#I absolutely am INSANE for rvb

[itsyouch]

sobbing rn

Ha ha. No rvb fanart with spolliors here >:]

Wait if you are a new rvb fan dont look at my tags there is a spoiler thats insane

[jade-kyo]

RvB 20th rewatch: s10

An end of an era… god I love this season… I love this story

DELTA!!!!!!!!

CAROLINA BABYGIRL!!!!

“I think I just got dumped by Caboose… this is un-fucking-believable”

Washington commits identity theft

Wash and Carolina interaction my beloved

Also I feel like the animation really improved between seasons

“Let’s just say you know a lot of women with quick tempers… you got a fetish or something?” // “I guess yeah you could say… apparently…” Church a sub confirmed

Trocadero my beloved

Carolina my babygirl you will discover your lost silly soon don’t worry

I’m a fucking moron how have I never noticed that the ship in the junkyard was the staff of Charon

I mean I knew it was a part of Charon but I just never made the connection that it was THE staff of Charon

I love that Sarge is the one who vouches for Wash. Sarge character development my beloved.

OH THE PENIS JOKE THAT TOOK ME THREE REWATCHES TO REALIZE IT WAS A PENIS JOKE

WAIT THE DIALOGUES DIFFERENT

I SWEAR Wash says “yeah but yours is green” but in this version he says “yeah but yours is really shiny, so it looks more substantial”

I kept thinking some of the dialogue was different on the dvd version from what I was used to but I kept second guessing myself

THETA!!!!!!

Man sometimes the Director says things and I’m just like… that was a kind of Church thing to say my guy. Feral.

Carolina cares so much akahskshfusgjsgdkshdkd

“Don’t tell me how to lead my squad” bro the first time I watched this show I got SO MAD at Carolina, I straight up did not like her… man I was a dumb bitch

Theta falling off his skateboard is so cute omg

Carolina embrace your inner silly

“Usually I would agree with Simmons but in this case that would also cause me to agree with Grif therefore I will simply grunt ambiguously… *ambiguous grunt*” quoted line

Love that Tucker is the one who usually points out the difference between Alpha and Epsilon… taking notes

Also love how chill Tucker is about Church being multiple people

Wash is as silly as his straw

Why does he have so many FRUITS

I love Carolina and York fucking with Wash

Hey remember when I did that guess the fake fact poll and everyone thought there was no way Elijah Wood was in the show? Good times

Caboose messing with Church my beloved

“Friendenepanion” line quoted

God they establish so many parallels between Tex and Carolina

Rip CT

“How the hell am I supposed to trust a ragtag team of idiots when I couldn’t even trust the people closest to me” THATS WHY YOU CAN TRUST THEM!!!! BECAUSE THEYRE IDIOTS!!!!!!!! DONT WORRY BABYGIRL YOU WILL UNDERSTAND SOON!!!

G o d Yorkalina you will always be famous to me

Screaming crying throwing up

“I mean we are friends” // “… friends…” SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP

AAAAHHHHH EPSILON AND CAROLINA MY BELOVED

THEYRE SO SILLY!!! THEY DESERVE TO BE SILLY!!!!!!

Wyomings mustache is the sexiest character

AGONY

The show: angst agony pain // me: giggling kicking my feet because I just love the show so damn much I can’t help but happy stim when I’m watching it even when it’s pain

It was so real of them to just have Carolina have this one sided beef with a copy of her dead mom. Absolutely insane. I love it.

“No because I’m pissed off!” That one line really made me love Tucker even more. I remember being floored by it and suddenly realizing that oh shit this is fr getting tense like- he’s ACTUALLY mad. Just such a good subtle character moment

So like was Sheila just… left in that crashed pelican… forever

York is such a cringefail king

“Thanks I won’t need it” THE PARALLELS

ALLISON

GOD CAROLINAS SCREAMS

Feral

DONUT!!!!!!!!!

DOC!!!!!!!!!!

Church being defensive of Carolina AGSKGDKSHSKD

Tex is very small compared to North

OMG ALPHA GETTING TORTURED AHSKHAKSHSKHSKSHSJSHSKHSKS POSSIBLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCENES!!!!!

Sarge continues to have the best character development

Wash’s implantation, Tex learning the truth, Allison reveal IM AKJSKAHSKHDKSJ F E R A L

The fact that the director was gonna send Carolina to find Tex is INSANE

“You and Wash are taking your relationship to the next level, I knew it the writing was all over the wall” Caboose was the first carwash shipper

SARGE YOU ARE SO INCREDIBLE

Fun fact: everyone walking out on Church and Carolina was the first scene that actually made me cry

TEX YOU ARE SO SEXY

AUAUUAGSJHSKSHSJ YORKALIN

Tex just wanted to save them… she just wanted to save Alpha and Carolina auuuuhjajahjshajsjkshdjsjjsh

GOODBYE

G O D THEYVE COME SO FAR I CANT AKDHAKHSKAHSKBS WORDS

NINE POINTS YA DIRTY WHORES!!!!!

“Cheesy forgiveness speech later” and I like to headcanon that they held Church to that

ROSES ARE RED!!!!

G o d Chex you were always doomed…. Agony

GOODBYE

I literally have no words for what the Carolina and Director and Church scene makes me feel so I will simply summarize

AHKSHAKDHKAHSKHDKDHKWHSJSHKSHSKDBKDHXKDHKSJSOSHKSHDJJDJDBSKSHJD

-8)39/719)2&:93$8hwkahaiydhajisJWJDIHSKSBSIDGEJJEJ$2)/9$2&2)?:$&:!$-828&:@JEBDHEIGWJAIWHKQUE

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHHAHAHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

“Better is good enough” I’m gonna be sick

Putting the full Allison video at the end of the credits was FOUL

I really wish I was better at putting my thoughts into words cause G O D does this show make me feel things. I unlock 57 new emotions every time I watch it… truly I love this show. Especially the freelancer storyline. There’s something really special about all of this… just beautiful.

[leonardalphachurch]

okay i’m posting this actually to get onions. i originally said all this on discord and am not editing this and probably adding more so this is ramble-y and long as hell. click at your own risk. edit fuck i didn’t even say what this was about. this is. potential rvb tumblr sexyman poll. okay. okay

this is ugly but when i run the actual contest i would make a custom one. anyway here’s how i currently have the standings

north

siris

york

grif

south

connie

wash

simmons

479er

ohio AND/OR idaho AND/OR iowa

maine

wyoming

alpha OR epsilon

tex

kimball

carolina

donut

caboose

tucker

kai

sheila

grey

doc

omega OR o’malley

sarge

locus

kalirama OR chrovos OR genkins ???

one of the ai? one of the blues and reds?

temple

sharkface

felix

write in

so the ORs are going to be qualifier rounds. i figure these characters fit the same niche so it’s very unlikely that someone would vote for one of them in a round and not vote the other so there’s no need to have both- clears up the standings.

this isn’t a 1 vs 32 set up i just ordered them by their contestants. bc i thought a lot about the match ups. trying to figure out a way to avoid sweeps while also making sure minimal heavy hitters are out first round. unless there’s a big upset. which is interesting enough in its own right!

originally i wanted to have grif v simmons bc funny to pit boyfs against each other but i didn’t want wash v york in the first round and i couldn’t think of anyone else to face either of them.

same with tex. tex and wash are such heavy hitters putting them against anyone early on seems unfair. but i don’t want either of them out first round either. but having tex beat church is funnee so it’s okay if she thrashes him

and then simmons and wash are. like simmons doesn’t have much of a chance but they both hit the “ppl who like unhinged men with knives (non villain edition)” demographic so i think they’re fine first round. not ideal but. i don’t know who would be better

okay actually let me explain all of my reasoning. bc i’m insane.

north v siris - dad energy

york v grif - slacker energy

these matchups will PROBABLY get us: york v north - basic white man all the tumblr girlies lose their mind over energy

the other potential match ups for second round are less interesting but they’re not awful and also pretty unlikely imo

south v connie - Women

wash v simmons - unstable knife men (good guy edition)

these will probably get us: wash v south - recovery agent rematch! OR wash v connie - pfl underdog fight

simmons. i cannot foresee simmons winning. but if he does then pairing him against woman. hilarious

from there it will PROBABLY be either york or north v wash and that’s white men tumblr girlies lose their minds over… 2. think it will be york v wash but good match up either way

next section we have:

479er v triplets - minor freelancer characters

maine v wyoming - early villains

the match up that comes out of these will not be the most interesting but it will at least be secondary freelancer characters vs

tex v church - divorced! divorced!

carolina v kimball - women battered by war trying to make a new life for themselves in peace time…. also they’re gay

that will almost certainly get us tex v carolina which. well. heads will fucking roll

from there it’ll probably be: tex v maine - heavyweights fight OR carolina v maine - season 10 rematch!

at this point it’s hard to really predict but all options seem at least semi interesting for the semi finals. and i would bet they’ll be wash v tex which is. battle of the two heaviest hitters imo. absolute blood bath.

i know that no one is reading this but that’s okay i don’t mind talking to myself

anyway

for the right side:

donut v caboose - rookies fight

kai v tucker - sluts fight

i would guess this results in: donut v tucker - sluts fight round 2 OR caboose v tucker - season 2 rematch for churchs attention

sheila v grey - they’re both ladies with a friendly caring exterior that enjoy violence and are kind of unhinged

doc v one of the omegas - will doc finally overcome his inner demons??? (no)

this is kind of a weak section. doc v grey would be a fun match up for battle of the doctors but i’m pretty impartial to who’s taking this section. if anyone has ideas for better match ups here let me know

sarge v locus - this one’s the weakest reasoning for a first round match up honestly. they’re both muscular?? yeah i got nothing. this section needs some serious work so PLEASE give suggestions if you have them. right now my plans for 27 and 28 are to run qualifier rounds but i need to know what people those rounds should be

temple v sharkface - i hate project freelancer *makes out*

felix v audience choice - i couldn’t decide who i wanted to pit against felix and i wanted one option for people to submit a character i hadn’t thought would fit SO i let everyone else pick who versus felix. note that i’m not taking ideas for this one right now, there will be a post once the official rankings are released and whoever gets the most requests will be put in. i want advice for everything else here but i get final say for all other rankings— this one i will put any character regardless of my thoughts on the matter if they have enough votes

this is harder to judge next matchup bc we don’t know who’s there but i think felix will beat whoever so: temple v felix - will you stop monologuing? OR sharkface v felix - s13 villain fight

next matchup i PRAY would be felix v locus. we need this. locus kick his ass baby.

i do also kind of want felix to win that tho bc then we get felix and tucker in the semifinals and well. TUCKER KICK HIS ASS BABY.

i guess this means i foresee final match up being wash v tucker. and wash winning. i guess it always comes back to tuckington damn.

anyway predicting the final match ups isn’t whats important here whats important is making sure they’re all interesting and no matter who’s in the finals it’s gonna be interesting.

right now like i said before i really need advice on the 25-28 seed section. i wouldn’t mind advice on the 17-24 or really any of the sections tho. you can see i have thought. a LOT about making the most compelling match ups but if you think you have better idea please share.

thanks for reading all this also what’s wrong with you for reading all this.

[banamine-bananime]

So I. I got bored and filled out this whole rvb shipping chart

and it’s not even valid because it doesn’t have OhSherry, which I am absolutely insane about

some of my opinions on some of my ships too because why not

ohsherry I CAN BE NORMAL ABOUT THEM (lying)

chucker

grimmons

chex

Tuckington

Texsis

tex/ct

Churboose

Mainewash

Docnut

Flyoming

Grif has a crush on locus and simmons is like. Well. He could come

Lolix

[secretlystephaniebrown]

fic asks: 7, 17, 35, 48?

7. Any worldbuilding you’re particularly proud of?

You delightful creature you XD

So I am of course absolutely proud of the RVB Firefly AU (featuring the Donut Siblings), which had SO MUCH worldbuilding. Planets. Cultures. Family structures. Mythology. And what do you know, SOMEONE was extremely helpful with that. XD

I'm also proud of everything @renaroo and I have done for DC Uninterrupted, which I cannot emphasize enough, is just. fully insane.

For solo world-building, I'm really proud of the work I did with the Buffy AU, in building out the world, as well as the history itself!

17. What highly specific AU do you want to read or write even though you might be the only person to appreciate it?

Okay so.

Steve's personal effects are obviously all in the Smithsonian now, right? Yes. I would love to write the AU where Steve has to go to the Smithsonian and deal with some very stressed curators/interns in trying to (very politely) get his stuff back and in the process ends up getting pulled into exhibit design.

35. What aspects of your writing are completely unlike your real life?

I keep having to explain to people that I actually have a great relationship with my parents. It's genuinely really funny, even if my poor mother is like "do you really feel this way about me?" No, Mum, this isn't autobiographical, I swear.

48. What’s the last fic you read? Do you recommend it?

So this is just a little bit cheating, because I'm the beta for this one. But the last fic I read was let the river in by @saltsanford and I read the upcoming chapter last night, and I was screaming, I was gasping, I was on the edge of my seat, and I absolutely recommend it.

[simmonsized]

Gimme your bro bingo, you nerd

Your Bingbro

You're insane (i get to say this because you are my partner and because i watched you send me this ask and you watched me get up and mumble, "i need to get my laptop" as i made the walk of shame to the bedroom for aformentioned laptop).

I know we all know okay I know, I know. We KNOW okay we know.

ALSO yes i edited one to say everything wrong, i felt like too many of these were complimentary and i needed a way to express my feelings.

Shamefully I'm putting my ramble (that no one wants to hear) under a readmore lol)

I will say, **re: everyone but me is wrong, there are THREE people in the world i trust FULLY w mr bro strider and they know who they are. i hope.

that being said i don't really know what to say about character arc bc as far as canon goes, he did not rly have one, and so i don't think that matters. am i obsessed with him in aus??? absolutely. my god. beyond belief i will drag him as close to redemption as i possibly can, and he will kick and scream the whole way, but he cannot stop me. i cannot stop me.

i think the "not enough screen time" is just me being selfish lol. like i've said i would have rly been more interested in the backstory hints we got in hiveswap but my god it drives me insane. i want to know EVERYTHING about the guardians. it haunts me. But similar to Mom Lalonde, I view the guardians as reflections of their kidselves, and so often become a representation of their failure, and their worst traits, and that is also what makes them rly neat to me. like you know rvb?? u know how Tex was supposed to be a fragment of the Alpha that represented failure?? it's like that.

i would never want to meet him. i think all the characters in homestuck are assholes and i don't know if i would even want to be friends w any of them lol

I DO ACTIVELY DISLIKE HIM. LIKE I LOVE HIM BUT I LOVE HIM IN THE WAY THAT I WANT TO BITE HIM AND ALSO SWING HIM FROM THE ANKLES and maybe sometimes kill him but only so he learns a lesson before we bring him back to life u know what i mean??? it's always more interesting to me if the guardians die but my god is it FASCINATING when they come back to life and have to deal w their shit. I think he and Mom are tragic, but it's complicated, and I think they are only beyond forgiveness in relation to their kids and how people grow and change as they get older, and how they choose to move on from the ways they were affected in childhood. Forgiveness post-mortem often has more to do with the person doing the forgiving than the person being forgiven. it's about letting go for yourself, not for them and like

okay ending the rant about that there before i get WAY too into it lmfao

I will not talk about shipping, not ever in 100 years and you (eponymous) can't trick me into it because i'm immune <3

no comment on the fanbase, because. well you know. but i posted my fic bc someone else made me feel so insane that i literally could not stop myself from spite-posting it so. there is that. it doesn't matter. i'm right, you're wrong, get used to it, etc

swings a baseball bat at the hornet's nest: some of you have never struggled with a complicated familial relationship and it shows

wow did you REALLY just look over at me and say "are you STILL writing your bro post??? are you okay??" LEAVE ME ALONE

DON'T ASK IF YOU DON'T WANT THE ANSWER, TONY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOW I AM DONE BC well because i am supposed to write a second essay so. i will stop here. lmao. i can't believe u. wow.

i just love him i think he's the worst character i love him he makes me insane.

[the-hydrogen-hydroxide]

ok i am finally writing my review of RvB seasons 1-17 (plus all the mini-series that i chose to watch)

I’ll review them in terms of the arcs that they followed, not in terms of individual seasons.

TL;DR: It was great. Please please watch RvB at least until the end of season 8 (don’t worry, the seasons are way shorter than typical TV seasons). The best the series gets is after that point (seasons 10 and 13 in particular), but if you don’t like the show by the end of The Recollection, then it’s probably not for you.

Interested people who I promised I’d tag once i finished this: @math-and-musicals @elitheradguy 

Spoilers ahead! Keep reading at your own risk.

-The Blood Gulch Chronicles (Seasons 1-5): 6/10. The focus is entirely on comedy, with plot only serving as a springboard for that comedy. It works! Most of the jokes are really funny, and what little plot they have doesn’t take itself too seriously. The characters are great, but there are some serious growing pains in the early seasons (Caboose in particular feels like a completely different character). A lot of the jokes really have not aged well, but the offensive jokes are pretty easy to ignore because the timeless ones are far more frequent. This arc is probably the weakest in the series, mostly because they haven’t quite figured out some of their characters, but that just means there’s nowhere to go but up!

-Out of Mind (Mini-series): 6/10. Very little comedy here, which is disappointing because it focuses a lot on Agent York, who typically has a really funny dynamic with his AI and the other Freelancers. But the story with Tex is pretty interesting, recontextualizing some of her actions near the end of Blood Gulch Chronicles. I would actually recommend watching this after finishing season 10, because Tex’s and York’s actions in that season are integral to truly understanding their relationship here.

-Recovery One (Mini-series): 8/10. This mini-series is absolutely fantastic. Not only does it introduce Agent Washington, my favorite character in the entire series, it also gives us some info on Project Freelancer drama that will take another five full seasons to resolve. The Freelancer drama is an amazingly-written slow burn that they reveal just enough information about to keep the viewers interested, but never so much that it becomes predictable. This mini-series also introduces The Meta, the primary antagonist for the upcoming trilogy, in a way that makes it very threatening. Watch it right after season 5.

-Relocated (Mini-series): 7/10. Don’t have much to say about Relocated, because it bleeds so much into season 7 in my memory, but I remember that it’s funny. Watch it in between seasons 6 and 7.

-The Recollection (seasons 6-8): 8/10. What’s there to say? This arc is the platonic ideal of Red vs Blue. It’s got your everyday great comedy, but it starts throwing crazy story at you like nobody’s business. The twists in this arc, especially the one at the end of season 6 (RvB fans, you know what I’m talking about) are insane. Plus, this arc is the point when Monty Oum began working on animating some of the fight scenes, so starting now, the big fights are absolutely fantastic.

-The Project Freelancer Saga (seasons 9-10): 9/10. Season 10 is my favorite season in the entire series. Season 9 is less good, but it sets up some really important story. I really wasn’t a fan of everything that happened inside the Epsilon memory unit, but the Freelancer flashbacks were top-tier and all of season 10 was a hit. Plus, it introduces Agent Carolina, who is one of the most consistently-interesting characters in the series. 

-The Chorus Trilogy (seasons 11-13): 9/10. This shit is WILD. After the resolution of the Freelancer drama, I was kind of worried where the show would take Wash, Carolina, and Epsilon (some of my favorite characters). Turns out, I should not have been worried. Their characterization is absolutely fantastic throughout this trilogy, but that’s not to say that the reds and blues don’t get great stuff too. Our Blood Gulch crew, especially Tucker, gets great development. Seasons 12 and 13 in particular were great for Tucker, turning him from one of my least favorite characters to one of my favorites. He works perfectly as a foil for Felix and as a representation of the thoughts of the entire Blood Gulch crew at this point in the series. The only thing keeping this trilogy away from a 10/10 was season 11. It was just so slow! It takes until the very end of that season for the plot to kick in, and that was just too long to wait. Other than season 11, however, the pacing is damn near perfect throughout this arc. Finally, the end of season 13 got me super emotional but it was also so good. Probably the best ending they could have given to that character. I know a lot of fans aren’t happy with that ending, but I think it was the best decision to make for the future of the show itself.

-Anthology (season 14): 8/10. This season doesn’t follow the typical plot structure; instead, it is an anthology of smaller stories in the RvB universe. Most of them are really funny. My favorite ones are the story about Felix and Locus earlier in their lives and the story about The Triplets.

-The Shisno Trilogy (seasons 15-17): 8/10. This is a really tricky arc for me to rank, because seasons 15 and 17 are great, but season 16 is...well...probably the single worst in the entire series. It’s not funny, the plot is really not intriguing, and Donut (the character who is supposed to be more three-dimensional in this season) is more annoying than he’s ever been. The only redeeming parts of season 16 were Grif’s pizza quest and the fact that ProZD voices one of the characters. However, I gave this arc as a whole an 8 out of 10 because the other two seasons are great. Season 15 is just incredible, with villains that are original and make a lot of sense, great character development for people like Grif and Sarge, and excellent comedy poking fun at the characters themselves. And then season 17 is short but sweet, with a nice “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” plotline and some interesting twists, plus top-notch Wash characterization. My only complaints about these two seasons are the fact that Carolina never apologizes for her (frankly kind of evil) actions that are brought up in season 15, and that I really don’t like Genkins as the primary antagonist of season 17 at all. He’s kind of just a less interesting version of O’Malley.

Thanks for reading all of my ramblings (or just skipping to the end). All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed Red vs Blue. No I will not be watching RvB Zero. If you want to know, my favorite characters are Wash, Simmons, and York. My favorite part in the series was The Reds and Blues v The Meta at the end of season 8, and the saddest part was the end of season 13. My favorite running joke was “The worst ___ ever. Of all time,” but an honorable mention goes to “I ran track in high school.” Fuck you, Chairman, you’re evil and your face looks weird. 

[radioactive-mouse]

oooh church for character opinion? alpha or epsilon

(dark blue is for alpha, light blue is for epsilon)

AUGH i love them i rlly do. im not quite as absolutely deranged about church as i am about some other rvb characters but god he’s so interesting it’s hard to not be at least a Little insane about him. also to clarify abt saying alpha is a terrible person i mean he’s a little asshole and i love this about him <3 and with saying they’re better as part of a dynamic that’s like. more of a personal thing than anything, in the show proper theyre very much able to stand on their own and are incredibly interesting in their own right im just. a little insane about epsilon and wash + alpha and tucker respectively

[calliecat93]

RvB17 Episode 1 Review: A Sitch in Time

Anyone else getting Kim Possible flashbacks from that title? Just me? Meh, that’s expected. Anyways! Intro!

Red vs Blue Season 17... holy Hell, Season 17. How many shows make it this far guys? Not many. Even though I've only been watching for two years now, seeing how far the show has come... it's crazy. Yet it's been such a fun ride and I am not ready for it to end anytime soon. So, after a long wait and one Hell of a cliffhanger to end S16 on, we are finally here my friends. S16 had... many reactions. But I can safely say that I loved every single moment of it. Yes even Gus as a cyclops, I loved it (eventually). So with that, and a change in staff structure with Jason Weight writing solo and Josh Ornelas and Austin Clark directing, can S17 hit the mark for fans? Well, after eight months of waiting, it's time to find out.

Overview

So to briefly recap, all of time has been broken and our boys have been sent back to the beginning of the series. Which is where we begin as we cut to what would be Season 1 Episode 3 when Donut first arrived at the canyon, only they are now using Halo 1 (I assume the PC version) instead of Halo 2 Anniversary. We start going through the beats of the episode with Grif and Simmons pointing out Donut's Red Armor... but Grif stops due to the deja vu hitting him again, and same with Simmons. The Blues are not much better, with Tucker confused at how “Church” knows Caboose's name when Caboose never said it. “Church” walks off... revealing the truth: it is Genkins possessing Church.

Genkins arrives at Chrovos' domain, where he finds the gears broken, Donut knocked out, and both the Time Gun and The Hammer discarded. Genkins promptly tosses away The Hammer before facing Chrovos, who is in a Monitor body as the Cosmic Powers are. So... Chrovos is an AI then? So due to complications (aka Donut), the plan did not quite go as intended. So Chrovos is having Genkins go through time to fix that problem. The problem? We'll go into it soon enough. For now, Genkins points out how it's hard to make out Chrovos' actions when they’re an orb and after going through a few changes, they settle on a female body that looks similar to Kalirama's model, but all black. They are also now voiced by Lee Eddy, who previously played 479er and is the voice of Gwen in Camp Camp. Nice.

Donut wakes up, with Genkins promptly shooting at him. Since the firewall is still up, Donut isn't harmed but Genkins wanted to vent. He proceeds to compliment Donut on fulfilling his role, even calling him a fellow relative, before leaving through a portal to continue with his shenanigans. It is at this point that Donut sees that Chrovos is freed, and they make it clear that Donut will pay for his actions by his friends suffering. Donut points out that there's no reason as they are now free... but when he steps forward, a barrier comes over the Time God. As it turns out, while Donut couldn't fully prevent Chrovos form escaping, he DID still manage to increase the prison enough to keep them contained. That's our boy!

Unfortunately, Chrovos's new plan is already in motion. Along the barrier is a large crack. Donut finds out that the guys saved Wash, but due to it they caused the paradox and now time is cracking apart. Which if you recall, paradoxes are exactly what Chrovos needs to break the prison fully. You see, the Reds and Blues history together was the back-swing to The Hammer's blow, and is now in a type of buffer period where new timelines are being formed, paradoxes following. This is why they have Genkins going through time, to create the paradoxes as he promptly does by stopping Sheila in Season 1 without Church getting killed. Genkins can also possess any type of AI figure in these timelines, hence why he is able to pose as Church.

Already cracks are forming along the singularity that represents the solid timeline. One has Tucker step up as a leader much earlier, only to die as a result. Another has Caboose on Red Team. More cracks are forming, and soon enough will form to break Chrovos free. So why are they telling Donut all of this? Because they know that he'll try to stop it and even encourages him to do so. He can possess his own incarnations in these timelines, but by doing so and by trying to bring his friends to their senses, he'll cause even more paradoxes and therefore make the job all the easier. Even after hearing this, Donut refuses to let the Time God screw with his friends like this. He goes into the portal, Chrovos wishing him luck, and our intro credits play with Donut being flung through time.

My friends, Red vs Blue: Singularity has begun.

Review

Hmm... there's a word that I want to use to describe my feelings. I apologize as it is a short word, but one that properly conveys my current emotional state. So... here it goes:

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!

HOLY SHIT YOU GUYS! I LOVED IT! I LOVED IT SO MUCH!

Okay, okay. So honestly there's not too much to digest. Which is honestly fine. This is the first episode and after last year, they really need to explain things so that we would know what we're in for. It's an exposition episode, but a good one. The episode wastes no time at all. We see the guys current situation, find out what happened at the end of S16, establish what the focus of the season will be, and get the ball rolling at the end. It goes from one beat to the next, but without feeling rushed or boring. It was all very welcome information and had the weight of S16's finale to help carry it. We were already invested, so no need to hold back.

This also gives what's probably our first solid viewing of Chrovos. And let me say... I love them. I mean I hate them, as well as Genkins, for reasons but you can TELL that they are relishing their roles. Chrovos comes across as a serious, but quirky individual. Impatient, but also calm and very much in control. They have the intimidating present, but like with the Cosmic Powers they have these comedic traits that make them more entertaining and fun to watch. Same with Genkins, who continues to be a delight. I may hate the bastard for 'killing Huggins' (STILL IN DENIAL) but man he is just SO MUCH FN. His line about Tucker's heterosexuality was by far the best line in the episode. Nd the fact that he can possess any AI figures in the past, like Church? Yeah... that is both genius and terrifying. Helps that Ricco Fajardo and Lee Eddy are clearly having so much fun in these roles XD

So... timelines... holy Hell. I think we all kind of expected alternate timelines, but IDT that ANY of us predicted this. The Reds and Blues are reliving their past as Genkins changes thing up from the main timeline, or the Singularity as it were. Which leaves us with a buffer period as the chain of paradoxes keeps shattering the already weakened timeline. And all of it makes sense. The Reds and Blues history was used as the backswing and they were the ones who caused the paradox so it makes sense that this would be used to further shatter the prison. It explains why we got the paradox explanation last season as now all of the scenarios (Closed Loop, Multiverse, Stable Timeline) are all in effect. Since Donut was in Chrovos' domain, he wasn't affected and is the only one who has a chance in fixing all of this. It all lines up and promises us a lot of insanity, hilarity, and pain.

Speaking of Donut... oh Lord Donut. This is very much going to be his season. He was so great in this episode too. He's still a dimwit, but he's still fun and understands that shit is going down. It's really nice to see him get frustrated about time travel cause honestly? It DOES suck. But yeah he talks back against Chrovos, is still funny and gullible, and he is more than ready to do whatever he can to save his friends. Yeah, he understands the consequences, but screw it. He cares about his friends and he isn't going to let Chrovos get away with making them suffer to get free. He doesn't hesitate at all when Chrovos brings the option of going through the portal up. Is he going to succeed? Well... he's not going to have an easy time going about it, that's for sure. He's probably gonna go through a LOT of Hell. But hey, I'm rooting for him! Two years ago, when I first got into RvB, I would have NEVER said that I am all for Protagonist Donut. But damn it all, I AM ALL FOR IT!!! Also, Dan Godwin (who absolutely killed it in this episode) got top billing. Bless.

The direction of this episode was really well done. The effects are all super good. I mean just watch the credits sequence. The bluish-red mist, the character's appearing when their VA's name appears, Donut bein sent through the portal, it all looks amazing. The machinima was also really good and honestly, using the old Halo's is a MUCH better option than using Halo 2 Anniversary. It connects us more to those events since we recognize the settings and models much better in the past engines. Might also explain why we're only getting 12 episodes because going back and forth between engines had to have been pure murder on the machinimators. The camera work was also excellent, like Donut's first-person perspective when he wakes up. No real animation outside the credits, but honestly the effects were more than enough to keep things interesting. Very solid job by the RvB team.

Alright, we have our beginning... so what's gonna happen now? Honestly, it's hard to tell. We're probably going to spend the first half going through some notable RvB moments, exploring the new timelines, and Donut hopefully managing to get a few of the guys back to their senses. Honestly? There are a LOT of possibilities for how this season can go down. Moments to revisit, old characters to see again, SO MANY POSSIBILITIES. IDK where Jason is going to lead us, but I can safely say that I'm invested.

Final Thoughts

This was a solid start to the season! It wastes no time in getting us into the swing of things but still takes time to inform us of all we need to know and let the characters be characters. As I said, I already love Chrovos far more than I did last season. It perfectly sets up our main plot, and all that's left to do now is see where it leads us. 11 episodes to go people. Let's make them count.

[vonlipvig]

"Tucker, you can't keep stopping on 69." "No, this time my legs gave out!" / "All of our power is being used to download a picture on Basebook?!" "It is a /very/ high quality picture." "HOW DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE?!" / "That's because he's insane." "I am Not." "HOLY SHIT, HE'S BILINGUAL. PLEASE DON'T KILL ME" / "Why weren't you on Comms?" "That... is entirely his fault." / and for sad ones; "I forget you. I'm letting you go." / "See you on the other side, Church." "Not this time, buddy."

BROOOO if i had bigger letter's, i'd absolutely put "MIERDA, QUE ES BILINGÜE" on there because that gets me every time gkfkfk

rvb is a treasure trove of quotes

[jade-kyo]

RvB 20th rewatch: s9

This isn’t one of my favorite seasons but alas I still have a good time with it

Church dramatically monologuing to himself and restarting when he gets interrupted is so real bro just like me fr

NORTH AND SOUTH!!!!!

Honestly I know this is quite literally the point but the leaderboard is INSANE like you’re fighting a war and trying to come up with any means to win and you take your god damn super soldiers and make them fight each other for approval. Absolutely DERANGED.

CAROLINA!!!!! MY BABYGIRL!!!!

Also love how she’s introduced as camouflaged and in black armor to parallel Tex

“Sorry about the mess fellas” I LOVE HER I LOVER HER I LOVE HER SO FUCKING MUCH SHES SO SILLY LET HER BE SILLY!!!!!

Man the game has these little flashy lights on the armor and once you notice it it’s so distracting lol

NORTH YOU BADASS!!!!!!! AND THE FACE REVEAL ALSHKAHSKDHKSJSK

G o d this music is so good

GOD THE LEADERBOARD IS DERANGED

Man Carolina cares about her team- she immediately offers to talk to South…

So the freelancers are just the reverse of the reds and blues. They start out as allies and friends and slowly become enemies and backstab each other all in the name of becoming the best

Meanwhile the reds and blues start out as enemies and try to kill each other regularly and end up coming together over time both because they genuinely come to care about each and because they’re losers who need each other to survive cause they’re not capable of doing so on their own

CT!!!!!!

CT really was the only one smart enough to see through the leaderboard bullshit

OMG TUCKER TEACHING ABOUT GIRLS AKHSKAJS THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE BITS IN THE SHOW ITS SO FUNNY

I think Caboose is the only person here that actually gets bitches

“I have been preparing for this role my whole life”

Feminist Caboose

“I think the working class should uprise against the rich people” Church you are a treasure

GOD THIS ENTIRE BIT HAS SO MANY GOOD MOMENTS

Wait…. Is Grif yellow?? It may just be the lighting or something but he looks really yellow this season… IS GRIF YELLOW BECAUSE CHURCH REMEMBERS HIM WRONG OMG AKSHKAHSKDJ

Tucker really the one to call out Church for constantly bringing Tex back and how absolutely wild that is

TEX!!!!!!! GOD SHES SO PERFECT AND HOT AND SEXY

Carolina cares so much I’m gonna vomit

I wonder what drunk Caboose would be like

Not even a minute and Chex already has the divorced vibes

The andersmith bit is also one of my favorites

AND THE COW BIT

Alpha…auogagahh

“Andersmith, I kept my promise… you have been avenged…” Caboose you are a treasure

Yorkalina you will always be famous to me

“Probably the sound of you being an idiot” // “oh yeah… dick biscuit” quoted line

JINKIES ITS SHARKFACE

“Shut up counselor” that was a very Church moment…

FALLIIIING TOWAAAARDS THE SKYYYYY

Wash is so silly

Tex is so fucking sexy

CAROLINA IS SO FREAKING PRETTY ALSHLAHSLSHKD

ANDY!!!!!

“Yeah I know how to lift jackass I’ve been carrying this entire team since I got here”

DELTA!!!!!

Agony

I am in agony

Chex my beloved

“I forget you”

Kill me

Church fr better than me I would not be able to let go of a hottie like Tex

CABOOSE IS GOD

I do wonder how if Church knew that it was a rescue and not the end of the world if he would’ve made a different decision

“You’ve given me everything, I would do anything for you” agony

CAROLINA AND CHURCH MY BELOVED

I enjoyed this season way more than I remember enjoying it in the past- but now onto season 10… god I love season 10

[jade-kyo]

RvB 20th rewatch: s7

I’ve got a killer headache right and instead of resting I’m watching more rvb… so if I seem even more deranged than usual at least I’ve got an excuse lol

“Right where I want you! Within face stabbing range” first heavily quoted line of the season

Simmons is such a little freak of a man. They should’ve made him worse.

Caboose being able to perfectly understand the ai and freelancer situation was the greatest character choice made for him honestly

I DEMAND COOKIES

“At least I don’t go around knocking on people’s non-doors promising them cookies and then not giving them cookies! IM LEAVING!!” This is another one of those lines that my brothers would always reference when I was a kid so I just grew up hearing it all the time

WASH!!!!

Seriously have we considered sargenut

Honestly this is kind of a red team season.. +Caboose of course

“I’ve always come out fine both physically and………….. mentally!” Possibly the most quoted line in the show I use this one so much

THEM DRIVING INTO THE OCEAN IS THE BEST BIT

SARGE PRAYING AKDHKAHSKDH

Caboose is also a cockroach

There’s such a good nuance to Sarges character that no one ever acknowledges

“Caboose would make a great dad” you know what I agree

Seriously tho this is such a red team season

TUCKER MY SON MY BELOVED

Listen I know it’s debated if Tucker ACTUALLY knew Church was an ai but my personal take on it is that he did not know but what he did know is that these fucks were absolutely dumb enough to believe he figured out that information long before it was revealed so he claims he knew church was an ai just to get a one up on everyone else

SIMMONSIZED

What is wrong with him

Epsilon… the little fucker, my beloved…

I think one of my favorite parts of this show is how they’ll drop the most insane lore about one of the characters and then just never elaborate on it. Anyway Simmons ate dogs.

“It’ll be a donut sandwich mmhmm” vocal stim acquired

Love how Tucker was asking for Church but the moment he actually comes back Tucker is just like “oh right this guy was a massive dick” he’s so done with him 😂

Green is Church’s favorite color! …. *remembers Carolinas eyes* I am in agony

BADASS TUCKER

He’s so cool

MY NAME IS LEONARD CHURCH AND YOU WILL FEAR MY LAZER FACE

VILLAIN WASH!!!!! He’s so hot

LOPEZ!!!!! DONUT!!!!!!!!!

It’s okay they’re cockroaches

“What in the hell makes you think I’m gonna ask for it” SUCH A GOOD LINE DELIVERY!!!! RAHHH MAKES ME FERAL

And now… season 8… oh I am gonna go fucking feral