#have yet to decide if this is canon for them but.
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Epic What if
(What if Odysseus chose his crew?)
-The events of the story wonât change much at the beginning. But there is one small part.
-Odysseus feels a twinge of guilt still. The song âMonsterâ didnât help him completely embrace ruthlessness.
-And so the events leading up to the mutiny and thunderbringer are the same.
-But one key difference was when Zeus asked Odysseus what heâd choose.
-âYou, or your crew.â
-Zeus believed he knew the answer. The crew that had just betrayed Odysseus. The man desperate to see his wife. It seemed so obvious.
-But Odysseusâs next statement came as shocking.
-âIf I choose my crew⌠would you let them get back to ithica?â
-Eurylochus realized what he was asking.
-Zeus, being the thunderbringer, smiles
-âThey would get to Ithica, but your journey ends here. You will no longer have your kingdom.â
-Odysseus takes a minute, he takes a piece of paper and writes something. He hands it to him.
-âGive this to my wife.â
-Eurylochus speaks
-âCaptain wait!?â
-Zeus was surprised by the call. But is seems he swallowed Ody had swallowed his pride. In the end, he was just a man.
-Zeus Killed Odysseus. Leaving the crew on the boat.
-Zeus looks at the crew.
-He takes his lightning and blasts the back of the ship.
-Sending it flying and right to Ithica.
-Zeus decides to head back to Olympus. His work done.
-Eurylochus felt his heart ache. No one wanted to get home more than his best friend⌠yet when the time came to choose, he chose them. The crew that betrayed him.
-He looked at the note. He noticed there was a second note. One for him.
-He read it. A new song called âTo my friends.â Plays
-Tears fell from his eyes. But he wiped them.
-âRaise my son to be a king better than me.â
-âI will Ody, on my life.â
-Eurylochus and the remains of the crew arrived at the palace. Where suitors had gathered. Antinious asked where the king was.
-Eurylochus said that Odysseus was dead.
-The suitors cheered, Telemachus heard and was saddened. The 12 year old was left without a dad.
-Antinious was about to say itâs time for her to choose, only for Eurylochus cut his head off.
-The song âWolf pack attackâ replaces fight little wolf.
-The suitors were all killed by the remaining soldiers.
-Eurylochus goes to Penelope. And the next song. âIâm sorry.â Which is sung by Eurylochus to Penelope.
-Penelope vows to never marry. As only Odysseus was the one she loved.
-The next song is Eurylochus song to Telemachus. âWhat was he like.â Which is Eurylochus telling Telemachus about his father and the man that he was.
-several years later Telemachus is made king at 18. And he is the spitting image of Odysseus.
-He ends up befriending Athena, who feels guilt over Odysseus and decides to not make the same mistakes she did with Odysseus. The song âLike him.â Is played as Telemachus sings of how he is training to be like his father.
-Telemachus goes on an excursion for a diplomatic mission.
-Where Posideon appears. He thought he was Odysseus. And Telemachus knew who he was.
-The next song is Poseidon singing âSins of the father.â
-Eurylochus was on that ship and protects Odysseus with his life. The last part of the song has Eurylochus die.
-Telemachus striking back. The song is called âFather son Strikeâ and thanks to Athenaâs help. He manages to beat Poseidon. And like his father did in canon. He goes ham until he surrenders
-After that, Telemachus sings an alternate version of âLegendaryâ. In which he sings it about his father and Eurylochus.
-He heads home to Ithica, where he goes to rule over his kingdom.
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So I'm not one to usually come up with AU's let alone actually do anything with them, I work better with short stories and honestly I want to spend my time making my own ideas yet i fail to do that lmao
But an idea hit me. So Khan is an absent father right? Well what if he was actually over protective, like to a more grief ridden amount? Explanation under the cut!
Nori asking him as her final words to protect their daughter and he decides the colony isn't safe for her. But when he worked under humans he remembered another much smaller bunker, so he takes Uzi to the place and fixes it up. But...he puts her in a clear container. Or in this case 'These glass bullet proof doors will protect you!' sort of deal, idk I don't know how he'd do it or anything this all just jumbled into my head with no details. Anyway Uzi grows up with just her Dad and it honestly gets to her and pisses her off, she had no chance to make friends, she's alone here with just her Dad and her mom is gone. She misses Doll. But the bunker does have the one thing she hasn't seen in years, sunlight. Somehow her father missed the little beam of sun through a vent and every morning when he sleeps she stays up just a little longer just to look at it. Cue said Murder Drone cinnamon roll finding said weakness during a bad storm and finding Uzi. Her dad had been on a supply run, he's still in contact with the other bunker but refuses to stay with them. Yeva has taken over as leader and Khan refuses to tell her what happened to Uzi beyond 'She's fine! I'm keeping her safe!'. If she didn't have to run the Bunker she would go look herself, Doll on the other hand has a lot of time. ANyway-Uzi freaks out, N is curious about why she's trapped behind the glass and they of course become friends with N visiting on her dad's supply runs. He finds a packet of markers that surprisingly still work and with Uzi's own the two are drawing and coloring all over the clear container. Course she asks him to take her to the surface and he does much to the dismay of her father who tried to stop her and N but chaos and blah blah they get outside with Uzi now sporting her haircut from the show. I know from there it would sorta be canon compliant with the added bonus of V and J getting a new roommate that N has to smooth over with them, it would mostly follow the events while bringing back Doll's family. Tessa might be real Tessa. Love her. Probably continues on the camp episode right after the escape. Haven't decided if Nori told Khan about her solver and that Uzi might have it, sure with Nori she could handle it but with just him it would be hard to make sure she doesn't go feral. Might be a more concrete reason to lock her away. I don't know what I would call this, if I'm gonna continue working on it or what it will actually be. I could maybe write some one shots on it if I'm in the mood but if enough people like it I could try making a basic timeline? We'll see. And yes that one pic is a reference to draw with me.
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One thing I find so interesting right now is how different everyoneâs interpretations of Megatron are
Because while D-16 and Megatron are the same person, theyâre also radically different
Some lean into him being desperate for his best friend again, deluding himself into thinking Optimus and Orion arenât the same person or that the Matrix corrupted him
Others go with the idea that Megatron is fully into denial about what he did, trying to justify it to himself
And others have Megatron be regretful but unable to turn back after taking the first steps on this path, and deciding he truly has nothing else to loose
I love them all too!! Because while Optimus and Megatron have some defining traits, they are pretty flexible in how they can be portrayed since we arenât privy to their inner thoughts like we would be in a novel. (Well there is the novelization, but I personally donât consider that canon since itâs more of an alternate interpretation of the story rather than expanding on the story in the movie.)
If we get a sequel (hereâs hoping) then Iâm also excited for how weâll see a young Megatron and young Optimus act and what kind of story theyâll tell. Since theyâre in their more usual forms, but the war is still in its beginning and hasnât taken the massive toll on them or their planet yet.
Thereâs just so much potential for stories and fanfic alike!! (The difference is that âstoriesâ are things that could happen in a sequel, while fanfic will cover things that the offical media would never touch like official MegOp)
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Cherrycardâs Relationship and Dynamic
âCherrycardâ is the ship name of my oc Rory x Ace, since theyâre my main oc x canon ship I felt like this post was long overdue.Â
Howâd they start?
 -Rory is my Yuu so him and Ace met on Main Street in the beginning of the prologue and obviously, they didnât get along at first.Â
 -During the prologue Rory was silently cursing both him and Deuce for their brash actions that broke the chandelier.Â
 -In Book 1 Rory was even more put off when Ace stumbled to Ramshackleâs front door claiming that he had no where else to stay while his dorm leader was angry at him.Â
 -He let him have the couch but quite frankly he wanted to give him the front porch.Â
 -But then Ace defended him to Riddle, he even punched him for insulting him. He had to have been an idiot to defend a stranger.Â
 -As a thank you, Rory would spend some nights at Heartslabyul if the conditions at Ramshackle caused him to have a health flare up.Â
 -Then came Book 2, the time where everyone grew more competitive. Ace and Rory continued to bicker this entire book.Â
 -Book 3, the turning point for their friendship. This was the first time that Rory truly yelled at Ace and Deuce.Â
 -He blamed them for getting them into a contract and especially for losing Ramshackle.Â
  -Yet Ace didnât react negatively compared to Deuce, he sighed and said that it was about time that Rory told them how he was really feeling.Â
 -To which Rory responded, âYouâre an idiot!â Yet he stayed the night at their dorm room per usual. He didnât immediately go to sleep, he stayed up and thought about what Ace said.Â
 -After Azulâs overblot and Rory got a part time job at Mostro Lounge, Ace would come by sometimes to make sure heâs not overworking.Â
 -Book 4, the beginning of their crushes.Â
 -When winter first began Rory didnât have any thick jackets to wear in the cold weather so he made do with his school blazer that he despised wearing. One day he ran into Ace who was going on a grocery run for Trey and Ace let him borrow his hoodie.Â
 -Afterwards, Rory invited Ace to stargaze with him.Â
 -Rory: Do you like the stars? Ace: Theyâre there. Nothing much. Rory: I see.Â
 -When students left for winter break, Rory noticed that he felt lonely without the presence of his friends. Most especially a certain red head.Â
 -Stuck at Scarabia, Roryâs stress got the best of him and he sent an sos message to Ace and Deuce. When it said it didnât send he decided to push his own anxiety away and focus on taking care of Grim.Â
 -At the party after Jamilâs overblot the last things he expected to see were Ace and Deuce running through the desert towards Scarabia. When they explained what they had to do to get there and how much they panicked when they saw an sos from Rory he didnât know what to say. The duo panicked even more when they saw that Rory wasnât just being quiet.Â
 -He was crying. He didnât think that people would go to such lengths for him.Â
 -Ace tried to awkwardly comfort him while stating âOf course we would help you. Weâre friends idiot.â
 -Friends. Friends.Â
 -As they walked back to the mirror chamber Ace suddenly remembered something and had Rory wait outside of the Heartslabyul mirror while he ran to the dorm to get something. Deuce went ahead home but not without making sure that Grim and Rory would be okay.Â
 -When Ace came back he held out a small box wrapped in wrapping paper. It wasnât the prettiest job but it was charming to Rory.Â
 -He hesitantly took it and began to unwrap it. Ace began rambling about whatever.Â
 -âI chickened out from giving it to you before I left. Obviously I donât have a lot of savings so itâs nothing lavish-if you hate it then thatâs completely fine I know I didnât ask you what you wanted-â
 -Except it was one of the sweetest gifts that Rory couldâve received. It wasnât just one thing in the box, it was multiple.Â
 -A notebook for him to journal in that had what seemed like Twisted Wonderlandâs constellations on the cover, a few different colored pens, and a bookmark that at the end had various beads dangling off of it. The one at the end being in the shape of a heart. The bookmark looked homemade.Â
 -Overcome with everything thatâs happened, Rory pulled Ace into a hug. âThank you.â He mumbled. âYouâre welcome.â Was returned in an equally soft tone.Â
 -When they parted ways, Ace was almost sad that he had to leave again. Whereas Rory didnât feel nearly as alone as before.Â
 -Book 5. When everyone returned from winter break Rory finally gave Ace his gift. A portrait of Ace. The red head was surprised at first, by both the gift and the thought behind it.Â
 -The portrait even included the more subtle details that Ace didnât think much about but apparently Rory thought about them a lot. Such as the faint freckles along his nose and his dimples and his long eyelashes.Â
 -For once, Ace didnât have a teasing remark. Instead his face started to feel really warm.Â
 -It wasnât until AFTER the SDC and that hard loss that Rory finally got the courage to ask Ace a question.Â
 -âWould you like to-â âDo you wanna-â They both paused and went back and forth on who should speak first until they finally shouted âgo on a date together?!âÂ
 -After their date, Ace asked Rory to be his boyfriend and promised him that he would never be the reason he cries again.Â
Fun facts! (They arenât all fun)
 -They are so sitcom coded it is actually sickening.Â
 -Rory was incredibly devastated when he realized he liked Ace. So much that he told Crewel about it, who became equally devastated and disappointed.Â
 -When Roryâs health issues flare up and he just wants to lay in bed or nap, Ace is right next to him. Helping in any small way that he can.Â
 -When Rory finally told Ace about his trauma and what his home world was like, it all clicked to him why Rory had the mannerisms that he did. Following that he took care to be careful with what noises he made or sudden motions.Â
 -Rory does his best to go to every one of Aceâs practices and games, to a lot of the other students surprise heâs one of the loudest in the stands when cheering.Â
 -Ace has a habit of leaning on Rory. Whether theyâre sitting or standing, heâll find a way to lean on him.Â
-Theyâve spent countless nights on the roof of Ramshackle stargazing and talking about anything. From their lives now to the future.
 -Their love languages tend to overlap with Roryâs being quality time, words of affirmation, and acts of service with Aceâs being quality time, physical touch, and gift giving.Â
 -They donât call each other by nicknames very often, mostly when teasing each other or during a sentimental moment. Roryâs go-to is âLoveyâ and Ace has a few he likes to cycle through such as âHoneybunâ, âSugarplumâ, âBabeâ, and âSweetheartâ.
Rory: Do you like the stars?
Ace: Yeah, I like âem because you do. Rory: I see. They remind me of you.
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All the Small Things...
One of the biggest benefits of Beetlejuice 3 starting with a time skip, if they decide to do it, is that they don't need to spend much time building a dynamic between Lydia and Betelgeuse, if they intent to give them their romantic endgame.
We already saw how they get along in BJBJ and how he continues haunting her at the end, so the base is set. If they do a little time skip, the movie can start with the two of them already having a more established kind of relationship from which the story can take off. They can build their endgame romantic relationship in a believable way, without even needing to have Keaton onscreen more than the amount of time he feels like Betelgeuse should be onscreen (we all know how he believes Betelgeuse can't be in the movie too much <-Totally disagree with him, though! At least for a BJ3 I really feel like he should be onscreen a lot more than 17 minutes).
Lydia and Betelgeuse could have developed a friendship offscreen (or a reluctant friendship, on Lydia's part). OR, better yet, they may totally be acting like an old married couple. They can be shown bickering about little things that only matter when two people care about each other a lot. (I just thought of that clip with a couple arguing because she was shoveling the snow and he didn't want her to do it because that's his job as the husband [I think he even said she was too cute to be doing that đ]. I wish I could find the clip to put it here. lol)
Little head canon time đ: Imagine if Betelgeuse acts like her husband whenever he pops up to haunt see her. He makes her coffee every morning; some days he even sets the table for her breakfast, and very night he arranges her slippers by the bed. Lydia acts annoyed, especially at first, "stop trying to see me!" "Just leave me alone, already!" But she secretly loves all the little things he does for her and has gotten used to it. And he does it all because he wants to; he did say he was going to make her happy. The wedding might have not gone through, but, does that matter to him? Nope! He can finally make contact; it's no longer such a long distance relationship anymore. He's gonna make the most of those little moments he can have with her.
And maybe it even takes a lot out of him; he has to focus really hard to appear around her without being summoned, but he doesn't care. He just wants to be there. Maybe he leaves her roses on her bed sometimes, and gets her bath ready for when she comes home from work. It's like someone's taking care of her at all times, but at the same time... He's not truly there. He can only pop in every now and then; he can't be there permanently unless she sets him free. So, when there's a morning Beej can't pop in and make her coffee, Lydia misses him and wonders why he didn't show up today. She has a phantom husband, always there, but also, not truly... Only in his absence does she realize what he's become to her. And that's how she's slowly fallen for him, because of All the Small Things.
#There Burton hire me đ#Beetlebabes#Beetlejuice x Lydia#No but I really like this headcanon AH!#I think it's sweet ok#How he's such a good husband but it would have never crossed her mind that married life with him could be like this lol#Beetlejuice 3#Beetlejuice 3 headcanons#Beetlejuice 3 hopes#manifesting
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Hey! You probably have already been asked this question- and I know youâll probably never see this- but Iâve been thinking about this and curious about this lately, uh-
What are all the things killer went through during his time under the control of his frisk? Both cannon and head-cannon? I have a few head-cannons myself but am really curious what others think and what the cannon is!
Itâs okay if not answered, am just a curious soul wondering about stuff-
Well, first, it wasnât his Frisk he was under the control ofâFrisk is actually hardly mentioned in Something New outside of the first few panels of the first page of the comics, and Killer saying he misses stabbing Friskâs face when asked if he missed Frisk.
It was Chara, and the Playerâbasically one and the same in Something New, even if Chara the dead child potentially wants something more. All the Player ever really wants from Killerâs existence is something new, after all. Charaâs the one who wanted a partner in crime.
As for what happened between them, the fun part isâwe donât actually canonically know. We can make guesses based on the beginning, when Killer turned on them, and some things based on after they endedâhow Killer still sees them and hears them and listens to them, how he feels watched by them constantly, as if theyâre living inside him.
This tells me just how codependent their relationship wasâand how scared and powerless Killer feels beneath them, even as he feels he needs them and that he still has to listen to them, even if he doesnât want toâeven as he struggles to realize that he doesnât want to, because he wants what They want.
Even if he has a new âmasterâ now in the form of Nightmare. It tells me that Charaâs wants and priorities and needs have always taken priority over anything and anyone elseâespecially Killer himself.
Itâs like..how a baby doesnât realize they are separate from their mother for the first few months of their life. Except Killer never truly realized that he is separate from them. Or that they are separate from him. He has internalized them, and in many ways, has become them. Something he struggles to make sense of.
Killer doesnât know who he is or what he is, what he wantsâif he wants anything at all. He doesnât know what is or isnât realâwhy he feels and behaves about certain things. Why everything both does and doesnât feel familiar, and yet still he is always just separate.
Chara provided directions. They represent identity and direction and stability, certainty and structure. They scare him and hurt him and confuse him, and he hates them and fears them in equal measure, but no one has understood him like them. Not even himself.
Iâm sure he also didnât use to understand why he was ever scared of or disobedient of Chara beforeâif something ever triggered him into Stage 1, such as his own hesitance to kill Papyrus. Stage 2 may not have held the same emotional ties to Chara that Stage 1 does or hold the same anger and hate that Stage 3 does or the fear and reverence that Stage 4 does; but it wasnât like he knew anything else besides them with certainty.
He knew he needed them. He didnât know fully why, he just did. He could try to explain why but itâd be through the lens of what Chara taught him: control or be controlled, the most Determined decide fate, etc.
He holds on these contradictory views and experiences with Chara, likely dissociated and compartmented into his four Stages, but all just as true as eachother.
They made him. He exists because of the Player, sure, but Chara basically raised him. The Player speaks through them, they act on our behalf. There may even be no difference between Chara and God in his mind in Stage 4.
And try as he might, he canât pry their pieces out of him.
All of it suggests heavy levels of manipulation, conditioning, gaslighting, dependency, and abuse to me. The specifics arenât said or shown or even confirmed, but the fact that out of all his shadowy hallucinations of everyone heâs killedâliving in his headâCharaâs the only one whoâs more than a shadow and has sway over his choices seems to say something about their relationship.
Anyway, a lot of things couldâve likely happened when he was with Chara. Who knows how long they were togetherâKiller likely doesnât know. How many timelines they went through together.
I do like to think that there was an entire timeline where Killer and Chara overthrew Asgore and ruled the Underground themselves at some point, because Princess Killer and Killer being conditioned through royal etiquette is an idea I love. I also think he was conditioned through childhood nursery rhymes, games, gestures, and sayings that are loaded with specific meanings that only Chara and Killer themselves know. Their own little language.
I think Chara gave Killer Asrielâs golden locket, to basically make Killer into the better âAsriel.â I do believe he was often threatened and kept in line through the use of the Resetâsomething Killer, back when he was Sans, hated and dreaded more anything.
(And by that I mean, he was either threatened with a Reset if he didnât do something, or forced to repeat something over and over through the use of the Reset until he either did it perfectly or without thinking or hesitation. Until any attempts to resist results in an instinctive overriding of his own will via the triggering of Stage 4.)
That original sentiment was likely twisted over time, but still present in some shape or formâsuch as the need for something new, and to not constantly do the same thing over and over again, even as paradoxically, Killer has a tendency to do the same things over and over again thanks to the role of the Resets in his conditioning.
Iâve made a post before about like, Chara and Killer making the killing into something like hunting games, canât find it. But I like to think there was a punishment-reward system that Killer internalized as well, especially in Stage 4.
Iâve mentioned before how i hc that Killer and Chara had a pinky swear system that could never be broken under threat of grievous harm to whichever party breaks the promiseâand as a result any promises made via pinky swears with Killer from absolutely anyone is basically the same as signing away your right to live if you ever break it.
Iâve mentioned how I think the one death Killer has never experienced before is buttercup poisoning. But basically, anything you think could happen has possibly happened, except ya know..weird stuff.
Reality is a game, and the Underground is their sandbox.
#howlsasks#anon tag#canon k1ll_sans#kinda#buttercup duo#cw conditioning#utmv#sans au#sans aus#killer sans stages#killer sans#killer!sans#undertale au#killertale#undertale something new#kc chara#something new chara#bad sanses#bad sans gang#nightmares gang#nightmareâs gang#killertale sans#something new#utmv headcanons#nightmare sans#nightmare!sans#something new player#something new sans#undertalesomethingnew#saying weird stuff bc Iâve already seen weird stuff w/ chara & killer from the fandom âšď¸. donât do that.
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Can I just say I LOVE the subtle way you use color for the blush in your drawings 𼚠itâs minimalist but adds so much life!!
Also I know you said you donât draw the comics chronologically but do you have your own head canon of the timeline of events? Does Astarion just live with Vapula now or does he have his own little bat house (nest?) somewhere lol
thank you so much!!!
First thing I want to clarify just in case, the arts I make with no AU name are set in canon (like the latest art with some ear play hehe). The âAccidental boyfriendâ comic series have this name when I post, of something like âBatstarion boyfriendâ and the âpartsâ to keep them all counted (the latest art made for it is prt.7 art). All the Batstarions I draw randomly are mostly set in canon, but could be freely inserted in those series in viewers mind
Now for the series lore itself! â¨
Astarion lives rent free in Vapulaâs home, because he decided so haha. Vapula tried to shoo him, but with no luck. He mostly uses his bat form and chills, feeds from blood bags, sleeps all around her place and tries to flirt with her to win her heart. His motives are not malicious. Although heâs still manipulative little shit bat, his crush on Vapula is genuine. I am yet to decide how he ended up a bat, does his lore has canon bits here, and I will put more info in the zine Iâll make for these series
Vapula lives alone in Baldurâs Gate (although it might have semi-modern vibes like Far Far Away in Shrek 2 in this AU). She studies magic, loves to work with TAROT, lives on family money sent to her from Neverwinter and just has the time of her life enjoying solitude in huge house. Until one day she discovers an injured Bat and finds herself a future boyfriend whoâs already crushing hard while she is in total denial
The series show their dynamic from denial to flirting to romance. And Iâll make them make more sense once I gather them in one work đ¤
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Itâs sorta crazy how a stupid TV show has been able to trigger my anxiety so bad, but it makes sense when I consider all I had been using my hyper fixation on it to distract myself from. Alas, my anxiety has brought back my insomnia which means I wake up sometime between 1am and 2:30am every morning and just MIGHT start feeling ready to fall asleep against around 5âŚWhen my alarm goes off to get ready for work.
But it leaves me a lot of time for random pondering. And this morning got me thinking of one thing that either pisses me off or gives me hope (I guess Iâll know eventuallyâŚ)
They didnât need a character like Tommy for Buckâs bi (? Maybe - That actually hasnât truly been confirmed in canon đ) awakening.
This is going to sound a lot like some of the anti-Tommy talking points, but please stay with me.
It really COULD have been any good looking, cool guy who did it. Imagine Johnny, a 40yo adrenaline junkie sport type that Buck and Eddie meet during a big emergency the way they met Ali. Now unlike Ali, Johnny keeps it together during the emergency and like Ali helps them save himself and others. Could even make him a military man. Now they could leave this emergency all having one anotherâs numbers and something along the lines of 7x04 still could have happened.
Buck calls Johnny to see his fun exciting job/hobby, but Johnny is pulled away when Eddie shows up for them to go do something theyâd already planned. Buck isnât complaining to Maddie about Eddie spending all this time with the new guy, but itâs not the cool pilot she already knows about but the cool free climber or whatever they met on a call. The same conclusions are still met with the conversation. Maybe the basketball game isnât strictly first respondersâŚChim doesnât have quite the same idea whatâs going on since he really doesnât know this guy, but he gets that Buck only asked him to the game because Eddie was bringing his new friend. Things still go badly for Eddieâs ankle and Johnny comes to the loft to apologize. Thereâs no talk about the 118 family, of course, but perhaps some other vulnerability about friendships and a kiss. Thereâs a date that still goes to hell. Thereâs coming out to Maddie and Eddie. Thereâs the coffee meet up. They could still have Buck go balls to the wall and invite him to the wedding despite him only really know Buck and Eddie. Johnny wouldnât go to the bachelor party and maybe he comes to the hospital, maybe he doesnât.
Their relationship does what Buckâs relationships do when there isnât much connecting the person to his teammates or the plots of the show. Bobby can only say that Buck seems happy and settledâŚHe canât pass judgment on a person he doesnât know. And they go through the dramas of the 118 together until something triggers a desire for a big move forward for BuckâŚAnd the same sort of break up happens.
Itâs sad. Itâs probably still a bit offensive. But there was never any loss to what could have been brought to the show overall by the departure of Buckâs latest partner, even if he was new in some ways.
But thatâs not what happened.
They decided to bring in an established character that could be molded into what they wanted. A firefighter. Better yet, a firefighter PILOT on a show about firefighting that could use some fresh emergency plot ideas. A character with history in the house that holds Buckâs family. With Chim and with Hen and even with Bobby if itâs not nearly as much since Bobby wasnât his open hearted self back when Tommy was there. And Tommy wasnât either.
So you have this character who is compatible with the job. He can make for interesting storylines outside of relationship ones. There isnât going to be a lame break up because the job is dangerous. There isnât going to be a betrayal based on their mutual prioritizing of work since they would both understand how the work needs priority. You have things you can explore putting the character in pairings with practically every other main and have it make sense.
All that potential by choosing to go with this character that fits so well to just NOT do any of it.
Thatâs the real loss I am feeling as a fan of the show from the beginning.
And yeah, I shipped BuckTommy and I had hopes for things I wanted to see between them because Buck is my favorite character and I love seeing him shine. Iâm heartbroken by his heart being broken. Iâm heartbroken because I saw all this potential that I assumed professional storytellers would also see and not squander. That assumption left me blindsided when it seemed they did squander it.
And everyone saying it was written on the wall - It wasnât. Yes, Buckâs relationships always fail. Thatâs how things work - Relationships fail until one WORKS. And this one seemed like it should work. Unless you are watching through goggles telling you without a doubt Buckâs endgame lays elsewhere, there was no warning that this is what would happen at the 6 month mark of the relationship.
And it seems like a really dumb thing to do, to let go of such an interesting tool you have available to you as a storyteller. You didnât have to make the character such an asset to you and the story.
Maybe Iâm jumping the gun and they do have plans for possible stories in the future. Awkward emergencies with the 118 and 217 on a scene together for some reason that will use some of that potential. So maybe there is some reason to hope.
Or maybe it is just wasted. And Iâm pissed as a fan of the show and as someone who feels emotionally whiplashed by 8x05 and 8x06.
I guess weâll see. I refuse get my hopes up. Perhaps Iâll watch the show live tonightâŚDepends if being up at 2am means Iâm exhausted by 6:30pm again today (I was only able to force myself to stay awake until 8pm last night). Iâll watch eventually regardless. But Iâm probably back to watching the show the way I did before and how I currently watch Ghosts and TrackerâŚWhen I remember the show, Iâll binge what I missed. Or Iâll turn it on if I remember during the timeslot. Itâs no longer must see TV for me that I will make plans around.
Anyway, done ramblingâŚ
#bucktommy#tommy kinard#Evan Buckley#911 abc#tevan#I wrote potential a lot because thatâs the thing Iâm most stuck on#itâs just such a waste#Johnny the base jumper could have done the job just as well#and wouldnât have seemed like such a big loss to the show overall when he was let go#just saying
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Micro doodle dump (my Hazbin oc)
Fourth one is Microâs old design. The second and fifth arenât canon I just love giving them trauma mwhahaha
Heres another oc I have no idea what his name is but heâs a silly rat scientist. The thing on his eye is from an accident when trying to create something I havenât decided yetâŚ. Heâs very unfinished
Another micro doodle but it has s/h scars and blood so tw for that
#hazbin oc#hazbin hotel#vox#hazbin hotel vox#hazbin vox#my art#oc hazbin hotel#vox hazbin hotel#hazbin original character#oc artwork
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So, I've been Marinating about Gail and Charon's venture into Fallout 4 timeline. I have yet to figure out if this is more AU versus canon sequence of events... but it works either way, I guess? Kind of a continuation of this post.
Now y'all can be subjected to this hodgepodge of thoughts. Beware, it's long.
This particular path trajectory starts (roughly) about midway through Broken Steel, when Gail starts to really show signs of their worsening condition. They and Charon are still servicing the Brotherhood of Steel at this time, and of course, the Citadel's doctors demand to examine Gail. Though they don't know really how to describe what's happening, it's essentially Gail's insides ghoulifying... without the telltale physical signs (i.e. peeling skin, lost hair).
After the loss of both of the Lyons and countless insufficient leaders in their stead, we come to Arthur Maxson's taking of the Elder role. Gail knows things will quickly go awry when the Outcasts are brought back into the orderâthey've not forgotten the events at VSSâand the order starts to exhibit a much more bigoted way of thinking, derogatory towards any-and-all who are even remotely inhuman (or believed to be such).
Charon most certainly is in the crossfireâand so is Gail, a "filthy ghoul" in all but appearance. Before the Prydwen is ready to take flight, the two are ostracized from the faction they've diligently served for countless years.
And, much like they had before the Battle of Project Purity, they wander the wasteland with nothing but each other.
Eventually, they wind up venturing into the Commonwealth. (Yes, this does mean they wander through the Glowing Sea, entering via Southern Boston.) For the most part, they keep to themselves, not really settling down anywhere in particular.
So. In the post I linked prior, I mention Gail and Arthur meeting yet again, and that it deserved its own lil' segment.
Strap in. This is going to get gnarly.
Maxson's got eyes and ears in numerous places; both Gail and Charon stick out like sore thumbs, so he recognizes their descriptions. Calls them up to meet him in the Prydwen. Of course, Charon hates the idea, but Gail reasons that maybe things had changed, considering the offer is given in the first place.
Gail hopes to talk. To make the young man who they'd once looked after and educated see the errors of the order's new ways. He tells them of the Institute, the technology that's gone too far, how those not the work of nature are bombs ready to lay waste to the world all over.
He makes it a point to mention not only Gail's own condition, but also the nature of their relationship with Charon. This angers them beyond words, but before they can do anything, Arthur fires a single laser shot. And Charon collapses beside them.
Cue Arthur continuously spouting about non-humans, the surrounding Paladins snickering as Gail holds Charon close and packs his wound.
This is when Gailâever composed, ever the soft-spoken voice of reasonâfinally snaps. Because this order, this fucking order, has taken so much from them and countless others. Betrayed the ideals of the man who readily took they and Charon in.
Through rivers of tears, they take Charon's shotgun in their hands and open fire. Not a single bullet strays from their fatal trajectory, and no one is left standing. Gail helps themselves to one of the fallen Paladin's power armor as to be able to lift Charon... as well as take a running leap out of the airship.
Gail tends to Charon enough to stabilize him before booking it back to the Glowing Sea, where they hide out until it's safe to return homeâto the Capital. Because where else would they go?
#this turned into a thesis. sorry ksjhdf#have yet to decide if this is canon for them but.#i do like the idea of it...#tl;dr Gail has Had Enough.#oc: gail parsons
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Dysfunctional family auâ showdown aftermath, one week later
#art-zu#animation vs animator#animator vs animation#Dysfunctional family au#I decided to name the au dysfunctional family au cuz why not#This is the au where blue hour happened#Not entirely canon in the au just yet im still not sure if i wanna keep this scenario or not#But i drew it anyway cuz i was having thoughts#I hope its very clear that chosen wanted to strangle second here#Cuz what do you mean you dont know you dont know our brother died? You dont know you killed my brother? My brother my first best friend my#little brother you killed him and you do not have the decency to remember it? How dare you how dare you how dare you how dare you how dare y#Anyways second broke down. Chosen comforted them and sent them to sleep all the while he's mad at second. Mad at dark. Mad at dark for how#second turned like this. Mad at himself for letting this happen. Just mad mad mad mad mad mad seething furious upset vitriol in his blood#Poison in his lungs hole in his heart and it aches it aches it aches it aches it aches it aches it aches it ach#Anyways i swear im normal BAHHAHAHAH
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what do you think about zora design? about past and current designs? how would you change it? actually!!! what are the zora (and other races) like in your sword of fate au???
got distracted by the second question. look at my little guys:
these are some of the current (working) designs!! from left to right it's sheikah, zora, hylian, goron, and gerudo! these aren't necessarily the average builds/designs for each race but they're the most important character from each race lol. sword of fate takes place really early-on in the timeline, so the culture and separation of races is still kind of loose especially among the humanoid races. the current generation of zora is basically the first generation to call themselves zora and attempt to establish a government or hold any authority alongside the other races of hyrule, and because they're kind of a young race i imagine they're less fishy and more invertebrate-like in this stage, hence my jellyfish princess! (her dad is a giant squid lol.) the sheikah are descendants of the original surface humans, whereas the hylians and gerudo are two seperate sects that both originally came from skyloft. the hylians built a few villages which each have their own distinct vibe while the gerudo took a more nomadic approach and roam the desert in small independently governed groups. The gorons are the most well-established race at this point, having been on the surface a lot longer than basically everyone else, and so they have a much stronger culture and shared identity than a lot of the other races that are still kind of getting their footing.
#no rito because sof is like 200-300 years at most after sksw and the idea of bird people existing in such close proximity to horse birds#weirds me out ngl. i think some of the hylians in skyloft village (not actually in the sky but built way up in the mountains to mimic it)#might actually still ride loftwings. havent decided yet. anyway#the sheikah and hylian villages recognize the authority of & are (loosely) governed by the hyrulian royal family#the gorons & zora recognize the royals as a foreign governing body but don't submit to them--they have their own governments#and the gerudo just kind of have a mutual 'you don't fuck with me i dont fuck with you' agreement with the hyrulian government lol#& then of course their are some fringe sects like the one ganon comes from. who are also basically ignored until they become a problem#asks#loz: sword of fate#< wow it's been a while since i used that tag lmfao#um anyway. i can do a seperate post abt canon zora designs if anyone wants it ig lmfao
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I Need Your Help...
CW/ mpreg, language, slight angst
Pt. 1
St@nley heard the nauseating sizzle before the pain registered, radiating white hot agony from where the back of his right shoulder made contact with the metallic mass he was pressed against. A tortured scream tore itself from his throat as he tried to wriggle himself away from the hot steel. He crumbled to a heap on the floor, eyes squeezed shut as he gripped his shoulder.
"St@nley!!" F0rd's voice rang as he scrambled up to his feet, a mortified expression plastered to his face as he rushed to his brother, book in hand.
It all happened so fastâŚ
One moment Stanf0rd was explaining the basics of his plan: to take his journal and take it far, FAR away, where it could never be stumbled upon again⌠and in the next, he ended up tackling his brother to get it back when the latter threatened to burn the damn thing. It turned into a violent game of keep-away, with them pushing and shoving and cursing each other as they each tried to pry it from one another's grasp. The tussle lasted several minutes⌠and ultimately led him to unintentionally slamming his brother up against the blazing surface of one of his machines.
How could it have gone so wrong?
Breathing harshly through his teeth, St@n stiffly managed to sit upright enough to lean his good shoulder on the doorway, his left hand white-knuckling the fabric of his jacket sleeve as he attempted to quell the feverish throbbing. His vision was blurred, his ears were ringing, and he could just barely make out that a figure was approaching him⌠speaking to him⌠or maybe at him, but in that moment it only read as static and noise.
He felt like a cornered animal. And with a fresh rush of adrenaline, instinct overcame rationale in a flurry of pain and pure, pent up rage...
F0rd knelt down in front of him, frantically apologizing and trying to assess the damage. "Ohhh my gosh I'm so sorry!! Are you alr-" but his words were abruptly cut off as St@n's fist made blunt contact with the underside of his chin before he could come any closer, knocking him silly for a brief moment. He stumbled back, dropping the journal, and landed flat on his ass a few feet across from him. He groaned into his hand as it caressed his aching jaw.
"What the HELL is wrong with you??!" St@nley exclaimed scornfully. "Are you CRAZY??!"
"ME??!" came a muffled response before F0rd uncovered his mouth. "You punched me in the FACE!!"
"YOU tackled me to the ground over a goddamn BOOK, you jackass!!" A frustrated, pained sound slipped past St@n's lips. 'Scorched the SHIT outta my shoulder too... fuck!...' he thought bitterly. The pain of the burn was slowly dulling enough to become manageable but was still deafeningly there. "Do you not see how insane that is?? Do you have ANY idea what you could've-... y-you could've..." His face suddenly fell, his complexion somehow paling even more than it already had. Quietly mumbling an inaudible 'Oh no!.,' he shakily fumbled with the zipper of his jacket.
F0rd was about to spat a venomous retort⌠then all those thoughts vanished as he watched his brother, who's attention was no longer on him at the moment...
Self-consciousness took a back seat as, with a little less effort than he'd like to admit, St@nley all but tore his jacket open... fully revealing the impressively sized bump as he frantically palpated the sides with his free hand. In the heat of the moment, he'd temporarily neglected the fact that he had a passenger on board, and an air of fear and desperation loomed in his eyes as he tried to garner SOME reaction from the babe inside. He couldn't take the possibility of anything happening to them as a result of carelessness on his part. Not after they've stuck with him this long...
After a tense wait, he jumped slightly when he received a harsh yet responsive jab(what was most likely a punch back of annoyance from the little one for disturbing their peace). "Ohhhh you're okay... you're okay..," he breathed, more to convince himself than anyone else, as he let his head fall back against the doorframe.
Meanwhile, F0rd's nerves were steadily building in intensity. Realization hit him with the force of a semi truck, but the shock made it hard to formulate the words that were buzzing in his exhausted brain. How in the world did he not notice until now?!... "St@nley, I... You... Y-You're..?"
St@nley's eyes popped back open, making contact with his brother's... before following his gaze back to his own stomach. He groaned, exasperated. He knew this conversation was coming, he dreaded it the entire drive up here... now the proverbial cat was out of the bag. "Right... um..." He did a half-hearted, one handed mock 'jazz hands' motion. "Surprise, I guess... You're gonna be an uncle."
"Pregnant?!..." came a shrill, horrified whisper.
"Figured that was obvious, poindexter."
"Why didn't you tell me you were PREGNANT??!!"
"Oh I dunno, maybe cuz I thought you were in trouble?? That the message you sent was clearly urgent and you needed HELP??"
Stanf0rd, his head swimming from both the adrenaline rush wearing off as well as the slew of new information he'd just been forced to absorb, promptly flopped to the ground onto his back. He covered his face with his hands, breathing out a rather defeated sound. "I should've never sent that damned postcard..."
St@n huffed. "What? Was I supposed to just NOT come, then?? I didn't haul ass all the way from New Mexico just because! I had to!! You're my freakin' brother, I couldn't leave ya hangin' if I knew you were in trouble!"
"Still..," F0rd let his hands fall from his face and out to his sides. "It was reckless to come all this way when you're in such a..," he fumbled for the right words, " ... condition."
"Do you seriously think I'd skip out on ya over an inconvenience? I'm pregnant, F0rd, not inert."
F0rd opened his mouth as if to respond, but quickly gave up. The pain from where he'd been slugged was starting to made it difficult to speak.
The room went quiet, sans the sounds of machinery blipping, metallic creaking, as well as each of their own attempts to regulate their breathing. They stayed like that for a while, simmering down.
St@nley glanced over to see that the journal, the very thing they were hashing it out over just mere minutes ago, had landed within arms reach of himself. He reached for it, grunting when the movement made his core muscles tense up. He ignored it and and picked the book up. He let go of his shoulder to hold it in both hands, turning it over and inspecting the leather craftsmanship.
Flipping through a few random pages, though the written contents read more or less like Greek to him, it was obvious the sheer amount of love and passion that went into putting the thing together. The time and effort put into the extensive research documented on every single page was astounding. All in his brother's recognizable penmanshipâŚ. 'And here I was about to set it on fire..," he thought with a slight pang of guilt.
"What're we doing, Stanf0rd?..," he finally spoke up. "It's not been an hour since I got here and we've already been at each other's throatsâŚ"
"Yeah... yeah, no kidding..," F0rd sighed. "We might've lost our heads a bit, there... er, I did..." he admitted, solemnly. "I panicked... reacted rashly..." An apology seemed to hang loosely from his lips, but he didn't quite allow it to slip.
St@nley recognized that but decided not to comment on it. He made an amused sound. This all suddenly felt very familiar. It felt a lot like one of those times when they were just kids, when Ma would not-so-gently encourage them to reconcile after one of their petty skirmishes... skirmishes not unlike that of street cats duking it out over a stolen fish from the boardwalk docks. Seemed it was what Jersey boys did best: Fight. Fight and then make up as if they weren't just about to kick the ever-loving shit out of each other. Oh the nostalgia... Maybe they hadnât completely changed all that much, after allâŚ
St@n looked back to his brother, who was still sprawled out like a starfish on the floor. A deep sigh rolled from his chest. "Listen..," he started, voice just loud enough to hear over the white noise of the lab, "just so you know, even if there was no emergency... even if there was no rhyme or reason to send for me... I still had every intention to come when you asked me to." He swallowed, hesitating continuing the thought⌠but pressed on. He needed to say this. "... I wanted to see you, Stanf0rd. I've wanted to for a long, long time..."
F0rd remained quiet, head tilted in his brother's direction, listening.
"I just⌠after all this time, after all these years, I just thought⌠maybe you actually wanted to see me again tooâŚ"
"..."
"I've missed you, brotherâŚ"
F0rd's face softened for a moment, emotions could be seen conflicting behind his eyes. It seemed like he'd wanted so badly to say something... to say anything to clear things up... but right then the appropriate words came up short. He squeezed his eyes shut, steeling himself as he turned back away from St@nley, facing back to the tall ceiling. "You should've stayed home."
And just like that they were plunged back into deafening silence. The gap between them seemed to grow ever so slightly wider once more.
Then, as if on cue (and much to St@horror), an obnoxiously loud but familiar gurgle broke the silence, echoing off the metal bunker walls. His face went beet red as he pressed his hands to his stomach, in a frugal attempt to silence it. "Ah geezâŚ" he mumbled under his breath.
At first it wasn't clear if F0rd had acknowledged the sudden sound or not, as he still laid motionless where he was, but after a moment he let out a soft sigh before limply dragging himself up from the floor, dusting himself off in the process. It was then that he approached his brother... and offered his hand. "Take this to the kitchen?"
From his spot on the floor, St@nley's eyes bounced coldly from F0rd's eyes to his hand before finally accepting the aid. After a quick countdown to 3, and then another as they attempted to get momentum on their side, he was hefted back onto his feet with an unintentional grunt of discomfort. Not only did his shoulder sting like hell, but the already strained muscles in his back knotted up in protest as he stood.
To be honest everything hurt, but he tried not to let it show too much. Instead, he awkwardly shoved his hands back into his pockets.
Er, he attempted to, only to realize in one he still held tight to the leatherback of the journal.
"I didn't come here expecting you to feed me, y'know," he grumbled as he held the book out to his brother, who took it notably less aggressively in comparison to earlier.
"Oh shut up and come eat," F0rd muttered flatly as he passed his brother, meandering lazily towards the elevator. "We'll get a look at that shoulder while we're at it..."
St@n rolled his eyes but diligently followed. His gaze landed on his belly as he walked, where the kid really hadn't stopped moving, obviously still agitated by the rude awakening from earlier. He placed his hand atop the bump just under his ribs, where he could feel what he assumed was their foot. "Your uncle's a real piece of work, kiddo. Remember that."
'But he's familyâŚ,' he added mentally to himself, 'Remember that, St@nley...â
TBC
#mpreg#mpreg fic#not kink#PaternityF@lls-St@n#is that a dumb tag? I kinda think itâs funny lol#INeedYourHelpFic#but anywaysâŚ#HI#I WROTE A THING#Since I've had next to NO time to draw the past couple weeks#*queue internal screaming*#I decided to dip into the next best thing: WRITING#The reason i started where I did was cuz I think the lead up would likely take place the same way as canon#only exception is that Fo/rd doesn't get sucked into the portal... at least not yet >>'#But let me know what you guys think!!#Did i keep them in character enough??#Is there too much angst?? TOO BAD cuz there's gonna be more#LOTS MORE#ALL HAIL THE ANGSTđš#who said that?...#i blacked out for a sec there...#Also I'm still feeling around for the title of this narrative#gonna have to brainstorm as i am AWFUL at naming ficsđĽ˛
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dust with a fucked up savior complex save me dust with a fucked up savior complex SAVE ME!!!! he's literally sooo savior complex coded. he killed his underground to "save" everyone and stop the human from killing them. he thinks that it's better that he does the murdering instead of the human because he has better intentions. he's sad at the beginning (rightfully so) but savior complex dust really gets so much cooler when you add in the fact that dust eventually started to LIKE killing his underground đđ like just..... imagine a manic dust who's gone mad going around claiming he's helping everyone with what he's doing when he's really,,,, not. soo cool.,,, (like dude how are you SAVING people if they don't exist after you've killed the person who was killing them. there is nobody to be safe but yourself anymore) (can you tell this was inspired by the one comic of dust killing his papyrus and saying "it was better if i did it" or something)
but also also on the other hand,,,,, revenge fueled dust??? he's gotten SO bitter from the repeated resets and genos that he's genuinely bitter enough to risk it all to stop the human. he doesn't have pure intentions in this one. dust doesn't claim he's saving anybody with what he's doing murdering them all. he KNOWS it's bad and wrong and hypocritical but he does it anyways because he wants to not only stop the human but to make them suffer. he purposely wants them to keep coming back after killing them just so he can kill them over and over and over and have them experience a fragment of the suffering he did with having all of his friends and family killed. but i think a revenge fueled dust (in contrast to savior complex dust) would be a lot cooler if he still felt shitty for killing everyone. it's painful to do but hate is stronger than love and dust's hate for the human is MUCH stronger than his love for the underground atp
#oooffff dust sans.... you are such an amazing CONCEPT!!!!#his au is so vague and barely elaborated on that its just so amazing for coming up with any sort of idea for. I LOVE IT I LOVE IT#these are all just different motivations for dust. salvation vs revenge#because really all dust is is sans kills underground to stop human. there is no other elaboration aside from some small pieces#dust sans is peak representation of the utmv and why it's great because#u can come up with cool ideas like this and still have it be semi canon esque#nothing will ever truely be canon unleas its from ask dusttale themselves but that just allows for cooler creativity :3#i love making dust a little more crazy that i perceive him to be#he's DEFINITELY the most mentally stable one of the mtt but once in a while let him be a freak too#mentally unwell mtt tier list from best to worst goes dust horror killer#horror is fucked up too but he has conscience and empathy and is partially environmentally affected#but killer just has too much going on with him that's fucked up that there is NO DAMN WAYYY he is any better than dust or horror#killer needs to be sent to the insane asylum and given the white room treatment (just like error!)#hey so that first concept of dust with a savior complex is ABSOLUTELY what inspired savior#i saw the idea of dust with savior complex and decided to give that to killer to make dust!killer. lookie at that#ohhhh is this a rant or hc????#i have too many damn interpretations of the mtt for me to call EVERYTHING a hc when its not#tricule rant#dust sans#murder time trio#bad sanses#bad sans gang#nightmare's gang#utmv#sans au#i have 40 fucking drafts and yet i am not posting majority of them. what is wrong with me#and like 10 of them are dust based đđđ another 10 are horror based đđđ just post the damn drafts triglycercule!!!!!#nooo but the ideas aren't cool and only i would like them.... i say as i post this
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I saw your post with Noah and owen in the LL au and I was wondering what they do in the au lol
Hi :) thank you for the question!!
They work at the theatre :) theyâve been besties since high school in this AU and they were college roommates
#total drama#marshâs td art#total drama owen#total drama noah#td little league au#also. I have not decided yet whether or not they will be a couple in this AU yet#Iâll let yâall know whenever I decide that AJDHDHSH#I havenât thought much about the romance plots for this AU yet#some are already canon. most of them are not
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So The Bear ends season 2 with Carmy fucking up his pretty serious relationship with Claire. They spent an entire season developing this relationship between Carmy and Claire, and now it's over, and not just over, but abruptly and painfully over. Throughout this same season, they continue to develop Carmy and Syd's relationship, incorporating undeniable nods toward an eventual romance.
Then in season 3, they have Carmy dealing with the fallout of his painful fuckup, that ended a relationship that was, as I said, pretty serious, and was developed over the course of an entire season. They do this while continuing to develop Carmy and Syd's relationship, and while their interactions are mostly tense this season, they continue to incorporate blatant nods toward an eventual romance.
This is happening at the same time they have opened a restaurant, and Carmy is under enormous pressure, pressure that has been made worse by his breakup. Pressure to make the place a success, to live up to his potential, but also to make sure that Tina has an income, that he gives Marcus's mom what she wanted for Marcus, that Ebra, elderly and at the point where he really needs to be retiring, continues to have a job, that he doesn't endlessly waste his uncle's money, and crucially, so that the restaurant can earn that star Sydney is dreaming of, and that Carmy didn't even want.
And yet there are people genuinely criticizing The Bear for not canonizing SydCarmy this season, when...?
The man just went through a devastating breakup -
At the same time he opened a goddamn restaurant -
And is clearly going through the crisis of a lifetime -
And on top of that, he's just quit smoking.
Do you think, in real life, that it's realistic someone in that situation would immediately turn around and start seeing someone else? Do you think the writers would have spent a whole season developing Carmy's relationship with Claire, just for Carmy to shrug it off like it was nothing when it ends?
I'm even more baffled by the idea that SydCarmy not becoming canon this season is because the writers this whole time, have just been, what? Fucking with you? Straight-baiting you? Or do you think that just because they didn't canonize SydCarmy this season that this is indicative that they didn't intentionally allude to a future romance between Syd and Carmy?
I will tell you right now that The Bear is one of the most purposefully written shows I've ever seen. And while I will say that this season might be the weakest so far and wasn't what I was hoping for either - Nothing on that show is an accident. Nothing means nothing.
The writers of The Bear are too good to have accidentally implied SydCarmy was a thing. They are also far too dedicated to their vision for The Bear for them to be throwing things in just to fuck with you.
Have some patience maybe? When was the last time you watched a show that didn't hand you something the moment it was hinted at? Aren't you tired of watching shows that skip to the good part? Which is, as a result, not as good as it would have been?
#the bear#sydcarmy#I don't know I'm just venting#I had my own criticisms of this season but man#I felt like I was being punked when I realized how many people feel slighted sydcarmy isn't canon yet#and then on top of that there's like a lot who have decided that I guess this means it was all about platonic love the whole time?#and I'm sorry but#there would be nothing wrong with Syd and Carmy being friends#but the writing devices being used in this show to develop their relationship and inform our understanding of who they are to each other#are explicitly romantic#there is no other way to read it from just a narrative standpoint#obviously in real life friends can look like anything.#But in fiction friendship and romance are both written about very differently.#Might not always be that way but as of right now it is and the bear generally isn't about challenging those dynamics or our understanding#of what constitutes them. It's not subverting our understanding of platonic or romantic love. That's not what the show is about.
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