#ripred is like

[haveihitanerve]

The Questers stances on murder

Gregor: murder is wrong Luxa: murder is okay Ares: murder is wrong. Ripred: murder is fine Howard: murder is wrong Nike: murder is wrong Aurora: murder would make vikus upset

[foccaccia]

okay suzanne collins. i love and trust you. you wrote the hunger games prequel, its a movie now, im sure it was pretty good. now do you remember the underland chronicles. can we go back to that. please tell me how gregor is doing. is he okay. pay no mind to the gun i am holding

[prophecyofgray]

"does gregor's family move to virginia?" this "does gregor ever go back to the underland?" that. what about "does gregor spend his adult life sneaking into nyc libraries at night hoping that he'll run into ripred chomping on some books?"

[cutter-kirby]

gregor and ripred GREGOR AND RIPRED!!!!!!!

obviously ripred protects gregor. not in the same way he does lizzie or even luxa, but i'd say from the moment ripred saw gregor's horrified expression when henry was about to run a sword through him, he knew gregor was special. he told twitchtip to not judge gregor like she would other humans. he speaks softly when gregor is mourning. he teaches him life-or-death echolocation. he can't even tell gregor that the kid's gonna die in the prophecy of time. the "oh, tell me you didn't" to solovet after she locks gregor away. he promises to keep gregor's family safe, from one rager to another. he sees so much of himself in that kid and it's awful. the scene in cotw where ripred talks to gregor about being a rager (right after the frogs) will forever stick out to me. just. his peptalk to gregor before the final battle. ripred cares.

and so does gregor! gregor has so much respect for ripred, the rat, what has been the enemy for nearly his entire first journey in the underland, because he notices the pain in his eyes. he tells him "fly you high" when they first part ways, which is echoed by ripred when they last see each other. just the immediate relief that gregor feels any time ripred steps in. the way gregor messes with ripred, popping bubble gum after ripred insults him, joking about the prophecy at the end of book 5 ("time is turning back!" ripred - "shut up!"). in book 4, gregor sends the questers to busy themselves so ripred doesn't have to be vulnerable in front of so many. when gregor's in trouble, it's ripred's advice ("what's your plan?") that he thinks of. the section in book 5 where they all think ripred is dead and gregor is as upset by it as he is ares, that he "maybe even loved him." gregor looks up to him. just. the mentor/protege duo ever

[yesthefandomfreakblr]

Gregor really didn't need POB ffs

dialogue: Ares: We are going to have to dispose of this one, Gregor (referring to baby bane)

Gregor: CHILL, Batman. Geez, I'm not gonna kill an actual baby.

Ares: PUSSY

Gregor: N O

vaguely referencing Venom and Eddie (human does not feel comfortable with murder and their huge beefy black entity with sharp teeth takes great offense to being kept on a leash.)

[aldoodles]

Rat uncle rat uncle rat uncle

[quohotos]

I think it's hilarious how Suzanne Collins has such vibrant, deep characters but we only get useful descriptions of some of them. Like, we know every inch of Ripred, it's clear that she knew excatly what that dreamy beast was supposed to look like, but there's absolutely no consensus on the bats, especially Ares. My writers' group and I have been trying desperately to figure out just how big the bats are, but there's not a lot to go off of. Their carrying capacity is important for all the logistics, but weather they can carry a whole boat or just three kids and a cockroach is always up in the air. It doesn't help that Ares, the one we get to see the most of, is just legendarily jacked. He can carry a whole ass Ripred (who again, we have clear descriptions of, he's six feet tall and jacked to hell and back as well). So okay, got it, the bats are huge as well, but then we get all these descriptions of them just vibing in enclosed spaces, and when Ares gets arrested it only takes two people to carry him to trial. Are the Regalians just also incredibly jacked? How many body builders are there down here? We also just never get to know what kind of bat Ares (or any of the other fliers for that matter) is. It really is just left up to the artist's interpretation. There's cover art of him as a microbat, a flying fox, some weird amalgamation of both... there are no wrong answers. I love seeing all the fanart here because we can't agree either so we just get a big buffet of different beautiful bats to look at.

The only concrete bat descriptions we get are that they all have bright, vibrant, and diverse warrior-cats OC pelts. You got your adorable tabby bats, your zebra bats, evil red bats, and edgy loner black bats.

[ultimate-rat-bracket]

It’s been a while, my fellow rats!

I’m truly sorry for the wait! I’ve been pretty busy irl (in fact I’m still supposed to be busy…gonna get back to that soon enough) But! The time has finally come. It’s been an arduous fight for our beloved rats, but we made it, folks! Alright, here we go, put your paws together one last time for…

It’s all come down to this. Ripred, the underdog warrior who has thrashed the competition with the rapturous support of his fans! Kugrash, the ratman just as beloved by his fans and who has surely proven himself worthy of his Rat Jesus title!

Only one of these NYC rodents can win the finals and TAKE HOME THE CHEESE!

Once the finals have concluded our winning rat will get to step up on the stage and partake of the spoils. It’s the battle of the TUC rats now! Good luck to both our finalists!

THE FINALS POLL WILL GO LIVE AT 5 PM TODAY, AND WILL BE OPEN FOR A WEEK! I WILL LINK IT HERE WHEN IT GOES UP!

[overandunderland]

@averagecygnet-blog @haveihitanerve

Sure that's what he said.

What he wanted to say:

[noirs-multiverse]

was thinking today abt how luxa and ripred somehow BOND at the end of code of claw and somehow no one,,,, ever,,,, questions it? cause it just creates more questions that literally never ever get answered within the book?

isnt luxa already bonded to aurora? can you bond with more than one person then? what even is the significance of a bond then?

aurora is apparently okay with this but,,, it does not make that much sense really. also, "if you think so, then i can survive it" (luxa to aurora, a little after the bond is made),,, that's. not very,,,,, bondlike or any good prospects for luxa and ripred's bond unless luxa is being sarcastic but i doubt that?

all throughout the series, bonds have always been between humans and fliers. this does make sense because a human and flier duo is pretty great for fighting and survival + travel within the underland, they complement each other. i don't think a human could have that with any other species. (idk how to articulate but like, fliers provide the Flight and humans provide the Attack yk, there's not much a gnawer can provide to a human in that regard if you get what i mean)

also, bonds are sought with someone who have a connection or understanding with. someone whose loss you would actively grieve. luxa and aurora, howard and pandora, hazard and thalia (😭), and so on. i mean,,, a bond is clearly a significant concept within the underland, the breaking of which is literally disastrous (ares being punished with exile before gregor saves the day). if i'm not forgetting anything, the only time a bond breaks is either a betrayal (henry and ares!!! they are a great example of how bond ≠ peace), or your bond dying (howard and pandora).

observing luxa and ripred's dynamic, they do not quite have the understanding that creates a successful bond (Luxa Was Literally Ready To Send Ripred And The Gnawers To The Uncharted Lands, HOW DID THEY BOND™️ LIKE 2 SECONDS LATER??? I reread that part just now and I lost several braincells, just to confirm if I was right. Anyway). i just. don't see how luxa could say that treaties have failed,,,, a bond can fail too?

especially considering how badly henry's betrayal affected luxa throughout the series, it just feels,,,, Not Right to see luxa doing this when henry's bond with ares failed? like, would she not have considered this before placing so much faith in a bond between her and ripred?

unless there is actual magic involved, nothing really guarantees that luxa and ripred's bond will preserve peace or anything. bonds in tuc seem to be more of a cultural/interpersonal tradition of high significance as opposed to an actual magical construct with any weight that ISN'T assigned by cultural/personal association.

i read more of that part just to check and this quote? "I need one human to genuinely approve of what I just did." (said by luxa)

THE WAY THIS LOOKS,,, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A VERY BAD MOVE FOR UM. YOUR "image"???? How could you make such a huge move without even consulting anyone properly, right ? Luxa, bonding with A GNAWER who you Threatened with Exile/Banishment does NOT bode well for your reputation, which you need if you are going to actually want to preserve any peace? Bro you could've just signed a treaty,,,,,,,

and i mean, if you CAN bond (bonds are one of the most,, iconic? idk what other word to use, features of tuc, just to put that here) with other species instead of just humans and fliers, i feel like that's not something you would ever just put at the end of the book and never really explore in depth,,,

anyway i feel like i missed something but like,,,, THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE QUESTIONING ON THE LUXA AND RIPRED BOND BECAUSE IT'S SO OUT OF NOWHERE,, and detracts from a proper understanding of what a bond even is

im pretty sure this is my first proper uh essay??? post on here so um lmk what u think, id love to hear all ur thoughts in general and stuff. i will prolly reblog this post if i have more thoughts on this, let's see haha. anyway, have an awesome day/night!

[haveihitanerve]

GREGOR THE OVERLANDER IS AN ADORABLE BEAN BUT ALSO THE SASSIEST MF EVER AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED

Bro was literally just attacked by an enemy rat and when he discovers that that rat is in fact not an enemy, his first words are ‘get off me man’ as he tries to push said rat away

He cracks his bubblegum a second time solely to see ripred flinch

(I just realized a shit ton of these are gonna be with ripred because, duh, hes only allowed to be a kid around the rat and his sass only comes out when he doesn't have to protect boots or someone)

‘I know someone else who’s in trouble’ gregor please. You just woke up after fainting because a squid pulled your arm. Please save the witty remarks for another time

‘I guess shes smarter’ like damn son

‘Sorry to bug you- i mean bother you’ i know it wasn't intentional but thats just hilarious

‘Ill tell him you said hi. You know, if hes still alive’ okay i know this was way out of line, but it made me laugh so hard. I honestly am not that huge of a fan of hamnet (don't come after me its my opinion) and so this made me smile

When he does his sprint in the first book and ‘faked them out’ making the bats lose formation and riders struggle to stay on

'he felt around desperatley for a weapon. what did he have? diapers? cookies?" its technically him because its narrated from his pov so that hilarious

"said Vikus, as if that explained it all"-again, said from gregors pov so him being sassy. in his head at least

"The mighty warrior excused himself and changed a diaper.”

"Who was Simon? He had no idea.”

“The place did kind of resemble a locker room if locker rooms were gorgeous and smelled good.”-dude. this kid is my frickin hero

Also some honorary ares mentions because as bonds they are the same person-

In the labyrinth, come to a point where they can go three ways “lets go left” (these aren't the exact words but im too lazy to go look it up) that path circles back around to where they started “on further reflection i favor the right” that circles back round. Only one tunnel left “why don't you chose?” o.m.f.g ares. I love you sm

Also- delivering the bane to ripred: please don't tell me you've become attached to ol twitchtip. Ares: as far as rats go, she is among our favorite. O.M.F.G ARES! I don't think he ever exchanges another word with ripred. The only time he ever talks to the rat is to confirm that she is their favorite rat. Not him. Like- i love him sm

And when theyre training for the army in the last book and gregor asks, ‘have a good nap?’ and ares just responds, ‘all twenty minutes of it’ ashdfgsfhgenhvengh!!!!! I love this dork sm. 

‘You learn fast’ like ma boi-! But its so cute because it distracts gregor from his fear of being a rager and gets him to laugh and its the first time they act like bonds and its super cute

“Aurora and I go with our bonds,” muttered Ares- he could just say it- but no. he mutters. i adore this bat

Ares flew straight for the rat.- its not sass but like- yes

"get off my chest what?'' get it ares. teach gregor mannors haha

yeah thats all i could think of off the top of my head

[runningliketheriver]

Posting my silly little Ripred & Gregor stories here before I post them anyways else :3

(I've never posted a full oneshot story thingy magingy on tumblr before. I actually only got tumblr recently. I apologize for any mistakes or if I do anything wrong as I'm still figuring everything out!)

"You're my best friend now, no take backs,"

Ripred lay on the grass, tuckered out and just generally needing a nap. He didn't even care enough to go back to the deadlands where he lived, not like the other gnawers particularly cared for him to be there, anyways. Half-asleep, he heard someone sit down on the field next to him. Ripred sighed dramatically, excepting a conversation to tire him even more. After a few minutes of no talking at all, he turned his head slightly to see Gregor sitting next to him with his legs crossed, zoned out. Ripred reached out and poked Gregor in the arm with one of his claws. "Hey, kid." Gregor jumped slightly, getting pulled from his thoughts. "Oh, hey Ripred. Sorry, thought you were asleep. I can leave?" Ripred shook his head. "Nah, you're not being annoying. It's not like you're bothering me with your presence or something," Ripred joked before turning his head to how it was positioned before. Gregor was silent for a few moments before he just responded with a simple, "okay." "What's bothering you, pup?" Ripred asked tiredly. He was extremely tired, yes, but he still cared. Gregor shook his head, even though Ripred couldn't see him. "Nothing, it's nothing. I'm just.. thinking..." Gregor trailed off. "and.. tired? I don't know.." Gregor sighed, resting his head in the palm of his left hand. "Then take a nap or something. That's what I'm trying to do," Ripred said, stretching. "Well you're the one that started the conversation.. Sorry, that's rude." "You've never cared about being rude before, boy," Ripred chuckled absent-mindedly. "Oh.." Gregor trailed off again, lightly resting his eyes on the ends of his palms. "I'm too tired to care about what I'm usually like.." Ripred sighed, stretched again, and stood up. He walked behind Gregor and flopped down on the field again, just behind Gregor this time. Gregor, without even realizing what he was doing at first, leaned back against Ripred who was already partially curled up. Ripred didn't mind, as that was the whole reason he layed behind Gregor in the first place. "I'm not usually one for physical contact, but we're both tired, so I'm making an exception," Ripred muttered, curling in more and wrapping his tail around Gregor. Gregor leaned his head again Ripreds neck, humming in response. "You're my best friend now, no take backs," Gregor said, immediately passing out afterwards. Ripred said a simple "hm." in response. After a few moments of making sure Gregor was actually asleep, he responded for real. "I wasn't planning on taking it back." He muttered, passing out just like Gregor did a few seconds before. Lots of people passed them during their conjoined nap. Most found it weird, some paid no mind, a small handful of people found it quite cute. But it wouldn't have mattered to either of the two, even if they were awake. For Gregor had unintentionally found a new best friend, and, even if he would never admit it in a million years, so had Ripred.

[prophecyofgray]

i literally look deranged any time i listen to return to regalia while at work. i start pacing like a madman and responding to the podcast Out Loud at, like, a normal speaking volume. pov u see a student worker in the college dining hall shoving ice cream cones into a jar and laughing maniacally at the idea of mrs cormaci and ripred both being sensual lovers who find each other after being alone in the world for so long

[cutter-kirby]

couldn’t get this image out of my head

[yesthefandomfreakblr]

Y'all remember when Gregor admitted Ripred was right one time and was nice to him.

And then the rat was SO nice the entire fucking rest of the series.

That was so relatable of him, honestly.

[orangeblobby]

My mom while reading prophecy of bane: “I don’t trust lady military person”

“oh?”

“What’s her name. Slovakia. I don’t trust her’