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Skyeward + Kisses

mostlyfate

punmasterbrett

skyeward + kissing.

girlysword

How to Write a Villain x Heroine Ship

I will be comparing Shadow and Bone and Agents of SHIELD because the very shallow similarity of the main heroes being young biracial Asian women connects them in my head.

1) How they are introduced: Ward at first appears to be a straight-laced hero with some aggressive tendencies that most shows would either have him unlearn or entirely ignore. Which is what made his betrayal so shocking and fantastic and devastating! Honestly a lot of the StandWithWard read like denial (at first, until it evolved into “are we even watching the same show anymore?”) rather than true villain/anti-hero stanning. The Darkling is introduced as a mysterious authority figure who wears all black. If he was an unambiguous hero that would have been the twist.

2) The heroine’s type: Based on her major canon relationships, Skye/Daisy’s type is 100% a straight-laced good guy. Yeah there was Miles, who she dropped like a hot potato when she found out he betrayed his white hat hacker code. Lincoln also had a dark past, but he had done a lot of work to redeem himself before they ever met. Daisy is more than willing to encourage someone to continue working on themselves, but she has no patience for kick-starting a redemption arc. We even see that in her friendships and not just her romantic relationships. Alina’s type is - Mal. The Darkling is the first time she opens herself up to anything besides Mal, and it may have all been an act, but hey, it was an act that worked. I would say Alina’s thing is that she needs to be needed. She defended Mal from bullies when they were children and the Darkling positions her as hope, not just for the country but for him personally.

3) The reason that they are evil: Both Ward and the Darkling have believable reasons for being on a dark path. Ward bounced from one abuser to another and the Darkling was consumed by the need to protect his people from discrimination. The difference was their opportunities to turn from that path. Ward spent an extended period with a group of people who genuinely took care each other and he didn’t say to himself, “You know what? My surrogate father figure is a butt-face. Maybe there is another way. Maybe this much nicer surrogate father figure can help me.” The Darkling on the other hand is 1) hundreds of years old so unlikely to change his ways regardless and 2) the people trying to dissuade him from his plans are idealistic teenagers who don’t understand the full complexities of the situation and his mother who a) doesn’t seem like she cares about non-Grishas any more than her son, she just understands that attacking them will fuel Grisha prejudice, and b) accepts the deaths of mortal Grishas as a fact of life (honestly positioning the Darkling as more idealistic than his mother was a fantastic move).

4) Audience Reaction: Brett Dalton doesn’t play Ward with nearly as much conviction as Ben Barnes plays the Darkling. That is not a knock on Brett’s acting at all, he gave a stellar performance. The character of Grant Ward lacks conviction. He doesn’t really have any motivations once his surrogate father figure dies and stops telling him what to do besides, “maybe this will get Skye to like me again?” He just has all this bottled up anger from years of abuse, so he just decides, “Fine! I was taught how to murder, so by golly am I gonna murder! Also, I will gather a team of traumatized murderers and they will be my friends! In no way am I continuing the cycle of abuse!” If there is the one thing the Darkling has, it is conviction. He may be conflicted by his feelings for Alina, but he knows exactly who he is and why he does what he does. That conviction creates a presence which is easy to get swept up in, forget your irl beliefs, and play pretend in the aesthetics. With Ward you want to spray him with water and say, “Stop making the absolute worst possible decisions.”

skyewardforlife

I haven’t seen Shadow and Bone but by the sounds of the villain I would say that show has far better writers than the ones that worked on agents of shield because that is the primary reason for wards lack of characterization I think Brett Dalton did the best he could with a bad script.

grouchycritic7794

Omg don’t get me started on that. Poor ward he was basically brain washed since he was a kid. That’s the most sympathetic and easiest to redeem because as I said BRAINWASHED. Plus it made no sense he didn’t kill them when he could’ve so they were probably thinking of redeeming him before they said fuck it

skyewardforlife

No only could have killed them it would have been so easy he wouldn’t have really had to do anything he could have let Fitz die on their mission together and then when jemma jumped out of the plane just let her fall

girlysword

How to Write a Villain x Heroine Ship

I will be comparing Shadow and Bone and Agents of SHIELD because the very shallow similarity of the main heroes being young biracial Asian women connects them in my head.

1) How they are introduced: Ward at first appears to be a straight-laced hero with some aggressive tendencies that most shows would either have him unlearn or entirely ignore. Which is what made his betrayal so shocking and fantastic and devastating! Honestly a lot of the StandWithWard read like denial (at first, until it evolved into “are we even watching the same show anymore?”) rather than true villain/anti-hero stanning. The Darkling is introduced as a mysterious authority figure who wears all black. If he was an unambiguous hero that would have been the twist.

2) The heroine’s type: Based on her major canon relationships, Skye/Daisy’s type is 100% a straight-laced good guy. Yeah there was Miles, who she dropped like a hot potato when she found out he betrayed his white hat hacker code. Lincoln also had a dark past, but he had done a lot of work to redeem himself before they ever met. Daisy is more than willing to encourage someone to continue working on themselves, but she has no patience for kick-starting a redemption arc. We even see that in her friendships and not just her romantic relationships. Alina’s type is - Mal. The Darkling is the first time she opens herself up to anything besides Mal, and it may have all been an act, but hey, it was an act that worked. I would say Alina’s thing is that she needs to be needed. She defended Mal from bullies when they were children and the Darkling positions her as hope, not just for the country but for him personally.

3) The reason that they are evil: Both Ward and the Darkling have believable reasons for being on a dark path. Ward bounced from one abuser to another and the Darkling was consumed by the need to protect his people from discrimination. The difference was their opportunities to turn from that path. Ward spent an extended period with a group of people who genuinely took care each other and he didn’t say to himself, “You know what? My surrogate father figure is a butt-face. Maybe there is another way. Maybe this much nicer surrogate father figure can help me.” The Darkling on the other hand is 1) hundreds of years old so unlikely to change his ways regardless and 2) the people trying to dissuade him from his plans are idealistic teenagers who don’t understand the full complexities of the situation and his mother who a) doesn’t seem like she cares about non-Grishas any more than her son, she just understands that attacking them will fuel Grisha prejudice, and b) accepts the deaths of mortal Grishas as a fact of life (honestly positioning the Darkling as more idealistic than his mother was a fantastic move).

4) Audience Reaction: Brett Dalton doesn’t play Ward with nearly as much conviction as Ben Barnes plays the Darkling. That is not a knock on Brett’s acting at all, he gave a stellar performance. The character of Grant Ward lacks conviction. He doesn’t really have any motivations once his surrogate father figure dies and stops telling him what to do besides, “maybe this will get Skye to like me again?” He just has all this bottled up anger from years of abuse, so he just decides, “Fine! I was taught how to murder, so by golly am I gonna murder! Also, I will gather a team of traumatized murderers and they will be my friends! In no way am I continuing the cycle of abuse!” If there is the one thing the Darkling has, it is conviction. He may be conflicted by his feelings for Alina, but he knows exactly who he is and why he does what he does. That conviction creates a presence which is easy to get swept up in, forget your irl beliefs, and play pretend in the aesthetics. With Ward you want to spray him with water and say, “Stop making the absolute worst possible decisions.”

skyewardforlife

I haven't seen Shadow and Bone but by the sounds of the villain I would say that show has far better writers than the ones that worked on agents of shield because that is the primary reason for wards lack of characterization I think Brett Dalton did the best he could with a bad script.

invinciblewarrior1305

fangirl93

In my opinion I think that Skye and Ward from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. should have been endgame. I have shipped them since episode 1. I hate how in season 1 we saw how there relationship went from disliking each other too friendship then too having feelings for each other. But then in the last few episodes of season 1 we find out that Ward is actually a traitor working for Hydra. Even after that I still held out hope for them. In season 2 at the beginning Ward was in a cell and would only talk to Skye because she was the only person he cared about. I know that Ward wasn’t a good person but I was so upset when he died in season 3. Even though he was with Hydra he really did love Skye. Every time Skye was in danger he always came to her rescue even though she acted like she hated him because of what he did to her by working for Hydra. I think that Wards storyline could have made a good redemption storyline if the writers kept him on instead of killing him. I’m forever bitter that Skye and Ward weren’t endgame.

tinderbox210

Hellfire & Quake + bigger version

stupidtallperson

skyeward + kisses

syfygirl1998

Them : in love

lucifer-chloe

make me choose ♡ anonymous asked:

↳ skyeward height difference or skyeward sexual tension

syfygirl1998

she looks so smol next to him

ohifonlyx33

Part of me is still holding out that Agatha might be introducing herself as a mentor to Wanda who used this whole anomaly to.... wait no, nevermind... she gleefully admitted to killing Sparky. Last marvel villain to kill a dog was Grant Ward

skyewardforlife

Except ward didn’t kill the dog garret did

ilosttrackofthings

biospec wedding aesthetic

sdfddffd223

“And life was never worse but never better”

Day 13: skyeward AU as fake movie trailer.

yourfandomfreak

god, watching reactions to AoS 1x17 and seeing Ward’s face the end showed me he didnt’ enjoy it. all this was a result of following the wrong man, the man who he thought was right in how he saw the world and saw Shield.

when the story contains the perfect elements for a redemption arc/anti hero/ grey area storytelling, but then it all gets fucked up because the writers can’t possibly think of a better plot twist than making Ward be evil again.

and seeing the last episode of Ward being good (2x18, I believe), when he works with the team again, and he and Coulson nearly get Skye back, and then that phonecall at the end, god it was SO GOOD. AND I ROOTED FOR HIM AND THEM FOR SO LONG.

hell, I was a die hard fan. I was literally on board in season 3, when I thought he was using Hydra for good, or to take it down from the inside, or because I actually thought Kara deserved better too, and the only character giving her justice was demonized too. (shit, what does that say about mental health on this fucking show?)

and when he was taken over by Hive, I still thought Ward could come back and be good.

but nope.

season 4 was my consolation prize, which I took willingly and gladly, even though I knew the writers were just throwing us a bone. it’s what should’ve been, that arc in the Framework.

also, Coulson really did become like Garrett when he killed Ward in cold blood. I don’t care what anyone says.

lastly, if Cal got to end up being an anti hero/did bad things for a good reason, why didn’t Ward get to make up for his mistakes? why weren’t all the elements of his story put together in a better outcome?

thank god for fanfiction.