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Listen, always having to have the villain die to be redeemed is a cop-out. I wanna them struggle and grow and have big feelings about who they used to be and the damage they did. I wanna see them fight their inner demons and work to convince not just everyone else but themselves that they can be more than their past. I wanna see them do whatever they can to repair relationships they ruined and heal the hurts they caused. I wanna see them choose light over darkness, love over hate, forgiveness over revenge. I wanna see them look their old self in the eyes and say, “I am not that person anymore. Whatever pain someone else caused me that made me into the monster that I was, the cycle of abuse ends now with me.”

Fandom Problem #6796:

"Not EVERY villain needs to have a redemption arc!!!" I mean…true, but villains are often interesting and fun to watch, so I hate that for a story to be considered to have a satisfactory ending, they have to die every time. Sometimes a redemption is the only way to get to have them stick around longer. Except that oftentimes a villain redemption will have them die almost instantly.

(Also most villains don't get a redemption arc, and just because you can list off a handful that did still isn't the same as "every villain" getting a redemption arc)

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my favorite kind of character is the kind who deep in their soul is constantly screaming LOVE ME LOVE ME LOVE ME and outwardly expressing literally anything else

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This is absolutely precious and adorable and it should have been used. I’m so glad we got the rough version here, though! Poor Donald carrying those crowns reminds me of Pascal and Maximus with the rings in “Tangled Ever After.”

OMG????

Fantasia 2000 - Disney Princess "Pomp and Circumstance" Deleted Scene

Everyone please watch this deleted scene...Woah...😶

This is masterpiece 😭😭

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my taste in fictional men is just the unstable, traumatized and dangerous ones who radiate strong "I'm not a bad dog. I'm a wounded and terrified dog who bites to survive" vibes honestly

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A debate that I’ve always found to be kind of odd in fandom spaces regarding redemption arcs is whether a character’s actions are forgivable. It’s relevant when discussing how other characters feel about them, and how you feel about them, but not whether they can/should have a redemption arc. A redemption arc isn’t about forgiveness. It’s not about “making up” for what they’ve done in the past, it’s about changing and making different choices in the future. Maybe a character has done horrible, unforgivable things. But if it’s well-written, they can still have a redemption arc. You don’t have to like them. The characters don’t have to like them. But that doesn’t stop it from being an entirely valid redemption arc.

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Not my usual fandom content but I wanted to post here because I haven’t seen nearly as many people talking about the devastation in the Southeastern US from Hurricane Helene as I would have expected and wanted to make those who may not know the extent of the damage more aware of the situation from my personal experience. I don’t think people who aren’t living it realize just HOW bad it is.

This is a map showing the areas with power outages in the immediate aftermath of the storm and some stats on the rainfall.

I live in upstate SC, and we have been without power since the storm hit Friday. That means some of us have gone about a week with no refrigeration, no AC (it gets toasty down here even in the fall), no internet, no way of powering critical things like oxygen machines for those who require it, and no cell service in some places. We are slowly getting power back but the number of people without power is still in the thousands. Luckily, we do have a generator at my house and we didn’t have any major damage to the house, cars, etc. There are trees and power lines down everywhere, though. I heard about one older lady and her husband who had a tree fall on their camper with them in it… He passed away holding her hand while being crushed by the tree. She is in the hospital and will need rehab. It is getting easier now but for awhile was very difficult to get gas. People were waiting in line for hours. A lot of stores are still just now opening up and groceries are limited because so much was lost with no refrigeration. It was so bad someone pulled a gun in a grocery store to get fresh meat. We had a few places that had a curfew for awhile because all the streetlights and traffic lights were out and it wasn’t really safe to drive. But overall, compared to many, we are doing well. It’s inconvenient but not devastating.

These are some images from Greenville taken during the worst of the storm. I live about 30 minutes away from this area.

Western NC was hit MUCH worse. We were supposed to go to the Asheville/Hendersonville area for my anniversary this past weekend but fortunately we didn’t make it up there because entire towns were just wiped off the map. Chimney Rock Village, one of my favorite places to visit, is just GONE. Asheville was totally cut off from the outside world for a few days and only accessible via air. Flooding there was just DEVASTATING. Parts of I-40 and I-26 between NC and TN were totally washed out. People are reporting coming across bodies of those who didn’t make it out. At one point, over 1000 people in NC were considered missing…

Here’s a pic of the damage to I-40.

And here are some before and after pics of Chimney Rock Village and the surrounding area. Most of what was there is now in Lake Lure.

My church parish (I am Orthodox.) is working with IOCC to help with relief efforts in Western NC. If anyone is able to donate, please consider offering what you can. If you are not comfortable donating through a church organization, I’m sure there are others out there you can donate to but this is one that I know is legit.

If you find a group accepting physical donations rather than cash, these are some suggested guidelines.

Anyone else who has further info on how to donate or who lives in the area and would like to check in, please add your own updates.

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A character can be sympathetic while still being 100% wrong; this is the entire premise of many unreliable narrators.

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"are you okay?" no I got way too attached to a fictional character and now they're dead

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thinking about how javert doesn't allow himself vices— except he does. of course there's his snuff habit, but there's also things he doesn't think of as vices. he lets himself enjoy the chase. he likes to make a sarcastic remark. he relishes the idea of surprising people with his successes. but his biggest indulgence is authority. he allows himself the comfort of not thinking, of following orders.

to javert, there is nothing like being the hound that gets rewarded for its unconditional obedience. not wine, not women, not friends— nothing compares to that feeling of safety, of usefulness, and the knowledge that the hierarchy his life is built upon is stable.

how could he live without this?

how can the dog live once it realizes the hand that feeds would just as soon let it starve?

how can the dog live once it asks for this? how can it live once it decides it deserves it?

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coming up with an au were a dead character lives but shaking my head while i do it so everyone watching knows i support the role their death played in the narrative and consider it a legitimate writing choice

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Thinking About Fictional Character while you have music on is such a risky activity. there’s no way EVERY song on this album is literally about Fictional Character. and yet……..

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Working on a Javert feelings valvert comic (WAHOO) and here’s a sketch I rly liked

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“My poor baby. My poor sweet little boy,” I lament out loud over a whole grown adult man who is not mine but is in fact a fictional character with fictional hurts. What matters is my feelings are real

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