Eli Shane And Junjie Be Like

as a classical musician who's had to desperately try to explain why YOUR FAVORITE OPERA SHOULD NOT BE CARMAN, I pass this on hoping tumblr is more open than my peers :)

Anyway, daily reminder from a culturally isolated Romani person.

Gypsy does not mean wanderer.

It literally means ‘people from egypt’ or similar, as europeans believed Romani people were from Egypt. It has become known similar to nomad due to how our ancestors have been forced to be nomadic due to racism and ostracization, but it is a SLUR.

Romani people are STILL being forcibly sterilized.

Romani people are STILL being forced into ghettos.

Romani people are still facing violence and danger in countless European countries- and recently, I’ve seen the beginnings of the extremes in the United States.

Have a little fucking respect and DON’T USE A SLUR THAT’S BEEN USED FOR CENTURIES AGAINST US.

And for the love of whatever’s up there, ESPECIALLY do not use it to describe your witchcraft. It is playing on the ‘magic gypsy’ trope, and is EXTREMELY insulting.

non romani people, please reblog this.

can't wait to explain this to my kids in the future

horrifying thought for the day:

*takes big breathe* HOW DOES MARRIAGE WORK IN SLUGTERRA?!?

like, how do our religious and secular norms of things translate to down there? How does it legally affect couples in terms of owning property? And healthcare?!?

honestly, do they HAVE marriage as a concept legally? It's pretty anarchist/capitalist down there. Would they even HAVE a legal mechanism to tie 2 ppl together like that?

...genuinely, maybe they don't, or only some caverns do.

my honorable brain rot buddy, I would like to brain rot some more on this.

one: I don't see tads mom as a plot hole; more like a plot Pandora's box. They could basically do anything with her. But without something...yeah, a bit hallow. I like your idea though. I find compelling the idea that, whoever Blakk has a kid with, shares some type of ambition, just on the side of exploration instead of power. Like a more cynic view of a gar revelle type character.

Two: this is what makes blakk's irrationally ONLY for Eli so good! He wants power and will stoop to any level to get it, but besides that, he's perfectly fine with the world being a fair and just place. This will get overshadowed by ambition (grown from trauma of course), but if it doesn't interfere, he's fine w a lot of things. It's where all the "blakk is a chill boss sometimes" memes come from, and actually contributes to my personal headcanon that he's fruity!

but Eli. Eli Shane. And will Shane, and jimmo Shane. All pretense of "well if they're not in my way it's fine" flies out the window. Their mere existence (after ep 2/3, like u mentioned) is a hinderence, so Blakk stoops to his lowest. And the animosity BUILDS. Like blakk in ROTE wants Eli to suffer so BADLY that he gives up his team's win? Just to keep him alive? so the full story of his character is: femenist as long as it doesn't negatively effect him. When it effects him, he rationally destroys the obstacle. And if your the Shane's...it crosses into an irrational hate, at some point, where the original ideal of "anything for power" crosses into the sadistic, how is this in a kids show, "anything for a power that would harm the Shane's". it's actually a good representation of how anyone can fall into evil. Be situational instead of steadfast with your feminism, and you excuse yourself for some bad shit. and when ppl don't like what your doing to them, you hold grudges, which situationally, are super logical to keep...at first...till suddenly, when you plan out what world you wanna live in, it literately MUST include the suffering of those enemies. It's a toxic pool to fall into. We see that constantly in the real world...

I love this show.

"Sad Mage, you fool, Dr. Blakk can't be a feminist he's-" [gets smacked with a pan]

"Silence heathen, you know not my reasons!"

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First, to quote a fic i read

"Im a businessman, not a monster" - Dr. Thaddius Blakk

And i have never agreed more.

Blakk is a horrible guy with little to no redeeming qualities, but here's the thing-

He's not like, a major d¡cƙ either.

Sure, he's a jerk to a lot of his employees, but he's not outright crule either.

Remember, Thaddius Blakk was once a traumatized kid who was to claw his way to the top. And probably witnessed a punch of messed up crap while Viggo Dare was still in charge.

And FYI a true feminist cares about men's problems

Blakk is equally himself to just about everyone he meets, you know what your getting into when you get involved with a guy like him.

Blakk does not care if you are man, woman human, elf, Moleinoid, Cave Troll, have money, or are a poor orphan on the street - all the man cares about is whether or not you're useful.

Feminism, at its core, is equality for women and men. To be on equal footing in every possible way. No discrimination. Just equal rights and equal fights.

[This next bit is kinda a tangent, tbh but i feel like it helps explain my 'Blakk genuinely dose not care' mindset]

Hell, he tried to convince Eli he wasn't all that bad when they first met, and had it not been for Burpy and the suddenly showing the young Shane that Ghoul Slug, Blakk might have convinced Eli he wasn't a threat had things just played out differently.

Blakk didn't officially become Eli's antagonist until Eli declined any sort of 'professional relationship' with him and then declare 'war' in episode 3. Because at that moment before being turned down, Eli Shane, was useful in some capacity. Even if that usefulness would have involved a lot of manipulation.

On top of that, he doesn't undermine Trixie either. While he may not personally know her name, he knows enough that Trixie Sting is an obstacle and a threat. And treats her as such.

And probably made sure his henchmen knew as much.

Then there's Dana

He went out of his way to higher one of the best Highered Marks just to track Dana down, get his blaster back, and get rid of her. Blakk, could easily not care about something like a Blaster, Blakk Industries makes them for crying out loud, he probably has a collection of them! But he goes out of his way to get that one Blaster back from Dana, and then make an example of her. Even went as far as to show up in-person to make sure.

A thing, he wouldn't do just for anyone.

Blakk's fits are rated E for Everyone

The man does not care who you are, prove yourself useful, he'll pull the strings to get you on his side, prove to be a nuisance, and you'll be dealt with accordingly regardless of who you are.

Hence me HCing the man as a Feminist.

You can stand on business, have upstanding morals, all while still being a horrible individual.

It's like Odalia from TOH. She doesn't care, Amity is into girls, she just doesn't like Luz and the rest of her daughters friends because 'their beneath them', and she wants to rule over the Demon Realm.

Same thing with Emperor Belos/Philip. The guy grew up during the era of witch hunts, yet two of his most trusted individuals were women(or female identifying). While he was going to ultimately pull off the biggest witch extermination in history, he didn't care who was working for him, as long as they were useful and fulfilled a purpose. He doesn't underestimate Luz for being a girl, just young and nieve, before getting bitch slapped with the reality this human is more resourceful then he was.

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Now to touch on something @mrros-e my brain rot buddy in crime mentions in the tags.

How Blakk being a Feminist effects his relationship with whomever Tads mom was.

Jokes on you, friend, because i hc Tad is an oops, baby.

Yeah, that's right, Blakk had a fling with a lady, and she got knocked up and didn't tell Blakk sht

I don't know where the idea of Blakk having to have been married or even a committed relationship to have a baby spawned from, but with as much networking that guy probably had to do while building up Blakk Industries it's safe to assume he met ppl and had a few casual flings.

One of which resulted in Tad.

(And this is not me discrediting/bashing the hc of Blakk having a wife/romance partner, I think its an interesting concept and adds onto Blakk still being a human even though he may act like a monster, a concept i very much so like and will champion because i love complex villains like Blakk. But for the sake of this particular narrative and the limited clues given in cannon, lets pretend otherwise)

The woman, somehow leaving Slugterra and to the Surface, is a plot whole (let's be real, it is). But ignoring it, and just assume the lady was a Surface dweller who would sneak down to Slugterra for fun, and met Blakk by chance.

And when she did realize she was pregnant, she had a choice, and at first she wanted to tell Blakk, he was the baby's father after all, but by then Blakk had developed his reputation, and when she tried some probably thought she was after his money or something.

You know, because people suck.

So by the time Blakk learned of the pregnancy, the Lady had returned to the Surface and swore off coming down to Slugterra ever again. (For reasons)

Blakk probably tried to track her down, but was stumped because there where no records of her ever exiting in Slugterra, and then he remembered bits of their conversations, and how it sounded like she wasn't from Slugterra but the mythical world above.

Thus, his obsession with Shane Secrets begins.

I have a completely different post in my drafts I'm working on, but it relates to this a bit, and the gist of it is, Blakk would have support the woman who was pregnant and any decisions she made, but also given Tad everything he didn't have as a kid.

Again, absolutely horrible individuals can have completely, perfectly normal morals and standards. You can have a monster, give them a humanizing trate, and still be irredeemable.

Dr. Thaddius Blakk is a villain of the highest degree, but he has standards damn it.

This was an incoherent rant of a Mage in desperate need of sleep

Peace ♤

Breaking News: angst writer writes complete fluff for the first time

Reports indicate the seem to enjoy not crying while writing this one-shot, thought the final scene is not yet written. Stay tuned for more updates!

Good, it means we'll be able to build up the young!Will content in the fandom! Keep on soldier, I shall join you when Shane's Get Hurt is complete!!!

I am currently working on something, and all I have to say for myself is this:

Will Shane is just a silly little guy, your honor! He's silly, very un-serious, and just wants to have fun before getting bonked with the trauma hammer

please, please let my be a be a substitute teacher this year while I take my exams, oh great employment jelly!!!

Slugterra: a cautionary tale on why queer people need to stay friends with their ex's

breaking news: new york certified therapists see surge of clients as the magical awe-inspiring chaoticly fun shit-show IMMENSELY ENTERTAINING new york mets lose to the second most basic "oh look theyre good again" team ever, making their way for the most basic "oh look 2 teams that are always good" match up ever seen like ever

Unless......please my dudes please

SHANE GANG BLAKK INDUSTRIES - HEADCANNONS #3 : Uh, this is a Wendy's? [Edition]

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☆ Part 1 ☆ Part 2

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There is a group chat for all the highered Slingers. And no, it is in no way professional.

Everyone has stupid Users and the chat name changes at least five times a day on average.

There is a group chat for the regular day to day workers, but it's far more casual and general updates.

Twist is an annoying little shit.

^Constant bragging about being 'Blakk's apprentice'

C.C. loves to rub it in Twist's face Blakk picked him for the mission in 'Lightwell'

Everyone dogs on Saturday for falling for Eli's bluff in 'Mission Improbable'

Saturday retaliates by hypnotizing them for a while until Blakk tells him to stop.

Everyone loves Maurice

I don't care Maurice is the best and everyone(Blakk included) would kill for the man

Maurice is the only one able to even be able to talk some level of sense into Blakk

It is no secret that our of everyone in Blakk Industries, Blakk trusts Maurice the most, seeing as how Blakk is actually nice to him(though its probably because they have known each other for years)

Locke and Lode are actually smarter than people give them credit for, they just just bicker so much that they tend to forget what's going on around them.

Blakk, is a feminist, interpret that as you will

When Sedo approached Blakk to work for him, he promised that once he became King of Molemound Blakk could do whatever he wanted.

Twist sometimes has, regrets, about working for Blakk but then remembers how he used to live

^he sometimes has dream about what life would have been like if he hadn't double crossed the Shane Gang

There had been, hundreds of jokes in regards to El Diablos Nacho and his name

none are said in ear shot because no one wants to die :)

Quintin drank way to much coffee and had so little sleep while developing the Titan Tanks

Blakk Industries is surprisingly inclusive for a company run by an eco terrorist

Billy and the rest of the Hooligang are annoying little shits, but in the endearing way

Billy and Twist hate each other

NO ONE TRUSTED THE DARK BANE NOT EVEN BLAKK HIMSELF

A lot of the staff are huge SlugBall fans

So when Primo Presto started on the pay roll they were psyched because they could get SlugBall tickets for an even cheepier price

^Blakk Industries sells tickets for various events at a reduced price to its employees to help with moral (for the record, this is a legit thing companies can do, my mom's company dose it)

say what you will, the cafeteria serves good food

Not everyone working there agrees with the Ghouling but some people just really need the money

Since Eli Shane happened, there have been prank calls coming in

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"Blakk Industries, Bringing you Tomorrow's Yesterday Today, My name is Steve, how can I help you?"

"So you sell Ligma?"

"... Ligma? whats Ligma I-"

"LIGMA BALLS" [hangs up]

"... what the fu-"

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"Blakk Industries, Bringing you Tomorrow's Yesterday Today, My name is Camron, how can I help you?"

[Caller starts trauma dumping]

"... uh... this is a corporate manufacturing company-"

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"Blakk Industries, Bringing you Tomorrow's Yesterday Today, My name is Aaron, how can I help you?"

[Caller proceeds to spend four and a half hours on the phone, making a custom order for like 1000+ gold Mecha]

"Alright sir, is that everything?"

"yup"

"perfect! be for I submit your request, as per Blakk Industries policy-"

"wait- Blakk Industries? I thought I was talking to someone form the Beast Forge! agh! never mind-"[hangs up]

"... SO I DID ALL THAT FOR NOTHING!?!? @#%$!"

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No one is paid enough to deal with it lmao

They host parties ranging form birthday parties for employees to grand gala's

^Clearly inspired by the Blakk Gala community event

There was a debate on weather or not to fish Blite out of the Cavern of Time

It was ultimately a no

Darius (the guy posing as the head of the Beast Forge that one ep) knows nothing about Mecha Beast's

Blakk attempted to bribe Judge Logan once before Blakk Industries really took off, Blakk ended up working hard labour for six months until Maurice came to get him

Twist is actually friends with an Arachnoid, don't ask how, it just happened.

Viggo Dare did try to get his 'gang' back from Blakk once.

Viggo Dare was never seen leaving Blakk's office.