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Okay, so I know a solid 40% of the new Fantasy High was about Tracker "There's still deep attraction here" O'Shaughnessy, but HERE ME OUT
Gertie Bladeshield is the perfect woman for Kristen Applebees.
Cause, like, look, there was a lot of talk in episode 11 about impulsivity and chaos as an aspect of Kristen's character, mainly in how it's mirrored in Princess "Kristen if she had money" Naradriel, but it's also been a general focus this season, especially in how she often uses it to guard her emotions. Think back to "That's what you think", an incredible improv moment, but if you look at the big picture, Kristen's estranged parents make an incredibly inflammatory statement about her religion right after actively bullying her little brother, and instead of honoring any of the actual negative emotions she's being filled with in that moment, she pirouettes away. It's brought up in the adventuring party after this exact episode how Kristen is a cleric, a high-wisdom class that is naturally insightful, but uses these silly deflections to hold other people back from being insightful into her (hence Mac & Donna's lifetime insight disadvantage)
This isn't just limited to small moments, too. To take a broader look at the season so far, Kristen's chaotic, shrimp-jumping, wrangler-wearing, salsa-dipping, middle-school-campaigning, steel-workers-union-supporting bid for class president is often shown explicitly as a distraction from her existentially important job as the only cleric of Cassandra. Even when trying to earnestly apologize to Cassandra and prove to them that she's gonna prioritize her over class presidency, the only way she can articulate it is "You're the meat, mama." Her emotions are always guarded by some amount of chaos and impulsivity.
Now, how does that relate to Gertie "I've had a crush on you for a really long time" Bladeshield?
In both of the two scenes we've gotten of The Best D20 NPC (/j (but I do really like her)), Gertie has shown a pretty similar propensity for making bold, chaotic decisions in the heat of the moment. However, in my observation, these decisions do NOT come from a place of emotional suppression. Quite the opposite, actually.
Think back to her Grand Entrance into the narrative. Gertie, being one of the last people awake at Fabian's party, gifts her longtime-crush a jar of honey, something that connects directly to her passion/special-interest of beekeeping, in a homemade container designed as a pun on Kristen's last name. (in hindsight, the crush was very obvious) Then, in the middle of her infodumping to her about honey, Kristen's rich friend makes an incredibly dismissive remark about her good-natured gift. This obviously pisses her off, but unlike Kristen "That's what you think" Applebees, Gertie "I don't give a shit who's kid you are" Bladeshield lets herself feel those emotions very loudly, immediately starts a duel with possibly one of the most accomplished sword-fighters in the history of Aguefort, and declares him a life-long nemesis. She acts very brashly and impulsively, but in a way that doesn't hide her emotions, instead expressing them.
(I know there's a lot of talk about outbursts of anger being tied to Ankarna, but not only does the scene not really seem like foreshadowing to me, it's more interesting to see it through the lens of being Gertie's actual actions)
This trend continues with the 12th most noteworthy thing to have happened in episode 11 (which incredibly high acclaim), where after being explicitly asked to talk about bees by her crush, and being placed inches away from her face, kisses her on the lips. Now, excusing the albeit upsetting lack of consent, it once again shows Gertie acting very impulsively in a way that exposes her feelings to the people she likes. With these two instances of characterization being literally the only two scenes we get with her, it poses her as a very interesting parallel to Kristen, someone who shares in her willingness to make impulsive decisions, but differs wildly from her in the way she uses them to react to strong emotions.
However, does this really make Gertie the Autism to her ADHD?
(idk if Gertie really shows autistic traits, I just wanted to say that)
Well, part of what Tracker a good companion for Kristen was that, as a fellow cleric, she naturally had very high wisdom, meaning she had enough insight to look past the layers of shrimp and salsa and engage with her on a deep level. However, clerics aren't the only class that cast spells with wisdom, so do rangers, including swarm-keeper rangers, which is a subclass that both has a good few abilities focused on spell-casting and was confirmed to be Gertie's subclass in an adventuring party. While her highest stat still could be dex (which, come to think of it, is a hilarious contrast to Kristen), there's no doubt that Gertie has a higher chance than most at being able to look past Kristen's barriers and see the complex hive of sweet, buzzing emotions underneath.
Hell, maybe that's where Gertie's crush comes from in the first place. Maybe, seeing this popular, proudly sapphic cleric be incredibly playful and chaotic on school grounds, she not only saw a bit of herself, but a little more. Perhaps, the type of mind that dedicates itself to allowing small, harmless critters to prosper even when no-one cares to join her club, is also the type of mind able to recognize when someone isn't allowing their truest emotions to prosper, making her wonder if they might have something to gain from sharing some of that chaos, using it not to hide, but to be free.
Or maybe it's just cause her last name has "bees" in it, idk.
#fantasy high#gertie bladeshield#kristen applebees#d20 fhjy#dimension 20 fhjy#fantasy high junior year#bladebees#beesbees#appleshield#gert's bees
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That's so true! I knew there was something off about it all but I just couldn't put my finger on it. Tracker was desperate to highlight her god's wolf side but is now basically just leading a camp that STILL ignores that part of her god.
you know, it wasn’t that tracker has funding behind the wolfsong revival (even though taking funds from the people who have been in power the whole time probably will bite you in the ass when you’re trying to change too much). it wasn’t that there wasn’t dirt on the cocoa, or that it wasn’t a sad basement meeting. to me, it was that tracker’s crisis of faith (if you want to go so far as to call it that) stemmed from kristen meeting her god and seeing that the wolf side was a thing galicaea hated in herself. it was that being a werewolf has always been tied to tracker’s identity as a cleric. and, at least outwardly, the camp doesn’t seem to be highlighting that part of it. that’s probably why kristen asked her (rude) question.
#dimension 20#fantasy high#fantasy high junior year#fhjy#fantasy high junior year spoilers#tracker o'shaughnessey
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Something something being the awkward sister that feels like a complete failure and inadequate in comparison to her much more confident sister.
#little women#amy march#jo march#fleabag#fleabag claire#encanto#isabela madrigal#mirabel madrigal#lilo and stitch#narnia#narnia lucy#narnia susan#the good place#tahani al jamil#dimension 20#fantasy high#adaine abernant#aelwyn abernant#sisters#rant post
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HOW DARE THEY REVEAL BARON IN THE NEXT EPISODE WITHOUT ANY WARNING
#dimension 20#d20#brennan lee mulligan#fantasy high#ally beardsley#dropout#gorgug thistlespring#kristen applebees#riz gukgak#baron from the baronies#fantasy high junior year#fhjy spoilers
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The dropout captions coming all out once again
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this is...this is so bad
so very bad
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Maybe my absolute favorite thing about episode 8 is the fact that Niffty, the two foot tall ghost of a lobotomized 1950’s housewife, was the one to kill the inventor of sexism.
I genuinely love that so much, she deserves this, she’s my favorite thing ever. Perfect choice.
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how is everyone who's left their religion doing
#her story hits too hard for me#d20#dimension 20#fhjy#fantasy high#fantasy high junior year#fhjy spoilers#kristen applebees
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They’ve found the cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Babies who die of SIDS have a significantly lower level of an enzyme, the purpose of which is to rouse the baby from sleep if necessary (such as the baby stops breathing). This is extremely huge science and medicine news. There is a biological reason. It’s not random.
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Sometimes I think about gorgug and raghs friendship. Gorgug was Raghs first kiss. He was the one to hold him down while they made him shat his pants. Both of them were crab kings together. They take barbarian classes together.
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idk what you mean i definitely didn't tear up a bit when brennan said "there's nothing wrong with second place. your best effort is all that anyone's asking for. and if you come in second, or third, or last, it's not about winning or losing"
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ok some bad kids girlfriends too BYE
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Why is this season filling me with more rage and sadness than sophomore year?
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*me being angry because Kristen is treating Cassandra poorly*
*ally’s reminder that Kristen escaped a toxic and emotionally abusive household hits me like a fucking truck*
*kristen genuinely feeling bad and recognizing that Cassandra is owed an apology*
*the realization that Kristen has not been able too keep a god for more than a year since freshman year is probably connected to the fact that she cannot separate being devoted to a god from being trapped in a cult and more so she struggles with the thought of any permanent situation being positive because the constants in her childhood were her chaotic household, her abusive parents and the church that lied to her*
Ah well ok I’ll just sit with that then.
#well shit#dimension twenty#dimension20#dimension 20#d20#fantasy high#d20 fantasy high#fantasy high junior year#ally beardsley#kristen applebees#fhjy#fhjy spoilers#d20 fhjy#dimension 20 fhjy
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New Coraline design drop
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How deep does it go? The answer may surprise you. Or not.
Probably not.
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