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a funny thing about having a Problematic Blorbo is that you'll periodically come across a post along the lines of "um let's not forget that [Blorbo] is a bad person..." listing their various crimes, and if you have a modicum of intellectual honesty you find yourself nodding along and saying yeah it's true... but it's the greyness of their character that makes them so compelling... At the same time though you have a little Saul Goodman in your ear going "your honor in their defense: who cares like omfgggg who caresssssss like come onnnnnn"

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haven't done my work but i did draw myself not doing my work. and the specter. not sure how this helps

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Digital painting practice

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New PFP/Icon for Discord :D

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Me: Loki is my comfort character and he's very important to me. He's gotten me through a lot of really tough times, and whenever I'm sad I just watch a movie he's in and it always helps me feel better.

The Loki in question:

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I don't recall, but in TTDW, did Odin only forbid the family from seeing Loki? Cause I think it would've been interesting had someone who has been close with Loki to go see him in his cell. Now I can't really think of someone, but the best option would be Sif. I think Sif could've honestly been the one to do so, but considering the MCU has decided to write her and the W3s as complete asshats towards Loki, it may not work either... Idk, I just think there's missed potential to have one other person figure out, or rather have a different opinion on Loki than everyone else :P

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Oof sorry for the lack of art, been busy with a new fandom:P

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flight of the elder manta

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Man, why are so many of my favourite characters just doomed by the narrative? This sucks DX

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Finding a fellow flightless friend

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drawing people i see in the city (55/?)

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I assure you: somebody, somewhere, is on the exact same wavelength as you are.

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I can only imagine the things Loki would say to Thanos during his time being kept prisoner by him and the Black Order...

Being smug about it at first, possibly, then breaking down after the supposed torture session. Or maybe he would tread carefully about it, Idk :0c

Thanos 100% intended to slowly choke Loki, it's obvious, but he changes his mind because, with only one line, Loki gets under his skin.

"You will never be a god", and suddenly, the neck breaks.

Loki was the only character on screen to ever get under Thanos's skin.

He also got under Natasha's in A1.

Now look me in the eyes and tell me he doesn't understand people. Can't read them. Emotionally stunned.

No, please, do.

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"It's okay to stan problematic characters as long as you do it the right way."

But what is the "right way" to do it?

I think the first and obvious step would be to accept that they're.......surprise...... not ideal folks. Alright, it's not a big deal. The name gives it away. They are called problematic because they've all done bad deeds at different levels. Some are moderately bad. Some are worse than others. Some are fucked up. Some are toxic trash. All of them are flawed and, by flaws, we don't mean the endearing and palpable flaws. The bottomline is that they have all done unlikeable stuff.

That should be it right? Everyone should move on and mind their own business now.

Wait, that's not enough? What's next? Ah yes. Accountability.

It's only natural to want a character that did wrong to be held accountable for their actions and face the heat. But here's another fact: the story may not always go the way we want it to. It's the creator's will and they'll do whatever they wish to with their fake characters in their make believe worlds. You can have villains getting vanquished in the end like Sauron or doing one good deed in the end and still making it to Force Ghostism like Anakin did or starting off as murderous maniacs only to end up redeemed and pals with the protagonist like good old Piccolo and Vegeta. There is no perfect and absolute justice to be found here because different worlds, different rules. Bad people can be punished lightly. Bad people can be punished severely. Bad people can change. Bad people can be forgiven. Bad people can get happy endings. The creator does what the creator wants. For that, their work can be duly criticized and, if you have the time and energy for it, go ahead.

As far as personal satisfaction is concerned, this is why fanfiction exists. Fanfiction is our sandbox. We can do whatever we wish to here. We can turn humans into cats, pamper the characters we like and torture those we don't any way we wish to. But the burden of accountability doesn't automatically rest on the shoulders of those who like these characters. They are not obliged to punish whatever problematic character they enjoy in their stories if they don't want to. Guess who can do it though? You can. I promise you that if you write a 10k word fic subjecting my favourite characters to the worst kind of torture and humiliation, I won't mind. I will simply scroll down.

This brings us to the elephant in the room: fan made content about so and so problematic character. This includes different interpretations, edits, art, fanfics, everything which are the most basic ways for people to participate in fandoms. Attempting to understand their actions and motivations further, to study their personalities, to imagine them in different scenarios, to use them as a medium to channel one's creativity in form of stories and art is all an integral part of the fandom experience. What people are responsible for, however, is to tag their content accordingly so that it reaches the desired audience. There is nothing more they can or ought to do.

All said and done, many a times, "It's okay to stan so and so as long as you do or don't do so and so" translates to "I don't mind you liking this stuff but I just don't want you going around expressing your liking for it the way you want to" which doesn't paint a nice picture.

If the existence of the content and the character's popularity itself is bothersome to you then it's you who must make the effort to filter, disengage, ignore or rant about it elsewhere away from the person who has made it. That is your responsibility.

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Everyone welcome Nami to the Strawhats! 💖💖💖

So far we have Luffy as a sun conure, Zoro as a red tailed hawk, and Nami as a baltimore oriole!

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the insane experience of missing a fictional character . like you can always go back and reread the book , replay the game , rewatch the show or movie , you can always go back & see them , but you can never experience them & their story for the first time again . its absurd to miss them because they'll always be there , but you'll miss when there were still new things for them to say .

for a small time they were real & growing and changing and you hung onto every new word, but now all they can do is repeat the same story forever&ever & they're not real anymore because you know everything they're going to do. & you miss them. its fucked man...