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Apparently I've only done 2 of these for Mike, so have another one

Part 1

Part 2

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I know everyone assumes, logically, that Outlaw knows, and I know here he could just be pretending he doesn't know BUT taking into account that it wasnt just him, that Blue also said he didn't think Tex could be Enlarging Bluster

Have we considered how much funnier it would be if Outlaw genuinely didn't know anything about the Paul Warehouse?

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The whole debacle with the Felix Remix of biscuits and gravy is equal parts hilarious and unfortunate for me, in particular, because like, ya know, yeah, Oreos in beef granules, Oreos & Beef, that sounds bad.

To most folks at least, probably.

I, tragically, am haunted by the presence of, in my opinion, a much worse sounding execution of that general concept.

That beast being the Oreo Stuffed Cheeseburger.

Which is something I have seen, irl, at both local restaurants and fair grounds, and, as you might could guess from the name, is where they take a beef patty, put Oreos in the middle of said patty, and then follow it up with the rest of the steps one might take to produce a cheeseburger.

And it's been a while since I seen it, so I'm not entirely sure but I think they also put either icing, crushed oreos, or both, on top of the patty with the rest of the condiments.

I've seen another version too, the Deep Fried Oreo Cheeseburger, which is a cheeseburger with deep fried oreos on top, and then again I think the icing and maybe crushed oreos.

And who knows, maybe that actually sounds good to y'all, idk, but that seems worse to me. Like Felix's thing just got beef and oreo, cookie and sauce, these you have the beef and the oreo, but theres also cheese, mustard, onion, etc, etc... all along with a bunch more oreos, and none of those things are something I'd want near an oreo to begin with so.

Sounds bad!

But people eat and enjoy all of these things, I had people tell me that they thought it sounded bad, but it was actually surprisingly good!

And so! It's very funny to me because like, that means Felix is not entirely wrong! Oreo and beef is a flavor combo people enjoy, people would like his biscuits and gravy, there's places you can buy this sort of thing from out there in the world, right now.

There's even been kinda similar concepts served widespread via chain store like, you ever thought your cheeseburger wasn't sticky enough? Well, you're in luck, there was a point you could buy the Peanut Butter Bacon Cheeseburger, and also the Peanut Butter Bacon Milkshake, which yes, had real bacon chunks in it like Look at these things

People ate these People enjoyed these

To me that sounds awful, but a whole lotta people really liked them

And so between that and the Oreo Cheeseburger, I think Felix's true calling in life was to have some sort of food truck. Like, he should be at a state fair, making concoctions of questionable edibility that people are either disgusted by or adore, and instead, alas, he was British.

This man is gonna end up visiting Outlaw in Texas one day and accidentally start a trend, like, he's gonna invent the Brown Gravy Oreo Cheeseburger or some shit like that. We're gonna end up with Cowboy Felix where that's what he does now, no more assisting with horrific medical experiments, he's making his own, in the culinary field!

Let him have fun with strange food combinations, he deserves it

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Y'all think Mikey figured out this was probably Ty or does he have this realization yet to come to?

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First, please consider the fact that as Helen's best friend, Ty almost definitely babysat Hunter at least once

Second, please also consider the fact that as Helen's Best Friend who has probably taken care of Hunter at least once, there's a non zero chance that Ty might also have been Hunter's godfather

Third, consider Hunter (at some indeterminate point) finding out about all this

Lastly, and this is the important one, please consider the comedic potential within that concept

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Nice of Tex to take Outlaw's British-ness into account for the drive here

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Tex gets a set of custom shirts in this style this for him and Outlaw but more importantly he Also gets a set for him and Bluster

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Ok so, light spoiler warning, just in case

Personally, I don't consider it a spoiler because while the information is revealed in later seasons, it's not like, plot relevant information.

Like, it's in the back end of season 11 but not the main story line so, yeah anyways

I'm gonna start this off by saying that I don't think any of these characters have 100% firm beliefs about any iterations, literally all of them are hypocrites, like they have an overarching belief about it, but when it comes down to it, they will contradict themselves to fit their side if the situation calls for it and justify it to themselves and those around them later. Values and Beliefs are as unbending as a pipe-cleaner around here, babey, it's all about 'being correct', that's king above all else 😎😎

More specifically though, at the end of Episode 131, Felix says this:

So essentially, he thinks of iterations as different.

They aren't the same person, they can't be the same person.

So in relation to Outlaw leaving, his basic perspective would likely be that this is one person making a choice to leave and not indicative of what the other Ty's would do.

But even with that there's 2 other things to think about.

Ty's opinion on iterations is that they're all the same, they would all make the same choices if they had been in that same situation, because they're the same person, with the same way of thinking. This is relevant in this situation because, by Ty's own opinion, all of the Ty's would have done this, all of the Ty's would have left had they been in the same circumstances. Of course, the Ty's talk about it as if Outlaw was some kinda of mistake, that he wasn't careful enough, and so it doesn't count because They would Know Better, so there's that hypocrisy I was talking about lol. But, yeah, regardless of Felix's personal view on it, the Ty's theoretically all think they would have done the same thing, which would probably be a weird thing to think about were you in Felix's position, ya know? And then even disregarding that for my next point

Outlaw was still Felix's friend. Regardless of either of their opinions on iterative personhood and whether this was a fluke accident, something that holds true across all iterations, or the actions of one man irrelevant to all the other, Outlaw and Felix were friends. It would still be his friend deciding (once again for good reason) to leave, to run off and go do something else, with someone else, and given Felix's jealousy and possessiveness, I can't see him taking it with no issue whatsoever. Although, who knows, maybe this was a bit of a catalyst for him being so much more hostile to Helen later, but I do kinda feel like he'd be like that regardless lmao

But yeah, anyways

I'm probably honestly not the best person to do analysis like this, because I'm not entirely caught up, and I know things have been talked about in other places, like there's discussion in the Discord, there Q&As that have happened, there's just various bits and bobs that I'm not aware of, so there could be some kind of answer to this somewhere that I wouldn't know about, but it's stuff I think about so, idk, fun to see what other people think about it

I had something else I was gonna say here, but I have forgotten so I guess I shan't be doing that unless I remember later.

I wonder what Felix thinks about Tex?

Like with how jealous he was of Helen, I know the few times we saw him around Tex, he was generally polite, but he did sorta steal one of the Ty's, and I cannot imagine Felix is totally chill with that. So like, what's he think about him? Is he nice to him because he knows Ty likes him? Does he genuinely not mind because since Tex doesn't consider Ty his best friend? Does it not matter to him because Outlaw is just one of several dozen Ty's?

On that note, what's his opinion of Outlaw?

I mean, Outlaw is still a Ty and all, but he left.

He left the compound, he left Felix, left essentially everything behind to go live in Texas with some other guy.

Which, ya know, he did it for very good reason, and clearly he still cares a great deal about Felix, but regardless, he left.

Like that had to hurt, on some level, that had to hurt, to know that your best friend, this guy that you care about, that means so much to you, that you love, whatever way that may be, could just up and leave one day.

And I'm sure there's a sense of something adjacent to this with the other Ty's, with the way they have a tendency to treat lives as disposable, but that's mostly iterations and the fact that its pretty easy to bring someone back, and even then, they've always clearly valued Felix and his friendship with them evil Ty's notwithstanding , and the threat of 'leaving' is more 'don't go against me in a way that I'll have to put a stop to, I would do it, but neither of us would want that to happen', which is very different from ' I'm leaving because I want to do the right thing'.

Does Felix miss him? Is he mad at him? Is he upset? Is he happy for him? Is he glad he's enjoying himself, does he secretly hope somehow he'll come back, does he feel bad about being upset, do they text, have they not spoken since they last saw each other, does he think about him often, does he not think of him much at all?

I just. Wonder how he feels about it.

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I wonder what Felix thinks about Tex?

Like with how jealous he was of Helen, I know the few times we saw him around Tex, he was generally polite, but he did sorta steal one of the Ty's, and I cannot imagine Felix is totally chill with that. So like, what's he think about him? Is he nice to him because he knows Ty likes him? Does he genuinely not mind because since Tex doesn't consider Ty his best friend? Does it not matter to him because Outlaw is just one of several dozen Ty's?

On that note, what's his opinion of Outlaw?

I mean, Outlaw is still a Ty and all, but he left.

He left the compound, he left Felix, left essentially everything behind to go live in Texas with some other guy.

Which, ya know, he did it for very good reason, and clearly he still cares a great deal about Felix, but regardless, he left.

Like that had to hurt, on some level, that had to hurt, to know that your best friend, this guy that you care about, that means so much to you, that you love, whatever way that may be, could just up and leave one day.

And I'm sure there's a sense of something adjacent to this with the other Ty's, with the way they have a tendency to treat lives as disposable, but that's mostly iterations and the fact that its pretty easy to bring someone back, and even then, they've always clearly valued Felix and his friendship with them evil Ty's notwithstanding , and the threat of 'leaving' is more 'don't go against me in a way that I'll have to put a stop to, I would do it, but neither of us would want that to happen', which is very different from ' I'm leaving because I want to do the right thing'.

Does Felix miss him? Is he mad at him? Is he upset? Is he happy for him? Is he glad he's enjoying himself, does he secretly hope somehow he'll come back, does he feel bad about being upset, do they text, have they not spoken since they last saw each other, does he think about him often, does he not think of him much at all?

I just. Wonder how he feels about it.

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Someone needs to introduce Felix to chocolate gravy, I think he'd get a kick out of it

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I'll never get over Tex asking Michael if he has a brain chip, then immediately saying that Outlaw can take it out, and everyone acts like its The Most Casual suggestion one could ever have

Like yeah man, come on, it'll be fine, don't worry about it, just slap down a towel, get some of Outlaw's Backyard Brain Surgery, don't make such a big deal out of it

We can do it in the living room, you can watch some TV, Bluster might come in and say hi, just lay back and relax!

Also I assume he knows the general area that the chip wold be in, but also you need to know exactly where, so does he have an X-Ray Machine, or he just whipping out a metal detector in the middle of all this, homing in on it like "Hmm it's beeping real loud, let's try here... ah, nope, that's a beer tab, well we'll keep lookin', it's in there somewhere"

And I know maybe this is something to be done with a Calculator, but referring to it specifically as Brain Surgery and Michael saying he doesn't want Ty poking around his brain implies that its just regular (well "regular") surgery and so like...where did Outlaw get the equipment for this??

Where in the world is he getting this stuff, did he steal a copy of the Compound's equipment on the way out, is he going up to random hospitals like "Hey don't mind me just gonna duplicate your MRI Machine" or is he cobbling shit together in the basement??

Like you walk in and this man's defibrillator is made outta someones old toaster got some kinda machine in the corner partially made out of an old doodlebug hood, the computer screen's from 1995, but then again that's high tech compared to some hospitals so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Also I imagine this is a Base only kinda thing, but what if Tex's just down at the bar offering people free surgery like it's on the same level as a ride home?

Can you imagine being in a bar with your buddies, you just went to the doctor, they said you need some kind of heart surgery, and you're there talking like 'Oh it needs to be done but god, its so expensive, my insurance only covers so much, the bills are just gonna kill me, etc, etc ...' Only for some other guy that you may or may not know to pop up, go "Oh, hey, I got someone that can help you out with that", call someone else over and be like "This is my guy-of-indeterminate-relationship, he's a scientist, he can probably hook you up with a lil open heart surgery, no problem :)"

Scientist guy asks you what the problem is, you explain it, and he's like "yeah, we can do something about that, gimme a couple weeks to get everything together, I'll give you a call when it's all ready"

And you're just like, yeah sure, why not, Weird Cowboy Scientist's gonna do my heart surgery, sure. Is he gonna buy the implant you need? Does he just have one lying around? Is he stealing it?? Who knows, you'll find out, it's fine, sure

2 weeks later, you do the finding out and apparently none of your guesses were right, turns out he's building all this shit himself, but hell, it's faster than a doctor's appointment and free to boot, so! Why not! Sure! Let's do it, definitely not gonna be getting any organs stolen, this is all completely normal!!

And then its actually fine.

Nothing bad happened, no infections, no internal organs missing (as far as you can tell), it was a basic surgery, everything went fine.

You go home. You decide you don't need to know. You decide you don't want to know.

You go to the bar with your buddies again, the guy is there, you buy him a beer, have a little chat, leave the conversation thinking "Wow, what a fucking dork", and on life goes.

And I mean, I guess it could work in their favor, like, folks around get to knowing about him, and he's out doing something odd or seemin' suspicious or something and someone asks about him, they can be like "Oh no, don't worry, don't mind him, that's just Outlaw, he's Tex's... bestie? boyfriend? sugar-baby-boytoy-situationship-type-deal??? ...British Friend, and yeah he's weird n' all, but it's cool, he's nice, he sometimes help's out with folk's health problems when they can't afford it, and Tex's band plays at the bar, which is cool, so ya know, we don't question the weird shit they got goin' on, like it works out, it's all good"

Like, there's just....

So much, so many things there, I could go on, as you can tell, I have many a thought but like, I just - it's - yeah

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Fun fact, since this might not be as common knowledge as I thought it was, did y'all know horses can have beer?

Due to their size, the alcohol doesn't tend to affect them, and they can enjoy the flavour, since the beer itself is made from grains, there's (small amounts of) vitamins and minerals in it that horses need, and some people say it helps if they develop sweating problems.

All in all, the general consensus (from my brief reading) seems to be that it's perfectly fine to give horses beer every now and again, its even possible for it to have some health benefits, though some people worry about them having too much or it upsetting their digestive system, which honestly, that just sounds like standard risk with beer and pretty much any food so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyway this all is important for no other reason than the fact it means Tex and Bluster can have a beer together, thank you, and have a nice day.

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Mikey trying to pull the Goncharov thing on Ty only for Ty to tell him it is actually a movie in a different timeline and he has seen it. Mikey can't tell if he's lying or not

He's Not, but he won't let Mikey watch it because he thinks its funny of the Propagation risks :)

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A general summary of their relationship

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Thinking about the fact that Felix was sitting in the Trunk by himself for 3 days while all his Ty's were dead

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Collage for my darling boy Outlaw <3