#rawser rambles

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i think jack is being widely misinterpreted and i really want to ramble about it ok

the viewer is aware that jack didn’t have ill intent when acting out against test tube. it was jack lashing out and his negligence almost caused her death. however, the contestants aren’t aware of this. fan straight up calls it “attempted murder” when that isn’t the case. at most it would be involuntary manslaughter . murder is premeditated, meaning jack would have been planning to murder test tube all along when that clearly isn’t the case . fan doesn’t know that, though, only the viewers do. fan most likely told this from his perspective to the OSC that “jack attempted to murder test tube” and not “jack accidentally almost killed test tube”. the only one who seems to understand this is test tube, who says “he acted upon aggressive tendencies”

jack acting out in episode 2 was a on purpose. but hurting test tube was a complete accident. i absolutely do not excuse what he did, but since jack seems to have the tendency to act out, he was clearly frustrated with more rules being added to the game after he thought he understood it completely. jack had a plan for how he wanted to play, and after he figures out it won’t work due to new twists added on fan’s accord, and not how he imagined, he’s reasonably upset. but that still doesn’t make it okay how he behaved. he’s insecure, and doesn’t want to make a fool of himself by already being eliminated

here is the part where i think he’s more wrong in. jack is excusing his actions by his personality. he says he’s impulsive and he let his temper get the best of him, but he never apologies . he is using his personality as an excuse from his actions. he is saying “hey, i need to learn and grow clearly! i was just being inept and the only way i can get better from this is playing the game like you said!” only because he wants to be in the game and win. not because he genuinely wants to better himself. his main goal is to win, he doesn’t care about genuinely becoming better yet and is only saying this to appease fan and let him stay in !!

the problem is that people don’t seem to understand jack is using “i’m unstable and aggressive!” as a shield for himself to keep on playing the game while having zero regard with how that affects the other contestants. the issue is that jack is playing the card pun not intended of “im unstable and the only thing that can fix me is the game!” and test tube freaking believes him!!!!!

she says herself that “the game didn’t break jack, on the contrary, it’s the only thing that can heal him!” when that is only jack’s words coming from her mouth. he has convinced them successfully that he’s this heartless monster and the game will surely help him heal and get better, when he quite literally says himself he’s only in it to win .

i think people don’t know jack is manipulating people which is part of the issue. he is a mixed individual . jack offering to help team circumspect could definitely be taken as genuine or fallacious, because it would help him get back into the game again, but he would only do it to benefit himself . that is also why it’s a bit strange that suitcase immediately shuts him down like that isn’t the whole point of the score board eliminations, to get back into the game. he even says it himself “the fact i even bothered to sound nice means some growth right?”. he only wants the best for himself in this scenario, which is to sound better for fan and the safety committee (even though that’s pretty much the whole point of the type of rejoining-elimination they’re doing) .

part of this whole issue is definetely due to his coding by mephone. he’s an insecure individual, and it’s reflected by his design in itself. a jack playing card is the lowest of the “royals” (or face cards) in a deck. this means he’s higher than a 10 but lower than a queen. he’s also just “lower” than suitcase, fan, and test tube, all individuals who play a higher role in the game than him, but believes he is “higher” than the contestants he plays with.

jack has amazing potential and i can’t wait to see how his character develops, but i think it’s important to understand why he acts the way he does and that his character isn’t simple in retrospect. thank u for reading

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the hatred for the osc by outsiders is deeply rooted in ableism and an excuse to bully autistic people but i fear that’s not a conversation many people want to hear

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since nature is one of my special interests i’d like to talk about something i find interesting

in flower’s wiki it’s stated she’s a centaury flower, which is an annual or biannual blooming plant that’s native to europe. they bloom in half shaded but sunny, high grounded areas. there’s over 20 different kinds but i believe flower is just a common centuary when just referencing what her wiki says.

centauries are bisexual or ‘perfect’ in nature, meaning they possess both male and female parts(such as having pistils and stigma). many other types of plants are identified the same way, such as mangoes, sunflowers, sweet peas or tomatoes. the opposite of a bisexual flower is a unisexual flower, which only has male or female parts, but not both . if you really wanted to get technical, ‘perfect’ flowers like centauries (which flower is) are intersex. im sure someone has talked about this before but it’s pretty cool to bring up again

tl;dr: flower from bfdi is intersex

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i think a problem that’s visible in the ii community and the osc in general is the very forceful use of headcanons. it’s perfectly fine to see characters a certain way but we shouldn’t get upset with others just because your ideas about the story don’t line up with mine .

i’m not talking about characters that are specifically coded for a certain role, but more vague things that aren’t talked about in canon. like for example, the idea of yin and yang being siblings makes sense, but if someone sees them more as a system, that’s fine and you shouldn’t attack someone for it? it sounds really obvious but it’s a problem i see repeatedly happening unfortunately and it’s really sad to see people get clowned on only because they see certain characters fitting a different role better than the majority of the osc

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putting this here too

it happened awhile ago and op genuinely made good points about what happened in the show . the thread goes into good detail and it’s very aggravating to see people not take it seriously

“it’s just fictional characters!” so? i think it’s a great thing to analyze and deconstruct characters and how they reflect us no matter what type of media they’re from. fiction affects the way people think . it seriously is so disheartening how bad osctwt is with people diving into details about characters they enjoy and why

i’m not trying to bring this argument back but i think this can serve as one of the points as to why i think osc tumblr is a nicer place to put rambles about things you’re passionate about . i just wish people can say their opinions in peace

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very so tired of the negativity surrounding the remaster . no of course you don’t have to like it, and by all means it’s not perfect but seeing people constantly complain about everything is so draining to me see especially considering the effort that is put into it still

the point of the remaster is to refresh an old version of something AE made when they were younger..not to sanitize or glaze over current character arcs. it doesn’t affect what is canon, season 1 still stays true to that. both of these things were confirmed on stream! i would love to see a project i did when i was younger get a new fresh coat of paint, so i can’t really blame AE for making it either .

while i too wish that some things were better put into place, like paintbrush and marshmallow’s interactions along with paintbrush’s beef with lightbulb , i really don’t think it’s terrible . we’re only at the first few episodes, so judging it so harshly so early on feels like a huge mistake too!

in short yes, it’s not perfect , but that doesn’t mean we act like it’s the worst thing ever in history of object shows. it’s just a remake. i feel like some people get so wrapped up in the fanon versions of characters that they forget what they actually act like in the show, and get angry that it isn’t to their expectations.

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half of me never wants tacomic (or any other wlw ship for that matter) to be canon because i know the fandom will treat them like shit if either of them show any signs of affection whatsoever

oh u thought people hated how lovey dovey payjay was in episode two?? imagine if they were both GIRLS and both WOMEN!!!!!

people don’t like wlw as much as mlm . and as much as it’s perfectly fine to have a preference for one over the other but i know for sure a lot of people will let misogyny be blown into the osc just because a wlw ship is made canon or implied more heavily

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my thoughts about the season 4 first episode!

spoilers across the cut!

i’ve seen a lot of mixed opinions so far..so i decided to make my own ramble about what i thought myself! there’s a lot of things i enjoyed and some things im partial to and some things i think would’ve been better not in the episode at all

i think it’s also important to remember that it is the first episode of the season, and while it does give a glimpse of what may be to come later on, it doesn’t necessarily mean everything is final completely. characters change as episodes are made which i feel is an important aspect of any analysis . with that said, there are some things i still want to comment on that seemed to have changed, starting with the pros:

the animation is really bouncy compared to ii2, and seems more expressive in general! i really think the animators outdid themselves with it, it’s genuinely really appealing compared to ii3 imo. the coloring and backgrounds are amazing too, and kept me invested the whole time . i really liked in this specific scene how the hospital reflects salt and pepper as objects (similar to how fans fantastic features and inanimate insanity infinity did, with the pink and heart theme)

it makes me happy to see the writers don’t forget about characters like salt who only have had big roles once or twice, it makes a lot of fans happy and stays true to their character.

the new voice actors are incredible too, and i think the voicing in this episode in general was just really well done :-) not much to comment on here, i just think the new voice actors were awesome. it’s nice to see more of them outside of the remaster too!

i loved seeing old debuters come back, along with some new characters too. the designs for jack and tapey are pretty awesome and had me excited to meet them. i hope we get to see more of how they develop and interact with other characters

also cheesecraft is back is that not awesome. it’s on java if anyone is interested LOL. i really like how they’re tying back to season one again, especially since early season 2 seemed to shy away from it a lot

i also enjoyed the starting plot/rising action, the idea of a sanitized, overly protective society that was created to avoid anyone getting hurt in any way is a cool way to stem off from season 2. especially protecting glass objects like lightbulb is really cool to me, she looks very cute in blue lol . i hope we learn more about it and shimmer power in general!

the play at the beginning portraying the way the contestants see mephone and mepad was really interesting to me, and showed a lot more into their characters, especially characters who weren’t seen in season 3 like floory and bot.

i see a lot of people upset about how mephone was portrayed, but i feel like people are failing to realize that it’s the writers intention, the contestants hold resentment towards mephone, so he is going to be villainized by them even when he isn’t. remember that most of contestants see mephone as their host and abuser, so they aren’t going to necessarily be overjoyed to talk about him (in play form or not). im 100% certain that the writers aren’t going to throw away mephone or 3gs just like that. things require time to be shown or explained, and with a 30 minute episode only so much can be done .

with that said, there are some things i really didn’t enjoy in the episode, im possibly more bewildered and confused than anything.

?this beginning. we learned about the red line game inside mephone, but never any other game requiring basketball of any sort. maybe i missed it somewhere, but it requires a lot of interpretation to understand what’s happening . also, how did 4s manage to meet these guys? did he remember them from season 1, or just met them inside mephone? it’s really hard to empathize with these new characters 2 minutes into the new episode, even though it’s supposed to be a heartfelt scene. we don’t know them yet, so it had little to no impact .

the town in general confuses me a lot too. how were these jobs assigned to everyone? some people seem to dislike their job more than others. how did everyone agree on what should be built with the shimmer magic? HOW does the shimmer magic even work? did the metag just decide to abandon meeple?? a lot of these things feel like they were just thrown in for comedic effect without much else behind it, which feels a lot more tainting to me, unless it is yet to be explained in a later episode

it feels like too much is happening at one time, like too many mini plots and characters were trying to be squeezed in 30 minutes. it felt like tpot, but more in a negative way. this kind of pacing doesn’t really seem to fit the ii characters as much

to backtrack for a minute, one of the things that made season 2 almost everyone’s favorite season was the storyline. each episode had dedicated segments to each character, without feeling pushed to only one storyline . in this episode, it felt like it was rapidly switching from one thing to another, while trying to fit in comedy and character progression only seconds apart, giving it a tacky feel to me. i felt like i couldn’t blink without something new happening, new characters and getting a feel of what the season will actually be like.

in all honesty, it felt like too much at once. i feel like it could’ve been better if it was stretched out a bit, so we can actually learn about the new characters and how season 2/3 characters interact with each other. a lot of it just feels so out of character and weird,

another issue i kept seeing happening was telling instead of showing. it felt like every action a character was doing they announce it, instead of just doing it. for example, it felt like fan kept on mentioning over and over again what made the old show so enjoyable, when instead an example could’ve been shown instead, like contestants enjoying something that was only in the show.

it’s stated that the shimmer power helped them rebuild and rejuvenate their society, but they don’t show how! everything felt so explicitly stated or not stated enough, making the episode less enjoyable to me

in all honesty, i’d give the episode a 6/10. it has its work, but it’s what’s expected from an opening. it feels like it gives too much away while also not saying enough at the same time. however, the visuals and new style of characters are stunning, and i can’t wait to see how it improves in the future. i think it just needs some time .

that’s all my thoughts on it, though i may add later if i feel like it :,D thanks for reading my thoughts