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bokatan · 4 months

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I have no idea if I ever actually specified which Sanctuary house Reed lived in(referenced in this drabble and probably somewhere else that I can’t remember), so:

It’s the ruined blue one at the end of the cul-de-sac, closest to the river

And some miscellaneous headcanons & ramblings under the cut

Reed has a really weird relationship with Sanctuary. He was in Boston for all of a month before the bombs hit, still in the process of unpacking, & had no idea when Mercy would be heading back to the east coast to actually see where they’d be living. It’s not really home in any meaningful sense, but at the same time he has this weird disconnected homesick feeling over it because it was supposed to be. He hadn’t had a legitimately permanent home in almost a decade, this would’ve been the first one he’s had since leaving home to join the army, and (to him) it feels like it’s completely destroyed in a matter of minutes. He eventually meets Preston&Co and helps them get to Sanctuary, but even after they’ve started to rebuild he just can’t settle there. Something about trying to live in the ruins of what would’ve been his new life just makes him incredibly uneasy.

His feelings about vault 111 are similar; he goes back to the vault exactly once, months after the fact, after dealing with Kellogg, to make sure he didn’t actually miss anything. He still has no idea who Shaun is at this point and he’s not entirely aware of how involved the Institute is. He’s on edge the entire time he’s in the vault and rushes through it as much as he’s able to. I don’t think I’ve posted anything with him actually mentioning the vault yet, but he primarily refers to it as a crypt.

It eventually gets to a point where he just avoids that entire northwestern region of the map. He likes Preston well enough but can’t stand how uncomfortable both locations make him feel- the vault up on the hill and within sight at pretty much any given time, and the new homes and lives being created out of the empty shells and rubble of what should’ve been his new life.

#oh no it’s 10pm and Bo’s back on their Reedposting bullshit #FUCK i could’ve used reedposting for his shitpost memes tag. fuck. shit. god. that would’ve been such a good tag name #I’m going to bed now I may or may not continue on with this in the morning #just thinking about how he’d react to a sole that willingly lives in their old house #reed tag #reed info #for context- house was picked for location with river + woods/lake/etc nearby #he would’ve seen that and been like oh hell yeah Margot’s gonna love this #(she still loves it postwar too)

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joethehoeee · 1 year

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Remember that one time Strickler wore a hat?

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Cause I certainly do-

Our confused avocado man-

pls-

Why does he look so good and cute in it?

I NEED FANART! omg... Troll Strickler with a hat. And ofc human

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Ohh and two pictures that i found hilarius. The way he looks-

And sorry for the bad quality, i couldn’t find better clips :,(

But yeah i know this is random but maybe someone enjoys those pictures as much as i do. I just chill on my couch and then i thought 'wait. Wasn’t there one episode where Strickler wears a head?' And look i remembered-

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ggigigoode · 1 year

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don’t say i don’t treat you <3

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autistic-katara · 14 days

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writing would fix me

#i just need to figure out how to do that #i have ideas but idk how to make them actually into fics #and one of them is one of those “how would they act in this situation” things except it did happen in canon just off screen #(nico coming out to hazel)#bcz idk normally i’d just look for fics of that happening but i’ve read fics and they feel so ooc #like u gotta find the right balance between “nice person who cares abt her brother and wouldn’t discriminate”#and “someone who went to catholic school in the 30s and 40s”#bcz i love hazel and she’d never call him a slur and say he’s going to hell or smthn #but like internal biases are a real thing and chances are he’s the first openly gay person she’s talked to #so like i gotta figure out how she’d react #and then i gotta consider what circumstance this is happening #like is this an “i wanna tell my sister i have a boyfriend” thing or just an “i wanna tell my sister im gay” or even the more angsty #“my sister said some shit and i accidentally blurted that im gay” or smthn like that #and yk how long am i gonna make it who else is gonna be in it god this is so complicated #writing #pjo #ryan shut the fuck up

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darkwater-reservoir · 4 months

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Some frozenesther doodles from last night bc I'm so sane and normal about these fictional characters

#nat #the sun vanished #thesunvanished #art #frozenesther #robin #esther #i drew esther and nat hanging out bc they're my favorite characters and i think they would be friends #not sure how esther would react to meeting nat but considering she's basically a post-apocalyptic celebrity im going to assume it would be #some kind of internal 'HOLY SHIT OH MY GOD HOLY FUCK' monolog lol #i have some finished headshot sketches of robin and esther as well but im going to finish those digitally later lol

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perenlop · 6 months

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i know i know typical shounen issue but man. misa amane deserved better

#i dont think her role in the story is terrible i think shes a great curveball character #and to show how fucked up light is. i dont totally mind her being a complete stan and dedicating herself to him cause yknow #light wants to be a god and someone like misa is going to exist and worship him above all else and die when he does #i think that makes sense. but man the way shes written sometimes is just. hrm #like why doesnt she react when rem dies. why doesnt she acknowledge rems feelings for her at all #ik she values light above all else but like. i feel like she should care about her shinigami somewhat since she told her the truth #and gave her access to light in the first place #or even show like. how lights abuse affects her overtime and maybe she becomes more and more of a shell #also the torture scene like come ON ik shes got the shinigami eyes and they needed to blindfold her and stuff #but light/kira- who everyone admits is more dangerous- just gets put in solitary confinement #like it still sucks but misa is bound and blindfolded and allowed to believe shes being tormented by a stalker #even tho it makes more sense to just reiterate that shes in confinement over the kira case #and even despite that shes not allowed to feel rattled over the experience at all like light is #echoed voice #they just keep acting like shes an airhead

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dimiclaudeblaigan · 11 months

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i still love this pic so much bc it's literally the embodiment of all official artwork of the lords

claude is just being friendly and nice and dimi is staring at him like wow i love him so much and edelgard is just SO DONE with third wheeling their kissy bullshit

#DCB Comments #it's true tho it rly is all the official artwork and promotional stuff is like #here are dimi and claude together inseparable attached at the hip or never far apart and often interacting #and then there's edelgard either pointedly looking away and ignoring them or staring at them like #god you two are gross go flirt in private you absolute saps why do you always do this in front of me #what she doesn't realize is that claude specifically planned to do it around her bc he's been aware this whole time #that she reacts like that and always like why they gotta be smoochin again right in front of me #so now that he knows she reacts like that he purposely does it all the time but the thing is #dimi has no idea that's the whole point he's just infatuated with his mans and doesn't even think abt #how edelgard is reacting in the background he's just seeing rainbows and roses and claude #claude just has to ensure it occurs in her presence bc he knows dimi is the innocent one who #didn't plan it that way at all he's just admiring claude he's not even thinking abt the fact that she's there #the reason we usually don't get their retainers in these pics is bc hubert is disgusted and #doesn't wanna be around it and hilda is cheering them on. dedue is trying to do damage control #by keeping hubert from killing anyone and keeping hilda from getting too loud #hubert is over there like lady edelgard im so sorry u have to be in the picture with those hooligans #dimi is literally like no thoughts head full of claude in eye view very beautiful much heart flutter #and claude is like lel she's so annoyed this is great. but also that's his deflecting from the fact that #he doesn't know what to do that the cutest and sweetest man ever is infatuated with him so instead he just #focuses on lel edelgard is angy again instead of focusing on his feelings so he keeps goofing off #he's like oh wow he likes me i am happy how do i handle this i do not know so i will simply goof off #also since rhea is totally up for same sex marriage she's egging them on like wow i'm so happy for them sparkle sparkle #the little humans are so cute and in love and she loves that for them #edelgard was already planning a war but like. now that rhea is egging the boys' kissy nonsense on #edelgard is like i am starting that war as soon as possible at the highest intensity possible #and once the picture is done and she's free to go she comes smack face to face with ferdinand #and in that moment she knew her day was not getting any better bc ferdinand shall not relent #yes that's the story behind all the official and promotional art you see of them 100 percent true confirmed #DCB Three Houses Stuff

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piplupod · 5 months

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hate that you can have possibly the most horrific realisation of your life and your body completely freaks out and starts fighting itself and you are just expected to keep going with your day like normal. i feel like maybe i should get a month away from any and all responsibilities at the very least to recover and adjust to having this knowledge

#my god!!! my god!!! the horrors do not end!!!#in fact old horrors will come back to haunt you again!!!#i wish i had not gone digging and prodding but oops i am so stupid and also i cannot stop my brain from putting pieces together!!#i have a counseling appt tomorrow but i honestly dont think i can bring this up. how do u bring up such a thing! esp when u have no proof!#i do not think the pieces would all fit together so perfectly and the body and brain would not react so violently if it were not true thoug #i do not want it to be true dear fucking god can this not be true please. can i be mistaken maybe. can it be just a series of coincidences.#i do not know how to cope with this if it is true. and the most awful thing is i'll likely never know for sure #i do not have memory of any of those times. i will never know unless another part comes forward w memories #and maybe its better to not know? but i feel sick. i feel so very sick!! i cannot deal w this!!#Chase took over for half the day and he's sooo pissed at me for digging but i sincerely could not stop putting things together #everyone in the brain is so mad at me i think fsdjkl i feel so awful and sick and the body is so fucked up now #i want to bring it up w counselor but i'd have to bring up a lot of other things and she's about to go on pregnancy/maternity leave #i dont want to be... burdensome. and idk who will be replacing her #idk !!! i wish i could just undo all of that thinking this morning!! i fucked up!! i shouldnt have thought about it!!#i regret it but i also cannot stop wanting to know the truth!! and i hate this!! i dont want this to be real!! please i hope its not!!#pippen needs 2nd breakfast

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prodkeiji · 1 year

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and i thought neo was gna be a good person 😂😂 and then she gets consumed by that FUCKING cat 😂😂😂 is she and [redacted] dead now 😂😂😂😂

#im fine im completely fine how can i not be fine #i wish neo has her like. redemption arc #then againnn she IS a good villain but idk #itd be nice if she joins them lmaooo and cinder + salem wld be the main villains again #god im still trying to process everything that went on in ep 8 #no but im thinking of the cool shit they could pull if neo fights w team rwby #im also thinking how they (qrow + renora + oscar etc etc) would react if they tell them what happened in the ever after #boy i just KNOW theyd be traumatized #wait if they leave is jaune gonna be /that/ old #i hope not but then again i think nora would laugh her ass off idk 😭 i miss them #OTHER THAN THAT WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS EP 8 WHY WERE THEY ALL JUST STANDING??#YANG CMON ??? THAT WAS UR SISTER SHE WAS ABT TO K WORD HERSELF ?????#JAUNE YOU TOO YOU SAW THE FUCKING LEAF FROM THE CUP WHY WERE U JUST . THERE !!!!#this ep was so FRUSTRATINGLY short. i need more please i wish i never watched it #oh yea it was nice to hear pyrrha's voice again after years LOL she did such a good job despite the less than 5 mins screeentime HAHAHAHAHA #im going insane. rooster teeth look what u did to me #u have 2 fucking eps left to fix this shit u caused before u leave us hanging for another long ass year you better get it right

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angeltism · 6 months

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ju.lie and sa.hed have some sop.hie and ho.wl type of thing going on damn

#➳ the fool speaks #how to become ju.lie #also oh my god the MISUNDERSTANDINGS #DAAAAAAAMN #shit is getting interesting #kam.ille and rai.nah r so cute together i can't . and kam.ille has been so unaware of all the traumatizing stuff that ju.lie #and the others have been going thru sobbing #whenever somebun tells her (or idk maybe she stumbles into ton.ny doing his sketchy shit) i have a veeeery bad feeling for how she'll react #anyways oh god another web.toon i have to wait for updates for . booooooooooooooooooooooooo #jkjkjkjkjk waiting is worth it #i wonder when the next home.sick ep is coming out #i wonder if it'll feature my husband #hmmmmmmmmmmm #many questions . many wonderings :3c

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thedeadthree · 2 years

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ADDA DE TRASTAMARA (pathfinder: kingmaker)

i wanted to introduce the new girlie occupying the headspace so i returned to these two picrews!

TAGGING: these have made the rounds but if u would like to make more or if you haven’t done this yet please feel free to tag me! i always love seeing peoples ocs 💫

#oc: adda de trastamara #being sick means u make more clowns! ✨🤡💛🥴#she’s an angel blooded aasimar and empyreal sorceress and like.. im obsessed with her 💛🥹#the astral queen is her title i think? it fits! 💛💫#i uh.. have to re do the blood and wine dlc bc i messed up and the save was already saved over sksnjxjx ✨🥴#BUT AT THE SAME TIME maybe this playthrough was just an au? bc i know im gonna want to replay ITS MY FAV DLC FOR A REASONN #the main quest reigned (and still does) reign king of my heart but blood and wine oh my god.. IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME #ill go into a lore rant about nyctemine and how she reacts in that au bc.. it’s not pretty knowing dettlaff is gone #and like she couldn’t save him ✨🤧#BUT BACK TO ADDA at first i had like maegor in mind but im maybe thinking tristian? ill know for sure when i meet them?#(or i can also just watch videos of their romances but..! yea!)#gonna SHOOT for an ending where her kingdom thrives and so none of her heirs have to make up for things for the lore sake 💛 we shall see!#her fc was originally cae’s a*nya t*aylor *j*oy but i realized her and the aesthetic of cae fit adda better!#and i think in a*6 im giving vexx/damon to lunafreya?#i realized that cae as a character with ch5 isn’t really a viable character? in possibility she doesn’t become queen and her sister does?#but luna definitely is! in either scenario! so i think she’s the better route!#a lot of caes character is being transferred over to adda! the virtuous appearance hiding someone more ambitious underneath gold aesthetics #leg.ocs #t: picrews

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navree · 1 year

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https://href.li/?https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheDragon/comments/zjkdxf/now_this_is_an_interesting_tidbit_from_tom/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

what do you think of this? aegon and aemond were loyal to one another till the end in the book, I really hope their relationship "spiralling" isn't permanent

I think it's not out of the realm of possibility that we're going to see the relationship spiral for a period of time. TGC makes some good points in that video, which is that Aegon and Aemond have a lot of complicated feelings towards one another that have yet to be fully expressed or resolved. One thing we also have to keep in mind is that Aegon and Aemond are going to go from massive highs to massive lows in a really short amount of time in season 2. Aegon is the only person, in the book, who isn't viscerally angry/horrified/disgusted with Aemond following the events of Storm's End (he literally throws him a party my son I love you), and I think that'll likely be important for Aemond, now that the show's made it clear that he didn't intend to kill Lucerys and clearly understands that this is a massive fuckup. So we might see them get closer for a moment, if Aegon's the one trying to stick by his side while Alicent and Otto are upset with him, both out of whatever brotherly affection might exist, as well as knowing what it's like to be seen as the screw up.

Problem is, Blood and Cheese follows soon after. Blood and Cheese, for however much it was spurred by Aemond's actions, is an attack on Aegon. It's Aegon's mother who is physically assaulted in her own rooms, it's Aegon's children who are terrorized, it's Aegon sister and Aegon's wife who is being psychologically tortured, it's Aegon's daughter threatened with rape at one point, and it's Aegon's son who is murdered. Blood and Cheese are a strike by Rhaenyra against Aegon, his son for her son. And while everyone in the family is going to be hugely affected by what happens, we know from the book that Aegon takes it really badly, that he "raged, and drank, and raged", and I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that, in that rage and that grief over what's happened to his family, is going to let loose on Aemond. Blood and Cheese say point blank "an eye for an eye, a son for a son", Jahaerys for Lucerys, and who killed Lucerys? Aemond did. It's entirely possible that Aegon is going to blame Aemond for what happened, and be vicious in doing so, and that the relationship will spiral out for a time, especially if all those other unresolved feelings get dredged up in the ensuing conversations.

I don't think it'll be a permanent rift. Things said in grief and anger are often excused, and Aegon's going through it in a way nobody else except for Helaena could understand, and Aemond's likely going to go the route of blaming himself for what happens (personally I think we should get one of those scenes where Person A allows Person B to beat them into the ground without fighting back because they think they deserve it, I would like to see it), but whatever spiraling that happens as things reach an emotional crescendo with them doesn't have to last, and likely won't. Rook's Rest happens soon afterwards, where Aegon and Aemond are fighting together against Rhaenys, and Aemond's going to be named the Prince Regent (and despite wanting to be king, very conspicuously doesn't name himself as such and only calls himself "Prince Regent and Protector of the Realm" while Aegon recovers).

And even beyond all of that, one thing to remember is that the actors aren't the writers. TGC has amazing insights into Aegon as a character and generally seems to get him far better than even the writers do sometimes, but he is still ultimately beholden to act out what he's given, and what he says at a convention isn't necessarily gospel truth unless the writers take what he says into account when starting pre-production for the next season. So his interpretations isn't necessarily how it's even going to go.

#personal #answered #anonymous #do i want to see blood and cheese? no i think it's going to be horrible #but am i excited to see how the interpersonal relationships and dynamics react to it? yes yes i am #but god i can really see the miasma of complication coming from that as it relates to aegon and aemond #and i for one am ready #i do wonder if they're going to have them both fight meleys at the same time #or if it'll be aemond and vhagar against rhaenys and meleys first #and then sunfyre and aegon swoop in to help #considering that the book makes a note of the fact that meleys could have won if she was just fighting vhagar alone #but adding in sunfyre was the thing that sealed her fate #and then of course vhagar helping save sunfyre when it seems like meleys is about to kill him #two bros saving each other and whatnot after the whole mess that came from aemond's mistake #and then aegon placing enough trust in him to want him to rule in his stead #and know that he won't usurp the crown even if he might actually want it #i think they should do some sort of 'break apart to grow closer' type thing with them they really should

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swingstep · 1 year

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Please drop mrd theatre au lore????

OH HOO BOY so. genuinely did not remember i never explained that au huh ksjdngd its been a hot minute since ive messed with that one, but lets see what i can dig up for it. as a disclaimer, its kind of an... abstract au, very rough around the edges as well. dont expect it to be anything too concrete WAHAHA

anyhow. tldr: the mrd theatre au is exactly what it sounds like: the plot of the game described entirely through the lens of a theater production! alternately referred to as the dance au, because... its a musical! major events are described through dance, each piece pushing the story forward with the power of music and expression. literally-- the story won’t move on without it. starring mad rat as the lead role, rat god as the director, and heart as... That One Guy, Sure!

the abstraction kicks in in its presentation though-- it's told through the framing of a stage-- however, the story itself is Real to the characters. their world is real, and as characters, they see it as such. to everyone else, it's exactly as its namesake: a play. the term "actor" and "character" go hand in hand, practically synonyms. actors are the characters. the narrative is their world. all in all: the theatre au is an inspection of the meaning of Reality and Perception, the meaning of what it is to be a Character or a Person, and a play on Stories and Roles. more under the cut.

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As it does in canon, the narrative starts with Mad Rat waking up, and Rat God telling him his situation. Y'know, he died, she's giving him a second chance, etc etc. However, she Specifically tells him that he is, in fact, a character in a play and, as someone outside of the narrative, she knows what to do and what paths to follow. As long as he followed her, he'd be able to make it to the end of his story a-ok, and finally get the ending he deserved!

In the beginning, Rat God starts out with a whole musical number as she narrates the scene (to both the audience and Mad Rat) to catch him up to speed on where he is, who she is, and why he died. As she finishes, hands off the (metaphorical) mic to Mad Rat to get a word in for his debut scene. Unfortunately, Mad Rat, having just recovered from a terminal case of Being Dead, Does Not In Fact Have The Nicest Voice. Seeing this, Rat God quickly interrupts and redirects to another option: Dance. Which is where a major quirk comes in: every character has a specialized dance style!

Rat gods style is tap/swing, which is what the intro scene Truly is! It's Rat God introducing Mad Rat to the concept of The Show in a duet swing performance. Specifically, in this performance, Rat God takes the lead role in this one for several reasons: 1) She's Extra and Likes Showmanship. 2) She's ensuring Mad Rat goes in the direction he's supposed to-- making sure he's following along. And 3) She's effectively re-teaching Mad Rat how to move after. Y'know. Being Dead. Swing is a heavily motion-focused and improvisational dance: Mad Rat Does Not Know How To Dance. However, Rat God is good enough at it that she can take the lead and turn his stumbles and missteps into motion and flair. It's essentially the tutorial stage!

The narrative is pretty much the same through the first third of the game, more or less. Mad Rat meets Heart, who doesn't really Dance but rather just cheers him on, and they begin "travelling" together, with periodical "intermissions" where Rat God, off to the side of the stage presents recaps, narration, and questions-- but it's never clear if it's to the audience or Mad Rat. Maybe both. What's really important is the Framing, though. Mad Rat (kind of) acknowledges he is just a Character, but doesn't really Understand it.

Despite the knowledge, he still functions through the frame of a Character. He perceives the stage as The World Around Him rather than A Stage, while Rat God is the opposite. This leads to Mad Rat essentially just Following Her Lead. Which ends up just seeming... brazenly reckless and incredibly dangerous-- because Mad Rat doesn't think it will lead to anything. Obviously he's the main character, so he's probably going to just... get to his goal and whatever happens happens, right? Rat God said which way the story goes so... whatever, right?

Which all culminates at Heart's intervention: Heart notices all of this and gets worried. Whatever this Mess about "shows" and "story" and "directors" is, Mad Rat is still being really really flippant about how many Near Death Experiences he's had (not to mention the whole "Seeing Things That Heart Doesn't" thing.) So he decides to step in.

This is the first time we ever see Heart dance! He'd always insisted on being moral support/backup for Mad Rat, not really stepping in in any major way. Turns out, he's really good at a lot of dance styles. It's the first time we have a music genre outside of showtunes and the adjacent. It's heart basically trying to tell him that, whatever bullshit about "Narratives" he's following, Mad Rat is still Here. He's still a contributor to the world around him-- he can affect It, and it can affect him. It doesn't matter what he knows about Whatever This Is because it all wont matter if he gets himself into Real Trouble. Which is a convenient segue to the next arc-- they go off-script.

The following arcs are pretty much just those two figuring out what to do and where they’re going. Mad Rat, up to this point, was just (kind of badly) trying to imitate the swing style from the beginning, but slowly starts figuring out his own specialty on his own. Mad Rat kind of dabbles through a lot, but is Particularly good at breakdance/krump. It’s a bit of a slow process, but he slowly forges his own place in a world he technically does not belong in.

All the while, Rat God is suspiciously quiet. They weren’t supposed to go that way, or do any of that, But she could improvise. She passively tried to mess with them from offstage-- changing the background scenery, tossing obstacles after them-- but they just. Kept going. Mad Rat even began Understanding the nature of The Stage and learning how to use that to his advantage, predicting the way things would move or shift, and using that knowledge to move even faster. It was only after Mimolette’s scene (which was Not supposed to be this early in the script, to Rat God’s chagrin,) that she Really started to get particularly miffed. They’d completely gone off-script, avoided Everything she sent after them-- but there was still an ending that needed to be told, and she was going to tell it no matter how messy it was to get there. Which leads to an intervention of her own.

As the director, she had direct control over a lot of things-- but she herself could never interact with the Narrative. She had no real Hold, as it were. She was barely a concept to the characters in the narrative-- they could not really perceive her. So, she decided to break that rule-- and interact with them directly. Rat God’s scene is incredibly similar to that in canon: Incredibly Chaotic and Hard To Track. She mostly keeps to swing, as that’s her specialty, but regularly switches it up to try and throw Mad Rat off. But things are different than their first dance.

Mad Rat has a grasp on himself and his goals. Rat God’s plan is already off its rhythm-- it was clear from the start that this was a last-ditch effort on her part to kill him. Despite her still trying to take control, Mad Rat was nothing if not stubborn. He was just as good at deflecting and navigating the scene as she was. But it’s hard to truly get rid of something like Rat God. She isn’t done until the Story was done. There was still a story to be told, so here she stayed. She could keep going as long as he could, and longer. So knowing what he did now, and understanding the circumstance, he did the only think of. The two had, to some extent, switched places: Rat God taking the stance of a Character/Participant in the scene, and Mad Rat seeing the full scope of The Stage and how it worked. The show was still going, so all he had to do was end it.

Tricking her into a monologue, he truly exits the frame of the narrative for the first time, grabbing one of the curtain ropes and letting it free, closing the curtains on the stage-- with Rat God behind them. And... silence. In the end, it was just the closed curtains, the audience, and Mad Rat and Heart in front of them. They saw the audience, truly, for the first time-- that larger force constantly watching over him from beyond his view, pushing the show forward not of their own actions, but of their presence alone. This is who it was all for. And seeing this, Mad Rat makes the decision... to ignore them.

They weren’t important anymore. The show was over-- the audience had no more use here. No more power here. They meant nothing to him. Nothing to them. He has one last talk with Heart-- they knew they weren’t alone, not truly-- but all that mattered right then was just the two of them. What they’d seen, what they’d been through-- it all had to come to an end eventually. But not by the hand of someone who had no stake in their story-- in their lives. Mad Rat gets to make his own choice about his future: And with no story left to tell... he gets up, and walks off the stage.

The Story Is Over.

#pikasks #mrd theatreAU #long post #no fandomtags we die like men #anyhow. thanks for enabling another essay of an infodump ur a real one <333 kdjgnkdjf #this au means The World to me but because its so... [waves arms around.] its very hard to explain in a way that feels Correct.#a lot of it is Vibes alone. feelings and concepts and notions of motion and song. as it is in canon too i think.#as with canon; its a play on tiers of personhood and control-- of who truly gets to choose fate; or if it really exists at all.#its about grabbing on with such fervor that the fabric of the world around you bends to your will.#about the inescapability of Role and Expectation; of Progress and Actions. how nobody in this story; truly; could choose how it ended.#not alone; at least.#rat god is equally bound to her role as director. she has no sway in this world. no matter how deeply she may want it.#the difference between her and mad rat is something tragic; to me.#two people in such similar roles reacting so differently they mirror each other perfectly.#surrender to a role you have no control of and hope it eventually benefits you-- or fight tooth and nail against forces stronger than you.#but these are the tags. im just waxing poetic at this point.#if you want a more clear read of the vibes this was inspired and started entirely by the mrd piano medley by tmsy.#please go check it out it slaughters me. id point out a specific part but its kind of all of them.#anyhow. thanks for reading and also enabling me. have a lovely day !! <33

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