#proper evil villains fr

[edsheerankinnie]

!! JJK SPOILER !!

[y-rhywbeth2]

FR legal nonsense continues to turn in my brain, so I'm still musing over Astarion's legal career. It would be interesting to learn about Astarion's pre-Cazador life, because it sounds like I would kill him with my bare hands - do tell me about your days as an Ace Attorney villain, Saer Ancunín.

I don't think he's ever been "innocent" or good, although I also think he would disagree. What little we see of his law career suggests to me that he had his own strong ideas of right and wrong; he scoffed at mercy and softness, and believed that wrong should be punished hard. Possibly lethally. To "discourage the next vagrant". Obviously, there are "good people" and "bad people", and some individuals (including entire cultures) are in the latter category.

(I'm aware of the original early concept thing where he was selling people to vampires, but I'm working on the assumption that got dropped and no longer applies.)

Considering that Astarion still voices some of these opinions 200 years later, even if he's now decided all laws and morals are bullshit (bad things are wrong only when they happen to him now), and he carries them into his endings... It's interesting to me that once he's fully free of Cazador and has had time to sort his mind out, the former hanging judge starts bounty hunting and eating criminals. (I'm not passing judgement on that, I just find the link interesting) Ascended Astarion would be an absolute nightmare to work with; carrying that black-and-white draconian approach to punishment with everything Cazador's taught him about the art of abusing people...

He was most likely still a fun-loving little gremlin back then, but he also had one hell of a lawful evil/neutral mindset. He might've been - and quite possibly was - corrupt and open to bribes and such, but at the very least he seems to have had "standards", and I get the impression he felt he had a duty to see that "proper" society was safeguarded from what he and his friends considered the "wrong sorts".

Plus his being a terrible person, then becoming a victim and becoming a different flavour of terrible person (who still doesn't "deserve" abuse) makes him more appealing to me as a character.

I'd love to put his brain in a jar and shake it.

[aerticent]

Something that irks me bad is how in sm aus where the central idea is just "Maven receives help" Mare HAS to be present like it's partially her responsibility to ensure he receives proper care. I remember a long time ago I saw one of these aus (I don't remember where soz💔) where Cal is deadass like "hope she can get comfortable around him and stop being so fidgety😞💔" like he wasn't her literal ABUSER. If we're being totally fr I would be willing to bet that if Cal approached Mare and told her "I'm going to personally ensure that Maven receives proper help and I'm also going to act as his primary caregiver" Mare would most likely leave! I'm not saying she would hate or villainize Cal, I think she'd be understanding as to why Cal is doing that, but I doubt she would want to be involved. And she's not evil or wrong for that, this idea that she needs to be personally involved with her ABUSERS recovery is batshit and y'all are WEIRD

In general this idea that Mare was wrong or acting irrationally for her very understandable hatred for Maven is insane. He abused her, it doesn't matter why or what led him to doing it, he abused her and she has literally every right to hate him and want him gone.

[dizzified]

Siara, The Goddess of Life and Death!

Her real name is Siarendell Amoralis, but she ended up shortening her name down to Siara due to hating her full name.

In her mortal life, she was formerly apart of a cult worshipping The Goddess of Infamy, Karone, or rather, she was born into it.

Her parents, Sialine Amoralis, and Daintus Amoralis, were seen as figureheads within the cult along with her aunt, Glory Muse and her uncle, Valor Muse.

Spent her short lifespan pressured to be perfect and flawless because she wasn't born correctly.

Looks nothing like anyone in her family.

Literally looks adopted.

Was passionate about violin playing but was forced to quit due to her mother believing it was a useless skill.

Ultimately died after being impaled with a stake through the skull and being dismembered.

Her aunt and uncle were paid to kill her due to her parents believing she could never amount to anything and would forever fail to meet their expectations.

Never got a proper burial, ended up being sacrificed and having her body burnt to ashes.

Literally was forced into godhood.

Didn't really have a choice.

Amelia became her mother figure.

Ended up snapping due to the pressure of her job.

Nearly murdered Amelia and stormed off to become emo.

Had a goofy ahh villain ark.

Was a certified hater.

Which was kind of valid, after nearly being murdered.

Torture intensifies.

Built her own sanctuary to isolate herself but literally just ended up drowning in her own anger.

Evil antics.

Casualties happened.

Ultimately got the shit beat out of her.

Nearly died again.

Finally got a redemption ark.

Normal person moment fr.

Not really.

Has nightmares about the trauma she faced dealing with her mother as a child.

Siara is an extremely guilty person.

Self-loathing.

Overworks herself constantly and blames herself for things that aren't even her fault.

Cries herself to sleep at night.

On the bright side.

She actually has a very goofy personality.

Queen of stupid puns.

Can and will be silly.

Currently going through every stage of self-hatred known to man.

Crying screaming and throwing up.

Mentally unwell.

Still tries to help people despite this.

Is failing.

[loveydive]

okay thoughts on stone ocean

i just wanna say that i feel like im in a unique position reading this since some common complaints abt opinions of stone ocean being negative is that ppl rushed thru it to get to sbr too quickly. which just does not apply to me bc i read sbr and jjl first before reading stone ocean teehee x so ya

likes

I LOVE JOLYNE SO MUCH THIS CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED. I LOVE. HER. SO. MUCH. THERE IS NOT ONE THING THAT I DONT LIKE ABT HER I LOVEHER SO MUCH. I LOVE HER DUMBASSNESS, I LOVE HER RECKLESS BEHAVIOUR TO SAVE HER FRIENDS THAT IS TYPICAL FOR A SHOUNEN PROTAGONIST BUT NEVER SHOWN THRU A FEMALE SHOUNEN PROTAG I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE HER. i love her development. i love her. and shes liKE GENUINELY SMART IN BATTLES AS WELL. AND NOT LIKE GIORNO WHO HAS A WIKIPEDIA EMBEDDED IN HIS FRONT CORTAL OR SMTH. BUT LIKE PROPER BATTLE SMART THAT MAKES YOU GO OKAY I DID NOT THINK OF THAT. i love her flaws. i love how she has daddy issues and is complex abt loving her dad or not. i love that she loves her mum. love love love.

fights dont feel like villain of the week format. progresses nicely and logically imo. overall, there were some fights that just seemed to drag foreverrrr, but only 1 or 2 that i outright hated (unlike jjl lmao). fave arcs were white snake: pursuer, ff intro, bohemian rhapsody, heavy weather, c-moon, made in heaven just off top of head

versus was esp interesting as a minor villain. i felt his motivations were justified and it made him interesting. i esp liked the little tension btwn him and pucci and wish it had been expanded more.

perhaps unpopular opinion but i actually liked pucci as a villain. lots of ppl say that hes just another part 3 villain but More. and hes just a lamer version of dio which i just disagree with. i felt that his back story lended a lot to making him his own person, with dio being a mentor and kind of like the like shaping for why he believes what he does when he was dealing with his grief and guilt. like his backstory in particular i loved. the idea of coincidences, fate, tragedy. he obviously frequently questions it when we read his backstory (why did those two have to meet? why did the lady tell him about switching the babies? why did her baby die?) its like a series of events that all reached to a peak with the tragedy of his sister's death and weather's lynching. and AH im going crazy. and ofc he feels guilty over his but at the same time, he wonders why it all happened. because of fate? why was it fate for his sister to die? and he just feels powerlessness over this. CUHRAZYY. and how his stand abilities manifest in direct response to losing his sister?? LOVE THAT. oh my godddd and his relationship with weather and that quote 'you're the ultimate image of evil, but you dont realize that you're evil. this is what makes you the worst kind of evil.' SCREAM. ANW THATS HOW I INTERPRETTED HIM AND I LIKE HIM. TOP 3 JOJO VILLAINS EASY.

i REALLY REALLY liked weather report's backstory and relationship to pucci. LIKE THE DRAMA OF IT ALL. THROUGHOUT READING IT I WAS LIKE GIRLLLL WHY ARE YOU DOING THATTTT. IT FELT LIKE READING A TRAGEDY YK? LIKE SHAKESPEARE. LITERALLY SHAKESPEARE. romeo and juliet but incestuous (rip). even has themes of senseless hatred!!! (side not i cannot believe araki actually put the kkk in there and also weather being a BLACK MAN I WAS LIKE WAIT ARE WE DOING THIS FR?). anw really liked it. made pucci feel wayy more human and made the stakes feel more personal

i liked the character designs just in general. and even tho annasui looks like a diavolo ripoff, i think hes looks very pretty. found myself looking at him sometimes even if i dont rlly like him dgsauids

aside from jolyne, i feel like i REALLY liked f.f. perhaps a tad more than hermes. ff was so bubbly and unique to the story. she was absolutely hilarious and i wish she hadnt died so early in the story but i feel like araki just didnt know what to do with her anymore esp since she didnt have a stand.

i generally overall like the characters individually. they are all interesting to look at/ have interesting personalities, motivations and stands etc etc

i like the little exploration of jotaros weakness being his own daughter buttttt - will explain more in dislikes

dislikes

(dragon dreams arc) kenzo fight is bs - hate fights that are basically just like. im winning… just just bc i am!!! liek you could explain this whole new concept to me that describes how hes winning but if its just some astrology bs that essentially says ‘just bc’ then im calling bs. this fight is bs.

jailhouse rock was. hm. it was an interesting stand in CONCEPT. but execution was like not fun to read at all imo.

im gonna be honest. like compared to the other jojo gangs, this part felt the least like they were friends. EVEN COMPARED TO PART 5 - whose relationships i thought were like eh (prolly cause we’re watching it from giorno pov and giorno has only known them for like. a week LMAO) ANW i think its bc so many times, the gang had to split up to like fight. and i dont think there was a single fight where all of them just like fought tgt. it was always in pairs and one or so was always out of commission. like mannnn. like jolynes individual relationship with each of them was good. but the trio of girls only really felt like real friends and that doesnt last long since hermes gets put out of commission after her revenge and ff dies shortly after like WTF sadface. so like when weather dies and hermes is crying. im like girl why are you crying did you even interact with him 😭 AND i feel like the fact that the gang arent really friends makes itself REALLY obvious when in the c-moon arc. hermes gets hit and knocked away from everyone and. everybody just kinda. continues without her anw??? like THINK ABOUT IT WOULD ANY OTHER JOJO GANG LET THAT HAPPEN IN THE OTHER PARTS?? THEY JUST LEAVE HER?? HUH??

maybe im eheh, more boring, but i prefer my um stories to be a bit more grounded (says the girl reading literal jojo). but yeah the story in general was like super okay good. but the ending battle hm. was a bit too lets say. out there for me teehee. like guess im not a big fan of like space and all that and alternate realities on a grander scale. it was just like a LOT.

moving onto the most controversial thing i think. the ending. a lot of ppl hate it. some ppl love it. imo i had stronger (negative) feelings with the jojolion ending. the stone ocean ending was. eh. like i didnt vehemently hate it, nor did i love it persay. i felt that it was indeed a bit rushed. like araki was like oh shit! i need to end this in the next few chapters and did that dhasuiodasd. like the gang died so quickly i didnt even realise that they actually died i was like no way right.

ANW BACK TO THEMES OF THE ENDING. i wish it was more. like. if youre gonna rewrite the entire universe, at least have it mean something yk? bc even though the ending was technically happy, very happy. i dont think there was a justifiable reason for it i think? like it could have just as easily been an unhappy ending and i get how ppl are like its symbolism!! the joestars dont have to fight evil anymore and its meaningful bc an outsider ended it. (side note, i do think this story was a better way to start off the way jjl started ‘this is a story about breaking a curse’ can you imagine that at the start of stone ocean? ooo goosebumps) but anw, imo i just do not feel that it was set up properly or justified. emporio did not deserve to be the last one standing imo, there just wasnt enough reason or set up for him to be. the use of weather’s stand was satisfying but not the fact that is was emporio. i wish it had been jolyne i think idkk

like even tho it technically is a happier ending for the gang, it doesnt feel deserved in my opinion. like not bc theyre bad ppl and they dont deserve it or that they didnt work hard, like i LOVE THE CHARACTERS. but. hm. it doesnt make sense thematically is what im saying. the characters dont meaningfully engage with puccis notion that he should create a universe where everyone knows their fate and is happy. they kinda are just like. oh hes killed ppl and is evil so therefore, we must stop him!! and im just rlly? like dont you wanna hear him out a bit GDIASUDHASD but yeah i just feel like weather had stronger motivations in this regard. the gang just dont have really strong reasons to fight pucci. including jolyne who already got her father’s disc back

SPEAKING OF WHICH, UM. CAN WE HAVE MORE PAYOFF FOR JOTARO COMING BACK TO LIFE PWEEAASSEEE. like he comes back and its pretty badass ngl but i want MORE btwn him and jolyne. like how abt an apology old man? why does ANNASUI AND JOTARO TALK MORE THAN JOTARO AND HIS OWN DAUGHTER IM GONNA KILL MYSELFFFF like he tells jolyne that shes grown (which, sweet) but can he PLEASE JUTS SAY THAT HES PROUD OF HER OR SMTH?? PLEASE? YOURE JUST STATING A FACT THATS SHES GROWN HDUIASDHASD OLD MAN SAY SMTH MORE USEFUL IM GONNA BASH YOUR HEAD INNN. IF JOLYNE FORGIVES HIM SHE IS DOING ALL THE FUCKING LEGWORK HERE

THAT BEING SAID. even tho jolyne is meant to be the PROTAGONIST of this part, her role in the final final battle is HEAVILY DIMINISHED. AND IM LIKE HUH. LIKE THIS IS THE PART WHERE WE GET A FEMALE JOJO AND THE THREE MVPS IN THE END TURN OUT TO BE THE GUYS LIKE 😐 OKAY. at least in the other parts, their respective jojos actually FEEL like the protag. jonathan kills dio, joseph kills kars, jotaro kills dio, josuke heavily has a whole badass fight with kira, giorno oneshots diavolo, and jolyne... what DOES SHE DO IN THE FINAL FIGHT AGAIN? 😭 like annasui has diverdown and stuff, jotaro stops time which stops pucci a fair bit, and emporio literally kILLS pucci. EVEN THE STAND USED TO KILL PUCCI WAS WAETHERS LIKEEE PUHLEASEE. and im reading this and itS LIKE SORRY WASNT JOLYNE THE PROTAGONIST? literally after the c-moon arc, i cant really recall like anything SIGNIFICANT that she does despite having just read it yesterday. and it makes me sad bc um. i rlly like her

overall - 6/10 - top 3 protag and antag. the concepts are THERE but the execution was off. definitely more experimental but thematically, it just wasnt satisfying.

[300iqprower]

I want to preface this with I'm not a Jalter fan. With that being said I find it the weirdest that the fgo fandom considers Jalter the epitome of fgo waifu's because edgy goth tsun gf. Fr though, how tf do so many people think Jalter is the ideal gf. I've met women with the kind of personality Jalter has irl and after meeting them I make it a point to avoid them in the future. That kind of personality is not ideal for a relationship.

I'll preface with the fact I'm a massive Jalter fan and I'll tell you I 100% agree.

like, part of it is certainly the fact that a fictional waifu isn't actually reflective of one's specific tastes in personality. It might be in aesthetic but not in personality because there's a massive caveat in that being fictional means you get to assume that in spite of every possible flaw the relationship will completely work out and be fulfilling. I mean that's usually the entire reason people will waifu-husbando villains.

But even that aside the worst thing about Jalter is how fan flanderization has impact her character in canon as anyone who likes the original version of her (that thank christ Turas Realta kept) can pretty much tell you. Berserker Jatler is a fantastic character in part because she finds a way to compromise the two and make a new, differently meaningful character out of it by showing us who Jalter would be if that agony finally settled as someone who despite being freed of their suffering now believes they're too unlovable to deserve freedom from their suffering.

.....which makes it all the more bullshit they just cranked Jalter proper's emo up to 11 and made her even more of a sweary tsun than Berserker Jalter. In that repost I still cannot fcking believe Enecoo themselves reblogged I pretty much laid it out: I'm all for fun times tsun jalter in events but in canon I don't want that. I want the Shakespearean tragedy of a character who is born of hatred that is justified but unsustainable, suffering not because of their own evil but because of the cruel injustices humanity perpetuated.

Sad thing is I wish I could say it was that most of her fans feel that way and just dont know how to convey that kind of love for a character beyond waifu-ing them, but I would 100% believe there's just a ton of people who really like the idea of already massive waifu Jeanne having an emo version and nothing beyond that...

[phoebehalliwell]

how would you rank the seasons from least to most favourite?

alright okay right off the bat worst season season 7. for starters i think this season has no staying power i mean like since i’ve been running this blog 4 so long now my knowledge of charmed is encyclopedic and insanely vast more than like it ever need be but for the longest time. i could not remember season 7. like wtf even happened there?? evidently leo became human??? cole returned? the avatars??? like all of it was just. it’s not even necessarily forgettable it’s just i straight up could not remember it for the longest time. and i’ve said it before the concept of utopia was way to advanced for a show like charmed to tackle i am not watching charmed for moral philosophy i am watching bc i love these girls ♥ hee hee hoo hoo magic adventure ✨ tho if i am to offer a single comment on utopia: it’s awfully rich for a show to go on about destiny and fate and then take a stand against utopia in the name of free will. but w/e. i don’t like leo in the avatars i don’t like his dynamic with piper in this season i don’t like whatever phoebe’s doing this season there’s like leslie?? maybe there’s someone else? boring & flavorless they should have been setting up her endgame instead of puttering around. and kyle. zoo wee mama. could have been a great antihero. morally gray. duplicitous. self serving. but no. they gave him all those traits and called him hero/love interest. s7 left a lot to be desired out of the characters and their relationships also gave us phat L’s such as the charmed ones are werewolves don’t worry about it and feminism peaked with naked women. shout out to zankou: demon, dilf, dub & the noir episode.

you know what? fuck it i’ll say it second worse season 5 genuinely fuck season five. this is probably a Very Specific beef 2 me But. i hate what they did to the charmed universe. this was the season that marked the transition of charmed from supernatural drama to campy soap which like. i love camp! i do! but fr. fuck this season and what it did to the worldbuilding. the early season have Such A Vibe to them man with warlocks and witches and just a couple niche monsters from assorted lore that the show took and made their own. season five opens with mermaids goes directly into fairytales then gives us superheros whatever the fuck was going on in that mummy episode the sandman leprechauns and nymphs. and i hate it for that. it takes away from this urban fantasy things that go bump in the night what lurks in the shadows of the back alleys of san francisco in favor of the ugliest cinderella dress ever put to television and an onslaught of horrible irish accents for a full episode. other issues with season five: cole’s still here? why? they don’t know and neither will you! we’re not redeeming him! phoebe’s not getting back together with him! yes he died we just refuse to let him go! the cherry on top of course being a cole-centric 100th episode. shout out to. hmm. lemme think about what i actually liked about this season. i like jason dean as a love interest i don’t remember what he did in s5 but i know he was there. the season finale i’ve talked about how stupid & shitty it was but idc i still love that episode and then shout out to bacarra the only original villain this season that was a proper serve. the crone gets second place.

next on this come on we all saw it coming season 8. it’s a bad season! and i get bts there was a whole lot happening budget cuts missing actor etc. but it goes beyond that. it was a bad season. billie and christie were bad. and i’ve said this before but billie in herself is not an inherently bad character. she was just the literal worst for the show. she was a dollar store buffy blonde confident cocky skilled and ready 2 fight evil But. we are not following her like we followed buffy we are following her mentors. it’s like if we had a show called giles that aired for seven seasons And Then buffy showed up. billie was insanely irritating to watch from our perspective and in general wasn’t like. well written. attempts to humanize her / give her more depth often fell flat. and then christy. oh nelly. oh my god. barely a character. not well acted but hey it would have been a miracle if she was. negatives include dumain who was a mess omg bringing back the triad bringing back the source billie & christy obvi and also involving homeland security. which is season 7′s fault which is why it’s the worst. dubs on the other hand include both coop and henry i really liked them the shoehorned love interests weren’t great but i like their characters i though the way the got rid of leo to save on the budget was really creative and gave us a great piper episode and of course the sugary sweet finale i love it i do what can i say.

yet another controversial choice aptly coming in fourth is season 4. i respect what season 4 set out to do. i think it was a good idea. long form narratives, keeping a darker tone, focusing on character-driven drama and growth. too bad it fucking failed miserably at all of this. cole as the source and phoebe as the queen of hell was just so so botched. they had a very unique opportunity following the death of prue to explore these characters and what it means to them to be charmed, to be witches. they saved the world but the cost is insanely high. they’ve lost an older sister. they’ve gained a new sister. how do you even begin to cope with all this? episodes such as hell hath no fury and brain drain fuck so hard because they work with exactly that. had the whole season been like those episode season four would sit at number one with flying colors absolutely no competition. but alas. we can’t have nice things. the show got so bogged down with phoebe & cole, in a way that was just so, so messy. for starters, whether you loved cole or hated him before, we can all agree source!cole sucked. he was such a strong 180 from what we had seen that the show had to make the source some type of possession to justify half the shit they were trying to pull. and then to pit phoebe and paige against one another over a man was just. disgusting. and the ending of course felt rushed because it was! they wrapped up that entire issue in a nice little bow much faster than they reasonably should have been able to. it could have been a great season. it was definitely not. shout out to the seer an iconic mastermind on barbas levels, as previously stated brain drain and hell hath no fury Specific shout out to piper’s scene at prue’s grave shout out to paige as a character i like what they did with her and um. yeah that’s it.

okay we’re exiting the shit tier in favorite of the good tier welcome to the upper half. kicking us off is season 6. season 6 did what season 4 could not in that it gave us a long form plot that still left plenty of room for like. normal demon of the week episodes. i love phoebe early in this season with her faboo haircut her brand new empathy power and her relationship with jason dean. obvious strikes against for whatever the fuck that baby crazy stint was and also the mata hari episode. yikes. i love paige’s hair color in this season nothing paige as a character necessarily stands out to me however i like how they seem to have hit the blend of work-magic with paige where she wants a life and career outside of magic however she still loves the craft and embraces is with an open heart and mind. season six also gives us chris who was a very fun male lead imo we really didn’t have many like him he’s bitchy. he whines and bitches a lot he’s got an agenda he’s a bit secretive but at the end of the day he just wants a family i like him. i like the character growth we see out of piper i like seeing her try to move on from leo i love seeing her get back together with leo i like her dynamic with chris and her fears about motherhood. i also liked richard but that one takes a lot of justification. L’s are witchstock hyde school reunion used karma off the top of my head also the paige/richard/addiction plotline was so tone deaf. also the girls were mean to darryl : ( he deserved so much better. dubs were chris as a character, tbh the episode little monsters, phoebe with empathy specifically saying i love you too to jason i could write a dissertation on that line alone also the courtship of wyatt’s father and i thought the reveals of evil wyatt and chris being piper and leo’s son were both fun and interesting plot twists.

coming in third is actually season 2 a season i really do love it’s just. it lacks structure. imo there is a lot to love about season 2 morality bites and pardon my past are both delightful time travel episodes we get jack sheridan and bane jessup two of my personal favorite prue love interests we get p3 h2o and a great prue plotline regarding the death of patty we get the super cute cupid episode it’s a great. collection of episodes. it’s not a great season. there’s just imo not a strong enough thread connecting the stories together it’s mainly held together by having the same characters in it over and over again i really liked dan personally but like. i knew we were wasting time there. he was just an obstacle. a super cute loving and caring obstacle who’s great with kids but lbr piper and leo were always endgame. wasting our time on dan was stupid. i do love the sister dynamics in season two “gotta hand it to those pesky little demons they sure have brought us closer together” but again. this season could have benefitted from a rex and hannah type or even like a cole or zankou. this season is less of a season and more of just like a handful of episodes, and while there are some fat dubs, there are also some definite swings & misses. shout out to the time travel episodes the prue centric episodes phoebe’s character growth and maturity throughout this season (e.g. her going back to college) and i also think the fashion got a lot more fun this season.

second place i’m saying season one season one was a really strong start and gave us these really compelling characters with interesting relationships between one another But. a lot of it just kinda falls flat. and credit where credit is due it was a brand new show getting its feet under it but the fourth sister feats of clay which prue is it anyway they just simply aren’t dubs imo. also i don’t like that 70′s episode bc again i am an asshole concerned about The Lore i can’t believe one bitch ass warlock caused the Charmed Ones to grow up without powers. it just really bugs me. all in all the plots as a whole like aren’t great imo they’re nothing to write home about (save for from fear to eternity) it’s really the characters that make this season so goddamn good.

first place congratulations to the one the only season three. this is just because it kinda hits all my requirements in that it has some banger one offs (e.g. all halliwell’s eve, the good, the bad, and the cursed) it has an overarching plot at the exact same time as the source becomes more prominent and obvi cole is also there with murderous intent i like the character growth we see especially from prue i like piper and leo finally get married overall i really like the aesthetic of this season that blends a darker urban fantasy tone with still some charmed fashion and whimsy. strikes against tbh phoebe and cole’s relationship i am insanely picky with my enemies to lovers and the do not come remotely close to cutting the mustard in fact they are almost immediately disqualified however from afar i can see and respect The Drama. shout out to recasting victor prue with pistols death as a character and shannen directing episodes

[colonelkepler]

/Real/ song recommendations

Right off the bat, I wanna say I can’t believe I just fucking owned Tumblr user colonelkepler.  Now, onto some sick beats.

Voltaire:

• Beast of Pirate’s Bay 

• This Ship’s Going Down/To the Bottom of the Sea 

• When You’re Evil 

Knife Party:

• Power Glove 

• Bonfire 

• Parliament Funk

The Heavy: 

• Short Change Hero 

• How You Like Me Now 

• What Makes a Good Man? 

Cast in Bronze: 

• Genesis

• Man of Another Time 

That’s all for now.

damn this is a whole playlist i love u

voltaire - Beast of Pirate’s Bay

couldn’t listen all the way through | not my thing | it’s okay | kinda catchy | ok i really like this | downloading immediately | already in my library

i’m gonna say right away this style of song reminds me of the cog is dead!!! songs that tell a proper story are always rly interesting. this is a Catchy Bopper. also the guy’s voice is just really nice

This Ship’s Going Down/To the Bottom of the Sea

couldn’t listen all the way through | not my thing | it’s okay | kinda catchy | ok i really like this | downloading immediately | already in my library

same vibes as the last one and the accordion is STRONG in this one. i like it. also the story is slightly messed up fgjhk calm down voltaire my dude

When You’re Evil

couldn’t listen all the way through | not my thing | it’s okay | kinda catchy | ok i really like this | downloading immediately | already in my library

NO OFFENCE BUT THIS IS A VILLAIN SONG AND I AM DOWN FOR VILLAIN SONGS

knife party -  Power Glove

couldn’t listen all the way through | not my thing | it’s okay | kinda catchy | ok i really like this | downloading immediately | already in my library

ohhhh this is the shit. loud intense music is all i need in life fr

Bonfire

couldn’t listen all the way through | not my thing | it’s okay | kinda catchy | ok i really like this | downloading immediately | already in my library

oh this one feels a lot more upbeat i’m likin that - oh that drop was VERY GOOD

Parliament Funk

couldn’t listen all the way through | not my thing | it’s okay | kinda catchy | ok i really like this | downloading immediately | already in my library

haha it’s 4:20. anyway this one feels a lot more intense and the buildup is sick i like that. the only issue w this genre i find is songs seem to all sound the same after a while but knife does a pretty good job at avoiding that!

the heavy - Short Change Hero

couldn’t listen all the way through | not my thing | it’s okay | kinda catchy | ok i really like this | downloading immediately | already in my library

ftryghjk i really like the heavy and this was on the borderlands soundtrack so OFC i already have it. i just. i just really love the heavy, dude.

How You Like Me Now

couldn’t listen all the way through | not my thing | it’s okay | kinda catchy | ok i really like this | downloading immediately | already in my library

see above gjytuhknm

What Makes A Good Man?

couldn’t listen all the way through | not my thing | it’s okay | kinda catchy | ok i really like this | downloading immediately | already in my library

AGAIN SEE ABOVE EHEHEHE. this one’s on my jack playlist it’s probably my favourite out of all their songs

cast in bronze - Genesis

couldn’t listen all the way through | not my thing | it’s okay | kinda catchy | ok i really like this | downloading immediately | already in my library

it’s a pretty cool song & i like the bells - it must take a lotta practise to play all that - but it’s not the kinda thing i have on my spotify shuffle yaknow. also the video i decided to load to listen to this is CREEPY AS HELL

Man Of Another Time

couldn’t listen all the way through | not my thing | it’s okay | kinda catchy | ok i really like this | downloading immediately | already in my library

ohhh i prefer this one to genesis this one has a very ........ mystical feeling to it like you’re discovering and walking through a set of ancient ruins and you’re feelin a weird buzz&hum all around you and a sense of mystery. gotta be a very active exploration tho with how much the music picks up.

...i might download this one actually. this is rly nice to listen to ????

[ultraericthered]

@mayflowergal1: What was extra effective in Ghetsis’ portrayal is how all this about his true character was revealed to you in literally the last segment of the game’s main story. Throughout the game, save for an early “me - I mean Team Plasma” trip up, Ghetsis seemed like a reasonable and decent gentleman, even though you kind of knew he was concealing something darker and came to see more and more that he was using his kindly, polite ways as a front for being a criminal asshole. Only when your journey is on your last leg and both you and N have obtained your respective Legendary’s respective stones does Ghetsis, feeling he has nothing to lose now, shows his true colors and divulges his true ambitions and the true reason for both N’s hero journey and Team Plasma’s very existence. So then what you see at N’s Castle isn’t just stuff he’s now doing or making happen (like the castle enveloping the League, the PCs getting hacked, and the Sages and Shadow Triad doing his bidding), but the results of things he’d already done and made happen long before the story proper had even begun, with their desired outcome about to come to fruition for Ghetsis’ master plan to attain total control of Unova and all of it’s Pokemon, and from there achieve world domination, thus turning the entire world of Pokemon into a dystopia in which he and his Team Plasma are the only Pokemon trainers, thus the only one who hold power over all other living creatures that are to be subjugated to the whims of their supreme god-emperor overlord Ghetsis. It’s truly horrifying, and Ghetsis’ complete lack of remorse, standards, or any sort of redeeming, humanizing features to mitigate his sheer evilness and selfishness makes it all the worse. For a guy who is ultimately a pretty two-dimensional archetypal bad guy, Ghetsis in BW is still the game series’ most effective villain for this reason.

I did do a follow-up to this detailing Ghetsis’ few heinous deeds and horrific character aspects in the sequel games, and the fact that he’s the first villain in the games to directly threaten and attempt brutal homicide on the underage player character protagonist did not go unnoticed. Giovanni never remotely tried to kill his opponent, and while Archie, Maxie, and Cyrus’ end goals might’ve indirectly gotten people killed, they never directly tried to kill the hero or anybody else they shared the screen with. Your “before Ghetsis or after” comment is technically wrong since after Ghetsis, Lysandre did attempt to kill the heroes with a murder-suicide in Y, and Lusamine tried to kill the player character and Lillie in S/M. But Ghetsis was the trendsetter in this regard, and he’s also tried to kill his own son with White Kyurem’s fusion flare (twice!) in the fifteenth Generations short and threatened to murder Lillie with his bare hand in US/UM! His go-to solution for getting rid of something in his way is to destroy it in some form, usually with a bit of torture added so that he can watch them in “that moment” he so loves. Complete Monster is really the best description for the sort of person Ghetsis is. 

@icestarragonhc: Agreed. If I have one complaint about Ghetsis in the games it’s that, character-wise, he’s the only Big Bad who gets less compelling and developed in his subsequent appearance past his debut game. (And I mean character-wise: as a villain he’s still effective in the two scenes he’s given, as a direct threat he’s even more dangerous than he was before since he’s more deranged and less restricted in his evildoing and is controlling a Legendary Dragon himself rather than relying on a pawn to do that for him, and in terms of fashion, his creepy dark Devil cloak trumps whatever the fuck that was on him in B/W).  Giovanni’s character improved in FR/LG, HG/SS, and US/UM, Archie and Maxie’s characters improved in Emerald, OR/AS, and US/UM. Cyrus’ character improved in Platinum and US/UM. Even Lysandre’s character was improved in everything he ever appeared in after X/Y, including US/UM, and Lusamine’s character improved in US/UM (IMHO). But Ghetsis...his two scenes in B2/W2 was his depiction at N’s Castle on steroids, with him “showing his true self” being dumbed down to him acting as a one-note, one-dimensionally written cartoonish caricature of his former self, and he’s lucky that US/UM put such an interesting spin on his role in Episode RR because it was otherwise another rehash of his earlier character, albeit this time a better written rehash. Thank goodness Generations and Pokemon Special’s wonderfully disturbing and evil portrayals of him sort of make up for this.

To the tools at TV Tropes who think Ghetsis is “not heinous enough” to be called a Complete Monster:

- That big castle drilling itself into the Pokemon League of Unova? Would not have happened without Ghetsis.

- Those Plasma grunts who use and abuse stolen Pokemon for their own ends? Following the mentality Ghetsis encouraged. 

- N grew up with abused Pokemon that his father, Ghetsis, had his mooks abuse in the first place and then deliberately gave to N in order to warp his views on the relationships between people and Pokemon, giving him a false reality he’d believe he had to change.

- Team Plasma enslaved and overworked countless Pokemon for years in order to build this castle…all under Ghetsis’ orders.

- That lab where they’re going to hijack the storage system of every PC and release all Pokemon? Ghetsis’ place, Ghetsis’ idea.

- N’s disturbing childhood playtime room, where he’s been in and played in even recently? The environment that Ghetsis provided for him deliberately to shut him off from human contact and slow his mental aging and emotional growth: to keep him pure and child-like in order to be the Hero, and ignorant as a pawn. This level of Tykebomb raising borders on psychological abuse and subtle Mind Rape! 

- The calculated manipulation of minds and hearts - Ghetsis’ prize policy for controlling the masses. He wants to seize control of their souls, too.

- From Unova, Ghetsis wants to dominate the entire world and set up a Dystopian new world order - not just take over the Unova region.

- He wants to be the only one who can use, abuse, and control Pokemon as he sees fit, leaving the rest of the population powerless and susceptible to being oppressed and enslaved by him and his Pokemon. He wants to be in total control of all that lives.

- He’s been working towards this for years. The man has always been a heartless, self-centered sociopath.

- “MY Team Plasma!” It’s all about him. He was using everyone for his own ends and would gladly throw them all away if it suited him. In the end he cares for nobody and nothing: only himself. 

- He wanted to make the masses weak and afraid. He’s the worst kind of bully.

- Again he says he wanted to rule the world utterly, not just rule Unova. And he wanted to do this through incredibly vile means: through seizing and manipulation of hearts.

- When he says “You must be eliminated!”, he means he intends to murder you. Standard as that may be for most fictional villains, no main “Pokemon” game villain has used these terms or ever had this intent before, which makes Ghetsis stand out above the rest. 

- Ghetsis built Team Plasma on a lie about his cause in order to manipulate self righteous people who genuinely wanted to do good for Pokemon, his own son included. He made them believe that through this plan and the power of the Hero, all Pokemon would be freed from the captivity of humans, so that humans and Pokemon could be segregated into separate worlds. In reality, he intended to be the only one to use Pokemon. To enslave and abuse them for their power, which would be used to enslave and abuse people! More than any past villain, Ghetsis is extra exploitative of Pokemon themselves. And that’s terrible!

- Ghetsis shamelessly admits to being a cruel, utterly sadistic maniac who gets off on the pain of others when they’ve broken down in despair and lost all hope. He elevates himself higher by bringing others down lower. A truly despicable piece of work. 

- “The world should be mine!” The guy feels entitled to ruling the world. 

- He shows absolutely no remorse for his crimes, for he sees himself as perfect. His creation, his plans, the atrocious lengths he takes in them, and his new world order are thus “perfect” too. He’s actually self righteous about being evil. That really takes something special.

- And last he admits to having raised his son up specifically to be his puppet in his master plan that was years in the making, and then has the audacity to insult him for being “a freak without a human heart”: not only hypocritical, but insulting his own son for being exactly what he himself raised him to be because his entire plan hinged on him being it! 

It leaves us asking: what sort of sick, heinous creature would go to these lengths for a completely selfish and evil cause? Ghetsis would, and he did. That is why he is Pokemon’s definitive Complete Monster. 

[thelastangryman-blog]

A  Tall Tale of the Twin Towers in Four Parts

1.       Remember, Remember November Ninth, 2001

The early naughties was a weird time. We were sick of the 90s EXTREME! We were content with being told who and what was now cool. Then one of those ‘where were you’ days happened. Why has this number not come close to being matched since?

·         London: 52

·         Bali: 202

·         Madrid: 191

·         9/11: 2996

They were certainly strange times where anything could have happened but not much did. Despite what we were promised.

I was more entertained by the absolute ridiculous contrast of the character: Yosemite Bin Liner. He could train his agents of doom; supply them with the necessary documents and passports; infiltrate them into flight training schools. Co-ordinate all the hijackers; bypass airport security and carry out one of the most shocking acts of terror ever committed. But he had to make tapes and hoped they’d be found in a series of winding caves in his secret layer; that would put a Bond villain to shame. How about no.

What, he couldn’t email a link to AJ? I’d like to think there’s a bag somewhere with a horde of outtakes and bloopers. You’ve Been Jihad’d. See, this is why ISIS use Twitter and ISIL’s on Instagram; easier, convenient. Instant. Though, makes you wonder why these Machiavellian masterminds don’t just use the postal service. Honestly that’s about the safest and securest way to communicate these days.

And I remember, quite well, one of these Exclusive Terror Tapes. The whole world watched, glued to the tube; engrossed as the breaded bollocks bragged ‘bout the towers collapsing then broke the 4th wall with a wink and warned of the impending Jihad he’d rein down upon us. *SPOILERS* And where are they now; al-Qaida? All washed up. The roguish bad boy racket; yeah that shit gets old. Exit stage left with a splash.

Which begs the question, Bosco, why even tell us your grand plan? Wouldn’t it be more frightening if we knew nothing? Constantly living in an Islamic State of fear.

 2.       “9/11 was an Inside Job.”

Then the Feds should have no problem in solving the case. Just cross-reference the workers and see who has links to al-Qaida. Isn’t that what that term means: insider information was used, passed on to aid in the crime? So I wonder who it was that left the key under the mat for dear old Bin Liner to happen upon. 

I find it hard to believe no one has ever thought; for the fallen and the flag that God himself bestowed upon us: which gives us the right to go and find his body; salvage it. Bring it on tour “5 bucks to spit on the body of Bin Laden.”  Oh, out of respect for Islam and the Muslim race...hang on I’ve Je Suis on the other line. She says… ‘Fuck off, you commie queer.’  It’s more poetic in French.

So then ISIS made their debut with a twist. This season; there’s no proper antagonist. I’m not including the position of Jihad John, that’s just their Twitter account manager. With no face to tape to dart boards, who could it be? “Is that him?” “No, wait. That’s him; I think.” It’s all so vague and intriguing. Why better for ratings, my deer.

We see them training, in snippets of videos: doing jumping jacks in the desert. They can attack at anytime. It’s like when we were all afraid of the colour red. LOL. Can jet fuel melt steel beams? I don’t know, my area of expertise is pulling the piss out of vegans and daggin’. I just find it hard to believe vibrations, debris and office fires – hours later – brought down Building 7.

 3.       Alternative Ending

Osama Bin Laden was a hero for some. A role model even. And George Washington is no different; his supports are the other side of that spectrum. Both men by now, reduced to mere myths. But back to reality.

Old Yosemite had a dream. A plan. To put the fear of his God into these pig-dog enfilades for the decades of bloodshed: time to make them pay. Good job he was the chosen one; he was highly trained and financed.

Now remember kids, this was in a time before airport security became the parody we know today. Before watch-lists, Homeland Security and all this digital surveillance jazz.  And as it turned out old Bin Liner’d no problem getting his radicalised radicals into the Land of the Free.

And planes were the best he could come up with?

Instead of planes, why not a bomb in every state (Just mainland). That’s on average 62 deaths per state. And I don’t mean capitol cities, secondary or minor ones. I’m talking Hicksville, middle of Nowhere. A mom & pops store. The local diner where 62 honest-to-God-fearin’ people were enjoying an honest meal (Insert Product placement).  Boom. All 48 detonate simultaneously ripping the soul out of Nowhere.

Happy 4th of Jihad.

Ah, don’t be stupid; where’d Bin Liner get 48 bombs from? 

The garden centre, hardware store and supermarket.

MacGyver, The A-Team and years of CSI: you can do a lot with a handful of everyday items. Hell, they didn’t even need to go off. As long as it was viable and crude. Cruder the better; barbaric if you can. Doesn’t matter the size; the News’ll always tart it up with spectacularly render 3D virtual reality segments: interactive; download the app to see for yourself.

It’s not the effects but the affect.

The fact that these dirty, filthy savages managed to penetrate so far undetected; infiltrate to the very spine, crawl into the foundation with such ease and plant their bombs right in the heart; at such a local level... No. The reason why that never and will ever happen – despite all the promises and tweets – is because that sort of panic causes a stampede. And speaking from personal experience: once cattle are spooked you’ve no control of the situation.

And that’s why it has to metropolitan cities – the disconnect. The ripples. “Did you hear; the Muslims” Eyes start to narrow, a bit more. Then words like them and we are heard more. The wind picks up and every sort of cuntin’ flag comes out completely blocking your view. T-shirts get printed that read:

FIND THEM

PINPOINT THEM

NUKE THEM

4.       P.C.S

“There was never a golden age of man. We’ve always been shitty to one another.” Jake, TBR.

Was it naïve of me to expect too much? Instead of an almighty Jihad we were treated to phoned-in performances. Reminders; notifications:

“Hey, don’t forget, we’re still here. We’re not going to do anything, other than this. Even though we’re portrayed as being capable of worse. Don’t forget to subscribe. Donate to our Patreon.  Buy our T-shirts.”

And a plethora of rebranding. Ah, I suppose this is why things should never be hyped they’ll never live up. And no; we wouldn’t have a Utopia if these shady characters were gone. Not at all.

All I ask, going forward: entertain or challenge me but please don’t pander; that’s Marvel’s job. If these stale flash-mob-pop-up-performance-instillation pieces are to continue just make it believable because this passport trope is getting real old, son.

That’s not something you normally carry with you. You leave that somewhere safe until you need it but by then you forget where you left it and can’t find the bloody thing. And em, terror attacks/suicide bombing not really one of those times you need your passport: considering you’ve an army of social media bots that’ll claim responsibility for a fart.

I’ve pied-piper’d enough cattle and sheep to know they may be dumb, delicious animals but even they get wide to that shit.

Here’s a freebie.

Using FRS we were able to identify (Insert scary name).  Seen here at a refugee centre. (Oh! That means Islam. Let me get my flag) Piecing together the various texts/snapchats he then made his way to (SET) and we see him *or preferred pronoun* here entering (STAGE).

Keep it simple.

Again, I’m left wondering why these evil geniuses don’t go off-grid, be creative. Sure, things would be more complicated and real-time ‘exclusives’ go out the window. Though, would that be fair on our brave digital men and woman and their oxymoronically alphabetical Agencies? Could they cope, adapt to such a shift. All’s fair in love and Jihad.

But never in the middle of Nowhere.