#underestimating badassery

[howtodrawyourdragon]

Love that Hiccup and Violet are both part of the hyperspecific "disabled protag, who is basically a war vet, is small/skinny, is severely underestimated in their badassery and has super fast, super powerful black dragon that's basically their soulmate" club.

[magicalgirlagency]

You know, calamity trio and titan luz's anime powers were cool and badass, but i think grunkle stan outsmarting omnipotent evil doritos who destroyed multiple dimensions is a peak of badassery

Humans shouldn't be underestimated, that's for sure.

[justanotherrpmeme]

"Badass" sentences

"We've been through hell and back, and yet here we stand, ready for more." "I didn't choose the badass life; the badass life chose me." "Fear? That's just a word. We embrace danger like old friends." "You mess with us, you're playing with fire. And trust me, you don't want to get burned." "We're the ones they warn you about. The ones who don't play by the rules." "They thought they could break us, but little did they know, badassery runs in our veins." "We don't ask for permission; we take what we want and leave chaos in our wake." "There's no such thing as a fair fight when you're dealing with true badasses like us." "We thrive in the face of adversity. Bring it on, because we're ready for anything." "They say diamonds are tough, but they've never met us. We're forged in steel." "Don't mistake our silence for weakness. It's the calm before the storm." "They call us rebels, outlaws, renegades. But we know we're just misunderstood." "We walk the line between heroes and villains. But one thing's for sure—we're unforgettable." "We're a force to be reckoned with, unstoppable and unyielding." "We don't need backup; we are the backup. The cavalry arrives when we step onto the scene." "They say the night belongs to the fearless. Well, guess what? We own the night." "We don't do it for fame or recognition. We do it because it's who we are—badass to the core." "They underestimated us, and that's their biggest mistake. We rise above their expectations." "We're not just badass individually; together, we're a lethal combination." "They tried to put us in a box, but we shattered it. Badassery knows no limits."

[jerzwriter]

🐉, 📓, ✨,⚠️ For any and all of your babies!

Thanks so much for the ask, my friend!

🐉Very serious question… are they more like a dragon or a unicorn?

Ethan: Dragon Kaycee: Unicorn Tobias: Unicorn Casey: Unicorn Jessica: Unicorn Eli: Dragon Zoe: Hmmm. She's definitely a little of both, but her genuine state is Unicorn. Trystan: He wants to believe it's a dragon, but it's 1000% a unicorn. Carolina: 80% Dragon, 20% Unicorn! lol

📓Do you associate any quotes or lyrics with this oc?

You know, I do, but this is one of those questions I'd need to give entirely too much thought to lol I'm tucking this one away to answer on another time when I can really delve into this (it's the mental illness. lol)

✨Tell something that makes this oc feel happy!

Ethan: He'd say something like solving a medical mystery, and that's true. But what really makes him happiest is having someone who makes him feel like he has a place to call home for the first time in a very, very long time.

Kaycee: Making a sick patient smile despite the pain; her mom's cooking; Broadway/Theater; music - especially by Taylor Swift; her friends; Ethan.

Tobias: Sex (you asked lol); a day at the beach; flirting; his favorite team winning; a good game on the courts with friends; art; his little girls; and most of all, Casey.

Casey: Truly helping someone; sleeping in; cuddling; sex (you asked lol); really good food; music/concerts; autumn; her little girls; and most of all, Tobias.

Jessica: Academic/professional validation; spending time with true friends; hiking and beautiful scenery; baking; being with the person she loves.

Eli: Pleasant dreams about his late parents and brother, having a place to call home again; cooking something that makes Zoe make "that noise"; Zoe.

Zoe: Her friends who are her family; motorcycle rides with Eli; hugs; Eli.

Trystan: A top-notch massage, bonus points if it includes hot stones; fancy nights out on the town; knowing that he has true, loyal friends now - who love him for him - not for who he is; most of all, Carolina.

Carolina: "Theeeee Yankees Win!"; long rides with good music and/or good conversation; really good Puerto Rican or Caribbean food; her friends; Tommy; Trystan.

⚠️- If this oc came with a warning sign, what would it be?

Ethan: WARNING: My bark is worse than my bite, but my bark is pretty damn intimidating. Also, if you mess with my wife or daughter, the bite will be just as bad.

Kaycee: WARNING: Prone to breaking out into song at any random time. This will often include impromptu reenactions to Hamilton: The Musical or The Era's Tour.

Tobias: (Pre-Casey) WARNING: Voracious flirt who will follow through on that; but don't fall in love, because I'm bound to break your heart.

(Post-Casey) WARNING: Voracious flirt - it's just part of my DNA - I don't even know I'm doing it. But understand it means nothing, I've only got eyes for one.

Casey: WARNING: I'm bound to charm you. But if you're a hateful, bigoted asshole, or you fuck with my loved ones, that charm will go away REAL fast. Be warned.

Eli: WARNING: The stony exterior is just a protective device, but if I'm really scowling, it's probably best to stay away.

Zoe: WARNING: You may not be able to handle my level of badassery. The only thing I can't do - is cook. Oh, yeah, eat nothing I prepare.

Trystan: WARNING: Charming as fuck but capable of utilizing ancient Drakovian martial arts that will gut you in 3-2-1.....

Carolina: WARNING: Don't underestimate me. Ever.

Thanks again for asking, Dani!

[fizziepopangel]

A Fizziepop Take: Let's talk about Millie's fight scene in "Exes And Oohs"

So, I saw a post talking about Millie's fight in "Exes And Oohs" and how it was kinda annoying because it followed clichés that every badass fight scene follows (like Millie coming out unharmed at the end or her being able to dodge very shot or bullet that came her way). While I don't know the original poster of this argument, I do have some thoughts on it, so lets get into it!

So the post in question stated something along the lines of the scene was cool but cliché and seemingly overdone in that sense, claiming that it takes away from the badassery of her scene because she comes out on top and unscathed and her opponents seemingly do nothing but take it up the ass (quite literally in one part).

I disagree. I mean, yeah, the badassery can have a greater effect when our protagonist comes out at least a little messed up, but we're talking about literal demons; of course, they'll have different skill sets and abilities that aide them in things revolving around destruction, death, etc. Not to mention, Millie is from the wrath ring where violence is an occurrence so normal that no one bats an eye at her having a body count over the festival games or Sallie Mae dragging a body through the background of that same scene, meaning that her and those in her family likely have multiple stories involving violence to that degree, on top of her job now being murder for hire so she's likely never had an extended period in her life where violence wasn't a big part of normality to her. It makes sense for her to have the skills and ability to come out on top and unharmed more often than not if that's true.

Now, because violence has been such a major influence in her life, our lovely little imp's attack was not only vicious, but it was quick and she did most of it with a smaller knife or her bare hands, even using a dildo as a weapon at one point, as well as her boss at another. Given the fact that Millie moved with a feline-like precision and the speed of a puppy with the zoomies on crack as she ripped the skeletons out of the shark demons she fought or split them crotch to skull, I don't think anyone had much of a chance to stop her once she and Blitz drove through that wall.

In all honesty, Blitz only jumped in to help her once (twice if you count her using him as a weapon at one point) so it was essentially one little imp against at least a dozen other demons and it shouldn't have been possible for her to win. But she did. And I think the reason Millie came out on top, aside from just her sheer rage over the situation her husband was in, was because she was underestimated by everyone there. Crimson himself even shouting, "She's a dame! She's a broad, kill her!" when his much larger, primarily male staff couldn't contain Millie as she used their size and lack of speed and agility against them until only she was left standing. And while that was probably the most badass thing I've see from her in this series, I don't think that's actually what this scene was supposed to be about.

I think the point this scene was trying to make with each cliche trope it contained was packed into the end of the scene and solidified by the last scene in the episode. Why? Because after killing at least a dozen demons, most larger than her and toting far more weaponry, Millie didn't touch Crimson or Chaz. She could've killed them both for what they did but instead, she grabbed her man and threw him over her shoulder before leaving. And what's more interesting is that Crimson let it happen. He let it happen because he knew that despite being 'a dame', she could end him the way she ended every one of the men he sent her way, and that just didn't sit well with him.

Crimson letting the group leave was huge because it was an admission of defeat, a show of weakness at the hands of the someone he's always seen as the weaker sex, and it left him open to become a reoccurring character later in the series. After having his plan fucked up by a woman and an idiot in a car, and almost being scammed by a broke, sex obsessed shark who can't fuck, he'll feel a need to redeem himself when he comes back, meaning the next scene we see him in may involve a lot more carnage because now he knows he has to account for the fact that Moxxie has at least one person who care about him enough to go absolutely ballistic over him being put in any kind of danger, so if he's gunning for his son, he has to get through Millie at the very least. And after seeing him put a knife through a picture of his son's head, we know he's most definitely looking to take him the fuck out. And for all of us who are getting tired of seeing Moxxie only being a damsel in distress most of the time, a storyline like this could mean he finally gets the chance to not only save the others, but stand up to his dad on a more equal playing field than he had in his childhood home where he was promptly tazed, tied up, and forced to stand at the alter with someone who betrayed him once already.

Though I could definitely be reading way farther into this than I need to, this one action packed scene where Millie absolutely killed the game (pun very much intended) could set up so much more because of the clichés that were used to convey something more than actually outright stated. I feel like that type of thing is very much on brand for Vivziepop and hope our next scene featuring Crimson as our antagonist shows the anger I think was fueled by this loss and a plan to try to come back from it because it would be a great watch. Regardless of my take on it or if any of my thoughts hold any truth, I'm excited to see the direction the next episodes take us.

[crowley-the-1-true-king-of-hell]

So my absolute favourite Crowley episodes are in order from earliest to latest are ...

Wait before I get there the problem is all of them except the episodes were Crowley gets bullied or worse are my favourites. That's a lot of episodes because the bullying of Crowley, rather than just general rivalry and enemy stuff didn't happen until season 10. So I decided to change it to only the favourites where I can actually explain why beyond "I just love it just because uh yeah it's amazing"

Abandon All Hope

Okay so this is the episode where we see a demon trolling a homophobe and as one of those woke millenials it felt like Crowley was the kind of person that would have a blog on Tumblr and give entertaining rants about the unfair state of LGBTQphobias and racism in the world

The Devil You Know

Okay so this is central to understanding pre human blood Crowley's character. You cannot write accurate and informed metas of prehuman Crowley without having knowledge of this episode in your subconscious influencing you

It is basically a character study. It tells you that he is brilliant as he persuaded someone who didn't fear Crowley or the Winchesters torture or death into telling them where Pestilence is. He got Bobby who is clearly intelligent into giving up his soul

He is dramatic and funny. "They ate my tailor!"

He is quick to anger and doesn't have much patience. "Shut up the both of you!"

He is willing for his allies to get hurt to achieve his their goals. "That's what you get working with a demon."

He is flirty. "Lovers in league against Satan."

He shows more emotional range than most demons we've seen. "So come with me. Please." However his ability to feel the full range of emotions from anger to fear even before the human blood is unfortunately a big weakness of his, because he doesn't think of all the ways things can go wrong when he is feeling strong emotions as he acts impulsively, and therefore doesn't think of contigency plans for them. When he's calm he's brilliant

See most people think Crowley is smug and arrogant and he can be those things. But often he isn't and it's just a cover up for his worry

He is badass. He fought and won against an entire hive of demons single handedly before he became the ruler of fallen humanity

It is also his character centric episode

He also shrugs off being shot with a salt bullet

Two Minutes to Midnight

Telling the boys that Bobby used tongue is a well known, hilarious and iconic moment. To be fair to Bobby he might have thought he needed to use tongue for the deal to work

This is the episode where Cas' first line to him wasn't something something abomination but a surprised "how did you get that?" the first active impression that Cas has of Crowley is curiosity on his ability to gain things that should be difficult to get. That meant Cas never underestimated Crowley even in later seasons when the boys stopped being scared of him because Cas' first impression is that Crowley is very able to achieve what should be very difficult or near impossible

Weekend at Bobby's

Crowstiel is my favourite ship but the chemistry rivalry between Crowley and Bobby Singer is undeniable. It was also kind of hot. "You come to daddy." Them both mocking each other's accents was hilarious

The Man Who Would Be King

His support for Cas and the fact that he made Hell unique from the other Hells we've seen. This is also the episode where we see just how much respect that Crowley has for Cas. He genuinely believes that Cas is able to lead an army and win the war. He respects Cas in every way and even when Cas was in his honey era stage he believed in Cas to help beat Dick. How do we know he wasn't just saying that? 1. Why would Crowley team up with someone incapable? 2. We see evidence both before and after that episode of Cas' intelligence and badassery 3. Iirc and maybe I'm wrong Crowley has never called Cas a moron. Something he has no qualms using on even people he thinks of as friends post human blood like Dean for example

Season Seven, Time for a Wedding!

This is Crowley at his most fearsome and respected. Dean fears him "oh, crap". His demons fear him "oh, crap" and his unexpected speech about wall street and integrity from a demon was ironically funny

There Will Be Blood

This is the episode where Crowley is one of the most crucial characters of the season. They need HIS blood [ along with Cas and the alpha vamps ] to save the world

Crowley and Cas deserve to be important

Survival of the Fittest

He wins that episode. He gets Kevin. Cas and Dean get trapped in Purgatory and if Dean was a random side character rather than necessary to the plot there wouldn't have been a way out for him

He also doesn't get bitchy when Cas said not in so many words "no thank you" to helping with Dick Roman

The Great Escapist

Crowley sees Cas and his eyes light up. That is good acting to make even your irisises gleam. The look was very affectionate. It wasn't a smug yes I have Cas now! Angel tablet let's go! It was a soft adoring look

It was also nice for Crowley to have a win. It also shows just how good his logical thinking is and how he can draw the right conclusions from the information available to him. Plus his devil bullet idea was a creative solution to not having to get within an angel's smiting range

Clip Show

He called the Winchesters out for their collateral damage and they needed to be called out tbh. That was so satisfying. This episode is also a reminder to us that he isn't just funny dramatic Crowley as he is also "the ruler of fallen humanity" and Crowley shows that dark side of himself

Devil May Care

He had been tortured with a sledgehammer and he behaved like his nails had been painted. Badass. What a king 💅

Road Trip

There is evidence suggesting Crowley wasn't trying his best to hack Gadreel in order to force Dean into a deal where he gets to possess Sam and therefore go free

The evidence is that he doesn't do as much twisting with Gadreel as he does with Alfie. The evidence is that the pins Crowley is using to hack Gadreel vs Alphie are on opposite temples

Absolutely magnificent bastard

King of the Damned

Watching Crowley be soft hearted for Gavin was so rewarding from Weekend at Bobby's

The Foundry

The episode you point people to when they ask why do you ship Crowstiel as a friendship or a romanceship?

They play off each other well humour wise. And rather than rolling his eyes or looking disappointed in Cas for the Beyonce name like Dean would Crowley decides to join in on the joke

Crowley finds Cas fun whereas Dean can find Cas annoying

LOTUS

"I agree with agent Zappa." This is where Cas engages with Crowley like they really are partners and was the beginning potential of a friendship

I also believe Cas would prefer being Crowley's FBI partner and I know what you're thinking "but Cas loves Dean" and look I love my partner and I would choose him over my online gaming friends but some of my online gaming friends are more enjoyable to game with than my partner is. It doesn't mean I love them more but in this particular circumstance i.e gaming I would rather game with them than my partner f

For example my partner doesn't really do activities with me in the game he just goes off and does his own thing

Dean rolls his eyes and insults Cas where as Crowley joins in like it's perfectly normal to refer to yourself as Agent Beyonce. He never goes out of his way to make Cas feel embarassed and I just feel like if it wasn't for Dean Cas would really enjoy being FBI partners with Crowley after Lucifer gets defeated as well

[magaprima]

You know, I could talk forever about the moment Lilith reaches out with JUST ONE FREAKING HAND to telekinetically hold the literal devil back. Like, I feel no one goes on about the POWER that is, or don't go on about it enough to satisfy how many freaking feels that moment gives me.

Like, Lucifer is CHARGING forward towards Sabrina, he's pure freaking fury, and he is about to visit some extreme violence on the room, and Lilith doesn't even move from where she's stood, she just reaches out with one hand, and just as Zelda held back Mr Kinkle, holds back the Dark Lord. Like, he's fighting back and struggling against it, but he is trapped, he is held fast by her power. Think about it; that is so incredibly powerful, that it knocks everyone else out of the water (and is why I get low-key pissed when people lessen Lilith's power, or write things where she could be overpowered by someone else easily. The only way Nick was able to bind her was he had ONE OF HER BONES. Like he had to have a physical piece of her to be able to do anything).

Lilith shows, in this moment, that she is so freaking powerful (and most decidedly deserving of being Queen of Hell) and yet she so rarely shows it. She shows her power, and the extent of the strength of it so rarely, that I think those around her, Lucifer included, tend to forget, and so they underestimate her. And then when she does engage her full power and openly use it, the moment is so freaking badass. Like when she raises the Greendale 13 so easily (with a nice blood sacrifice), when she pulls everyone into their own personal tarot vision so effortlessly, the way she banishes Beelzebub with just a dismissive flick of the hand, how she even bypasses the defence of a Yule Log by just making herself a little gingerbread house, and then her glamours and skin changes are next level.

And that's without even going into the added power and badassery as regards holding back the devil, that she was being brave enough to take a stand against her abuser, and let him know she was against him.

[plothooksinc]

7 and 15 for the ask meme! Also you've already said it for yourself, but I want you to know the shaft scene of Underdark lives in my head rent-free. Everything from the moment the train lights pass overhead to the moment Mikey has to climb back out of the shaft with Leo tied to his back. That's like a chapter and a half, I'm sure 50% sure, but I remember like it's been painted on my memory.

me, the author, typing away: oh god this is so STRESSFUL I wonder what happens next

Glad that's someone else's favourite ♥

7. What’s a trope you love to write?

Too many to count. I know I definitely round back to the same ones a lot, but I think the one I love to write (because now that I think about it I do this a lot lmao) it's > take hero and handicap in some way (whether literally or he's just out of his depth) > hero gets underestimated > hero proceeds to think outside the box and kick your ass with whatever improvised tactic comes to hand Because I LOVE ME SOME INTELLIGENT CHARACTERS and I do this in just about everything, and it may be a direct response to being tired of watching otherwise competent characters get damselled and lie around helpless when they really shouldn't be. (The flip side is if I actually do damsel someone they are fucked up to a level where they Literally Cannot and they will probably fight all the way down to that level because it's the only way to stop my brain from going "but they could do this and--")

I first did that with Kenshin in Tanabata Jasmine, where the bad guys broke his collarbone and took his sword away and he proceeded to have a fight with first a chair leg and then a bowl of rice, so. Kaoru was thinking outside the box the entire time when she was being a small time hacker sliding her way into one of the Top 5 Scariest Zaibatsu In Existence in Zaibatsu Project. That was fun. The list continues from there. I guarantee you this is coming in No Rest For The Weary. A lot. I like underdog fights and impossible odds with inspired badassery. (I also do this in RP a lot, boy Nami did a lot of improv fighting in Luceti.)

15. Are there words, phrases, mannerisms or scenes you tend to use a lot?

OH I SEE HOW IT IS, MY BETA CALLING ME OUT-- jkjk. Um, yes. Mostly Said-Bookisms, which I keep a tight eye on these days because I want to describe tone for every piece of dialogue someone writes and it's Not Necessary. But I'm fond of people speaking mildly and dryly and I like injecting life into conversations but boy it's sure easy to go Too Far with that, so. I also abuse the em dash like many authors and because my usual MO is to switch between Third Person Limited, the passages often have a lot of disconnected thoughts as they start thinking about something else or something happens, so. There are a lot of paragraphs that end with -- and then they sidetrack.

I bet there are phrases that I use a lot. One is 'white-knuckled' which is unfortunate because I'm currently talking about a bunch of kids with green skin and I already noticed I just absently used that in the very first chapter of NRFTW whoops. Also, hilariously, I'm pretty sure I've used the sentence 'He Slept' on its own a few times lately, irony of that story title. I often finish chapters/sections with a very short tl;dr sentence, lmao.

And scenes-- I try my best not to repeat on these, but apparently Mikey and Leo snoozing in bed together is gonna be a repeat theme. Characters waking up confused b/c of concussions and/or drugs and/or Bits of Black Ice Programs Trapped In Their Heads. Bizarrely, I have also written two boardroom scenes in which the protag has to face a bunch of murderous capitalists and outwit them on a verbal scale. The fact that that one occurred twice was not intentional and is a source of great amusement to me.

Thank you!

Fanfic Writer Ask game here.

[potentialcabinet]

people underestimate the badassery of bail organa

[asknarashikari]

Liking a character for combat pragmatism/fight aggressively..... well I guess it may be caused by how tokusatsu's (or other action-based media) main appeal to people would be the, well, special effects, as in the genre name ("tokushu satsuei"); people watch those just for the fights and the suits.

Liking fight may also be related to wanting power fantasy, so the ones who fight the coolest to them like being aggressive and brutal (usually done in rival archetypes), would be what catches their attention. Seems that vulgar behavior is considered a display for badassery outside of fight too, for some reason - which infuriates me that this seem to produce a double standard, like praising Azuma's Revolve On use (against Bujin Sword) sky high, but ignoring Keiwa's own creative use of Revolve On. Or perhaps also their performance against the Premiums (Azuma losing against 2, Keiwa having upper hand against 1).

Overall only what's "cool" got appreciated and paid attention, regardless if someone else out there has them - not limited to action but in other stuff like character personality or gorgeous/intimidating looks. There are those who also encourage people to turn their brains off when watching toku, rather than getting deep about children's shows - including limiting the definition of good guy/hero to those who beat up bad guys, anyone who are on their side are good too, etc. regardless of character or context.

Even though there are toku episodes that brought these topic up where a kid wanting to be Rider to be "cool" is not considered a heroic trait as it's more about worshiping violence - like Ryuki ep. 27.

Yeah, that's my impression of it. They're just in it for the action stuff.

Which is a shame, I feel, because when people get too caught up in the flashing lights and the collectible gimmicks and the shiny armor and the cool weapons, they tend to miss out on the very human side of tokusatsu. While I don't think it's wrong to enjoy tokusatsu just for the shonen-like action and stuff going boom, I feel like when you just turn your brain off you miss a lot of the things that would make you appreciate the genre more.

I mean... yeah, it's a kid's tv show. Doesn't mean it should be shallow and insubstantial action all the time. Honestly, I think it shouldn't be underestimated how much kids (let alone grown ass men) can pick up on a bunch of guys in rubber suits hitting each other if even a modicum of thought is actually put into making it.

[heimeldat]

For the ask game: 10, 11 (I just want to know the lil tropes, they're so fun XD), 23, 32.

10. Top three favourite fic tropes.

Not sure if there's a concise term for this, but my absolute favorite is when a character is at some severe disadvantage (trapped, lacking tools, injured, etc) but they succeed anyway and show off their cleverness, determination, and/or badassery in the process. I also love characters getting underestimated only to flabbergast everyone later (I think tvtropes calls it "crouching moron, hidden badass"), and I've definitely got a soft spot for sassy banter and/or deadpan snark in the face of danger.

11. Three tropes that are fine but overrated.

[Anything] to lovers. Nothing against it, but I'm not really interested. Why can't they just stay friends or enemies or whatever they were? Really what bugs me is the underlying assumption that romance/sex is the ultimate "finish line" for any *truly* meaningful relationship.

Loss of self or total mind control. This one just kind of wigs me out. I *hate* the idea of losing mental control or mental faculties. I'm fine with partial control, character fighting back or giving in on purpose as part of a plan, but just... being gone, losing themselves? No thanks.

Married with kids (when it's not canon or heavily implied in canon). Not because I necessarily dislike looking at a possible future for characters, it just seems like a trope that's often done badly, tends to feel ooc or forced or just doesn't line up with where I imagine the characters ending up.

23. Dialogue or description? Why is the other one so hard?

I like writing both. It really depends on circumstances. Sometimes a conversation won't go the way I want it to, sometimes descriptions fall flat, but I know I'll be able to fix it later when my brain is working better on that aspect of writing so I just move on.

32. Do you have a word/expression that you always use in your writing?

Bother, this means I have to actually analyze my own style. I think I use variations on "pause" and "hesitate" a lot to convey the way conversations stall or slow down. I suspect I have favorite dialog tags that show up a lot. Beyond that, I'm not sure.

[teamfreewill56-blog]

Kyojuro is Top-Tier Badass

Kyojuro was and is a 100% total badass. His fight with Akaza and how it unfolded the way that he got injured and lost his life in the fight makes sense and doesn’t take away from his baddass-ness. At no point in the fight did he ever give up. The moment where he is standing there listening to Akaza rant about his injuries and how if he was a demon they would be gone quickly, I don’t think that was Kyojuro resigning to his “fate” at all. He was not giving up, not at all. If you listen to his breathing you’ll notice as that scene goes on his breathing becomes LESS haggard and he takes a full, completely steady breath before going into Ninth Form Rengoku. I honestly believe he was using his breathing techniques to build up his strength just as he had literally just told Tanjiro how to do. I believe he was thinking in his military style way of coming to terms with what he could still do while wounded. He was probably going into shock, he knew that he had tried all his other attacks except two or three and they weren’t working, he was already badly hurt and knew he strength wasn’t going to hold out much longer and he had already slowed down. That left him with the Ninth Form Rengoku and he put his all into that attack as a last resort. Also if you notice when he got punched in the ribs he didn’t spit blood meaning his shattered ribs punctured his organs and he still kept fighting full force! Look at the scene where he is breathing and not saying anything before the Rengoku form. His blood goes all the way up to his chest from that punch that shattered his ribs. 

As for the slowing down that allowed for that punch to his ribs---He was slowing down with good reason. He had been fighting demons for DAYS. Not just a couple hours. He left right after the Pillar Meeting, probably travelled by foot to the train and now we know that he took on another mission before actually boarding the train. The Squad was at Butterfly mansion for several days. And even when the Squad was with him he had already used very large attacks during the fight with Enmu and he was covering a huge amount of ground guys. FIVE CARS. FIVE CARS FULL OF PEOPLE. That isn't a small distance! He can't do pinpoint fire attacks! That takes a lot of energy!  Remember his whole speech about being human? Part of being human is that even with Total Concentration Constant you don’t get an endless supply of strength/energy even if you’re a higher skilled Slayer. Even in constant, his constant fighting and activity would take a toll. Kyojuro was using his techniques CONSTANTLY. He was using them way more than the boys, and he had to in order to properly fulfill his duties. He must have been running on empty by the time Akaza showed but was still putting his all into that fight. Because even Constant only does so much (there was a point to Tanjiro saying Hinokami Kagura takes its toll and he was still IN constant when he said that). Using a bunch of Flame techniques take it’s toll too. Kyojuro said “Breathing won’t fix everything” and his fight was evidence of that. He used it as much as he could to help him through the fight but it didn’t fix his injuries, it didn’t fix his exhaustion. And yet, in spite of that, in spite of his fatigue, his injuries, he poured his absolute all into his fight and he gave a damn good fight.

So for me, knowing that, and seeing how he fought Akaza, and how well he fought for the majority of that fight---also completely by himself which no one else did against an Upper Moon except Zenitsu, and let’s be honest Kaigaku is no where near Akaza’s level--so no it makes sense that he was exhausted, slowed down and therefore got hurt by one of those fast blows. And remember that those moves were slowed down so that we the audience could see them. It’s an additional testament to everything he said in his speech, “They may seem like weaknesses to you, but our lives are all the more honorable because of it”. That applies to getting fatigued too, because even fatigued he kept fighting. He kept trying. He didn’t give up or say “I have nothing left in me.” He had a creed to follow and he followed it to the end.

He was one of the Pillars to never manifest the Mark during his fight, and in spite of that he still almost succeeded in taking Akaza’s head off. He held him in place, using his own damaged body and still tried to cut off his head, using one hand. And with the other caught a full on punch. He got absolutely no help in his fight against Akaza. No tricks, no back up. Nothing. It was just him vs. Akaza. Against the third highest ranking demon in existence, who was way ahead of the other Upper Moons in terms of strength. Kyojuro must have been exhausted beyond belief when that fight started, just because he was being loud and smiling, and being the wonderful big brother he is, I feel like we forgot the situation, and what he was dealing with at the time. I think we got a very good indication of how powerful Kyojuro was and no offense to the other Pillars but I’d consider him top in strength next only to Gyomei. He is far stronger than he’s given credit for and he is a top-tier badass don’t insult him.

[voltkaizer]

Good-bye... TV-Tropes.

Well... It’s official now.

I’ve been permanently banned from TV-Tropes.org because the mods just couldn’t handle the fact that they had committed a terrible mistake, and that they inflicted disproportionate retribution and great emotional pain upon someone that didn’t deserve it.

And yet... I feel extremely happy, fulfilled, and justified, because despite the mod-team’s best efforts to try to cover their asses and hide the truth behind the backstabbing-shit they did by patronizing me, ignoring me and censoring me, I’ve archived the evidence of their shenanigans so their injustice isn’t lost in the sands of time.

This is the post that got me banned:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13037797990A10271500&page=1320#32986

This is the stuff the mods tried to censor in order to “save face”:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=5cma6iojg5o27puhulc24sje&page=575#14354 ... and these are the censored posts (those which appears a blanked posts “written” by TrollPost from troll post crusher) whose bitting truth they couldn’t handle:

[POST #14373 & POST #14354]

These are the two only posts I couldn’t save before the mods censored the whole thing... but they basically boiled down to:

*POST #14373: Me offering a sincere apology and recognizing my mistake, while humbly and politely requesting the reinstatement of my wiki-editing privileges.

*POST #14354: Me reacting, after receiving a notification that I had a new private message... which I COULDN’T read at ALL, because the mods had disabled my ability to even read&write private messages too.

[POST #14373]

@Fighteer: In that case, there's nothing to worry about, I can 200% guarantee that... I might have said some things that could be misconstrued as me having high-suicidal tendencies, but that was just me being hyperbolic due to the high amount of stress and emotional turmoil I was going through during those days.

Think about this: Can you really blame me for being slightly overblown considering that a very close and important person in my life died very recently?! ... we all at home are coping with that grief the best we can, but even the best armor can be dented by the sheer day-to-day stress (it isn't the “brunt/size” of the problems, but their “recurrence” what wears you out...) that is bound to come your way when dealing with these kind of events.

Besides, I ALREADY AM under professional and constant psychological and psychiatric treatment, (I've been so for 1 or 2 years already, I can't accurately remember right now) and I always make sure to take my medicines. So all things considered, there's nothing to worry about... doubly so since what I want reinstated is JUST the wiki-edit privilege.

As I see it, you (the mod team) is just running out of arguments and "carte-blanches" to deflect my polite and humble petition... unless you want to go ad-hominem and say: "No! We hate you guts for being a persistent and (strangely) clever smartass that's strangely good at debating... for some unholy reason!". (which is kinda obnoxious, but NOT a crime/ban-worthy-offense) The "danger" you're trying to keep users away from doesn't exist; you're judging me with incomplete data and without being fully aware of the true story and extend of the circumstances. (I reiterate, you didn't know I already was under professional and constant psychological and psychiatric treatment, just to name an important fact you gleeful omitted)

I have to reiterate: After 7+ years of service as an always vigilant, constructive, diligent and proactive wiki-editor, it would only be fair for you to concede me that one little indulgence... refusing to do so would only cast light on you being arrogant petty authority-abusing jerks with zero empathy, that refuse to see the whole picture before hastily judging exacting swift and disproportionate “retribution” upon a person who isn't a true danger at all... but a just folk whom had a very bad day, and a small emotional lapsus because of it.

You don't even need to take my word for it... ask the folks back at the Thread that caused my downfall, and you'll see none of them truly considered me a danger... obnoxious, maybe... most definitely... but not a danger. Truth be told, and despite the events that triggered all this, they all just showed that they had good faith in me, and they were sincerely trying to help me get through this difficult stage of grief... and then the Supermods came flying-by, and friggin' ruined everything by pouring more metaphorical gasoline into the metaphorical fire. Good grief, man... good grief, indeed.

PS. Please, stop sending me Private Messages, because I can't read them at all, folks. [my PM privilege was disabled too] (-_-)U Do you even read, broseph(s)?

[POST #14374]

Just a small addendum: As of now, and despite stepping away from the TV-Tropes' user community aspect, I’m NOT cutting human interaction, folks... That would be just silly! I already have plenty of outlets for interation with a lot of (potentially) awesome human beings.

The one thing those don't have, is the ability to reinstate my wiki-edit privilege... which is what this whole fight is about, in the end. My love for this wiki and its wealth of content and valuable information exceeds my grieves with its user community and trigger-ban happy mods

[POST #14377]

...There are only two ways this ordeal is going to end up:

1.- You accede to fulfill my humble, sincere and reasonable request; I regain my wiki edit privileges; you atone for the horrible mistake and emotional damage you inflicted upon me. (banning/silencing the guy that was feeling horrible because he perceived he was constantly castaway, ignored and silenced... your blindness to the whole irony of the situation doesn't cease to amuse me) We leave in good terms, and I return to silently editing the wiki while establishing no personal contact with any of the users, so you won't have to deal with me "contaminating" your precious forums ever again.

2.- You TRULY ban me for good in order to silence me... proving in the process that I was right all along; that you're a bunch of petty short-sighted prejudiced authority-abusing team of mods with zero empathy.

I win one way or the the other... but while the first options leads to all of us leaving in good terms as reasonable adults whom managed to find a reasonable compromise to a delicate situation, the second one just leaves you looking like a bunch of jackasses whom caused a lot of harm to an innocent person... a person that's going to continue his life somewhere else, but that will always be bitter with you, because you ruined something that was so dear and precious to him.

[POST #14378]

...So, I'll ask once again... and I'll ask as many times as necessary... because I won't stay silent, either until justice is done or until my voice is forever drowned by your kill-switches / censorship...

Tell me: What is going to be?

[POST #14379]

I promise... No, I SWEAR upon the immortal soul of my dear grandfather: I'm not going to fucking kill myself just because of a dumb and insensitive mistake done for a bunch bunch of petty, short-sighted, antipathetic mods.

I'm WAAAAAAY stronger than that, you condescending fools. I'm the only one that's allowed to look down upon me... not you, nor anyone else.

...And so it ends... And yet, despite this story having a “tragic“ end, I’m really satisfied and at peace with how it turned out, and even (not so) humbly proud, because things happened exactly as I predicted...

They played dirty and laid very obvious trap that I could see a mile away coming, and then they got “salty”/indignant when I called their shenanigans/bullshit, and exposed them as the scum they are.

The lies, duplicity, petty attitude and total lack of empathy of the mods was captured for posterity, and I walk away knowing I OWNED them so hard, that they had to delete The Truth in order to desperately try cover their assess. Censorship is the tool of the coward, weak and stupid. So much for the Streisand Effect, eh guys?!

In my country, there’s a saying that has become a very important axiom in my life-philosophy:

“La Verdad no peca, pero incomoda.” (translates from Spanish to “The Truth doesn’t sin, yet it (always) stings”)

Looks like truth’s sting really was too much for them to handle! HA HA HA HA HAH! (^_^) Farewell TV-Tropes! I’m glad I got to leave on my own terms, and with no regrets.

Important Update, April 25th 2017:  Unlike those shitty TV-Tropes' mods, I’m not going to censor/retroactively-edit my own words and say I never wrote: “I'm WAAAAAAY stronger than that, you condescending fools. I'm the only one that's allowed to look down upon me... not you, nor anyone else.”

INSTEAD, what I’m going to say it that those words are NOT what I’ll believe-in any longer; rather, what I’ll believe-in is:

-“I'm WAAAAAAY stronger than what you, condescending fools, might ever think; and no one in this world (SPECIALLY me) is going to tell me otherwise! From now on, I’ll believe in my own strength instead of doubting it all the time. I won’t EVER allow for anyone to look down upon me!”

[piracytheorist]

scrolling through tv tropes page on Ethan Winters and came across this "Disease Bleach: In Village's game files, his brown hair is revealed to have turned a dirty blond after being killed by Jack and ressurected as a Mold" which i find interesting but also if that is the case then why wasn't Mia's hair colour changed?

"Hidden Depths: It never gets commented on, but judging from the journal illustrations in Village, he's a rather talented sketch artist. He can also read sheet music and play the piano extremely well. Both talent are especially impressive when you consider Ethan only had eight fingers when showing off both skills!" and "Papa Wolf: Village has him braving the dangers of the titular location, the neighboring castle, reservoir and factory to get back his infant daughter Rose, whose kidnapping kickstarts the whole plot. Properly Paranoid: After the Baker House incident Ethan settled into a peaceful domestic life seemingly for good. Even still he couldn't let it go and got military training and an impressive library of books on heavy weaponry just in case his family would be threatened by the mold again. Also he seemingly keeps a flashlight on his person even while lounging at his house. These precautions certainly come in handy. Poor Communication Kills: When Ethan encounters the Deputy, he makes some of the most pathetic arguments to convince the man to help him — he never once even thinks of showing the man his newly stapled-on hand to convince him that there are dangerous people in the house with him. Granted Ethan was most likely panicking and running on adrenaline to properly convey what's happening to him. He's on the receiving end of this trope thanks to Chris in Village."

Sir Swears-a-Lot: (knight in shining armour gauntlets- I keep saying ethan should get a pair of metal gloves) The man swears frequently, and considering the things he has to go through and face. It's not exactly hard to understand why.

Tranquil Fury: Ethan settles into this after either being forced to kill Mia in the ending where he gives Zoe the serum, or after a seemingHeroic Sacrifice if he gave Mia the serum. After a brief moment of sadness, he becomes absolutely livid and becomes determined to find and kill Eveline.

Underestimating Badassery: The Bakers and Eveline thought he would be easily taken over by the Mold and join their family. Nothing could be further from the truth. The same applies to the Four Lords in Village who continuously mock and look down on him till he turns the tables on them. Especially Alcina who goes from smug and mocking to frothing with rage as Ethan kills her daughters one by one. Villain Killer: He has a truly amazing list of villains he's defeated that would qualify in Chris or Leon's service agencies:

In 7, he's defeated the Bakers, whom had been kidnapping and murdering people for three full years until he came. And then he defeats Eveline, who was the source of the Mold, which gains Chris Redfield's notice.

Village makes this even more impressive. He's defeated all the Lords, one being Alcina, who had brutalizing the village and kidnaps their women, and defeats her and her daughters. And then he even defeats Mother Miranda, the Greater-Scope Villain of the series before the Raccoon City Incident and the main source of the mold. He would have been drinking buddies with Leon who had similar feats.

Ah, I love scrolling through TV Tropes pages of stuff/characters I like! It's like a rabbit hole site that takes you to depths you couldn't ever imagine. And you learn some new things too!

But wait, what game files say that Ethan has brown hair? Granted, the only time we see his head is when he's unconscious outside the ship, and his hair is blonde and it's way after he was resurrected by the Mold, but I haven't seen anything about his hair being brown beforehand. And I've done quite the research myself! Did I really miss something?

Anyway, I love the focus on his badassery in the tropes. We love some appreciation for protective husband/dad Ethan <3 Especially the one about Tranquil Fury. "Okay you little bitch, where the fuck are you?" I love how he's just pissed and so done at this point. He just wants to get over it with - and he will! Boi's determined! - but he's gotta swear it out first. I love it :D

[nevertheless-moving]

If Leia shows up during Geonosis, I just... I can't help but hope for one of my favorite tropes, namely "Why are y--WHY ARE YOU SO GOOD AT WAR" because Leia's been running a rebellion for several years and knows tactics better than the various Jedi Generals who, by and large, do not have any experiences with anything larger than a planetside skirmish in a civil war that they were requested to help mediate.

i can’t remember specifically what au this ask was sent for but in general yes that is also a fav time travel trope of mine that crops up easily in clone wars because like you said they went from war involving 1~ star system at a time to EVERY. SINGLE. PLANET.

Obi-Wan, Rex, Cody, Ahsoka, Anakin—All the frontline leaders got so much experience so fast. Their ridiculous amount of wartime authority, power, and competence by ROTS kind-of makes sense when you compare it to real life meteoric promotions of guys like Ney, Eisenhower, Yeager, or Grant. It’s a combination of these-were-the-vaguely-competent-ones-who-were-lucky-enough-to-survive and badassery-when-the-shit-hits-the-fan. 

All those clone wars favs remarkably fit both the over-promoted General archetypes of ‘too young for this’ and also ‘personal disaster when not actively waging war.’ 

Anyway time-travel drop-kick any one of them from the end of the clone wars to the start and you’re going to get a ripple effect akin to the sudden introduction of an anvil into a koi pond.

ANH Leia (who was the subject of one of @willowcrowned’s clone wars time travel aus that I think was being tossed about at the time this ask was sent) I can’t see being particularly over-competent because she’s functioned almost exclusively as a senator/spy. Cool and a real kick-in-the-nuts for Palpatine but not top-down-war-altering. ROTJ or later Leia? Who’s been promoted to General of a galaxy-spanning-rebellion? A rebellion that would have been structured and shaped by people who already were veterans of galactic war (never underestimate the value of being trained within a competently designed infrastructure)? A rebellion that was, for all its size, consistently and almost hilariously outgunned by it’s adversary?

DAMN.

Just DAMN.

Historically people who can competently wage war while insanely under-resourced, who are then given actual money and weapons—well. They wanted to make George Washington King, but he managed to talk them down to President. Caesar and Khan weren’t nearly so humble.

General Leia Organa (distant cousin of the Alderannian Queen) showing up out of nowhere on Geonosis and bullying her way into the military hierarchy would be terrifying. The PR experience would have been even scarier.

Leia was first trained in political diplomacy, a rather excellent background to have in any high level organizational position, but considering the overlap between government and military bureaucracy...anyway. She would have ALSO been forced by nature of her position as ‘Last Ruler of Alderaan’ into a crash course on wartime PR. That training would be even more of a terrifyingly extreme contrast between her and the clone wars Jedi, who from what I understand, largely eschewed even the basic amount of press necessary to humanize them to their own side.

My point is this would almost certainly end with Supreme Chancellor Leia. 

[deviliciousdev]

appreciation post for the types✨

from your local intp🖤

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✨The Sensors✨

estj (the executive)

Oh the executive, the most organized and loud boss bitch to ever exist. You cut through the bullshit and do not let anything stand in your way. And yet, like you're intuitive counter part (entj) you are quite sensitive if and when something hurts your feelings. Even though you're an expert at being all business during business hours, you still know how to have fun. and omg you have such a dorky sense of humor and love random facts, we love that. you are/can/will be a great leader/parent. All in all you are THEE boss and everyone knows it. keeping leading and kicking ass. 👏🏼

estp (the entrepreneur)

i absolutely adore estp's. you are the epitome of one of my fav character arcs. which is the charismatic rogue, who possibly drinks a lil more than they should, but can handle their liquor like a sailor (amazingly). you never back down from a challenge. you are so fun and wild in a han solo type of way, that just makes everyone want to be around you. but the best thing about you, is the way (deep down & to those you let close know) you are actually such a sweetheart. you would get hit by a bus trying to rush to make sure a friend is ok. you would take a bullet for any of your loved ones and let them cry on your shoulder. you're secretly the white knight but you're happy to let everyone think you're just the brash rogue. you're one of my best friends and someone i will adore with all my heart till the end of time.💕

p.s if you don't have an estp in your life, get one ASAP. they are a necessity for a complete friend group.

istj (the logistician)

oof, yes istj's. so sublet in their charm, and ready to die for what they believe in. i love the istj because you have two of an intp's fav qualities at your core. badassery & humility. you're like this pillar of certainty. even if you are uncertain about something, no one would ever be able to tell. you have a way of decision making that's not loud or overwhelming. which is why intp's love when you plan things.  you're also quiet at first, but if you're challenged, you would never let someone walk all over you or something/someone that matters to you. i also love that you're one of the types (alongside infp & entj) that is sooo funny and goofy when you're drunk. like a lil toddler. #adorable

istp (the engineer)

ahhhh, the intp's sensing counter part. istp's fucking rule. truly. you believe in many of the same principles intps do. the main one being, keeping an open mind without fore fitting you're own beliefs. your exterior calm and collected nature makes you cool af. AND you also have such a FANTASTIC sense of sarcastic humor. like yes bitch. i love the way intps are the idealists and istps are the doers. if an istp and intp got together, ooof the world better beware the chaos that would ensue. also you guys have thee COOLEST fictional characters. the first one that always comes to mind is Arya Stark from Game of Thrones. like suchhhhhhh a badass who also roasts literally EVERY single person in that show no matter if it's the fucking leader of the house you're at war with. out of all the types i think you would be the best assassin. to sum up i think the word i always relate to you is... cool. 😎 like plain and simple. 💀🤘🏼

p.s let's be partners in crime. 😁🚨🚓

esfj (the consul)

ok, ok, so first things first, because you are so opposite of the intp, i know we can butt heads sometimes. the main reason this happens is because nt's will see you're want to make others happy as a negative. HOWEVER, as i have gotten to know and respect an esfj as they are a part of my family (irl). i can say that the perceived notion of esfj's wanting to please everyone to get them to like them is a bit misguided. while esfjs DO want everyone to be happy, it's not always about being the popular kid. it's actually because they care about others. AND not just others but like situations. they really care if a party or a dinner is going smoothly. because they want events and people to have an enjoyable time and be happy. so esfj's I SEE YOU. and i genuinely appreciate how much you care about even the smmmmallest things. you are very dependable and high key you've taught me a lot. like how/why it's important to always say please and thank you. and you showed me that having emotions (like being nervous) isn't a weakness and it actually shows us what's important. esfj's are HIGHLY underrated, and much more wise than anyone gives you credit for.

p.s you are so much fun to prank and you always give as good as you get. 🤘🏼

esfp (the entertainer)

holy shit. that's all i can think when i think of the memories we share. we somehow bring out the worst/best in one another. you and infp are the ones i tell first when i get good news because i know you'll hype me the fuck up. we have sooooooooooo much fun together. you are so absolutely awesome and one of my best friends in the whole wide world. if i have a passing random idea, YOU WILL DO IT. i can be like "wouldn't it be funny if someone got on the hood of the car and twerked" and you're hilarious crazy ass will literally jump out of the car and do it. just because it's funny. you can party soooo hard, like rockstar level. you 100% need you're own reality show. your presence makes my introverted self feel more confident even when i'm at my lowest. with all that chaotic-ness said, you are actually a REALLY good parent/s.o?? such a crazy bitch, but also wife material?? like are you real?? anywayyyyy, just wanna say esfp's are the bad bitches of the types (no gender intended, bitches is gender neutral). and i can't wait for our next adventure. 🤩💜

isfj (the defender)

ok so even though you're a feeling type, i would have to say you're the most logical out of ALL the feeling types. i think it comes from you're mama bear (no specific gender intended) core. you don't put up with anyone's shit when it comes to those you care about. and dayummm will you fuck someone up (metaphorically and literally) if they come for your loved ones. you are VERY intelligent and people often underestimate you. the word that comes to mind when i think about isfjs is... resolve. your resolve in the face of hardship is so inspiring and something to be feared. i really love the way you seem so chill and even sweet and gracious and then it's like... oh fuck mamas here... but you don't even have to raise your voice to get your point across. like the istj, you've got a certainty and loyalty that intp's lovvveee. we never have to guess where you're loyalties are, because you don't just say, you show, through real actions. and we love that. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🐻

isfp (the adventurer)

oh the isfp, no one and i mean no one can match the intp's weird out of the box thinking like you. can. you view the world in SUCH a unique way. you not only see things in deep meaningful aesthetics, but you make them a reality. you love to push the envelope of what are perceived social normals. and we lovvvvvvve that shit. you're life can be so out there, but you still respect and can make friends with just about anyone. you're so sweet and creative. and you always show me something sooooo interesting. a hidden gem, a beautiful view spot, a hole in the wall place to eat. you've got that thing that xntp's sort of fall head over heels for, but in a subtle way to where we don't even realize it. and you can make time the illusion it actually is, not even noticing that we've been hanging out for like 12 hours, because it felt like 30 minutes. and omg talk about talented! anything that requires creativity you are always so good at, like wtf?? 😂👏🏼 i will end this by saying; you're simultaneously the most tranquil yet exciting person i've ever met. and truly one of a kind. keep doing exactly what you're doing and i can't wait to see what you come up with next.

p.s you are my top choice, to go to Bali & Tulum with✨🤍☯️