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

[figsbass]

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

[leedalemonboi]

Alastor helping feather preen! Husband material :)

[arkeusruin]

FUCK YOU! disables your ghouls

[six-seasons-andamovie]

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

[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

[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

[arrowheadedbitch]

Post show, mid fictional made up season 3, mephisto is friends with lolirock now and when Doug interviews him it's the most chaotic video ever posted to his blog ever

[abyssal-ilk]

(on rivaini last names) it's like with birth dates, we know when dorian or cass were born, but we don't have even an estimate on sera (as per wiki at least)

i think the reason is that we've never met a rivaini that comes from nobility which would make having a surname more necessary (correct me if im wrong though)

which kind of makes me think if rivain is secretly a communist utopia or if the devs simply couldn't imagine a nobleman from rivain. which would mean something.

we have one rivaini noble, actually! well... kind of? we have queen of antiva, asha campana; originally a minor princess of rivain who married the crown prince of antiva at the time, alonzo campana. before she married campana, her full name was asha subira bahadur. she is one of two rivaini characters to my knowledge who has more than a given name– the second being cade arvale, the champion of tantervale. unsure if him being a champion elevates him to being a noble? but he does notably have more than a given name.

as far as i know we only have those two. canonically duncan did have a family name that he dropped when he joined the wardens (duncan is also notably multi-cultural; his mother was rivaini and his father was fereldan with roots in tevinter, and he was raised in orlais + the free marches while born in fereldan), and then the rest are either lords of fortune members that go by a first name (hollix and bharv), rivaini circle mages (vivienne, maleus, and rivella), an orlesian mage advisor (severan, who is interesting to me), and then isabela. we also have a few parents thrown in; duncan and isabela's mothers (tayana and hari) and then rivella's father (revaud). none of 'em with any type of family name or last name.

so i think it's a weird... idk. trend? trope? of rivaini characters being introduced that have purposefully dropped everything but a first name for one reason or another and seem isolated from their families/rivaini culture. it's weird to me. they presumably HAVE full names, or had at some point, but most of the rivaini characters we've met just... don't use them.

EDIT: we have another noble! khalida zuri siavash; the rivaini ambassador to the imperial court! also with more than a given name. zero other info tho 😔

[discocandles]

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

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

Thinking about the soc boys needing to clean out Bob’s room because his parents wouldn’t

[scootersscooter]

Free my man, yeah he did all that shit but so did that other character that everyone seems to love

[dear-in-the-headlights]

coming here with an insane English major take: the Halloween 2018 trilogy is eldritch horror

[zenchii]

I actually really really hope that Damian does not ever become an imperial scholar

[mittenlady]

why klavquill

originally i thought of the pairing as a joke because simon would totally hate klavier, but like… i thought further upon it and now i fr am invested. i could say sooooo many things. so:

here’s a post i made a while ago explaining

here's another post focusing on the aspects of other dynamics that would be affected; less important but fun to mention

and let me provde an updated (attempt at being more concise but simultaneously more elaborative) version:

• thematic similarities in that they both helped usher in the dark age of the law BS. klavier got phoenix disbarred (which ig because he’s the golden boy is the end of the world but TBF the crazy ass corruption he exposed in his first three (?) years as an attorney does make him incredibly significant and a sort of figurehead) and simon went to prison for “murder” a year after that

• adding onto that, klavier and simon worked at the prosecutor’s office for one year of overlap (2019-2020) prior to simon’s sentence. even if they didn’t know each other directly, they would have known of each other (guy who got phoenix wright disbarred during his first trial and guy handling an international spy case with criminal affairs) (also i really love the estranged friends to lovers narrative)

• and even at that, they likely WOULD have had to interact during turnabout academy. simon was literally prosecuting the case. yes, klavier didn’t have an official investigation, but you’re telling me that they’re working on the same case without a single interaction???? frankly it’s just poor writing and they didn’t want to put in the effort to connect AJ’s narrative properly; which was an actual writing direction they had so why am i surprised.

• juxtaposition of older sibling situations; both in prison but for different reasons. i want to analyze this bit more but there’s something there

• sharing a narrative of healing from the ghosts of their pasts after DD :)

• both are incredibly melodramatic and theatrical in court. they’re on the same wavelength; and speaking just from a writer’s perspective, writing their interactions is some of the most fun i’ve had lol. if you’re curious, here’s my ao3 series containing all the fics i’ve written for them so far :)

• they also do have similar aesthetics in the sense that they both wear darker colors. klavier has a more grunge (?) / generally alternative (and like 70s-80s generic rockstar) style and simon… dresses like he’s from the victorian era yes (not counting the jinbaori) but he has more of a goth / emo vibe? i’m articulating this very poorly they both just look very well together. also men with long hair :)

sparknotes version: i think they have a lot of similarities and parallels and narratively, i believe it would make more sense for them to be together. part of it may also be wanting to connect the narratives of AJ and DD properly but idk. it just makes more sense, at least to me, in comparison to other pairings