I agree! We are scholaring so hard rn
I only have 2 additiona considerations. One: all the shane's are secretive, but I think will shane was SUPER secretive and concerned for the future. I don't think previous shanes would have a) not told their only son anything, b) left a bunch of holograms in case they died c) left out crucial information (like dana's perspective of Tom Por), and ANYTHING about doctor blakk...the list goes on. I think this isn't just a shane thing; something MADE Will this paranoid and fearful.
I have a few theories. Will could have carelessly lost his uncle's journal, and someone bad cracked the code about the surface/shadow clan secrets/other stuff (blakk? someone we dont know?) and thats why he's so terrified of another mistake. Another is that will LET someone read the journal w the code (blakk?!?) and they betrayed him, so he becomes a guy who trusts no one, and cares deeply for a very few - and perhaps, if he had the chance to see him older, eli would have helped him regain trust in humanity and stuff.
BUT, here's one harrowing detail that i've seen no one bring up but its haunted me (how it alluded me in the will shane post i have no idea):
Slugterra, episode 2. Blakk and Eli meet. Blakk's first words to Eli were:
"What your friends say is true. Will Shane was a true hero. I owe my life to him, in fact."
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BITCH WHAT.
okay, lets ignore that blakk KNEW from going to the deep caverns will was alive and was trying to keep eli from knowing his dad was alive. SURE. because somehow that emotional bullshit is secondary to how HOW DID WILL SHANE GIVE YOU YOUR LIFE, THADDEUS?!?
Like we all know they were rivals, but what the actual fuck happened?!? What a fascinating first sentence for your main villain. There's LORE here. Maybe they actually helped each other sometimes, back when they were around Eli's age. Maybe blakk had nothing to do with the journal. maybe he and their situationship had EVERYTHING to do with that journal, and will's shane legacy.
There's so much here. So much and yet we have no answers. All we have are theories, and u bet ur ass im writing out every single one I have. Thank you for joining me on my crusade :)
the character I am drawn to in this particularly anxiety inducing month of my life.
literately NOTHING is normal about him. Eli's mom? Had to leave somehow. Bestie? He and Tom Por had a massive fall out. Blakk? From what we gather from the master, they used to not hate each other apparently. Jimmo? Straightforward enough, but that leaves the question of what happened to wills parents! like he's a decent dude but also shady af and paranoid as hell and, WHY is he like that? Idk and it's fascinating?!? he's the definition of just being human, and I love him. He's got a complicated history and PLENTY of unsolved beef, because everyone associated w him's got a VERY different take on the guy and they all have changed their opinion of him massively at some point or other. Like yall I WILL write everything but I will especially write TomxWill and ThadxWill I need to explore his CHAOS
also never, NEVER forget, because I never will; Will KNEW about Blakk knowing about the surface right?!? Surely?!? He would find out, either w his son or with the alliance w dark bane?!? WHAT IS THE STORY HERE?!?
give me your headcanons, they lower my heart rate and stop my panic attacks from my executive dysfunction problems.
truth is, I'm a Mets fan, and while thats not a big deal usually, this week has been a goddamn MOVIE PLOTLINE and all my free time has been devoted to keeping up with 2024 Met Lore.
for example: few days ago Pete Alonso and his wife went pumpkin picking and he brought a "lucky pumpkin" with him for the game that evening and he gushed about it being like a baseball in an interview.
gosh this team is running on dorks and memes its wonderful
a completely improvised song/theory because I try to continuously refine my skill for procrastinating my actual work using interesting and self-improving methodologies
and yes I have a face, I know, its disturbing to me too, just focus on the mediocre guitar it'll be okay
Eli's teachers in the staff lounge, laughing, in tears: "he's so smart and he does his work but he HAS to stop talking to his backpack and bringing a lighter to school!!!!!!"
I should have acted out in school more none of the consequences mattered actually
Eli before he left for Slugterra
MY HERO!!! thank you for your imput, i think we would like fruity things, it would smell very different from molemound lmao
Pronto absolutely sleeps with incense burning. This is important for Pick Your Table Chapter 2. What scents would be his favorite?
Currently, I think he likes Lavendar candles. Would he also like earthly-toned smells? Or maybe he'd like high-class-sounding smell names? any answers yall give ill probably name drop in the fic, thx yall :)
omfg this is one of mg fav posts EVER
[Feel free to add]
Eli never got his GED(obviously he was 15 when he took the Drop)
But this also translates to Slugterra as well seeing as how no one makes much of a fuss about the Shane being a 15 year old kid who probably should be in school
Between the Episodes "The World Beneath our feet(1&2)" and "Shadows & Light", Kord, Trixie and Pronto pick up on the fact Eli, despite being Will Shane's son, dose not know a whole lot about Slugterra.
more accurately, certain little things most kids around Eli's age learn real early, like The Slug Run, how tricky it is to trap slugs, that in tournaments you lose a slug if you lose, Blakk and the SlugTarran Express and a hand full more, are not common knowledge to the young Shane. Because anyone with access to the SlugNet and a TV should know these things
However after "Shadows & Light" when Eli says he was home sick on the lesson about Slug energy being the key to a Caverns survival, and Bullseye being the center of Slugterra, the team realizes their resident Shane did not in fact receive standard education
this is because those are simple, easy things that are recapped, like every school year in Slugterra's education system set up
This then prompts the gang covertly asking Eli questions about stuff, seeing if he's right or wrong, and then correcting him
to take it a step further, for educational slugisodes, Trixie asks Eli to do the research/help write the script
no one blames him, because Eli was probably homeschooled by his dad,
but even then, The Will Shane forgetting to each his son something as important as Slug energy's connection to the Caverns put a tiny little crack in their perception of the man
Kord is the one who teaches Eli how to shave
Eli has a small privet cry over that
The guy's have had to physically restrain Trixie from punching/shooting a Slug at people(mostly sexist men), on more than one occasion
They let her do it once because that one particular guy had it coming
Pronto is the best cook, his Cave Crawler special is just something his mom used to make and he loves it, and wants to share that with his friends :)
Eli keeps the letter his dad wrote on him at all times, and when he's feeling anxious he reads it.
every one has read the letter, by accident and Eli has no clue
Pronto has tried to get the others hooked on "Kisses from a Hoverbug" Kord is the only one interested
Kord has drunk motor oil, twice, once to know what it tastes like, and once on a dare
Trixie, as the only girl on the team, get's priority when it comes to the bathroom
Eli has eaten slug food, twice, once to know what it tastes like, and once on a dare
Eli hums songs from the surface sometimes
Kord has more than one helmet, just in case
Pronto has a comical amounts of bandanas and neck scarfs, to the point he could pull off the endless scarf gag most magicians do
Trixie dared Eli to eat slug food or be called a cowered
Since Pronto sleep walks: each member of the Team has gotten up in the middle of the night for something, is at first perturbed by it, but by the third/fifth time, the use it as prime prank opportunity
Trixie dared Kord to drink motor oil or be called a cowered
Eli is banned from certain searches on the SlugNet
not for anything he did, the team just want him to stay ignorant to certain things, like thirst traps of his dad, and Will Shane x Thaddius Blakk fanfic his devices literally have parental locks just to make sure
^ this is referring to a post I saw about there being thirst traps of Will Shane, and crack theory's, like Eli actually being Blakk's son having a lil' rebellious phase on the SlugNet + some other stuff. I don't remember who made the post, but if your reading this, it lives rent free in my head, and I love you (platonically)
Over the course their friendship, before the events of 'A Distant Shore' the team has bets on what Cavern Eli is actually from because they do not buy the "Oh uh I was raised in a secret Cavern" excuse the more they get to know Eli Shane.
Hero worship be damned Trixie will punch Will Shane
If he's feeling sad, Eli wares the hoodie he was wearing when he fist took the drop
he wears it for three days following the events of "The New Kid"
^ The hoodie thing takes inspiration from a fic I read, I can't find it rn but if i do ill link it.
After the events of 'A Distant Shore' and learning the Burning World is, in fact real, Trixie, Kord and Pronto wonder what other myths might be true
Eli has a silent freakout in "The New Kid' because of Twist's Slug's name being Loki, like the Norse god of tricks. how and why?
Kord has been wanting to make jetpacks since he was a kid
The Mecha, Mecha Beast the team built in 'Roboslugs' reminded Eli of a Megazord from Power Rangers, and it took everything not to quote PR
Pronto likes to garden
the slugs like to eat whatever is in Pronto's garden
Pronto has 'successfully navigated the Caverns of Time, not once but TWICE' in his bio of all platforms he's on.
There is a tally on how many fire's Eli and Burpy start
Its currently in the triple digits
They have a 'days without incident' sign
the record is 2 days
Good, it means we'll be able to build up the young!Will content in the fandom! Keep on soldier, I shall join you when Shane's Get Hurt is complete!!!
I am currently working on something, and all I have to say for myself is this:
Will Shane is just a silly little guy, your honor! He's silly, very un-serious, and just wants to have fun before getting bonked with the trauma hammer
why did Eli's slugs get a purse for Eli. What's the occasion? why did they get a purse specifically? Eli was genuinely happy with it, was it because his slugs did something nice for him? Was it a gesture of companionship (maybe something not great happened to him before that?), or is the purse coded for something? like this wasn't a "haha guy got girl gift" thing because the gang takes it very literally. It's framed in a way that seems like it's supposed to tell us about these characters and their bonds but I can't crack the code.
the only 3 things I can grab from this are 1)"yay random acts of kindness! It's a kids show" 2) slugs think Eli would want a purse, fascinating and 3) this is lowkey a nod from the creators that the Shane gang are queer coded like WHAT DOES THIS MEDIA MEAN
So please give me ur slugisode 36 thoughts thanks :)
THATS RIGHT FOLKS, CHAPTER 2 IS UP FOR WEEK 2 OF THE BLAKK GALA!!! Enjoy my wacky ideas, this was a joy to make. Yes I added more tags. See you all next week!
Chapters: 2/4 Fandom: Slugterra Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Thaddeus Blakk and Maurice Andrade Characters: Judge Logan, Dr. Thaddius Blakk, Maurice (Slugterra), OC - Character, Eli Shane, Trixie Sting, Kord Zane, Pronto Geronimole, Will Shane (Mentioned) Additional Tags: TheBlakkGala2024, I joined Tumblr im sorry, Blakk Industries company politics, Bromance between Blakk and Maurice, More orphans, tea time, Indentured Servitude, Crack Treated Seriously, I've never made an oc before I hope she's okay, Sass, Twink Eli Shane, bowties, Music, Circus, Home Invasion Summary:
Judge Logan want's to clear his name and be the evil Judge of his cavern's court once again. With the help of a wronged Blakk employee, he might just get his chance at the Blakk Gala; the party that will hopefully bring up employee satisfaction rates.
Well, Blakk's associates will certainly get a night they will never forget.
The Blakk Gala | Slugterra Community Event
by @ariaterramoon
YALL WE'RE FINALLY GETTING RECOGNIZED
also u forgot anti-species supremacist but i more than forgive you, thank you please join the slugterra tumblr discourse you have my endorsement. please, i need your opinion on will shane op!
I was a fan of this show called Slugterra, and rewatched it recently. And it was to my great pleasure to find this Canadian TV show in 2012 about shooting elemental slugs was basically a heavily enviromentalist anarcho-communist propaganda piece that took a stance against AI, the legal system, animal cruelty, imperialism, and the sports/car/oil industry.
*yeets myself into jimmo's retirement home*