#redky

[casmick-consequences]

the way that these two are literally my favorite bffs in the entire universe they're just so,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[not-so-incorrect-hsmtmts]

Big Red: Bro do you lift?

Ricky: Yeah dude how did you know?

Big Red: Because you lift my heart whenever you’re around.

Ricky: Bro.

Big Red: Bro.

[afostersblog]

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[sarcasticsunshine123]

the big red and ricky stuff was so cute please like the hug after ricky got the lotto ticket thing you just KNOW he was beating himself up over that and must've been so relieved nini brought it fjfjf

[redcloakedraven]

I just realized that with Ricky’s birthday being in the summer that means the previous summer on his birthday Nini was at summer camp, his mom was in Chicago, and Kourtney was openly on Nini’s side after the whole I love you thing. Which means Ricky only had Big Red and his dad there to celebrate with him on his birthday. Who wants to bet his mom said she would show up but then made some excuse on why she couldn’t. Gives me more respect for his dad especially with the moon rock now, and Big Red of course. I might all about Caswen right now but Redky is still very much up there.

[witchymoonart]

movie night!!!

[90scaswell]

okay but what happened to all the redky shippers. why did you all disappear during season 2

[neon-in-the-night-time]

i am losing my mind over the fact that the most passionate kiss i have ever seen from disney, in a show that would have been disney channel if it had been made even 2 years earlier, was between two girls. like,,, troy and gabriella couldn’t even kiss in the original hsm because god what would the children think… we can’t have characters kissing that would be too vulgar. and the passion and the length and the desire we see between maddox and ashlyn i don’t think i’ve ever seen before in any disney property. and it was sapphic. 2023 is truly a year.

[zukkaoru]

[ID: the first image is a screenshot of a Tumblr Q&A banner. the heading is HSMTMTS and the subheading says “the final season Q&A” beneath that is a button that says “Ask a question”

the second image is a screenshot of an unsent ask that says, "c an we get gini endgame p lease pleasee i'm begging you pl" /End ID.]

still manifesting a season 4 gini rain kiss tbh 🙏

[ginaporterr]

Okay so Ricky saying that he was proud of Gina and shining his flashlight at her made me think of Bug Red saying that the only thing he wanted to throw at Ashlyn was a bigger spotlight because he likes the way she sings. I just thought that was cute 🥰

awww wait that’s actually so cute

[casmick-consequences]

plot twist, this is ricky's "oh." moment

[haven-of-dusk]

for the ask game: headcanons for nico di angelo? (if you haven’t read the books, then ricky bowen 🤠)

Sorry this took me so long... I have indeed read the books, so I'll tackle both! Nico Di Angelo:

Sexuality - Gay

A ship - I actually do like Solangelo a fair bit, they're not my faves per se, but I don't have glaring issues with them (especially compared with say, Caleo).

However for the sake of fun, I also love Jasico (I hope I have that name right). Minor aside that I'm about 90% sure Jason is (he's fine, TBM didn't happen I promise) a closeted gay man based on a number of hints dropped in TBM, plus vibes plus he just screams internalized heteronormativity. So I really wish we could've explored more of Nico and Jason's dynamic. Plus they'd be incredibly adorable about one-upping each other's displays of "touch him and die" imo.

A BROTP - Percico, I totally get why shipping them romantically is a thing, but I also adore the dynamic idea that Nico completely got over Percy and Percy's a little salty about it, plus the level of trust they eventually displayed regardless of the definition of their relationship is very special to me. (End of MoA always gets me right in the feels).

A NOTP - I don't have any specific ones...so I guess I'll just say any ship that tries to get him involved romantically with a woman.

A random headcanon - Though he mostly put Mythomagic behind him, he has since become a massive D&D nerd, with multiple fully fleshed out characters and a couple campaign ideas that he badgers people to play with him. (Also the main cast of HoO playing D&D is a podcast I wish was real, Critical Role style...)

General Opinion - I love Nico, top 3 Percy Jackson Universe characters (I think, I haven't gone through and put together an exact ranking ever since I love almost all of them), not super happy when the writing leans too far into the 'edgy' side of him, but his dry wit is always a pleasure, and he's also capable of backing up the edge with badassery.

His original artwork will always give me nightmares though.

Richard 'Ricky' Bowen:

Sexuality - Bisexual

Gender - Cis Male, though he did experiment with they/them pronouns to see if they felt better to him. They didn't, but he's glad he tried.

A ship - Caswen. Obviously. I think my canon rewrite of half the show serves as adequate explanation of my love for them.

A BROTP - Redky. The friendship/brotherhood between Big Red and Ricky was something I really enjoyed in the first two seasons, it felt quite accurate to my high school experiences and I also find their interactions in fanfiction very endearing. Plus it provides more fuel to my fire that Caswen are NOT brotherly since we have a perfect brotherly relationship for Ricky right there and it looks nothing like his relationship to EJ imo.

Plus I'm still extra irritated that in addition to the rampant biphobia in how Big Red's storyline was handled, they also tried to shove him out of the picture and replace him with Jet in S4, with a scene in E3 especially feeling like the dialogue was written for BR and then they had Jet read it for...no discernable reason.

A NOTP - ...Rina /s.

In all seriousness the only answer I can readily come up with is Rily, because wtf was that subplot even supposed to be, but I struggle to think of NOTPs for Ricky since my brain is mostly Caswen or bust. I thought of the EJ alternatives purely because Tim is so militant about Rina, but I really don't know what Ricky would do outside of preferably Caswen or Tim's beloved 'canon' Rina. And while I do think Rini work better as friends, I also wouldn't call them a NOTP since I feel kind of bad for some Rini shippers (not the creepy ones, the normies for lack of a better term).

Idk, I guess I'll just say Rily and move on.

A random headcanon - Ricky loves the Spice Girls. Where did this HC come from you ask? I have no idea. But I feel like it fits.

The urge to write a mini-fic of Ricky and EJ dancing at their wedding to 'Spice up Your Life' is rising. (Totally not influenced by Doctor Who)

General Opinion - I love Ricky. Not quite as much as Elton, but that's a pretty high bar to clear since Elton rose to my top ten of all time list pretty easily. I have mixed feelings about S3 and S4 Ricky since I felt like they made him overly obsessed with Gina and lost a lot of the charm of his earlier plotlines centering on familial trauma and figuring out his own desires in life, but he's still high ranking for HSMTMTS characters, and I obviously love Caswen to death, so it's hard for me to say I don't also adore Ricky as a special little guy.

That spiraled into a bit of a ramble. Point is that I do really like Ricky, I just wish the writing for him later in the show was less...self-parodic...if that makes any sense.

[violet--vance]

Some Ricky-centric fics I wanna see (might f around and make them myself if no one else does)

(Rina, angst with a happy ending) Hanahaki Disease runs in the family, and Mike got his flowers for Lynn surgically removed in the aftermath of the divorce—meaning he’ll never love Ricky’s mom again. Ricky’s nothing if not his mother’s child, but his dad can still love Ricky, at least. Even if Mike goes…numb to him, sometimes. Ricky’s fine though. Really. But that’s before he develops some unrequited feeling of his own…

(Caswen, past rini, canon compliant) EJ doesn’t know who the cute boy that looks like a kicked puppy sitting next to his hospital bed is, but he sure wants to. “I get the feeling we mean something important to each other,” EJ tells him. Ricky’s never felt so lost. Aka: EJ loses his memory falling after Ricky throws a basketball at his head. Bonus if this happens while Nini/EJ are still a thing

(Rina, Ricky & Nini, Jealousy) Ricky and Nini are friends again. It’s good, Gina tells herself. It’s great, the rest of their friend-group seems to agree. Except—Gina finds the pair before rehearsal, tucked into the side-stairway; her boyfriend’s leather songbook lying open between them. The songbook Ricky refuses to let Gina peek into, but can let his ex-girlfriend read without a care, apparently. Aka, Rini friendship reconnect through their love of songwriting, and Gina’s feeling a bit left out

(Miss Jen & Ricky, Jen/Mike Bowen, any Ricky pairing) 5 things Miss Jen learns about Ricky once she starts dating Mr. Bowen + the 1 thing she’s known all along. Ft. An abundance of the Miss. Jen & Ricky dynamic bc I love it & it’s underrated

(Redky, unrequited, character study) Big Red’s POV on Ricky’s relationships through the years (don’t @ me I just think this would be so interesting…)

[sarcasticsunshine123]

Ricky: Shut up, Carlos, I'm not gay for Big Red.

Carlos: Why did you say it like that?

Ricky: Say it like what?

Carlos: You said "I'm not gay for Big Red", implying you are gay for someone else.

Ricky: That is... what?

Big Red: Am I not good enough?

Ricky, sweating: I have no idea what you're talking about, all I said was that I'm not gay... for Big Red.

Carlos: You did it again! Who are you gay for, Ricky?

Big Red: I would be a great boyfriend!

Gina: What the fuck is wrong with all of you?

[redcloakedraven]

HSMTMTS REWATCH - TAKE TWO 1x7 Thanksgiving

Episode 6

Ricky vs Bowen Count: Ricky [5] Bowen []

This Episode:

Hair Ribbons: [1]

This Episode:

This opening is so chaotic

Gina getting a little jealous in the background.

Ricky seems genuinely taken aback and slightly confused that Nini is saying something nice

Seeing Ricky, Gina and Seb talking reminds me that Seb and Ricky are technically love interest in the play. Seb is Sharpay, Ricky is Troy. I really wish we got to see them rehearsing together or at least saw a small scene on opening night.

I like how Mike cared more about how late the party would be and who he was going to be hanging with more then trying to stop him from going.

EJ has been caught up with trying to be perfect and being seen that way that when he finally admitted his mistakes it actually felt good. It made him feel free from this thing he's been trying to be and felt more like himself. Not because he was being an honest person but because he finally admitted to not bein perfect. This episode is when he goes overboard with the honesty, but honestly (not intentional) I think he needed it. It said it feels right, and it probably does. To move forward you need to deal with the past sometimes. Getting everything off his chest gives him a step forward to being his actual self.

Redlyn my heart obviously!

HIs mom still should've been the one to try calling him not the other way around. I will say through how Todd says his name it's like he thought Ricky actually knew about him, maybe he thought Lynn mentioned him.

It was one thing when he thought his dad was starting to look for other people, that obviously bothered him but I believe they probably talked about how that happened and how it only happened once (as of now), so he was able to try putting on his facade a bit. But finding out both his parents are moving on and not only moving on, but that his mom has a full on new boyfriend out of town would be a lot. You brain would start going to different places. He's not just thinking about the change, he's thinking about how long they could've been together, is he the reason she decided to stay in Chicago instead of coming back. Cause lets think about this his mom could've very easily just gotten a different place in town so it be easier to see him at least, but she chose a completely different city to get away, then decided to stay there to stay away.

I love how Gina obviously never really been to a party before especially with people she feels comfortable around so she made cupcakes.

The hate is absolutely adorable on Josh

Ignoring your feelings is obviously a bad idea but she's saying what she personally does, which eventually doesn't work for her and she obviously realizes that it's not a good idea probably.

I love how they use West Side instead of North High the feud was there

The scene of Ricky and Ej doing the exercise with each other the first interaction they've had since the bathroom scene. Doing that exercise probably helped ease the tension a bit and realize they at least on their way to being better around each other.

I never realized how the kistechne scene with Nini and Gina reminded of Sharpay asking Gabriella about her staying in the second movie.

Gina's little happy dance is still very cute

The moment Gina's mom gets serious on the phone everyone is awkwardly smiling or just making an award face simply because she was on voicemail and everyone heard it, except Ricky. Ricky is the only one who knows about FEMA so it's safe to say he immediately knew something might truly be wrong.

Ricky is the first to get up, he knows whats about to happen and he gets Gina's stuff ready for her she doesn't have to deal with the awkwardness and uncomfortableness of getting everything ready in front of everyone.

I feel really bad for Gina here

Ricky was trying to reassure her that she still has him and that he's there for her, but because Gina has been through this before she automatically assumes there's no point in Ricky calling her. She's never really made friends that she's gotten close to before so she thinks he wouldn't actually want to keep in touch with her and pushes him away

Ricky at this point is thinking I started getting close with someone and now she's leaving. Just like his mom did. Gina telling him she doesn't think there's any point in calling her I feel like is what got Ricky to think about calling his mom again. Cause he's willing to try and stay in touch with Gina, so he'll try better to stay in touch with his mom

Nini running up to say sorry is has good intentions but after her conversation with Gina talking about how she wished she was the one to be able to leave it comes across weird. Especially with how later on what happened didn't seem to face her how leaving might actually effect her or her friends.

Honestly even though it feels out of nowhere and Ricky could've tried staying calmer at this point Ricky is probably really confusing him and not actually making him feel better at all. Gina was the only to properly understand what he's been going through. For majority of the show Nini has been going out of her way to avoid Ricky and then all of sudden is acting like everything between is immediately okay. He obviously still loves her to. HIme mentioning his mom getting a new boyfriend after two weeks of leaving sounding familiar makes sense here. Nini did quickly move onto to EJ no matter what she would've tried saying here, which most likely would've been aimed at him and start a fight that he didn't want. Nini would've easily declined this thought and pass the blame to Ricky but in the end Ricky did call her out on the truth

NIni getting annoyed by the word buddy is honestly annoying she seems more annoyed by him using it because he didn't let her talk. He used the buddies in his voicemail to show whatever she chose he'll try dealing with it. She then continued to avoid him then came out nowhere acting like hadn't then used the word buddies herself she doesn't really have a right to then get annoyed what he said to her.