This is a whopping three episodes late but true friendship is getting your friend from a Nat 4 to a modified 20 just to see what the hot Dragonborn thinks of her
I can’t wait for the final Rat Grinders fight. Just thinking about it from Kipperlilly’s perspective is funny to me.
“Okay, so Riz and Kristen have been my two most consistent antagonists, we’ve had multiple bad interactions and I Hate Them both specifically and its shared. They’ll probably rush me, but that should leave Buddy Dawn open”
And then when the fight actually happens, Adaine just fucking ANNIHILATES her first turn because she hates Kilperlilly so much and so much more violently then anyone else.
Kristen wants to beat her, Riz doesnt like what she stands for, bur Adaine? Adaine has not spoken to this bitch once as far as I’m aware yet she is always and will always be the first to shit talk her.
I'm sorry but no insult will ever be quite as damning as Siobhan's "hey bitch I cast Legend Lore on you and nothing came up" that Adaine thought but didn't say
I really need more details in these last few episodes about how everyone in Mordred is dealing with there suddenly being not just a prickly librarian but also fifteen cats suddenly living there.
Aelwyn is taking the bottom bunk, presumably, because Adaine will otherwise have a dozen or more cats crawling over her as she trances.
Thinking about the Bad Kids because Elmville is a relatively small town right? So even if Adaine/Fabian moved into town later (god knows I don’t remember if this is true or if I made it all up) it’s semi likely that Riz, Gorgug, Kristen, and Fig would have known at least some of the Rat Grinders as kids right? Like in theory we know of an elementary/middle school in town, I have to wonder what it would feel like to watch kids you might have vaguely knew on the playground, or kids who annoyed you in middle school, suddenly show up and become absolutely murderous. I have to wonder if any of the aforementioned Bad Kids ever stopped to think about the Rat Grinders when they were young? Did Kristen and Buddy ever meet at church? Did their parents suggest they become friends? Did they trade friendship bracelets at camp? Does Kristen remember it was his, does she still wear it? What about Gorgug and Lucy, always the tallest kids in class, were they always next to each other in class photos? Get paired up for gym class games? Did Lucy’s parents recommend clothing stores to Gorgug’s? Did Fig and Kipperlily do cheer together in middle school? Did she get invited to the sleepovers? Did she turn on Fig when her horns came in? Did Fig temper her rage like Lucy eventually would? Did Riz and Ruben always get paired up for being small? Did they trade sweaters because they were the only ones who fit? Did they play hide and seek in school and trade hiding spots? Did any of them get invited to birthday parties for the others? Did they all play games at recess? Did they share a language class in middle school? Did any of them notice when their friends/classmates/kids they recognized in the halls became hateful? Do any of the Bad Kids regret it, regret not staying in contact, regret not checking in? Even when they’re older, they shared classes with all of them, do you think any of the Bad Kids are quietly just thinking to themself: “How did I not notice?”
The thing about growing up where everyone knows each other, is that everyone knows everyone in some small way. I have to wonder how many of the Bad Kids have paused to wonder if they had done it all differently (they couldn’t if they tried), if they had been more aware (they couldn’t have been), if they had just reached out (why would they? why would something be wrong?) if they wouldn’t be here.
fhjy as a found family story is so fucking funny because as the bad kids are becoming family all their parents are becoming increasingly involved in what is about to become the worst polycule spyre has ever seen