Is That A Half A Block Of Cheese On The Table?

Just a post of appreciation for the slugterra-minor-character lovers:

many of you tumblr slugterra citizens adore the neutral/villian characters of slugterra. CC, Mr. Saturday, Maurice, Blite, Gar Revelle, Nacho, Billy, Mario Bravado, the gentleman, the fish pirates, basically all of the eastern caverns characters...there's alot of them. And I never talk about them, and have rarely wrote about them.

But hey, I freaking adore them too. They make Slugterra feel loved and huge and expansive. I have extensive plans on bringing Billy and Mr. Saturday and CC back in TEAL pretty soon, and all the side characters eventually - I swear thats still happening! It's just, like much of slugterra, they all need an episode where they crossed the line from "character who the audience is delighted to hc/theorize their personality and motivations" to "character who's still mysterious but there's something/some event that's solid to appreciate about them". I want to give that to them, like all of you! That's just in the ao3 realm for me.

So even if I don't reblog it, keep posting they/them Twist and CC thirst-traps and Billy polls, its clearly super fun AND you continuously remind me to write about them :)

With much love, Mister Rose

also, I think Seargeant Slug is Billy's dad.

a distant shore is such a good episode GOD

and actually, does this help explain Pronto's weird actions in slugfu showdown? Maybe the Shane gangs gotten used to just BLASTING their actual activities/unnecessary noise on the slugnet to cover for any burning world catastrophes that, when they got the elementals, pronto was like "why should we keep this a secret??? it'll confuse people, maybe they'll start to think the shane secrets were about the elementals??? I was throwing them off!" And like, still not the smartest, but a better explanation!!!

Do you think after the events of a distant shore that the Shane gang developed a shared excuse for what the Shane secret is? Like in case they ever get put in another Gar situation, they all have a shared lie that the bad guy ™️ can cross reference separately between them and get the same story

E.g . They’ve all decided that the fake Shane secret is that there’s a secret 100’th cavern and the only way to get there is with a shadowclan escort (explains why will had that shadowclan stuff and where the Shanes disappear to)

Considering how Eli was acting and the fact Gar more then likely spilled the Journal belonged to Jimmo Shane, yeah, they probably came up with a fake Shane Secret to cover for the real one as a just in case measure.

Granted the majority of Gar's highered help turned on him the moment Eli destroyed the Journal, it doesn't erase the fact a Shane went out of their way to stop whatever Gar was doing, steal something of value and then burn it to ash to prevent others from reading it.

Let alone the fact that something of value being the Journal of a former Shane, and possibly containing the answers to anything about Slugterra or the Shane family.

No doubt Gar posted, and is still posting what he knows on the SlugNet, and other Burning World truthers as well. And this isn't covering the potential in universe crack theory that spawned from Elis actions in A Distant Shore that the Shane's have a connection to the Burning World because why else would a Shane risk everything like that if it wasn't important?

The gang going out of their way to cover it up further and make fake leads is a real possibility.

They would want to create as much doubt and spread as much false information they can in the aftermath of something like that. Maybe even make a few fake accounts and post nonsense on speculation sights to throw ppl off.

Are slugs from Slugterra consider, fairy animals in the perspective of fairies from Winx Club/World of Winx?

imma be so real - I love questions pls give me all ur inquiries, even the non slugterra ones cause I have a lot of niche interests and I do know a lot of different fandoms, I just have no idea what winx club is......

haha, love it! Ur so right. I'd just like to add a brief HC;

so I'm a rifle instructor at a gun range for a junior club. At the end of our sessions the instructors pick up the shells - only the ones to be reused or sold as scrap, though. It's possible that depending on the material (being biodegradable or valuable) slingers would just leave it there.

furthermore (this is probs wack to the average person oops) a lot of kids like going into the firing range (WHEN THE RANGE IS COLD) to help clean up the shells, and it's not uncommon that when a kid sees a cool looking one (it's big, it's dirty, it's dented, it's neon pink, it's green, it was rare ammo, it was EXPENSIVE ammo, the shape is funny) they'll pick it up and keep it as a keepsake. I got a few from my own junior days. (Just please, please wash you hands after touching ammo shells. Cold water. Must be cold water. 30 seconds. Soap. Orange Non-lead soap if you can. Lead exposure is NOT FUN.)

so....new hc, I think kids in Slugterra pick up shells for fun, plus they are useful when getting older and they're learning how to shoot. But if they're really well-working or expensive, or could be sold for scrap, the slingers themselves go through great lengths to get back their shells. (Not to mention - the rarer the gun (like Eli's), the less compatible the chamber is to the average shell., unless shell and chamber sizes and blaster force have been following a set standard across blaster shops for decades already). They would not be laying on the ground for long. You would not believe how obsessed range officers get at their scrap metal deposit side-hussle...the janitor stole the lead my coach was gonna deposit one year...

This has been bugging me ever since I got into Slugterra: Where the hell do slug shells even come from? Do slingers pick them up after duels? Is there a limit to the number of times a shell can used to sling? I have my own ideas but I like hearing other people.

Im dumb when it comes to technical stuff, but for me, these three Slugidoes help when having to think about this kind of thing

[SI-2 Blasters and You]

[SI-6 Slug Retrieval]

[SI-14 A Bried History of Slugslinging]

I SWARE there was a Slugidoe that explained the Shell/Berrals thing, but I might have hallucinated it, or it was explained in an episode briefly-

But the long of my take is that they are manufactured by Balster manufacturers and are used to house slugs while on the move and for loading them into a blaster.

Before Blasters Slingers(and slugs) would use just about anything to help a slug reach their Valosimorph.

The Shells/Berrals are reusable, and depending on the type of blaster you own, it will determine how much of a mess you make in a duel lmao

For instance, there are Gatling typ blasters but they don't fart out Shells/Berrals like a Gatling gun would after firing, the Shells are hooked to the blaster, like a revolver, and rotate, allowing a Slinger to shoot multiple slugs in quick succession, and reload multiple slugs as once, at the disadvantage of it being heavy, and take a bit longer to load.

One Shell/Berrals Blasters, like Eli's typically have you pushing out the previous shell to load in a new one with a slug in it already, but I believe it's been shown a slug can be loaded into a blaster with a Shell already in it and fired.

Over all clean up depends on the situation.

Tournament? Cleaning crew most likely.

Duel against an enemy? Probably collecting them after the fights over, or there probably staying on the ground, see the Episode Bandoler of Brothers for an example of that.

Probably a whole job to go out and collect them.

Overall, Shells/Berrals are a reusable resource, with the only limitations being how many you can carry on your person at a time and what's needed for the model of blaster you own!

I also like to think they are customizable!

Blakk Industries makes red Berrals, though they might just be stained from Dark Water lol

it's actually confuzzling me rn, what that average slugterran knows.

Eli knew the deep caverns, but not dark bane specifically, or that dark water exists. Kord talks about dark water like it's something trolls have stories about, but not much experience with. and the Shane's have a drop for the chasm that leads to the portal from what lies beneath, which feels overkill in terms of hiding their stuff. Unless:

maybe they know of the deep caverns, but it's more of a legend that's considered probably true to people, like dark water. Like they know there's a hell down there, but till...recent history...no one went down there, so who knows what was down there? And the Shane's were fine with that very shallow understanding.

this assumption is also helped by the common misconception of the shadow clan. Slugterra society's view of them is based on legend, even though they are easier to see, and definitely believed to be real. Maybe slugterrans know it very basically as "the evil ppl in hell and the evil shadow clan fought like a trillion years ago, ooo scary", and only a few experts know the truth (blakk reading the sacred texts possibly depicting this history comes to mind).

...I'm sure I'm missing a line in some early episode that clears things up, but the show actually does a decent job of giving us the smallest possible clues ever and keeping this fandom alive on 40% "WAIT I JUST REALIZED" moments, so I'd love to hear any scenes you all remember that can help this discussion

Why did it take 4 rewatches of s1 to realize Eli says "if blakk has buisness w the deep caverns we don't know what else can can do" at the end of the deadweed episode?

meaning, will ACTUALLY told him about the deep caverns?!?!? And knew the whole time?!?

HOLD UP HOW WAS I NOT AWARE OF THIS

I LOVE THESE POSTS

Also I HC that Vance and Mario have both wanted to deck Will Shane for nearly a decade since, as popular figures they've always wanted to get in touch and professionally collaborate (Will on the Bravado show and Vance in competitive racing) and Will being shady never responded so they both already hold a grudge over that.

like seriously, they're both the right ages! They could have made their OWN Shane gang, Will and Tom and Mario and Vance!!! Mario and Vance being a decade or 2 younger, but still super useful!

Can you please make a head cannon where Dana, Mario and Vince joined the Shane gang and how would they react after a distant shore pretty please 🥺 I’ll give you an ice cream for this 🍦

Me: *Inhales Ice Cream* Me: offering accepted- I needed a break from making that stupid map anyway-

Shane Gang Head Cannon's #4.2: I'm Getting a Sense of Deja Vu [EDITION]

You know, I've mentioned it before but user {multiversal-madness} dose have a bigger Shane Gang AU, here is a link to one of the posts [X] I recommend checking it out! especially since some of my HC's are influenced by their AU!

[Still working on my fic and big blog post- but brain rot calls-]

⚡[Part 1] ⚡ [Part 2] ⚡ [Part 3] ⚡ [Part 4] ⚡[Part 4.1] ⚡

{Dana}

She joins following the faking of her death in 'The Gentleman & The Thief'

Till Dana gets a new wardrobe, she's sharing cloth with Trixie, and she may or may not steal a shirt or two from Eli

[I steal my brothers shirts, their just comfy-]

Eli and Dana develop a sibling dynamic

both their dads where good friend's once upon a time, and with them dead/presumed missing, they bond over that and some other stuff

Dana help's Trixie with editing the Slugisodes

Kord is fascinated by the Short Distance Teleporter Dana had been using, but she keeps that thing out of everyone's reach

because Dana is stuck at the Hideout more often then naught, her only sources of entertainment are, the TV, SlugNet and Pronto

being (fake) dead sucks :(

This is going to be a controversial take, but Eli tells Dana about the Surface.

'The Gentleman & The Thief' takes place after 'A Distant Shore' which is the ep where the rest of the Gang learns the truth that the Surface is real, and I'm pretty steadfast in anyone who joins the gang after not being told, as seen in the Gentleman and Gerhard HC's,

but Dana is the daughter of Tom Por, and Will leaving for the Surface(and Will's dealing with the Shadow Clan) is what caused the rift to form between them. and Eli dose not want to lie to Dana, and dose not want what happened to their fathers to happen to him an Dana.

So Eli tells Dana, and tells her as much as he knows,

Dana is touched that Eli is trusting her with this information, that he trusts her this much despite everything

Trixie and Dana have girl time

goes as well as you would expect

brotherly affection for Eli be damned, Dana will punch, Will Shane

Pronto makes Dana a tomb stone

she's actually really sentimental about it (the tomb stone i mean)

Dana becomes like, the stealth expert of the Gang

{Mario}

Mario would join some time after he's offered the position on the team

like a week-month later

Like however long it takes for 'The New Kid parts 1 & 2' to be done and over

Eli gains yet another Big Brother

Mario will physically get into a fight with Twist when he's seen again

Trick shot practice with Mr. Bravado is a Populer Slugidose series on the Shane Gang SlugNet account

Trick shot practice with Mario is fun in general tbh

Pizza night every Sunday, with home made Pizza

All reasoning be damned, Mario will deck Will Shane

Kord and Mario bond over blaster mods, and slug gear

Trixie enjoys making compilations of the Gangs best shots, and Mario is surprisingly good at video making, so he's constantly helping out in editing the compilations, and even cross posting on his own SlugNet acc

Pronto and Kord get a start of their betting with Eli and Mario way before Junjie happens

during 'A Distant Shor' Mario, just like everyone else is annoyed at Gar, and is telling Eli to leave the mad man alone because nothing good comes from chasseing fairy tails

and just like the others Mario is pissed Eli is not trusting them, and acting so, weirder than normal

then the reveal happens and he is gobsmaked

"I-its real??? The Burning World is REAL?! OH SHADOWS- Th-this is-"

Mario just hug's Eli because, kid just went through so much shit, and destroyed his grate uncle's journal, the one thing that probably had all the answers to all the questions Eli had, just to keep the secret, and them safe-

Mario makes Eli's fave Pizza that night

{Vance}

"I'm a Racer not a Slinger"

*Is given a baster*

*Becomes cowboy*

"what the-"

he joins sometime after 'The Slug Run'

he got fired :( (From Racing)

turns out, giving up the super rare slug prize you where contractually obligated to hand over is a no-no

Sucks as Slug Slinging and requires so many aids to help him shoot good

Vance teaches the Gang a bunch of cool Mecha tricks

Vance makes it a point to teach everyone to ride each others Mecha Beasts, just in case they end up having to switch rides, or commandeer a dif Mecha

he used to do sponsored shows/races were he had to ride different models, and it's not all the same

When they get the Motorbike upgrades Vance is salivating at the mouth

Trixie takes more of an interest in Mecha tricks as compared to the guys

Kord and Vance bond over Mecha's gushing over every new model and mod ever made

Eli get's to help them with maintenance

[he's not allowed to do anything other than tighten bolts, last time they gave him something important to do, Fernando exploded]

Pronto and Vance get into an argument about Fernando

"YOU NEED A NEW MECHA MOLE!"

"FERNANDO HAS SERVED PRONTO LOYALY FOR YEARS!"

they learn to 'agree to disagree' and leave it at that.

Call Eli, Ash Ketchum, because he's got yet another Big Brother

Respect be damned, Vance will punch Will Shane

Much like the rest of the Gang during 'A Distant Shore' Vance is not a fan of Gar

Gar is like an obsessive fan, and Vance hates those kinds of fans

is very concerned about Eli and how weird he's acting in 'A Distant Shore'

At that point in time, Eli has made a name for himself as the Shane so Vance can't help but think Eli is letting the pressure get to him and is making some bad calls, similarly to the one's Vance made early in his career as a racer.

When the truth comes out about the Burning World being real, he can't help but think about how much of a PR nightmare Eli's actions no matter how well indented, were.

He is 100% running damage control and debunking and all of Gar's claims on the SlugNet after the fact or so help him-

He dose ask about the transportation Top Side though

Eli tell's Vance about NASCAR

goes as well as you think it would

EXACTLY.

honestly, maybe he wants Eli to know nothing because of his trauma and wanting to bury it, but it could also be that he wants the Shane legacy to change and refused to rope Eli into it? Like, in a world where Eli knew everything, Willis heroism would be in this framework of upholding what the shanes want. Eli doesn't have that, so he's completely free to be in Slugterra purely to help people and find the truth. and yeah, another part of this is friendships. I get the feeling will, w the secrets, never embraced them fully; leaving him alone when the journey got tough. Maybe he also wanted Eli to feel more free to be a slugterran, to trust people, so his son doesn't go a little crazy like he did. Maybe he wanted to break the cycle, and this felt like the way to do it. Maybe that's another reason why wills clear Eli DOESNT have to follow wills footsteps in the letter; it's touching to give ur son choice when (or because) you yourself never had one, and it's another layer of "I did it for the family legacy, you did it to be a hero and feel connected to your father. THATS what the Shane's need to become."

that's the theory that paints Will as the most heroic, to me. He did so much wrong to pursue this idea, but he truly wanted Eli to not be saddled w the same trauma and pressure that was his own undoing.

Will Shane.

the character I am drawn to in this particularly anxiety inducing month of my life.

literately NOTHING is normal about him. Eli's mom? Had to leave somehow. Bestie? He and Tom Por had a massive fall out. Blakk? From what we gather from the master, they used to not hate each other apparently. Jimmo? Straightforward enough, but that leaves the question of what happened to wills parents! like he's a decent dude but also shady af and paranoid as hell and, WHY is he like that? Idk and it's fascinating?!? he's the definition of just being human, and I love him. He's got a complicated history and PLENTY of unsolved beef, because everyone associated w him's got a VERY different take on the guy and they all have changed their opinion of him massively at some point or other. Like yall I WILL write everything but I will especially write TomxWill and ThadxWill I need to explore his CHAOS

also never, NEVER forget, because I never will; Will KNEW about Blakk knowing about the surface right?!? Surely?!? He would find out, either w his son or with the alliance w dark bane?!? WHAT IS THE STORY HERE?!?

give me your headcanons, they lower my heart rate and stop my panic attacks from my executive dysfunction problems.