Ok so I can’t get this idea out of my head so imma just share it here.
Imagine that the way Huntrix was formed was the same as dream academy, but Rumi was already chosen and it was just for the rest of the group. The whole thing is just to see who is capable of interacting with the Honmoon.
Here’s the interesting part; Mira is only auditioning as a way to rebel against her family and Zoey just tried out for the chance to see Celine. However, Zoey’s Korean is BARELY fluent. Like I headcanon that her first language is a split between English/Spanish and then her 2nd is a dash of Korean. So when she shows up she struggles to understand what anyone is saying and when she tries to talk to Mira she just looks at Zoey like “why are you talking to me?🤨”
Then for stupid reasons they get paired up for the second half of auditions and they need to figure out how they’re going to even communicate. Then…. Zoey tries something stupid and starts clapping in Morse code (she learned it for shits and giggles) and Mira ALSO FUCKIN KNOWS MORSE CODE. So while other potential candidates are talking to each other, they’re both clapping at each other over a disagreement and making the most ridiculous faces.
This idea is so dumb but I love it sm😭
If anyone knows any fics where Zoey is learning Korean PLEASE swing them my way, I love this concept sm🙏🙏🙏
Pre debut rumira having no clue how to show zoey they Are listening when she starts to slow down her info dumping because of rumis general hyper politeness and miras flat affect
The solution? They make powerpoints. They also argue about what to include in these powerpoints which usually results in 60 slide powerpoints because they both are easily swayed by the other’s arguments. Zoey cries for three hours the first time they very aggressively present to her.
Currently reading a #polytrix fic and it had the 2 funniest lines nearly back to back. AND I CANT FIND IT but it was the one where Zoey and Mira summon rumi with a pentagram n shit, very funny
another old one, huntrix pre-debut shenanigans, zoey was a menace back in the day and somehow mira might be her favourite punching bag (bcos mira couldn't stand the puppy eyes)
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if anyone was wondering, zoey was trying to hit this move
Ragatha going nonverbal when she was very upset is a notably neurodivergent behavior and I love that. I myself often go nonverbal when I am extremely upset and will either text or just nod my head. I have never seen that represented in my life and this show has done so many “firsts” so far I’m actually stunned.
I’ve posted before on here about Superman, but im gonna remind you all just how much I love this Boy Scout. So not to quote myself but months ago after watching My Adventures With Superman I made a post with this, “Superman is the embodiment of pure human kindness and empathy and feeling without even being human.” And this new movie perfectly emphasizes this statement. He values life to such a degree that it hinders his ability to finish a fight. His big soft heart is both his strength and weakness. (SPOILERS BELOW!!!)
When he saved that fucking squirrel I literally had to stop myself from tearing up. Also that scene where he tries to figure out how to not kill the big “monster” is SO Superman.
On another note, I did not like how they made Krypto such a poorly behaved dog cause Clark Kent would NEVER train any dog poorly, especially as a farm boy. When he was revealed to be Kara’s dog I was like “yeah no she def would not train him” And I don’t mean that in a “she’s such a bad dog owner🙄” way, I mean it as “a signature flaw of Kara’s is how she struggles to be as careful and conscious of causing damage compared to Clark” It’s literally a whole arc she goes through when she was introduced.
Anyway this movie was spectacular and everyone should go see it!
OOH ALSO i thoroughly believe that James Gunn tricked WB that the military conflict in the movie was supposed to represent the Russian-Ukraine conflict and not Palestine because WB would NOT have allowed him to make this movie anti-Israel. Like there’s no other way it could have happened.
trigger warning for generally heavy and upsetting topics.
we can assume from what were given that she developed a fawn response because of her abusive mother. she made herself into the most happy, friendly, helpful, and kind thing possible. in an attempt to appease Her. because it was the only way she could survive living in the same house as Her. Her and Her dissapointment, Her judgement, and Her anger. its a response that was developed out of fear.
but it seems like even with her mother out of the picture, shes still fawning. shes still trying to appease some vague threat even if the danger doesnt exist anymore, at least not in the same way. her fear of her mother has shifted into a multitude of different fears regarding the other members. be it hurting their feelings, them not liking her, them abandoning her, her getting hurt in any sense of the word. shes still scared, still that little girl trying not to get hurt and doing her best to be good. but it backfires.
the others are put off by her behavior, all by varying degrees. they think shes disingenuine, annoying, a liar. they think shes manipulative, that she might take advantage. they see her not expressing her emotions, hiding her true feelings and opinions on things, wearing an always smiling mask and think shes secretly malicious and untrustworthy, that shes hiding something.
but they havent considered that ragatha thinks she has to hide those things. that she thinks letting herself think and feel that way is wrong. they havent considered that any “realness” or selfishness they want to see has long been beaten out of her.
theyre wary, theyre scared, theyre fearful. in the way that animals of different species cant understand eachother, that for some its a smile, for others its baring your fangs. theyve mistaken her fear for potential aggression. and sometimes those two things really arent that different. shes pulled out every single one of her teeth, but the others are still afraid she might bite.
its wrong to call her behaviors “toxic positivity” because it implies that she ignores/invalidates others emotions and experiences in an attempt to keep things happy and light hearted. that their feelings are pointless if they dont do any good. she doesnt do that to the others, but do you know who she does do that to?
she ALWAYS puts others before herself. her own wellbeing is never even a dot on her radar. the first thing she does in episode two is comfort pomni and APOLOGIZE for her having a terrible first day even though it wasnt her fault, and then she tells her not to worry for leaving her (for dead) for the exit. and yeah, it was terrible for pomni. and i dont really blame her for going for the exit considering her situation. but it was even more terrible for ragatha.
she had to discover that a fellow member effectively had a mental breakdown, die, and then became a terrifying monster. do you not think that she would feel awful and blame herself? that she wasnt kind enough, or helpful enough to kaufmo? that she shouldve checked in on him instead of introducing pomni to the circus? if she was just nicer, just friendlier, if i did this, if i said that, if if if if, that it was her fault? that despite all her effort, it wasnt enough?
and then after that, she was thrown around and smashed into the walls, had to feel her body disfigure and reconfigure over and over again because she was glitching. all while in excrutiating pain. and then she was left to sit there for who knows long. in pain. and then she had to drag herself all the back to the main area by hand because she couldnt walk. while in pain. and the FIRST thing she does the next day is comfort pomni and apologize to her. she genuinely thinks that her feelings dont matter, that theyre only a burden to others. huh, i wonder where she learned that.
ragathas intentions are almost if not always good. i genuinely dont think theres a mean bone in that womans body. she apologizes even when she doesent need to, even when she shouldnt. the word sorry falls out of her mouth like its second nature, and it probably is. she feels mad and dissapointed in herself before the others get the chance to, so they dont get the chance to.
any “mean” or unsavory thoughts and feelings she has she suppresses, until they eventually come bubbling out when shes in vulnerable state, or when they become too intense and burst out of her in a explosion of yelling, anger, and sadness. much to her horror. much to her fear.
because ragathas fear doesnt only revolve around others, it revolves around herself. she is TERRIFIED of being like her mother, so much so that she will destroy herself to make sure she never is. her “outbursts” negatively affect her more than anyone else because not only are they just really not that harmful, they confirm to her that she really is just like Her. that she really is her just mothers daughter. she is half of her, after all. and that eats at her. that she could make anyone else feel the way she did because of Her if she isnt careful.
and i cant help but think of how frustrated, how sad she is. that despite all of her effort, shes still alone. she seems not only sad, but,,, slightly confused? at the end of episode 5. i think shes been like this for so long she genuinely doesnt know what to do or who she is when she stops. i bet she doesnt relate her loneliness to the others being uncomfortable with her attempts at appeasement, that woman has probably never let herself do even a moment of introspection, because the thought of focusing on herself and not others feels selfish. i can only imagine her mother berating her for that exact same thing the few times shes ever tried to defend herself.
because she really is just a doll, isnt she? something to look pretty, something to be pushed around, something to be broken and repaired but but never considering it to be something to be careful with. because if she gets hurt, it doesnt matter. because she can always be stitched up again. no need to worry! always reliable, always agreeable, always helpful, always nice, always happy, always good.
and she makes such a perfect one, too. because she lets herself get pushed around, she lets herself get damaged and then happily repairs herself, because as long as shes helping, right? shes helping? shes doing a good job? shes a good person, right? if i just keep doing this and never stop ill be good, right? i dont wanna be bad, i really really dont wanna be bad. praise is her lifeblood and any negative feedback crushes her and makes her feel like a failure. because in her eyes, and Her eyes, anything thats human about her does make her a failure.
i bet she relates her loneliness to the cracks in her mask, the few times she slipped, the few times she wasnt careful enough to keep everything tied down. because she would never even consider that her fawning, her people pleasing, her appeasement is the thing that pushes others away because she developed those very behaviors to save herself. from danger, from getting hurt, from hatred, from judgement, from anger, from being alone.
she would never think that. that by saving herself that shes now isolated from everyone else. she jumped from a flaming building into a lake, the burns so hot that she doesnt realize shes now drowning herself.
she would never think that instead of being the most good person she can be, she only made herself into a shell of only politeness and niceties. that she might be be a “good” person, but shes not really a real person. that the only one who she made feel like she did because of Her, was herself.
because if she did, i think it would be what finally makes her snap.
Reminder that you can find it unfair the way ragatha was treated by the fandom for lashing out one time
But still find her niceness insincere
The two things are not mutually exclusive
See though, the whole point of Ragatha's character so far is that her niceness isn't always completely sincere, but by the same token, that it also isn't completely insincere. She really does want to be kind, likes being kind, and can be a very helpful and supportive presence. There's nothing in the text to suggest that she wishes she could be ripping everyone's arms off instead, or that she's trying to manipulate anyone.
The issue comes when she uses that positivity and kindness to mask her own negative emotions, when she lies to people that things will be better without knowing if they actually will, and when she bottles negativity up until she explodes. It's made the others (save Jax) like her, but in a way that isn't synonymous with feeling comfortable around her, which has left her isolated and lonely.
From what I can tell putting up a false positive facade was drilled into Ragatha from her berating mother. So in her mind if she was ever a “jerk” she’d be like her mom (that’s what Ragatha thinks but in reality she’s just being honest about her feelings).
Since she’s never actually herself with anyone in the circus she struggles to make any real connections. Jax knows she is never honest about her feelings which is one of the reasons he always tries to make her crash out and just be able to be “justifiably” negative (he’s also an asshole with his own problems🙄)
Funny enough, Jax actually has a similar coping strat but the opposite direction. He is afraid to make any real connections (rip ribbit) so he’s an asshole and doesn’t “try so hard” and while the others don’t like him at least he can do as he pleases. In every episode Jax isn’t trying that hard to be pomni’s friend and now at the end of episode 5, they’re hanging out 1 on 1. While Ragatha has been conveying constant concern and friendliness toward Pomni but couldn’t even make a decent “wasn’t this funny” story cause they aren’t really friends.
If Ragatha actually wants to make real connections she has to drop the positivity act but in her mind if she does that, it will make her a “jerk” and NOT make friends. It’s an impossible loop to break unless someone opens her eyes to it and it seems no one has.
Best example is that during the bar scene no one asked for Ragatha’s backstory cause no one was close enough to her to want to know. None of them have any real connection with her. I’m not sure if just no one has ever tried to get to know Ragatha or after trying realized she’s set up this unbreakable wall that keeps others from getting even relatively close so they just gave up trying :(
ALSO LOOK AT HER THIS EPISODE RAHHHHH MY SHAYLAAAAA OMG I JUST WANNA RAGAGTDHAJJSJAKA
She’s overly positive because her mom was abusive she’s not just a people pleaser she genuinely doesn’t want anyone to feel the way her mom made her feel
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