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[lostenzz]

//JRWI RIPTDE 86⚠️

JUST made it to 86 and it is by far my favorite episode ITS SO GOOD IT MADE ME CRY AND LAUGH THE INTERACTIONS… AAAAA/POS

[zeb-z]

“Even if it’s not my fault, it’s still my accident, it’s still my mess. It’s still something that - exists, because I do” oh. and he just doesn’t know another way to help, either, because all his life has been screwing up without helpful direction in order to meet impossible standards, and so there is no other way than to bleed himself dry. for the cause, for a friend in need, for anyone he doesn’t know. especially for the problems that he himself creates, because to him his pure existence has always been the problem, because the elders were fucked as hell and traumatized him to no end - so even causing problems is a sin. a single mistake is a sin. it always has been. and it’s rough trying to learn anything other than that mindset - but Jay and Chip won’t let him struggle alone.

and it’s like - that’s what comes with being raised the way he was. punished for imperfection, but there’s no guidebook, no definition of perfect. and so perfect is never good enough anyway. it’s a trap and there is no winning, so there’s nothing else to do but take the blame and bear it, and internalize it. and it makes actual failure and actual mistakes that much more painful. of course responsibility needs to be taken for your actions - but when you’ve been taking responsibility for everything, up to and including the literal fate of the world, all of your life, every outcome is your fault. and guilt only builds, and resentment only festers. of course he hates the elders for how they treated him. of course he hates himself.

he’s grabbing his own destiny and making his own choices - but the thing about making your own choices is that there are so many of them. there’s no destiny to blame anymore. and all you can do is the best you can. and it’s not always going to be good enough. he’s learned plenty about failure, but with Jay and Chip around, maybe he’ll learn about second chances, and self forgiveness. maybe he’ll learn that accidents aren’t always met with extremes. and that he’s not the only one left to deal with a mess if he slips up and breaks something.

[dakotac0le]

me when im watching just roll with it riptide and grizzlyplays does the intro and he does says "where we last left off, the three of you, chip jay and GILLiON, captains of the riptide pirates"

[unanimoustwins]

bizly mvp player moment for answering gillions ask "im a liability, arent i?" with chips immediate thoughts through the bracelet making the whole thing so much worse, real goat shit

[s0up1ta]

DRIPTIDE PIRATES LINEUP RAHHHHFHHF

[bizlybebo]

what if the undersea was one of those societies where your hair is a sign of like victory in the sense that you only ever cut your hair when you lost a battle and when gillion was exiled they chopped all his really long hair off send tweet

[artandbrimstone]

i’m not losing either of you again

it’s ok guys i’m catching up i’m only a year behind i’ll get there

close ups under the cut because i never learn that drawing things smaller means you can’t see them as well

[natotally]

Episode 86 of riptide you are so famous

[labannori]

-Ablaze -

I am so proud of him

[buriedinbronze]

we love ourselves parallels 

[cheddertm]

Jay “I have soloed most of our battles and I will shoot you AGAIN.” Ferin VS her stupid boyfriends Chip and Gillion “We fight through our feelings plus anime references” Tidestrider

[cvbin-fever]

jay ferin wakes up with a hot coffee and a loaded gun in her hands

[fizzyorange-v2]

episode 86 of riptide was the definition of an emotional rollercoaster.

[unanimoustwins]

oh my GOD the fuckin turn this episode took with the fucking bracelets. gill being able to see chip thinking of him as a liability immediately BROOOOO

[transwhorefinn]

Old sketch

[itsjustjelly]

[SPOILERS for JRWI Riptide up until episode 86]

As someone who adores Chip's characterization in JRWI, I feel like not a lot of people give him credit for all the development he's gone through.

Of course Chip was inherently selfish towards the beginning, and it's obvious when you look at the entire Loffinlot arc and the fight in episode 15.

But Chip has grown so much since then, and a lot of people seem to overlook that. He has gone out of his way to show his crew that he cares about them time and time again. Not only that, but he's also shown that he's grown from being selfish to incredibly selfless.

In the Noctis arc, Chip gave up a chance to free himself from the nightmare curse to instead save the people that died during the murder mystery party. He gave Ichabod the insane butter knife with nothing in return. He rowed out into a storm and got himself struck by lightning to free his friend. He spent an entire night building an arena from scratch just to try and make his friend happy.

For a while, Chip has stopped pulling pranks or making jokes, he cares and it's clear, even if he's not great at showing emotion. He wants the best for his crew and would do anything to make them succeed, even when in his mind, the best thing for them would be for him to leave. Despite everything that's happened to him he still cares. I feel like because Chip isn't as open to comforting or being comforted, people act like he cares less, which simply isn't true.

From a writing standpoint, Chip is Incredible and has gone through crazy development that goes pretty far back into the campaign. Calling him a bastard doesn't even really fit anymore, because really, when was the last time he did something bastardy in the campaign?

Anyway I'm a Chip apologist and if he ever did anything wrong, no he didn't, Chip solos, only takes dubs, goodnight