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bluegiragi · 2 years ago

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kathrahender · 3 months ago

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Some people always get angry when a villain is redeemed. They say things like "Stop redeeming the villain" "Villain redemption is such a terrible trope" "Not all villains deserve redemption" "Villains redemption are ruining media" "You are afraid of villanous characters because you can't bear people making mistakes" "Villain redemption is toxic/unhealthy" "You shouldn't try to fix someone!" and- Well- I have to talk about this because I seriously don't understand why people don't want to accept villains redemption.

"Villain redemption is such a terrible trope" "Villains redemption are ruining media". No, it's not a bad trope. Is not ruining media. It's an awesome trope, a wholesome trope, and I'm gonna say why. A villain redemption means nothing more than a person realizing they did bad things. It means a villain becoming a better person, a villain leaving the Dark Side because humanity and honor were more important than evilness and cruelty for them. And that's a beautiful concept. A villain becoming good? A villain who stops being bad because after all, they have a good side, because they are human? Where's the bad thing there? Where's the bad thing in realizing how much pain you've caused, and changing your morals for good? Seriously, people who hate villains redemption, where's the problem in this trope?

"Not all villains deserve redemption". Again with this tiring argument. When will you understand it? A villain redemption is not based on if they deserve it or not. It's based on the villain himself. It's based on their thoughts, on their morals. It's based on them changing from "I want to hurt/kill everyone who is against me" to "Oh God I'm a monster, what have I done?". Villains don't "deserve" redemption. They just redeem, or they don't, and it has nothing to do with "deserving" it. Some of you could think "Not all villains should be redeemed then!". I will talk about that argument in the last paragraph.

"You are afraid of villanous characters because you can't bear people making mistakes". That's definitely not true. That's bullshit. We're not afraid of people making mistakes. If that was true, we would be afraid of a hero making mistakes. And we aren't afraid of heroes who make mistakes. Because making mistakes makes you human. But- realizing you made a mistake also makes you human. That's what we like about this trope. A bad person, a villain or an anti-villain being actually human deep down.

"Villain redemption is toxic/unhealthy!" Actually- you know what's actually toxic? Hate. Hate is actually toxic. Hating someone is unhealthy. Of all the things you can do in your life, hating someone is the worst thing you can do. Why losing time hating when you can do better things for your heart and for your soul? Because the only thing you will get with hate is your heart/soul corrupted. A villain redeemed is not toxic nor unhealthy. Why a person changing for the better would be toxic or unhealthy?

"You shouldn't try to fix someone". Why? Why shouldn't I try to fix someone? Why shouldn't I want a bad person to turn good? Why shouldn't I want a villain becoming a hero? Why should I want the hate in this world to grow? Why should I want evilness to win? What you're saying doesn't make any sense. I want to fix villains because I believe in goodness! Because I want the good side to win! I want people having a happy ending, and the only way a villain can get a happy ending is being redeemed. And I want the villains to have a happy ending too because dying or getting tortured/being imprisioned after being suffering in your past is horrible. Yeah, I know villains hurt people, but some of them also were hurt, and although I don't justify them, I still want their pain to end and I want them to live, not just survive. I want them to change for the good, why is that so bad?

And even if they were "born evil" (what I doubt because for me villains are made not born) and "didn't suffered"- I want them to have a happy ending after redeeming because I want to believe in their goodness, in their humanity, and I don't want them to die because I think they also deserve a second chance in life and a chance to be happy (because if you can't be happy in this life, what's even the point?).

"But why would you want a villain having a happy ending after all they did????" Because I don't want them to suffer. "They made other people suffer, why would you want them to have a happy ending?" Because I believe no one deserves to have a bad ending in life. "So you defend the monsters in real life??? You support the real killers?? You are a murder apologist!!" Now hold on a fucking second. There's a fucking difference between liking a villain in fiction and want them to have a happy ending and want the real life villains to have a happy ending. Fiction is not fucking reality and you should know that. I want villains in fiction to redeem because I want to believe in their goodness, because I want to believe everyone is capable of being good, because I want to believe love and goodness can conquer all. Because I want to believe that no matter what, the good side will always win. Besides, most of the villains live in magic worlds, where sometimes death is not permanent, where you can see your loved ones even if it's not for a long time. And in fiction time-travel also exist. None of these things happen in reality. There's no magic, there's no time turner who can help you travel back in time to erase the villain's actions, there aren't Force Ghosts of your family or friends. Real life villains' actions are irrevocable and unforgivable. You can't bring back the dead because in this world once a person dies, that's the end of the line. But that doesn't happen in fiction. So stop comparing a real life villain actions with a fictional villain actions. They're not the same.

To end this post I want to say that the ones who like villains redemption (I'm a part of those people, of course) don't want all villains to be redeemed. There are villains we hate with all our heart, villains who are pure evil who doesn't deserve anything good. Villains like Gerard Argent, Dolores Umbridge, Sheev Palpatine, Captain Turner, Sebastian Shaw and Azulon. And more villains like those. So yeah, we do not want to see every villain redeemed.

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marzipanandminutiae · 10 months ago

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rewatching OUAT

love that the Storybrooke nuns were clearly devised by a pagan who had no experience with Christianity and who was really half-assing this part of the curse

"they live together, dress the same, and they're celibate. so basically fairies. they use these titles and...give advice? idk whatever; back to building in fifty more Fuck Regina loopholes"

#once upon a time #Emma upon seeing 'fuck Regina': I may have misunderstood the assignment #(swanqueen5ever)#(I care more about SQ than the show itself to be clear. stopped watching when Frozen came in and it became obvious that)#(there was only ever going to be queerbaiting for the ship I liked)

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artcinemas · 8 months ago

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asoiaf fandom post 2018 is so wild like if i say something like "i love arya/sansa" this three word sentence will get misinterpreted as "oh so you hate sansa/arya then why do you hate feminine/non confirming women?" like hold up?!? when did i say that?

#arya stans vs sansa stans beef is wild i cannot block any more people to scour through edits and fics #like ha ha bhai yeh karlo pehle #smh #asoiaf fandom critical #anti asoiaf fandom #asoiaf #anti toxicity #anti toxic fandom #THE BLAME SOLELY GOES TO D&D THOUGH #as a stark sister enjoyer seeing these two get pit each other like regina sucks bhai #already these two children have so much on their plate aur saas bahu esque drama add karna hai tum logo ko #smh smh #that's why i hate fandomposting with irls they have the most deadass dumb takes

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thats-my-passion-right-there · 6 months ago

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I finally saw the mean girls musical (the movie one) I have so many fucking thoughts oh my god

#thoughts #oni talks #mean girls 2024 #I think I may be the only person to kind of like it? like don’t get me wrong it is kinda ROUGH but it has so much potential and there’s bits #and pieces that I actually really enjoy or wish they had more of or just aahh #I’ve been nonstop thinking about the ideal version in my head like there’s so much potential obviously I’m biased by like a lot #since for one I know I tend to like stuff other people hate or don’t like but for two this sequel was weirdly way more relatable so maybe #I’m just projecting from my own personal experiences but Idc the POTENTIAL THERES SO MUCH ID WANNA DO INSTEAD #like there’s so many little details and characterizations that I wish was expanded on or fleshed out and it’s just like it feels like either #half baked or that it’s gone through too many edits it’s like it’s scared to exist?? like there’s some differences I love and wish they lol #leaned into but it’s like it was terrified to be too different? or like they were rushing the end especially #like in my ideal form it’s a tv show coz I think they honestly have enough that could be genuinely expanded in a way more interesting way #via that format probably not like a super extended series like you COULD but you’d definitely need more expansion but I could see the potent #but like idk one SOLID musical season with expanded character story and not like one of those rush cram shows like a good solid one #like Regina’s characterization is so fascinating but also feels like slightly off and like they could’ve leaned way more into things?#like I think keeping Regina as a closeted lesbian gives the greatest potential and interest for an expanded story #like I loved maybe the first half of the movie the most like that one song she sang to manipulate Aaron would work so much more perfectly if #she’s singing it about/to Cady? I also think in my ideal brain an cool flashback episode for Janis and Regina would be so cool coz there’s #so much you could flesh out in a flashback than you could in a retelling which while I do like the retelling since it lets you imagine thing #I just! potential! I also want more of them interacting and I do think changing Janis to be a lesbian works if they leaned more into it?#I also think in my ideal form janis would have more comeuppance or acknowledgement of her shit? I also think an arc of Regina coming out #like one thing they missed from the original is Regina playing soccer at the end & I think they could hint more towards that and maybe lean #more into her at home life in an expanded story way coz her mom is clearly like… yikes. granted maybe some of my views on the movie are too #biased by personal experience but like the way she snaps at her mom usually in my experience isn’t out of nowhere? like parents behind #closed doors. or frustrations with what her mom has clearly been putting on her the way she tells her mom not to talk about her body is very #like idk a lot of the characters in this version feel more real to me bc they act really similar to people I know irl so the expanded story #could be cool. another one that in my ideal brain would have more is Gretchen and especially her relationships with Regina as well as with #that one guy and her parents I wanna see more of how that works and her arc to feel more meaningful when she dumps him & mentions family #also as much as I didn’t care much for the straight plot stuff there’s 100% missed potential there that I could see in the differences like #iirc in the original it’s regular algebra not AP calc which I think could’ve been used as an interesting characterization opportunity for

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bigcats-birds-and-books · 9 months ago

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Books of 2024: THE WAY SPRING ARRIVES AND OTHER STORIES, edited by Yu Chen and Regina Kanyu Wang (feat. first daffodils!!)

I've been pining after this one since the hardback released, but I'm more of a paperback person so I Waited, and in my Waiting I missed the seasonal alignment to start reading it (come on: I can't be expected to read a collection with this title any time except at the very beginning of spring, right??). But! Guess what!! Spring is once again Arriving, and things are starting to bud and bloom, and I love that!

#books #books of 2024 #the way spring arrives #the way spring arrives and other stories #yu chen #regina kanyu wang #cries i'm sorry dear authors i'm not tagging all of you you are Simply Too Numerous #i do love anthologies though #especially themed and spec #like sometimes i want to Try Someone's Writing without having to commit to an entire book right???#i don't usually love one person's short story collections because it doesn't have the same variety #but multi author collections are perfect for me!!#i've read the first three stories so far and i'm enjoying them!#this is a chunkier book than i remembered but it reads pretty quick #love microdosing on finish lines also (and i like when you can see the story divides on the edges of the pages)#(everybody gets a black-rimmed title page so you can see how long things are/n't)#(oh full disclosure though it looks like only 2 contributors are nonbinary from my perusing lmao)#(i expected More with a subtitle like that but alas. i only saw two she/theys)#still having a good time so far!!

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starlooove · 3 months ago

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The Jackie lives au in my head

#listen i saw that scene where he literally rammed a man into a wall and haven’t been the same since #guys IK Jackie’s seen as like bumbling or whatever but if he survived I think he would’ve been a big player 😩#like in my mind #let’s ignore Johnny for now guys #Bc Uhm. I refuse to let Jackie die yet so I’m still doing Regina gigs so I still don’t know shit about Johnny so #let’s ignore all that #i think if Jackie had survived #well let’s start from the start #in MMMMYYYY mind #my v had prev affiliations w/ the voodoo boys which left him a proficient netrunner and hacker #this means my boy absolutely hacked delamain to get to a ripperdoc - not just any VIIICCCC #he obvi patches Jackie up and Uhm. let’s say v got coma Injured #to account for lost time bc I’m not creative #ooh or maybe v did die and the whole enneagram thing still happened it was just like. shortened #a few days on Vic’s table as opposed to a few weeks in the dump #idc point is v wakes up and Jack is like a biiig deal #not quite MAJOR leagues bc their faces are plastered everywhere #and ppl wanna lie low till that heat dies down #but like. jackie def killed the FUCK outta dex deshawn #and after mamá Welles grounded him he got to steppin #grieving his dear friend V and making him an honorary ofrenda till the asshole wakes up sad #Uhm actually. bring Johnny back so the story can progress idk Idgaf anymore #i think Jackie would take his own life a lot more seriously after this and be like. a lot less chill #he never wants to see that look on his mamis face again #interesting dynamic where it’s v trying to get Jackie to relax now 😩#will they ever strike a balance?#well no bc my v blows up arasaka tower #WAIT but if Jackie lives maybe he doesn’t idk…read a fix where they co-owned the afterlife and yeah!#idc #can u tell Im dreading continuing the story

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fandom-fae · 6 months ago

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regina mills screenshot redraw :)

#its so obvious that i am not used to 1) using references and 2) redrawing screenshots unkjssdnjnsdfionsdfi #was fun anyway #but yeah #this was so difficult and i don’t know how i feel abt the end result but eh #i will probably redo the colors eventually in sth that’s more like my normal style but idk well see #fandoms #moi #my art #regina mills #ouat #once upon a time

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professor-abeloved · 2 years ago

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"What? Can't do it? I knew I couldn't rely on you." - Regina Vanguardia, Darna Episode 90

"I would do it for you in a heartbeat, but you cannot do the same for me." - Matthias McQuoid, It Lives Within Chapter 20

#matthias x mc #darlentina #darna #matthias mcquoid #ilw #it lives within #reginarda #ilw ch20 spoilers #ilw spoilers #REGINA AND MATTYASS PARALLELS WASNT ON THE BINGO CARD BUT I LOVE IT #also minor note but wan wouldnt call him a monster (but i had to to unlock the i can save you dialogue whICH HURT)#i think wans flaw/strength is seeing mattyass as human #'he can change! he can be saved because hes human and people change'#but. but i dont think mattyass sees himself nor wan as human. they are something MORE.#wan thinks the greatest thing u can be is human since he loves humans #and mattyass treats people like tools #theyre both insane #HHAHA #i think mattyass fancies himself as a protective father figure over the common masses due to his delusion #and wan thinks themself a tool something to be used to protect the people due to THEIR protag delusion

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shiftinginferno · 9 months ago

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rewatched mean girls w my dad bc i recently turned my meangirls dr into a meangirls-heathers(musical)[nodeath100%run] crossover 🙌👍❕ so good

#i’d rather see you out there shakin that thang #i can see Fe-dom regina voters’ POV now but why Si-Ne instead of Se-Ni? I kinda see Ni in her #While still voting her ESTJ I found myself agreeing w an ENFJ-voter’s comment rather than any ESFJ voters lol #I see what they mean now but the way the ESFJ voters word their arguments is so idk it’s j not convincing #i’m like wdym Fe dom cuz she can emotionally manipulate ppl #Te doms can do that. that doesn’t mean she’s not a Fe dom but that shldn’t be ur only argument #I can see Fe dom way more now & I’m inclined to see her as that now but I still dk why ppl jump to Si-Ne axis #like what just bc she imposes rules on other ppl? that’s not necessarily Si lol that’s j being controlling.#She even told K&G when they pointed out her sweatpants: Those rules aren’t real #I actually can see her as a Ni-Se user more easily #Only reason I’m so interested in finding out the truth of this matter is she’s one of my S/Os #shifting to mean girls #shifting to heathers #reality shifting #shifting realities #reality shifter #shiftblr

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officialbillhader · 10 months ago

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Its gonna so fun tho this summer i get to hang out with two close friends and see eras tour again (twice) and visit romania for the first time like i HATE spending money and ive already spent so much for this trip and yet i cant see how its a bad thing. Im going to have so much fun and i wont even care how much money itll have costed me

#awesomepie3221 #regina and ohra if you see this i loooove you both #you guys dont know each other but ive definitely mentioned the other to both of you #its really like what is my youth for #i can start saving more later #right now i wanna spend too much to visit my friends and their countries and go to the eras tour too many times #i dont have any kids or a spouse or a house so like. who cares. im gonna enjoy myself!

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huntvir · 1 year ago

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anyway who is volunteering at the animal shelter with graham ???

#he needs more CONNECTIONS w ppl !!#and i mean that in a dynamic sense and also a literal sense #bc rly in canon he only has connections w regina and emma #and i just - he deserves more than that cmon hes been sheriff for 28 years #once again - criminal he didn't have any connections w ruby and mary margaret but that was on purpose #i think a lot abt snow / red / the huntsman <3 and their little dynamic <3 i would like 2 see more of it

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this-is-a-name-dont-worry · 2 years ago

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season 3 finale making me go from "awwww" to "OH NO" very fast

#you see all these happy couples! then it's like 'anyway yeah the girl is robin's dead wife'#poor regina is pissed #which yeah ok understandable.#hoping she won't try to kill emma tho that'd be a bummer #tbh i can see the story arc of robin being back with his wife but more put of old love than current love #and his wife realizes the connection he has with Regina #and while at first she's very against it because that's her guy and that's the evil queen she ends up accepting it #and pushing robin back to regina because she loves him and loving someone sometimes means letting them go #(i was never supposed to be here anyway)#(thank you for letting me say goodbye)#there may be a heroic sacrifice at play who knows #switching subjects but also seeing rumple back pre curse accepting to drink the potion to keep himself from keeping neil from dying i.#yeah got emotional there. belle has been wearing him down a bit already at the time so you can see it happening so yeah.#anyway predictions for next season are:#regina does something dumb #we get some frozen retelling (maybe closer to the og fairy tale?)#rumple giving a fake knife to belle comes back to bite him in the ass #also baby neil will become a new target for bad guys #once upon a time #ouat

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niuxita21 · 2 years ago

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I don’t want to go through two breakups. I know. I... I don’t like this at all, either. The thing about the medicine was a misunderstanding, a lack of communication. We have to talk to each other. Hey, you started with your tantrums! Yes, I know! I’m here to apologize and see how we can fix this, so that things can work out. I think we could start by telling each other everything about our babies. Yes. [beat] How are you? I miss talking to you, but I know... that this is for the best. I’m not ready. Regina’s tummy is doing much better. Aw, that’s good. Well, I’m off.

#madre solo hay dos #ana servín #mariana herrera #shitty screencap posts (TM)#the more I rewatch this scene to cap it the more I love it for all its angsty goodness #ana's soft 'hola' when mariana comes in :))))#mariana having no qualms about calling ana out on her hilariously ridiculous behaviour earlier in the episode #I did love the return of the bickering because it tickles me that mariana always gives as good as she gets #mariana's soft and sad 'how are you' and ana admitting she missed her (basically in so many words)#and I'm OBSESSED by what she meant by not being ready like is she not ready to be with mariana so being apart is what's for the best #or is she not ready to see mariana on a regular basis bc it still hurts too much so the divorced wives routine is what's for the best??#what does it mean what does it all meannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn #I'll tell you this much though this scene single-handledly filled the 50-metre hole episode 5 left in my heart so thanks for that show #seeing these two talking to each other again even if in a very stereotypically angsty otp way is truly a balm to the soul :))))#continuing with things I loved: mariana interjecting about regina's tummy almost like looking for something to fill the silence #or to change the subject to something less raw and painful than their feelings for each other ugh *chef's kiss*#AND THEN... ana's awkward hand thing when saying goodbye like she didn't know if it was ok for them to touch even in a friendly way again #and how mariana leans forward infinitesimally like to kiss her goodbye (on the cheek)#just the general awkwardness of not knowing what to do with each other in this new limbo they've walked into I LOVE THAT SHIT #and mariana's downright devastated lil face as she watches ana leave :((((#friendly reminder that she had already broken up with ferrán by then #(btw I find it hard to believe that THIS is how the great love story of mariana and ferrán will come to an end but hey I'm NOT complaining!)#so her expression is not 'I feel bad bc I'm happy in my relationship and you're still hurt and sad'#it almost reads like something is shifting within mariana that she's only now realizing after talking to ana in a friendly way after so long #brb flying into the sun #and next episode ana does ayahuasca (??!!!) and mariana gets a job offer in another city??? shit is kicking into high gear!!!!!

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fellator · 16 days ago

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but also im kinda sorta worried about him because a lot of the things he said (not only this specific time, but also like. all this time they've been fighting) really sound like the way i operated when I was having Really Bad depression and being sort of a fucking asshole about it

#and my roommates argument about that is that he's faking being apathetic and irritable and frustrated and just like. off #and that he's just selfish and wanting the bachelor's life back and yadda yadda yadda #but he doesnt strike me as the dishonest type and it's all just a tad Too similar to how i felt and acted when i was Nearly Killing Myself #and like even if he's actually doing awful it's still not her responsability really. they didnt even date for that long #and her model of relationship is much more like a We Make Each Other Feel Good than a We Love Each Other Unconditionally type yk #she's always been clear about this #and she was super willing to work with him through whatever this is and thats why she invited him to Talk #so like. she did what she could. ultimately it's not her duty to help #but i just worry a little #its like regina spektor's bleeding heart yk #you see their pain as they look away and you want to help but theres just no way cuz you won the war so its not your turn #....but everything inside still burns #<- song lyrics #and it doesn't look good if i reach out to him now yk #and also we are Not that close #but anyway. i worry #but ultimately i dont even know if i could really help #when it was me it took me a Lot of time and the influence of many different factors #and he lives in a different city and already does therapy so what else can i really do yk

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super-rangers · 2 months ago

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I loved the part in the update where Regina was looking at photos of Janis on her phone (to torture herself). Is Regina a big photo taker? Does she prefer to be in them?

I think she takes a lot of photos, both selfies and pictures of just Janis/their friends.

I think she likes being in photos more. But she likes having photos, even ones she isn't in, because she likes being able to go back and remember how much has changed. Before the summer and senior year, the photos in her phone were mostly of herself, or very posed shots of the plastics. She likes the candid photos she takes of her friends, the candid photos they take of her. They make her happy (except when she's torturing herself with them lol)

#actually as i was writing my answer #i kinda changed my mind #i think part of her prefers to take the photos #because she sees it as building memories #and it's not like half the photos she takes arent selfies anyways #but she likes the feeling of capturing a specific moment in time #uiw posting #🤔🤔🤔🤔 photographer regina 🤔🤔🤔🤔#might have to explore that more

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