Ami AngelwingsMar 14

You're the hero, who betrays the party and why?

#poll #fantasy #scifi #books #anime #manga

the pirate/merc/smuggler/etc, they said they were just in it for the money, should've believed them
14.7%
your best friend/partner who legitimately believed they were doing the right thing to protect you
24.3%
the one with the unrequited love for you/your partner, jealous or wanting you out of the way, etc
4.4%
the honorable warrior/knight who felt they owed a debt to one of the villains/other "honor" nonsense
9.6%
your mentor/trusted ally/etc but it was a fake betrayal to test you/find out enemy plans/etc
10.3%
one of your party that's under mind control/sleeper trigger/blackmail/corrupting influence/etc
14.7%
the traitor from the other side that joined you but ultimately can't betray their own people/etc
4.4%
you, because you wanted to protect your team from the dangers ahead/death/etc
17.6%
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Show threadAmi Angelwings2d ago

You're the hero, leader of your heroic party of heroism, what's the dark secret behind your quest?

#poll #fantasy #scifi #books #anime #manga

the organization you work for is actually evil
your mission is actually a suicide mission and/or you're being sent as a sacrifice/etc
your victory is going to kill a lot of people when you succeed, but for the greater good
you're a clone/replicant/etc, that's tried this mission before or you're stuck in a time loop/etc
you will become the new monster/dark god/villain/etc when you win to continue the cycle of the world
the being/villain you've been sent to kill is actually a family member/previous hero/etc
you are not who you think you are
the world isn't real at all
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Show threadSteveg582d ago
@ami_angelwings
4, 5 & 6 make a nice little trip with the possibility of all 3 being in play at the same time.
Show threadAmi Angelwings2d ago
@Steveg58 yeah some of these have definitely overlapped in stories, the 3 you picked out is basically the twist to Dragon's Dogma
Show threadSteveg582d ago
@ami_angelwings
Oh? Have you been selecting plot points from games and graphic novels then?
It is the kind of thing that would totally escape me. đŸ˜…
Show threadAmi Angelwings2d ago
@Steveg58 i'm usually thinking of at least a few specific examples from various media whenever I make a choice
Show threadAmi Angelwings2d ago
@Steveg58 I was thinking of Dragon's Dogma and to a lesser degree, Madoka, when I did 5, I was thinking of Final Fantasy X and Star Wars when I did 6 but it also applies to Dragon's Dogma I realized after, in 4 I was thinking of Crying Suns, The Dark Tower, and Yuuki Yuuna is a Hero (amnesiac, having done this before in that case, it's what the etc is for)
Show threadArcadiagt52d ago
@ami_angelwings @Steveg58 #YuYuYu is a very underrated show IMO. It took a couple of viewings before I really appreciated what the 2nd and 3rd seasons were doing, but in the end, very satisfying resolution.
Show threadAmi Angelwings
@arcadiagt5 @Steveg58 i like that they were openly critiquing the "magical girl snuff" genre that came post-Madoka and talked about how sacrificing little girls (maiden sacrifices) have been a thing in many societies, in the story they're talking about using little girls as soldiers, but in the meta sense about taking cute girls and torturing and killing them for the audience enjoyment became a popular genre post-Madoka
Mar 20 at 5:02amWeb
Show threadAmi Angelwings2d ago
@arcadiagt5 @Steveg58 I also like how all the characters reflected different motivations that go into becoming a soldier and that are involved in militiarized discourses, like nationalism, professionalism, loyalty, family, the desire to be a hero, etc
Show threadSteveg582d ago
@ami_angelwings @arcadiagt5
Yeah I always had a problem with shows like Madoka. I don't recommend watching Clockwork Orange but once you have seen it it becomes difficult to see shows like Madoka and Handmaids Tail as anything other than dog-whistling to misogynists.
Show threadArcadiagt52d ago
@ami_angelwings @Steveg58 Yeah, there’s a definite sense that #YuYuYu is actively deconstructing Madoka, and critiquing its viewpoint. I think that there are still criticisms of YuYuYu to be made in terms of the handling of disabilities, especially at the end of S1, but overall I think I like the general message of YuYuYu better than that of Madoka.
Show threadAmi Angelwings2d ago
@arcadiagt5 @Steveg58 yeah the thing with disabilities is troubling but kinda understandable in that they were talking about them in the context of war but it gets complicated by them also being school kids and it starting out with it seeming very disability inclusive
Show threadArcadiagt51d ago
@ami_angelwings @Steveg58 That’s a fair assessment I think.
Show threadArcadiagt51d ago
@ami_angelwings @Steveg58 HMMM. Looks like #CrunchyRoll have lost S1 of #YuYuYu. I think everything is still on #HiDIVE though…