morethandarkness asked:
" you're teasing me now. " [ Thraeya ]
"A little, perhaps." He concedes, that gregarious smile claiming his lips as he gives her a rather amused look. His beautiful Thraeya! Head tilted, lips pursed, *perplexed* as she looks at him and his heart sings.
"Will you forgive me?"
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Shape-shifters, face-blindness, and "paying attention to others"
The shapeshifter is one of my favourite "monster of the week" episodes because it showcases how differently Laios processes social information than the rest of the party. It reminds me a lot of the strategies I, faceblind name-forgetter and eye-contact avoider, use to recognize people and learn things about them.
We see Laios clearly fail at recognizing the doubles through "standard" social cues that are perceived as "easy to tell", such as their clothes. This makes the team (unfairly, but understandably) weary of his ability to tell the fakes apart and even worried that he'd prefer the monster versions* over them. Nonetheless, he gives it a try!
...And is immediately overwhelmed. His lack of attention to social cues works a bit in his favor, though, as it makes it harder for him to fall for stereotypes that fool the rest of the group.
Instead, he chooses to rely on his strengths and use his investigation and animal handling skills to distract the shapeshifters, lure out the monster, and roll the most insane balls-to-the-wall intimidation check of all time.
If it had ended there it still would have been a great episode that showcases Laios' strategic mind and his strengths as a leader. He doesn't have the social skills necessary for the task, but he is clever and creative enough to use the skills he does have proficiency in to solve the problem*.
However, what makes this episode so dear and near to my faceblind heart is the revelation that Laios was able to recognize the real party members after all.
Laios is fantastic representation of how special interests actually work for a monotropic interest system. Having a special interest is not just about how much you like it and the need to know everything about it, it's a way of processing and filtering information. Laios' special interest is monsters: his skills as a dungeoneer and party leader are acquired for and informed by his desire to interact with monsters, as is his interest in eating them. He actually brings this up himself when comparing his interest in cooking to Senshi's.
And in this episode, we see that this also extends to his friends. Laios hacks one of the most difficult types of information for him to process by routing it through the lens of the special interest. And, because it's not something most people would notice, it works. He knows that Chilchuck wouldn't let his guard down around a potential mimic, that Senshi values a balanced ecosystem, that (my favourite) Marcille just isn't as thoughtful about monsters as he is.
It might not be what was expected, but it did the trick! And what's more, the narrative validates his way of thinking (even if Chilchuck doesn't).
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I wanna show my fellow tumblrinas of the most awesome Spiderverse cosplays ever they might as well be Live Action actors tbh.
Cosplayers: @woahchriswoah @kymfmars @kumar_sutra on Twitter
Bonus:
EDIT: MORE Hobie Brown cosplay that’s been edited. You guys I’m physically vibrating and my eyes ain’t blinking. Aesthetic attraction is so real and I mean that in the most asexual way possible 😭🫶🏻♥️💙
Cosplay by @woahchriswoah and edited by @elilusionistacl taken from Twitter.
Ooooooh. Sailor Punk. 🤘🏼🎸🌙
(gods these people are gorgeous.)
Cosplay by @JaharaJayde on Twitter
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with gwen and hobie being friends in across the spider-verse and hobie being so super cool i do hope that there is some acknowledgement of the origins of their friendship
aka - hobie brown is a gwen stacy fanboy and is immediately excited to meet her and then they play some world-saving punk rock music together
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