#lead character

[dhampiravidi]

a pet peeve for lead women in YA…the arts (hot take)!

I’m tired of the lead woman in just about EVERY YA NOVEL having some AMAZING talent that’s arts-related. I have nothing against the arts. I write, sing, and read daily. I don’t draw anymore, but I admire people who still do. ANYWAY:

Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games): she can sing & apparently she’s great at it.

Lucy Gray Baird (The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes): her culture revolves around songs, so she sings.

Hermione Granger (Harry Potter): reads a shit ton of books (her “light reading” is several thick novels).

Clary Fray (Shadowhunter Chronicles): she does lifelike sketches & considers art school. Her mom sells her own paintings.

Feyre Archeron (ACOTAR): she paints.

I’ll stop the list there bc 1) I got no sleep last night & 2) you get my point. I’m just saying—I could be wrong, but it feels like there’s this belief (maybe due to Disney Princess movies?) that a woman can’t be pretty or amazing w/o excelling & loving the arts. She can. She can also like less-popularized artsy hobbies (photography, scrapbooking, writing music, making pottery, etc.) OR EVEN like things that aren’t artsy (hiking, fishing, cooking, surfing, playing chess).

Diversity includes more than just people of different races, ethnicities, and religions (though I will say that racism, classism & discrimination based on religion is pretty widespread & fucked up).

[kalikatze]

so i made a quiz on what role you'd have in a period drama..

i worked somewhat hard on it so you should take it

[rubyleaf]

Honestly? My main piece of advice for writing well-rounded characters is to make them a little bit lame. No real living person is 100% cool and suave 100% of the time. Everyone's a little awkward sometimes, or gets too excited about something goofy, or has a silly fear, or laughs about stupid things. Being a bit of a loser is an incurable part of the human condition. Utilize that in your writing.

[bastardlybonkers]

i feel like not enough ppl are factoring in the cultural clash between laios and shuro and the many micro agressions shuro faced while being in their group. literally the name 'shuro' in itself is one

his name is toshiro 😭 lets also not forget that he has his own communication issues, in the opposite way that laios does- thats literally a factor in their argument, that his envy for laios's ability to express himself sincerely manifested as part of his distaste for him.

ig all this to say like, was their fight heart wrenching, especially when reading laios as autistic? absolutely. anybody whos ever been in laios's position knows how much it hurts to realize someone you thought was your friend doesnt actually like having you around, especially when they didnt tell you and you had no way of knowing due to not understanding their cues. but im begging yall to step back and see the nuance of this situation cause im gonna be real a lot of you are kinda just brushing over it acting like everything is toshiros fault and that hes a terrible person when in reality hes an average guy who really, really clashed with laios and it led to a very long misunderstanding due to their supremely opposite methods of communication. even laios and toshiro, after letting everything out in their fight, were able to come to an understanding and start a foundation for an actual friendship built on better communication

ok yknow what Edit: i shouldve made it even more explicit at the end of this post, i hadnt thought i would need to since i started the post with this, but i think a few too many people are missing my point so i just wanna clarify. i shouldnt have said 'really clashed' and left it at that because yeah they did, but it wasnt just their opposite methods of communication, it is also very much that toshiro was experiencing microaggressions via laios. it may have been unintentional on laios's part, but it still happened and wore him down, made it harder for him to communicate on top of both the more subtle social cues that he was raised with and his own communication difficulties. i also want to say that the fandom reaction to toshiro and the complete ignorance of this point is also racist tbh or at the very least ignorant. i understand that the anime did not cover this panel, and neither did the manga, as this was an omake, but im gonna be real with you guys. there are enough context clues within the story to clue you into this. if you didnt pick up on it thats ok, but i think this is a good lesson in picking up subtext in the stories that youre watching and/or reading. kui shouldnt have to explicitly say 'by the way laios was racist to toshiro' for this point to be understood, and at the very least, when the author portrays a character in a sympathetic light (as kui clearly does) it should make you question Why they are doing so and what makes them sympathetic, rather than youre immediate and only reaction to be 'well i hated what this guy did/said so i hate them and they suck'. idk exactly how to finish this, just. idk. question your biases and gut reactions to things you see in media and stories, and think about whether or not theres subtext that youre missing.

[bebs-art-gallery]

Female Rage in Paintings

Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi | Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist by Caravaggio | Judith Beheading Holofernes by Caravaggio | Jael and Sisera by Alessandro Turchi | Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Louis Finson | Jael slays Sisera by Ottavio Vannini | Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes by Orazio Gentileschi | La Douce Résistance by Michel Garnier | Timoclea Kills the Captain of Alexander the Great by Elisabetti Sirani | Untitled by Jose Gabriel Alegría Sabogal | Salome Bearing the Head of Saint John the Baptist by an unknown copyist after c. 1631, originated from Guido Reni

[chloesimaginationthings]

Do any of you remember Scott's games before FNAF?

[bloominglegumes]

i love normal guys doomed by the narrative

[somewhereincairparavel]

if you think I'm getting over the irony of jason waking up with amnesia and his last single word ended up being "REMEMBER" then you're fucking wrong :)

[aitadjcrazytimes]

[unknown-cold]

It is true that Vander here tried to advise her to avoid problems, but unfortunately Vi did not understand this advice at the time.

How could Vi understand it when her whole life was built on fighting?

Vi only knows how to fight. Since she was a kid, she fights to protect her sister and family, then she fights in prison to survive, and when she gets out of prison, she fights again to find her sister. So after everything Vi has been through, it's natural for her to find fighting as the only way to vent her anger and sadness.

Vi is one of the most tragic characters in the show. It is right that there are other characters who have gone through and will go through bad experiences, but Vi is the most suffering and miserable of them in the show.

I really hope her story ends well, because she deserves it.

[lucabyte]

On autonomy, and what it means to be Obliged to Help.

Bonus:

[bookalicent]

yeah so this was insane

[lemon-tart-221]

Just want to thank Good Omens and Our Flag Means Death for providing middle aged representation. The majority of the actors are over 40 and portray characters who are fierce, vulnerable, silly, passionate, complex, and sexy as hell. In a Hollywood world that worships youthful bodies and faces and thinks 25 is old, thank you for featuring a more mature cast. It’s refreshing.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

With the end of season two comes a second redraw!

[Nov 2022] [June 2023] [June 2024]

[swervesfirstblaster]

soundwave looking pretty while doing nothing worthy in s2 besides standing next to ravage <3

[weevmo]

totally not based on something I said to my 'friends' during a round of mario karts