You want to know why Inigo Montoya remains such an iconic and beloved character even 35 years after the Princess Bride came out?
It’s because he’s one of the few characters in fiction who has a story where he has dedicated his life to revenge, his whole motivation is about getting revenge….and he gets it! and then he isn’t empty or despairing! he doesn’t regret it! he’s totally satisfied!
because so many stories about revenge or rage are about characters “seeing the futility of their actions” or learning “their desire for revenge has only made them the monsters they hated” FUCK THAT.
Inigo Montoya kills the man who kills his father, is allowed to live in the narrative after and be happy about it and it is so satisfying. it’s fantastic. it’s iconic.
let more characters rage against the world, bring it down with bloodied hands, and let them be FUCKING RIGHT about it. Let them celebrate their success with sharp grins, and let them live happy, full lives where they always remain proud/fulfilled for what they’ve done
Becca or Becks | author + fanby | all/any pronouns
Completely stealing this idea from @voidvulpine, but here is my intro post + one-stop shop for knowing who the hell you've stumbled across in the wild landscape of tumblr. I'm an author, a fanfic writer, a nerd about town, and I mostly use this space to reblog fandom angst and thirst traps.
Even Gods Need Miracles : Solas x Lavellan, Dragon Age: Inquisition era slow-burn romance
He possessed knowledge beyond any mortal, yet even the Dread Wolf could not foresee what it would mean to fall in love. He does not anticipate his connection with her. Mortal. Dalish. Not a drop of magic in her body save for his own anchor. But no one else can truly understand what it means to become a symbol quite like he does. And she, in turn, parts his layers, his trauma, his pain with gentle fingers and a curious mind. No good can come from the bond forming between them. It will likely be the ruin of them both.
When I Was Afraid to Want You : Rook x Lucanis, Dragon Age: The Veilguard slow-burn romance
It started with that coffee date...and then got immediately complicated from there. Because when you combine two disaster bisexuals who don't know how to communicate their feelings, what you get is an absolute mess. Starting from the almost-kiss and flashing back and forth in Rook and Lucanis's relationship over the course of Veilguard as they gradually try to get their shit together. More or less.
I've written a few. Some have even seen the light of day and appeared on bookshelves.
The Bloody and the Damned (Upcoming 2026) (Roaring Brook Press)
A deadly, wise-cracking assassin with outlawed, magical abilities will do anything to get their kidnapped sisters back in this propulsive dystopic-fantasy standalone, perfect for fans of IRON WIDOW and HELL FOLLOWED WITH US.
The Crownchasers Duology (HarperTeen)
A deadly race across 1,001 planets will determine more than just the fate of the empire. Alyssa Farshot has spent her whole life trying to outrun her family legacy, even leaving behind the Kingship and her uncle, the emperor, for a life of exploring. But when her dying uncle announces a crownchase—a search for the royal seal hidden in the empire that will determine the next ruler—Alyssa is thrust into her greatest, most dangerous adventure yet.
"The Lives We Make," Critical Role: Stories Untold (Random House Worlds)
Celebrate a decade ofCritical Role with this anthology featuring the perspectives of ten characters who fought alongside—and against—Vox Machina, with a foreword by cast member Liam O’Brien.
"Storm Song," Mermaids Never Drown
14 Young Adult short stories from bestselling and award-winning authors make a splash in Mermaids Never Drown – the second collection in the Untold Legends series edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker – exploring mermaids like we’ve never seen them before!
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Davrin's done! Up next for a dishonored style portrait is Neve :) Emmrich | Lucanis | Neve | Bellara
You cannot tell me that Mythal wasn't being set up from ORIGINS to be the final enemy if they'd gotten to make all 5 games, the real puppetmaster all along, and I am so upset that we didn’t get that because she was well on her way to becoming a fantastic villain
The problem with liking Mythal as a character is...
On one hand you have the fandom hating her because she's a woman and Solas loved her, which some people for some reason thinks this somehow detracts from his capability of loving Lavellan???
On the other hand you have BioWare straight up forgetting that she was in fact a terrible person too. One minute they say the vallaslin were all slave markings, therefore meaning Mythal had slaves? Next minute you have Solas saying "she was the best of them" and then all of Veilguard acting like she was some benevolent poor woman caught in the middle of everything and not an active participant?
But alas if you really think about Mythal, she becomes incredibly interesting if you like complex female characters, which I am fully convinced is an accident on BioWare's part lmao...
Anyway I support women's wrongs, so
I'm kinda sad Elves don't have big eyes anymore bc one of the many reasons I love the reveal that all ancient elves used to be spirits is because Mythal, when trying to convince Solas to get a body like her, says something like "perfect in both spirit and body", implying that these spirits, when picking out their bodies, saw these big anime bug eyes and said YES, THAT
really hilarious and unsexy when hetero romantasy authors refer to love interests as males and females. you sound like david attenborough narrating a special documentary on two turtles humping in the mud
After many many MANY many years, last week (or more at this point?) I rewatched the third Inuyasha movie.
Keeping the original post's tags below because they are so fucking right
in my heart of hearts the mythal in the crossroads is 6 feet tall, horned, decked out in armor fitting a self-appointed goddess borne from primordial war and a giant fuck-you dramatic feathered cape. it hurts to look at her directly. out of the corner of your eye you swear the shadow she casts is in the shape of a dragon. she's been stewing in resentment for so long the air just always smells like a wildfire and lightning strikes. ya'll remember the fucking puzzles in her temple? you wouldn't be able to just walk up to her and start talking to her, idc how long it's been since she's had petitioners.
if you want me to believe in the "like holding a piece of the sun" line you have to do better than the pajama-wearing default character creator template num 9 that we actually got.
"it's all in your head" correct! unfortunately I am also in there