#rambling about cotc

[ventusrocks]

(BoW Spoilers!)

Developing Thoughts about Tiziano and Oskha the Have-Not

I've been listening to this YouTube video my brother recently showed me this weekend while drawing that has all the character, dungeon, and battle themes for the masters and bestowers of fame, wealth, power, and all since they're not out on Apple Music yet. All these songs really are so good! Oskha the Have-Not is one of my favorites from the video, and listening to his themes a lot has me thinking more about him recently.

I've always had beef with Oskha. Tiziano has always been my favorite member of the original Bargello family (I'm not sure why; he just is), and I was heartbroken when he 'died' in MoW chapter 3. Ever since I learned he was playable in JP, I've been patiently and excitedly waiting for him to come out on GL. At the time, I kept seeing people talk about Tiziano funny when Oskha was mentioned, which confused and scared me. Tiziano was dead! My dumb brain thought that, maybe, Tiziano kept coming up because the two look so similar (I never got so far as to think why they looked similar)! Eventually, I relented and asked my brother, who isn't as far as I am in CotC but basically knows everything that happens, what was going on. Then it clicked that Tiziano was Oskha. I was absolutely devastated. First the game killed off one of my favorite characters, and then they made him secretly evil! Oskha only made it worse when I actually got to the reveal in the game and he kept talking how Tiziano was never real. I really felt for Pierro Della when he told Rosso, frustrated at his reluctance to kill Oskha if necessary, that Rosso didn't know Tiziano. To us, Tiziano was very real. When I fought Oskha, I loved it of course when the family helped me out in battle, and I was so sad and slightly teary-eyed when Oskha died in Bargello's arms and Bargello put him to rest in the pile of gold. I really love Tiziano, but listening to Oskha's themes has me appreciating him a little more than before. Having Oskha be someone that both I and the family knew made the stakes so much higher and the story that much more emotional for me. Sometimes, I try to head canon a way to keep Tiziano alive for my own indulgence, but then the struggle becomes imagining a Bestower of Wealth that is as deeply entwined with the family as Tiziano. It's hard. I don't really have the details sorted. It's odd to say, but Oskha may even be my favorite Bestower of Fame/Wealth/Power (whether he's my overall favorite master/bestower is hard to say because I love Sazantos more by the day, primarily due to his association with Rondo, my favorite CotC character). I appreciate Oskha a lot more now.

[kayenimate]

thank you Instagram for actually recommending something I like for once- here's a quick doodle of Nicole and Duane in their 2020 Halloween costumes (they slayed)

[raccoonnutella13]

the ice pop trio is a great example of how goddamn good the cotc writers are at making organic character interractions; there's a ton of characters from various "groups" (some if which you'd never even imagine having any sort of correlation), but they could put any 2 out of those hundreds of kids in a room together and be able to create a genuinely interesting conversation between them without making it forced/awkward

[viridiave]

too much work went into this. I'm sorry Octopath fandom.

So I couldn't sit still sometime around last month and wondered what the HELL darkness magic actually is, but it spiraled out into something completely. ugh

if i'm honest this is my excuse for putting down some very specific observations about the games and its magic system, including but not limited to:

distinctions between different types of magic

lore behind certain skills

the fucking remnants and revenants

@sly-s-n0nfusion thanks for starting me on this road this got blown way out of proportion

NSFW version of this paper under the cut. Read responsibly lmao

What the hell is Dark Magic_NSFW version - Google Docs

this is the original purpose of the doc tbh. imagine I actually fill in the application section

[jjnostredame]

Wait the stormclan thing just barely predates mapleshade ???? 😭 girl it makes NO SENSE to make it that modern to me... you're telling me no one passes down ANY oral history ever ???

[pinkarsonist0]

Polite reminder that if you're going to watch the leaked episodes to please for the love god TO TAG THEM. Or put your ramblings under a "Read more".

Please just put "cotc spoilers" in your posts about the episodes. There are people who wish to respect the crew by waiting. It truly isn't that hard.

[confusedhomicidalrage]

TW??: Mentions of cutting, Self-harm

Okay, so, this is kind of just for myself, but here's how I think the COTC characters would react to seeing someone close to them (you) harming themselves!

Isaac

Isaac would stare at you for a moment, probably in shock you would do this to yourself. I mean, why? And even then, he thought you would trust him with your issues. At first he may seem mad, but really, it's just to conceal the fact he's actually scared shitless he may be the reason for your self-harming. He would try to comfort you, although not being very good at it, and would most likely just bandage your cuts. He then prays to He who walks behind the rows to grant you good luck and give you happiness and motivation.

Malachai

Malachi wouldn't even try to hide his worry. He would slowly walk up to you, grab your wrists, and examine the cuts, trying to see how deep they are, how stretched out, all that. He would be frustrated, but not because of you, rather, because he wasn't there to prevent it. He would then, rather quickly as to stop any bleeding, bandage your cuts, applying some but not too much pressure. He would also try and get you to open up to him a bit, so he could attempt to comfort you.

Eli

The horror on this boy's face would speak volumes. He would panic, running up to you and asking you if you needed anything as he scrambled for bandages to try and patch you up. He's also extremely sad, why didn't you tell him you were struggling? Didn't you trust him? After reassuring him you were just scared, he would still be horrified, but would try to comfort you by cuddling with you. Oh, and he would definitely pray to he who walks behind the rows to make you feel better.

Joshua

He's a bit more calm. Despite being worried for your well-being, he would try to approach you gently and softly, careful not to make any sudden movements. While bandaging you, he would ask you questions like "why didn't you tell me?" "Do you wanna talk about it?" and "Is there anything I can do to make you feel better?" He doesn't want to see you on your own, struggling, so he would try his best to be helpful and provide you with a safe space to vent.

Micah

Very concerned. His eyes would keep glancing from your face, to the place you hurt yourself, and to the blade/whatever you used to cut yourself. With shaky breaths, he would slowly walk up to you and take the blade away, his hands trembling like a leaf in a tornado. He would stay still for a moment before wrapping you in a tight hug, sobbing and begging you not to harm yourself again, he doesn't want to see you hurt...He wants to see you happy. After some crying and lots of hugs, you would bandage your cuts together and then just continue snuggling and sobbing.

Abel

He would be confused at first. What are you doing? Why are you dragging that blade across your skin? You know that can harm you, right? However, after explaining what and why you were doing what you were doing, Abel would just...freeze. He would stare at you, wide eyed, almost seeming disturbed, before he would slowly slap the blade away. He would be angry and sad. Angry that you were hurting yourself, sad for the same reason. He would silently bandage you up, and then lay on your lap and let you pet him to calm down as you just vented out your feelings while crying.

Danny

Danny would act very sympathetic. Seeing as his relationship with his dad probably wasn't the best, he too, at some point, harmed himself, so he could understand your struggle, even if only a little. Having experience from bandaging himself, he would bandage your wounds slowly and cautiously while you could just vent and ramble to him, whatever would calm you down. Afterwards, the two of you would probably do some kind of fun activity to distract you, or just nap together, whatever passes time the fastest and whatever you want at the moment.

I don't know if this is accurate, but...I feel like it would be, but I could be incorrect

[loregoddess]

1, 16, and 22 for the choose violence ask game (whatever fandom you'd like!)

For the ask game here (which I'm linking bc I sort of buried it under a ton of reblogs as I caught up on stuff I'd missed while out of town).

1. the character everyone gets wrong So many, although a lot of that is just "my interpretation of this character seems to be vastly different than everyone else's." A few off the top of my head: Temenos, Ochette to some degree, Klavier (likewise to some extent Kristoph and AA4 Phoenix), Asougi, Rhea (likewise to some extent Edelgard, although to be fair her Houses writing is inconsistent, so that's partly on the writers), Cyril, actually a good portion of the 3H cast if I'm being honest, also Faye (again partly the writer's fault though), BotW/TotK Zelda (but more specifically Zelda's characterization in TotK), Jerrin (er, the wiki specifically). Lots of other characters that I have minor nitpicks over popular fanon things about, but these are the ones that currently make or have made me want to lowkey chew concrete when I see certain takes.

16. you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc) I'll be honest I'm sure the popularity is partly the baked-in fandom racism, but Link's Gerudo outfit from BotW isn't appealing to me in like, any way whatsoever. To begin with, the entire belly-dancer outfit aesthetic is an inherently racist design trope with a very long orientalist history, and like, it's not even that hard to do some shallow, cursory research into what people who live in the desert actually wear and why, so Nintendo as a company has no excuse to keep designing the Gerudo Like That, but the fans perpetuating it doesn't help either.

And like, I dunno, the entire side quest in BotW of "you need to pretend to be a girl to sneak into this space you're not allowed into (which is a related but different racist trope also stemming from orientalism), and also btw the outfit you wear is the same orientalist outfit this fictional people wear and you got it from some random person instead of like, one of the members of that group of people" doesn't really do it for me. Like, listen anything that can be said about racism, racist/orientalist tropes, and the Gerudo has already been said better and more coherently by fans of color, so I won't continue to beat the dead horse, but I never did get the appeal and popularity of Link's Gerudo outfit amongst some fans.

22. your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores All? of canon? Like, sometimes going back to the source material and actually analyzing it is useful for understanding the characters. And listen, I'm all for "the canon is stupid/bad/inconsistent/whatever, let's carve it up for the good parts, throw out the bad parts, and make up the rest as needed," but like, again, having a full understanding of the original canon is kinda required to do that effectively.

Okay, but more seriously, it depends mostly on which story we're talking about. Some rambles about a few different games I have soapboxes for (under the cut bc they are very much longass rambles).

For FE there are small details that get overlooked a lot that offer some really interesting insight into various characters, i.e. in almost every game from Awakening onwards, there's always a pattern to the characters who can wield or otherwise have access to dark magic, and it's always meaningful to their characterization/personal character arcs, but like I think I've seen exactly one analysis post talking about dark magic in Awakening, but none about any of the games since.

In the Octopath games (not including CotC, bc I feel like the new lore is wildly inconsistent with the original Orsterra canon, to the point where I kinda have to think of CotC as an entirely separate and non-canonical entity), there's a lot of really interesting minor details about the worldbuilding that get overlooked in favor of like, projecting irl ideas/issues onto and over what actually exists--specifically w/ the fantasy religion of Octopath, which like, still lacks significant worldbuilding in my opinion, but I so rarely come across any interesting and well-constructed fantasy religions that I'm willing to settle for what Octopath does offer bc it's still better than most fiction media.

But like both Orsterra and Solistia have enough worldbuilding and lore for their respective variations of the Sacred Flame religion(s) that they can stand as their own unique thing, but a lot of fans tend to reduce them down to "haha, fantasy Catholicism/Christianity" which like, they aren't? Christian-coded?? and esp. not Catholic-coded??? I have the same issue to an even greater degree w/ 3H's Church of Seiros but the worldbuilding in those games pales in comparison to Octopath, so I end up more irked bc it's like, the canon source material actually does have some rules and lore set in place for Orsterran/Solisitian religion, and it's so much more interesting to me to explore the endless and unique possibilities a fantasy religion offers in a narrative context, rather than just trying to shoehorn in a "well, it's just fantasy Christianity" reading, which is so limiting, and also not even present in the canon. And like, I dunno, fantasy religion, esp. in media I enjoy, is slowly becoming my white whale bc I think it could be so interesting as an explorative narrative device, but fans are so reductive about the topic that it makes me want to take a nail grinder to a chalkboard.

Also, uh, this is already long bc of my tangent, but like, another canon thing that gets ignored a lot is--okay it's not even my favorite thing, I'm wildly neutral on this facet of TotK's writing--but like, Sonia's time magic is very clearly explained in that one memory cutscene. In fact it's one of the only times magic actually gets an explanation in any LoZ game, so while I get why a lot of fanon wants post-TotK Zelda to still be dragon-y, like, the rules for how Sonia's magic works was pretty damn clear, she can return things to the "way they used to be" and this is why both Zelda's entire body and Link's arm end up back to normal at the end of TotK. As a result, I think it would be so much more interesting to explore a post-canon Zelda and Link who, instead of being dragon-y and missing an arm (both very valid, but again, there actually is clear canon rules for why they were both restored), like, I think it would be interesting if Zelda, having been returned to her state before becoming a dragon, struggled with memory issues, or at least the lingering, haunting fear and anxiety that she won't be able to remember things, bc a significant portion of her life (her time as a dragon) was just reversed and removed from her. And for Link, having there be some sort of weird phantom pains bc his body thinks his arm shouldn't be there any more, or a newfound sense of dysmorphia around his restored arm and needing to learn how to adjust to that, like. Those feel like more canon-complaint and still interesting post-story avenues to explore for those two characters specifically. But TotK in general feels like it was wildly misunderstood to me, so like, I'll get off my soapbox about it for now.

[smilepebble]

Very curious about the shiny Staraptor actually! :0

i added shiny staraptor mostly to contrast with a pokémon on erhardt's team! honestly this is a pretty good excuse to post that team so here it is:

Main team: Lucario ★, Houndoom, Roserade, Unfezant (male), Aegislash

Legendary: Zamazenta

Lucario: Erhardt's oldest pokemon, from his days as a knight. it's too old to battle anymore, so it likes to train the younger members of the party. it and Olberic's lucario are littermates.

Houndoom: as a Houndour it began following Erhardt around after the fall of Hornburg. It's very loyal, and a calming presence.

Zamazenta: it and Zacian used to fight alongside Erhardt and Olberic, but disappeared during the fall of Hornburg. they reappear when Erhardt saves Olberic during the revolt against Werner in ch4. it is more steady and relaxed than it's sister.

here's olberic and erhardt's teams next to each other for comparison. i tried to stick mostly with blue and silver pokémon for olberic and red and gold pokémon for erhardt, and tried to make each of their pokemon have an equivalent on the other's team. the lucarios and zacian and zamazenta are pretty obvious, but the others are a little more complex.

aggron and houndoom are equivalents in that they are both the first pokémon each of them get on their new teams after the war. however, aggron is also a counterpart to aegislash in that both pokémon are steel types. you can also make a connection in the fact that aggron's design is based off a set of armor and aegislash's design is (partially) based off a sword.

houndoom and arcanine are also equivalents in that they are both fire type dog pokémon. i chose houndoom for erhardt because of it's ultra moon dex entry: "Identifiable by its eerie howls, people a long time ago thought it was the grim reaper and feared it". houndoom being compared to the grim reaper, a harbinger of death and destruction, fit erhardt's story pretty well. the constant mentions of fear in it's dex entries also fits considering that blazing blade has a chance of inflicting fear.

roserade and samurott were both chosen mostly because of their designs and their type matchup. hisui samurott is blue, red, and black, while roserade has blue, red, and white in its design. i haven't played cotc myself but i did choose roserade for erhardt because the mask on its face reminded me of wrath's design.

shiny staraptor is a counterpart to erhardt's lucario in that they are both shiny, and a counterpart to unfezant in that they are both bird pokémon. i pretty much chose unfezant for erhardt for the same reason i chose roserade. i considered having swellow instead for olberic, but decided that staraptor fit him a bit more, design wise.

i ended up rambling but i couldn't really think of another way to answer this without explaining everything

[randomrabbidramblings]

Ok. Let’s start off with the battle cats’ story mode.

The Empire of Cats (EoC)

Once upon a time, there’s an army of “the battle cats” hellbent on world domination. They would travel around the earth and conquer one nation and continent after another, with the assistance of their creator The Cat God (which is optional). They also recruited some special units into their army throughout their journey (I.e. Valkyrie and Bahamut cat). After conquering entire nations, the cat army would single-handedly then take over the moon aswell. In it, they found a time-traveling device. What happens next for our plucky Cat Army? Well… let’s just find out for ourselves.

Into The Future (ItF)

In this next saga, the cats have entered the future. They would find themselves in the year 29XX, where aliens have already conquered the entire world. The cat army knew these aliens were giving them a run for their money, so of course, they had to do what they were born to do like in the past. They’ve encountered some seemingly bizarre entities in the future, and they also happened to stumble across interesting new locations like The Great Abyss, and The Floating Continent. After sweeping the aliens off of earth for good, they make it to the moon once again. They were shocked to find out about the special units they recruited… to have been corrupted. After defeating the clones, they’ve unlocked true forms for both Valkyrie and Bahamut cat. After the dust is settled, the cats would then go on to build a rocket. But what for, exactly?

Cats of the Cosmos (CotC)

Yep, that’s right. The cat army LITERALLY built a rocket for them to launch themselves further into the galaxy and to viscerally conquer the universe once more. There, they would encounter more and pick fights with more aliens, as they rule over every planet and nebula they see. (Interestingly, they discovered a new type of alien with an ability to warp anyone from a distance, called the “Starred Alien.”) Upon dominating the universe altogether, they have now arrived at the Big Bang. There, they get to meet the Cat God himself, preparing to fight. Surprisingly enough, the Cat Army has now taken the one deity that had created them in the first place. Upon defeating Cat God, the universe has now been officially ruled by the cats, for the cats.

The Ending

Its been revealed the whole time that Cat God has been narrating the timelines for EoC, ItF, and now, CotC. Interestingly enough, he’s about 20 years young. Still doesn’t look his age though, but what does it matter? All that matters now is that the cats have now achieved full-on domination of the entire universe. There’s nowhere to run from them now, just… cats. Nothing but cats. With all that being said, Cat God has declared that the cats should now move on to the rule the realm of legends next. (aka Stories of Legend)

That’s pretty much it. What do you think? Would you bet the cat army and the rabbids would get along as world domination partners? Or will it be competitive, just like with the aliens? (Im just saying, these guys would fit so well for a crossover to not happen lol)

Rabbids are chaotic creature by nature, so an alliance with the cats might be problematic. Unless the cats are also very chaotic (which I assume from what you wrote and what I remember, lol), in that case Rabbids might see them as potential partners in crime. Cats are fond of space and time travel, so I wouldn't be surprised if Rabbids befriended them as they seem to like messing with space/time too (also Rabbids might come from the moon, so they might see the cats as a way to return there).

Regardless, would cats adapt and create new Rabbid-like cats to face or become ally with them? A Rabbid cat armed with a plunger is something to not underestimate, lol.

One thing is for sure: if they'd ever team up, there would be chaos.

Oh and, I just saw your other ask, don't worry for the long ramble! I do the same with things that I love! ^▽^

[ventusrocks]

Just Lemaire

This time I have Lemaire painting at her easel! It was her JP anniversary recently, and since she's been on my CotC general team for forever at this point, I drew her to celebrate! On another note, the Riverlands drawing is coming along swimmingly, and since I'm on Thanksgiving Break, I may even finish it before December. I have one or two progress pics, but I'm not sure if I'll post them. Speaking of the Riverlands, I also started grinding Glossom's arena battle yesterday. I unfortunately haven't gotten a 6-turn clear, but I think 7 turns will be good enough for me.

[franthescrivener]

I should also ramble about ot2/my Partikari hcs here too

But anyway I know I'm responsible for at least two people buying ot2 and I think Square Enix owes me compensation. Give me Partitio and Hikari immediately upon release in cotc

[raccoonnutella13]

craig is an excellent protagonist for several reasons and recently ive been thinking a lot specifically about what makes him so realistic- it's the fact that he's not the sort of cartoon mc to just trust anyone who's done wrong and immediately try to fix them. he's the type of mc that knows that trust has to be earned, and that he cant forcibly redeem a person.

maya, xavier, etc didnt become friends with craig because he tried to redeem them himself. he let it happen naturally; let them show that theyre worthy of trust, and then he becomes friends with them in his own time. and it's really amazing writing because the kids just feel more realistically written, like, they actually act like kids, and the friendships arent forced.

it's just really refreshing to see a young protagonist that isnt all "i can befriend everyone" (not that theres anything wrong with that type of mc; they can definitely be done well if not overdone) and instead just acts like a normal child would. and i love it

[viridiave]

a bunch of unhinged questions about the Knights Ardante and the Sacred Flame

Okay it's not just me right. It's WEIRD how the Knights Ardante are just. Not around in Ophilia's story

I know this was retroactively explained away by the sheer losses the Order had to endure during the events of COTC but also?? They were present in H'aanit's story?? It SOUNDED like a fair amount of them were mobilized in Marsalim the moment they heard that Redeye was holed up in the ruins

Was Redeye just so much of a threat that it took more priority over seeing the Kindling through

What exactly were the preparations they made for Lianna before Ophilia took over the role? Was there a scene at some point where Ophilia was denied those preparations because she wasn't supposed to be the person for the job in the first place? Was that Mattias's doing??

One of the stated purposes of the Knights Ardante is that they would assist believers on their pilgrimages

SO WHERE THE FUCK ARE THEY??

I KNOW for story reasons Ophilia HAS to be making the trek alone anyway but it's a little weird how much stock they put in the Lanthorn and they just. Let her go alone?

Wasn't it also stated somewhere that the pilgrimage was dangerous and that some Flamebearers never managed to complete it

Were there people sent to retrieve the Lanthorn in the case of a failed pilgrimage

Actually what even happens if the Kindling fails. Do they just wait for the next one or do they sent a replacement immediately

I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say maybe it's a pilgrimage thing to ultimately have it be a solitary mission cuz they do also say in the Timeline that 'pilgrimages became popular'

the wording implies that it wasn't a mandated thing, at least for people who aren't Flamebearers

Orsterra was like. FINE somehow in the 700 years that the Kindling wasn’t a thing so maybe it really ISN'T required? But the Ember holds power CLEARLY

Actually for that matter what the fuck even are the Sacred Flames

What the fuck even is the FIRST FLAME

We know from OT2 that the Sacred Flames hold the power to prevent disasters from befalling a continent at least? And that they were MAYBE made from the sacrifice of the other gods in their face-off against Vide? God idk man it's been a while since I paid attention to OT2 lore

Is there also relevance in the way that Solistia has 4 Flames in place of Orsterra's 3. Where did Orsterra's Flames come from. When Aelfric brought them down to the continent how did it look

did it spread like wildfire and the ones we see now are just remnants from that time?

I mean there's LEGENDS about the 3 specific places where the Sacred Flames are APPARENTLY so maybe not??

This really started as just me asking about the Knights Ardante

Edit: ok First Flame was a stupid question it could actually literally just be the exact flame that Aelfric brough down from the heavens but also why only put that one Guardian there to defend it. Did Flamesgrace think that was enough to protect it. How necessary is it

Edit 2: ok where did Orsterra's Flame come from is also a stupid question like yeah it came down from the heavens but also like. what other things is it capable of exactly. Like it can manifest directly in individuals like the Flameguards when they've got Aelfric's blessing or something? and it did some weird shit in Ochette's Chapter 4. Does it hold influence over guardian beasts somehow were they MADE from it? God I need to play OT2 again

[goofy-guy-dj]

72% NO?!? (long ramble incoming)

i will die on the hill that says craig of the creek is one of the best cn cartoons to come out after the cartoon renaissance.

i remember when there was a weird period when the cartoon powerhouses were coming to an end (adventure time, su, etc) and new shows were being pumped out left right and centre. alot of the shows were kinda hit and miss like supernoobs and teen titans go which for some ungodly reason is still running, but one of the gems that came out was cotc.

i was about 12 when it came out so not a child but also not a teen. i was definitely still a kid (mentally and emotionally) but i had to throw all of that out since secondary can be rough and i didn’t want to get bullied for liking “childish” things. and then this show came along and made me feel like i was 8 again.

i’m not american so i literally couldn’t relate to playing with the neighbours kids or playing outside in a creek so it was like living vicariously through them. i always wished that i could play with people outside of a school setting so this was the way i could get that feeling without doing it.

and unlike some other shows (*cough* uncle grandpa *cough*) that felt like a nonsensical fever dream, cotc felt so real and had the best of both worlds in being episodic while having some sort of overarching plot.

and not to mention how realistic the portrayals of kids, teens, adults, and their imaginations was. being in that tween stage meant that i understood everything the young characters were going through and also could understand where the parents were coming from.

i could relate to larping with friends and pretending that someone was a spy and trying to gather information about them while not raising suspicion (i genuinely did that once), the feeling of needing to grow up and be an adult, and understanding why the parents make certain decisions even if they feel like an attack.

and also their portrayal of diversity? absolutely amazing. it feels so natural to see kids of all different backgrounds just playing together because that really is how it is irl in diverse communities. i grew up in an area where white english folks weren’t actually the main majority of the community so i relate to this alot. i got to see so many different types of people growing up and as a kid, you never question it.

i remember seeing one of my friends with a hijab and asking what it was and she explained it to me and i was like “oh cool” and then we went back to playing hairdressers and cutting my hair (it was a good thing i didn’t care about how my hair looked). they never make it a massive and groundbreaking deal when a character is diverse, because to kids especially it’s not a huge deal and playtime is the main concern.

also having multiple asian characters and a filipino too?! man i wish i had this show earlier cuz i definitely felt lonely as one of the only se asians in my area. it felt so nice to see my culture being shown as a normal thing rather than a sensationalised “exotic” thing. growing up, i didn’t have alot of western shows that had asian characters i could relate to (since i’m not chinese) so cotc was a nice change of pace.

also fun fact kelsey (the girl with the budgie who’s holding everyone up) helped me come to terms with my masculinity and made me feel normal. her and buttercup from the ppg definitely helped me feel normal when everyone thought i was weird and are partially the reason i’m so comfortable with my gender presentation. wether i thought i was a manly girl or a girly boy, i didn’t feel bad because i know that i’m still me.

anyways i absolutely love this show and this post went on for long enough. i might do this for the other shows, idk. thanks craig

Did you grow up with Craig of the Creek?

[starwritesficsandstuff]

Why most people have trouble with their fics: writer’s block, busy, motivation.

Why I’m having trouble with my fics: Every time I write about the champions, my mind goes back to...

THEY TOOK HIS BLEP AWAY!  WHY?

(Art is from the official HBO Max poster)