If it doesn't make you too sad, I'd love to hear your thoughts about the Oldie Squad and their Jellicle Choice moments!
there's no real order to who gets Chosen when except for the mated pairs because i like feeling hurt 😌
Old Deuteronomy:
He spent the entire evening sitting on his tire, beaming with pride as Munkustrap led the Jellicles through the Ball, patting Tugger's paw as his youngest sat next to him, all of his grandkittens and great-grandkittens curled around him. There wasn't a dry eye in the tribe when it came time for him to leave, and Tugger and Munkustrap both escorted him back to the tire, squeezing their father's paws for the final time.
I do think that Old Deut knew that he would be the Choice, and therefore had time to say proper farewells prior to the Ball. And by the time he is Chosen, Old Deut is fully ready to go to the Layer. Munkustrap's taken over as Jellicle Leader, his grandkittens have all mated and had kittens of their own, and everyone's safe. He's done his duty, and is ready to be with his mate again.
Bustopher Jones:
Mistoffelees and Victoria sing his song, and none of the Jellicles comment when their voices break. They spend the evening on either side of their uncle father, and refuse to leave him. Bustopher's cheerful the entire night, until it gets to the moment he's Chosen, and it's the first time the Jellicles have seen him truly cry as he embraces each of his friends and family members.
I think, to have one last bit of fun, Bustopher gives his spoon to one of the kittens (most likely either Charon, Anthea, Thalia, or Zelda, since they're his great-grandkittens), and very seriously tells them to look after it, and they nod with wide eyes
Skimbleshanks:
Skimble's surrounded by his daughters the entire night. Etcetera's the most emotional out of his kids, because she's taken over as the Railway Cat, but now that he's officially leaving, it's hitting her even harder. She sings his song, and at the end, Skimbleshanks passes on his pocketwatch to her, and she hugs him as tightly as she possibly can.
It's always hard being the first of a mated pair to be Chosen, and Skimble's soft goodbye to Jennyanydots has the entire tribe in tears as the two mates embrace for the final time within the Junkyard.
Jennyanydots:
Electra and Etcetera joined the Gumbie Trio for Jenny's song as a surprise, and Jennyanydots nearly started crying as soon as she heard them. Another surprise was that Jenny's mice joined the tap dance, and it was the cutest moment, and Jenny kissed all their lil heads when the song was over.
Jenny let Munkustrap escort her to the tire, but before she stepped on, she turned around, blew a kiss back to her family, and as her voice cracked, she said "thank you, my dears". If anyone wasn't crying at that point, they all broke down.
Jellylorum:
Jelly being the first of her mates to be Chosen was something she was happy about. She knew it was a bit selfish, but Jelly would rather wait in the Heaviside for her mates rather than be left without a piece of her heart, she knew would be far too difficult for her, and she told Asparagus and Amunet such. They, of course, understand, and during the Ball, the three of them are absolutely inseparable.
At one point or another during the Ball, Tumblebrutus, Pouncival, Coricopat, and Tantomile all dance with Jellylorum. If that didn't make Jelly emotional enough, Alonzo pulled her into a sweet dance during one of the "breaks" of the Ball, and he hugged her close, and just thanked her for being the best mother he could ever ask for.
Asparagus Jr.:
Tumblebrutus and Tantomile are the most emotional of Rag's kids when it comes time for him to be Chosen. Rag loves all his kids equally, but Tumblebrutus and Tantomile always had such a strong connection to their dad, so they take him being Chosen the hardest. He just patted their paws and whispered little jokes to the two of them, Pouncival, and Coricopat during the Ball, smiling at their laughter.
Amunet knew he would be Chosen next, so she spent their final few weeks together regaling every happy memory they had together, and very sternly (as she tried not to cry) told him to give Jellylorum her love, and that she'd be seeing them as soon as she can. Asparagus just gathers her in his arms and kisses her as though they're young again, and when he leaves, Amunet is immediately surrounded by their children, clinging to their remaining parent.
Amunet:
I do think Amunet is the last of the oldie squad to be Chosen. And that makes it all the more bittersweet. She's helped every one of the magical cats of the tribe center themselves and control their magic, she's been a mother to nearly half the tribe, and grandmother to pretty much every single member of the new generation. So, for her final Ball, the magical cats come together and put on a performance, just for her. She's the last of her generation, so they make it huge and spectacular, with the kittens gathered around her as she smiles and laughs.
Everyone gets a hug from Amunet. She can't resist, but when it comes time to bid farewell to her sister and her children, that's when Amunet truly feels the whiplash of emotion. Cassandra squeezes her tightly, soaking in the feeling of her sister's embrace a final time. Coricopat and Tantomile burrow into their mother's shoulders like they did when they were kittens, and Pouncival and Tumblebrutus cling to her arms. It's enough to make Amunet laugh slightly as she peppers their faces with kisses, never mind that Tumblebrutus has two kittens of his own, or that Tantomile's newborn kitten is tucked away in her den, or that Coricopat's own litter is on it's way. They'll always be her babies, and she tells them that, just before she goes to the Layer.
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How the vampire agents deal with the deviations?
I saw the ask about how the vampires deviation and when they leave the timeline everything they do becomes like a memory (so I guess this establishes that there is no way to go back in time 5 minutes and fix what happened)
And Adam said that they track supernatural events and the effects in the human timeline. But that's all they do? like, how they deal with bigger deviations like a vampire killing some Emperor from a really important part of the human history
They try to withhold information from the humans? or they try to make amends of the situation?
It's been established more than once that vampires can't go to the same time twice. But Adam also said that if there is a big enough deviation, the timeline will just stop vampires from being able to travel there again, at all. So they literally don't know what happens in that space anymore.
The timeline might revert/heal from the damage, it might kill things off in that space, it might die in that space. No one knows. But the assumption is whatever is going on is bad, and the fear of what will happen if too much space is closed off is what the vampires are trying to mitigate.
All their rules are about minimizing as much damage as possible. What damage is being done is unknown!
They're trying to learn more about it (thus they track as much as possible) and they're trying to minimize potential future damage (by capturing or killing people who cause significant deviations)
But Adam is learning, of course, that these things can be better mitigated with help and instruction rather than punitive measures... Thus he's letting vampires go and lying to protect them.
It's messy and full of gray areas and unknowns
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