#fixing character

[esmemari]

Fixing Atta (A Bug's Life)

If I'm really honest, I like Atta's character, but I'm also aware that her behavior in the film left a lot to be desired, so here are some ideas that (from my point of view) could spruce up the character a bit. I mean, not make her perfect, but certainly fix her a bit. The following things I would fix about her would be:

1.Personality: I find her personality in the film too hostile and lacking in empathy toward Flik, ​​so I would give her a personality with more empathy toward the protagonist, being aware of his feelings and intentions to contribute to the Colony, even though they always end in disaster. Of course, it wouldn't change her personality completely, but it would give the character more empathy. This could create a great internal debate in Atta between her pressure as a future ruler and her rational and understanding side toward Flik, ​​being forced to make decisions more out of pressure from the council than of her own free will. So in the trial scene when the council gives Atta the idea of ​​sending Flik away for several days with the excuse of looking for warriors so that he does not cause disasters Atta would not agree at first since she feels that this was too harsh a punishment for Flik especially considering the dangers that are beyond the island, but the council insists pressured her but she still stands firm until Mr. Soil lets out a phrase that is a subtle but powerful blow: "Your Highness, we understand that our request is not the best option at random, but that's the way things are. A leader sometimes has to make difficult decisions for the good of his people even if they are not the best. If you truly want to show the colony that you can be a responsible and fair queen then you must do what is right no matter what." Those words would be a rather low blow for Atta so much so that in the end she ends up accepting her defeated.

2. Participation in the defense / rescue of Dot: If there is something that bothers me the most in the movie is the inability of Atta (and her mother) to move a wing for her sister the 2 times she was in danger, I understand that she was afraid of Hopper or the bird but come on, you are not going to tell me that her fear was stronger than her sisterly love for Dot, even Nani would have fought with a puma just for Lilo. The way I would have rewritten the scenes would be when Hopper would be taking Dot directly to Thumper she would jump trying to rescue her little sister but she and her mother would be firmly held by 4 grasshoppers bigger than her leaving them immobilized causing both the queen and Atta to scream anguished and desperate begging Hopper to spare Dot's life, that she was not to blame for anything and that they would promise to give them a new offering until Flik would raise his voice among the crowd and then the scene would continue the same. In the scene of the bird attack I would have rewritten it making Atta go to where Dot was to try to save her but when she arrives both are surprised by the bird and after being hit by the flapping Atta is stunned / dizzy and fall into the crevice (not before Francis caught Dot) and apart from Francis Atta would also be injured on the side of the head after a stone thrown by the bird hit her right there leaving her more stunned, the scene would remain the same with Flik and the circus gang rescuing Dot, Francis and Atta while Slim and Heimlich make the distraction for the bird, when Flik noticed the princess he would become very worried seeing her condition but she would tell him that it was okay that the important thing was to get Dot out of here, that she would follow them flying from behind but the dizziness plus the pain made it impossible for her to maintain the flight without wobbling so Flik suggests that it would be best for her to ride Dim next to Manny for safety, There, the scene would continue just as it did in the movie. This would demonstrate that Atta (and her mother) care deeply about Dot, not just Flik, ​​and that she's willing to take risks to keep her safe.

Well, these are just some personal ideas I've come up with to fix Atta. If you don't agree with them, no problem; you're not obligated to. If you have any ideas for fixing Atta, feel free to leave them in the comments section, or you can simply comment on what you think of my ideas (no insults or attacks).

[mythtakens]

“these characters should be mentally healthy before they get together 😌” ummm no I actually think we should smash their mental illnesses together like clumps of play-doh and see what colors it makes

[bebx]

"undoing this character's death would take away his sacrifice and character arc" girl I don't give a shit. I'm bringing him back through the power of ao3 fix-it fics and there's nothing you can do to stop me x

[lgbtlunaverse]

To me the most fun part about fix-its is placing dominoes.

Tragedies often consist of escalating series of actions and circumstances which, in isolation, were not clearly leading to the tragic end but form a chain of cause-and-effect directly towards it in hindsight. In equal but opposite fashion, I love starting with small inoccuous changes to canon that in themselves do not obviously fix everything but start a new chain that leads to a better ending.

It's kind of impossible for fix-its to feel fully natural– the reader by definition knows what the original ending was and that this ending will be happier because the writer wants it to be– but it is possible for them to not feel contrived. A big deus-ex-machina, or a character breaking with their pre-established tragic flaws to suddenly make all the "correct" decisions almost always feels unsatisfying to me.

But a few carefully placed small domino pieces slowly knocking over bigger and bigger tiles until the entire story has radically changed? That's a lot more fun.

It recquires the author to both correctly identify the original chain of cause-and-effect and understand the characters well enough to know how they'd react to different circumstances. Because if the story feels like it's fixing the wrong problem or the characters don't act like themselves the magic is lost. But when it works? When it clicks and the reader sees the domino chain laid out in front of them? It's beautiful.

[cowboysmp3]

there’s something sooo sickening about how dunmeshis whole energy is like sometimes something terrible and awful happens to you and it changes you forever and nothing can make you the person you were before but there’s still love and there’s still sharing a meal together and there’s still living

[galaxylover06]

Their name is Barry and they can't escape the digital cir

[chloesimaginationthings]

The FNAF 2 movie taking a strange direction,,

[jojaxcola]

we're like eighty percent sure that's just water

[jojamart mockumentary #2]

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[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

despite what canon says, if a fanfic writer’s in love with a blorbo, they can never die

[fishsticxz-art]

kittyyyyyyy

[meo-eiru]

Visiting dreams (read from right to left)

Was watching a comedy show and one of the episodes were about a wife buying glasses like that to enter her husband's dreams and see if he's cheating on her and I was like "that's the most Elias thing ever" so I drew my own version of it

Let me know if you guys want a part 2

Part 2 here

[nerrolane]

she misunderstood

[bebx]

in this house we don’t say “that character is dead”. we say “they’re wounded but they’re alive and are on their way towards making a full recovery on archive of our own fix-it fics”

[sadagios]

my right hand man.

+ some really really rough sketches of duos for the au. if you cant figure whats going on with the sketches, dont worry, i cant either.

[cronchy-baguette]

maru in all her rat glory