#literal hivemind

[inonibird]

I've been introduced to the TTRPG called Wildsea and now I'm going to make it everyone's problem. This is Beezley. They are bees. That is, I've broken my creative slump by immediately coming up with a character concept that is a variant of the Tzelicrae race in this setting (which is officially described as "Spider-colonies wrapped in humanesque skins; thousands of tiny arachnid minds threaded like beads on a string to produce a full, rich sapience", hive-minded swarms who either create protective shells made of cloth and salvage or unnervingly puppeteer bodies that are no longer needed), but I'm arachnophobic, so...BEES. :D Yes, Beezley found a dead body and built their hive around the skull and there is 100% a sticky, honeycomb-encrusted skeleton under those clothes. :'D

[slimmestslime]

starglitcher so funny

[papayasector]

category is: hands

[fleouriarts]

me and who

[buggbuzz]

gone fishin'!

[powerbottomblake]

also how heartbreaking it is that in this one moment where the hunt is on, natalie and shauna are completely in sync from the get go in a way they haven't been since the start of the season. of course. who else can track the blood scent of prey as well as the killers of the group. they are intrinsically linked through their roles and the affinity for death and killing that those give them. it has transcended human understanding, this is the primal instinct of the pack leaders

[confusedmothboy]

im scared to ask how you feel about lottie as a character

i have a very complicated relationship with lottie and ive been DYINGGG to talking about her because shes more interesting than shauna can ever dream of being. SHE'S the complex female character we need more of.

okay so to preface: i have multiple scales for character appreciation in my mind. there's writing (how well they're characterized and their role as a narrative decive), personality (how much i would fw them as people), action defendability (self explanatory, how willing i am to ride for their defense), and treatment in the fandom (how contrarian i wanna be)

yall know how it is yapping under the cut

lottie. ohhh boy.

writing: oh no notes. 10/10 she is one of the most fascinating characters in the show. her setup and descent is so well done, and her motivations are beyond complex, like you have her trying to do the best for everyone, but also her whole "the wilderness will choose" mindset. she contrasts herself in the yummiest ways possible. her role in the story is absolutely the most relevant and important for the narrative to progress the way it does. as a character, shes's so well done it makes me wish that i could be objective about the whole thing

personality: unfortunately im not able to enjoy characters simply from a robot analysis objective scale. lottie's personality is -while interesting- absolutely INFURIATING to watch. i personally cant stand characters that i call "progress blockers". she repeatedly forces her belief system (deep psychosis) onto the rest of the team, at the expense of escape or actual rational thought. this is where i have to admit: i root for morally sound, logical characters especially in shows like this. "but you can't watch the cannibalism show and complain about the cannibalism" first off. who said im complaining about the cannibalism. im just complaining that shes tormenting my favs (ben, travis, akilah, nat). i do like that she plays a complicated role as the group's mediator, except her mind is so warped, she does an awful job at it (drugging travis, letting shauna beat her up, deluding her followers). i think that shows how much she cares for these people deep down, and i can respect that. more on that later in ther actions section.

actions: so lottie, like i mentioned earlier, has a really interesting internal conflict of wanting to do whats best for as many of the team as she can, while also not being against sacrificing them for the wilderness's mercy. she very much believes that the ends justify the means. however. i can't ever look past her scenes on doomcoming. and im hoping that the people who made it this far aren't illiterate fucking troglodytes who want to debate on what actually happened to travis that night. because it was s/a, actually, it was attempted gang rape and then attempted ritualistic murder. "you cant watch the murder show and hold it against the murderers" we all know damn well that thats not what was most upsetting about that scene, and im allowed to hold certain crimes over eachother in terms of severity. and quite frankly i just cant bring myself to like a character who engaged -ACTIVELY LED AND RATIONALIZED- in that. lottie's whole schtick is that she just doesnt fucking understand or respect boundaries, literally and metaphorically. moving on from doomcoming, she's weird and culty about shauna's baby, which shauna has full right to be freaked out and pissed about. she becomes the leader of the group in s2 and then can't make proper decisions. she lets shauna almost beat her to death instead of trying to mediate the situation rationally, setting up shauna's vengeful nature we see in s3. thats something i could talk about for hours, how shes partially responsible for the shauna we all know and hate. her drugging travis and akilah is a page straight out of misty's handbook, and i dont think i have to explain why it's wrong. her killing edwin?? denying them all escape, causing a chain reaction with shauna and tai also staying behind??? that elevated my blood pressure to a level dangerous to my health. i cannot stand progress blockers. yes, i know she thinks everything she does is right. that doesn't make me (a rational bystander) like her actions any more. again, there are rational people in the show, so im just gravitated towards them sorry guys.

fandom: lottie has two types of people rooting for her in the fandom. theres the "omg my lord and savior she can do no wrong" group and the "omg crazy ass schizo mental illness queen" group and neither of them get her. she's flawed. but her flaws shouldn't all be attributed to dehumanizing conversations about her mental illness. let's not forget that she was a 17 year old going cold turkey on antipsychotics after living the last decade on them, in a situation that's beyond stressful, mind you. no fucking wonder she turned out that way. whatever. i feel like there arent a lot of her fans who recognize the absolute gray nuance in her character. or maybe im just on tiktok too much and everyone on there is fucking rotted beyond belief.

conclusion: i love her. i hate her. im neutral. she scares me. i blame her for all the problems out there and she's doing her best. that's the point

guh

[gunnrblze]

Hesh Walker type shit

[subzeroshredder]

the way viktor stannies have decided to completely ignore the shoddy writing viktor got this season ESPECIALLY IN ACT 3 ... all because we got jayvik content

[akkivee]

fight-o ichiro!!!!!!!!!!

[bad-as-me]

🔥 Also just thought of one the Nox!

the Nox are SOO under-utilized!! I was initially drawn to them because they are an obvious parallel to the tuatha de dannan, but I also just find it so cool how much their legacy is evident in the present day of the game - mostly the carians. Ranni needing the fingerslayer blade is obvious, but it's fair to assume that albinaurics, rykard's automatons, Seluvis' puppet magic, hell even the Glintstone sorcerer balls are all created from the notes left behind from the Nox.

Also they're just so weird man. it would be simple to make them just a sympathetic failed rebellion, but the implications behind their practices are so sinister in their own right lol. Marika, for all her faults, valued the independence of her people over most things, and the Nox are a complete inverse of that.

The Lord of Night is implied to be less of an independent champion and more of like, an AI figurehead that will serve whatever the collective decides is right (that's why I think they push that title onto an artificial life like a Silver Tear, a real person has too much free will). They fuck with pretty much every form of enslavement or loss of the self possible, and some like the nightmaiden & swordstress explicitly consent to giving up their autonomy altogether.

Anyway, all of this is to say they got so much going on for an incidental faction that never gains any significant relevance in the main story. (*looks at nightreign* haha just kidding unless???)

[breadboylovin]

hes so cute i think he should explode.

[fleouriarts]

redrew my first hivemind furry fanart bc i think i have gotten a lot better at drawing furries in the past year ^__^ yay yippee

originally finished 9-8-2024

[wazzappp]

@rokhal came up with the WONDERFUL idea that Lisa could use her flies as little spies and Robbie does NOT take kindly to having them follow him (also that they bite him occasionally if Lisa isn't really paying attention/keeping a handle on them).

The situation changes a little once they start actually working together.

All of this also lead to this incredibly self indulgent idea but hey I forgot about shame 3 AUs ago fuck it we ball

[monstrsball]

kurosuga getting matching ties :] the first time this happened it was a complete accident (they just happened to both get each other the exact same tie as a gift) and it became a tradition from there.

they wear their matching ties when they go on outings with their friends and their friends are Disgusted (affectionate).

[hadrianblackwaters]

!! DRUMINDOR SPOILERS IN TEXT AND TAGS !!

Listening to Drumnidor as a Hadrian girlie is not easy. My god they're assassinating his entire character and taking away his life purpose right in front of us! They're reducing him to a stupid comic relief character with no depth and no real influence on the people around him (to a greater degree than they ever did before) and they're taking away all his greatest achievements and attributing them to someone else to fit the plot! His main character status has been revoked and he's now apparently merely a supporting character in someone else's story. Please, everyone, a moment of silence for my blorbo 😔🙏 Rest in peace mr. Blackwater. At least they let you pull some impressive-arse sword moves, you looked really cool... but I am so sorry they did not let you be a practising hoe in this one 🥀