#unfortunately! i have to be vague! bc i don't want to reveal spoilers for like. asuka's personal arc

[misty-wisp]

asugoro save me. asugoro. save me asugoro

[bonesandthebees]

Also, I’m not analysing today because I need to contain myself and start with chapter 20. So I’m literally just going to skim through chapter 21 again and point out some lines that made me do hand-flappy things. I was gonna put a spoiler warning, but my last ask has spoilers too, and by the time you answer these there will probably be a wall.

[“My brother didn’t want me walking back alone with the protests and shit going on, so he met up with me and we’re heading back now.”] listen I know we saw it in the snippet, but they are Brothers. Oh my god how DARE you put that in there and then follow it up with Tommy getting cursed. Bee, you are evil. (also, Wilbur instantly forget the entire brother’s comment in favour of self-loading, goddamnit.)

[Everyone here is going to put their hand on the statue. Whoever takes their hand off last will get all of their medical debt paid off by me!”] This was when I realised it was the mister Beast cameo. I did choke. It’s so funny. Of course that’s what he would do in this universe. (there’s so much subtle word-building in that one bit too. It says so much about the social and economical situation, especially it being medical bills.)

[Ignoring how violently his hands were shaking, he reached up to untie the blindfold.] and [Tommy was looking into his eyes.] Listen I know this is a very unfortunate sequence of events, but as I said, I have chosen denial and I will be staying in the first phase of grieving thankyouverymuch. Also, while I was reading I was going ‘hell yeah I was right’ and then ‘Fuck no, I was right.’

Also, Bee, your foreshadowing is absolutely amazing because once we know it’s very obvious that of course that’s what the vision was warning them for, but like Wilbur, we only get that confusion because it’s so vague. The pieces only kinda snapped into place with the context of how they ended up outside and the idea that Wilbur had no proper way to hide his blindfold so he would have to take it off (and I get immediately thrown off by the mask and jacket only to end up there anyway).

[“Ah shit, sorry about that, officers! The roads are a little wonky here compared to where I’m from!”] Glass Foolish, you have had like 2 lines, but I already love you. (also was he following them, I feel like he was following them, which good on him cuz he just saved their asses.)

Enjoy what is basically a delayed live reaction. (Enjoy the tears of your suffering readers) And enjoy the rest of your day too!

-🌲

spruceeeee <33

HAHA yeah sorry I had to throw the first brother moment in with this chapter for maximum pain. I think it really fit timing wise with the development of their relationship so it just worked out very well

YUPPP it was meant to be a worldbuilding moment bc I wanted that whole bit to feel very overwhelming jumping from the chase to the pythia hologram selling skin cream to a zon streamer exploiting financially burdened people, and then I was like "wait mr beast" so that's how he ended up there. it's both a funny cameo but also meant to flesh out how fucked up this world is

the fact that you were right about the theory you kept saying "I don't think this is right but-" is so funny to me

YEAHHH I had to phrase the vision in a very careful way so as not to reveal the full context of the scene but make it clear in retrospect that of course that's what's going on

ty spruce I hope you have a lovely day!