#merw

[milksockets]

sculpting the land - strijdom van der merwe (2005)

[problematic-faves-appreciation]

Anyone else tired of people lauding Zuko's redemption arc as "the gold standard of redemption arcs"? While its popularity is far from unearned, I wouldn't call his arc the "be-all and end-all" of examples; doing so entails overlooking other redemption arcs for taking different approaches to redeeming characters than the Zuko arc.

His misdeeds were a bit more serious than that, bud. Yet at the same time, the retweeter is correct about one thing: Zuko's crimes are indeed easier to stomach — the other villains outdid him in the heinous department — making him palatable to people who don't want redemption arcs for characters that do really bad stuff.

So, without further ado, here are some redeemed characters with worse misdeeds under their belts than Zuko!

Cartoons

Grace Monroe (Infinity Train)

Animated Films

Emperor Kuzco (The Emperor's New Groove)

Manga/Anime

Thorfinn Thorsson (Vinland Saga)

Live Action Films

Wikus van de Merwe (District 9)

Video Games

Red Hood/Jason Todd (Batman: Arkham Knight)

This one is... complicated, but yes.

Books

Severus Snape (Harry Potter)

Live-Action TV

Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

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Who would you add to this list?

[swdefcult]

[rotlunatik]

Me volví a ver está peli, te quiero mucho Wikus aunque seas un ojete(?

[tammishouse]

[orsacchiotto-rugbista]

[wewatchyoujuno]

my d9 prawn designs.. sorry for no little cj i couldn't fit him in,,, skitters away

[seud-luachmhor]

OMG TIM WAS THERE AAAH WHAT A LEGEND 🫡

[milksockets]

sculpting the land: artistic interventions with the landscape - strijdom van der merwe (2005)

[greedtter]

catch him.

[swdefcult]

[toad-in-a-trenchcoat]

messy wikus drawing

first contribution to D9 fandom

[oliverscarlin]

Vivian Van Der Merwe - Still-life with Metronome and Vase (2013)

[orsacchiotto-rugbista]

[oldcountrybear1955]

Zack Van Der Merwe

[myrskytuuli]

Pie, probably: Wait, they are doing emotionally vulnerable communication about how much they emotionally trust each other...

THAT CAN MEAN ONLY ONE THING!!!

THE LESBIAN BONDAGE ATTACK!!!!!! the most powerful of all attacks!!!

And LOOK they are even doing mutual aftercare!! We never stood a chance!