#him and all his pathetic little meow meow character roles who always get put through the ringer and die

[marc--chilton]

lawrence: oh god.... he doesn't want us to saw through our chains..... he wants us to saw through our feet.......

adam on the other side of that nasty ass bathroom:

[padfootastic]

it's also baffling to me that fanon continues to be so unsympathetic to sirius's regression in ootp considering the ways in which his family drama has generally really been ramped up by a lot of the marauders fandom. like not to get into sirius family discourse too deeply bc that's not the point but it's weird how certain parts of the fandom will conceive of super traumatic backstories for him and then not follow through or have any sympathy for how that would that effected him?

hello, anon! 💜 i have a theory why it’s like that.

it’s like a previous anon mentioned, he’s almost always conceptualised in terms of his relationships with others. and what’s the most popular one of those? (my heart wants to say james but we all know the answer is remus lmao) i think sirius exists mainly as a narrative foil and that’s what creates such a weirdly contradicting perception of him. there’s so much focus on his (actual & perceived) negatives bc he as an individual doesn’t matter so much as what he can do for others.

give him a lot of trauma so he can be on remus’ level but don’t dig deep into it bc that’s not the point. turn sirius into the reckless, immature one so remus’ stoicism and level-headedness can shine through. keep bringing up his failed godfatherly role so remus’ distance doesn’t look as bad. make him a heartbreaker who can’t hold a relationship so remus’ own commitment issues aren’t highlighted. focus on his cruelty & arrogance so remus’ own self perception seems better. turn his initiative into impulsivity and remus’ cowardice looks like a good thing. you see where i’m going with this, yeah? i haven’t brought up r/s so far because i didn’t wanna needlessly bash (for once lol) but all this thinking about sirius’ mischaracterisation has been making me think about the stories it’s set in.

and it’s not just r/s too, to be fair. a lot of slytherin/dark harry and related fics do it too, i’ve seen. paint him as a prank loving manchild and it emphasises how much more mature and serious the other, newer, adults in harry’ life are. turn sirius into a slytherin-hating black & white morality guy to positively highlight the grey nature of harry’s new loyalties. or sometimes, sirius’ attitude is used as a catch-all for harry’s parents so it’s like ‘okay, sirius has this damaging mentality, my parents would’ve too, so it’s okay that i’m going against their ideals and what they wanted for me’ if that makes sense? i guess what i’m trying to say is, sirius is often used as a convenient mouthpiece or to fulfill a certain narrative purpose (even beyond what characters in a story usually do) and that puts him existence as a person in his own right in the backseat.

i guess i would call it the reverse poor little meow meow phenomenon. sirius’ life is tragic, yes, but it’s not pathetic or inducing ‘i can fix him’ energy if that makes sense? he’s not written to be a very sympathetic character, over all, despite the trauma porn life trajectory, and people ran with that.

[basilpaste]

for the fandom ask game....

what about your OCs?

incoherent fandom ask game

oh god if youre asking for all the prompts uh.

blorbo (the one in brain Always): blorbo award goes to mr. parable 'perrie' shakes. he is my favoritist boy. i put him through so much pain. he started as a joke character, smashing sherlock holmes and shakespeare together, but he is so much more. hes such a fun character because he toes the line of 'selfless or just self sacrificing' hard. hes a healer who didnt plan to be a healer, but takes the role in stride! he likes being helpful! blorbo from my brain.

scrunkly (baby character, the one whom is baby): solstice fortunata. solstice. yep. mhm. my scrungle, my little guy. his abilities literally revolve around emotion, so hes kinda shaped by them! despite that? their joy is never faked and their smile is so sweet and their eyes are so bright. solstice can and will make it their job to cheer someone up. i adore he.

scrimblo bimblo (underrated fav): mouse murdock! howdy ho! okay. mouse is one of my favorite characters. i never properly use her for anything, but she is so special to me. theres something that can be personal about a little lady who is not an alien but is almost one.

glup shitto (lmao bg character): so. so i have this character. his name is ace. ace overwood. ace is like 14 years old, a cellist, and... his power is 'egg'. yeah his abilities are all egg puns. hes a snotnosed kid who plays cello though. ive. he has no substance as a character but god hes so fun he stinks so bad.

poor little meow meow (pathetic </3): parable downly. who is perrie in the worst case scenario. at his best, downly is the worst case of repressed autism turned emotional repression youve ever seen. he is a business boy and does nothing more than make snide remarks about the people hes forced to interact with. downly is incredibly intelligent, but he also learned from his father (who i will get to.) how to deal with others. which is! not well!! he sucks but also hes like literally a kid who never learned how to kid. pathetic little man </3

horse plinko (id maim you): IM GETTING TO THE FATHER. NATHANIEL FUCKING DOWNLY. so perrie, normal perrie. he takes his moms maiden name because his father is the fucking WORST. nathaniel is a shit father and uses his time to run a massive surveillance tech company called OWL Intelligence. so much time, in fact, that he left perrie alone to go fuck off and work. nathaniel is a bastard. his ability set is not one driven to fight, but instead one driven to react. for reference: one of these abilities makes it impossible for the person targeted to attack him (other than melee) for the rest of combat. unless they reveal a significant secret about themselves. slimy asshole. id bite him.

eeby deeby (straight to superhell): eliane aelius. now this isnt to say id send her to eeby deeby because i dislike her or because she sucks (although she is an ex-serial killer. how can one be an ex-serial killer? well theyre all alive now.), no, i just think shed enjoy it. the thrill of it, yknow? she is the girlboss turned wet paper towel of a woman. she used to kill people. now she knits and goes to roller derby practice on wednesdays.