i have such a love for characters who descend into madness or villainy out of deep, deep empathy. characters who fundamentally cannot cope with the cruel realities they find themselves in and blow up about it in spectacular fashion. fallen angel type characters with tears of outrage in their eyes. characters who break before they bend, and break so badly they splatter blood all over their noble ideals. every variation on it gets me so good
Thinking about how Leo says he uses his jokes to cope and y’know, thinking harder on it I think it may very well be because of what else uses one-liners and puns and that type of humor.
Specifically, 80’s action movies and campy sci-fi. Even more specifically, the protagonists of these.
So I can imagine why, exactly, Leo leans toward this brand of humor. It’s directly linked to things he loves! But even more than that is why I think it’s used as a coping mechanism.
In these genres, these quips tend to be said by the winner - or, if not a winner, then someone who will stay alive. So there’s a confidence behind them, an assurance, almost, that even if things go wrong, things aren’t ever too serious. There’s no bad endings here! It’s all good fun, even if the stakes seem high.
Leo canonically has been known to steer his brothers away from the more brutal villains and toward more fun, lighthearted activities and not-so-dangerous criminals. So for Leo, these jokes definitely make things less heavy, make the situations they find themselves in less intense.
It’s kinda not just coping, but also can be seen as a form of escapism. A safety blanket. A way for Leo to defuse the tension of knowing just how dangerous their lives are and replace that with a levity which implies that things will be okay.
Unfortunately, levity alone does not alter reality.
lot of middle-aged men with issues in animal crossing. i enjoy it
[image description: a simple sketched comic of tom nook, lyle, and redd from animal crossing. the first panel has tom happily gesturing to lyle and saying "He actually turned his life around". the second panel has redd looking back at tom and saying "Thats a shame I hope he relapses and dies. Right now." tom seems disturbed at this comment. end id]
Ok I'm gonna start sharing some stuff. Here is the map for "Nenana", the world of Broken Horizon!
Technically this map is still a WIP, as I have not yet developed all of the areas and biomes, especially those on the left continent, however they're not super relevant as most of the story takes place within this section (especially the northwest side):
Most of the planet has shattered coastlines and terrain irregularities due to the Cercerion's apocalyptic Grand Storm, which pretty much tore the world apart. After his defeat a lot of the terrain settled, but many electromagnetic anomalies remained, creating floating islands that remain skybound to this day.
The six eternal storms that remain are not as powerful as the original, but they are still able to affect the terrain whenever they pass.
(Also, I do have many cities and locations written down, but I haven't added them into this map yet! I will update this sometime soon with places :] )
amy, tails and knuckles when they heard sonic say smthn about "going all out", then start screaming bloody murder and thrashing around inside supreme's gun
I wish more people appreciated aventurine’s and acheron’s friendship. They’re this type of friends who met, had a heart-to-heart talk three days after their initial meeting, and even though they don’t talk about their feelings much, they understand each other so well.
SOMETIMES YOU MAKE A NEW CHARACTER FOR MONSTER OF THE WEEK AND YOU GET A LITTLE OBSESSED WITH THEM
This is Wesley Bernavelli (he/him) !!!! he's a Hex cowboy witch B))))) think anathema device or perhaps shrink and forcible from coraline, that brand of witchy