#ANYWHO. UHM. idk tumblr etiquette I hope this is ok to reblog like this. sorry and/or thank you

[zeldasadork]

#Op I am affectionately hitting you with the fluffy end of a broom #This is. Yeah #I mean they all also have. A weird relationship with loyalty #Joel is like a dog. He has his people and he stays with them. Always. His literal dogs in 3l and grian in ll #Boat boys and the bad boys and now the mounders. He always stays for as long as he can #Bdubs.. well. Yall know “noone can be trusted” at the end of l3. It kept through up until dl breaking through to him #The clockers were solid too. But the mounders feel like a reprise of him and cleo in 3l to me. He's at that point again. Good for him #Mumbo.. well. Whatever the heck he and grian had in ll. Sure did happen. So life series mumbo definitely has an Opinion on friendships #And pearl... Oh pearl. She's a bit like joel I suppose. But my first thoughts on life series pearl will always be dl #They all know the feeling of “found family” in that traditional sense from somewhere and it never holds #So. They'll make it hold. #By not giving it their all after too many failed attempts they somehow found a group that gave each other everything (tags re:@furrysmp sorery I don't know how to cite tags I just really like them and wish to reblog)

to me mounders are found family but not in a standard siblings-esque dynamic or anything. particularly early on it’s like they have the unshakable camaraderie of like, college dormmates bonded through their mutual befuddlement of what shared teachers they have, or acquaintances stuck in a elevator together, or shipwreck survivors caught in the same stretch of land.

and it’s happenstantial up until they’re maybe a little too loyal a little too giving for what should ultimately amount to amicable neighbors. it’s happenstantial until they start to notice that they choose eachother over and over again, in their own ways. it’s that they care for eachother and they fight for eachother and they mourn for eachother as a whole and individually. and it’s fascinating.