Don't Forget That Pearl Remembers The Vindication Of Finally Having A Friend, And One That Will Make

episode 19 of me analysing d&d mechanics for storytelling purposes

enemies in d&d die as soon as they drop to zero hit points even if they have the exact same stats as the pcs. this depends on the dm, but that's how fantasy high works with i think the only exceptions being ragh and daybreak in freshman year. they cannot be healed from unconsciousness unless they are a main character, meaning the rat grinders WERE disadvantaged from the start by the game itself. if the bad kids were held to the same rules then kristen or k2 would have to reach touching distance to cast revivify on one person at a time, and even then as far as we know enemies in fantasy high cannot revive each other.

no matter how powerful they were or how much work they put in, the rat grinders would always be held back because when they die, they die. their only way out was to take the deal - in freshman year all of the bad kids would have died fighting the corn cuties if they had to play by the same set of rules. what would they have done if their only way back was to accept rage?

i am ashamed of still liking total drama island in 2021 but shut up its only gotten better over the years

aleheather??? still the love of my life after five years.

peak villain duo, i hate everyone but you energy.

the fact that in tdas they just ?? got over the volcano thing?? like they dont hold grudges at all, they understand that they're just playing the game.

yeah babe i get it, i wouldve done the same thing ily

you can't even try to ship them with anyone else bc once they team up they're SO willing to fuck over all their friends

they wouldn't last if they didn't understand each other so well

they're both good at reading people but both are difficult to read

you could argue that they're too similar but CLEARLY neither appreciates people different to them

the love/hate thing isn't at all in a toxic way, they're just trying to convince themselves they aren't attached because they're afraid of commitment and in tdas they're shown to genuinely care about each other without fighting

ik some people hated them being lovey-dovey but damn thats some good character development for both of them

they haven't lost their edge or anything they've just teamed up

one could even say they've doubled their power

obviously alejandro is the pull where heather is the push but it goes deeper than being one-sided

alejnadro's 'pull' isn't vulnerability for him, he does that with everyone. its when he starts to lose focus that he shows vulnerability and at first heather doesn't realise and takes advantage of it

but when he calls her out she listens and feels bad which is something we never see from her otherwise

heathers vulnerability isn't when she cries in the wt finale since we've seen her use crying as manipulation before

its more subtle, like when she hugs him when they're successful

because more than anything, heather isn't used to sharing happiness. her happiness comes at the cost of others, her competitive nature likely stemming from competition with her siblings for their parents' affection.

she doesn't like being alone in the game or being the bad guy, but thats what works.

when they're together they can be the bad guys without being alone

not to mention they're each other's weaknesses, so with that out of the way they're more powerful

That little look Sting and Rogue give each other in the Break Out opening reblog if you agree

I think all the supernatural elements of Yellowjackets can actually be explained as the spirits of the dead interfering either to help or punish.

The bear is Laura Lee taking care of her friends. The snow on Jackie's body is her allowing herself to be consumed if it means her friends survive. Javi survived on his own for so long because his dad was looking out for him.

The things that aren't directly linked to characters we know could equally be other spirits that died in the wilderness - the others that died in the plane crash, the man in the cabin, the owners of the survival equipment Ben found.

i don't know if this caption is a quote/reference but thinking about how trader scars was the first base to be destroyed, and it was never rebuilt. how he lived in the wreckage. the only things left standing were his walls and his monsters.

queen of nothing, wearing such a heavy crown

adaine's an oracle so either she foresaw fabian getting her an EARWORM and decided to do revenge OR she rigged drawing straws to get a closed loop with fabian because she doesn't have 2gps to spare on a gift and fabian has no concept of how much things cost.

FABIAN AND ADAINE ARE SO BAD AT GIFTGIVING. WHAT THE HELL WERE BOTH OF THOSE

Sting: *gets down on one knee*

Rogue: Oh my G-d, it's finally happening!

Sting: *ties shoe laces*

Rogue: He's stopped wearing crocs!

Sirius: *sorting through his mail*

Sirius: Baby shower invitation? Haha, no thanks, Lily. I have a regular size shower that I can use whenever I want.

arthur created grix to be a perfectly lawful, responsible principal should aguefort be under investigation. arthur had a legal failsafe in case the feds came around. and he fucking shoots kids with nets and awakens sex robots to attack them-

all i do is win (except for all my other guesses)

ik it would fuck so much shit up probably, but if they faked wanda's death next to lucy and yolanda's bodies they might actually have convinced ruben to change sides...