Okay I Understand This Is My Really Niche Interests Coming Together And It's Just Me

writing Trixie is so hard for me idk why

like in my writing notes I have this one line highlighted: "just because youre not a girl anymore doesn't mean you have an excuse not to write them" and it hurts how true it is, i need to write woman and be more confident that im not one

but im THIS CLOSE. one scene left then i can edit and POST. SOMETHING. ON AO3. its been AGES. but its late and i leave home at 7AM. what do i do. this is impossible.

i cant just deprive yall of another prison scene, trixie backstory, and eli crying over tad's betrayal, like THIS NEEDS TO BE RELEASED

this is a cry for attention ppl, inspire me to actually do things, i'll be heating the oven for chicken nuggets and hopefully that will be enough to beat the depression away

i've been fleshing out a bunch of ideas for her backstory, hopefully that helps me be more solid about her character and how to write her easier

its such an undertaking, plus there like no canonical info to go off of. legit alot of what i know is from one-off lines about "it took 3 days to get to futuria cavern!" and such, how often the gang goes somewhere, and other bits of inferenced info. the most pressing problem, though, is sluterra's geography.

some cavers are UNDERNEATH others. this is the underground. It's hard to decide whether a cavern is next to another, or under/over it.

theres CONFLICTING INFO. the mobile games have a few maps, and from what little map graphs we get from the show, those ALSO don't line up. it seems like going from scratch and deciding geography based on what the characters/plot tells us of the caverns is our best bet, and from there, we decide which mapping is most accurate.

so much work. I'll do it...after i finish shanes get hurt on ao3 tho, everyones been waiting for that lol

memes are fun and relatable and all that, but don't let them discourage you. all of that stuff that doesn't make it into the final product is part of how the final product gets made

i'm not writing this exact scene, but i am writing something very similar.

...lowkey, ive been writing for 12 hours straight....

Going back to the questions that tad and twist are in how much you want to bet that when junjies comes to visit and brings his master with him ( to see the western part) twist instantly gets ptsd just from seeing her?

Yes

Twist is not okay he has not been okay, and seeing Junjie's Master, Lian is not helping him.

Obviously, he knows they are different people, but they look alike. And for the entire visit, Twist can't look Lian in the eyes and does not want to be left alone in a room with her.

He needs therapy so badly

Eventually, I think he gets cornered and has a mini breakdown about his part in what happened to Unbeatable Master Shanai and his overall guilt.

pronto: "what energy does this piece of music have?"

Eli: "it's jolly."

pronto: "ah, yes-"

Eli: "jolly rancher"

*everyone in the Shane gang laughs, Kord repeats it loudly and with absurdity*

pronto: "...thanks for your suggestion, ANYWAY-"

Based on my last class period teaching a middle school band, love the kiddos they say the weirdest things and it's so much fun

welcome back, everyone!

...how did I make that Annie Oakley post not realizing Mario bravado is obviously inspired by Annie Oakley and

THEREFORE a fic of his convo w blakk would be like the perfect way to explore the Annie Oakley parallels w Slugterra?!?

brb, I have so much to write-

AYEEEEEEEEE

Going back to redeem characters who else do you know would be redeemed? And why?

Honest?

I don't really know-

There are a lot of fun minor antagonists, all of which have their own charm.

But if I had to pick just one, it's would be Quintin

Quintin, as explained in Robo Slugs, wasn't originally a bad guy. He was just traumatized by being trapped in that Slug Pit as a kid.

He ended up with what if think was a justified phobia of Slug, thus leading him to make the Robo Slugs. But because of Slugterras' overall culture around Slug's, he was constantly laughed at and mocked for wanting to make the artificial Slugs. No one took him seriously.

Him going full Power Rangers Villain in Futuria Cavern was just, him providing his inventions where not a waste of time.

I mean, he did go about it the wrong way, don't get me wrong, Quintin was so in the wrong, but he wouldn't have been pushed to that point if the other scientist fucking listened to him, and actually took into account just how much research and innovation went into Robo Slugs(they are objectively cool)

And by the end of Robo Slugs, when Eli dumped that Slugs on Quintin, and the Slugs saved him from being crushed by the Mecha Mechas, Quintin, seemingly gets over his fear, at least enough that when he's recruited by Blakk, he doesn't mined working in close proximity to Ghouls, or firing them out of the Titan Tank.

I believe the reason Quintin sides with Blakk isn't just because Blakk bailed him out of jail time, but because Blakk, actually was interested in his work and what he was capable of, in comparison to the scientist from Futuria Cavern who brushed him off. Which is why he was so willing to make the Titan Tanks to begin with and probably even help refine the Gatling Blasters.

Should Quintin be redeemed, I want it to start off with him realizing, Blakk don't actually care about him, but what he brings to the table, his inventions.

Blakk piling on more and more and more work on Quintin, to the point Quintin asks for, like a few hours to just sleep and Blakk snapps threatening to haul Quintin back to Stalagmight 17 himself if he doesn't comply.

This leds to Quintin doing small acts of rebellion by delaying projects, putting in more obvious weak points in the Titan Tanks, to full on sabotage.

Eventually, probably around the aftermath of 'Light as Day' while Blakk is still in the Deep Caverns, Quintin takes as much shit as he can, and leaves Blakk Industries, settles in a new Cavern under a new identity, and lives a more regular life as a local inventor who helps out fixing stuff, and making things.

I see him being an informant as well, like leaking info anonymously about Blakk Industries on forums for the Shane Gang or anyone else who wants to take the fight to Blakk themselves.

Pick Your Table - Chapter 1 - Mister Rose (MrRose) - Slugterra [Archive of Our Own]

I wrote this in about 24 hours.

i scare myself sometimes.

ch1 is Twist x Eli, ch2 will be Junjie x Eli. Eli is very aspec. Twist is very morally fragile. i cried twice writing this. i forgot to eat. i couldn't sleep.

so yeah chapter 2 will come out...at some point. Enjoy!

someone add flames behind dan

Mets WIN!

good, I can work tomorrow without crying. Cherish your pumpkins, make purple milkshakes, and thank the lord above that didn't listen to a single one of us who wanted Pete gone.

See you all tomorrow, this is fun!