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[rvb-relationship-royale]

RVB Romantic Relationship Royale- Round 4, Part 1, Poll 2

[blueteamjax]

It's late and I'm thinking about Wyoming and this picture specifically. Like, they didn't have to include him here and it's not brought up in dialogue, but he's there. Like, York hanging out with North and Carolina makes sense. It's not like he just happens to be at the same bar, he's there with them. So he was their friend. When was this set? How early into the program? They all have their code names already.

I wasn't around when this episode came out so I don't know how much it was talked about, but that makes their fight at the end of season 10 and York's death so much more tragic.

And they're right next to each other on the leader board. The focus of this season was Tex vs Carolina but is this just another thing that was ripped apart by PFL?

I JUST WANNA KNOW MORE ABOUT MY FAVORITE FREELANCER AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM. WHEN DID HE GO FROM DRINKING BUDDY TO KILLING HIS FRIENDS FOR THE JOB.

[the-ghost-bracket]

Alpha/Leonard Church propaganda

Reggie Peters propaganda

[oops-ibrokereality]

Have been thinking of rvb again recently. Anyone ask for a cowboy au?

[bluedaddy]

Can the pretty ladies with empty accounts post something please? You look so nice, it's a shame you're so shy :)

[graciellasamma]

My AU of Previously On

Sup guys! As you can see on the title this is pretty much of what my version of RvB Season 15 Episode 5 “Previously On” because that episode is my favorite in season 15 because of how funny it is on their story of their retirement. If you want to know about the AU I made, then I suggest to go look at my oc “Frøy Kurenai.”

I hope you guys like it!

Grif: (groaning) Lots of bullshit, I don’t know where to start.

Tucker: Before or after the temple? If it’s before, this is gonna get NSFW real quick.

Sister: Oh yea.

Horobi: Oh God...

Izu: “Temple?”

Tucker: Ho yeah! After we captured Hargrove, we partied fucking hard! See, Chorus has this ancient relic called the Temple of Procreation that when activated makes-

Wyoming, Simmons, & Grif: WE SAID WE WOULDN’T TALK ABOUT THAT!

They quickly look at each other and Grif and Simmons quickly look away, embarrassed. Wyoming just blushed in embarrassment.

Blake: Wait. It doesn’t due as the same implies right?

Sarge: Oh it does! It was all like a planet-wide aphrodisiac! Things got real Bohemian! (knowingly) Mm-hmm!

Tucker: Yeah, y’all keep saying that! But everything felt normal to me!

Sister: Ya, it was completely normal.

Washington: Surprising no one.

Weiss: Gross!

Yang & Urataros: I wish I was there!!

Weiss & Momotaros: DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT, YANG/YOU PERVERTED TURTLE!!!

Ruby: Ugh, from you Yang, I’m not even surprised.

O’Mally: Hehe, let me ease up Papa Wolf’s concern over his pup’s virginity. Once the idiot with the sword over here activated the temple. Frøy got bored and decided to play Monster Hunter on his Nintendo while hearing music with his earphone.

Jiro: So he didn’t do anything... weird?

Doc: No not at all, we just doing our business while Frøy too distracted by his game and hearing music.

Jin: I don’t get it, what are they talk about??

Horobi & Aruto: We’ll talk about it when you’re older!!

Felix: Locus was already off of Chorus by the time the planet-wide party began.

Grif is still looking away from Simmons.

Simmons: Can we-can we change the subject?

Ramon: why are you guys so nervous?

Caboose: (To Ramon) Oh, they’re just upset because they got locked in storage closet during the whole thing and Reggie and Flowers were in-

Gamma: Yes, and of course they were.

Ikazuchi, Yang, Nora, Momotaros, & Vice: WHAT?! HAHAHAHA!!!

Wyoming: THE SUBJECT. CHANGE IT.

Frøy: Hold on, I thought you were the one who-

Wyoming: I SAID: CHANGE IT.

Washington: To actually answer your question, after the war on Chorus we decided we were due some time off.

York: We’ve earned some R&R. Even Carolina, Tex, and South agreed!

Tex: When did I ever agree to th-

South: It was for the best. Clearly. (Takes a glance at Carolina)

Carolina: I thought I’d give the simple life a day in court.

Gamma: Surprising. Everyone.

Grif: No more adventure? Hell yeah, I was on board!

Butch: We were all on board.

Simmons: Kimball set us up on this isolated moon, and she built us some of the most awesome new bases, ever!

Shot of the new Red and Blue bases, which look like luxury condos.

Tucker: Everyone adjusted to the peace and quite differently. Some of us were natural!

Grif: Don’t hate the player.

Theta: Sarge got hopelessly depressed after not dying heroically on Chorus!

Sarge: Hogwash! Baseless slander!

Simmons: But you said-

~*~*~

Cut to the Red Team, including Lopez, outside their new base. Sarge walks up.

Sarge (flashback): I am hopelessly depressed after not dying heroically on Chorus! We need a new enemy...

Hearing this, Red Team quickly scatter.

Sarge (flashback): ...something to fight. Where y’all going?

~*~*~

Back in the Bases, CT looks at Carolina.

CT: Sarge wasn’t the only one having a hard time adjusting to inaction.

Everyone looks at Carolina.

Carolina: What?!

Washington: Fortunately, we found a tutor.

~*~*~

Cut to Carolina and Grif in a small ravine, Grif sitting cross-legged on the ground and Carolina  standing up, looking at him as though he were a wise master. Or Yoda, maybe.

Carolina (flashback): (dead serious) Help me, Grif. Help me be the best at being lazy.

Grif (flashback): (wise and mysterious) You’re not ready, padawan.

Carolina (flashback): I can try!

Grif (flashback): No. There is no try.

Felix (flashback): (offscreen, yelled) YOU SAID THE LINE!!

~*~*~

Flowers: (narrator) The peaceful times didn’t last too long. Turns out this planet has some native lifeforms!

~*~*~

Loud thumping as Flowers, Frøy, North, Simmons, Tucker, and Grif run across the scene. We hear the sound of a dinosaur roaring.

Simmons (flashback): AHHHH, RUNNN!!!!

Grif (flashback): I CAN’T DIE AS FOOD! OHHH HOOO, THE IRONY!!!!!

North (flashback): HOW IS THAT IRONY?!?!

Frøy (flashback): HAHAHA!! I’M HAVING SO MUCH FUN!!!

~*~*~

Carolina: (narrator) While everyone debated if dying as food was technically ironic, Caboose went and made friends with the dinosaurs.

Hiromi: Why would he do that?

Grif: (narrator) Because of course he did.

~*~*~

Carolina, Flowers, North, Frøy, Tucker, Grif, Sarge, and their AIs are staring up in awe the camera, while we see the shadow of a dinosaur with a Caboose-sized figure on its head.

Caboose (flashback): (offscreen) Awww, who’s a good boy?! Awww, you are a good boy!

Felix (flashback): Holy shit!

Flowers (flashback): CABOOSE, get down from there!

Church (flashback): How the hell does he get up there without getting eaten?!

Frøy (flashback): Can I eat it?

Sarge (flashback): Tell him to fight me!

Theta (flashback): Ummm Sarge, you do know you are gonna lose that fight in a heartbeat, right?

~*~*~

Tex: And let’s not forgot, trivia night.

Everyone except Felix, Wash, Delta, Theta, Carolina, Caboose, and Donut groans at that.

Felix: Hey, you guys wanted to give me a party, and that’s what I got.

Tucker: Easy for you to say! You got all the answers right!!

Simmons: You gave us hard questions.

Felix: Are you serious? It was easy!

York: It was a trick question!!

Ryutaros: What’s trivia night?

Delta: They are like pub quiz, one of us has to ask the question that we made while the rest of us have to answer the question correctly.

Theta: We decide to make a theme on all the questions from his favorite movie series!

Tucker: Which is Star Wars by the way. (glaring at Felix)

~*~*~

Everyone gathers around for trivia night.

Grif (flashback): Anakin Skywalker.

Felix (flashback): (monotone, like church) No.

York (flashback): C-3PO.

Felix (flashback): (monotone) No. That’s a droid.

Sarge (flashback): Grif.

Felix (flashback): No. He’s not even a Star Wars character Sarge.

Sarge (flashback):............. You sure?

~*~*~

Felix: WHAT PART OF “THE MOST ANNOYING CHARACTER IN THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE” DID YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?!

Sarge: It was a trick question!

Felix: Oh come on! I gave you plenty of hints! Even Caboose got it right!

Caboose: I nearly said Tarkin because he is mean.

Frøy & Church: Well not all of us is a Star Wars nerd like you, so sorry if we don’t know all the characters!!

Felix: Oh fuck you both!! (Giving them the middle finger)

Grif: (narrator) And then DONUT somehow managed to burn down our bases!

~*~*~

Donut standing in the foreground, while the bases burn in the background.

Donut (flashback): Whoopsy-daisy!

~*~*~

Grif: (narrator) Ah-ha, why, why, oh why?!

Church: Some of them were crying, and some of them didn’t care.

Tucker: And you were one of those people who didn’t give a shit.

Church: I expected things to go wrong from the start. Don’t blame me if I didn’t help with the problem, dickhead!

Donut: (offscreen, still unfiltered) I told you, it was a simple mishap with my vanilla-satin-scented candles. Sheesh.

Flowers: DONUT! CLOTHES!

Donut: Party pooper!

Kintaros: Why is he naked?

Leo: THAT’S your first question?

Aruto: Why did you have a candle in the first place?

Wyoming: We need them to remove the stench that was coming from the kitchen.

All eyes from the Reds and Blues glared at Carolina yet again.

Carolina: I was trying to find a hobby, so don’t blame me.

Frøy: Are you kidding me?! I wasn’t able to use the toilet because of both Grif and Sister were stuck in the bathroom for weeks because of food poisoning, and the toilet clogged because of that!!

Grif: I regret ever tasting that MRE.

Jiro: I know how you feel.

Both Jiro and Ramon glared at Riki because of the stench in his room and his cooking skill.

Simmons: Anyway, we lost 80% of our rations in the fire, so these two fat-asses (looks at Grif and Sister) over here started going around and eating native plants!

~*~*~

Grif and Sister approach some wild mushrooms that glow a mysterious blue coolor.

Grif (flashback): Oh, hey there, sexy.

Sister (flashback): These look good.

~*~*~

Simmons: (narrator) Oh, and as it turns out, the mushrooms are basically crystal meth ON crystal meth!

~*~*~

Cut to Grif and Sister running by, in order, Sarge fighting a tree, Carolina fixing a Warthog, and Simmons going for a walk.

Grif (flashback): (super fast) Heyhohowyadoin’? Good?Okay. I’mgonnagoforarun. AlotofpeoplesayI’mnotfast,butI’msuperfast. Don’ttell anyybodythough,it’soursecret, Okay, bye!

Sister (flashback): (super fast) I’msofullyetIhavesomuchenergy.

~*~*~

Back to the base.

Grif: Yeah? Well, at least I didn’t spend my summer learning Esperanto!

Simmons: (ashamed) I thought “Esperanto” was Spanish for “Spanish.”

Church: Spanish is just Spanish! Me and Delta told you thst multiple times but you kept saying Esperanto is Spanish!

Simmons: I know...!

Frøy: And now you’re the only one in the universe who speaks a dead language! How appropriate!

Simmons: (sigh) Mi estas tiel sola. (I’m so alone.)

Caboose: And Freckles got a new body! He can use any bathroom he wants now!

~*~*~

Freckles walks threateningly into the scene. We then cut to a wide shot to reveal he’s hopelessly small, with Caboose and Tucker looking at him.

Freckles (flashback): (like a chipmunk) Prepare to be exterminated!

He shoots Caboose. Caboose dramatically falls.

Caboose (flashback): AHHH! Tucker! You’re supposed to be playing dead.

Tucker (flashback): (leaving) Riiight...

~*~*~

Back to the base.

Tucker: That’s right around when we tried to raise some money for new bases by selling off our movie rights!

Delta: I believe we didn’t have any-

Ruby, Jin, Ryutaros, Aruto, Leo, & Vice: You have movie rights?! Awesome!

Pyrrha: Even with my fame. No movie company has asked for me to be in any of their films.

Izuku: What rights did you own?

South: Us and for some reason Reservoir Dogs. We still have no idea why we own that.

Grif: Yeah well, Hollywood really screwed the pooch on that one.

Church: We should have burned the script when we had a chance.

Weiss: Was it bad?

Doc: Well it received positive reviews and critical acclaim. They just got us and the story all wrong.

O’Mally: Ugh, they just have to ruined my character.

Simmons: Oh, but we were rich!

Grif: And then we realized water parks were way more awesome than bases!

Carolina: So we built the galaxy’s greatest... water park.

CT: 101 on how to waste money on useless stuff, we don’t need.

~*~*~

Cut to the water park. Where all the boys even Washington jump in the air with joy. Carolina, South, and CT refrains.

Boys (flashback): Yay!

Girls (flashback): (with disinterest) Yay...

~*~*~

Ruby, Jin, Vice, Ramon, & Ryutaros: That’s so cool!!

Yang: I wanna swim! I’ll get my bikini!

Wyoming: Don’t bother.

George: What? Why?

Grif: BECAUSE OF DONUT-!

~*~*~

Mirroring the shot from before, Donut is in the foreground as the park burns in the background.

Donut: Whoopsy-daisy.

~*~*~

Grif: I MEAN HOW?! HOW DO YOU BURN DOWN A WATER PARK, DONUT?!

Delta: It is highly illogical of how he did it.

Donut walks in, now wearing his armor.

Donut: 1) Lube isn’t normally flammable! And B) I didn’t burn down the whole water park! Just the park part!

Caboose: And then we formed the best band ever!

Washington: Tucker thought it might attract... chicks.

Tucker: Which worked.

~*~*~

Cut to Grif and Tucker arguing over the name, with Caboose watching on the drum while Frøy was on the mic and while Church and Felix just standing and floating at their partner’s side while watching the whole argument.

Grif: The Talking reds!

Tucker: Mötley Blüe!

Grif: How about redmau5?

Carolina: Hey, I heard you boys are looking for a backup singer.

Tucker: Uh, yeah! Chick singers are awesome!

Grif: Can you sing, though?

Frøy and Church does a killing gesture knowing their sister’s voice.

Carolina: (confident) Can I sing?

~*~*~

Cut to the base.

Tucker: (unconvincingly) Carolina sings. So good.

Carolina: Thank you.

Simmons: Oh, and we’re definitely not hust saying that because she could kill us.

Wyoming: And break every bone in our body.

Grif: (strained) So. Good.

Tucker: I mean... Frøy wasn’t bad.

Frøy: Please stop it.

Simmons: Sarge decided to make his own enemy, so he built an evil robot army to invade our valley!

Tucker: But the robots malfunctioned and attacked the dinosaurs!

Theta & Iota: And it was the awesomest battle ever! Of all time!!

~*~*~

Cut to the Reds and Blues watching an enormous battle happening offscreen. We get explosions and roars and some flashes of red light plus a black plume of smoke coming in from off-camera.

Theta/Iota (flashback): Woah.../Wow...

Washington (flashback): I have seen some amazing things in my life, but this...? This takes the cake.

Frøy (flashback): I think I can died happy now.

~*~*~

Back to the base.

Vice: Now that is so cool!

Ryutaros: Are the dinosaurs still alive?

CT: Yeah they are, they just destroyed the robots and left. Haven’t seen them in awhile though.

Carolina: (snickering) And then Grif convinced Simmons Game of Thrones really happened.

Leo: What the heck is Game of Thrones?

Ikazuchi: A really good TV show ever!

Blake: And Grif convinced him that a fictional series actually exist?

Simmons: He explained it to me in very convincing manner.

South: And apparently, after that, we learned Simmons has a knack for-

Simmons: (panicked) Don’t say it!

~*~*~

Grif and Simmons are standing on top of the base, mirroring their positions in the first episode.

Simmons (flashback): Nuh-uh.

Grif (flashback): Uh-huh.

Simmons (flashback): Oh, shut up!

Grif (flashback): Seriously, dude!

Simmons (flashback): Nah, nah, no way!

Grif (flashback): Yeah, way!

Simmons (flashback): Dude.

Grif (flashback): Dude.

Simmons (flashback): Dude!

Grif (flashback): Dude.

Simmons (flashback): Dude!

Grif (flashback): Yeah, dude.

Simmons (flashback): That’s awesome! Man, I’m gonna go visit!

~*~*~

Weiss: Seriously?

George: Wow, you’re must be an idiot for falling for that.

Ryutaros: Wai! Simmons-no-baka!

Simmons: What? I can’t believe in it? Anyway, Sarge found a new enemy! One that would keep him busy for the rest of our time here.

~*~*~

The Reds are gathered outside the new base, watching Sarge walks on camera again.

Sarge (flashback): For far too long our people have been oppressed, crushed, under the weight pf ourselves! If we don’t start standing up to our mortal foe gravitty, by god who will?

Washington, Frøy, Church, Felix, Carolina, and Tex are watching nearby.

Carolina (flashback): Are we really going to let this play out?

Washington (flashback): Why not see where it goes?

Felix (flashback): This is gonna be good.

Church (flashback): Something we can agreed on.

Frøy (flashback): You both are just cruel.

Lopez is in the Warthog, Sarge nearby.

Sarge (flashback): Buckle up, friendo! It’s time we take this fight to the enemy!

Lopez (flashback): Por farvor no. (Please no.)

The Warthog goes flying off a cliff.

Sarge (flashback): Chaaaarge!

~*~*~

Simmons: But that just meant Blue Team had one more Jeep than Red Team.

Tex: Not the First time either.

~*~*~

Back to outside the base: Donut, Grif, Simmons, North, South, Wyoming, and CT are standing there, while the warthog is on fire in the background.

Sarge (flashback): Gentlemen and lady, we simply cannot let Blue Team have tactical superiority over the canyon! This means war! Red. VS. BLUE!

Lopez (flashback): (offscreen) Mierda... (Shit...)

~*~*~

Back to the base.

Tucker: That helped us realize just  how outdated this whole Red Team-Blue Team thing really is.

Simmons: So, we had a meeting to debate a new form of government.

Yaiba & Naki: Oh this should to be good.

~*~*~

The Reds and Blues are facing each other outside their base, Carolina having joined the Blues this time.

Grif (flashback): I vote anarchy.

Simmons (flashback): You can’t vote anarchy, you dumbass!

Omega & O’Mally (flashback): But it fit us so well!

Flowers & Doc (flashback): No!

Tucker (flashback): Monarchy! Whoever holds the magical sword, (draws his sword) Excalibur!

Caboose (flashback): Party Paryarchy!

Felix (flashback): Jedi Order!

Frøy (flashback): Of course, you’ll choose that.

Felix (flashback): Hey, up yours Frøy.

North (flashback): Democracy?

Sarge (flashback): Military Dictatorship!

Carolina (flashback): Matriarchy.

CT (flashback): I like where you’re thinking.

South (flashback): Fuck yeah!

Tex (flashback): We can make an agreement on that. (smirks)

Church (flashback): Typical.

The girls (flashback): Hey!

Church (flashback): Not all of us are girls in this valley! Heck, most of us are pretty much a dude! Of course, it’s freaking cliche.

Caboose (flashback): Oh! How about Malarkey?

Flowers (flashback): Caboose, that’s not a type of government! It just means meaningless talk and nonesense!

Long silence.

~*~*~

Washington: (back at the base) Malarkey won.

Theta: There was also the time when Frøy built a bomb and it blew up and make a wormhole to a new universe.

Grif: And what came out was really, really, really weird.

~*~*~

Everyone is gathered up.

Wasington (flashback): This has to be one of the strangest things I’ve seen ever... Of all time.

Frøy and female Frøy are looking at each other with Church and Felix floating at their partner’s side also in their opposite gender. Both wear identical armor and have identical weapons.

Both Frøy (flashback): THIS IS AMAZING!!

Both Church, Felix, & Tex (flashback): This is a fucking nightmare.

~*~*~

CT: The destruction they caused was enormous.

Frøy: (sigh) Too bad she had to go home. I never met someone that I could have so much fun with.

Church: Thank God for that!! I don’t think I could handle another Frøy and Felix.

Felix: I could say the same for you, asshole.

Tex: I suppose to be the one to say that\, consider that I have to be the one to handle the both of you cockbites.

Church & Felix: Shut up, bitch.

Donut: Oh! And don’t forgot York and Carolina’s wedding!

Ruby: (gasp) Really?! That’s amazing you guys!

Leo: Congrats, you two!

Sakura: Omedetō!

George: Congratulation!

Ikazuchi: Mazel tov!

York and Carolina: Thanks.

~*~*~

Carolina was in a nice Cyan dress with York in a suit holding each other hands. Behind Carolina were CT, South, and Kimball while behind York were Wash, North, and Tucker while Frøy as the Ring Bearer with Church, Felix, and Tex floating at his side. In the center is Sarge marrying them.

Sarge (flashback): And now by the power vested in me, I pronounce you husband and wife. Just kiss the bribe already.

York chuckles with a grin.

York (flashback): You don’t have to tell me twice.

Before York could even kiss her, Carolina grabbed him by the collar and dipped him, he got startled by this but he kissed her back as everyone cheered. The lieutenants and feds shot their guns in the air as Donut and Jensen were crying.

~*~*~

Wyoming: And that’s when we knew who would be in control in bed.

Tucker: (chuckles) That’s not what I saw at the-

Carolina: Finish that sentence and I’ll make sure you have surgery so you be a women.

There was an awkward silence for that until Caboose broke it.

Caboose: Ah, you haven’t mentioned the dark place!

Tucker: Oh yeah! Somehow Caboose got stuck in another dimension!

Frøy: I didn’t do it.

~*~*~

Caboose is somehow in the Upside-Down from Netflix’s Stranger Things.

Caboose (flashback): Hello? Anyone there? THIS IS AWESOME!

The Reds and Blues are staring at the alphabet Christmas lights from Stranger Things.

Washington (flashback): “Neat.” He just... keeps saying, “Neat.”

North (flashback): I think he’s just excited, or he could be yelling for help if “neat” meant something.

Delta (flashback): How did he even end up there?

~*~*~

Back to the base.

Tucker: Oh, and we found Donut dead!

Nora: Really?

~*~*~

Grif and Wyoming find Donut’s supposedly dead body lying next to a body of water.

Grif (flashback): Sweet.

Wyoming (flashback): I guess it was the best day ever.

Simmons, Tucker, York, Wyoming, Grif, North, and their A.I.s are staring at a shallow grave.

Grif: (voiceover) We decided to bury him in  a shallow, unmarked grave.

They look up, hearing Donut offscreen.

Donut (flashback): (offscreen, unfiltered) Aw, fiddlesticks! I can’t find my suit!

Grif: (narrator) Turns out he was just... skinny-dipping.

York: (narrator) And that’s where I got second-degree trauma. Thanks a lot, fuckface.

Donut (flashback): (offscreen, unfiltered, cont’d) Guess I’m going au natural! Nice and breezy!

~*~*~

Leo: Did you see him?

Grif: Yes! Yes, we saw him!

~*~*~

In the exact same shot from when they were running from the dinosaur, Simmons, Tucker, York, North, and Grif run from Donut.

Simmons: AAAAAHHHH, RUN!

Wyoming: DON’T LOOK! DON’T LOOK!

Grif: AH, THE IRONY!

York: I’M BLIND!

North: I’M SCARED FOR LIFE!

~*~*~

CT: But that wasn’t even the weirdest thing that happened! Wash, Grew. A bread...

~*~*~

Cut to Washington standing outside. Of course, we can’t see the beard because his helmet is on.

Washington (flashback): It’s kind of... itchy.

~*~*~

Tucker: And then this morning Grif spiked Simmons’s couscous with his meth-meth shrooms! And Sister wanted to see if she was faster than him.

Grif: You know, for the lolz.

~*~*~

Cut to the shot from the opening, with Grif and Flowers talking to Frøy and the rest of his companion that he met and brings them to the base as Simmons and Sister runs by.

Simmons (flashback): (super fast) Ihaventbeenbeenthishypersinceihadamargerita!

Sister (flashback): (super fast) FastImfastyougotabetterone

Donut (flashback): (offscreen, voice unfiltered) Anyone seen my tanning oil?

Flowers (flashback): Jesus Donut, we have guests! 

Grif (flashback): Put some clothes on, for Pete sake!

Tucker appears again.

Tucker (flashback): Oh ho, Blue-Tang Clan!

Grif (flashback): The Red Kennedys!

There is a loud whistling sound, as though something is falling from a great height.

Sarge (flashback): (falling with it) SUCK IT NEWTON!

We quickly cut back to Grif before Sarge hits the ground.

~*~*~

Grif: It’s been awful! Instead of a peaceful retirement, it’s been the same damn shit with the same damn idiots!

[trannydean-moved]

What if Wyoming has a brother that looks just like Luigi so it's a fricking matching pair

[vonlipvig]

Fodder vs. Freelancers - Episode 4

(If you’re looking for past episodes, just check the “Survivor RvB” tag in my blog!)

Quick recap! Last time, the Fodder tribe manages to win both the reward AND immunity challenges, sending the Freelancers on their first trip to Tribal Council. South and Tucker were chosen to go to Exile Island, but none of them found any idols. The Freelancers voted for Florida to go, with Maine close behind. Will they continue this losing streak, or will they fight back?

So, new day, new reward challenge. Who will emerge victorious?

The Freelancers are back, baby! That is a very physical challenge, so it’s only natural they’d have a little bit of an advantage (I can imagine Tex sitting this challenge out so she can participate in the immunity one, then Lina, Maine, South and North on the diving team, with CT, Wash, Wyoming and York on the puzzle team. That’s cool, isn’t it?). Anyway, our poor Reds and Blues taste defeat again, but who gets to go to Exile Island?

So they pick Donut to go, together with South, who was already there (is South volunteering to go? I can totally see that, I bet she really wants to get her hands on that idol). But to get that idol she’ll have to face her greatest challenge yet: spending a whole day with Donut.

Aaaand, the idol is not found. Please, take a moment to imagine Donut and Soth stranded on a tiny island together. Donut would be happily going on about whatever’s on his mind, double entendres galore, and South just. can’t. get. away. What a wonderful image.

Anyway, it’s time for the immunity challenge!

Whoa, the Fodder tribe wins immunity yet again! Oh, the Freelancers are piiiiiissed. Is having a robot to do the puzzle parts of the challenge cheating? Anyway, the Reds and Blues are safe for another round, which means the Freelancers have got to vote for yet another members of theirs...

Notable Tribe Events: The Red Alliance becomes even stronger (gotta unite against those dirty Blues!).

And so, we reach TC time for the Freelancers, again. What will happen now?

The fourth person voted off Survivor Blood Gulch is Wyoming. Oh, Reggie, that’s unfortunate. But I can see how that went down, after all his partner Florida was eliminated the last time, so he was an outlier. 

So how did everyone vote? Turns out the only ones to vote for Maine were Tex and CT (Why do Tex and CT like Wyoming so much in this simulation!?), and then eveyone else voted for Reggie (with Wash voting for him because he likes Maine better). Will Maine and Wash finally form an alliance now? Because they are definitely in a dangerous position as the two odd men out.

Stay tuned for yet another exciting episode of Survivor Blood Gulch: Fodder vs. Freelancers!

Next Episode - Beginning

[submarinefleet]

Freelancers, When You Kiss Them, Part 3 (Updated)

I am very unhappy with my previous characterization of Florida in this post, so I decided to re-do it. If you’ve reblogged that one before, please reblog this update to help get the new one out there!

Florida/Butch Flowers: Kisses back after a moment, if you don’t pull away immediately; but otherwise waits to see what you’ll do. Narrows his eyes playfully, and boops your nose with his finger. “Now, what was that for, silly?”

Wyoming: Quirks a brow and studies you. Smiles slightly, and gives an ominous mustache chuckle. “Hmmhmmhmm. That’s certainly a surprise. I suppose you can’t be dissuaded?”

479er: Scoffs at you, utterly unimpressed. “Is that what you call a kiss? Let me show you how it’s done.” Uses both hands to grab you by the collar, and drags you back in.

[thepetrichorcollective]

Alters looking for sourcemates

feel free to interact even if youre not a sourcemate!

Undertale/Deltarune:

Sans

Ralsei

Undyne

TOH

Luz (host)

Eda

Amity

Danganronpa

Makoto

Aoi

Overwatch

Hanzo

Jesse

Genji

Tracer (host)

Dva/Hana

Aoi Shimada (oc)

Jack/Soldier 76

Pharah

Mei

Lucio

Youtube

Jacksepticeye/Sean

Corpse Husband

KallMeKris

Riley

Kristina

Mystic Messanger

707

'mc' (host)

Yoosung

Hades the game

Hypnos

Achilles

Meg/Styx (host)

dusa

Arcane

Ekko

Jinx/powder (host)

the arcana

asra

portia

nadia

julian

lucio

apprentice (host)

Faust

critical role campaign 1

pike

vax

keyleth + cassandra (host)

Scanlan

CR campaign 2

jester

molly

nott

beau (host)

yasha

Mha/Bnha

katsuki

apollo (dabi)

shoto (host)

denki

mina

jiro

momo

marvel

thor

valkyrie/wanda/layla (host)

khonshu

carol

Sif

dc

dick/nightwing

rachel/raven

kaldur

wally/kf

artemis

poison ivy

connor

black manta

harley/barbara/kori (host)

Jason todd

fire emblem

camila

corrin (host)

elise

she-ra

entrapta

bow

double trouble

scorpia

catra (host)

Adora

wrong hordak

stranger things

Will

El (host)

Tales of arcadia

jim

claire/douxie (host)

toby

AAARRRGGHH

Blinky

Strickler

Barbara

not Enrique

merlin

krel

TLOK

Asami

Korra (host)

MLP

Apple bloom

Sweetie Belle

transformers

Knockout

bee/soundwave (host)

Arcee

RVB

Tex/Maine/479er (host)

north

south

tucker

carolina

minnesota

rhode island

york

theta

delta

omega/o'mally

simmons

grif

caboose

Eta

Iota

Sigma

wyoming

Subnautica

Al-an

Robin (host)

RWBY

ruby

Yang (host)

qrow

blake

weiss

jaun

pyrrha

nora

ren

neptune

sun

Adam

Cinder

Oz

Neo

Mercury

HXH

Killua

Alluka

7DS

Elaine

Ban

King

Meliodas

Hawk

Elizabeth

Gowther

Merlin

Diane

Dragon Prince

Rayla

Ezran

Aaravos

Callum (host)

Claudia

Soren

Carmen Sandiego

Agent Devineaux

HTTYD

Astrid

Hiccup (host)

Sucker for love

Nyan

Monster prom

Zoe

Pokemon

Delcatty

James (host)

Pichu

Umbreon

Sylveon

Missmagius

MortalKombat

Cassie

Smoke

Res E

Chris

Jill (host)

Claire

Watch Dogs

wrench

sitara

josh

Clara

t-bone/ray

horatio

marcus

Genshin

childe

zhongli

aether (host)

lumine

paimon

venti

albedo

kaeya

diona

xiangling

lisa

hu tao

thoma

Monster high

Cawdeen

Clawd

draculaura (host)

Hetalia

england

canada (host)

Star wars

Padme

ahsoka (host)

Obi wan

JJK

nobara

panda

sukuna

The quarry

Ryan

Kaitlyn

Dylan

Abi(host)

JATP

Reggie

Luke

Jules (host)

Black Butler

Sebastian

Grelle

Ciel/Astre(host)

Ciel(Lyric)

TUA

Viktor

klaus (host)

Murder drones

Uzi

N

FNAF

Vanessa (host)

Phineas and ferb

vanessa

perry

/ngels of death

zack

rachel (host)

Artists

Ashnikko

Eddsworld

Tom

list may be updated in the future!! feel free to ask for someone specific or for other sources not listed! this isnt a full list of our introjects but its a huge chunk of our system

[ryvswb]

@proximio-5 Asked: "Oh! Oh! Are the Meta and the Freelancers nearby?"

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*RvB guitar jingle plays as the camera does an overview of Valhalla, until we see Wyoming and Maine crouched together next to a river*

Wyoming, fiddling with something in the back of Maine's head: Hrrrrm. Almost there....argh Maine stop squirming!

Maine, shifting uncomfortably: *growl*

Wyoming: Almost theeeeeere...aaaaannnnnnd...

Wyoming, standing back up, a small storage device in his hand: Done!

Maine, slowly standing up, his legs a bit wobbly: *long, low growl*

Wyoming, trying to help Maine steady himself, but the latter shoving his hand aside: Easy there lad. I know you want to be able to use all your programs, but even Ol Carolina had trouble handling the twins, be sure to tell me if anything feels off.

Maine, his legs now steadier, knodding in acknowledgement: *grunt*

Wyoming, showing Maine the storage device he's holding: So what do we do with this knobhead?

Sigma, his hologram emerging from the device: Where- where am I? Oh?

Maine, towering over Sigma intimidatingly: *long, angry growl*

Sigma: Oh. Agent Maine...you are alive as well...I...if you would just let me explai-

Maine, snatching Sigma out of Wyoming's hand and aggresively chucking him in the river:...

Wyoming, awkwardly watching Sigma float away as Maine dusts his hands off: Well...thats one way to solve that problem I suppose...

Wyoming: Now what shall we do nex-

Gamma, appearing next to Wyoming's head: Reggie, I am recieving an unknown transmission.

Wyoming: Play it trough.

Wyoming, talking to an unkown individual through his com device: Who are you? How did you get this frequency?

Maine, staring at Wyoming as chatter can be heard from the latter's helmet:...

Wyoming: Oh? A job? Interesting. How much?

Wyoming, as more chatter is heard from his helmet:...

Wyoming: Well now, thats a very generous offer.

Wyoming, as yet more chatter comes from his helmet: Hm hm. Huh uh. Alrighty then. Consider it done. Pleasure doing business.

Wyoming, turning to Maine after hanging up: Maine old chap, looks like we'll be able to give your programs a test run already.

Wyoming: Cause we got some work to do.

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York, trying to pick the lock on a warehouse's door: Come oooon....come ooooooooonnnnn...

York, as his lock pick breaks: COME ON!

Carolina, Wash at her side: York? York is that you!?

York, turning around, startled: AHH!

York: Oh. Hey Carolin-

Carolina, pulling York into a hug: Oh I'm SO happy to see you again you can't even imagine...

Washington: Hey York whats up! Where have you been man?

York, speaking casually as Carolina lets go of him: I've been dead.

Washington, awkwardly: Oh. Right. Sorry.

York: PFFFFFT don't be! I've been hanging out and playing DDR with some red headed girl in armor and the Epsilon AI. Its was great!

Church, in AI form, materialising next to Carolina, in an excited tone: SPEAKING OF THE DEVIL! YORK MY DUDE WHATS UP!

York: YOOOOOOO Church how are you doing man?

Church: Oh I've been doing awesome. Being alive again is great!

York: You can say that again!

Carolina, visibly confused: So you guys met...in the afterlife?

Church: Yeah we're afterlife bros!

York: AFTERLIFE BROOOOOOS!

Church: AFTERLIFE BROOOOOOOS!

York and Church in unison, as Carolina and Wash silently look back and fort between the two of them: AFTER LIFE BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS!

York: *Ahem* So anyway. What are you guys doing here?

Washington: Mercenary work. Our client contacted us a couple hours ago and instructed us to meet up here with the other mercs they hired.

York: Me too! What a coincidence! I've been trying to get in but the lock on this door is no joke!

York, as Carolina walks past him: Must be some kind of high secury lock set up by our employer to prevent random bystanders or thieves from getting in. I've been picking away at it for almost an hour now. I think I'm about to go insa-

York, as Carolina casually opens the door:...

Washington, smugly: High security lock huh?

York: Shut up.

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Carolina, as everyone enters the warehouse: Did you come here alone York? Do you know who else got hired for this job?

York, as he scopes out the room: I came into contact with North and South Dakota over com. They said they'd meet me here, but North called me several minutes ago saying that they'd be late.

Washington, as he closes the door behind him: Really? What happened to them?

York: They...

York:...Took a wrong turn...

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North, next to a warthog in front of the Xiao Long household on Patch: I told you we should've just followed the GPS!

South, as Taiyang warily opens the front door to check what is going on: And I keep telling you the GPS is busted!

North: Oh yeah? If you're really better than the GPS then why are we at the WRONG LOCATION?

Taiyang: Uuuuummm...excuse me? How did you get here?

South, dryly: We drove.

Taiyang, blinking in confusion before talking: H-how???

South, with gritted teeth: WITH A CAR.

Taiyang, visibly confused:...M'am this is an island.

North and South: And?

Taiyang: WHAT DO YOU MEAN "AND"???

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York: We've been standing here for an hour now! How long are we gonna have to wait!?

Washington: I need to pee...

Carolina, scolding Wash: I told you to go do it before leaving!

Church, scolding Carolina: And I told YOU that stopping for slushies was a bad idea.

Carolina, indignantly: Well they were very good slushies and I will die on that hill!

Church: *sigh* My scanners say theres a porta potty behind the building Wash.

Washington, running out the door: THANK YOU I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

*A few seconds pass*

*Knock* *Knock*

Church: God damn is he done already?

*Knock* *Knock*

Church: Its unlocked Wash.

York: Whoa wait a minute! GUYS. Think about it. I'm alive. North and South are alive. All of us have been told to come. All of us freelancers.

Church: What are you going on about- wait. Oh god please no.

Carolina, deep in thought: Knock knock...

Wyoming, entering the room with Maine in tow: Who's there?

Church: UUUUURRRGH! Fuck my life they're alive too!

Washington, walking back into the room: Alright I'm back what did I mis-

Wyoming: Top of the morning Wash! I missed you lad!

Maine: *Grunt of agreement*

Everyone, sitting in awkward silence for a few seconds:...

Church: I think we have a lot of catching up to do...

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-To be continued-

[rvb-relationship-royale]

RVB Romantic Relationship Royale- Round 1, Part 1, Poll 9

[shepscapades]

Rvb 17x05 Initial reaction

I know i don’t typically do this, but i thought it’d be funny to show y’all my thought process watching through the recent first episode.

I had a notepad open to jot stuff down in and it basically turned into a cluster eff. This is an unedited mess of me reacting to this weeks episode. Lmao.

>"ASH" WHOMmm??? AAAAA 479ER IS ASH?????????????DFHKSDFJSKJDGFLSKDFLJSKDFJ SHE HAS A NAAAAAME YEET

>"THAT'S FINE THIS IS FINE--- NO DAMMIT" SLKDJFLSKDJF  WASH thAnks you’re my fav

>WYOMING VOICE!!!!!!!!! I MISS THIS FOOL I'M--- JDLHSFDHFSD he SoudNS SO GOOD!

YES dAVID INTERUPT HIM YOU FOOL!!! interupt him. DO IT.

"This is just not at all going the way ithought it would." omg i hate him but poor reggie i]'mmmmmm he’ sSO confused,,, id be too tho it’s fine dear

okay i'm not crying I SWAR I"M nOT CRYING but it's SO GOOD TO HEAR YORKS VOICEL?????? LSDKFJLSDKJFLSDKJF!!!!! YooOOORK

Maine looks so gOOd! ALL OF THEM LOOK AA also york looks kind of pink??? I'm stupid

EVERYOELNNNEN I MISS PROJECT FREELANCER SO MUCH

NORTHH..... my dlskfjdksfj my favorite boy is here..... i can't handle myself rn - i misss his voiCE

oh my GOODDD everyone was an butthoLE to wash,,,???

NOOOOO SOUTH SHUR UPPP!!!12211211!!!!!11!!!!!!11!

also will wash appreciate donut more now? dlskfjlskdjfsd this is HORRIBLE i didn't know they were THIS mean TO HIMMMM

who is he talking to. i bet he's talking to like hrdlsdkfjlskdjflskdflfkj the triplets or smthn

DLJFKSJDLFK WHAT DID I SAYYYYYYDFLKSJDF  I HATE MYSELF

OH MY GOD DLKFJSDKJF I''MMMMMMMMMM THANK GOD FOR AGENT IOWEAA

WASH'S “AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH GOD DAMMMMNIIIIITTT” IS MY FAVORITE MomeNT of ALL OF RVB ok alexa thIS IS EPIC>. i'M NOT SDFJLSDKJFLSKDJFLKJ OH MY GOD

oh that's really smart of carolina. I wonder if we'll ever learn anything about the people she was temporarily stationed with??? oooo

when will i learn to stop pausing the video to write down predictions when the next scene literally lkjflskdjlksjdf okay

:McCallister??"McAllister?????? ooooOOO dOMG HITS HEr. YAAAA she's still an jerkhol nice

“a little help” waht does heeeaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH DELTA !! he sounds kind different?? BUT I LOVE HIM!

---------- Her firstr eSPOND SE ISsdjflsk  CAROLINA NO!!!!!! I DON'T WANT TO WATCH RED VS BLUE ANYMORE. I DONT WANAANANANANAN

okay I've recovered. WHY DOES SHE SOUND SO BROKENDFNDNNDNDNDN bye yall im quitting rvb fandom bdfsd

i hope all we ever get out of these to is really close platonic bonds bc this is kind of? i don't wanna say suggestive buttTT WHAT DID HE SAY WHEN THE TRAIN WENT BY I HATE THIS SHOW DArnIT

[theartforest]

Woo, another doodle comin’ in hot from the oven! This is Agent Reginald Wyoming from Project Freelancer in RvB (if you notice my main blog, you can clearly see he’s now one of my favourite characters) and this time, I set a challenge for myself to do it in the note app of my phone, which is an iPhone. Needless to say, this was a pain in the ass. I’m actually really glad with the end result, though! I played around with Tumblr’s filters because I remembered that they actually existed, and some of them look way nicer than the original (which is on the top left corner). He looks just as Done and tired as me IRL, so yeah. Pretty much projecting my current emotion onto him. Cheerio!

[mixterglacia]

So my brain wouldn’t stop thinking about a RWBY/RvB crossover so here’s what I have so far.

Team CRML (Caramel)

Carolina

Semblance: Speed. Unlike Ruby, her speed is more ground focused, it’s not good at launching into the air, but she is highly skilled in using it to get behind opponents.

Weapon: Bladed tonfa (Ruddy Brothers) / Brass knuckles (Betula Sisters)  The tonfa’s blades can fold in so she can use them as regular tonfa, or as practice for her team. A small caliber pistol is built into both. The knuckles are fairly short, and used to punish close range combatants that get greedy with their attacks.

Aura: Cyan

Other: Can take on the colours of people she’s touched, but only for a moment.

Reggie

Semblance: Time manipulation. The furthest he’s managed to jump back is 30 minutes, but it takes a huge amount of energy to pull off. Prefers to jump 5 or 10 minutes back. Just enough to turn the tide of battle.

Weapon: Spear with built in blow-gun/rifle. (Loire’s Sight) Fairly fragile, so he deflects blows with armored gauntlets he wears.

Aura: White

Other: Occasionally can have a copy of himself show up for a split second due to his time distortion. The copy can’t do anything aside from confuse people, but it’s worth noting.

Maine

Semblance: Insight. When he touches an opponent, he can see the places where the person was injured, the longer he’s in contact, the further back he’s able to see. Uses this to focus on weak-points.

Weapon: A collapsible claymore with a built in double barrel shotgun. (Will Breaker) and his plain old fists. 

Aura: White-Gold

Other: From an incident as a child, he can’t speak normally, but there are a few people who can understand him. 

Leonard

Semblance: Fractal. Under extreme stress, he casts off fragments of himself which can be used to distract, and if the fragment is large enough it can attack on it’s own. A last resort, as this takes much time to recover from.

Weapon: Sniper Rifle, that has a blade running along the top that doubles as a sight for the gun. (Watchful Fool). Not very talented with it, but his team makes up for it.

Aura: Pale Blue

Other: Vanishes for weeks at a time, before coming back. Easily angered.

Team DWNY (Downy):

Delta

Semblance: Comprehension. Near perfect understanding of fighting styles, but finds them difficult to copy. Uses this to figure out where fighters are likely to place their feet and where they move next.

Weapon: Hidden blades, and throwing axes. (Mindful Mob) The axes double as 22. caliber semi-automatic pistols.

Aura: Green

Other: Comes off as cold, but is a leader who takes great care of his team.

Washington

Semblance: Blood/Survival. Can control it, but it can’t still be in someones body, it has to have already been shed. Better at controlling his own, and as a side effect, he bleeds very heavily when wounded. During tournaments, his aura drains more quickly than most, but dropping into the red is when things get interesting. Most local matches allow him to continue fighting for a few minutes more, just to see what happens. 

Weapon: Two large knives with dust charged ammunition,(Unexpected Scrappers), Has many smaller blades for close combat, or if he needs his semblance.

Aura: Dark grey

Other: Wears a helmet with a half-visor to protect from head wounds, as they bleed so much that it makes him violently ill. In the infirmary often due to blood-loss, and broken bones. Able to take huge amounts of punishment before he’s forced to give up.

North

Semblance: Calm. Can generate a bubble that is soothing, used to help his team re-focus during fights.

Weapon: Long range hunting rifle, can shoot small grenades and produce temporary shields. (Testudo’s Grace)

Aura: Violet

Other: Was intending to be teamed up with his twin, but ran into Delta first. Cooks as a side hobby.

York

Semblance: Gorgon. Can stun opponents for a moment by opening his bad eye. Unfortunately, this causes him to be temporarily blinded.

Weapon: Bladed whip, that can solidify into a Jian, for close range. Small caliber rounds are fired from the pommel. (Darkness Leading.)

Aura: Tan

Other: Tends to work on crowd control, good at scattering teams. Relies on team to guide him when he uses his semblance.

That’s all I’ve got for now, I’d love to hear your ideas for teams and such!

EDIT: More under the cut!

Team ETTC (Etc...I wasn’t sure what to do here heh)

Epsilon

Semblance: Control. Can force you to do what he wants. It’s limited, however, he can only make one move for you. Ideally, he’d use it in a pinch to throw someone off balance or have them fire on their own team, but he just likes fucking with people. Limit resets every 30 minutes.

Weapon: Rifle that can convert into a shield. (Battersea’s Crosshair) Can only operate as one of its parts. If it’s being used as a shield it can’t shoot.

Aura: Powder Blue

Other: Snarky and crude, he tends to rely strongly on his team to make up for his short comings. Loves and hates meeting new people, craves attention.

Tex

Semblance: Invisibility. Pretty much what it says on the tin, is knocked out of it if she’s hit, or if she uses it for more than half an hour.

Weapon: Garrote (Asphyxia’s Clutches), Machete with a large caliber handgun built into it’s hilt. (Arcadia’s Talon) The blade must fold down before she can fire, this is one of her few tells in combat.

Aura: Very deep Purple.

Other: Quiet, acts as a foil to Epsilon’s personality. Not the best team player, but she could be worse.

Tucker

Semblance: Tune In. Naturally draws attention to himself. Great at parties, and making time for your sniper/assassin friends to get the job done.

Weapon: To no one’s surprise, an energy sword. (Tesla’s Pedigree.) Can fire small energy balls at blindingly high speeds.

Aura: Aqua/Cyan/Whatever he’s calling it currently.

Other: Has been learning the ropes of teamwork and is starting to really come into his own. Tends to bottle his emotions until he explodes. Laughs as a nervous habit.

Caboose

Semblance: Stupefy. Somehow makes anything he comes into contact with a total mess. Can’t control it’s effects, resulting in much chaos for his team.

Weapon: While he doesn’t like to fight, he has a rather large battle ax that fires tear gas canisters. (Lacrima’s Lament) 

Aura: Royal Blue

Other: Really likes Epsilon. Gets everyone’s names mixed up. Goes into the wrong classes constantly.

[anneapocalypse]

Okay but actually though let’s get serious about Freelancers and Real Names(tm) for a sec because this is kind of a neat thread that was set up in Out of Mind/Recovery One/Reconstruction and never really followed up on in the Freelancer seasons but came up again more recently in Shannon’s season 14 episodes.

What does it mean for a Freelancer to be called by their real name?

Tex and York are the first exchange of that nature, with York calling Tex “Allison” in that smug sort of gotcha voice for no reason we’ll ever find out in canon (whence this apparent distrust between them after their collaboration in the break-in? how does York even know “Allison” is her name? etc). It seems noteworthy that Tex does not call York by his real name, whatever it may be--it’s as if calling him “York” alone (”I haven’t been called that in a really long time”) is enough to call up a certain vulnerability, perhaps because Freelancer itself holds enough painful memories for York. In any case, that vulnerability is one York can only one-up by pulling out Tex’s “real” name. Why he feels the need to do this is still largely a matter of fan interpretation.

(Tex isn’t the only person for whom York uses a real name in Out of Mind--but we’ll get back to that.)

Wash’s later exchange with the Director in season 6 suggests something similar with regard to the use of real names: the Director’s “May I call you David?” is patronizing, suggesting the kind of familiarity that is meant to make Wash uncomfortable. If the interview between Wash and the Counselor in the RvB fan guide is taken as canon, the Director calling Wash by name could be seen as him reminding Wash just how much he knows about Wash--and how much, in his mind, Wash might still owe him.

Season 14′s two episodes about the “Triplets,” a trio of low-ranking misfits in the program who were once friends with Wash and CT, put a different (though by no means incompatible) spin on the significance of real names. Wash and Connie, these episodes suggest, were at one point lower-ranking agents themselves, and later moved up to the top group. They were friendly enough with Ohio, Idaho, and Iowa for those three to know Wash’s name was David.

This tells us Wash probably considered them genuine friends. It also tells us that Wash in the early days of Freelancer hadn’t completely detached himself from his pre-Project past. He might well have seen Freelancer as a fresh start in his life, but he still considered himself fundamentally the same person--something that, arguably, would later change.

Interestingly, the Triplets call Connecticut “Connie” in the same context they call Wash “David.” I think that’s a significant piece of characterization for Connie, that she doesn’t choose to reveal her real name* in a context where her friends are doing so--but she does choose to use a nickname that sounds friendly and disarming. If you ask me, CT was pretty cagey even before she started to consciously suspect that the program was more than it appeared. Maybe her misgivings began early; maybe she’s just a cautious person by nature. Maybe she picked up on the fact that using real names was frowned upon, quicker than Wash did--that it was seen as suggesting you weren’t serious about your job or about advancing in the program.

The Triplets themselves all know each other’s real names, and when they choose to use them is just as significant. The names come out during an earnest conversation about feelings and friendship; furthermore, Idaho asks Ohio if he can call her “Vera,” and while the phrasing is almost identical to the Director’s asking “May I call you David?” the tone and context is completely different. Idaho doesn’t play the real name card to gain the upper hand, but rather to make himself vulnerable by expressing his hurt feelings. And Vera responds in kind, calling him “Ezra” to underline the sincerity of her apology.

So there’s no doubt that the use of real names between Freelancers conveys a certain vulnerability, but while some character use it to assert power over one another, others use it to form closer connections and to emphasize sincerity. It’s certainly no coincidence that it’s only among a group of low-ranking agents ejected from the program before things got bad that we see the latter. 

One real name instance that I find particularly interesting is York’s calling Wyoming “Reggie” in conversation with Tex. I have a hard time imagining York ever calling Wyoming that to his face, probably because he never does in the two Freelancer seasons, and in fact their mutual dislike for one another seems to extend as far back as York’s first appearance. Arguably it began before that, at least on Wyoming’s end, considering how utterly dismissive he is of York during the three-on-one match. And even though it was Maine who chucked the grenade that injured York’s eye (who swallowed the spider to catch the fly), York seems mainly to hold a grudge against Wyoming. In his conversation with Tex in Out of Mind, Maine never even comes up. (More on the three-on-one match and the character dynamics of it here.)

“Remember all Reggie’s dumb knock-knock jokes?” says York, before Tex has even mentioned Wyoming, because if he remembers nothing else about AI integration, he remembers it made Wyoming like nine times more annoying. Seriously though! How does he even know Wyoming’s name is Reggie? I have a hard time imagining Wyoming getting pally enough to swap real names even early in the program, so what gives?

Well, there is one other character who calls Wyoming by his real name. When Tucker stabs Wyoming, Gamma says, “Reggie”, with as much distress as a synthesized voice can muster. Did York overhear Gamma calling his host by his real name at some point? We’ll probably never know for sure. But this in itself reminds us that the implanted AIs must all have known their hosts’ names, and maybe there were others who regularly used them. If so, it’s just one more example of how the top agents of the Project came to trust their AIs more than they trusted one another--an outcome which might not have been unintended.

* If you’re into the idea that “Connie” was CT’s real name, more power to you; personally, I'm just not a big fan of that kind of coincidence, or the idea that a program necessitating codenames would assign them bearing any resemblance to real names. YMMV.