the morning line for the bathroom that guys claimed on the starblaster is hell…..merle somehow always beats everyone to it and only magnus and taako know he’s doing his morning sudoku in there just to piss davenport off
The TAZ fandom: But Merle should hate Kravitz for causing him to lose an arm
Merle: Hah, I like that guy
Merle, having just learned he was forced to forget 100+ years of his life by someone he considered a friend: WHOA hey guys, don’t overreact, anyway can I hug Lucretia or would that be weird
Merle “incapable of holding a grudge” Highchurch, greeting the personification of nihilism who is hell-bent on destroying all of reality and who has personally killed him 50+ times: Oh hey buddy watcha up to
Merle taking to an innocent 10 year old boy detective:
Fucking Griffin McElroy. Balance is so fucking good it fills me with rage. It’s in my top five favorite stories ever cuz it’s so fucking brilliant. Griffin constructed this story that works so fucking well because the players themselves don’t know that their characters have had their memories taken from them so their reactions are so genuinely and painfully authentic. They’re not even acting. The story itself is constructed in such a way that’s it’s not even possible to have a disingenuous response. I really think it needs at least one relistening to truly appreciate how fucking heartbreaking it is and how fucking cunning Griffin is. Everyone’s always like “Lucretia, what did you do?!” but the real question here is Griffin Andrew McElroy, WHAT DID YOU DO?!
I think Lup is so revolutionary in media culture in large part because of Barry. like. Yes, She’s a Trans Woman and That Alone is super cool but!! She is loved by Barry, a presumably Cisgender Straight Man, who literally does not give a shit that shes trans. It’s pretty rare to see cis/trans couples where one partner being trans isn’t the “"problem”“ or ”“conflict”“. He just loves her for her and that’s so good!!!
Generally trans representation in media is mediocre at best and the McElroys (particularly Griffin) Know That. So the fact that he did his best to portray a trans woman while giving her So Much Else to her character is *chef kiss* but!
Trans love is Especially bad in media. So having Lup and Barry fall in love so deeply and naturally was so important but even moreso when you remember barry is literally titled ”The Lover“.
Barry was created to love and he loved Lup. The implications of that, that not only are trans people worthy of love but are worthy of Real, Deep, Sincere, Honest Love, of the purest form of love imaginable, is so, so important. It’s not something I’ve ever seen in trans media before. It can be really easy to forget that despite being trans, I too am worthy of that kind of love.
[Image Description: Three drawings of Kravitz and Taako Taaco from “The Adventure Zone: Balance”. The first drawing shows Kravitz, a tall, slender, dark complexioned man with long, black hair pushed back by a purple headband. He is wearing a black suit with a white shirt underneath and is draped in a comically large, light brown scarf. He is smiling slightly and looking to the right.
The second image shows Taako, drawn in black and white. Taako’s eyes go wide, and in a speech bubble beside his head, he says, “holy shit”.
The third image shows Taako all wrapped up in Kravitz’s scarf, only his eyes are the brim of his wizard’s hat visible. The speech bubble beside him says, “this is mine now”. End description.]
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