#charismatic evil

[thekingofmuses]

The King sits on his throne

KOF XV

[wackachewbacca]

The voice actors for Re: Dracula are just amazing at what they are doing I can feel them actually embodying their characters and it’s especially astounding with Karim Konfli playing the Count as cunning and evil and then the turn around when he plays a suave piano tune in my ear and suddenly I don’t have a moral backbone

[roseapprentice]

New flavor of FOMO just dropped:

The rush to thoroughly enjoy a creative's entire catalog of work before you learn something about their character that taints it

[shorthaltsjester]

honestly as someone who has been in various fandoms for a long time now and who also watched campaigns 1 and 2 without really getting into cr fandom it isn’t Shocking but it is annoying how often people will look at the stories that cr tells and make absolute claims about the goodness of characters (goodness here meaning Moral goodness, not I Like This character and think it’s well made goodness, which is a separate post entirely). particularly regarding the gods and pc parents. and honestly like, typically in fandom i get annoyed by people bending over backwards to woobify characters who are active in their choice to be unkind and generally horrible but in the cr fandom it’s tended to be the opposite where like. a character is just. a human being (in the sense of being Average not in the sense of Fantasy Races) and huge swaths of the fandom act like that’s the most unforgivable thing someone can be. and maybe it is, but one of the most powerful things about fiction is that it tends to encourage people to expand their empathy and exercise their ability to forgive. because fictional characters, no matter how much people like to project onto them, tend not to cause anyone harm, so it’s easier to learn how to forgive and accept things you don’t understand without also villainizing them.

this is mostly prompted by the recent 4sd and the fact that matt’s response to what’s up with the dawnfather was a very insistent “He’s not bad!” and also seeing the online reaction to the mention that the matron would punish vax for saving keyleth that has taken the as usual completely bonkers tune that the raven queen (Who When Met With A Brother Asking A God To Kill Him In Favour Of His Sister, Gave Him A Job, and Later Extended His Natural Life To Help Protect The World And Have More Time With His Family And Allowed Him To Visit His Sister On Her Wedding Day) is a horrible evil abusive bitch of a god. like. can we grow up? can we understand the world and fiction that represents the multitudes of experiences found in it in shades of grey? is that too much to ask (i know it is).

but also specifically the like Extremely Adamant way that both matt and laura were like no no no no relvin isn’t Horirble he’s average. he’s not good he’s just. he’s A father, not a good or bad one. and on the surface it’s hilarious that they’re both so like. enthused to point out that he’s Average because typically when people respond to a claim of a characters badness with the level of immediacy they both did it’s a rebuttal of “no, this character is good actually.” but it was just to affirm that relvin did harm imogen, but not because there’s some aspect of his character that is inherently cruel or especially Bad. and like. yeah actually. yeah you should react like that to a claim that this average person who Has hurt someone, the way that nearly every single person has hurt someone in a way they cannot repair, with immediacy to say this person is a Person and thus imperfect and capable of great harm, but that isn’t some all encompassing judgment on their morality or capability to also do good or be fine.

anyway this is kinda just a rant post but also is just me saying i’m very grateful that when surrounded by a fandom that tends to paint characters as Good or Bad and even while using a game that can encourage that with its alignment system, cr has always told stories that see goodness as a persistent choice that might sometimes falter and that can be chosen even after a lifetime of Badness. i can’t remember exactly what the quote was so forgive me if it’s incorrect but when jester is talking to caleb after he claims he’s not a very good person and she says “good people do bad things sometimes. even bad people do good things.” that’s it! that’s one of the most consistent themes across campaigns. and yet.

[tekkenenjoyerblue]

If he swindles you out of your money I can’t be held responsible

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

If I were a man people would talk shit about me for how much I'm interested in WWII but listen have you considered it was really interesting

[metidax]

I am glad that Esther didn’t get redemption arc. First, it is hard to restore reputation of the character who literally kills children. Secondly, it would be very unrealistic if after centuries of bloodshed Esther changed her mind because of one Crystal’s speech (very indefinite and lack of practical arguments though). Bad people have their motivation but sometimes it is so selfish and cruel that you could never fix them no matter how hard you try

[onebizarrekai]

In the fell universe, what would Felix even be like? What would the whole 𝒫𝒶𝒸𝓀ℯ become?? Would he have plot convenient gaydar like normal Ed?

trying to decide whether he should be school king or if he is a cursed good guy and edward is an evil school king. because like is fell ibvs "everyone is evil except the villain" or is it just foxfield but worse? and obviously foxfield being worse would likely mean felix is the most popular boy in school. but like, I can't imagine felix being MORE evil in fell. like, this guy's evil level caps at about what he currently is and I think it would be really funny if felix was the supporting character in this version of the story. but the possibilities! felix being the school king, completely unchanged, would be so funny and probably more on brand anyway, and would put edward in a less awkward position as a character. hence the dilemma

[lomka-art]

Kinda tired of how people always draw judge holden as this wild west slasher villain so you can tell he’s a bad guy. I think it ignores a lot of descriptions of him seeming like almost a cute infant or perhaps a manatee so I drew him myself

[thekingofmuses]

*points at Geese* Weeb!

HAHA ABSOLUTELY TRUE 🤣

"Oh look, someone who doesn't value chewing solid food.."

[inamindfarfaraway]

Inspired by the Disney Princess villain song series by Lydia the Bard, here’s my idea for Princess Sofia’s own dark version of a Sofia the First song and the backstory and animatic script accompanying it. There are mentioned dead bodies and a little blood. I’ve really tried to keep her in-character, despite the very different circumstances and tone. She’s more of an anti-villain here.

I’d love to hear feedback on this and talk to other fans, of Sofia or Lydia.

I’ve written one for Princess Elena too!

[blackberry-jam]

That post about cannibalism becoming too mainstream and destigmatized by certain sections of the internet and therefore losing its weight and horror and visceral nature just has me thinking about how HABIT ate a baby and everyone was like oh lmao he’s just an edgy cool guy!!!! He’s just like me fr!! Haha!!! Which. I think not enough people are freaked out by the fact that he forced Evan to eat his own child raw and possibly alive. He mentions “the bones” and implies that it took awhile. Like that wasn’t Hannibal-style Brioche With Baby Pâté and Shredded Zucchini in a Plum Vinaigrette, he just opened Evan’s mouth and bit down until the job was done, and I think that says a lot more about Habit than people want to examine. Idk it just. has me thinking. The number of times hurting children comes up in entries and supplementary materials about HABIT is kind of overwhelming, really. I’ve seen people talk about how they think he’d draw the line at hurting children, but the source material goes out of its way to state otherwise- just about every time he’s in contact with children they die. Or worse. He’s the summation of the worst of humanity, the combined aggregate of all of our flaws and crimes, and one of those crimes is cannibalism, so honestly I wouldn’t be surprised if he made a habit (ha) of it.

[feartoxinjelloshot]

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (1632)

[horrorshowcliche]

redesign of my old courier six :3

[maahtigor]

Guys, I beg of you to read this fanfiction as if my life depended on it. It's so fucking amazing.

Blood Pearl Of The Sea has been my favorite fanfic since twenty fucking twenty two and every time I reread it the plot gets better 😭 if I was to summarize it, imagine if someone made heterosexual women shoujo yaoi into a straight wattpad ao3 fanfiction and put a confused lesbian as the female lead. And then shoved vampires into it. And sprinkled it with the essence of the Holy Spirit. AND IT'S GOT PEARLINA TOO AUHRHRHRHRGRHG💔💔💔💔💔

And it EVEN HAS ITS OWN BLOG TOO. LIKE WHAT THE FUCK PEOPLe, THE AUTHOR NOT ONLY MAKES ILLUSTRATIONS FOR EVERY OTHER CHAPTER BUT ALSO MAKES A WHOLE ASS BLOG FOR IT????????? ALSO. It's both in AO3 AND IN WATTPAD

LORD BLESS @killartzzz FOR WRITING THIS BOOK also guys go check va profile vamp art is awesome

[merr-murr]

Human Vox !!

Bonus Doodle -- Someone get him some contacts, he's scaring the hoes....