mad scientist who says “Humanity is too weak and flawed – I will remake humankind int a stronger form!” but actually he just wants to fix everybody’s fucked-up backs
palpatine straight up told anakin he was a sith lord and anakin was like well. this is a lot to process so im going to go fetch my boss and we’ll come back in about half an hour and murder you so don’t go anywhere and palpatine didn’t you have to admire the man
palpatine is the best villain of all time bc he’s the classic master manipulator who pits his enemies against each other without lifting a finger by preying on their weaknesses but normally those types of villains have the caveat that once their bullshit get exposed it’s a simple matter of slapping handcuffs on them bc they’re like weak old CEOs or whatever
but our boy sheev? when his plans don’t go perfectly he’s just like oh well and starts zapping fuckers to death bc he’s also the most powerful old prune in the galaxy and he could just kill everyone around him if he gets bored
like luke throwing away his lightsaber and declaring himself a jedi was great but you know that luke kinda thought that was it, the crotchety old emperor doesn’t have vader to fight for him anymore courtesy of luke cutting off vader’s hand for possibly the fortieth time in anakin’s life, so it’s smooth sailing until lando destroys the death star and blasts them all to kingdom come, but then palps is like aw shucks no new apprentice can’t blame a guy for trying and just starts deep frying luke for shits and giggles and our poor twink is like THIS ISN’T ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT THE FORCE COULD DO ABORT ABORT ABORT
and with mace and co arriving at sheev’s office to bring him in for being dark catholic it’s functionally the equivalent of a scooby doo villain of the week getting unmasked by the gang but then he just starts snapping necks
homestuck is a case study proving the long-standing “kids and their dumb babysitter get up to antics” genre of movie correct. unsupervised 13 year olds can do anything but unsupervised 16 year olds are so inconsolably horny they can only cause emotional and physical damage
beta session succeeds because it’s made of four mostly normal 13 y/os who know nothing except minecraft. alpha session fails on entry because it’s made of four 16 y/o supergeniuses who all want to fuck each other so bad they cant think
I hate to break it to you but minecraft was made just barely a month after the earth was destroyed so the beta kids couldnt have played it
A small, water-dwelling lizard-like race who are so friendly they’re practically harmless. Like the Oocca, the Tokay lack an army and nor do they have protective forces in their own culture, and so they receive their protection through the symbiotic relationship with their close neighbors the Usotami, a race of peoples who are as fierce as they are small. While the Tokay lack the capacity to defend themselves, they are extremely efficient in trading and bartering, so much so that their economy is entirely based around a bartering system. Rupees are something they accept as a last resort, for they much prefer trading for items of true use, such as tools and food. In particular, the Tokay favor cucumbers to a high degree, seeing it as far more valuable than any amount of rupees or gold. For this bit I’m taking some inspiration from kappas. owo
In contrast, the Usotami lack a sustainable economy and have no true idea of how to build one. Instead, their skill lies in combat and hunting; so proficient they are at it yet so incompetent they are at sustaining an economy that their original means of survival was simply hunting and raiding other villages for their things. Their small, almost cute size bellies the ferocity and brutality they harbor, and are known to be able to take down foes 5 times their size. How they and the Tokay managed to become peaceful coexisting partners is a true mystery; it’s joked that the Tokay simply asked very nicely for them not to raid them and instead offered to trade, which honestly isn’t very far from the truth. The Tokay were the only race at the time to be outwardly friendly to the Usotami, and so they were never targeted. Regardless of how came to be, it works fairly well for them.
The Tokay handle the economic aspects of life, while the Usotami handle the protection, and both share the hard labor. As far as politics go, the Tokay typically handle that too, although both races are so simplistic in both mind and culture that they don’t necessarily have any form of real self-governing or hierarchy.
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TL;DR: I picture the Tokay being so naïve and friendly to everyone they meet, to the point where the rest of Holodrum could never do anything remotely mean to them. Even to the point where the Usotami, who I’m headcanoning as basically murder coconuts, ended up becoming friends with them, which ultimately lead to them existing together as one collective group of peoples despite them being different species. If you see a Tokay, an Usotami is never far behind. owo
“are you an anti or an anti-anti” i am a normal person that is against pedophilia, rpf, child porn and incest but who also condemns the use of harassment campaigns, doxxing and death threats, does that answer your question
I also think that you can depict terrible things in fiction providing it is properly tagged and not presented as a good thing by the narrative
