#OH YEAH LMAO THANKS FOR THE ASK

[gingermintpepper]

I haven't read the Odyssey so I'm asking you. Are you telling me besides Athena, Apollo was the god who helped Odysseus and his family the most? Indirectly at least.

If that's true it's really a missed opportunity in EPIC.

No, no, the god who assists Odysseus the most after Athena is unquestionably Zeus.

Zeus genuinely has no problems with Odysseus and makes it very clear that he finds the man brilliant and would have already had him home and safe if he had his way, but he makes it clear that he's deferring to Poseidon who actually has the problem with Odysseus because, ultimately, the sea is Poseidon's domain and kingdom and Zeus doesn't intend to step on his brother's toes.

(Od. Book 1 trans. Robert Fitzgerald)

I'd definitely give third place to Apollo however. The big bug-bear about Apollo in the Odyssey is just that he's much less tangible than Athena or even Hermes who appears to Odysseus multiple times to help guide him/give him proclamations. His presence is everywhere though; like I've previously mentioned (and like he did with Jason) it's Apollo protecting Odysseus from Poseidon as he sails the sea after Odysseus blinds Polyphemus. It's also Apollo keeping Telemachus safe. His most vital role by far is when Odysseus returns to Ithaca in time for the challenge that will determine the next king. Not only is it a shooting contest whose first hurdle is to string a bow, the challenge itself takes place on a festival day for Apollo. Athena is there with Odysseus and Telemachus physically, but Apollo is looking after them in spirit, sending signs and signals to keep Telemachus especially safe.

(Od. Book 15, Telemachus warns about the state of Odysseus' house to Theoclymenus, a son of one of Apollo's prophets.)

There's also the fact that Odysseus makes sure to pray to Apollo before he attempts to string the bow:

(Od. Book 21. Beggar-Odysseus petitions to shoot his shot)

Likewise, before he slays the first suitor, Odysseus again prays for Apollo's guidance and gaze to guide his arrows:

(Od. Book 22. Odysseus commits the first of many (divinely-sanctioned) murders)

Also, as an additional thing, have Telemachus invoking Zeus, Athena and Apollo that he could see the suitors have their asses beat:

(Od. Book 18. Telemachus excitedly gushes to him mom about his cool new friend (Odysseus. Odysseus is the friend.)

There's a lot of minimisation of Apollo's role in the Odyssey because it isn't as bright and showy as his role was in the Iliad but hey, even there people tend to minimise how truly present Apollo is for the duration of the war when they're doing adaptations. Within Epic, the stage is already more than set for both Apollo and Athena to be there at the advent of Odysseus' revenge but none of that matters if that's not the creator's intention, y'know?

[shuploc]

Kay but also? 👀👀👀 Do you think you'll ever share a screenshot of your TAV from bg3? Bc I truely enjoy all the unique characters ppl come out with, names backgrounds, everything?

This is such a boring answer, but my Tav is literally just me 😭

I know a big component of DnD is to play as a made-up character, but since there's a bunch of options for customization in the game, I wanted to see if I could make a character that looks like me and I got surprisingly close!

Fittingly, my plan was also to play my first run as if I had been isekai'd into Faerûn, and pick the dialog options that were closest to what I would have said myself if I had been in those situations

But anyways, super sweet of you to ask, I'm really sorry for the boring answer though 😅

[pushing500]

You should probably replace Kwahu's hand first, then Mechi's leg. Kwahu is in NO condition to do surgery, lol

Oh, don't worry. Mechi is clever enough not to let a newly one-armed person anywhere near him with a scalpel, no matter how competent they may be with medical stuff.

[muzzlemouths]

Look I’m not gonna lie, don’t really appreciate how Sun has been acting recently towards the reader. However, I do dislike all the other counselors more.

I’m choosing agree mostly because, they had like so many chances to treat the reader better and they just didn’t. Like it’s only when they’re getting murdered they’re like ‘Maybe we shouldn’t be rude to this guy.’ And even then some of them are still mean.

(Love your writing and how you wrote them btw. Lovely characters and lovely story.)

I do think it's pretty funny how eager everyone is to defend Sun after he did nothing but bully us in the last chapter 😭 mans literally lied, cheated, described in charming detail exactly what he was going to do to us, promised to kill us, shoved our face into the mud like a high school bully, and then had the gall to ask if we still wanted to team up. Babygirl you are delusional. put the weapon down and let's go drink some warm soothing tea or something smh.

It's certainly true that the counselors have still been less than kind, even despite their claims of actually seeing Badger as their friend now. Their regards towards us have transitioned from cruelty to plain ol' indifference (save for Dolly, who is ironically warming up to us faster than the the rest), and while that is a start it's difficult to see the small steps towards good that the counselors are making when put up against someone who, regardless of motives, has shown a clear willingness to coo and coddle you if you'll play along.

[panchulien]

Oliv have you watched the last voyage of the demeter?? Because I just did and Nik's actor's character was so nice and then shit happened and holy shit

YESS I HAVE like a week ago or sth oH MY GOD HI NEKRO. IM SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS INFORMATION HAHAHSH

He had... decent.. amount of screen time I guess but it was still very, very wild. I wasn't interested in it otherwise and I'm not a Dracula type of person so, I just quit after he... he. went down in flames.

I'm looking for more things to watch from him but ugh it's so hard. This dude had me searching thru old Croatian television archives I tell you. And whenever I do find something, I lose my mind because how is he that impressive. Dude knows over 5 languages, pretty as hell, sick sense of fashion, comic book nerd..... He should be more appreciated idk.

So sorry I kinda got off topic I just. Had to jump at the opportunity to talk about Stefan Kapičić because I've been losing it over him lately haha. I hope you liked The Last Voyage of The Demeter! I was surprised to see so many positive feedback of it despite not knowing shit about Dracula.

[cconfusedkat]

(shaking hands, functioning on three iced coffees, not beta read we just die) (LIL BRO TREATING THIS LIKE AO3Anyways yeah i did not read anything i typed here a second time so my wording might Suck Major Kuss)

Hey chat! sorry my holiday depression unfortunately kicked in, i had a ,, relatively decent Eid (cuz i dont celebrate christmas) ...? so i hope everyone had a relatively better holiday than i did… 💦

My friends often tell me i look like my art and i kinda see it. Hooray! Meeting the artist! Except i took matters into my own hands of making my own collage because I Do Not Have Enough Storage Space For Any Other Editing App

Additional shitpost ❤️ the art I've been most proud of are not actually in here, really! I'm mainly proud of the fanart i made for the few smiling critters AU's aaaall the way back feb-march but. I guess the stuff i liked the most i did this year was probably for the one who wilts? Im trying to think of stuff earlier than that. I noticed i definitely had an improvement in art, and i learned i do have a preference of drawing certain ways now too lmao- the fun of art! I hope to improve more in 2025 :-)

Herm,, all jokes aside, im glad people like my art...?? I am not a very Secure artist myself (already taking me five minutes to type that out and consider myself as an artist) so im SHOCKED when people Actually like my things. My doodles. The sometimes rare occasion of real art i put out there. Like! Wow! Thats crazy

Id have to say the same for youtube- im currently at 456 subscribers 🥺❤️ that is huge to me,, i wouldnt have expected me posting for the first time in years on youtube would result to me getting this many subscribers? ? .???

Im very, VERY thankful for the people ive met this year through fandom and generally. Unfortunately—for the past few months—Ive hit a really low stump in my mental health that limits me from talking to people without getting super drained, even on social media i kinda struggle with being active again. I am thankful for the people that continue to stick around and know im the way that i am,, one day ill be mentally stronger and everyone is gonna see my growth as soon as i can ,, Actually leave my own home and hopefully start a new. I didnt really consider that until one of my friends shared its experiences with me and i GENUINELY realized i can run away and get better one day,, there is a light at the end of the tunnel,, there IS,, but not now. Not today. Not in a few months. Itll take me years to heal but 2025 and ongoing years as i get more freedom to do so,,

UHHHH UHHH. ASIDE FROM CHEESY RANTING OF HAVING HOPES FOR THE FUTURE, YAPYAPYAP- i got a drawing tablet (again another thing my friend inspired me for- technically two major things in a row it inspired me for- hope in the future and drawing BWAHAHA-) and uhhh. HmMMOOHHH YEAH I REUNITED MY MEOWMEOWS! HOORA🎊🎊🎊🎊

my 2025 goals are not just improvement in art,, but in hopes of getting a full time job (since my last full time UMM. did NOT work out well! How am i gonna learn to pay my taxes on my own dawg,) and trying to get a place of my own since i missed out on that two years ago (or one? One year ago? I DUNNO..!!!!) , therapy and trying to heal better compared to my terrible stumps of 2022-2024,, i dunno what else but. Maybe working on my social skills at some point 🗿🗿 a far fetched goal is moving out of state completely and also going on testosterone but that is farrrr from now </33

Thank you lot for following and keeping up with my goofiness i gen did not think an animanga nerd with a passion of indie and mascot horror games could reach 510 followers within one year HELPPP thats crazy

On less serious goals though i hope on watching more animes than reading manga in 2025 BWAHAHAGAHSAJD i read manga more and anime is Extremely Rare for me to watch but both jjk and Beastars have all ive been watching as of recent lol- trust i will be such a geek (girl Please that is NAWT something to look forward to) (YES IT IS. HAVE YOU NO WHIMSY?)

[whosectype]

TODAY IS CHAIS CREATION ANNIVERSARY!!!

A year ago I let my fixation get the best of me and look where we are now asdjhasdjhszd

This was the VERRRY first drawing of her!! ^^^

And here’s the redraw!! My style has definitely evolved since then hehe

[catboygirljoker]

Questions 1, 21, 23 and 25 for Xiggles on that character questions meme (surprised if no one sent any about him already)

oagh thank you !! i havent received any asks for that ask game yet actually!

character ask game :o)

1. Why do you like or dislike this character?

[vibrating] i have a normal and countable number of things i like about him. for right now: hes representative of many of my favorite things about KH.

one of those things is its thematic depth—he has really interesting interactions with a lot of my favorite themes in the games, including identity/personhood, fatalism, authority figures failing those under their authority, also a lot of the Christian themes/motifs (and the ways those themes are played with), also the ways in which characters parallel each other or act as foils to each other. lotta stuff to dig into there!

another thing i like about KH is its sprawling, epic scope. and luxubar is present for or has a hand in nearly every single plot element in the games. call that bitch humpty dumpty the way he was always there

another thing that characters, like. fuck up? they make mistakes and are wrong about things. they lose sight of their noble goals or do the wrong thing in pursuit of them and end up being unable to achieve those goals. they spread lies and misinformation on accident or on purpose. and boy howdy luxubar has made a lot of mistakes and told a lot of lies. hes a complicated messy flawed character!

all of that AND he's Fucking Weird!!! just a fully bizarre person who says weird shit! even if you dont know anything about his backstory he's still one of the most memorable and fun characters in the series!

in terms of what i dont like about him. 99% of the things someone might criticize about him, i would respond with "yeah thats the point, thats why he rules as a chracter". but if someone said "i hate xigbar because hes a misogynist" i wouldnt even have a response. like yeah. he says some weird "haha girls am i right" shit in Days. i Dont like how he talks to Aqua in BbS. the only thing i could really say is "xigbar is a misogynist because he is in a game series written by misogynists and you have to correct for that" but i still kinda grimace every time he talks to or about a female character. really hoping thats not intentional and future games wont continue to characterize him that way

21. If you're a fic writer and have written for this character, what's your favorite thing to do when you're writing for this character? What's something you don't like?

oh man i could give a dozen different answers for this...in developing his overarching story in my current fic, im really enjoying exploring the like. existential horror of his Whole Deal with the added wrench of "trans man in a cis man's body". no body dysphoria at the cost of total alienation from his body and from potential community with other trans people. unable to participate in conversations about transness; unable to explain why. especially since my other protagonist [oc lamia] is transmasc and has his own complicated relationship with gender and his own body. much too think about !!!

i dont really know how to answer the "what i dont like" part of the question lol...like i write fic as a way to explore a piece of media and its characters. saying something like "i wish he had [x] characteristic so i could do [y] plot thing" feels like saying "i wish this person im interviewing had said something different so i could write this interview differently". like idk! im doing literary criticism, effectively, my writing is responsive to the character, i just writes him like i sees him

23. Favorite picture of this character?

oh MAN i could give a million different answers for this.... right now im thinking a lot about this half second pose he has in DDD.

just something very funny to me about seeing him giving a thumbs up. the supportive smiler.

25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

ive answered this question here! relinking because theres a video clip involved lol. primarily my first impression of him was "evil little league coach". that was before i even played Days, he's REALLY an evil little league coach in that game. it's remained basically true for him to me this whole time.

now whenever i see him im just like "THE BITCH HIMSELF <3 <3 <3 <3 <3" and i kick my legs and smile and grin and clap and play.

[brionysea]

the imaginary world where I actually write my stranger things fic ideas is so beautiful

[screamingcrows]

auphie i have a silly thought i wanted to share if you will hear me out hehe, you do not have to post this, but you always send me silly stuff so i wanted to do one for you in return!

so, i keep thinking about how the lore with rhinegust is moving very rapidly and that has also made me think of how dottore and celeste would change beside rhine and august. so i guess my question is how much would celeste change a couple years down the line? And how much do you think celeste/dottore would also have grown/changed together over the years?

i hope i worded this correctly my brain is v foggy still. If you need any clarification you know where to find me lmao

I think Celeste gradually opens up over the course of a few years with Dottore. Gets better at figuring out what she wants instead of just going along with what everyone around her wants. I think Dottore probably comes to terms with some of the parts of himself that he used to despise - not that he comes to like them - but he can at least live with it.

They definitely become that old married couple who just look at each other and Know™️what the other is thinking. It's funny, because where I know rhinedottir and august change quite a bit, Celeste and Dottore are pretty boring in that regard? Most of their development happens before they ever acknowledge their feelings for the other...

There's a breaking point for Celeste where she completely gives up on Dottore because he's trying to keep her at arm's length. Her absence makes Dottore realise that sure, he can do this alone, but he doesn't want to. Ah and of course, Celeste finds peace with having done horrible things and being reminded that everything doesn't have to be perfect :3

[redstringraven]

11 and 12

*crawls back over here after work week* >:J!!! thank you!!

(also, please excuse that this ask is visually a bit more of a mess. apparently i wrote too much for tumblr to be chill with my usual formatting. apologies. e-e;;; maybe it'll let me format it after the fact. it did not)

TMNT's 40th anniversary ask game!

11.) which version of raphael is your favorite?

like i said in the tags for the meme, it's obvious/a given that my favorite version for all the turtles is gonna be the 2003 one. but since i also said i won't stop/discourage y'all from asking anyway AND said i don't have a favorite out of the boys, i'll use this as an excuse to babble incoherently about some of the reasons i love them. it's not uncommon that i enjoy hot-headed characters. this could partly be because enneagram-wise i'm a 9, and we're the 'odd one out' when it comes to the anger/gut triad (i kind of touched on this concept in my enneagram series; apologies). so, while i often smother my own temper, i still feel it under the surface. i get being angry. anger is also often a secondary emotion--it's an emotion that comes up because you're attempting to disguise something else; "anger is easier" as some quotes may say. i find it interesting to squint and find out why we're 'angry'. what's actually going on? when it comes to '03 raph, i don't think his anger stems from any ONE thing, i think it's more a bundle and that's part of the reason it's so easily set off. a significant piece of it is probably due to things i discussed in his enneagram post: learning to recognize the world is cruel/uncaring and trying to find ways for him--and the few people he cares about--to survive. raph is also a very intense person. anger is an intense emotion. it makes sense that he'd find comfort turning to it when he otherwise can't identify or articulate what he's really feeling. and this isn't to say he's not emotionally intelligent (far from it), i just think he struggles to slow his head and heart down to put names and words to everything flooding him--and WHEN he struggles, he gets frustrated and impatient with himself, which just makes him struggle more. and i appreciate the handful of examples we get that in-series where he can't quite verbalize it, but you can still feel and see it. i think raph likes to take care of people. his brothers, master splinter, april, casey, tyler, mrs. morrison, angel--whether they're someone who he loves, or someone who can't fend for themselves, or both, he just seems to instinctually take people beneath his wing. he's still learning that vulnerability doesn't equate to weakness (you can't show weakness in a world that rejects you), and he's also still learning to harness and manage all those emotions when they turn to anger--steer them to something more productive and beneficial instead. because anger, itself, isn't inherently bad. it's what you do with it. this is something he struggles with at the beginning of the series but seems to get a better grasp of as the seasons pass. i love raph as a hot-headed character who's a marshmallow inside not because of the trope itself, but because it feels very real to me given the circumstances he grew up under, lives under, and how he views the world and how intensely he loves. he's not just there to be "the angry one" so we have that archetype on the team, there're reasons. it's both a strength and a weakness of his. one he's aware of and carries shame for. my man also has an excellent sense of humor; right up my alley. i love him very much but i've already talked a lot and should probably stop here. … also, he hates bugs and got fucking swallowed by one and proceeded to chest-burster his way out of it, like. we love to see a short-king winning and getting to reference a movie he probably loved in the process. talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show-stopping, spectacular, never the same; yee-frickin'-haw indeed, sir.

12.) which version of donatello is your favorite?

copy/paste that first paragraph from the above answer here.

hilariously, like how i seem to have a pattern of enjoying hot-headed characters, i also feel like i have a pattern of loving the more quiet and compassionate ones. this also probably plays into my 9 on the enneagram, since 9s tend to be peacemakers and our place in the web allows us to better see the perspectives of others. i, also, understand the struggle that comes with not wanting to 'rock the boat' and kind of keep those i'm surrounded by happy and chill and secure. but don's also SMART. and i've been a nancy drew reading/game playing bitch since i could read. puzzle-solving… mysteries… cleverness… GIMMIE THAT SHIT.

don was my favorite as a kid, and i think that came both from the fact he was 'the purple one' (joking that was a bias was half of a joke; shut up i was like thirteen) and because he was resourceful, clever, and observant. i loved his kindness, i loved how when things seemed dire he'd usually be the one with an idea, and i probably saw a lot of myself in him whether it be in playing mediator between my siblings, or in knowing a lot of seemingly Random Shit™ about a lot of Useless Things™, or in the simple fact that he often wanted to be left alone to do the thing(s) he was really passionate about. i got a lot of flack for all the time i spent on the computer as a kid. didn't matter if i was writing or drawing or reading about topics i wanted to learn more about--you know, productive/creative/thoughtful activities--i was constantly badgered that i was addicted to it and didn't spend enough time with my family. i guess any moment that don having a weird interest in something "paid off" was validating to me in a way? as well as him not being the strongest fighter, but still being valuable in the team unit (i'm an artist who grew up in a family of athletes). i also appreciated and admired that despite his kindness, he wasn't a doormat. definitely a do-no-harm-but-take-no-shit kind of guy, and lord knows teen!hannah needed to learn to stand up for herself better. so, yeah. i think as a kid i saw a lot of myself in don. i appreciated him for existing in that way.

all that obviously still stands as an adult, the 'favoritism' has just faded away as i've grown to understand and adore the other three more.

don's pretty outstanding, man. while he's usually the route of the pacifist, it's evident that he has a clear line in the sand, and once you've crossed that line… you're gonna realize that when you fuck around, you find out. and you're gonna find out very quickly.

he'll take what little he has around him to scrap together a breathing apparatus for a lost and brain-damaged triceraton (even though the triceraton was previously an enemy), he'll spend months trying to find a cure for a bunch of strangers he barely knows, he's able to empathize with a bunch of child-like nanobots… but at the same time, he'll also blast you with your own arm-canon, drill you into a pile of mulch, trick you into going to a hornet dimension, and verbally assassinate your dignity for all that it's worth.

i love that so much of him IS grounded in creation. making things. learning and understanding. and that kindness is often one of his main driving points. i just wanna take his shoulders and shake him sometimes. in the most loving, motherly and enthusiastic of ways.

…i also firmly maintain that he's physically the strongest out of the brothers. that detail, combined with him being the least competitive out of the four, really amuses me. because i like to think that when it comes to arm wrestling, someone might challenge don because they think nerd = weak. and don's initially not interested in humoring the challenge, but his brothers are behind him like ":)))c no. no, donnie you should do it. it'll be fun!" because they all know. and don's finally just like

… e_e … fine.

and proceeds to slam the other person's arm down before they even know they've lost. his brothers stand there with gremlin smirks, impish grins, snickering, mischievous boyish giggling, and don wanders off unceremoniously to get back to a project. he's got a lot to do today but this was a nice break.

[goldenpinof]

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[whoblewboobear]

📓 💙 if you have the spoons

Hi, Clem!!

Ough! Okay yes! So the other day I was thinking about a very cute friends to lovers au for JacePorter where it’s like if Rhett and Link from GMM were like actually romantically together but not until much later in their careers. So here we go 💖

~

Jace and Porter have been inseparable since the 1st grade. The way Jace tells it, little Ambrose Bellgate kept making fun of his ears so new kid Porter threw a pencil at the little brat and told him to leave Jace alone.

Porter remembers it differently, that Jace DEFINITELY joined in on the pencils throwing because he was a menace of a 7 year old. It ended with a crying Ambrose and both Jace and Porter stuck inside during recess. They make the most of it though by reading a comic Porter snagged from his brother’s collection and sharing the fruit snacks Jace’s mom packed for him that morning. 

They still bicker about the details of that story even though they have countless more from middle school, high school, college, and even more documented throughout their shared YouTube career. 

Even after all these years they still do everything together, so much so that fans speculate about how they could still be that close after 30 years. If it’s been that long they must be in love right? 

Much to Jace’s dismay they aren’t. 

He has, however, been hopelessly and embarrassingly in love with his best friend since high school. He thought things would change when he started dating his first boyfriend but he squarely fucked that up when he moaned Porter’s name during his first time. He’d hoped his feelings would die down when Porter started seeing his first girlfriend. But then there was another and another and Jace just found himself jealous of every single girlfriend and still in love with his completely oblivious best friend. 

He didn’t think anything between them could be a possibility until he watched Porter sneak off with a guy in a club bathroom during college. He pointedly doesn’t ask, but it does give him a tiny ounce of hope.

Present day, Jace is unhappily married, Porter is contently divorced and maybe one night in their shared office Jace is still buzzing from the office party they threw to celebrate a wrap on season 20 of their morning show. Porter stumbles through the door drunk and giddy and plops down next to Jace on their couch. 

Somehow in the haze of alcohol and fuzzy feelings Jace found his way into Porter’s lap and Porter can’t get enough of the sounds Jace is making. And Gods, somewhere in his stupor he’s back in college listening to Jace getting railed in the next room over while he jerks off wishing it were him in that room instead of whatever douchey asshole boyfriend Jace had at the time. 

But then Jace is kissing down his neck and fuck the past, he wants to live in the now, where Jace is grinding down hard on him and he has a slight pink tint to his cheeks from the alcohol and all he can think of is how gorgeous he looks right now. How good Jace’s lips feel against his how- How Jace is married… and this probably isn’t okay. Porter doesn’t like Jace’s stupid idiot husband Ambrose (yes, that Ambrose. Typical Jace to marry his bully much to Porter’s fucking dismay.) 

But he’s not about to fuck up Jace’s relationship over one drunken make out. So he pulls away. And he doesn’t miss the small pout that crosses Jace’s lips before he’s climbing off of him and saying he’s sorry. And Porter looks at him, like really looks at him and takes his hand.

“You don’t have to be, I liked it.” And that’s all Porter needs to say before Jace is mentally signing the divorce papers. Because fuck Ambrose. He still makes fun of his ears and they’ve had more arguments than Jace could count about how he gets to fuck off to his “little fantasyland” (Fuck you, Ambrose 🙄🔪) with Porter, while he works a shitty 9-5 he hates. It’s not Jace’s fault, he told him he makes more than enough to provide for the both of them, but of COURSE Ambrose took issue with that too like he does with-

“Hey, hey calm down, look at me. Breathe.” Porter can tell he’s thinking, running through every little scenario in his head because Jace is prone to worrying. It’s why they work so well together. Jace worries and Porter reminds him everything will be okay. Always. Just like he is now. Once Jace heart has slowed to an acceptable pace, Porter holds Jace’s hands in his and asks, “Are you sure, Stardiamond.” 

Jace nods and for the first time in years, he truly has everything he’s ever wanted. 

[dandyshucks]

hiii dandy my beloved guzma liker mutual. listen. bugboys aside i gotta know your favorite tugger / mistoffelees actors if you have any. or maybe least favorite ... how do you feel about the new version of tugger that raps 😭 white catboy you can not be having those dreads.. they haunt my dreams.. seriously why did they cast the whitest guy you've ever seen for that change .

HELPPPPP THEY REALLY DID CAST A WHITE GUY FOR THAT DIDN'T THEY....... OH MY GOD. i've been avoiding even looking in the direction of rapping tugger LMFAO, I thought at the very least they cast a black man for the part but NOOO THAT'S A WHITE MAN WITH DREADS. cats in general is ... a deeply flawed production as is LMAO (thanks Britain) but idk how they ever thought THIS would make it better (ohhhh how the racism bell is a-clanging!). he did not even look like any of the other cats anymore oh my god the costuming is atrocious 😭😭😭😭 literally what were they thinking... white people moment i fuckin guess but holy shit. abysmal. i am aghast honestly.

anyways uhm. Ibn Snell and Hank Santos are the two performers I saw for Misto and Tugger respectively. I still don't really believe some days that I actually saw Cats performed live, like.... that was such a pipedream for me and then it happened ??????? (i did fight hard w family to get to see it fdsjkl but still. things like this don't ever happen to me so AWAUUGHH very epic very awesome that it did happen !! it was worth all the shit that happened around it honestly fdsjkl and that is saying A Lot LOL) but yeah I think I have to choose those two because WOWWW Ibn did a phenomenal job and i don't think he really played Misto for very long unfortunately, I don't see very many people talking about him like ... ever (honestly that may be due to racism, I do not know though). And John Partridge (og actor for the recorded version) ofc is amazing in the role of Tugger but I enjoyed Hank a LOT.

I've heard good things about Zach Bravo (as Tugger) and Paul Giarratano (as Misto) but I don't remember if I actually found a recording of those two or not LOL so I can't really say anything about them personally. (<- has had to look up the names that i've talked about in the past w friends in discord bc i don't remember actors names beyond some of the original broadway production newsies cast LMAO)

but anyways Ibn Snell's Misto is so fucking cute and fun, he did such a phenomenal job of that role AUGHHHH. Hank's Tugger was also really really good, he had the right swagger for it and did some awesome crowd work too during the showing I saw. photos of them i went and found quickly to show you, yayyy:

and then a couple tumblr posts with videos of the cast I saw (not the showings I saw but fsdjkl same cast!):

OKAYYY that's all I have to say, thank u for asking and I am so sorry that Cats ever thought it was a good idea to make Tugger into some sort of racist caricature of rap culture holy shit I am still astounded every time I think about it like. whwat the fuck. why did they do that. Tugger is an Elvis rock'n'roll cat ..... WHATEVER. it doesn't exist in my perfect world. same with the 2019 movie fhsdjkl that doesn't exist, okay? we simply do not see it ..... LOL

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Quick Question

How does your Rook feel about HoF, Hawke, and the Inquisitor? How much does Rook know about their history and all that?

ohh these are good questions, had to do a lot of thinking!

Rook and the Hero of Ferelden:

As a Crow, Renn has been passingly aware of the Warden simply because Zevran ran away with her! Thanks to Lucanis and Harding talking about Ferelden, we know that Zevran (and his House by proxy) are rather infamous for failing that contract. The story of a Crow running away with his mage mark gained popularity after the Fifth Blight ended and it spawned at least a few trashy romance novels running with that idea. If Renn wasn't so dedicated to the Crows, she might make the amusing connection between herself and Lucanis and the story, but neither of them truly desire to leave the Order so it simply stays a story. As for the actual heroics of the HoF? Renn has held the woman absently as an example of what a mage let loose can be. Micah Surana was a mage who shrugged off the shackles of the Mage Circles, survived true horrors, experienced agonizing betrayal, made the awful choices no one else could or would, and saved the world. As the events of Veilguard drag on and wear her down, she starts thinking about that legendary mage and the story of caution her life became before she disappeared. She definitely started reading up more on the historical side of the story the harder things got for herself. Sometimes she wonders how similar they might be at the end of it all.

Rook and Hawke:

(I must preface this with the fact that I have not played DA2 nor watched a proper playthrough of it as I want to try to play it again, I merely know some major story beats)

For the most part, Renn wasn't really aware of what happened in Kirkwall back in the Fifth Blight. Hawke was more just... the dashing rogue in Varric's stories who somehow always got into trouble. Someone who seemed larger than life, who couldn't actually have done all those things in that specific way with people like that. After Varric's death comes to light and she no longer has to fight the Evanuris to save the world, Renn starts reading the books Varric wrote. She starts seeing the threads of the life he lived, the people he loved and worked with, woven into each story. She starts wondering how much was embellishment and how much was true. It was with some surprise that she learned that Hawke was lost some years prior to the Fade at the Inquisitor's side. She had hoped to pass the news of his passing to his close friends, see for herself what those people were like, but the trail seemed to end in death wherever she looked. Isabel has been the only other person she could ask about Varric and Hawke, with various results as the woman is also prone to exaggerating just to keep the dwarf's bit going. Renn doesn't know Hawke very well, or really understand just how much they actually did, but Varric loved them and that's enough for her. They were a good person, if nothing else.

Rook and the Inquisitor:

It's a little hard to find people who haven't at least heard of the Inquisitor after she saved the world from Corypheus and the Veil almost falling. A Dalish mage becoming the Herald of Andraste would have been a figure that captured her imagination if she hadn't been a bit busy helping Viago become Fifth Talon at the time. Watching Clan Lavellan become the governing body of the city of Wycome, changing many of their ways and rules of living, was a bittersweet development for her to learn about. Clans can change, but hers simply refused to.

As for the Inquisitor, she only knew the broad strokes of that story. Ceridwenn Lavellan was a mage, training to take over as her Clan's Watcher when she was chosen by Andraste to save the world. She saved the mages in Redcliffe, she saved the Wardens at Adamant Fortress and vouched for the order, she saved the Empress of Orlais while being the toast of the ball (and convinced the ruling bodies to work together despite it all), and that there were rumblings that she had delved an ancient elven ruin and returned with a mysterious knowledge. Varric and Harding spoke of the woman fondly, of how she selflessly put herself between innocents and the sword every time, of how she always was looking for how to help the people best, of how she put herself in danger first before anyone else was allowed to step forward. She was selfless, she was brave, and she was kind. According to them, she also hated being called the Herald of Andraste and fought the title constantly behind closed doors. It was with some blessing that her Clan no longer needed her to take over leading them as, once she had finished saving the world, she happily settled down in Antiva with her Ambassador after the Inquisition was disbanded.

Renn has a confusing opinion of the Inquisitor during the events of Veilguard. Before Morrigan brought them together, Lavellan was simply a figure who was larger than life. A model hero to strive to be like. Meeting her, talking with her, discussing Solas, left her with mixed opinions. The woman was patient and answered her questions well enough, but she was insistent that they save her friend. Solas had hurt people, had hurt her, and Lavellan wasn't asking her to forgive him for that- she was asking Renn to see him as a person pushed too far, not too different from either of them. After everything, Renn still isn't sure that the Inquisitor was right to believe in the old god, but fighting for your friend no matter what? She has to respect that, even if the woman sees to carry a deep sadness with it.

Anyways, thanks for giving me an excuse to think about this and ramble! This was a fun angle to explore, I hadn't really thought of how Renn might know or feel about our previous heroes before.

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Just know the urge to rewatch the breakfast club is plaguing me and it’s entirely your fault what have you done to me /j lol

LOL DUDE I was literally just talking with one of my sisters about how I'm kind of itching to rewatch that movie now lmaooo you *should* you should actually!