Category: Character Analysis
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Kibutsuji Muzan: Absolute Evil and a Dropped Ball
Demon Slayer has one of the most morally pure protagonists Shounen anime has ever seen. Tanjiro, right down to his core (quite literally, as we learned in the Mugen Train arc) is kind, selfless, and heroic. The dude shows empathy to demons who gleefully monologued about how they devoured little girls or some shit. Of…
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Introducing the Cast of Threads of Reality: Nileth Barok
Most fantasy protagonists are good people. The kinds of men and women who are able and willing to help people and fight evil. Characters like Kaladin from The Stormlight Archive, Rand from The Wheel of Time, and Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings. Good people, all of them (except maybe Rand around the time…
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We Need to Talk About the Mario Movie Cast
Is it a stretch to put this in the character analysis slot of the week? Absolutely. Am I doing it anyways? Yes. It’s my blog I can do what I want. Originally, I didn’t have any real intentions to talk about the upcoming Mario movie. I’d probably have reviewed it, and I probably still will.…
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Gus Fring: Breaking Bad’s Greatest Villain
In all of Breaking Bad, most of its villains share certain personality traits. They’re often loud, vulgar, selfish, and extremely violent to a fault. From Tuco in seasons one and two to Jack in season five. These guys were all gross, selfish, and dangerous. Yet none of them were ever as intimidating as Gus Fring.…
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Walter White: The Evil of Heisenberg
Stories where the hero becomes the villain have always been interesting to me. There’s just something so intriguing about watching a good person become a terrible one. That, and I’ve always loved the villains more than the heroes for as long as I could remember. The very first question I asked in regards to story…
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