concept, cause the dynamics at play would be super interesting:
when Tuk and Neytiri are sucked into the hold of the Seadragon, what if Spider, unwilling to watch another one of this baby siblings, nor his siblings mother (despite everything cause he's a good kid), die without doing anything, jumps in after them?
they're now stuck in a flooding ship, spider knows his way around to a decent extent, they're all tired, they're all scared, they're all hurting. they have to depend on each other for survival.
Neytiri has to not only trust Spider, but has to follow his lead, has to trust him to guide her around a demon ship, has to untrust not only her own life, but the life of her youngest child to this boy.
Maybe they're separated, they have to find one another (my personal favorite scenario is that Tuk and Spider are together and he has to try and find her/guide Neytiri to him)
Spider taking Neytiri and Tuk's arms so they aren't separated by stray currents and raging waters (a parallel to "Sully's stick together"). Spider talking them through the breath holds he learned as a kid in case his mask malfunctioned before bringing them through the depths of the submerged ship (parallel to Jake and Lo'ak)
anyway. I just can't stop thinking about it. think about it.
Neytiri is faced with the fact that Spider jumped in after her and Tuk. he came for them, he put himself in danger to save them, to save her daughter. even after what she did to him. even after she held a knife to him, after she cut him, after she intended to kill him even after Kiri was released. he still jumped to her aid, even if he could have stayed with Kiri above deck where he was safe, he could have just aided Tuk and left her behind, but he didn't.
and there's so many ways to play with it and the aftermath. like.
Spider dragging both Tuk and Neytiri up the surface, trying his best to keep the trio afloat (namely Neytiri who was much less adjusted to the water and is exhausted by the night they've had) as they hope and pray to be reunited with the rest of their family.
maybe the stress gets to them and Spider just starts apologizing. I should have fought them harder. I shouldn't have let Lo'ak and Neteyam try and leave with me, I would have been fine. I should have seen it coming, should have taken it myself. it should have been me. my baby brother shouldn't be dead.
maybe he becomes partly delirious as he too gives into exhaustion, the big brother in him being the only part of him left coherent, so he takes Tuk close, whispering prrnen tsmuke [baby sister] over and over into her braids, assuring himself that she's safe and unharmed. he keeps praying to the Great Mother for his siblings to return to him unharmed. maybe he keeps asking where they are, if they're safe as his awareness fades and his memory weakens. all of his siblings. asking if Neteyam is ok, only to remember he's gone the second the words leave his tongue.
Jake and Lo'ak finding them when they come up with Payakan, both worse for wear, exhausted, clinging to one another, the only thing keeping their heads above water being spiders life vest, Tuk cradled between them. what a sight.
Neytiri watching as Spider looks over each of his siblings, taking them close, holding onto them as if they will be ripped away from him. the realization that he would die before he let that happen again hitting her like a ton of bricks the second she sees the look in his eyes.
a peace being made between the two in the wake of this event. spider silently claiming the role of big brother (he always was, but he had to pretend he wasn't. with Neteyam gone, he can't pretend he's not anymore), Neytiri silently agreeing.
idk man. it would be interesting.
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*enraged screaming in the distance, followed by equally loud terrified screams of pain.*
Rex *stares at the door*: Uh should we go check-
Cody *sips his caf, not looking away from his datapad*: No.
*screaming is getting louder along with the sound of crashing objects*
Bly *stands*: I really think we should-
Cody *setting aside his mug*: I don't think this concerns us.
Fox *flings himself into the room screaming*: Get him off of me!
Wolffe *clinging onto Fox's hand, teeth clamped tight*
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MC: Sitri, will you drink tea with me?
Sitri: With pleasure, Solomon. Let me prepare...
MC: Solomon, you say? Nonono. Sit down and watch.
MC: *Pulls out a pack of 100 tea bags for 33 cents.*
MC: *Pours boiling water into two old, colorful mugs*
MC: *Brews two teas from one bag*
MC: Done!
Sitri: *Faints*
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thinking about how you find confidants wherever they hang out regularly, but most of them they’re doing something on their own wherever you find them. yusuke likes people watching, ann is going shopping, ryuji waits for the crowds at school to die off so he can work out. but akechi… he’s waiting for akira to come by. play a round of darts or billiards with him. challenge him. of course, they’re both games that can be played alone, of course that’s what goro ends up doing when akira doesn’t show. But he still waits outside. he’s not playing a round of darts already, like how kurusu always finds haru hunched in front of a garden box, or makoto keeping an eye on the students she’s supposed to represent. goro is always, always standing, stiff and silent, incompatable with the rest of kichijoji as it bustles by, waiting for akira to invite him inside. he doesn’t know when he started waiting a while before going in alone. he’s not sure if it would even help him learn why.
of course, when he starts to feel a faint disappointment rise in his throat once it’s clear that joker made other plans, goro reminds himself that he was only being courteous by waiting. just in case his rival was tempted by a test of wits and reflexes tonight. goro planned to play a round of billiards alone, that’s how it always has been, so why would he even wait for akira to show up?
(he ignores the voice in the back of his head that hopes akira is just as disappointed when he shows up to penguin sniper and akechi isn’t there) (akira is, absolutely, just as disappointed.)
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Link Click keeps me on my toes by making sure I don't know if it's better to have a bittersweet or happy ending (spoilers ahead)
Like. In what story would it be a good ending to talk about hope and have the character they want to save still die? In what world we see cautionary tales on other characters' (like the twins and Emma) tragedies and still get the bad ending? How do we accept that things should be the way they are when it's about the violent murder of a 21 years old?
Oh, right. Maybe one that focus on grief and moving on, and the comfort you get about the good times you can't get back.
That said, it's complicated because s2 introduced the idea of different timelines and a villain who wants things set in stone - the opposite of Lu Guang's goal. We can't cheer for THAT???
(In other words, I want justice for CXS but I also want a really satisfactory story)
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Alastor: Rosie is absolutely serving cunt today
Charlie: hey, Alastor, I understand.. excitement over learning new phrases but maybe don't say that in the middle of the lobby?
Alastor: What? Hang on, darling. Charlie what is it I'm on a call planning the cannibal picnic for this afternoon.
Charlie: 🧍♀️ ...
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