Honestly I think an interesting way to develop Adrien’s character in season 3 would be to actually let his mistakes start to come back to bite him. Not anyone else’s actions but his own actions and inactions.
He stopped Marinette from revealing Lila’s lies because it wasn’t really hurting anyone? It was shown as the wiser and more mature way to deal with Lila in the Chameleon episode?
Fine.
Show that coming back to bite him. Show that lies on the scale Lila says aren’t harmless and passivity just makes it worse. Show that saying it and practicing it are two entirely different things, when Lila is purposely trying to hurt one of his closest friends.
Show that the original message from Origins isn’t being contradicted and that staying silent was the wrong thing to do.
Show that Adrien “perfect” Agreste is just as capable of making mistakes no matter how good his intentions are.
Hecc give him his own bully, because I can’t imagine everyone loving someone as perfect as Adrien and let him find his own strength as Adrien.
Please just give me more than “poor puppy Adrien who is neglected by his father and isolated from his friends and continuously rejected by Ladybug.” Give his character more depth than that.
And for God’s sake, please send a better message out to young children than “we shouldn’t hurt our bullies because that doesn’t make them a good person.”
I can never understand how Snape apologetics can stand up for him when he CANONICALLY does this shit.
I can maybe, maybe, understand those who haven’t read the books standing up for him, because honestly the movies don’t cover all the horrible stuff he does. But those who have read the books and still stick up for him baffle me.
I mean, you don’t see anyone sticking up for the Dursley’s or Umbridge, when they do the same stuff to Harry as Snape. How is Snape any different?
SNAPE IS GARBAGE
LOVING SOMEONE DOESNT MAGICALLY MAKE YOU A GOOD PERSON
I’m real fuckin sick of Snape being the main image of Slytherin.
Finally some post I could live up to. Fandoms tend to have an unhealthy relationship with the underdog characters and I get that, But idolizing them and blindly defending against their moralities is the wrong way to admire someone. Snape is one of those whose behaviors shouldn’t be ignored and entirely blindly worshiped. Just because the author loves and gives him almost all of credits for the ending revelation in the end of the series, which should have been Harry, whose credits have not been recognized enough as the main character. Again, I must repeat, he scarifies himself but he is also an asshole.
As someone not involved in the development of pillowfort but am a web developer, I think you should lower your expectations, but not for the reason you think.
Pillowfort is a baby. A newborn. A smol bab. If you were here during the early days of Tumblr, think of that.
Pillowfort simply cannot be the immediate solution to your woes. It needs to be nurtured and cared for to become a mature and happy adult.
If you want Pillowfort to work, they’ll need feedback, advice, bug reports, etc. This is a chance to make Pillowfort the Ao3 of Fanfiction.net. It’s not gonna happen overnight, you need to give it time and love and it’ll get there.
If you don’t want to pay money to get into the beta, that’s ok. It will be open to the public soon enough and you won’t have to pay a dime. Their financial model moving forward sounds good (a subscription fee for super extra features), but even an Ao3 model would work swell for them probably.
We’re living in an interesting time on the internet. Governments across the world are cracking down on content and yet community run websites are starting to thrive more and more.
Tumblr once upon a time was what Pillowfort is today, but this time, let’s make sure Pillowfort can stay independent from mega corporations.
yes this
most of the criticism i’ve seen of pf so far ultimately come back to this
is it an alright platform with a good community? yes. does it have a lot of potential? yes. does it have a lot of problems still being worked out? yes. are the staff open and responsive? absolutely. do i recommend it? yes, if you’re willing to live in a house while it’s being built.
but it’s not a ready-made replacement for tumblr. set your expectations accordingly.
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