This week’s Chained Life episodes ranked by how happy they make me as a queer person (very relevant)
Disclaimer: spoilers and just because something is ranked low doesn’t speak to the video’s quality. All of them are really good, even the lowest ranked one (spoiler it’s Saps soz but he does not get the first thing about flower trading)
If you’re struggling to find povs here’s my playlist, I obsessively check channels daily for their uploads. (trust me when I say that navigating channels through descriptions has gotten exponentially worse this week)
Quick key: the first person listed is the one who posted the video so if a pair is listed more than once that’s why owo
Salty and Lingulini coming in with a steel chair??? What. the Hell. I was fine making up my own angst thank you very much I didn’t need to open a video to Salty trauma.
Lightrocket and Flux the deadpan kings. Lightrocket’s video is 100% worth it to watch because of the Taco Truck. “Down in the mines…” is a new stim for me.
Meagon and Benji. Meagon misses Jophiel and makes my gut hurt with laughter for half an hour. Also apparently Saps hates the poor, don’t shoot the messenger my queen said it.
Thomas and Kanukei. Obviously the murder negotiations are really funny with their pregnant pauses. But Thomas includes a really good cinematic before they launch and the Longdawg cameo had me nearly in TEARS. Thomas is fr ride or die for Micro and that little freak (Longdawg) 🥺🥺🥺
Lingulini with Salty. Lingulini “WHO”ing Salty had me crying. And then Salty sounded like he was gonna cry when they got Boogey. I love a pair of peaceful kings doing peaceful things and also inciting violence. SaltyPasta is their chosen duo name. Also loving the Salty being an omen for death that’s so cute (they watched so many people die)
Burney and Turkey. Ofc the breakup, Burney became even more of an alcoholic (I understand why they call him that now). There’s less homoeroticism than in Turkey’s pov, but. Burney’s editing is genuinely hilarious and the chemistry is 10x more consistent
Benji and Meagon - autistic lesbians in the mines. Meagon also misses her queen Jophiel 🥺 hewwo pwincess
Turkey and Burney. WHAT DO YOU MEAN TURKEY IS GETTING CUCKED BY GOTOGA. Messiest breakup (divorce) of the server
Magic and Gray devastated about losing their soulmates :((((( They’re besties now. The lovers lore persists. Gonna be interesting to see how their dynamic changes with recent Cass boundary changes
Lamp and Ender. Lamp's lavender marriage was broken up. Ender, Lamp, and Burney all have the same vocal fry and I can tell them apart the best in Lamp's video. They really committed to completing their civil duties
Gotoga and Zapynubs, homewrecker pov. No words. Just homewrecker pov. He even stole the chaintastic four’s bit.
Kanukei with Thomas. He's still ride or die for Salty 🥺. Also knowing Thomas is still ride or die for Micro is kinda nice,,, Kanukei is so protective of chain haven, I cannot, his episode was the one that broke me (it was the first episode I finished). I think Thomas stole all the trickster fae bs from Flux this session
Zam and Micro. I know I’ve resolved to not watch vods, but like….. I saw moments of Micro legit wanting to die and being dragged away screaming help (Micro is not gonna post a chained life vid for a WHILE). I needed to see them in action. As someone on here said, they're simulating a real abusive relationship
Legacy and Panda. Legacy’s audio is fucked up but honestly… What they did during the warden attack honestly got me in the feels. They put themselves in danger to protect Magic, Gray (other yellows), Wobb, and Thunder (reds) and it cost them a life (and nearly a second life)
Ymi and Whale Milk. I LOVE Ymi’s editing style she’s so funny. Whale Milk the GOAT. I got a lot of second-hand Jophiel moments from Ymi’s video.
Wobb and Thunder (subbing for Jaw). I think it’s really homophobic that Wobb stripped Thunder of his rights for the one session he was here. But. ThunderUnderline makes me uncharacteristically happy whenever he's on screen so that offsets all the homophobia. They’re Boat duo, that’s what Thunder called them so it must be true.
Sidefall and Jophiel. Jophiel is one of the most relatable people ever half of my written down quotes are from her. Especially the “This is gore of my comfort character” when they were boiling Thunder. Also I think it’s hilarious that they missed the warden.
Brit and KagL (subbing for Cynikka) - Flux does something really nice at the start and I love these two going around and just witnessing chaos (also rip Thomas and Kanukei these two did that shit)
WhaleMilk and Ymi (also poverty quartet). I love them and their flower exchanging :3. Also Jophiel comes out as gay what an icon. I think Whale Milk was just happy that Jophiel was there when the full Poverty Quartet squad was together
Ender and Lamp. Femboy and chill guy fulfill their civil duties, the episode. Honestly, Ender’s reaction to the warden stuff has given me a new appreciation for Ender’s ability to take charge of a situation
Rotation and Saps. I didn’t realize how bad the Flux slander and Untitled Alliance betrayal was until I watched Rotation's pov. I hope Flux gets the kids (Sidefall and Ymi) in the divorce now what the hell. They STOLE Sidefall and Ymi's enchanting table??? Do you know how many people were crying over e tables in session 2 after Chain Haven's got stolen???
Panda and Legacy. I'm so sorry they got hate crimed so hard this episode especially by Zapynubs (full-naming him because Zapy is unfortunately close to my name). The queer energy is unfortunately in the trenches because of all the misfortune. Tho Legacy and Panda’s talk toward end is lowkey sweet
Saps..... with Rotation - Saps literally giving the flower trading girls a spider eye as a one up to a dandelion is so homophobic. Sure, we have a little trickster fae Flux behavior. But. Saps said he could do better than a dandelion and gave those girls a spider eye. As my son’s lesbian wife likes to say, don’t trust that white man. Doesn’t help that he’s also possessed by a demon
If you can’t tell, I don’t like conflict, conflict is homophobic behavior we should all get along.
Feel free to ask me anything because I have the brainworms and sometimes I say things that may or may not sound batshit crazy to others.
