i didn't even dare to think about [playing for another team] because i didn't even imagine myself playing somewhere else. and the moment i had to start thinking about it was one of the hardest times because in my head, it was like, difficult to just think about the idea of leaving. and that's no disrespect, just like, i never thought about it. it never crossed my mind, because i thought i would be a raptor forever.
pascal siakam | toronto forever #PS43 | 01.19.2024
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"Scratch is the most complex/interesting character in the show and yet everyone ignores him outside the fandom despite also being in the title lol" - EMositeCC
RIGHT???
YES YES YESSS!!!!
I could legit rant about how he's 1000% complex. I mean, so is every character in this show (the mcgees mostly) but holy shit scratch has so much LORE and so many interesting ways he can grow and the writers are doing an AMAZING job at showing that!!!
The recent episodes are starting to show some interesting perspectives on Scratch and how he interacts with people and I hope this is explored more! The traumas from being neglected and made fun of his whole afterlife, plus his new role as chairman (which effectively gives him a chance to be treated better/as a higher being) is 100% an interesting territory for the writers to cover!
It's probably going to be mentioned in some of the episodes we're getting in the next few weeks (my guess is that since Bill said scratch's new leadership creates some chaos in the GW, then we get little glimpses of the chaos as we see more chairman scratch).
I'm 90% sure this will be covered in the Halloween special bc we all know the Frightmares are bound to show up and who else can control them but the chairman! Also I think we'll see glimpses in later episodes but I don't know which ones. Glimpses may appear in the beginning of the episodes such as in A Doll To Die For.
His backstory only adds to the complexity of who he was/is/will be because some of his actions seem to be subconsciously stemming from whatever his background is and I just... I NEED TO KNOW MORE!!!
If you really think about it, the fact that Scratch doesn't know his past only makes it a more emotional journey because we (the audience) are finding out this info at the same time Scratch is. Like a double whammy baby.
Scratch is probably the most interesting character to write an analysis on and a Full Scratch Character Analysis is one of my many many things I wish to create!!
(Also hi Em! I've seen u on mollycord a bunch!)
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Okay, so...
A lot happened.
Most importantly though?
I'm officially home.
So, to start with, Dad had a talk with Jel while I got 'kidnapped' by Lark to have pie and sulk, and whine. (Lark is a good friend, I am very lucky.)
Hey Berry,
Heard about what happened with you and Jel. Come over, I've got pie and tea and blankets and you can vent all you like, if you wish.
(This isn't debatable by the way, I'm hauling you over here if I must)
-Lark
Not sure who told them, but probably for the best. I'd have to chew on someone for not minding their own business. But... well, I think it helped. Between that and the physical exhaustion Jel was pretty capable of sweeping me off my feet.
Literally. Building a hallway, then a big room, then another hallway, then a small room one right after the other is exhausting. I... may not have slept either.
What day is it again?
Whatever.
So, Jel apologized for how he reacted when I called him dramatic, and I apologized for what happened after. Neither one of us was really mature with that whole... event. Some of it, I'm just... scared that he's going to look at me and realize I'm nothing like him, and another person, human or Majiri, will interest him more.
But he says he cares about me. And I know I care about him, or this wouldn't be such a mess.
Anyways, we apologized, he insisted I go to bed, I told him that the head of the Insomiacs Club had no right to talk, which made him laugh, and then... we curled up together to have a nap. I did feel much better for it. Jel was still dead asleep when I woke up, and it was nice to see him without his glasses. He looks so much... softer.
Anyways, after we both woke up, we just kind of... hung around each other. He helped me with my garden, I followed him to his shop... and then I went and searched Dad out, because honestly, if he's going to give Dad Talks, he's going to be Dad in more than just this journal of mine!
Honestly, I didn't so much ask him to be my Shepp as I did to be my dad. He knows I don't remember much of my past, or what came before, but he said he'd be honored to be my Shepp, and I could call him Dad for real, instead of Dashura.
I feel like I'm never living that down... But at leas he's not Uncle B with the bad jokes every other sentence.
So, after Dad agreed, I had to find Eshe, who set up a whole entire party. I was not expecting that, honestly. A ceremony, sure, I can handle that, but a party?
I may have hidden in one of the side rooms with Najuma for a bit.... The whole village turned out for this! Everyone wanting to congratulate me, and welcome me to the village...
I'm going to have to remember that next time someone comes at me with An Audacity. Because I know they will, they're all audacious people! But I... I really am home now. Kilima village, my house, my friends..
My Jel?
I'm still not sure about that last one.
Oh, but I did make a new human friend. Ran into him outside of Tish's quite literally. He said his name was Orion, and he was familiar. In the way that when I met Lark, they were familiar. I'm going to try and help him settle in some, and maybe we'll go to Bahari bay and hunt things when he's got a better grasp on the basics of life here.
But yeah.
I'm home.
And I don't think I've ever been happier.
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