#prob bc they think that means their faves will get more screentime

[boasamishipper]

anyone who thinks bobby 'i became a firefighter because i didn't want to be behind a desk' nash is going to be the fire chief someday has not been paying attention

[yutamayo]

Do you mind if I ask your top 10 favorite characters (can be male or female) from all of the media that you loved (can be anime/manga, books, movies or tv series)? And why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before.....Thanks....

Oh shit!! No I have never been asked this (you're like my fifth ask ever) so I am very grateful for a chance to share!

Alright, so favorites? It'll probs be for a million diff reasons; the characters will have shaped me/my perspective on things in life bc I'm never a fan of things I don't find meaningful. But I want to make sure this list is based on the actual character and not just scenes/the media itself resonating with me. I chose these characters BC of who they are, their choices, their feelings...

Kaneki Ken

Hideyoshi Nagachika

Biaggio (The Kings of Summer)

Effy Stonem (Skins UK)

Samwise Gamgee the Brave (LOTR)

Armin Arlert

Arya Stark (GoT)

Light Yagami

Edward Elric

Hodaka Morishima (Weathering With You)

I don't think I can put it in any specific order bc I love them all for so many different ways, but here's my lil explanations...

Kaneki: Tokyo Ghoul was one of my first anime/manga, and will always hold a spot in my heart for that reason. Kaneki I love specifically bc of his character development. I'll say it now and I will say it again: character development is one of the biggest things for me. I want to be able to look at a character on the first episode and then at the finale of the show and I want to see two completely different people. That's what we got with Kaneki, but also him as a person; I personally connect with his reserved life and his complications around being a good person vs living for yourself and whatnot. We also will never get tired of a psychological break + white hair I mean, c'mon. The anime did the manga dirty 100% so if you're reading this and thinking Kaneki is shit I really do reccomend the manga; it truly shows the depth of his kindness, his trauma and his strength. Love that for him.

Hide: Fucking ray of sunshine sunflower boy my love. Anyways, I will always appreciate a subtly hyper-aware character. His nonchalance and lightheartedness wasn't a show or anything, but it was intentionally to relax the mood of the people around him all the while taking specific note of the things happening/his surroundings. Plus his dedication to the person he loves; I enjoyed that it wasn't an obvious and intense depiction (although it sucked he got so little screentime) but I do think he's intentionally shown to be someone who doesn't need to make a show of their love or dedication. Hide was in it till the end, and he didn't ever stop to get acknowledgment for that. He didn't need to BC that's just who he was and I love him for that.

Biaggio: The Kings of Summer (2013) is a movie that I grew up rewatching, it's amazing and reccomend it 1000% but my fave character is literally the side character (not the protagonist or even the second main character he's genuinely just there.) He is magnificent. This is partly a comedy movie and Biaggio is one of my favorite versions of comedy, the kind where he is clueless and absolutely on the spectrum, so fucking wholesome deadass funny and badass (I don't want to give spoilers but mans went head to head with a rattlesnake for a friend) and he's even more important to me BC my best friend and I had a special saying from the movie that we used for like personal and meaningful reference. Even going to get the line tattooed on my thigh. "Biaggio's right here." Yes. I'm getting that tattooed. And ik I'm not supposed to hype the media just the character but this movie also has one of my favorite lines in the world that I also want to figure into a tattoo. "I have no idea where he's getting the chives." (Yes, they're talking about Biaggio).

Effy: Skins UK is also one of the shows of my youth. Effy Stonem... When I first watched it she was everything I wanted to be, which, if you know Skins is a real fucking problem. My love for her used to be kinda toxic but my mental health at the time when I zeroed in on her as a character wasn't great. That being said, she probably means more to me BC of that. Her personally; her aesthetic and the way she really did not give a shit about things, but also the way it was obvious she wanted people to know she didn't give a shit, the way she sometimes cracked and asked for help, I loved the way she looked like she was unbreakable even while looking like a fucking mess. Then she turned out to be mentally ill and I resonated even more but not in a good way. I thought ab her over the years on and off, she was also smthn that fueled my ED so when things were bad my headspace was around there. Then the final season she was still a mess, but she was an adult and she was getting her shit done and making the most of her days. I started taking inspiration from that Effy. Got some character development of my own :)

Sam: Lord of the rings is smthn I grew up on (am I gonna repeat this every time...) my fam would watch the 12hr extended edition every Christmas. My main man is Samwise the fucking Brave. This man dedicated his heart and soul to his best friend. He was a dimensional character it wasn't just plain devotion; he saw the potential in frodo when he didn't himself and Sam just reminds me of support systems in general. Also my relationship with my own best friend. I'll never forget the way he cried, the way his heart was in it for a friend. He was strong yet he thought so little of himself. He's someone I can reference when I think of the fact that there are a billion different ways to be strong. And an infinite amount of ways to show love. I'm grateful for that.

Armin: Armin was my fave AOT character from the jump and still is. I saw his potential the moment those babyblues crouched over that mf book and that dumbass bowl cut hovered over the pages. I love him. He's smart, will go all the way for his friends, even if it's detrimental to himself. He grew up, well, is still growing up, and he's pretty much been forced to become confident in himself BC he's aware there's too much on the line not to be. I enjoyed that Armin as a person had those powerful qualities from the start, I enjoyed even more having them knocked out of him and put to use like cracking open an acorn shell.

Also just fucking baby non-binary twink whore baby

Arya: Arya. ARYA. I binged all of Game of Thrones like last year, I was never into the show when it was airing it was just kinda a thing. I tried reading the first book and enjoyed it but decided I just wanted to watch. So, when I start this shit, even when reading I fuckin loved Arya. Tomboy badass who won't take no for an answer and won't say yes if she doesn't mean it. The fact that from the begginging she was my fave, this little girl with trauma and determination (we seeing a trend here?) I will always appreciate that they made her wholeheartedly devoted to her revenge. No half-measures, no room for what everyone thinks should come with revenge; dissatisfaction. She was oh so very satisfied. I love characters that aren't good or bad, just people that believe in their reasons enough to devote themselves to them. And then of all fucking things, the goddamn finale she is the one who saves the world?! My girl, who I knew from the moment she appeared would do great things... Saved everybody's ass. So her.

Light: Okay now death note was actually like the second anime I ever watched and in those days (a decade or so ago) it was even more team L or team Light that it is now, it had it's own fucking Edward/Jacob twilight energy. Anyways I dedicated myself to team Light BC I rationalized his side in the begginging. The best part ab rewatching a show is seeing things in new light. At first he was badass and smart, next watch I realized he was pissboy. Even so, I fucking love him. I love that he's crazy and evil and delusional and has a god complex the size of the fucking Library of Alexandria. I like bad people, I do. I wouldn't irl but I find fictional media is a beautiful way to appreciate the ideal of things rather than the implications of them. So yes, Light lowered the goddamn crime rate and he had a great thing going. I wanna be Misa so bad, they'd have ruled the fucking world, if it weren't for L and those meddling kids.

Edward: Ed, my love. So FMAB was my first ever ever ever anime and my eternal genuine favorite. Edward, aside from the immense familial dedication and love, just really made me smile. I liked seeing his abrasiveness holding hands with his kindness. He made me personally invested in him too?? Idk why there's one scene where he saves/does something but ends up with a metal pole through his side under some rubble and yeah they get him out and it's fine but they didn't really acknowledge it and idk I remember constantly wondering why they didn't acknowledge how far Ed just went or how far he fucking goes to help people. I also love the mecha limbs aesthetic. Can't say no to that cyborg energy.

Hodaka: Weathering With You (2019) is probs my fave anime movie if I really think about it. Hodaka, I truly love BC his actions showed the purity of wanting someone you love to be safe by your side. He took notice of things that were beautiful, like in the way he was in awe of a home cooked meal. He wasn't afraid to yell or cry or push himself to the limit, if it meant protecting the people he loved. I liked that he's a "kid" but the whole time shows his maturity BC all these heavy things were thrown his way. He's dumb sometimes, whiny and essentially unrealistic.

Unrealistic. That's what you say when you've lost the determination to hope. To know and to try anyways. He never lost those things, and we could all take a lesson from him on that one.

~

So there's my silly little (Jesus it's so long) list of the silly little loves of my life. I know I'm gonna end up remembering someone at some point and wishing I had put them here but that's just the dumb bitch juice I had with breakfast talking.

Hope you enjoyed!! Y'all feel free to drop your faves and reasons in the replies!! Inbox always always open, and thank you so fucking much for sending this my way!! ❤️❤️❤️

[cinematicnomad]

I agree with your critiques on ST4. I'm so torn with my feelings on Steve rn because on the one hand, I want him to live and to have him around because he's my fave and I probs wouldn't watch the show without him, so it's at least nice to know there could be some great content for him to look forward to with S5!

On the other hand...the way he was written in Vol 2., with 90% of his screentime being Nancy pining was disappointing. I'm not even against Stancy (I actually see good potential with them), but the fact that Steve's relationships with Robin and (especially) Dustin were largely ignored so there could be more moments between him and Nancy kinda sucked. I'm seeing some people say that Steve wanting to get back with her is killing his character arc. I don't agree with that--and I don't think you can really claim 'character assassination' until you see how his character ends in the show--however, if reducing his motivations/focus mostly to Nancy is where they're going to continue to go in S5, then yes, I feel like they should have killed him this season. To your points, it would have raised the stakes and let people know that no one--not even a fan favorite--is safe, and it would have delivered a major emotional blow to several characters (and the audience) to lose Steve. They may still kill him off in S5, which I would be okay with IF done properly. That's my last hedge on the idea that they should have killed him off this season. I hope the Duffers would be smart enough not to do this but... had they treated Steve's death the way they treated Eddie's. I can't imagine how angry and disappointed I would be. They can kill Steve, but they need to do it in a way that does justice to the character and acknowledges the loss it would be for the other characters and the audience.

i think killing steve would have really risen the stakes and propelled the story into s5 with the confirmation that no one's safe, not even a fan favorite. but i'm not surprised they didn't do it, and the fact that he's still around means i'm still gonna end up watching s5 just to see what happens with him, so...i guess they know their audience if nothing else.

i kind of get what they were getting at with bringing back the steve/nancy of it all? i'm not like...Actively Against the ship, but i was never super into it bc it was clearly doomed from the start since jonathan was v clearly the end goal for her in s1. i don't think it's killing his character arc for him to want to get back with her—his arc had nothing to do with growing away from nancy or falling out of love with her. if anything, steve's character growth comes explicitly from him wanting to be BETTER for nancy (in s1 he went to the byers to apologize to jonathan without knowing nancy would be there bc he knew it was the right thing to do, and once he realized they were in danger he ran BACK into the house with his bat. in s2, he ends up in the role of the babysitter bc he was trying to go apologize to nancy for their fight and then decided that it was the right thing to do to help dustin, his girlfriends little brothers friend, etc etc).

i'm not surprised that steve still has feelings for nancy, and i'm not even surprised that nancy still has complicated, lingering attraction for steve, but i guess i AM surprised that they made it such a focus of s4? and i guess i'm surprised that they've tee'd it up to continue into s5, ESPECIALLY since there's apparently going to be a time jump so like...potentially steve is just going to be pining for nancy for years?? and that just seems. depressing, honestly. i want him to move on and find someone who puts him first and doesn't consider him second best or their back-up option. i just don't think we've ever really seen anything to make it seem like nancy values steve as himself—to me it always seems more as though she values how he makes her feel? how his interest in her reflects back on her? in s1 it seems clear that like, it was her first high school relationship and yes, she liked him, but also she liked that it was Steve The Popular Kid who liked HER and the power/confidence that gave her. and then in s4 it really does feel like she's struggling in her long distance relationship with jonathan, and steve is just. there. easy to boost her confidence. like yes, she appreciates how he's matured and grown, but also it feels much more like a comfort thing than a genuine affection, if that makes sense.

my main issue with the steve/nancy of s4 is basically what you said—it felt like a lot of the meat of steve's story in volume 2 became centered around his feelings for nancy. which i would kind of be okay with if not for the fact that??? dustin's out there experiencing serious trauma and we didn't get even a moment of steve acknowledging eddie's death or how that impacted dustin. i feel like the season ending would have been SO MUCH stronger if we'd gotten to see steve/nancy/robin find dustin with eddie's body and given the audience the chance to see how steve handled it, how he helped dustin, etc. it's frankly bizarre that nobody but dustin (and eddie's uncle) acknowledged his death.

[cavaliant]

Another Munday Prompt

Remember to repost, not reblog!

Name: Dusk. I used to go by Tree in the pkmn fandom.

Preferred pronouns: they/them

Selectivity: Not much. I do like to read at least a few IC posts to get a feel for people's writing style/character before following tho, so I'm more hesitant to follow blogs that haven't done any IC posts yet.

Favorite animal: dogs, cats, birds, also had a liking for falcons in particular bc of some books I read when I was younger (My Side of the Mountain series)

Favorite muse you’ve had so far ever: well atm Rein for sure lol. Each muse was fun in its own time I guess.

Muse you kinda wanna pick up: I guess I could make some OCs/Mabinogi charas Summoner(s)/FE verses but ??? I also considered picking up some F-Zero GP Legend muses bc that anime doesn't get enough love...I'd have to give them FE verses but tbh bring it on (ง'̀-'��)ง

Most identifiable fictional character: I see facets of myself in many of my fave charas...

What color your aura is/think it is: green?

Personality stuff you agree with (astrology, mbti, Hogwarts house, etc be as specific as you want!): INFP, Hufflepuff, Enneagram 4w5

Do you think you’re a good driver: Listen I just got my G1 at age 23 and I haven’t even been to driving school yet for my G2 do you think I’ve ever driven a car in my life

Favorite minor discourse: ??? what

Favorite vine and/or meme: so many...then perish, this is so sad play despacito, foolish, OMAE WA MOU SHINDEIRU, and more...also, every single Reinhardt meme ever. I love that shit.

Why did you choose this muse: SOMEONE (cough nonpareiltactician cough) had a bribe pool going for a Rein RPer to appear and about a month later I finally stopped waffling about getting back into RP in a new fandom and fucking did it B)

Ok in all seriousness I love Reinhardt more than anyone in the entire series, at first I just liked him bc useful in heroes + memes but as I learned more about him I just...fell in love I guess? He's a flawed character, an older brother, a protector, and I guess I wanted to explore the motivations behind the kind of loyalty and the kind of failure to act we see in the game, with what little we can distinguish of his character in the few scenes he gets. It's kinda the same way I fell in love with Captain Falcon (both the game and anime ones tho obvs he gets more screentime lol) so I uh...think I might have a type re: protective boys lol...

Favorite rp memory: that time seliph prodded rein into going all ‘hewwo uwu’ on people’s asses. or the more recent time when olwen was freaking out about her bro acquiring children >:3c

Favorite thing you’ve written, in rp or not: It's old now but this perfectworld fic is prob my fave fic I've ever written in terms of literary style, even if it doesn’t have as many hits/kudos as some of my trashier shipfic that I don’t like anymore lol... for more current shit prob one of my GP Legend fics bc no one writes for it OTL. For RP, I like these ficlets for Rein bc I will never tire of writing about his dependency/inadequacy issues :)

A line/lyrics/quote/etc you like or that means a lot to you: Literally anything Bastille sings as you can probably tell from my blog tags lol

Give a shout-out to someone: i dont wanna bug people by tagging them so i will just give an s/o here to nonpareiltactician for being the instigator of my descent into hell and clericallis for being swag *sunglasses emoji*

Tagged by: I stole this off clericallis :3c

Tagging: feel free to steal~

[nimmieameetree]

i'm just going to send you the same web series back: unups, tgtr, nmtd, 12gw

STRAP IN KIDS

unups

my all-time ultimate fave character: frick i do. not. know. i love all the women???? (Erica has a special place in my heart bc she’s jewish and good and makes stupid jokes + she’s autistic and nonbinary I dont make the FREAKIN RULES)

a character I didn’t used to like but now do: Senna, mostly cos she attacked Gemma when she first showed up but damn if she hasn’t been added to the autistic forever girl list i love her

a character I used to like but now don’t: no one, really. Everyone set up to be good is good so far

a character I’m indifferent about: Alistair probably. The thing is this is Parafable we are talking about (and his actor is nb), and I’m pretty sure he’s going to get some redemption stuff later on but rn i am hmmm. Also Mrs Grey who i’m mainly just sus of.

a character who deserved better: i was gonna say senna but she ended up getting crowned leader lmao. Probably gem but just bc we didn’t get enough time after the Big Climactic Scenes

a ship I’ve never been able to get into: zero all the canon/hinted at ships are good ones and i’m into them

a ship I’ve never been able to get over: gemathaaaaaaa (also briar rose is like the most Iconic lesbian pining shit i’ve ever seen tbh)

a cute, low-key ship: jake/wally (bc wally/daphne is not lowkey, it’s beautiful and highkey and i love it)

an unpopular ship but I still enjoyed it: ? Megan/anyone lmao she’s a gay i’ve already decided

a ship that was totally wrong and never should have happened: early on ppl were talking alistair/agatha and some part of me feels like if she hadn’t been gay/the fandom had been bigger ppl might still be (no tea no shade to those who assumed, y’all’d been trained into it by lesser shows)

my favourite storyline/moment: … when those girls held hands and saved the world/any time wally and agatha had a Good Sibling Moment

a storyline that never should have been written: none i mean things made me sad (daphne’s ex being shitty) but like… they were supposed to and not in a malicious way.

my first thoughts on the show: im hype for this angry girl

my thoughts now: IM HYPE FOR ALL THESE GIRLS (and these two soft boys) (and this nerdy nonbinary) give me M O R E

The Grey Tarmac Road

my all-time ultimate fave character: Nimmie Tree, oft mentioned autistic princess of my heart (can you believe we have a canon autistic woman of colour in this the year of our lord 2017 and she’s treated well by the narrative???)

a character I didn’t used to like but now do: Ozma although I lowkey liked her from the start because coded lesbian characters have ruined attractive female villains for me forever Also like, Trudy’s mum? Can you believe she got character development even tho she was never even freakin on screen what the heck.

a character I used to like but now don’t: i don’t think there’s anyone. The wizard’s not very good at being an adult but i didn’t start off liking him so

a character I’m indifferent about: don’t think anyone fits here

a character who deserved better: They were all treated well but Nimmie’s backstory is so rough and I’m glad baby girl gets a happy ever after

a ship I’ve never been able to get into: zero

a ship I’ve never been able to get over: trudy/nimmie what a goooood

a cute, low-key ship: omar/adam

an unpopular ship but I still enjoyed it: boqemma are great and good. coreone are cute as. Also like I don’t Ship It i guess but it’s good that lin and leone happened? yknow?

a ship that was totally wrong and never should have happened: shrug

my favourite storyline/moment: … The entirety of Trudy’s stay at west was really well done, and the arguments in the show were really good. AND EVERY TIME NIMMIE AND OMAR HAD A GOOD SIBLING MOMENT. Also Leone’s reunion with gideon dang!!

a storyline that never should have been written: Zero I kinda wish there’d been more on the mental health stuff, like saying on camera what cyrus was diagnosed with etc

my first thoughts: ok i will watch this thing ingrid made it seems nice

my thoughts now: this show… owns me and will forever…….

NMTD

my all-time ultimate fave character: Meg or Ursula probs

a character I didn’t used to like but now do: nobody

a character I used to like but now don’t: yeesh balthazar (my hc version is still alright but damn)

a character I’m indifferent about: peter/dro

a character who deserved better: meg and ursula

a ship I’ve never been able to get into: bea/peter/benedick and a lotta the m/f ships

a ship I’ve never been able to get over: bea/meg (meg/any woman tbh)

a cute, low-key ship: hersula

an unpopular ship but I still enjoyed it: cora/any woman

a ship that was totally wrong and never should have happened: hero/john why did it exist why

my favourite storyline/moment: the sleepover, and meg hitting robbie in the face

a storyline that never should have been written: bleerrgh or whatever it was called.

my first thoughts: ooh another one and about teenagers and they swear nice

my thoughts now: hell is empty and all the devils are here (it was a nice bit of popcorn telly but im glad to be rid of a lot of it)

12gw

my all-time ultimate fave character: HMMMMM I WONDER tammi belcik, liv close second

a character I didn’t used to like but now do: vic, curt and drew, started as them problematic boyos

a character I used to like but now don’t: shrug

a character I’m indifferent about: anthony? i mean like, he’s fine.

a character who deserved better: tammi? no im kidding she got the right amount of screentime but consider: i love her.

a ship I’ve never been able to get into: anthoren and all that other business

a ship I’ve never been able to get over: liviola, tammaria

a cute, low-key ship: oren/drew, viccurt

an unpopular ship but I still enjoyed it: 

a ship that was totally wrong and never should have happened: shrug

my favourite storyline/moment: everything liv ever did ever esp comparing the first and last episodes i love her and tammi in sunglasses

a storyline that never should have been written: none like fuck the malcolm in the dark scene was upsetting but idk how you’d do that like, better.

my first thoughts: oooooh the person who did laii is doing a thing based on 12th night, something with an almost canon trans character in…….

my thoughts now: my good show, my safe haven, creator of my forever girl tammi belcik, god bless.