#Speculation Corner

[roystartt]

All this 'bee' talk about s8 and then something about the fact that Tommy flies helicopters or otherwise known as 'birds'

The birds and the bees

Bucktommy sex scene s8 premiere confirmed

[fishing-lesbian-catgirl]

It is funny to me how much arguing there was between people trying to speculate on Ryoko Kui’s sexuality and people saying it’s literally none of our business. Then she uploads art where she draws a bunch of elves from video games and refers to multiple of the of the elven women as “her wife” or “fell in love at first sight”. And yet in a twitter thread about it I still saw people saying that referring to women as your wife could be straight woman behavior actually (???)

[aeriona]

Some various races and species of Khalodnan people (not to scale) + a map I cooked up in Agzaar's fantasy map generator

Most of the Frenator population is nomadic so the examples above are very derivative, and more often than not their race won’t represent where the person is from, but rather their heritage.

Out of the five Frenator races, the Eltalyans are the oldest originating from the deepest glaciers of southern Khalodna, where they spread out across the continent and diversified over thousands of years.

Khalodna from coast-to-coast is roughly the same width as Australia, only it's much, much colder with a good portion of the landscape being covered in glaciers and frosty tundra.

The map shows the (very rough) "urban" distribution of the four peoples of Khalodna, although it doesn't account for wandering nomads which actually make up the majority of the Khalodnan population. Most of the country has few resources/food to go around, so many people have to travel to stay fed and happy.

It wasn't always like this, there actually used to be MUCH more people in Khalodna with actual kingdoms and stuff, but that was before a war happened that essentially collapsed anything resembling organised society. There's ruins of castles and towns all over the place BOTW-style.

Apart from the people of Khalodna, there are also various creatures that call it home! Namely two types of dragons, feathered serpents in the northeast, wooly rhinos, sea monsters and a very wide array of marsupials spread out across the continent.

[lemotmo]

I'm going to try and approach this a bit differently. We have all been in a position where we desperately wanted something from a show. We can all relate to the desire for something you love to become canon. I still fret about whether or not they'll actually give us Buddie. Yes it has been sign posted but it's been sign posted for years and we're still waiting. Anyway I say that part to say this next part. They are sign posted. The canon signs are there and there everywhere. None of it is made up from nothing. Yes there are headcanons but that's true of every ship. But most of the headcanons have canon scenes that they stem from. The BT stuff is all headcanon. I keep seeing gifs of Buck with gifs of Lou from other acting rolls and them being tagged as bucktommy. Those gifs have nothing to do with 911 and aren't Tommy. None of it is based on canon. It has all come from their cameo conversations with Lou. And that genuinely dumbfounds me. Because now I see less and less Buck and it's increasingly Tommy centered.

Buck is the character the show cares about and they know that. I don't know enough about the SWAT theory to speak to it's truth or not but the timing of its renewal and him going 911 dark does somewhat feed into the rumor. I don't know, it's bad enough so many of them have become horrible towards Eddie but now they're starting to change who Buck canonically is to fit their headcanons of Tommy (the whole damsel in distress nonsense enrages me). And while I understand the desire to push for what you love, basic knowledge of the show has to play into your expectations at some point. It will be interesting(terrifying) to see how they react when his arc finishes, and he himself stated it was an arc(hello people he said this) so I'm just forever dumbfounded as to how we got here and I'm someone who genuinely tried to see where they're coming from.

*sigh* sorry for the length of this ask. Your blog is lovely.

Yes Nonny. Yes! All of this! This has been on my mind for so long now and you managed to summarize it so beautifully.

I simply do not get how we got here. A couple of months ago, everything was great in this fandom. We had no great expectations of Buddie canon, but we were happy to be on ABC so we could maybe get some more Buddie scenes. And we did get them. Season 7 was great for Buddie.

Unfortunately it also brought along Tommy. I was and still am thrilled for Buck being revealed as being bisexual. It's wonderful! And the initial thrill of it was exciting. I immediately started tying this in to Eddie. A lot of us in the Buddie fandom have long since theorised that, as soon as one of them would come out, the other would follow because it would be the only thing to make sense. Buck and Eddie have both been queer-coded for so long now and finally we would see some movement in their story.

Imagine my surprise when suddenly some people decided that Tommy was the best thing that had ever happened to Buck. It was all Tommy this, Tommy that, Tommy with the sun shining out of his ***. I was so confused. Even some of my Buddie mutuals who I had known for years, just kind of gave up on Buddie and started worshipping at the altar of Tommy Kinard.

And the fact that Lou started spouting his headcanons in those cameos definitely didn't help either. Some people really believe in those headcanons.

And listen, nothing against headcanons. I have some of my own. But there is a reason why they are called 'head'canons. It's because they are things you see and recognise in a character, but they aren't discussed in the show, so they aren't 'canon'. They remain 'fanon'.

Now, don't get me wrong, ship and let ship. But there is a difference between normal 'shipping' and liking the pair, and the total craziness the Tommy-hype has become.

I know a lot of people that are multi-shippers and I have mutuals who like BT as a transitional relationship, but ultimately still want Buddie. I'm not talking about them. I'm talking about the people who suddenly started talking down on Eddie as if he was treating Buck badly and how he was a bad father. And how, even if he were queer, Buck would never choose him over Tommy. Where did that come from? They didn't say that before. Why now?

And I ask the question: What is so special about Tommy? I keep seeing people that say Buck is in the best relationship ever. HOW? WHAT? WHERE? What do these people see that I don't see?

We have seen Tommy in a handful of scenes. In all of those scenes he has been dismissive, disrespectful and frankly not very interesting. There is no chemistry at all with Buck either. I mean, if there had been some palpable chemistry I might have liked it more, but it just seems as if Lou is going through the motions in those kisses. If they are such a great couple, where are the little couple things? Where is the handholding? The little in-jokes? Nothing! I mean, Oliver does his best to keep their scenes somewhat afloat, but Lou is clearly not even trying. So I truly do not understand this strange -almost obsessive and gatekeeping- behaviour when it comes to Lou and Tommy.

It's obvious-- and anyone with eyes can see this from miles away-- that Tommy is a narrative device to have Buck explore his bisexuality. Every single thing in the show, but also around the show, is pointing in that direction.

Think about it. There was no promotion whatsoever for BT, only for bi Buck and Buddie. They had one abysmal interview where they talked for 2 seconds about BT and Oliver looked like he wanted to be anywhere but there. They have given Tommy no screentime whatsoever. He is only there when it is required for Buck's storyline. It practically screams: plot device.

Then we have Ryan giving interviews where he, once again, talks about Buck being a co-parent and how Eddie will explore himself in season 8. How he will push that refresh button and he will ultimately find the partner he needs. All gender neutral by the way.

I mean, look... I admit to having been delulu in the past over small things when it comes to Buddie. What can I say? It's been a long 6 years. But this? This is no longer about being delusional. This is full-blown 'in your face': BUDDIE IS HAPPENING! It's all right there when you look at it logically.

But yes, somehow, we are wrong because our ship isn't canon and it's apparantly homophobic to be against a canon ship?

Which... do these people know what fandom is actually about? It's about fictional people and we want to see these fictional people get interesting story arcs and we want some of them to end up together because they have such a great history and chemistry. Like Buddie.

So yes Nonny, I agree. And listen, I do too still fret sometimes that I might be seeing things that aren't there. It's in my nature as a libra to doubt everything.

But then I start putting all of the evidence in- and outside of the narrative together and... it can only lead to one thing: queer Eddie (which is about time) and eventually Buddie.

And imagine the payoff that will be. Imagine how the viewership will get a boost. So many more people would turn in. Bi Buck was big, but the fan favourite queer slow burn getting together after 7 seasons by then? The internet will explode. It will be epic.

For 6 seasons we have been rooting for these men to open their eyes and to see what is right in front of them. There were plans to go there, but FOX stopped it. Now they are on ABC and obviously ABC is okay with queer characters on their shows. I mean, look at 'Grey's anatomy'.

So yes, I proudly declare myself no longer delulu and 100% certain that Buddie is in the works. There is no more need for clown noses and clown cars. We are beyond that now. It's a matter of 'when', not 'if'.

Mind you, just my humble opinion here. But I stand with it.

[unordinary-diary]

Remi and Swimming

Why can’t Remi swim?

That’s a genuine question. Why does Remi, at seventeen years old, not know how to swim?

After some quick research, I found that being unable to swim is actually way more common than I thought. Still, I want to speculate on Remi’s reason.

The Red Cross lists fear as the top reason people cited for not learning to swim. Other reasons I can think of for not learning to swim are: couldn’t afford lessons, didn’t live near a pool or body of water, disability, or simply never made time to learn.

However, in Remi’s case, I think it’s much more likely because of her ability than anything else.

It could be because her parents wanted to wait until she had better control of her ability before putting her in water with other kids. This of course, raises the question of why she didn’t learn before her ability developed. It could also be that someone in her family had an incident in the water, and the family was very cautious after that.

I personally like to believe that Rei had an ability-related incident when Remi was quite young, and her parents wanted to keep Rei out of the water until he could control his ability better. Because it would be mean to take Remi swimming and make Rei stay behind or on land, Remi’s lessons got put off indefinitely until they were forgotten about.

Of course, this scenario also means that Rei never finished learning to swim either.

I also like the idea that their mom was the one who had a swimming accident, and was somewhat traumatized by it and therefore extremely paranoid about putting her kids in the water. This explanation would also mean that Rei probably couldn’t swim.

I will now kindly place here for my own enjoyment, a reminder that Blyke was the one who taught Remi to swim and it was cute as fuck:

♡

[eligejtor]

imagine opening up S3 with the scene of Crowley's fall

[ kinda similar thing they did in S2 with them together in space ]

and then it could cut to credits or a scene where Crowley's drunk and miserable in some pub or something

i think it would be a killer scene both visually but also (and mainly) emotionally, i need some ANGST. (also i've heard how good & heartwrenching David scream is and im a bit of a masochist)

and then, later in the season aziraphale sees it (the fall) in some heavenly archives or something... i feel like its very important for his character to know not only why crowley fell (but its still like 50/50), but also HOW it went 🤔

i mean its important to see how "the Fall" went exactly, for the main bois, the audience and for the story

[friendsdontlieokay]

I have this sort of lingering feeling at the pit of my stomach that Nancy is going to sacrifice herself for Mike.

[yulgurr]

blorblo bleebus :]

she forgor

[novlr]

Writers have tons of creative ideas, but most of us aren’t scientists. So, how do we make sure that we get the science right in our fiction?

Even if you write speculative fiction or fantasy stories, there’s still some thought that must go into making sure there’s an internal logic to your worldbuilding. A sense of cause and effect. Readers get lost if they can’t easily follow or make sense of your big ideas, but this is especially important when discussing real-world science, and how it might affect our future, or manifest on other worlds.

In the Reading Room today, you'll find a list of books that are perfect for science-fiction and worldbuilding research, to keep you grounded, and give you a great basis for building out sci-fi, fantasy, and future worlds.

[orcelito]

I bought a chair and a sword today

Wahoo!!!

[delta-orionis]

random rain world theory: the void sea is a black hole

(Not much is under the cut but I talk about the ending. Spoiler warning, obviously)

I don’t have much canon evidence for this, but there is some.

Time slows down the closer you get to the void sea, and time dilation (time slowing down) occurs close to the event horizon (basically the boundary) of a black hole.

Also, maybe the bright light you see during the ascension ending is the black hole’s singularity (an infinitely small point of infinite density).

That’s basically all I have. It doesn’t explain what void fluid is, why the great cycle happens, or what really happens when you ascend. Or whatever the hell Void Worms are. The best I can come up with is that black holes are still poorly understood, and I could hand wave away scientific inaccuracy and say that black holes are basically magic. Void fluid might be an exotic form of matter that forms through contact with the black hole, and it has no analogue to any form of matter that is currently theorized to exist in modern physics.

Void worms, though? Yeah I’ve got nothing.

[juustozzi]

okay I gotta share something I've been thinking about a character from victory road raimon

I won't be sharing images from the gallery but I did take screenshots and edited it so there's some basis, and...

you know the dude with the long sea-like hair and freckles and a big smile? and how you can see just a tiny bit of the first and last letter on the back of his uniform?

I learned that if you cut n paste letters from other raimon players' names on their uniforms, the sea dude's tiny letter bits align pretty perfectly with "tsunami"

cool surfer dad tsunami???

[3-aem]

You don't have to reply to this, but, I've always disliked king Chris for some reason and I could never put my finger on it. It's not that he's more annoying or cringe than other anime content accounts, just some reason I could never identify made me viscerally dislike him. Like, I cannot stand the sight of this man's face or his voice and I have no idea why. Now that he's reposted someone's art and made NO effort to credit I can kinda be at ease because I have a concrete reason, not just a random feeling for disliking him lmao. I scrolled and scrolled his comments and he even commented and didn't credit. I saw one comment only crediting you on Twitter from someone else. You'd think such a big creator would understand crediting but I guess not since his face is plastered all over his content.

im not about to pick beef with king chris.

tbh i think my anger about this goes a bit deeper and at the end of the day has nothing to do with king chris

the one video praising my work being exposed to millions doesn’t have my credit listed.

[lemotmo]

hi i was wondering if you and ali could answer this question for me. you've said that S7 made you very very sure that Buddie is happening. May I ask what moment in S7 cemented it for you? For me it was when Eddie said the biggest chekovs gun in TV History "this changes nothing between us" because we all know in any TV show known to man that when someone says that line it's the biggest lie in the world and that everything is going to change between them.

Well...

For me it's not really 'a moment' Nonny. It's more like a series of 'moments' that made me sit up and pay attention.

It started in the first episode when Buck told Eddie he broke up with Nathalia. That scene in the locker room was very interesting. Then Eddie asked Buck to talk to Chris for having multiple girlfriends. It clearly shows the trust he has in him and also how he sees him as a co-parent.

Then, in 7x04 everything revolved around Eddie. Yes, Tommy kissed Buck at the end, but even he wasn't sure if Buck really wanted his attention or Eddie's attention.

Then Buck and Tommy go out on a date and who shows up? Eddie with his then girlfriend Marisol. Then, once again, Buck makes everything about Eddie when he talks to Maddie how he's lying to Eddie. Maddie has obviously clocked him by now. She knows very well that Buck has some mixed emotions about Eddie.

And that Buddie coming out scene? Neither of them seemed overly happy with the other man's answers, even if -on the surface- they were the right answers at the right time. I fully agree with you Nonny, that 'This changes nothing between us' was very loaded and basically said: YES! This changes everything!

Then we had the bachelor party scenes where Eddie is the only one truly showing up for Buck. This episode had the wildest Buddie scenes ever. And when Tommy finally shows up? They have Buck kiss Tommy where no one can see them. The soot on his face is how Buck comes out. There is no big kiss or a declaration in front of the family, just some soot. Once again Tommy isn't included in Buck's story. He is just there as a means to an end so that Buck can come out of the closet.

There is that sea monkey/Catholic guilt 'talk' between Buck and Eddie as well. I literally sat up when Eddie started talking about his Catholic guilt. This is something he has never talked about before, but the show obviously wanted to introduce it for his character. They used Marisol as a plot device to awaken something in Eddie that wasn't there before. To what purpose? We'll see that in season 8.

Then there was the scene in Eddie's kitchen after Buck bumped into Kim. He was supposed to meet up with Tommy, but instead he goes to Eddie and they have a soft and vulnerable conversation. Buck admits that he's worried about Eddie.

In the last episode Eddie confides in Buck and asks him to talk to Chris again, just like in the beginning of the season. Buck is there, every single step of the way, supporting Eddie where he can. That's love.

So yeah, all of the above in combination with interviews, social media posts, promo... is what finally made me believe that they might actually go the Buddie-route.

I'm even more certain about it today than I was at the end of season 7. Literally everything is pointing in the direction of queer Eddie and eventual Buddie. I don't see what else all this could be about. So yeah, I'm 99% there already. For that last percent I'll have to wait for season 8 to air. 🤞🤞🤞

I'll leave this in the Ali's corner tag to see if Ali feels up to answering this question as well. But please keep in mind that she already has her own ask box to answer and trust me, it keeps her very busy. 😋 I'll also leave this in the Ali's nonnies tag. Maybe she has already answered a question in the same vein.

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Hey! I can't remember if you ever found out what the red flower vines on Frank's house could be, but I think I found a candidate! It's called the Red Mandevilla Vine and their meaning is interesting

OHHH THAT'S THE BITCH!!! that's gotta be the bitch!!! i'm stuck between that one and the red trumpet vine, but i think you probably Got It. hopefully... god i'm gonna be chewing on this all night aren't i

if anyone is curious, this ask is referencing This Post i made about neighborhood observations / flower symbolism

[dirtbra1n]

it’s always when I have things to be doing that this happens but it’s like. I don’t know I’ve gone so far into weird love territory and I’ve been here so long that when I go back and really look at canon it’s like it’s new to me. because like do you ever think about how hanzawa masato just sort of DECIDED that tashiro would be the next captain of the ping pong club. like it wasn’t a recommendation or anything that decision was made. and absolutely if tashiro genuinely GENUINELY didn’t want to do it nothing bad would have really happened, someone else could have done it, sure. you know? but at the end of the day tashiro, in the midst of his running away, had that thought, like. not in a thought bubble but in a b Hold on

in the narration box. like it’s not a fleeting in-the-moment thought like the whole poor shmuck thing. I’m not explaining this well. it’s just you get the impression that tashiro thinks about things a lot and also tangentially kind of thinks about his hanzawa senpai a lot and that realization of burden is so significant to tashiro that he takes on the position of captain

and he doesn’t look him in the face when he does it, and I love it. I love when things are indirect and subtle and sort of reluctant because it’s human and speaks to sincerity and tashiro’s grounded…ness that he isn’t unflinchingly happy to do it. he still doesn’t really want to do it. but he will. and he’ll do it WELL. because and this so matters hanzawa masato just sort of DECIDED that tashiro would be the next captain of the ping pong club because he knows tashiro and has been watching tashiro as a fun kouhai who he likes a lot and who makes him laugh like literally no one else in the world, and he knows that he would be a good president because he is, amongst other relevant things, a good person. the right kind of good person! he wouldn’t have forced tashiro to do it because frankly he couldn’t REALLY force tashiro to do it, tashiro has a way of getting around things (pudding head….) but he decided tashiro would be captain, because he knows tashiro, and tashiro decided to take that on, because he sees hanzawa. he decided that tashiro would be captain, and tashiro decided to accept that decision because hanzawa decided correctly.

and tashiro cares, and encourages his senpai to rest, and we get the FUCKING.

that just speaks VOLUMES. hanzawa masato who notoriously stays busy for at least one of two known reasons that sound a little contradictory but aren’t actually is resting right now. hanzawa masato who is so weird and so unknowable to his juniors is wearing a small smile that, unlike so many of his other ones (ominous as they are, usually), shows for only contentment. he’s resting right now. like the tashiro gonzaburou hanzawa masato dynamic IS so weird I’m not delusional for that. but my favorite thing that I think I do a really bad job of showing is that their exchanges go back and forth and are so much fun for the both of them, and it’s exactly like PING PONG. well matched and silly and hanzawa masato knows tashiro gonzaburou and if tashiro gonzaburou doesn’t know hanzawa masato he sure as hell sees him, and wants to know him, just a little at least, and it’s all so much. I’m resting right now. fuck. anyway