#and then I was thinking abt that post where there was talk of an arc with cody finding obi wan on tatooine

[mamawasatesttube]

thinking abt kon getting hurt/upset about something big and clark bundling him up in his cape... ouuhhhhh souperfam save me...

[ohsweetflips]

my neutral dragon age trait is that 50% of the time i'm like "the more i critique the games, the more i love them. i can appreciate each game for what they are but my criticism and frustration over what they could be are a sign of love" and the other 50% is like "this is the writing of the dragon age series. sure. why not. this may as well happen."

[sammys-magical-au]

I’ll have you know they occupy my every waking thought, I have an illness

[arolesbianism]

Finally fixating on some nugget relationships that aren't horrible for everyone I love friendship <3

[agnesandhilda]

hawk as a character doesn’t do much for me but conceptually he’s got one of the most interesting relationships to Gender out of all the cobra kai kids. he goes from this meek kid who’s bullied because of a facial deformity (which is honestly very minor, but personally I think you’ve got to suspend your disbelief and treat it as a stand-in for a much more noticeable, ugly scar—like a tehanu in the earthsea ghibli movie situation) to a juvenile delinquent and the poster boy for kreese’s cobra kai. all cobra kai students have an arc about how what they’ve learned has made him for aggressive, but his is by far the most drastic.

his masculinity is EXTREMELY performative—which isn’t to say that how all cobra kai’s male characters express their masculinity isn’t one of, if not the, main thing that defines them individually and socially—it is! and that’s not getting into how female characters navigate this. it’s just that his masculinity is the most visually performative out of all the guys, marked by a drastic change of appearance, including permanent body modification, and him taking on a chosen name, hawk, which the other characters sometimes ignore because they know using his given name upsets him (feel free to interpret this however you want!). he remakes himself with this entirely new, hypermasculine persona, which is camp as hell BECAUSE of his attempts to be macho (@/ a furioushawk's meta posts inspired me here, you made me appreciate the hawk cry sound effects lmao), and he's awful!

he goes from a meek, bullied kid to one of the most aggressive students in cobra kai, he finally got a chance to assert power and now he'll do anything to keep it.

which makes him one of cobra kai's most fascinating characters when watching it from a Gender Angle not because his masculinity comes naturally to him, but because it's so obviously and intentionally high-effort. because the veneer is so thin!!

[technikki]

something i really really like about ray and isabella's relationship is that ray is never expected to forgive her at the end. it makes sense that the younger kids would all forgive her after she used her position to help them in the return to gracefield because at the end of the day, she raised them in a warm and nurturing environment and did truly love them. ray didn't really get that same treatment though.

im sure ray's feelings about her at the end are complicated to say the least, he understands the horrifying position she had been in since she was 12 and probably relates to that at least a little bit. i like the way he tells her to get over it and come to the human world with them because if he couldn't use death as a way out, he definitely wasn't going to let her do it. (this would have been much more impactful if she didn't proceed to die anyway a little later on but. gently pushes that aside <3)

i don't really think ray's 'no one is holding any grudges' line necessarily means he forgave her though? the kids know that the sisters are all victims of a horribly abusive and oppressive system, and none of them are going to hold that against them even if some can't bring themselves to forgive them for whatever personal reasons. in ray's case specifically as a victim of abuse, i do not think he owes isabella anything. it was the system that forced isabella to raise children for the farm or face death, but her actions against ray specifically were her own, and he has every right to feel a little differently about her because of that.

kill the trope of characters forgiving abusive family members because 'they had no choice'/'they're still family' give me more ray 'i know you were hurt deeply by things beyond your control but that doesn't excuse the pain you caused me' tpn <3

[waywardsalt]

I am humbly requesting your thoughts on Linebeck

Oh I have a LOT of thoughts on Linebeck but I'll try to just get some major points down bc it would take me ages to spill all of my thoughts on him.

(plus i do have two general headcanon posts [ 1 2 ] a post abt headcanons about him being autistic [ x ] and a weird post about his coat [ x ] as well as pretty much anything in my linebeck tag with my excessive tagging of some reblogs and my original posts + whatever writing or fanfiction i have done/will do with him included so. bonus reading for headcanon-y stuff or a look at how i portray him)

added a read more bc this is long bc of course it is :) i hope it's in the right spot :)))

Linebeck is... a good fucking character. He's probably my favorite character period, and has been pretty much soon after I got Phantom Hourglass. He feels unique compared to other Zelda characters as a companion character who offers less direct support and is more just of a constant character who changes throughout the course of the story and is... well, a companion, not really a helper. He falls more in line with the types of loz characters who are more rude or antagonistic towards Link, but develops out of that, and also technically counts not only as a boss but a final boss, putting him as the only non-villain character to be a final boss, so uh good for him.

Just within the context of the games he's got a great design and a great theme (which is only heard about two times before the final boss but has a recognizable enough motif for it to be noticed in the final boss theme) and an interesting role in his game and just has one of the best character arcs and one of the most interesting places within the story as a whole. Linebeck's arc is very... natural in how you see his attitude change within both story beats and in his overworld dialogue, but at the same time seems like it stutters when he deals with Ciela's criticism and upholding his own reputation, I think his character arc is very fascinating if you consider the entire context of his character and what he interacts with, since a majority of the characters he directly interacts with seem to deny the idea that he's any more than a useless coward.

The fact that pretty much the rest of the major cast in Phantom Hourglass has basically no faith or respect for Linebeck is so fucking fascinating to me. This guy has to be doing so fucking bad over the course of the game. In relation to Ciela specifically, an idea I've been thinking of and trying to work into some of my Phantom Hourglass oneshots is that having to be around and interact with her so frequently wears Linebeck down pretty badly as the game goes on.

This guy is undeniably mentally ill and that's also something I have a specific fic planned out for but that's probably not going to see the light of day for a while. It's basically five chapters of Oshus being Linebeck's therapist or something each time Link goes to the Temple of the Ocean King.

I particularly enjoy how the game (at least twice) plays with your expecting him to be at the ship all of the time by having him be in a different spot on an island. His dialogue for islands and his overseas dialogue are fun, it gives off a sense that he much prefers exploring and is a bit less guarded overseas. His dialogue during the ghost ship fight is ESPECIALLY fantastic, the specific line of 'I'm fighting right there with you this time, kid!' not only offers some very interesting insight to his attitude towards link and his own role, but kind of also stings when considering the events of the final boss and is also a quote I took a screenshot of while reading the text dump for this game.

Phantom Hourglass is by no means an exceptional game and while the story is fine it's nothing fantastic and even most of the characters are... ok, but Linebeck is without a doubt the best part of this game and I really feel like he's the main reason why people still give this game a chance and despite everything he's easily one of the best characters in the entire series even if his game isn't one of the better ones. He honest to god steals every scene he's in, even if he barely has any dialogue- he's animated with such distinct personality and I love it. He doesn't speak at all until the end of the spirit of courage scene and yet is so fucking distracting with his fruity fucking posing and movements in reaction to what's going on.

I'm also personally a fan of the near-complete lack of backstory we get for him. The most we get is some vague implications but everyone can read the given information in different ways so it's really not much. Phantom Hourglass's general lack of lore is great for me since I can just fill in the blanks however I want. I kinda honestly don't want Nintendo to revisit this game because I don't really want them to add anything new. Just port it or something don't change it.

That's about it for surface-level specific-to-the-games Linebeck talk... on to everything else.

Linebeck is literally the reason why I found out I was autistic. I wrote this loser and realized I was accidentally making him kinda autistic and THEN realized I was also projecting and then decided to look into that. He's fun to write and he always ends up a little out of character and at this point I barely give a damn because this bastard is masking or keeping up a facade or whatever the fuck in most of his scenes anyways. Linebeck's arc feels to me more about him being most honest and open to and about his own emotions and actual personality so honestly writing him a bit out of character doesn't bother me too much.

He's my favorite little guy, and when I plan out Zelda aus he always gets a major role to the point where a lot of the twists to my aus all end up being similar. For a few of them I've had to forcibly alter his role so that I can't include him constantly. He's very interesting for different kinds of aus because he's an interesting character for different concepts and situations. His relationships with characters in Phantom Hourglass lend well to au stuff; specifically with Link, in one au they're adoptive brothers, in one they're something akin to rivals, in one their mutual fixation on each other propels the plot. I've even expanded on interactions and possible dynamics with Bellum in aus (Bellum is honestly fun since he's kind of a blank slate in canon but there's just enough there to build off of but keep it relatively the same original character).

I have a few ocs that used to be au versions of Linebeck that ended up becoming their own thing because the aus in question worked better as original stories.

With Phantom Hourglass-centric ideas, it's a lot of fun to poke around and explore stuff with Linebeck's past, his mental state, the kinds of things he enjoys or hates, pretty much anything the game doesn't elaborate on. With all of that blank space and the fact that I've known about him for a few years now, I've gotten down a whole backstory and deeper details on Linebeck, most of which I'm probably going to end up expressing through writing.

Just a few of the baseline ones are just along the lines of him being gay, autistic, touch-averse, intersex, a cat person, someone who highly values his freedom, half Gerudo, interested in music- some of it can be supported with canon (he really comes off to me like a closeted gay man, and he does have some generally autistic vibes) and some of it is really just for the hell of it (in particular the idea that he’s of Gerudo descent has no backing but is so interesting for story stuff and is generally fun) (I also enjoy ignoring parts of canon. I have not played Spirit Tracks and I do not want to play it so if I don't look at it I can ignore it).

I have a lot of fun fleshing him out in different aus or in scenarios before or after Phantom Hourglass, since there's just enough there to allow for further reasonable exploration, and his being just some normal guy actually helps with that since it forces you to keep things relatively normal and comparable to kinds of things you can experience in your day-to-day. I've more or less figured out a (mostly) full backstory for him, I've decided on a full physical description of how he looks so that I have a baseline if I want to change stuff in an au or just so that I know how I figure he looks as well as have an idea of how some physical traits can lend themselves to other aspects of how I write and portray him (for example, I figure he has long fingers, which goes right with the idea that he enjoys music and is pretty good on a piano, and also that he's good with tasks that might require a bit more finger dexterity as well as generally helping a bit with pick-pocketing or thievery)

I figure that, along with the general idea I have of him valuing his freedom, he's not particularly interested in following rules or laws and hates seeing too many of them put in place, and especially values his own identity even if he doesn't express it as much as he'd like. He likes being able to go wherever he'd like and he likes being able to do what he wants and express himself how he wants and that stuff gets bogged down when he plays into that image of someone he's not that he hides behind and doubles down on in a good bit of Phantom Hourglass.

Linebeck is fun in general he's a good character he's fun for aus he's got enough groundwork to spend ages pouring into possible avenues for his personality and background and whatever potential he could have in different aus or roles. He's surprisingly fun and interesting to use as an antagonist since you can't fall back on easy villain-writing ideas and have to get a bit more creative with it.

I think I struggle to write him in-character but it's backed up a bit by my specific interpretation of him suggesting that a lot of what you see from him is forced or fake. I still think he's a greedy piece of shit, though. He sucks and it's on purpose. I lean into him being rude and cold and a bit quieter overall.

He just... for some fucking reason when I decided to play this game Linebeck struck a chord with me whether or not I realized it at the time so he's just very interesting and entertaining and important to me and it really doesn't help that either Phantom Hourglass as a whole or just Linebeck is my special interest.

Linebeck stands out in comparison to other Zelda characters and has a very unique and fascinating role and arc and is just so fucking good.

He feels like he could be used as an example of how good character writing can save a piece of art (not that ph sucks but like. god damn he elevates it) just because his inclusion makes the story more interesting as you have this selfish asshole tagging along next to your little goody-two-shoes protagonist and fairy friend, and his arc, though not entirely the focus of the story, is another reason to keep progressing. His dialogue is funny and has some really good in-character tips every so often, he adds character to traversal and adds stakes as a character to care about and protect and is just fucking fantastic.

He's a character that can work as comedic relief but at the same time can be taken very seriously and I really enjoy that while he seems to be in the role of comedic relief a lot it never seems much like it's diegetically intentional and it still allows room for him to be taken completely seriously. Him knocking over stone Tetra is funny but there's so much character in that entire string of animations that while it's a fun background gag it also provides even more insight into Linebeck as a character.

Essentially he's my favorite character ever he was probably my gay awakening and I want to steal his gender and I think about him more than I think about my ocs.

[celestialmancer]

☀️.

[wlwanakin]

current convo around sexual violence in star wars has me thinking abt the time on twitter when someone reposted some fuck ass post from here calling anakin’s dynamic with the queen in the tcw zygerria arc “catgirl bdsm roleplay” or some shit like that and i was like “hey that feels like a really distasteful way to talk about that arc” because like, this is the arc where this literal queen of a slave empire constantly makes sexual advances towards anakin and then enslaves him and those advances do not stop at all after that and also he gets knocked out and wakes up in her fucking bed and that’s not even getting into the stuff with ahsoka and that arc having so much implied sexual slavery going on in the background too and even when i was twelve and stupid i was like hey that’s pretty rapey. but then a bunch of people said i was stupid and sensitive and reaching. so

[aftg-and-random-things]

Thinking about the end of tsc again (specifically after Neil and Jean talk with the fbi)

“Who is the safer investment?” Neil challenged him. “A man with a dozen reasons not to slip the leash or a man holding on simply because he was told he couldn’t let go?”

When this was said in tsc of course it’s meant to be taken as Neil giving advice to Jean to be a bit more free and not worry about Ichirou as much—basically as long as he plays it’s okay. It is interesting though because now after tgr reading this made me think again on just how not safe of an investment Jean is. He has been pushed to the breaking point too many times to honestly be expected to maintain his loyalty. And now that we can clearly see how much he has been growing in tgr, it honestly feels like it’s only going to be a matter of time where if he’s provided a good deal that secures his safety—why wouldn’t he take it? He clearly doesn’t love exy as much as he is trying to convince himself he does (that is another essay I don’t have time for rn), he is starting to learn to love his new life, and more than anything, he wants freedom.

Very much unlike in Neil’s case with his deal with Ichirou, Jean toeing the line and still agreeing to play pro for the mafia doesn’t seem to align with what he wants for his future. And guess what? The FBI knows this, or will pick up on it sooner or later. They already are working on some sort of case and securing Jean’s safety through the apartment (because they probably need him as a witness)

Jean is a very unsafe investment. And even though he now has many reasons not to slip the leash, why do I feel like he’ll try anyways? Even though Neil thinks that having Andrew to defend makes him more loyal, I think in Jean’s case him having friends only gives him more reasons to break free.

This is probably just an excuse for me to rant about how I think Jean is not going to play pro, which I’ve been wanting to talk about even though I can’t organize my thoughts abt it. I know Neil doesn’t imply any of this from what he says at all but I just think his wording of it is really interesting as a starting point to analyze Jean/get into a slightly related tangent. I haven’t even mentioned how the leash metaphor leans into the main themes of Jean breaking out of his past and how unless the leash is off completely he’ll never complete his entire character arc— and yeah I’m getting off topic so I’ll probably save that for another post when I can actually gather my thoughts. Ichirou has to watch out though cause yep Jean is one hell of a very unsafe investment

[peanutheaddd]

So swap Dogman is just a bundle of stress? I feel like there is definitely a boiling point where he ends up just having a full breakdown because of all the stress- Petey might find him (or Li’l Petey) and just get really concerned and try to help.

Idk I just like the idea of Petey comforting Dogman- bro needs so many dang hugs-

yes ! ! as greg the dog he was already pretty much constantly stressed because he was always in fight or flight mode and he was always worried about something bad happening to knight . so knight dying and him being unable to do anything about it just completely exacerbated his anxiety LOL. hes probs thought about every possible thing he could have done differently to prevent knights death Multiple times in his head .

its less so he would have an explicit breakdown but petey and lil petey would def notice that something is off . dog man isnt rlly good at hiding his emotions so his stress is written all over his face LOL. also his actions reflect his paranoia . he is lwk an open book LOL. and esp bc petey and lil petey are Very perceptive they pick up on it basically immediately

i do think lil petey tries 2 talk to him first but bc lil peteys never experienced the loss of a loved one its . impossible for him to empathize . dm has this grief thats always running under his skin thorugh his bloodstream in his bones etc etc and its so crippling taht he would do Anything so that he doesnt have to experience any more grief than he already does . and lil petey cant rlly understand that bc hes never felet a grief to that magnitude .

so def i think petey would end up talking to dm abt grace and about how he coped w her death . and that would kickstart dms arc of trying to be less paranoid .

THIS POST visualized the interaction that petey and dog man would have REALLYYYYYYY well and its AAWEESSOMMMEEEEE so.. take a looksy....

[a-man-in-the-crowd]

Plural Lenore Plural Lenore Plural Lenore? Talk more about that

this reminded me that i STILL haven't made that long post about why i think lenore is plural guys i'm 💔

an assorted list of things that make me think lenore is plural (only off the top of my head, there's probably other stuff i'm forgetting rn) for the sake of answering your question anon:

in multiple episodes we see her 'inner voice' speaking, often addressing her as 'you' as if the voice is someone separate (annabel has had her inner voice shown once too but that was one time when she was spiralling)

in earlier episodes the inner voice's colour seems to shift

adding onto this, in my opinion it seems there are MULTIPLE of those inner voices. i don't have my notebook on me rn but i believe the three i picked out were the problem-solver voice, the observer voice, and the self-doubt voice

self-doubt voice specifically tends to refer to lenore as 'you'

in episode four, lenore goes through her suitcase and wonders "what kind of person even was i" in a way that suggests she'd never own this stuff — which is odd, because later we see morella immediately identify her locket. i don't see much reason why lenore's stuff wouldn't be stuff she'd want with her, especially considering the two other suitcases we've seen have stuff that definitely belongs to their owners

in the ring the bell arc annabel lee says something very odd: "you look like lenore. you speak like lenore does. you act like lenore, especially around everybody else. but there's something missing."

just the WHOLE THING about leo

like the vibes between leo and lenore are so different that other people have differentiated them

the fact lenore's inner voice says her mother always said she was touched in the head makes me think there's been Something with her for a while and cdds are known to develop in childhood

there's a some tiny little interactions lenore has with herself that makes me go "real."

the beginning of the dementophobia trial where she's trying to console her past self and literally talks to her like she's a separate person... and the past self responds in kind

hope you enjoy anon! <3 i really do wanna make a longer, more organized post abt it but i have sm on my to-do list. i'll really really try though bc this is a hc i hold very dear to me and it feels strange i haven't gotten to properly sharing it yet

[arolesbianism]

Having realizations while looking through some of the newer logs again

[angelsdean]

Honestly I hate that every meta post / analysis / discussion is viewed as "discourse" more often than not. And the idea that one interpretation MUST reign supreme among fandom. That we must all agree in order to get along. Or that one post is the end all be all of someone's takes. As someone who often enjoys entertaining multiple / contradictory takes and angles of interpretation it's...annoying. My opinions also evolve and fluctuate on rewatches / depending on mood / depending on fandom climate at the time / etc.

I like having discussions with friends (sometimes those discussions are public, sometimes they're not). I like trying to see their POV. Sometimes I come away seeing things differently. Sometimes I don't. Sometimes I AM more critical of other characters in the moment. Sometimes I give them more grace. Sometimes I'll make a post in a rewatch, feeling big feelings, and then come back later to amend it, with a more balanced perspective. But there have been times when I have been blocked / unfollowed for one angle or take and that ends up not even being my MAIN mode of interpretation but just something I was rotating around. idk sometimes a post is not the end all be all of what someone thinks abt a character / plot point / story arc. Sometimes we can be critical without being a capital H hater. There is room for nuance. multitudes. contradiction. We can have preferences or think something was not portrayed as well as it could have been. We can be annoyed by those things and talk abt them. I also do not need to agree with every single take my mutuals and pals have. Sometimes I heavily diverge, and that's ok! I think having different viewpoints and candid discussions is often beneficial to fandom. But these discussions are not all "discourse" or "fandom fighting." Sometimes people just have different opinions or interpretations. Sometimes what looks like "discourse" is actually just fandom friends discussing differing viewpoints.

As someone who also likes arguing a thesis and citing sources to support an argument and doing analysis and literary interpretation, I can say that even for takes I don't necessarily agree with, effective arguments can be made for that interpretation and supported by canon evidence. I think that's why "open to interpretation" often chafes at some fans. Because it means multiple interpretations CAN exist and be effectively argued. Mine and yours. There is no one singular ultimate truth in literary interpretation. Not even authorial intent. That's the beauty and fun of media analysis IMO. We can each find different meaning from the same source material and diverge. I may continue to argue for my interpretation (in the academic sense of "arguing a thesis") because that's the position I've chosen to align with, but that doesn't mean I think it's the only one you CAN have. And no, not all interpretations are created equal or are argued in good faith. Some ARE more valid than others and better argued / supported. And sometimes an interpretation is only one of many a person can have.

Overall, I don't like the idea that fandom needs to be a hive mind, and that we all MUST have the same opinions or interpretations or come away from the show feelings the same way or else it's "ruining the fandom fun." Sometimes I staunchly disagree with people, especially when takes are rooted in bad faith fanon more than anything that actually transpired on screen. I won't play nice with people that are just Making Up Some Guy to be mad and insisting I must also hate that guy, who doesn't exist. But I can and do have discussions with friends and mutuals where we interpret canon events differently! And I value those other perspectives. They challenge me to question my own viewpoint, to interrogate my takes, to check myself when I get too rooted in Only One Way of thinking. I don't want there to only be one way of interpreting. And sometimes even I will contradict myself and explore other avenues, for the fun of it.

and before THIS post gets interpreted as discourse I would like to issue the disclaimer: that this isn't directed at any individual blogger or any specific post. do not go after anyone. this is just some general thoughts and feelings I've been having about fandom for a LONG time.

[seilnakyle]

you know, i remember reading nightwing (1996) and the first 30 issues of bop (1998), but I don't think I remember a specific issue where dickbabs had like a serious conversation or something where they decided they wanted to date and I'm just now realizing this. do you know where it started? I love their relationship, and I'm catching up on older comics recently, but I was curious about this. if you have a post with the chronological order of their relationship you could link me up to I'd appreciate it 🫶🏼

Ahhh 90s Dickbabs, aka the last well written slow burn in comics ♥️

It’s not exactly in chronological order but I have a reading list here -> X

The arc where they finally start to get together starts at Nightwing (1996) #37 when Dick comes to Babs in a concerning state!

Next issue, we get some cute domestic fluff with Babs nursing him back to health and Dick is definitely soaking her attention up as much as he can, eventually he finally gets her to talk about the feelings between them. Barbara is overwhelmed, and says she isn’t ready to move things forward, but she asks Dick for a little time

Anyways, they kiss four pages later

But they’re RUDELY interrupted by the tower getting raided and the Huntress. They talk about it a little more, but this arc takes place during No Man’s Land, so a lot was going on, and for the next couple issues, Dick would continue stringing Clancy along while waiting for Babs, (Exactly what Bronze Age Bruce did to Vicki Vale when Selina left Gotham 🫣).

Speaking of NML, in Shadow of the Bat #94, it really seemed like this was going to be the story that it finally happened. The tension was there, Jim knew, Tim knew, everyone was ready…

But tragically, editorial screwed up and had the ending new year kiss be between Dick and Helena instead of Dick and Babs 😭 yikes

Things would finally heat back up in Nightwing (1996)#55 where Dick and Babs continue their trend of acting like a couple but they still aren’t “dating”

He spends the night, (Babs says nothing happened, only talking) and Dinah finds him in Barbara’s shower the next morning in issue #56 😳

he runs out in embarrassment, and Dinah grills Babs for the details. We see here that Babs has definitely made up her mind and is ready to start a relationship. I imagine that’s what Dick and Babs were taking abt before he took a shower, but she also leaves a note in one of his gloves expressing how she really feels for him :’)

Unfortunately, Dick would only find out about this letter in Issue #57 when he’s kidnapped by Shrike and some ninjas who use it to make fun of him :(

Long story short, Babs gets alerted that someone is trying to run prints on Dick Grayson, and immediately is on Shrikes ass with Dinah who helps Dick escape while Babs makes sure his identity is secure. They save him!

And at the end of Nightwing (1996) #58, Dick wakes up to this

And that’s where they officially start dating!! They would continue until Nightwing (1996) #87, where Devin Grayson would break them up (imo I think she would have eventually got them back together had her run not been ended prematurely) Dick and Babs would continue to have obvious feelings and tension after the breakup, Vicki Vale describing them as having “hot unspoken tiger heat”, definitely not the “bestie exes” of fanon, lol, and they would both still pine, think of each other as “the one that got away” pretty much until they got back together in 2022.

But to ME pre boot dickbabs ending is right here 😄

[thedinosapien]

Theory: Brooklynn talked to N5 before leaving

The finale leaves many things implied or even confusing – in a way that makes it seem like something happened, especially between the scenes where Ben warns Brooklynn about the Bumpy's egg in the suitcase and the scene where B leaves. I invite you to rewatch the final scene, so it will be easier to understand what I say:

It is implied that Brooklynn had a conversation with the Nublar 5 off-screen, hidden from the viewer. The implications of the scene:

Ben is the one who talks about Bumpy's egg, so he obviously put himself in front of his friends. In the next scene, we see the position of each of the boys and girls: in front, Ben (who talked about the egg in the case), behind him, Darius and lastly, Kenji, then we have Sammy in ahead of Yasmina. Keep Brooklynn's reaction finding out about the egg in mind, I'll talk about it later.

Although Ben asks for the egg, the one who has it in his hands in the last scenes is Kenji. It's not Ben, who loves Bumpy more than anyone, or Darius, who is Brooklynn's best friend. She decided to give the egg to Kenji, proving that:

A. Maybe she trusts him more than Ben or Darius (understandable, since Pincus didn't do what she asked and D left her with the Allo, but it would be a bit strange for the scene, don't you agree? After all, Ben is Bumpy's dad);

B. There was more to the scene than what is revealed to the viewer. A conversation, probably.

The only one Brooklynn hadn't seen before in the season was Kenji, so she didn't know about the affection he has for the baby in the shell, that is, she had no reason to choose him, again indicating that there was an exchange of words between the characters.

There is two hypothesis about what must happened:

• Before giving the egg to Ben, he (Kenji) interrupted and demanded to receive it in Ben's place. It would be strange, since one way or another they would already have the egg in hands – in very safe hands –, changing only the fact that it would be with Ben Pincus;

• Or better, Brooklynn took advantage of the great opportunity she had to give essential explanations for the third season: Santos would kill them if she noticed any sign of betrayal on B's part, but with only one egg missing and the promise that none of her "ex-friends" would get in the way of the plan, everything would be safer for Santos. B just had to take advantage of the small gap to tell her friends WHAT she was doing, WHERE she was going and WHY she was going there – remember, the others don't know anything about Sayona's plans. Those informations will be essential for the characters!

It makes sense, doesn't it? After all, part of the arc of Kenji's relationship with the others is that "nobody tells me anything". Having him as the center of the scene, being, somehow, the priority of information, implies a development in his arc and a future advancement in the others' as well.

Note, in the beginning, Kon was the last, but in the end he is the one who is the most ahead of his friends. There really was something.

Now, the final detail that is totally related to Brooklynn's reaction to the egg: Throughout the season she never knew that Bumpy would have a baby. Her reaction reveals that she realized she lost a lot. It's exactly what Earnest said: "You're nothing special [...]. You're never happy with the good thing you've got, right in front of you." This reinforces that Brooklynn's story is about enjoying the things she already has, what she loses with her obsession and what she also has to gain from it. She needs to balance a lot of things in order to finally understand, by herself, what the truly wants and needs.

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A stupid theory I posted on reddit and thought it would be nice to post here. Tumblr must be more active, so activity ≃ interaction + addiction/correction for the theory.

I should stop thinking too much abt this show

If it turn out to be totally wrong, I hope you guys don't remember my post lol