#hes not directly antagonistic

[josten4exy]

andrew and aaron both being assholes is hilarious to me because with siblings there's like a 20 percent chance of you ends up being like a total sweetheart while the others are extreme bitches but these guys are both out here being dicks 24/7 if i was trapped in a room with them i'd take the riko ending because there's no way i'm getting out of that without life lasting trauma

[hulloitsdani]

Well if ain't the consequences of their own actions! How we feeling about the new FEH book guys?

[acediathemelancholy]

Beldaruit is such a sly politician. He gave humanity a magic that reverses injuries and then said if it's a problem then the Knights get to be the ones to make the decision to take it away. He gets all the credit if things go well and sidestepped all responsibility for if this goes poorly

[sangrefae]

i feel like it must be said that i very much enjoy mithrun, he's one of my favorite characters, but the way the community at large handles him with safety gloves as if he'll break at the slightest criticism is very frustrating considering his role in the story is that of an antagonistic force

[commsroom]

the "big picture" - whether that refers to some detached, calculated greater good; ruthless ambition and progress for the sake of progress; or even the dear listeners' cosmic indifference - as an antagonistic force in wolf 359 is so fascinating to me because of the way eiffel as a protagonist is set up to oppose it, just by nature of who he is. eiffel retains his humanity even under the most inhumane circumstances. his strength is in connection, and with that he's able to reach others who share his core values, but he's operating under a fundamentally different framework from the show's antagonists. he can never understand where they're coming from or be swayed by their points of view because, for better or worse, he can only see the world through a close personal lens.

it's an ideological conflict he has with all of them, but notably with hilbert: "you talk about helping people, but what about the real, live people around you? [...] that's your problem. you're so zoomed out." eiffel will never, ever see that "big picture" because he is so zoomed in. at his best, he puts things into perspective and grounds the people around him. at his worst, his perspective narrows so drastically inwards that he becomes blind to everyone and everything else. his failings are deeply, tragically human - they're personal, they're impulsive, they're self-destructive. they're selfish. no matter how much he might try to narrativize or escape from himself, he's still left with doug eiffel: "it's taken me this long to realize that running from everyone else means that you're alone with yourself." eiffel could never be convinced to harm others on purpose, but he has hurt people, and it's never been because he didn't care. the very fact that he cares so much, that he's incapable of reconciling the hurt he's caused with the things he values, is what keeps him from real growth for so long. where many of the other characters in wolf 359 will justify their cruelty in service of something they consider more important, eiffel is so caught up in vilifying himself and the fear that he's always going to harm the people he cares for without meaning to that he shuts himself off from the people who care about him and perpetuates his own self-fulfilling prophecy.

[imminent-danger-came]

YOU think MK is a selfless forgiving good boi mc. I think he's self-centered, but that doesn't devalue the good deeds that happen as a result. We are not the same

[lakewinnipeg]

I stole this screenshot from someone else and the qtweet is a dreadful+factually incorrect thing to say but it's a red herring anyway cuz the actual reason Hitler is the token evil guy in our culture, which is obvious as soon as you think about it for a single minute, is bc every fucking hollywood adventure movie from 1941 thru to the 1990s had pop-culture nazis as antagonists, ergo Nazis being The Bad Guys [capitalization denoting proper noun] became solidly entrenched in anglosphere culture

[fly-away-flynn]

Question of The Day:

Who is the villain, Jack or Roger?

[arolesbianism]

Just realized I forgot to post these

[ying-doodles]

// webtoon spoilers (ep 133)

... okay but why is lloyd getting attacked by that one random wizard guy now? wasn't he supposed to just die trying to open up the chest to the heart of winter??

if it's not him, then who the fck is he???

[masterash]

Okay there's still time to vote on my other poll today, but for now since the results have pretty much come in:

[bigbshell]

i think scar's the meteor. he burns and burns brightly, a beautiful arc of light in the sky for everyone to see, before he burns out. here in a moment and then gone in a flash.

unless, of course, the meteor's path is headed towards another object.

a meteor isn't dangerous. not from afar. but if it's coming towards you, there's going to be an explosion.

[not-poignant]

Hellooooooo I hope you are having a great day. In Underline the Black, should I be more worried about Henton becoming a big part of the story, or Crielle? Or are you going to have two villains? What if they team up? Oh no!

I don't know what you mean, by like, 'more worried' anon :D

But I will say that Underline the Black has 3 antagonists - Crielle, Henton, and James' family.

And we'll be seeing all of them in unfun ways before the story is over.

And Efnisien's health will be at risk particularly because of Crielle and Henton. They aren't teaming up though. Crielle would find Henton too stupid, and also, she prefers to keep it in the family rather than outsourcing the murder.

[unproduciblesmackdown]

don’t forget the reason for the season (would you kiss your clone? yes. and you’re mr. maccabee)

[phoenixiancrystallist]

Month 4, day 24, more Flick!

I spent so much time with his upside-down-ness being upside down that being right-side-up looked wrong so now his upside-down is right-side-up and I just made myself dizzy trying to explain that XD I rotated him 180°, is what I'm trying to say.

Also he has color now! :D And wings! And two hands!

[wawawawawawawawawawawawawa]

i feel like i need a disclaimer post like. disclaimer. i post freak shit here and i'm not apologizing