This!! It's time to make characters accurate in fics, fanarts and hcs. I'm sick of that everybody looks at the characters at surface level.
And this stuff should go to every fandom ever. Like don't babygirl a serial killer and don't write or draw them as cute, portray them as crazy and menace. Portray them in their worst and sickest form, forget to show all the good they have in, or show the bare minimum. They're crazy, you should be crazy when you write or draw or do anything with them.
My hot take of the day is that although Max is the mastermind of what happened in The Lost Boys, he isn’t some abusive figure who manipulates, abuses and brainwashes the boys like the fandom thinks he is and that the boys are just innocent pawns who don’t know any better and are forced to partake in his plan. I think people came to that conclusion just because he told them they’re not allowed in the store and was mean about it but people fail to realize that
1. The boys bring unwanted attention and Max’s entire thing is that he wants to be perceived as a normal person and not have his cover blown
2. If you were a parent and your bad ass kids who constantly cause trouble came to your job you’d tell them to leave too
My main point is that The Boys are assholes, Max is an asshole, they’re all assholes and it’s fine. You don’t have to turn the boys into brainless little abused puppets who are being mind controlled, abused and manipulated by Max to try to justify what they did. Like I’m pretty sure when they weren’t ordered by Max to kill all those people they killed before meeting the Emersons, like the security guard or when David wanted Star to kill Michael (before it was known that she was the son of the woman Max wanted to be their mother), or Michael’s hazing ritual in general.
Like no one’s going to fault you for loving them as the assholes that they are. You don’t have to turn them into “uwu poor wittle babies” , it’s okay to love them as assholes.
3. He's fucking loud. Like he can't ever shut up. He tends to forget about the other ppl around him, and only focus on himself. And talking, talking loudly. While other ppl like ok, I heard how you went to pee like 5 times and it's only 8am and I'm tryna say I can't pay my rent this month.
So yeah, sometimes he's loud and egocentric. And he doesn't even know.
17. Hmm. It's really the interesting question, bc he's one of the ocs I have that doesn't have any serious trauma. I think that he's the dumbass bisexual. Like he just didn't realize things that he should've (like he's in love with a boy, and kissing and cuddling with only him and not with the other homies is gay). Idk straight Rami was more suffering for me than him I think xd
Also that he had to participate in the fight between Luke and Rael. After that everybody had some psychical (I tried to write this word for like 5 mins 💀) and mental wounds. BUT THIS IS FOR THE LORE
24. He could've been the jock type guy. Like if he hadn't quit sport and if he hasn't been as funny, silly guy he's now. Like he would be that kinda topical popular guy in your high school kid. He's parents are rich, he lives in a big house, he plays sports and he could've easily went this path. But nahh. He quit and started doing things for fun. But if he followed the path that his parents set for him, he'd totally be a mean ass jerk. Like popular, but not the funny lil guy we know.
Unstoppable Force (my love of seeing other people's takes/stylization on my OCs) vs Immovable Object (my gripping fear of not doing other people's OCs enough justice when I draw them)
lost boys au where instead of being vampires, they work at big lots and are trying to get michael to join, the frog brothers are shitty walmart employees, and tim capello plays the saxophone outside for change
hey fellow artists I know that we all want to create huge beautiful peices with dynamic poses all the time but sometimes you just gotta draw a guy just kinda standing there. For your mental health I guess.