#idk metaposting

[superbowlsunday]

i watched TNG "In Theory" for the first time and honestly i think they kind of missed the mark on the point of the episode. it felt as if the writers were trying to say "Data is incapable of having romantic feelings", but really what I got from it was "he's not really into Jenna D'Sora but felt like he had to take this opportunity anyway and theyre not compatible". he didnt really grow from this episode LOL. theyve SHOWN it's possible for him to feel these things it's just in his own way. need i remind you again of his Tasha Yar Posthumous Hologram

[arqdyke]

musings on davepetasprite ft @deathbycatgirl ...

[metastablephysicist]

i frequently dislike people for no good reason during the first few months that i know them. and eventually become friends with them and feel guilty for disliking them. of course the second part only happens when i'm forced to spend time with people regularly, which is not something i willingly do when i dislike someone. anyways this could be impacting my ability to make friends

[robitherat]

Okay okay so im looking at the original mh wiki right now, which has transcripts of all the info on Tim’s medical records, and I’ve discovered something.

The Pediatric Admissions Form lists Tim’s height at 107 cms (about 3 1/2 feet.) I looked it up, and that puts him at around 4-5 years old going off of averages.

If we’re to assume this is when Tim was admitted to the hospital, he was admitted at four to five years old. 

Idk, it just feels important to me. Like, that’s such a young age to go through such traumatic shit. Give this man a hug goddamnit

[clockworkcheetah]

i swear people want complex characters (and complex ships) (yknow with flaws and depths the whole shebang) but then they get weird cause they cant place them in a wholly good or wholly bad box

and then the character/ship tag gets filled with ‘character/ship is good’ posts or ‘character/ship is toxic’ posts

[patchworkspringlocks]

I’ve said it before that Dave is a people pleaser and covers everything with a smile and golden retriever energy which is very much an oversimplification of his overall psyche wrapped up in a few popular fandom characterization buzzwords that make for easy shorthand but It Is That Deep actually and I wanna talk about it + Patchwork and how he fits into his psyche as well which is all below the cut since I can’t ever be succinct when it comes to my ocs or fnaf lore

Dave had it burned into his brain by the tender age of 10 that he’s the one responsible for handling his mother’s moods and not letting anyone down with his own struggles (also comes with the territory of being born male and growing up in 60s america) lest he put anyone else in a bad mood and make things all about him when can’t he see that other people are struggling too? he learned quickly that his problems didn’t matter, his emotions didn’t matter to those around him, all they wanted from him was a smile and a joke to laugh at. I’m going to have to make another long in-depth post on Dave and Rachel’s entire relationship bc they are both my blorbos and I am so entirely normal about them but for the moment I’ll say that in his life she was the only person to really ever challenge this self-destructive notion and offer validation and love for him as a full, complete person in his own right. to everyone else, he was upbeat and lighthearted and easygoing and a guy you could chill with on a smoke break or head to a bar to wind down with after work. never fazed, never frustrated, never sad, never grieving, never angry

But Patchwork? he’s built on anger, powered by it even, the only thing he can do is lash out and out and out at the unfair world again and again and again and little else brings him as much satisfaction as when he’s hunting his targets down like a bloodhound who just got his quarry’s scent. he’s a force to be reckoned with as a 6’6 animatronic with teeth and claws and sharp, powerful metal springlocks twisted around the remains of what was once human flesh. you can’t ignore his presence, his moods, if you tried or just had an insanely large death wish. he’s the shadow archetype given form and unshackled from the dark recesses of Dave’s mind that he was forced down into his whole life. he’s a manifestation of Dave’s worst, most intimately-held fear, the kind of thing that can only reach out to others and rip them apart until he’s all that’s left, isolated and alone with no comfort to be found in anyone, a being that ultimately destroys anything it tries to hold close. and even so it’s still, after all, Dave inside that patchwork suit, who aides Michael after they’ve both been doomed by the Afton curse, who tries to fulfill his dying promise to “come home” and inadvertently likely ended up saving Rachel’s own life in the process, who at long last gets to help free at least five of the souls taken by his adversary’s hand too soon and bring them peace. Patchwork might act as Dave’s shadow, but inversely it’s Dave and his genuine kindness and care towards other people now hiding behind a soul marred by pain and despair. I am completely normal about him/them. btw. if you even care

And all of this doesn’t even touch on his later incarnations in the series

[corvuscorona]

"You Never Forget Your First Love."

The other day, a mutual (hi! you know who you are I think probably hello hi! thank you for the Posting Impetus!) said something that made me curious (for, like, the 80th time, actually; lol. I Have Thoughts) about something: what's the split on people who subscribe to the "Stranger of Paradise probably intended for us to believe that Jack & Sarah were in love" mindset, vs. not? In general, but ESPECIALLY around these parts.

I genuinely didn't read it that way myself (& I do NOT normally give media (general) this much credit, but the writing in this game is sublime; I had no choice but to fully engage Scholar Mode on it), + I think it's interesting that SPECIFICALLY any of my fellow tumblr people / AO3-heads / Gay People Online / etc. seem to have. (I expect nothing from people who haven't been basting themselves in the same online sub-subcultures as me for over a decade. They're allowed to write wrong things on wikis, and have done so already; it's whatever.)

I wanna metapost badly again, so let's go. Join me. No poll. If you have an opinion on this, I'm looking directly into your eyes and beckoning you towards your own keyboard + also the reblog button / comment section, like a weird ghost. What did you think when you first played the game?? What do you think right now? What are you about to think after you have read a bunch of my words. Tell Me. I Need To Know This.

Spoilers for, idk, everything? Today we will use everything we've got to talk about Princess Sarah.

1. As a Narrative Element

This game makes a point of referring to Sarah as things like "a symbol of hope and peace" as often as possible, & when it isn't doing that she's usually in the role of An Object Or Device Of Some Kind, anyway. She's important because she's capable of holding light and dark in balance & SOMEONE'S gotta hold onto this dark crystal for safekeeping, and also we're gonna need to upset that balance on purpose later. There's that conversation in the Wicked Arbor about whether the Strangers would "choose" her (as opposed to "treasure") as the "reward" for succeeding in their mission[1], & there's the one in the Sunken Shrine where Jed asks Jack what he thinks of her and Jack says that he doesn't care about her as a person[2] BUT that protecting her is mission-critical (lol), too.

Sarah's death is metaphorically charged. It's the point of no return: the dark crystal breaks, the balance of light & dark gets extremely ruined, & Literally All The Darkness In Cornelia converges in one place (Fool's Missive XXVII). That's the payoff for the "symbol of hope and peace" motif, and communicating this idea that "the metaphorical light of hope just For Real Died, Like Catastrophically Imploded, No Take-Backs" feels to me like it was the highest priority here. Second-highest goes to "Jack had way more humanity before, but he set it aside on purpose and is actively in the middle of losing the rest of it." "Sort of." "I'm not getting into what counts as humanity or doesn't because if I did we would be here forever."

Basically, I'm saying that the tidiest read on the situation is "Jack despairs because Sarah dying means in a very literary and final way that everything is ruined forever, which doesn't necessarily have anything to do with, like, Love (romantic)." I don't think the text of the game is particularly signaling that Love (romantic) is involved, and I think that if it meant to, it would be more obvious about it. You could bundle "an romance" into the "humanity" thing if you wanted to, but I'm not inclined to, based on some additional list items that you can read below this one.

[1] The fact that Neon ALSO says she feels bad for her for being thought of in this way only reinforces my conviction that the game is pointing at Sarah & yelling "REMEMBER THAT SHE IS MOSTLY A SYMBOL!", tbh. Who wants to go point out how freaky the mechanics of Being An Royalty are w/ me and the boys??

[2] I will give the Wiki WrongPosters this: I can totally see this as some kind of irony thing, given that he's still missing like a fucktillion of his memories when he says it. However! As mentioned above, I have other reasons not to read it as evidence that he was ever, like, romantically interested in her.

2. As a Sheltered Youth™

We don't have a TON of information to work with RE: Sarah as, like, a person, but here are a couple of hard facts to start with: she's 19 (per the data book, but she'd have to be somewhere in the 18-to-early-20's age range regardless or her whole deal wouldn't really make much sense, imo. She's a baby...!), and she's royalty. I think this ties into her utility as a walking metaphor, among other things; she's archetypically young, fresh, & idealistic. I'd call her naïve but the game obviously isn't interested in portraying it as a weakness, so positive words only; why not.

You could argue that people look to her as a symbol of hope because she hasn't directly experienced enough strife to exhibit hopelessness or fear in response to bad news in the abstract. I find it interesting that before Jack, like, knocks the wind out of her & tells Sophia to take her outside so she can see for herself how bad things have gotten at the end of the game, she says that her duty is to die with her people if she has to, & it doesn't even seem to occur to her that she could lead at least some of them away to safety...? When she changes her mind, she still talks about herself as a symbol before she ever uses the word "leader". She sees HERSELF in terms of symbols and metaphors, and takes action based on her designated role As One Of Those. Not very practical.

There's also the dialogue you can have with the queen the first time you're allowed to run around in the throne room at the beginning of the game, where she asks Jack to smile in front of her daughters (NOT just Mia; daughters, plural). Even if she only means "dude can you be polite please," the fact that this is The thing she has to say to Jack is telling. Is it going to upset your 19-year-old daughter to see that the Guy Whose Job It Is To Kill Monsters looks serious? Why do you think this? Does your 19-year-old daughter understand how serious the situation is, generally speaking? Do you not WANT her to for some reason? Boats don't work anymore unless a weird elf messes with them first. Not thinking very hard about the implications of this is something a sheltered person does.

Residual time loop un-memories aside, a young woman in this situation is so obviously going to have a huge crush on Jack Garland no matter what. He Is So Cool, first of all, & he's also Different from the adult men she gets to see on an everyday basis (family, guards, rando townspeople[3]...). It's not like the political social scene could POSSIBLY be thriving in this world, either; it all seems to be one kingdom we're dealing with and they're kind of busy with the external threat of being Under Fucking Attack By Monsters. Does she even get fun treats like "handsome visiting dignitaries" & what-have-you? The game doesn't present us with any potential options, here. Jack is mysterious, he has special-boy Warrior of Light status, his one job & apparent life's purpose is protecting the kingdom she loves, he's pretty nice to her (even in later cycles he at least goes out of his way to be polite!), & additionally, he's shredded. THIS makes sense to me.

There's a Q&A in the data book that has something to say about JACK as a symbol & what that has to do with this whole thing but we'll get there. We'll get there.

[3] Tangent: what's up with how Cornelia's entire adult male population appears to consist of aging queens. Why did they only make models that look Like That for the NPCs? It's awesome but I have 1 quastion

3. JACK JUMPSCARE !

I'm not about to say that he's just humoring her, or anything, but please humor ME for one second & put yourself in Jack's shoes. Not the default shoes; we can have more fun than that. Maybe the Banded Boots. Blurple ones? Shaped like a cartoon would wear them? Big spikes on the back for no reason? I love those things. Anyway, you're Jack. You're working for literally the king, & the work means Everything to you for reasons you can't even necessarily explain except to say that it JUST does. The king's eldest daughter (very young adult; Never Been Outdoors; a little overly-sociable but nice enough & what do you expect from a princess, anyway) has imprinted on you like a duckling for whatever reason. You would be nice to this person, yes? You'd be patient with her while you're in town. You have Brutal Murders to be doing, but not until, like, 2 days from now, or whatever; you're sharing space with her in some capacity in the meantime & it's in your best interests to keep her happy. (You probably even enjoy doing this, if you're Jack of a Way Earlier Cycle; I'm in no way ruling that out. Sharing your music collection with an enthusiastic Baby Adult? That's fun. I think he was probably having fun. Okay, you can step out of the fun purple shoes if you want; the Humoring Me Minute has concluded; thanks.)

Also, @2000sanimeop and I think that if Jack felt that way about her Astos would have been a little More Something about how much it was gonna suck for him when she died. In Fool's Missive XXVII he uses the word "painful," but that's about it. He doesn't even bring it up in XXV, which is the one where he says he's curious about whether she'd survive being turned into a fiend (side note: Astos fucking rocks. Why did he write that down?? I love him). & Hey SPEAKING OF ASTOS,

4. I wouldn't put Jackstos on a wiki, either.

The writing in Stranger of Paradise, SERIOUSLY, WITHOUT EXAGGERATION, is some of the best I've seen in literally anything ever. It suits not just its medium but also its sort of Place in History Relative to Other Video Games & the things it chose to DO with that medium & that niche INSANELY well. It is CUSTOMIZED. It's SO INTENTIONAL. I can't get too far into this or we'll be here all day, but the essence of what I want to say here is: there are relatively few facts presented to us by this game, compared to the implications we can go about drawing from those facts & other, external sources of context.

Sarah calls Jack her first love; that's a fact. No facts are presented to us that REALLY say much one way or the other[4] about what Jack thinks of this, himself; "fucktillion memories missing" Jack says he doesn't care, but he's missing a fucktillion of his memories, and DLC2 Jack has a set of dialogue options (hi Anne the Malboro I love you Anne the Malboro) that can point either way depending on what the player chooses, which is kind of nothing, on balance. As the audience, we can (should!) draw whatever conclusion we want about it, but none of those conclusions are text.

[4] I WILL GET TO THE DATA BOOK IN ONE SECOND. HOLD ON.

And, okay, please let me level with you. Let's be on the same page. Jack & Astos had some kind of thing going on, imo, OBVIOUSLY, but I want to be CLEAR and I want to get CREDIT for the things I'M bringing to the table to help generate this conviction. I drew that conclusion & I read that reading based on subtext, context, personal history, personal preference, & sheer gay zest for life. It is also, emphatically, NOT TEXT.

Astos refers to Jack with the ol' "...friend" in Fool's Missive XXI. He calls him "my Jack" in Fool's Missive XXXI. Canonically, textually, he has some big fucking COMPLICATED fucking feelings about this man. These are facts. If you're playing this game as Some Guy, I can see how you could potentially absorb these facts & still pay them much less regard[5] than I did & continue to. My argument here is that god I wish I lived in a world where Some Guy could extend the same courtesy to me and not treat Sarah's textual affection for Jack as something that necessarily indicates Some Kind Of Reciprocal Romantic Whatever, Definitely, Obviously, Of Course.

[5] Longer Tangent: I have been informed that the Some Guys of the world are currently pretty good at Recognizing a character that behaves in a way that's Pretty Gay, but tend to stop there, possibly for the combined reasons that A. they're not very familiar with a lot of the the ways gay relationships often work (you know, soul resonance. mutual recognition. sharing a brain etc.) and B. the Object Of Affection is usually the player character and they subconsciously shy away from thinking of a Guy They're Supposed To Identify With as gay. This is practically a lead-in to an entire separate post I could make, so I'll leave it at that, lol.

The writing is too good for that kind of assumption! I'M SERIOUS!! It's mind-blowingly subtle & endlessly fascinating to hold up to the light & view from every possible angle, and "Jack & Sarah were in love" + "Jack & Astos were in love" are BOTH ANGLES. I'm personally very very interested in giving the text credit for that. I think it's impressive. I think it's really, really cool, and I think it was on purpose. Speaking of which,

5. Word of God agrees with me, btw

This is from the Q&A section on page 156 of the Confidential File. The translations below are my own (I think they're straightforward enough, but lmk if you know more than me & I'm actually being stupid in there somewhere. Alt text has the JPN, if you want to copypaste it or something). Someone asked:

Why is it that you established Garland as someone Sarah has a romantic interest in?

The answer is from Daisuke Inoue (director, one of 3; the other 2 are from Team Ninja; he's from Square Enix):

That was because, from a narrative standpoint, we wanted Sarah to be the kind of person who holds onto hope. You can imagine that she saw the "hope" to save the world in Jack, a potential Warrior of Light. Sarah is seen by her people as a symbol of a bright future, but if there were nobody to give her hope, that might destabilize her emotionally. As for whether she felt genuine love for Jack, or just mistook her feelings of admiration towards him for "first love," we'll leave that to your interpretation.

The first time I read this, I thought the question was implying the aforementioned Reciprocal Something, but on closer inspection that doesn't even seem to be true! "思い人" seems to indicate a directional relationship; as in, the question assumes that Jack is an object of affection to Sarah, but assumes nothing about what Jack thinks.

Also, the answer uses the word "初恋" (hatsukoi), which is a very established Concept as far as "first love" goes, but in that one cutscene, Sarah says "初めての恋" (hajimete no koi), which is. Different, but I couldn't tell you how, lol. It's Not The Exact Same Phrase, but I'm not sure whether it's meaningfully different in this context. If I had to guess, I'd say that IF ANYTHING it could be a way of saying "first love" without invoking the cultural CONSTRUCT of First Love (as much)? But it's whatever. The localization holds up. All sources show that Sarah had Feelings about Jack, and all sources CONSPICUOUSLY neglect to mention Jack's feelings about her.

It was on purpose. This is my license to be as annoying as I want for one second here. I am right. All the other writing in this game is notably subtle, efficient, intentional, and skilled, AND ALSO, WHEN do you ever see anyone write such a richly beautiful, mostly-subtextual relationship between two men, which can easily be read as a romantic thing, and NOT explicitly canonize a very possible romantic relationship between at least one of those men and a woman, like not even in an interview or anything. What the fuck, man.

I'm putting away the Respectable Scholar Hat now. This is so funny. The person asking this question didn't EVEN go as far as assuming Jack & Sarah had any kind of Actual Romance going on, & the answer STILL dials it back to "she might have been conflating her feelings about Jack AS A SYMBOL with actual affection, also. We'll let you decide : ) ". This game is everything ever.

[purgemarchlockdown]

Hhhh- the cough is actually getting to me- Okay Im going to list some stuff I Desperately want to talk about but dont feel well enough to do so in my usual metaposting- if you wanna here more elaboration please send an ask. I like to write to feel better but unfortunately my energy is Not doing Great so the incentive would be nice.

-0506 parallels (specifically relating to the ways they project emotions and ideals onto the people around them, because really Shidou's Ideal Marriage and Mahiru's Ideal Relationship are just two sides of the same coin.) -0304 parallels (Specifically relating to how their T2 MVs mirrors the other's T1 MVs and the roles they play in their story)

-The way Amane is haunted by Herself and how she holds onto life with the strength of a thousand suns

-0708 parallels (specifically relating to the themes of normalcy and deception to keep yourself safe)

-The John-Mikoto internal savior/victim dynamic because I DIDNT GET TO PUT IT INTO THE SAVIOR VICTIM POST AND IM VERY SAD ABOUT THAT (Thank you Rose btw for validating my opinion that this is Yaoi Utenanthy)

-Some More Exploration of Mahiru's idealized view of relationships and love (Because Man do I love her and MAN is her view of love rigid and strict. I am only a Worst Girls Enjoyer)

-Some more thoughts about Amane's position in the Savior-Victim dynamic both as a participant and as someone who is opposed- Idk how to explain it other than "Amane's interaction with the dynamic is in how she interacts with it both as a savior and a victim and A SECRET THIRD OPTION"

-This is a new one but at this rate Im willing to believe milgram is secretly a metanarrative about narratives so go ask me about that

-Actually- rescind my above statement- please send an ask about anything you think is cool about Milgram and I'll write something up- I want to distract myself from Being Sick.

[fitzrove]

💙 - what inspires you to finish writing a fanfic, and what makes you quit writing one at any stage in the process?

🤎 - how did you decide to write (or why are you writing) a certain fanfic?

💙 -

Usually what inspires me to finish is what inspires me to start - ie. I am the chosen one, if I don't write this who will 😂😌 I've learned my lesson though and will never post unfinished multichapter fic again... It's way too much pressure if I lose steam with the idea + the expectation of future delayed gratification is also a good motivator for finishing fic, like, you have to finish it to be able to publish it and get attention 😌 (I largely don't write fic for myself, I write stuff I would want to read in the hopes that it will be found by people it resonates with and that I can talk to them about it!! It really is just the more artistic version of metaposting, I want to communicate an idea and to prove it I need to write it.)

Things that make me quit: if there's no interest (ie. started plotting while talking to a friend but we lost interest in the idea and idk how to continue, or I think that absolutely nobody will care to read it), if the writing process drags on and I myself lose interest or faith in the idea, if I feel like it's not going anywhere/the idea isn't strong enough to carry even a short story with some kind of a plot or arc. That's the most common ones :'D

🤎 -

Flights of Angels - my longest todolf fic - was actually born from my dissatisfaction with existing todesengel fics and specifically todesengel rudolf fics 🙈 It was also an attempt to do my personal "definitive" version of Tod as an independent entity. I usually/almost always prefer to think of him as a metaphor or a manifestation of depression or suicidal ideation because it's the most fun and interesting interpretation psychologically, but since it's so common to characterise him as a supernatural entity of some kind, I wanted to do a version of that that made sense to me. Like, if it must be, it should be like this. It's also because I wanted to write character development for two characters, a longfic with a plot, and to kinda philosophically look at death and/or immortality a bit ajdjdk. Also with one chapter I literally wanted to push the rudolf x lucheni agenda while also tying to the other themes of course xD. Also I wanted to write at length about máté tod and think of a backstory for him, like he's crazy what is his deal jakskd 😂 I think I did pretty well on those fronts! >:]

So yess a lot of the time the way I get fic ideas is that I feel like it should exist, because I have a thought about the show that I want to communicate to people, or I notice something in it that I want to flip or expand upon. To me personally, fic that doesn't have anything relevant to say about the source material isn't really worth it in the long run, because then it could just be original fiction. People read fanfic to feel emotionally fulfilled and usually they gravitate towards a specific character or fandom because something in the canonical starting point appeals to them! So expanding on that, or commenting on or subverting ideas presented there, feels important and is interesting to me

[alovelyburn]

It’s honestly extraordinarily difficult for me to think of stories I could write from Griffith’s POV. Which is kind of annoying because I would love to kinda dig into his motivations and his head in a non-lecture form. Sometimes I think of things that could work as a revolving POV (like Recoil & Grace for example), but 90% of the time when I have an idea I’m like, well that could only be Guts’ POV. And sometimes I try to think of ways to revolve the POV but it’s not always feasible without wrecking it.

And... that’s interesting. I don’t know if it’s protagonist bias (maybe? although I’ve written plenty of stories from non-protagonist povs in other fandoms) or what. It’s not that I have a hard time writing his POV in and of itself - it’s actually easier for me than Guts, because Guts’ language is at odds with my pretentious ass writing style and because I’ve written Griffith POV a lot - like I’d say 90% of the Berserk fandom stuff I’ve written is Griffith-POV it’s just not fan fiction. And that’s not even getting into the constant posting/analysis of him in discussions, metaposts and rants. 

SO. IDK.

Also, Guts is actually my favorite character (...in fiction...) but I talk about Griffith so much because he’s so maligned. 

This happens to me in fandom a lot, because when it comes to discussions and meta, more than half of my motivation tends to be “oh my god, please can everyone stop being so fucking dumb,” like I’m not trying to be rude here, but that’s just what it is. When I originally got involved in Berserk fandom back in... 2012? My first major contribution was just screaming at the sociopathy claims because they’re just stupid and reflect a lack of understanding not just of Griffith as a character but of Antisocial Personality Disorder. That was also me in Batman fandom screaming about Talia al Ghul for years - she wasn’t even my favorite character, but yikes.

This is a totally pointless post JSYK.

[megabuild]

21, 25 for violenc 🔥

21. part of canon you think is overhyped

i have an actual tasty hater answer for this but it's super petty and probably wouldn't get much agreement LOL. maybe mumscarian/daffodils or whatever tf they were called? they're a fun trio and i like their stuff but i think a lot of people manage to make Everything about them. especially everything about ANGST when they're just funsilly guys. its fine because this is a common thing but it confuses me a little.

25. common fandom complaint that you're tired of hearing

hmm. there's been an uptick recently of people complaining that's Its Not That Serious and lorehead analysts are like secretly guilt tripping people into feeling bad about their mid takes or something. I don't know if this is a common complaint nor do I really care cause like I'll do my thing you do yours but.. genuinely metaposters and loreheads make this fandom go round idk how people can complain. and then they turn around and rb theminecraftbee or sarioh in the same breath like okayy so you do like meta. ok

[cyberdragoninfinity]

posting a backlog of silly meme images cuz i havent had time to try or metapost like a teacher rolling in the big TV to show videos for class. also sorry idk why the text is big i dont know what i clicked

[thesilentpotato]

had one major blog topic change around the first year of my blog and now 8 years later i wanna have a new topic but idk what it would be. bc rn the avatar fandom is kinda dead for me until they release new TV content & also im not seeing as many good meta/analysis posts as i used to.

i need to metapost about something & deepdive into the themes and significances as they affect the real world and societies. but....what.

[metastablephysicist]

what if i just quit and did some form of physical labor. i would be paid about the same as i am now as a grad student (or more!) and i wouldn't have to worry as much about My Career and finding employment. which is a large source of stress. i think i would be fairly happy as a custodian. i don't think i could bring harm to people by being a custodian.

[robitherat]

How do you feel about the theory/headcanon that Masky made the totheark YouTube channel and the season one videos himself but after the leg thing he gave the channel to hoody

I don't think I've heard of that one actually! While it's interesting, I don't think I'd personally believe it. In my head it worked like. The Unknown Member of tta probably started thr channel (whoever they may be hehe) and hoodie did a lot of the legwork on codes nd stuff like that. I think masky was probably more of the brawn than anything tbh. I really like @brain4heartz hc that masky is sort of a fuge state for Tim so he's not, like, good at fighting by any means, but he's easy for the others to manipulate into doing the dirty work as far as physically intimidating ppl. I think the only reason hoodie stepped in was because of the broken leg incident, bc not only was masky jeopardized but they were demasked which I feel would be a whole big thing yknow? Overall I def ascribe more to theories/ headcanons where masky/ Tim are being manipulated and used as a pawn more than manipulated. As much as I liked nightmind's theory videos, the idea of Tim knowing everything all along and being some kind of mastermind just doesn't feel as appealing to me. I mean, if it were true, I think the guys would've made it more apparent than they did.

Obviously as always I believe that everything is for fun above anything and if ppl have other thoughts abt that's super cool!! Like I said I def thinks it's an interesting idea to explore, it just doesn't line up with my interpretation of the characters nd story

[mudwingprince]

does anyone else just wanna ramble about things but have nothing to ramble about because either no one wants to hear your shit or you've already rambled about everything that you can ramble about to the people who will listen or is that just me?