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[rwby-soh]

Team SABL

Introducing Shade Academy's resident troublemakers Team SABL during the Vytal Tournament in the 2nd gen AU featured in the Fanfiction RWBY: The Seeds of Hope, Sins of the Past (Links below)

Led by Siyah Rosa, an orphan who grew up being used as cheap labor until being taken under the wing of a traveling fighter, later attending shade as part of the deal that led to his mentor working under Theodore. Due to his attitute, and the baffling decision to wear black in the desert he has a reputation as a bully and an edgleord who frequently butts heads with Blitz and team BRST

Alyx Bittersweet grew up incredibly well off, being born to a rich family who could provide her with anything she wanted, but she'd often be neglected, having to act out in order to get attention, behavior that followed her into early adulthood, creating a very bratty and mischievous young woman

Beryl Wagner and her Familiar Faust are a packaged deal, even trusting the psudo-sentient Aura construct more that her own teamates. Her childhood trauma of seeing her own father slay her mother causing her to be extreamly distrusting and have a bit of a misandric streak.

Lamia Eosphoros is easily the most well adjusted of her team, though is by no means perfect, growing up in a family of blacksmiths she has a natural fascination with blades and forging but can often hyperfocus on a project, ignoring her team in favor of them.

A recent edition to the cast as minor antagonists in the ongoing Vytal festival arc in the fanfiction RWBY: The Seeds of Hope, Sins of the Past which can be read on both AO3 and FF.net

[sjbattleangel]

Lily Orchard: "ANYONE WHO LOVES STEVEN UNIVERSE, SHE-RA, THE OWL HOUSE AND THE LAST JEDI ARE RACIST, WHITE SUPREMACIST, ABUSIVE INCEST LOVERS!!! IF YOU LIKE DARK MEDIA OR MEDIA THAT CONTAINS DARK THEMES, YOU'RE A DUMB, INSECURE EDGLEORD WITH NO TASTE WHO JUST WANTS TO IMPRESS THEIR FELLOW EDGELORDS!! I ONLY CONSUME WHOLESOME MEDIA LIKE HAMTARO, HELLO KITTY AND ENDLESS RERUNS OF THE GET-ALONG GANG, THEREFORE I AM A MORALLY SUPERIOR BEING WITH SUPREME TASTE!!! SO SAYS THE LEADER!!!

As a Steven Universe, She-Ra, Owl House and Last Jedi fan who also happens to enjoy dark media: OH SCREW YOU, LILY!

As a Steven Universe, She-Ra, Owl House and Last Jedi fan who also happens to enjoy dark media: Awwwww! Thanks, Lils! For that, I'll be even more mean to you! Because I'm extra nice!

Lily Orchard: "STEVEN UNIVERSE FANS ARE ABUSIVE!!! WHOLESOME MEDIA IS SUPERIOR AND THEREFORE I AM MORALLY SUPERIOR TO DARK ROMANCE AND MEDIA FANS!!! THEY'RE ALL DUMB BIMBOS WHO WANT BAD BOYS TO ABUSE THEM!!!

Dark romance and media enjoyer fans:

[krawalle-n-hiebe]

Edgelord

[blackmagecat]

Tumblr fandom discourse is like being in kindergarten and a classmate gasping at you on the playground like: “but you can’t like him! He’s a baaaaad guuuyy”

Newsflash. You can enjoy the characterization of a fictional antagonist without it being a concrete statement of your personal beliefs and values

You can appreciate the nuance and thought put into multidimensional characters, even when said characters did horrible things

One of my favorite characters in a song of ice and fire is Cersei Lannister. I appreciate her character arc and how she contributes to the story over all, as well as how her actress depicts her on the Game of Thrones tv show. It doesn’t mean I stan incest and murder

Marvel is best known for its layered villains with complex motivations. We find characters like Thanos and Loki and Magneto and Killmonger compelling because more thought was put into them than simple mustache twirling. They make these conflicts (which mainly boil down to CGI punching at the end of the day) worth watching and engaging with

It’s why I’ve been frustrated with DC for shoving lazy edgelord versions of Joker down our throats for more than a decade now. Apparently he’s popular enough that now all the DC characters are becoming desaturated edgleords. The conflicts and stories are not nearly as compelling as a result

I know. That’s a Rant for another time

Anyway Zemo is fine. if you’re feeling uncomfortable because he’s likeable now that is also fine. That means Marvel is doing a good job with its story. Evil should be tempting. It should make itself attractive, not just in its physical presentation but also in its ideals. Otherwise why would anyone do it?

What is not fine is this trend of essentialism that has crossed over from what I’m guessing is celebrity stan culture. For ex: “This pop star is problematic so if you like him you’re essentially an asshole.” Except these are not real people. They’re made up comic book characters. Yes they have complex publication histories and those histories matter. Yes we can analyze how Marvel changes and retcons origin stories in order to reach changing tastes and audiences. But I’m not seeing a whole lot of nuance here. I’m seeing kindergarten playground pearl clutching

Also the story isn’t over yet so maybe it’ll be helpful to see where these characters ultimately end up before passing judgment on their fans