#{chat: bo}

[stagefoureddiediaz]

Ok So who is down for a bit of a wild Eddie Diaz is Freddie Mercury theory that is actually based in colour theory?!!

Yeah, yeah, I know that sounds insane but hear me out!

So Freddie superstar queer man of moustache wearing fame who also happened to sport a swept back floppy haired look in the 1980’s

Remind you of anyone??

Yeah - similar hairstyle and moustache! Keep that in mind as we continue!

Did you know that he never actually confirmed his sexuality publicly?

He hinted at it in the lyrics of Bo Rhap - which he wrote (and released with Queen) in 1975 when he was figuring things out. At that time he was in a relationship with a woman (Mary Austin - who he called his wife even though they never married. They remained best of friends and she was at his side when he died - he left her most of his estate) but had an affair with a man - and was also dealing with religious and childhood trauma (he was sent to catholic school and had a difficult upbringing at the hands of his mother). Bo Rhap was Freddie sorting through all of his feelings around his sexuality - the lyrics can be interpreted in many ways but the other members of Queen have spoken about its meaning being clear and personal to Freddie at the time. So ‘mama’ is a reference to the Virgin Mary and also to his mother - playing on both his childhood and religious traumas, saying he didn’t mean to make them cry is about not wanting to disappoint them but also about needing to be true to himself. ‘Just killed a man’ is about the death of his heterosexuality. I could go on (I can always write a post explaining the lyrics more fully if that is something that would interest anyone - Queen and Freddie were a hyperfixation of mine as a teenager!!) but I won’t in order to keep to my actual wild theory!

Now I wonder who that sounds like?? Childhoood trauma at the hands of his mother, catholic upbringing that didn’t fit with who he is, relationship with a woman who he loved but didn’t love the right way?? Yeah that sounds remarkably like a certain Edmundo Diaz if you ask me.

Now the moment Freddie actually ‘came out’ without actually coming out and essentially confirming he was not straight (there is debate about if he was gay or bi because he referred to himself as bi) was when he released ‘The Great Pretender’ in 1987 - when he was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS (he had been showing symptoms since 1982 but he also never actually confirmed his diagnosis until the day before his death in 1991) The reason this is significant in relation to Eddie DIaz is multi fold!

Firstly this was the moment Freddie chose to shave off his moustache as a symbol of not hiding who he was anymore and he never grew it back. So for Freddie Mercury his moustache was a literal mask and not a symbol of his queerness. The song is literally about coming out to the world and confessing and not hiding who you are and about wanting to fit in even though you are different. When we have had Episodes titled Masks, confessions, and have wannabes coming up - and we have Eddie Diaz shaving off his moustache as a symbol of not hiding any longer - choosing to embrace his true self - that’s a pretty loud parallel if you ask me.

Now to the colour theory of it all - because you see we have pink coming to the party for both Eddie and Freddie!

Freddie wore this wonderful double breasted pale pink satin suit for the promotional photographs and for the music video of ‘The Great Pretender’ and the scenes he wore it for in the music video were the ones that symbolised him being his true self as he reflected back on his life and all the various costumes and ‘disguises’ he wore throughout his life and career.

And now we’ve had Eddie in Pink for two very key scenes - the only time he has worn pink in the entire show.

Firstly we have the karaoke scene with Eddie in his Crockett and Tubbs pale pink suit and dark pink shirt.

And then we have Risky business Eddie in a pale pink shirt

Both times Eddie has worn pink pale pink have been in connection with being shown his true unmasked and unfiltered self - at the karaoke we see him letting loose and just enjoying himself, and then we have the newly shaven Eddie dancing the Risky business dance finding joy in something. They’re both scenes about Eddies joy, his freedom and him expressing himself. They’re about showing the audience who the real Eddie is - when he isn’t weighed down by all the other things in his life.

Oh hey look, its not even just the pink parallels of it all because we also had drag queens in the great pretender music video (L-R Roger Taylor, Peter Straker and Freddie Mercury) just like we did in the Karaoke scene.

And then we have the green and pink parallel!

Because something I have been side eyeing hard since we first got the stills for the karaoke scene is the colour swap for Buck and Eddie. This was the first time we saw Eddie in pink - in any real colour colour to be honest - Eddie has stuck to a pretty rigid colour palette since he first appeared in Under pressure (oh look yet another Queen reference!) always in muted shades rarely wearing anything bright and generally in a green, grey, blue, black and white colour palette with a little bit of burgundy/maroon thrown in. The only time we’ve really seen him in anything close to a bright colour is the yellow shirt from 601 which we have just seen again in 806. Buck however has worn pink on numerous occasions (Mays graduation party, the tsunami, the hilly coffee maker scene, when Chim figures out Buck knew where Maddie was scene etc etc) and so it is a staple colour for him. Mint green however is not a colour he wears - in fact Buck wearing green more generally is not common at all (especially outside of break up scenes!). So I was already looking for significance in the colour choices that had been made - but didn’t have all the pieces (and not just because the actual karaoke element of the scene had been cut) - until now! Now it is very clear that wardrobe and ABP have to have been given specific colour instructions about Eddies costume colour - because they needed it to play into the Freddie Mercury concept - the pink suit and the swept back hair, the drag queens - the entire thing was a nod to the great pretender and basically the kicking off of a queer arc for Eddie - now backed up by the 806 scene.

I wrote at the time in my meta about pink being the colour for the season and being a play on innocence and naïveté - which did fit with this scene and Eddie in this scene, but it also felt like it wasn’t the entire answer - with the context of the risky business Eddie scene though - now it is making sense - it is about showing Eddie letting go and being free, but it is also symbolic of Eddie becoming lighter (and no I don’t mean in terms of the fact he seems to only wear half his clothes when he’s in pink!) as he allows his true self to see the sunlight.

It also gives us this very interesting parallel/mirroring - Eddie in Pink - Buck in green - in both scenes - the framing is the same - right down to Eddie drinking his beer!

Notice how the tone has swapped though - Eddie darker toned in his darker pink shirt while Buck is super pale in the mint green - switched to Eddie in the super pale pink while Buck is in the very dark green. In S7 both are in relationships and they’re all over each other - because it is ‘safe’ to do so - its the most intimate we’ve ever actually scene them (physically I know they’ve metaphorically been closer) Then when they’re both single they’re keeping a foot apart!

The parallel is a really interesting one - this idea that the episode before - in 705 both Buck and Eddie nearly end up single but choose to stay/ pursue relationships that are not the right fit for them - highlighted by this karaoke scene showing who there person actually is - now backed up by the final scene of 806 - reversed colours and all - showing who their person is after both relationships have ended. The light and dark of both scenes plays into who is in the better place in that moment - So Buck was in the best place in 706 while Eddie is in 806. The other aspect of the two scenes is the loud v quiet. Bucks bi arc being a loud and bright colourful affair full of drama etc, while Eddies is taking a more sedate and quiet route - much like the quiet of a scene where they just sit together in silence. This is a reflection of what each needs in those moments - Buck needed the world to accept him and his bisexuality in 706 and in 806 its about Eddie accepting himself. Their journey’s from here on out are the opposite - Buck now needs to sit in the silence and accept himself while Eddie needs the acceptance of the outside world (namely his parents and Chris) they are holding mirrors up to each other and it perfectly highlights their respective personalities and wider journeys. It also reflects the duality of Freddie Mercury himself - a complete showman - confident and full of charisma on stage - off stage however he was, by all accounts a quiet and unassuming but complex man who accepted himself privately but wasn’t able or wiling to share all of himself with the world (as was and is his right).

So the Freddie Mercury parallel that it seems Tim is playing into is very loud and telling and the colour theory is backing it up perfectly so far.

This is a rambling mess - it’s 2:30am and I should be asleep so apologies if it makes zero sense, but I hope it does!

[itstimeforstarwars]

I think it's really funny when people say I'm converting them either to "korkie is a kenobi" or "korkie is not a kenobi" truthers. You don’t need to be a truther if you don’t want to. Join me in the middle with Schrodinger's Kenobi, where Korkie both is and is not a Kenobi until I figure out which option makes the plot funnier.

[gnomey22]

An import of Failtopia text posts

Took way too long to get to around to this, but it felt right to finally do on S2’s anniversary, so here’s the grand return of FTP again! Fun thing about this volume; I accidentally remade, like, five previous text posts in the creation process. I really needed to get back in the groove of all of this

Previous volume:

https://www.tumblr.com/gnomey22/770876838653345792/a-gift-of-failtopia-text-posts?source=share

[zopy4]

wow, failtopia season 1 is 7 years old now!

to celebrate, i'm taking a bunch of doodles/text posts/general things and putting them into a nice little post!

here are some doodles i've done in my notebooks and planner

some little notes about some of these:

the sixth one is from that one scene where failboat asks chat who their favorite is. i like to imagine they just say every character's name at once.

sooo about the eighth one: i've always associated rose and pirahnyawn with cicada days... just feels very them to me. (also my dnd oc meglan is there too. idk why.)

the twelth one is an in the foreground reference because i've been reading it recently (took a little break from reading it though, i'm like 42-ish chapters in)

and here's some stuff from my procreate gallery that's just been kinda sitting there + some explanations of why i made them

more notes!!!

the first one comes from here

the second one is here

the third and fourth ones have been sitting on my ipad for a while. i think i saw them on discord

an old wip i never finished of the eribo garden scene

on friday i was rly sick and i was thinking about bo taking care of a sick erica and it made me feel a little bit better so i drew a lil sketch

sometimes i like to imagine deko accidentally become chi and lanc's wingman. i just love the s1 neksdor kids and their interactions. here's the base image.

i was reading in the background and a certain scene from chapter 10 made me start giggling so hard and then this appeared on my canvas.

[welldonekhushi]

Average "Bell" conversation about Russell Adler be like:

@efingart @imagoddamnonionmason

[m3nalon]

some doodles from my Miraculous AU/Rewrite to procrastinate from finishing the actual full on drawing :P

[katiekatdragon27]

why does answer time treat beep like total garbage, for real

I don't think it does actually. Sure, she is the butt of a lot of jokes, but that does not necessarily mean the show treats her bad. She's the result of a normal person being placed in a hyperactive and wacky world. She is going to be roughed up in that environment.

There are a lot of characters being tossed around in both AT and ATS, but I never see anyone complaining about Bing being literally baked into a chocolate bar, Bo being thrown around a construction site, Bang's whole endeavor in Emmett's place or Boop being tied to a rocket and blowing up. Not to mention the entire intro is them flying through the air and hitting their head on a target. They all get their fair share or being smacked around.

They are all equal lol, it is just more obvious with Beep because the head on her shoulders is just too good. I honestly feel more sympathy for Boop and Bo cuz they have it worse imo, but that is just me.

Just some thoughts tho, feel free to disagree. Have a great day^^

[samthecookielord]

my friend is going to pax west and i wanted her to get something signed for me... so i spedrun this as fast as possible sfdhfdshjfsd

[sukunas-play-thing]

Sometimes, your obsession love for Sabo makes me curious what about him got you like this? Like I'm genuinely curious how it started if you don't mind my asking...

I'm obsesssssssssssed he's so pretty 😍 🤧 my favorite brother out of the three for sure.

Ace is what got one piece on my radar because I haven't officially watched it until maybe a year ago. And then I looked up buggy and found myself down the rabbit hole. I came across the revolutionary army, and went down a whole rabbit hole on that one and that's how I discovered Sabo.

I love your question because it gave me a chance to really think about it

I do have a thing for blondes irl so that's what initially caught my attention at first glance. Then I read about him.

I like a reckless leftist with views the same as mine, he's so very kind and compassionate but hides it to stay face in front of his boss. He's an amazing brother and holds alot of guilt for not being inaction to prevent something horrible.

His style is so sexy, I love a man that's put together and clean. He's a good fighter and deserves all good things in life. (I also like how hot headed he is. That man would defend your honor and integrity till his dying breath.)

And I just know he'd be an amazing partner. He's cooler than people let on or even care to question, or realize. Many people don't popularize Sabo because their convinced he's Ace 2.0. Or made as an apology for killing off Ace.

And it infuriates me. Sabo is his own person and he's been hinted at way before Aces unfortunate passing. I could go on and on about him but I don't want my ask to be so long. So that's all I'm going to express lol. Thank you for asking too. This was really fun to answer 💕💛💖❤️💓💗💓💕

[st0nesnglitter]

Response to “are you guys in a relationship? You’re always flirting with each other” bAHAHA

[no-tengo-ojos]

le chat est boing boing, le chat est boing boing

[alleycatsulli]

You guys should totally come join us in our Brotherhood of Steel server on discord. 😏 Its a party! Come join our shenanigans! We RP as OC and Cannon characters. Ad Victoriam🫡

[gnomey22]

A revival of Failtopia text posts

Been a while since I’ve done this. The Party Crashers text posts completely popped off with notes, so I kind of didn’t feel the same rush to make more as I usually would, but I’m back in the swing of things now, there should be another volume coming out sometime soon, maybe even another Party Crashers volume.

Previous Volume:

https://www.tumblr.com/gnomey22/762239841421426688/a-league-of-failtopia-textposts?source=share

Next Volume:

https://www.tumblr.com/gnomey22/769055308809191424/a-milestone-of-failtopia-text-posts?source=share

[zopy4]

happy 4th birthday to failtopia s2!!!

i'm keeping my promise to post another doodle dump. some of this stuff is from march/april, the rest of it is varied stuff i didn't include in the s1 birthday post. :)

okaay. some more notes.

1 - chi's hat in that one doodle is supposed to say "my arson charges don't define me" but the text is really small

5 - i've been thinking about chat's bo doll for a while. i wonder if bo would like sewing? or needle felting? or crocheting? i wonder how she would have made the doll.

9 - i wasn't really in a timeloop. well i kinda was. but not really.

10 - finally a c!fail design. i was thinking about him more because of ray's hcs. (also chat would wear failboat merch. this is canon to me.)

21 - i really wanna draw friend and bo as that one tumblr post. maybe one day...

24 - trying to change up my chi design. i like how she turned out. (and yes, her shirt says "arson is okay".)

28 - more design stuff. i made that little note on my computer about the cerberus because only then did i realize i messed up the order.

also some stuff from my procreate gallery

the first one is an older drawing. i did it back around june of 2023 and posted it to the failboat discord after one of the postgame streams. the one where he gave chat the mouth. here it is for anyone without the discord.

here are the text post links. :)

i can barely type right now... it's 12:42 am... i have literally misspelled like every single word in these last two sentences and keep having to rewrite them. i'm going to bed now.

[noctnis]

also i didn't get to talk Abt this yesterday since i was eepy tired but like pactw reacting to my animatic ... wowie....

[flowermist7432]

Lately i've been utterly crushed by my past and really conflicted on how I should feel towards my past-self. Sometimes I think "I was such a shitty person, gross, cringey, loud and annoying. Cant believe i did that, if how i acted as a 11 years old got out id be cancelled for sure. Im glad i was bullied and hurt because now I am humbled and a better person." but another part of me goes "That was a child! she was a girl who had a lot of emotions and cared and wanted to save bugs from being stepped on and hug her friends. she wanted to be loved and she didnt deserve what happened!"