#nah. i expect more.

[thenationofzaun]

Fans can come up with a million analysis posts, interpretations, metas, and theories as to why a character acts the way they do. But if none of those things are ever explored within the story itself, what the hell is the point? It's great that fans can come with their own interpretations but there comes a point when the writers have to actually put in the work and not expect the audience to fill in every single blank for them lol. You could pull a thousand and one reasons for Vi's decisions out of your ass, at the end of the day, every single one of those would be headcanon if there's not an inkling of it in the show.

Again, Vi is a main character and one of the two leads of the show. Her relationship with Jinx is at the heart of the narrative. Their mirror arcs of one becoming a fighter for Zaun and one becoming a fighter for Piltover should balance each other and be equally explored in depth. Vi's reason for joining the enforcers is driven by a complete rando side character giving her an ego boost. It is over and done with in one episode. The effect long-term prison as a child has had on her goes unexplored. Vi forgets about Ekko, her childhood friend whom she just reunited with, and never mentions him in 5 episodes. Vi wants to murder her own little sister whom she raised for reasons also unexplored. This is not a "flawed gray human character". This is a nonsensical mess.

"You just want characters to be Good and Nice", no I want characters to make sense. "Vi is just a bad person", almost every single fucking character in this show is a bad person. You don't see me complaining about how they're not believable as characters. "Of course it makes sense! Vi actually did this thing because xyz and abc and bla bla bla", are those reasons shown in the show? No? Then it's your own personal interpretation. I don't have to accept it and I expect the writers to actually put in the effort to. You know. Write their show.

This is actually pretty pathetic writing for a main character. It's insane to me that so many people have no problem with it. These are the standards we have for character writing?

[bixels]

The final TF2 issue really got to me. Spoilers, but it’s the reveal that all of this suffering and murder and war over gravel and shitty land was for nothing but senseless, bottomless hatred. That the administrator can’t even remember where this revenge plot started as she flashes through different false memories of her parents’ deaths. There was never a tragic backstory or justification, only terrible people doing despicable things. And despite how crass and stupid and unserious TF2 is, the story subverts every expectation by showing the survivors and inheritors willingly breaking the cycle. Ms. Pauling lies to the administrator and chooses not to save her, and finally lets her die. (Hurts even more if you read into the subtext that Ms. Pauling is in love with the administrator.) She lets the final cache of Australium go and walks away from the burden and legacy of a century-old bloodfeud. Hale lets Gray’s daughter go and live her life freely. Spy is the first to arrive at Scout’s house and meet his big family, finally takes off his mask, and helps with the kids. Even Merasmus exhaustedly makes peace with himself and Soldier and chooses not to curse him or something. There’s nothing to finish, no promises to keep, and no one to avenge. The only thing to do is break the cycle and walk away.

It feels odd how happy and warm everything is, but it feels so right and earned. These bloodthirsty, awful, violent men were expendable cogs in a machine of endless violence, and they found a way out. It’s a genuinely great message about letting go the past that burdens you and finding the will and a way to hit the bricks, change, and be happy. Maybe they don’t technically deserve happiness, but they’ve got it nonetheless, and they’re not gonna let it go to waste. They’re still all crazy and violent, but on their own terms now and with people who love them! Smiles.

[nenoname]

stan spending their childhood trying to make ford's polydactyly something positive in ford's life and genuinely believing its super cool....

[kaitcake1289]

vampire empire.

[unpersoniverse]

Skén:nen sá:sewh

as promised, here's Precious boy™ getting kissed by Precious wife™ because he deserves all the love in the world :cc

translation: Get home safe

[kiyomitakada]

but truly even if you don't ship them romantically i think kiyomi and misa are one of the most underrated dynamics in death note canon. like. imagine being kiyomi takada for a second. you have been asked to become a murderer. you'll do it, because you know it's the right thing, it's how you'll help build the new world, but you can't quite shove down the pangs of guilt every time you take another life. and then in waltzes this woman who is your exact opposite (bubbly, indiscrete, loud, stupid) and you learn that she used to have your job. she used to be in your exact shoes. and now she's been cast aside by the person who is telling you you're his one-and-only. but you're different from her, right? that won't happen to you. you're different. you're better. you're kiyomi fucking takada and you do not lose. (you've never done anything but lose.)

and it's because she lost her memories, sure, but how does she look so cheerful? doesn't it haunt her? did she shudder like you when she took her victims, or did she do it with the same manic grin she wears when you greet her in the hallways? apparently she got her powers herself. you were chosen, which makes you different, makes you special, but also means you were never really the one in control after all. the woman in front of you has killed people; she didn't even have to be asked. you know this. she doesn't know. do you tell her? of course not. it would jeopardize the entire plan, and besides, she's nothing. she doesn't matter. you have to stop thinking about her, kiyomi, you're starting to sound obsessed. was she better than you at being a murderer, too?

[catocappuccino]

Everyone making those edgy theories about THIS image

just for it to end up being a teaser for a silly goofy merchandise commercial video is one of the funniest things ever

Live laugh love dog N plush

[1singulargrape]

first kiss between 2 idiots

[vynnyal]

Turns out Sunlit Trail isn't quite done just yet, so after all that they just send you to a dead end 😂

[redrobin-detective]

I have been awake all night and I think, since we got to follow Zuko from S1 even though he didn’t join the Gaang until the bitter end, we should’ve gotten the same for Toph. In between season 1 and early season 2 plots, we’d occasionally cut to this earth kingdom noble family for seemingly no reason.

Ok they are rich and they have the daughter. Alright she’s blind that’s interesting. The Beifongs will comment about canon events and their daughter is quiet and perfect in the background. Then one episode we see her earthbend something small, intriguing. Also intriguing she only looks helpless and lost when other people are around. We get more solo perspectives of her, she’s a bit more coarse away from her parents. Her earthbending continues to be used secretly, impressive but not monumental. We suspect she’ll be similar to Katara, an eager, untrained bender who learns as she teaches Aang. We wait with anticipation for this vulnerable girl to see the world and own her power.

And then they drop The Blind Bandit episode and every episode that follows are unchanged and oh. Oh. Now we are really meeting Toph.

[lucyshypemaster]

you will NEVER see anyone writing paragraphs after paragraphs hating on keefe like they do with sophie.

[stochastictimeline]

i know we (and the narrative) love to joke about lu guang being an old man but is he really?

is there even a timeline where he's made it past 22? objectively he has lived through at least 3 more years but he's just repeating experiences he's already had. which is not the way one would usually mature by living through different things, meeting new people etc. having different new experiences basically

so im guessing he already was kinda serious and reserved? and now has trauma on top of it

[thechibilitwick]

it's better with context.... i swear.... (tweet i'm referencing. plz watch it so i don't look crazy)

[kindaasrikal]

You know i actually have just a tad bit of hope for the casting of the Ninjago live actions movie simply because of the only two human characters that were in the lego ninjago movie. That kid in the beginning of the movie and Jackie Chan, who also voice Wu, were there. It’s giving me the smallest amount of hope for the casting of the ninja, who three (Lloyd, Nya, and Kai) SHOULD be east asian, and Cole who would be preferred by the majority to be dark skinned.

Yes i am aware that the new movie would be made under Universal, who did not make the lego ninjago movie, but Universal have made many movies and is a BIG company, so for the sake of profit they’d be stupid to not listen to the majority when it comes too the actors.

[bi-mirandalawson]

Elaborate as much as you want in the tags/replies/reblogs ! If you have screenshots, share them !

[aceredshirt13]

today on things I ponder while playing rhythm games: I think that when fellow queer people say that so-and-so m/f pairing is "for the gays" what people actually mean is that so-and-so m/f pairing is "competently written and makes you invested in their relationship as human beings, rather than shoehorning in a romance because of the belief that if a man and a woman are in close proximity they are required by law to kiss and/or bang"

so like. perhaps we should stop denigrating m/f relationships as inherently inferior, and instead acknowledge that the problems often seen in m/f relationships in fiction (especially when the romance isn't the main subject of the work) are caused by authorial laziness in favor of the heterosexual hegemonic rule of "boy + girl = sex"