#the character backstories are so deep
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Some evil FMA AUs etc that I think are fun
Riza Hawkeye creating a squad of flame alchemists loyal to her and using them for her own (or Mustang's) purposes
Mustang's body used as a host for Greed instead of Ling's
Rose joins the military to try to watch over Ed, a la Hawkeye to Mustang
Sibling homunculi defect from Father together with Greed (bonus: to Ed's chagrin, they view him and Al as something like uncles); now they're all on the run from their dads
Ling not feeling easy in his own mind after Greed leaves - it's too quiet in there
Scar gets his brother's reconstruction arm instead
Winry gets adopted & trained by Hawkeye
Re-embodied Al donates his armor to a cat rescue so it can always hold cats hehe
Olivier as the boys' parent figure instead of Izumi
Found family for the boys comprised of Mustang, Hawkeye, the Mustang Gang, and Mustang's family (his "sisters" and Madam Christmas)
Mustang dies instead of Hughes, and Hughes carries on his work to honor his memory, despite not being as ambitious as Mustang was
The boys as Ishvallans
#I'm sure I'm not the first to think of some of these#the last one was inspired by art i saw once#anyway#the worldbuilding is so rich#the character backstories are so deep#there's just so much potential#I'm not talented or driven enough to do any justice to any of these ideas but if you are then feel free#i believe in you#fma#fmab#fullmetal alchemist brotherhood#fullmetal alchemist#fullmetal alchemist au#fma au#writing ideas
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astarion, the man who was dying and offered eternal life, but had no idea that it meant becoming a slave to a sadistic master.
astarion, the man who had his freedom and bodily autonomy ripped away from him.
astarion, the man who was forced to befriend, seduce and sleep with people to lure them back to his master, resulting in severe sexual trauma and the struggle to form any sort of intimate relationship.
astarion, the man who was horribly punished whenever he refused his master’s orders (one punishment being sealed away in a dusty tomb, starving, for an entire year. he scratched his hands raw trying to carve his way out).
astarion, the man who was forced to eat rats.
astarion, the man who hasn’t even been able to see his own face since he turned.
astarion, the man who had his body mutilated as cazador carved scars onto his back, which he later found out was to bind him to a ritual.
astarion, the man who is so severely traumatised that he admitted he doesn’t know how to say “no” or ask for help (and he feels guilty when he does).
astarion, the man who waited two centuries to be helped and freed from torture, but no one came.
astarion, the man who was always treated like a monster when all he wanted was to be treated like a person.
astarion, the man who came up to you in the middle of the night just to thank you for defending him and allowing him to make his own decisions.
astarion, the man who said that no one ever looked out for him or showed him kindness, and that you’re the only one. “other people don’t have a heart like you. you’re you. no one is like that.”
astarion, the man who broke the cycle of power and terror that started centuries ago thanks to the love, care and compassion that you showed him when no one else did.
astarion, the man who confessed that he loves you and feels safe with you; something he has never felt with anyone before.
#my darling boy :(#astarion#baldur’s gate 3#bg3#bg3 spoilers#his backstory and character development make me want to bawl my eyes out#this is why i get so angry when people don’t even try to understand him#and when they reduce him to things he’s not#like do you pay ANY attention to anything he says??#or do you just stare at him and drool and then continue to sexualise him#sorry if that sounds dramatic but ughhhhhh man#it’s just incredibly annoying#like i don’t know why some people choose to pick up an intense game with really deep characters if they’re not gonna try to understand them#like they weren’t just made for you to treat them like they’re objects#and what gets me is the fact that astarion would HATE how people talk about him#and yes yes i know he’s not real i’m not dumb i am aware!!!!!#but he would absolutely hate it#that flirty sexy vampire image you have of him isn’t even real#it was a mask he wore#he was literally forced into doing those things#even in the game he has a reputation for flirting and sleeping around but that’s not even who he is or what he wants#it’s all an act#and it’s just so sad how everyone reduces him to that when it traumatises him every day#and apparently there’s a scene with raphael where if you haven’t seen astarion’s scars yet ->#raphael basically says he’s surprised astarion has kept his clothes on for this long and then he strips him naked in front of everyone#it’s so horrible and unfair#i just want to hold his hand and hug him tight. he deserves so much better in the game AND in this fandom#tw abuse#tw sa#my posts
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In 2011 I drastically reduced my DWJ book intake to dripfeed levels, so it was only in the 2024 new year that I finally decided to read Deep Secret. My god - out of all her books this seems targeted at me personally? Stressed late-20-somethings, making fools of oneself in vicinity of fav authors, artist alleys?? Also, blatant unmistakable LGBT-rep??? I can't believe I slept on this one for so long!!! Definitely putting it on the upper tiers of my DWJ bookshelf.
Anyway, here's some designs I've whipped up for the characters! As always, might tweak 'em if ever I draw more in the future, but that's what's fun about figuring out character designs. Rob in particular is a joy to me.
btw Zinka plsplspls let me table with you
#diana wynne jones#deep secret#maree mallory#nick mallory#rob the centaur#rupert venables#will venables#simon venables#zinka fearson#ladies and/or gentlemen#i legit laughed out loud whenever the characters got stunned by them#like props to dwj that you can tell she was a bit confused but she did have the spirit#character design#also glad to say I've thoroughly revised my opinion of nick!!#first read Merlin Conspiracy back in 2009 and I remember being pissed because his backstory was so vague#the copy gave absolutely no indication that this was a sequel to another book#so finally getting context for all that was great and now i adore this eepy teen#(also reread MC after Deep Secret and boy I whooped at the one instance Rob my beautiful centaur son got mentioned by name)
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day 6 of Pizzatober!!!
feeling not too good today... hope i'm not coming down with something 😓 but i managed to get a quick little thing done at least! so anyways......
AWW YEAH!!! THIS IS HAPPENIN'!!
#SNICK ➡ it's him#the absolute bestest Pizza Tower character ever no question!!! so integral to the lore and deep backstory of the characters.......#..... or maybe my head's a lot fuzzier today than i thought.......#my art#pizza tower#pizza tower snick#snick the porcupine#october 2024#more Fun Facts for you!! did you know that being covered in spines is a good way to stop a Frog mistaking you for a rat from eating you?
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Complaining abt Suicide Squad yet again but the fact that they have Waller exposing the alien community to space racist attacks and talking abt how she got to her position through deceit and being a terrible person and stuff is just. Ahsfiwueh JUST SAY YOU DONT KNOW WALLER.
Anyways literally the 3rd mission of the Squad ever (and the first framed as smth Waller picked and not orders from above) was the Squad discrediting and stopping a rogue vigilante who was only arresting POC and funneling white people into white supremacy groups (of which he was the most prominent member) in SUICIDE SQUAD #4. and it's explicitly framed as this mission being personal for Waller that she's hiding from the government bc its illegal like. Guys. Please why are we having her incite (space bc comics) racist attacks now
Also the whole "Amanda got her position through deceit and being a terrible person" NO. she KEPT her position through being shitty and playing complicated political games!!! She wasn't always that way like there is a difference and it is IMPORTANT ppl PLEASEEEE. In Secret Origins #14 we learn Amanda's backstory and she used to be a normal, caring person! Like even after she entered into working in government and politics she wasn't automatically morally bankrupt like please people. She was originally given control of the Squad by Reagan (*sigh* 80s comics...) to distract and get rid of her because she was so successful at pushing progressive social policy in Congress. Acting like she's this static pillar of evil is such a waste of her character and so fucking uninteresting and disrespectful to her arc it drives me MAD.
Like I am NOT saying Waller is all sunshine and rainbows, she fucking SUCKS (said w love <3) but like there's a human being there. It's a progression, she has a character arc like please, DC, please!!! They've fucked up Waller so bad and made her so opaque and uninteresting she can't even be the protagonist of her own story for fucks sake!
Like I don't know how many times I have to scream it until DC hears me or remembers but WALLER IS THE MAIN CHARACTER OF SUICIDE SQUAD. ITS HER BOOK. yet right now she's a cutout to be used as the villain wherever the writers please. Even in her book we get none of her perspective really displayed, no exploration of her thoughts with any kind of understanding of the role she traditionally has played and was made to play in the story.
#its like youre unable to root for her in any form. which is annoying bc shes actually awesome actually#also having her say “actually im the good guy fuck you'' w/o any actual deep analysis of her psyche or whatever while doing these things#doesnt count as development or showing shes 3 dimensional. its just having 2 dimensional waller say shes right when everyone is obviously#supposed to believe shes wrong#anyways i want real waller back please i miss herrrrrrrr#anyways hope mr john ridley has read secret origins no 14. i know its from 1987 but please guys please. my only hope#also it was a few months ago but i think they tried to push certain elements of a diff backstory in dream team and sorry but fuck that. and#any mention of another waller background like my eyes are closed sry. im a preboot truther#actually im just ignorant of most squad comics outside the original series. im gonna do a readthrough and become knowledgeable on other#stuff i just need to find time. so if im wrong then sorry if its smth factual and if you disagree with my opinion then uh sorry for ur loss#anyways shoutout to the time i had a nerd night w my one friend and she was asking me abt dc and said my favorite villains and i said waller#and silver swan. and she had a “yuck WHY” to waller and a ???? to silver swan. love shouting out my faves and explaining them to the less#informed. didnt say a number 3 but would probably be parallax ig. idk hes kind of slay. or maybe someone else honestly i like hal but waller#and nessie are blorbo level for me i could think abt them for hours#or maybe it wouldnt be parallax actually idk who my 3 would be. hes definitely up there but way below the other 2. maybe the cheetah#interpretation that i personally have. v different from the popular cheetah interpretation esp rucka vers actually. much closer to the pérez#and esp develops some subtext there surrounding barbara and the exploitation and theft of sacred cultural artifacts and pieces but also#like british colonization a lil bit#but i actually despise the cheetah that lives in my head but think shed be interesting to use narratively and see diana fight#vs the other guys who i find interesting and sympathetic and like for themselves#whereas my fave interpretation of cheetah can rot in hell#i got off topic here#blah#swishy rant#also disclaimer that w the main character ik dreamer is the main character of dream team. im talking more in general and that amanda should#always have a huge role as shes the main character of the squad and yet is treated like its villain and not its protag#sui sq
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I'm havig a brain wave. Jay the Killer upon ye (inspired by this post by hairscare)
#cricket doodles#my art#I'm trying to give them the most 2013 creepypasta backstory I can think of to match w/ the other Jeff characters#I'm not super sure of most of these concepts yet tho. Esp the demon one since the others aren't rlly supernatural or demonic#But yeah. They don't really have any deep attachments to anyone they're just running around killing people for fun#I'm also not protective of this design or concept at all so if u ALSO wanna make a Jay the Killer go ahead#creepypasta#creepypasta oc#jay the killer#jeff the killer#<- I guess#They're in the JtKCU (Jeff the Killer Cinematic Universe) it counts
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i’m realizing that one of my favorite ways to create a character is by first establishing a major flaw of theirs and then examining how that will inevitably fuck them up a bit. then fleshing them out from there
#i’m realizing that’s how i created like. the majority of the characters i rp with LMAOOO i would start with flaws i think would be#interesting to examine in whatever story they’re in !!!!!!!! and then i’d build out positive traits/backstory in order to flesh them out#but starting with that major flaw really helps me build their character i’m realizing . i’m doing it with the new rp oc i’m trying to make#like for sae (after deciding she’s a fisherman) i wanted her to deal with impatience. sadie is self centered + controlling. erin is fake af#and even for dnd characters i’ve played like immian is a hermit and naive while tinni is SCARED as FUCK!#i really honestly believe flaws are greatttt for your characters story. like just in general really good for a guy to have negative traits#that will impact the narrative in a way that almost feels inevitable and thus force them to confront it OR succumb to it#so instead of starting with going Oh Well Sae is Nice and working from there i’m able to say oh sae is actually pretty hot headed deep down#which allows me to build more traits based off of that… she’s resilient bc she doesn’t want to BE hot headed. stubborn as fuck#wise bc she wants to grow. slow talking bc of her afi which connects to her backstory which connects to being hot headed#guys is this anything at all. is this microphone on. it’s 2am#lee chat
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Pixie my pink espeon OC from when i was 11
#the pixie story + roleplay was a huge arc in my childhood friend group#tyler.......the boy characters were always played by a friend i still talk to that ended up transitioning later in life#beautiful memories i thought her backstory was so deep :tearfulsmile:#archive#pokemon#espeon
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man thinking about zeref and natsu again. man thinking about the dragneel family again. man thinking about the tragedy of zeref dragneel again. man thinking about a kid who just wanted to learn magic and save his brother again. man thinking about a man who deep down just wanted to love but everything he touched died again. man thinking about zeref and mavis again. man thinking about two brothers on opposite sides of a war again. man thinking about
#fairy tail#zeref dragneel#natsu dragneel#mavis vermillion#zerefff ahhhh#i wanna reread fr and do a deep dive danfic character analysis on him#but im lazy#mannnnnn#its so tragic#i wish his backstory with his family was fleshed put more#like i wanna learn more about the dragneels#and his relationship with natsu before everything went wrong
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valerith, the red swan
#dungeons and dragons#dnd#dnd 5e#ttrpg#dnd oc#digital art#sketch#dnd art#dnd oc art#original character#original character art#can i tag her as bg3 bc I've imagined her in the bg3 setting besides just fr#guys you have no idea how much brain rot I've had about her in the last few days. it's extensive#i may even need to see a brain rot specialist if it continues#if you've been here u may remember regular valerith but as I've been playing bg3 I was like. wait a minute#dnd valerith. she's already a demon let's make her a proper devil. a lot of her backstory is the same just dnd'ified#verchiel was a im going with planetar that served lathander bc actual angel verchiel fits lathander's stuff pretty well#her goodness and honestly got her into some deep shit she considered as a possibility but very very very very unlikely of happening#lathander was like man well. cant just let this slide. also why not use it as an example sorry#so she was cursed to become a devil and her angel s/o followed her after trying to interfere and be like um no??? this is bs#so now theyre in the hells and still love each other but also are extremely conflicting bc while valerith SHOULD be lawful evil she's not#she's on a fine line between chaotic good and neutral.#if valerith were an npc in anything she'd have a quest after trusting whoever enough being like. hey. so. i don't want to be a devil anymor#i'm tired of it. i heard about this ritual that might be able to fix it but it's dangerous in both getting the supplies and performing it#and if anything goes wrong i could very well suffer significantly in multiple ways for it.#her s/o doesnt like this just as much as she doesn't like the idea of them wanting to overthrow fierna in the 4th circle of hell where#they reside so. theyre kind of at a conflicting neutral state. they love each other but they also dont talk about those things in a good wa#anyway valerith i think would have a chance to become a quasi-deity being that's true neutral#and i have a design in mind but :>#if you read all of this youre actually insane.
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i get and agree with all the criticism on how fictional characters have been sanitized to never have any real flaws but if you think that flaws like selfishness are inherently more interesting and better written than flaws like low self esteem you're simply not as media literate as the sense of superiority you've developed to cope makes you think you are
#selfishness is as much a garden variety character flaw as 'insecurity' or whatever#and 99% of the time it's not interesting at all it's just 'ooh I've suffered so now I don't care'#and yeah 99% of the time insecurity is treated as 'my mom didn't say she was proud of me 🥺' but it can be fascinating too#like. i simply think that if you think good writing is good writing by virtue of its surface level character struggles#then you're not looking too deep into it lol#like im tired of ppl who have a sense of superiority for always being into the same white man with a vaguely sad backstory who sucks#ur blorbo type is just as cliche as the insecure crying white man bestie. perhaps even more so because insecurity in men IS stigmatized#whereas selfishness particularly in white men is actively encouraged in a capitalist society lol
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thinking about anthea and concordia and how they knew n's time growing up in the castle was awful but they probably couldn't do much about it because they were also under ghetsis's "care"
#pokemon#pokemon black and white#pokemon bw#n harmonia#natural harmonia gropius#pokemon anthea#pokemon concordia#clai's art#i dont know what anthea and concordia are like outside of the games where they appear uh. literally once per version. which sucks#so my take is that they. being older than n and also raised by people before being orphaned. did not have the same extreme views#they didnt doubt that humans hurt pokemon at first bc they saw the same injured pokemon that ghetsis brought to n#but they knew not all humans were like that. so they would try to tell n that but he trusted ghetsis above all else#as they got older they realized more and more what ghetsis's true intentions with n were but by then it was too late#n was too deep in the worldview ghetsis forced on him and ghetsis viewed him as disposable#one step out of line from anthea or concordia to protect n or steer him away from the path ghetsis put him on--#--would probably mean dire consequences for any of them. so all they could do was watch#i hope that all makes sense idk. i dont often write detailled backstories for characters i cant do it well all that much#anyway anthea and concordia DESERVE more of a role in the story than just last minute lore dump#they have POTENTIAL
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lena. tell me ur kiribaku-in-a-different-font, violent-mc-who’s-a-hero-or-a-drummer fic idea. now. ♥️
ur actually the best. thanks for validating my need for yapping LMAOO ill drip market it in tags,,,
#ok so first off its like. i actually have a special place in my heart for all types of mcs like soft mcs are good and probably fit best#/most easily with most pairings and some where it's absolutely necessary - like their dynamic physically wont work#but violent mcs are like. obviously there are some people out there who are violent just for the sake of it#but i read this fic once about violence where it delved deep into the reasoning abt why and it just. honestly it altered my brain?#honestly it's more of a character study than anything in the way that things around us can shape who we are + how we act#maybe a bit heavy for childhood it's like how much angst/shitty backstory can i give the main character#and how can i make them heal from it?? tough challenge before cos like its hard to make it feel real but im having fun thinking about it so#the dynamic is basically kirishima x guard dog! reader who doesn't know how to solve things in any way but violence#like you weren't raised to love tender. unstoppable force vs immovable object. hes literally unbreakable and all u are is sharp#reader might not be v relatable for most but honestly its a char study so... it's Fine#also cos i saw this one thing where it was like “he preceded with please im not afraid of u”#THAT QUOTE CRUSHES MY BRAIN LIKE A GRAPE#we will see if it works out i might scrap the idea and go back to boring yn.#[✯] — asked n answered#asks.theda
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do engineers dream of robot dogs?
#avenue 5#billie mcevoy#lenora crichlow#can billie please be allowed to get some SLEEP!!!!! she's been keeping this ship from crashing for two whole seasons!!!#let her just hang out with some dogs for christs sake#makes me so sad how little we know about her n her backstory or whatever like its not like any of these characters are SUPER deep#but shes just so taken for granted by the narrative i wish it got explored a little more :(#the goods
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lower decks is the best star trek show. i'm not taking constructive criticism at this time
#HOLY SHIT#no spoilers but. oh my god the latest episode is SO GOOD#i knew we were going to get at least a part of mariner's backstory this season and IT DOES NOT LET DOWN#really season 4 has been banger after banger#A Few Badgeys More was the only episode i was kinda eh on#if you asked me how i would rank lower decks after just watching the first two seasons i would probably say like. high mid#it's funny but not that deep#but in the last season it's quickly rocketed to be one of my favorite shows. certainly my favorite of new trek#idk it's just rare that a show seems to perfectly straddle being largely made of references and specific star trek jokes#while also having incredibly strong characters. not just of the main four but also the bridge crew. t'lyn. even compelling one offs#tbh i think the reason it's so successful is because it actively avoids the BIG GALACTIC DESTRUCTION plots that disco picard and prodigy do#(though prodigy much less so)#it just. let's the characters exist and builds plots around the characters instead of the other way around.#anyways sorry for rambling. the latest episode just. gave me feelings.#lower decks#my posts
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If the Hibari = Akainu’s daughter theory is true then it would be an interesting way to give Akainu some depth as an antagonist. Even someone like him is fighting to protect his wife and child. Which would also make him extra hypocritical for trying to kill Coby for stopping the war… “Every soldier has a family waiting for them back home!”
Or maybe his wife was already killed by pirates (his parents being killed by pirates already seems pretty certain judging from his childhood picture). With both parents and wife killed, Akainu went off a deep end and devoted his life to exterminating pirates. Maybe that’s why he said “You pirates don’t deserve a home”. He’s jealous that WB got to keep his family while he couldn’t.
With that extreme mindset I assume he’s not a good dad either. Wouldn’t say abusive without proof, but he’s at least extra harsh and definitely forces the Absolute Justice ideology on Hibari. Which would make another parallel to WB who lets his sons think freely: “If you’re pirates, choose what you want to believe!”
#one piece#akainu#hibari#whitebeard#it lowkey overlaps zephyr backstory but hey#i like the ‘character so deep in revenge that they turn into a piece of shit and ruin everything they had left’ trope#also the ‘character raised in a strict/abusive household is determined to be extra kind and gentle to break the circle’ trope#spent too much time on something that’s not even confirmed lol#looking forward to the next developments
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