#Confident Protagonist

[frokkie21]

happy 2/2 🎉

[onehundredfallenpetals]

I'm late but here's my piece for 11/20, I had a lot of fun with the concept

[not-a-bit-good]

Playing Persona 5 Royal. Got a text from Akechi on 11/16 asking the protag to hang out at JazzJin. Since I had no confident to rank up that evening and nothing better to do, I accepted.

Akechi then proceeded to explain that a girl once confessed her feelings for him at Jazz Jin, and he spent the whole time there thinking of a way to turn her down, bc there was something he needed to do.

Did... Did Akechi just give the protagonist the 'It's not you, it's me' speech? Because he knew he was going to kill him on 11/18??

[noirandchocolate]

Age of Calamity is such a funny game when you think about it because most of the characters go through Events and use their strengths and suffer hardships and stuff, but honestly they mostly end the game the same as they started it. It’s not “bad storytelling” or anything to have most of the main characters (Link, the Champions, Impa, etc) not change very much character-growth wise, I’m not insinuating that. They’re heroes and it’s fun to watch them BE heroes and in some cases have nice heartfelt moments together, etc.

But it’s just hilarious to me that the characters in the game who DO get some form of character development arc are:

3. King Rhoam (a distant third place but he does realize his kid’s interests were helpful not frivolous and he apologizes and lets her continue leading the army and fights by her side)

2. Zelda (expected, she is the main character after all, and she gets to grow from doubting herself based on her father’s words and how special and talented everyone around her seems to be in comparison, and being upset at not being able to help more, to realizing her worth as a capable leader whose love and passions were what saved everyone)

1. MASTER FUCKIN KOHGA (goes from trying to peace out and let his lackeys take care of every fight, to desperately NOT wanting to leave Sooga and the others behind (poorly and obviously hiding it behind “come on stick together so you can protect me!” while he as the PC for your first play of that mission is clearly doing all the work to protect them); ends up not only joining Zelda’s faction to protect/get revenge for his Clan despite his hereditary beef with the royal family, but PERSONALLY taking to the battlefield including in the final deadly dangerous missions; declares during that final battle that HE is gonna “send that giant menace packing,” ie the very same monstrous entity he previously served)

Like. It’s not even close. Master “Top Banana” “Kill You All To Death” Kohga. Has THE most character development in the game.

And it’s just. So unexpected and therefore great and entertaining to me.

[dayafterdayna]

case closed, this is how your justice ends

[amphibianroyalty]

Sir, just because I carry these guns doesn't mean I remember how to use them

[kinokoshoujoart]

[carrioncrowes]

shout-out to characters who wear gloves to symbolise that they're trying to cut themselves off from the world and/or other people, gotta be one of my favourite genders

[blaiddraws]

man, y'all were really suspicious of Arceus in that one other drawing. it's not like it was being malicious or anything! in fact, you might even say it's fond of the guy.

[navyinks]

I'm excited to say that after two years of little to no progress, Dandelion Children will finally be getting some pretty meaningful updates this year ^-^

Although most pre-existing characters will stay, their designs have all undergone significant changes and the plot will focus on Neppie's journey rather than Rahn's final days. New characters will also begin showing up in the next few months :) You can check out the Dandelion Children tag on my blog to see previous characters designs and story concepts.

My art goal for 2024 is to tell more stories, and I'm really excited to share with everyone what I've been working on for a while now :) I'm grateful for those who still remember Dandelion Children & hope it isn't too late to begin pushing the story out! xD

[camgoloud]

one small detail that stood out to me about this latest episode that i haven’t seen anyone else talking about yet is that when the commentators are calling colin “inspiring” and the “man of the match,” they are celebrating him not for actually scoring the goals himself, but for providing the crucial assists to make both of them happen. and i really love that because for me it’s the absolute perfect wrap to his character arc across all three seasons!

like, we know that colin’s job on this team has never been to score goals. in fact i’m pretty sure we’ve never heard about a single goal that he has scored. colin is and always has been a team player, not a star—and we’ve seen that crop up over and over. notably, we’ve seen the fact that he’s not entirely at peace with that crop up over and over: see the way he was affected by nate’s entire holidy-inn-painting monologue, being benched to make room for zava, etc.—like, this is the thing he’s sensitive about! this is where all of his insecurities come from!

but at the SAME TIME it’s also tied very intimately with all his struggles re: hiding his sexuality— “colin’s a chameleon,” etc. it’s fascinating because there’s SO much tension there between colin 1. feeling bad about the fact that he never stands out on the pitch the way some of his teammates do, because of who he is on the team, and 2. feeling like he CAN’T stand out, ever, because of Who He Is As A Person. etc. it’s like. he’s filling this role in the background. he’s afraid he’s not doing it well enough. he’s afraid that what and who he is isn’t good enough and isn’t worthy of recognition. he wishes he were someone different. trying to be someone different in the locker room is clearly making him so unhappy and stressed out. it is All Connected and my thoughts have been doing laps around it at an ever-increasing rate since i watched episode 2.07 ‘headspace’ if not before!

and all of this is why it’s so incredible to me that in the end, colin’s big moment comes from making assists and not goals! because on the one hand i understand the fandom desire for the colin post-coming out glowup that we all knew was coming—to see him, like, ~prove everybody wrong about him~ and inspire people by suddenly becoming a standout player and scoring goals left and right, even though that never used to be his role on the team before. and don’t get me wrong, i was 100% on board that train, and would have loved it for him if that was how it went down in the end, also. i think he should get to score here and there! as a treat! especially now that richmond are playing total football and there’s been so much emphasis placed on how it’s not just jamie/dani/occasionally sam who are making all the goals anymore!

but i don’t know! especially after the events of the last few episodes, there’s something very special to me about getting to see a colin who, rather than becoming someone entirely new in the moments right after coming out, just feels free to become, and be at peace with, the best version of the same self he’s always been. he’s still a team player first and foremost, but now that he’s not as weighed down by the need to chameleon/hide/pretend to be someone he’s not, he’s so much better at it. and everyone sees this! he gets to be celebrated for his contributions within the role he’s always played! he (and everybody else!) finally recognizes the value that he adds to the team just by being himself—fully himself! it resolves all the tension and insecurity that we’ve seen him struggling with this whole time, on every level. and so this moment was genuinely the perfect ending for his journey in my opinion—i’m so so happy that we were tall enough to join him on the ride here, and so excited to see what he does going forward these last few episodes now that some of that pressure is off him <3

[technoturian]

Funny thing is back when I started the WoT show I initially looked up a few things, so I was spoiled that book fans hated Egwene and the prevailing opinion was she's arrogant but not actually impressive enough power-wise to match it. Then the show gives her these big moments to make her not all talk and somehow her haters are more angry, like… Just admit you hate a confident woman.

[burningapples]

random hunches for s2 (or possibly beyond) from someone that has watched way too many cartoons:

1) Lilith is either going to be the big bad OR the Lilith we saw at the end of s1 is actually Eve/an imposter that’s gonna head down to hell and fuck shit up

2) Alastor might lean even more towards the antagonist role in an attempt to seem more powerful in hell. Charlie will have to work to pull him back towards his previous more neutral state.

3) Maybe more insight into heaven now that Sir Pentious has been redeemed. We’ll probably see pushes for change and get insight into who is REALLY in charge

4) More sinners will try to head to the hotel after word about Sir Pentious getting redeemed gets out. Charlie will probably have to deal with really shitty people and question her own ideas about redemption.

5) This might be more end of series-ish, but I think we’ll get a definitive answer as to what happens to souls that die in the afterlife. Maybe reincarnation, maybe they simply stop existing. We might get an actual answer tho

[wonderful-prompts]

Prompt #1185

“I don’t think you understand how cool I look right now.”

[honeysweetcorvidart]

reaching levels of Normal About Joker never before thought possible, actually

[paintpanic]

> Someone remind me to elaborate on how I want to characterize Kirby later

:) ? I'm curious now

Like I said on the post that prompted this, he's a nice silly boy who's also the strongest being in the known universe. He's pretty emotionally mature for his age and always wants to help people out. Kirby radiates positivity to everyone around him. He's the kind of person that makes a really great friend.

He loves simple pleasurable things, like eating and sleeping and playing. When he's not saving the world, he's out somewhere enjoying himself, probably with a buddy.

His life isn't perfect. He's unsure of himself and doubts if he deserves everything he's got. He feels guilty for not always being able to save everyone, regardless if that's even possible. He loses his patience sometimes, most often with people like Marx or Magolor who like to push his buttons. He struggles with identifying and dealing with his feelings, especially negative ones.

When he feels bad, though, his friends have his back. They care about him a lot, especially his closest friends like Bandana Waddle Dee and Gooey.