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lollytea · 1 year

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Okay highly specific and idk if you even have any thoughts on it BUT ☕ on the Boscha/Amity dynamic in FTF? I literally had no significant thoughts on Boscha til this ep. Now I'm kinda into whatever toxic thing she's got going on with Amity. Heathcliffian in nature, almost. But what's your two cents, if you have em to spare?

I've never really had any strong opinions on Boscha. Like I know a ton of people absolutely loathe her but I can't even grant her those feelings. I can never really drum up too much animosity towards teen characters. She's just a kid. Kids suck sometimes. Sometimes they grow up and they learn and they become better people and sometimes they just get worse. I'm not gonna make any assumptions about which category Boscha will fall into because she's still too young to be certain.

I think it's kinda funny how the writers clearly gave her a deep underlying complex but never bothered to elaborate on it. Like the opening of WILW where she's like "You can be hated. So long as you are feared." Girl??? Can we like...get an update on this kid's home life? Why is this her mindset? Where is this coming from? Where are her moms??

During the time she and Amity were friends, the latter was also deeply depressed and had a horrible home life. So I wouldn't be surprised if she and Boscha had one of those sapphic toxic co-dependent teenage bonds. (We've all had them.) Like there's no escape to this life. Things won't get better. But at least they can stew in their own cynicism together. They help each other gain some semblance of control over their own lives by clawing their way up the Hexside hierarchy, with Amity being top student and Boscha being grudgby captain. Just a pair of fucked up and lonely girls just trying to pretend they're not fucked up and lonely.

I feel like, at some point, Amity even found solace in Boscha's company. When she was younger and more immature and was led to believe that actual positive mutually uplifting friendships were only for kids (bye Willow) so she desperately leans into what she has. What they had with each other may have been their only real connection. Early episodes definitely give the impression that their friendships with the likes of Skara and co. were rather superficial, with Boscha acting rather dismissively towards anyone who wasn't Amity. I'm sure they saw all the vulnerability and ugliness in each other that nobody else saw. I'm sure Boscha got unhealthily attached because Amity was really all she had and she didn't have any experience with an actual constructive relationship with anyone her own age to understand that she and Amity were bad for each other.

But Amity was clearly worn down. This relationship was exhausting. It leeched away at her. She was complacent in all the bullying because she didn't see the point in even trying to discourage it, other than half-hearted chiding every now and again. In her own words, there was no reasoning with Boscha.

And then Amity opened her eyes and realized that this fucking sucked. You see her gradually detaching herself from Boscha throughout season 1 which results in her completely cutting ties in WILW, much to Boscha's disgust.

Tbh I feel like Boscha's gotten pretty funny since then, though she's been barely present. I enjoyed her in ASIAS cuz she was just so pathetic. Literally just third wheeling lumity, neither of them give two shits about her existence but she just refuses to exit the scene. We love girlosers.

But yeah I really did dig her in FTF. It's definitely the most insight we've gotten into her character since her debut. I didn't exactly need Boscha character development to live cuz like. I don't care about her. But I guess if they're gonna include her at all, at least they didn't keep her stagnant.

She's clearly traumatized by the fact that her team essentially "died" (as far as she knows) protecting her and she's never experienced such a heavy emotion before. She doesn't know how to handle it. She pushes it down. She lashes out. And Kikimora has just made her a million times worse. No wonder she begged for Amity to come back. She's unstable and scared and wants to cling to some fantasy that this will all be okay. And she feels like if she just has her friend back, that can be a possibility.

I like how Amity dealt with her in this episode, as a contrast to how Willow did. Willow was perfectly within her right to be furious with Boscha, considering she's nothing but her former bully who's given her so many emotional scars. But Amity approached her with an appeal rather than a fight. Because Boscha is Amity's former friend. She knows things about her that Willow doesn't. And no matter how awful their relationship has gotten, she doesn't want to see her former friend as the villain of this story.

"There's no reasoning with Boscha." She said two season ago. And then she DID!!! It really speaks volumes about how much Amity has developed from an emotionally exhausted enabler to a proactive outspoken girl who's willing to give everyone a shot to prove themselves, the way Luz did for her.

Anyway I think Boscha has completely burned all her bridges and has no hope of rekindle her old friendship. That's a consequence she'll have to live with for the way she's behaved. Plus, she and Amity just....don't mix well anymore. Some people are destined to come into your life for a time and keep you standing upright but they're not lifelong friends. I could see them as like...acquaintances maybe? Maybe theyll grow up and have kids and be on the PTA together. Maybe. But I can't see them as ever being true friends again.

Some people say that Boscha's actions at the end of FTF was a "rushed redemption arc" though I disagree. It wasn't a redemption at all. It was simply an acknowledgement that Boscha is not the devil incarnate. She's a kid. All she wants is to have a normal life and play Flyer Derby. So she's taking the necessary actions to get that future for herself. It opens up the possibility that Boscha could be a good person. Someday. She's not there yet. But someday. Maybe.

#actually word vomiting with these

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highway-35 · 3 months

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legitimately insane theory/au but: what if axle (hwlr) and tezz (bf5) are half siblings??????? featuring a lot of headcanons

the volitov family comes from novaya chara, and tezz conducted his experiments in the chara sands. they're a prominent family of physicists, and both of the volitov parents spoke internationally tezz's interest in electromagnetism deviated from his parents interest in vehicle engineering, but he was able to apply his parents knowledge to build his prototype vehicle

after tezz's disappearance, his mom committed suicide out of grief, while his father dove into his research in order to try and find him again

this resulted in him, along with several others, to create what is how the hot wheels: let's race universe and found hot wheels city

now using the pseudonym of striker spoiler, he used his engineering knowledge to become a prominent racer in the city, going to great lengths to cover up his involvement in its founding

axle was an accident baby, with striker undergoing a shotgun wedding to hide it. he still loves axle, but definitely couldnt contribute a lot to his development especially when he was younger due to his various responsibilities

striker focused a lot on teaching axle to race and focused less on academics because of how traumatized he was due to tezz's disappearance and (what striker presumes to be) death. he didnt want axle to do the same thing that tezz did, he didnt want to lose his son. this also helped stunt axle's growth

axle is incredibly lonely, so so SO fucking lonely, which is what causes him to act out the way he does. is extremely attached to sidecar (sidecaxle is another post though)

after the defeat of the red sentients, tezz begins preliminary research on other universes, partially inspired by the opposite universe and their bf5's existence. this is how he discovers the hwlr universe

that discovery prompts him to start surveilling hot wheels city, in which he finally sees his father again. he travels there in order to meet his family, albeit faking much of his backstory to avoid revealing the truth and putting the rest of the bf5 in danger. this is without the knowledge of, or at least minimal knowledge of, the bf5

both tezz and axle are shocked to find out they have a brother, both believing they were only children. striker nearly doesn't recognize tezz because of how long it had been, but once tezz introduces himself, striker knows he's the real deal

there's a lot of grief, especially for tezz's mother, as striker believes she died for nothing (and tezz wasn't even aware of her death). striker's trauma comes out in full swing. it is all very ugly.

tezz, as is his habit, records an audio diary. it helped keep him grounded when he was on the red sentient moon. during a sleepless night, axle overhears what tezz is saying, and has so many questions.

axle ends up confronting tezz about his lies, and tezz doesn't budge. striker gets involved. tezz leaves out of frustration, striker locks himself away, and axle follows tezz to uncover the truth behind his family.

axle tries to sneak into the spectra motors garage, but gets caught before he can access the hub. the bf5 knows nothing about the extended volitov family, and thus axle sleeps on the couch for a night while the team debates on what to do.

they end up letting axle into the hub, on the condition he stays silent about it. they say its because the war is over and that that they have nothing to lose, but really, a lot of the bf5 come from their own broken homes, and would feel extremely guilty about not letting axle get closure.

stanford, zoom and axle end up forming a really strong friendship because of how much mutual shit they went through, especially coming from prominent families that ended up lying to their faces all their lives

axle never brings it up to anyone in hot wheels city (mainly he believes that nobody would believe him anyway, so why bother), but later INSISTS that people call him axle volitov and not axle spoiler, at BEST spoiler is a middle name. he stops bringing up his father at all, and really resents him for lying to everyone for all these years.

in conclusion: that boy needs therapy

#volitov chronicles au #<- tag for this au #axle #striker spoiler #tezz #lets race #battle force 5 #bepis.txt #engagement tags ahead sorry #hot wheels let's race #hot wheels battle force 5 #hwbf5 #bf5

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