Okay sure but remember when Dipper was humming along with the music playing over the speakers? And when Dynamite proudly gave Dusty the little introductory spiel about the team’s history with the park? And when Cabbie and Dynamite poked fun at each other midair before the smokejumpers deployed? And when Maru proudly shouted to the world that he built the tower from the scraps he had available? And when Cabbie and Windlifter agreed to disliking CHoPs? And when Cabbie and Maru shared a short conversation about the state of a fire as the team touched the tarmac? And when Blade was more worried about Dusty’s safety than the fact that he had broken formation and played with chance? And when Maru and Windlifter scoffed at the cardboard cutout of the superintendent? And when Windlifter tried on the shades at the lodge and asked Maru how he looked? And when Blade gave Dusty a truly heartfelt speech, even with a forest fire rapidly closing in on them? And when Cabbie reassured Dusty that Blade would be alright, even though he was clearly just as concerned? And when Windlifter took a good hard look on the faces of the team and decided to go save what they could, ignoring the safety protocols and the concerning lack of retardant? And when Dipper did her best to guide Dusty through the heavy smoke, knowing fully well that he had never done so before? And when Windlifter trusted Dusty to get Harvey and Winnie safely out of Augerin Canyon by himself? And when Windlifter, for the second time that week, hauled the battered body of a team member of the team across the park? And when Dusty woke up to relieved, smiling faces? And when the entire team agreed to make the trip all the way over to Propwash for the corn festival and put on a show?
Yeah, I’m obsessed with how alive these guys are. Crying into my pillow
thinking about inej, who is actively dying, asking kaz for an apology. inej, whose native tongue leaves no room for triviality here. this isn’t “you were mean to me and you need to make nice,” it’s so much deeper.
this is “promise me you won’t treat me like a piece in your chess game again. promise me you won’t keep acting like i’m replaceable. promise me i’m not just another one of your investments.”
this is the first time we see inej holding kaz accountable, the first time we see her ask him to be more, to do better. this is the precursor to the “without armor” conversation. and i think it’s fitting that we never hear whether or not kaz did apologize. because at this point, i don’t think he’s ready to give inej what she’s really asking for here, and in a way, it’s best that she doesn’t hear him say the words. he’s not ready to mean them yet.
Chilchuck analysis speedrun: As a hardworking half-foot who grew up poor and discriminated against and had his gullibility taken advantage of multiple times in his early adventuring days, Chilchuck thinks optimism is a dangerous flaw. He’s stressed and strict all the time because his job is noticing details like traps that could get everyone killed before anyone knows it, he takes the lives of everyone to be on his shoulders, and with the way he speaks about it that probably partly reflects how he felt about taking it upon himself to provide for his family too. His life’s always been pretty centered around work and has become even moreso now that his wife left and everyone is independent, and due to past events he’s very iffy with bonding with coworkers. He thinks feelings and job are a disaster mix. Like with his wife or with parties hiring him as sacrifice, being open or having good faith is vulnerability which can get you hurt, so he processes and shows all his stress as anger instead of worry. Doing strict dieting probably isn’t helping the irritability what with hunger, and on top of being a hunger suppressant alcohol might be the main stress reliever he has.
See the thing is, you read HtN and like yeah, obviously lobotomizing yourself so a dead girl’s soul doesn’t get cannibalized is completely fucking wild and you probably have to love someone at least a little to do that, but Harrow has spent the whole book having tension with Ianthe and fervently claiming to be in love with the Body— and then you get to Act V and Harrow is literally weeping wailing feral about Gideon, constructing Prince!Gideon AUs (which, she doesn’t know about Gideon’s paternity!! She is simply drawing upon a (romantic!!!) genre trope!!!) and role reversal AUs and fucking coffee shop AUs about Gideon, and she’s refusing to go back to her own body, and Abigail and Magnus and Dulcie so obviously and completely believe that Harrow is in love with Gideon because they directly compare them to Abigail and Magnus, and she says she’s saving the last dance. Agh!!! Aggghhhhh!!!!!!
the saw the musical ass grab quite literally has become my thirteenth reason. Who the fuck wrote in the script “Lawrence fingers adam’s bullet wound then smacks it. He pulls him into a hug then Adam grabs his ass and moans.” Who the fuck did that. I will personally find you, don’t test me. I want an apology video with TEARS.
Hey guys can we starting turning more human characters into animals because it’s actually really creative and I love looking at drawings and being like “Oooo it’s a little dragon I love” and then it’s actually a character from my favorite fandom and then I’m like “Oh my god it’s a little person as a little dragon I love oh my god this is so cool”