i will say kipperlilly’s rage at riz specifically for having an unfair advantage in his dad’s tragic murder when riz has been practically killing himself all year bc they are a single parent low income household and won’t be able to afford uni without a scholarship precisely because his dad’s tragic murder isn’t accounted for is just,,,, oh boy
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This was originally a reblog, but it felt important enough to me that I wanted to make it it's own post.
I have mentioned before how Fabian feels like a representation of some parts of the black experience, and Riz feels like another.
Riz has always felt black coded to me because of how much harder he has to work to be viewed as equal and worthy. How disrespected goblins are in the FH universe, I think about that pirate that threatened him while they were in leviathan all the time. Riz has to be perfect all the time because if he isn't, he'll be viewed as nothing. Everything he has ever done and all the work he has ever put into the things he loves will mean fucking nothing.
Watching Riz and Sklonda interact sometimes feels like watching conversations with elders in our community telling us telling that we can't be mediocre. We can't be anything but the best. We can't be messy, or scrappy, or frumpy, or unprepared, because every black individual is the face of the black community when we go out into the world.
We're not allowed to have awkward phases because it will make the community look bad. The amount of pressure we live under from the moment the world stops viewing us as kids, even before then honestly, is fucking immense and there is no room for slipups.
I relate to Riz so much and I headcaonned him and Sklonda as black from their first appearance because I saw myself and my own family in them.
I love DND so much because of the stories it allows us to tell, because of the experiences we get to share that people might not see otherwise. I just think that's really beautiful.
This is also the third time a white man has done a portrayal of a character that feels so fucking true to the black experience, without even trying and I think that's hilarious.
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Fucking love how Brennan is like:
here are the parents figures, some of them are straight evil, some of them are bad, some of them are good but none of them is fucking perfect
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Sandra-Lynn and Sklonda confirmed lunch buddies where they talk about their kids!!!!!
🧡🧡 love them
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Sklonda saying that her and Sandra Lynn are friends and catch up from drink regularly...we are one step closer to my Sandra Lynn Jawbone Skolda Gorthalax polycule dream
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I think about Sklonda pouring her milk into riz’s bowl and replacing it with water DAILY.
I think about sklonda trying her best to stop her son becoming his father before accepting that it is the path that Rox is on and all she can do is prepare him for it.
I think about sklonda REGULAR COP helping her son fight the dragon that killed her hisband.
I think about sklonda a lot
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(Google search history of my brain) Sklonda Gukgak Hawaiian shirts. Sklonda Gukgak aviator sunglasses. Sklonda Gukgak aviator JACKET. Sklonda Gukgak masculine clothing. Sklonda Gukgak trying on Pok's suits. Sklonda Gukgak makeup hater.
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God, I love the art this season so much. Not just because it's fucking gorgeous, (which it is.) But. like. look at this.
The Trio of Goblin Badasses (otherwise known as the Gukgak family):
First of all. Pretty. Second of all, look at their facial features. Riz's got his dad's ears, but his mom's nose. Sklonda's jawline and Pok's dark brows. This kid is the spitting image of his parents, a perfect combo of the two. Just like Kalina said in Sophomore Year.
I Just Think It's Neat.
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Just imagine Sklonda Gukgak going to Riz's first bloodrush game, understandably anxious because her son is by no means that athletic and probably the smallest one on the field (and she probably watched him get grabbed and crushed to death on a livestream less than a year ago).
And then she gets there and she sees his friends, that she worried were taking advantage of him, there to shower him with encouragement and cheer and inspiration. Like imagine her sitting with Kristen, who tells her of course we're all going to be here for his first game!
And thanks to them, he does it!
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Sandra Lynn and Sklonda's friendship is beautiful because Sandra Lynn is tall and Sklonda is small
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Brennan can say that his self-insert OC is the aarakocra agent all he wants but we all know it's Sklonda Gukgak and it always has been.
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