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#see i personally subscribe to the notion that he was probably at least partly dissociating when he initially agreed to be the driver
pebbledrat · 2 years
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saalarinas, I want your opinions on something.
What did saal!Ranboo think the stakes were for saying no to Tubbo at any point in the roadtrip and/or how has that changed in the last 90k words?
#see i personally subscribe to the notion that he was probably at least partly dissociating when he initially agreed to be the driver#but then after that its like. there's social stakes of speaking up and being awkward. or of making tubbo upset when he's had no issue#with ranboo at all so far.#or like! does it feel like the options are black and white? go on a cross country roadtrip during the work week OR leave tubbo to starve#tubbo's shown that he trusts easily (if they're not-strangers) and that he doesn't care about traffic safety#like. is there a moral obligation to stick around and keep him from running into traffic? to keep him from hitchhiking with someone worse?#also like. tubbo is absolutely enamored with this vision he has of ranboo. of ''ranboo''. tubbo offers affection and vulnerability#and accepts the same from ranboo!#ranboo's found someone who's ready to be very emotionally involved with him without ranboo really having to do the work upfront#getting to know him and going through the awkward phases of becoming close to someone#like. is it enticing to have the end result on a silver platter?#or even like? escapism! ranboo was in a motel when we found him. doing who knows what.#what are these work calls he's dodging? what person under 20 can afford that kind of hotel room?#what is it about his job that has ranboo crossing multiple state lines with a stranger to put it out of his mind for just a little bit?#i need more brainstorming i need to know what the people think#saal#pebble speaks
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