#petty conniving asshole

[drawbauchery]

[ryin-silverfish]

Y'know, as much as I like to sass Li Jing (who deserves every bit of sassing) I'm not exactly a fan of the "power hungry usurper" theory.

Don't get me wrong, Li Jing is an asshole; he's just not that flavor of asshole, both in JTTW and FSYY.

In JTTW, he's the Lawful Stupid general who's way too trigger-happy. Like, he's ready to execute the Mighty Spirit God for losing to SWK, and his reaction to SWK filing a lawsuit against him in the Lady Earth Flow arc is "How dare you sue me! Eat sword!"

That said, he is also terrified of Nezha. In the aforementioned scene, Nezha steps forth to block his blade, and he just panicks bc he forgets to bring his pagoda with him, and thinks Nezha is picking up the whole "patricide" hobby again!

In FSYY, his Asshole Arc starts after Nezha's death, when he shouts at his wife for crying after seeing Nezha in a dream, and later destroys Nezha's temple for fear that it will get him into trouble at court.

Historical context: the last part is reminiscent of the destruction of 淫祠, illicit temples that aren't officially sanctioned by the imperial bureaucracy. Permitting their continued existence may look bad on the local officials, and Li Jing said outright that, since he didn't want to associate with the two corrupt ministers at King Zhou's court, if someone used this to attack him politically, he could very well lose his job.

It's the assholeness of a petty bureaucrat who values his job more than his dead kid, but if he is truly power-hungry, he won't have any problem with bribing the corrupt ministers and getting chummy with them.

...idk man, I feel like Li Jing as your conniving, power-hungry martial usurper archetype is just giving him too much credit. He strikes me as the sort of man who doesn't even have the creativity required to be a proper traitor, and will blindly uphold the old laws and order against all logic and common sense.

That's why I don't have a problem with Li Jing being used as a tool by smarter, more powerful figures and factions. My problem is with the choice of that faction; like, even for a Lawful Stupid celestial with a hard-on for rules and hierarchy, the Dead People Supreme Court doesn't have that kind of authority over him.

[jerktournament]

FINAL ROUND - GLaDOS (Portal) VS Herbert P Bear (Club Penguin)

!!! PROPAGANDA BELOW !!!

GLaDOS: "So mot only is she running your character through a series of puzzles with the intention of killing her at the end, but in the second game she spends the Entire. Time. Verbally and emotionally abusing you, including body shaming and bullying you for being an orphan. If it's any consolation, she does have to exist as a potato for the second and third acts of Portal 2."

"Known for being mean (hot). Mercilessly targets the player character's every possible insecurity. Petty and mean. I understand if you don't want to include her since she tends to dominate polls, lol."

HERBERT: "This mf spends his whole life trying to heat up a frozen island and terrorizing the innocent penguins that live on it all bc he was bad at sailing one time and is too much of a wimp to try again. Classic Misery loves Company type asshole."

"operation blackout would have been NOTHING without him (mostly because he caused it). he has a SOLAR LASER. this polar bear is an ass who literally harnessed the power of the sun and froze the top members of the elite penguin force (a group of penguin special agents) and his best friend is an equally villainous crab"

"Herbert may be a fandom darling in our fandom of like, 20 people. BUT DON'T LET THAT FOOL YOU! He is a conniving, EVIL bear, and a professional jerk and some highlights of his jerkishness include...

- Spending ten years of his life (by the time the game closed) trying to destroy the Penguin Secret Agency and Elite Penguin Force (both were agencies that protected the island from disasters and villains like Herbert) with varying success...

- SUCCESSFULLY destroyed the Penguin Secret Agency with a popcorn bomb, which destroyed their HQ. It should also be noted that while doing so, he locked in the player, Rookie, and Gary the Gadget Guy, presumably so the bombs explosion would have killed them all.

-Teamed up with the EPF to stop the Ultimate Protobot 10,000 and the Test Bots, a small group of four dangerous robots after he personally brought them back. When Protobot went "too far" for Herbert's standards by threatening the environment and trying to completely destroy the EPF (despite the aforementioned Popcorn Bomb incident literally destroying the PSA, and also a certain Operation: Blackout), causing him to temporarily switch sides. This might sound like a character growth moment...except for the fact that he immediately betrays them once Protobot is dealt with and attacks and damages the EPF's HQ using a robot hydra made for the Medieval Party that he stole.

- A canonical ex-dictator. Don't believe me? Look up Operation: Blackout on the Club Penguin Wiki! He froze several agents during his reign of terror, was open to freezing innocent civilians, and also wanted to do away with puffles- the pets of penguins. He also banned several hobbies and professions during his reign (being a Ninja, a DJ, a Pirate, etc) for no reason other than disliking them. He also destroyed the EPF'S HQ and exposed two agents' private information to the public. This means Herbert is the first and only character to canonically dox people he doesn't like on Club Penguin.

-Was planning to bomb the EPF literally two months later with a hot sauce bomb (makes sense in context of the game and yes, it is more destructive than it sounds).

-Brainwashed puffles into digging coins for him purely because his henchman, Klutzy the crab brought a coin slot to use for his DIY heater, instead of just removing the coin slot and retooling it to work without one like a normal person."

[mareastrorum]

Fucking bless you for having the only good kipperlilly copperkettle opinion on this fucking site

It was long enough ago that I posted anything about Kipperlilly Copperkettle that I'm not sure which post you're referencing, but even so, thanks! She's wonderfully ruthless and easily my favorite villain in Fantasy High.

She's a horrid person. She killed her friends even though she liked them (especially Lucy Frostblade) because she wanted power. She liked following the rules, especially if it went against the spirit of the rules, because she was that good at what she did; it was a flex. She willingly accepted a rage crystal and wanted to make her asshole teacher a god because she wanted to prove her superiority over some disadvantaged goblin whose dad died years ago. She's incredibly petty, selfish, and conniving. No one made her that way. She chose who she was and didn't regret a damn thing. The players were absolutely right not to resurrect her.

Kipperlilly is all of Riz's worst flaws taken to an extreme, but with all the advantages he never had. I love her so much.

I hope we see Kipperlilly in hell in Senior Year. I hope she and Penelope Everpetal are best friends/bitter rivals/sworn enemies all in one. It's exactly her vibe. I don't really care about how well/badly she's doing there, I just want her in her element.

[gtraccoon]

Hi, buddy ol’ pal! I don’t know why I said that but I do have a request, if you’re not too busy at the moment! Could you maybe do a platonically yandere Cartman x male reader headcanons? If you don’t mind the content- you’re awesome! Have a great day! <3

in all honesty

minus the murder part of yandere (the game!)

he would prolly pull that really sweet persona to get you to do something for him, but if you were to deny he’d pull a chili con carnival on your ass and bake your parents into a muffin.

he’s a conniving manipulative asshole, and the switch up from kind to ass would be a lot more severe in his case. also i feel like he wouldn’t do it to your face but would rather do things behind your back like convincing your friends to hate you or whatever. (or training a pony to bite ur wiener off /hj)

that’s dark but to be honest we were all petty assholes in fourth grade (and cartman is the PETTIEST ! and he is kind of crazy but i love him /p)

plus kind of depends on how you treat him. he’s a complicated character, and being the major comedy relief character, he’s also hard to put into words. he’s silly

THIS NEXT PART IS NOT directed at you! but if you’re willing to teach me more about this term and how to use it platonically i really do want to know more :)

the term yandere is most commonly used for romantic relationships, which im not willing to portray in the south park kids.

i know that’s not what you meant as the asker (you’re so sweet and you’re awesome too)

but i don’t know how that term could be used non-romantically.

i’m totally willing to learn because i don’t know much about labels like that because i never really make my characters hurting eachother (i am a SUCKER for the comfort part of hurt-comfort 😻)

[moonwaif]

I'm reading Five Scum Gongs Get Crazy Jealousy For Me and it's so unhinged and entertaining. It's a transmigration story where the transmigrator is a calculating, intelligent asshole who's out here playing 4d chess with five scum gong archetypes, who he is supposed to seduce. He's transmigrated into a low level, petty cannon fodder which makes his job harder--or does it? In the meantime, he's competing against five other transmigrators who have taken on precious, sunshine, pitiful shou archetypes. Oh, and the protagonist's main love interest is his transmigration system, which he has projected into a cloned body to help him navigate the world, machinate, connive, etc.

Like this story is incredibly triggering, and the scum gongs are very scummy (i.e., dead dove do not eat - not the worst out there but still). But so far it's been a really fun parody of the genre. Needless to say this is a story for adults.

[happi-tree]

for the bingo!!! one mr. herman please!!!

Ahhhh Herman T. Unworth, prince of hell and heir of goofs, my freak of the week, my dearly beloved 💚💚💚

"funny little dude, silly fellow, some sort of jester, even" was MADE for this guy and you can't convince me otherwise!!! He's such a little guy who just keeps getting put in increasingly dire Situations but his desire to Commit To The Bit overrides everything else and quite frankly I'm obsessed with that for him! I have also never seen a Hermie design that doesn't slap that boy can fit so many genders in him. All at once. He is That Kind Of Actor he Comes With Looks he contains multitudes!!! He's such a mischievous conniving little asshole and he's petty as hell and yet that makes me love him even more <3 And. Tbqh if I had met ANY of the teens in high school we would not have been friends - mostly due to the nature of the sort of cliques everyone would hang with lmao sorry guys ;-; But regardless Herman is SUCH a blorbo to me I love to see him gravely injured and pretending he's not always 2 seconds away from a complete identity crisis 🥰🥰🥰

[xaracosmia]

ꕥ — WELCOME TO NEFE COSMIA, MACAQUE. 🌓

ꕥ — ooc information;

name / alias: juni age: 21 pronouns: he/she ooc contact: p3remake twt i dont really use my other account lol other characters in xc: n/a

ꕥ — ic information;

name: macaque age: ageless (really old. adult. idk) pronouns: any series: lego monkie kid canon point: post-s4 app triggers: baby monkey

personality: the six-eared macaque, or just macaque, is an ages-old mystic monkey who is great but sucks sometimes. he’s manipulating, selfish and conniving, rarely above playing dirty or using cheap tricks to win, though he dislikes when others hold back against him. as confident and smart-talking as he is, he’s kind of cowardly (or has a strong sense of self-preservation, if you want to be nice) and will retreat when he knows he doesn’t stand a chance. he’s incredibly petty and can hold a grudge for millennia. just a huge hater. as dubious as his moral character is, though, he has some good qualities! umm. he’s smart. he can occasionally be persuaded into doing the heroic or otherwise selfless thing, or just does it of his own volition. definitely not irredeemable… mostly just an asshole though.

although he was once much more timid and loyal, after the perceived betrayal done by the hands of his best friend, he’s become cold and mostly disinterested in anyone’s well-being but his own—believing that if he doesn’t look out for himself, no one will.

something your muse struggles with: self-centeredness

your muse’s greatest strength: NONE. idk… wit

history / background: many, many, many years ago, there were two baby monkeys who lived in flower fruit mountain. macaque and his best friend and fellow monkey, who would be known as sun wukong, the monkey king. after wukong experienced an extreme existential crisis and went on desperate escapades to become immortal, he left the mountain to go on various hijinks and cause monkey mischief and mayhem. macaque wasn’t really as interested, waiting for the day that wukong would become satisfied with his power and return back to the mountain and live out the rest of eternity together with him.

unfortunately, that day never came. wukong’s desire for strength and immortality could never be sated, and it led him to taking greater and greater risks, making worse and worse enemies. when wukong and their mutual friend group (an ox, a lion, a peng and an elephant) decided to challenge the jade emperor and claim the celestial realm for themselves, macaque was more than hesitant but reluctantly went along with it.

of course, it ended terribly, just as macaque had feared, and he was among the first to flee. with the war lost, the monkey king was sentenced to a punishment of being imprisoned under a mountain. not too long after, macaque decided to drop by and cheer wukong up with a consolation peach, his favorite fruit. this was very unhelpful, as wukong pointed out, and after their argument escalated, he accused macaque of always abandoning him in his time of need. to this, macaque angrily replied that it was wukong who was the one always leaving macaque behind in his endless pursuit of power. he crushed the perfectly good peach and left.

later on, wukong was freed by a traveling monk and became his disciple. macaque watched on from the shadows, jealous and fearful that wukong had truly left him behind for good this time. even later on, the two monkeys fought each other in a battle that apparently ended with wukong killing macaque. it’s kind of unclear if he actually did or not, but that’s what macaque believed. regardless, macaque died and was left to rot in the underworld for an eternity.

it was the lady bone demon who resurrected him from his grave, in exchange for him freeing her from her ancient tomb. after he was returned back to life, he decided not to do that. who gaf.

eventually, he crossed paths with the monkey king’s successor, mk, and deceived the boy into giving him his powers with the promise of becoming his mentor. although he was swiftly defeated, he was still around to cause more chaos next season.

powers / abilities:darkness manipulation. able to control and utilize shadows as a form of attack, defense or stealth. he can use it to create portals, illusions, clones of himself (shadow monkeys) and probably other stuff too. shapeshifting. can transform himself into various different animals and even people that he knows. smoke monster. he can make a big scary avatar made out of smoke.

inherent abilities:enhanced hearing. has six ears, hence his full name. demon physiology. mystic monkey stuff. immortal and much stronger, faster and more endurant than like. a normal monkey... baby monkey

items / weapons:shadow staff. a black, glowing weapon with spikes on either end, similarly to a cudgel. he has othber stuff but i don’t really want him to have a mech in xara cosmia :/

starting ability: n/a starting item: shadow staff

would you like this character to be housed upon arrival?: no

extra:baby monkey

discord id: sixeared.

[katiedora]

Having the kind of day/week/month where I feel wildly useless about the entire world and my place in it, so I'm just pouring all my energy and anger into being petty about how the neighbors downstairs park their car wrong.

We know they are a young couple and that this is their first real apartment, but they don't know how to share a driveway and they keep parking on our dead end street that clearly has a NO PARKING ON THIS STREET sign. And they never fucking respond when we need them to move so we can actually get out of the driveway, and also they always seem to have guests over and tell them to park in the wrong places.

So I just reported them to the city for the car parked on the street out front and I've set half a dozen alarms to get myself up early so I can text them about moving the car in the driveway so I can leave the house tomorrow morning. I don't actually need to do anything out of the house, but I need to cause problems for someone else, and it's still not clear if they are still that oblivious or conniving assholes.

[the-firebird69]

These are notes they're not sons handwriting they're trying to get him in trouble for saying stuff about you and for bothering you harassing you and saying all sorts of stuff about him you're a bunch of liars and conniving sense of itches and evil people to him and thieves and you're sitting on his money and he's poor you have one social security and you're holding is a hostage and you have more or less kidnapped him to this crappy area and you're laughing about how you're planning his friend BG it was really just one of you you're doing despicable things here to him ruining his day ruining his night and we hate you and he's running things cuz he's a rebel sort of no he's against Max and they know it and your facilitating him and you're having him do stuff to make him hate you and you're saying that he's to blame for everything and you're going against him constantly you're threatening his life constantly and threatening his wife and us and all of humanity now you're doomsday professionals and you profess to be and now the international community has caught up with you he's been doing things like this and give you a heads up you start to s*** all over him and you said that he's saying this and he's saying that he's not really and he is dictating what he's hearing and he is saying that he thinks this is real and the international community is written this up and she get out of his face and go talk to everybody else on Earth and not bother him and that's why he's doing it or his wife for us and for real they planned this recently based on your behavior and your poor attitude and you're disgusting things are doing to people they went out of this you are a lousy military people lousy spies you're not even scratching the clones when you go down there you're just dying and wasting time which is what time f wants and he's a more like too but the point is he's taking a picture and posting it because he doesn't want to waste time rewriting it and it takes a lot of energy and his phone runs down and you're trying to run his phone down and you're trying to run his bank account down and he doesn't have any money by comparison at all and you're a bunch of losers I'm going to feed you to the sharks and other tonight we're going to get rid of you you're a bunch of assholes a lot of people say if you feed your bodies to the sharks the crabs will be attracted that's one way to get rid of you and we can control it and we hope you do and he's helping you get rid of each other so you can each have more money for a Time and die and hand it over eventually he'll get something to survive with only and that's what he's trying to do and you gutless pigs are on them and you're not going to be his friend at all and it's already written by you millions of times and you don't have that much anymore you hardly have any spaceships you don't have any defenses on your islands and you keep running there and you're a bunch of pukes you deserve what's going to happen and he wrote it down we wanted to and he wanted to let you know what the reward is for behavior and Trump is getting his right away and he's not going to be allowed to run for president and everyone says it and they're knocking him down everyday eventually you will be gone permanently and you'll be a nasty chapter in everyone's memory as to what mental illness and trauma and retarded people are like you're gross your goons your your monsters gangsters Petty thieves and that's it it doesn't work with what they're doing that's what they're saying and they're right they're getting beaten to death because of you idiots and you're getting beaten to death and it's their decision to do this we're going to post it so you can see it right in your face and all of you can seek the document out

Thor Freya

Hera did not sign it and we were not allowed to and did not sign it

Olympus

True too we did not sign it they have an angle and I said the first part Hera

Zues Hera

[tachiguin]

BSD Ch.45 “Fix-it, Master Craft” Analysis of references to The Great Gatsby

As someone who has read F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby for a literature class, Chapter 45 of the manga is one of my favorites, as it’s full of references to the themes and symbols of the book. An unrelated fun fact I’d like to share as well is that the real life Fitzgerald dedicated The Great Gatsby to his wife, whose name was indeed Zelda! 

Spoiler Alert! This post talks about events and characters in both Chapter 45 of the BSD Manga, and the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Firstly, let’s do a quick summary of the events of Chapter 45, which picks up right after the conclusion of Chapter 44, where Alcott has reunited with Fitzgerald, and has volunteered to help him rebuild his fortune so that he can ultimately acquire The Book. 

Following the strategy Alcott devises, Fitzgerald approaches Dr. T.J. Eckleburg, an engineer who works for a security company, who has been accused of murdering a coworker while under the influence of alcohol. Ironically, he was caught by the security system that he himself had engineered, dubbed the Eyes of God. Fitzgerald interrupts T.J. Eckleburg’s suicide attempt, and offers to acquit him, regardless of whether or not he is actually guilty.

credit by dazaiscans

Next, Fitzgerald approaches the CEO of the security company, named Tom Buchanan, and makes the same offer. However, Buchanan refuses. Meanwhile, Ranpo exposes Buchanan as the true culprit of the murder. Fast forward to T.J. Eckleburg’s trial, Fitzgerald confronts Buchanan with this information, and asks for money in exchange for his silence on the matter. Unsurprisingly, Buchanan agrees, and the two have a little villain solidarity moment together.

However! Fitzgerald bursts into the courtroom with both the signed check from Buchanan, and a recording of their conversation. He then reveals that his true plan involved complicated machinations with stocks and the jury, which TL;DR ultimately Fitzgerald ended up as the owner of the security company, and with the Eyes of God in his possession. Bonus! T.J. Eckleburg’s innocence is proven as well, and he now works at Fitzgerald’s security company. 

Dr. T.J. Eckleburg and the Eyes of God

In The Great Gatsby, the name Dr. T.J. Eckleburg was indeed mentioned, however, he (or rather, it) was not a human being, but a billboard advertisement. A really creepy billboard, in fact, depicting one pair of eyes smack dab in the center. Throughout the book, various characters talk about how T.J. Eckleburg watches them, particularly when they’re doing something unethical. Dr. T.J. Eckleburg is symbolic of the literal eyes of god in The Great Gatsby. 

In Bungou Stray Dogs, this is cleverly referenced in how T.J. Eckleburg is a real person, who invented a security system called the Eyes of God. Moreover, the concept that the Eyes of God is infallible or omnipotent—this is also something that subtly references the symbolism in The Great Gatsby. 

Tom Buchanan is a Horrible Person

You may be wondering why so many characters in this chapter have western names, despite being located in Japan. This applies to Tom Buchanan too, who also is named after someone from The Great Gatsby. I don’t actually have much to say here, Tom is a horrible guy in both Bungou Stray Dogs and Fitzgerald’s writing, arguably the least sympathetic asshole in the book, which is a pretty high bar to clear, because everyone in The Great Gatsby is a horrible person in some way or form. Which brings us to our next point:

Morality vs. Money

One of the recurring motifs in The Great Gatsby is that pretty much everyone is selfish, conniving, and has probably committed a crime at some point. Especially for the sake of climbing into a higher social class by using a method to unlawfully get rich somehow. This motif is also applied briefly to Chapter 45, where we see Fitzgerald flaunting his incredibly garbage morals at everyone!

It’s good to know he’s self aware! We see a lot of petty crime and corruption going on in this chapter, from pretty much everyone! Fitzgerald running around and tricking people into giving him money and assets. Alcott’s objectively underhanded and dishonest method of procuring Ranpo’s help. Tom Buchanan commiting a murder and framing his subordinate. The Jury almost giving T.J. Eckleburg a guilty sentence despite his innocence. 

Ultimately, T.J. Eckleburg echoes a parallel to a sentiment that was prominent throughout The Great Gatsby. 

In the end, one of the major takeaways from The Great Gatsby was how the rigid classism and unfairness of society works. According to the “American Dream”, hard work and perseverance is rewarded. Fitzgerald challenges this belief, writing a story that ended with three of the lower class characters dead, and the characters who were of elite status got off (more or less) scott free.

However, it should be noted that Chapter 45 ends on a much more positive note. Dr. T.J. Eckleburg is proven innocent, Tom Buchanan ends up on the streets, and Fitzgerald emerges from the entire ordeal richer and more powerful, while retaining his newfound shopping sense. This could be Asagiri’s way of showing how Fitzgerald has changed as a character—a direct contradiction to the final line and takeaway of The Great Gatsby:

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald

The events of Chapter 45 reflect the themes and symbols in The Great Gatsby, (while also using names and epithets from the book as well) with the sole exception of the concept that people are unchanging, which Asagiri cleverly contradicts through both Fitzgerald’s own character arc moving forward, and concluding the chapter on a positive note for the protagonists.

[alwida10]

Sylvie is the protagonist of the Loki series and here is why:

A protagonist

1) has to be relatable and

2) has to contribute to the plot.

I already talked about point No. 2 so I won’t repeat myself here. The interesting new epiphany I had is about point 1).

Now, in most fictional works the protagonist is the reader insert. While that doesn’t exclude the protagonist being a bad person, it still demands to show his reasoning so he gets relatable. In classic literature this is ultimately important to understand tragedies. In tragedies, the protagonist normally is provided two possible ways to act. One is ��the easy way’ where they will survive but have to sacrifice their principles, honor or some other character trait of high importance. In Emilia Galotti, she would have survived and lived in prosperity but would have become the harlot of the prince. Coriolanus would have become consul if he swallowed his pride and sucked up to the commen people of Rome. But the protagonist chooses their principle and the tragedy unfolds.

Now, is Coriolanus an asshole? No, because we get to see his reasons. He gets pressured by his family into a life he doesn’t even desire. He’s a soldier and in a way a simple and straightforward man who isn’t made for politics. He’s loyal so when his former enemy who took him in after he was banished from Rome wants to attack Rome, Coriolanus can’t go with him. He can’t attack his friends and family in Rome. Why don’t we see him as an asshole and are even sad when he dies?

Because we know his reasons! Back to the Loki series. In episode 1, Loki’s former actions (and with them his motivations) are shown. But how are they shown?

Mobius tells us loki would at least know how to cooperate if he wants to woo someone powerful he plans to betray.

Loki introduces us to the idea the TVA would be a scheme of the weak to inspire fear. This is later redirected so it is in fact a statement about Loki. To drive this point home he is shown repeatedly as weak: his attempt to talk down to the Mongolians is ridiculously weak, Mobius calls him a pussycat, his petty revenge on B15.

The loki variants in Ep.5 are all portrayed as power-hungry, backstabbing liars. Even Kid loki who never could have met Thanos, already killed his brother, showing even way back Loki was supposed to be a murderer.

He is focused on his ‘glorious purpose’ alone and gets crushed when it’s shown to be empty.

I assume the cooper-scene was probably supposed to make Loki relatable and cool, but failed IMO because it was just a joke. Nothing that would touch his former characterization.

Please not what is NOT shown: we see nothing of the hurt loki felt in Thor 1, no hint of Thanos influencing or torturing Loki, no indication Thor and his friends could ever done anything wrong. All those things would have been the reasons that made Loki do what he did in Thor 1 and Avengers. Things that would have made his former actions relatable. Instead, we get another explanation: according to the series, he’s a ‘conniving, craven, pathetic worm’ who betrays ‘everyone that ever loved him’.

But betrayal isn’t something done out of fun. Loki did bad things. I won’t deny that. But he had his reasons. Reasons that aren’t shown.

Sylvie’s reasons are shown. She contributes to the plot. Sylvie is the True Protagonist.

[canonical-transformation]

Ningguang, 1, 7, 11, 24?

(ask meme)

1. I pulled Ningguang before I got to Liyue, so it was mostly "ooh she seems enigmatic, rich powerful lady?, I wonder if she's cool or an asshole".

And then I tried playing her and she was a catalyst user who staggers enemies on every attack. None of this 'fling some elemental seasoning onto them' that poor Lisa and Sucrose and Barbara were saddled with. And not only that but Ningguang has her Jade Screen and I could stop worrying about enemy archers! It was utterly magic. I was in love.

Then I reached the Liyue AQ and she got cutscenes and yeah basically she became my main and (alongside Miko and Lisa) is one of my favourite Relatable Mood characters.

7. "I could always sacrifice another Jade Chamber." The implied character growth and increased commitment to The People behind that line :D

(to be honest though, the first line I thought of was "We should look for a new investment": it's like the "Osmanthus wine" line but for lesbians.)

11. my gods damned wife calling me 'Ning' in her best impression of a Beidou voice when it's 7am and I'm not awake yet

I think just intense success envy :P (That could've been me if I hadn't burned out!, screw late capitalism and alienation of labour blah blah...) But in particular, the way she's really willing to forego other people's goodwill, to have other people think of her as a conniving bitch, to be the villain in every story, if it advances her own ends (which, often enough, are everyone's ends). That takes a certain kind of tough skin I certainly don't have.

24. ...the number of revenge fantasies she smothers on a daily basis. She wants to be above petty feelings of vengeance but with the amount of shit she's been through it's hard not to lean on the anger a little.

[stargirlfics]

okay hotd question! i keep seeing everyone say that daemon doesn’t love laena…but i don’t see that? i think he loves her, just not the way he does rhaenyra- i think he loves her more on a “mutual respect, mother of my children way” ?

cause when she came up to the roof he smiled and fixed the pillow- and the “my brave girl” (which killed me), like daemon is a difficult person so like his comments on the roof is just him being himself ya know? + i didn’t seem him really picking the baby over her?

sorry this is winded, i just don’t have many hotd friends lmao

Omg I don’t mind at all bby! I have so many thoughts too!

I agree that Daemon loves Laena! I think he does care about her and from what I’ve heard from people who have read the book is that his relationship with Laena was a good one and the same with his kids. And in the previous episode we saw the interest was there between them!

Like from what we’ve seen about him loving his family so much (he obviously has feelings for Rhaenyra and though they have been at odds with each other Viserys is his brother after all) his affection towards Laena was so clear to me, there’s a mutual respect there yes and it’s been 10 years, they’ve grown a bond in that time, had children in that time, they ride dragons together and have built a life with each other which I am so upset we didn’t get to see more of ugh!

The “my brave girl” line actually ripped me to pieces lmaoo like don’t do this to me 🥺 I swear he shook his head “no” slightly at the idea of a c section in the episode like that was a clear parallel to remembering what happened to Viserys and Aemma and I knew he wasn’t going to give the go ahead because he actively saw what that decision did his brother and niece I just wish the show gave us more of their bond and hadn’t cut those scenes of Dameon hugging his daughters cause yes while he’s been petty and an asshole and selfish and conniving with his decisions I think at heart he’s a family man, and he’s got pride and is protective over that family

He really is a difficult person lmao which I kinda love like it may be toxic at times but he’s a fascinating character and his relationship with Laena specifically is something that also fascinates me! Plus I keep hearing about how cool his and Laena’s kids lol!

[viktorfm]

(MAXENCE DANET-FAUVEL, NONBINARY) - Have you seen VIKTOR SAMUELS? VIKTOR is in HIS/THEIR SENIOR year. The VISUAL ARTS MAJOR is 24 years old & is a CAPRICORN. People say HE/THEY are OBSERVANT, INGENIOUS, RETICENT and DEPENDENT. Rumors say they’re a member of KINCAID. I heard from the gossip blog that THEY'RE HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH THEIR THERAPIST. (JAMES. 21. EST. THEY/THEM.)

dont. look at me. i know. anyways if it wasnt obvs i abandoned cupid (n darrow) in order 2 bring the two ocs tht he ws inspired by n ws a combination of bt. theyre better as different ppl methinks.

DEATH, HEAVY GRIEF, OVERDOSE / DRUG ADDICTION, HOSPITALIZATION, HYPERSEXUALITY, RELIGION MENTIONS TW

aesthetic.

old tvs and their static, worn tapes, horror movie screams, spilled ink, a sculptor’s hands, clay-stained, chicken scratch handwriting, messy notes, messy hair, scoffs and eye-rolls, bruised knuckles, sore throats, funeral homes and a crying preacher, shattered ceramics, knife fights, high ledges, vertically-striped pants, red lights, the moon shrouded in clouds, cigarette butts, graveyards and half-empty wine bottles, sitting there for hours and talking to nothing, about nothing, a god complex, gold rings adorning both hands, barbwire baseball bats, having never played baseball in your life, deep eyebags and broken mirrors, a permanent chip on one’s shoulder, yearning, longing, wishing.

basics.

full name: viktor phillip samuels

nickname(s): icky vicky :/

b.o.d. - january 2nd, 1996

label(s): the black hole, the crepehanger, the impious, the opaque, the tempest, etc.

height: 6′1″

hometown: preaker, vermont

sexuality: pansexual uwu

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favorite song: disorder, joy division / it’s getting faster, moving faster / now it’s getting out of hand / on the tenth floor, down the back stairs / it’s a no man’s land / lights are flashing, cars are crashing / getting frequent now / i’ve got the spirit, lose the feeling / let it out somehow

background.

born to mama and papa (preacher) samuels in preaker, vermont - fifteen minutes after his twin sister, tatiana samuels. years later, rosa samuels joined the gang.

was an awkward, quiet kid growing up, he didn’t interact well with others and preferred being left alone to dig up worms and draw on the walls of their childhood home. the only exception was his twin, really.

as he got older he grew out of this, but instead became like … sort of an asshole? maybe to compensate for years of childhood awkwardness. he’s the sort of person who will bite the hand that feeds him & developed into a full time nuisance by middle school, unlike tatiana who was much more subtle about her conniving manners.

always has been a fan of ‘darker’ materials. grim & creepy morbid shit. probably the biggest tim burton fan, ever since he was a kid … not a good look for a preacher’s son, but he never really felt ‘in’ with the rest of his family to begin with. classic black sheep syndrome.

drew disturbing pictures as a kid that probably prompted one or two or five phone calls home to assure everything was fine.

just really had a knack for art at a young age, from drawing to painting to playing with clay. it’s always been his thing and probably is the only thing he’s good at.

being twins with tatiana was hard. they were near opposite besides both being quite mean-spirited. tatiana handled being in public better, left a better image behind - but viktor had talent, more than she did. they loved each other deeply - y’know, those unbreakable twin bonds as cliche as it sounds - but found each other as competition for their parents’ attention. a rivalry for affection.

in high school is when viktor really started to act out. it started extreme, like losing his virginity in their church and vandalism around the neighborhoods. faked being possessed in the middle of sunday service & almost had an exorcism performed on him.

his only redeemable trait was like … just his sheer talent in the arts. was in a 3d art ap course and specialized in sculptures. he could pretty much create anything he wanted with enough dedication.

because he was the problem child, the one who deserved to be disciplined for all his antics, tatiana could sneak away and get away with whatever she wanted much easier. on the bright-side, for her, i guess.

not a very motivated person - wasn’t planning on going to college, much less going to yates but his parents literally wrote & sent his college application for him because they weren’t going to house a deadbeat but had too much heart to kick him out onto the streets. cool!

he’s actually pretty smart but he just doesn’t apply himself. has a minor in english because he didn’t care for an extra course-load, but he’s good at writing & analyzing literature. is going to use it to write and illustrate his own series of children books with a style similar to tim burton’s. not for the kids, but because he likes to leave a trail of terror in whatever he does.

has been experimenting with himself since high school but college is where he really had started to crack down on himself. was out as pansexual & nonbinary by his sophomore year of college just … not to his parents, who don’t really need to know.

if you asked him if he believed in twins having a psychic connection with each other - he’d tell you he wouldn’t know. it felt believable at times, but sometimes he had no idea what was going on inside of tatiana’as head. on the other hand - viktor had always felt oddly transparent to her, like she knew all of his moves before he did. the only person who could predict him accurately.

( tw death, grief, overdose / hospitalization beyond this point )

when tatiana disappeared, viktor knew something was up. it was a twist in his gut, pure instinct that something wasn’t right. and it wasn’t right - and when she was proclaimed missing, they couldn’t find her.

and when tatiana died - viktor knew. it felt wrong, something cut so severely in him he could pinpoint her death to the second. he didn’t know how, or why, but he knew it. knew it before anybody else had.

afterwards he went on a sort of bender. he’d begun to struggle with a mild drug addiction late senior year of high school / early college, but he was managing it up until this point.

his mental health had also sunk to an all-time low, when it’d never been great to begin with. (manic & depressive episodes. once fixated on a sculpting project for six months and then knocked it off the table and destroyed it as soon as he finished it for no apparent reason.)

tatiana’s body wasn’t found immediately, and when it was … viktor went off the rails. ended up overdosing & being hospitalized. spent six months in & out of psychiatric care after that.

came back to yates to finish his senior year because … for the reasons above, he hadn’t been able to complete it. just wants to get his credits and get out of here.

is still dealing with a lot of trauma & grief - causes him to spiral and be unpredictable in regards of his mental health. he stopped taking his medication, so. :/ some days are alright, other days are pretty bad.

personality & facts.

the human embodiment of a gremlin that was fed after midnight. a goblin, if you will. one of those cats with a narrow head and really big ears … that’s them!

a big horror & halloween enthusiast. loves the old campy horror movies & probably has an abundance of masks from different movies. dresses like a grimy millennial beetlejuice more than they should because they just … love those black & white vertical-striped pants.

can appreciate the ~urban legends~ at yates and likes to feed into the fear that surrounds them. is probably the cause of a few ‘anomalies’ and ‘paranormal sightings’ because they’re just … a jerk.

fashion alternates between e-boy (they would be tiktok famous if they were 17 & didn’t think that a majorly minor based app was weird.), millennial beetlejuice, and goth in a crop top & sweatpants. big fan of crop tops and a big fan of sweatpants.

they can be really fucking mean? petty, aggressive, a major instigator. will literally spit in your face for little to no reason, you could just look at them the wrong way. the kind of person who will stick their gum into someone else’s hair. other than that? they’re like … sort of okay. they’re not always mean, just a dick about 90% of the time lmao

like okay yeah they’ll call someone a stinky bitch for no reason except they feel like it and believes it. it’s fine, they’re fine, we’re fine.

despite the fact that they’re probably getting into a fight whenever, considers themself to be a lover and not a fighter but that’a primarily because they fuck a lot. uses it as a coping mechanism, like they’re this big fancy carnival show that’s like ‘come one, come all! fuck the dead girl’s twin brother!’ and it’s … a lot. might have a problem with hypsersexuality but they’re not fully aware of it.

the preacher’s whore son, basically :)

pansexual & nonbinary, switches between he & they pronouns often and without a pattern, but they have such a fragile grip on their identity that you could call them ‘dog-faced bitch’ and they’d turn around like. sup.

vastly impulsive … like i said, they destroy their own creations for the fun of it. spends all their money on useless shit, will cheat on someone because they feel like it & likes the thrill, screams into the night sky frequently like a cat in heat.

will also spend months creating useless shit for no reason too. spent six of them sculpting a hollowed out tree the size of them & then took a sledgehammer to it.

they’re very super dramatic. would play the organ at church when nobody was looking after them and service was about to start. would just churn out these super haunting, creepy melodies like they were phantom of the opera. would do the same exact thing at home on their keyboard with the pipe organ setting whenever they got grounded until their parents took it away hbdsjfngkh

will absolutely not talk about their ‘time away’ because it’s not anyone’s business, not even their own younger sister. still refuses to talk about tatiana’s death, or their mental health, or their addiction (fallen back into it but it hasn’t gotten severe … yet :/), or anything involving their own emotions.

will just change the topic abruptly, no warning. asks about the jonas brothers instead and they fucking hate the jonas brothers.

that being said they’re absolutely not over tatiana’s death & it’s to the point of obsession over it. like there’s some kind of secret that needs to be uncovered, even though there just. isn’t. tatiana was their rock and they were pretty much dependent on her. kept them grounded. could control them when nobody else could, got into their head easier than others. it’s sort of like rosa lost two siblings that day because viktor hasn’t been the same since.

emotionally unavailable while also crying twice a day. cries during their brawls but still wins. is stony-faced when they tell you they cheated on you with your much hotter best friend.

will tell you straight up what they want from you, no bullshit & no beating around the bush. just blunt. if they want to fuck, nothing else, then that’s it. if they feel deviation or developing feelings then they’ll ghost in less than a second. is awful like that but feels no shame.

but also emotional as shit and it’s confusing. will cry on a whim and then flip you off if you try to console them or ask them what’s up. will bite you.

they go to therapy but they just fuck around and wastes their therapists’ time … also is fucking their therapist, but that’s neither here nor there. so they’re not really getting the help they need.

likes to be intimidating but not … with their body or anything because they’re a twig but uses their love & knowledge of horror and creepy shit to their advantage. has an abundance of fake blood. has channeled the energy of jack nicholson and used it on tatiana’s boyfriends before (also is a big fan of sfx makeup & has dabbled in it)

probably chases kids around with a chainsaw without the chain on halloween every year.

generally never doing good, both mental health wise & morally. would probably steal candy from a baby for funsies.

i don’t know if there’s a good to them somewhere deep down, but they don’t see any issues with themself either. nothing really breaks through to them anymore because the only person who ever made them stop and think about their actions was tatiana, and well, y’know. :/

an introverted reclusive type who doesn’t like most people or going out, but does so anyway if it means a quick high & a cheap thrill.

pretty observant and likes to analyze people even though they’re often like … partially wrong. judgmental because they like to make people feel bad, not because they’re a righteous mighty person. because they’re not. so like, a hypocrite!

wanted connections.

religious trauma? oh worm ;; three cheers fr <3 guilt <3 anyways uh. just people tht viktor hs known thru the church in some way even tho hes a fkn. freak now. maybe even family friends. 

the horror of our love :/ ;; hmm. any romance tht cld b toxic i think this cld fit. just rly a bad fit. viktor doesnt rly know hw to love so nothing rly lasts bt. maybe they try n try n nothing works bt they keep trying. cld also just be anything unrequited.

little fkn gremlins ;; theyre all evil n mean. bt theyre all friends. <3 

you are nothing ;; uuh. enemy plots. spicy enemies. rly bad enemies. rivals. they r brutal towards each other bcos nothing viktor does is ever soft.

fuck u dont pity me ;; uh. people who try to get close to viktor n he just. bites at them. he’s like no. bc he assumes ppl who r kind in response 2 his vileness r. theres smth wrong w them. n it might hv to do with pity. n he hates pity.

ugh. locals x ;; ppl who also grew up around preaker, vermont. the samuels r <3 well known folks n the uh. hm. the murder is an ongoing case. so they cld know abt it <3

dont tell anybody x ;; this is for soft plots. i dont know much about soft plots but. 

maybe i am part of the problem ;; the problem is chlamydiagate. this is a hook-ups connection. fwbs n one night stands. ppl viktor hs brutally ghosted. he doesnt acknowledge their existence outside of these events, perhaps. 

dont u just wna go apeshit ;; this is where viktor becomes a bad influence.

bt uh. anything. pelase

[pipsketches]

Now I feel bad cause I have been sending a lot of asks. But I wonder. Your OCs have stories, that much I can tell. But I haven't seen an antagonist on the evil spectrum. So... Which is their story as a whole? Do they have villains or monsters? Or they just have a slice of life based story? Nothing wrong with that but got curious. The only reference I have of what you're doing is the tale they're based on, and I have NOT read or hear the whole thing.

No one else is asking so it’s free real-estate! Lol. I also don’t mind.

I’m using Journey to the West pretty much the same way Dragonball did (ridiculously loosely and not meant as an actual adaption) so even if you did, it wouldn’t matter to much.

I definitely don’t have to many evil characters. I like having characters go against each other because of circumstance, misunderstandings, opposing views, or a character’s selfish desire.

The few I have are character’s based on Mythological characters

Yama who is more evil in the “We don’t interfere with mortals” type God characters. In mythology, and other media, he is portrayed both as super evil and just a guy with a job that stresses him out but he is doing his best. I want a middle ground between the two. He’s a death God and resides in Naraka (Buddhist/Hindu’s version of hell which works a little differently from western’s version) and is in charge of choosing who gets punished and who doesn’t so I totally get why he s portrayed that way. So my version is more of guy who makes shitty choices but isn’t trying to be malicious.

Lilith who I am tweaking she was mostly based the biblical Lilith but I want to add elements of Mara’s daughters to her character. Although all of them are evil and have the shtick of tempting people or just fucking them over. Which I am keeping her around for. I do like the element of also just being pissed about having her babies killed and being asked to submit to Adam but idk how that will work with Mara’s mythology.

Mara (who I haven’t spent to much time on tbh) is basically the embodiment of evil in the mythology and that’s what I’m probably gonna keep him as.

Lily is like a demon witch who takes elements from Kurukulla who isn’t evil all the way either. She is said to be an enchantress and is a witch who helps people but also smites or messes with people for no reason. Which I’m keeping for Lily she’s evil more in the “I’m immortal and bored why not make some mess every now and then?” kinda way. Her tiger is like her familiar so he’s evil by association I guess.

Amier’s dad is just evil just the most bigoted asshole. Amier’s brother is more in the internalized hate that then gets taken out on others type evil. With Amier himself his “evil” is more “I know what my family is doing is wrong but I’m scared of them” which debatable on how evil that is. He is secretly plotting their demise with his buddies tho so they’re more in the gray because they are staying complicit with actions in the name of biding their time. Arylide is the main plotter and in part is doing some of it for her own gain and is more comfortable with some of the messier shit that comes with it like backstabbing and murder so theirs that.

Zane & Akina are probably more traditional villains with being a duo that wants to bring out an evil entity and cause chaos. 

Tayori I think is more gray kinda just doing whatever is convenient for him and having everyone distrust him cuz he’ll do you dirty if he has to.

Mach and Rei are just dumb and make poor decisions which ends up with them being at each other’s throats and will probably have a Naruto/Sasuke Adora/Catra moment or two.

Sunny is also in the “will do shit out of self interest or misguidedness” camp but she is generally a good person

My saint is more lawful evil or ends justify the means type which puts her at odds with the a lot of characters but again debatable on the evil thing

This group is more antagonistic to each other. They’re squabbling royalty tho so that is not so great for their people. None of them are trying to destroy anything in particular just kind of gain power or fuck each other over for clout.

The last group is more honorable mention for the exception of “dragon monkey” (haven’t given him a name yet) he is straight up manipulative and conniving. 

Jampa being one of the characters that gets manipulated by him. He does bad shit out of misguidedness, selfishness, and just fuckboy shit.

Oshi also kinda gets manipulated by “dragon monkey” and does things out of misguided desires but he isn’t trying to hurt anyone necessarily.

Menaka and Sandy do/did stick around Oshi for some stuff but they themselves aren’t evil. Sandy is down for a good rebellion and petty theft though

That’s how I’ll leave it! Cuz this is already longer than I thought it was gonna be sorry lol