Everyone is talking about how cute this whole card was, but this moment had me thinking about how hard it must have been for Xavier and the other backtrackers to adjust to Earth and well... everything.
Like I wonder how hard it was for them to adjust to new foods, new (old? Ancient?) Tech, customs, clothing, everything.
Like it's clear from the main story that some of the Backtrackers are really struggling even after all this time, but I wonder how many faltered right at the beginning, and how hard, when they saw just how different it really all was. I mean, some people can't even manage to live in another country for an extended period of time, imagine living on an entirely different planet, in an entirely different time, with people who weren't even entirely your same species.
And, at the end of it, to develop a resistance to change, rather than to foster a healthy relationship with it, because of it? It's a coping mechanism, for sure, one we've seen from Xavier a couple of times actually.
All this was to say that in the midst of this tooth-achingly sweet moment, there was still a little bit of that "raw realness" that is always there with Xavier. He always seems to say the most accidentally sad things at the most random times.
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minnow moon is a sweet precious innocent baby who SURELY did NOT just barf half eaten fish into your lap. like - just look at him!!! thats not the face of someone who could commit a crime!!!
anyway happy mermay!!! i'll be trying to doodle the mer-lads more often this month! :D
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i love you lungfish i love you sturgeon i love you paddlefish i love you mormyrid i love you bichir i love you arowana i love you arapaima i love you electric eel i love you catfish i love you lamprey i love you bowfin i love you gar i love you freshwater freaks i love you evolution's most wonderful and most unique children i love you so-called monsters
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You guys have no idea how much I enjoy that Chiaki is both a jock AND a nerd!
He’s athletic and was on the basketball team back in high school, and regularly talks about working out and all that, and nowadays is in his own club that does sports and all that (which makes me curious because I know he was sickly as a child. Is he still sickly nowadays? Maybe to a lesser extent than when he was little? I wonder if another story will go into more details). But he’s also a really good student who reads every night and is good at tutoring and also collects merch for all his beloved tokusatsu shows and all that.
I just find it adorably endearing! Because on paper you see Chiaki and think “oh yeah typical dumb loud lovable jock type”. But then the game is like “yeah he is a loud and lovable jock but the guy’s also a MASSIVE nerd boy, mister smarty pants bookworm over here”!
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I think we skipped over the capitol people eating each other just a bit too quick-
Like Snow just drops this very tragic lore and then is like… anyway I think it’s time to cheat a little and get sent to the districts 🤪✌️
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hey, don't cry..... rats have little hands. okay?
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looking back at my first twst reblogs and posts from when I started interacting with twstblr is such a funny thing
considering that the first ever twst post I reblogged was a goofy little tweels tiktok video... I feel like that makes a lot of sense for everything that came afterwards
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😭 I am so so obsessed with this artist and finally managed to get one of her pieces a month or two ago and it finally came!!!! he's so cute and creepy i love him so fucking much!!!!
This is her instagram if you wanna see her stuff!
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