#maybe one day i'll make a conspiracy board lmao

[craacked-splatters]

OKOKOK I JUST FINISHED DHMIS AND IM GOING INSANE HOLY SHIT

tumblr is the only place where my hyperfixations and ramblings won't make me seem like I've been trapped in a basement never seeing the light of day as I piece together a century long conspiracy. Apologies 4 the person I'm about 2 become . I'm gonna full theorist mode but I only have time to point out the puzzle pieces in d first ep for now cuz I got work in like 6 hrs :(( ill come bak n do rhe rest ltr feel free 2 add if u want

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Ok so i was rewatching the eps again on my phone & collecting screenshots for my conspiracy board when I found this symbol in the intro 2 d first ep

And I was like wait a min that kinda looks like d ones from the book so i went to see if was true and yep

I don't know if there's anymore symbols scattered around in the other eps or if it was just forshadowing either way its making my brain vibrate. Has anyone else noticed this before? It's so cool

The other things in d intro that seemed a bit weird 2 me was the pics n letters on the fridge, the fact that our 3 guys r coming out of a clock house, and fuking roy looking into d house thru a hole in the wall. The symbolism and metaphors r there guys. I know it but Im putting a pin on unraveling that for ltr cuz I don't have time rn :((

I kept my eyes peeled 4 anything else n then I saw the similarities between the breifcase n his older bro and yellowguy and his imaginary older bro

Both of them were like stuck in the shadow of their younger sibs u know kinda left behind, like the smol suitcase felt inferior n could only watch as his younger was running around being bigger n better, the yellows fake bro was always stuck in the background while yellow took the spotlight,

and they both like lost their shit and injured themselves. The suitcase bro punched a wall n the fake bro literally comitted suicide. Maybe I'm looking to much into this but that kinda intrigued me a bit. Again I'll dissect to that ltr cuz I don't have d time 😔

So the 1st EP was about work & jobs right?

Noticed how like each guy had the same positions in each job?

Duck: (The judge, cryptocurrency, General, astronaut)

At 1st duck's jobs are more centered on power,on bieng a higher authority figure, someone who is respected, admired and successful. He views himself above the rest, he said one needed aggression to get ahead in workplace, (u know w/ the attention freaks part lmao),he narssistic, hes selfish, and is always strivings for better positions, better everything (the vending machine, wanting a better job etc)

He doesn't like this job, he failed at his work tasks, and no one is taking him seriously.

When the screen lady starts singing about stress n shit I was like hold up

First we see, him on the beach with a crab offering him pills. Relaxation=drugs?? An escape from reality perhaps 🤨

Then him walking on a tightrope with a bunch of red things under him (portraying his struggles with his inner demons maybe?? Showing that he is or was barely keeping himself from falling to them??)

This whole thing. The line segments with the relaxing never being an easy straight line,(gotta go thru hell 1st b4 ur happy type of thinking??) And also the colors on the diagram. It's our 3 main guys. Red duck and yellow. (I'll dissect this ltr too no time rn😔)

And this. The coins, (cryptocurrency?? financial issues??) The screw(shitty work jobs maybe) the crab(drugs) the red snake(inner demons?) And the green thing...idk what that is it has scissors n looks like its shushing(untold secrets/issues?) Maybe ita part of himself he doesn't like or harms him

Duck is forced to like his job. He tries to go along with this whole bs, but he can't and snaps causing the hand accident. Is that what happened from before he was dead? Did he cause the death of someone? We know they all died at the same time different places.Then we see ltr that his jobs aren't as powerful as before, he is a mailman, hes a struggling artist, those jobs usually arent seen as impressive as say a CEO. Is this lore👀 could it be a bit of backstory for duck👀

Next we have Red: (Doctor, Barber, boss 2 whole company, horseshoe maker) His jobs are more concentrated on responsibility and expectations. A lot of ppl rely on doctors to help them out, a lot of pressure is laid on their shoulders especially with serious situations. With barbers you want them to give you exactly what u asked for, or at least something acceptable if u cant think of anything. Bosses are bosses. They're literally in charge of a shit ton of things. They keep everything running smoothly cuz 1 wrong move and everything starts going haywire. And horses need shoes to walk I guess

Notice how red is kinda... negligent? I wouldn't say lazy hes not. But remember how he would always want to do something else besides what they were doing? Or be anywhere else besides in the now? He didn't want to do anything at all in the 1st ep deciding to just chill. He didn't want to acknowledge yellows sadness in the Death EP, I guess he didn't want to deal with it? He wanted to meet a real fam, saying that the 3 of them weren't it. The whole road trip breakdown and "Im not going back to that house"?? Very interesting 👀

Yellow: (lumberjack, icecream man, fisherman, assembly worker, therapy patient??)

Yellows jobs r more centered on labor. They're average jobs regular ppl like u and me could get whenever. They usually don't ask for degrees or sumthn just experience perhaps. They might be easy, but there is a form of danger to them Lumberjack? You chop up wood dude, you could easily lose a limb or die. Ice cream man? Well you could always run over someone and uh, stranger danger? Fisherman? Fall out and drown or get lost at sea Assembly line worker? You saw what happened the same as the lumberjack (Trust me I work at a GE and ppl r always getting hurt)I got nothing 4 patient 😔

Besides the assembly one(I'm not counting it it was a lesson), the other jobs could be viewed as experiences.

Lumberjack- helping build the shack with his dad (Roy was there)

Icecream man- its icecream. lot of us go after that car. Especially children.

Fisherman- going fishing for fun, could be a bonding experience idk

Therapy patient- c'mon

There's a lot of shit I didn't cover but it's fine. Everything is so cool and fascinating I'm losing sleep to this whole thing. I'll talk more about it later I'm tired n it's 5am I've got 2 hrs to sleep.

Edit: yo I'm literally at work rn but I realized something. Yellows jobs are repetitive too. A cycle of things that are done a sort of loop. Lumber jacks, assembly line workers, etc etc usually focus on doing one task only, over and over whether it's screwing in bolts, chopping wood, serving food doesn't matter. It's repetitive, meaning you don't have to worry about changes bcuz there aren't supposed to be. You become accustomed to it, it's reliable.

This might've been a bit forshadowing about the way our 3 characters have to start the same routine in the same house again and again, a seemingly endless loop.

Did y'all notice how yellow was extremely against the road trip idea? And the death episode? He didn't want the routine to change. he didn't like it was confusing to him. And just when he's getting used to a change it all collapses on him. Man :(( this show is so cool fr I'll continue dissecting ltr gotta go now

[hangmanbradshaw]

13. How much planning do you do before writing?

18. What’s one of your favorite lines you’ve written in a fic?

19. Give us a small teaser from one of your WIPs. (May I request anything from the iwtby universe ((if you have anything written)) pleaseeeeee)

20. What’s a favorite title for a fic you’ve written?

13. how much planning do you do before writing?

A decent amount. I use a breathable outline so I will outline my general vibes/themes/plot points, but I also give myself a lot of room to be creative as I go. So usually I know the structure I want to do (ex: dlp I knew I wanted to do goose reveal, switch to jake pov, etc.) or I'll have certain major plot points mapped out or know themes I want to use/symbolism etc etc but I can't have it TOO outlined or my brain hates it. I like to have room to come up with things as I write and see what flows naturally/let the characters guide me in a way! But as I do that, I am thinking about what I'm trying to say and what I can connect so it's very intentional. When I'm REALLY excited about an idea it snowballs so fast, I'm just like the conspiracy theory board meme guy. Like the more you say? Started as just a message to a friend going 'I kinda wanna write a murder mystery' and like it snowballed so fast after, just a few days later had chap 1 and an outline/world in my head. Example!! for fun :)

18. What’s one of your favorite lines you’ve written in a fic?

So many in iwtby like 'you make me want things.' (or there's some in chap 7 of the more you say which is one of my fave chaps I've ever done)

19. Give us a small teaser from one of your WIPs. (May I request anything from the iwtby universe ((if you have anything written)) pleaseeeeee)

Yes!! Okay I'm working on some *ideas* for iwtby but here's part of something I wrote last night in a burst of inspo for iwtby!

“No, I just…” He shook his head and tried to refocus. “We don’t really do the whole date date thing.”

“That’s my point.” Jake said, unusually serious. He squeezed Bradley’s fingers as he said, “I wanna take you out and buy you dinner, maybe go to some shitty dive bar and flirt with you until you let me take you home.”

He could only stare at him as the words really sank in. His heart flipped in his chest and a slow grin spread across his face. 

“You want to date me.”

“Darlin’, I wanna date you so damn hard.”

He was sure the smile on his face had to be dopey and ridiculous, but he didn’t give a damn in the slightest. 

“Alright, Seresin. Let’s see what you’ve got.”

20. What’s a favorite title for a fic you’ve written?

the more you say, the less you know was an inspired choice imo lmao (the bradley pov sequel to iwtby though...I'm obsessed with the title it's gonna be burnt toast, sundays)

[luobingmeis]

so i’m like 3/4ths of the way done with episode two and, being honest, i’m kinda half listening so i feel kinda bad bc obvi i love grad but also like....... i’ve heard the first episode like 5 times and the second one probably 3 or 4 times omg so i think i’m good

but, anyways, here’s what i’m thinking:

episode 1!!!!

“do not trust appearances”

as always, i think something is gonna be done with the eden/fontaine/maplecourt/keene/firbolg family dynamics like........ this is the most “multiple (N)PCs mentioning their family” heavy campaign so far

(and yes ik obvi there was aubrey w/ her mom and duck w/ jane and also taako&lup but, within the first seven episodes, we know that the firbolg was exiled, we know abt the unbroken chain and argo’s mother, we know that fitzroy adamantly does not want to go back home, we know that buck’s father is the iron lord, and we know that rolandus’s father is a former king)

gary’s whole “you know what you got built in here? friends” stands out to me a lot bc.... :’) but also i think that’s gonna become even more prevalent when more shit starts going down

also “so like a prison?” is suddenly very hmm

ALSO WHO ARE THE EVIL TEACHERS AND WHY

forgot how much “i think sometimes they forget... how to be quiet” gets me :’)

ALSO HMMM AFTER LEON POINTED OUT THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE SCHOOL ITSELF, THAT ENTITY IN THE FOREST SAYING THAT “EVERYTHING” IS DANGEROUS IS SUDDENLY A LOT MORE OMINOUS

also discussion question do we think that the things that attacked the pegasus were actually demons yes or no

“battlescarred couples” helping each other through sleepless nights and that’s most likely jimson/crush and :((( 1) i miss them and 2) help them!!!!! let them rest!!!!!!

also let’s all just remember that there is a monster in the forest somewhere that wants to go on some type of a killing rage

episode 2!!!!

i think we should all remember bartholomus’s speech abt accounting

bc i feel like it was meant to come across like a goof but i have a feeling that that will be one of the biggest “themes” of grad

and also it’s always kinda unsettling that heros/villains are a literal business like. it’s done to boost the economy.

(“WHAT IS SYLLABUS?” i scream as i look at all the typos in my syllabi for my english classes)

also can we talk abt how fucked up blame taking is. i’m not faulting travis, actually quite the opposite bc it narratively makes sense and narratively it’s great, but also like

OKAY SO HERE’S MY THING WITH WIGGENSTAFF’S

IT IS A SCHOOL FOUNDED IN MAKING BASICALLY HALF IT’S STUDENT BODY SERVANTS

and this is not me criticizing grad, the opposite really bc i think this is so fucking cool what trav is doing with good/evil dynamics and hero/villains/kicks/henches but also like...... The School Itself is wild

but it’s also interesting bc the kicks/henches are turned into servants basically but it’s also implied that heros/villains can’t live without them?

(see buckminster in episde 7: obvi him and leon are close in ways that we don’t probably even know fully yet, but i’m thinking there might be some “see? this is why we need sidekicks and henchpeople, the heros can’t thrive without them” comment made)

(also tho i’m speaking on general terms. not every hero/kick duo/couple is imbalanced, it’s just how the school kinda... teaches it)

“the truth usually is” argo :(((

and i’m currenly in the dodgeball scene, which i miss can we go back to when they were all playing dodgeball

basically tho, i think the main thing w/ fitzroy and festo’s scene is that fitzroy has to learn self-love

but what if that self-love is twisted by whatever hieronymous and higglemas have in store for him? bc now they both have a hand on the fitzroy trigger, so to speak, bc hiero is promoting him and higgs is telling him not to trust a single person at wiggenstaff’s

also the gary’s are watching and listening to everything, so!!!

(also this is just me touching on mostly plot important stuff, but god damn grad is funny as fuck)

i think once i get into the episodes i’ve heard less (basically 4-7) i’ll be more “in tune” but like........ i was literally speaking along w/ some of the dialogue in episode 1 bc from halloween to now i’ve heard it so many times, so i think i’m okay to half-listen omfg