#Hit Grinder

[sippihippie]

[awkward-bard]

When the last episode confirms the existence of fantasy 9/11

[poundingwaves]

Ok I know The Bad Kids are teenagers and I know the players are improvising and under a ridiculously tight schedule but idk the themes just weren't coming together for me. I think if we had like 1 more hour of narrative and 1 less hour of combat between ep 18-20, a lot could've been reckoned with before/during the final battle.

I know The Bad Kids did what needed to be done with the time and knowledge that they had but, knowing that The Rat Grinders (minus klck lol) were violently possessed by rage, I just wish there were other options. Maybe Fig's psychic meddling with Ruben could've triggered his sense of justice for Lucy. Maybe the shards of Cassandra could've been used to call to the old Ankarna. Maybe Fig's belief in the original Ankarna could've caused lapses in the rage crystals the way that Bakur flickered back and forth between his pit fiend and high elf forms. Like Justice can take so many forms and I just wish there was more of a throughline of rehabilitation over penalization.

And I feel like the stark contrast of Ankarna talking to The Bad Kids individually after the battle really underlines the issue. Yes, the hammer of justice falling on those who do harm is sometimes necessary, but it cannot be the only option. And the fact that Ankarna felt useless as the goddess of justice if she couldn't kill for her followers made me so fucking sad.

I loved the therapuetic scenes of The Bad Kids addressing their families and facing the ways they've been wronged and have maybe even caused harm. I just wish the Rat Grinders who were groomed, murdered, possessed, and murdered again had had the same chance instead of just being unceremoniously revivified as a narrative afterthought.

[spaciebabie]

me all day

[esthersinclair]

i am kinda sad kipperlilly didn’t come back just bc she’s so cunty but i do like that the rest of the rgs did

if there were to be a spin-off with the former rgs working to be redeemed (or whatever…) i would tune in 👀

[whoblewboobear]

If anyone has read or watched one of us is lying that’s the vibe I’m starting to get from the rat grinders now that we know Lucy was attacked by a group. Friends out of circumstance and secrets that bind them in some way whether they like it or not.

[bladeweave]

urghhhh thinking about how for laezel the cultural concept of romance doesnt exist so she never knew she was yearning for a kind touch until she got it and how karlach has spent so long waiting for the opportunity to trust someone enough to be able to touch and care for them and now that she has the opportunity shes completely overwhelmed by it

[clottedscream]

every 2 or so minutes while coloring this i went “ugh” out loud

[20dimensionsoftangerine]

Violence is the same as sex to me

Teen on teen is fine. Good even

[bioswear]

So I thought about how the Intoners are basically plants; and then I thought about the pun “The Final Bong” (lost my shit at myself for like, five minutes), then I drew this in a fit of madness, and now I’m cured :)

I was going to save this for actually 4/20 bc it’s like a holiday to me 😂 but I’m also deeply impatient so 🔥🍃💨 cheers, happy weed month instead

[thesmokinpossum]

drunk as fuck once again and i got a job interview for a job i really want in less than 11 hours, we'll see how it goes

[valence-e]

THE BALL IS AFFECTED BY SAMSARA?!?

[hella1975]

returning to watching horror films like chin up princess. no paranormally driven axe murderer chasing you rn 🥺

[putridpride]

Man's biggest tragedy is when the bowl is empty and I don't wanna grind up more weed

[mockingbiirdx]

larkin's the type of person to buy a coffee machine only to buy a starbucks instead . xD

[liliallowed]

snake dust lore

tw child abuse/murder

tw jincan experimentation

tw illegal monster trafficking

tw death

he was born in an illegal black market monster trafficking site.

specifically the result of countless trials and errors with throwing monsters to each other's throats just to live. he survived being wiped out due to his speed and clocking ability. his siblings we're not so lucky.

the experiment was an ancient tradition that had been modernized and twisted into a sick display of the worse cruelty humans had to offer. jincan was banned ever since the human monster war era. though that did little to stop the humans from weaponizing LV. increasing it's potency through creating addicted mind slaves that would only be born to serve the purpose of being their exp.

then again... nature also had the same excuse but animals wouldn't be counting only feed out of instinct.

so many bites, so much poison running through his tiny soul that was one chip away from snapping into shards.

so much pain. and yet by some luck. by some faint glimmer of determination he'd barely make it out... one day after another barely surviving.

he was slowly developing a unique tolerance to the toxins. and finally being the "result" the humans were after... immunity to toxic magic? or was it to create a venom potent enough to kill thousands for their little weapons?

he knew he wasn't the only one... the humans made sure to have PLENTY of test subjects to kill off before letting "unnatural selection" do it's thing. he had competition...

the luxurious food, or the praises... the fake smiles they'd give him looking at him like he was some sort of object... he was too prideful to let himself fall for it.

he didn't care. he just wanted to get out.

after a while they stopped throwing him in the pit. instead they would directly forcefully inject him with whatever "safe dose" of deadly substance they had to make a "cure". and it was extracted from his competitors...

just another guinea pig that was one of the very few to make it to adulthood through a hellscape.

family? siblings? friends? why even bother when they'd just be used against you?

mates? just for these freaks to make more of his kind suffer? just to repeat the cycle? no. no he wouldn't play their dumb sick game.

if they wanted a monster he'd give them one. he'd kill all their PRECIOUS research results, then himself and burn the place down. it didn't matter. nothing mattered.

though it never came into fruition.

he eventually escaped containment as he was being transported to a bidder. he went into hiding unsure where and where to strike back. all he could do was wait.

it was what had kept him alive so far after all.