this is my cue to go more in depth putting it under the cut because this is gonna be a LOT
GONE AWAY: ofc it's not every lyric that'll be applicable but i'm working with half-asleep 1am sunny here okay
the first two lines ehh not really
"But it only took one moment / Just one moment / Now we got battle scars / And freedom feels so far away" BASICALLY. EVERYTHING WITH THE NAVY. THEIR LACK OF FREEDOM AND THE SCARS FROM BATTLES. KINDA OBVIOUS BUT.
2nd verse in full not really
BUT "Good things don't happen to heroes just like you and me" IN THE SENSE THAT. THE NAVY IS A CORRUPT OVERARCHING POWER (IT KIND OF IS) AND THE PIRATES. IN A WAY. ARE "HEROES" TRYING TO DESTROY THAT CORRUPTNESS. AND NOTHING GOOD TENDS TO COME OUT OF BEING A PIRATE FOR THEM ALL.
"These adventures are a gift / And we will never drift away" just. the riptide pirates in general. their adventures together and how they've come together as a family
"It only took one moment / Just one moment / Our life and liberty / And pursuit of victory gone away" this has SOMETHING to it but im not sure what someone help me here
VIBRANT EYES: same situation, not evey lyric will be applicable
"I'm not the one to trust / When I've lost everything that I've touched" CHIP HAS LOST SO MUCH IN HIS LOFE HE'S LOST ALMOST EVERYTHING HE'S GROWN ATTATCHED TO PLUS HE'S BEEN A LIAR ALMOST ALL HIS LIFE
"Oh, don't tell them what you've done, tell them what you've done / The war's already won, why do we go on?" there is something about him running with price about this line and i DONT KNOW JOW TO EXPLAIN IT. SOMETHING ABOUT THE MEMORY HE LOST
"Scared of the water / Scared of the rain (the rain) / Scared of the memories that make me insane (someone help me)" THEHTHEHTHE FUCKI G SHIT WITH THE BLACK ROSE. THE STORM. THE FUCKING BLACK SEA. THE FACT THAT THIS SHIT HAUNTS HIM STILL TO THIS FUCKING DAY
"I'll cover these vibrant eyes / And forget the pain" HIDING HIS PAIN FROM THE OTHERS. YKNOW
"Little voice ruining my consciousness / Nothing left to reminisce / I would rather run away" something about this one too something is applicable here
"All my thoughts ever strange / Free me from this mental cage" ALL HIS FUCKING SHITTY EXPERIENCES HE'S GONE THROUGH AND AGAIN THE FAVT IT HAUNTS HIM
not doing the chorus again lmao but you can tell this is the one i'm most insane about for him
INJUSTICE: yknow the drill
"Sharp as a blade, I can strike into action / Call the syndicate, we shall seek satisfaction" MMM RIPTIDE PIRATES. IN GENERAL. EVERY BATTLE
"I've been living and fighting in this war of life / But it doesn't matter how hard I try" HE'S WORKING SO HARD TO MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER BUT DESPITE ALL HIS ATTEMPTS IT DOESNT WORK THE WAY HE WANTS TO HE JUST WANTS HIS FAMILY BACK
"While heroes die, new tyrants rise" something something navy
"Every word you say on a throne of lies / That fail to come to my surprise" HE IS A LIAR AT HEART. DO YOU HEAR ME HE IS A LIAR AT HEART AND EVERY TIME HE LIES PEOPLE BECOME MORE AND MORE DISTRUSTING OF HIM
"I keep my friends close, and enemies closer / History repeats itself over and over" something something navy something something black rose
"I've forgotten how all the flowers smell / The beauty they hold, I cannot tell" again. this is somethingthing black rose related to me
"Still my withering heart / Yearns for peace and mercy" HE DOESNT WANT A HUGE WAR. I THINK. IM LIKE 90% SURE HE'S SOMEWHAT AGAINST IT
LONELY KING: okay. hear me out here. there are some bits
"The role of the king is a lonely one to play / But cards in the ring have been dealt in the wrong way" HE'S BEEN DEALT SHIT ALL HIS LIFE THAT'S AFFECTED HIM NEGATIVELY. AND HE'S BEEN IN A WAY A BIT MORE OF A LONER? IDK
"Chips in my pocket and blood stains on my hands / I'm building my legacy right here in the sand" something about that first bit. but THE SECOND PAAAART HE'S BUILDING HIS OWN PIRATE LEGACY WITH HIS OWN CREW AS HE AVENGES THE BLACK ROSE
"I'll stay until the end and watch it go down in flames" something about this one. idk
"But scars don't heal, I've given blood a taste" same here there's something. maybe kuba kinta scars
"I'll fake the smile they've seen before / They'll see I am so much more" NDJSJSHSHD HE HIDES SO MUCH ABOUT HIMSELF. HE'S A LIAR AND HE KNOWS IT
"The rule of the land, it's so crucial to obey / Believe in yourself, or you won't be appreciated" sometbing about this
"You've been kicked into the sand / I've built something better than / What you could ever dream of on your own" captainpricecore </3
i'd do i see a dreamer but. i think that's just him fighting the navy to me okay i can see it
forest's whispers summary 2.0 because im a lazy motherfucker and im not writing that multichapter shit (this will be very badly explained i never take my explanations seriously)
for the wonderful @phantom-does-a-thing :3
tw/cw horror , implied gore , themes of death / self harm / sui , derealization
this takes place like during/after ep 99 if you want a timeline ref if you k ow the scene with them sitting by the navy tower i think that happened lmao cant remmeber its been a bit anyways
albatrio pass out, wake up in funky lil forest and are like "lets split up and find shit yk figure out where we are" adn chibo feels drawn to a funny silly path that he goes down! and then theres a lake an he's like "hrmm im thirsty :3" and drinks from it and passes out
wakes up half drowned now in the lake, gets yanked out by the other two, and then has a breakdown (as you do)
and now they go and adventure! but theres something fucked up about the funny forest and every time chibo schleeps we get kuba kinta curse shit but sooo much fucking worse we get several end of 97 vibe scenes where bro is in denial and isnt sure whats real and what isnt (love me some of that shit) all the while the forest is like out to get them theres shit attacking them every so often and chip ends up basically being out of commision really quickly so now its down to jay and gil to fight it off
and during one of these encounters with the very much so alive forest jay goes to defend chibo and basically gets taken (or killed depending on the timeline)
and this is where it diverges between my two timeline ideas
timeline a) gil either rescues jay or gets her out before she can be taken
timeline b) gil doesnt get to her in time and she gets taken (unbeknownst to them shes basically very gorily mauled to death)
both timelines would come to the end of the forest bit shortly after this
timeline a would have chip slowly deteriorating away (atp is puking up plants that fuck up his insides and blood and shit, this stuff also slowly gets worse with the new curse on him alongside the physical effects and injuries he gains) and jay n gil find somewhere where they think they could get him help, he ushers them both away and basically just lets himself die
we get a scene where the other two come back and theres a whole huge grief bit, gil basically is just bonkers as shit now because jesus fucking christ bro just died and they go and find some way to bring him back (not sure what exactly i have ideas tho) and yeah they inevitably bring him back but chibo is very fucked up (very physically damaged and his vocal cords are fucked up from shit lmao)
timeline b, however, is the more fun one
since they didnt get jay, gil goes searching for her and ends up finding her (very gorey) body and just had a breakdown then and there menawhile chip has just decided "im fuckin done i cant do this no more" and basically very violently pukes shit up and kinda claws his own gut open and just has a less peaceful death overall
gil basically had to watch this helplessly because they are frozen in fear and just anguish and now theyre in this tiny little alcove with the gorey bodies of their two best friends and they just go insane and end up just driving their sword through themself because they cant take this no more
so yeah i made that 👍 theres a sequel to timeline a with spittake and grizz but thats another topic for another time
to diffuse my mutuals arguing about cumcumber have a big block of text i wrote for my most recent fic
"i know exactly what you mean. you have no need to worry, okay? i can see how this has hurt you to keep bottled in, but i'm here now. you can tell me everything you want or need to on your time." gillion's voice is low as they speak, rubbing gentle circles into chip's back, and the soft tears quickly give way to sobs as chip clings to the triton. "i understand where you come from on this. being fully honest, i've felt things similar to what you've described at times, so know you're not the only one who experiences it. it may not show, but it scared me for some time as well, but i learned that love comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes through watching you oversea folk. i've seen people love in so many different ways and i'm happy to know that how i love is normal. and this, in turn, means the way you love is normal, as well. there's no need to be afraid that you're unnatural for feeling this, chip, because this is perfectly natural. you're not broken, you're not wrong. what you are is perfect in your own sort of way. and that's what i've come to love about you in my own sort of way. i'll say it now, and i'll say it again a million times if you need me to, i love you. you're simply being human when you feel this. and you're perfectly normal for it."
"the question feels like a cold, wet smack across the face. makes sense, regarding the person who asked it." who gave me the ability to write i am just Saying Shit by now
it's a normal thing for nightmares to awaken him from sleep or his thoughts running wild keeping him up.
and yeah, it's his thoughts keeping him up again, but not in the way he's used to. it's not the worry of what could happen, or the pain of remembering what's happened in the past.
it's thoughts of someone.
not just someone, though.
a "one of his co-captains" someone.
a "gillion tidestrider, champion of the undersea, hero of the deep" someone.
working on a fnc fluff fic to take a break from forests whispers brainrot, here's your sneak peek
i dont think i can actually write forests whispers right now. so im gonna like. write something mentally will be post but not make it post because i dont wanna spoil anything. yk
yknow. gil in did i shout and grizz in ghost of your creation are wonderful paralells.
they lose their friends in almost the same way and YES thats an obvious thing but the fact they grieve almost them same way. is insane.
gil is much more intense about it yes, taking their anger out through the destruction of their surroundings, and grizz is much more quiet and refiend about it, letting himself cry quietly alone for some time, but they both end with a steely determination to stay there and find a way to get their friends back.
when gil gets his reunion with chip grizz knows that there is some hope to get his friends back in some way
FORESTS WHISPERS TIMELINE WHERE CHIP DIES AND HIS GHOST ENDS UP IN A SHARED APARTMENT BELONGING TO NONE OTHER THAN SPITTAKE. HE WANTS TO FIND JAY N GIL AND RECRIUTS BIZ AND MILO TO HELP AND THEY END UP FINDING THE FOREST. THOUGHT OF SPITTAKE/COUNCIL X GHOST JRWI LAST NIGHT AND THEN WENT "HOW CAN I FORESTS WHISPERS-IFY THIS"
hey fun fact guys there's an alternate timeline for forest's whispers where only gil makes it out. if you even care
the 3 of them, in a sense, get labeled by the forest kind of genloss style. chip is both "the chosen" and "the fallen," jay is "the hero," and gil is "the fighter"
chip's labels come from that, in a sense, he chose to follow the forest's pull above the others (thats another topic i'll get into) and falls/dies to it in the end
gil's comes from the fact they're the one really fighting for everyone's survival, literally picking fights or just doing usual survival things
and jay's.
jay was initially meant to be a sacrifice, the "hero" of the story in a gl!charlie way. she was supposed to be taken, or killed, by the forest, lowering chip's will to live, bringing him closer to that "fallen" label, and heighten gil's fighting spirit, because now they have an actual casualty on their hands and have someone to fight to avenge, not just someone to fight to help survive
but she manages to escape that trap that was out for her, removing her of that "hero" label and leaving her there as someone who wasn't supposed to be a part of the forest's story
because, in a sense, the forest is like showfall, wanting its chosen few to play to the story it'd laid out perfectly and not truly knowing what to do when one of it's chosen breaks from that narrative
it didnt count on niklaus showing up either, which fucked up the killing off of chip, and that's why there's post-escape effects
the forest didnt know what else to do, in the sense that it could only leave lingering bits on its victims to remind them that that wasnt supposed to happen, they werent supposed to get out
only gil was.
and thats why theres an alternate timeline where they were the only one to get out thanks for coming to my incomprehensible tedtalk <- thought of the genloss paralells listening to the ost last night