it's moxxie day
you know what that means
i remember having a moment after i saw this calendar when the full moon first came out because aww look blitz makes time for his friends outside of work
and then i had another moment once apology tour came out because if that episode takes place on october 31st, full moon might take place in september, specifically in 2023
and if THAT's the case, then september 10th could very well be moxxie's birthday!! cos he's a virgo!!! yippee!!!!
okay that's not all this post is about but i didn't have it done in time for the weekend (fever things yay)
usually when i make these posts they pop into my mind as a header and the header for this one would've been "you ever notice how moxxie has trouble with running?"
but obviously that's kind of a boring ass post on it's own so i also talk about strengths/weaknesses, specifically in moxxie's case
"moxxie has trouble with running?" yeah, i think it's a fair claim
i'm pretty sure he has the most time spent running out of the entire cast, actually, but i'm cutting this post really close to midnight and i'll be damned if this doesn't go up on MOXXIE DAY on the MOXXIE RANT ACCOUNT during VIRGO MONTH
evidence:
murder family
-you can hear him panting during this little shot but it isn't heard when he runs back to the house later in the episode
loo loo land
-panting isn't heard but it's certainly seen
harvest moon
-emphasized how much trouble he has keeping up with blitz and striker
-i won't count the panting here since he was literally just being choked out but. running!
also, kind of unrelated: striker is literally backing him into a corner before this. scratches the door, closes it, backs him up against the desk--you know, signs someone's about to attack you?
but moxxie's still caught off guard, even though he mentions having an "instant dislike" of striker on first meet, and even though he's very skilled at dodging most projectiles.
so it's not that he can't detect oncoming danger, i think it's that it depends on the context in which the danger comes at him. moxxie can't tell that striker is intending threaten him through body language alone, he needs to go into a fight knowing that a fight is going to happen in the first place.
in cherub, the cherubs literally pull out angelic crossbows so it's fair to say moxxie's guard was up as soon as they got hostile. and also they all just indulged in blitz's wonderful mannerism of intentionally pissing people off for the sillies (and sometimes for the not-so-sillies), so he probably saw this coming anyways.
in truth seekers, blitz tackles moxxie to the ground so he doesn't get shot, but it only takes the portal being closed for him to go into fight-mode. in a similar fashion, blitz only tries to fight the agents after moxxie is shot with the tranquilizer. otherwise he's running away.
where did you learn parkour, little man.
but my last backing points about the running thing which kind of ties into what i'm saying here;
mission: antarctica
-they're all running from the hoard of penguins but moxxie falls behind millie and blitz
-millie seems to take notice of this and helps him run up the steps saying "mox, come on!"
think about that for a second. that doesn't seem like a line they wrote in initially, it sounds like something they added in after they saw the storyboards. moxxie falling behind isn't a detail super important in the context of the short, but could be an important detail overall.
especially if you compare this to the heist scene in exes and oohs. difference being chaz didn't stop to help moxxie but millie does.
so yadda yadda yadda, you could blame this all on coincidence but i think it's an implied struggle. solid "your curses are your blessings and vice versa" kind of thing we have going on here. your flaws are often correlated to your strengths.
to build on that idea, moxxie's an accurate and precise shooter but he lacks in physical strength compared to millie and blitz. moxxie's very agile (dude literally has no scars) but he has trouble running for long periods of time. he's great at finance and filing paperwork but it doesn't seem like he enjoys it.
he's got all these great skills but he has low self-esteem and an inferiority complex.
back on that striker point from earlier, moxxie's not so great at reading the room but he's pretty great at reading individuals.
-first meet with striker and he already has an instant dislike of him.
-gets thrown into jail and gets celled with a stranger but has an instant trust of him because he mentions his daughter.
-the ENTIRE drug trip sequence from truth seekers??? that almost 1-1 read he has on blitz, especially compared to blitz's interpretation of moxxie in HIS drug sequence? do you get what i'm saying here?
HMM i wonder why that might be??? surely not an ability he developed from his childhood??? or after being used/abandoned by chaz??? and all that quality time with his Papa??? surely not??????
okay i got it all out. happy birthday you little gremlin freak
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You asked me about Susan but I'm curious of your thoughts on Timothy in Pre Sequel comparisment to Moxxi BL3 DLC if it's OKI!! I love reading your interpretations sm 😭💕💕
OH BOY WHERE DO I START
I think the main difference is the fact that Tim is a bit jaded in bl3. This guy is living out of pure spite at this point and refuses to die in the casino, just like he refused to die on Elpis. Actually, he’s always refused to die for Jack or any Jack-related reasons, but the core reason for it is different. In tps Tim’s biggest qualm with Jack was the fact that he just didn’t like him which became more and more apparent as he continued helping him. Bl3 Tim has realized that he wasn’t just working for Jack, he was in servitude to him
Jack wanted Tim to kill people, so he did that. Jack wanted Tim at the casino, so he went there. Jack wanted Tim to become a pornstar, so he became one. Jack, Jack, Jack, everything was for Jack. The least he could do was die for himself, away from the casino and anything relating to Hyperion
Another thing I immediately took note of was how he sleeps around at the casino which is actually really interesting to me since that’s very much a Jack Thing to do, and you’d think that Tim would try to be as less like Jack as possible. Tim doesn’t seem to be that much of a casanova in tps, only flirting (and failing) with Moxxi, but even then it was because he thinks she’s pretty, not just because he wanted to sleep with her. I imagine Tim gets lonely at the casino since he’s always on the run and some hanky panky is a way for him to not only feel less so but also to distract himself from his whole situation. Tps Tim is, to me, the type of guy who gets flustered when someone thinks he’s coming onto them, whereas bl3 Tim is much more familiar with casual sex thanks to his job
BUT ALSO speaking of Moxxi, there are still similarities. Tim is still an awkward dork when it comes to people he really likes and that shows with how giddy he got when he was gonna talk to Moxxi (and how he completely fumbled it at first). He DEFINITELY thought about her a lot and rehearsed lines that he would say to her which is probably another coping mechanism to him. “Gotta leave the casino or you’ll never be able to tell Moxxi how you feel” type of gooey schmooey stuff. Tim is overall more passive aggressive in bl3 and holds a grudge against Lilith for vault punching Jack which lead Tim to get scarred as well, but he never judged Moxxi for viewing him as collateral damage on Helios and almost getting him killed. If there’s anything Tim is really good at it’s being in denial!!
Aside from all this Tim is just way more comfortable at what he does, even if he doesn’t necessarily like it. In tps he considers the dopplegänger program worth it at times because he’s getting good in combat, but there’s a cognitive dissonance there. Bl3 Tim is, again, jaded. He still doesn’t like killing people, but this time it’s about self preservation, not doing someone else’s dirty work because you can’t pay your student loans (god does he miss worrying about student loans)
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hb millie? or moxxie
drake go away this isn’t millie💀
I love m&m!💜 but millie doesn’t get nearly as much attention… and I love moxxie but he’s never been my favorite of the two- so MILLIE IT IS!!! YAAAAA🤺
also.. thank you for curing my art block. It’s been a rough time trying to find motivation, but now it’s back for the most part. So YJANK YOUEB!!!
i.. kinda like it, but i’m never really satisfied with my drawings because i have no confidence 😭But i hope you like it!
I usually put a quote by the character but uhh have 2! Reading them out of context is so funny
its like after the fight in truth seekers rhfbfkek ALSO THAT ISNT BLOOD!! ITS KETCHUP! SHE WAS CUTTING A CAKE WITH IT TO CELEBRATE.. WINNING THE FIGHT!
see :3
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