Fiction and Fantasy

Tag: Characters

  • Theme Talk: Christian Parallels in My Hero Academia

    This post will contain major spoilers for My Hero Academia You have been warned. Surrounded by people cheering for you, you throw off everything that once held you back from doing what you were meant to do. You hurl away your insecurity. You throw away your indecision and fear. You cast aside your lack of…

  • Character Study: Who Is Eren Jaeger? (Attack on Titan)

    This post will contain spoilers for The Attack on Titan anime You have been warned. Funimation 2013 On the surface, Eren Jaeger of Attack on Titan seems like your typical shonen protagonist: he’s a young boy with aspirations of grandeur (to drive out and kill1 “every last one of” the Titans) and has an almost…

  • Character Study: Reki (Haibane Renmei)

    This post will contain spoilers for Haibane Renmei You have been warned. “This is my cocoon dream. The nightmare that has been tormenting my existence in this world… I remember cold winds stinging my cheeks that were wet from tears… I was too tired to think. I remember wanting to become a stone. A stone…

  • Captain America: Flaws vs. Weaknesses

    Note: Made a slight revision to this post after I watched the new Avengers: Endgame trailer and remembered just how bad Thanos is. My apologies for the slight mistake in information. This post will contain spoilers for The Marvel Cinematic Universe, including Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, and…

  • Type Casting: Aang

    Some characters are so well-written that they seem life-like. But how would these “realistic” characters stand up to real-life personality typing? It’s time to put the Enneagram back to the test, gauging characters’ personality types based on their core drives and greatest fears. Type Casting: Personality Typing Your Favorite Characters Avatar: The Last Airbender, 2005-2008…

  • Vash the Stampede: Building a Character (Intentional Pacing)

    The anime Trigun begins like a classic Western. No-good outlaws rule the land, making life especially hard for the ever-dwindling population of law-abiding citizens who just want to eke out a wholesome living. 1998 Madhouse There’s far more money to be made in a world with no rules, where the man with the fastest trigger…

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