#underrated characters in general

[lab-gr0wn-lambs]

Actually they're fine I guess lol here

underrated friendship, these girls

[sunlight-shunlight]

anyway dai solas you will always be famous to me. nothing but respect for my boy who wandered off mid-cutscene in the hinterlands to go help out refugees, is extremely good at Lies Of Omission™️, has a whole spy/agent/informant network of elves who followed him, fervently argues that it's unethical to be happy about killing bandits bc they had lives and loved ones, describes his own temple(?) prison(?) as having "indecipherable" elven writing, has ferocious debates with dorian and iron bull about slavery, set himself on fire once by mistake, and within about a year of his 10000 year lifespan, went from seeing all the world as disposable emotionless husks, to developing actual friendships and even falling in love.

and then! still thought it was necessary to destroy and reset the world! but he would treasure the chance to be wrong again!!

[themaladroit]

hot take but

i think the life series fandom sometimes suffers from being a bit biased towards angst, and angsty interpretations. it's understandable, the series is a deathmatch after all and there's no end of tragedy that comes from that, but i'd also say angst tends to feel less "cringe" and is easier to depict in fanworks.

as a result, players/teams/events that don't lend themselves to that interpretation can often get overlooked, and alternative interpretations can get overlooked if there's an angsty one that at least sorta works.

i personally notice this a lot with the Pearl/Scott relationship, which is pretty often portrayed as if the first couple episodes of Double Life lasted forever. the potential for angst with these two is obviously there, but there are some really interesting narratives of healing that aren't talked about anywhere near as much. even just within the series—something that doesn't get discussed nearly enough is that 1v2s were the winning strategy for Pearl...in part because it meant Scott was able to recover health for her at a distance. it's such a fascinating reversal of the spiteful "taking damage to annoy your soulmate" they did earlier in the season, but it just doesn't fit if you force the interpretation of Scott hating and harming Pearl all the way to the finale, so it's often just ignored.

there's a lot of examples like that, honestly. some players and teams just don't get a lot of serious content/interpretation in the fandom, and it's almost always because their storylines don't fit a purely tragic narrative very well. and, idk, that just makes me kinda sad! i absolutely love the angst too (DL!Pearl enjoyer so like, no surprise there), but i think there's some missed potential in how the fandom interprets things, and what it takes an interest in at all. people who analyze life series stuff deeply and give positive interpretations you have my entire heart

[mewharley]

After rewatching Trolls World Tour, I just realized the relevance of the high five at the start of Trolls Band Together <3

It means they have a strong connection!

On the second movie he failed to talk with Poppy about their relationship and then she called him a friend. He got so caught up on that, that they failed to make a connection and having a good high five.

Failing miserably.

Just look at him, he feels so bad

Also I love how easy the confession was at the end

Just so casual

"and I love that we are different"

"And I love you Queen Poppy" the way he says it, so simple yet clear

"And I love you too Branch" and Poppy and her little smile, that was the smile she used to give Creek before the whole fall out, she´s now smitten with Branch :) and she loves him too, what else can you ask?

the love was always there, they just needed to have a better connection, you know, the whole thing where she wasn't actually listening to anybody because she was too focused trying to be a good queen

Also I love seeing Branch happy, it´s so tender

And they finally have their perfect high five!

Wait, did she hug him at the end? 🥺

I hadn´t noticed

I love their relationship, since the first movie and how it evolved

it´s just so tender and wholesome

[mirrorofliterature]

I know I don't like the rako hardeen arc as done in TCW and it was a Cruel Thing for Obi-Wan to do but.

fics where anakin goes undercover instead go hard

I think in part because anakin would have been following orders of the council whereas obi-wan personally suggested not telling anakin

but also it acts as an accidental fix it because obi-wan grieves anakin and anakin is like: I didn't think you would care

anyway

but THIS one is the saddest one by far because ANAKIN ACTUALLY DIES because he gets shot instead of obi-wan [ouch]:

[val-of-the-north]

What’s your favorite non-verbal Souls character that’s either a random invader or renamed enemy?

Oooooohhh this is a HARD question lol. There are so many little gremlins I utterly adore in this series. Some of them for completely made-up reasons (like this whole fanfiction I made for Merciless Roenna of all characters lol [x] it's fun to headcanon)

But if I had to choose only one of them, I would probably turn my gaze towards Dark Souls 2, since its cast of NPC invaders is among the most varied and even the most intelligent IMO. Even by narrowing it down though, I have a hard time choosing. There are many of them that I am very fond of...

However, if I had to go for merits, then it would be THIS asshole:

Maldron the Assassin

I think there hasn't been an invader this lifelike and complex before or since his introduction in the Crown of the Old Iron King. This guy exudes toxicity. He is the embodiment of all of the worst invaders you could possibly imagine. And he is so funny for it.

I am kind of sad he wasn't introduced in the Sunken King DLC, but at the very least, they made up for that by making Jester Thomas a crazy invader in the basement lol. But this guy... he ambushes, he runs away towards dangers and traps, he pretends to be a friendly white phantom only to backstab you when you interact with a lever, he emotes a LOT, he can throw Corrosive Urns and very rarely use a Silver Talisman to blend into the environment......

I don't know how they programmed this devil, but I wish they did more of it. I yearn for a Maldron-like in these games. The closest we've had since then is Preceptor Miriam in Elden Ring, who was also great for that reason lol. But I yearn for a second coming of Maldron.

He even had his own little licensed Dark Souls Board Game figure. Look at how cute he is. Evil son of a gun...

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Though a little honorable mention for the "renamed enemy" category would be Evangelist Dorhys and her gnawing miracle found in Irityhll, locked away in an isolated part of the city, making off-putting, inhuman sounds all by herself, implied to have been getting high on that really dangerous Deep stuff... you go girl.

[luvo27]

just saw a pinterest comment that suggested learning how to crochet instead of learning how to knit because it's easier and i can't keep silent anymore i have to confess that i wrote my cass learns how to knit fic because i need people to love knitting in the same way that i need people to love cass. the crochet vs knitting metaphor argument exists because i've had that conversation (minus the metaphor and also it was jokingly silly with my friends) with me arguing the side of knitting and as much as i love projecting onto characters stephanie brown would never in her life be against crochet. she would adore crochet. i don't actually dislike crochet its good for things that knitting will never be able to do like baskets and is so much better for stuffed animals and i think it's better for things like bralettes and bags but knitting is so good for clothing it's stretchy and more flowy. crochet is so good for items that need to hold a little more structure but in my opinion knitting makes more comfortable clothing and crochet got so popular in the last couple of years but knitting did not and knitting is not more difficult!! knitting is fun and good and i love her!!!

[alwayshinny]

Ginny Weasley ❤️

[warriordragonart]

Anri of Astora my beloved (+ untrue dark ring)

I went for a shoujo love interest vibe, with the sparkly blue eyes, big eyelashes and anime boy hair, and I wanted them to be so androgynous that the design could be applicable across their male and female versions without making any changes. They’re also a unsure lil guy and I wanted to capture that in their body language and expressions (top left is them smiling at Horace because I love these two’s dynamic so much)

[kinnbig]

"I'm sorry. We've done our best."

KP Anniversary | Underrated Moments [6/?]

[im-thekeeper]

cringe is reborn

it's all in the AI slop now

[br1ghtestlight]

everytime i see someone complaining about how all adult cartoons are just sex swearing and drugs without any plot or strong characterization etc i think about the best episodes of bob's burgers and get so mad i start seeing red

[jacarandaaaas]

little ramble on the importance of both of mirabels songs in the movie:

Starting with our opening number, “the family madrigal”. I feel like this song is quite overlooked outside of being known as the opener that introduces us to the characters and world. It also tells us a lot about our main character mirabel, the song is fast paced and upbeat just like our protagonists attitude! The most obvious thing this song displays is mirabels love and pride for her family! whilst she’s avoiding the topic of herself she’s truly happy to tell the children about her family! We see mirabels personality shine with her optimism and energy and see how she truly loves the people of the encanto. We also get little hints at mirabels jealousy especially towards her sisters. Outside of her calling isabela “the perfect golden child” we get another line that demonstrates to us mirabels surface level understanding of her sisters based on the roles they have taken up. “The beauty and the brawn do no wrong”. The obvious implication here is mirabel does do wrong and she does mess up, a lot. This also shows just how little mirabel actually knows about her sisters referring to them by one word titles she’s heard others repeat. She sees them as perfect and can do “no wrong” she’s completely ignorant to the fact there’s so much more to them. That’s an important part of this song it shows the pedestal that not only the town view the madrigals to be on but also mirabel. Mirabel doesn’t see a single flaw in her family other than herself. What’s also important to note is “the family madrigal” is a polished song, it’s public it’s about the image of the madrigals as a whole. Mirabel avoids talking about herself because she views herself as a stain to that perfect image.

Now onto “waiting on a miracle” this is mirabels want song and it’s important to note that it never actually is said out loud. The entire song is in mirabels mind, it’s her raw unfiltered feelings about her situation and nobody else hears it. So there’s a huge difference, mirabel obviously isn’t happy when she’s signing this song and she even starts it as a reprise to “the family madrigal” to convince herself she’s ok. When the dam breaks we see once again she’s putting the madrigals on a pedestal this time instead of avoiding talking about herself she’s comparing herself to each one talking about what she can’t do. Mirabel also talks about her own desires, she wants to contribute she wants to be seen as valuable and feels a gift is the only way to do that. What we see here is a different side to mirabels personality she’s frustrated she’s upset and shes determined to change and to fix herself, only for the crushing realization at the end that it seems practically impossible to get a gift now.

So I guess the reason I’m comparing these songs is because they both are incredibly important to mirabel. “The family madrigal” reveals a lot of character but it’s ultimately a public facing song whilst “waiting on a miracle” is raw unfiltered desperation. They both play a huge role in mirabels arc and it’s not a case of one song being more important than the other I just wanted to give them some appreciation!

[starlos-soulmate]

My two trademark relationship types:

♡ Platonic Soulmates

♡ Asexual Romance

These are my absolute favorites and we need more of these

[piromina]

writing burning spice is so fun

[backpackingspace]

Not that I dont love fair game and was definitely heartbroken by clover's choices but at the end of the day. He didn't even hesitate. The second the order to arrest qrow was given he was mentally filing him as a betrayer and became so hyper focused on that that /qrow/ became the priority when the actual enemy was right there. And while I absolutely adore all the fix it fics (theyre very cute!!) I would love if anybody as any fic recs for Marrow defecting. Given that he was protesting the orders the entire time.