no ok because forevers solo mission into the nether and all the vague ‘if I don’t return’ and ‘I’m sorry’ messages he’s left behind is made all the more heart wrenching because he wasn’t meant to be the martyr.
bad has been setting himself up for tragedy. it’s in the self destructive choices he makes, his hyper paranoia, his self isolation, the way he’s literally turning blue and can’t seem to notice it himself. and from a meta perspective, it’s obvious - he talks about lasting consequences, he makes very clear framing and music decisions, the story arc has been setting up for something big. he’s got a book that says it’s for forever’s eyes only and hinted at him needing his help. he’s said to tina that he’s 100% sure of one person ending up dead at the end of all this. he’s made it clear he’d do anything he thinks would get the kids back - self sacrifice included.
it’s been an anxious build up as bad gets worse and worse. as his friends pick up clues and notice. bagi says she knows that bad lies and can cause havoc, but she’s not going to leave his side because he is too sad to be left alone. foolish takes note of his color blindness before anyone else. forever demands his time and reassures bad daily that he is there for him. gives him a flower every day. makes an entire party just showing how much bad is cared for and loved. keeps talking and visiting even when he’s ripping out his hair with annoyance because bad just won’t quit being a nuisance, or argumentative, or a probable kidnapper.
it feels like love and doomed endings. it feels like a build up to something tragic. it feels like trying to save a drowning man who won’t let anyone pull him up. because bad is ready to work for the feds, torture people, burn down anything in his way, sacrifice himself in his desperation and grief.
but now its forever who’s gone and decided any danger to himself is worth it for his son. who’s left behind vague goodbyes and see you soons, unsure if he’ll survive but set on the kids surviving at the very least. he’s already decided his death is worth it.
and while it’s not a surprise, it’s enough of a script flip to punch us all in the gut. because we expected tragedy, we expected uneasy goodbyes and self destructive choices and that effect felt across the island - but we didn’t expect it to be forever.
and neither did bad - who relied on that flower every day
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Inspector Archibald Fleet spends all of his time begging Even Greater London & the denizens of it to make sense despite the fact that they're the least sensible things ever, and that's one of my favorite things about him. he has personally decided to be the whole city's straight man with a thinly veiled anger
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so are we never going to talk about how:
James tells a story to Miranda in XVII about why he chose the name "Flint"; it is a story in which....
James' grandfather, a fisherman, speaks with a man (Mr. Flint) conjured up out of the sea out of nothing and then taken back for some unknowable purpose.
specifically, Mr. Flint disappears when the grandfather (presumably Mr. McGraw) goes to fetch some rum
decades later, inspired by his grandfather's tale, James McGraw decides to -temporarily- take the name "Flint" when he becomes a pirate. The sea does not allow him to give it back.
In Treasure Island, Silver and the other pirates on said island are terrified of the disembodied voice of Flint's ghost, repeating his last words on his deathbed in Savannah. Those words are:
"Darby M'Graw, fetch aft' the rum!"
Who in the world could Darby McGraw possibly be?
.....Darby McGraw is the name of his grandfather.
Following the continuity into Treasure Island, this implies that Flint, our Flint, from Black Sails, does not die "unmade" back into James McGraw, but instead dies fully subsumed within the myth of Mr. Flint, repeating the last lines his grandfather heard from him before he was taken back into the sea.
Flint's death in Treasure Island, is he himself returning to the sea, having completed his unknowable purpose as the inciting incident of Treasure Island
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gender? hardly know 'er
me: "I worked myself to illness for financial reasons -- it was one time and it's done, recovery has been slow.
me: "One thing really hitting me is my voice changed, I lost use of much of it and it's very low and gravely. That's recovered, but it is lingering in my laugh.
me: "Having a low, gravely laugh is... mesmerizing, I love it, and the complete opposite of much of my--" (vague hand gestures, high pitched and annoyed and joyful tone) "--journey.
me: "Which makes no sense. At all. To my stated and discovered goals."
therapist, writing out 'check zillo prices for vacation homes in warm climate' and 'this bitch is crazy': "Maybe this is part of your journey?"
me:
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mistyjessica would’ve been such a looney tunes type couple too. you know. like the live action tv equivalent of getting whacked in the head with a giant mallet and stars float above your head but surviving so you can get into a dramatic car chase that ends in an explosive crash that you once again survive idk im just saying anything but the constant blackmailing and kidnapping and throwing plates at each other that always comically miss and threatening to kill pets you later feed and sharing binoculars at a stakeout and going to ikea together to decorate a murder basement one of you will probably be locked in later. you get it. also again. we wouldn’t need a new man to magically solve everything in the finale when we had a literallll fixer woman connected to 3/6 survivors!!!!
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no okay i gotta rant. the changes Tumblr is making / is going to make Fucking Suck! they do! they clutter the site, fuck up perfectly fine button placements and such, and just mess with stuff that wasnt broken to begin with but certainly is now!
and the shit with like... collapsible reblog chains... all because they want to cater to people joining Tumblr from other sites. like??? excuse me?? they're coming to Our House. you dont completely remodel your home just because a new roommate is moving in. newcomers adapt. the site shouldn't unless it's to improve. absolutely fucking ridiculous.
i really dont wanna lose this site, its the only one i can handle using and i actively Enjoy using it because its unique. @staff please for the love of everything Leave It Be. let newcomers adjust and learn how to use our site as is. if yall kill tumblr for such a bs reason...
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Driving permit tests be like
What is a place you can drive to?
-restuarant
-blowing alley
-restaurant
-Mika's Pierogi Kitchen
The first two are an automatic fail of course because they're slightly misspelled, therefore they are WRONG. You idiot. You utter fucking fool. No driving for you.
And if you choose the last one, you'll get the explanation why and it'll be like NO YOU STUPID DUMB FUCKING SLUT THAT SHIT CLOSED DOWN A MONTH AGO, HOW DID YOU NOT KNOW YOU CAN'T DRIVE THERE, OH MY GOD YOU ARE A DANGER TO EVERYONE ON THE ROAD PUT OUT A WARRANT FOR HER
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another. weird long Rant abt Frank Fontaine.. :-)
(NOTE: this is all just. pure speculation and from the perspective of. If Frank Fontaine was real. all fun and games here!!! i just like talking abt my fav characters okayy!!!!)
Frank spending so much just. time in Rapture definitely had some sort of effect on him and his outlook on his life. Frank at his core is a conman who lies and steals and assumes other identities, chances are hes always had to be ready to leave everything behind at any given moment.
I don't think he's ever stayed stationary for that long. he most likely never had the chance to, yknow? because of that he also probably was never able to build up a lot of meaningful relationships. he's never had a support system, no friends (besides Reggie, shout out), no family, all because he'll never know how long he'll be able to stick around.
Never holding a solid identity probably never did wonders for Frank either. He'd always have to change and adapt Topside, become a whole new person. but in Rapture he had time to actually explore himself. learn about his own likes and dislikes. actually gain some sense of self instead of what the situation called him to be. He had a chance to be normal, to actually live a simple life.
Being Atlas as well probably changed him lots too. Being a Revolutionary is tough, but also having to constantly keep up the front he put up as well? Yes, Frank is experienced and talented in what he does, but Atlas had SO MANY PEOPLE looking up to him and his ideals. Chances are, part of him fell to deep into the Con at some points. Causing himself unnecessary stress. Just so it wouldn't all fall apart.
Which. also makes me think about his Boss Form. It's called his "Atlas Form". Atlas. Form. Atlas the voice of the people. Frank Fontaine IS Atlas. Which I mean, yeah obviously but. there's sometimes so just. harrowing about him like that, being labeled as "Atlas" . its just so weird to think about, to me at least.
Frank Fontaine is just. such a convoluted character when you think about it deeply. anyways I'll shut up now (^_^)/
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will says that el has a book of letters from him because he’s just pointing out that they kept in contact regularly whereas he and mike didn’t but somehow mike interprets that as if will was implying there should be something romantic between them too and it stumps will bc that’s not what he meant at all and he doesn’t realize yet why mike is actually so mad or who he’s mad at, and while we clown mike for being oblivious i think will is oblivious too bc this isn’t the first time mike’s done that and yet. will doesn’t question it. he never does and they never talk about it. he just continues with what he’s saying about how they used to be best friends. they never talk about the fact that when will fights to salvage their friendship mike talks about it as if it was more than what it was and as if continuing as they were would get between his relationship with eleven. which implies that he himself feels that their relationship is inappropriate if he wants to date eleven concurrently and explains why it’s the only friendship within the party that seriously falls apart and why will is the only party member that he completely changes his behavior n actions towards and why he’s the only party member that he no longer touches once he dates eleven. which again also explains why after they start dating it’s only when eleven isn’t around that he allows a softer, more open and present mike to reappear around will. it’s just like. why would he do any of that if he’s not projecting? will is literally the one with a canonically confirmed interest in him and yet he’s mad at the roller rink because will is ignoring him [or so he thought at that point]. he’s not mad that eleven lied. he’s not mad at what those bullies did to her. he’s mad that will didn’t talk to him. he’s so mad and hurt by will that he doesn’t even console his girlfriend who was encircled, taunted, and had a milkshake thrown on her all on tape. he stays by will’s side despite everything, even when she’s fidgeting and crying to the side of them. to top it off he even makes a passive aggressive bitchy little comment at dinner afterward because he’s still. mad. at. will. will is the one that ruined his day. not those bullies being cruel to el, but will. it clouds his vision so much that he can’t even pretend or begin to attempt to entertain the idea of being there for her when she so clearly needs him. how does anyone fucking watch any of that and not get what’s going on. HOW????
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