Part of the reason I find Wyll to be such a compelling character is that he is such a good person, but in what I think is a kinda unique way.
I've seen a few criticisms of how quickly Wyll seems to switch sides in his initial confrontation with Karlach; how fast he goes from convinced he must kill her to letting her live. For me though, this makes perfect sense.
The decision Wyll makes in that confrontation not actually whether or not to kill her; he has to decide whether or not Karlach is innocent, but once he's confirmed that, it's not a question.
He commits so quickly to Karlach because he doesn't have to choose whether or not to kill her in that moment; he already decided seven years ago.
Because at seventeen years old, he decided he would sacrifice anything for the safety of others.
At seventeen years old he decided that his own life, comfort and happiness was never worth the cost of someone else's.
And so at twenty-four, he learns the devil he's been chasing is a person, and a victim, and an innocent, and the decision is already made up.
Because Wyll Ravenguard at twenty-four is who he was at seventeen, and twenty, and ten.
And to me that's one of the coolest things about him.
There's a separate post I'd like to make about how Wyll never loses his childhood wonder of the world- and I think there's a very similar principle here. Wyll grew up hearing stories of knights who slay monsters and heros in shining armor, and he took those stories and loved them and held them close to his chest.
And then he's seventeen and a devil asked him if he wants to be a hero, and he's not an idiot; he understands the price of saviourhood so he says yes.
And so when he meets Karlach, it's never really a question of if he'll kill her. It's just a matter of him finding the courage.
Because he says "you don't know what you're asking of me" and he's absolutely right, we don't. But Wyll understands the cost; he's understood it for seven years. I'll bet anything that when Wyll Ravenguard made his pact with a devil to save tens of thousands of souls, he promised himself and his city and his father who wouldn't listen that he'd only ever use his pact to help and be good, and when it comes down to it, he sticks to his word.
Because above all, Wyll Ravenguard is a man who knows who his is and what he beliefs, and who sticks to his principles no matter what, and for me that's incredibly compelling.
ITS FINALLY FINISHEDD!! AFTER 46HRS OF PAIN AND SUFFERING
Based on Branzy’s video, “We built the internet in minecraft” ! It was probably the rarest, if any, moments of rekrap actually losing it over minecraft
Also ye it’s a different style compared to my other art since I was practicing colour and perspective so it was funnn~
Here's my explanation (copy and pasted from discord messages i sent):
i was thinking about gru and maxime being "exes" and i thought of a possible headcanon that could be tied to that
i think that neither gru or maxime were particularly popular when they first started at lychee pas bon - gru because he is generally offputting, and maxime because of the cockroach thing
gru would tend to keep to himself, while maxime would try to hang around more popular kids to try to fit in
at some point the kids would want to pull a prank on gru, and would use maxime for that because he was the least liked and they wanted to see how far he'd go to gain their friendship - that prank would be to ask gru to date him and pretend to be his boyfriend for a while. very mean-spirited, but something that should be expected from a bunch of future villains
maxime would ask, and gru - not realising it was a prank - would say yes. he'd be excited to have someone to hang out with
after a while of maxime pretending to like gru, he'd actually start catching feelings, as gru would be the only person to care about his interest in cockroaches. theyd be happy
that is, until maxime's "friends" would push him into telling gru that the whole thing was a "prank"
their relationship would end, and their rivalry would begin
i also think that when maxime tells him its a prank hed be mean about it and thats where hed start calling him "gru-ser the loser"
i imagine that after that interaction gru goes home and cries to the minions snd they all try to do things to make him feel better 🙁🙁
maxime would go home and talk to his cockroaches about it. i envision this event to be the beginning of (my version of) maxime's imminent descent into derangement
It sucks being a trans man that doesn't pass at all and also wants to wear dresses bc every time someone who knows I'm trans sees me in my frilly dresses, they're like "oh, so you were faking it? Faker! Liar! I knew you just wanted attention"
No Cheryl, I want to be a bear in a dress, that's all I want.
Pac: I'm- I'm worried about it! Oh, I don't want to be locked up again! I don't want to be kidnapped again, you know? I don't want to be in prison! [He starts hyperventilating] I just want to do what they told me to do!
Tubbo: [Overlapping] No one will know you did that! No one will know.
Fit: Yeah, that's not gonna happen! It's not gonna happen, it's ok.
Pac: It might happen! It might happen! It happened with my friend! It happened with my son! Why wouldn't it happen with me? [Sighs]
Tubbo: There's gotta be someone left to hold down the fort!
Fit: That's right, you gotta stay strong!
Pac: I'm the weakest of all, you know? I'm the weakest of all the Favela.
Fit: You're not the weakest Pac, don't say that.
Pac: –I am! I am. I am.
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Tubbo: C'mon, just point me in the general direction, and it'll be fine! And–
Pac: I'm scared, I'm scared to say! I'm scared to say–
Tubbo: No, no! Just say it, just say it! Like–
Pac: I'm- I'm worried about it! Oh, I don't want to be locked up again!
Fit: Pac– it's ok!
Pac: I don't want to be kidnapped again, you know? I don't want to be in prison! [He starts hyperventilating] I just want to do what they told me to do!
Tubbo: [Overlapping] No one will know you did that! No one will know.
Fit: Yeah, that's not gonna happen! It's not gonna happen, it's ok. Wait, Pac– when–
Pac: It might happen! It might happen! It happened with my friend! It happened with my son! Why wouldn't it happen with me? [Sighs]
Tubbo: There's gotta be someone left to hold down the fort!
Fit: That's right, you gotta stay strong!
Pac: I'm the weakest of all, you know? I'm the weakest of all the Favela.
Fit: You're not the weakest Pac, don't say that.
Tubbo: Yeah, so why would they take you?
Pac: –I am! I am. I am.
Fit: No no no no– you're strong Pac, you're strong.
Tubbo: [Overlapping] You're not the weakest Pac, you're not the weakest!
Pac: [Overlapping] I don't want to be that guy, I don't want to be the weakest and like, the saddest of all. I wanna be happy! [Sighs] That's why I took the pills also...
Tubbo: You seemed– when–
Pac: I wasn't happy.
Tubbo: I mean, you were happy when we were chatting before about about the railway? Maybe- maybe there's other- other places to find joy, other than a briefcase full of very... unlabeled pills?
The boys’ weapons. I took a lot of creative liberties with some of them, and it’s important to note that Minish’s sword, Time’s sword, and Windy’s sword are not the Picori sword, Biggoron sword, and the phantom sword. But they are inspired by them and very similar! (Minish and Windy in particular had their swords purposefully made similar so.)
Also none of this is size accurate I wasn’t focused on the size 💀💀