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[galacticdoodles]

oh bitch

am I overanalyzing the fact that "What's the Use of Feeling, Blue?" is a song that is attached to the sumprat trio? Yes yes the fuck I am here's a new question to bring up do they just think Sve is like dead like something SOMETHING happened and they just thought "oh my god she's dead" and they dealt with the fallout in the worst ways possible Maya going full vengeance like "HELL NO THEY CAN'T JUST GET AWAY WITH THIS- LOOK WE WILL DESTROY THIS PLACE TRUST" and then Rango Rango just retreated on himself whether or not that connection between them is there because of Sve most likely he can't know if she's alive or not so he's dealing with the grief of losing a twin what's basically a twin to him and she's just gone something happening and Maya is BEGGING Rango for his help and he's just isolating because he doesn't know a better way to cope but to retreat on himself And Maya over time is more like "Oh alright- FUCK YALL" or there's a good chance in this hypothetical that Rango WOULD know Sve is alive but she's like "hey let's just keep pretending I'm dead okay?? Don't tell a soul about this but like- I got shit I need to do and I can't do that if people know I'm alive"

@threeoffucks Still heavily thinking about this song being connected to the three of them and Maya being yellow like vengeful and thinking of plans and attacking but having to remind Rango "Hey she was my sister too, I still love her and miss her" and Sve is just in her doomed timeline plotting

but can yall just imagine the fucking disbelief on Maya's face seeing Sve after who knows how long like ".. You're alive" "..." ".. No. No you're dead- I saw it- I saw YOU. YOU DIED. FUCK YOU THIS IS NOT HAPPENING"

also side thought but a family photo with the sumprat trio but it's more like a collage than anything first one you probably got Maya's mugshot in there then you got a normal picture of Rango in there And then just a drawing of Sve not a great one mind you, but it's just a drawing of her oddly enough it's smiling like she looks peaceful in the drawing and somewhere it's just hanging around like a fucked up lil siblings photo because something deep in my bones is telling me Sve just doesn't have any pictures she's got the one and we saw that but that's it imagine you have no pictures to show you even exist except for that one or if she had any she would tear them up or tear herself out of any she would be in with others rough life Sve

[galacticdoodles]

ragebait younger sister and legendary crashout older sister @threeoffucks if you've seen anything of House PLEASE tell me you saw this scene because this is all I can think of if they fight and it's not out for blood it'd be like this

[galacticdoodles]

IM ON A ROLL HELP ME

@threeoffucks I am combining my two loves here PLEASE HEAR ME OUT HERE

so of course I am so totally normal about telltales twdg specifically I'd like to look at Kenny and Sve because there is a connection between the two characters that I would LOVE to point out

Kenny - a very big "fuck you" attitude towards others who attempt to show authority and command, protective of those he loves and WILL do ANYTHING to make sure they are safe (see how Kenny is with scenes where he disappears in season 1, I think of him protecting Lee by locking him in so Kenny can deal with both walkers and an impaled Ben).

Sve - a very big "fuck you" attitude towards authority and those that try to impose their own onto others (look at wtf she's doing with the Duumvirate. She's got the worst beef with them). She looks like she will do ANYTHING to keep something she cares about safe (or even something she just sees as a personal asset) like nothing got past her in Dream About Me.

These two Specifically Kenny's short fuse and easy outbursts, his contradictory nature towards authority (like in season 1 at the Motel, where he and Lilly were CONSTANTLY butting heads, because it was not just a struggle for power but it was Kenny's defiance against authority and paving his own way like "we don't heed lines we draw them" type shit"

BUT I know that Sve out of the hexkids she's secretly giving the most fucks she's a protector like it's in her blood to keep those she loves safe from whatever the fuck she's giving all the fucks so that means you mix that with "I will do ANYTHING to keep them safe" and the whacky shit she's done (look at her damn FAT criminal record here)

She'll drop a 50 pound salt lick on a bitch's head if it meant keeping those she loves safe she'll take a walkie talkie to the face to keep those she loves safe fuck man at this rate I would think if she were in kenny's shoes she'd be the one saying "just take the kids! You can take back the supplies just- just take the kids! They won't make it out here!" if she really wasn't able to provide safety as well as something else could she'd be the one locking people out and telling them to "go, she needs you" "This is not a discussion!"

and will she be seen as unhinged? oh absolutely she'll be villainized she'll be HATED by those that don't know her not as well as others may but those that do get it? know she's got a big fucking heart those that get it will know she will do the hard shit so others don't have to she'll do the things she'll be hated for just for the sake of loved ones safety

I am insane excuse me

[galacticdoodles]

oh yeah baby: another Sve ramble + writer ramble about dialogue

alright to get things kicked off I'd like to preface this with the fact that I am ALWAYS obsessed when it comes to any written dialogue between two characters

like first off two characters talking amongst one another, it not only is a great way of presenting information to the reader but it also:

gives a chance to see how these characters act with another character they're talking to

see how characters speak in general

seeing what kind of filter they have on themselves and just how much of their truth they're willing to convey to others/the reader

that's why I get so obsessed with specifically story/dialogue driven games like the characters in any form of writing are the most important thing to me because UGH writing a whole new person and having to differentiate their mindset from your own and putting yourself into another persons shoes is just a whole other level of fun

which brings me to the point of Sve

one thing I keep going back to is the fact that there is a 3,400 year gap of silence where Fortune was knocked the fuck out good chance that Sve spent that time completely alone (or was she?) that total isolation An entire world at your fingertips, yours for the taking You could go anywhere, you could do anything except talk to another living soul The best you could do is talk to their corpses in the streets outside of that you're on your own kid

so thinking of how out of 5,944 years of Sve being alive she's spent 3,400 of those years alone so that would mean she's only really talked to people for roughly about let's see she had MAYBE about 400 some odd years with Fortune Then he started leaving her alone more and more until he completely fucked off then post 3,400 years you're left with MAYBE 2,444 years of sparingly talking to people (whereas there's a chance she was consistently talking to people, but in short bursts)

think of the utter shock flooding your system when after you've spent basically your entire life alone and suddenly you're surrounded with people and new faces, people talking to you and overwhelming all nerves in your system

That's not even bringing up pent up emotions, traumas, basically acting like a wild animal before and suddenly brought in the house to be cared for it's all definitely giving "too little too late" here

so this severe form of abandonment and neglect can result in her extremely low empathy (unless a situation arises where she can make a direct correlation between herself and the person she's speaking to), her huge thing of "don't fucking touch me", and her absolute TRASH social skills like she doesn't know how to talk to people she can sure as shit lie to them, deceive them (seen with Jayce, Heimerdinger and Ekko who were all bugged after encountering Sve)

but now that begs the question of does she really have shit social skills or did she just learn all the wrong things about interacting with people?

Because a big thing for her is control, obviously given what she can do to others Here's my thoughts on it

Sve seems to be more of an observer than anything. Rather than directly engaging with others like a normal person, she sits back and people watches - like an eerie amount of people watching. She makes mental notes of people, but really only the important things - things she could use to her advantage if deciding to engage with them. Like she categorizes people based on how useful they are to her over time (then would come in who could pose as a threat or who's more vulnerable and needs protecting)

She doesn't get to learn that having other people around is good for just developing as a whole and able to see differences in opinions and thoughts - she doesn't get the real aspects of human connection that doesn't need to always benefit her and her own goals. So say if she decides to go and kill a bunny, she's thinking "oh here's a good meal" and she doesn't understand why little Sally is wildly upset because her favorite bunny died. She'd think "this is so I can eat and survive and there's literally dozens of other bunnies to choose from here". So the thought that if Sve says something and our Jayce actually disagrees with it, normally she'd just say "fuck off I'm right", she'd actually be curious as to why he disagreed and actually wanting to hear his own opinion on it

she'd really only learn to talk about things that would gauge a reaction she wants from the other person. Like in Dream About Me, Sve trauma dumping on Jayce was gauging his sympathy for her, and wanting to help her. That allowed her to get close enough to bug his ass and keep an extra eye on things, get another person for her little army. Then he started actually saying things that cut a little deeper, arguing with her on the points she was making instead of blindly saying "I'm sorry how can I help you?". That got her curious like "wait a damn minute you're not just blindly feeling bad for me but instead giving me a new perspective of this person I'm mad at"

@threeoffucks if you can't tell already I am SO curious to see how she mingles with everyone and her interactions with everyone (both good and bad of course, VERY excited to see the bad interactions though because she's basically got beef with EVERYONE right now)

[galacticdoodles]

WE ARE BACK AGAIN WITH ANOTHER ONE

this time we're gonna be going into the final season of twdg again I want to say that season 3 hate is SO FORCED. I personally loved all the games (even though they all had their own flaws) but trying to say season 3 is the WORST one is such a stretch

ANYWAYS

while it's still fresh in my head I want to list my takes (as usual)

Clem being able to mellow out a bit as opposed to how she was in season 3 was so nice to see. How she was able to think with a bit more of a level head and take on the leadership role you could see a bit of Lee shining through while Clem is still shaping to be her own person. Overall I loved how she was in season 4

Tennessee and his whole situation with his sisters was so FUCKED when we found out what happened to his sisters, in a way it also reminded me of how AJ and Clem could have turned out

I used to absolutely DESPISE Lilly but I feel like she turned out the way she did as a result of Larry and his militaristic teachings (like look at how he was in season 1 before he died)

to me, Marlon was just another kid making adult decisions because he was afraid and wanted to protect his own people. While he was definitely fucked for what he did to Brody, he seems like he still has a bad handle on his own anger issues and they can get out of hand

I personally liked James and his philosophy, but it seems unrealistic in the world they live in now

AJ I feel should know the difference between murder and just "killing monsters", however the player does have to make the tough call that yes, the world has changed and so has the definition of murder for them in their world

I feel like AJ killing Marlon was justified (I WILL EXPLAIN THIS)

Staring from the top here:

Clem She was that boy's MOTHER and was more than willing to do what she needed to do in order to make sure AJ was okay. AJ thought the same in return, like he ADORES Clementine and just wants to protect her like she's protected him all these years Like taking a good look at their relationship, Clem has really been the only person AJ has ever known that has not only stuck around, but taught him how to survive in the unforgiving world they live in now We can see the vast difference between how she was in season 3 and season 4 In season 3 she was just this jaded teenager, angry at the world, distrusting of others because she lost AJ, she lost Kenny/Jane (again I go with Kenny all the way and the flashbacks to him HURT) Then you see her in season 4 being more chilled out, but still being vigilant There's a sense of distrust due to years of being alone and surviving out in the world she is THAT bitch and I will stand on that like out of just about everyone in season 4, the reason Clem was able to take down even GROWN ADULTS TURNED SOLDIERS is because she hasn't known a home in years she hasn't known a sense of true safety in years she's always been out on the road, having to survive in the "real world", so she has more experience than any of them combined Thus why when she entered the school, everyone was drawn to her and AJ due to the fact they came from outside They're experienced survivors, the kids at the school are survivors too, but they have had the safety of a home, 4 walls and a roof over their heads. They had something to build up from, Clementine had to build from the ground up along having to raise and protect a child while still being a child herself

That's why it was so damn easy for her to step into the role as a leader She's gotten more than enough experience, the wisdom due to past experiences to lead a group, she knows how to keep them safe and the reason people didn't like that is because she had to make tough calls, people had to fight, some people even had to die in order for the rest of the group to turn out okay Seriously I could make an entire post on Clementine and just how much she had to grow up so much more than everyone at the damn school BUT I have more to address

Tennessee I saw a lot of hate on Tenn when the game first came out, how he was more of a liability. To me, it seems like Tenn was a boy that was trying his best to handle his grief, but it became his ruin by the end (if you choose to trust AJ to make the hard call, that is) He seemed to put up this front, how he drew out the place where "everyone gets to be a person again" and believed his sisters were there. Then he found out they were alive Or, only Minnie was alive When Lilly and her gang came to the school, Tenn popped up and asked where his sisters were that got either Mitch or Willy killed, if I remember correctly Then on the boat, Tenn once again was there wanting his sister back That could get people killed there was well Then, you got Tenn on the bridge approaching Minnie The whole time he just wants his sisters back Then just his sister He wants his family back, so obviously he's not handling his grief in the best way, when he becomes reckless when given the option The boy was hurting, deeply, and people who are that deep in grief and put it on the backburner when others are around can become reckless Honestly it reminds me of Fortune and his own grief/guilt like putting up a front that things are fine and he's chilled out, but then you see that he's been letting in bugged variants (such as Jayce, and he didn't once say a word) @threeoffucks you know I had to add them in somewhere because I am always making these connections

Lilly I was Lilly's number one hater back in the day Hated her from season one, hated her from season 4 BUT looking at it again Girl went THROUGH IT and never got to get away from it, even as an adult She had her dad's lessons drilled into her, and she was never able to truly get away from them. She always looked for her father's approval, or tried to do things how he would want her to do them, such as being a leader to the group (we all saw how that ended) now I just feel bad for her. While YES her actions are fucked when we see her again in season 4, that's the result of a girl that never got to truly grow into her own person, just someone following in her father's footsteps. That's why honestly I find it really interesting when AJ doesn't kill Lilly, and we get one last chance to talk to her after the explosion

Marlon Now again back then I didn't feel a thing when Marlon got killed. He killed Brody and left her to die just to go up to the group to lie about Clem killing her instead, he gave up the twins to get the soldiers off the school's back, he was pointing a damn gun at everyone and causing a whole scene He was even going to give up Clem and AJ to Lilly to keep them at bay once again here's my thoughts on this here It's like Ben to me Just a kid trying to make the hard calls, to do the right thing in order to keep his group safe But he fucked up He kept secrets, real big ones He lied to Tenn about what really happened to his sisters Then when he was disarmed by Clem and exposed for what he had done, he was ready to simply just having to leave I think by the end of everything, his death wasn't exactly necessary in terms of his own story, but really what other option was there? I don't think he would have survived outside of the school, in fact I don't think any of them would due to their inexperience with the outside world I think he was just a scared, angry, dumb kid ill equipped to be a leader that he became

James Now James I know his ass was a killer, apparently one super ruthless when he was running with the Whisperers He became horrified by his own actions, and his old groups actions So he ended up living alone in the woods while being a walker Shepard he thought that there was still a glimpse of humanity in the walkers He doesn't want anymore unnecessary death Now while I think the thought is nice, and he's justified in his belief with his own experiences it's just unrealistic not from the idea itself, I think the thought that needless killing can stop is possible it's the individual person some people don't change, some people are so stuck in their ways they refuse to change What do you do about them? Boot them out from the world completely? I liked James, I liked that we got a chance to walk among the walkers in the barn, I liked that we really had the chance to see that more peaceful side of life but we have followed Clem and her life all this time, we see how the world is it's just not possible yet (I feel like emphasizing "yet" is very important)

Almost following on that AJ a HUGE part of the game talks about what morals are anymore, what having humanity means, and killing Killing is a really big part We saw Clementine kill Many people Like she's killed a lot of people She's just gotten used to it, having to live with the fact that killing walkers and people alike is unavoidable but what about AJ? He's roughly about 8-9 in season 4 It's Clementine's job to teach him, raise him right Clementine got to know a world where killing was wrong Then had to kill to survive But what should AJ be taught in terms of killing in a world that's completely changed? Is killing wrong? is it unavoidable and okay? is it justified? here's my answer

Killing in their world has become unavoidable. People grow numb to the act of killing thanks to walkers, but something changes when it's a living, breathing person, someone else trying to survive Sometimes there will be a person they come across in this world that cause harm, that want control, they want power, and think carnage and war are the only ways to get it. Killing those people for the safety of many others can be justified, even despite human emotion So in terms of AJ? It's still important to know the difference between murder and "killing monsters" He needs to know that there is a difference between just taking down a walker, and killing a person Because people still have others that care about them, that love them and have memories with them Walkers just eat to fill a bottomless pit in themselves They're walking corpses and echoes of what used to be and represent what is now their world AJ needs to know that killing a person in their world now, it shouldn't be something enjoyed. It's a necessity, something that needs to be done that nobody really wants to do so if you take the path of killing Lilly, AJ will say "I liked it" Because in his head, he killed a monster. He made sure that Lilly couldn't hurt anyone else how she hurt everyone on the boat, how she hurt Minnie, how she hurt Clem He kept his people safe by killing, he enjoyed keeping people safe, protecting Clementine I think that's what he meant there, but his wording was WAY off

so with AJ killing Marlon? I think he was justified He kept the school safe, he protected Clementine (seriously Clem is his whole WORLD and he makes it very known how much he cares about her and refuses to leave her. Like will get ANGRY at the suggestion) In his mind, he took out a bad guy that could have potentially hurt again Someone that if he stayed with them, could have caused harm and discord, if he was booted out could have found the Delta and just get dragged off, or had the whole school hauled in but it was not knowing what could have been that really got the whole group fucked up because this was their friend Yes he lied and gave people away, even killed Brody and tried to cover it up But they're thinking "we could have worked this out" "Marlon didn't have to die" AJ didn't see it that way I think Clem being like "hey you did what you had to do, you had to make a call that nobody else wanted to, and you were the only one in position to make that call" is a good choice And it's called a hard call for a reason The group booted them out, the group hated them for what AJ did like they were PISSED but AJ saying "I was justified" It gives him confidence in himself Clem saying he was justified gives him confidence in himself, trusting him to make the right choice, even if others don't see it that way due to their own personal feelings They're kids They're all just kids doing their best to survive a new and very confusing world

[galacticdoodles]

alright I am so coming back to this because again Clementine is just Sve core in the worst way it ruins me

so just A few things that I can think of right off the bat for someone who's been alone for literally thousands of years

she got really, really good at just sleeping anywhere at any time, and she can never be woken up for shit. She made herself the apex predator to the entirety of Runeterra so she didn't have to worry about sleep anymore. But thinking of before she got to that point, where she wouldn't sleep for a good chunk of time because she was just terrified of the world around her. Especially if she stepped outside of Runeterra, and she didn't know what creatures were out there that were no longer bipedal like the Gloriously Evolved. Just thinking of her as this scared kid in her Tati's spare clothing, in a whole new place just jumping at most things she'd hear in the night and eventually say "fuck it I'll be the monster"

she didn't know when she would find her next meal. She didn't know what it could have been. Maybe a stray rabbit, a fish she just happened to catch, bugs, berries, dealers choice. She was just going with whatever she could find, whenever she at least had the motivation to go ahead and find food (if she wasn't busy with something else anyways)

again I am going back to how she would even patch herself up. Either she would miracle it away with the power of the arcane, or she would just bite through it and move on, or she would have to find out how people used to treat whatever injuries she got, or whenever she would fall sick (if that ever happened). I foresee so much medical neglect in her story in the future

@threeoffucks if you've ever seen Adventure time and the spinoff for it where it was focused on Bonnie and Marceline and seeing how Marceline lived when she was younger, like hiding out in this bunker and made friends out of random objects, that's what I'm imagining. Like thinking she obviously talks to herself, like a LOT. But before if she wanted her own friends she'd make them out of anything she could find and have whole conversations with herself. Either she was talking to herself or she just wasn't talking period, so she got used to being quiet real fast

What would a person who couldn't die and had nothing but time on their hands do with a whole world open to them? Especially for a Hexkid like herself, who craves knowledge. Read of course. Anything and everything she could get her hands on, she'd be reading and absorbing the knowledge of a world that she's a complete stranger to. People, places, she gets a deep understanding of the world around her environment wise, but she feels so alienated from cultures all across Runeterra. Like no matter how many books she reads, she'll never know what those traditions used to be like, what those celebrations looked like

Also I want to go back to the fact that she does in fact have a very low sense of empathy unless she can directly connect her own experiences to it. Like if someone talks about having a bad day, like "oh my shoes got wet and I was late for a meeting then I missed the carriage home so I had to walk and blah blah blah" Sve I can imagine would see this as all champagne problems. Like she survived thousands of years alone, she's gone through all this (most likely not alone if the Hexcore was floating around in her brain) so she would take it as "wahhh I'm complaining about little things even though I have a home and a family that loves me and there was always food on the table". It's like when Catra said "some people have a bad day. I've had a bad life."

Another thing is just how ruthless she can really be. Because we haven't seen EVERYTHING that she's done. We just know how many people have been wounded, changed, corrupted, or even killed because of her. We don't know the details of that. We don't know how evil she really could have gotten. And she probably wouldn't feel bad for it, because why should she care? There was no way for her to learn about true empathy for another human being, because there was no one else but Fortune. So she could go ahead and shoot some poor bunny and everyone is horrified like "how could you do that?!" "I was hungry, and it was just sitting there." "But that was a little bunny!" "And I am hungry. I don't know when I'm going to find something better, and if I do then that is just a bonus".

Thinking about how Fortune DID however leave her with fragments of lessons on kindness (never like real lessons, just her observing him being kind in various situations), that kindness shines through in her when it comes to those that she perceives as vulnerable, or unable to protect themselves. She saw herself, weak and vulnerable in whoever these people are, and shows them a kindness she wishes she had.

I feel like she would be a terrible teacher. If someone asked her how to do something like just building a fire, she would just look at them like "you really don't know how to build a fire?? How have you survived this long??" Like just genuinely baffled that they don't know what she knows. Plus it feels like if she tried to explain it it would just go "I dunno I just do this- then I do this- and suddenly you have a proper fire going"

I also feel like she has a lot of pent up jealousy for basically everyone because they never had to live like her, they always had it so much easier when all she's known is betrayal, heartbreak, and harsh survival. So she'd even get pissed off at seeing people happy like "fuck you guys for having it so easy, for getting everything I craved for so long."

She makes me so ill and thinking of her surviving all that time alone breaks me

also one last thought again connecting it to twdg specifically Lee and his family photo how he tore himself out of it while yes it was to cover up the fact he was related to the family who owned the drugstore thinking about Sve doing that if she was ever in a family photo she'd rip herself out of it completely simply because she didn't feel like she belonged in it she's so alienated from others that she feels no connection to them no connection to actual people like they're two completely different entities and she's just locked out of whatever world they live in

Okay now I just shot myself here because thinking of Sve finding a photo she just happens to be in and suddenly someone finds it and she's been torn out of it HURTS

Random thoughts that I'm absolutely drawing about Sve surviving in the wilderness for a very

Very long time

She's scaring people with whatever weird shit she's trying to unlearn from being alone for so long

@threeoffucks thinking of her being some expert survivor ruins me thinking of the crippling loneliness but also thinking of her spear fishing and making a random fire from nothing

[galacticdoodles]

ALRIGHT WE ARE SO BACK AND TALKING ABOUT IT WHILE IM STILL GOING THROUGH SEASON 4

alright first and foremost here's the thing I blatantly refused to watch season 3 for the longest time for the simple fact that - wasn't about Clem (though she was a side character) - attempted to push a relationship with Kate (Javi's sister in law)

Those were the main 2 reasons

now I have finally watched through it and honestly here's my takes here

David was definitely just a broken guy who's fed into "I'm a soldier" way too long to truly break the cycle with the world the way it is

Gabe was annoying sure BUT HE'S A 14 YEAR OLD BOY. THEY ARE ANNOYING AS SHIT NO MATTER WHAT

Kate and Javi's feelings were definitely implied to be there before the whole world went to shit, and honestly I think they are infact cute together

so I wanna start with David Dude was a soldier turned family man, had kids, married a woman he loved and tried to live the domestic life but it's clear that he's a lot like Larry The military doesn't just leave the soul like that They're soldiers down to their core David is a hothead, clearly he's got his problems with his anger, he's deeply passionate Then the whole apocalypse happened He believed his whole family was dead so he just moved on Dove right into being a soldier and didn't expect any family to come back because again he thought they were all dead Obviously he's got problems deeper than just that, but having to fight and be a soldier to survive certainly didn't help him

Gabe Whatever clip I saw of him, I thought he was an ass Overly emotional, always screwing up (in Ben fashion) but again The kid is 14 he's been on the road for years, stuck in a van with his sister, stepmom, and uncle you're gonna be a little moody with everything going on

then you got Javi and Kate now back then I was like "fuck that man that's just cheating no way in hell" Now after watching the playthrough of season 3 it's clear they can have chemistry, and also bond as they are still family regardless if the mutual connection is no longer there

They also thought David was dead for fucking YEARS the marriage was already falling apart before the apocalypse, really it was only a matter of time before a divorce happened so now looking at it with wiser eyes I do like the option of them pursuing a relationship together

Also side note I loved Tripp and Jesus they were like 2 of my favs along with Ava Clem of course being a badass as usual was no surprise but now seeing that this was the point where she spent a long time by herself no AJ, no Kenny (or Jane, if you pick her. I'm a Kenny guy all the way) But then Seeing how that loneliness really changed Clementine from being the sweet 8 year old we saw to what I am assuming is a now very jaded 13 year old like girl acts like an adult, and the people around her treat her like one because she really does act like a fucked up adult (Yes I am so adding a comment about Sve in here because seeing how Clem was acting in season 3 really makes me think of how Sve would act. Like even in the body of a 4 year old she would just be incredibly jaded)

and again in defense of Kenny here Ending of season 2 if you go with Kenny And you make it to Wellington and the girl Edith is like "hey I'm sorry we're not taking new people we're over capacity" Kenny didn't even have to think with the "just take the kids! Please just take them they won't make it out here!" Doesn't even think of himself How hard he's worked for this, and how hard he's fought just to get to Wellington He's willing to give up his own sense of safety so Clem and AJ could have that Could have a home I am always physically incapable of leaving Kenny like that

Then he dies in season 3 Car crash Kenny can't feel his legs, walkers closing in on them And Kenny's saying for Clem to take AJ and run he attracts the walkers to him so she can get them out of there the man was a father to those kids He didn't just treat Clem like some useless little kid He knew she was a capable survivor, and treated her as such, while still remembering that "oh shit yeah she's not even a teenager yet" Then my god how protective he was over AJ how caring he was for that boy made me SICK to think about

Also something I'd like to note from season 4 Seeing how you can choose for Clementine to go from the jaded kid we saw in season 3 to actually mellow the fuck out a bit in season 4 after finding the school and socializing again Like seeing her get to just Chill be a little less hostile and actually be a more balanced person my daughter

Trust that I will be doing another ramble on twdg season 3 because hot take

I like it on its own

ALSO I WILL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT KENNY TRUST

[galacticdoodles]

Random thoughts that I'm absolutely drawing about Sve surviving in the wilderness for a very

Very long time

She's scaring people with whatever weird shit she's trying to unlearn from being alone for so long

@threeoffucks thinking of her being some expert survivor ruins me thinking of the crippling loneliness but also thinking of her spear fishing and making a random fire from nothing

[galacticdoodles]

Trust that I will be doing another ramble on twdg season 3 because hot take

I like it on its own

ALSO I WILL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT KENNY TRUST

[galacticdoodles]

thinking about them again... Shitbird and goofball... Listen I am rewatching all twdg season by season on season 3 and every time a clem flashback... STRANGLE ME

also yes I am coming back to my fuckass crackpot crossover idea because COME ON THINKING OF SVE AS CLEM BEING A TOTAL BADASS AND STILL HAVING SVETLA AS HIS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS EVERYTHING

plus Sve with the most awkward looking beard is so funny to me, just like this weak shit going on so far but he's so proud of it and Svetla tries to get him to shave it off like "Wh- it's refined!" ">:(" "Come on- sunshine you have to agree-" ">8(" "... It's not coming off"

@threeoffucks also if you've seen/played season 3 the first time I saw Jesus I immediately was like "hey hold the fuck up that looks like Fortune" Fortune the old slavic jesus

[galacticdoodles]

yeah yeah we're coming back to this because it's so hard on the brain so first off back to the trans icon thing because

Think about it Sve comes around Did her own double mastectomy with just a KNIFE (because she's crazy like that) very loud and self advocating, will in fact fight anyone who wants to say she's anything other than what she is (at least for the time being because again poor girlie does not understand gender at all) like just imagine some lil hexkid comes walking up to her like just looking at her like she's some superhero and she finally notices like

"Oh, hi. Can I.. Help you?" "You look really cool" ".. Thank you" "You're not a girl, you said so right?" "That's right" "but.. Were you a girl at some point?" "For a while, yeah." ".. And people told you that you were a girl" "Precious, never give a single fuck what anyone tells you you are and are not. only you can make that choice on who you are." "... So if I cut my hair..." "Hair means nothing. Cut it, grow it out. That doesn't show who you are. That just shows people how you enjoy your hair being done. Anyone can have whatever kind of hair they want, that doesn't tell everything about them" "But how will the other kids know that I'm a girl?" "You tell them as such. If they say different, then that is their own problem. If you are a girl, then that is that."

LIKE I DUNNO LIKE I CAN SEE HER BEING THE ACCIDENTAL ICON FOR HEXKIDS BECAUSE SHE'S COMPLETELY SELF MADE QUEERNESS WISE AND SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT GENDER IS NO ONE EXPLAINED IT TO HER SO SHE'S JUST LIKE "I AM ME MOTHERFUCKER WHO CARES ABOUT THE REST"

Then again you have Rango seeing Sve acting like this like "Damn I wish I could do that.. Wait what who said that" Que possibility of Sve being the one to help Rango like "bitch it's not hard just what do you feel" "I dunno" "Okay me too we're off to a good start-"

OH NAH YOU BRING UP I SAW THE TV GLOW

YOU BRING UP RANGO AND SVETLA

YOU BRING UP TARA AND ISABEL WHICH ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT 2 PERSPECTIVES ON THEIR QUEER IDENTITIES

HOLD THE PHONE

HOLD IT TIGHT NOW

ARE YOU TRYING TO FUCKING TELL ME RANGO AND SVETLA ARE THE QUEER KIDS AND ONE OF THEM IS LIKE "I HAVE TO DO THIS OR ILL DIE" AND THE OTHER IS LIKE "ID RATHER DIE THAN LOOK AT IT"

I NEED TO EATCH THIS MOVIE BUT WHAT THE FUCK

@threeoffucks SO HELP ME I WILL FIND THEIR CONNECTION TO RANGO AND SVETLA HERE BECAUSE THIS IS CRAZY TO ME

BECAUSE WHAT IM SEEING HERE

Doomed!Svetla: visibly queer, doesn't understand queerness but just "knows what feels right" and fully embraces it. Doesn't give a fuck who understands and who doesn't (I mean look at the top surgery scars she clearly didn't care she was saving her own life)

NOW HEAR ME OUT ON RANGO POSSIBLY BEING THE CLOSETED ONE

EITHER DENYING IT OR JUST NOT SEEING IT AND STAYING FIRM IN THE CLOSET

Whether it's about gender or sexuality something is telling me he's not looking deeper in himself on ONE OF THE TWO IF NOT BOTH

RANGO

MY CHILD

WHAT ARE YOU HIDIJG FROM THAT YOU AND SVETLA KIN TARA AND ISABEL FROM I SAW THE TV GLOW

God these two and their nonconforming and complex relationship with their queer identities

Like imagine that talk like

"You seem so certain of yourself and how you present"

"Rango it's because I don't give a fuck"

"Okay but how did you get to that point"

"Severe child neglect"

"Ah that's right"

Edit: aw fuck you know that fucking line of "There's still time" yeah yeah this is going in here too

Dammit Doomed!Svetla walking in with the trans-inator and making all her siblings queer

But adding onto this whole thing because today has been the day of analyzing the fuck out of these songs and the fact that SPECIFICALLY Rango and Svetla would kin both Tara and Isabel from I Saw the TV Glow AND a song from the damn movie is related to them

Something in my NUTS is telling me Doomed!Svetla pops in she knows "I AM NOT A FUCKING GIRL" screams it from the rooftops loud and proud about the fact she's not a girl that she is visibly queer then you have her closeted brother over here like "damn how do you do it so easily"

Something in my bones is telling me Svetla showing up being visibly and loudly queer got some gears turning in Rango's head or really just helping a lot of hexkids out if they saw that like "oh wow I didn't know I could actually do that"

Like Svetla doesn't even have a word or a proper understanding of what she is just yet but all she knows is that she's not a girl and will go to WAR to prove that fact She gives the vibe of being an accidental trans icon and all she was doing was advocating for herself (albeit in a way that is HIGHLY destructive)

Teeny hc but if Doomed!Svetla ever learned her siblings are trans she is the first one to support without question and BRAWL if someone said some dumb shit Like she is not about to tolerate any transphobia against her fam she'll get the knife

[galacticdoodles]

MORE THOUGHTS TO WRITE DOWN

Mini comic idea Doomed!Svetla holding a mug in the morning filled with an odd looking liquid Hermit: what the hell is that? Sve: what, want a sip? Hermit: .. Fine, you got me. Hermit proceeds to take a sip, gag, and spit it out quickly Hermit: what is in that?! Poison?! Sve: Whiskey, the strongest coffee I could find in this hellhole.. Aaaaaand sweetmilk for flavor Hermit: .. I desperately want to say you're adopted. Sve: And I want to say I wish my tati had better taste, but sadly we both cannot say what we want. We have a truce due to common interest Hermit: I want to say you're adopted because there is no way you're Fortune's brat Sve: awww now that's hurtful. Wait till I tell Tati Hermit: HANG ON-

FAMILY PHOTO WITH THE HEXKIDS PLEASE LET THEM HAVE SOME FUCKASS FAMILY PHOTO THAT CAME OUT SO BAD BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS FUCKING AROUND BUT IT'S ONE HUNG UP SO PROUDLY LIKE IT'S AN OFFICIAL FAMILY PHOTO

once again this is a Sve and good!Svetla moment (yes I am calling Doomed!Svetla Sve because she feels like she'd just go by Sve before being like "fuck you I'm a man" just for difference sake)

I'm getting the vibe that Sve would get a cane Svetla nabs it and Sve starts looking everywhere for it Just for Svetla to be all proud holding it up with a bunch of little doodles on it A lot of stars and just looking so proud of herself Que Sve trying so hard not to cry like "aw precious this is perfect, I love it and I'll never forget to use it" Or a moment of Sve helping Svetla being tough like If Svetla was scared of ANYTHING at all Sve would see it like "aw hell naw watch this sweetie" and run right at it without a single thought like say if there's a thunderstorm and Svetla gets spooked by the thunder And Sve finally has a teaching moment like "hey wait I know about this hang on" and helps Svetla count the time between the thunder and the lightning now they both get excited and just go watching the storm from the window or they sneak out to go dancing in the rain (something tells me they would act VERY similar with Svetla growing up and Sve finally just getting to relax a little bit and try to act like a normal person so they'd make the same faces, have the same mannerisms like despite everything they're still the same person just very different fonts and I love them and UGH if I see them interacting I am going to eat it the fuck up

@threeoffucks TAKE THE SCRAPS

Hang on I've got more drugs there's drugs in this one think like weed or their equivalent to like lsd or some kind of hallucinogenic specifically butterfly duo going around fucking around and finding out high out of their minds Rango looks like he's normally the quiet guy suddenly he's saying his thoughts out loud and word vomiting Sve's just wide eyed and staring at everything like she's looking through a damn kaleidoscope Then looking at Rango's hair like

"Can I braid your hair?" "Wait wait wait what kind of braid- wait no no don't tell me- WAIT- just go for it do it do it do it" Then Hermit tries interrogating them Not a great idea when you interrogate two kids high as FUCK Like Rango is rambling trying to explain everything Sve is just GLARING at Hermit but not saying a word "And just WHAT the hell were you two thinking??" "Hermit, come on-" "Fortune, you are always so easy on them but come on they are too old for this-!" "Cyclops" ".. What." "Your name.. Is Cyclops" "... Pff" "Wh- Fortune-" "What??" "and YOU." And Sve just points at Fortue ".. Me?" "Yeah.. Can I braid your hair?" "..." "Fortune. Come on. Do not make me be the bad cop here." "......" "Fortune I am begging you."

Hermit then has to listen to Rango yapping while Sve is completely spaced out but fully content brushing and braiding hair

I GOT ANOTHER ONE

Sve staring wide eyed outside a window into the woods "... You alright?" "There's a raccoon outside" "... Okay-?" "I would eat the shit out of that raccoon" "... Sve-" "I mean- I would just- I would be very happy to eat that raccoon" ".. Sve there's food indoors.. Like people food.." "... Right. Right there's KNOWING that there's going to be another meal.." ".. You know this is going in therapy right-" "Trust me I have a new list to make that fucker cry just put it on that one" "THE GOAL ISN'T TO MAKE HIM CRY???"

[galacticdoodles]

WE'RE DOING ANOTHER TWDG RAMBLE: SEASON 2 EDITION

now here I KNOW the writing became a mess whole ass adults seemingly relying on a child WAY too much episode 5 being MESSY with the writing

one thing I want to point out

Arvo was obviously a plot device to stir up conflict but WHYYYYYYYYYYYY did the group just kinda let him off the damn hook after knowing that he had medicine that his (most likely addict) sister was going to use for a high, and who knows about the others in the group, AND finding them to start a whole shootout in the middle of the WOODS

sorry but the gaslighting on Kenny like "HE'S CRAZY" IS INSANE. like YES he became more unhinged but dear GOD everyone being like "man Kenny's in a dark place" "he's coming undone" when they saw him beat the FUCK out of a walker (personally I can see that as a fucked up coping mechanism but WHAT ELSE IS HE SUPPOSED TO DO??? better to take it out on the dead rather than the living)

KENNY WAS STILL THINKING ABOUT THE KIDS IN THE END. HE WAS THINKING ABOUT AJ'S WELLBEING, REBECCA'S WELLBEING AND DOING HIS BEST

still fuck you Carlos you shitbird

Sarah deserved so much better but she died because the adults in her life failed to help her survive the new world they live in

Like watching this season over again I want to specifically look at Kenny because YES the man has changed dramatically but let's think back on what he's lost, and think about his already "fuck you" attitude and defiance he shows to authority

he lost his wife and son just in the first few months

he then lost Sarita during the escape from the hardware store

He was alone for who knows how long, and we know how badly that can mess someone up

he lost a fucking EYE over a walkie talkie (which he took the fall for Clem btw, Clem could have had the chance to hand it over herself but Kenny took the fall)

but even through all of that he's still thinking of the kids and with Clem yes he had moments where he FREAKED on her when he really shouldn't have like yeah he was having a bad day but do NOT take that out on the damn kid but then when AJ came around, Clem cleaning Kenny's wound and redoing his bandages there's that gentle moment where you see Kenny acting like a father to both Clem and AJ all in all he's still thinking about keeping people he cares about protected

So yeah Obviously he's going to be a giant asshole but he was already like that he was already super defiant, barking out orders, taking on that leader role and honestly it feels like the group was gaslighting the fuck out of Kenny, making him out to be more of a monster than he actually was

then you have Jane who was like "hey let's see how unhinged this guy is" and proceeds to put a fucking newborn in a car in the fucking winter LIKE??? THAT'S INSANE??? AND THE FACT SHE ALREADY HAS THE LONE WOLF MINDSET IN THE APOCALYPSE HELLO???

Mike and Bonnie I also feel like had MAD potential to be some really good characters, but then the whole Arvo thing came in and it's like Suddenly they flip the switch and dip with him?? After the kid shoots Clem?? Like again The writing in the later of season 2 got real damn messy

I know a lot of people choose Kenny in the end because of nostalgia but like the dude was a father and still acted like one after meeting up with Clem And then when AJ came along?? Excuse you those are his KIDS HE CARES ABOUT THEM DEEPLY AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT THEM WE SAW WHAT KENNY DID IN THAT MEAT LOCKER HE STOLE FROM THAT STATION WAGON LET THE GIRL GET EATEN TO GET SUPPLIES IN MACON

[galacticdoodles]

@threeoffucks I NEEDED TO GIVE THEM BONDING MOMENTS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THEIR SIBLINGHOOD WOULD BE SO SWEET WHEN GOOD!SVETLA IS LITTLE

[galacticdoodles]

killing innocence

@threeoffucks please know this was hell on earth to make the maternal feelings kick in so hard BECAUSE LOOK AT HER

SHE'S JUST A LIL BABY DEAR GODDDDDDDDD

[galacticdoodles]

OH WE'RE GOING BIG SAD

so after rewatching season 1 of twdg bawling my eyes out over it so hard even after YEARS of not seeing it

Here's little angsty thoughts because GAWD

y'all remember how Fortune played violin and everyone knows how sad the violin can sound Doomed!Svetla trying to play the violin but fucking it up and getting really really mad so she breaks the violin and just gets even more upset like first she can't play the violin now it's broken Another thing her tati left behind and she broke it, she ruined it

alright here's another one again it's the violin yall think there was like a smidgen of a chance where Fortune got his hands on a violin just all I can see is Fortune looking out and seeing the stars at night and playing the violin just hoping one little star in particular would be able to hear him

okay this one deserves a lil tw for suicidal ideation and general talk of suicide

but I know I make lil jokey jokes on the girl being suicidal but like it's bad because she's wanted to die for I'm going to safely assume that it's been a very very long time that she's wanted to and do yall know the concept of the "call of the void" where you see like A giant abyss or something like that and you can't help but just stare into it and want to fall in

that's essentially Doomed!Svetla She's always wandering off and you can find her at like the edge of a cliff and just staring out long way down and it's all static in her ears and all over her body until somebody shakes her out of it like "hey what the fuck are you alright???" But I would imagine that's probably one of the darker things that gets to be made the most obvious she obviously talked about being suicidal in passing in Dream About Me but imagine how many times she stared off a ledge or stepped so close to the edge she almost fell in or stared up at the sky and thought about how much of a chance she would have to shoot up there and come down without any interruptions Or just being so reckless and everyone else around her sees that recklessness sees how little she cares for her own safety and if she gets shit for it people trying to tell her that hey you should care a little more about yourself she genuinely stares them in the face with confusion like "Why? What's the point??"

Something also tells me she's got a reason to stay alive, she's got a purpose to serve but she doesn't care after so much time she wants her fate to be in her own hands and just put an end to it put out a flame that people have been keeping going for way too long so for a while at the start it's like talking to a brick wall try to tell her about why she should keep going and again brick wall because she's wayyyyyyy more familiar with the dead than the living

Another thought here I really want to say that this girl has no sense of time like days literally blend together for her so there's an extra layer of like shock, horror, and heartache finding out how old she really is like imagine finding out you're 6 THOUSAND years old and you're just left staring into the void like

".... so how old do I have to be to die I feel like that's old enough"

Like at the start it was just Giving up completely "You're never going to stop trying to save me, are you? Even when I gave up ages ago, no matter how many times I bury myself you grab the shovel."

@threeoffucks I KNOW THERE WILL BE TEARS SO LET ME CRY THEM OUT BEFORE I CAN CRY MORE AT WHAT'S TO COME

Like I think of that moment in season 1 in twdg where Lee is holding onto Ben in the belltower and fucking ben is like "Just let me go Lee we both know" It's pretty much that

Just imagine with me here Like Svetla went and did something stupid She got hurt in the process and unlike her Tati She can't just regenerate so she's getting patched up and getting told off like

"What were you thinking?? Going out there like that- you got hurt! It's like you don't even care!! You're not made of stone you know!" and she just glares at them like "Why should I care anyways?" "You could have gotten killed out there! You could have actually died, and you don't even care!!" "... I really don't. Way to make such an astute observation, captain jackass"

Like obviously just getting someone more pissed off at her but she genuinely just does not see that value in herself

she looks like she's got the worst combo of "I AM GOD IM BETTER THAN ALL OF YOU FUCK YOU AND WITNESS WHAT I CAN DO THAT'S BETTER THAN YOU" and the "I am a worthless nothing nobody cares if I live or die than neither will I"

[galacticdoodles]

@threeoffucks YOU BROUGHT THE FIXATION BACK ONCE AGAIN SO OBVIOUSLY I HAD TO RECALL CLEM'S INJURIES THROUGHOUT THE SERIES

like the big ones being

sam the dog (that big fucking bite she had to patch up HERSELF)

shot in the shoulder (LIKE GIRL YOU WERE 11)

losing her finger from a car door (I think so but I remember it was in season 3)

losing her damn LEG AND THE FACT IT WAS BELOW THE KNEE WHICH WAS FUCKIGN CRAZY TO ME

So of course I need these two for some crackpot reason interacting and being like

"So where the fuck did your leg go" "Little sunshine had to cut it off after I got bugged. I just told her to kill me but she had other plans" "..... A child cut off your leg" "Please. When I was her age I had to sew my arm up with nothing but fishing wire and a needle in a shed because I was left to die" "... WHY" "Because a dog bit me, and idiot grown adults could not find the difference between a dog bite and being bugged" "....." "And I lost a finger-" "IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD CARE TO MENTION??" "... I also got shot when I was 11 so my shoulder is fucked-" "Sweet Janna just take the damn bottle I'll find my own"