#top ofts

[gwenniesqueals]

I am only on episode four and I only have one question. What the fuck are they doing? I should have been warned. The trauma, the boning, and hotness whew.

[fuck-i-like-too-much-stuff]

#Diabolical #Deranged #SandShouldBeExemptedFromMurder

[kinnbig]

what are you looking at?

[agendratum]

only friends as text posts (4/?)

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Deserved Better Prelims: Top (Only Friends)

"He didn't cheat. Mew refused to let Top date him. Instead, he kept him the talking zone since he believed Top had to earn the right to be in his presence. So whatever punishment Mew felt Top deserved was misplaced. But then, Mew used Top's trauma against him. Mew knew Top was terrified of fire then proceeded to light things on fire in front of him. That is a violation of the Geneva Conventions! And the cherry on this was Sand was still holding grudges because his ex cheated on him and Boston was hunting him for sport. Namchueam was being weird about him too! He could not catch a break from the characters or the audience."

Did Top deserve better?

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Voting ended onJan 28, 2025

[thecasualfkfan]

Baby,Let the games begin

Let the games begin

Let the games begin now

"I'll make you fall in love with me again"

[invisiblegarters]

Thank you! I think this is a case of people poor meowing Ray to the point of thinking he has no bad bone in his body and he is a victim of everyone around him. It's super bizarre to witness.

Nothing is his fault and if it is, he didn't mean it, and if he did, it's the alcohol talking!

I have also seen some bizarre takes on Top and especially Boston, making them seem innocent and just honest without malice and I think it comes from people not wanting the promiscuous characters to be bad people because that would be perpetuating stereotypes.

Anyway, it's been truly a ride to witness haha.

To me it's not that bizarre, really. It's very easy to see Ray's penchant for self-destruction, his trauma and his depression and his bone deep belief that he is an unlovable burden, and just want to see him get better. That's a perfectly valid response to someone in as much pain as Ray is. Because he is in pain. The fact that he is doing a lot of it to himself doesn't really matter, either. That is one dude who is suffering, and I too would like to see him grow and start to make some headway into loving himself.

The part where I get tripped up is the expectation that any of these messed up 20 somethings is any more capable of dealing with Ray than Ray is of dealing with himself. They're all young, they are all selfish and self-absorbed and none of them is equipped for the kind of problems Ray has. Hell, a lot of much older people aren't equipped for it.

But we're all prone to favorite character syndrome - a lot of the reason I was so annoyed was seeing all the hot takes about Sand, lol. I feel like he's *really* gonna get it in the teeth from fandom when it turns out that he can't actually save Ray with the power of his love (and that even if he could, Ray doesn't want him to because he's fixated on Mew as the savior) and walks for his own good (at least, I hope that's how it goes). So I'm not immune to it either. Sand is my ride or die and I expect to be excusing (or if not excusing, defending, and if not defending, flat out encouraging) many of his wrongs still to come.

Also if I'm truly honest, I too want to see at least one person stick by Ray through it all, even if they can't be his savior. I just don't want it to be Sand (that's my bias at work, lol).

As for the others, I haven't seen too many hot takes that aren't "these two are the worst most vile villains" so I can't really speak to that. I enjoy both of them, especially Boston. And I seem to be more sympathetic to Top than a lot of people, although I don't know how true that is - I can't see everything that goes by, nor do I want to, lol. Especially not stuff that would just rile me up.

I do like that Boston tends to use honesty as a weapon. It's my favorite thing about him. It's also kind of what makes him so damn effective at doing what he does - he gives truth, but in a way that it almost always cuts.

And to be fair, as far as I can tell most of the hottest takes aren't from here, which I like. I feel like places like twitter tend to be more black and white thinking - good guys and bad guys, villains and heroes. While it can always change, I tend to see a lot more nuance here - it's why it's pretty much the only social media I have, lol.

[cornflowershade]

just a random little noticing but um. Top + traumatic experiences involving fire. we know his worst memory was almost dying in a house fire and then in episode 7, mew hurts top by burning his art—arguably leaving top more genuinely upset than we'd ever seen him in the present day.