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Character Arc Tag

Tagged by @themanwhomadeamonster . hell yeag time to talk about the boys. Based on this quiz!

James: Corruption Arc

so. you got worse. and i'm not entirely sure i can blame you for it. maybe it was in you all along, hidden and waiting, or maybe someone planted it in you and watched it grow. either way, it's there now and you hold it in your fist like a second heart - this blood, this hunger, this thrill of having teeth and using them. perhaps you are right to. you are a mirror for the hardness of the world, and a mirror that we could all stand to look in more often. it's hard to watch the bleeding bring about more blood, but it is undeniable that you are very good at wounding.

He tried to do everything right. He tried to do everything right and failed. Even before that, people laughed at him for trying so hard. Fine, then. Why pretend to be good anymore? It's easier to gain respect out of fear rather than admiration.

(Don't worry. He gets his redemption arc. But it's only after he chooses violence.)

Allen: Romance/Friendship Arc

you started this story a little hard, or awkward, or stubborn. that's okay. it's harder than it should be to admit, but what you really want is love. that's what your story is all about - not just the act of loving, but the allowance of it. the confession that you do not want to fight or bleed or save the world, but to simply feel the way two hands fit so easily together. you will have two chairs and a table and you will shut your blinds, and you will say the word love without faltering. this is a happy ending, and you do not need to feel guilty. it hurts our hands to fight - never to hold.

He didn't think much of the one who summoned him at first. His job was just to help the Arisen reach the dragon. It should have been fine to let him die at the hands of the dragon- that, too, is completing his duty. He's not sure why he decided to save him, but he couldn't stop thinking about the way his master's eyes softened whenever they tilted up to look at him.