#rat behavior...

[lampadions-pickle]

A Rat, eh he knows who is he, asked why not stand for "journeys". If it's about the cycles we travel, but perpetually one step to the left- given the natural fluctuations in existence- then why not represent the Journey itself.

"Such is the case that the World has declared you a Journeyer", the rat prattled, "a journeyer cannot exist without the Journey undertaken nor can the Journey exist without someone undertaking [It]. So, a case could be argued that it's the logical conclusion for the two to become undoubtedly entwined."

That knocked the wind out of me as we were heading back to the car.

[stump-not-found]

hrgh rambled on vc about theraprism bill for hours and i woulda kept doing it . will tuck it safely under the read more

institutes are banal in their cruelty . agency is a complicated subject . bill is a cornered rat who's always been a cornered rat . what does he look like in a scenario where he's back at square one ?

i think he'd lock tf in honestly . tbob wasn't a bad attempt . like the book was a mess of him oversharing, but he managed to get something out the door that wasn't meant to . high security facility for tyrants and he still slipped something thru the cracks -- that's interesting ! i wanna play in that space which takes into account bill cipher is competent and more than willing to rip his fate out of the jaws of whatever sick punchline the universe is setting up for him

i think bill cipher can have his moments of patheticness . he's fun to put in the blender for a lil bit i also enjoy a bill cipher jamba juice from time to time

i just also think he got where he was in life for a reason . he's charismatic . he's funny . people genuinely like him, a natural born cult leader . he's extremely smart, and knowledgeable . he's willing to do a lotta shit most people wouldn't which already puts him ahead of the game

i think the thing that's the most fun about bill being in the theraprism is when you acknowledge he's a person . he's been put in a place where he no longer has any agency . his entire life has been chasing any scrap of agency he can get, and never feeling like he's got it . i love that thread, because this wouldn't be anything new for him -- bill's never had agency as far as he's concerned . always clawing his way for the right to exist

he's a cornered rat, he's always been a cornered rat, and he's gotten pretty god damn good at clawing his way back to the top . i think it's fun being able to explore what that looks like, how that power struggle would function in a place where he is pretty well and truly powerless

then if you throw ford into the mix, now he's got a wedge . and it's fun playing with bill trying to reconcile the ways he wants to use ford as leverage, with the reality that ford is his weakness . that doesn't change just because bill beefed it big time . the fact he won't acknowledge that just about dooms him to it, and that's awesome . i love cycles man. keep pretending that love did not undo you in a mind-bogglingly brief amount of time, i'm clapping and cheering about it yippeeeeee

ohhh it's just so fun . take my man and have him lock tf in . i wanna see him clawing at those walls and being a genuine threat to the system, while coming to terms with the fact that reincarnation is just about inevitable

it's such a weird fucking situation . you can talk so much about personhood, and agency, and how he took those things from others, but like . dude you still deserve to be a person . you still deserve to be treated well . so did all the people you hurt . theraprism presents such a good pressure chamber to have a narrative exploring how someone like bill reconciles those facts, if ever

rooting for you man . i think your success is more narratively interesting than failure

oh goddd and don't get me started on the meta implications of reincarnation as a narrative representation of how so frequently "character redemption" equals the death of the original character, replacing them with someone completely different, usually "good" and "domestic" hhhhhhh

turn him into a moth . turn him into a human . at the end of the day his personality has been so twisted and warped it's not even the same person anyways

my tuoyyyyys

[batwynn]

I’m seeing a weird uptick in people commenting nasty stuff on people’s non-cat/dog pet stuff again and not so gentle reminder:

Your phobia or dislike of certain animals does not give you the right to harass and bully people who love and share them.

Use the blacklist tag like a normal human being, and leave people who love rats or snakes or bugs etc. the fuck alone.

[cincidious]

you are the basement queen~ young and sweet~ wait, how long have you been eighteen? A WHILE!?

[rrat-king]

i'm obsessed with the bad kids and the rat grinders as foils in unintentional ways, and it really shows the systems that failed the rat grinders.

kipperlilly and gorgug as kids who are consumed by a rage they cannot control, but where in freshman year gorgug was able to channel that rage in a productive way, kipperlilly is still struggling, having it used against her.

riz and mary ann who are a little odd, a little socially awkward, but both make it onto the blood rush team, but where riz is able to help out his team mates, supported by his friends in order to let him succeed, mary ann, despite playing a good game is considered a "freak" and where riz's party gets his little oddities, her party doesn't seem to.

like these teens are so similar but experienced life in such different ways, having such different supports or lack there of and that's why they are so interesting

[quibbs126]

You know, it’s funny how these two are both considered iconic versions of their series’ characters, meant to be cool and evil and intimidating

But in reality they’re kind of pathetic losers who can’t get over their exes and are way too obsessed with killing their rivals, to the point where it’s honestly detrimental to their causes

And they both came out around similar times too

[prouvvaire]

[curiositysavesthecat]

❝ When rats are very happy they grind their teeth together, causing their eyes to bulge in and out. This is known as boggling. ❞

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[clunchwarp-supreme]

[ohsonewtome]

I want to study the Gallagher’s jealousy tendencies 😫 I find them so interesting

So far we’ve got (I’m sure I’m missing a few):

Liam jealous of: Paul Weller, Johnny Marr, Russell Brand, Matt Morgan, Bono, Bradley Cooper, Damon Albarn, Melissa Lim and, of course, Sara. I don’t think he was jealous of Louise or Meg and I don’t recall Diane saying anything other than he was a menace as a teenager but idk if trying to peep into their errr sexual activities counts as jealous behavior 🧐

Noel jealous of: Cerice, Robbie Williams, Patsy Kensit, kinda maybe John Squire and idk if calling Nicole a div counts as jealousy 🧐 I find it interesting that he’s never been particularly jealous of Richard Ashcroft (given that that’s literally Liam’s bestie4ever) and we just have the inside scoop that he doesn’t trust Liam’s team (insane because wdym you don’t trust Debbie who is 1) the force behind Liam’s solo success and 2) very pro-reunion) and idk if I can interpret that as jealousy or as his own tendency to control everything

[jennilah]

yoink

[missedmilemarkers]

What Character we discovered.

May 2025

[backpackingspace]

More of penelope and odysseus being rat bastards in love please. I know for a fact that these two were menaces to any neighboring kingdoms. They were pulling scams, they committed crimes, I know these two are just the most obnoxious people at a party.

[rhubarbmuncher]

She knows what she did…

[literallycompletelyrandom]

Thinking about that time Lestat picked up a rat in the middle of a meeting cause he was fascinated by its tiny little feet

[timmurleyart]

Rats with incentive. 🐀🐀🚙🍩🟡🔴🟠🟢