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tippenfunkaport · 1 year

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Bow's Character Arc

There was a discussion on Twitter from people who were confused about Bow’s character arc and whether he had one (he very much does, and it’s actually one of the clearest / most spelled out in the entire show!). To help anyone experiencing that confusion and because it’s never a bad idea to understand how character arcs work if you want to be a writer/storyteller, I might as well break Bow’s character arc down for anyone who might find it helpful.

Buckle in, it's nerd time!

At the most basic, a character arc is a change (usually growth) a character goes through over the course of a story. Usually good (positive change arc) but sometimes bad (negative change arc). It’s very often a reversal aka the character is often in the exact opposite state by the end of the story than how they start it out. It can be trickier to follow in an ensemble story like SPOP because there are a lot of characters with parallel story lines going on and multiple arcs colliding in different ways, but She-Ra does a really good job of giving each of the four leads arcs (with Catradora as the main leads, Glimbow as the secondary) near equal time.

Yes, including Bow.

What I think throws people about Bow’s arc is it’s based on hypocrisy.

Meaning…

He encourages his friends to talk it out and share their feelings… while hiding his own feelings from his dads and repressing his frustrations with having to be the middle man between Adora and Glimmer (Season 4)

He declares that average people (such as the kitchen staff at Dryl) don’t need the princesses and are just as capable of fighting the Horde themselves… while he believes himself and his abilities inferior to Princess Entrapta’s

He reminds the others (esp Adora) about the need to accept help… while refusing any help for himself (think about “Don't worry about me. I'm the one who worries about you. Can we go back to that? Please?” in Pulse through to that moment when he agrees to let Glimmer take him to check on his dads in Return to the Fright Zone and literally leans on her)

I think a funny way to sum up his character issue is: Not me, though.

This arc progresses across all five season as he gradually changes. He starts the series out repressing his feelings from both his family and friends while doubting his abilities and refusing to ask for help (he IS Adora’s mirror, after all!). Over the course of the series he learns to express his feelings instead of bottling them up (The Beacon > Reunion > really all of Season 4 but it comes to head starting with Boys Night Out through Beast Island > Stranded), gains more confidence in his tech skills (The Frozen Forest > Signals > Flutterina > Mer-Mysteries > Corridors), and starts to learn to ask for help (The Beacon > Pulse > Return to the Fright Zone).

Which of course all culminates in The Heart Parts 1 and 2 where he finally wraps up all threads at once by

a) asking Scorpia to trust him (putting faith in someone else to help)

b) completing Entrapta’s program to unchip everyone (proving he IS as good a scientist as she is)

c) giving the speech to everyone on Etheria rousing the common people to fight Prime (average people can make a difference… which he now fully believes that includes him).

And while you can make the argument that confessing to Glimmer is part of his arc to share his feelings, the fact is that he completes a full character arc without ever behind reduced to just someone’s love interest because none of his character growth is tied to his romantic relationship at all (which was what the original tweet claimed). It's all his inner journey to have faith in himself and his abilities and how they relate to his friends and loved ones.

And thus the guy who starts the series as “only one around here who’s not a princess” with doubt in his tech abilities ends the series as confident Tech Master and future King of the regular people he sought to inspire, which is about as textbook a reversal as you can get.

Does it come out of nowhere?

His character arc progresses and takes significant focus in the following episodes….

S1:E6 System Failure

S1:E10 The Beacon

S2:E1 The Frozen Forest

S2:E3 Signals

S2:E7 Reunion

S4:E3 Flutterina

S4:E4 Pulse

S4:E7 Mer-Mysteries

S4:E8 Boys Night Out

S4:E10 Fractures

S4:E11 Beast Island

S5:E3 Corridors

S5:E4 Stranded

S5:E9 An Ill Wind

S5:E10 Return to the Fright Zone

S5:E12 Heart Part 1

S5:E13 Heart Part 2

That’s 17 episodes out of 52 which means his character development gets approximately 32% of the focus of the entire show… which for an ensemble cast like this where he’s one of four leads is just about dead on as it's over a quarter of the episodes.

That's a significant chunk of screentime with multiple episodes devoted specifically to his character journey.

Is his journey as flashy and action sequence-y as what Adora, Catra and Glimmer get? No, but it's a) a show marketed to girls so it makes sense they get the more cinematic scenes and b) his arc is more emotional and thus didn't need to hinge on big action like theirs did. Though considering the culmination of his arc is him as a 100 foot tall hologram speaking to the entire planet, I personally feel like that was pretty hard to miss.

If you look at all of this and still want to say that Bow did nothing or had no character arc, I think the thing to ask yourself is: why is it so important to you to discount the accomplishments and character growth of this character specifically?

In conclusion, this is the face Bow makes when he spent five season growing, changing and kicking butt as Tech Master and Voice of Reason and you say he did "literally nothing"...

#spop #shera #she ra #bow #meta #literary analysis #if I had more free time I would do a whole series analyzing the writing in this show #because it's so well done #spop bow #glimmer #adora #entrapta #tippen's posts #you all forget I'm a writing nerd until I bust out the craft talk don't cha?#i would like the record to show that I put the picture sets side by side #to show the start and end of each part of his arc #but tumblr ignored that layout

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lavendergalactic · 2 months

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☆ 　kangel tumblr layouts!

self indulgent f2u w/ credit, reblog appreciated!

got heavy inspo from lumi (@meowrette) for the first header!!! (liam u are awesome)

#☆ ◟ my edits !#needy streamer overload #needy girl overdose #kangel #nso kangel #nso #omg kawaii angel #ignore that i put tags for graphics not layouts #tumblr icons #tumblr stuff #tumblr layout #tumblr layouts #rentry #headers #banners #graphics

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honeystarcamper · 2 months

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Ryuuji Sakamoto Tumblr Layouts . . . req by anon !! + stills under cut

f2u! credit appreciated but not needed :D

and don't forget your daily click!

#( ✩﹐edits )#rentry #rentry graphics #tumblr layout #tumblr layouts #layouts #persona series #persona 5 #ryuji sakamoto #uh ignore how i only fixed the text one day after posting it

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alithographica · 9 months

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No yeah this is a good design. This is functional. Redundant information that crowds 50% of the screen is really a cutting-edge choice I feel like I'm in a budget Matrix it's great

#hey who has that post about how to zap the new bar with xkit #there was some workaround that I ignored because I was on mobile when I saw it #and now I want it :(#I also accidentally closed my old tab that had the old layout and literally went nooooooooo as I realized it #tumblr gonna tumbl #deleted the last one cuz I didn't have the energy to delete my follower numbers and went whatever and then it made me feel weird #because this is tumblr and these things are secret. so if you saw the last one no you didn't

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luigraphics · 7 days

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hello! could I request foresty/green themed qsmp tubbo rentry graphics please? preferably not gifs! looking especially for a banner header for my rentry. love your work!

so fun fact that minecraft mask I& made ages ago was actually originally intended for this request

#rentry #rentry layout #rentry graphics #graphics #aesthetic #tubbo #qsmp tubbo #this ask is like. several months old but I& was on a hiatus #but like I&'ve been using tumblr anyway despite trying to swear off of it so I& guess there's no point in ignoring the inbox anymore #as usual mcyt requests take priority over non mcyt ones

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devilsmamba · 10 months

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a doodle dump all about zachary zatara + emo zee

#zachary zatara #zatanna zatara #dc #my art #dc fanart #PLEASE ignore how bad my anatomy #the tumblr layout straight up makes me want to pass away #anyway expect more zataras later i guess #zatanna my little meow meow

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apostaterevolutionary · 8 months

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You know what would be really funny, is if people came together to have an anti-crab day. A day where every user who joined prior to automattic’s acquisition logged off for 24 hours to show that yes, actually, older user retention is important and you should listen us just as much as new users

The users giveth, the users taketh away

#this isn’t about the sidebar btw I’ve already said I don’t mind the sidebar #I think it could be a better sidebar like the 2014 tumblr layout which was great #but it’s Fine (tm)#this is about live and the new post editor and the apparent avatar removal bs ‘experiment’#and it’s also about how these big overhauls keep being done meanwhile we can’t have like. a search function that works #or the queue reordering tools that already exist on mobile web applied to any other platform #you know. all the little stuff that’s comparatively easy to implement yet they ‘don’t have time’ for because they’re too busy #with these massive overhauls and ignoring all the asks that go to wip #also I don’t expect anyone to actually do this and I’m sure as hell not organizing anything cause that’s a lot of work lmao #but I think giving them money pre-emptivelt just showed they can do whatever they want and we’ll fall for it #taking away money would be more effective #idk I don’t think current staff are any better at running tumblr than yahoo was #they’re just better at the ‘we’re quirky and relatable just like you guys uwu’ bit #and a lot of us fell for it but I think the illusion is starting to lift #anyway idk it sucks here but all the other sites are either worse or empty so what can we do #(genuinely wtf can we do this nonsense is getting bad)#text #misc #shut up nerd #new layout stuff

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fatuismooches · 1 month

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hi 🤍

look who's here and finally becoming playable ~

( manifesting for tumblr to not eat the layout lmao )

YES I AM SO SO HAPPY ❤️🖤🤍 April 24 cannot come soon enough 😔 4.5 will be a struggle... but it will be worth it!!

(HOW is she fighting in those heels but then again i shouldn't question it because she is THE Arlecchino.)

#smooches talks #moots: ayame <3 #dw IGNORE WHAT TUMBLR DID!!! 😭 u always eat with your layouts... so aesthetic ❤️#GOOD LUCK WITH GETTING LYNEY THOUGH!! i too am sad over no scara art but the ones we got this year were still very cute~#*cough enjou cough*#anyway i hope you're doing well yame... big hug n kiss for u mwah <3

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chaossmith2 · 9 months

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I personally don't hate the new tumblr layout for its aesthetics, usability, interface issues, etc. I'm pretty indifferent to it overall

But there is something wildly atrocious how seemingly every single user told staff they didn't want this during the entirety of its "feedback" phase, and they went ahead and changed it anyways

So I hate it on principle

#i mean #every single person here including myself has bitched about tumblr live nonstop since its release #and they refuse to get rid of it still #so i kinda figured they're just gonna ignore any and all feedback from here on out #which included the new layout :P #chaos chats

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cottoncandyrhythmqueen · 4 months

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It’s Absurd how no one talks about this game nor its OST. Changing that now.

(Sorry if someone uploaded the soundtrack to Tumblr already.)

#Boom Boom Rocket #song has been invading my head all day #tumblr app finally allows for audio posting but no custom audio posts still #massive L aside- I think I tried for an A rank on this for medium but not hard?? maybe I should do that #tbf hard chart for this murders you if you aren’t ready #or if you don’t know how the Xbox Button Layout is #Xbox controller is my brain default so #she is all I’ve ever known…… until PTR she was all I ever knew…..#makes me mad how the switch letters are in the wrong spots #I’m rambling ignore this PLEASE enjoy BBR soundtrack it’s so good

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luthifer · 10 months

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Annnd another attack on artfight

my artfight

#art fight #artfight #art fight 2023 #artfight 2023 #af #af 2023 #luci's art #idk if the person i drew this for has a tumblr #neopets #me trying to ignore tumblrs new horrible layout im struggling

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bloodpen-to-paper · 9 months

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So Tumblr did a thing. And its shit.

Basically, a while back they limited the amount of posts you can see on the tag/trending pages. It used to be 3 posts (and 6 trending bars) horizontally were visible in one frame:

Now you can only see 2 posts (4 trending bars) in one frame

The new layout (which we have no say in and cannot change in settings to my knowledge) minimizes the amount of posts you can see on the browse/trending page.

Which is interesting because Tumblr seems to have forgotten that there's already a feature for this

These little squares exist for this exact preference. The horizontal lines are for one post taking up the whole page instagram-style, and the squares were for the three-post layout

I've even noticed that for a couple days YouTube pulled the same move, limiting the amount of videos you see on a channel page from four videos to three:

YouTube has since removed this feature so its back to four, but Tumblr hasn't, and the two changes happened roughly within the same month.

I'm not sure why Tumblr is making it so you can't see as many posts, and so that you can't change this feature. Its an irrelevant change on the website whose whole audience is known for not liking changes, especially random ones that you can't undo. If anyone has any explanations, or a way to undo it, let me know

#also ignore that my own post is in one of the screenies #it was the only image I had of the layout from before the change #social media #tumblr #youtube

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nozomitojoyuri · 9 months

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@freedfromortalcoil If you add a clipping mask to a layer it makes it so that it'll only show up if there's something there on the layer beneath it

[ I didn't think my explanation was that clear so I added a lil demonstration too <3 - The layers are depicted in the bottom right & the little arrow thingy shows which layers have clipping masks/what they're clipped to ]

I've found it pretty helpful when it comes to trying to add shading, so I only have to pay attention to staying in the lines once xD

#had to make a new post cause tumblr wouldnt let me add a video in a reblog :(#idk if ur familiar w photoshop layouts so apologies if this was bordering mansplainy. i prefer giving too much info than too little #also ignore the ugly yellow border on the middle image.. my screen recorder causes that #anyway i was pretty excited when i found out about this so thanks for providing an excuse to do show and tell <33 #i saw a video somewhere of someone using a clipping mask and i was like wtf. give me ur secrets #and after however much googling & searching for the button here we are. bliss

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lgcxhaeun · 1 year

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THANK YOU FOR BEING SO PATIENT WITH MY FUCKED MOBILE ISSUE <333

some of you may know as I haven’t kept it a secret at all (and some of you have me on twitter) but surprise! this is ani finally joining legacy like i should have 2 years ago sdkjda i really missed being in an rp collective and negl i get major fomo seeing you guys talk about events and stuff on tlist and thought why not!! and amy tempted me so I gave in. oh and for plotting purposes I’m reachable on discord at absouls#6524 if you don’t feel comfy with discord, my twitter is hiraihomos

here is my baby haeun!!

be sure to check out her profile and background page. as well as her plots page. i do want to say that i’m looking for family plots! mainly her cousins whom she is very close to. mind you haeun is the youngest in the family so all of her cousins are older. i would love to plot for the physical bootcamp as well as take care of your developmental plots you wanted xoxo. i’ll also be posting more things that give you an understanding of the kind of person she is. keep a look out!

here are some other things about her if you’re interested!

haeun used to be a math tutor. she can do a lot of math equations off the top of her head (it can be her variety talent in the future i swear)

she’s really close to her family, especially her older sibling and her cousins. she’s the baby of the family and is thankful to have people to look up to

because she’s so close to her family, not having her parent’s support in being an idol crushes her

why don’t they support her? well simple: she was a top 20 student in her college. there was no need for her to pursue being an idol when she had a promising future scholastically. she had the brains. they think it’s a waste of her talents

haeun’s family is on the misfortunate side. because of this they think she should go with a surefire way of getting a job for herself. haeun wants to be able to repay her parents with a house

she’s been a rhythmic queen since she was young. however because of their money struggles, haeun only took formal tap classes for about 6 months when she was 10 years old

she’s mostly self taught through the choreography side of youtube

she joined legacy in july 2021 — on the idol path, obvi

because her family isn’t supportive of her, she’s really insecure about her training journey. you’d swear she’s not doing as well as she is with how she acts like she might really be kicked out for “poor performance”

haeun took up rapping after being in legacy. it’s starting to become a bit of a passion of hers. although she doesn’t know if she could ever write her own lyrics one day. she’s too scared to try.

#INTRO — *#IGNORE THE FUCKED LAYOUT TUMBLR MOBILE SUCKS ASS #respond w a fruit emoji to get me in ur dms (ill do the starter too )

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gabrielthequeenofsass · 10 months

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Why on earth is my dashboard suddenly so squished?? I don’t like this.

#Like what do I need the menu open on the side at all times for??#Please tumblr give me back my nice big dashboard this feels so cluttered and squished #Tumblr layout #Just ignore me

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kingdomoftyto · 20 days

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Tumblr. Hey tumblr. What the hell is this

#ignore me #did ANYONE ask for this. literally what purpose does this serve other than adding an extra step for people who ARE adding notes or comments #this only happens when I have my window shrunk to a certain size so I assume it applies to that pseudo-''mobile'' version of the site #which I've ALWAYS thought was annoying ftr. if I wanted the mobile layout I wouldn't be on desktop #sometimes I just want to have a video or game open on one side of my screen while I scroll tumblr or whatever on the other side

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