#iago talks

[thatoneparrot]

this looks memeable

[c-rowlesblogs]

the last time I made a post about a character type I really like it went well, so here's another one: I love a character who is a piece of shit loser.

Let me explain: a very specific kind of piece of shit loser. This is a character who is almost never (at least not at first) a major protagonist or a major villain. They might be a mercenary or thief or black-hat hacker or in some other sort of antisocial "bad guy" line of work. They are some sort of henchman, or at least have strong henchman energy: dangerous and/or talented in specific skills perhaps, but also, importantly, undeniably a loser. Their personality sucks. They're uncharismatic and unpleasant. The heroes interact with them only when they must-- and this character deliberately cranks up the cynicism around especially sunny or optimistic heroes. They know the world is a cold, hard place, and the only thing they trust is cold, hard cash (if they're even getting paid for this shit). Things like "hope" and "friendship" are for suckers.

Until... somehow, some incident or confrontation or compounding sequence of events puts a crack in their armor. It's a crack where the light can get in-- and also, alarmingly (to others and to them), shine out. It turns out this piece of shit loser had a little spark of goodness buried deep inside all along, and no matter how much they dig in their heels and insist they don't care, their conscience is steadily pulling them over to the "good" side, and it's winning. And the heroes know it, too: this character might still be a piece of shit loser, but now they're their piece of shit loser, and there's no going back.

[thedeadthree]

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[yael-art-den]

Drawing Héctor: aw yisss

Drawing Iago: How the FUCK do you draw skinny people

[accultant]

blood, sender cleans blood off of receiver.

actions speak louder than words

Iago stares at forward, at some point above Amatista's shoulder, unblinking, not daring to so much as glance anywhere else for fear of seeing just how horrific they look. They never get dirty in a fight. They make a point not to. They can't handle it. This time was different - they were caught off-guard, pinned to the floor, and thankfully saved by their brother promptly cleaving their attacker in half.

All well now, after the fight. They were hardly injured, they were safe, the job was very efficient all in all. But they were drenched in gore.

They sat still other than the tremor in their fingers while Amatista takes their hands. Normally, they could manage this on their own. It's not the first time they've ended up in more viscera than desired ( the Bhaalists used to delight in a game of locking them in the oubliette or dunking them in the bloodpools and seeing who could escape without being burned alive in the aftermath ). But it was a lot.

"Just- if you could just help me clean my hands, that's all, I can deal with the rest." They devolve into a ramble, too quiet for anyone but Amatista to hear it, "The hands, first, so I can actually clean the rest of it off without simply spreading it around, I always make sure to clean the hands first. I can feel it on my face but if I touch it now, I'll only make it worse. And I need my hands to wash my hair, it's in my hair, too, and my clothes, but I can take care of that if you just get it off my hands, please-"

[cordycepspog]

I love how everyone talks in this show. Nobody’s monologuing or giving long winded speeches for the audience’s sake. They stumble over their words and mutter to themselves, curse when they’re pissed and are just so honest to who they are; people. There’s no superheroes or tactically trained super soldiers or even villains, for that matter. They’re all just people in a shit situation, and they talk like it.

[darthnell]

Careertober Day 31: Final Farewell. The last time the Pyke siblings were together, in the goodbye room just after Bellara volunteered. This felt like a fitting moment for the last day of this event too, even though this happens before the events of True Vengeance. (I also had wanted to draw something for Iago's birthday, which was the 30th, but I'd planned to do Procy and Prox instead, and honestly Iago would definitely rather his birthday be on Halloween instead but I'm not changing it sorry bud. Happy belated birthday)

We made it through ! It's been years since I last did a monthly drawing challenge, and that sure was a challenge. I'm really happy with how a lot of them turned out though! Really nice to actually draw out some of the things I've written, and also make some headway on my sketchbook (which I started in. 2018. bhjvbdf). Now for November, back to writing !

Day: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30

[gorillaxyz]

nixon is like iago to me... hes very interesting because he was so horrible

[thejugheadparadox]

whyyyyy would you prev tags me talking about how actors doing shakespeare love to play gay and make it about gay iago it is NEVER about gay iago and it is ALWAYS about 60% of the characters from measure for measure

[thatoneparrot]

“kill them with kindness” Wrong. IAGO ARMY ATTACK!!!!!!🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜

[deeply-unserious-fellow]

Why is "capitalist parrot" a character archetype and why do I love it

[apollos-boyfriend]

trick or treat?

[poppiesforthirteen]

did a shakespeare workshop yesterday and played iago for a fraction of a scene which was so much fun i can't imagine what it was like for sacha dhawan to play the master for so long

[accultant]

↕ + ?? ( strange + worried combo ... would add a third symbol for teh lawls, but fungi almost perished last time )

( Hello, Astarion. I think it's best you stay away for a bit longer on your nightly hunt. Good timing. Well - You do still have all of your limbs, don't you? Both of your eyes, too? And, um, your teeth? If not - it was an accident. They'll come back. I think. )

( ... Maybe just wait until morning to come near camp. Everything is fine. )

[thoughtofadumbteenprotagonist]

My hot literature take is that all the shit insta poetry you see would actually make great slam poetry the authors are just cowards

[tampon-on-the-sidewalk]

Just thinking how after a Disney character's voice actor's death, for new content, they got someone who could do a spot on impersonation of said actor