Epsilon’s ‘memory unit’ he was trapped in wasn’t entirely a memory storage device- it was also a simulation device! He was able to interact with his memories, and the device simulated the outcome based on his interpretation of the characters around him. For example: Tucker’s class on how to talk to girls never actually happened- the unit played out a scenario that it deemed likely to happen.
When the Director reconfigured Tex into an AI after her death, it prioritized the traits of a soldier, not a wife and mother. She was cold hard and mean (well more than before) because she was an AI made for fighting a war not for compassion. She’s made exclusively to fight and win. That’s why we don’t see any of this tender, loving side that fell I love, got married, and had a kid. The Omega program didn’t do any of these things, and had no memory of it. Alison did.
She went against Project Freelance when she found out where she came from and got access to these memories!!!
Everyone’s character development
Donut talking about wanting to travel.
Doc’s entire character
Locus shooting people in the legs instead of killing them
Locus’s first mission attempt after leaving Chorus to make up for what he’s done, failed miserably. He tried to help another planet, but despite his best efforts everyone died from lack of rescources- including oxygen!
I understand now, why the writers chose to have Grif stay on their moon. Grif is a pain in the ass and always questions everything. With the dynamic of the Reds and Blues meeting the bizzaro versions, Grif would have been calling bull shit from the start. No one else would. With what's happening, it was a smart move on the writers part to not have Grif on this mission, as well as making it all happen in character
there were some great moments! there were some not-so-great moments. i feel like some characters were written pretty damn well (grif, locus surprisingly) and yknow....other characters existed lmao
i don’t think this is the best season, but i don’t think it was awful either. most importantly it kept me on my toes and it was still the same show i love.
i’m really glad locus didn’t end up joining the reds and blues, just kinda doing them a favor and then disappearing. i wish we got some kind of closing shot of him but regardless, i think locus trying to redeem himself without suddenly becoming a Hero was done pretty well. (also the ship being italian for orange i cried)
anyway it was a decent season, and i was super glad to see some long overdue red team development. thanks for the laughs joe, and heres to season 16.
locus helping the reds and blues could be a good way of showing his growing morality, BUT i really really don’t wanna see him become a series regular/join the reds and blues. don’t get me wrong, i love locus, but i really think it wouldn’t work for his character and im kinda tired of watching antagonists be redeemed tbh
I'm getting the urge to write my first RVB fic. Yet, I've been going back and forth about how I actually want to handle it.
Directly after Restoration, I had a lot of " EMOTIONAL DAMAGE " and whipped up a seven page comic i've yet to publish (and still am debating about at this point because I dont feel its very good and I lost a lot of the anger that spurned it but GODDAMN do I want to keep pump the RVB tag with more Grimmons Art JUST BECAUSE) along with a few other pictures and feels and ideas of other WIPS that also came from that anger and angst...
But now that it's been some time and I've cooled down and have been able to process and ALSO come to understand that 19 could be taken as another Simulation, and that ALSO RVB gave us the unique gift of letting us CHOOSE where our canon story ends (Be it at S10, or S13 or for the very few of us S17) ... My brain has slowly been allotting, plotting and working its way towards writing a story that could be a more realistic take to an ending.
I've never written 'Fix-It fics' in my life. Mostly because I don't really believe in them that much, personally, for me. ( I'll read them if the premise sounds awesome, and I'm curious how people switch things up. I just have a hard time writing them myself.)
For me I do 'Mend-It' fics. Which means I keep what was considered 'broken' in canon, but then find a canon way to fix it BEYOND the breaking point.
. . . . So now I am conflicted because as I stated before - RvB is a Choose Your Own Ending series. S19 does have some concepts I'd like to play around with and explore further and expand on. But I'm also an enjoy of have S17 as my ending. Never getting the SoC fight feels wrong.
But maybe, maybe. . . I've got a way to have my cake and eat it too. Ya know, before Grif finds out I had cake.
Anywho, this was a quick Outline for the first draft of a Fic I was planning, but am now thinking of scrapping maybe for what's now brewing in my brain. I might flesh this back out again but this was what I came up with about some odd hours after finishing Restoration day of.
"First Nights"
How often does Simmon's second guess himself? By nightfall, when he see's Grifs unmade and trashed bed - because you KNOW Grif left him one last mess to clean up, he's going to bitch about it, bitch about the trash and . . . probably put it off for the morning. Being so fucking tired after surviving all of that. And then when he starts to ask a question. . . realizing he wont get an answer, he'll choke.
Tucker's acting all 'Yeah I'm fine sure' but he's probably struggling a fuck of a lot right now and trying to do it all himself - and Wash is still learning how to let go but he's got Carolina for support so he can be Tucker's support as well. Them learning how to heal together is very viable.
Grif is probably going to run off disbelief for a few hours, along with adrenaline to figure out his immediate living situation as soon as he gets back home. But it's gonna sink in pretty quickly that he's alone, and it'll hurt when it hits. He didn't even tell Kai he was leaving to go back home cause he was still waiting for a second shoe to drop, but it didnt and now he's back in Hawaii.
Caboose is gonna wonder the canyon. He'll be quite. Probably ends up in front of a broken Simmons, and is just there to be supportive. Because Simmons also, in a way, also just lost his best friend. So he'll offer a shoulder and a hug and let Simmon's have his emotions. Because doing the right thing is the sad thing.
He'll probably say thank you to Sarge's grave. It'll inspire him to make one for the Epsilon Unit, but the grave stone will be carved with ALL the names ... Church, Tex, Alpha, Beta, Epsilon and the rest in their Greek Lettering. He'll put the Sniper Rifle on it.
Tucker leaves with Wash and Carolina because the trauma does finally hit him and hard, and he needs a doctor. Carolina tires to convince Caboose and Simmons to go with them but they both stay behind - Simmon's claiming some kind of bullshit technical reason and Carolina know's he's lying but doesn't push, just leaves the invite open.
Caboose and Simmons sit atop Red Base and talk into the night, watching the stars and recounting things again. The first night alone is rough, and it hurts.
It gets easier each passing night, but it still sucks when it feels you no longer have a purpose. They started as pawns in a fake war, and it feels like after everything that's happened, they're still just pawns the UNSC would rather push into the shadows. At least here. Maybe there's somewhere they could actually make a difference, or that their help and experience would be beneficial.
It takes time to find that place. But eventually, they do. A new training facility/liaison office looking for experienced vets is being built. Simmon's files the paperwork immediately, because Red Tape bullshit requires these thing be done ASAP and he's taking no chances.
Takes time again, but eventually, the new facility is finished and they're paperwork is accepted. They clear out Blood Gulch. They leave it behind for good. (Debating Simmon's having rigged the bases to explode or not - sees on brand for him, but also he may just leave it derelict because Sarge)
Simmons, anxious but excited, turns to Caboose and see's the other's excitement. He's going on about how "It'll be great!" and all the things he wants to see and do and all the new friends he could make, but then grows kind of quiet and look over to Simmons.
"It will be great, right?"
"Going to Earth? Yeah. I think it will."
Last scene is just them talking while the data-pad next to Simmons shows a readout of the New Facility they're transferring to, " RTB: ODST - Red Team Base: O'ahu Division for Science and Technologies"
I know every single rvb post I've made has been about wash and I want to assure you all its because I have incredibly normal thoughts and feelings about church and his ghost and his ghosts ghost etc etc and don't think about him constantly so thank you for understanding
