#{Charlie needs more people to talk to}

[charmac]

How are you feeling about S17? I'm getting reaaal worried that it's going to be terrible. No Glenn in the writers room? A crossover episode?? Rob's gradual transformation into pondslime??? Help

Pondslime 😭Lmfao

I'm feeling more than fine about 17, really truly. I don't think anyone should be worried at all.

I think sometimes my interactions with Glenn come off a little more serious or abrasive than they really happened in real life (because we have to shout due to how loud it is in the bars), and my immediate transcription is just to get people *information*, which really doesn't convey tone.

For example, reporting that Glenn said "you don't want to know" in response to me asking for any teasers (as to plots this season) was met with a lot of "oh so this season is gonna suck" on Twitter, and that could not be further than the truth (sorry to the people I split-react blocked for saying that lol). In hindsight I get the reaction, because written out it's a response that can be easily misinterpreted and reads as potentially concerning, but know that when Glenn said "you don't want to know" he looked like this:

And when I was genuinely just asking for script information (regarding writers of individual scripts after he mentioned they had broken already) and mentioned Nina (Inflates) and Ross (DTAMHD), he gushed about both of them and then said, transcribed word for word, "It's been a good room, I'll say this it's been a great room. It's been an all-star room, it's been...like, breaking the stories this year has been really fun. [Me: Yeah?] Yeah. [That's great, that is great to hear.] It's been really fun."

So the idea of "no Glenn in the writers room" is really much more akin to Season 16 than 13/14. He was there to break stories (meaning he was in the room when they were brainstorming plot ideas and when they settled on which plots would be turned into scripts) but Rob and Charlie are taking the brunt of writing their (RCG's) scripts because of Sirens. This is the same thing that happened with The Gang Goes Bowling. Glenn's name is on the script, but Rob and Charlie wrote the majority of it while Glenn was shooting Blackberry. (I remember originally being convinced it was a mistake Glenn was listed as a writer for Bowling, lmfao). And Glenn is definitely still contributing, will be on revisions for the non-RCG scripts, and will classically change or improv whatever he thinks is best for Dennis when he's on set (see: the Risk E. Rats script).

Also, I know the crossover is concerning to a lot of people just given the nature of it, but as of what we know right now it's only on Abbott, so it's really just as if this season's The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell or The Janitor Always Mops Twice took place on a different show instead of ours...

I promise promise promise Glenn was clearly holding his tongue for good things coming up, and Friday night very much restored my confidence that Season 17 will be good. (But..if you don't think Glenn has good contributions to Sunny or understands the agenda, then sorry this response probably sucks lmfao)

[genericaces]

more rambling about a s5 au: lindsey comes back for a redemption arc to act as legal counsel for angel's team. this ostensibly gives gunn a reason to opt out of the lawyer operation, but he does it anyway because he doesn't trust lindsey not to fuck them over.

lindsey acts as a moral foil to gunn, who comes to believe his necessary contribution to the team (since he's no longer their only lawyer) is being the defender of the group's principles while working at w&h. they frequently butt heads while working on a case, but eventually develop a begrudging respect of each other's respective strengths.

this hostile-to-friendly-rivalry arc is tested when it comes out that w&h was responsible for some demon problem that's been plaguing gunn's home community. gunn has, unbeknownst to himself, been somehow contributing to it while working at w&h; lindsey knowingly contributed to it when he was last working there as a lawyer. lindsey is forced to confront who he was, while gunn is forced to confront who he’s becoming.

since he was involved in the project, lindsey uses his insider knowledge to help come up with a plan to fix the problem. they execute it, something goes wrong, and lindsey risks his life to ensure the plan goes off successfully. he expects congratulations and a pat on the back from gunn, but gunn isn't interested in absolving lindsey's sins (or his own), and their warming relationship freezes over.

at some point, gunn lets himself get taken by the senior partners in an effort to deal with his guilt over various lapses in judgment/perceived moral failures. during their rescue mission to the holding dimension, lindsey stays behind in gunn's place so he can escape, assuring gunn that he's the lawyer the team needs right now. their mutual arcs culminate in lindsey rejecting the idea that redemption is done for recognition, and gunn rejecting the idea that guilt/self-punishment is inherently redemptive.

eventually after being busted out by illyria, lindsey is there to empathize with gunn about losing parts of yourself (body, mind, and/or soul) to w&h, relationships to power when you've grown up without it, and what it means to live with the consequences of your actions. both of them reflect on the nature of redemption/forgiveness/intent as they grapple with how to own up to an appropriate share of the blame.

[crystal-cliffs]

No one tells you how hard it is to stay in character when writing sometimes. These two…they’ve got me like this 🤏

But it’s okay. I’m hungry for more Emilute content so I have to pick up the pen and do it myself even if it’ll be majority angst with sprinkles of fluff.

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Writing my Redemption!Lute Au has been on my to-do list since the episode Welcome to Heaven so I’m praying I can finally make this happen and I hope that I don’t succumb to the perfectionist inside of me because I do think having Lute redeem herself is an interesting angle that I doubt the canon would ever follow.

Also it’s an excuse to make a slow burn Emilute fic and I’d eat dirt for any Emilute content.

[lilydvoratrelundar]

Hey did you guys know you can make music. With your friends. For free. Did you know this.

[artemx746]

Okay I want to be 100 percent transparent and say that I do not and will never hold any malice towards the actors in the show. The only things I’m critical of is the writing and the lighting. The actors are doing amazing, I could not think of a more perfect cast they are putting their hearts and souls into the show. The problem is the script.

[justa-sadjellyfish]

How can I somehow singlehandedly revive the CatCF fan base… someone please help

[neonartistycauseidk]

Thinking…Thinking…someone’s gotta make something…an au, maybe, about Mike and Violet being childhood besties.

Guys—-Guys—-GUYS do you see? Do you see the vision?

I’ve been thinking about this FOREVER someone talk to me about Mike and Violet being besties. Not even childhood besties…just besties. THEY ARE. THEY ARE, YOUR HONOR.

[bibliocharlie]

you wouldn’t suggest a paralyzed person go for a run to cure their disability so stop suggesting people with invisible disabilities just get some exercise. it’s ableist.

that is all, thank you.

[faithfulcat111]

No Stonathan Sunday today. I got some really sad news and I can't write anymore today.

[fireworksoverhell]

{Gonna do another Starter Call! Like this and I'll dm you to figure something out. Doesn't matter if we've spoken before or not, or even if we have another thread somewhere I wanna start things with any and everyone!}

[cowboysuperhero]

THREE OF HIM. blue is an au where he never turns to villainy and is just a hero from the get go, red is just normal, and green is an au where he never stops being a villain and actually turns Even Worse

[canonically-a-genloser]

ohhhh okay so. Looking into the Effects Of Cannibalism again. requested head thoughts

[warangs]

Tbh I’m not interested enough yet to care about the main couple as I should. It’s been only three episodes so far and the only real talk Charlie and Babe had were when Babe opened himself up to him about his past, that’s literally it. Some scenes are cute yes but they don’t talk enough with each other, oh yes they talk either about where Charlie went or about racing strategies. I’m missing one on one talk about everything even if it’s about stupid things but not going to get it. Babe has more talks with his manipulative ‘best friend’ than with Charlie. That’s why I also can’t quite understand why Babe is suddenly head over heels for Charlie to lose a race? (I’m open for someone to enlighten me on that matter). Yes his emotions were heightened because of what Way said and Charlie hid, he lost control and unfortunately lost…. Babe gave Charlie many opportunities to come clean and say the truth but he didn’t and even if Babe is a special Alpha, I don’t think he can read minds or could tell that Charlie and Jeff aren’t a thing from the get go so yeah he do thinks that Charlie is playing a two time thing and yes it can confuses people yet even alphas. I understand everything yet I still don’t get why Babe is head over heels for someone he barely knows….

[dirt-grub]

Being in the workforce instead of college means I have to listen to stupid ass music but at least I don’t have to listen to stupid ass music defenders

[the-valianter-valkyriest]

Talk about Charlie 🌹

While the prior question had left her merely contemplative, this new one forced her face to fall rather instantly … A scowl crept against her face quicker than she could repress it.

“Must we always speak öf her? She may call herself Queen, but she makes a hörrid subject öf cönversatiön…”

“I dö nöt care för her. It’s always astöunded me höw many öf the öthers can tölerate her easier than they can Maxwell. Sömetimes, it makes me döubt we’ve met the same persön.”

“För as cruel as he made himself öut tö be, whist ön the thröne Maxwell still kept söme fleeting essentials öf his hönör still in tact… He shöwed his face, speak his piece… He was töö cöwardly tö fight with his öwn hands, but the beasties at his cömmand all pröved manageable, with effört and time invested intö their defeats…”

“But this new wretch… This Charlie… Even beföre she töök tö the thröne she reveled in the suffering öf her prey… Stalking aböut in that all cönsuming darkness, striking under the blanket öf night… Önce, I cönsidered her a mindless beast. It was almöst endearing tö picture her in such a way… Söme creature that cöwered fröm sunlight, ignörant tö human hönör ör dignity.”

“… What a shöck when I came tö find she’d been nöthing but a cöward and a cheat this whöle time… And even nöw that she’s usurped öur öld ‘King’- as föul a öne he was- nöthing aböut her behaviör has altered.”

“… And even that aside, she knöws nöthing aböut beastmaking… Maxwell exceeded all else with the Deerclöps, and what döes that cönniving wretch dö but ruin it… Gave the thing a laser! She’ll ne’er be förgiven för it.”

[redmeet]

I’ve watched two episodes of the Station Eleven show and I… don’t really like any of the angles they’ve taken?