#his most defining trait

[valtsv]

while i'm thinking about terror character characterisation i think it's so vitally important to let crozier keep his rage after he recovers from alcoholism. he may temper it better now that he has full control of his faculties and direct it more rationally both out of a sense of responsibility of care for his men and guilt for the harm he caused while in the grip of the drink, but make no mistake that it's still there. good people don't have to stop being angry to be good, and recognising your capacity for violence doesn't stop you from being capable of it.

[drbatsponge]

I don't think Batman fans understand the point of Batman at all sometimes, lmfao.

Yeah, and Batman still believes Harley can redeem herself despite all that, this is a man who literally has tried to redeem the fucking Joker on several occasions, like he does not care what you've done, he believes that anyone is worthy of redemption.

[descendant-of-truth]

I MISSED SHADOW BEING A SMUG LITTLE SHOWOFF SO MUCH

Something I think that a lot of writers get wrong about Shadow (whether it was influenced by Sega's strictness or not) is that they tend to write him as just an opposite character to Sonic, and he does have elements of that. But he's also supposed to be a parallel to him.

All that confidence and sass, the cheeky poses, the way he clearly delights in showing off his skills and having a good tussle? Those are all Sonic traits.

They're meant to be each other's match in not just their abilities, but also their attitudes. And they used to bring out their similarities in each other, too - in SA2, Shadow is all business and brooding except for when Sonic shows up. Then it's like a sleeper agent kicks in and he neglects everything he was just doing to mess with him and prove how cool he is, it's actually comical.

But for years now, we've mostly had Sonic be the only one of the two to have fun when they fight, or be snarky, while Shadow's just been. so serious all the time. Maybe they'll give him the occasional comment or one-liner, but it still felt kinda... off, somehow. And I think it's because they didn't really lean into his Sonic-isms as much.

Meanwhile, there are several poses/expressions he makes in this episode that are extremely easy for me to imagine Sonic doing too, and it's great! Shadow is having fun again!! That's all I've wanted for years!!

[cluescorner]

I cannot imagine being a Damian stan right now. You've got both Zdarsky's bullshit (where he clearly doesn't give a shit about your boy) and The Boy Wonder (where Juni Ba clearly gives so many shits about your boy) coming out on the same day. The whiplash must be insane. I hope y'all get some nice warm soup for your efforts jfc

[lesbianfakir]

Mytho fans id like to issue a formal apology. I realized I, too, know how it feels to have your special little guy mischaracterized and trampled over by his own damn media and now everyone hates him but YOU understand you understand him and they’re wrong they’re all wrong and also there’s this other guy everyone insists is better like it’s a competition and it’s really annoying and you just want everyone to see your pookie bear the way you see him. I understand. I’ve always understood. I am a better man now.

[whileurmine]

@icarian-carrion

"I'm gonna kill him. I'm gonna kill him. I'm gonna kill them both actually, Richard and Nate." No, he wasn't sure. But he was pretty sure. 80% sure. 90%. Actually. He knew his brothers enough that— 95%. "How the hell does he do something like that to Theo of all people? How the fuck—" Nash needed to stop pacing. He needed to calm down. He needed to take a deep breath. He couldn't. "Tell me I'm crazy. Tell me I got this all wrong. And there is no way and I'm paranoid, actually."

[funforahermit]

so here's the thing about casper, like a surprising amount of rhys darby characters he's remarkably selfish but has the ability to charm you so much that you don't care. he wants what's best for him, and you want what's best for him too. perfect.

[grymmdark]

the way that vash, especially in trimax, is a character whose so defined by his grief really fucks me up

[startanewdream]

James Potter's loyalty to his friends as seem by Snape:

“Like father, like son, Potter! I have just saved your neck; you should be thanking me on bended knee! You would have been well served if he’d killed you! You’d have died like your father, too arrogant to believe you might be mistaken in Black — now get out of the way, or I will make you"

James Potter's loyalty to his friends as seem by Lupin:

"No, I think you're like James," said Lupin, "who would have regarded it as the height of dishonor to mistrust his friends."

[saturnsorbits]

Okay, so I know we all hate him, but Mahito is a legitimately brilliant villain...

[fallow-grove]

still thinking about brennan lee mulligan's "evil is boring" quote as applied to cartoon villains. because he's right. in this story he's right many times over. evil is boring and lonely and miserable. what's interesting is the things that get in the way

[heliianth]

the dark evil wizards have afflicted me with a hyperspecific interpretation of killuas "moral conflict" which leaves a lot of fan content that tries to engage with it unsatisfying. a wicked and foul hex indeed

[maybeamiles]

At the point I'm at in One Piece, I want to talk about Shanks a little bit. I just got to the episode where Sengoku talks about how the four emperors and their crews are perceived by the marines and it's interesting that Shanks is known for his crew just as much as he's known for being Red-haired Shanks. Cause Luffy is known for being batshit crazy but also all of the straw hats have bounties, even chopper. Like there's similarity between him and Luffy and that's really cool.

[mantisgodsdomain]

Sometimes we are deeply deeply tempted to make line-ups of our AU Versions Of Characters or something of the like, but then we remember our consistent preference for AUs to be canon-adjacent at absolute minimum meaning a lot of them will look relatively same-y combined with our struggle to draw character sizes accurately to each other makes that task a lot harder than it arguably should be.

[13eyond13]

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