#wobbies

Spotted Wobbegong Shark- Wobbegong might sound like something out of a Dr. Seuss book, but it is a real word. It comes from a native Australian word that means “shaggy beard”. In Australia, wobbegong sharks are lovingly called “wobbies”.

"Shaggy beard" is an apt description because wobbegong sharks do look like they have a beard. They have whiskers (called barbels) around their noses, and flaps of skin that look like tiny fins around their mouths and eyes and on the sides of their heads.

I’ve been seeing this one on my dash and... always gets me...

If things change, they may. But they don't necessary want to get away from Team Rocket/start their own pernament business, which they proved time and time again, no matter what incarnation. Well, or at least not until it can make them super rich/famous/prestigable in a matter of seconds/months. And whenever they take a lot more passionate (and less grandiose) approach, it’s for adventure, hobby, nostalgia or - more often than not - just a means to an end (money for mechas and their job in Team Rocket, for example). All in all, they still prefer Team Rocket and feel good with it. I so dislike it when people (and fans at that!) try to make martyrs or victims out of them. They aren't misguided, trapped or overly undecided. They're fully self-aware, only with some mood swings. And even if some of their mood swings or feelings can be pretty sad and overhelming, they aren’t truly desperate to get away from Team Rocket (like in “they’re victims of their past, they feel like Team Rocket is still their only option, but what they truly want is a chance for satysfying but more decent lives”). Because “undecent” living seems to satisfy their longings/needs well enough and, frankly, provides them with a lot more freedom, I guess. And if their organization was disbanded, yesss, they may find something more “decent”, permanently even. But it’s not a must because for all we know... they may still travel the world and continue their criminal mischief... Because, idk, it’s just what they may prefer?

Cannot be defended. At all. And yet, here's Thor, trying to get through to his brother, who loves Loki as his brother still, despite what he's done. And yet Thor gets shit on. With all the woobifying, it makes it hard for me to enjoy any of Loki's scenes now. The same with every other show or movie. Personally I think a lot of people make the villain a wooby because the actor or actress happens to be attractive, and it's our way of trying to deal with it that way. Unpopular opinion probably.

Unpopular opinion probably. I understand wanting backstory and background on villain, but not all villains had horrible childhoods, or tragedies in their life that make them evil. Sometimes, horrible people are just horrible people. Sorry for the multiple messages, they need to get rid of the character limit.

No biggie the ask character limit is a pain 

I feel ya man, one of my main issues with wobbie-fying characters is that you take away what makes them interesting in the first place. As if erasing all the bad and/or horrible things they've done makes them "better" somehow. 

Well it doesn't. It makes them cardboard cut-outs of characters and boring. Their complexities make characters interesting. 

Ok so Loki has some angst in his past, that's cool, that makes him interesting. The fact that we, as viewers, have moments where we feel sorry for him, but at the same time watch as he becomes more and more twisted.  The brilliance of it is that we saw how Loki became what he did, how he grew from a person who had cruel moments, and suffered from petty jealousy but ultimately did care for his family, into who he is now, a villain seeking false retribution and acknowledgement by killing and ultimately enslaving an entire planet. 

His story is interesting because it could have gone another, perhaps, or maybe this is how Loki was always going to end up.  That is what makes him interesting though! The ultimate tragedy of what could of been vs what actually has happened and watching the push and pull between Thor and Loki. 

Speaking strictly MCU of course. 

But omg taking all that and twisting it into "oh Loki sweet darling angel bb you just need a hug Thor you suck you're a terrible brother! It's everyone else's fault but Loki cause Loki is saaaaad"

Honestly I find that an insult to his character. 

And I see it, ALL THE DAMN TIME, taking these interesting characters and erasing all the horrible things they've done (Snape from HP, Shane from Walking Dead, Draco from HP, Karofsky from glee, Matt from Teen Wolf, etc) all because of some angst or tragedy they've suffered. Cause somehow that makes up for every single horrible thing they've ever done in the history of ever. 

And that just makes them so boooooooring to me.