I just want one of those super villains that have one very odd moral standard for no explainable reason and the hero is like;
‘Why aren’t you following me?’
‘I don’t jaywalk.’ Villain says as he stands at the edge of the curb with a blank face.
‘You don’t jaywalk.’ Hero repeats flatly.
‘There are rules even I follow,’ Villain sniffs, ‘now let me find a zebra crossing.’
And then sometime further on in the story someone tries to pretend to be Villain and Hero figures it out.
‘How did you know it was me?’ Imposter says impressed as they reveal their true form.
‘Villain may have done a lot of shitty things like mind control and murder,’ Hero gets into an appropriately heroic fighting stance, ‘but Villain would never, never jaywalk.’
Villain, tied up in some elaborate manner shakes his head and smiles, ‘As expected of my arch-enemy Hero.’
a little oc sketch thing bc i really wanted to draw some armor.... lyrics are from sedated by hozier
The temptation, when adapting a really iconic detective, is to delve into his personal backstory. That's the devil talking.
see i know that we all like to make fun of luke skywalker, hick farmer from the back of nowhere, thinking that shooting womp rats with the space equivalent of his dad’s old rifle is somehow sufficient preparation for taking down the death star; but i love the idea that actually womp rats are six foot abominations of teeth, spines & poison and bulls-eyeing them is actually excellent preparation for the rebellion. think about it: swarms of six foot rats, and some skinny kid with an outdated weapon taking them out, cool as paint. hardened soldiers whisper scary stories to each other, about the monsters who scavenge in the sands, stripping a camp of everything living in five seconds flat, and luke just saying oh, womp rats? they’re nothing. great with a bit of butter and some toast.
“cmere boy”
*sound of clanging pots and pans getting closer*
a big world for a small duckling
immortality as theft (you have to steal life from something else) immortality as parasitism (there is something else inside You that is keeping you alive and you become less of yourself more and more the longer it stays in you) immortality as violence (everything is trying to kill you because everything is supposed to die and the universe will always try to find a way to right the wrong that is You) you understand
On Friendship.
the weird schrödinger's emotion that is "that character death was narratively satisfying and emotionally impactful and ultimately the best way to handle their character arc" simultaneously with "noooo but I wanted them to live :( :( :("
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