mun just watched 4x18; Claud has some game-specific thoughts

[claudiometer]

Yeah, no.

Granted, the kid's one smooth operator, I'll give him that. But I wouldn't bring home a stray now, never mind whenever we get anywhere close to... whatever happens instead of that. Seriously, Weird AU Me, what were you thinking? Even if I had spent time on the streets, which I haven't, I would... I dunno, believe my best friend when he tells me someone's a lying liar who lies?

[Yes, from her perspective, canon is now the Weird AU. She's had this backstory for three and a half years and it ain't changing now.]

The part with the pirate hoard looked fun, though (hey, people writing this weird AU, imagine how useful HG would've been on that case). Keep the hell out of that. And sometime I'll have to steal Pete's 3 AM sandwich; it is written.

...Just remember, if you bronze me I'll fry your balls off.

Comments

[damncompass]

I just can't get over you basically blowing off Jinksy when he said someone was lying.

Also, Helena's side-eying Wooley dying of pirates.

And you might have to fight me for stealing Pete's 3AM sandwich.

[claudiometer]

Oh, come on, I already had to fight Artie for the sandwich. It's not like Pete doesn't do this all the time. You might have to be awake at 3 AM to steal Pete's 3 AM sandwich.

Yeah, I wouldn't shrug Steve off that easily. And I know what a con sounds like thanks to Al. And I know what 'older than they look' looks like from more than TV Tropes. So basically, there's no way I'd get played by a 500-year-old 15-year-old.

Not that I'm sure I like what they have in mind for us instead, but on the other hand I get to be a self-rescuing princess, which is always a step up from a statue.

[damncompass]

Oh, alright, I'll let you have the sandwich. I'll get my own. Somehow. Sometime.

And frankly, I just don't see you being conned that easily. It's just not that easy to ingratiate someone with you. You don't open up that much that easily. ... I didn't know that was a thing on TV Tropes. Clearly I need to ... keep avoiding it.

I really don't like it, but I can somewhat see or understand it. Personal growth and all that.

[claudiometer]

Exactly. Maybe give the kid some money for a hotel room, but I wouldn't bring home a stray now, especially not one that'd remind me so much of Al. That'd just be stupid.

Of course it's a thing on TV Tropes. I mean, you, HG, Mrs. F and your boss all fit it, and three out of four of those are full-on canon.

That plan does make more sense than this bullshit. I mean, really.

[damncompass]

I just... even before Al, I can't see you picking up strays. You're not a stray-catcher. ... is that even a word? It is now.

... true. I fit it less than Helena or Mrs. F, but still. Twelve years is still twelve years, I guess.

I do not get this bullshit. I really really don't.

[claudiometer]

Stray-catcher? Is that like the Pinocchio Pleasure Island turn-you-into-a-donkey nonsense? I wouldn't bring the kid home regardless, but doubly so considering I know what a con looks like.

It's a better trope than you being the Damsel in Distress again, you gotta admit. Which is also the case in the not-this-stuff plot.

I demand an explanation for this bullshit, frankly.

[damncompass]

Yeah. I just... I have no clue. I just don't see you connecting with that particular stray anyway. Perhaps if he actually -was- pulling out the science, but not as he's portrayed.

Either Damsel in Distress of Schrodinger's Brother. Not a fan of that one either.

I'm a bit worried about how they're going to explain it anyway. Especially if that one casting thing is right.

[claudiometer]

Yeah, seriously. And honestly, if I'm important enough and have been the whole time that they pulled this weird-ass sibling bullshit, why would they have let me be a street kid? No really seriously.

You're not Schrodinger's Brother. I know right where you are!

Don't speculate about casting things, brother dear. It'll only give you a headache.