#which is off topic but still

[monarchisms]

so this is the unintentional part two of that summary post i made with geoff talking about the end of achievement hunter. for this post, i'm going to try my best to sum up what michael, trevor, and joe (but not alfredo because he was sick at the time 😔) have said about what will happen in the future on the penultimate episode of off topic, #403. there won't be a transcript this time as i am busy with schoolwork and stuff, so i'll try to make this summary as filled with as much accurate information as i can to make up for it :)

so basically,

trevor starts off by saying they'll be doing the last of various series to wrap everything up. he also notes that some of these finales will be "more nostalgic"

one of the series finales that's up right now is vs episode #150: joe vs BK. the game they played is cooking mama!

after the series finale of off topic (#404 lol), the final AH video ever will be a let's play in the remastered version of burnout paradise, and the cast will consist of geoff, jack, trevor, and michael. this is a callback to the first ever AH video they did back in 2008, and it's already been filmed! trevor says it was more emotional then he thought it would be :')

michael explains that the video will essentially be a ~70-minute podcast. in it, they'll talk more about the end of achievement hunter, where the cast members have went/what they've all moved on to, and new projects that they'll working on. he also says that he thinks that people will call this video "cathartic" while comparing the vibe to their old gta v series, sunday driving

not as important, but michael said that he was mindlessly driving and turning in burnout paradise in the same way that he'd run and jump in minecraft because he "fucking hated" playing minecraft lmfao

as said before, they decided to close AH and start something new with dogbark instead of continuing like they used to. michael acknowledges that in the last few years, most of the crew had already left rt in some way or moved on to other stuff within the company, leaving just michael, trevor, alfredo, and joe as the most consistent on-screen talent by the end. *bonus bit that wasn't mentioned until later, but alongside these 4, jarren from the post team will be their channel manager for dogbark :)

as this group makes videos for dogbark, michael says that their stuff will be both "tonally different" and "very fluid" as they're still figuring it out as they go, noting that they were balancing it and AH/let's play content at the same time

michael also talks about how he's been doing what he's wanted to do at AH for a long time, but there were some things he still couldn't do within the constraints the AH crew had put on themselves

while there will be some gameplay stuff on the dogbark channel, as mentioned in this episode and the channel trailer, they will primarily focus on live action content. trevor makes a point by saying that the style/theme in the trailer will "not be pervasive throughout the entire brand", and michael adds on to that by saying the trailer "is at 100, but every video won't be at 100"

michael and trevor make a point by saying that there will be more variety, as in "a dozen little formats", not necessarily like the shows/series they made at AH, with joe saying that they're not trying to "tie themselves down" to strict uploads and such, like they were when they were previously fitting into a mold at AH

trevor says that he has seen achievement hunter, and rooster teeth as a whole, having a unique challenge ahead of them. he refers to making content that appeals to an audience who had been following them since the early days while trying to also find new faces, both out there in the audience and internally at the company, in order for AH to stay around

he also points out how difficult it is to do that with a long-standing brand that has had different eras of content, since there would be an audience with differing expectations for them. with that, it became hard for the AH crew to balance said expectations with the authenticity they tried to show in the content they created. the crew has changed as people alongside their audience, and the stress that came with it was challenging

michael stresses that the group not only chose to make a new channel completely, they also had to fight for it for a while, and wanted to slow down on AH content before properly closing/archiving the channel to create dogbark. beyond the struggles of creating something new from scratch, they now have the challenge of preparing the audience for the jump from AH to dogbark while thinking about all the pros and cons before going forward

this week (the week of september 18th) and next week (the week of september 25th) are the last weeks of new AH content. after that, there will be a 1 or 2-day break before dogbark properly starts making new content on october 2nd. trevor feels like people will get a better idea of what dogbark is after a month or two of them uploading content

finally (subject to change, of course), they want to aim for full uploads every monday and friday, with patreon-like exclusive videos with rt first every wednesday and saturday. one of the confirmed things to expect is a first-exclusive podcast. the first week dogbark officially starts, all that content will be public as a sample of what to expect, and every week after that will follow that schedule

#trevor collins #michael jones #joe lee #achievement hunter #dogbark #off topic podcast #off topic ah #long post #i sort of threw out the order in which they talk about stuff #since they come back to some points a bit later on #it'd be a bit more confusing if i let it be #there may be more i could add in the post but it's probably better to watch/listen to the first ~1/3 of the episode #for example: #there's also a bit where michael says that it's nice for the group to have complete full ownership of something #and that genuinely made me so happy #ough... if only they still weren't under rt..... #like i said before. make of all of this as you will

[nicollekidman]

another incredible poets review

#this is VERY good #i still think most people are letting her off the hook for how much the relationship between fans is fostered by her #BUT this is topically very tight and referential while still being focused on the music #taylor swift #ttpd #also the author and i clearly have the same opinion on the m*tty stuff which is nice lmao

[uncanny-tranny]

Allow yourself the space to grieve while also recognizing that you made the best decision for yourself. Both are true at once, and you don't need to ignore one emotion in favour of another. Allow yourself the space, freedom, and opportunity to feel your full range of emotions on an entirely neutral basis.

#mental health #mental health support #this was inspired by the grief i've felt in cutting off multiple family members. i deserved to cut them out of my life. #but i also deserve to grieve as much and as long as i need to. and i think it's important to allow others that too #but this goes for any situation in which you did the best you could do but you still need to grieve #grieving isn't just about physical loss. it's ABSOLUTELY part of grief but i don't believe it is the ONLY thing you can grieve #<maybe i should make a post about this #maybe i have talked about it before but then i forgor. who knows but i think this topic is important (that being grief)

[kicktwine]

oh so alisaie’s exaggerated bully behavior is 80% fanon. saying this she casually picks up a large rock

#say one thing wrong to me and you will have a wonderful few days with the rock #if angry silly girls have 100 fans etc if they have 0 fans i have died #sorry i saw a YouTube meme i vehemently disliked on principle and got mad at the only child behavior- #kipspeak #she is just short tempered and uses anger to mask other more ‘shameful’ emotions!!! alphy did the same thing with just deciding not #to express them. which is still not good and I think why he breaks and ends up teary so often now #this shortness does not translate to actually being mean to people. she only uses being mean as a shield for herself and being snarky #Is just fun for her. it’s fun for Me. you have to inconsequentually tease people or they’ll never learn to laugh at themselves #the twins and thancred 🫵 do this thing where they have big emotions but they don’t want anyone to SEE they have big weird emotions #so alphy pretends he doesn’t have them under a veneer of dignity and alisaie pretends the emotions are Something Else. thancred is #just so emotionally constipated he has trouble expressing anything. he’s got enough baggage for a flatbed #anyways. alisaie is such a compassionate and kind girl and she learned how to make snarky jokes and went ham. and she hates appearing sad o #weak or vulnerable so she blocks it off with an unapproachable emotion so no one pities her and they maybe get on with the plot #it is in fact also great at getting ppl to move away from the sad or embarrassing topic. even if the tradeoff is being more offputting #she would never (grabs youtube meme) she would never seriously bully her brother. this is sibling ribbing only. Cain instinct #just leave her be she is learning how to snark humor and she loves it she loves being sharp. alphy has wit he just keeps it close #my brother didn’t learn how to tell or receive a joke until he was 14 he took everything so seriously. he can do it now though and he’s #HILARIOUS. Don’t tell him I said that. my man knows exactly where the funny points are even if he hasn’t learned when to stop yet #too many tags. Whatever. jokey snark alisaie who sometimes compliments is happy alisaie grouchy snappy angry alisaie is way too stressed #very easy way to tell between the two. even alphy can tell between the two I believe! He tends to rib back in protest if they’re having fun #and try to stop her if they’re not having fun. case in point ‘what is that supposed to mean?!’ vs ‘alisaie ryne was only trying to help.’ #I know they’re twins but that’s such an intensely older sibling thing to do that it reels me #LONG TAGS AND THREE EDITS TO ADD ON SHORT I resent this stereotype taken too far into ooc behavior. it happened with nya #It will happen again and as a postscript let me regale you with Things U Can Notice About Character Motivation and Actions— #I’m not done let me s #she and raha are friends now I decree. ‘haha you like me’ SPUTTERING PROTEST FROM BOTH

[thedisablednaturalist]

Yea I admit it, I am extremely jealous of rich people, especially those who were born rich. Who are able to follow their passions and not worry about money because their parents bought them a car and a penthouse apartment in LA and they can stream on twitch and get thousands of followers cause they have top of the line equipment and studio set up and the TIME that is essential to creating and keeping a community engaged. It's very rare that a person who makes enough money to support themselves on twitch started out poor. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but being able to stay home and stream all day and afford expensive equipment (including a gaming pc or laptop that can handle streaming video, let alone streaming both video and a graphics heavy game) will always have a HUGE advantage over someone who has to work all day for a living. And don't get me started on vtubers who drop 5k+ on a model and branding kit and instantly get hundreds of thousands of followers.

I wish I could stream more and do more streams oriented towards environmental science and conservation but my pc keeps breaking and most of my spoons go towards my job. I don't even really want to be a huge streamer? I just want enough people to hang out with so I'm not lonely while playing farming games

#wrenfea.exe #twitch #streaming #vtubers #sorry this is kinda off topic for this blog #im just frustrated and jealous #i took sculpture classes in college and met so many people from rich familes #who told their kids they could do anything and theyd support them #which is nice but i still have a right to be pissed that we dont all have that privilege #this girl was like yeah im gonna pursue sculpture cause my daddy already pays for my car and apartment #its like...a whole nother world... #income inequality #i just wish everyone could puruse their passions without worrying about survival

[rainymoodlet]

Kiss Me in Komorebi+ 🌸

[Ep. Twelve] Good Eats!

[henry, over the walkies] why am I hearing so much radio chatter? [camerman #1] (static) dan turned off his microphone! [henry] what!? [cameraman #1] i don't know!! i heard something about a llama, then they went outside and he turned his mic off!!! is he allowed to do that!?

The night was going smoothly (but for some hiccups with a few jokes that didn't land), right up until Ezra - in an effort for keeping up with his string of humor - implied that Daniel's mother was a llama. In-game, Dan cursed and stood up from the table - here, we see the exact moment that the smile dropped from his face.

The minute they got outside, Dan clicked his microphone off. Though we can't hear what exactly he explained to Ezra about why the joke bothered him, clearly it was enough to bring a Sincere Apology out of our poor aspiring star.

@kawaiishitty they didn't end on a poor note!! But Ezra's jokes definitely did a number to their bars. 🥺

[ Part 2/2 ] 🌹

#ts4 #ts4 screenshots #ts4 gameplay #ts4 challenge #ts4 bachelor challenge #;kmik #sim: daniel #ezra ruiz by kawaiishitty #|| #HOOOO MAN. 🙏 ezra’s literally like ‘bro easy it was just a joke’ #but if dan has One Topic you don’t approach - it’s his mother #even the simplest yo mama joke thrown at a bar will have his hand around your throat i’m not kidding fjdhfjd #when i saw the ‘listen to joke’ in dan’s queue and clicked on ezra and saw IMPLY MOTHER IS A LLAMA #i just… i bout collapsed #so daniel did turn off his mic which was my excuse not to write but #he didn’t explain many things In Detail but he did explain #that he was sorry for his reaction but he had to hear his father ridicule his mother for his entire life and #the blank space he has before they (his mom and siblings) left his dad still bothers him #things were said he wasn’t there to protect her from or stand up for her against #so he’s Very Sensitive even though he rarely talks abt his family #he apologized and ezra was horrified by what vague info he got #and he did Sincerely Apologize in-game it was precious #but wahhhh big emotional bias here but watching daniel hug someone bc they feel bad for how they hurt him #and comfort them instead of receive comfort (even though that is what ezra intends here which AIGHHH) is just heartbreakin to me #look at his eye in that last post this man has SEEN AND LOST THINGS… #but bwuh bless you ezra you genuine and precious sweetheart #it’s not your fault baby!!! :’((( #I REALLY EXPECTED THEM TO KISS I’M STILL. FCKING THROWN BY THIS

[jasontoddenthusiastt]

Jason never got to be 16. makes me sad.

Not to deny that Jason not being able to make it to 16 in his first life is sad, but I mean he did technically end up making it, and he made it to 17 and 18 and 21 and so on and so forth, it just happened "in round two" so to speak.

What I think is sadder though, is that depending on whether he was 15 or 14 years old when this happened:

There are one of two ways he would've spent his sixteenth year.

Option 1 (if he was 15 at the time of his ressurection):

(This is 1 year post initial hospitalization)

Or Option 2 (if he was 14 at the time of his ressurection):

(And this is 2 years post initial hospitalization, 1 year post escape from that facility)

Happy sweet 16th, Jason John Doe #265 :)

Batman Annual (1961-) #25

#edit: phrasing #if he got the chance to go back Jason very likely would have chosen to have never made it to 16 at all #he did mention this verbatim more than once in comics that postdate this one too #his imposter syndrome also appears to be getting more and more severe in each new comic #in conclusion what's sadder is both that he *did* make it to 16 and it was a fate worse than staying dead #*and* that it was never his choice #also part of why I love ditf-Jason so much. it’s about how downright suicidal he is in like every branch #kelseethe #as far as Jason is concerned he got hit by that car within moments of being pulverized exploded and buried #not six months #kinda crazy isn’t it #a bit off-topic but isn't it cathartic how Jason briefly brought stability and order to his beloved Gotham (via harm reduction methods) #after he lived a life full of instability uncertainty and chaos most of which started in Gotham #and Gotham immediately took what little stability he got back/still had away from him as soon as he faced Bruce (talking abt batman 650) #he's just in a constant cycle of trying to help gotham while gotham just cuts his legs out from underneath #<- anyway there's what you get when you send Kelsey an ask #a “mhm yeah anyway *I*-” response lol

[licorishh]

OH YEAH ALSO finally watched the FNAF movie with the coolest person on Earth, 11/10 movie, Mike looked ready to curl up into a fetal position on the floor and burst into tears at all moments, he is so me, would watch again

#fnaf #fnaf movie #five nights at freddy's #mike schmidt #anyway. i loved the end scene where the four of them do the thing with afton #i was also extremely glad the springlock scene was very palatable and not gory or overly vivid because i can't and won't watch that stff #when i tell you i HOLLERED when cory showed up. almost cried. my BOY #cory is the king of youtube fr fr. nobody does it like him #he's on a hiatus again but we the samurai will patiently wait for the shogun's return #i am getting off-topic. matpat's nametag said “ness” which was extremely funny #afton was in literally two maybe three scenes tops which i was not expecting but he stole the show ofc. very spazzy. dig it #vanessa was so mysterious?? #i kinda loved her and mike's dynamic though. so very silly the pair of them (running from real-life manifestations of fictious characters) #I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW FOXY WAS IN THE MOVIE. THAT MADE ME SO HAPPY #foxy's always been my favorite. my boy. he can have a little murder. as a treat #VANESSA HAD A GUN!! VERY COOL AND GOOD #she barely even shot afton though. honeybun literally had the upper hand by a mile #that man did not have a long-range weapon. he was entirely at her mercy. if she'd shot him all the animatronics would've instantly helped #still like her for some reason though. she permanently has the default sim expression etched on her face #also i don't know if y'all saw but in the credits it says foxy's humming was my boy kellen goff!! #mike was so STRESSED and so DISTRACTED the ENTIRE TIME i see so much of myself in him #can we also agree josh hutcherson looks great with a goatee like that is eons ahead of the peeta look (never read/watched himger gims ok)

[brother-emperors]

Ohhhh so would you consider that Crassus let Pompey get away with some things he might have not let others get away with ? Because he recognised his use ?

I think that the only person that Crassus let get away with anything was Cicero, on account of Cicero being Publius’ other father

#Pompey and Crassus were functionally a duumvirate so their balance of power has to do more with keeping each other in check #which Crassus is perfectly positioned to do bc his power structure is unique to him and counter balances Pompey’s #in a lesser pair Pompey would easily gain the upper hand if he wanted to bust it down Sulla style #Crassus in this case has the more impressive measure of political power by keeping them evenly matched at each turn #but I still wouldn’t position him in a vertical power structure with Pompey where he would let Pompey get away with things #esp since there are two times that it appears that both men were trying to get the feel of what the other was thinking #wrt each other and their future plans. a vertical power structure would be intolerable for Pompey at that time tbh #they seemed to value each other as a reliable political partner specifically for this reason #and each recognized the specific power that the other had. you can really feel it when Pompey has to fill Crassus’ role with Caesar lmao #honestly that kind of vertical power structure might have been intolerable to Rome as a whole. hm……thoughts….. #ALRIGHT IM GETTING OFF TOPIC I need to make coffee #ask tag

[homoqueerjewhobbit]

I do think, esp as people who grew up with social media get older, we're just going to need a statute of limitations on canceling people. Like, when you turn 22, nothing you posted on any platform before you graduated high school can count against you as long as you're not still saying or doing it.

Sincerely,

Someone who would be in a boatload of trouble if he'd had tiktok in 2005

#It's fucked up that the fucked up cartoons that defined my high school years are still on #Like how are South Park and Family Guy still going??? #At least we have better options too. Like say what you will about Big Mouth but at least it's about boys learning not to be shitty to women #Watch a season of Big Mouth then an equal number of south park episodes and think about which is a better influence on a 13 year old boy #OFF TOPIC NOTE OFF TOPIC NOTES #Anyway also remember that shitty edgelords are capable of change #post o' mine #Tiktok #Gen z #millennials

[1pcii]

One piece headcanon: Zoro is POSIC+

(POSIC+ : (the) Perception of Object Sentience, Individuality, and Consciousness)

I think his relationship and perception of things like his swords (which he see's as having distinct personalities and consiousness') aswell as his view of the going merry (chapter 327, last page) being just as sentient as usopp and luffy make it so i wouldnt consider it a streatch to interpret his character this way.

(further context) <- seriously check the tags on this out if you want a better explenation its so good.

#sorry i cant have original thoughts ever. but the tags the link leads to are just rlly good and i probably couldnt word it better myself #-honestly! #1pc #text #one piece headcanons #roronoa zoro #posic+ #autistic headcanon #autistic zoro #<- i will however say that you could also attribute this as a part of neurodivergent-coding. as the personification of /hyperempathy toward #objects/ideas can be linked with autism (and synesthesia but thats off-topic) #which links to posic+ and osor #it could also just be a swordsman thing. in still pretty early on in the manga so im not AS confident on that statement #but considering the other two major swordsmen are MIHAWK and TASHIGI at this point... hm #but also his relationship with the going merry! he views her as just as sentient as usopp and luffy do #idk i feel like im just ascribing lables to things that just.. exist in canon lol #but as a posic+/objectum person myself i think this extra layer to his relationship with his swords (and merry) is very interesting! #ik this is a long shot but other objectum/posic+ zoro fans if you have any thoughts. any at all i would love to hear them! #psii.txt #also would like to mention thats posic+ and objectum/osor are not mutually exclusive! (though an osor reading of zoro is also an idea... 👀)

[ruler-of-thorns]

Style study

#twst #twisted wonderland #twst malleus #malleus draconia #digital art #digital artwork #twst fanart #fanart #cruor continues to be indecisive about backgrounds NOTHING ELSE IS NEW #OFF TOPIC BUT YALL R GONNA GET SO MUCH ART DUMPED ONCE 7.4 DROPS #it drops when I'm out of town but also when schoo lis over which means I CAN STILL GO INSANE OVER IT TRUST #cruor's art

[rouge-the-bat]

god i always feel so awkward asking people to give me credit when theyve used my icons or transparents jfksjjfd

like ik i didnt like. draw these or anything, i just took official art and did a bunch of edits.... but it Does take quite a bit of time to make them, and it also requires having a good eye for icon-making to have them actually look nice in Icon Size

like i gotta keep it visually pleasing and add color adjustments but have it still recognizeable what is in the picture when small, cropping just right so its not too zooomed out/too close and also centered or off-center in a way that fits the pic better, choosing/editing the background, any extra details i edit/draw on, dont have it be cluttered, etc. some of the transparent i make are even from bad quality and/or small pics that i have to manually clean up and basically draw over bits to make them look nice.

im always putting a lot of thought and work into making my icons nice and my transparents clean so i feel like i deserve credit for them! and yet when it comes down to approaching someone to ask for credit when theyre using one im just like ah, >.<;; could you credit me pls... if you dont mind... if thats okay with you... 👉👈

#i also dont wanna accidentally come off like im mad about someone not giving me credit or something #bc im not! it can be easy to overlook text asking for credit/forget what a picture was saved from/found the pic from elsewhere #(like google images or someone had linked/reposted my stuff somewhere) #or whatever else #(which i wouldnt be happy about the repost thing if they didnt give credit but thats a different topic) #id only get mad if someone was being a real asshole about me asking for credit kcbdjfjd #tho also some of my icons/transparents take a lot less time n have a lot less alterations on them than others #but i still put time n energy into them to make them look nice even if theyre simpler than my other ones yunno...

[emmodii-mode]

Just finished my first playthrough of BG3. Romanced Lae'zel, but ending up turning into an Illithid because the idea of making Orpheus or Karlach do it didn't sit well with me (or my character).

I told Lae'zel to leave with Orpheus in the end (I heard she wouldn't stay with a ghaik anyway, which she's valid for, but also, it doesn't feel right to ask her to stay when I know how much her people mean to her). And like-

Her face before she flies off---

She looks so heartbroken and sad.

#emmodii rambles #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate series #lae'zel #spoilers #i don't regret my choices and i do love a good angsty story. but at the same time... OOF. #may you find a new source of joy in the astral realm my queen :'( #for anyone curious- i played a githyanki which i heard is the only race that can fly off with her or something? #but well. again- didn't quite fit my character to have someone else turn instead pfffft #ALSO HE'S A CLERIC OF ILMATER AND A REDEEMED DARK URGE. self-sacrifice is kiNDA TO BE EXPECTED HAHAHA. #anyway- do give romancing lae'zel a shot guys. she may be a hardass at first but it's really because she cares a lot #also slightly off-topic but as a dark urge gith... durge grew up in a city so like. wonder how out of place they woulda felt with the #other githyankis anyway. i think i read somewhere that a gith durge realises they don't really feel connected to creches and stuff #which is interesting and makes me curious about how exactly they were made. cuz they have the traits and knowledge of the race but didn't #grow up with them. i guess the easiest answer would be 'god magic shenanigans' but STILL. #trust me to overthink things hahaha XD #if anyone's curious what happened to my guy in the end--- we followed wyll and karlach to avernus hahaha #what are the devils gonna do? steal the soul we don't have?? TRY IT BITCH #of course i did reload multiple times to have my character kill himself. because that was another option that felt possible for his charact #...and also because i wanted to see how companions would react to it. krewfjewlkrjewklrjewl- although the narration for durge suicide #is also quite interesting! of course maybe that's just me being mentally ill eff (/lh) but having a kill that isn't going to murder daddy? #gives a redeemed durge some control and a final say at last. which is still sad but a nice way to tie up their death methinks #ANYWAY- time to go find a way to convert him into a full-on OC. elves and dwarves are one thing but giths are blatantly dnd so i'mma have #to figure that out for my own story lore and universe--- some kinda new species? humanify him? or convert to another existing general speci #hmm hmm hmmmmmmmmmm-

[basuralindo]

Hey do you think Jamil has trouble seeing people his age as peers?

Like, growing up having to be a caretaker to a guy literally a few months older than him, always expected to act like the adult in the situation, expected to work with adults and adopt their perspectives and pick up their slack. Do you think he just, forgets sometimes?

I mean we've seen him go into caretaker mode with other sophomores, and the only people I've seen him take seriously are juniors like Vil who also act much older than they should have to (his reactions to Leona look more like a trauma response and I don't wanna get into it here). People like Malleus and Cater still somewhat get the caretaker treatment. Like I just highly doubt that he subconsciously realizes he's actually part of his age group

Aaand that inevitably brings up Azul, who also acts like he thinks he's older than he is. Whether you're looking at it from a shipping angle or not, he reacts to Azul like an actual peer. With older students, he seems more in his element but there's still a status hierarchy which he compulsively reacts to. With Azul he doesn't acknowledge any status worth respecting or see him as someone who needs to be looked after. He just bickers like an equal, in a way that implies he actually does see Azul as a real peer, like subconsciously he's categorized this guy into the same group as himself, who was previously alone on that level (he gets like this more with the twins too, over time, but it seems to start with Azul).

And my favorite part about this is, while that response stems from them both acting more like adults in general, they elicit a pettiness from each other which drags them both down to actually acting their own age, and I just love that. Their characters are perfect foils for each other and it seems to make them both less isolated in a way.

#idk how to fully explain this thought in the azul department #but other than that its... yeah. forced maturity is so fucking isolating #I'm not surprised the only people he seems to hang around with are the fish even though he claims to hate them #since they seem to be in a similar boat with that #jamil viper #on a more shippy note: #I feel like Jamil NEEDED someone who he didn't feel the need to respect. in order to avoid falling into programmed behaviors #he's able to be a person around Azul in a way that nobody else can give him #specifically because Azul CAN keep up. but doesn't command his respect in any way that his employers would force him to acknowledge #and stubbornly refuses to leave despite Jamil being an asshole in his desperate attempts to feel some sense of freedom and control #which results in him wearing himself out enough to calm down and socialize while actually being treated with respect and equality anyway. #And it seems like Azul needed to find someone that he couldn't just attain or control from behind his own walls #he's desperate for the attention of someone who refuses to let him play the role he's developed to distance himself from others #so he has to treat himself more like a real person in order to get what he wants #which is a guy who challenges him enough to prove that it's not just him and the twins vs the ignorant masses #he's spent so long building himself a fortress of wealth and arrogance to protect him from the rest of the world #and now he's faced with the fact that he can't stay in there and still get what he wants no matter how many well practiced tricks he uses #and suddenly they're both just teenagers bickering in school with a peer like everyone else for the first time in their lives #this got off topic

[litrallytyrus]

look i literally don’t go here but i peeked into the hsmtmts tag and you’re telling me ricky showed up to visit ej at his college? isn’t that a direct parallel to troy coming to see gabriella at stanford?

i’ve never even seen any of the high school musical movies but man that just speaks even more to the caswen tragedy ….. they have a fucking romcom set up every time they’re interacting with parallels to a canon couple and then disney still wants to slip in the ‘brother’ word ……… it’s like they’re making fun of us at this point

#also obsessed with the fact that u don’t go here and yet have stuff to say about caswen 😭 #thank u for supporting the cause 🙏🤝😇 #while i’m here and on the topic it’s so interesting for ricky to be the only one interacting with ej this season . #unless i missed something which i could have since i was skipping around #but like . why not gina . or ASH . orrrrrr ….. idk anybody? #but it was ricky …….. #shows some sort of development #but not the development we really deserved #the only way any of this is justifiable (to me) is if ricky and ej meet a couple years into college (somehow) and hit it off #and get together then #caswen endgame can still win ☺️🤝 #these tags got carried away oops #cute asks #anon asks #caswen #ricky bowen #ej caswell #hsmtmts