WB: Clear Things Up.
Werebelushi:
I just want to clear things up...when I did my various rants about those people with fetishes I found odd I wasn't kink-shaming them, I was just pointing out that I find some of those odd. It's okay if that person is into inanimate object transformations or clowns or whatever, it's just those aren't my thing..I always found the latter to be confusing since clowns are people in costumes anyway. If you are into muscular non-human characters, good for you..I apologize to anyone with this fetish that I have questioned the sexuality of. Also you have to understand that what I meant by the suiting transformations is that I don't get how they count as one to begin since...isn't that basically what happens in the bad ending of the first FNAF game? I could be wrong since I am not much of an expert on the games. Also the face heel turn thing is just a huge turn off to me. I know RPs and such shouldn't be compared to media - although to be honest RP does stand for roleplay which is what actors do, but still you have to give me a reason why said character decides to go from being a good guy or 'Face' as it's called in wrestling terms to being a villain or heel. You can't just have the first half of the story focus on how much of a total loser your character supposedly is and how we're supposed to feel sorry for him or her only for said character to get mind-controlled in the second act only to turn evil and decide 'screw humanity i'm going to make everyone my slaves'. I mean I would feel ripped off if a real character did that and they're supposed to be likable as it makes them a bit of a hypocrite and a jerk, I like jerk characters really but the problem is..you have to make your jerk sympathetic and give us a reasons why they are the way they are.
If I was writing a character like that I would do one of the following ways of doing it: 1. Have said character be an antagonist or villain to begin with and make it so he or she wasn't really best friends with that character and was using them for their own gain because he/she wants something from them. 2. Make him or her a genuinely tragic person, show how horrible his life is and explain in detail why they act like that, going after their backstory and their upbringing, the more we learn about him or her the more we understand. 3. Have them work for the main actual big bad and make it so the main character is the one the big bad is after, and he or she is the one who is supposed to corrupt said main character to begin with, only it turns out he or she has feelings for this character and befriends them because they want to redeem themselves. 4. Have them start off as an asshole/jerk to begin with, and through the encounter with the villain or monster they see themselves as who they are reflected via that monster and maybe have the monster or villain act like how that person is acting in a way it shows that they are similar, have him realize 'holy crap i've been an asshole to everyone all my life', and through the monster gain a form of redemption and fix their ways for the better.
The Pokemon one is more of a nitpick than anything since I can't stand when incorrect pairings of Pokemon who are opposite types as in one type is one the other is weak against are done, especially when the excuse is 'oh but they're in the same egg group'...well that is excusable if they actually are in the same egg-group, but if they're actually not in the same egg group and also are opposing types, then yeah that pairing will go over just as well as Ike and Tina Turner or Russell Brand and Katy Perry. A little more research is what i'm looking for. I mean Bulbapedia exists for a reason..these people should use it more.
Also the hive-mind thing when applied to other monsters bothered me on a level which only monsters can understand. Okay, not all monsters are the same and if you want to have a wereleopard who is a vegan or a were-shark that can breathe on land...go ahead, i'm not stopping. I just founded it offense that most of these type of scenarios portray werewolves as the hive-minded killer types when the hive-mind thing to me at least would make more sense if it was a were-insect as opposed to a werewolf, because you know...insects. I'm not against using it as a trope, it's just it's a bit odd to see it applied to creatures that aren't cenobites or the Borg. But if you want to portray your monsters like that, that's fine...I personally don't go for that sort of thing.
Regarding dragon transformations, yes...I do think they are overdone. Mainly because it's the ultimate fantasy villain cliche to turn into a dragon or a big huge monster, it's even on the Evil Overlord list. And well, if you like dragons, that's alright. And the shark thing, yeah. That's mainly due to the fact that is the only type of fish transformation I seem to see around here. I could be wrong though, have there even been transformations into non-shark species of fish? Let me know.
I just want to clear things up...when I did my various rants about those people with fetishes I found odd I wasn't kink-shaming them, I was just pointing out that I find some of those odd. It's okay if that person is into inanimate object transformations or clowns or whatever, it's just those aren't my thing..I always found the latter to be confusing since clowns are people in costumes anyway. If you are into muscular non-human characters, good for you..I apologize to anyone with this fetish that I have questioned the sexuality of. Also you have to understand that what I meant by the suiting transformations is that I don't get how they count as one to begin since...isn't that basically what happens in the bad ending of the first FNAF game? I could be wrong since I am not much of an expert on the games. Also the face heel turn thing is just a huge turn off to me. I know RPs and such shouldn't be compared to media - although to be honest RP does stand for roleplay which is what actors do, but still you have to give me a reason why said character decides to go from being a good guy or 'Face' as it's called in wrestling terms to being a villain or heel. You can't just have the first half of the story focus on how much of a total loser your character supposedly is and how we're supposed to feel sorry for him or her only for said character to get mind-controlled in the second act only to turn evil and decide 'screw humanity i'm going to make everyone my slaves'. I mean I would feel ripped off if a real character did that and they're supposed to be likable as it makes them a bit of a hypocrite and a jerk, I like jerk characters really but the problem is..you have to make your jerk sympathetic and give us a reasons why they are the way they are.
If I was writing a character like that I would do one of the following ways of doing it: 1. Have said character be an antagonist or villain to begin with and make it so he or she wasn't really best friends with that character and was using them for their own gain because he/she wants something from them. 2. Make him or her a genuinely tragic person, show how horrible his life is and explain in detail why they act like that, going after their backstory and their upbringing, the more we learn about him or her the more we understand. 3. Have them work for the main actual big bad and make it so the main character is the one the big bad is after, and he or she is the one who is supposed to corrupt said main character to begin with, only it turns out he or she has feelings for this character and befriends them because they want to redeem themselves. 4. Have them start off as an asshole/jerk to begin with, and through the encounter with the villain or monster they see themselves as who they are reflected via that monster and maybe have the monster or villain act like how that person is acting in a way it shows that they are similar, have him realize 'holy crap i've been an asshole to everyone all my life', and through the monster gain a form of redemption and fix their ways for the better.
The Pokemon one is more of a nitpick than anything since I can't stand when incorrect pairings of Pokemon who are opposite types as in one type is one the other is weak against are done, especially when the excuse is 'oh but they're in the same egg group'...well that is excusable if they actually are in the same egg-group, but if they're actually not in the same egg group and also are opposing types, then yeah that pairing will go over just as well as Ike and Tina Turner or Russell Brand and Katy Perry. A little more research is what i'm looking for. I mean Bulbapedia exists for a reason..these people should use it more.
Also the hive-mind thing when applied to other monsters bothered me on a level which only monsters can understand. Okay, not all monsters are the same and if you want to have a wereleopard who is a vegan or a were-shark that can breathe on land...go ahead, i'm not stopping. I just founded it offense that most of these type of scenarios portray werewolves as the hive-minded killer types when the hive-mind thing to me at least would make more sense if it was a were-insect as opposed to a werewolf, because you know...insects. I'm not against using it as a trope, it's just it's a bit odd to see it applied to creatures that aren't cenobites or the Borg. But if you want to portray your monsters like that, that's fine...I personally don't go for that sort of thing.
Regarding dragon transformations, yes...I do think they are overdone. Mainly because it's the ultimate fantasy villain cliche to turn into a dragon or a big huge monster, it's even on the Evil Overlord list. And well, if you like dragons, that's alright. And the shark thing, yeah. That's mainly due to the fact that is the only type of fish transformation I seem to see around here. I could be wrong though, have there even been transformations into non-shark species of fish? Let me know.
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