Mood.
The shortest road to men’s hearts is down their throats Adams please.
Listen I was a Wilson Phillips girl in 1990 ok
I know nothing about Yellowjackets but omg I was ALSO a wilson phillips girl in 1990, like whoa
I edited this to catchall because I remembered that's what I really was thinking. I'm gonna be putting a decent amount of silly links tbh. I'm kinda chilling for various reasons
Navigation - I still need to fix the link colors that came out super dark in some default layouts wtf
Haha I mean he really thinks of most people on the barge as more like sheep than wolves
There are a few people he thinks are actively manipulative but for the most part he's much more "why are you so okay with living in this hellish place where you can at any moment get stabbed" than "ANY MOMENT NOW. YOU'LL STAB"
pyotr thinks the wardens are all evil
in the sense that they are numbed to all the horrors
and will watch someone go through the worst torture for days and just be like "awww that sucks"
let me know if that starter works for you!
BBitsaboi: I think I can work with this though I'm thinking me some thoughts!
also TLV "Abel and Cain" where it might be assumed Cain died in MOST timelines are
this
oh god. yeah, that's the vibe. especially after Malcolm dropped the possibility of "maybe you're the only Abel that succeeded in saving him and that's why you're here." Which was not at all comforting
link to Ethan and Walter thread please?
btw for people who like to play along at home and see links
the reading page looks really cool right now
the shade being thrown in this tag...
Ethan:
realistically this conversation should have happened months ago but /gestures at life
honestly Walter was in his own downward spiral so he gets it
he isnt about to tell Walter that he last talked to Pyotr while being 5 seconds away from a break down anyways xD can't help people if you can barely help yourself

barge
"cant help people if you can barely help yourself" gestures at almost all wardens
(even if they were mentally healthier, what are they supposed to be doing to help anyone? it is a mystery!)
Walter genuinely thinks this about Malcolm RIP... Malcolm please put on your FUCKING oxygen mask...
I think I wrote "maybe a Bailey's if you really insist I can live a little" at some point in the middle which also fits with this
He’s got his mask on and he’s ready to help you into yours and you keep insisting it’s filled with koolaid when it’s just nice healthy oxygen, chum!
by those standards, Walter would have been right and not just mean to say that Malcolm visiting home and settling his affairs with his father would be the single biggest contribution he could make to Walter's graduation
He feels he settled those before he came here. A little light stabbing and the guy is back in prison!
Yes, but he also said it was one of the reasons he was so eager to go with the admiral, and considering the multiple examples Walter has of Malcolm outright dissociating or otherwise numb, Walter does really think that he is incapable of going back home and therefore underactualized
anyone whose goal is to convince Walter that this is not a cult isolating people from their family and friends of origin is seriously well served to pay so much as a single visit to them
Lark frequently goes home okay
Hanna is planning to take Vincent home with him to get away from the truly awful cult he was raised in
Malcolm will go visit his mom and his sister and Gil once he and Will get their own ship!
and I'm sure that visit won't reveal they've gotten in a convenient car crash sending the husbands right back to the admiral for yet another deal...
He talked to his mom like two weeks ago!
Walter could have talked to her too! Well he DID talk to dad.
I didn't know it was in person. That was my bad
(The talk about bathrooms)
I don't see his comment, but also, this is in the library?
Yeah, I just missed that it wasn't on the network. I am easily confused
floofdoodle: that said, would you like to have Walter and Sweeney discuss it in some form in the future? I think it could even fit into current threads
Absolutely. Sweeney may be jaded as fuck, but there are certain Rights that have always been true, and he'll fight for
Bathrooms are pretty much at the top of the list
Then maybe Sweeney can get Maggie in on it and stuff. Awesome
He will definitely get people on it. Probably whoever wins the election, but also other Wardens in the meantime
Thank you so much for the heads up
WOW WALTER IT SEEMS LIKE ALL THIS COUPLING UP IS MAYBE HAVING ITS USE NOW AFTER YOU WERE SO SUSPICIOUS ABOUT IT
Unfortunately 🩷 this does nothing about his suspicions that the situation is overall intended to foster dependence 💚 be it paired warden and inmate, or dating warden and inmate
or dating warden and warden or dating inmate and inmate??
These are somewhat less immediately evocative of a deliberately maintained power imbalance
Also a lot more common, and warden/inmate pairings do tend to get some side-eye.
Both of mine judge the hell out of warden/inmate ship pairings but they mostly are accepted
yeah, generally it seems split between like. "this is a harmful power imbalance" and "well they're both consenting adults"
but there's a lot of blur
Walter's focus is on cases (platonic or romantic) where it actively seems like the inmate is getting a lot of material or social benefits they would not otherwise have
This concern can occasionally occur in W/W or I/I ships as well
which is a hilarious lens to focus on that through tbh
I have messaged a certain someone a nefarious little breach idea. When I get my answer then I will make my post. Hehehe!
had a very bad start to my day afk today. this might be a cozy gaming under the covers after work day.
My mood has improved a lot from yesterday which is good. Unfortunately my RP voice is still kinda wonky. I'm going to try to at least comment a little to keep up good habits but just know I can't get to everyone yet
man, I know exactly how you feel. Glad the mood's doing better!

I hope you have a nice evening, man. You deserve it!
This is such a mood. Take it easy; I'm just glad you're feeling better

I say all this stuff and then I have the best inbox night I've had maybe ever. well not literally ever but. this is very good
it didn't get to everyone but it is good
turns out not putting pressure on yourself to keep up with tags makes them happen a lot easier sometimes, haha