#controversial character

[art-izz-blog]

Someone: if you hate this character then you clearly don’t understand their writing 😏

Me: no i fully understand their writting and the reason why they’re like this, and how well written this character is…….. i still think they are an asshole.

[daktyl-z-jordanii-blog]

the fan

[fromthesixteenthfloor]

Dean Jagger // Dylan Leary // “Warrior” (01x10) Part II.

[thatvoltageincguru]

Runa Amberthorne | The Waitress ❤️🌈☕️✨

Sweet Enchantments

[sahashbelvanie]

Cringe Belphagor OC sketches + info dump

Of the archdemons, Belphegor likes to keep it low-key and frequently visits the earthly plane to experience humanity’s nightlife. Most days he keeps to himself in his grand abode. He can’t even be bothered to observe or receive the sacrificial offerings his followers — mortal and demonic alike — bring him. Instead, he prefers to lie on his bed in comfy clothes and relax. What’s better than napping in your favorite sweater? Sitting back and watching the latest HBO drama series.

Sometimes he’ll have someone over for casual sex, but relationships aren’t his thing. He can’t put in enough emotional effort for anything long-standing — or even remotely healthy. Each time, he conjures up gifts and treasures, trying to pacify their unease with material things, and that usually ends with a “fuck you” and an empty bed.

So when that happens, the only thing Bel here can really commit to is his nightly look. With time, patience, and two crates of cosmetic products, he turns out a truly stunning gal — dressed scantily enough to catch a guy’s attention if he decides to skulk around the clubs. He prefers married straight men. Part of him likes to think that bagging a married fella further corrupts the world, eroding the traditional bonds between husband and wife and pushing them further and further toward Hell through adultery and sodomy — something he knows Satan and Asmodeus probably appreciate, if not outright tolerate.

Though how straight these guys really are is up for debate once they finally get going with Bel. Bel… is very well endowed. Horse cock, if ever there was one.

Bel is kind of fucked up, all things considered. There’s a definite streak of internalized misogyny and sexual psychopathy running through those routine trips to Earth. Overall, he has a very carefree, “I don’t give a shit” attitude that you can’t help but admire — but that also really pisses you off. They don’t even care if they’re wrong about something, which sucks for the poor bastards on the earthly plane who summon Bel for help. Yeah, you want riches and grand inventions? Sure thing, kid. It’s over there under that McDonald’s.

[hiroshimishima]

Need to Get This Off my Chest

When I look at the defences for Cloud in Smash, I keep seeing various things pop up.

“He’s the most iconic character Square has ever made.” “Even people who don’t play Final Fantasy VII know who he is.” “He’s practically Square’s mascot.”

And I’m sitting here trying to figure out if these people really understand what they’re saying cause it all sounds so much like blind fanboy/girlism. Look, let’s set the whole Super Smash Bros thing aside for a moment. There’s nothing we can do to change the fact he’s going to be in it now. It’s pretty clear, and rather convenient, that they had this ready to go for some time.

I wanna talk about this idea that Cloud is somehow more recognizable than a Moogle or a Chocobo. Characters that not only predate Cloud, but appear more often than him and have even had their own games. The main reason that people know about Cloud is due to word of mouth and not the good kind.

Cloud keeps getting talked about, because for whatever reason every single Final Fantasy game, even ones released beforehand, keep getting compared to the one he happened to star in. It’s not the same as Superman, who whole generations grew up seeing fight villains and have adventures. It’s not the same Star Wars, whose expanded universe in the form of cartoons, comics and books were constantly bringing in fans young and old.

Cloud is either “that really awesome guy in the best RPG ever” or “that pathetic loser in the game that people won’t shut the hell up about.” From the very day Final Fantasy VII came out, it’s kinda been steeped in controversy. Most who played it typically fall in one of those two camps above.

After that game, though, he’s really only piggy-backed on the shoulders of other peoples’ games. He had a small and easily missed cameo in Final Fantasy Tactics. He had a fairly small part in Kingdom Hearts, at first, until it started to feel like Final Fantasy was pushing Disney out of the picture. Then, of course, we have Dissidia which was filled with a lot of interesting FF heroes and villains. Yes, if he’d been absent people would’ve noticed, but it wasn’t really his story.

The thing is, when he was announced it was not met with universal praise and cheer across the internet. It was met with confusion and shock. Some couldn’t believe their eyes, were they dreaming? Some couldn’t believe others were passed up for him, characters who people had been promised.

I do not believe that “iconic” and “controversial” are the same thing. Mario is iconic, Sonic is iconic, even Pac-Man and Megaman are iconic. These are practically household names. Pokemon is extremely iconic. When Cloud has his own cartoon, when your parents know who he is, when he’s showing up on backpacks and starring in a dozen games, then he’ll be iconic.

What really makes Cloud famous is that he makes people online argue. So with that in mind, I’m very likely not going to reply to debates on this.