i saw on tiktok people saying they thought babe’s character was boring, and they’re not wrong.
hear me out.
compared to the other listeners, babe has no personality. let’s focus in on the shaw-pack listeners exclusively. angel’s a hyper-active, childish character, sweetheart’s a hard working detective, darlin‘s got a whole past that took 3 videos to cover. compared to the rest, we know almost nothing about babe. there was an earlier video when asher talked about their work struggles but that was it. that’s all we know about them; they’re a semi workaholic.
and while it does suck because there’s not a lot of development for us to follow with them, i don’t fully hate it. it gives us as creatives a lot of leeway on how we want babe, or other listeners to be. whenever characters have too much personality, it can be hard to relate to them. i love the work and dedication we get from erik, and there’s a TON of characters and listeners he writes for so we’re bound to get a semi-boring one every now and then. so far, that’s how a lot of us view babe. they’re just someone to ride along with asher in his journey, never someone to take the wheel.
i hope in the future they can have a moment, like give babe the spotlight for a second. even if, for writings sake, it’s a babe and angel moment. there’s so much you can do with two humans navigating the supernatural world. use it!
TL;DR: babe has wasted potential and deserves a subplot of SOME kind.
thinking abt how werewolves are somewhat messy eaters, (its in their canine genes or somethin) but when it comes to meat they absolutely tear that shit up. i could go on and on abt this and wolf behaviors but ill keep that for my drafts :3
- Took dance classes, has been friends with Darlin since Ballet classes when they were eight.
- Took kickboxing lessons and karate lessons, has flipped somebody over for trying to trip them.
- Uses their Ballet as something to scare Milo after they turn invisible.
Angel
- Was a scout, multiple different scouts, they kept running off into the woods
- Always both the worst and best person to go camping with. Won't let you eat the poisonous mushrooms but always ends up picking them up and putting them in Ziploc bags near the other snacks.
- David has leash backpack labeled camping for Angel
Baaabe
- Has been on the track team since fifth grade.
- Was a menace with the wheely shoes, kept skating past people in the hallway and playing roller derby with the school bullies.
- Know's how to sword fight, learned it on a whim.
Darlin
- Did multiple dance classes, so tends to get very into dancing when they have headphones on. {Yes Sam has walked din on them, yes he has a recording on his phone of it, yes that's why his phone has cracks on it because Darlin tackled him}
- Learned how to draw and wanted to make children's books with water colors.
- Liked babysitting when the solstice was happening.
I had to set my headphones down after that one….☝️ might have to seek therapy
You know what’s worse?? Imp! Asher only responds to the “I love you,” but not to the “please come home”. Making it clear that he could not promise he was going to come out of that situation alive.
If I have to suffer because of the Imperium, y’all do too.