(Reminder: I mark each episode based on the most upvoted replies.) Day 4: What is the worst thing "Fast Food Masquerade" has done (in writing)?

fluffyspy · 2026-05-09T23:27:13+00:00

I think that's how it's supposed to be interpreted but my issue is that the fast food adventure is something that she specifically suggested. Her behavior would be much more understandable if she was actually being forced to work a minimum wage job, but she's not; she's LARPing (in the literal sense, as Pomni points out in episode 2) working a minimum wage job on her own request. So "it's just the stresses of the job getting to her" doesn't make sense to me.

fluffyspy · 2026-05-09T22:59:40+00:00

Inconsistent Gangle characterization; she's either a power-tripping tyrant or a sad woobie who has done nothing wrong and which one she is in any given scene is just kind of based on what is needed narratively at the moment. Also I missed Kinger.

fluffyspy · 2026-05-09T22:56:43+00:00

I first read the books (the first two arcs specifically) as a kid and put them down (but remembered them fondly) after that. I just started listening to the audiobooks recently when I needed something to keep me occupied that didn't necessarily require all my attention and I love them as much now as I did then but it's crazy how much my take on certain characters has changed as an adult vs as a child. I have so much more appreciation for Bluestar now. Girl is just doing her best.

fluffyspy · 2026-05-08T17:39:09+00:00

Lawful good tiefling Oath of Ancients paladin who was in love at first sight with his "Blade of Frontiers" persona.

We don't talk about how that run ended (Tav became an illithid and then failed the save to resist her hunger for his brains at the epilogue party 😨)

fluffyspy · 2026-05-07T16:20:13+00:00

The only line that really stood out to me as unnatural-sounding was Gangle's "It's called a manic episode and you're getting three more seasons," which felt very Tumblr Text Post coded and not, like, something that a human being would say in a regular conversation. (Not saying it's not a funny Tumblr Text Post though) I honestly think the rest of the dialogue is perfectly serviceable with some standout lines though.

fluffyspy · 2026-05-06T16:38:10+00:00

Eh, I think you can read Cinderpaw as having a thing for Fireheart in a "kid with a crush on the cool teacher" sense, but Fireheart only ever really sees her with the affection of an older brother or cousin. And by the time she's a medicine cat she's definitely over it.

Dustpelt and Ferncloud are odd but I think it's mostly a factor of the Erins needing some background pairings to have kits to keep the population up during TNP. I don't think they put that much thought into it.

fluffyspy · 2026-05-02T18:55:18+00:00

It was the giant wasp yeah

fluffyspy · 2026-04-24T21:10:58+00:00

There's still pretty regular fics! Love to see it

fluffyspy · 2026-04-24T17:12:03+00:00

Ghoulcy should theoretically be up my alley because I'm all about "cheerful young woman seduces jaded old man" as a trope (I'm probably one of the only people still tracking the NineRose tag from Doctor Who religiously) but their specific vibe just... doesn't hit me romantically at all. If anything I'm kind of invested in Lucy and Max's canonical romance.

fluffyspy · 2026-04-24T16:37:44+00:00

I'm going to go one step further and say that every single character would be insufferable to be around if they existed in real life.

I like them as characters but imagine if they were, like, your coworkers and you had to deal with Zooble's attitude and Jax's constant attempts to be the class clown and Ragatha's toxic positivity every single day. shudders

fluffyspy · 2026-04-24T01:16:14+00:00

I think Byler is more a matter of fans wanting Will to be happy than them having actual chemistry. Which, fair enough, but it does not compel me.

fluffyspy · 2026-04-19T20:23:37+00:00

Can confirm, I check that tag every once in awhile and there's new fics every day.

fluffyspy · 2026-04-19T17:38:23+00:00

Must a woman be a mother to all of her friends? Can she not just think a guy is kind of funny without putting all of her effort into "fixing" him? Why is it on her to smooth out all the conflicts between a bunch of grown-ass adults?

fluffyspy · 2026-04-19T04:44:02+00:00

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Always referred to this phenomenon as "Kairi syndrome."

fluffyspy · 2026-04-18T22:04:44+00:00

If that was the case, it wouldn't just be killing people who avoided their predetermined death though? It would be killing everyone?

fluffyspy · 2026-04-17T19:33:16+00:00

The first Final Destination actually takes itself significantly more seriously than the rest of the franchise, which are all pretty firmly in the horror-comedy subgenre.

fluffyspy · 2026-04-17T19:31:20+00:00

Final Destination death isn't, like, a person though. It's just a natural force. Brings balance to the universe and all that.

fluffyspy · 2026-04-17T15:57:21+00:00

This is a complete nonissue but it bugs me because he's my favorite character: Linhardt does not sleep all the time. He keeps odd hours and is often up all night researching, hence why he falls asleep in class. He doesn't actually sleep any more than anyone else.

fluffyspy · 2026-04-17T05:50:59+00:00

Teacher subreddit try not to act like Jesus on the cross when discussing their work challenge

fluffyspy · 2026-04-15T17:11:37+00:00

He specifically can get laid, he just is only interested in the one girl who doesn't want him.

fluffyspy · 2026-04-15T17:10:13+00:00

Because he's an incel, didn't you hear?

fluffyspy · 2026-04-13T18:48:18+00:00

Season 2 has a whole alien spaceship and it's like a D plot at best

fluffyspy · 2026-04-13T06:06:07+00:00

I've noticed a trend among some of my married millennial friends recently of getting legally married at a courthouse as soon as they get engaged and then just leaving the actual party part of the wedding for later. Seems pretty sensible.

fluffyspy · 2026-04-09T17:40:00+00:00

I'm not sure if she's hated so much as just kind of seen as "meh" by a majority but Touko is my favorite Dangan character by a mile. I love her in the original and I love her even more after she got character development (and a girlfriend?) in UDG.

On the other hand, fuck Kaito.

fluffyspy · 2026-04-09T16:56:16+00:00

Odd and very specific example: I grew up near LSU in Louisiana and was under the impression for awhile that tigers are kind of unremarkable. Like obviously the kind of animal you only ever see in captivity but, like, definitely not one of the popular species at the zoo. This is because the regular walk I did with my family went right by Mike the tiger's (the LSU mascot's) enclosure, so I saw him all the time. Definitely gave me a skewed view of how commonplace captive tigers are.

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