#rat dying

[silkywishes]

gotta love riz’s track record of absolutely BODYING any boy who doesn’t treat adaine right. this is the same riz gukgak that shot biz glitterdew’s fingers off ten minutes after he admitted to wanting adaine in a palimpsest. oisin was doomed the moment he chose to fuck with adaine’s feelings bc riz is nothing if not ride or die for her SPECIFICALLY

[webdiggerxxx]

꧁★꧂

[escapedaudios]

Movie title: The New Jersey Rats (2023) From left to right: Jean, Badaboom, The Intern, and Badabing. In this famous scene, Boom is holding Jean and Intern back to keep them from punching Arrigo.

[lustrous-dreams-art]

Skating Queen and her cringe fail husband

Alfonse designed by @littlemissdash 💙💛

[morphestic]

dazai not taking the antidote is giving me so much anxiety

[ideologyofone]

I don’t know why she’s afraid but I am too 😀

[fauvester]

uh oh! triggered some phantom trauma! (dannymanny iteration (c) nicktoonsunite)

[revitalizationrat]

Just some doodles

[tacagen]

one of the things that fascinate me about thawne: yes, he CAN be normal with kids! surprisingly normal!

((not at all times, though. his mental illness still spills through and as usual he, in trying to manipulate or hurt others, spits out at them the exact stuff that would hurt him (or have in his childhood/barry's rejection interpretation) the most in the first place lmao))

but at the same time. his like second instinct when doing his bullshit is FUCK THEM (as) KIDS

(and, well. whatever this classifies as)

[mrghostrat]

I just got to know that in ukrainian theres an insult which literally translates to "go eat ass" (or "bite ass"), just saying........ 👀

((Also you do amazing work, i love your vampire au 🧡🌻 yes, i instantly thought about it 🛐))

[sh1-n0bu]

the sudden urge to write soul crushing angst with absolutely NO remorse, comfort, help, second part, reconciliation, reassurance etc etc

[arainywriter]

this is going to probably be the longest post of my life, and i HATE getting into fandom discourse which is why i don't usually write anything about fandom discourse, but i just want to address some things about our favorite rat grinders so if you want to read, click below

as someone who loves the rat grinders as nuanced antagonists who are also teenagers, i think the rat grinders before they ever joined in on porter and jace's plan were assholes.

i think they were the quiet bullies, the mean people who you never notice until they are mean to you, the ones who seem nice and respectable up close, but talk shit about you the minute you're gone.

i think most of them (kipperlilly in particular) were looking for a reason to be bad. and i know we might not ever get this confirmation, but based off kipperlilly's file and other moments with the trg, i think it's possible this is correct.

they were assholes who needed a reason to be even bigger, more dangerous assholes and most of them took it. and yes, it was either that or be dead, but i want you to know that sometimes that's not even a question. sometimes you don't even care about the other option, you just want to rage.

i think the one time all of them or maybe some of them even thought that what they were doing could be was when lucy died. and that's when i feel bad for them. they had to lock in right there because they all had made a decision, and they all needed to continue it. that's the manipulation.

i know they are kids. they are just teenagers. i work with teens, and guys, let me tell you, some teenagers are assholes. and i don't mean say a funny mean joke asshole, i mean literally going to grow up and be a shitty person asshole. i think some of the rat grinders were those kind of teens.

did they deserve to be redeemed? i think some of them do. i think buddy has a big shot at being redeemed, and i genuinely hated that he died in the last stand and had to make that decision. i think ally is going to try if they can. i think mary ann might be redeemed.

but also, you guys have to remember that this is dnd. i don't think many of you have played dnd before, or if you have you're just really conscientious about everything you do. because as a dm who has played dnd and has made nuanced antagonists, your players are gonna straight up kill them.

brennan knows that. i'm 100% sure he knows that. this isn't scripted. the intrepid heroes aren't thinking about what the fans want every time they play. in dnd, ESPECIALLY in brennan's dnd, it's kill or be killed.

the rat grinder's weren't going to use non-lethal attacks. they were going to kill the bad kids, and they were going to be UNNATURALLY happy throughout it all. they were going to spit in their faces and roast marshmallows on their bodies. they were going to not feel guilty.

sound familiar?

i think the bad kids have been nice to the rat grinders since day one. not kind, nice. they've been polite and nice to them, not going all in until this fight. if this fight happened before the finale, i think the rat grinders would have had more time to be redeemed (ex. see Ragh in season 1 who def would have died in the finale battle if the bad kids hadn't fought him earlier). but the bad kids are stressed and done.

there is no time to be polite and nice when the world is going to end.

i know you liked these characters. i did too. i'm sad to see them go, but even when someone is nuanced and could be redeemed, the person they were a piece of shit to doesn't have to be the one to redeem them. they don't have to be the one to keep them alive and make sure they only get taken the police instead of dead. cause trg would have gone to jail.

aelwyn did. so would they.

people you've wronged don't owe you forgiveness or redemption. trg didn't wrong tbk that bad, but they made them angry, they tried to kill them, and they're probably almost close to ending the world.

i'll miss you rat grinders. you guys were perfect narrative foils, but it was always going to end like this.

now stop being absolute assholes to the intrepid heroes just cause they didn't play how you wanted.

love this fandom, and yeah, d20 get shit wrong sometimes. always make sure to critique your favorite piece of media.

but at the end of the day, this isn't your table to play dnd at. this is theirs and they are having fun. why don't you go and play as the rat grinders in your home game and give them the ending they deserve, or make fanfiction about it?

put your anger into that.

[confusion-est]

The good thief.

[oifaaa]

what are some of your things that you would do differently in your reverse robin au looking back?

sincerely,

one of your 9 followers

off the top of my head I would have included a Damian death tho it would differ from his canon death in how it happened I think the angst potential for Duke in particular would be worth it and obviously I think I'd push Tim joining back as it is I don't like that I had him and steph be introduced at the same time I think steph should have deserved some time to shine on her own

[mickedy]

Oblongata from my characters

[neraddycham]

HAPPY 12TH ANNIVERSARY (⁠人⁠*⁠´⁠∀⁠｀⁠)⁠｡⁠*ﾟ⁠+

oh well I finished this a little late but I really like it

:'D

NOW ITS TIME FOR DOODLES!!