video game character: probably Naesala from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, which i don’t think you’ve played! but, y’know, imagine just a total rat bastard of a guy. who is also a raven-guy. because reasons.
his whole deal is, there’s three bird-people kingdoms (ravens, hawks, and herons), and they used to be all one big happy family, but due to various Issues TM in the past, they’ve split apart (even though various bonds of friendship run pretty deep between the groups).
the hawk-kingdom and heron-kingdom are both pretty proud and independent and standoffish, and in particular have hugely justified long-term beef against the various normie-human kingdoms, and act accordingly…
…whereas Naesala, as king, has had his country take the more supine approach, doing a whole lot of schmoozing-with-baddies and art-thieving and pirating and generally just making themselves a bunch of amoral black market kingpins, available to the highest bidder. which infuriates the shit out of the other two bird kingdoms, but also, hey, Naesala's people are doing pretty well, so,,,,
he’s exactly the right mix of “does awful things,” but also “unfortunately all of his choices are awful,” but also “maybe he could seem a little less satisfied about that state of affairs,” but also “deep down he does feel bad about it tho,” but also “maybe not badly enough,” but also “hey someone has to make the hard choices around here,” but also “jfc maybe don’t flagrantly fuck over your childhood bestie for marginal net gain”…
(i love awful people and messy situations can you tell)
i also love Simon Blackquill from the Ace Attorney games. he’s an edgelord. he’s extremely weird and awkward. he’s got that Stoicism In The Face Of Certain Death. he’s got a ridiculous sense of gallows humor. he’s got a cool bird. he’s sarcastic and fucks with people but would also make an excellent dinner party guest. what’s not to love
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Date: 2022-04-27 08:05 pm (UTC)his whole deal is, there’s three bird-people kingdoms (ravens, hawks, and herons), and they used to be all one big happy family, but due to various Issues TM in the past, they’ve split apart (even though various bonds of friendship run pretty deep between the groups).
the hawk-kingdom and heron-kingdom are both pretty proud and independent and standoffish, and in particular have hugely justified long-term beef against the various normie-human kingdoms, and act accordingly…
…whereas Naesala, as king, has had his country take the more supine approach, doing a whole lot of schmoozing-with-baddies and art-thieving and pirating and generally just making themselves a bunch of amoral black market kingpins, available to the highest bidder. which infuriates the shit out of the other two bird kingdoms, but also, hey, Naesala's people are doing pretty well, so,,,,
he’s exactly the right mix of “does awful things,” but also “unfortunately all of his choices are awful,” but also “maybe he could seem a little less satisfied about that state of affairs,” but also “deep down he does feel bad about it tho,” but also “maybe not badly enough,” but also “hey someone has to make the hard choices around here,” but also “jfc maybe don’t flagrantly fuck over your childhood bestie for marginal net gain”…
(i love awful people and messy situations can you tell)
i also love Simon Blackquill from the Ace Attorney games. he’s an edgelord. he’s extremely weird and awkward. he’s got that Stoicism In The Face Of Certain Death. he’s got a ridiculous sense of gallows humor. he’s got a cool bird. he’s sarcastic and fucks with people but would also make an excellent dinner party guest. what’s not to love
anyway! same question, right back atcha :P