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You canāt tell me that Peter and Harley didnāt fight with lightsabers at their wedding.
#parkner#peter x harley#and a video of them fighting with lightsabers when they first became friends!#playing in the background!#incorrect quotes#this is so stupid#peter parker#harley keener#harley x peter#tony is so done with them.
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every time i think zoro and luffy's sense of no-direction couldn't get any funnier a new scene like this appears to prove me wrong
and it's the robin's "we are heading south, so chopper, could you actually point them the correct way before we lose them here forever?" that makes it so hilarious this time
#āit's the skull's right eye- means we have to go rightā putting him in a blanket burrito so he can nap and get better#its truly incredible. fascinating. peak dumbass meant-for-each-other shenanigans#zolu#one piece#roronoa zoro#monkey d. luffy#tony tony chopper#nico robin#the rest of their crew must be so done with them aksdjsjd#one piece ep 168
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artdumping what i made today
a doodle of @sillyvampir3 'z shrig [which i procrastinated on too much ; im sorry (ā ~ā _ā ~ā ;ā )]
a drawing i made based off a post by @thecultoflove
i dunno what im gonna do to theze freakz if they keep behaving like thiz
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#i am. so tired of everything and everyone rn. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY CUZ NOBODY HAZ DONE ANYTHING TO UPSET ME IN THE FIRST PLACE#i am sick of the people in my class . i am sick of my family#something something i just want to disappear something something etcetera#oh well . at least i have the nice people in my phone who i can make nice thingz for ..... becauze i love them ....... sniffle .............#dhmis#dhmis au#high voltage au#dhmis shrignold#dhmis hv shrignold#dhmis tony#dhmis hv tony#dhmis electracey#dhmis hv electracey#i dunno if you have separate tagz for belavia . tempus and elvonix . doll ā so pleaze forgive me for not tagging themm .... (ā ~ā _ā ~ā ;ā )#dhmis spinach can#dhmis hv sam#guyz you wont believe it but i FINALLY drew sam ; after a while year she finally getz a phyzical appearance#feast on thiz becauze it'll probably never happen again#dhmis brendon#dhmis hv brendon#dhmis sketchbook#dhmis hv sketchbook#dhmis colin#dhmis hv colin#dhmis lamp#dhmis hv larry#dhmis coffin#dhmis hv chester#IM SORRY IF YOU GUYZ DONT LIKE THE FANARTZ ; I JUST WANTED TO DO SOME CUTE STUFF FOR PEOPLE I LOOK UP TO .......#I LOVE YOU COLIN . DOLL <333 YOURE SOME IF MY FAVORITE ARTISTZ YOU CAN HUNT ME DOWN FOR SPORT AND I WON'T MIND !!!!!!!! I SWEARRR !!!!!!!!!
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Some damsel art! I updated her distant sprites (the old sprites were holdovers from demo #1 when the backgrounds for chapter 2 didn't change)
And a bonus unfinished sprite for ya!
Oh yeah and wishlist our game :3
#slay the princess#visual novels#video game art#i learned to draw manga style for her#middle school me would be so proud#tony is so excited to be able to share non-spoiler princess art that isn't tower and adversary lmao#as soon as these were done he was like āOKAY LET'S POST THEM I DON'T CARE THAT IT'S 9PM!!ā
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love the idea of the Avengers adding new members but being stingy about rooms so the OG Avengers each get their own but Bucky and Loki are forced to share one under the guise of it being 'healthy interaction'
#Bucky and Loki being friends but in a weird way and now Thor is concerned like 'i don't recognise my brother anymore T-T'#and Steve is grimacing and sighing like 'my chemical romance isn't that bad Thor you just have to acquire the taste'#Bucky and Loki bunking in a room together and people just forgot to give them a second bed but it's ok because they both sleep on the floor#they wake each other up from nightmares and when it's done/conscious they look at each other in slight alarm and just give 'šāā' 'ššā'#aggressive thumbs up before returning to bed still communicating with thumbs up like 'all good??' 'all good??' 'all good!' 'go sleep?!?'#they both are convinced that oily hair is a way to keep it healthy and dandruff free and like they're not WRONG bc it works for them#but people also hate listening to them corroborate such experiences with each other#like you can't deny their hair is healthy and silky when they wash up and get dressed for something. BUT. STOP TALKING LIKE THAT.#they talk about how the bath they share is so comfortable for two people and it's driving people up a wall#Natasha opens the door and sees Bucky in the dark propped against a wall looking half dead with earphones in#(he is watching a nature documentary Loki recommended)#they bond over times they were being controlled and/or suicidal in Tony's lab and Tony who was working nods along absently long used to it#Tony: ah yeah I have PTSD but im managing it okay for now with meds#Bucky and Loki: *making faces* boo š
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"we want more mentally ill/disabled characters with ugly symptoms!"
You guys can't handle lapis lazuli tony stark or hank pym! You guys can barely contain your ableism toward the hulk! You guys hate the good doctor for all the wrong reasons! You made fun of his speech patterns and his meltdowns wtf like I'm sorry the only autistic person you've supported have been the perfect non annoying type- but too many of especially as children are like shawn- they talk weird and don't understand what's so offensive about what they said
You guys keep saying Lapis should just be rewritten into a villain! I don't like how the show handled her but like your really gonna make the girl who shows ugly bad symptoms of ptsd into villain? You guys keep trying to make hank into a villain or rewrite his past- god forbid a character have really sevre ugly symptoms that causes them to make decisions that permanently effect the story but have them still be heroes! God forbid Ironman have npd and be a hero! Let's shame MCU Bruce for his mental illness for being unable to do things because of it! God as soon as a character with a mental illness or developmental disorder or low IQ shows actual symptoms and behaviors (ei: acts like how someone with the disorder in question acts- you know the main part of having a fucking disorder) you get pissy and pile on the shame- yeah jen you do control your anger better than bruce- you can also stand better than Charles fucking Xavier! Yeah your smarter than a guy with a low IQ want a cookie?
I'm never gonna be one of those people who tell others to stop writing disabled villains or that writing a character that deals with internalized ableism (disabled people like any group of people can be total prices of shit, and I'm sorry not everyone is content and accepting of their disabilities and some of us take comfort in characters that struggle with being angry because of their problems) but Jesus Christ when a heroic character with ugly symptoms who makes cruel decisions or has 'bratty' or 'immature' moments can we let them stay heroes? Can we let them have a disorder without piling on the shame that we are inferior because we can't do something everyone else can- because that's literally what a disability is! Can they still be heroes?
Do we have to use intellectual/developmental disability as a shorthand for anti intellectualism and being a gross annoying psycho
Do we have to make every heroic character with aspd or npd into a villain or change their disability to autism because it's 'more sympathetic' as if lack of empathy isn't a goddamned symptom of many disabilities like PTSD and autism- You can headcanon tony as having autism- that's cool by me but it's clear some of y'all do it to make him a 'woobie'- which is infantalizing btw but also it's because some of y'all are ableist toward people with npd
I hate that the only acceptable 'ugly symptoms' are things like forgetting to shower or brush your teeth every once in a while or being a bit irritable and not stuff like burning bridges or having explosive outburts
Also it's not a mental illness unless it effects your behavior?
Im not saying that we should just accept and allow mentally ill/intellectually disabled people/characters to get away with bad behaviors unpunished but can they stay heroes? Can they still be respectable?
"we want more characters with ugly symptoms"
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You people get offended by low functioning autistic people existing! You get mad at them for being incontinent or nonverbal/making strange noises or having scary anger issues or IQs low enough that they will never be independent you get mad at them for not showing the 'appropriate' reactions to things they may or may not fully understand- you hate people with sensory issues -
You don't want mentally ill/disabled characters- you want characters with the labels of mental disabilities without any of the ugly strange or off putting behaviors mental/intellectual deficiencies/issues cause- you want a romantic tragedy!
You shame people with Alzheimer's for FORGETTING stuff and LOSING SKILLS 'yeah yeah you are superior to your uncle because you can remember stuff but can you remember it's a fucking disease! you people are cruel
Yes you are technically superior to disabled people because you are capable of things we aren't and you have better character and you can control yourself but guess what? Those people you hate for being incapable of that shit have disabilities it's not our faults! It's the fucking definition of a disability! Like yeah it is a skill issue and we're just 'worse' than nondisabled with us lacking self control and having lower IQs and bad mental processing- yeah it is because we're lacking in some capacity that's like the definition disability you can't say you support disabled people and then turn around and say shit about how your better than these people because you can talk or take care of yourself
Hank Pym and Lapis Lazuli should get called out for acting like assholes and pieces of shit but I am firmly against turning one of few heroic characters who actively struggle with psychosis and delusions into another 'psycho' villain and I'm firmly against saying Lapis is just as bad as Jasper and using symptoms of her PTSD as signs she should be rewritten into a villain- I want them to be held accountable not turned into straight up evil guys or dear god washing out their problematic qualities until they're palatable/relatable to a neurotypical audience to make them good guys when they are already good guys!
Can people who do bad things because of their disabilities still be heroes? Can they be allowed to get better or do they have to accept that having ugly symptoms means being the bad guy? Fucking hell this is why I side eye anyone who acts like mental illness/developmental/cognitive or mental etc disabilities are more destigmatized than physical disabilities (trust me they aren't)
Tldr let characters with ugly symptoms be heroes let your characters with mental disorders act like they have a disorder and let said characters be heroes inspite of it!
#hank pym#lapis lazuli#tony stark#Bruce banner#The good doctor only proved how much of disability acceptance is performative nonsense#I'll give that show shit for writing unbelievable shit#Shawn being unable to drive while relatable makes no sense- with his career he'd freaking lose his job so fast#But I'm not forgiving anyone who mocked the meltdown scene or the way he talked#Or the fact he did lack skills and therefore you are superior to him because he does struggle with these skills#Go fuck yourself I don't care if you are 'technically' superior- if your a bully than go fuck yourself#abelism#saneism#Tony has npd deal with it#Tony is a hero deal with it#Tony is morally grey deal with it#Tony Stark stans and antis see zero nuance with the man#You guys are somehow worse than Terra antis and fans in Teen Titans#And that's saying something#I hate how Lapis treats Peridot it's bad#And I hate how Hank Pym stans are anti wasp or act like he's done nothing wrong#But I will fight anyone who wants to make them into villains#This is something of vent I guess?
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rdj the (whitewashed) electric boogaloo
This is a reminder to everyone who's excited about RDJ's casting as Doctor Doom that this casting is whitewashing. Victor Von Doom is a Romani character and has been a Romani character since his introduction in the 1960s. (Fantastic Four Annual #2 [1964]) Not only that, but his Roma identity and the persecution he and his family faced due to it is integral to his character, it is what forms his identity. (Books of Doom by Ed Brubaker) Even if on the off chance this casting is meant to not be Victor but instead be some variant of Tony or whomever else becoming Doctor Doom, it is damaging to the character to rob him of that important cultural background. Doctor Doom does not exist without that history. Fans have been pushing hard to cast Doom as a Romani actor for years, especially since the MCU has whitewashed other Romani characters. (Wanda, Pietro, etc) This casting is not a celebration moment, it's fucking heartbreaking that the MCU repeatedly ignores the important and nuanced cultural backstories of characters.
I know I can't change anybody's mind on whether or not you want to be excited about RDJ's return to the MCU. But I do think at the very least you should be mad that the MCU is baiting us all and destroying nuanced and interesting characters for the sake of self-referential easter eggs and nostalgia bait. Because that's what it is. Feel how you'd like to feel about RDJ's return, but personally, this is soul-sucking. I had such a deep love for the MCU as a teenager, it was obviously something incredibly formative to me, especially Tony Stark. This isn't recreating what I fell in love with the MCU for. This is turning a well-planned and artistic storyline of adaptations into cheap cash grabs and fan service. Because, I think we're past the point of being able to call the MCU an adaptation of anything. They can use existing characters' names and powers, but to say they're being properly adapted is laughable.
This is not an adaptation of Doctor Doom. This is RDJ the Electric Boogaloo because Marvel's fear of losing the interest of dedicated MCU fans overrides their willingness to tell stories that are genuine to the characters. I don't know what there is to be excited about that. The MCU has lost its authenticity and aside from a few projects, feels heartless. Every movie is a copy of a copy. This announcement isn't something celebratory, it feels like a death knell of a cinematic universe that's so desperate to cling to relevancy it's resorting to nostalgia for a character/actor who hasn't even been dead for a decade. We're not getting anything new, we're just rinsing and repeating the same song and dance.
I get it. I love Tony Stark, his death destroyed me and I to this day, rue the ending he got in Endgame. It misunderstood his arc and it robbed him of a satisfying conclusion. But the solution to that isn't dragging the corpse out of the grave five years later to whitewash an existing character with rich and interesting nuance, just to forcibly tie his existence in the MCU to Tony. Whether he is a variant or not. Why would you want someone else's fave's legacy to be destroyed simply so your fave's legacy can go on? Hell, if we were really all so hellbent on the return of RDJ and/or Tony to the MCU, we have the multiverse for a reason. There were other ways to do it that didn't whitewash and ruin someone else. This just. Isn't something to be happy about.
#... we will not be addressing that i'm a dead blog#no one say a WORD about my inactivity for 4 years this isn't about that /lh#also if anyone tries to get smart about āromani isn't a raceā i don't care and you can shut up.#it's an ethnic and cultural identity. and it should be portrayed correctly.#ESPECIALLY for a character like *victor von doom* of all people. like it is fundamental to him.#i would've included panels of the comics mentioned but most of them use the g-slur and i don't wish to encourage that here#like listen i don't think you need to be a comics fan to be an mcu fan. they're so divorced from each other atp#nor do i think the mcu owes complete comic accuracy. but i do think you should at *least* care when characters are whitewashed.#look. i really don't want this to be a debate on if rdj's return is good or not#i've been frankly baffled at how many old mutuals are excited but. whatever if you want him back i get it.#but it shouldn't be like this. not at the expense of a different character.#this whole thing made me realize i'm *far* more jaded and turned off to the mcu than most of you guys are.#which is fair you can still be an mcu fan. if it brings you joy i'm so happy for you#but how does this like. bring joy i don't get it.#this is soulless. it's uninspired. it's done purely for shock value.#i occasionally get asks to this blog about why i left and asking me to come back#and i get it. i *want* to come back.#but i don't *care* about the mcu anymore. this is not the franchise i fell in love with.#i don't recognize what once meant everything to me.#winteriron will always hold a special place in my heart (as will tony stark)#but like. i just don't have love for it. and it sucks that this bullshit from marvel actively kills the love i had.#this sours tony stark to me. i'm sorry but it does. because was it really worth this? is this what his legacy has become?#this does cheapen his legacy btw. like without question. it turns him into a cheap cameo reference. heart of the mcu my ass.#my fandom circles have *massively* changed#i'm now entirely surrounded by comics fans bc my primary fandom is dc comics. that's what i'm up to these days#and the difference was actually baffling to me. everyone i follow now is *pissed* about this. comics twitter is so mad.#and then i see ppl on here excited and i'm just genuinely surprised this is something you want. i don't get it.#i don't say that to be rude. i just don't get it. how is *this* actually something people *want*.#do i still care about marvel? eh.#i like winter soldier comics and i could give a comprehensive rec list. and i read some other characters i deeply enjoy.
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Guys are we fucking with the (hypothetical) Hello Kitty Hook pin idea
#Iām contemplating making various pics like this of wrestlers#so far the only wrestlers Iāve confirmed (with myself) that I wanna do is Hook Danhausen Jack Toni Willow and Jey#but Hook is all I have done as of rn#itās up to him if I decide if I wanna continue this#but tbh#I think Iām still gonna design the others and produce them to see how I feel ab the results#but yeah this is gonna be a long process for me since I procrastinate sm#like ššš#aew#aew fanart#send hook#730 hook#hook aew#my art
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I watched Avengers: Age of Ultron (apart from I skipped some overly long action sequences) and I am not sure so can someone tell me whether or not Tony Stark was the baddy in that film? Because about halfway through I was sure he was but then it was maybe just an evil robot after all and I am confused because either this film was surprisingly subversive or it was about robots hitting each other.
#I CANT STAND THE CONFUSION IN MY MIND#also i get why people wrote wanda/sylvie. they should go on a wholesome chick-flick revenge-quest together. and also they should kiss.#also i am now only *half* joking about thor being in love with mjolnir#it kept doing Christianity Bits which was quite awks.#not sure why it used the bit about building the church on a rock for some metal i mean wasn't jesus making a pun there? about peter?#i think Vision might be Jesus? or else he's Dr Manhattan who's done a first year philosophy course. could go either way on that tbh.#BUT TONY WAS THE BADDY RIGHT? WAS HE? WAS TONY THE BADDY OR NOT????#with the homocidal glitches in what he thinks is his winning personality?#and all the weapons he's made and is in fact still making but now he only sells them to The Good Guys?#except look how easily they fall out with each other and also don't a lot of innocent bystanders die in their overly long action scenes?#also i need to write fic about whether mjolnir does in fact obey some unknown code that can be cracked if you set your mind to it#she does like Robot Jesus so apparently we can rely on her to make the major decisions from now on#the ending's a bit ominous - apparently someone's collecting those TVA paperweights to do... something? Oh no! :O#yeah i watched the MCU in the wrong order shut up this was inevitable and Marvisney should just embrace that at this point#(i know 'Marvisney' will never catch on but that will not stop me using it)#the loki series ending is but the latest installment of āunlimited power with no oversight is fine as long as the Good people have itā#UNLESS TONY WAS ACTUALLY THE BADDY. WHICH AS I MENTIONED I AM NOT AT ALL CLEAR ON.#maybe what i mean is was tony stark the baddy *on purpose*?#i only picked this one to watch next because tumblr gifsets told me thor wears a nice coat in it#which he does! but only for a small fraction of the film :(#journey into the mcu#the avengers (the marvel ones not the other ones)
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Peter: the ceo of ikea was elected president of sweden.
Tony: that's great Peter.
Peter: I heard he is still assembling his cabinet.
Tony, laying his head on the table: these jokes gotta stop.
#peter makes bad jokes#tony is so done with them#it only encourages Peter to do more#peter parker and the avengers#peter parker#spiderman#tony stark#iron man#tony and peter#avengers#mcu#incorrect avengers quotes#incorrect marvel quotes
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New Scotland Yard: Point of Impact (1.1, LWT, 1972)
"I thought they'd lumber you with it."
"Did you, why?"
"It's a touchy one, isn't it?"
"There's a policeman involved."
"Yeah, unpleasant."
"Always."
"You were bound to get it."
"Thank you."
"Would've never happened at all if it hadn't been for that blasted Law and Order Brigade turning up on the scene, bloody reactionaries."
"Look, spare me the catchphrases, will you? I don't understand what half of them mean, I don't suppose the people who bandy them about do either."
"Well, I happen to know what a reactionary is."
"Good. You must explain it to me in great detail. Some other time."
#new scotland yard#point of interest#lwt#1972#classic tv#tony wharmby#don houghton#john woodvine#john carlisle#bryan marshall#barry warren#claire warren#shirley cain#brian rawlinson#norman jones#basil henson#mel martin#nicholas young#recently trawling a certain You based Tubeā i stumbled across a user who has uploaded great swathes of old tellyā to my delight. a lot of#it I've already seen or even ownā but finding NSY was huge: I've wanted to watch this for a while but the discs are frustratingly hard to#come by at a reasonable price since Network (rip in our hearts forever) went under. so i guess this is my viewing for the near futureā#before a copyright strike inevitably gets them pulled (and i don't think it's every episode that's available either). the series starts#promisinglyā eschewing a safe and steady introduction for an altogether more challenging issue based ep; a man has died during a scuffle#between socialist protesters and rightwing counter protestersā apparently killed by a police officer. our leads must investigate whilst#balancing the difficult tightrope of public opinionā avoiding either a whitewash or an unjust persecution. it's heavyā polemical stuff but#the script works hard to maintain balance and present nuanceā with idealists and extremists on either side (and Woodvine's senior copper#stubbornly sticking his feet in the center). it's still copaganda of courseā but intelligently done nonetheless#we don't learn a great deal about our two leads at this pointā but their relationship certainly seems spiky (Carlisle is given to making#leaps of deduction and announcing moral absolutes where Woodvine is almost frustratingly impartial to the extreme). plus nice to see#familiar faces like Marshallā Jones and Warren among the supporting cast. a very promising opener
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just one chorus left and a little bit of music without lyrics and itās all done,, the end is already done the light at the end of the tunnel is visible
#listen this project was made with a lot of love but this section is taking foreverrrrr#and i have work tomorrow AND the day i need it done by so i literally have basically zero choice#thereās only so many times i can draw the goddamn pizzaplex#i wanna draw tony or gregory dammit#we will probably stay up to finish this and then edit tomorrow night. wish me luck#keep me in your prayers tonight iām gonna need them#fe liveblogs drawing#fe rambles
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Tony: I won't accept the use of any old-fashioned pet name to refer to me! I'M THE FUTURE-
Bucky: *Enters the room walk8ng directly to the fridge* Mornin' dollface.
Steve: *Following Bucks* Good mornin' sunshine.
Tony: *Giggles* Hi~
Nat:*Lifts an eyebrow*
Tony: They're a special case, Nat.
Bucky & Steve: *Smirk*
#Tony is an absolute fool for that pair of illegally hot super soldiers#In his defense they're fools for him too so~#Nat is so done with their shit#But she will allow it cause Tony giggling as a teenager is hilarious#Listening Tony's laugh is her Roman empire#they're family your honor#fight me#The Brooklyn's boys are absolutely jealous of their relationships#As rhey should#They better take care of Tony cause Nat can steal him from them without a second thought#oh no#i'm delirious#again#tony stark#tony stark has a heart#bucky barnes#iron man#steve rogers#winter soldier#captain america#stuckony#natasha romanoff#natasha romanov#black widow#they're two dumbasses in love with a mastermind#To walk to the future you need to understand the past#and oh boy#Tony knows A LOT about the past#every detail of it#if you know you know
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almost a whole year ago . i made a drawing based off one of my favorite songs and . after looking through my older posts and finding it . i decided to remake it !!!
im very proud of how far ive come since then !! the evolution of my drawing style really does make me proud of my own progress !!!
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song : "Rainy Boots" ā INABUKOMORI
#PLEASE TELL ME YOU SEE THE COOL SYMBOLISM I TRIED TO PUT IT#PLEEEEASE !!!!!!#GGRHRHSHDHSHDHFH#im so proud of how this turned out wowowowow#my life has MEANING AGAIN !!!! Ā„_^#i wanna make more#more more more music inspired drawings !!!#more gifts for my friends yes yes !!!!#huehehehe#dhmis#dhmis art#dhmis au#dhmis tony#tony the talking clock#dhmis hv tony#dhmis sketchbook#dhmis hv sketchbook#vocaloid#vocaloid inspired#art remake#drawing remake#my Halloween drawings are almost done !!! yaayy !!!#it's nothing big . so yeah . but it's good to know they're almost ready to see the light of day !!!#hope you guys will like them :)#anywho#sorry my tags are dry#but yeah#byebye !!! ā w=
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Tony: I like a man that can absolute destroy me
Bucky: *stares*
Pepper: in a fight
Tony: >:3
Pepper: in a fight right???
Bucky: >:]
Pepper: by the infinity stones *leaves*
#tony stark#bucky barnes#winteriron#tony stark x bucky barnes#pepper potts#she is so done with them both#pfft this is dumb
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Might be a hot take but a major characterās death is really only as good as the weight and the treatment that the narrative gives it. Sure, any author has the ability to write death as they see fit. But whether the consumer (of any given form of media) is actually able to emotionally connect and resonate with the departure of someone who has occupied a good chunk of narrative space very heavily depends on how itās treated within the story. If itās a major character, the narrative needs enough built-in breathing space. As in, the consumer doesnāt have to fill in the blanks as to how the death impacted the plot or the remaining characters. Let the narrative do that for them, and that would actually allow the consumer to better react and relate to that major death (sadness, anger, joy, etc). Allow the rest of the characters (who were impacted by the deceased) to react to their parting. Let them engage with the death in a manner that helps justify the characterās inclusion in the narrative to begin with. Make it clear how the characterās life and (especially) their death relate to the larger themes of the story. Because most consumers arenāt stupid. We donāt want our hands held at every waking moment, but we also donāt want our investment in a story to be insulted just for the sake of a cheap shock. Give us time to breathe and grieve. And respect that we have put in a lot of emotional investment in a story and its characters, and we deserve to have that acknowledged.
#recent developments in a very popular ip have forced me to think about how creators treat the deaths of major or main characters#and the discourse of ~ohh we donāt need to see every single thing~ has got me thinking#like sure we donāt need to be spoon fed everything but consumers have varying emotional investments depending on the characters#a side character itās passable if we donāt get any fanfare but a MAIN???#weāve invested so much into their journey and the themes in their arcs and how they affect the world around them#is it too bad to want that to be actually acknowledged by & within the narrative?#so that whole thing got me to think about main characters whose deaths were well done in fiction#ned stark imo is a really good one because the immediate payoff of his death is the start of the wot5k and long term effect was#that the stark kids now had to fill in their fatherās shoes and rise and become leaders in their own right and while we still have twow an#ados we can also tell as shown in adwd that the long term effect of Nedās legacy is that house stark will be preserved even when itās on th#brink of extinction#so thatās a well done imo because we also see throughout 4 books just how much his death meant to the kids#his death hurts because we see how his kids are hurting - jon arya sansa bran are GOING THROUGH IT AND IT HURTS!#Iād argue MCU did a pretty good job of showing tonyās everlasting legacy after his death and they did that through Peter who was the proteg#we can love and grieve for tony though peter whom we love and have come to relate to so Tonyās death has a lot of narrative weight#and how itās handled is satisfying even though weāre hurt that heās gone#same with sirius and dumbledore in HP - siriusā especially hits sooo hard because Harry goes absolutely apeshit in ootp and then has to#pick up the pieces in hbp + dumbledoreās life and death is given quite a good amount of narrative space for both harry and the reader#the recent developments in jjk have me worried that a certain someoneās departure wonāt be given the narrative weight it deserves#and part of that is gegeās pacing being wonky because oops itās another big fight that will take god knows how many chapters idk#Iāll wait and see but as of right nowā¦.i feel like fan complaints about it shouldnāt be brushed aside because theyāre super valid š#asoiaf#harry potter#jujutsu kaisen#mcu#marvel#comics#manga
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