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fairytailwitch

Bleach Chapter 686: The Kurosaki Family

methhomework

im so carefree but in like a depressing way

finndamerons-archive

its bad enough that bisexuality in women is seen as “attention seeking” or as some sort of “joke” by mainstream Straight™ culture, but when the actual lgbt community deny bisexuals….when lesbian women dont wanna date bi girls bc they doubt their ability to stay faithful and think bi girls are gonna hop on the next straight dick… when straight guys only wanna date bi girls out of some sick fetish… the entire fucking ‘straight passing’ discourse… like. why do you hate bisexual girls so much

allisonpregler

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ever just….want someone’s fingers in ur mouth…………

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zodiaccity

Where Does Your Sign Fit In?

zodiaccity

Kings/Queens Of Facial Expressions I Like To Spend But I’m Cheap Sometimes Too They Like To Show Who’s The Boss Music Is Their Best Friend They’ll Make The Popular List When They’re Mad, They See Red They’ll Charm The Pants Off You Cautious Is Their Middle Name Tougher On Themselves Than You May Think I Can’t Just “Get Over” Stuff, So Excuse Me I Didn’t Ask For Your Opinion, Thanks Anyway

zodiacsociety

Why the Signs are Beautiful (physically): Written by Zodiac Society || thezodiacsociety.com

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These tweets are part of a long thread mainly directed towards the Steven Universe fandom, but I think they’re relevant to many fandoms. I chose these two tweets in particular because they hit on a major reason for why so many characters appear on this blog: their flaws.

Now I’m not sure how many of you are writers or at least interested in writing, but for those of you who are (such as myself), you would know that well-developed characters are supposed to have flaws. Flaws allow characters to become three-dimensional, realistic beings that the audience can relate to. However, as seen on this blog many times, whenever a character does have flaws, they’re hated because of those same traits. But when a character doesn’t have flaws (or they don’t have enough flaws), then those characters are hated because they’re Mary Sues/Gary Stus, boring, etc.

Not only do flaws aid in character development, but they can also help to move the story along by providing conflict. Again, for those of you who are writers or are interested in writing, you would know that stories need some type of conflict to 1) engage the audience and 2) move the story along. One potential source of conflict can be *drum roll* character flaws! Having a character do something “problematic” or believing in something “problematic” can be the driving force behind a story. Most people would easily become bored with a story if everything was perfect 95% of the time and the build-up/conflict only occurred during the last 5%.

If you can’t handle the fact that well-developed, three-dimensional characters are flawed, if you can’t handle the fact that those flaws can be the reason for why the story exists in the first place, and if you can’t handle the fact that those flaws and the conflicts they cause are why you and other people are still engaged in the story after all this time, then perhaps you should move on to something else.