I should be tagging but instead I'm doing things because I dont feel great and also im buried in dogs, trapping me with no computer for the moment

bold of you to plurk this when you play the thirstiest character in xim

it's amazing you can even speak with a throat that dry

YOU CAN LEAVE LMFAO

if i get my app in i wanna get cr w you!!

rita pushing jake aside and helping finn with dating advice and how to plan a perfect date

med training!!!

Just more of Finn and Nat, okay

bros just being bros! doing manly things!

goodluckmodes: if you app in, you’ll get it! I’m sorry i wasn’t able to hit you on the TDM....I’ve been so behind lately

hepburns: she's valid, she's correct, he can't argue

BUT I THINK IM COMING OUT THE OTHER SIDE NOW

hepburns: i want that so bad. You think Finn trusts Jake’s dating advice?

HE DOESN’T

Despite Jake being in a committed, very healthy long term relationship....

you still shouldn't

meanwhile rita who cries constantly and desperate for love like

"i have all the answers"

gjskGDGKSL

sounds right

feels correct

she won best bachelorette, that's like a certification

SHE DID

#1 single person on the crew

while #1 guy in a steady relationship with someone else on the crew kovacs should be the one giving the advice

just both of mine giving completely opposing advice

Someone needs to get all of Finn’s bad ideas about dating he learned from Mind Games OUT of his head

BackAgain: Yes!! I’m so down for more of that. I feel like Finn will want to learn things like emergency first aid nd stuff he can at least help a little bit with when they’re out in the field

SaroSaron: ABSOLUTELY more Finn and Nat, always

He loves her so much, she’s honorary family at this point

More weird wine aunt moments, really

the ghost of steve is all I've got

WE’LL SEE HOW THIS WHOLE MISSION SHAKES OUT, even if it goes well I’m imagining it’s still going to be a little bittersweet which leaves openings for some nice threads

fairandbright: YES! finn loves just hanging with Joric and doing outdoorsy stuff tbh, he feels so comfortable with his chill energy and enjoys talking to him

I feel like those threads are often nice bits of calm for Finn when a lot other stuff around them is kind of chaotic....

aoneknifestand: THE GHOST OF STEVE IS GONNA BE HAUNTING FINN FOR A LONG TIME LMTY

i feel like we've already discussed this to death but kicks my feet up anyway

i'm just excited for station things that's all

he tries for chill because it helps him to not always feel a magic spell trying to fight against medicine. aha ha ha... ha

cerebrah: CAN NEVER DISCUSS TOO MUCH, and same, me too. Maybe Finn will finally work up the nerve to TEXT Kazuma one of these days

Yes! First thing he's gonna learn once they get back

i! would if it feels like fun for you

SaroSaron: we absolutely have to do that soft check in btw. i want it very much, my inbox is open to you any time

fairandbright: hah... this is fine.

BackAgain: SO EXCITED for finn to really feel seen by this man. he's got a weird relationship with organized school.

Super fine!

starfaring: wiggles back. i can't tell you how much i love itachi like, redirecting finn in their last little network exchange

Yes, I will hit that soon. It's time

i have a lot of thoughts about these two and where they're at and where they're potentially going

It Is Time, nettle

i really wanna see how that itachi + jake text thing about what's going on w/finn and felix pans out, i think that could spark an opportunity for us to thread. finn's in a bad situation he is stubbornly refusing to recognize, as is his way.

Dad Baggage

tag yourself tbh

need to mentally rocket this man into space

but yes. itachi threads soon please.

whimsea: you have no idea how MUCH i want it, even if i've dropped the ball freaking terribly this event gdjs

lmf it's fine this has been skyrocket: the event, and one of the places i haven't tried hitting finn is on network with all the other leapfroffing ciri's been doing

Ciri is so good, I've been reading loads of her threads. I think these two would be so fun. Moody blondes who can and would and have melted a CD together in the microwave, what else is there to say?

Sword stuff! Also, Sabriel's also training w/Bones for medic stuff, so there might be some overlap there? Also with Felix stuff

im crying i still love that this was the conclusion of "what are CDs"

Also Finn will be soooo excited that someone younger than him is on the crew

he's been everyone's little brother baby numnums since he got here

she's here to be the Youngest Bean though she's like "that's not an accomplishment"

LMFAOOOO

please say this to finn

hhahaha the curse of being younger than a team of protective older crewmates

he will absolutely be that guy to put his foot in his mouth like 'haha cool, you get a superlative!'

she absolutely can, and will

I feel like they are gonna have such a fun dynamic. He will try to big brother her so hard but he honestly doesn't know how

He's been the baby his entire life

a learning experience

ciri with zero sibling experience, but 'hey i dressed up like a street kid to play knucklebones and we gave each other shit' followed by mostly being surrounded by adults it's fine

we should have them get up to some station shenanigans. maybe he can walk in on ciri's stress exploding

LMAO HIM TOO

please do i figure if anyone wants they can walk in and get blown back too just door slams in face WHOOPS

'everyone i know is 1000+ years old or a dog and ages way faster than me'

HAHA

this would Not deter him

bonus because this is usually where people turn tail and run

ciri with her internal clock waiting for the "you're a disaster magnet, everyone around you dies!" declaration to happen

'object in constant motion fueled by tragedy and death shoving away everything in its path,' please meet the immovable force of 'i will literally jump into an open volcano to save someone i just met, it's actually not super healthy, but here i goooo'

ah good two very healthy ways of looking at situations slammed together, please be good friends and terrible siblings both at once

yes please thank you

how tall is ciri, for visualization purposes

she is! we'll go with her actress's height, 5'5"

somewhere, finn is so glad he just recently grew an inch

HAHAHA

in the games she ends up 5'9", and she's tall and thin in novels, so i'm curious if they'll stick with her getting a bit taller through choices in camera shots or not in series

again, somewhere finn is so glad that he eventually ends up 5'10"

LMAO

already got the sibling energy tbh

he's like HAHAHA I WILL ALWAYS BE TALLER it's perfect

yes exactly someone had to win the height contest

finn going IT ME

being competitive over the stupidest things possible is a rite of passage

that never goes away

a passage you get stuck in LMAO

so more like a trading passage you trod over and over and over

yes, you're getting it

excellent, time to learn what it's like to have siblings and then promptly go "was it entirely bad i didn't" but not mean it like she might have once

LMAOO no, that's also the correct response

sarahthesilent: OH YEAH, what kind of stuff is sabriel learning medically? they will definitely be in the same space

also what's her sitch with felix at present? i know a good chunk of it but i saw some threads when i was scanning the network i haven't had time to read yet

Nonvieta: She's learning paramedic skills! And w/ Felix... He likes her? Nonromantically. Also he's talking to her/helping calm her down after a bad nightmare

OH YEAH okay yes i read that one it's very good

aisu and i have been talking recently about how finn is so weirded out (but like, glad??) when he sees Felix be nice to other people

So as she realizes that he's being an asshole to Finn, she'd... probably confront him about it?

for sure. i'm not sure how out in the open it's been. him + steve train alone with him deliberately, tho now steve is gone it's back to mano a mano LMAO

nobody is going to be happy in that situation

finn's really vaulting a lot about their interactions and laughing it off, but she could always come to him too if she wants to touch base about anything she's observed. my inbox is always open.

since i'm thinking of it, Sani_Caranza i went on a tear today to them about how felix is the yin in Finn's life rn and Wei Wuxian is the yang LMAO

both teachers, both trying to coax two existing and opposing sides of him out. Felix on one side trying to get finn to reembrace his old 'violence as the answer' philosophy and being extremely tough on him + finn just very determinedly like 'haha it's fine, this is just our dynamic and it is very normal, nbd!'

Are there any details that she'd specifically notice? Bruises from sparring sessions that went way too hard, exhaustion from drills/conditioning that pushed him too far?

and on the other side, Wei Wuxian teaching him to embrace his new discomfort with wildly applied violence by training him in non-lethal takedowns, all while being so insanely supportive i think finn cries every thread

sarahthesilent: all of those definitely

it's been going on since early on in Aldyhion, so... god, how does that work out time-wise

most of the time finn has been here, tho

D:

Finn's pretty used to it tho, and he's used to pushing himself really hard, FIGHTING WAS/IS HIS JOB BACK HOME. but it's a weird tense situation. i think the most actively physical felix has gotten with him was in front of bones and marta actually, but i think that's the only time anyone's been around.

physical stuff doesn't really bother him as much as the verbal stuff

He's Tough, etc etc

stanning AisuYoukai so goddamn much for having her character take one look at Finn, sweet little weirdo, and deciding 'you know what, Felix hates this fuckin' kid, but he would jump in front of a bullet for literally anyone so that's pretty great to have around' LMAO

but yeah, tl;dr finn's done so much compartmentalizing he can't fully see the forest for the trees with that situation. it's not really his mental focus, it's more just a persistent drag down if he thinks about it too much. Lingering Daddy Issues O'Clock

copies this from your own plurk and puts it down in here

i love all this though my boyyyyyyy, it's so real

me over here like mO_Om

the work you two have put into this is so good LMAO i SAY AS IF I haven't been following that shit since i wasn't in the game. can't wait for this open up his vault a little

let those demons out you'll FEEL BETTER

NOOOO

LMAO god I've just been so slow at tagging these days but I NEED to tag felix tonight (I have it open and half written) because he will be so pissed if he ever realizes what Felix is doing

THE PARALLELS ARE REALLY GOOD

felix already annoyed him and was unrepentant about it, and wei wuxian has it within him to be the pettiest of grudge holding assholes

but don't feel like you have to rush, i don't think this is a situation at its breaking point yet. just maybe its slow building point

LMAO

I haven't had the chance bc everyone in game is so kind LMAO

i can't wait for their next network bitching out

that thread was everything

although he was pissed at newt for a few months and refused to speak to him

HAHAHA

yy of course! I wouldn't wanna step on your cr anyway!

THAT IS INCREDIBLE

Sani_Caranza: oh no, please. step

LOOOOL

this mission kind of put the whole 'fighting' issue on hold, but i have to imagine it's going to come up again

yeah!

like, could finn have saved ziggy's life without felix's particular brand of uh, very tough encouragement? probably not. so he's in a weird place about it. but on the other hand, there's the stuff wwx is teaching him. GOTTA SEE HOW HE DOES IN. A COMBAT SITUATION.

it's a good thing they didn't go with the 'punch the meteor' plan

wei wuxian isn't opposed to killing in defense at all

he's not a pacifist /stares at his body count and sweats

LMAO YEAH NO, this is more reflective of finn's wants than wwx. there's a part of him that actively wants another way

wwx is just helping him achieve that

yeah! That's exactly what he's aiming for

wei wuxian @ ziggy and finn "you don't have to kill anyone! Just leave the room for a sec : ) " tbh

like he can't do that because they're so often all separated but...it's in his head

i would say the way they differ most is felix is all about ruthless efficiency

finn like, joking around, or being goofy during training gets him torn a new one every time. listening to himself is not something to be encouraged because etc etc. you just do the job, don't think about it, get out. don't be a pussy basically.

whereas wwx is like, cracking jokes with him and telling him it's okay to cry all the time GJDSKL

the way

wei wuxian

VERY. DISSONENT.

would punch felix

LMAO like

he's been teaching kids for years

YEAH they have DIFFERENT STYLES and... GOALS LMAO

and there is a time for focusing and there's even a time for being like "no messing around right now" but what felix is doing isn't good teaching in his opinion

there's being strict and then there's being a dick

so ready for this conflict tbh lma

yeah, teaching def isn't the aim. felix actively hates this kid (most of the time, sometimes he's alright)

it's gonna be good, man

Rich

times like these I wish the drama didn't take away his cool glowing red eyes

he just wants a willing meat shield if things get hairy

LMAOOO does he have cool red eyes

him and itachi could've been twinning all this time

angy

it's fine, he can still drip resentful energy when he wants to be very intimidating

sjadf

i wanna see 'em fight

but like, the kind of fighting where one of them has a violence collar inhibiting them from killing anyone

THE AMOUNT OF TIME IN BRACKETS FELIX IS JUST LIKE 'sure would be great if i could kill this kid right now'

that good shit. negative cr is fun. it's a fun time. LMAO

Xz Film GIF - Xz Film Xiao Zhan - Discover & Share G...

WHY IS THAT TINY

it's fine, wei wuxian wouldn't kill him bc he knows it's against viv's rules

he did make an array to make people itchy though

just saying

LMAOOOOO

omfg

what a useful one tbh

also the tiny flute is extremely funny to me

LOL

Jumping back into this to say that Oh man, Sabriel would... also, absolutely go 'hey, this isn't how training is supposed to go.' Especially if she were ever able to sit in on it. As it is... She's definitely going to have A Talk w/Finn. And then with Felix

the necromancers would like to have a word with felix

they just want to talk

it's fine!

LMAO yeah. training def isn't the aim. Or it's more like a secondary aim. he wants finn to be more effective, but for his own purposes more than finn's... enrichment

IT'S FINE. it's fine.

felix is pretty careful about what he says and where, barring the one time he lost it on him after their little Jun situation. bones and marta were just caught up with keeping that Felix from dying. also the dragon. there was a lot going on okay.

the xim experience.

lmao right

cue finn just running away to go jump off a building and kill some monsters

stress patterns gjask

child

i am so. excited. about all of it. it works out perfectly for me, 'cuz i'm over here like 'i would like to play out consequences for jake's overly permissive parenting style towards his brother's agency please'

can't wait to have jake have a good sense that this situation is no good and then just kinda sit on that for a while, 'cuz he wants finn to know he trusts him to make his own choices

So Sabriel probably wouldn't be (initially) aware of the verbal/emotional side of it, she'd just think Felix was being too hard on him (Because while her experience is not as extensive as Wei Wuxian's she did tutor her underclassmen in magic and fighting arts, and she knows that you're not supposed to look like that after a training session)

making the exact wrong choice while thinking he's making the right one

safelybeds: LMAOOOO i'm so ready for jake finally confronting his 'give the baby a sword and just make sure he never gets hurt for real' strategy for child rearing

sarahthesilent: that makes sense to me! those things definitely wipe him OUT

he runs SO MANY LAPS

when it was him and steve training together w/felix, it was actually pretty fun. his loss is gonna be Felt

meanwhile wei wuxian has zero idea of how felix is as a teacher tbh

just the two of 'em again

he just thinks he's an asshole from their single meeting

LMAO

JUST GRUDGEWANKING

and would not trust him with finn

LOOK

LMAO

he gave him the benefit of the doubt at first and then felix proved him wrong and he just "welp that was your one chance"

right in the burn book

exactly

That one Adventure Time Episode No one Really Wants ...jake is a very good brother and cares very much but WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST TIME HE DROPPED THE BALL

LMAOO this episode........ finn at his babiest

remember when we watched this episode high and it felt like the hardest most tense drama

yes, yes i do

revealing the rescue is just a daydream and cutting back to him whimpering in the chair it's nice to remember that the kernels of late game AT are still present in first season AT LMAO

that ep straight up made me a little uncomfortable when I watched it LMAO

I was like WHY IS THIS SUDDENLY TORTURE PORN

/walks into this bar late after a more than 12 hours of sleep and going back to work, oh hey. haha...ha...ha yeah.

what's up guys. nothing to see here... nah..................

:3

Totally normal training sessions, right? Sabriel and Wei Wuxian just want a teeny tiny word

I really want to link that one episode again... it's always tempting.

He totally is not teacher material. He knows his shit but he's bad at...everything else probably tbh.

AisuYoukai: you know I'm going to start equating finn with Palomo now

/crying. That's an insult to Finn. He's a little better tham that.... lol

Felix associates Finn with Tucker tbh.

That same sort of annoying and nagging at him. Maybe like... Tucker+Caboose combo. I usually say "the reds and blues" because
Finn just reminds him of those idiots in general.

(He's not really like any of them but also that same annoying kind of vibe in Felix's opinion.)

ITS CALLED BEING A TEENAGER FELIX

He doesn't understand how that makes it acceptable. X3

(Which is part of the reason why he is such a hypocrite.)

LMAOOO as is his right tbh

also as i'm thinking about it SaroSaron i obviously have also been thinking a lot about nat w/this. i don't know what cr she has w/felix, but i obviously was thinking of finn's wine aunt for this stuff

AisuYoukai: Also, as I'm putting together Ideas I should ask- what would Felix do if Sabriel asked to 'audit' one of his training sessions with Finn?

lol well, she's interacted with him a bit!

finn has some stuff on his mind a Lot right now, i was thinking of maybe when she does her little check in some of it all starts bleeding together a little. nothing explicit, just vague stress about what is gonna happen and about having a lot of wolves inside him

even if you'd rather not have her get involved with the rest of it, i'd love for them to talk a little vaguely about the stuff going on in the boy's mind. he needs an outlet GDKSJ

with fern, finn is all sorts of messed up about the fact that people are Complex and a sort of pathological need to give people a million chances to make up for past bad behavior. i don't necessarily think that's a flaw to be fixed, but i think he doesn't know where the line is agksd

(this is not anything to necessarily reply to btw, i'm just thinking out loud about development stuff)

this is so rich. and so perfect. i'm delighted by all the canon stuff coming into play

me over here like, i should probably get jake involved in this (I absolutely will dw) but i am equally invested in all his found family LMAO

tmw you open a thing to reply to it, and then thirty minutes later you realize you didn't reply to it you just THOUGHT you typed out those thoughts of replying to it. /facepalm

ANYWAY yeah. If Sabriel is actively watching then Felix is being on best behavior ofc.

As for her asking about it... he'd probably try to deflect for a bit until she either got too suspicious or cornered him, either way, and then relent.