dragoon. Gwen and Arthur needed to realize they almost lost Merlin dozens of times. Mordred and Merlin could have been partners in crime and absolutely terrorize the shit out of everyone with mindspeak. Morgana also could have been “the antagonist” without losing her core character traits, but that’s a rant for another day? Where was I going with this?

[destinysbounty]

Here's a fic concept that I kinda wanna write, but I'm also very lazy so I'm instead putting it up for adoption in case any of the Jay enjoyers on this site wanna pick it up:

It's your classic time travel AU where one of the ninja get sent back to the pilots/s1 and try to fix things, except the one getting yoinked is administration!Jay. So yeah sure, the first law of time travel is to not change anything, but because of the whole amnesia thing he has no clue how things happened the first time around - which means he has no way of knowing how badly he's fucking things up. But also, the more he adventures with these weirdos the more he slowly begins to remember what he was up to in the years leading up to the Merge. Which leads to some...complicated situations and emotions.

Example: Kai is going on another tirade about how he's gonna be the green ninja, and without thinking Jay just casually goes, "wait I thought Lloyd was the green ninja." No one takes him seriouslly at first, but once they find out he was right they all demand to know how he knew. Zane is all like "do you also have a sixth sense?" And Jay is just like " um...........yes." So now he just kinda has to pretend all his vague future memories are actually premonitions. On the one hand it makes it easier to write off...whatever he has going on, but on the other hand Zane looks so overjoyed to have someone else whos just like him that Jay is starting to feel a teensy bit guilty about deceiving him.

You can't deny that there is a lot of untapped comedic (and angst) potential in Agent Walker of all people getting yoinked into the past. Cmon. Please tell me someone sees the vision.