#poafa please log on... you could do so many funny things rn

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Ok i'm gonna ramble because I can't stop thinking about this. I think the person that would be in Mapicc's corner whenever Derap forces Zam to choose between him & mapicc, would be Poafa. I think Poafa would be in Mapicc's corner during those discussions.

Why do I think that? Well Poafa cares a lot more about Zam than he does Derap. Poafa cares about Zam's wellbeing, and a big part of Zam's wellbeing is Mapicc. I think Poafa would be able to see and recognize that and actually be supporting Zam in his defense of Mapicc.

The whole thing comes from the fact that Derap wants Zam to choose him, because he'd choose Zam. But Zam wouldn't choose him back, so he's trying to make it a mutual decision between the two. He wants to be secure with someone, and he's making that someone be Zam.

Poafa on the other hand doesn't care about security. He's been on the outskirts for most of the servers duration. Always being a victim with no one helping him. This shows best when Poafa straight up almost kills himself for Zam because he assumes Zam cares more about others than he cares about him. Zam had to basically beg and plead with Poafa and attempt to drill it into his brain that he cares more about Poafa more than the people at spawn. He cares about Poafa so much. And it works! he begrudgingly accepts the extra heart.

With how different the two's reasons are to be with Zam, I think that they'd clash. Poafa wants to support Zam, and would support either choice he'd make (Derap or Mapicc). Whilst Derap, no matter how many times he says "I don't care which one you choose, you just have to pick one." he would be hurt by Zam choosing Mapicc.

I think Poafa & Derap contrast each other a lot. Derap wanting Zam to choose him Vs Poafa never realizing he was ever a choice, is very interesting!

Am I being delusional and yapping to a brick wall right now because I just want Poafa to log on because I miss Poafa & Zam (Horizon Duo or whatever their name is)? Well yes! Do I want Poafa to be the reason Atlas falls? Well yes! I just think it'd be funny.

Anyway. Ramble over. Devotions win. Vote Zam on the gender polls.

I love Mapicc and Derap’s bickering and mutual disdain, but god I wish there was someone in Mapicc’s corner who could like. Help give Zam a bit of perspective on how Derap is bending the narrative and painting Mapicc in a negative light to push Zam into choosing him bc Zam has to be the one defending Mapicc in every conversation and the more they have the more it feels like Zam’s resolve is shifting. The fact that Derap is kind of unchallenged here is like. Miserable. I don’t hate Derap but I do want things to fall apart for him bc he is just making this so much worse and Zam needs to talk to someone else. I hope Pangi tells him Derap invited him. I hope Mapicc stalks one of their conversations and gets the chance to defend himself. Planet saying Mapicc was Zam’s bestie and Zam getting choked up and just repeating “yeah” was like. Such a good moment. Reminding Zam of what they were. Can we get another girltalk if we’re doing season 4 i think we should bring back girltalk (this probably will not help). Can someone defend my dog I don’t care if he’s in the wrong I just want someone to make it clear he’s not the only one in the wrong

yeah, i definitely agree, mapicc does need someone in his corner and it's unfortunate that there's really just . no one . i don't know whether or not it's intentional that derap is pushing for zam to choose him over mapicc, in my opinion it could go either way, but i don't think he's going to like the answer he'll inevitably end up getting (that it's mapicc. it's always mapicc.).

i'm also in the same boat as you towards atlas lmao i like them, i find them cute, but i definitely think they're due for some confrontation/contestation over how derap talks to zam. even aside from mapicc, he tells zam a bunch of half-truths despite constantly reiterating that he Never lies to zam. like, the whole 'pangi found zaun on his own' thing was so weird because i don't really think zam would've been all that mad if derap just told him he showed pangi the place ? it's just a bunch of little things like that which will eventually add up over time

i'm a big devotioner, i love those guys, and as much as i love seeing them at odds with one another this time it's just so painful. it's something about seeing them both Refuse to fight one another and making that rather clear but still being unable to work together. they're just stuck at this god-awful crossroads and i can't wait for their time to come back around, whatever that means, just as long as they're together again.