#caspar and ava

[imunonimus]

wait a minute. I was relistening and Caspar's biological mom fell in love with a—"grumpy, emotionally withholding chainsmoker."

and who else do we know is also somewhat a grumpy emotionally withholding chainsmoker ????

[liakunemui]

midnight burger animatic

made a little animatic of that conversation between ava and caspar from the S2 finale. It's finally finished and now up on youtube! enjoy!? i guess???

[itsleifnotleaf]

Don’t kill the frog.

[ariartcor]

Thought I would share my midnight burger designs that I made! I’m really proud of these :)

+ some sketches and stuff under the cut !

[awnrii]

the magnus burgers. the midnight archives. the… I got nothing.

closer ups below!

welcome back lonelyeyes

and my faves:-)

[cloverjester]

Ava and Caspar are both absolute menaces when kidnapped I think they should be kidnapped together for extra damage

[spacetravels]

we run a diner!!!

[daysdoodles]

Here’s some art of the Midnight Burger crew! I’ve been relistening to it and have been drawing so much fanart!

[quisters]

How did Leif ever pretend to be a cook ??

[teadood]

My midnight burger lineup !! :D

[beetpatchkids]

ava really is the most character ever because slowly letting go of the ‘i’m a genius, leif build good, gloria good leader cook, and then there’s you’ thing actually requires her to rewire her brain. for ava to accept that caspar belongs at the diner despite Not Excelling At A Specific Role is for her to accept that SHE would still be welcome even if she wasn’t able to figure everything out all the time. which is like—sorry!—totally antithetical to how she has operated for uhhhh her entire life. and that SUCKS. and she’s doing it ANYWAY. because he brings her club sandwiches and the greatest repositories of potential energy in the universe. whatever i don’t even care about them i’m normal

[imunonimus]

// MIDNIGHT BURGER SPOILERS

hi again. i found this rambling of Caspar and Ava's relationship in my drafts. I probably wrote this around the release of Chapter 35/36 sooo this might feel a little outdated but i wanted to share it anyways 😭!

omfg the acknowledgement of caspar and ava's relationship !!! and caspar equating it to orpheus and eurydice is so sad actually

I am so in love with the complexity of their relationship and how it has evolved over the course of the story. Like, what do you mean he tossed her into space to bringing her club sandwiches and having a whole routine for when she gets into the zone, just resharpening her pencils and pouring her coffee hello??? What's also great about them is the clear effect they've had on each other as a person. Thinking about it now, Caspar tossing Ava into space is one of the catalysts for his change. I mention this because they presented another distinction of Caspar's growth during the conversation he had with David in the latest episode (which i loved by the way)

How different things would've gone if Caspar had not done that. (and. of course. along with Gloria knocking the radio over and Ava messing with it heh) Would they still have talked it out? Would he have ever acknowledged something more than his fixation for opening at six with the fragile hope of seeing his son again, driven by the guilt of losing him??? This is all supported by the "I didn't mean to surround myself with people I care about" conversation (which i made an animatic out of if you're interested) Don't even get me started on Ava. That's a whole other can of worms.

It's all just really neat to witness.

[dasistblod]

Midnight Burger fans tell me I'm not the only one

[binarybitex]

the core four of the hit audio drama podcast midnight burger ……….. save me midnight burger. save me

[awnrii]

(at the very last minute) happy pride guys

[snakeunderyourboot]

kind of obsessed with this theme of not belonging to earth in midnight burger

like....Gloria, Ava, Casper and Leif. They are all humans. They were born on Earth, they lived there their whole life, they know how to act and behave when they are with other humans.

And yet. Earth is not for them.

It is seen primarily in Leif, with hjis whole backstory. Even his own mother referring to him as someone "who fell out from space". He left the Earth with the first chance and he never looked back. Sure, he may sometimes grow nostalgic, but he never regretted his decision. Earth is not his home and the problem is not even in how much Earth is undeveloped not only by the standards of Triad but even by Leif's standards. He doesn't understand people, he doesn't understand why they do what they do. What's even more prominent with Leif is how the only space he belongs is SPACE. Like COSMOS. Not some other planet or moon, just the entirety of space. His first real friend is an alien journalist!!! And the only humans he managed to connect to are literary the ones pulled from 20 years from his time(on Earth) and in a dimension spinning time warping diner!

But this idea, of not belonging to Earth, is also present in Gloria and Ava and even Casper. It's not as prominent as with Leif, but it is still present.

Gloria admits she never liked the idea of marriage and kids. Her parents were the only stable relationship she had. Her whole life, blood and soul was her restaurant and when she lost it she had no idea what to do with herself.

Ava, who as we know, is so much smarter than everyone else. The academia hurt her so much because they didn't understand her. She wanted to figure out the WHOLE UNIVERSE and had not only the guts to do it, but also the brain power. Somewhere, where other people would long gave up, she remained stubborn and victorious.

And even Casper. I must admit, right now I am only on episode 38 and this whole season seems to be heavily focused on Casper and his relation to the diner, so I may not know something BUT! BUT! You cannot tell me, that his son running from home wasn't his excuse to get out from his life. Of course, he went looking for him, no objections here, but it also was an opportunity for him to sort of quit. Just get out. I'm not sure what the future holds for him, there are hints that he may leave Midnight Burger, which honestly I kiiiind of sad about it? I think it would be really cool if he has a chance to leave the midnight burger but chose not to. Because now - similar to how it was at the end of season 2, when he talked to Ava - he chooses this. He chooses those people, he chooses Midnight Burger. It is a conscious choice, the same it was with Ava, Gloria, and Leif.

Anyway. Something about you being born on this planet and then realizing this is not your planet. The problem is not with you or your environment, the problem is with the whole fucking planet. Something about you being stuck there because humanity made only the first steps into space exploration and you will die sooner than get into space. You living with this thought that you are stuck here. There is no escape.

And then you see a diner.