#finally some good fucking characters
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Aziraphale sees Crowley standing next to his their car and he hesitates; this is his last chance, the last possible moment to change his mind about leaving.
Do you think he feels the sunshine on his hands, against his stomach, and remembers how warm Crowley had been in his arms? How warm he had felt beneath his palms even through several layers of fabric?
How for the first time in his existence his body had felt complete, like there was no longer something— someone missing?
Do you think he sees him standing in the sun, all shining fire-red and hidden golden eyes, and regrets not sliding his hand to the back of his neck, up into his hair? Do you think he regrets not taking the chance to feel it silken soft and familiar between his fingers?
Do you think he remembers all the times they enjoyed a warm, sunny day together and the way the star seems to remember that Crowley had put its siblings into the sky? Do you think he remembers rays of sunlight caressing his cheekbones and wishes it had been his fingertips instead?
'Anything you need?' the Metatron asks him, and he is still looking at Crowley with the sun on his skin.
I need you, he thinks, and even though his eyes are hidden away, he knows Crowley is looking at him.
Do you think Aziraphale remembers the kiss, remembers the love he could taste on his tongue, the six millennia of do that, please, kiss me, the slow, painful minute of do that again, please, right now?
(The realization that he won't.)
He almost stays. Almost. But the Metatron is already walking away, and he looks at Crowley again, looks past sunset conversations and sunrise breakfasts and the heart-shaped star in Crowley's chest, and feels his pain.
(Their pain.)
Do you think that's why he leaves anyway? Not just because heaven needs fixing but because all that pain, all the hurt they caused each other, can't have been for nothing?
I can't leave him— no, I don't want to leave him.
No.
No, I want to go back to him.
Do you think he takes his anger and holds onto it until it burns his palm because it is easier to be angry at Crowley, at himself, than to think about everything they just took from each other? Everything they just lost?
Everything they could have been?
Aziraphale takes the memory of sunshine on his skin (Crowley's lips on his) and locks it away in a golden cage made out of faith; faith that Crowley will be there when he comes back.
Once he does (because he will, he will, he has to), there will be sunshine and warmth and Crowley, and they will finally be able to love each other with the sun and the whole universe as their witness.
No more shadows or shades of grey. Just the two of them in the light where they belong.
#alex writes good omens#good omens#ineffable husbands#crowley#aziraphale#good omens season 2#go2#aziracrow#crowley x aziraphale#ineffable divorce#the final fifteen#good omens kiss#aziraphale meta#fuck the metatron#idk what to call this flavour of post#character analysis and ficlet in one with some heartbreaking screenshots#see this is what happens when i watch the kiss scene frame by frame
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I really do dunk on villain stans a lot but the thing is like. I genuinely do not care on any sort of moral level if you love a villain, or villains generally. They are pretend. The murder and the war crimes aren't real. Do whatever.
The issue is that like, this is a person the narrative is telling you to root against, and that it's okay because they are pretend. That doesn't mean they can't have sympathetic qualities but it does mean that as a rule the story is telling you "hey, here are the heroes who oppose this person, cheer for them" and also "you should boo and hiss when this motherfucker comes on stage" and a lot of people who like villains will look at everyone else and go "why the FUCK are you booing and hissing don't you see they have TRAUMA" instead of acknowledging the big "TIME TO BOO AND HISS" signs being thrown out by the story and saying "bring it on."
And I suppose you can argue that this is an overly simplistic way of looking at it, but if we're dealing with a story with at least some reasonably clearly delineated heroes and villains you're not intelligent for trying to pretend it's more complicated than it is. I'm not talking about the gray areas of antagonist who could be persuaded otherwise, nor antihero but straight up "this is the bad guy, we all but have arrows pointing at them saying it". Like, really, a lot of people who stan villains don't seem to do it for the love of the game, which I would respect, but because of a sour grapes situation with the heroes, or because they're in their edgy "subversion automatically means you're the smarter one" phase.
Anyway my point is I don't care if you woobify a villain for any sort of moral reasons but I do think that if you do so, you're a coward and not terribly good at understanding stories. I also don't care from any sort of moral standpoint if you enthusiastically cheer on the villain, but if you act confused or mad that most people aren't with you on that, I think you're an idiot and not terribly good at understanding stories.
#honestly a related phenomenon is like. you know how some people SAY something is their type but they only appreciate it thru headcanons?#like when people recommend podcasts with white casts and no clear indications of character race as Good Rep#or when people are like i love fat characters and every character they like is a canonically thin character they hc as fat.#this feels like that. trying to have one's cake and eat it too in the dumbest way possible#i'd finally add that the whole focus on Things Being Problematic really brought down the discourse#not that you shouldn't call out actually problematic behavior but literally a lot of the behaviors i dislike are not problematic#they are merely incredibly fucking stupid. you are not problematic for liking villains in these ways you're just dumb and kind of boring#on fandom
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Damn girl, I'd lay down my life at your feet and rot for your amusement, in, like, a gay way.
#I finally got around to playing disco elysium and the character portraits are so fucking good........the textures yummy.............#so I'm sure you can see all that influence here#I also went kinda buck fucking wild with the snakeskin texture for some reason?#It's cute who cares#aradia megido#hs#my art#homestuck
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Amethar: I’m a war guy bc my four older sisters died in war and now it’s up to me to defend what’s left of my family and country to my dying breath
Liam: I’m a war guy bc I watched my only friend (a peppermint pig) die brutally after I sent him to try and save the man that sacrificed his life for me
Cumulous: Im a war guy bc I love murder and souls are delicious
#some of the most fucked up guys alive#two men using combat to excise deep grief and 1 war criminal#finally some good fucking character design#Theo: he surrendered#Cumulous: *killing him anyway* and I thank him for that#d20 acoc#a crown of candy#liam wilhelmina#amethar rocks#cumulous rocks
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Lights Out dream team - scribbled Silly Style. low quality, even
#theyre hanging out <3#with the horrors AND each other <3#its taken some deliberation but these are the first four & the ones who spend the longest time in the dark together#frank wakes first. then poppy. then howdy#the rest im still kinda Thinkin on who wakes when#im thinkinggggg eddie-julie-barnaby? or eddie-barnaby-julie... i have several Factors to consider#scribble salad#wh lights out au#but anyhow frank poppy wally howdy quartet lets gooooo#i like making characters that arent typically associated with each other Interact#like its usually frank + eddie or julie / poppy + sally / wally + barns / howdy + barns#so its fun to think about these four only having each other#their Main Besties are all still in dreamland#OH FUCK YEAH PLUS HOME LMFAO#i keep forgetting about home im sorry. lock me up boys#well its not like home can join them on their adventures (horror journeys)#and its kinda. not on good terms with wally. which means its not on good terms with the others.#but anyway at this point in the au wally is very happy to have more friends#so is frank! finally New Conversations!#im thinking that his and wallys relationship was starting to strain a little by the time poppy wakes up#so its good for them to have Other People#big friends! cozy friends!#they are Extra Big bc the illusion of their reality is shattered! they are their base selves!#no more mind reality twisty to ~keep them in frame w/ the smaller puppets~ for the show#so poppy/howdy/barnaby are all nearly 8 ft as canon prescribes#and all of the others are 3-4 ft (also as canon prescribes)#an Adjustment for sure <3
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"En garde!"
#shameless#noel fisher#cameron monaghan#isidora goreshter#mickey milkovich#ian gallagher#svetlana yevgenivna#gallavich#noel breaking character at the end kills me#i love that we get more domestic scenes finally some good fucking food#I LOVE SVETLANA SO MUCH#sometimes a family is just your boyfriend his wife and their baby
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actually the best thing about season 3 is how fucking VINDICATED i feel as a hardcore johanna fan right from the airing of the first season. up til season 2 aired i was what felt like the ONLY person stanning her in this space and no one cared yeah yeah she's just hilda's boring mom but jokes on you she's also INSANE and wields a BUZZSAW and has more lore than any other character in the entire show. you all LAUGHED at me but LOOK WHO'S LAUGHING NOW
#she was cool before she got all the angst and lore btw#but it rly feels like. like betting on a horse at the races i bet on the right character to get severe years-long brainrot about#this vindication was 5 years in the making#i know there are other ppl stanning johanna (ppl with good taste)#but i swear some time ago i saw wife say smth in a tag like 'i thought back in the day waddles was the only jo stan' and felt SO validated#bc for a while it sure Felt like it was just me and my lesbianism in the jo fan club#anyway i was Right All Along#watching the finale like yeah that's my fucking WIFE!!!!#THE character EVER thanks for coming to my ted talk#ah wait#hilda season 3 spoilers#hilda spoilers#hilda s3#hilda s3 spoilers#Hilda the series#Hilda season 3#Hilda netflix
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the umbrella academy fandom really said all of the siblings can fuck up and do horrible things and lash out because of their trauma. except for the black woman cause that’s not allowed
#seeing some really shit takes on allison’s character this season#literally all of them have done horrible shit#ALL OF THEM#and yes i agree what she did to luther was absolutely not okay#but she very clearly realized that and immediately felt horrible about it#but like this woman has been bottling up her negative emotions for two years and losing claire finally tipped her over the edge#i can really understand where she’s coming from#that doesn’t mean that anything she did was okay but she made some good points#but like i literally saw so many people saying they hate her now or that they want the writers to kill her off#like what the fuck???#everyone else can be a complex and nuanced character but god forbid the black woman is anything but flawless#the umbrella academy#allison hargreeves#tua s3#tua spoilers
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corruption arc
#sonic frontiers#sth#sonic the hedgehog#amy rose#sonic frontiers spoilers#hi if u arent following my main i finished the game yesterday after 45 hours#corruption arc was so disappointing but the buildup was so good#and the game overall so good#even if. some of it is bullshit [staring at the arcade minigames and timed missions. and final bossfight] die.#the character moments soooooo gooood#im soooo bummed abt corruption arc wailing and throwing myself to the floor#he was gonna have horrible amnesia and get FUCKED up EVEN MOOOORE#in my dreams. there is a cyberspace/puzzle level to resolve corruption arc. to me it is true#id in alt text#fanart
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First time drawing owl house fanart! A page of possessed hunters (and 1 luz!)! Cuz… cuz I needed to draw him ghghg
#the owl house#Toh#toh spoilers#toh hunter#luz noceda#doodles#I tried drawing owl house fanart a while ago. but. the thing that stopped me is. Belos is sO FUCKING HARD TO DRAW#idk what it is about him??!? he’s just rlly hard to make look right!#but he’s the character who. I rlly wanted to draw lol#but! finally I have made some fanart for this show! thank god! cuz it’s rlly fucking good ghgh#Belos#is technically in these pics lol. so I’m tagging him#even if he’s possessing hunters body. he’s still here!
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Just saw Kung fu Panda 4.
Well, it was certainly a movie…..
Action was good, music was a banger as always, voice acting was top notch, no surprise there.
That’s all I got positive wise.
#this felt Ike such a film that still needed some work around writing wise#Po felt like he had reverted to his previous character in KFP1 versus how he felt in the 3rd film#at least how that felt to me#and they way they introduce the plot point of him having to renounce his title of dragon warrior and choose a successor felt so sudden#Shifu just tells him ‘’you gotta become a spiritual leader and choose a successor for your previous title’’ JUST OUT OF THE BLUE#He said it was the next step in his journey when it didn’t feel like a natural step. it felt like he was rushing him because…we need a plot#Li and Ping being worried dads and spending time together was entertaining. I did enjoy those two#the chameleon was meh. Viola did a good job voicing her but that’s all I got for her#fucking Tai Lung showed up for like 10 fucking minutes#and half of that time was even him. it was the Chameleon as him#Again shouldn’t be surprised but I kinda wanted to see him more a bit y’know?#have him help Po in the final fight or whatever idk#but yeah film was honestly mid#kfp 4#kfp4#kfp4 spoilers#kung fu panda 4
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#vespiquen#i kinda frequently get this and beedrill mixed up for some reason. two big floating final-evo bees that are mildly scary that both have arm#so. don't ask me for fun facts here. she has a dress. she's very regal. idk#her eyes are pretty cool. i like the red sclera and white pupils. but i'm also generally a fan of pokémon and characters with white pupils#anyway. it's like. a really good design decision in my opinion and a good way to get me to instantly like a character and/or pokémon#a lot of pokémon that i think are Supposed to have like. dog-like eyes where they're kinda just brown but they have the little shine on the#in my head those are absolutely their pupils. like when scarlet/violet came out and made it so the shine on espeon's eyes moves with the#camera it like fucked me up. bc i was a thousand percent convinced that was espeon's pupils. and i'm going to keep believing it is
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genuinely do not understand how anyone could play crisis core and come out of it thinking that angeal possesses the brain cell between him, genesis, and sephiroth. there are no brain cells here.
#me.txt#i play final fantasy#popular#ish#the only smart person in cc is cissnei#there's also that picture of angeal wrangling genesis and sephiroth#i'd believe it before cc. not *during*#he did nothing of the sort during#i say this with some level of fondness: angeal was a fucking idiot during crisis core#i mean lots of people were but#[unveils angel wings] i'm a monster!#shut up angeal#edward cullen vibes#angeal is a very interesting character because he makes no sense#you have to wonder how someone so focused on being Good and Honourable can be so high up in shinra#is he deluded? is he lying to himself? is he filled with propaganda? does he believe he can fix it from within?#he's obviously stopped once shinra's bad shit started affecting him personally#what does 'dreams and honor' even mean lmao#i like his dad jokes though
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The trailer of The Glassworker is here!
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This is the frst ever Pakistani hand-drawn anime movie. And it looks so good! Very excited to watch it :D
Since it's a local movie, I can't wait for this to be the first thing I watch on the big screen!
#the glassworker#will be released in both english and Urdu#i hope it would be available internationally but for now we just know it'll be played in cinemas here#all local artist my beloved#anime#anime movie#the visuals.. so good#and some good fucking representation finally#this looks like it's based on Indian subcontinent's history too#i can taste the anti colonialism narrative#Youtube#the only thing whichbothers me a slight bit is character using jinn's power. that's kinda wrong.#not sure how they'll sneak in that bit of lore and adjyst it so it doesn't feel like ... That (dunno how to explain iykyk)#i do like how he described the traits of jinns so well#that sand drawn isn't what they look like but they shapeshift so it doesn't matter
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Was kinda interesting watching Aquaman 2 do that thing Hollywood movies do where a villain barks orders in an non-English language to signal to the American audience that they're foreign and scary, except this time the actress doing it was speaking portuguese so I actually understood everything she was saying and it was just weird and abrupt. I guess they just told her to translate and say the lines in her own language but didn't direct her how to adapt the dialogue accordingly, so she ends up just telling the henchmen to pick up a guy in a very stilted formal factual manner while everything's exploding around them, that was kinda funny.
#not criticizing or blaming the actress here she was allright#it's Aquaman 2 nobody was on their a-game here#anyway movie was actually okay#not the worst thing I had occasionally fun times watching it#by the DCEU standards it was actually pretty good#for better or worse it felt way more like a Monsterverse movie for most of it#you can almost exactly pinpoint the scenes made when it was a major blockbuster sequel project#and the ones they made not giving a shit anymore knowing this was their last dance and just having fun with it#plenty of the ones in the latter are even some of the best in the movie#just Momoa and Wilson dicking around Jumanji sets#ending is very schmaltzy and optimistic and you can pick that and the enviromentalist angle#as what Momoa contributed to the writing because it feels very much an actor writing their hero character's finale thing#not complaining about it tho I find that kind of stuff interesting even if it isn't good#I mean why not go with that at this point#fuck it let's rip off a subplot from Black Panther and end with a limp imitation of the Iron Man 1 ending why not#Aquaman Saves the World and Patrick Wilson Eats A Cockroach and that's how the DCEU ends#honestly a more dignified fashion than it ever deserved to end
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i finally got around to centaurworld's finale and holy fucking shit??? they can go that hard??
#god i cannot put into words just how fantastic that finale was#it just makes me so... disappointed that the rest of s2 was so boring#like i had to rewatch s1 when it came out before i could actually appreciate it because its so far from my kind of thing#BUT THE FINALE FELT LIKE IT WAS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SHOW? And it was RLLY GOOD#that last episode practically carried this season holy fuck.#the nowhere king is such an amazing villain and i am just so confused .#i wishhh s2 focused more on picturing the past for us and answering s1 questions and maybe even developing characters like the princess#(where did she even go actually i didnt see her in that last scene)#because i still have questions about some things but they come from a place of pure interest in the world only because of this last episode#girl i dont know how to word this at all. i feel like we couldve had something great#anyway s1 is fun as an introduction to the show s2 is boring because i expected more answers about the past and im not#as interested in the centaurs anymore but i liked the main casts backstories i guess and the finale was pretty amazing all around#this show just keeps bouncing around for me lol. also it feels like the cast had so much fun with it. i wouldve too! love that
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