#the applebees family

[feelingtheaster99]

Heartbreaking to see Kristen witness her younger brother being bullied by their parents and just having to acknowledge that she was her brothers’ shield and and she LEFT them

[embraceyourdestiny]

someone should make a d20 compilation of all the "christianity coded parts of fantasy high"

[aroacesetitoff]

I rewatched sophmore year so have some low quality children my beloveds

[milkcos]

lemonade mouth/band au! more notes under the cut

lemonade as in like the disney movie! so there are a couple like clear comparisons but mostly it's the bad kids get stuck in detention together except they form a band instead of an adventuring party

fabian > no equivalent (olivia vibes)

the most popular kid at school who is both in dance and on the football team. somehow gets decent grades as well. no close friends, but a lot of people who know him and want to get on his good side. kind of depressed, and his dad's currently in prison. he started playing the guitar as a way to show off and then genuinely started enjoying it

adaine > mo

she's a concert violist (playing the viola) always an accompaniment for her sister and is striking it out on her own for the first time. her family is very upset about this, and consistently puts her down so she'll go along with they want her to do. also she recently transitioned to going to public school for the first time, making her the new girl.

kristen > no equivalent

she's recently ex mormon, got out of her parents house (currently living in her car) and without all of her former friends stuck in a student president position that she got when she was still with the religion. questioning her sexuality after one too many encounters with the soccer team captain, tracker. used to be on the church choir, was a bit too enthusiastic about it.

gorgug > no equivalent (charlie vibes)

he's got like one or two kinda friends (mainly fig). extremely busy with his classes and with marching band and self isolating as a result. he's stressed out about living up to his parent's name (they run a very successful electric engineering company). signed up to work as a sound tech for the theatre department bc one of the female stage managers is very cute (zelda) and then discovered that he rlly like it.

riz > no equivalent

no friends! (other than maybe the AV club + penny) too used to burying himself in work at both his part time gig and with his insane amount of extracurriculars. started playing the piano bc he heard it helps with memory retention and overall cognitive ability.

fig > stella/wen

she's the cool loner skater kid who is the floater friend mostly? she's got a maybe relationship with ayda, who she loves to annoy at the school library. very interested in making her own music not very interested in school. freaking out over her parents getting remarried. her mom enrolled her in music lessons when she was younger, and it's one of the only things she can talk about with her mom these days.

[chungledown-bimothy]

i'm sure i'm reading too much into the gifts. however. the two bad kids with siblings' presents are SO sibling of them.

-oldest daughter kristen "as a shield" applebees giving riz +2 ac

-younger sister adaine being an absolute shithead and giving fabian the ability to summon rats just a few months after the nightmare forest

[twinstxrs]

this is such a simple but good bad kids friendship moment to me. fabian being the first one to say hi to gorgug when he shows up in the middle of the investigation, followed by fig. gorgug saying hi but communicating that he doesn’t want to talk & them both not understanding but going “okay.” gorgug saying hi to riz as a form of acknowledgement even though he’s in full blown investigative mode & probably hasn’t realized gorgug is there yet. gorgug feeling comfortable enough to just put on his headphones & unwind while sitting there with his friends. they’ve come so far from freshman year ❤️

[squishymar]

me 🤝 neverafter screenshots = grade a content

[intrepidbeans]

At long last, it’s the ✨Junior Year finale stickers✨

Two goddesses in a room, they might kiss…

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A hard won heirloom, indeed

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Talk about a loveseat! AYO!

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[powersandplanetaries]

Thinking about Kristen Applebees, fleeing a hostile home for people who fully accept her but still feeling guilty about not being there to "shield" her younger brothers...

Thinking about Penny Luckstone, with 18 siblings who are all definitely loved but she's still helping her parents run the house and struggling between duty to a family she loves fiercely and pursuing her own dreams...

Thinking about Aelwynn Abernant redirecting her parents' scorn for Adaine, again and again, not always kindly but eventually, finally standing up to her parents when it became clear what they were willing to do to her little sister. "But Father, Adaine's just a baby..."

Idk guys having some real normal thoughts about the role of eldest daughters in Fantasy High.

[kristensdexscore]

thinking about kristen again and her commitment issues... jumping between partners, hobbies, religions etc. because she's already had her whole life fall apart once and the only way she feels she can control the things she loses is by leaving them herself. finding stability difficult because the last time her life was consistent and 'good' it all crumbled and left her homeless without a family

[shitpostingkats]

As someone who works with dogs, I feel compelled to tell you that Kristen’s comment of “What are you, four dogs?” upon hearing Kipperlily Copperkettle’s name is SO REAL.

[maxdurden]

the raw power of gorgug and kristen synchronized second hand embarrassment is unspeakable

[ribbittrobbit]

saint kristen applebees

and im completely normal about kristen applebees’ multiple crises of faith and the loss of her family and just generally loneliness and being unmoored. (see other long text post for more of my incoherent ramblings)

[flash-of-stupidity]

A diagram of the Bad Kids' family tree

[bruqh]

normally clerics use divine magic to work miracles amongst the living but i think kristen is going to use her mortality to work miracles amongst divinity

[sleepeglitch]

Thinking about how Fig started fantasy high with a broken family and ended it with one big family