#me 🤝 raj

[floweroflaurelin]

The Final Flame 🕯️

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“We’re all just candles in the dark.”

[ishuess]

Ishman X Byler (best friends to lovers)

Two of my favourite ships byler and ishman with uncanny resemblance.

Mike is tall and the classic bi icon and trying hard to be in a straight relationship with Eleven when he doesn't even love her. Him being in love with his shorty best friend Will. Sounds very Shubman. He's protective of his best friend too a point that he can sacrifice his own life.

The gay mess Will Byers who has always been in love with his best friend. In addition to that he has a mole right where Ishan has on his neck. Coincidences r unreal👀🤭

Will Byers going through heck load of problems in live including exclusion from his own group. That sounds like someone.

Will has an elder brother supportive of his feelings Jonathan. (cough cough Raj Bhaiya)

Mike has sister. You already know what I'm saying.

My low sleep mind made this up. Tell me what u think.

Will Byers 🤝🏻 Ishan Kishan

Mike Wheeler 🤝🏻 Shubman Gill

And most importantly the partyyy:

Compulsory Nazar Protection

thu thu thu thu🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿

[queatherine]

td spoilers episodes 9-13 (long post; more in depth thoughts towards the end)

ep 9:

the dudes being there for priya awwwww that was so sweet !!

hey julia, is that car cool enough :)

sighhhhh mkulia

julia is that tiktok lumberjack lesbian,, i think shes canadian too

ep 10:

listen, i think we could all agree that the moment damien found that immunity idol way back when sealed his fate that he was NOT going to be a finalist,, so i wasnt surprised, just saddened

julia manipulation truly is everything i love evil women

ep 11:

MACARTHUR??!?!??!??!? truly not the cameo i expected, but i did not mind it!!

can we stop this annoying distrust arc between priya and caleb?

cant believe they killed off raj

so like,, did dinosaurs just never go extinct in the total drama universe??? is this one of the insane lore bits like 9/11 never happening (or happening some time after 2009???) 9/11 was the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs

CANT BELIEVE THEY VOTED OFF RAJ NOOOOOO IM WAYNE FRRR

ep 12:

me 🤝 priya afraid of lighting + thunder

OLD MAN TENNIS YAOI????!?!?!?! PULLED THEM OUT OF THEIR GRAVES FOR THIS CAMEO WOW

can we stop this annoying distrust arc between priya and caleb? pt2

i dont ship juliayne (juliayne shippers i do not hate you please do your thing i love you), but goddamn i want more interactions between theyre sooooo silly

ep 13: listen, i think wayne winning is fine. do i love himbos? yes. was i rooting for him in the finale? yes. in the grand scheme of things, do i think he is a good finalist? no. we can all agree that hes very much an owen, and i dont mind that!! i actually think having a fan favorite, comic relief, underdog third party winning makes sense in this season, because i dont think caleb or julia winning would be a satisfying end (especially how they were handling them by the end)

caleb's story was messy, and at the end of the day (and i know that the intentions changed), he did start his alliance with priya to use her. him winning, after all of the drama, after priya was gone, wouldve just idk felt shitty. he did get the girl in the end, which concludes his story better than him winning it. (if im comparing this to the tdi 2007 final three,, i guess hes the gwen)

as for julia, she had two seasons to be villain, and it was amazing. she is so good at what she does and she is such a joy to watch. and we all know how total drama handles its villains, they need to get their comeuppance. did bowie double cross her last season? yes. and she came back still was the main villain and was AMAZING at it. but she was still the villain for another 13 episodes, AND HER GETTING PRIYA OUT LAST EPISODE, she cant win. was her just desserts satisfying? meh. nice callback to heather (we all know julia is the heather of this comparison), though i can understand people who dont like this callback and think its tiring or something. they couldve done something else, but im not mad (i kinda fuck with the mullet). i just see no satisfying way for julia to win with how she was presented in these seasons: she was not world tour heather, with three full length seasons and a greater threat to overcome; she was island heather, and therefore could not win.

overall thoughts of the season:

im someone that thinks the hockey bros jokes nearly always land, so i enjoy the shit out of them (i think im in the majority?)

im someone that did not like priyaleb at first, grew to being more neutral about it, but still found it to be a bit tiring. i like priya, i like caleb, i dont like tiring romantic subplots, and it sucks that that was the entire thing for these characters this season

the julia mk duo was AMAZING, one of the highlights of this season and one that i never wouldve expected to be real. mkulia wins in my heart and i hope they start their podcast (JULIA WAS GOIGN TO USE THE MONEY TO START THE PODCAST WITH MK HOLY SHIT GIRL IS IN LOVE)

it sucks that certain characters really got nothing this season (millie, nichelle, emma, and even axel to an extent).. but i get that characters like millie and emma already had a lot of screentime last time and someone has to be an early boot (just realize the ones i listed off were all women,, damn the writers fr just hate women)

at the end of the day, i really enjoyed this season. and i think the most important part of that enjoyment was this was the first time i got to watch a season and have no idea what was going to unfold. i watched the first four season of total drama when they were airing, but i was a little kid with poor comprehension skills. the first three seasons aired before i knew how to read (i learned to read late). and with tdpi, rr, and tdi 2023, i watched them after the fact and knew who the winners were going in. this was the first season i watched were i truly did not know the winner, and that added to my enjoyment. not to mention this being the one and only time i was present in an online space to talk about show as the episodes dropped. this season was a bit messy here and there, but it delivered some great stuff. i found myself laughing out loud and just having a good time, which is all i need out of my silly little cartoon

[nakylvr]

there's just something about lara Raj that just makes me wanna MASNKSBDKSNDJDL-

this is so real anon i feel the same way 🤝

[cybernexus]

Me 🤝 Raj: picking a temporary nickname due to gender dysphoria with the intention of picking a different one later, but for some reason it sticks

The name Raj itself has, and this is an understatement, a storied history. He didn't choose it; it was rather instead 'given' to him because he needed to pick an Edgerunner nickname as he had been going by a shortened, more neutral version of his deadname. He kept 'Raj' because it was quick, easy for Americans to pronounce, and masculine.

Man, I could talk all day about Raj's name, but I'll keep it brief. Names are incredibly important across cultures; this much is obvious. Raj is not a self insert - I'm white as fuck, for starters. However, writers often give traits of themselves to their characters - everybody does it, unless you consciously try not to.

The trait I gave to him more or less is: Raj, as he is trans, used every opportunity available to not have to call himself by his deadname growing up, into adulthood, and until he became an Edgerunner. Sometimes going as far as to just not refer to himself at all; or to make himself small and unassuming so he wouldn't be noticed.

This led him to never picking out a new name for himself, because he was so used to kind of not having one. He was that kid over there, hey you, or sometimes just "boy." But that was preferable to the alternative; being called feminine words and by his deadname.

[stfu-im-thinking-abt-blorbo]

Thoughts on each TDI Reboot episode, second to last with 12. SPOILERS UNDER THE READMORE.

Millie's costume is adorable. How'd she make it tho?

They match aaaaa TwT

Bowie please don't ruin the besties

HA get fucked Julia.

BOWIE WEAR THE COSTUME

Okay so maybe Bowie and Julia aren't already working together?

This is the most in-character Chris has been all season. I've missed it lol.

Julia celebrating murder. Not entirely expected.

So the new island ALSO has toxic waste? And Chris doesn't believe there's a monster?? How is he not wanted by the EPA again???

Rip Chef Hatchet's car.

Minecraft splash noise :O

Me 🤝 Bowie; severe arachnophobia

WHERE IS RAJ WHEN YOU NEED HIM

Priya should be allowed to say the fuck word at least once.

Ewwww why inside the monster I hate this

Priya needs therapy stat

GET FUCKED JULIA X2

Goodbye Julia!!!!

Rip Millie and Priya friendship. Priya's family is very fucked up, but it's still understandable why she's upset with Millie. Though I think she should let her have a chance to explain herself.

Fun episode overall. Julia was a great villain, love to hate her sm. Bowie is still my fav, can't wait to see what the finale has in store with him.