I Really Gotta Stop Making Things

ONE SCENE LEFT TO WRITE FOR REALS THIS TIME

sneak peak because my writing notes often read like shitposts:

Eli: "Oh. Lemonade mix."

*montage of tad making better lemonade mix than the supermarket brand*

*eli, dramatically, starts crying"

the New York Mets celebrate advancing to the 2024 NLCS in the first ever postseason clinch at Citi Field 🍾🍎

...so hey, you know how we all want Maurice to be happy?

..............................................

i made him close some plot holes instead............

I'm sorry........Maurice, my beloved........

TOMORROW.

I will post TOMORROW. We will get my post-shadows eli cries fic. I swear by it. But I am tired and my leftover chicken nuggets need to be refrigerated, im sorry.

*Eli spawns out of nowhere*: you really left off writing tonight in THAT scene??? right before I spill about Tad and right after Trixie tells me about her mom's self-defense murder?!? I'm not even completely healed yet from almost being cut in half?!?!?!?!?!?! BRO WHAT

*me, collapsing on my hands and knees, eating one last chicken nugget* im SORRY MY SON

Back on the murder train (I say jokingly)

And uh, how much we wana bet the Miners from DeadWeed tried to sue Blakk Industries for hazardous working conditions/tempted murder?

Because the Dark Water/Dark Water Vapor turned them into ghost/translucent ghoul monsters due to the direct exposure and lack of hazmat suits when they first breached the Dark Water vain.

Could you imagine, like the Gang (+everyone else) thought these people were dead-

Imagine what that might have been like for the family's-

Let's assume, at the least, it was like a year or so that the mine in DeadWeed had been used to farm Dark Water.

(Because I don't recall if a timeline was stated, pleas fact check me)

That is a whole ass year of people thinking their loved ones died in the Mines of DeadWeed, and a whole year of the Miners being stuck in the mines not being able to do anything other than chase away anyone who shouldn't be there, including family or friends that went looking for them to keep them safe, while also trying to stop Blakk's henchmen.

It's so sad???

And then, when the Shane Gang saves them, and their able to go home, imagine how different things might be?

Like, yeah, people are excited and overcome with joy/relief that the Miners are okay - but like, do you think some people might have moved on? Like, what if a miner had a wife and young kid? And the wife moved Cavers because she couldn't bare to be there anymore? Or if a miner was working to pay for a loved ones medical treatment and that loved one passed away? Or or-

[i need to shut up now because I'm getting sad]

There are consequences to the actions of Blakk Industries taking over the DeadWeed mine is all I'm saying, just like with everything Balkk Industries sinks it's hooks into.

The only reason that Blakk was able to stay in business is not just because Slugterra didn't have a Shane. No, that's a small part of it. It's because Blakk had the most richest, and powerful people in Slugterra on his side.

When Eli took the drop, it took close to a full year to scrub Blakks empire out even after this and 100+ other very illegal things were exposed about the company

You would think, after gunning down the Unbeatable Master, he would be arrested, Shanai was a respected individual, but nothing happened, and I just -

We Can Be Saved - Chapter 2 - Mister Rose (MrRose) - Slugterra [Archive of Our Own]

What your FBI agent sees through the screen at the end of the chapter:

Just read this story and it was adorable. Take a look guys.

you know, i've been saying eli and the gang make their money/living by being slugnet influencers, plus kord's actual job as a field tech...I think Kord's family could be helping out too. Like, sending money when things get tight, and maybe being part of the reason why the Gang eat so many snacks on screen in the hideout. Not to mention, their supplies could have been a major godsend in the Bandoleer of Brothers era where the Shane Gang could barely even move across Slugterra safely.

Also, how does this translate to when Junjie comes into play? Are they just like "omfg A SECOND CHILD TRYING TO BE AN ADULT???" and they send him books on Western Cavern culture and spirituality and slinging history and also more treats and a little money because he's gotta make a living somehow in the West while trapped and he has nothing to his name??? like. Damn. these peeps should be important side characters!!!

Seeing your last post how much you want to bet Kords family( even if we never got to know or see them) would try to adopt Eli,Trixxe, and maybe pronto ( might be a little stretched)

Because I feel Kord would go on and on about his teammates whenever he got a chance to contact his family and seeing that makes them feel happy knowing their son/brother is doing well.

What do you think?🤔

Honestly, I think the chances are pretty high, especially for Eli.

Like imagine

"Hey ma, pa, sorry for not calling,"

"No worries Kord, we saw the news"

"So it's true, your out slinging with Will Shane's son!"

"Yeah, yeah! Trying to take down Blakk and all that"

"What's Eli Shane like son?"

"Oh, uh he's a good kid, little odd, but that's given for a Shane."

"How is he?"

"What?"

"Kord Zane! That boys father is dead and he's stepping into the man's shoes to try and fill them! Did you seriously not ask if he was okay? Or offer your condolences???"

"IM SORRY!"

"That's it! What's the address of this Hideout? I'm sending that boy a care package!"

Trixie is just happy to be there, talking with Kords mom and dad, they remind her of her own

While Eli is just trying not feel like he's intruding. Boys got major mommy and daddy issues. And he does not want to project but after a hot minute he relaxes.

I would like to think Kords parents send the gang individual care packages every few weeks.

Pronto would probably get the weird uncle/family friend treatment tbh

...What happened to Shane men drafted during the military throughout the 20th century

like actually? I feel like, because of the secret, the Shane Family would always be sure to have a big family; siblings, cousins, grandparents, the like. But they don't! Not that we know of, and if we don't know about them by now I don't think they would help Eli or Slugterra that much at this point.

could family decide to cut contact over their Slugterra journeys? Maybe, but that wouldn't explain how the family basically windled down to three.

...what would, is the 20th century. Up on the surface, there were plenty of surface wars (regardless of what country we think the Shanes lived in) that they would have automatically been drafted in. And being good marksman before the drafting age...they would be on the line of fire. And maybe be as heroic as they thought of themselves to be in Slugterra.

One uncle lost in 1916, a sibling lost in Vietnam; not to mention the Shane woman, who probably offered their services too.

like sometimes I wonder what complicated family plots happened for the Shane's to be so lacking in numbers, but then I remember that, you didn't need backstabbings to die in these wars . A lot of deadly things were happening the past century on the surface, especially to a family used to combat and would maybe feel obligated to help the surface out.

Sorry this is a gruesome and out of left field thought. I just think that the wars of the 20th century couldn't be avoided by them, and perhaps that contributed heavily as to why, in the shows time, Eli's got not much family left.