Whumptober 2022 | No. 26

Alternative Prompt No. 3: Dazed and Confused

Billy the Kid s01e04: “One of the boys found you on the trail. You were flat out, and like to die, he said, but recognized you and brought you here.”

Tom Blyth & Emma Pedersen in Epix Billy the Kid S01E04

Billy & Alice

EPISODE Season 1 DISC 1 S01E01 Pilot 1990 S01E02 Hunting Accident 1990 S01E03 Final Judgement 1990 S01E04 La Mala Sombra 1990 S01E05 Mother Courage 1990 DISC 2 S01E06 Second Chance 1990 S01E07 Eye of the Storm 1990 S01E08 Payback 1990 S01E09 The Talisman 1990 S01E10 Partners 1990 S01E11 Lyons' Roar 1990 DISC 3 S01E12 Val's Song 1990 S01E13 Give and Take 1990 S01E14 Samurai 1990 S01E15 The Two Renos 1990 S01E16 Billy 1990 S01E17 Headcase 1990 DISC 4 S01E18 The Hot Tip 1990 S01E19 Moody River 1990 S01E20 Vanished 1990 S01E21 Fighting Cage (1) 1990 S01E22 Fighting Cage (2) 1990 Season 2 DISC 1 S02E01 The Hound 1990 S02E02 The Champ 1990 S02E03 White Picket Fences 1990 S02E04 Dead End and Easy Money 1990 S02E05 No Good Deed... 1990 S02E06 The Rabbit and the Fox 1990 DISC 2 S02E07 Endless Summer 1990 S02E08 Bonnie & Claire 1990 S02E09 Wheel Man 1990 S02E10 Windy City Blues 1990 S02E11 Honor Bound 1990 S02E12 Hard Rider 1990 DISC 3 S02E13 Charlie 1990 S02E14 South of '98 1990 S02E15 Hostage 1990 S02E16 Rabbit Redux 1990 S02E17 The Posse 1990 DISC 4 S02E18 Once Burned, Twice Chey 1990 S02E19 Sheriff Reno 1990 S02E20 Murderer's Row (1) 1990 S02E21 Murderer's Row (2) 1990 S02E22 Carrick O'Quinn 1990 Season  3 DISC 1 S03E01 Dutch On the Run (1) 1990 S03E02 The Trial of Reno Raines (2) 1990 S03E03 Escape (3) 1990 S03E04 The King and I 1990 S03E05 Black Wind 1990 S03E06 Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 1990 DISC 2 S03E07 Rustlers' Rodeo 1990 S03E08 Muscle Beach 1990 S03E09 The Late Shift 1990 S03E10 Thrill Kill 1990 S03E11 Teen Angel 1990 S03E12 Den of Thieves 1990 DISC 3 S03E13 Rancho Escondido 1990 S03E14 Cop for a Day 1990 S03E15 Stalker's Moon 1990 S03E16 Repo Raines 1990 S03E17 Ace in the Hole 1990 DISC 4 S03E18 Living Legend 1990 S03E19 Family Ties 1990 S03E20 Broken On the Wheel of Love 1990 S03E21 Split Decision 1990 S03E22 Hitman 1990 Season 4 DISC 1 S04E01 Sawed-Off Shotgun Wedding 1990 S04E02 Honeymoon in Mexico 1990 S04E03 The Ballad of D.B. Cooper 1990 S04E04 Most Wanted 1990 S04E05 Liar's Poker 1990 S04E06 Dead Heat 1990 DISC 2 S04E07 An Uncle in the Business 1990 S04E08 Offshore Thunder 1990 S04E09 Studs 1990 S04E10 Another Place and Time 1990 S04E11 Sins of the Father 1990 S04E12 No Place Like Home 1990 DISC 3 S04E13 Baby Makes Three 1990 S04E14 Hound Downtown 1990 S04E15 Stationary Target 1990 S04E16 Rio Reno 1990 S04E17 Paradise Lost 1990 DISC 4 S04E18 Love Hurts 1990 S04E19 Hard Evidence 1990 S04E20 The Dollhouse 1990 S04E21 Hog Calls 1990 S04E22 The Road Not Taken 1990 Season 5 DISC 1 S05E01 No Balls, Two Strikes 1990 S05E02 Self Defense 1990 S05E03 Mr. Success 1990 S05E04 Five Minutes to Midnight 1990 S05E05 God's Mistake 1990 S05E06 Ghost Story 1990 DISC 2 S05E07 Milk Carton Kid 1990 S05E08 High Rollers 1990 S05E09 For Better Or Worse 1990 S05E10 The Pipeline 1990 S05E11 Ransom 1990 S05E12 Father's Day 1990 DISC 3 S05E13 Hard Rain 1990 S05E14 Top Ten With a Bullet 1990 S05E15 Swm Seeks Vctm 1990 S05E16 Knock Out 1990 S05E17 Sex, Lies and Activewear 1990 DISC 4 S05E18 Blood Hunt 1990 S05E19 Bounty Hunter of the Year 1990 S05E20 Born Under a Bad Sign 1990 S05E21 The Maltese Indian 1990 S05E22 The Bad Seed 1990

for the fandom meme: his dark materials :)

Thanks for asking! I’m going to be only using the original trilogy and the TV show (probably more so the TV show since I haven’t read the books since middle school) since I haven’t read any of the spinoff books.

the first character i ever fell in love with: I don’t really remember much about my initial thoughts reading the books but I think it must’ve been Lyra. She’s so headstrong and stubborn and feral. I love my feral daughter.

a character that i used to love/like, but now do not: I don’t think I have a character who i used to like but now don’t.

a ship that i used to love/like, but now do not: I don’t think I have a ship that I liked before but don’t now.

my ultimate favorite character™: Lyra, Will and Lee. I love them all so much!

prettiest character: Marisa Coulter! She wears such beautiful outfits and she’s played by Ruth Wilson who is GORGEOUS! 

my most hated character: I guess Cardinal MacPhail since he’s basically become a dictator at this point.

my OTP: Lyra/Will! I love them so much! I also really love Marisa/Asriel.

my NOTP: Idk, maybe Marisa/MacPhail? Is that even a ship? Either way, I don’t support it.

favorite episode: I think either S01E04 or S02E05. “Armour” was just such a fun episode and a great introduction to Lee, Hester, and Iorek. “The Scholar” was such an interesting deep dive into Marisa’s character, not to mention just a great exploration of being a woman in a male dominated space. 

saddest death: Lee and Hester’s deaths FOR SURE. Their death scene was heartbreaking to read and it was heartbreaking to watch. Just seeing Lee and Hester so hurt and upset was just...it broke my heart :( 

favorite season: Season 2.

least favorite season: I guess by process of elimination since there’s only been two seasons so far, Season 1? I don’t know, I still really love Season 1.

character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but i hate: I don’t think I have a character that everyone else loves but I don’t.

my ‘you’re piece of trash, but you’re still a fave’ fave: Marisa Coulter. She’s a terrible human being but she’s also just such an interesting character who I am intrigued with.

my ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave: Roger definitely deserved better. He was just a child who wanted to hang out with his best friend! He didn’t deserve to die like that! Billy Costa too! He was just a kid and didn’t deserve to have his soul ripped from him!

my ‘this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it’ ship: Boreal/Marisa but only in the TV show. I know, their relationship is incredibly toxic and terrible but they have great chemistry on screen that I can’t help but ship it a little bit.

my ‘they’re kind of cute, and i lowkey ship them, but i’m not too invested’ ship: I don’t know, maybe Farder Coram/Serafina? That’s the only ship that comes close to this description since the rest of the ships are ships that I really like and am quite invested in.

Send me a fandom and I’ll answer these questions about it

Tom Blyth & Emma Pedersen in Epix Billy the Kid: S01E04: Interlude (Alice, you fucking legend.)

Tom Blyth & Christie Burke as Billy and Barbara in Billy the Kid S01E04: Interlude

Tom Blyth in Epix Billy the Kid S01E04: #Suspenders

just kidding, the episode title is “Interlude” but it should’ve been #Suspenders.