#whole lot of headcanons which aren't making it into this snippet which would probably make things clearer

[devilcatdarling]

11, 12 and 13 for the comfort character asks?

Going to do these for Hollow since they're my biggest comfort character <3

11. my favorite relationship they have with another character

- Canonly we don't get to see a whole lot into their relationships with other characters besides some snippets between them and Ghost and the Pale King, so I'll go for fanon relationship instead

I LOVE and ADORE slow-burn fanon sibling bonding content between them and their sister, Hornet. I love seeing two of the most emotionally repressed and traumatized characters having a found family bond filled with lots of bumps and hiccups along the way that make it more relatable and personal. Hornet and Hollow sibling relationship is just hhhh I'd die for them, your honor

Also honorable mention to my self indulgent x OC ship full of even more emotional constipation and angst because I have no self control and I'm proud about the slow burn hurt/comfort agony that I made to both torture and comfort myself with

12. what i like about the way the fandom portrays them

- I love how the HK fandom as a whole has unanimously decided that Hollow is a BAMF and the strongest character. They held a whole ass god inside them for who knows how long, had next to no kind of a life outside of being treated like an object, and undoubtedly have the worst mental health in the world but they held on and went through with the vessel plan probably knowing full well it'd eventually fail. And then at the end of it all they come back to kick the Radiance's ass personally in DNM/walk out of the temple to freedom dragging literal broken chains behind them in ETV. They are "I won anyway, bitch" personified. I also like how we all agree they get to have slice of life indulgences afterwards and wear pretty dresses because it's the W they deserve

13. what i dont like about the way the fandom portrays them

-The only things I can think of are when people infantilize them and gatekeep ships for them

Hollow is definitely our beloved scrunkly who must be loved and appreciated, but they most certainly are not "baby" in the sense that "this character needs to be infantilized and put in bubble wrap because they are helpless and sheltered" which is...augh

They are not only a fully grown adult character, but also an ascended god and a dangerously capable trained knight and we see this explicitly in canon through their PV fight and the stubbornness they possess to hold onto the Radiance for so long. They aren't a child and they are fully deserving of being treated and respected like an adult. And I don't mean that drawing them lounging in a nest of stuffed animals or watching cartoons are examples of this, because adults can and should enjoy whatever makes them happy and if that's hugging a stuffed kitten or picking flowers and braiding wreaths then that by no means makes anyone less of a grown adult worthy of respect and independence. We need to normalize adults enjoying comforts that make them happy and still respecting and treating them like adults

This also doesn't include them having to be cared for with their near fatal post-canon injuries and absolute shit mental health. We stan caretaking. But they are still an ADULT. They don't need to be thought of as completely helpless and shielded from the world as though they've never been and would never be capable of defending themselves and others or being respected for the dangerous eldritch god-knight that they are

-Most of the shipping discourse I've seen kinda falls back into this with the handful of examples I've seen mostly being people throwing hands that they're too "baby" to be "ruined" with shipping and it's like...not only is shipping discourse in general extremely chronically online behavior but its taking a whole ass adult character and going out of your way to tell people their personal headcanons and indulging in shipping a canonly adult character is "ruining" the character because you've bubble wrapped them into this image of infantilized "purity" when this is a wholeass grown ascended god who could and would beat your ass into the ground if you glanced at Hornet disrespectfully in front of them xD

[brad-bakshi-loves-bugs]

oh god well for starters I am such a clueless person im so bad at predicting things that aren't just silly little headcanons but HERE WE GO

so first off. im completely on board with the idea that brad is going to be spying on mq for grimpop. I want more Villain Brad so very much and seeing as all of the writers have (at some point or another) confirmed that brad is essentially the villain/antagonist of the show, logically they're going to play it out more in season 3 because it's only been brushed over in the first two seasons. I mean come on. just look at the trailer LOL. but I do think we're going to see a LOT more brad in this season because he's obviously a fan favorite and im incredibly excited for that!

putting david in charge of running the entire company (I assume at least, from the quick snippet of dialogue in the trailer when he seems to meet ian and poppy at a party of sorts to brag about running mq well without them) was an interesting choice considering the fact that he was completely devastated at the end of the last season and in no shape to run a whole ass company, but im GLAD to see him running mq and I expect a lot of him failing miserably in s3 because he's still the comedic relief character and supposed to be laughably bad at life. (which. as I was discussing yesterday with @jeffymybeloved makes him a tragic character more than a comedic one but the point still stands. I love this silly little man so much.)

HOWEVER, as a sort of parallel, I also expect grimpop to crash and burn. because mq was only as successful as it was due to the entire staff to micromanage everything for ian and poppy because they're too egotistical to properly manage a game, so logically they aren't going to see much success in transferring and starting their own business together.

plus, rob mcelhenney himself confirmed that the writers will not be putting ian and poppy in a relationship together, so im inclined to believe they aren't going to grow much closer than frenemies. no shade to rob of course, but as an avid fan of it's always sunny in philadelphia (which was actually how I discovered mq and a lot of the production team overlaps between the shows), characters tend to either be romantically affiliated or constantly at each others' throats, and mythic quest so far has been very similar in that regard, just toned down to feel more like a drama than a flat out comedy. and I mean, I for one LOVE that dynamic and im always on board with characters that both admire and despise each other, but I definitely think that'll be the downfall of grimpop.

tbh I still don't believe brad actually went to jail/prison despite that one clip in the trailer solely because like. those two guys flat out said they weren't there to arrest him. jo and brad were the ones who made a big scene to convince everyone he was getting arrested. so im not really sure what's going to happen there, but I really hope the show explains what actually happened and doesn't just gloss over that plot hole and act like he was getting arrested from the very beginning.

honestly though more than anything else im hoping zack plays a larger role in this season even though he wasn't in the trailer at all. because he started to play a more prominent role starting with breaking brad, even in the very last episode of the season, and I hope we see the follow up between him and jo but ESPECIALLY between him and brad. look ok. I want them to torture brad more I can't help it. I want zack to come back and I want brad to Break and I want to watch an entire episode (or thirty) of him piecing himself back together again. I think thats a bit unrealistic and logically I know it won't happen, but I wish it would 😤

this one might be a bit more controversial but. I hope to god they don't make brad/david canonical. not in s3. for starters it would probably just be gaybaiting more than anything and not actually canonical, but even if it WAS genuine, I dont want to see it this early. it would feel way too ooc for either of them and I dont want the show to feel like it's pandering to the audience. david's still in a relationship crisis and in no position to date until he sorts himself out and brad is just a straight up dick, so if they were to miraculously get together at this point it would be toxic as hell and if im going to see brad and david as a couple they BETTER NOT be toxic and bad for each other. they both deserve to be happy and as much as I also want to see them both suffer to hell and back I dont want to see them be the cause of each others' suffering. which. okay thats pretty ironic coming from me who's doing that very thing rn in my fic, but I also know that im going to Fix It later on and everything will be okay in the end. no offense to the mq writers, but I dont trust them to fix something like that well and with respect to the reality of these relationships.

but thats about it for my Hot Takes for s3! obviously I have like. random little theories here and there but those are the Main Ones and I hope that answers your questions (and also im very flattered to have been tagged in this LOL thank you)!

@a-dotrivenitupontop

and

@brad-bakshi-loves-bugs

what are your guys theories abt mythic quest and specifically brad’s arc in the new ssn and also just what you hope they’ll do (tagging bc you guys have literally the best takes)

<3

anyone else feel free to add as well