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JRWI:Riptide things I think about often (and I don’t see people talk about enough)
- Chip and Reuben Price
- Gillion, who was left by his parents, being left by his sister
- Jay knowing so much of the navy from her childhood (also how much of a goddamn trans allegory her story is)
- Jay almost always being harsh on Chip in moments of vulnerability for both of them
- Gillion hiding from Felipe in the pantry
- That one nightmare Chip had in ep
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- Chip and Arlin talking in liquidus
- Gillion’s derealisation after his nightmare
- Jay losing the ability to read
- How young the captains are, (Chip could have graduated high school the year before the campaign, Jay can just BARELY legally drink in the US, and both Gillion and Jay would likely still be in college)
Sooo…. I’ve been thinking on it, and so, in the original fairy tale the lindworm has a twin brother, and that slot could be taken up by moonjumper, who would be wanting to adopt bow (leading snatcher to get jealous and start up the main conflict) the witch who ultimately causes AND helps solve the whole giant dragon worm thing could be several people, but the ones I’ve narrowed it down to is Vanessa, Cooking Cat, or the Florist, but Vanessa could be well suited for one of the people the lindworm eats, cooking cat could very well suit the helpful maid, and the florist could be hat kid’s relative (aunt?) who she lived with before becoming prospective monster chow. Of course, all this is my own opinion, and if you’ve got something else I would be more than willing to listen!
If all of this made no sense to you, the people over at Overly Sarcastic Productions on YouTube did pretty good coverage on the Prince Lindworm myth, and there are also several good interpretations on ao3.
I think that a really cool au idea for a hat in time would be one based on the prince lindworm fairytale. Maybe not romantic, but there’s some dadcher potential… like it’s a story about a worm monster with no back legs who is secretly a prince who becomes human through the power of love/being hit with a really big stick, so I think that would be neat to do something with. I’m nowhere near talented enough to do anything with it though lol