#the antagonist winning

[smile-files]

not gonna go in depth on my feelings about the finale right now... i'm just so happy for cabby!! :)

[mapplesand]

my favorite ship in my little pony is the communist and the trans woman

[incorrectsibunaquotes]

something really refreshing about house of anubis is that despite a main plot point of the show throughout all three seasons being eternal youth, it’s never a woman who’s obsessed with it. the only characters that are actually super fixated on the idea of eternal youth and beauty are male.

[torvagatai]

open request for squid game fanartists to draw this fuffy scene as 457 because the parallels are driving me insane

[shannonsketches]

[salemoleander]

I do not care about celestial symbolism one iota but Joel's life series win as a major arcana is so so obviously The Chariot

(I will also accept arguments for The Lovers. That is the only other card I will accept any arguments for)

[theongp]

Why all 'Mr.Seo' in homoerotic antagonistic Kdrama are like this

Hot 🔥

Tall

Rich

Bad

Scary

Crazy

Babygirl (yup, babygirlify unhinged men is my thing💀)

Gay

In suspicious, questionable relationship with some little guy who's also unhinged just like them

[2021-good-actually-58b-1]

here we go

a switcharound au of neon white

NEON RED

her rivalry with neon green continued for so long that she managed to overtake his score. before that she got really close to beating him but didnt and that annoyed her so much she went a little mad. after her return from glass ocean next year her entire appearance has changed to something very reminiscent of neon greens usual attire, including the mask (by the way the mask is a reference to wlfgrl). perhaps she wanted to take his place so bad she turned into him.

using her charms she used other neons as pawns and stepping stones, and those who refused to cooperate were. well. shot. neon green went a little soft on his long-time rival and was beaten as a conclusion. he didn't think of it as a big deal, he could recover his position next year. or the year after that... but with the power of now red mechanical halo neon red grew stronger and stronger (and went madder and madder, controlled by the artifact). now she is a powerful, nearly unbeatable being with a lot of followers on her side, enchanted by her beauty and strength.

[ultraericthered]

Yukio Oikawa Appreciation Post

Adore this guy's design. Perfect blend of "criminal mastermind" and "the literal living dead" (a vampire to be precise).

[whos-hotter-jjba]

Hottest JJBA Outfit Bracket - Round 2 Match 26

[dazais-guardian-angel]

BIG BSD WINS TODAY: the daughters x2 finally returned, Kenji and Tecchou friendship is real and true, ATSUSHI AND FYODOR FINALLY MET AFTER 118 FUCKING CHAPTERS, and most importantly of all, WE ARE INCEST FREE BABEYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[total-drama-brainrot]

Season two's overall treatment of Caleb, and the last minute addition of how much he covets honesty, makes me wonder what an actual antagonist/villain Caleb would play out like.

Because an honest antagonist sounds like such a fun deviation from the norm. You very rarely see a villain who doesn't have to lie/cheat/manipulate their way through their respective plots, so having a guy who's so dead set on honouring his moral code to the point that it's detrimental to his relationships (and also potentially his place in the competition) would be a fun alley of thought to go down.

At the end of the day, the only thing that differentiates a total drama 'antagonist' from any other competitor is their ability to generate conflict and have others eliminated. Caleb's already shown a penchant for conflict generation through his poor communication skills (Priyaleb miscommunication plot, pretty much every interaction he has in s2e11) and tendency to prioritise his place in the competition (the deal he makes with Julia in s2e10), so it wouldn't be too hard for him to turn the tables on someone and have them eliminated.

I'm thinking something along the lines of him sparking a rivalry between himself and someone like Julia, then having them wager their votes/safety on a challenge or bet, which ultimately leads to the other being voted out without Caleb having to do anything dishonest or underhanded. Sticking by his deep-rooted morality whilst also tilting the game in his favour.

Because I think an antagonist who's threatening just by value of being good at the game is a lot scarier than someone who succeeds through trickery and subterfuge. He's playing by the rules, he's just playing better.

[lulu2992]

This interview with Drew Holmes, now the IP Director of the Far Cry franchise, is two months old and I haven’t talked about it yet, but there are a few things he says that I really like and think (hope) bode well for the future of the series!

Like what he said during the 20th Anniversary livestream, the article confirms they’re aware many fans love the villains, but what’s even more interesting is that it suggests they know some people would like to have the possibility to side with the antagonists. This has never been an option (except in New Dawn, sort of) but we know it’s an idea they’ve been considering at least since Far Cry 4. When I read,

“Some players may see that the villains are going too far, but also see their point, and think: ‘If I work with them, I can make them see the error of their ways and change them.’”

or,

In continuing to fight the antagonist, all the woes of the world are not resolved; and in joining them, society does not collapse. “Defeating the bad guy may seem like the thing that you should’ve done,” he continues, “but what are the things that you’ve done along the way to get here? And if you joined the bad guy, is there a glimmer of hope? What happened to the people you met along the way?”

it makes me think they might seriously consider finally letting us join the villain(s) in a future game. As he implies, making such a choice would surely have big repercussions on the story and characters, but it’s part of the reason I would love to have this possibility. I’ve never seen that in any other game I’ve played, and I think it would be a bold and interesting decision if it became an option.

I like this as well:

Drew mentions that [Far Cry 3] holds a mirror to the player and asks: “Look at the things you’ve done. What do your actions say about what you value?” 

It’s pretty much what Jeffrey Yohalem (Lead Writer) and Dan Hay (Executive Producer and basically Drew Holmes’ predecessor as head of the brand) said about Far Cry 3 at the time (for example here), so seeing that they’re all on the same page is great. Of course, you’d expect an IP Director to have a good knowledge and understanding of the franchise, but since I’ve already seen Far Cry 3 devs completely contradict each other in interviews, that wasn’t guaranteed… At least, and even though he wasn’t even working at Ubisoft when the game was released, I’m glad he knows what he’s talking about!

I also really like the parts about how Far Cry games are supposed to make players feel uneasy or are really about how far someone (protagonist or antagonist) is willing to go for what they consider right because what seems “moral” can change depending on the situation we’re in, and everyone, in very specific and extreme circumstances, can potentially “become the jungle” that initially looked so scary and foreign to them.

Usually, in Far Cry, the characters’ motivations are clear, and even if we rarely agree with what they do, we can almost always understand why they do it and even have sympathy for them. As he concludes:

“When we help each other, what is the reason behind it? When we hurt each other, what is the reason behind it?”

These questions have implicitly been asked many times in the series, but no clear answer has been provided because, as the interview explains, Far Cry games are supposed to “evoke feelings and make space for introspection”. In the end, only we, players, by experiencing the stories and meeting the characters, can find out who we truly are.

In my opinion, it appears the franchise is in good hands, and for now, I have hope for the future :)

[uselessalexis165]

metal breath gets stolen but it’s just random screenshots that i took (4) 🚜

[beatx-mavie-archangelx]

my best friend described thorin as the antagonist in the hobbit (movies - specifically the first one) and honestly i wonder why i hadn't thought of that before

[starlitangels]

Me: *has lost passion for my channel for the last almost year, been struggling with all my characters’ stories, also got a bit obsessed with my novel*

Also me: *has the most amazing idea for a short series*

Me: Crap that involves a cast

So… I’m gonna try to write the script for the whole series and see where it goes from there