#QUACKITY HAS BEEN A BIT CRINGE FAIL THIS SEASON BUT AT LEAST HE AND TOMMY ARE BROS

[radioactive-mouse]

ok but man. just. quackity and tommy’s friendship.

they don’t interact very often in a serious context but,, i think that’s what makes me like them so much? from the beginning of the election arc quackity and tommy, despite being on opposite sides, have always genuinely enjoyed each other’s company and had some good laughs together? and when schlatt comes into power that doesn’t quite fade, even if quackity is supposed to hate him, even if they’re preparing for war, they still have little moments where they laugh at each other’s dumb little jokes. and i think that’s definitely part of what ultimately turns quackity against schlatt. these people aren’t tyrants, they aren’t villains. quackity’s spent time with them, with this asshole kid that cracks him up. he doesn’t know about wilbur, really, but he’s met tommy, he likes tommy, and the kid may be short tempered and loud and stubborn but he’s not evil. quackity knows that tommys a good kid, a kind person, and doesn’t deserve what he and schlatt did to him. quackity was taking a huge leap of faith in leaving schlatt- there was no guarantee that pogtopia would accept him. but tommy’s seen the same kindness in quackity that quackity saw in him, and gives him the chance to join without hesitation. quackity and tommy, despite neither of them being great at properly articulating what they feel, seem to understand each other in a way not many others do.

and even after manburg vs pogtopia, after l’manburg’s built back up from scratch, as the exile is underway, quackity keeps vouching for tommy. quackity is one of the only people to explicitly take tommy aside and say “hey, listen, i understand why you’re upset and i don’t blame you, but now is not the time to act on it.” and that’s so important for tommy to hear. throughout the entire arc tommy is constantly being labeled as selfish and evil for wanting something that’s his, that he sacrificed, and quackity is one of very few characters to not do that. quackity tells him that it’s okay to want these things, but right now pursuing them puts l’manburg in danger. and when tubbo exiles tommy, especially after promising him safety, quackity is furious. he pushes forward because they have to, for l’manburg, but he’s angry.

and honestly, one of the brightest spots in tommy’s exile is quackity’s visit. everytime someone else visits him tommy just kind of... sits in his misery? he can tell obviously they want something from him, they want to feel like they’ve done something to help, but tommy doesn’t know how to give that to them. he’s stuck here, and no amount of gifts that will be destroyed later or meaningless sentiments about how it’s going to be okay are going to fix that. but when quackity visits, he visits with no expectations. he doesn’t try to fix tommy’s situation in a day. quackity shows up to make him laugh, to crack dumb jokes with him like they used to and forget everything for a while. quackity speaks tommy’s language, knows that right now asking questions is prying and stressful, so he doesn’t. and tommy thrives during that visit, he seems to genuinely have some fun for the first time in ages.

hearing tommy tell quackity he’s one of his best friends at their send off yesterday? it got to me. it really did. because tommy and quackity, despite whatever else is going on at the time, just seem to get each other.

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