#so take the canon with a grain of salt

[7weaslesinacoat]

i keep seeing this and i saw another post saying something similar but it genuinely icks me so much when i see something like-

“insert character is actually a horrible person!” or “insert character is actually a good person!”

especially in comics, because first off-

these are fictional characters, i know we all love them- but they’re just placeholders with a name and personality that we tell made up stories about. they can’t be a piece of shit, because they aren’t anything, so don’t get so worked up.

second off when they DO come across that way, especially if the character is a protagonist or a “good guy”-

and then in one specific story or one timeline there is a dickhead version of them (batman is a great example, nightwing, talia al ghul- it happens so much in comics chat 😭) then i see so many fans or members of the community jump on the hate train for not just that characterization, but the character as a whole.

this also happens when said characters are given flaws to make them more realistic, talia al ghul is a huge victim of this (and usually MORE SO than most dc characters because she is subconsciously profiled all the time).

anywho, i see all these people dogpiling on a character even though 90% of the time that characterization is just a choice by the writer.

comic writers aren’t looking at protagonists and long standing characters and deciding “yeah they’ve actually been racist this whole time”, no, a couple writer made a stupid decision that got published. and the great thing about comics is that not everything you have to imagine as canon! not every iteration of batman is the batman that you love! and that’s ok, that doesn’t make a character bad.

and it definitely doesn’t excuse hating on fans of that character because your canon of that character doesn’t fit another’s.

(i feel like what we should be doing when discussing characterization is be aware that it is all taking place in comic books- like “oh my god i hate all star batman” or “in canon deathstrokes done some weird shit” instead of saying “i hate batman.” “deathstroke is a pedo”—even though he kinda is—

because what about media where he’s an anti hero? and what about the millions of media where batman’s *not* a dick? if your evidence for your claim is specific, make a claim about the specific evidence, and not the masses of unrelated data)

[graythursday]

‘gotham gazette’ newspaper promo for ‘the penguin’ hints at harvey dent addition to the universe— “is our legal system dented beyond repair?” + riddler crumbs :>

[heartonxions]

CW: BLOOD!!!

ooh.. he’s a little fucked up actually.

i want her soooooo bad it’s crazy. anyways… her necklace thingy in their first outfit is a slay… honestly levy being a chunky necklace liker is so good (making shit up about her because i can) i love their pant outfits!! i wish she was drawn with pants more… i think they were all such slays (the like three times she wore them) i miss the old ft style so much

i think about the scene where she tells lucy she wouldn’t mind seeing her butt instead of her manuscript often…. levy… levy my bisexual gender mcfuck king..

[dailyeohkakyoin]

did you guys know that i have a twitter

[starlight2634]

So what if Noe didn’t actually kill Vanitas?

We all know that The Case Study of Vanitas is from Noe’s POV and how at the end of the journey he kills Vanitas.(which I think for Vanitas is freeing him)

I have a theory. And it could just be bs and all but hear me out.

From my semi vague understanding of the plot, Vanitas’ name isn’t his own but the original vampire of the blue moon’s.

And with Noe saying he killed Vanitas at the end of the journey, and I’m going on a limb here, that he figuratively killed him. Like somehow freed Vanitas from his role as the vampire of the blue moon without killing him.

As in Noe got rid of Vanitas role and thus killing the name of the vampire of the blue moon. The whole anime and manga(haven’t read) revolves kinda around Vanitas freeing Curse Bearers by finding their true names.

What I’m trying to kinda say is that Noe found the blue moon vampire’s true name and set them free, releasing Vanitas role as the blue moon vampire.

TLDR: Either Noe figuratively kills Vanitas and Vanitas is released from being the vampire of the blue moon. Or this is just a 3AM random thought and I’m sleep deprived.

[meowyjean]

couldn't stop thinking about the intersections between my current interests, so i made a brainrot venn diagram:

[violinist-rachel]

Character Notes

Karl:

Playful, rebellious, and quick to tease.

He enjoys pushing people's buttons to see what makes them tick. In the past, it's mostly in light fun. In the present, it's mostly out of malice or to deflect.

Held a mixture of bitterness, sadness, and fondness towards humans due to feelings of abandonment when the park closed. This gets twisted into a deep hatred after the events with Rachel.

He's typically careful and calculated, but when successfully provoked, all plans get thrown out the window.

Though still guarded and masks his emotions with a smile, past Karl is more trusting and emotive than his current state. Because of this, I'm allowed to draw Karl with a wider range of expressions.

Presently, Karl is now shown almost exclusively smiling. He specifically makes it a point to never show when he's bothered by something (though this is often betrayed by his eye-twitch).

"Deary me" is generally used in a mocking, faux surprise/concern. It's a phrase he coined in the past to mock Rachel's speech patterns.

** The important thing to note about Karl is that he was a casualty in the incident with Rachel. None of what happened that night was planned. **

The last thing he says by the end of the story is "I hate you." This is also his final lie.

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Rachel:

Catholic; Half Irish, half Jewish.

She comes from a middle-class family and is relatively well-off.

Her and her family were close friends with the owner of a shop that specialized in violins.

As a child prodigy, she suffered heavily from gifted child syndrome, both in childhood and in adulthood.

She used to be more rebellious and mischievous in the past, but became notably more placid and subdued after the incident with Karl.

She leaned strongly into religion after the incident with Karl due to heavy, unresolved guilt. However, she was never a devout believer and wanted very little to do with it in the past.

She's often seen smiling and content in front of others, but more often than not, it's not entirely genuine; a parallel to how Karl acts.

The people around her actually picks up on this, but doesn't say anything about it to her.

Similar to Karl, she also has a tendency to bottle up and hide her emotions. This often results in emotional outbursts when she reaches a tipping point.

** The important thing to note about Rachel is that the events of the incident were triggered directly as a result of her actions.**

One of the last things she does at the end of the story is perform in front of others with her violin. This is also the last time she plays the violin for an indeterminate amount of time.

[esprei]

lil challenge from twitter i did for fun

volo my good friend volo

[not-the-living-ghost]

giggling remembering the time i half-jokingly headcanoned the night nurse as homophobic because of the way she interrupted edwin mid confession

[revenantghost]

The fact that I've heard second-hand from convention attendees that Orange has said that Knives and Vash share the same basic body model. And yet. And yet. For some reason they stole his ass. Why

[revvethasmythh]

An idle thought, really, but I think it's interesting to see fandom latch on the metaphorical interpretation of things like Laudna's relationship with Delilah as a metaphor for addiction or Imogen's psychic powers as a metaphor for either chronic pain or queerness, but there's much less attachment to or discussion of the characters who explicitly, canonically dealt with exactly those things. By which I mean Scanlan's substance abuse, Veth's alcoholism, and even Ashton's chronic pain (which feels like it was discussed much more before it was confirmed canon, and seems to be brought up mostly just as ship fodder these days). I suppose one could argue the devotion to the metaphorical interpretations lies in the fact that it's an interpretation of canon as opposed to being explicitly so, meaning there's more wiggle room to project a personal interpretation onto it. Explicit canon is more concrete, less malleable to the individual viewer. Still, if we're going to talk about addiction now in a metaphorical sense via Laudna, it leads me to wonder if we will see further discussion of the characters who explicitly dealt with addiction (Veth and Scanlan), as opposed to Laudna's purported allegorical version of it

[nattikay]

gentle reminder that the A2 script pages that have been going around from the Blu-ray bonuses are from an old/outdated version of the script, and anything that isn't shown in the final film cannot automatically be considered canon, whether it's scene/dialogue changes, character details, lore details, etc.

Stuff gets changed and/or cut for a reason, be it because they didn't have time for it, decided to go in a different direction for the character/lore, decided the scene should be moved to a later movie, or anything else.

It's fun to see alternate versions of the story that could-have-been, and if you want to play with concepts based on the script in headcanon or fanfiction, feel free of course...but be very very cautious about considering any of it "canon" until/unless another source confirms it (such as how the Tsu'tey's Path comics confirm some of the A1 deleted scenes).

[pepteezer]

touched up and colored that one evil peppino sketch i made since i’m making a playlist for him and wanted him to be the cover u_u

Evil Peppino playlist here! 🖤🍕🔪

[themosthatedbeingg]

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[tinseltina]

i love chubby azul headcanon. i'm never NOT gonna love it.

i think he'd be great representation of fat person who dieted for years and still stays fat/chubby like so many.

regardless he's still a self-hating fat person (former-fat or not) he's still insecure and still engages in disordered eating habits.

[camelspit]

in honor of one year of stellarlune, is there anything you really like about it? there's a lot of things to hate but for you is there still some good in it?

oh! wow! interesting question!

I don't think it's any secret that I have a very deep hatred for stellarlune lmao but one scene did immediately come to mind when I saw your ask.

in the end scene, fitz mentally checking in with keefe (before he does with sophie) and stealing her dagger to give to keefe? trusting him with that?

and the fact that keefe goes through with trying to stab gisela? ough.

this was big for both of their characters I think. fitz has been here. he's held his brothers life in his hands and hes tried to end it before. he knows the anger that keefe is feeling and agh.

for him to be there? for him to acknowledge those feelings and for him to help keefe? to, despite all the tension in the last few books, give him the dagger.

the keefe/gisela and fitz/alvar parallels were strong here and I think this genuinley may be one of my favorite scenes in the book.