another short animatic thats been stuck in the wip folder for a while. apologies for the quality - its literally just a mix of my limited abilites and cobbled together sketches
If you don't like the choices a writer/content creator makes for a character, you're not obligated to hate the character. And although you can't argue that it isn't 'canon,' you don't have to only see the character through the lens of the bad thing you don't like. If you think the writer/content creator didn't make a character change or character arc convincing, you don't have to pretend that it was believable, and base your perception of the character off of something you thought was badly done or hard to believe.
I'm gonna give an example from the Office. The character of Andy Bernard started out as a meant-to-be douchey, meant-to-be annoying character, and then went to anger management and when he came back started being portrayed as more likeable, though still very flawed. This continued on for seasons, but then in the last season (though arguably starting with the season eight episode 'Welcome Party') Andy started being written as a bad boss early Michael Scott style who his coworkers didn't like. I did not like that direction, thought it was unnecessary despite some funny moments and good plot points coming from it, it sometimes wasn't done very well, and I felt like it was a mistake. I'm not obligated to hate Andy because of the choices the writers made, and I can say 'this felt out of character and it was a bad choice that I think shouldn't have happened,' and other people getting mad at me for not seeing Andy exclusively through the lens of who he was in season nine would be ridiculous. If I made some kind of statement like 'Andy was a pretty good boss at the start of season eight' and someone was like "yeah well he was horrible in the ninth season so he was clearly just pretending to be a good boss" it'd be ridiculous. And if I said 'I just skip over a lot of season nine Andy so I can enjoy his character more,' and someone responded with 'I can't believe you like a character who did such bad things, clearly you're an idiot,' it'd be ridiculous.
Why do people have this idea that if the writers decide something for a character (no matter how late in the game) you have to base whether you like or dislike a character on that alone? If you think something is badly written, if you think that something is a bad choice, if you like a character that's a villain and want to write them as a hero instead, you should be freaking allowed to just clip clip cut out the things you don't like.
I like the character of James Ironwood prior to shooting Oscar, I don't have to say 'well the writers decided he was a completely evil irredeemable villain and therefore it wouldn't be moral of me to like him and now when I watch the Fall of Beacon in volume three I'm morally obligated to seethe about what a bad person he is, better never write fanfics where he's a good guy ever again!' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I've written fanfictions where I have certain characters just be better than they were in the universe because that makes me enjoy the universe more. I've written fics where characters who do bad things that the writers treat as acceptable apologize for their actions. I've looked at characters who have never been anything but villains and then written fics where they're just flawed good guys because I wanted to explore that universe and loved the character concepts. I've disliked whole movies in a series and decided 'in my mind the franchise cuts off here.' There's some pieces of media where I have to adjust everyone in order to enjoy writing for them, but I still enjoy the characters. I've loved badly written characters since I was a kid despite thinking the writer choices were off, and put Pixie Hollow Disney fairy books on my Christmas wish-lists even though my dad reminded me Tinkerbell tried to murder somebody because I could just ignore that. The very first thing I ever wrote was a Star Wars fanfiction when I was six and I didn't like that George Lucas made C-3PO a scaredy cat so I made him into a brave hero instead. I'm not going to just base what I like or don't like on whatever thing the writers wanted or intended. Why would I have to do that?
And honestly, I'm not posting this because I have a real problem with people who do throw out characters when the writers want them to, or only portray or see characters how the writers want them to, or anything like that. But for the love of God I would like them to stop getting angry or judgey when other people are just like 'huh, I don't like this change. I reject it for my own headcanons. This isn't how I see the character.' Like... Why the hell does it matter so much to other people that we must only see fictional characters the exact way the writers intended and therefore must hate the characters who the writers make do bad things. Also this always comes with hypocrisy, because the people that try to police who other people are allowed to like always like other flawed characters or even villains lol, and always adjust their favorites to be better or ignore the mistakes of their favorites.
tell me if you hate this idea but personally i think, based on 183 confirming both entity multiclassing AND no such thing as an avatar, that jon should have access to a melting pot of spooky powers based on all his marks. i mean think about it. if there's no real line between an avatar and a victim, between being entity-aligned and entity-marked, there should be no reason why jon only has eye powers. he should be able to take ALL his trauma and Turn It Spooky
oh hell yeah
i mean, look, the domains we’re getting are already so mixed up? like, we have other avatars out here doing multiple fears at once? why not jon. jon especially. does he want to use those powers no. could he, if he released his mind from his shackles? yes.
(could everyone, if they released their minds........ perhaps. but jon ESPECIALLY. he is fear’s favorite. he should get to do all the things.)
title: white jade
author: marchdahlia
rating: teen
wordcount: 6261
pairing: jeon jungkook/min yoongi
summary:
Jungkook is a wallflower. Now, all that means is that he occasionally finds himself witness to things he’d be better off not knowing. It can be a blessing and a curse. Nobody ever sees Jungkook, not when he’s not on stage.
That is, until he catches Min Yoongi getting into a fight after rehearsals, and Min Yoongi’s gaze pierces right through him.
Okay if you feel like projecting....Steve has finals coming up and had all this stuff he has to finish but *of course* he ends up catching something then...he tries to push through it but he can't on his own, so Bucky comes to take care of him and help him with homework and everything in between Steve resting. 🏫
Because I am Suffering™️, projecting onto our lovely Steven G. Rogers sounds like a wonderful idea
also, there’s a slight emeto warning. Nothing graphic at all, it just briefly mentions it
It had come on hard and fast, and though Steve had hoped it would go out the same way, he was currently almost three days into whatever hell bug he had managed to catch with seemingly no end in sight.
This would be fine, he supposed, if he wasn’t coming up on finals week. Though his mind feels hazy from the fever, and the pounding in his head makes it difficult to think of much else, he can feel the spike of anxiety in the pit of his stomach.
He has so much to do, and he’s so behind, he worries he’ll end up failing his classes. Especially given the fact that the fever, and fatigue and headache and sore throat and stomachache all make it difficult for him to find the energy to do any work.
Bucky had run out to the store, since the meager supply of medicine they had, had run out. Steve misses him, without him here, he’s bored and just about ready to go out of his mind. He clears his throat with a grimace - it’s rubbed raw from all the coughing he’d done the past few days, and he really really hates this.
Instead of pulling out his laptop and going to the class webpage, his eyes flick back to the TV, which is playing some cheesy, shitty show that only comes on in the middle of the day when most people are at work.
“Hey, Sweetheart,” Bucky greets him, walking through the door.
He’s slightly out of breath from the walk up from the parking garage to the second floor of the apartment complex they lived in. His arms are full of bags, and he balances them carefully, trying not to drop everything on the floor as he pulls his keys out of the door and shuts it behind him. Normally he would ask Steve to help, but given that the poor guy got dizzy and nearly passed out just from standing up to use the bathroom, that’s out of the question.
“Hey,” Steve greets tiredly, rubbing at his face with a small cough.
“How are you feeling? Any better?” Bucky asks, setting the bags on the counter.
“No...worse, I think.”
“Shit,” he sighs, “d’you think the fever went up?”
“Dunno,” Steve shrugs tiredly, “maybe. Everything hurts.”
“You weren’t achy when I left.”
“Yeah...well.”
“Let me go grab the thermometer. Are you up for eating? I got that soup you like.”
“No...stomach hurts. I don’t want to eat anything.”
“Are you nauseous at all?” He calls from the bathroom.
“A little...not bad though.”
“Maybe after a nap you’ll feel like eating.”
“Maybe...Bucky, I think I’m screwed.”
“Yeah? Why’s that?” He asks, walking over to Steve with the thermometer.
“S’finals week,” he slurs.
“Next week,” Bucky corrects gently, putting the thermometer in his ear.
“I have so much to do.”
“I know,” Bucky says, looking at the numbers with a frown, “but you’re running a one hundred and two degree fever. I don’t really think you’re up for anything but shitty daytime television and rest.”
“Will you help?” Steve begs, bringing his fever-bright eyes to Bucky as he shoots him a look that’s equivalent to that of a kicked puppy.
Bucky sighs, “Yeah, of course. What do you need help with?”
“A paper,” he mumbles, blinking heavily.
“How about you nap first, and then we can work on it once you’re a little bit more rested?”
Steve nods slowly, asleep before he even finishes the gesture.
Is it bad that amongst the current Vacuo chaos that I want some of the Happy Huntresses to die? Like only two of them and Robyn (😒) are relevant.
Also speaking if death I guess Marrow is evacuating with Elm Iim custody but Harriet (more than likely), Robyn, Vine and Qrow are all in danger of dying
You know, I wanted a lot of characters to die. 1. Because that’s natural consequences to the stakes RWBY was set up with, and having only Hazel having died so far (cause we all know Yang isn’t dead,) is... A total bummer. It might get better tomorrow, we’ll see, but for now... Bummer. 2. I had heard the creators wanted this volume to rival volume three. So far they’ve failed to accomplish that imo, but we need more death of named characters if they want to even sort of make it. 3. There’s such a severe character bloat, and now having everyone going to Vacuo would only make it so much worse.
I hope we get at least one main character death and one side character death, but I really hope we get four named character deaths - one main, three sides. And no, I’m not counting Hazel in that number. I’d really, really like four more deaths. Qrow has been in danger of dying since volume 4, so I’m not surprised he’s back on the chopping block, but we’ll see how things go.
Dream bedroom: Like I always say, the more black and white the better. My posters and paintings would obviously be up. A walk-in closet with a bunch of clothes, and other things I've collected over the years.
Dream Job: Honestly, stay at home mom. I love the idea of holding the house down while my husband does all the outside world work because home is forever and always my safe space
Dream place to live: Oh to be a girl on the country side. Preferable a farm in a valley, with woods nearby, or vise versa, depending on the day.
Dream style: I'm pretty much already living it. It's always a mix between goth and scenemo (Minus the hairstyles). I love arm sleeves and black and white prints, long or short black or white dresses and skirts, crosses (Any religious symbols) and things like that. Micro shorts or jorts. The only thing I would add, is to learn how to do corpse paint because recently, some things have happened to me, and I've been called to do that. I feel like it would make me feel comfortable in my skin.
