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Ratigan appreciation post has me like this thank you op

Ratigan is among my favorite villains not just because he's the perfect example of a classic villain and a good adaptation of Moriarty, he's just well written too.

Not necessarily in the backstory or twist department like Turbo, but just in the way he's handled as an agonist. You feel his presence before he's revealed. SOMEONE had to send Fidget for the kidnapping, and that someone is evil. I could go into the genius of the first scene, but the steaks are set instantly.

When we actually get to see the guy, (through Basil's fruity ass and his framed picture of him) he wastes no time launching into a musical number 1 out of 3 songs of the whole movie, which two of them are his. (Not to mention he has a doll of Basil full of pins to mirror the picture Basil has, damn how bad was the breakup dude). This number shows off his entire range, from triumphant self- aggrandizing to waxing poetic about how much he dislikes getting foiled and his fun getting ruined.

-To what happens when you offend him. For the mere crime of calling him a rat, which he is- the drunken mouse gets fed to a cat while the other henchmen watch. (I kinda wonder WHY he's so upset by this, it's never really elaborated on, though interestingly it seems he's trying to stray from the typical associations of being a rat by surrounding himself with poshness and dressing like a gentleman)

But despite these monetary slips of his composure, he usually fixes himself and acts calm and collected as he sentences people to their deaths.

Which makes the climax of the movie all the more impactful. When Basil was faced with seeming defeat, he resigned into self-pity, but when faced with his cape caught in the gears, Basil getting away after foiling his master plan, and most importantly- being outwitted- he finally, truly, loses his cool.

While pursuing Basil in a blind rage, he loses large portions of his clothing hot damn and fully resembles the stereotype of the ragged, dirty, sharp-toothed sewer rat that was inside him all along, going as far as running on all fours.

As intelligent as he is- he's short-sighted. He doesn't leave a henchmen to make sure Basil doesn't escape, he didn't have a plan B for the case the robot queen failed. He tackles Basil to what could have been both of their dooms, And in his rage- he doesn't notice Basil pickpocketing him and distracting him with the very bell that he'd used to sentence people to death by cat, momentarily snapping him out of his rage and distracting him. In which time, Big Ben chimes, which sends him plummeting, a grand end to a grand villain.

Anyway this post was just one big excuse to talk about that one gif. Goodnight everybody!

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Okay but why is it that when one of ratigans henchmen calls him "the worlds greatest rat", his reaction is this:

But when basil calls him "a slimy contemptible sewer rat", he just does this:

🤨🏳️‍🌈⁉️

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Waaaaa!!! Hello!!! I love your fanfics so much! I recently read the last one you were writing and I especially fell in love with chapter two, I'm eagerly awaiting the next one! I hope you like the fan art!!🥺💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

@alex-miajnak

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He likes unicorns

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i have no one to scream about how much i love them to. you all will suffer(debatable) as a result.

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Torbek thing yippee

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Frost meets Gricko <3

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Gideon keeps a diary journal

Gideon has a small journal where he keeps track of the life he lives

Not all his letters are right and the words wouldn’t make sense to most people

He’s dyslexic but he can read it and that’s all that matters

Lots of pages are mechanics and parts

Schematics for the Ferris Wheel and Rides

Ways to scam the games the carnival had

How to do his eyeliner for Phoe Phoe Nyx

And pages and pages and pages of Kremy

Pages of his favorite things

Books with titles and Authors scrawled in his messy handwriting

Stores with price ranges and when it’s easiest to steal from them

Colors and descriptions of them like Gricko’s Ocarina Blue

Pages detailing a ring: White Gold band with 8 royal purple sapphires set in it, one raised 2kt Diamond in a Marquise cut, and a Deep red Garnet on the inside of the band next to the words “Unironic”

Pages on stitch types and their uses

How to repair Frost’s Robe with near invisible stitches

How to fix Hootsie’s Teddy bear

How to keep Torbek’s clothes from disintegrating

And actual entries describing the Jaberwock, the Feywild, Twig, The King of Hearts, The Hags and their weaknesses and fears

Entries talking about missing his Pa and running Cons with Kremy

He keeps it in the front pocket of his and Kremy’s pack with his pencil and a knife for sharpening

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biblically accurate torbek

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The boiiiiiiiiiii

I’m doing everything but the pile of wips staring back at me right now

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my poor heart i just love torbek so much

like yeah, he’s a stinky gangly homeless guy.

but he’s OUR stinky gangly homeless guy

and he’s trying SO HARDDD while having to cope with SO MUCH and i just love him so much omg

possible spoilers up to ep 38 for once upon a witchlight. i don’t remember the exact episodes but that’s where im at so i might mention things up to then 🫡

right okay analysis time because it’s english class and i’m bored

when we first meet torbek at the carnival, he seems to be out of it. he’s just standing there, waiting to talk to mr light to apply for a job bc he’s TRYING to get money to get his life together because no matter what he keeps trying and i can’t help but respect him for that

but this guy. this stupid pathetic little man. he didn’t even realise the 8 days had already past, and he spent them all drunk and wandering around with Clementine.

so when we first see this we think “oh lol what a loser boy. he’s so pathetic wet cat, lol, stupid sad man.”

and that’s ACCURATE but!! BUT!!!!!!

we know that he has at least one alter, during the fight with agdon (idk how to spell) longscarf when he says: “You think I’m Torbek?!” and this was before witchlight was introduced into his system, fucking him up more, both mentally and physically, so what if it was one of his other alters that was wandering around the carnival, not him??

because from what we’ve seen, he has no memories of the carnival or the 8 days he’s already spent there, and he gets extremely distraught when (i forget who) mentions that the 8 days have already past, and he literally has 8 hours left to enjoy the carnival. like he gets super upset bc he can’t remember ANY of it or how he SPENT the time and it’s like that part of his life is just missing, gone, erased. LIKE. GUYS.

right okay so now what was supposed to be a silly bit actually has in depth meaning to it, making torbek a much more complicated character than he was originally portrayed to be. was this planned? who knows. but i love it either way.

and later we learn the reason for his constant drinking: to keep the voice(s) at bay in order to stay in control, essentially. so what if one of his alters was doing something similar? bc we know Torbek has done that/will do that, so i feel like it’s fair to assume one of the others might as well?

OKAY MOVING ON

GUYS NIGJT TIME

torbek is clearly uncomfortable when first putting on the bunny suit, but he does it anyway, bc all his “friends” (they’re not really friends yet at this point) are dressing up, and he doesn’t want to be left out.

i feel like this really fits his character. most of what he does is so he can get some kind of validation from others, or at least still be able to hang out with them.

we’ve seen multiple times that Torbek goes unnoticed, people will be surprised by him speaking and ask when he got there, and not believe him when he tells them he’s been there the whole time. He’s used to never being seen, and i think that’s one of the reasons he enjoyed guys might as much as he did, bc for once he wasn’t just in the shadows, for once he went just ignored, he was actually part of a group.

and, yeah, he might not be the best at all the carnival activities they did, but he still tried. everyone else was trying, and honestly Torbek is VERYYYY susceptible to peer pressure. he doesn’t want to disappoint them or do something wrong that’ll make them leave him, so he’ll do whatever he’s told to.

god i love him.

okay, so, then the whole experiments with the witchlight. upon meeting up with the group, Torbek tells them he thought about guys night all the time, and it’s what kept him going. i feel like this only proves HOW important that day was for him, and just shows HOW much fun he had. he was pushed out of his comfort zone, but not necessarily in a bad way.

i will ABSOLUTELY rant about Torbek more but i think i’ll end it here for now cause class is almost over

i love torbek <333333333

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Maybe I didn't make them kiss, but I did something even stupid. Rib, this is for u lol ( @urfavrib )

( This is also on my TikTok btw!! )

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" Do I look like your boyfriend~? "

(oh my god here I go)

THIS BEAUTIFUL FUCKING VIDEO HAS CHANGED SOMETHING INSIDE ME AND GOD, I'M THANKFUL ABOUT THAT AKDBAKNANDKD

SO HERE U GO, A FAST FUCKING SKETCH IN TRADITIONAL BECAUSE AAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH😭😭😭😭😭😭💥💥💥💥

@/gorebek this is all your fault(¿??

(Too scared to actually tag 'em akdbkaannd)

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Torbek telling Kremy that they were downplaying what happened to him, only for Kremy to say he doesn't believe him, only for Frost to step up and say "Torbek, I believe you"

🥺🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭😭😭😭

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Me when a character starts experiencing an agonizingly, Horrifically, painful transformation :