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Griffin is …

Hungry for responsibility

Horny for teamwork

And ready to BUST A NUT up in this job❢

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KISS YOUR CRAB SQUARE ON THE LIPS

(do crabs have lips?)

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A selection of Taakos from post-galaxycon shenanigans!

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relistening to taz balance while waiting for the next episode of graduation oOF

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Currently obsessed with the fact that Argo is the only one who sleeps in a bed like a normal person

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Griffin: *says anything about Tumblr*

Me:

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The crab is his magic, he will love it dearly.

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So for a while I’ve had this headcanon that certain members of the Bureau of Balance correspond to the Seven Birds, whether just for literary purposes or for in-universe Lucretia missing her friends and surrounding herself with people who remind her of them. Some are fairly self-explanatory, Magic Brian and Taako, Leon and Davenport, Killian and Avi and Magnus, and some require a bit more digging like Lucas and Barry, two scientists who are passionate and willing to do anything for family, and Robbie and Merle, both laid back and seemingly stuck in their own world but ultimately they have their passions and are good at them. However, there was one wrinkle in this theory and that is for the life of me, I could never find Lup. That is, until my last relisten.

Lup is undeniably a very unique character. To quote her own breakdown of her character, she has “definitely some lust, some gluttony probably, pride for sure, hella wrath” but is also “pretty on her grind”. She’s emotional, full of anger over her situation, full of dissatisfaction with her situation and desire to be more than she is, but she’s also incredibly talented. She’s in canon a prodigy in her field and she only grows in power during The Stolen Century. She does everything she can to try and save her and her friends from this cycle of death and living, but in the end she regrets what she’s done and even dies trying to fix it. And on the surface, it’s hard to parallel that to anything until you find another character who is full of emotions, full of potential and talent, but also feels trapped. Sound familiar?

Lup’s BOB parallel is Johann. For starters, they’re both insanely talented, “the best violinist basically ever” and the one who “did this world already and kind of crushed it”. However, both of them take seemingly ambitious projects on and end up trapped, unable to move forward in life and frustrated. And then, their arcs become direct contrasts. Lup uses her power to create something and puts it out in the world and is stricken by the destruction and harm it causes everyone and tries to hide it away. Johann creates something that is destroyed and forgotten and can never be recognized and regrets not being able to share it with others. Lup lives clinging first to Taako and then to the rest of the Seven, terrified of losing the only people she has, and Johann lives in obscurity terrified of not being remembered for his work and forgotten. 

To quote @tazdelightful (who graciously listened to my rambling), “Lup and Johann are the forgotten”. Johann lives forgotten by the world and Lup dies forgotten by her friends. However, in the end, Lup returns to life and becomes remembered by those who matter the most to her, and Johann dies and in doing so his memory and songs are spread to the entire world and everyone around. Their character arcs compliment and contrast to one another, and they are both The Forgotten and in the end, The Remembered.  

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On Sir Fitzroy

At Travis and Clint’s Q&A at Galaxycon yesterday, Travis said that Griffin’s initial concept for Fitzroy was a jock.

1. It’s fun to see how that developed into his current concept

2. I don’t think who he is now and “a jock” are mutually exclusive, but that remains to be seen.

I’m just really amused that Griffin was just kinda like... we’re in school? I wanna be a jock. Yeah.

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[Redacted] said FUCK capitalism and FUCK math and I’ve never been more in love in my life

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travis: hm, i need a voice for this magical fairy named festo. what should it sound like?

the ghost of justin mcelroy circa 2017 appearing over travis’ shoulder:

i cook an egg with a spoon

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New TAZ good

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cronch

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I just wanna say...

Travis is doing so, so good and I am already deeply and madly in love with this world and its characters

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Lesbians Love Him:

local carpenter and universe savior just friends with a lot of lesbians, reports say

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me @ duck post finale