"oh wow i thought this fandom was dead" you ignorant slut no fandom is ever truly dead. there will always always always be at least three mentally unwell freaks on the internet irrelevant-posting about their little blorbo(s) who have not been relevant for fifty years. this is the way of the world and they are stronger than you will ever be you FOOL
specifically, when the Goon implies Eli's a better host than Junjie.
now, this doesn't make much sense at first. Junjie is the more experienced fighter. He has wrist blasters. He knew a lot about the eastern caverns and thus had the information to steal about how to conquer them. But then...
and this is what got me to making this post. Junjie is super powerful and knows those caverns, so he was a "good host" and all. But Junjies main source of slugslinging proficiency is actually his Slug-Fu.
Something we don't see the Goon be able to do. Is it because it's impractical as he's mind controlling? Or that his chi isn't powerful enough? Possibly. I don't think the goon is able to do slug-fu, I think we would have seen him use it by now if they did. But the goon obviously didn't need it to cause damage to the east.
Now, into the west. Eli's powers were never spiritual or anything like that, they were all tech based. Blasters, mechs, slug biology...they amped those up for the war with Blakk. I think megamorphs were a thing in the east, but could only be made and controlled using blasters/experienced slingers (or at least that's what I'm rolling with, since it is admittedly hard to excuse the show for being so mute about the blaster tech in the east). so the goon controlled Eli and his ghouled bandoleer and shot his super good blaster and megamorphs and was like "omg, this champion has power I can more easily exploit! Score!"
and then the goon in ROTE is like "nah wills better, he's got Eli's blaster and junjie's level of knowledge about these caverns, this one's my fav"
and, onfg what would the scene if Will getting gooned looked like, what did his head look like, how did the goon taunt him, especially after meeting his son and Will not knowing anything about what's happened since he got sent to hell, OMFG DAMN IT ANOTHER PLOT BUNNY-
I love the little details of the show lmaoooo
What's TEAL? : 0
oh! "To End A Legacy," on ao3. I started it a while back. And I shorten it to "TEAL" constantly in my authors notes so I got used to just writing it like TEAL so my bad
please, please let my be a be a substitute teacher this year while I take my exams, oh great employment jelly!!!
breaking news: new york certified therapists see surge of clients as the magical awe-inspiring chaoticly fun shit-show IMMENSELY ENTERTAINING new york mets lose to the second most basic "oh look theyre good again" team ever, making their way for the most basic "oh look 2 teams that are always good" match up ever seen like ever
Unless......please my dudes please
ITS ALONSO'S GRIMACE!!!!
the playoff pumpkin. rb for good luck this autumn.
the entire game felt like I was watching a child playing around on some high ledge and I just had to trust them to not fall but WE STILL DID IT METS WON BBY
also, was there a snake in the Dodgers Dugout?!?
Not the Mets Radio making me cry...I wanted a WS so bad but fuck it the Mets have the best vibes in baseball so at the end of the day who really won.
like okay Ohtani be MVP u earned it, we had grimace and pumpkins and my girl and OMG and OMG concerts franchise moments and we had the underdog energy.
And hey, if we only change the staff a little bit? a few more pitchers? keep the energy up in 2025, and perhaps this season could become the start to an Era. Like not just a good year - an actual Era of a few years of the Mets being a playoff team. And I'd love Nimmo and Alonso and a healthy Senga to be part of it all - they have time to rest, now. They'll be at full strength. They can keep going. Wouldn't that be amazing?
I'll return to my 24/7 position as a small-fandom fanfic writer now. Till I see you all in the Mets tag next season,
Mister Rose :)