#max rambles

[maxe-murderer]

thoughts on the summoning choreo and the LiB's ages

aight so i watched the digital ticket last night and spent way too long analyzing the choreo for the summoning and a) want to ramble abt it cause its cool and b) wanna give my 2 cents for the Lords in Black ages theories (i don't think I've seen anyone mention this but im sure im not the first person to notice)

so the choreo for LiB do at the very beginning of the summoning is like a lot to take in all at once so i didn't take it in all at once and rewatched the same like 10 seconds over and over

so each of the LiB have their own little bit of choreo that's theirs, with Blinky and Nibbly's probably being the most obvious. But they all seem to do the same moves - with some little differences for a few of them - at completely different and seemingly random times. They do all start with "their" move. So breaking down each one, starting with:

Wiggly: The first move Wiggly does and the first one we see in the pro shot. Bent over at the hips, arms out to the side swinging in and out at the elbows. Reminiscent of his tentacles, yknow. One difference I can see with his choreo is he puts the majority of his weight on his right leg with the left out to the side and partially bent - he only does this the first time he does his move, and Tinky does similar but to a lesser extent.

Tinky: First thing he does, the bend down snap up repeat, arms back when down arms out in front when up. First time you see it in the pro shot is Nibbly doing it in the background behind Pokey (roughly 2:01:07). It doesn't make anything immediately jump to mind, other than like, goats fighting.

Nibbly: Since Nibbly has the lollypop prop it looks like licking the lollypop. For everyone else, it's just their right hand sorta sliding down in front of their face. The first time we see this is Wiggly doing it during the line "Wiggly wants his wrath".

Blinky: Bent at the hips, circle down and left to right and up. Blinky holds his hands in front of his to make that triangle/diamond over the one eye. Pokey holds his mask in front of his face for this, it looks like Wiggly does either the same hands as Blinky or basically the same but centered on his face, it's difficult to tell, Nibbly and Tinky just have their hands out in front of them.

Pokey: Swapping from facing right, right hand up in front of your face to facing left with the left hand up. Makes me think of Hamlet. Pokey looks at the mask while facing right and his hand when facing left. Everyone does the same with or without whatever prop they have. Tinky and Wiggly put their arms all the way up in a more of a presenting something type pose - Tinky's arms straight up and Wiggly's a bit bent. Nibbly does the move but faces forward instead of looking at his hands - he does this for every move, face is constantly directly toward the audience.

so I do wanna say first that while they do have all the same bits of choreography (just at different times) none of them do it exactly the same. There are small differences between all of them on the same moves (ex. Tinky: some people keep their head up when going down others have their face to the ground. Nibbly always keeping his face forward. Legs bent and feet flexed. Etc.)

Ok. So. The order that each of the LiB do each move is the same for all of them, but they each start at their own move and end on their own move.

The order goes: Wiggly, Tinky, Nibbly, Blinky, Pokey

Its a really fun way to keep the scene feeling cohesive but also super chaotic. It's pretty much impossible to notice a pattern if you aren't replaying the same part specifically looking for if there's a pattern.

As for their ages, I can't say that I actually have any strong opinions on the LiB's ages (I think any sort of hierarchy among each other they have is based on what I can best describe as their eldritch vibes) but this is fun to think about so like.

We all agree that Wiggly's the oldest so basically, the order Wiggly does the choreo as the ages of the LiB. And I think that when we look at it like this it has a sort of like, coming into being as the universe evolves to fill whatever cosmic need there is or smth like that. If you get what I'm getting at.

Wiggly's the oldest, he's clearly in charge and I think is also the most vague if we try to narrow down his "thing" if you know what i mean

Tinky would then be second oldest, I think it makes sense. He fucks with time itself, once you have a world you kind of need time for shit to happen in it

Nibbly next, middle child. He's hunger. As soon as you have life in the world that life will need to eat. And, he's the only one of the LiB who will consistently exist as a physical being outside of the Black and White (at least for a short while) and I think having the middle child be the one to have that sort of ability just sorta works

Blinky is the second youngest. His whole thing is sight. Not everything alive can see but a whole load of them can. Insert some sort of specific connection to the development of humanity. He's pretty satisfied with just having Watcher World seemingly. His brothers all have their domains and shticks already, so he'll just be happy in his corner torturing the shit out of whoever goes to Watcher World. No need to step on anyone's toes, y'know.

Pokey is the youngest and steps on everyone's toes. He both has a pretty nailed-down theme of control but is sorta, messy about it? his two main appearances have his existence in the physical world be directly connected to the meteor to the point of him getting kinda fucked over by it in Yellow Jacket. He's "The Singular Voice", he wants everything to be him, if it's not his voice he wants it dead. He's also the only one who we've seen get scolded by Wiggly. So like, the annoying and loud little brother.

anyway that's it. idk if you have any thoughts tell me. working boys budget breakdown soon to come

[bi-slut-buck]

Seeing Hannibal gaslighting Will times and times again helped me realize the pattern that my parents use when they gaslight me. Like it's so wild that a TV show about a toxic relationship helped me realize that i myself am going through a toxic relationship

[unholy-fabray]

this is me and my Glutuals (Glee mutuals), by the way. if you even care

[slashrabbitbunny]

Traditional thing from my insta story

[wholesome-cryptid]

googling birds at one in the morning for au brainstorming purposes (as you do) and noticed that specifically fancy pigeons are classified as dinosaurs while other types of pigeons/doves are just classified as birds and maybe i'm very tired but that's hilarious to me rn

[maxphilippa]

Basecase makes me so sad actually. You can tell that they love eachother very much. But their friendship with Nickel kept making things messy for them. BaseBall was angry at Suitcase because his best friend left the game thanks to her voting for Nickel. But even then he knows deep down that it is not her fault. He keeps on blaming himself for not being able to fix things. For not being a good friend for her. And he shows it. He regrets not being there for her. He regrets not being able to see her cries. He keeps on making excuses for someone who's no longer there. Their relationship is still healing, but you can tell that they just.

Genuinely need eachother.

[maxgicalgirl]

just a girl looking for her ibuprofen

[sunwarmed-ash]

idk maybe its just me

But everytime I see Dani and Max's interact in Hocus Pocus I also see Billy and Max.

[wholesomecryptidart]

You can give me thoughts or headcanons about Grimsley's design/appearance 🤲 pls ♥️... Or idk if you have any, but songs that remind you of him... I love making every song about the characters

OH BOY YOU OPENED THE FLOOD GATES- hi yes i am full of Grimsley thoughts so much-

Starting off with some headcannons about his design/appearance

-i am not immune to Grimsley with fangs its too fun to draw. my thoughts is that he has a genetic quirk that makes his canines slightly larger than the average person, this is the reason you'll occasionally see me draw characters i headcannon as related to Grimsley such as Giacomo or my fankid Bug with the fangs as well as they have this same genetic trait. The fangs may make him look like a vampire but he isn't actually one, although he likes to tell children he's secretly one.

-another little genetic trait i imagine for Grimsley is that he naturally has a fair bit of body hair (a detail i decided on when designing my oc Garry who is his twin brother. Grimsley is fairly insecure about this fact about himself though and is fairly persistent about shaving.

-painted nails and makeup, he absolutely deserves to serve whenever he can, i also like to draw him with earrings on top of that. Grimsley grew up in a rich family and likes to look the part even if his financial situation is a lot less stable these days due to his gambling.

-Grimsley is fairly tall, my personal height headcanon for him being around 6ft tall.

-constant dark circles under his eyes, he's a constant night owl staying up late either spending time at casinos or training his pokemon. my man desperately needs full nights sleep but he says the dark circles "add to his aesthetic.

-he feels most comfortable dressing in formal wear his wardrobe mostly consisting of gothic suits and vests and the like, (that man needs to dress like a vampire 24/7), although he does own a couple dresses because i will die on my bigender Grimsley hill. he has some dialogue on masters about how he primarily wears tight fitting clothing and that his kimono outfit is a change of pace for him so add that to the pile too.

as for songs... i have full playlist for songs that remind me of him.

the playlist is fully in chronological order because i'm kinda insane about him.

a handful of songs are related to OC stuff (Childish War being about his relationship with my oc Garry mentioned earlier and a couple of the songs being connected to my boyfriend @plushegutzz's OC Blaine who they ship with him and i do some cowriting for) but overall i'd say it's a really good playlist for my version of Grimsley and his lore.

apologies if you weren't expecting a full essay in response to this ask, but i have SO MANY Grimsley headcanons and this isn't even the tip of the iceberg (i will happily infodump more if people request it)

[ghostly-paws]

Genuinely upsetting that I don’t have fangs and a tail. I miss my fangs.

[maxe-murderer]

goddamn moral orel for having so many pun names im out here writing an essay for a university class having to write out bloberta so many times

i feel so silly

[bi-slut-buck]

My procrastinating ass : I'll watch the episodes when the 3 parts premier is out

My procrastinating ass : I'll watch the episodes when ep 100 is out

My procrastinating ass : I'll watch the episodes when-

[neocaridinas]

everybody make some noise for soaking up the dregs of your soup with a piece of bread

[unholy-fabray]

i have a somewhat controversial opinion about Miss Rachel Barbara Berry, but i'm nervous to even post it here lmfao

[slashrabbitbunny]

Guarantee I’ll forget I’ve posted this in the morning

[wholesome-cryptid]

using your own gay relationship as inspiration for writing your funny little gay ships is self care tbh. i don't care if it's self indulgent me and my boyfriend are very good inspiration for all of my favorite ships!! it adds some good personal flair to it all.