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shadeswift99 · 2 years

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"Redemption arcs are an overdone and badly executed trope" factoid is actually just statistical error. Redemption Arcs Mythicalsausage, who spent episodes after his Xornoth possession systematically apologizing to the people he hurt and working to regain their trust while also giving them ample space to forgive him or not forgive him in their own time, as well as setting up an accountability network to keep himself from falling into evil again, is an outlier adn SHOULD be counted because oh my god it is so refreshing to see someone actually make their redemption a real arc instead of just a tacked-on excuse and a guilt trip -

#Mythicalsausage #empires smp #the next time someone asks me why i watch series like this instead of mainstream shows and movies anymore I'm just going to show them this #because you have NO IDEA how good this feels #it's a redemption arc that doesn't make me feel bad!! it doesn't give me an inexplicable sinking feeling!!#it's not focused on guilt! it's not about Sausage feeling guilty and down on himself for the things he did #and it's not about guilting other people for not immediately accepting that he's cool now either!#and there's REALISTIC ON SCREEN HEALING TIME?? Both physically and emotionally? For everyone??#it's too good to be true #it's so so so good in so many ways #how the things he did have lasting repercussions that don't disappear when he decides to turn over a new leaf #but also the consequences don't isolate or punish him in a way that makes the viewer wonder why he bothered trying at all #the way he takes accountability for things and doesn't push away other people's pain #while ALSO having a clear boundary in terms of how much accusation he'll take before reminding people that he was in fact possessed #and he gave his tools to Gem #it's a tiny detail but i swear I'm going to cry about it #he gave his corrupted tools to Gem...for safekeeping...#and he can ask her for them back and use them for a bit if he needs to if she asks him a few questions to know why and that he's safe #but he gave them to her to keep because he didn't trust himself with them at that point and that's just... that's good. that's very good.#that's genuine very good coping right there #....yeah it's been a Day apparently I am in fact tearing up over this #but the arc is good okay! it's very good!!#sausage <3 #this man can WRITE

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