This was based off a dnd character concept I saw on YouTube, anout a barbarian who is NOT the chosen one and, therefore, could not pull the sword from the stone. So he just wields the sword AND the stone as a warhammer.
it's always so fascinating and heartbreaking when a character in a story is simultaneously idolized and abused. a chosen prophet destined for martyrdom. a child prodigy forced to grow up too fast. a powerful warrior raised as nothing but a weapon. there's just something so uniquely messed up about singing someone's praises whilst destroying them.
Dungeon Meshi is so fucking funny when you take into account the fact that for like five episodes straight, Laois was straight up seeing ghosts and just very pointedly Ignoring them. In likely every scene, from Laois’ POV, there’s a very persistent ghost trying Very Hard to get his attention and he’s just. Barking at shapeshifters.
solomon and mc getting together because of the exchange program is hilarious in hindsight. the whole goal is to strengthen the bond between the three worlds, meanwhile these humans became so in love with each other they'd destroy the devildom and celestial realm in a heartbeat if the other one asked. woopsies
God remember that part in dungeons and dragons honor among thieves where it looks like they're going to do the Act 3 misunderstanding 10 minute friendship breakup but then the characters actually stop and talk about what they're going through and why they did what they did like healthy adults and the scene ends with them feeling a new level of trust and vulnerability with eachother.
Concept: short story collection about a magic sword that was intended to guide the Chosen One in the hour of the world's doom, except the ancient whatsits that forged it misread the signs and deployed it about a thousand years early, and also they deliberately didn't include any way to turn it off again (what if the baddies figure it out, after all?), so it just spends the next several centuries jumping at apocalyptic false positives and sending random schmucks who coincidentally resemble the Chosen One on completely pointless quests.