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The Role of Archetypes in Character Development
Archetypes have been a cornerstone of storytelling for centuries, acting as the universal templates that resonate with readers across cultures and time. These foundational character types, often derived from mythology, psychology, and folklore, provide writers with a framework for creating compelling and relatable characters. In this blog, weāll delve into what archetypes are, how they functionā¦

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Happy one year anniversary to In Stars and Time!
#ISAT#in stars and time#siffrin#loop#I truly mean it when I say that this was the best game I have played since Disco Elysium.#It pulls off some of the best examples of Ludonarritive Harmony in a video game...possibly ever?#Not to mention just...wow. What a great story. What a tale of twists and introspection. What a tale about the need for home and connection#I know many of you have trusted me before with media recommendations. Trust me one more time.#Do you want to experience the torment of being in a timeloop? And *still* have fun and feel like your time is being respected?#PLAY IN STARS AND TIME!#Do you yearn for complex characters and love unravelling mysteries? PLAY IN STARS AND TIME!!!!#Please heed the content warnings; I took them a little too lightly on my playthrough! They are there for a reason! Don't be like me!#This game means a lot to me and so many others. On the small chance the dev sees this (they are on tumblr after all):#Thank you so much for all your hard work in creating this game and seeing the project through.#It has been a year for us fans but many years for you. So thank you!#I hope it has been a joyful year for you! Watching as people descend into shrieks of agony from playing your game.#It's good! It made me vomit blood. I had so much fun! I felt like I was torturing the protagonist when I played it. I loved it! I cried.
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i find it funny how both tommy and tubbo had very little understanding of their canon counterparts and kinda just went with the flow and while doing so they created two of the most tragic characters iāve ever seen and i think that is simply beautiful
#they literally accidentally created two of the most complex characters ever and didnāt even know how they did it#c!clingyduo possessed them during lore streams#tommyinnit#tubbo#dream smp#dsmp#mcyt#clingyduo#clingy duo#cclingyduo#c!clingyduo#c!tommy#ctommy#c!tubbo#ctubbo
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My personal and ideal take on Celine doomed Yuri situation was that Celine and Ryu did have something going on (not like an unrequited unilateral pining only by Celine part).
They had the flirting, the occasional hookup, the inside jokes, the heated looks, all that! BUT they never put a name nor a label on it. So it was a very vague, very complex situationship that neither had the courage to fully address what was going on. Like i >>genuinely<< believe that Ryu loved Celine. I think she was in love with her, it was not unrequited at all BUT it was the 80s/90s and addressing such thing was very dangerous to them (specially if the public found out) so they just. Ignored it (them after a makeout session: so anyways-)
Then Ryu (ALSO) falled in love with rumi's dad and everything just fucking exploded and went downhill from there.
Celine felt like she was being used emotionally by Ryu but still loved her so much so she stayed by her side even with all that while Ryu just wished she could've both of them at the same time!!
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#in resume. pearlrosegreg all over again#Celine: *training till she faints trying to forget her feeling for ryu while casual by chappel roan plays in the bg*#Ryu: ''I wished my girltoy and my boytoy got along š¢'' << greedy bissexual#like URGH THE IDEA OF IT ALL BEING A HUGE FUCKED UP COMPLEX MISUNDERSTANDING IS SOOO GOOD#Celine feeling like she was nothing but a distraction and thinking Ryu never truly loved her or that she didn't loved her enough#but ryu did!! she just also loved rumi's dad!! she wanted them both!! so badly!!#but alas they don't know how to fucking communicate!!#so delicious. walk with me y'all. please walk.#also this whole rambling came bc I had the idea of rumi finding something from celine's and ryu's old days (like some flirty photo)#and then her and Celine watching each other like: š§š#rumi like: did my mom.... fucked... my mom...? and gaining a new trauma#kpop demon hunters#kpdh#kdh#ryu miyeong#kpdh celine#kdh Celine#celine kpdh#celine kdh#ryu x celine#celine x Ryu#ryu miyeong x celine#celine#celine x ryu miyeong#really do they have a fucking ship name...#also so sad that ryu doesn't have like. a canonical personality.#I hate that I am one of those people that create whole ass personalities and complexities about characters who don't have shit given to us#rumis dad#verom.txt#miyeong x celine
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I think one of the things that brilliantly captures Gihunās intelligence in the show is how his conversations with other characters demonstrates his understanding of peopleās motivations, feelings, and needs.
He knows exactly what to say to shake Deoksuās confidence and disarm a situation that might have escalated into violence.
He knows just which words to arm himself with before the final battle with Sangwoo and in so many of their interactions throughout the show.
He knows how to convince Saebyeok to count on him, knows how to build a bridge sheāll be able to walk over.
He knows what venom to spit at the Recruiter in his last moments to turn the tables on him.
Seong Gihun the man you are š©
#I NEED him#I need to get into a fight with him and have him destroy me with an observation of my character that will sit with me in therapy sessions#yapping#squid game#seong gihun#lil meow meow#loml#also shoutout HDH for creating such layered complex delicious characters ugh
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I think they would be friends
#Rumiko Takahashi creates such complex females characters#Ranma and Inuyasha would either love or hate each other#inuyasha#kagome higurashi#ranma manga#inuyasha manga#ranma saotome#akane tendo#ranma x akane#inukag#ranma 1/2#ranma ½#Ranma
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Research question: I canāt seem to remember anytime jared interfered with samās storyline or made specific acting choices. Are there any such instances that Iām unaware of?
#this isnāt jared or sam bashing#iām just curious#jensen seems to have a lot of stories where he changed lines#or had strong opinions about whether dean would or wouldāve do/say something#and has made a lot of specific acting choices or outfit choices which helped create a lot of deanās character#but I canāt remember hearing any such story about jared#i keep thinking about how much over the years#deanās character got more complex and samās got more two dimensional#and Iām wondering is it because the writers stopped caring#or because the different amount of work/interest the actors put into their characters#dean winchester#sam winchester#jensen ackles#jared padalecki#supernatural#spn
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cooper howard Ā» the trap
#Fallout#Cooper Howard#Walton Goggins#falloutedit#he is so unbelievably sexy#what a gorgeously complex character#Fallout spoiled me rotten by creating a character like Cooper Howard
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vash is such a mamas boy it feels like a punch to the gut
he was only with her for about a year (?) out of his 150, and she had such a lasting effect on him. beyond ideologies, he still carries her with him in these little mannerisms...
same closed eye, sad smile. same deflections--especially when someone asks why they're acting a certain way
Rem, when the twins ask why she has that look: I'm just not sure what kind of expression I should have on my face.
Vash, when Milly is appalled he can smile when the town is pelting him with rocks: How am I supposed to look? I don't know anymore.





their smile kills me
#trigun maximum#trigun maximum manga#trigun#vash the stampede#rem saverem#bendycxmet rambles#rereading the manga and catching details you glazed over the first time#what an experience#its been so fun#and like twisting a knife into my heart#nightow did such a great job at creating complex characters to love
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being tormented by @ardate about the silly simpsons ocs we made a bunch of months ago. so i let her out of her cage.
barbara welles, channel 6 reporter, committing the crime of being a big, spineless liberal. she legally cannot swear- bleeps them out with her mouth, loves to DIY, and reaally likes the springfield elementary superintendent. oh and shes besties with kent brockman ^_^ and tha other simpsonas of my friends
#the simpsons#barbara welles#birbwelldraws#birb's ocs#kent brockman#springwheel housewives#i like to play touys ... i like to play touys#she was originally created in the vein of. 'haha what if simpsons housewives' but i dont even ship her w chalmers. itll never happen and#she simply has to deal with it#i like when ocs are like. here are my friends and my not friends. and my situations#her being a channel 6 reporter has shot kent up to being one of my fav characters#theres nothing even complex in my mind about him. i see him on screen and im like. barbs bestie :)
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People always be like "we want complex female character" but you bitches can't even handle Feyre, who has different sides and just because she's a mother now, you think she's completely disable to wield a sword...
She was a fighter long before turning to fae. She killed a fae wolf, 2 nagas, trapped a suriel several times (the very suriel Rhys tried to trapped and failed), killed an ancient wyrm and broke a 49 years curse all the while being a human. She has all the seven High Lords power and managed to kill many of Hybren soldier just to save Rhysand. She's mated to the most powerful High Lord and we all know 'like calls to like'. She went to the Summer Court and fight side by side with The Morrigan and never backed down.
But sure... she can't wield a sword now.
#just because she doesn't like to fight or hunt doesn't mean she can't#trust me she's capable more than you think#you don't want a complex female character#in fact you want a one dimensional fmc who is created for the male character lmao#and not suprisingly these are coming from Nesta stans lol#Like I know you love her but she didn't created being a fighter lmao#people can be many things at the same time#Feyre can be a High Lady and a mother and a fighter all at the same time#also Feyre being a fighter doesn't mean Nesta isn't one are you fkn stupid??#these people are also the one who wants Nesta to be a high lady while she said she had no interest in being one#like I said you don't want a complex fmc#you think a male character with no pov and only being mentioned in passing is more complex than the fmc who you've been in her head#you've read about her and her journey#and yet you think she's not complex#idk what to say anymore...#feyre archeron#feyre cursebreaker#feyre acotar#high lady feyre#pro feyre#pro feyre archeron#high lady of the night court#feyre darling
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Fascinating how Polites, the character who is the personification of Odysseus' optimism and is only in 5 songs, is more grieved and appreciated than Eurylochus, a character who is his own person and is in 11 songs.
#I'm being a hater but meh :/ it's just kind of baffling to me. Don't get me wrong. Polites plays his purpose for the musical#and it is neat how Jay took one line from him in the Odyssey and got silly with it and basically created his own character.#but like... All we know about Polites is that he's nice... that's literally it. He's Odysseus' optimism personified. which is why he died.#And it's not as though it isn't sad that he died. It's just that we got to know Eurylochus longer and truly get to know him more#is it because with how little people know about Polites other than āuwu sweetiepieā people like that so they can headcanon more?#is it because Eurylochus is ātoo complexā and therefore ānot likableā??#idk. I'm gonna be burned at the stake for this I know it. but I don't understand it.#like during āLove in Paradiseā it wasn't āOpen Armsā that made me sad. It was āHow much longer...ā and āWaiting...ā that made me sad#I mean I'm an āUwU sweetiepieā too (not right now though clearly lol) so maybe I'm āmehā about him because he's just āmeā?#Mad rambles#shot by odysseus#epic the musical#polites#eurylochus#hm. maybe I shouldn't tag this but I'm actually really kind of curious as to why people cling to him so much?
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#rheaās thoughts ź©#anti pandalily#i cannot fucking stand this ship u guys dont understand#it is the most forced thing ever#they mischaracterise pandora as luna every fucking time ughhh#at that point make it xenolily#thats the right personalities ffs#ik we dont care abt canon in this fandom but come on pls#stop recycling personalities and create complex female characters x#lily evans#pandora rosier#pandora lovegood#marauders#harry potter#marauders era
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I had to post this somewhere so I figured tumblr would be best:
I think we all may have forgotten the fact that Jamie Tartt said that he lost his virginity to a prost!tute in Amsterdam because his dad made him⦠Not only that, but when asked by Roy if it was traumatizing, Jamie responded with āI dunno, I donāt rememberā LIKE WHATTTT??? His brain literally blocked it out, thats called trauma queen š
Jamie is such a complex character and it sucks that Ted Lasso is a comedy because it definitely dumbed his character down a lot to make it digestible to wider audiences.
I love Jamie though, heās such a well written character either way. His development through the seasons is incredible, going from most hated to fan favorite is something that not a lot of shows can pull off.
I hope he comes back for the next season š it wont be the same without him
#i heart jamie tartt#jamie tartt is so cute#jamie tartt#jamie tartt is the best character ever created#complex characters#ted lasso
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It wasnāt ever about bkdk being canon, though. Would that have been groundbreaking, incredible, amazing? Sure? But that wasnāt the point
All we really wanted was an ending for Izuku and Katsuki that made sense with their individual arcs, one where they were both happy and living the lives theyād chased the entire story
Deku vs Kacchan 3 where Izuku gets to yell his feelings about being quirkless again and still manages to win the fight
Izuku being a quirkless hero and still topping the charts (if they still existed)
Katsuki and Izuku chasing after each other, pushing each other to be better, just like they did the entire story
Izuku and Katsuki being hero partners.
Not a single one of those things has to come with blatant canon ship sailing and they would have tied the narrative together so perfectly
Katsuki and Izuku deserved so much better than what they got. Saying otherwise because Izu got the girl in the end is wild
#bkdk#bakudeku#also if you want to get real#shounen bakes the best ships because the romance is organic#itās not the main focus so it grows out of something real#which can be missing in actual romance genres#so ābut itās shounen loserā doesnāt fly here#maybe that means a mlm or wlw main character ship will never explicitly sail#but damn are those ships going to be fully fleshed out#complex#and fun to create fanworks for
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kinda in love with the fact that if connor deviates, hank will hit him with the quiet and reserved "maybe there's something to this. maybe you really are alive." whereas if connor remains a machine, hank becomes incredibly vocal and outspoken about the humanity of androids. literally like...
hank: i can't be certain but sometimes i've wondered if androids are actually alive... connor: we're not hank: okay first of all FUCK YOU connor: ??? hank: AND i'm fighting for android rights now!
#dbh#connor rk800#hank anderson#it reminds me of mordin if shepard argues that they shouldn't cure the genophage#which is the only way to make mordin actually openly admit that he was wrong to create it#otherwise he'll just go āwell it was the right choice AT THE TIME but things have changedā#and he'll let shepard do all the heavy lifting of morality#but if shepard refuses... mordin has to step up#idk why most people only ever aim for the Best Playthrough in video games#are these other variants not fascinating#especially comparing different variants to each other#you get to see such interesting dynamics and learn so much about the characters#i mean i kinda get it bc i know most people play to win and to them that means getting the Happiest Outcome#but i have such a stronger preference for playing to experience an intriguing story that i don't truly get it in any personal way#when you can have complexity and bittersweet endings and characters can be flawed and fight with each other and show weaknesses and fail#that is just so much more interesting to me than simply having one Optimal Path#that's what RPGs are ABOUT otherwise it may as well just be a linear story
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