#juno steel and the theif’s honor

[restlesschilled]

“But consciousness had gone slippery. Someone had oiled it up on me and whenever I reached out for it, it slid out through my grasping hands and plunged me back down into the dark.”

[dolly-is-cool]

i’ve seen a couple posts that are like ‘there’s no way there can be a happy ending to this’ but i don’t think that’s true. there can be a happy ending to this podcast and i will cling to this hope like my life depends on it.

explication (spoilers) under the cut <3

nureyev is in a room with a brain-dead slip jackson, juno is about to be killed by the dokana group. where do we go from here?

I AM SO GLAD YOU ASKED

nureyev needs to get out of his own head and realize that slip is gone. slip wouldn’t be brought back, just a worker who bears slip’s face. he needs to either

break/unplug the machines keeping slip “alive”

leave the room entirely (remember, he needs to be speedy bc juno’s life is literally hanging in the balance)

both of these options give the same result, number 1 being preferable because it would give some closure, but whatever works. nureyev then needs to file this under ‘for future consideration’ (just for the moment. he’ll be unpacking this later)

nureyev, either through the magic of plot armor or coincidence (or a secret third option idk), needs to find juno. it would be preferable to find him in the hallway, but to find him wherever they’re going to kill him is both more likely, and doesn’t necessarily make it harder.

based on ‘the thief’s honor’, there is only one executive who is responsible for juno at any give time, meaning it should be relatively easy for nureyev to kill the executive, scoop juno up, and run out.

counting on the fact that most of the executives are either dead or dealing with dead executives, nureyev and juno can either

go to the escape pods, (one person per pod, unfortunately)

reunite the ruby 7 with the other half of the ruby 7 and use it (the ruby will probably still be weak at this point, so maybe no

they can go to another planet, maybe io, or even mars and begin the process of healing. all of this could happen in ‘the thief’s honor pt.2’, leaving the last two juno steel episodes to basically be tagged hurt/comfort and/or a time-skip wedding/domestic fluff.

i swear to god penumbra podcast i will write your scripts

[starry-kattz]

Nureyev really just tried to pull a season 1 Juno. Damn it, this whole episode had me teary. I love the Ruby, I hope it can go home one day. I hope it can see the universe. I am so emotional right now, fuck.

[bedroomcloset]

aaaaAAAAARHRHEHEHHAHAHAHSHHSHSHEHEHEHHE (my real reaction to Juno Steel and the Theif's Honor)

[dolly-is-cool]

i had a few days to marinate and that just made me stronger

spoilers for the theif’s honor pt. 2

“Bring Slip back.” NO NUREYEV STOP IT

YES NUREYEV KILL THOSE EXECUTIVES

“Slip, it's all right. It's me, it's Petya. It's been a very long time and so much has happened, but you're all right, now. You're all right.” I DONT EVEN SHIP THEM WHY AM I CRYING

juno’s little ‘no…’ UGHH my heart

it’s so interesting how easily nureyev both understands and agrees to slip’s musical communication

bad writing? maybe a little

but i think it also speaks to how strong slip and nureyev’s connection is/used to be. slip knows what he needs to do to communicate with nureyev, and nureyev listens. he understands exactly what slip means

also how much slip doesn’t want to be alive??? he hears juno’s pleas and is immediately like ‘yeah no that’s cool, go get your boyfriend girly pop!!’

they sucked the martian out of juno!!!! he can’t understand the ruby!!! nooooooo

nureyev’s idea of being a martyr has been derailed so many times, like pookie bear you need to live PLEASE. let others share the burden for ONCE in you life

audio only kissed my savior

RUBY 7 YES!!!! KILL IT!!! REACH YEARNINGLY FROM ONE POCKET TO THE OTHER!!!

“But hell, a galaxy full of beauty and someone beside you to see it with... a spreading future ahead and the past blown to pieces behind you... I don't think anybody could ask for any more than that.” sobbing <3

WE’RE GETTING THAT HAPPY ENDING YOU GUYS!!! WOOOOHOOOOO!!!