#Ranb is literally right abt his worries and wrong abt his goodfaith interpretations of Tbbo most of the time and

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How about the take that Ranboo doesn't care about boreal boys/the syndicate and is just there out of fear?

OHHHHHHHHHHHH THIS ONE THIS ONE IS MY FAVORITE /S /MALICE /NEG

I actually have covered this one before but it's literally my arch nemesis so I'll go over it again just rq bullet list format

this take is borne of two things: 1. Misunderstanding emeralds (esp Techno) as "static" and 2. Misunderstanding c!Ranboo's concessions mechanism

Okay the first thing that has to be addressed is that this is not an out of nowhere take necessarily right yk antistrawman principle strongest ver etc. Like Ranboo HAS been intimidated into doing shit by Techno before and there's two points where that's most prevalent and relevant

1. The armor interaction. This is pretty unambiguous. However notable here also is that these terms are extremely clear and straightforward they are a bit arbitrary re time and such but Ranboo does not have to maneuver hidden threats the terms of the threat are extremely upfront. Now this is not necessarily smth that makes this interaction good but it is smth that is extremely clearly communicated. This is not a Complicated Eggshells Routine there is no veiling of when the other shoe drops it is extremely straightforward physical threat and navigating it is not convoluted. Again tbc this isn't good straight out but it IS a clear communication that does end up laying groundwork for later development

2. The actual Syndicate stream. This is the key thing here okay. I will try to keep this concise

RANBOO DID CANONICALLY COME ALONG BECAUSE HE WAS AFRAID THAT THE THREATENING NOTE TO TBBO WAS RELATED TO THE SYNDICATE, AND HE WANTED TO KEEP TUBBO SAFE. Ppl aren't strictly making this up they are taking off their blinders for a second to see Ranboo make his classic maneuver wherein he complies with a threatening force to try to get in on and influence it perhaps away from threatening him and his (to varying success). Ranboo IS being careful here and he IS ultimately complying in making this decision

HOWEVER important things here also include: 1. Technoblade, who is currently actively making an effort to check his behavior and mien to not be coercive, himself actively backs off from the dark alleyway bit when he realizes it might be/is genuinely intimidating. 2. Ranboo is confident enough to test the waters not once but twice in major ways pointing out explicitly the anti coercion clause (the scene . Means a lot to me) and also to say that he can advise because he knows how to not be violent (he never does bc the Syndicate doesn't do anything and also Ranboo is full of shit)

These don't necessarily change the fact that his ultimate decision is that maneuver I mention b4 BUT the thing is ppl constantly miss that Ranboo overtunes on this. He's careful and he's still not gotten proof they won't fuck Tbbo up which he actively doesn't want... so he does the thing that he does with EVERYTHING he does this with NLM the whole time he does this with Tubbo he does this with Wilbur he arguably did this with Tmmy and it can be inferred he's done this w/ Dream THIS IS A THING RANBOO DOES THIS IS HOW HE LIVES. AND IT'S NOT GOOD

WHICH IS WHY IT IS GOOD WHEN AT THE END OF THE STREAM WHEN THE SYNDICATE HASN'T FUCKED TUBBO UP AND HAS KEPT UP ITS WRITTEN MISSION RANBOO TALKS TO PHIL ABOUT HIS REMAINING APPREHENSION AND IS EXPLICITLY REASSURED THAT THIS IS NOT AN OBLIGATION OR EXPECTATION OF LOYALTY. AT THIS POINT RANBOO HAS HAD HIS CONCERNS ASSUAGED BOTH IRT TUBBO AND IRT THR SYNDICATE'S IDEOLOGY!!! THIS IS THE ARC OF THAT STREAM!!!!! THINGS CHANGE

MUCH LIKE HOW THE PEERPRESSURE ARC IS ABOUT . TJOSE THINGS CHANGING. Techno at Multiple Points explicitly works to tell AND show Ranboo that not only is Ranboo not genuinely obligated to him or Phil or the Syndicate or the commune but also that Ranboo's safety and agency is smth Techno Will Take Steps To Defend. Like .

AND WE ARE NOTTTTT FORGETTING PROMISEDUO. Ranboo has not at ALL expressed a significant fear of Philza because their first significant interaction was Phil getting him out of lava and they have remained amicable since!!! Phil minds his own business and respects Ranboo and Ranboo RESPONDS TO THIS!

THE FACT THTA RANBOO RESPONDS TO THIS IS SO FUCKING CRUCIAL RANBOO RESPONDS TO BOTH PHIL'S CONSISTENT AND TECHNO'S SELF-REFLECTIVELY IMPROVING TREATMENT OF HIM.

HE ACTIVELY CONFIDES IN EMERALDS!!!! HE LITERALLY ACTIVELY CONFIDES IN THEM!!!!! ON AT LEAST TWO EXTREMELY PLOT RELEVANT OCCASIONS!!!!! AND HAS SHOWN NO REGRET FOR THIS!!!!!!! HE DOES NOT FEEL COMPROMISED ABOUT IT!!!!! HE CONFIDED OF HIS OWN VOLITION AND THIS INFORMATION WAS NOT MISUSED HE TRUSTS THEM AND HE KNOWS THEY TRUST HIM AND I'M GONNA BLOW UP AND DIE EMERALDS LITERALLY REHABILITATING A FERAL CAT YOUR FAV COULD FUCKING NEVER

AGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH I WON'T STAND FOR THIS DISRESPECT. EVERY TIME RANBOO HAS BEEN WORRIED ABOUT EMERALDS THEY HAVE PROVEN THAT THEY R SAFE AND EVERY TIME HE HAS TRUSTED THEM THEY HAVE BEEN AT WORST INEFFECTUAL

AND THAT INEFFECTUALITY KILLS ME I AM GOING TO WEEP AND DIE

BUT NOT ONLY IS IT INEFFECTUALITY, NEVER THREAT, BUT ALSO THAT'S WHAT HE CALLS IT. HE NEVER CONSIDERS PHIL DANGEROUS OR VOLATILE AND HE ACTIVELY STOPS CONSIDERING TECHNO SUCH WHEN TECHNO MAKES AN EFFORT TO MEANINGFULLY NOT BE

NAME LITERALLY ANYONE WHO HAS A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM AND IF YOU SAY TUBBO I WILL LAUGH IN YOUR FACE I WILL DO IT SHOW ME ONE SCENE