Hero & Villain Prompt
The hero stood like a wall between the people and the villain, weapon long since discarded.
"It will not stand!" Hero accused. "This hatred is heinous and vile and it has cost you everything! For the pain they wrought and the suffering you endured, they deserve to suffer the consequences!"
The people jeered, and the villain sneered.
"I will remind you-" Hero stepped closer. "time and time again, that you have done nothing to warrant this abuse. You did nothing wrong!"
From a distance, the people demanded the villain's head. The Hero craned their neck to look the towering villain in the eye, and spoke softly. "But I cannot condone this. It can only prove you are what they - what I said you were."
The people exchanged looks and murmured, but the Hero looked on. "You are no beast," they assured. "You are hurt, and I am to blame."
As the Hero's voice grew smaller, the looming figure hunched to hear them. "I treated you terribly," Hero confessed, "and I am sorry."
The Hero lowered his head and fell to his knees, where he begged silently for forgiveness.
From the mist emerged the villain, battered and bruised from battle, standing tall. They glared through tears, but the tension between them lifted when the Hero raised their head and their eyes met.
The villain sobbed from their throat, and fell limp into the Hero's arms. Outrage and terror erupted around them, but the Hero whispered, "I am so sorry. I dare not ask your forgiveness, but I will spend the rest of my life working to earn it."
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thank god for stories am i right
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You know, it would be amazing if Hollywood learned the right lesson from the success of Nimona. Something like "Hey, maybe don't throw out a nearly done movie as a tax write off" or "people want queer stories" or even "don't be afraid to take some storytelling risks and be original" but you just know they're going to come away with some absolutely batshit takeaway like, "next time delete all the evidence and burn it to the ground so the gays can't make us look bad!"
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this line fucking hit.
but it's true.
queer people for years, centuries, have been oppressed for being their most authentic selves, by the people who call themselves heroes and us the monsters, even nowadays with the most recent law for allowing discrimination against queer people in America. They call themselves the good guys, the saviours, the ones completely in the right and justified for hating against people just trying to live their lives. And apparently we're supposed to be the bad guys in this story.
i'm so glad that this movie came out when it did, the world really needs it.
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