"The characters' emotional arcs aren't meant to simply follow the readers demands"
Media discourse would be so much easier if everyone understood this simple concept
I feel like it needs to be addressed that an author of any story simply can't address every single potential plot line or subject of interest within a story. Sometimes it'd make the story way too long, or it just isn't what they're going for.
Thinking this is my top 10 current metalcore bands in some order
Erra
Polaris
Currents
Guilt Trip
156/Silence
Boundaries
Counterparts
Bleed From Within
Dying Wish
Greyhaven
It really doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me when people dock points off how good a character, usually a villain/antagonists, is because their worldview or goals are flawed. Like yeah that's kind of the whole point.
Joker is actually much worse than people make him out to be
Joe Mazzulla believes Joker is misunderstood:
“I don't think he was as bad as people made him out to be. I don't think Batman was as good as we made him out to be.”
(via @whitenoisepod_)

























