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macknshift · 6 months ago

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THE ONE WHERE . . . I INTRODUCE Y'ALL TO LEO!

SOOOO…i have mentioned leo in like, 90 different posts atp and never actually made a "leo intro" (mainly bc i have weird feelings ab sharing him heavily to the rest of the world lol) but! i figured now would be the best time to get into explaining him to y'all.

LEO , commonly given the last name SCOTT (depends on the dr!) is actually originally the main character's love interest in a hockey romance book i've been in the process of writing. after getting #sickandtired of annoying ass book men i gave up and began drafting one of my own. the main character is literally me (i mean, for christ's sake her name is sloane mackintosh,) and eventually, i began thinking of him in other "au"s (i used to do this a lot on wattpad - i mean DRs but the term AU is usually more digestible to ppl that may not be aware of reality shifting. Anyways.) and began kind of placing him in everything. a list of the drs he is my love interest in is follows;

BETTER CR : (fc silasj2004*) the hockey romance book pretty much as a dr. small changes occur but basically he's the exact same as leo in the book lol

PARENT DR : (fc jack schlossberg. yes. i am one of those girlies. i am not ashamed! at least he has morals + a backbone y'all this could be much worse) the "backstory" is my better cr dr. i'm now a mother of 3 (amelia or mimi, aged 5, giselle or gigi, aged 4 and i'm pregnant with vincenzo, our final kid,) and it follows our life after what would be the events of the book. i sort-of made it also as like a WAG dr in a sense bc leo is a professional hockey player! (but he retires 2 years before this point in time so idk where my thought process is w this lol)

FORMULA 1 DRIVER DR : (fc pato o'ward MY!!!! mclaren man ln4 U ARE NOTHINGGGGGGG) leonardo dempsey, son of actor patrick dempsey (my forever celebrity crush ugh he's so fine) and driver for aston martin aramco f1 team under #99. i essentially took l*nce str*ll's daddy's boy backstory and gave it to leo bc he is indeed a daddy's boy. the only dr leo and i are enemies to lovers bc i'm too obsessed w him otherwise LMFAO

MARVEL DR : (fc marcello hernandez (MY MAAANNNN)) leo scott, secretly the speedster superhero 'comet'. hired by my dad as essentially a bodyguard (leo's not intimidating AT ALL idek how the hell this is supposed to work LMFAO) as comet and knows me out of costume as his sister's roommate (mj is also in every dr ever and actually is here in this cr. i can never leave her out i love her DOWN) basically marichat vibes (god i miss marichat)

POP STAR DR : (fc marcello hernandez, again) leo sinatra, nepo baby great-grandson of frank sinatra (there's a whole, incredibly large bit of lore ab this LMFAO + he's also a great-grandson in my better cr dr too bc i need my man RICH!) and Saturday Night Live cast member. basically i go on snl and immediately fall in love. i've stolen the 'unlikely couple' weekend update sketch for us & he does domingo, which is my song lol we're funny for it idk

THE FCS, in color photos:

i'm missing like, 18 other drs that i can think of but some important info about him;

he's half oaxacan mexican. i've tried my damnedness to find a way to make it obvious but when i was 'designing' him (aka drawing him out) i used jack, silas (*NOTE: he is leo's typical fc if i don't have an designated one for him) and marcello as references to make him look the most like him as i can. the fcs are kind of loose for him but i need a way to like fully visualize him. so. yeah. his 'color palette' (weird way to put it but idk how else) makes him tanner than all three of them i fear. all of the fcs i use (other than jack schlossberg but like. idk his main celebrity lookalike in the better cr is him so i kind of had to) are latino, but i feel like it never ever properly translates when i talk about him bc his name is fucking leopold scott. like. huh.

he's also tall AS FUCK lol and built like a tank lowkey (think tom welling clark kent GOOD GOOGLY MOOGLY) but it's mainly bc he's a hockey player. in every vers he's like. 6'3. shortest he is is w marcello as his fc and even then he's 5'11. (note in pop star dr he gets a lot of comparisons to jacob elordi for some reason??? idk my fans are weird)

he's got big brown baby cow eyes. every. single. time. like that is this man's defining trait and you know what? i would not change that for the world lol

his position in hockey is a goalie! he uses the number #29 and plays for our college and later for the new jersey devils before being traded to the anaheim ducks. after he retires he becomes a firefighter!!!! (which is sooo hot btw)

#mack yaps #(about shifting)#mackleo #reality shifting #shiftblr #shifting diary #shifting motivation #shifting things #shifting antis dni #mack's better cr #mack's parent dr #mack's f1 dr #mack's pop star dr #writeblr #writers on tumblr #leo is of course the mmc of the book i'm writing so #writeblr it is LMFAO

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zephyr-ro-emenki · 5 months ago

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You can definitely tell where the divergence point between YFNSM and the MCU is, and that's at Midtown. Doctor Strange and the Venomized Beast coming through was not meant to happen. It was a random factor that was diverting from a Canon Event. That's why Doctor Strange said "We're not supposed to be Here" and that's because he knows exactly where Here Is, and what time it is, so he knows that him appearing and damaging Midtown is diverting from the Canon and he has to leave quickly.

Through that, we now know a lot more about the scrapped MCU version of the script story, and what things can be applied to Tom Holland's Spider-Man.

First off, Uncle Ben died about 6-7 months before Civil War. We know this because YFNSM starts off with Peter and May still grieving Ben, with May still having her wedding ring on. Along with Peter saying "It'll distract me from all that's been going on lately..." And then immediately mentioning Ben to May, implies it was recent, within a month or so.

Aside from the doctor Strange Canon divergence fight of destroying Midtown and subsequently getting Peter bitten by a different reality's radioactive Spider, we can assume all the other events are fully canon to the MCU Timeline, just with Peter having to go to Rockford Bales Highschool while Midtown is being reconstructed. He still has that convo with May, Pearl (who is just a Repackaged Liz Allen from the original script) was still his childhood babysitter he developed a crush on but she went to Rockford Bales Highschool instead of him going to Midtown and subsequently meeting Liz Allen, Nico Minoru probably also exists in the MCU, but Peter not saving her from the Symbiote means they never became friends that say, and probably stayed classmates, Roxxon was mentioned so we can also assume that exists (and maybe that's where Peter's spider came from in the MCU), he still has similar crime events, and saving nearly the same people (just that Harry is replaced by a more MCU Canon equivalent, hell maybe it's Flash), and we get a full recreation of Peter's MCU intro from Civil War that tells us this really is just a divergent MCU Timeline. The Oscorp/Future Foundation suit is meant to be Peter's Stark Suit, and so all villains he fights while in said suit can be traced back to Peter having fought them in MCU Canon but it was during that 1 month between Civil War and Homecoming.

We can also now confirm that there is a version of the Lizard in the MCU, it's just not Curt Connors, but instead Carla Connors. If Oscorp does exist in the MCU, but is just a smaller company than Stark Industries until post Endgame, then Harry and Norman Osborn (probably these same Harry and Norman) also exist in the MCU, and we'll just meet them in this College Trilogy. All of the villains from No Way Home Probably all exist in the MCU, but are either Gender Swapped, Race Swapped, or more likely just haven't gained enough traction or been around the events that make them villains yet. MCU has Matt Gargan's Scorpion in the MCU, he just hasn't undergone the procedure to give him his iconic tail, Aaron Davis the Prowler exists, but he doesn't have his tech yet, and they had a Shocker who had all of his equipment who just hadn't learned to use it fully yet. We can now add Carla Conners the Lizard to the confirmed in MCU list, alongside Lonnie Lincoln as the Tombstone, who we haven't met in the Canon MCU because he was a Rockford Bales Student first, and he hadn't had his villain origin story yet.

Furthermore, we can confirm exactly what Peter has been doing during those months between Civil War and Homecoming, and which Crimes he couldn't stop because he was somewhere else in Canon MCU.

For instance, Butane Burning down the wrong building under someone else's orders? That still happened, but Peter was in Germany fighting the avengers while that was going down. We know that Peter will be fighting a lot of his D-list/C-List Villains from the comics in this show primarily, and we know through concept art we'll be seeing Doc Ock, but we don't know the status of any of the other MCU Characters.

I think, going by No Way Home Canon, the only Villain he didn't encounter in the MCU that he will probably encounter in this show, is Doc Ock. Any Green Goblin appearance in this show and Peter encountering him would be because of diverging timelines, but I think Doc Ock may also be a consequence of Canon divergence, specifically the "Divergence leads to events happening quicker" kind.

Either way you put it. I'm so excited for the next Drop of episodes so that they can help confirm or deny my thought process.

#your friendly neighborhood spider man #your friendly neighborhood spiderman #your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man #mcu fandom #mcu #marvel mcu #marvel

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milk-is-stable · 12 days ago

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Toby's Secret Pocket

Sickday rewatch requested by @apolloisbored I'm sick! send me a longform to watch and I'll make a commentary/headcanon post about it! (using the tag #sfth liveblog, so that's what to blacklist if you don't want your dash taken up by this)

Pre-watch thoughts: I don't rewatch this one enough, even though from what I recall it has some of my favorite things: a strong Luke character, Tom creating an instantly classic character by being absolutely ridiculous, AJ being a police chief (why is he so badly good at it every time XD), and Sam somehow bringing the most insane characters to life in the most loveable way.

Liveblogging:

Luke: "Sam coming on as the evil make a wish kid is the fastest a main character's ever been chosen." Really? Because he JUMPED to be Toby in this, he's up and miming sewing before AJ's even sat down from the intro.

Sam: this is gonna be in the US because my accent choice said so. (these are....not their best us accents, not gonna lie XD)

Sam and Luke jump to fucking with each other very quickly in this scene, and it's very funny.

COMPTROLLERS!

Half of Toby and Meth-wife's flirting is very sincere and the other half is....you guessed it, them fucking with each other.

Sam: allow me to set up some potential stakes and plot threads for this story, otherwise it'll just be the two of us yapping at each other about tailoring all day

Tom: I'm gonna join this scene as the Don now. Sam & Luke: *even more intense flirting* Tom: I SAID- Sam: okay, okay, fine.

AJ: time to insert myself into this scene. Tom: whoa! where'd you come from?

Ah, a SFTH police department...one of the most chaotic places you can take a scene.

JIMMY!

Tom keeps assuming that editing will happen and then it Does Not (it's okay, we'll bleep it, we'll bleep it!)

So for the UK readers here, Arkansas to New York is gonna be over a 20 hour drive with rest stops included, and there are pretty much no major cities down there. Like, their biggest city only has 200k people in it. I truly don't know why A) the Don is going that deep into the midwest for his tailoring or B) why Toby, who wants to work in New York, is still running a tailoring shop out of Arkansas when he's apparently so good that a New York mob boss has heard of and wants his merchandise. I question why his ability is somehow so recognized that the Don heard about it, and yet he's still not got enough money to set up a boutique somewhere else. Unless he's running the shop closer to Branson and gets all of the showgirl contracts (Even though Branson is in Missouri not Arkansas) and the Branson performers who are lucky enough to be moving UP in the entertainment world go to New York and spread the word of how good Toby and his tailoring is and those rumors reached the Don somehow, but even then, if that's what's happening he'd probably get an offer from a broadway designer before a mob boss, and let's be real how many Branson performers are actually moving up a good chunk of them are actually moving down/retiring or otherwise are going to end up staying in the midwest forever and- I'm sorry, my hyperspecific "lived in this part of the country for ten years" knowledge is taking over, isn't it? 😅 (you really shouldn't have picked Arkansas sam, I wouldn't be doing this otherwise.....then again, there is a LOT of meth cooking down there in the Ozarks, so maybe it was an accurate setting choice after all.)

Anyway, this whole scene is just the four of them fucking with one another and it's great. "Are you sure you know about comptrollers, cuz you don't know about the letters B and N" "Maybe make HIM the main character, he seems to be a fan favorite" "his name is DON CICCICIO, I really feel like I should be in this room..." "You want us three, including HIM, to go talk to the tailor? You sure?" "Yeah, I really want a face-to-face with Don Ciccicio myself..."

"Actually, theres only space for two!" "I'll leave." "NO!"

CHIEF WAIT why did you come with us??

This whole longform is a mess, tbh, and that's what makes it so good. Love that AJ and Tom just kinda let Luke flounder about during this scene without much help/plot-forwarding.

Sam: what if I move this plot along by being a comptroller? *the scene quickly dissolves back into making fun of one another*

TOM WHY DID YOU DO THAT

"why do you have hair product in" dude it's probably his soap or shaving cream, it's not like bald people don't have to wash their heads

"Toby." *cheers* "HOW LOW IS THE FUCKING BAR??" Honestly Luke, in this one? Pretty frickin low XD

The mirroring while in the secret trousers is a great bit of stagecraft.

AJ: I should have never come with you. Sam: Yeah, that really didn't further the plot much, did it boss.

The audience booing for AJ kicking Jimmy out of the force and then immediately cheering when he "slams the window shut" and flips them off is great

"We're leaving. It'll make the scene much easier."

AAAAAAAH!!!! MITOSIS! *confused-J* Helpful-Luke: it's the process of cell division!

"son..." "Dad?" "Wha- yeah, just don't let anyone know-" "DAD??? :D :D :D I DIDN'T KNOW!!!"

I cannot emphasize enough that this play is a trainwreck plot wise, but the jokes are so strong that it doesn't really feel that way.

Jimmy having a much more realistic response to shooting meth than Meth-wife (meth does not mellow you out)

Oscar to Tom for this scene XD (and to the caption writers)

Luke: Ok, this is great and all, but I think it's time we wrap this up.

Iconic Jimmy finishing monologue!

And scene! Honestly, this is such a good one for showcasing how the four of them mess with each other on stage, and the ways that they can turn fuck-ups into great comedic moments, not to mention an iconic Sam/Luke pairing. So much fun!

#sfth #sfthposting #shoot from the hip #sfth liveblog #tom mayo #alexander jeremy #sam russell #luke manning #toby's secret pocket

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rabnerd28 · 2 months ago

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Alright y'all, here's a write up from Paramount Theatre's Cats 2025.

Prepare for rambling, getting a bunch of Circus Terms wrong and Spoilers. I will say that my audience could have been better. I think it really took until the second act for people to get into it. I wish I could take all the Cats fans and put them in that theater. Enjoy my third row perspective!

During the overture they show pictures of all the Cats and say who they are. Have I still forgotten all the male kittens? Yes.

Had to turn my Demelurina brain off for this one guys because they are canonically sisters and Griz's daughters in this one. This is listed both in the playbill and during the overture. I'll let it pass this one time but just because I thought they did it really well.

I'll probably talk about more of the family tree elements in it's own separate post.

Exotica and Sillabub are called "sisters" in the intro too, but I think that's show flavor as according to the playbill they're first cousins once removed.

The stage is actually dark as the Cats come out and then will flash with light showing them doing various circus acts.

Munkustrap steps out for Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats and he stands on a podium, and he's got a whip guys!

The stage is entirely dark for "do you see in the dark?"

All the cats have a standard Cats leotard and then additional costume pieces for certain numbers. Like, Munk isn't just the photo he released he's also got a top hat and ring master coat!

The pause isn't during the "boot drop" but instead comes after "flying trapeze". As in this production that was Grizabella's role and she's no longer with the circus. The trapeze in question was hanging over the first couple of rows of the audience, so I had to keep craning my neck whenever they pointed to it.

For Naming of Cats they keep the standard only visually naming the last few.

They also shined a light on a random guy in the first row to be the "man over there" and everyone got real in his face. Part of me wished I got that seat. Another part of me would be offended that they think I know nothing about Cats.

This production truly said Fuck Victoria. I mean it, this girls got nothing going on. I find it's a trend in modern non-replica's to downplay Tori, but this one gives her like two 10 second moments. I blame Tom Hooper.

White Cat Solo is replaced the with the Twins (cori and tani) getting on the trapeze and doing some tricks together while several cats circle the podium below them.

Jennyanydots is introduced by Asparagus (I'm not calling him Peter) blowing into a whoville style instrument and her falling out.

Jenny's role as the gumbie cat is to sell food to the audience.

They changed the beat so that it's slower, which i think was done to be in tune with the contortionist acts Jenny was doing.

There was a pause for Jenny showing the mice to knit and they started squeaking to the tune of what I'm 95% certain was "Think of Me" from Phantom of the Opera. It was hilarious.

Also the cockroaches were wind up cockroach toys that went around the stage, and while the Gumbie Trio was scared of them, Jenny just brushed it off with no problem.

The tap break is her doing various contortions and getting lifted at various points by the male cats as she does them. Also included a split while being held, I thought it looked really cool.

Tugger descends from the sky on a hoop like the over-dramatic bastard that he is.

Leather vest Tugger for the win! He's mostly orange and black and I'm bad at describing costumes but he looks so good! He's almost reminiscent of a tiger in a way. Munk is similarly striped but all in silver.

I'll just tell the people what I know they're here for. Mistoffelees says the terrible bore line but boy is king of being terrible at hiding his crush. He's simultaneously like "fuck tugger" and "fuck tugger" all at once if you get what I mean.

Munkustrap lied around acting bored the whole number. King of ignoring your annoying little brother.

Tugger leaves on the hoop thing again and then Grizabella arrives so we don't see his reaction to her.

She arrives through the aisle and Emily Rohm easily became one of my favorite Grizabella's. I don't know if this is what they're going for but it almost feels like Grizabella was in an accident and lost her memories, pretty much disappearing and abandoning everyone unintentionally. And she only came back because it felt familiar, so she starts slowly regaining her memories throughout the show. Maybe it's because they cast Jane Doe as Griz, but it really felt like that to me.

They switched Bomba and Demeter's parts for Grizabella the Glamour Cat.

Demeter and Bomba are very severely upset at Grizabella's appearance, and when she leaves the two do a little controlled breathing thing to calm themselves down which Bomba will lead the other Cats in during stressful moments throughout the rest of the show.

Bustopher Jones was bad. Like, really bad guys. It's the only number where I went, "wow I hate this". I've already blocked it from my memory.

The only thing I'll note from this number is that the trio is Jelly, Bomba and Demeter. With Jelly doing what is normally Jenny’s part. One of Bustopher's buttons also hits Jelly in the eye...twice.

For the Macavity scare the stage turned green and lightning flashed. Demeter as usual called for Macavity, but I think she was less scared on a personal level and more just as scared as any other Jellicle.

Rumpleteazer and Mungojerrie aren't interrupting the show but are instead a part of it and are presented by Bomba and Demeter.

Their number starts with the tandem carwheel, and they sing a bit of their number before moving onto the aerial straps (I think it was this).

They did something really interesting with this. Instead of having Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer sing while in the air, they had Tugger, Bomba and Demeter come out to sing while they were up there. I think it might just be too physically demanding for the two to sing and do their tricks, but I liked it. Though I did keep looking at the three instead of Jer and Teazer.

As they were swinging through the air, other cats brought out several large items for the two to steal, with Tugger catching them in a bag where they put all their loot. Then they brought out large plates for the two to "crash" as they swung through the air.

Wish they'd found a way to make Teazer and Jerrie stand out a little more when they didn't have their extra accessories on. Which were leather vests and little hats over one ear. However they were both brown and I wish they were either a different color or had patterns that stood out more.

Misto points out Old D in the audience and instead of the twins responding it's instead Tugger, Munk, Jelly, Deme and Bomba (I feel like there was one more, but I can't remember).

Munk sings and Tugger starts his section a little later specifically on the "99 wives" line. They really emphasize the numerous proginy in this version.

Deuteronomy arrives through the audience (I had an aisle seat, he was right next to me!) and is presented on stage. I think his coat was similar to the og, but was purple and grey. He also had a very fluffy wig and beard, as well as a pair of glasses. Deff giving very grandfatherly vibes.

Instead of a Macavity scare, the Jellicles all leave naturally and Old Deuteronomy does some magic with the moon. It was pretty cool the effect they were doing with it.

The jellicles are all carrying red balloons filled with helium on a string when they return and they incorporate it into the choreography for Song of the Jellicles.

To start the ball the cats pull back on the strings of the balloons and pop them with their hands, confetti falling out of them.

The ball was really good guys, but I cannot describe half of it, as I'm bad at doing that...also because I'm goldfish memory after a nights sleep, but I'll mention the few things that stand out.

The pas de deux is not between Tori and Plato. Instead there is a brief dance between Plato and Sillabub. I might be wrong on Plato. I lost the male kittens, okay.

Bomba did not lead the Honky Tonk. Also I'm pretty sure Tugger was checking out Misto during this part.

They were doing circus tricks throughout, mostly the hoop and trapeze swings from above, Admetus as a juggler, Electra on the wheel, and two cats at the front doing aerial silks.

At the end balloons were dropped from the sky and they were spread out into the audience, with a few cats continually throwing them. Did I catch one? Yeah. Did I keep it? No.

Griz is back and more cats get confrontational with her and hiss in her face. Old Deuteronomy actually appears behind her after everyone leaves, so she didn't see him as he observed her.

I was so mesmerized by Emily Rohm's singing that I almost didn't notice Sillabub sneaking around during the number.

The trapeze comes down at one point and she doesn't get on it, but she does stare it like she's trying to remember.

Sillabub then tries to touch Griz, but Bombalurina rushes out and stops her, taking her away. Griz then leaves, looking very hurt and confused as Old Deuteronomy watches her leave.

Intermission: Originally the people next to me weren't there for the first act, but I guess they arrived in time for the second act. Unfortunately one them either spilled their alcohol or had a very strong drink and I could smell it. I was able to ignore it for most of the rest of the show, but every once in a while I'd catch a whiff.

When we come back, Sillabub is watching the trapeze and Old Deuteronomy comes out signing Moments of Hapiness followed by the other Cats joining around them.

For Sillabubs part she gets on the trapeze and swings on it as she sings Moonlight. After, she and Old Deuternomy hug (aw).

Gus the Theatre Cat time, as he comes out dressed as an older and ragged clown. With Jellylorum singing for him.

There is also a younger Gus in the background doing aerial tricks. And they do a tiger roar for "blood curdling noise to bring on the ghost".

There is still the reference to the Rumpus Cat at the end, but no Pekes and Pollicles in this one guys.

Fuck yeah, it's Skimbleshanks time! And he is amazing! The voice on Anakin Jace White guys!

They're looking for him in the beginning and they were able to cover the actor in a way so it looks like he just pops up out of nowhere. The cast was also really good at being in sync as they mimed being a train.

They don't make a train out of trash, but instead there's a train set piece that they pull out and ride around on. It was huge, I'm surprised any of the actors could move it.

Macavity scare again, but he actually pops out of the train and captures Old Deuteronomy. Everyone scatters except for Bomba and Demeter as well as few other hanging out on the side.

I will say this first about the Macavity number: I am lesbian.

What do you want from me, Demeter and Bomba are inherently hot and they did some hot moves!

I felt like they toned down Demeter and Bomba's connection to Macavity in this one. I think their bigger focus was on the two and Griz rather than Macavity. Problem is I have no real idea why they're the one's singing Macavity in this version.

As per usual a bunch of other lady cats join the two for the end, but in this one Misto also joined them...go gay boy go!

All the other cats return to the stage as the Old Detueronomy fake out happens, but instead of Demeter being the one to figure it out and have to reveal it, Sillabub figured it out first followed by anyone who got close to him.

Bringing this up at the Macavity fight but they had a lot of male male lifts in this show and I loved that.

Y'all, the Macavity fight slapped so hard. First he's fighting off several jellicles. Then Munk rolls up and he brought out the whip guys! Munk and Mac start fighting, but Munk is thrown to the side, then Tugger steps in! And they made it so the three of them are brothers in this version so have that for your angst. Then my girls Bomba and Demeter get in on the fight! Then Jellylorum gets in there, but oh no! She's really injured! And all the cats get so mad at him, they all just start attacking and he's backed into a corner, but is able to escape via the hoop and disappears.

Instead of a Demter Munk spotlight moment, they instead have a few cats check on Jelly as she was still knocked out. Jelly's got it rough in this one guys.

Cassandra is the one to suggest that they ask Mistoffelees, very much his bestie/assistant in this version. Don't worry guys, Tugger is still singing the song and stands beside Cassandra as she argues that Misto is who they should go to.

Tugger is also king of being terrible at hiding his crush, but are we truly watching Cats if that's not the case?

They have a fakeout where it's assumed that Misto would appear but he does not.

They then have these two boards with Cats on them wheeled out and he pops out behind one of them, does his presto while throwing throwing confetti.

We get the dance number where he does magic tricks through out and did I keep occasionally glancing to Tugger during this time? Yes. If the jellicle ball has taught me anything it's to do that, otherwise you will miss a Tugger who is down bad. And I thought he looked pretty into Misto, but that could be the shipper goggles.

No 24 fuetes. RIP.

The magic trick to get Old D back was Misto putting Cassandra infisrt a box, spinning it and opening it again to reveal Old Deuteronomy.

Misto and Deuteronomy share a little hug, but Victoria gets the little run up and jump into his arms moment.

Misto has one last magic trick where he gets in a chair, a cloth is draped over him and then he disappears when it's pulled away. He misses Memory entirely.

Old Deuteronomy is about to make the choice when Grizabella arrives and sings Memory. She falls to the ground about a verse before she normally would and Emily Rohm you own my heart and soul, I was literally on the verge of tears throughout the whole thing.

Then Sillabub brings out the trapeze and Griz gets on it as she's lifted into the air for her big moment.

Sillabub is the one to touch her first but most of the cats either do the hand touching thing, with the exception of Demter and Bomba who hug her.

The trapeze that was over the audience is then brought down and Grizabella is helped onto it as she's chosen for the Heaviside Layer. Taking her over the audience as she ascends.

We then have the Ad-dressing of Cats and all the cats stand around Old Deuteronomy as he stands on the platform. Cute moment I caught was Tugger licking his lips at the lines about food.

At the end of Ad-dressing of Cats a young Grizabella comes back on the trapeze, played by, I'm assuming Tantomile's actress. She and I'm assuming Coricopat's actor then do a routine with the trapeze together and then the show comes to a close.

Overall I was very impressed with the production and I had a good time. I really loved it and the cast was great. I was worried that the circus performances wouldn't have the vocal range for the production but of the song cat voices at least, they were all really good, especially Dani Goldberg as Teazer. I still did have some issues with it. Like, I think they did Demeter and Bomba a little dirty in the characterization department, since they didn't feel too distinct from one another. Also unsure how to feel about Sillabub doing the touch.

But like I said, I really loved it. If you have a chance to go see it, go see it. I plan on seeing it at least too more times...although the drive is gonna kill me no matter what. It doesn't seem far till you actually have to drive there.

#cats musical #cats the musical #cats non replica #cats paramount theatre #cats paramount theatre 2025 #not gonna tag all the characters #i wrote this all day because I am easily distracted

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purplewitch156 · 1 month ago

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When a stray saves him from death, eleven-year-old Tom Riddle decides to keep the cat as his pet, not realizing that his temperamental companion is actually a wizard.

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Remember when I said I didn't think I'd be able to post my new story this year? Well, it turns out I didn't know what I was talking about because it's here!

The intro is very shot so I'm also going to post the first chapter tonight.

You can find it here! Thank you all so much for your patience and I really hope you like it!

#Deimos #tomarry #my writing #my fic

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14-opossums-in-a-trenchcoat · 1 month ago

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Edited intro post time !

I have a sideblog ! (@3-more-opossums) It's just reblogs, this blog here is where I have things to say, in the reblogs or in posts

I am a minor so no donation asks !

Consider : eating moss

About me ↓

Name : Saf (it's short for Safran, if yk how to pronounce it in french). I like other nicknames too !

Pronouns : they/them, xe/xem and she/her, may use ey/em too but I'm still not sure

Sexuality and gender : Lesbian (technically trixic but nobody knows this word and I identify more with the term lesbian) ; nonbinary ; acespec ; queerplatonic ; and Schrödinger's aromantic (aroflux I guess)

Mbti if you believe in this : infp-t

Favorite color : Yellow. I like purple and black and white too I know I know enby flag /silly

For this blog ↓

Tags :

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rb : reblog. really common

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moots : interacting with mutuals

DNI : basic DNI, people who think Kris Dreemurr isn't nonbinary, people who ship Alastor sexually, proshippers, nsfw only blogs

Yknow what music taste time because why not

Music : Aperture Science Psychoacoustic Laboratories ; Cjbeards ; Chappell Roan ; girl in red ; Indila ; Lemon Demon ; Luluyam ; Mother Mother ; Panic! At The Disco ; Pomme ; Poor Man's Poison ; rachel au piano ; Toby Fox ; Tom Cardy ; Urban Trad ; Will Stetson ; Zaz

Fandoms you will inevitably see on my blogs : in stars and time ; deltarune

Major fandoms : undertale; portal; stardew valley; gravity falls; fullmetal alchemist; avatar : the last airbender ; say hi to outer wilds the special interest is coming back ; and too many others

Minor fandoms : slay the princess ; hollow knight ; saiki kusuo ; the apothecary diaries ; ultrakill for some reason ; arcane ; the guy she was interested in wasn't a guy at all ; rainworld ; the amazing digital circus (it's baack) and still way too many others

I like many indie animated series/cartoons/animes and novels in general but putting them here would be a lot

Interested in : she-ra and the princesses of power ; the owl house ; murderbot ; epic the musical ; dungeon meshi ; the magnus archives ; bungo stray dogs ; I forgot to add gumball too ; heartstopper and many other things I still didn't watch/play/read either

(sometimes i remember i'm in a fandom so i add it to this list) (there's a lot here because I don't keep track of my fandoms elsewhere)

(stamps by @/thisdastampdoesnotexist)

Moots ↓ (if you don't want to be on this list, just tell me and i'll remove you, it's just a personal thing to keep track)

If you want/don't want to be tagged for tag games please tell me I never know who to tag

@axolotl-detector

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@kesp-mimosa-blaze

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@seven-oh-four (she gave me my 14th opossum!)

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#wow this sure is a tag #opossumtalks #ask #rb #moots #<- the tags I listed #fave #important #<- some other things #intro post #isat spoilers #<- just for the post

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siriusblackdevotee · 6 months ago

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Intro post <3

Hi ! I'm Emmerson ! Mers for short !

About me:

If you want to be mutuals, just hit me up! :>

My blogs and reblogs:

Fanon and canon Marauders content | Harry Potter content | Sirius centric content | Sirius centric ships and word vomit | rarepairs

Ships (most frequent)

Sirius-> James, Marlene, Remus, Voldemort/Tom, Barty, Mary, Severus... (anyone with Sirius)

James-> Lily

This entire blog is dedicated to Sirius.

No, I do not get bothered by spam likes/reblogs, enjoy my shit <3

Warning:

I do post morally bad content (ex: incest)

I do post anti-fanon content (sorry)

#intro post #!!#im a little surprised at how many mutuals i have #22/11/2024 #marauders

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chosetherose · 1 year ago

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Two Graves One Gun

So Long London continues the saga of celebrity versus soul. The only way to cure Taylor’s sadness is for her to bid farewell to bearding, and perhaps the closet.

If you can look past the red herrings in this song, you will find a deeply layered masterpiece that illuminates Taylor's battle with herself; how past plans made to maintain her celebrity have marred her soul. She doesn't want to live life like this anymore and is willing to burn her brand down to the ground to free her soul.

As always, the analysis I've written here is only one interpretation of this song. I'm not claiming it is "correct" but I encourage you to plow through (this is a very long post) and consider what I've laid out.

For context, I believe London is a metaphor for bearding. Here is some background for the new folks:

For most of her career, Taylor’s beards have been from the UK. Specifically, from 2012-2023 her beards were Harry Styles then Calvin Harris then Tom Hiddleston then Joe Alwyn.

The beginning of this stage was right around the time she started crossing over into pop music. Red is her first real leap into pop music and to do this successfully she needs to expand both domestically (to pop audiences that don't listen to country music) and internationally (her first opportunity for this since the rest of the world doesn't listen to much country music).

She started bearding with Harry Styles in late 2012, within weeks of Red's release then milks that short lived stunt for 1989 as well. What a way to capture a new pop audience made up of fans abroad and at home. Rinse and repeat until her priority changes to long-term privacy and she finds that aided by an unknown actor named Toe. Even though Taylor's current beard is American, suffice to say one can look at London as a metaphor for bearding given history.

[Intro]

So (So) long (Long), London (London) [repeated]

Pay attention to how she sings this...She breaks "London" into "Lon" and "Don".

So SO / Long LONG / Lon LON / Don DON

This is a sneakily beautiful way to emphasize: So! Long! Don(e)! ...Like "I've been bearding for so long and I'm done with it" or "So long, bearding! I'm done!" Yes, this is a reach but read the rest of this post and circle back. As this intro closes the final "Don(e)!" fades into the upticked beat.

[Verse 1]

I saw in my mind fairy lights through the mist

I kept calm and carried the weight of the rift

Pulled him in tighter each time he was drifting away

My spine split from carrying us up the hill

Wet through my clothes, weary bones caught the chill

I stopped trying to make him laugh, stopped trying to drill the safe

Taylor seeing fairy lights through the mist sounds like she sees daylight at the end of a tunnel opaque from lavender haze. She keeps focused on this goal, carrying on with all these beards over the years. Although she's able to appear calm during these stunts, living life like this has forged a rift within herself. She beards because it's advantageous for her brand but her soul despises the ruse.

Side note: “Keep Calm and Carry On was a motivational poster produced by the Government of the United Kingdom in 1939 in preparation for World War II.” -Wikipedia. A bit of history that I think furthers the idea that Taylor was battling to keep going.

Tayor has to balance these aspects of herself continually - Too much stunting? Her soul needs a break. Had a good break from stunting? She needs to feed the grocery line Swifties to keep them at bay. It's an idea that got me thinking about yin and yang, "an opposite but interconnected, self-perpetuating cycle." (Wiki). I am not an expert on this concept but I know I've noticed it has come up throughout conversations about TTPD. If yin and yang is relevant for this album, as I believe it is in multiple songs, in the context of this verse it feels related to Taylor's constant need to find balance between the celebrity version of herself we see on our screens and the true version of herself only she can see in the mirror.

This cycle wears on Taylor so much that her spine splits from the weight. She has been slogging through stunts, dreaming of freedom, for years. It's been storming so long her clothes are soaked and she feels the chill down in her bones.

Because of the pain she decides to change strategy. Theres no more attempts to make her situation lighter or find ways to deal with it. And think about this - if you're trying to drill the safe open it means either A) you feel like you've tried all the codes and are resorting to brute force, and/or B) you're running out of time and growing desperate. Taylor is past even those points and is giving up entirely.

[Chorus]

Thinking how much sad did you think I had

Did you think I had in me?

Oh, the tragedy

So long, London

You’ll find someone

The chorus reminds me of talking to a past version of yourself that made plans for a future you. We know Taylor must plan her life years in advance so perhaps she is asking her past self something like, “Why did you think I could handle continued bearding? Did you really think I could handle all the sadness I'm feeling today?”

Then I think the second half of this chorus is saying goodbye to bearding, symbolized by London, because she can’t bear the sadness anymore. Maybe the "you'll find someone" line is aimed at the fans a la "you should find another guiding light" like you guys will find someone else to fawn over in the tabloids.

Side note: I love the double entendre here. Because so long means goodbye but it has also been so long that she’s been bearding (largely with British men).

[Verse 2]

I didn't opt in to be your odd man out

I founded the club she's heard great things about

I left all I knew, you left me at the house by the Heath

I stopped CPR, after all, it's no use

The spirit was gone, we would never come to

And I'm pissed off you let me give you all that youth for free

I don't have a strong opinion on the first two lines of this version. What comes to mind is she didn't opt in to be an openly LGBTQIA+ artist, she chose to closet and beard. Then other younger closeted celebrities have looked to her as a blueprint.

In the process of bearding for stardom, her soul abandoned all she knew. I think there is a red herring here as Heath could reference Hampstead Heath (which has connections to Toe) but it’s also continuing on the house theme that Taylor sings about. Here, it doesn’t sound like this house is a home. She’s not singing about chandeliers flickering inside, it’s “the” house by a heath -- “Heathland is characterized by plants such as heather, bilberry, gorse and bracken, which occur on infertile and well-drained soils. Open heaths have been highly modified by humans for centuries and are maintained by grazing or cutting.” She’s stuck somewhere that’s by drained her via death by a thousand cuts lol.

Again, it's weighed on her. So she's decided to stop trying to revive the disconnect between her soul and her celebrity, it’s no use trying anymore. She’s realized they could never fully come together.

And she’s pissed off she let her celebrity rob her of an open, free, youth where she could live truthfully. Recall that in Peace she sings, “a coming of age has come and gone” which to me means she feels she can’t explain a coming out via a youthful awakening angle. She’s at the age where people will understand she’s known this for years but hasn’t shared with the world. This will raise questions she won’t be able to answer because it’s all too tangled (NDAs, outing beards, etc.).

[Chorus]

For so long, London/ Stitches undone

Two graves, one gun

I'll find someone

For so long, she’s been bearding, stunting, hiding her true self to reach and/or maintain celebrity. It’s caused her stitches to come undone. This wording is interesting because it implies she had a wound from living this life hiding her truth, they tried to fix her up as her celebrity status soared, but it didn’t work because the sadness was too great.

Perhaps there's two graves and one gun because on the path to daylight she will kill both her celebrity and the sadness of her closeted self. Not how she switches from "you" will find someone to "I" will find someone. This is because she will destroy every version of herself that she's ever known if she comes out one day. She will rise like a Phoenix through the ashes to discover a new version of herself in the daylight.

Note that the Spotify clip for this song, from the Fortnight video, feels significant. First, Taylor looks up toward the daylight. Then, with heavy breaths and a concerned face, she rifles through her art (words written out on a typewriter). We know in the rest of this scene she is lighting her art on fire. Two graves one gun on a path to daylight.

[Bridge Part 1]

And you say I abandoned the ship

But I was going down with it

My white-knuckle dying grip

Holding tight to your quiet resentment

I imagine these first lines of the bridge to be aimed toward those in her life, on her team, etc. that steered her toward closeting to gain/keep fame. Maybe she has plans and they are saying by coming out she is abandoning the ship (her celebrity) they've all worked hard to build. In Miss Americana we heard her team tell her that coming out as a Democrat would halve the numbers of her next tour. Can you imagine what would be said about a coming out?

But what they don’t understand is that living this life is killing her. She’s been holding on to all the subtle ways they’ve told her over the years that her career will sink if she comes out of the closet.

[Bridge Part 2]

And my friends said it isn't right to be scared

Every day of a love affair

Every breath feels like rarest air

When you're not sure if he wants to be there

When she confides with her friends about it all they tell her she shouldn’t be afraid to take steps toward the daylight because look where she is now. She’s been stunting for years (love affairs in the tabloids) and it's awful for her. So terrible that she's grasping for breaths, unsure if she can still survive in this atmosphere (thin/rare air means its not a hospitable environment for Taylor).

[Chorus]

So how much sad did you think I had

Did you think I had in me?

How much tragedy?

Just how low did you think I'd go

Before I'd self-implode?

Before I'd have to go be free?

Again, I think she’s talking to her past self here. “How could I have thought I’d survive sinking this low? How could I not realize I’d reach a point where I’d self-implode?” Which here, self-implosion is telling a similar story as I think the two graves one gun lyrics do — the result of the self implosion is being free. If she blows up her celebrity and she will be free to live her truth, curing the sadness that has been ruling her life for years.

[Verse 3]

You swore that you loved me, but where were the clues?

I died on the altar waiting for the proof

You sacrificed us to the gods of your bluest days

And I'm just getting color back into my face

I'm just mad as hell cause I loved this place

I imagine this verse is aimed at her fans, the grocery line Swifties who believe her beards are real boyfriends. I read “you swore that you loved me but where were the clues?” as a sarcastic jab because she’s been screaming 🌈 for whoever is willing to listen. The fans claim to love Taylor but they aren’t willing to really listen to her.

Most people here “altar” and think of a wedding but the definition is much broader, “In religion, a raised structure or place that is used for sacrifice, worship, or prayer” (Wiki). So Taylor was up on the altar, a place of worship, waiting for clues that these fans actually loved her. But what started as worship became sacrifice as these fans never found love for who Taylor really is all the while the bearding and hiding were causing Taylor deep sadness.

Despite all this, she loves her job and her fans. The sadness is too much though. She is about to self implode and feels its time to take steps toward a brighter future. It’s maddening as hell to metaphorically blow up your life just as your fame is escalating to new heights you’ve reached for your whole career.

[Chorus]

For so long, London (So long, London)

Had a good run A moment of warm sun But I'm not the one So long, London Stitches undone Two graves, one gun You'll find someone

For so long, she bearded. She had a good run, getting away with it all, reaching levels of fame she always dreamed of. But she's not the one to keep the charade going (as opposed to her heroes who unfortunately 'died' closeted). Goodbye, bearding. The wound was too big to fix. With one action, I will kill the version of myself you (the fans) know and the version of myself I know. You (the fans) will find someone else to worship.

...

I could keep tweaking this theory for weeks but these are my initial thoughts on this song about two weeks out from TTPD's release. This album is incredible complex but for me the signs we keep getting are all pointing toward significant change. There is a momentum going right now that I haven't felt since the early Lover era. No matter what happens or how long it takes, I hope our fearless Chairman gets the chance to bask in the sun shiniest daylight. She deserves the warmth.

💕 CTR

#forgive me there are probably minor edits needed #but #I can’t proofread this again I just need to press post

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sleepanonymous · 7 months ago

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I mentioned this in an ask on Thursday, that II also had a YouTube channel. Unfortunately all but one of the videos are lost to time. It’s an original song for the band he was part of around the beginning of ST. I’ve got the audio posted below for you. It is live drums over a guitar/bass track, no vocals. The genre is kinda deathcore metal? I’m very bad at naming genres, so there's probably a better term.

In all of his descriptions I cut out the drum kit specs to save space in this post. They are all as follows:

Specs:

Dw Collectors Exotic maple in Okume Feather. 22x18, 10x8, 14x12, 16x14 Craviotto Cherry 13x5.5 Solid Shell Snare. Meinl Byzance cymbals (drivers seat L-R): 16" Vintage trash crash 13" Dark hi hats 6" Traditional splash 17" Traditional medium thin crash 20" Vintage sand ride 18" Vintage crash 18" Extra dry china stacked with a 16" Vintage trash crash 18" Extra dry china Remo heads - p77 (snare), Clear vintage Emperors (toms), Clear PS3 (Kick) Dw 9000 hardware, 5000 hi hat stand and Pearl Eliminator pedal

[Band Name] - Wraiths

Upload Date: 26 August 2017

I remember when I first realized II was in another band at the same time as the ST EPs and it blew my mind for some reason lol. But of course he was, he's a phenomenal drummer. This was also before I realized it's common for drummers to be in literally every band in a 50 square mile radius lmao.

Zara Larsson - I Would Like

Upload Date: 11 August 2017

His description here about being nervous when he’s filmed 🥹 He’s grown so much and he absolutely slaughtered the Drumeo video’s he’s been doing. And who guessed our percussion king likes pop music? I guess after that first Drumeo interview it’s not much of a shocker lol. I wonder if Ves has chilled out on his pop/BritPop hate? I feel like it’s likely.

Limp Bizkit - Boiler

Upload Date: 24 August 2017

No comment on his music tastes here ✌️ not a fan of Limp Bizkit but I'd happily listen to this cover lol.

Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This

Upload Date: 05 September 2017

If you haven't heard this song before it's very dancey/edm/pop. I love how insanely wide II's range is, he's such a great fit with Ves in that aspect.

Deftones - When Girls Telephone Boys

Upload Date: 21 September 2017

I love that he chose a generally unknown/unpopular Deftones song to cover. 10/10 for the percussion on that song, though.

[Band Name] - Ø

Upload Date: 12 October 2017

There's a jump cut about 7 seconds in because he didn’t want to wait for the “long” intro the song has (it's literally like 12 seconds lol impatient man).

#lost media #ii version #circa 2017 #song naught

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evilbihan · 11 months ago

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Hii! So with the arrival of Takeda (hip hip hooray!) Also comes with his intros. There's a certain intro with Takeda and Tomáš that goes as follows:

Takeda: "From what I hear, Bihan was a bad brother."

Tomáš: "Because to him, I wasn't one."

So that made me :(((. I wanted to ask if this would change your perception for Bihan's and Tomáš' convoluted relationship? Because I wholeheartedly agree Bihan by nature - underneath his built identity and grooming of becoming the Grandmaster and by proxy wanting to act for the betterment of the clan - does hold love for Tomáš and can't help but be endeared to his little brother (no so little, Tom is HUGE). But i suppose the writers want to push the notion of Tomáš and Bihan not being brothers.

I love, love, l o v e yours and inflamedrosenkranz's posts so so much. So thank you if you do respond to my ask! <3

From what I hear, Takeda was a bad cousin.

Didn't he try to murder Kenshi?

(Not to mention, his official bio in MK1 says he enjoyed his former lifestyle. Doesn't seem like he has much remorse for trying to kill his cousin either... )

And additionally to being a bad cousin, he was an even worse son in the previous timeline who beat up his blind father for "abandoning" him while Kenshi only tried to protect him by leaving him with the only person he knew could keep him safe.

This is the guy who gets to point fingers at others???? Disgusting.

It's beyond me why some people like Takeda. They should have brought back Kung Jin instead.

Now that we have an idea of Takeda's credibility and moral compass, let me answer your question.

"I wanted to ask if this would change your perception for Bihan's and Tomáš' convoluted relationship?"

To me, this intro doesn't change much, if anything at all. Because it adds nothing new, except for Tomas' perspective and it's really not that surprising that Tomas would think Bi-Han never considered him a brother when Bi-Han has always been acting cold towards him.

However, this is Tomas' perception of the situation and Tomas doesn't know everything. Tomas can't read Bi-Han's mind, he can't know whether Bi-Han ever thought of him as a brother or not and again, Bi-Han not considering him a brother is the only point making him a "bad brother" in Tomas' opinion. He doesn't say Bi-Han ever mistreated him or Kuai Liang. In fact, there is no mention of him ever being a bad brother to Kuai Liang at all. This is just Tomas' opinion on Bi-Han and we need to keep in mind from what position it comes from.

Tomas is hurt and angry, the last thing Bi-Han said to him was that his blood is not Lin Kuei. It's understandable why he would jump to this conclusion and think Bi-Han never considered him family.

However, there is proof of this perception potentially being false. You can find my other posts analyzing their relationship here, here and here.

Bi-Han never corrects others when they speak of his brothers (plural).

He doesn't correct Tomas for calling Bi-Han's parents mother and father too.

When Tomas asks Bi-Han why he was cold towards him. Bi-Han says it was because he's not Lin Kuei, not because they are not brothers.

Bi-Han did seem concerned when Tomas almost died, so even if he doesn't think of Tomas as a brother, he did care about him to some extent.

Bi-Han doesn't necessarily want to be enemies with Tomas, He tells him they will only be enemies unless Tomas submits, leaving open the opportunity for Tomas to either be on neutral terms with him or even return to the Lin Kuei.

Lastly, here comes the most important point: Bi-Han doesn't owe Tomas anything. He has every right to refuse to call a complete stranger his brother. This was a situation Bi-Han was forced into by his parents as a young boy when his father chose to adopt Tomas. If it's true that he never considered Tomas his brother that is an entirely valid position to have. It doesn't make Bi-Han a bad person or a bad brother. I may have said this before, but if you go and ask random people what their defintion of family is, you'll get many different answers. Some will tell you family are those related to you by blood, others will tell you found family and the people you want in your life are the only true family. After all, you can't choose who you're related to by blood. And guess what? Neither of these takes are right or wrong. They're just different from each other and people will have different opinions on what family is. Trying to force Bi-Han to accept Tomas into his family is messed up and wrong.

Anyway, I'm glad to hear you like my posts and thank you for sending me this ask!

#bi han #bi-han #mk bi han #mk sub zero #bi han sub zero #tomas vrbada #mk1 smoke #takeda takahashi #mortal kombat 1 #mk1 2023 #mk1

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destinygoldenstar · 5 months ago

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🌟Can Gays Coexist In Peace?🌟 - Total Drama Viewer Reacts to Disventure Camp Season 3 Episode 2 “Gone Buck Wild!”

I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SHOW YOU GUYS THIS.

So, I kinda maybe DITCHED THE SCREENSHOT EDITS...

Instead, for this season, you're getting complete digital art from me as headings.

I'll put these on their own in separate posts later.

SO I HOPE YOU ENJOY A GABELLIE HEADING.

Don't worry, you're not gonna see art of the same character over and over again. It's just 'who did I find interesting the previous episode?' 'what do I feel like?' Ya know?

I think these girlies are here to stay. So I gave them some spotlight.

...I know my art isn't great :(

Alright today we're going into the game itself! We got Red Yellow And Blue!

...oh wait, sorry, we got yellow, blue, and PINK.

OF ALL COLORS, YOU PICK PINK.

I like pink, but also, that's a color that screams 'disaster' when you put it in this setting.

I have literally no reason to make fun of Pink Team yet, but here we are. XD

Thank you all for the support btw. And your warnings that this season is terrible. Appreciate it.

I mean hey, if it's bad, I want it to be the fun type of bad. That's all I ask.

What did you say? "YUL ReGRETT this?"

I already regret it just from hearing that pun... /s

Alright, so... I'm doing it anyway. It's on me if I'm tortured.

I can't get over that the very first second of this intro is lady whats-her-name killing Oliver by shoving him off a plane.

Ooh does Lake's suitcase have a flower on it?

Don't say I'm not watching the intro every time.

First minute, and we already have the child getting hurt.

WHOOPS.

"My bad! Never used one of these doo-hickeys in my life."

Yeah she didn't mean to do that.

She wouldn't willingly hurt a child, even if it's Fiore.

"Oh god, we're on the same team."

"WHO IN TARNATION DECIDED ON PINK?!"

Yeah I wonder how that's gonna go, since, ya know, Fiore's the main source of Ashley's downfall last time. And Ashley has a good motive for the money.

"I wasn't lying, I'd never used a parachute before, but I definitely chose to land on Fiore."

OKAY NEVERMIND SHE DID MEAN TO DO THAT.

WHAT THE HELL ASHLEY?

"Far as I'm concerned, even though I'd never wish pain to a little girl, she deserved worse than a kick to the head."

I mean... is it bad that I kind of get that logic??

Like, it's shitty cause it's a kid, but this is Fiore we're talking about. She WANTS to be treated as grown up by everyone.

So that's what she gets.

Plus she's a bit of a psychopath who would murder people for money, so yeah.

I act like Grett and Riya are any better...

I like Fiore too, so you know.

"Think this is where we split."

No. Don't split.

We need to talk about this.

"On the jet, you mentioned we would get a chance to talk."

Yes. Thank you.

"Seeing as we aren't on the same team this time... this could be our last chance. You think we can talk now?"

I know. This is a rather tragic circumstance.

You finally see each other again, and then you can't hang out?

I mean, they can visit camps, right? They never said you couldn't do that. They can still catch up.

"Oh um-sorry-I um... need to get to my team as soon as possible."

Tom.

Tom what's going on?

I mean... I think I get it.

After what happened last time, you might be freaking out...

...but come on. Do you want to sort things out or not?

Goddammit Tom.

"Let him go, Jake. He's clearly not interested in patching things up."

Yeah, that might be it too.

Though, it is in character for Tom to not want to talk about hard stuff.

He probably already moved on.

He has a new job. He has a new life now.

It just didn't work out. And now you suddenly see them again? It's gonna be like that.

"I don't want to assume things like last time. I want to hear it from him."

"His silence speaks volumes."

"After everything we've been through... is this really it?"

Surely not.

I wouldn't be able to take it.

We're two episodes in. You got time.

It's a lot of PTSD. People with that don't want triggers.

Idk I'm really trying here. I think they're gonna explain it at some point.

"It might be time to move on."

Awwwww 😥

He's not gonna be able to connect with anyone here.

Hunter has two girlfriends. James has a boyfriend.

He's alone.

And it's hard to move on from something like that too. It just really sucks cause she might be right.

AWWWW GABBY'S HAIR IN A PONYTAIL!!!❤️

"I hope there aren't too many from our season..."

UUUUUUUHHHH ABOUT THAT...

Yeah...

"After how you treated me on the jet over here? You're lucky I even acknowledged you."

YOU SLANDERED EVERYONE PUBLICALLY.

"If you guys continue to bicker, it'll be the death of both of you!"

YUS QEEEN 👑

GABBY PUTTING HER FOOT DOWN.

"NO FIGHTING AT THE DINNER TABLE!"

"I'm glad I have Gabby and Tess, but having to deal with Sheriff Himbo's grudge-"

DID YOU JUST CALL HIM SHERIFF HIMBO?! 😂

That doesn't have a right to be funny.

"I know there's no point in apologizing since you won't believe me, but I want to play differently this time."

I'll believe it when I see it. How about that?

"We can work together. As long as it's on my terms of course."

"But after all I've done?! I protected you this whole game! I helped you win the zombie apocalypse challenge, saved your life in the cave, covered up your plans so no one would suspect you're a PSYCHOPATH, and you STILL eliminate me?!"

"Hey! Words hurt you know!"

I thought you knew that 'Demon Child' is accurate.

You yourself said that.

"Dang, why did we have to get the little girl on our team?"

DAMN, NO ONE IS HAPPY WITH HER.

I mean look at it this way.

You have an easy first boot on your team.

"The problem is that last time, we lost almost every challenge because of you."

Uh... let me think about that...

*Does the math*

Actually, that is only not true one time. Episode 4.

Episode 5 in a half cause that was a collab between her and Alec's failure to cook.

So 1 1/2 out of 4 that's false.

Yeah, she has a point.

"I'm screwed."

YA THINK?

"Never told you this, but as a young lad, I was in the scouts. Really made a man out of me."

Look at Connor being useful!

"Grett, the human hemorrhoid."

Hemorrhoid?

OH.

MIRIAM, WATCH IT.

"Wow granny, you look just like this old woman I got accused of pushing down an escalator."

Oh yeah, Yul is here.

I almost didn't notice him till he opened his mouth.

"Also, if you call my girlfriend a hemorrhoid again, you'll be rolling down this hill."

I'd like to see you try.

Props for defending your girl I guess...?

Grett does not look happy about it though.

"To put it nicely, this team is a hot mess."

No it's not.

You have two queens who know how to play. Miriam's a good brains. You're a good brains.

The only reason it's a hot mess is because there's this one pesky stain here.

Get rid of him and you will see the light.

"What if we cover the tent in leaves?"

Does that work?

Does that actually work?

"Mind if I tag along?"

"I do mind actually."

Girl, what is your problem?

Just because he's dense and absent minded doesn't mean he doesn't want to help you.

You are literally beefing with your boyfriend because he can't remember every single detail of your words straight away.

"Alright, I know I look like a jerk for not remembering her game, but listen, Ally remembers a lot of video games. Remembering every game she talks to me about would be harder than advanced calculous."

Yeah. EXACTLY.

Why is she so mad about this? She should know he's like this.

Like... just tell him again?? Is that hard???

You act like he's ignoring you on purpose.

Jake and Allyson are gonna be besties.

"OMG MY LOVER IGNORES ME TOO!!!!"

"Is it even worth making a fire? The rain's just gonna come put it out."

Yeah why would you waste flint like that?

"I'd like to think about potentially forming an alliance."

Didn't they already say no?

NO MEANS NO.

"Hunter and Ally are a couple and James seems to be close to them."

Oh, that's true...

You can probably sway Allyson though.

And if Hunter is cool with it, boom. Four Person Alliance. Fiore and James are the minority.

"That's a risk I can take."

Yeah, I get that.

Jake's just like "I just came here to get some alone time with Tom AND NOW I CAN'T GET IT 😠-"

"I wanna discuss it privately with Jake now."

Oh?

*whispering* "Hey Jake, I think this girl is desperate."

"Relax, I just wanted her to go away. Her darn voice was starting to hurt my ears."

"I AM IN HEARING RANGE!!!!"

Awwww, Yul's suffering, how sweet 😄

Though I act like I'm better. I was out in the COLD at work most of the day. My skin was RED and I had FOUR LAYERS ON.

"What was my manager thinking sending me out here in a crop top?"

OH RELAX YOUR CROP TOP HAS FIRE ON THAT. THAT WILL WARM YOU UP RIGHT AWAY.

"And at least we still look good together."

If SHIT if your standard of good. Then sure.

God I still can't believe this is real...

"You all should have prepared better. I brought my alpaca fur coat, which not only is warm, but makes me look fabulous."

LOOK AT RIYA SHOWING OFF HER QUEEN STATUS.

GIRL IS FLEXING.

"For my next showing, I shall get everybody fur coats! We shall bond as a team making fur coats out of the fluffiest animals we can find!"

NO RIYA GABBY WILL SMACK YOU INTO NEXT TUESDAY!

"Riya's coat slays."

OH NO CONNOR DON'T TELL HER TO SLAY! SHE'LL DO IT!

"You know, now that you mentioned slaying, I WAS thinking about it..."

"I'm really worried about what this game is doing to Riya. When we're alone, she can be really sweet."

Yeah...

Though her being sweet off camera is kind of a shock, actually.

"But as soon as the cameras are on, she becomes someone else entirely."

Yeah because her reputation is based solely around being that someone else. Because the real her is the her that gets no success and no attention.

AWWWW LOOK AT THE BLUE TEAM BONDING OVER RAIN, THIS IS-

This is actually so nice. It is so nice to just relax for a bit and see characters bond.

This is so sweet. I like this. ❤️

I really miss stuff like this in Total Drama. Over the seasons, they kinda got rid of this stuff in favor of action.

This is taking its time. I appreciate it.

"When it rained, I was hiding in the camp, looking for something to help me with the Jensen problem."

And that was AFTER you were eliminated. Which was MERGE.

Damn. The Season 1 cast got lucky.

"What were you doing that night, Ellie?"

"Nothing..."

"I was just... you know... ruining a relationship... the usual."

And do not tell me "Ellie breaking them up was a good thing, actually!"

They were sorting things out on their own just fine until she butted in and fed lies!

And now look at the state of both of them not being able to get over it cause it hurt them THAT MUCH.

Don't tell me they deserved that!

If they were gonna break up, they would have done it on their own. Enough said.

"OH, OH REALLY, OH, so you don't recall stabbing me in the back and making me look like a moron on national television?!"

EXACTLY. THANK YOU.

"Well, it worked."

*spits a laugh*

Okay, that was good.

"BUT-BUT ELLIE COULDN'T HAVE DONE ANYTHING ELSE-"

Here. I will educate you.

"I didn't break it up to start an argument!"

"GODDAMMIT I'M GONNA HAVE TO RESORT TO BREAKING BRIDGES WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER!"

You better hope to GOD Gabby doesn't get a sledgehammer!

YOU BETTER HOPE TO GOD!

"You know it's bad when I have to be the voice of reason."

I... yeah. That is very concerning.

Still. Gabby slays.👑

Oh my god they're all in uniform.

I say that like they weren't in Season 1 too.

The PINK is just making me not take that team seriously. I'm sorry.

"PINK IS THE MOST INTIMIDATING COLOR!"

They're reminding me of Barbies.

Well, two Barbies, a Chelsea, and three Kens.

"Uh James? What are you doing helping the other team?"

That's his boyfriend.

I mean, of course JAKE is the one who says this.

"I DON'T TRUST THAT GUY! HE'S TRYING TO SABOTAGE HIS OWN TEAM!!"

"...I mean, I don't blame you for not trusting me. But learn to chill."

"I'LL CHILL WHEN YOU'RE DEALT WITH! IT'S NOT LIKE YOU HAVE A HAPPY LOVING RELATIONSHIP WHILE MINE WENT HORRIBLY WRONG AND WAS PUBLICALLY HUMILIATED AND GHOSTED FOR BEING ME AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-"

"...well shit."

"They only let us film a new season here in exchange for repairing the environment."

So you set it on fire.

Sure.

God this is bad timing.

Oh my god XD

"How would you rate your Survivor experience?"

*Everyone goes in the red one*

"Fair enough."

"The yellow containers have eight mildly harmful animals."

What do you mean by mildly?

Mild as in a rabbit? Or mild as in a bear?

"And the red one contains four very dangerous critters."

WHO APPROVED OF THAT?!?!

WELP, SOMEONE'S GETTING MAULED.

Is a bever really that dangerous?

So... all the red is 40. All the yellow is also 40.

Just go for all the yellows. And the other two teams will split the reds, and boom, you win.

WHY WOULD YOU PUT THE CHILD AS YOUR DEFENSE?

BOO, PINK TEAM SUCKS.

Okay. AIDEN as defense.

WHYYYY?!?!?!?

WHAT IS YOUR LOGIC?!

Riya looks like she's just here to slay, honestly.

"I can attack and look good doing it. For my next showing, I am going to show you my secret football skills! They will fall before me as they tackle each other to the ground!"

NO RIYA FOOTBALL IS A DANGEROUS SPORT!

"Let's get the red container!"

GO FOR THE YELLOW. YA DUMBASSES.

Okay that's just funny. Idk why.

Don't just leave the goat there- oh my god.

And this is just the second episode XD

Okay first off, GET OFF ITS ASS. IT DON'T LIKE THAT.

Second, leash it from behind and let it run. It'll chase you through the door.

But mostly, DON'T TOUCH THE ANIMAL'S ASS!!!

DAMN SHE JUST ONE SHOT HER!

👑

Why is Gabby slaying so much this episode?

"Hey! Gabby punched me!"

That was a SMACK.

And also, THAT'S THE GAME!!!

I DUNNO WHAT TO TELL YA.

DON'T. TOUCH. THE ANIMALS. ASS!!

Please don't fuck a wolf.

It looks like all three of them are trying to fuck a wolf.

Oh look at the Yellow Team working well together!

"Don't think I've forgiven you."

Well, you just saved her from Hunter's bullying, so...

She's not even on your team, secondly.

"No one on my team likes me!"

"Can you blame them?"

Not really.

THANK YOU!

I WAS VERY CONCERNED WHAT YOU WERE DOING TO THAT WOLF EARLIER.

ALSO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME!

Heyo. Tom. You're uh... you're kinda...

Oh my brain just got dirty. THANKS WOLF.

OH MY GOD LOOK AT RIYA BEING SMART!

GO OFF QUEEN! 👑

"For my next showing, I shall tame the wolf! And teach it human civilization! The better to eat you with, dear!"

NO RIYA THAT FAIRY TALE IS A VORE FIC!

"Change of plans! Go for the green containers!"

GO FOR THE YELLOW!

"Do you mean the crate or the team?"

*face palm*

NOPE.

OH GOD DON'T DO IT LIKE THAT!!!

Aw, Yul is suffering. That's nice. :)

GET HIM GOOSE!

She's just vibing XD

This challenge was made for Gabby.

Aw, Jake :(

Tom moved on. Hate to say it.

"Man, I have no friends."

"Seems like Tom's already replaced you."

OH GOD DON'T ADD SALT TO THE WOUND.

"He's been smiling more than usual around Aiden."

Yeah. Tom making friends. That's... pretty unlike him.

"But I was his sunshine..."

"I wouldn't be surprised if they talked before this."

Uh, Aiden was in Brazil, so uh... how would that be possible?

Jake's gonna be like "You really think I buy into that crap? Come on. You just want to hurt me."

"Which leaves Team Magenta with a messily twelve points."

Oh wow.

Okay. Noted.

PINK TEAM SUCKS 😂

I THINK WE FOUND OUR TEAM VICTORY.

"Hey James, can I ask you something?"

Is he actually gonna tell someone what happened?

That's shocking coming from Jake. But proud of him.

"Have you noticed how quickly Tom and Aiden became friends?"

Huh. He's CALM about it too?

Damn. Jake's development is actually consistent.

"Yeah, so, I haven't seen or heard from Tom in two years, and him quickly making friends like that doesn't seem like him. And I have trust issues, so I don't want to assume the worst out of it or believe Alec. Can you help me out man? Thanks. Appreciate it."

I gotta admit, I expected Jake to be pissed and not talk to anyone about this.

"No. I'm not on their team."

DUH.

"I think you should talk to Aiden."

Good idea. WOW. 👍

Talk to Aiden. Find out the truth. You find out Alec is full of crap. You clear the air!

Jake is actually taking this really well and doing the right thing!

"What are you implying, Jake?!"

Wh-?

Why are you mad at him?

He said FRIENDS. He didn't say cheating.

CHILL.

"Well, it just seems very unusual to me."

As Jake WOULD assume. He hasn't seen Tom since last season.

He just wants a full picture and understand what's happening. Which is justified.

"Respectfully, you don't know Aiden. Be careful what you're suggesting."

I'm pretty sure he was talking about Tom's side of it.

JAMES. CHILL.

"Woah, no need to be that hostile."

YEAH. HE ASKED CALMLY AND OPEN MINDED.

WHY ARE YOU UPSET?!

Come on. If Jake BELIEVED Aiden was cheating on James with Tom, WHY WOULD HE CONFRONT THIS TO JAMES SO CALMLY AND SUGGEST TALKING OUT IT IN THE FIRST PLACE?

He's coming here cause he doesn't want to believe it and wants solid proof and help to assure him that it's a lie.

And James is getting all fired up for no good reason.

"You are making stuff up about my boyfriend!"

ALL HE SAID WAS THAT HE WAS FRIENDS WITH TOM.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!

James, you're killing me right now!

You did in Season 2 as well, but still.

"I didn't make anything up! Others have noticed too! Are you blind?!"

And now you're firing up Jake.

James, ya fucked up.

"Listen boy toy. Clearly you have trust issues. My boyfriend is not cheating on me."

So why are you yelling at him instead of helping clear the air?

YOU'RE MAKING IT WORSE.

JAMES JUST STOP.

"Are you calling me a liar?!"

"A lie would have to be smart. You're delusional."

Bruh.

James, you fucked up.

And now I remember why I don't like James XD

I'm surprised Jake was handling that well though. He actually learned something from Season 1. He didn't explode until James snapped at him.

I'm proud of my boy.

But now I think he is gonna be bitter about the friendship because Tom won't talk to him, so it just further proves that he doesn't care about Jake anymore in his mind.

Clearly Jake has no friends, so that hurts even more.

"Well, anyone I ask for help is being a dick to me, so you know what? SCREW PEOPLE. SCREW EVERYONE HERE. YOU ALL SUCK."

"The casting team really dropped the ball inviting Jake back. I mean, have they seen what he posts? Crying about never finding true love? Hashtag Thirsty."

Okay that's just mean XD

"This is the fortieth day since the incident... I have never been the same... I'M OUT OF ICE CREAM!! AND HE HAS NO SERVICE WHERE HE LIVES!!!😭"

🎵"ALL ALOOOOOONNNEEE, PRETENDING HE'S BESIDE MEEEEEE..."🎵

Yeah, so Jake has NOT BEEN DOING WELL since Season 1.

I don't blame him one bit.

And I don't blame him for assuming the worst either.

And James is still a piece of shit.

"Ever since Jake blew up on James-"

James blew up on Jake. Were you not eavesdropping?

"Fiore is the weakest member of the team. If we want to win challenges, she should be the one to go."

Which is fair logic, actually.

She is kinda useless without her strategic power that no one is falling for anymore.

"Jake was on my side on voting Fiore, but since the argument, he's been begging me to change our vote to James."

Do I blame him?

Honestly? Do I blame him?

I was coming into this thinking "Yeah Jake is gonna be an asshole. I'll support him, but NOT because I'm on his side."

...well shit. I'm on his side.

"This is the perfect chance to get revenge on Fiore. For Will, Lill, and even Nick who I don't care about but I'll stick him in there too."

WAS THAT SURVIVOR REFERENCE?!??!?!

HEYO!!!! I KNOW THAT LINE!!!!!!

VERY CLEVER DISVENTURE CAMP!!!! VERY CLEVER!!!!!

I understand losing Fiore.

But also, I kinda want James to go.

'JAMES'

Nice. Very nice.

'JAKE'

Yeah yeah yeah, fuck you James.

'JAMES'

Fiore's handwriting.

I can't memorize everyone's handwriting. But Fiore's is just so obvious.

'FIORE'

Oh wait, is Fiore going...?

I mean it makes sense.

'FIORE'

OH MY GOD SHE'S GOING.

Welp, bye kid!

OH.

OH MY GOD. ASHLEY?!

ASHLEY LOCKING IN JAKE AS AN ALLY?!?!

That's... actually very smart of her.

Because the two are voting against each other, and if Fiore goes, that tension makes Ashley an outcast and the next to go because Allyson and Hunter are sided with James-

So the best move is to get James out.

By doing that, she locks in Jake as an ally, and evens the numbers with Allyson and Hunter, because they won't work with Fiore!

Wow!

Well played! 👏

THAT WAS A SMART MOVE!👏

I LIKE THAT!

"I can't believe you guys sided with that spoiled brat!"

Look who's talking.

"SPOILED?! I HAVE NOTHING BUT A SURROGATE GRANDMA!"

"From last years champion to first boot."

I know, right? That's crazy!

HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN.

"Good luck having a paranoid nutcase on the team."

He's not wrong.

I'm not gonna defend Jake and say he's perfect. Cause no.

He's the problem person on this team.

"I'm sorry James... but Jake is the only person on the team I've formed a small bond with in this short time, and I don't plan on burning it now..."

That's crazy.

I thought it would be Jake and Allyson.

Jake and Ashley was NOT on my bingo card.

"I can't help but feel bad."

Aww.😥

He's remorseful about it.

"Am I right to suspect something between Tom and Aiden? I don't have that answer right now, but in case it's true... tonight was payback. Now Aiden will feel what it's like to have the person you love taken away."

DAMN.

OKAY. DAMN.

I mean, he's acting out of impulsiveness, right? HOLY SHIT MAN.

I mean, PERSONALLY, I think you did Aiden a favor.

But that is SO MESSED UP.

What did I say?

JAKE IS AN ASSHOLE.

I FREAKING CALLED THIS.

WHAT DID I SAY?

WHAT DID I SAY WOULD HAPPEN?!?!

HE TRUSTS NO ONE.

YAY JAKE IS AN ASSHOLE!!🥳

...that intention was still fucked up and I won't defend it.

But congrats on starting your asshole journey!👏

I...

Okay that really picked up at the end there!

There's some stupidity happening, but when is there not? That shit's been going on the past two seasons.

I did not expect James to be the first boot but you know what? I'm happy about it!

Dude dug his grave!

I'm looking back at that scene real quick and YEAH. Jake was being very calm and kindly asking James to help him out and talk to Aiden about the friendship with Tom. He said nothing about cheating.

And then James just EXPLODES on him FOR NO GOOD REASON.

Like, SHIT, NO WONDER JAKE VOTED YOU OFF. YOU GIVE QUITE A NUMBER OF RED FLAGS.

The top comment I just saw XD

Except he DIDN'T?

Hear me out.

If Jake ACTUALLY instantly believed that, we wouldn't have talked to James at all. He wouldn't have come to James to ask for clarity on what's happening.

Who else could he talk to? Tom won't do it.

It's because he DOESN'T trust it that this whole argument happened.

Or at least, he doesn't WANT to trust it.

BUT GODDAMMIT, JAMES GAVE HIM NO CHOICE NOW.

It's not that he believes Alec, it's that he has a terrible social life since his season and he's hurt by it, and no one is helping him figure it out.

I am all for Jake's Asshole Arc!

That past two episodes was a good build up and starting point to it. It makes sense for him!

YES! BE A DICK! HATE YOUR TEAM! HATE EVERYONE! RUIN YOUR LIFE AND RUIN YOUR CHANCES AT THIS GAME!

You're doing amazing, sweetie! He's gonna fuck up everything.

Aiden is going to LOATHE YOU.

He deserves to be loathed by him though.

OH THIS IS GONNA BE FUN :)

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