#someone ask me to elaborate please

[pali-and-proud]

My finals ended yesterday and I ended up sleeping for 11 hours. I can think again.

I want to take a moment to just talk about perspectives. How Buddy percieves Chase, how Chase percieves Buddy, and how Deacon percieves both.

Buddy's POV of Chase is so beautiful to me because Chase is just such an enigma to him. He's so quick to bicker and insult, and he routinely says the most ridiculous and outlandish things that Buddy can't even respond to, and then he turns around and is so selflessly caring and kind and considerate that it nearly always takes Buddy off-guard. Buddy knows the more about Chase than vice versa, and yet Buddy never seems able to expect what Chase is going to do.

I could be wrong, actually, but I think almost all of their conversations end with or include Buddy being confused by something Chase said, or something Chase did. And Chase is doing it all with a shirt, guys.

Chase's POV of Buddy is nearly the exact opposite. Chase knows NOTHING about Buddy, outside of phobias and fashionware, and Deacon's the one who has to remind him about that. Chase is good at reading people; we already knew that. Chase is GREAT at reading Buddy.

He's aware of Buddy's need for attention. He's aware of Buddy's barbs--knows when Buddy's being mean, and when Buddy's trying to be nice. He's aware that Buddy's situation is concerning enough to warrant outside help, and that Buddy won't ask for it. Buddy isn't really a mystery to him--the only real question is how to get Buddy to trust him. Which is insane, really, since we've seen in the current arc (vampire) that Buddy did genuinely trust Chase.

(I could go so far as to say the only part of Buddy that Chase doesn't easily/accurately understand is how CHASE fits into Buddy's life, but I will digress)

Deacon, though? Ohhhh, Deacon. Deacon's role is SO much more important than I think people give it credit for. Deacon is the only way we get a true outsider's glimpse into Chase (he tells us about Chase's money problems, he explains why Chase loves new stuff, he reminds us that Chase's dream to be a singer/dancer/idol isn't realistic and that Chase logically knows that, and he breaks down some of Chase's quirks.)

Deacon is also, uh, how we see Buddy respond to someone he doesn't have an embarrassingly obvious crush on. It's so easy to forget that Buddy is actively trying to treat Chase better until you see Buddy interact with Deacon for two seconds, in which Buddy's managed to be both smug and/or jealous. Yes I haven't forgotten that Buddy is jealous of Chase's cousin. Yes I do think thats the funniest reoccuring joke.

So Deacon having a really good view of both characters--where he can trust Chase's judgement while also being the logic that Chase sometimes forgoes AND can be cautious of Buddy due to past actions while also understanding that Buddy is more complicated than initial assumptions--it's important because it helps ground the characters.

And in direct contrast: Buddy's dislike of Deacon is completely rooted in his terrible understanding of Deacon's role to Chase. Buddy's first conversation with Deacon is him telling Deacon he should stop doing the stories because he's in over his head, despite Deacon having prepared more than Chase ever did. Buddy continues to yell and berate Deacon for his choice in book, despite Deacon actively choosing books he/Chase would enjoy, which is what you (according to Buddy, at least, and my inferences) should ideally do.

Chase's POV of Deacon is a bit more convoluted, and this post is already pretty long; I don't know if anyone's actually reading all this. He's just such a younger cousin; he doesn't idolize Deacon, but he does expect Deacon to have the answers. They're such older/younger brother coded. From the beginning, Chase has wanted to hang out with Deacon. It's almost tragic, honestly, that Deacon has such a high opinion of Chase that he never really shares, while Chase shows his high opinion of Deacon so often that a completely separate person was able to get jealous.

I took my psych final yesterday. Surely this is what my professors would want me to use my knowledge on.

[made-my-peace-with-all-the-bad]

Thinking about members of the gang keeping certain things of Johnny and Dally’s and finding their friends in different things they see

[vaultedoverthehorse]

Newsies and The Outsiders have so much in common-

[lovesickmarauders]

Barty crouch jr with a multitude of piercings and body mods you mean the world to me

[leedalemonboi]

Alastor helping feather preen! Husband material :)

[lilyg415]

rlly am no better than an elder millennial bc why am i watching this tv show about the mob in new jersey n wondering which hogwarts house each character belongs in

[figsbass]

HAVE YOU GUYS HEARD THE HANK-GREEN-IS-ON-THE-NEXT-SEASON THEORY

[cindersandotherlovestories]

I can genuinely write essays about the correlation and complicated sibling relationship that is Amelia and Derek Shepherd. Like I can sit and genuinely explain why they are perfectly written despite Derek’s ending

[arkeusruin]

FUCK YOU! disables your ghouls

[tekken-tag-tournament-3]

Ships that have a lot of canon behind them are amazing.

Bullshit made up rare pairs are also fun, though.

[made-my-peace-with-all-the-bad]

Thinking about Trip not understanding Marcia and that killing her inside. Because he loved her, but he never tried to actually understand her.

[six-seasons-andamovie]

GRUNKLE STAN AND MABEL IS WHAT BOJACK AND SARAH LYNN COULDVE BEEN

[hazel-nethzzz]

George & Martha are probably like the only constant… alive talking thing ig that Hermes talks to. Like daily. Always with him (in his main form). & theyre not human. obviously. Do any of yall mayhaps think Hermes has taken some of their snake habits. :3

[eclipsed-sun-and-moon]

BATMAN BY THE FROMT BOTTOMS IS A QUEER STORY. ITS SUCH AN IMPORTANT SONG TO ME AND JUST SUMS UP LOVING SOMEONE WHO IS CLOSETED

[discocandles]

and if i said these were the same ship in a different font? would you call me crazy?

[presidentofthelipglossclub]

has anyone else noticed just how messed up the rescue bots are like, biologically?? like obvi they're messed up in other ways too but that's not what this is about.

they all have their cabs intact in bot mode, which doesn't exist in other cybertronians, their eyes are these tiny pinpricks in empty sockets, they apparently don't sleep EVER, we've never had any mention of or even seen energon cubes that other bots need, their primary source of self repair is apparently stasis, they show exceptional strength for civilians (and war frames too), and are just in general odd. what's going on here.

anyways my theory is that rescue bots in general were genetically engineered to be as efficient as possible. especially because it's implied the rescue bots spent most of their time off cybertron, either in space or on other planets. they wouldn't have easy access to energon, so they were created to need it less. recharge would be hard to schedule what with emergencies and space travel, so it's not necessary. the eyes could be because they're harder to injure/break when they're small, and the cabs are to store smaller beings inside of themselves during dangerous situations. the super durability, strength, speed, maneuverability, and so on are useful make sure nobody dies, including themselves.

anyways that's also part of my au?? idk what to call it, maybe interpretation of the show?? and why there are no more rescue bots. part of it is that early on in the war they threw themselves into danger to help other bots (leading to high mortality rates), but part of it is that they were too dangerous to either side of the war. an army of super soldiers would easily win the whole thing, but when the factions realized neither would get them (they would continue helping anyone and everyone, including off planet rescues) they started killing them. most bots didn't go out of their way to harm rescue bots, but no one ever bothered to actually help them. all this caused them to die out slowly, instead of the genocidal deaths most would imagine.

yeah