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I think Usopp was the most under utilized character in OPLA.
Not because Jacob Ramero did a bad job; I think what we saw from him was quite good. I also recall that he wanted to include Usopp's hammer into the fight(s) but it didn't make it into the final cut, so I think he has some idea of how the character fights, functions and feels.
No, the story just didn't give him enough time to shine/show why he was wanted on the crew. He was also the only crew member Luffy never asked what his dream was. Which is it's own bundle.
Because by changing how he (seemed) to feel about his dad, it altered the root of what his dream was before Little Garden. (I'm hoping there'll be more time spent on Usopp in S2). I didn't mind the switch to making him more committed to his mom and therefore Kaya (connections to women with ailing illnesses something something Merry in Water 7).
But this means you need a new root for why Usopp wants to be a brave warrior of the sea. If it's not the pride of a son of a pirate then why?
(I could see a good case made that it didn't need to be changed at all. Which is also fair. Though for me the important thing about Usopp's intro arc/Syrup Village is that he's shown, in the story and by Luffy &co. as admirable despite (or because of) his cowardice (and lies). )
Like Usopp's lies being imaginative ridiculous stories (tall tales) is very important to me. He creates something meaningful from something that, generally, isn't. He's got a lot of what I can only describe as compassion honor that's really emphasized in his desire to protect his home.
And that, for me, was missing. And I'd much rather have had that in some reimagined capacity than pride for pirate dad. (I mean we didn't get either really but it's the response of Luffy &co. to the compassion lies that I miss most.)
#opla#opla spoilers#opla usopp#usopp#i got a little carried away#narrative comparisons#wsd opinion piece#one piece#my aladdin bias is showing when in comes to opla usopp and his dad#if more of the marine subplot was removed it could have been given to usopp#ep 4 drives me up the wall because Usopp is sidelined in his own arc#and i think ep 3 does a decent reimagined setup#my simple solution is Usopp doesnt let Koby and the marines take Luffy#he tells luffy the situation. they go back to Kaya's mansion. luffy gets lost#plot proceeds except when luffy arrives Usopp is making more of a (weakly effective) stand against kuro. 'dont laugh at Usopp' scene equiv.#i should have made the lasy few tags into its own post...#character analysis#syrup village arc
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thinking about how the extra area added on to a pacifist run of undertale, the true lab, is about alphys's past mistakes. how it ends with the story reaffirming that, despite the pain she's caused, the thing that matters is that she has now made the choice to do the right thing. she's still worthy of her friends' love.
thinking about how undertale doesn't expect the player to get a pacifist ending for the first time. how it's more likely than not that the player will kill toriel the first time they battle her, how lots of players don't initially figure out how to end undyne's fight without killing her, etc. what it expects — not even expects, really, but hopes — is that the player, if they care enough, will use their canonically acknowledged power over time to make up for those mistakes.
no matter how many neutral runs a player has done before committing to the pacifist run, the thing that matters to the characters, to the story, is that you've chosen, now, to do the right thing.
compared to alphys, the player honestly gets off lightly, in that you're the only one (other than flowey) who really remembers any harm you might have caused. and any direct guilting the game could have done about it is long past at this point. instead, as undertale often does, it makes its point via parallels: alphys caused harm, and she knows it. she has committed to being better. in doing so, she has unlocked for herself a better ending to her story. and she deserves it. she's forgiven.
those structural narrative parallels are all over undertale, if you know where to look. and that's one of the things that makes it so fuckin' good.
#undertale#alphys#true lab#this inspired by a mutual's alphys posting#and a discord convo i had a couple weeks back about ut's stance on ''punishing'' the player vs the monsters for their actions#and thoughts i've had generally post a certain fangame with a color in its name about just how well ut is structured as a narrative#everyone rightfully praises toby fox's character writing but stuff like this i think flies under the radar a bit by comparison#and it deserves to be appreciated#there's obvious Lore reasons why the true lab is only visited in a pacifist run (what's revealed about chara and flowey)#but this is the other half of it: the message of alphys's story hits hardest on a paci route post neutral runs#toby fox is a good writer more often than not
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From an article published on December 29 2016:
#f1#formula 1#formula one#max verstappen#charles leclerc#lestappen#genuinely insane how long the narrative has been narrating#god let them have a season long championship battle I'm begging#imagine being 19 and being compared to two of the goats & the greatest f1 rivalry#and its not even the first time the comparison has been made
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The fandom god discussion is interesting, but I feel it’s sometimes hindered by an unwillingness to separate gods from mortal society, or even a sort of over-eagerness to project our own reality onto them, which simply doesn’t work. I've seen the gods referred to as rulers or tyrants demanding worship (which I kinda understand because it’s something Ludinus says in-game, though it’s funny to see fandom corners confidently repeat the inaccurate talking points of the antagonist) but more interestingly I've also seen them referred to as a higher/the highest social class, as colonizers imposing themselves on mortals, the raven queen specifically as new money. Overall these comparisons tend to talk about the gods and their actions regarding Aeor in the past and predathos/the Vanguard in the present less as if they're about saving their own lives and more as if they want to preserve their powerful position.
The gods, by their very nature, are above mortals. They cannot be compared to any mortal ruling class because they didn’t choose or strive for that power and cannot feasibly get rid of it/step down/redistribute it (nor do they actually in any sense rule; killing the raven queen, unlike killing an actual queen, will not end the 'tyranny' of death), they simply have it by virtue of being gods. Saying that’s unfair or unequal and that the gods should be killed because of it is akin to saying it’s unfair a mountain is bigger than you and demanding it be levelled, except the gods, unlike mountains, are living, feeling beings who shouldn’t have to die because some people can’t stand the idea of not always being top dog. Thing is, the gods themselves ultimately understood this power imballance and that they can't help but hurt Exandria the way humans can't help but step on bugs, and thus removed themselves from the equation by creating the divine gate. Saying this isn’t enough and that they're clinging to power is just demanding they line themselves up to be killed.
#critical role#cr3#downfall#nella talks cr#ultimately all these 'ruling class' comparisons are simply flawed and don’t work when under the slightest bit of scrutiny#gods arent rulers or tyrants bc they don’t rule and can't be deposed#they are representantations and guardians of (mostly natural) concepts#and those concepts won’t go away bc you killed the gods. death and nature and the fucking sun will still remain#they aren’t colonizers of mortals (wtf lmao) who demand they be worshiped and mortals live according to their oppressive rule#again did you watch calamity? not even before the divine gate did the gods demand worship or even respect#they were never less respected than during the age of arcanum and still they were just chilling#(until someone released the betrayers and they had to step in to stop the ultimate destruction of exandria)#technically you could argue they were colonizers against the titans but even that feels like a stretch#the titans to me feel less like people and more like representations of the chaotic and deathly side of nature#being angry they were killed sounds like being angry someone stopped a hurricane just bc the hurricane was there first#I'm sorry but that hurricane would've flattened you. it wouldn’t appreciate your support bc it isn't a person#and 'a higher social class' fucking NEW MONEY? this is just blatant projection#I'm sorry but not everything more powerful than you is a stand in for oppression#sometimes it’s a narrative stand in for nature and i promise nature isn't oppressing you
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If I think about the double standard and the disparity with which the media handled Daniel in comparison to everyone else I may lose my mind.
#i genuinely feel like im in bizarro world. karun chandok the fucking donkey being like:#“you have to feel for checo . he was doing so well in sq1 :( ”#in comparison to the way they viciously circled around daniel for medicore performances let alone bad ones#similar with Naomi just now. i cant believe im gonna defend Perez in the same breath but for her to say;#“Lawson has done everything to deserve checos seat. he has ticked all the boxes” ????? bitch what boxea are you talking about?#she literally said the only thing he needs to work on is his “temperament” would love to know what shes on lol#DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON LAZENBY HES SUCH A DUMB FUCKING RATTTTTTT#the way hes like “why is Lawson getting so much heat for complaining about sergio? Yuki has been doing it for years!”#well yuki has been in the 'Junior team' for 4 years now#what the everloving fuck is going on in the sport#obviously we all know how the media shapes the narrative but its genuinely still so jarring to see the standard they held daniel to#and the callousness with which they treated him
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i thought we had decided not to fall in love. that we'd be forced to live a lie and that it would destroy our lives. i think our lives are about to be destroyed anyway.
#hotd#house of the dragon#hotdedit#star wars#rhaenicent#rhaenyra targaryen#alicent hightower#anidala#web weaving#parallels#web weave#comparisons#hotd spoilers#my stuff#my web weaves#last thing from me before i try to extricate myself from this hellsite i'm so not dooming myself to the narrative like they have <3
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ACHILLES COME DOWN
— the depiction of carlos sainz
lyrics to achilles come down, gang of youths / the iliad, homer / the race.com / sky sports.com / silence of the girls, pat barker / australian gp 2024 / jason with the golden fleece sculpture, bertel thorvaldsen / the fallen angel, alexandre cabanel / speeches for dr frankenstein, margaret atwood
#🔖 edits#hellooo this is my first webweave/edit#it’s a comparison of carlos to achilles - but also a juxtaposition. carlos is not achilles. but people villainise him eg his nicknames#‘el matador’ and ‘the red devil’ by italian commentators#how people have carved out their own depiction to fit their Narrative#okaysahsva this has been in my Head#carlos sainz jr#carlos sainz#formula 1#web weaving#f1 edit
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Book: This young woman was lively, vivacious, outgoing, and cheerfully unconcerned about propriety.
Me: Okay, she seems fun.
Book: She had an older sister who was quiet, thoughtful and proper, but not as beautiful/captivating.
Me: Oh no, I just found my new favorite character.
#it's oh no because no one appreciates her often not even the narrative#i call it the blanche brier effect#it sometimes is paired with the rose brier effect where i have to fight against resenting the outgoing sister everyone loves#(this effect has lessened with the brier sisters for me but it's still a point of comparison)#i read the first chapter of 'no name' and it's delightful because it has a wonderful pair of these sisters#so far it seems that both are being appreciated so i love both#but i am concerned with how the story is going to go#(also it doesn't have to be literal sisters just two girls who are the same age and presented as a contrasting pair)#books#victober
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Stephanie Browns time as Robin serves as a direct foil to multiple aspects of Tim Drake’s introduction as Robin and what that accomplishes narratively:
1. Alfred vs Bruce Reactions
When Tim first arrives, Alfred is right there trying to convince an extremely reluctant Bruce to allow Tim to become Robin.
Batman #442
In contrast with Steph, where Alfred is giving his best effort trying to convince a resolved Bruce not to allow Steph to become Robin
Robin #126
Tim and Stephs introductions as Robin have Bruce and Alfred directly switch roles in their relation to Robin: the reluctant becomes the advocate, and the advocate becomes the reluctant.
2. Breaking Explicit Orders to Save Batman
Let’s look at the story which ends with Tim donning his own Robin costume for the first time and being referred to as “Robin” for the first time by Bruce, the story where Tim officially becomes Robin.
Tim is told not to go into the field or put on the Robin costume, but Tim chooses to fight the Scarecrow himself and enter a situation he was told explicitly to stay out of by Batman to save Bruce’s life (and also Vicki Vale’s).
Batman #456 & #457
Bruce tells him sometimes rules are meant to be broken, and immediately afterwards, he is recognized as Robin.
Stephanie’s firing as Robin occurs when she is told explicitly to stay out of a fight, but which she still enters, as she believes Batman was in danger.
Robin #128
Tim’s entrance into being Robin is tied directly to his disregarding orders to save Batman.
In contrast, Stephanie’s exit as Robin occurs once she disregards orders and attempts to save Batman.
3. Secret Identity Knowledge
Tim enters the manor already knowing everyone’s secret identities. He knows “The Secret” from literally before day one.
Batman #441
In stark contrast, not only does Stephanie enter her time as Robin without knowing Batman’s real identity, she leaves her time as Robin none the wiser as to Bruce’s secret.
Despite working as a sanctioned member of the team for a substantial amount of time beforehand as Spoiler, she doesn’t know Batman’s identity when she is Robin and she still doesn’t know when she “dies” in war games.
Tim represents a totality of knowledge in his introduction, he knows everyone’s identity and relationships far before he becomes Robin.
And Stephanie represents a total lack of that same knowledge: she enters and exits the Robin role with no knowledge of “The Secret”.
The entirety of Stephs time as Robin is overshadowed by the unavoidable fact that the normally intensely trust based partnership that is the Batman and Robin dynamic is being subverted and used as a blunt tool. A tool to leverage Tim back into the role of Robin.
Is it any wonder then that Stephs time as Robin foils Tims introduction as Robin?
The contrast serves as a way to explain to the reader why Stephanie cannot be Robin: Steph is the “bad” Robin who portrays an opposite to the “good” Tim Drake Robin introduction. She is in opposition to the “norm”.
Stephanie serves as a reversal, a perversion of how Tim Drake became Robin, allowing Tim to return to the role.
The core tenets of the Tim Drake Robin Introduction Myth must be reversed, deconstructed and undone, so that there is room and opportunity for Tim Drake to rebecome Robin afterwards. So that he can reestablish himself and the norms that Stephanie’s time as Robin has upset and undone.
#is this too crazy to be understandable#sorry I have a rare disease called The Stephs which forces me to find insane comparisons and overanalyze her every appearance#might start stephanie brown robin posting so watch out for the horrors I might soon unleash#you think this is bad just wait until I start explaining how Batman and stephanie’s baby have strong narrative parallels#stephanie brown#tim drake#stephanie brown meta#Tim Drake meta#Batman meta#batman#dc comics#robin 1993#bruce wayne#Alfred Pennyworth#mine
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been playing 1000xRESIST over the last couple days, finished it this morning. genuinely one of the most astonishingly good indie games I've ever played. hell it might be one of the best games I've ever played PERIOD. can't even describe to you the way I felt when I finally rolled credits on it. I feel empty, emotionally exhausted even, but I also feel transformed, inspired. I seriously can't give enough praise to Sunset Visitor for what they've accomplished, especially for their debut title. I'm gonna be thinking about this one for a LONG time.
#man... just... MAN!!!#what a fucking incredible video game#also... while a lot of ppl have made comparisons to nier:automata#(which IS completely valid as it was one of the game's inspirations)#i would advise y'all not to go into this expecting an action rpg#this is through and through a psychedelic narrative tour de force#y'all NEED to experience this#it's like $18-$20 on pc and switch#please i'm fucking begging#evayo games#1000xresist
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Let's overanalyze this (◕︿◕✿)
I think part of me assumed that Angie's effect didn't work on Charles because he's a ghost, but I wonder if it's more than that. . .
The redhead heard her boyfriend loving her when he never said "I love you" before
Crystal doesn't remember her parents suck, so she has hope that they're looking for her
Charles knows his parents are living on well without him. Comic Charles says his Dad would be relieved he's dead--he never liked being a father.
Edwin's not affected by Angie either, but we see him looking longingly at Charles the way Crystal looks longingly at the ocean
Edwin & Charles are ghosts, and not necessarily bound to the attachments of the living? But also, there's nothing in the ocean for them, when what they both desire most is on land and close at hand.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BONUS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#dbda#dead boy detectives#dead boy detective agency#payneland#crystal palace#edwin payne#charles rowland#the case of the lighthouse leapers#scene analysis#character analysis#character dynamics#character relationships#angst#dude my heart#the top two pic comparisons hurt me when i put them together ugh#parallels#text post#screenshot#screenshots#angie the sea monster#narrative devices
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SASHA LUNDY CLUTCHING ONTO EACH OTHER FOR DEAR LIFE HELLO
THE INHERENT ROMANTICISM THAT IS IN BURYING YOUR FACE INTO EACH OTHER AND CRADLING ONE ANOTHER'S HEADS
CAN YOU HEAR MY WAILS?????? CAN YOU HEAR THEM AT HOW LUNDY IS SQUEEZING SASHAS WAIST??? HELLO?????
#anton lundell#aleksander barkov#florida panthers#2324#playoffs 24#im never getting over benny holding sasha face in his hands while lundy waits his turn#and lundy gets a good craddle and squeeze in too before ekky comes barreling in for his personal love sasha session#a team that loves each other a lot#also peep mikksy and luosty in the back#anyways whatever sasha and lundy have got going on is sooooooooooooo#its sooooooooooooo#“yeah i attended a cats game in finland and i saw kuli playing and later got drafted by the same team and we became teammates (sasha)”#and “yeah i attended a cats game in finland and i saw sasha play and later got drafted by the same team and we became teammates (lundy)”#but also add “when i first came over he housed me as well and acted like my tour guide”#and also “and now our 2 way playstyles get compared so much because we are countrymen despite how difference our focuses are in said style”#“and despite how much it should annoy me how conflated we are together im actually honoured by the comparison”#and also “i like being mean (in a loving way) to this kid because his head is too big but i will praise him when he deserves it”#“but also because of that his ego will never not be inflated”#these two are so special#idk i think theres something romantic in watching your future teammate from the stands and winning a cup with them#(the cats are filled with that narrative)#MOM HELP IM CRYING ABOUT THESE TWO AGAINNNNM
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i love killua & gon bc they’d both die for each other, but they need to also live for each other.
#hxh#hunterxhunter#hunter x hunter#killua#gon#hxh gon#hxh killua#hxh gon freecs#gon freecs#hxh killua zoldyck#killua zoldyck#killugon#gonkillu#kirugon#meta#anime meta#hxh meta#anime analysis#analysis#character analysis#character parallels#character foils#character comparisons#codependency#parallels#foils#narrative foils
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Alan Lee's shang tsung, you deserve a better narrative and script.
😔 *sigh*
I just hate the story this shang was in. If it wasn't for bad plot. And horrible direction.
This could have been an amazing young/early sorcerer days shang tsung.
Like I'm just sad the more that i think about it.
Like the bad plot,plot holes,simple solutions to a problem that isn't really that much of a problem,the character favoritism,etc.
God,shang,im so sorry.
Mr. Alan Lee,i feel if the script wasn't crap,the narrative didn't screw you over,and this game wasn't filled with useless microtransactions,and shitty gameplay. You would have been a perfect successor.
But sadly. It's not ment to be.
I personally feel if he was given a chance to bring his shang tsung to life more,make him actually intimidating,and add oomph to it. Then i feel like he could shine. Like i just feel he's held back. Like get angry dude! Genuinely,get pissed off! Make shang scary. And not in the cunning sense like they seem to shoehorn him into. Like yes that is a facet of his character,but only one small part. Shang is complex. And so should be his energy and expression. Like i feel mr. Lee was scared doing shang. But excited too going by his interviews. But i feel he was so worried a out disappointment,that he got blindsided by the bad writing. If i had a chance to write something for him. I would in a heartbeat. Give him a better narrative and story for his shang tsung.
I would absolutely looooove to write for mortal kombat. At very least shang tsungs part. And idc if it's "canon" or not. I just want a good story. That treats shang as the badass we KNOW he is. *sigh* alas i have to only share with my fellow shang tsimps. Not that that's all bad. I love you guys.
But i really really wish that alan Lee's shang was done better. I dont mind his voice,aesthetics,i just hate the writing.
I wanna give him a hug and take him away from this horrible version of the game and series.
Me at all shang tsung's: "my heart n soul sir"
#mortal kombat#shang tsung#self ship#self shipping#💚heart and soul🐍#shang tsung mortal kombat#mk12/mk1 shang tsung#mk1 shang tsung#mk12 shang tsung#Alan Lee's shang tsung#mk f/o#antagonist f/o#villain f/o#villain/antagonist f/o#i just am so saddened by it man#so much potential and talent wasted on a mid version of the game#shang tsung is amazing in comparison but compared to other shang's it's clearly lacking and it's the writers fault#mr lee needs a better narrative and script and writer for his shang tsung#i would do it in a heartbeat but only if they'd pay me enough and if they make a whole new game from the ground up because there's no way
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I will say this once and once only
JAYCE AND VIKTOR
ARE THE NEW DEAN AND CASS
Tell me I'm wrong? You can't.
They saved each other's lives
They have so many parralells
One of them ended up being raised to god status at some point
The other is still fighting to prove he is worthy
Their first instinct is to protect and call for one another
JAYCE AND VIKTOR IS DEAN AND CASS RESURRECTED EXCEPT THEY ARE STILL FUCKING DOOMED
#destiel#supernatural#jayvik#arcane#arcane season 2#paralells#comparison#lovers#mlm#doomed yaoi#doomed by the narrative#i love these gay idiots so much#bisexual jayce#gay viktor#bisexual dean winchester#gay castiel
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Fought 'til you tethered me, swept under surfaces, never enough of it...
#911#buddie#911edit#buddieedit#911 on fox#911 fox#911 abc#evanbuckleyedit#eddiediazedit#my edit#otp: you don't need to pretend with me#usercam#at this point i should have a cemetery tag lol#flashing tw#i need a gracie tag dont I?#die on their watch.#so i was thinking earlier and if youve been around here any length of time you know i think about that cemetery scene a lot#because narratively its very interesting scene because i changes the tone of their relationship in comparison to the rest of the show reall#and its a fascinating choice. even the whole point that of the conversation happening at a cemetery where theyre visiting someone who didn'#but i have a tendency to look at that scene from eddies eyes#because when you look at it along with all of eddies reactions surrounding bucks death and the reactions eddie was having to bucks words#that feels like a breakup. if feels like were watching eddies heart break in real time yk?#BUT buck is very purposeful in this scene too. he's basically daring eddie to say something but eddie just thinks that he needs to agree#and if you look at it that way and think about it as buck asking for a reaction you can argue buck feels rejected here too#even tho eddie thinks hes being supportive#they are saying things and they are being misinterpreted. both of them leave that talk with different views of what happened#and thats VERY interesting with how strongly the show pushed buck eddie and chris as a family unity in the episodes before#and well i dont really know how the show plans to recover from that. if they plan on doing it at all. but like#that was a breakup. but if its a breakup where both of them think they got broken up with. how do you come back?#eddie diaz
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