Shooting stars burn bright and fast, and then they're gone.
Bill calls Mabel "Shooting Star."
Because of the first sweater we see her in? Yes.
Only because of the first sweater we see her in? . . . Doubtful.
Mabel is effervescent, a force of nature. In a recent YouTube interview, Alex Hirsch described her as extremely passionate, always moving so fast from idea to idea, from thing to thing. The reason why shooting stars glow is because of the speed at which they move through the atmosphere; shooting stars move at hypersonic speeds, and those speeds create friction between the gases of our atmosphere and the meteor itself. That friction creates an immense amount of heat and pressure around the meteor, which creates the flame and the glow that we see down below.
This description encapsulates Mabel. She feels every emotion with everything she has, and when she has a new idea or whim, she throws herself into it 100%, not pausing to give anything a chance to get in her way. She's fast, fierce, and bright; she captures the attention and hearts of everyone around her.
But here's the other thing about shooting stars: the heat that allows them to glow also destroys them. The vast majority of meteors turn to ash long before they ever have a chance of reaching Earth's surface. They dissolve before we ever feel them at all.
When you think about the pitch for season two where it would have opened with Dipper's future self coming back to try to change the past because his Mabel had died . . . when you think about how, in the season two that we did get, Bill was going to kill Mabel in the final Weirdmageddon episode, her shooting star symbol looming in his eye as he prepared to snap his fingers on the word "you" . . .
Shooting stars burn fast and bright, and then they're gone. It's interesting to think about how close that came to being true for Mabel -- how both the good and bad aspects of the shooting star imagery could come into play for her character and story arc.
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Touchstarved OC Relationship Chart
Part 2! This is my Unnamed!MC Luneth's relationship chart, using the template created by @deiimi.
“Fate has weaved our destinies together. Let us hope neither of our threads are cut short.”
Likes Kuras — “A fascinating patient and a fascinating doctor. How appropriate that our paths have crossed.” He saved her life. How can she hold a lesser opinion of him? Finds his presence to be the most calming, but she remains wary of him. Their interactions are amicable and polite.
He is unlike anyone she has ever met before, because of what she’s seen, what she’s sensed from him.
He might hold a greater secret than anyone else in Eridia, and for once, she is unable to foresee the consequences.
She is understandably unsettled by him because of that.
However, he is kind, calm, and patient, so he’s easy to be at ease around. For that, she is grateful and naturally gravitates toward him.
Of all the Touchstarved LIs, Kuras is the one she would most likely voluntarily spend time with.
Likes/Dislikes Leander — “Never trust a mage with an oracle’s mission.” Admires his bravery to a degree. He did offer to be tied up, completely at the mercy of a stranger. It is brave — absolutely foolish, yes, but undoubtedly brave. She thinks he’s a bit of an idiot.
Would point out his blush every time. “Leander, you have gone red. Do you require water?” I think out of all my Touchstarved MCs, she embarrasses him the most often unintentionally. Good for her.
“I can keep you safe as long as you trust me.” “…Okay.” (disbelieving)
You know that one SNL skit with Benadryl Gingersnap and the guy just saying, “Okay.” in the most unaffected tone? That’s Leander and Luneth.
Leander doing his utmost to charm her, and Luneth responds with an unfazed, “Cool. Moving on.”
The only one of my MCs who refused to touch him so she saw that scene.
He crossed a line when he grabbed her, not only did he ignore her warnings, it was also incredibly foolish and reckless. Both of them could have gotten hurt from his refusal to follow her lead.
He’s not a direct threat to her (yet) but she continues to be wary around him.
Not planning on doing Leander’s route with her, but I feel like they’d be hilarious together. And it’s not even like he wouldn’t be her type. The thing is, she’s fallen for a “heroic” mage before…but it didn’t end well.
All of their interactions feel like she’s going, “This could have been an email.”
Dislikes Vere — “You can peer into souls as easily as you breathe, yet you still see so little.” She believes he acts difficult on purpose and she would be right. As someone with a rigid sense of right and wrong, she dislikes his flippant morals. He claims to be old enough to have witnessed Eridia’s ascension, yet he has all the restraint and maturity of a child.
Basically, “you had a hundred years to grow out of it and you still act like this? Cringe.”
I feel like the dislike would be mutual. Vere would find her too rigid and strict with herself and others. It’s like forcing a paladin and a rogue to work together.
His power does not unnerve her, because she’d been around seers and clerics her entire life, and she has her own gift of sight.
Yes, she would prefer to keep her past and her secrets under wraps, but there was very little privacy in the temple. She survived then, she’ll survive now.
She just hopes the little fox won’t do anything drastic for a power fantasy. It would be…inconvenient.
And although his power of sight is something she’s used to, she knows his other abilities are a very real threat. Unlike him, she is not a fighter nor a killer. If he chooses to sink his teeth into her, she has little way to stop him and for some reason, he seems to find her soul irresistible. “Kindly resist it.” So she remains on guard.
Oddly, as much as she dislikes him, she trusts his instincts the most.
Luneth is an efficient oracle and prefers to take the path of least resistance where she is able — and then you have Vere. A restless, hedonistic, chaotic obstacle that threatens to not only block off but also completely destroy the path to her objective, not even necessarily on purpose. Oh, but she has a feeling that he would.
As of the demo, they are mutually disappointed in each other — Vere finds Luneth imposes too many restrictions on herself that prevents her from realizing her actual strength and Luneth thinks Vere has the potential to be more than his facade, more than his desire for power, even. Both of them are going, “You could be so much more.” at each other about different things.
Likes/Dislikes Ais — “…Is there a bird in here?” Her feelings about him are similar to her feelings about Vere, to a lesser degree. He seems to have been honest with her thus far, so she holds some respect for him.
Ais is a bit of a bastard but he’s more manageable than Vere. At least he doesn’t go out of his way to get in hers.
She has very neutral feelings toward him.
To be fair, she has very neutral feelings toward most people.
Vere seems to hold some regard for him and she knows that Vere can see into people’s souls, so she assumes that Ais is one of the more genuine people in Eridia.
If it weren’t for Vere and Kuras, however, I don’t think she would interact with him very often.
They are on different paths, but there is potential for a strong friendship between them.
Her quote is in response to: “You look lost, little sparrow.” “…?” *looks behind her*
Dislikes Mhin — “Calm yourself. There is no need for such hostility.” She’s glad that she is still alive due to Mhin’s actions, but in all honesty, she just happened to be in the right place at the right time. So she doesn't feel very indebted to them, at least, not in the way she does Kuras.
They tell her they didn’t save her, she was only in the near vicinity of their mark and she believes them. Their goal of killing the Soulless just so happened to be beneficial to her. That is the extent of their exchange that first meeting and she owes them nothing. That works just fine for her.
Luneth is often annoyed by Mhin’s temper and standoffish attitude. It clashes with her cool, detached, and reticent nature.
Lowkey judges them for not having a better handle on their emotions but that could also just be projection on her end.
Mhin makes her feel more like an inconvenience to them than anything else, so…she simply won’t inconvenience them.
The hunter seems to prefer to keep to themselves and Luneth does the same.
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