Tmk Ep 3 Spoilers!

Tmk ep 3 spoilers!

Fuckin. Um. Uh. Yeah

CHIP CAN BE SCARY PLUS ANGST BECAUSE I CAN

chip never had a name for himself, he accepted the title bastard because hey it made sense. he’s always just been “the bastard”, the people around him continually called him that so it must be true

what many people seem to miss is that you do not survive on the seas or on the streets by simply being the “bastard”.

no he survived because he learnt early that violence might be the only language everyone spoke, when sarcasm and snark couldn’t protect him anymore. he kept a knife under his pillow the moment he learnt this, it was like a broad sword in his too small hands.

the black rose pirates gave him family but they also showed him the true darkness the world had to offer and taught him to survive it with fast feet and rapid slashes

now, he might be a captain of a pirate gang but deep down he will always be chip the bastard. enemies learn to not underestimate the quips or the swagger after the first body drops.

unlike his co captains he has no qualms coating his hands with those who wronged him or those he loves. when he enters combat he teleports back to all the times he was scared, cornered by those who hurt him in the past. he talks fast but moves faster, feet silent against the floor, enemies not knowing where the man is until they see their compatriots fall, puppets cut from their strings.

they watch him shift and morph as he wishes, changing faces with ease. the only way they can recognise him is that shit eating smile that rarely leaves his face, even as unholy power escapes his body and watches his enemies eyes burn and melt without hesitation.

he lost one family. he refuses to lose another. he protects them the one way he knows.

Streamers say 'mods' the same way a medieval lord would say 'guards'

/// jrwi total monster kill ep 4 spoilers

you know, when i started tmk, i thought it was gonna be a goofy monster hunting campaign with some serious themes laced into it

i was not expecting the horror, and the horrors

grizzly really killed it with his descriptions and voice acting and writing because GOD DAMN i was not expecting ANY of what happened in ep 4

my mouth was hanging open like majority of the episodes holy shit this is top tier

i recently finished the ep where jay has a call with grandma ferin, and i've had thoughts ever since (spoilers ahead):

jay's always been the one with a little more smarts, a little more common sense out of the albatrio. she's usually the one trying to keep chip and gillion out of trouble, and more often than not, she's solo-ing the big evil boss while chip and gillion are stuck doing some bit.

chip and gillion have fondly said "jay's the smartest" and "jay's the smart one here" countless times.

she didn't feel so smart hyperventilating into the conch shell with her grandmother on the other end.

she didn't feel so smart when she froze up the moment she heard her grandma's voice, unable to form a single intelligible sentence to even remotely try to pretend she was still undercover and working for the navy.

after she had retreated to the captain's quarters, chip and gillion had come to the conclusion that they didn't really know how to help her, and that jay had probably already figured it out anyways.

but she didn't.

so much for being the smart one, huh?

and if not for aslana's sudden visit, she would have probably spiralled in her thoughts all night. she would have probably stayed up replaying the conversation over and over, each time ending the same.

because she was the smart one in all things except when it came to the ferins.

Having the past he does, Chip probably thinks he's unworthy of many things, but what about Gillion's love? The hero, the champion, practically royalty, raised to be everything Chip is not. In his own eyes, he hasn't changed, not really. He's a bastard and a liar and everything Gillion hates. All he can see in himself are the bad parts, and everything in Gillion is perfect.

On the flip side, Gillion probably thinks the same thing. He's been raised to believe whatever he does is unworthy, so what has he done to deserve Chip's love? The man is unabashedly human, he doesn't pretend to be anything but that. But he lets Gillion stay, despite not being human, despite pretending to be a hero that he isn't anymore. All he can see in himself are the bad parts, and everything in Chip is perfect.

(But none of that hate they think they deserve is true, but Gillion would die for Chip and Chip would kill for Gillion. They don't see the wonder, the adoration in the other man's eyes. They both need this, both need someone so vastly different to tell them that they are loved and worthy and perfect. If only they would say it.)