#female characterisation

[ellynneversweet]

I was mulling over everyone’s least favourite Mercyverse villain (Christy, who makes no fucking sense on any level) trying to figure out how to redeem that plot line and it occurred to me that what we really need here is a story from the perspective of Kyle, divorce lawyer at large, observing a character who is clearly meant to be a weapons-grade NPD type.

(Actually, come to think of it, I’d read whole books of Kyle, actually functional adult gay dude who has Done The Work of addressing his family trauma, observing werewolf marriages with a bucket of popcorn. He could do a podcast with guest speakers. Peggy or Honey could co-host.)

[pretty-fishy]

I am unfortunately a bit frustrated, Like I know we are all super hyped for Bi Buck and I don't dislike Tommy.

But People acting like this positive Tommy energy comes from his character, when if his character was a female love interest, even factoring for the Bi canon excitement, wouldn't be getting this level.

People saying He's Buck's most developed love interest like ????, obviously several Buddie love interests( Ali, Ana, Natalia) had very little characterisation, Abby was a main character and Taylor was established with motivations and plotlines. Just because so much of their characters have been boiled down by fanon to their worst traits and actions. Sitting here knowing if Tommy was a female character, she would not be getting the same grace, unable to escape the behaviour in Chimney Begins. Like by all means like him and like BuckTommy, you do you, but also think would I be giving Grace to a female love interest like this

[rookflower]

if youre going to live by those different typical body types for each clan headcanons you gotta commit to it you cant make all the thunderclan and riverclan female characters skinny and dainty regardless

[ancientrimer]

robin wright really gave everything as buttercup in hindsight. pity she didn’t have any lines to deliver

[royboyfanpage]

The fact that "#not roy #but his dad" are always your tags for Ollie is the cutest thing

My full collection of 'but his's-

[loveydive]

the main criticism i have for the song of achilles is the depiction of the relationship between achilles and patroclus.

i dont mind a coming of age love story between the boys; its just that throughout the book it is EXTREMELY static. sure there are a few bumps along the way but they eventually sort themselves out fairly quickly (too quickly imo). like yes, i get it. they love each other so much but they cant be tgt bc of fate - oh how tragic. but the story is only tragic in that they both die. its not actually a tragedy in itself, because the ending isnt actually tragic at all - they meet each other in the underworld again afterall.

but this is the reason why i think the depiction of their doomed but unbreakable love is one of the weaknesses of the story. it fails to connect with or explore the themes in the illiad - the real themes which actually made it a tragedy. achilles was consumed by his pride and let hundreds of men die, he was no longer himself and what? patroclus still loved him wholeheartedly after that? i just couldnt bring myself to believe that. after all of that how could patroclus be so single-minded in loving him? it wouldve made for a better story if patroclus had intended to go out to the walls of troy as a kind of suicide mission. if he knew that hector killing him would be the only way to break achilles and finally end the war. the same events could happen but patroclus' motivations would be different. this wouldve given him so much more agency and add more complexity in their relationship. that at the end of the day achilles didnt love him enough to fight in the war. he loved his immortality more than he loved patroclus.

and wouldnt that have made a better tragedy? this is why patroclus' betrayal to achilles when he saved briseis was so emotionally compelling. his love for achilles was no longer simple, it was no longer a boy's love. bc in his mind, the achilles that he loved died a long time ago. the war has changed him and it wont bring the old one back. IS THAT NOT MORE TRAGIC? AND MORE THEMATICALLY COMPELLING?

i just felt that miller tried SO hard to justify their romance that she didnt want to risk putting in any complexity at all otherwise their 'lovers' status would be threatened. but i really think it was to the detriment to the book. it wasnt bad, it was actually pretty alright - it just wasnt a masterpiece

[brokenhardies]

tbh as a six fan i feel so bad for thirteen fans

bc there are a lot of thirteen fans who are willing to defend shitty writing and poor decisions bc thirteen's their favourite doctor and there's no other way to say she's their favourite bc thirteen has only been off the air for 2 years at this point. thirteen also has the bonus problem of being the first female doctor which means a lot of her criticism is clouded by misogyny and other icky incel alt right shit

meanwhile with six, a lot of his problems had the benefit of the wilderness years, big finish, the expanded universe, and even people looking back at his doctor and realising that there was some good in his episodes. a lot of his fans didnt become his fans until recently and even most of his haters are quite clear that they hate the writing decisions and not the actor himself

like until jodie gets some good material - maybe big finish? theyre doing fugitive doctor and dhawan master stuff that might improve the problems with those - a lot of thirteen fans are going to be clutching at straws and trying to figure out why they like her and how to say so in a way that won't upset the predominantly male fandom, as well as won't disagree with common and very bloody obvious criticisms of chibnalls era

[atomicwrongs]

Me holding back the urge to write a 5000 word essay on one of my topics of interest because if I do I'll lose 200 Butch Cred and go to Pointdexter Prison for Killjoy Crimes

[ This post has been edited to be less merciful because I am Right. ]

(ID: A grey anthro rabbit staring ahead with disturbed eyes. End ID.)

[detectivenyx]

celestia: leon made an active choice to go back and kill sayaka after she attacked him, he broke her wrist, and she fled the room.

makoto: it's not leon or sayaka's fault any of this happened regardless of what they did. the only one to blame is monokuma.

kyouko, a literal detective who is established to almost always be a reliable narrator: sayaka probably had a change of heart and couldn't commit to the murder, which is why she failed. there's a possibility that she just wanted revenge of some kind on leon, but i believe the emotional evidence points to sayaka wanting to save you

the entire fucking first chapter: *could only be more overt with its message that both sayaka and leon were not innocent, but both were also not amoral evil assholes - they were both victims in different ways and this was all a tragedy*

the fandom: actually!!!!! because!!!! of this non-canon manga that has been confirmed non-canon!!!!!!!! leon is completely innocent and sayaka is completely evil!!!!!!!! because it's easier for me to erase her compelling characterisation and give her a one-note personality then blame the writers for flanderizing her than it is for me to actually engage with what is literally written right there!!!!!!!!!!!

[fanfictiongreenirises]

Of course I gotta know 👀 yunmeng trio?

khksjdh smek smek smek <3

okay we're going from oldest to youngest!!! (jyl on the left, wwx in the middle, jc on the right)

lmaoo jiang siblings have two braincells between the three of them but they do toss both out the window when they see the others in danger <3

send me a character

[mishkakagehishka]

Hi there!!! I'd like to have a request for theater starless if i may, sotetsu with his originally independent female s/o who is able to keep calm or strike back his teasings👀😳 have a nice day!!

Thank you for the ask, sorry for the wait <3 Anyway, this was kinda fun to write, I do love some independent and cool readers. Especially when paired with these... these types of characters (affectionate). I hope you'll enjoy :>

Sotetsu

Sotetsu is very surprised at this turn of events, to say the least

He's not used to girls being able to just shrug off his teasing comments and flirty attitude, so this is a new experience for him

And, sure, he's already your boyfriend, you're together, this is a known fact, but it's still very new to him

Even if you were like that since the beginning of your relationship, and even before that –  while he was trying to let his intentions be known – he never really gives up on trying to find something that would make you blush

Everyone has something that gets them flustered, and he vows to find that “something” for you

Finding information shouldn’t be hard for him, at least, right?

From featherlight touches to (careful, still gentle) borderline manhandling, from cute nicknames to teasing and provocative ones, from staring at you in silence from afar to outright telling you how much he wants to kiss you, he's tried it everything

Sotetsu is, above all, enjoying the game he's made of it.

At one point, the goal stops being to just make you blush and stutter, and becomes having simple fun, bonding with you in new and different ways

Every one of his attempts ends in both of you laughing and joking it off, you maybe giving him a “good job!” as a participation trophy, him promising to “get you next time”, and so on

Whenever you show a hint of being flustered, he jumps on it, trying to repeat whatever made you react in that way in order to really reduce you to a stuttering and blushing mess

But it never lasts long enough that he’d be able to capitalise on it, and he's back to square one

Surprisingly, both seeing you react in a stone-cold manner and seeing those small signs of embarrassment on you are capable of making him even more obsessed with seeing what you’d look like if he really managed to make you lose that cool composure of yours

And then, one day, you turn all his words and actions around and throw them right back at him

If he wasn't used to girls playing it cool, he definitely wasn't used to girls who are able to strike back

Despite the fact that he's the tease extraordinaire … he freezes for a moment

He's the one flustered, it only lasts for a moment, but it's happened. You left Sotetsu utterly speechless. If you got the timing right, you might have even caught him slack-jawed – literally

After the moment of shock passes, he bursts into laughter and hugs you tight. With a rub to your head, he announces that he's finally found his perfect match, someone who can keep up with him

And, boy, is he proud of that!

Your cool attitude and independent energy is probably one of the reasons why he was drawn to you in the first place (him being a pretty independent person himself), and he fell in love even harder at that moment

But the games are just beginning - and now you have to participate, too

You, or Sotetsu? Who'll make the other devolve into a blushing mess first? Place your bets, now!

[kikizoshi]

A short dialogue between Fyodor's younger siblings, Andrey and Vera. I won't post fanfiction with them for a long time, yet I find them more fun and easier than Fyodor and Nikolai lately, and I'd like to post this now, since they'll likely change between now and when they appear in a story.

  ***

“I’m going to kill him.”

  “Enough, Andryushka. He’ll arrive when he’ll arrive.”

  “And then what? What possible reason could he have this time? Fr Zossima kept him late? His studies were just oh so strenuous last night? Misha, sure, fine, he has plenty reason. But Fedya? At this point, I don’t give a damn if his entire apartment building collapsed! There’s no excuse to be this late.”

  Vera sighed. There was no point in arguing with Andrey; on this matter they would simply never agree, and that was that. It was better to let him air his grievances, she knew, and wished to let him, yet she found herself constantly lacking the strength to endure them, and often berated herself heavily later for this weakness in character. And yet it was as it was, and always turned out the same.

  “What time did you say the play starts?” Vera asked.

  “Twenty-one, so about a half hour. We should go in at least fifteen before to get settled, though.”

  Vera grimaced.

  “Are you able to stand much longer?”

  Vera nodded. “I’m not so weak today. It’s only the chill.” She huffed bemusedly. “I feel as though every mild breeze is blasting the North wind right through me.”

  Andrey frowned and went to remove his sweater, but Vera stopped him adamantly. “No, no, you musn’t,” she said. “I’m already wearing a shawl. If I take yours, you could catch cold.”

  “I won’t.”

  “But you could,” she insisted. “And I won’t; I’m wearing enough. Come, pull it back on.”

  Andrey stared at her with a concerned expression as he pointedly continued to remove his sweater. He handed it to her in the same manner. “It’s barely below sixteen,” he said. “Even you don’t get cold in this weather. If you need to go home--”

  “No, no,” Vera waved her hand negatively and took the sweater. “I’m alright. I wish very much to see Nikolai Bezfamilny in this role; it’s well worth fifteen minutes of discomfort.”

  Andrey still looked at her uneasily, evidently no more settled. It was clear in his face that he was thinking something along the lines of, ‘Fifteen more minutes, and all because a certain bastard couldn’t deign to show up on time,’ but he held off voicing these thoughts. He instead helped her pull her arms through the stretchy fabric. She shivered, rubbed her rouged cheeks vigorously against the soft sleeves, rocked and soaked up the warmth of the garment, and finally stilled.

  After a moment of peace, Vera sighed again. “How about this: if I don’t feel well, we can leave at intermission. But I want to experience this with you, and with Fedya, and I don’t want my accursed health to ruin yet another good thing in my life. I’m so sick of it!” Her eyes grew moist, and she cut off.