in honor of today being 4 years since I got to cut hair backstage for the last warped tour, I figured i’d make a post. hands down the best experience of my life. 😭
Got on a big Portal 2 kick a while back and felt like doing some fanart of it for the first time since 2011. Decided to draw the scene I always wanted: Giving Wheatley a second chance.
ik some people dont like considering the fact that minecraft is a game into their interpretation of lore but tbh i really like lore that acknowledges that their lives adhere to video game mechanics and thats a part of why i like that tubbo doesnt shy away from including his knowledge of game mechanics in his roleplay. it adds to his character and story and tubbos knowledge of how the game works directly translates to his character being extremely intelligent and skilled
and i think a big part of why people dont like acknowledging that tubbo isnt fail rping by using the game mechanics to his advantage is because they dont like admitting that hes intelligent. they dont like him being more than just the dumb bee boy. they dont like him being able to get a one up on their faves even though their faves are using game mechanics to their advantage too, hell because their faves are doing it too.
using game mechanics to his advantage isnt fail rp. being intelligent and skilled in his own way isnt fail rp. the admins keep him in line when they need to and when they dont they let him do his thing because no matter how many people get upset about it, tubbos knowledge of how the game works is fun and its cool to see.
a good roleplayer knows how to use the medium to their advantage. tubbo isnt failing rp or breaking the no metagaming rules in any way that actually ruins anyone elses enjoyment. hes just using the medium to his advantage. minecraft is a video game and there are literally plot points that depend on acknowledging that. tubbo is intelligent and on top of that he is a good roleplayer and its fine that he roleplays in a different way than some other ccs do because that makes him interesting. if you dont like it then theres a very easy solution: dont watch him
Ugh I can’t stop thinking about how tubbo didn’t even stop to slip into the coach/purgatory mentality because he was already there. He had been stuck in purgatory the entire time he’s been back and purgatory 2 just escalated the signs. He didn’t have to stop and think about what to do when dapper was downed, he just did it.
He’s been waiting for this moment the entire time because he knows that someone is going to stab him in the back eventually. He’s been waiting for things to go back to normal and he can feel at home again. He’s been waiting for the world to right itself and fuck him over so he can fill show who he is and get back into the space he needs to without other people being appalled at him.
He never truly came back from purgatory, he just knew how to hide the fact that he isn’t home.
Because the tfc mercs are the 'evil shadow opposite' of their tf2 counterparts, id like to imagine that tfc medic was a genuine field doctor who cared about his job and the sanctity of it a lot.
Maybe he sincerely tried to heal and help and work with tfc heavy who only pushed him away since "nurses dont belong on the battlefield". Idk what i like better, cheavy just being like that and hating all attempts of cooperation from people he deems lesser than him, or him wanting to get closer with tfc medic but his firm beliefs and insecurities twisting that want into disgust and hatred
Im still torn about what made cmedic not stick with the tfc team in the comic, it could be this attitude they all had finally getting to him, or the much spicier 'cheavy killed him after he got tired of his ass/his own emotions getting too strong to suppress so he had to get rid of the problem'.
Now that i write this i absolutely like the second option more, it kinda makes me see the moment cheavy attacked medic in the comic in a different light. Like, he did this before. No issue getting rid of the same problem again.
(Not saying cheavy liked medic whatsoever, he didn't, he hated his guts. I imagine that by this point cheavy grew to be distant enough to almost fully suppress that need for anyone who tries to care for him again. Not to even mention how incompatible cheavy and tf2 medic are as characters. The "problem" this time is another medic trying to work with him on the battlefield, trying to protect him and care for him, trying to make him feel weak. in his head at least.)
Also makes the fact that his demise was a heavy/medic team-up even more delicious, the powerful bond he could've had but was too insecure to accept was the exact thing that killed him. after he tried to get rid of the problem the same way he did last time he had the chance to create something beautiful and stronger than he could ever be alone.
while I didn’t see jarty at first, I think I can see it now??? Because imagine James thinks he’s in love with regulus because his heart always pounds and he gets butterflies when he’s around him
but!!!! It’s actually because of Barry because Barty is always around regulus and he figured it out when he realised he wants to invite Barty to places when him and Reg do something
and this is such a valid and real take!
for me it’s more like ,,, seething, boiling, hatred. but they’re both very reluctantly like “…he’s hot”
well, to me, barty’s like “james potter ? i hate that insufferable, arrogant, cocky, smarmy fuckwad. but he’s hot tho, i’ll give him that, 13/10 would hit”
and james is like “if barty even looks in my direction im gonna rip his throat out”
and barty’s like “promise ???”
and, well, they hate each other so bad but the passion is so undeniable. like they’re drawing blood, they leave each other scratched and bruised and sore
and they like it? they kinda love it. and then they go back to being dicks to e/o
It's literally a lesson about consent that also talks about sexuality and relationships and not making assumptions or asking rude questions? Y'all. Y'all. I might be in love. @absolutebl I have a lot of BL authors that could use this lesson...
Oh but also how Army ends up getting so into it with Alex and I already love this tiny school bully far, far more than I should oh nooooo.