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[oh-captain-my-captain-greyhorn]

intros-carnival thoughts

wow. okay. what a way to start

so like. okay - first of all, wow. these blorbos are a mess. the mess ever. <3 love them

some collected thoughts in mostly chronological order

the cracking. why is it always cracking? so the cracks connect all of the characters. are they holes between the different realities? it seems like the realities are at least tangentially connected to one another. does that cause the cracks?

teeth's "Exalted" (blue motif character?) looks a lot like maris. is that relevant?

maris seemed uncomfortable going towards her blue motif (krackens?) in her intro. why? it seems like she fights most of the monsters, including the giant red motif person -- she avoided that one, though.

also maris "she shouldn't be here. not now" who is she hjashkdjh ??? sister? friend? ex??? something about the fog and the area she was headed to. maris <3

okay i had trouble seeing the place that they all headed to (the brown motif one took them there -- "telos"?) but i caught some glimpses

maris tried to snoop around. trust issues perhaps? who hurt u queen

maris in a hammock <3 that is all

okay that is not all bc maris in a hammock w stringray <3 sobbing screaming crying

next up - the circus of the gods!

maris stances up with the "ringmaster" (blue motif character again, connections?) almost immediately. it's the captain in her probably, she probably has always had to take control and when someone else steps in she doesn't know if she can trust them i just -- ah <3

there's some abrasion between maris and 42 haha kind of iconic tho

maris and the acrobat (pink motif character) i -- oml. the vibes. wow. the tension. what is going on there? she also does not look happy with the pink motif character. at this point, it's clear that the different places they go all have the same motifs, so there's probably some negative history there. dear god(s?) i am obsessed already

*what was up with the maris in the hall of mirrors ajhsjdkhsajadh* she looked so young. why was there blood everywhere? what happened to her? did she kill someone important to her? was she hurt by someone she loves? she looked so young ajkshdksa <3

also how old is maris asking for a friend

"the tortured. hurt what hurts the most, over and over. how far are you driven by pain? this far, it would seem. tortured where it hurts the most. difficult to hurt there, most of the time. i wonder who could do that to someone like you" h e l p akjshdkja what is this maris?? hello? i knew it she was so heartbroken core gods i <3 <3 <3

my guesses right now are the red motif character, the blue motif character, the pink motif character, or the sort of light teal motif character for maris trauma core. could be this grey/green motif character? but she didn't seem too bothered by them in particular

the fight with the cultivator is so. wow. tucker was really slaying oml what's going on w them? she's giving me like. caretaker vibes. like he's always had to take care of others or something. older sibling maybe? tucker also seems very bothered by the concept of control. poor experiences with being controlled/limited? very interesting stuff

okay back to maris -- maris has this whole monster-slaying thing going on and seems very standoffish with the characters here. this seems to be the "pantheon" people keep mentioning. is she. a. god slayer?? is that what this is? because. wow. <3

also worth mentioning even though she's all hardened and strong she still wants the animals to be happy and free i.. wow. i bet she's such a good parent to stingray i <3

okay last thoughts re: when they go back to wherever telos lives (it was a bit easier to see this time, but my coverage must have been patchy ig)

what's in telos' basement?

what's in telos' upstairs, for that matter?

what does it mean that telos has pulled the hourglasses from the other hourglasses? does that disrupt destiny or something? are they dead? undead? can they die now?

how does telos handle every single person who "dies" (etc) while also being here with the group? are there multiple of them? do they exist outside of time?

where is telos' house and why isn't it like the other realities?

what is in the space surrounding telos' house? why can't the crew see it?

we need to name the group. the crew? telos' crew? maris' crew?

why aren't there the different motif characters (pantheon) in telos' house? how do they exist outside that? do they, or can we just not see them? is that what's in this empty space?

how does telos have the ability to move from reality to reality?

why is telos covered up all the time?

maris and 42 really do not get along. once again iconic -- but what's the deal with him being a traitor? and why is that so frightening to maris? she has definitely been betrayed.. protect maris <3 that is all

okayokayokay i'll stop. lots of questions and like zero answers hjkashd i'll work on that. next time i update hopefully we'll have some more info!!

[chomperzzzz]

AAAAAAHHRFR THE FIRST EPISODE?!??!

CHEWING, SCREAMING, SPINNING IN A CIRCLE

WOW. Okay,,,. can we please please PLEASE talk about the first episode because. AAAA

SO. here are some of my like IMMEDIATE thoughts

WOWOWO Teeth!!!!! Oh my GOD (gods?!?!?!)!!!! obsessed. actually so fucking obsessed. I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS

WHY IS TEETH'S HOUSE A MUSEUM?!??! clearly they aren't like a celebrity (well at least not a LIKED celebrity akjdshadj) but they're also like clearly VERY well known. Apparently they've committed every single crime ever?? I mean iconic tbh but why a museum?? DId people think they died?? were they EXILED?? so many questions hhrngnh

AS LONG AS WE'RE TLAKING ABOUT TEETH did anyone notice Olive exists as a STORYBOOK in Teeth's reality?? HUH?? THat can happen? AND MARIS LOOKED LIKE TEETH'S ""EXALTED" (spelling??) WHAT'S UP WITH THAT? How are the "realities" connected??? What connects them?

OKay also on that subject -- that biography Teeth picked up i -- aksdhasj WHO IS THAT ON THE FRONT COVER??? pic included for ref btw vv

SO WHO IS THAT?? I mean that's clearly Teeth's hand??! It's clearly some sort of scandalous affair i mean but if Teeth is accused of EVERY CRIME then why is this one such a big deal?? Was the person their relative?? Friend?? LOVER?? A celebrity?? (i mean w those boots we can see outlined..,,,,, slay tbH??? in multiple ways??)

5. Teeth wrote SPECIFICALLY "they're lying to you"... THEY?? I assume that means Teeth isn't guilty of ALL of those crimes (hopefully??) but is they the govt?? A group of critics?? evil people?????!?! what the FUCK /pos

6. ALSO worth mentioning i mean this house clearly had a lot of people living in it... you can see the wedding clothes, childhood objects etc etc -- where is everyone else?? were they kicked out/??? did they leave willingly??????? AHSDJASDKSJADHKDHHHHHH I NEED TO KNOW MORE

7. OKAY SPEAKING OF OLIVE -- omg i'm so obsessed w her hhrnrhghr talking to snails is the gender of the day folx

8. so Teeth has Olive's storybook -- how far does it go???! do they know everything that's going to transpire?? stuff that's already happened?? frothing at the mouth /so so pos

9. OLIVE JUMPS THE WALL BAD BITCH but what's the deal with the wall?? WHERE IS SHE GOING WHY IS SHE GOING TOWARDS WATER WATER IS OBVIOUSLY AN ISSUE HERE QUEEN STOP NOOO

10. WHY is grey green dude ("Scholar"??? i think i'm starting to get a hang of this) following her?? OLIVE WHAT DID U DO GET BACK HERE!!! I'm also starting to get the vibe each "reality" has v v v v different pantheon members bcz this dude is so crazy

11. OKAY NOW 42 -- omg. WOW. the vibes holy SHIT my smol bean <3 sinnamon roll <3 <3 <3

12. SEE IT'S GREY GREEN GUY AGAIN BUT HIS VIBES ARE SO DIFF?? okay so like. he's clearly 42's boss but their relationship is kinda wack bc WHY IS "BOATMAN" STEPPING IN?? does this mean 42 is like their warlock now or something?????

13. WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH 53?? he did NOT look happy to see 42 omg omg does 42 have a reputation?? or is there just beef between them in particular????? AAAAaaa i can't evennnnnnfjsdj

14. 42 looked HAPPY to see signs of "traveler".... *eyes emoji* bc what is THEIR relationship???

15. DARLINGWHATISINTHATTRUNK??!?!

16. Okay Darling is aligned w BLUE GUY (exalted again!!) this is so interesting omg i wouldn't have expected that?? like pink person is beauty and high achieving stuff so that's super interesting

17. NOTABLE ABOUT THE DARLING STUFF -- so Darling is like WORKING with the pantheon??? she's also like the only non-pantheon person we see -- HOW DID SHE GET HERE WHAT DID SHE DO TO GET HERE??? like everyone else is either MEGA separated in power or they're all chill but she is like THE ONLY NON-GOD??! tf

18. why do I stan Donny tho I --

19. MARIS??! MILF ALERT????? LITERALLY CW: MILFS AAAAAAAAAAAAA I AM FOAMING AT THE MOUTH

20. MARIS IS ACTUALLY LIKE FIGHTING THE GODS. HOLY SHIT okay so clearly there's gonna be some ~conflict~ here bc WHAT!

21. maris is tatted too...... omg... ANYWAYS

22. okay so who tf is Maris afraid of??? like she squared up w stone guy and seems to have fought krackens so WHO SCARES MARIS??? I'm scared hold me,,,,,,

23. TUCKER HAS MY WHOLE HEART IMMEDAITELy

24. KYYYYYYYYYLE okay so this is SUPER interesting Tucker is literally just CHILL w the pantheon like?? they're not gods or anything they're just dudes??

25. ALSO tucker is like totally fucking w the pantheon!! why are there no consequences here??? it seems like this place like. doesn't have any laws?? okay why is this place so idyllic and perfect for everyone except for tucker??? NO OFFENSE QUEEN I LITERALLY LOVE U BUT PLS SEEK THERAPY

26. WHY IS THERE ONLY ONE GRAVE HEY UH WHAT

27. FOLLOW-UP QUESTION??? WHOSE GRAVE IS IT????? BC UHHHH TUCKER IS BRINGING THE GRAVE FLOWERS AND AHHH TUCKER MY SWEET PRECIOUS BLORBO ALSO WHY THE *FUCK* DOES THE GRAVE SAY "I'M SORRY"??? WHO'S SORRY????

28. all i can say after that is. omg. why did Telos take all of them????? why these people??

29. also shoutout TELOS bc omg <3 my sweet summer child ASLKJDjsdklja why is he so baby

30. WHY ARE THEY ALL AT TELOS' HOUSE WHERE IS TELOS' HOUSE WHAT'S GOING ON W ALL OF THEIR REALITIES

FUKCKJDJKSHC okay this is going to be my whole personality for LITERALLY forever now I'm screaming crying scratching

it also must be said... the shipping potential here is >>> heheheheee but that will have to be it's own post

okayokayokay i just needed to get that out of my system hrfshnasd LOVE YOU ALL KTHXBAI

[oh-captain-my-captain-greyhorn]

wait wait omg you guys are definitely onto something here

holy shit yeah -- okay, let's just examine this assuming that everyone ideas are correct. so that means that there are actually ten figures that all stem from the same place and stand on the same level that could be considered connected to the pantheon.

so, there's the main 8 -- exalted, champion, reveler, boatman, fool, scholar, poet, and cultivator. this structure acknowledges that the traveler is, in fact, separate from the main pantheon.

that immediately begs the question: why is telos separate, but associated? we understand that telos functions in a different way than the rest of the gods. telos moves between all of the realities and maintains the same consciousness. telos also typically doesn't have the same level of prominence or power in the different realities that the other members of the pantheon do.

but why?

we haven't questioned why. we just accepted what telos said, but even telos didn't really take the time to explain. what makes telos different? are they a member of the pantheon, or something else entirely? were the once a part of the pantheon? did they simply become aware of all of the different realities, which caused their role to change? were they removed from the pantheon? did they chose to depart? were they a later addition? a prior feature?

which leads to the next questions:

who is the 10th figure? why are they crossed out? this implies that telos and this figure have befallen the same fate, but we haven't heard anything of another member of the pantheon. even telos, who is often considered outside of the rest of the pantheon, is known to us and to the characters. and yet these two are marked in the same way, as though the same fate had befallen them. so.

where are they?

and last, but not least: what is that image that's connecting them all? both of u guys had great questions / hypotheses regarding that, but seriously: what? is that the "prism" concept we've heard discussed up until now? is that the "cracking" that keeps occurring? is that some sort of primordial deity that predates all of these figures?

anyways. just ramblings haha, but i needed to get that out there. i'm going to go stare at my poster of a maris now <3

OKAYY so the graffiti in the alley next to "the place"??? are we gonna talk abt this??

so there's a bunch of figures, right?? and it looks like they're all coming out of one central location?

like i feel like we're pretty used to the 8 figures like about the 8 main gods, but who are the other two? AND WHY ARE THEY SCRATCHED OUT???? like ik Telos isn't like seen as on the same levels as the other gods (which: RUDE) but scratched out??? and if that's telos, who tf is the other one????

otherwise maybe the 10 figures are something else entirely??? like some of the people here or something????? akjshdkjahs this story literally has me shitting my pants over NUMBERs i can't EVENNN