Not Worm But;

Not Worm but;

So I saw Thirdchildart's animation wip (there's a part 1 to this) while scrolling through youtube shorts about a week back and this has lived in my head and dug its way into my playlist for that whole week. I am hungrily anticipating the full animation, I just can't wait for it.

Nerdy Prudes Must Die has some weak bits, but this scene and this song is the peak of the production imo. I recommend NPMD if you've got two hours to burn while you're doin whatever on the computer.

It's pretty funny sometimes and the dialogue and story is packed with depth. I don't really have an essay for you guys on this, but this scene is the most tragic for two reasons, and spoilers under the cut;

One, Richie's death is heavily implied to be the most brutal and gruesome in the show, a consequence for his misunderstanding here, that Max is murdering him for being a loser and not, you know, murdering him because Richie murdered Max first. Richie has genuinely just found acceptance and value in his new friends, the Nerdy Prudes, and the football team of which he's the mascot, welcoming him into the place that Max once occupied. Max is justifiably enraged that Richie hasn't understood here that he's going to die because of what he did and how he covered it up.

Two, because Max is projecting significantly here. Nobody cared that Max was dead. The entire school believes themselves better off now that he's gone (even though they lost the big game without their star quarterback) with Pete, one of the Nerdy Prudes, struggling to find a reason to feel guilty. Max is trying to make Richie feel like he won't be missed, when in actuality, Richie's corpse is found before Max's and mourned the most by the rest of the cast (even if the other Nerdy Prudes didn't even care to find out about their friend's death until the cops told them.) Max was (well, 18 but) a child in highschool. A shitty one, but not someone who deserved to be murdered and then forgotten like this.

It's an odd juxtaposition. Usually, the bully is unsympathetic and the nerds are shown in a better light, defending themselves, caring about eachother, showing unconditional support. But in NPMD, Max is outright murdered by a group of spineless geeks who go out of their way to dismember his body and hide it. Grace concocted the whole plan to humiliate Max because she wouldn't confront her erotic thoughts about him, which ultimately led to his death.

And in the end the Nerdy Prudes condemn Max to a fate even worse than undeath, thrown into the realm of the Lords in Black for whatever lovecraftian designs they have for him there. Maybe he'll make a reappearance in another starkids production.

It feels kinda Wormy, if you look at it right. The tragedy, the vengeance, the fact that it's in highschool, that pit of hell. Lemme know if you feel the same way.

I'm still working away on this!! I'll stream a couple days next week (probably Tuesday and Thursday?) while I keep at it!!

can I get uhhhhhhh one full amnesty for my and my teammates' crimes against the city please

water tastes so good fr

i think its really funny that tumblr is full of people who want asks, more than theyre getting them, who all seem to think everyone else does not want asks.

when i first read worm i thought burnscar was just trying to justify her behavior but i believe the bit about her power making her psychopathic. fucking awful. wish she could've gotten a chance to get better

Send me your fic recs, don't mind the fandom, crack or serious, one-shot or not just looking to read and learn about those fics that stay dancing in y'all brains. need to put those sleep-deprivation hours to good use.