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ACTUAL BRAINWORMS AHEAD ABOUT TROY

i like actually have SO many thoughts about troy yall dont understand. i have so much to say that i dont remember ANY OF IT TO PUT HERE.

its also been to the point that like. its all i think about. its so bad rn too bc i ran outta both my antidepressants and adhd meds (fuck pharmacies theyre all a pain in the ass omg) and so my brain is this mushy slurry of just. troy troy troy wonderlust runt troy troy blink troy. i literally could not focus at work today i had to write in my journal so that i didn't implode.

anyways after this point there are spoilers so dont read on. i woulda tagged it but this post is gonna be so rambly and full of my brainworms that i dont know if i wanna tag this at all lmao. so anyways yeah brainrot brainworms warning if you read ahead,

so yeah i have some like ideas on what troys whole deal is (besides being our [recovering :3] asshole nepo baby).

like first of all, 100% trans coded (like all of charlies characters, like wtf how is this cis guy better at being trans than i am??). please let it be canon i am begging

second, im torn between the theories of him being a little clockwork guy or being a hybrid (like runt and blink n the reclaim guys). its hard to tell what's cannon and what is troy mode comedy shit, but it seems like we may not have ever canonically? gotten a description/confirmation of what is actually under troys suit, and obviously not what may be under his skin. if he is a hybrid that could have some really fucked up connotations asw

third, whats his deal with his family? it's basically been confirmed that his mom's dead (or otherwise just OUT of the picture). his dad is around, for a bit i was SO convinced his dad was gonna be the inventor. either way, whats the deal between them? just nepo neglect? or something worse? i have a feeling either way i WILL be ugly crying. again. to jrwi. about a charlie character. and also siblings?? he said he had a brother. but then when the yort appeared he said he always wanted a brother? so maybe bad relationship there too?

also??? like his character growth?? the amount he has started to be able to convey his respect and care for the team. i love the little part about runt having an actual feeling of looking up to him when they sled down the mountain. they are so sibling coded. troy and blink's little arc was so good too (also like. malewife troy. all im saying about that). and his whole thing in ep 22, the way he was able to twist the perceptions people have of him, and even the fucked up shit he has done, to manipulate (gaslight gatekeep girlboss) his way through that situation. and the team letting him take the reigns!!!!! anyways this makes me wanna compile a list of my fave quotes/interactions/moments/etc from the campaign. i just might.

i genuinely dont know why im SO attached to this goddamn character. theoretically? i should hate him. he is like, literally antithetical to everything i am and stand for. literally a foil to who i am as a person. but like???? idk. as ive said before he's the first character ive ever understood and felt the "i can fix them" thing about lmao. and he has shown character growth,

and to me he seems. misguided? maybe even hurt? by those around him. it seems like those who should have nurtured him failed him. and like. i really empathize that. i kinda feel that a little too much (but from a different lens bc i am the furthest thing from a nepo baby lmfao). and not to psychoanalyze him (more), it seems to me that maybe deep down he thinks very lowly of himself. bro is literally prince charming but was surprised when aeon called him pretty boy?? like i mean obv, he's not the brightest guy around, but i also think he should give himself more credit where its due, and he might not appreciate his achievements enough and seems to beat himself down when he doesnt reach his own standards. he also seems very touch starved (or just. any [authentic] slightly positive interaction starved in general)

or maybe im just projecting too hard onto him oops lmao. thats the vibe i get tho

if you read all this i think youre probably just as ill as i am about this guy and like. respect. or maybe youre just bored or thought there would be something smart in here, in which case i deeply apologize for my word vomit

anyways i think im gonna go rewatch wonderlust from the start for like the fifth time. or riptide for the like 12th (god give us our funy lil pirates back!!!) because. i lobv them

yay jrwi origins comic yaaay

My theory on what Paeon is/their identity

I think it's Goobleck. I think it's a Goobleck clone that came to that world and gained a bunch of intelligence. I'm confident in my theory.

ep 4: arms race

welcome to ep 4, i dont think i have anything to preface this with so just umm SPOILERS AHEAD

0:02:52 grizz (as runt): "dragon deez nuts across yo forehead!" troy: "dude what" grizz: "she didn't say that in character, okay?!"

0:03:12 troy: (to the dragon nuzzling runt) "dude she told you to STOP" troy proceeds to be an ass and almost kill blink (on accident but. like.) (the one time i really actually hate troy's actions, i forgot that he basically tried to punt a dog, i can't really defend him here. i mean he probably is really shaken up and has been thru a lot in a short period of time, likely lowkey traumatic, but like. still. its fucked up. i just ignore that he did this lmfao)

0:05:20 blink: "WHY WOULD YOU ATTACK THE DRAGON??" troy: "IT BREATHED FIRE ON ME!!" runt: "don't fuckin do that again!" blink: "yeah they do that, thats- dragons- dragons do that!" troy: "well-" bizly: "you know that" troy: "i know that!" (laughter ensues) blink: "sometimes it singes a little bit!" runt: "you're way too fuckin fast to- to resort to violence!" troy: (mid getting chewed out) "one second there's something shiny over there"

0:08:46 grizz: (just got done explaining the really cool shit runt got, after condi had talked about the cool thing blink got) bizly: "alright, troy?" charlie (as troy): "alright, that's a really cool sled" bizly: "so wh- what- what i-" charlie (as troy): "um yah i mean, i- im gonna take that" bizly: "just a sled? charlie (as troy): "yeah" bizly: "there's just a sled?" condi: "just a really cool sled" bizly: "is there like a.. a thing about it, specifically?" charlie (as troy): "um. i already told you" bizly: "that it's-it's cool?" charlie (as troy): "its a really cool sled" bizly: (hype voice) "alright, troy you find a cool sled! dude, and you know what- and you know what's crazy about it? its like, sick." charlie (as troy): "it is sick" condi: "it looks sick, yeah" charlie (as troy) : "dude, they got everything here."

0:12:02 runt: "so i don't really know how this would be possible, but if i'm reading this right, there's like a- a.. particle translator? basically it teleports you from one place to another" troy: "in english- in english!" runt: "yeah, it basically, you be here now, you step on the thing, and you are somewhere else, instantly." troy: "in english" runt: "you go somewhere else. fast" troy: "fine." (runs away)

0:15:25 blink: "you're kidding me- you're- TROY YOU'RE FUCKING KIDDING ME- YOU'RE FUCKING KIDDING ME, TROY" troy: "how would i be kidding you, he's right here" runt: (hands in the air) "they fuckin kid- they- they kidnapped me!" blink: "that- is THAT WHY YOU CAME UP TO ME?? IS THAT WHY YOU CAME UP TO ME SPECIFICALLY AND BEGGED ME FOR HELP?" troy: "yeah that's why i was telling you i had to stick with you no matter what" runt: "help! i've been fucking kidnapped! help! they- they kidnapped me, th- they brought me down here!" blink: "RUNT?? YOU TOO- oh god.." troy: "no this is a good idea- she kidnapped me!" runt: "i- i didn't fuckin do that!" aeon: "this is an interesting place here. kidnappin kids?" runt: "EXACTLY what the- wrong- what the fuck is wrong with you?" troy: "dude, what is- seriously, you have a problem." blink: "are you two serious right now??" (another long one but this is funny asf, troy & runt whispering and plotting to sneak away is so good)

0:16:45 blink: "troy, don't you- don't say a word!" troy: "i'm not sayin anything!" runt: "i'm not sayin anything either!" troy: "we're not sayin anything!"

0:17:00 runt: "this is my boy yort, he's got his tail stuck in his pants" troy yort?: "hey listen, i dunno what your- what your game is here, i dunno what your deal is, but these guys--they helped me get this really cool sled, and if you get any closer to me, i will hit you with it! and it's really cool so you'll prolly instantly die." runt: "he's got a weapon, but he is kidnapped!" troy yort: "i've got a- and i'm crazy, too." /.../ runt: "this guy's fuckin dangerous!" yort: "i'm super dangerous!" blink: "what do you mean bringing one of these guys down here, he fell down the hole and i was trying to help him get back up-" yort troy??: (literally starts barking) blink: "-and from the sounds of it- what?? is your PROBLEM troy??" aeon: "they're even worse than i thought"

0:18:31 aeon: "who's the rugrat?" runt: "who the fuck did you just call a rugrat i swear to fucking god, what's the fucking problem-" troy: "dude, runt, do you wanna escalate this? cuz i am down to escalate this- i do not appreciate the way you are talking to her!" runt: "do you- do you know where you are? cuz i don't think you know where you are-" troy: "do you fuckin know who she is? she is fuckin smartest girl in the world- she's in your fuckin head, dude." runt: "yknow what? that's it" (charges up her shit) troy: (readies his sled) runt: "you better watch yourself, okay, i'm kidnapping YOU now"

0:19:34 troy: "ah- there's no shot, i mean i think we should just beat the shit out of these guys" runt: "for once, i'm with you!" troy: "that's what i'm fuckin sayin!" (fistbumps runt) runt: "let's do it!"

0:22:05 bizly: "this boomerang comes down and slashes at your face, with the spikes on the front of it. and- it gives you a big long cut along the side of your face." (this visual is cool and i love the idea of troy now having a cool scar) troy: "alright, you just fucked up the moneymaker" aeon: "yknow, i was gonna bring you back to the surface, but now i think you're going to stay down here with me." troy: "why would stay with someone who threw a boomerang at me??" (beats the absolute living shit out of her with his sled)

0:23:55 the imagery and flavoring for blink using magic missile is so cool

0:25:44 blink: "dude they're- ah shit, they're air juggling you!" troy: "ah fuck, dude- they're juggling me!" blink: "no get away from the wall- get away from the wall they're gonna combo you!" troy: "i'm comboed dude, i'm in it- i'm getting wall bounced, i'm getting fucking wall bounced" blink: "they're gonna wall break you- dude they're wall breaking- ah shit" troy: "dude, they're mixing me up! they're mixing me up this isn't fair!" runt: "your bones kinda look like jello right now"

0:31:33 condi: "bizly, would it ruin everything if i burnt this place down so they couldn't get anything from here?" bizly: "no" grizz (as runt): "we are all in here" charlie (as troy): "dude, i'm just in a pile of grease, i'll be fine!"

0:32:14 TURBO TROY

0:36:11 runt: "my gam gams says that two wrongs don't make a right. and there's a lotta smoke in here" (coughing) "theres like fuckin- it's fillin up, i will leave your ass!" blink: "troy, she's already got a bad cough" troy: "ah shit, alright, alright, no worries, alright" runt: "it's not that fuckin bad, it's just the smoke!" troy: "dude it's all good, listen, i'm the team captain and i'm ready to go down for the ship, you guys get outta here!" runt: "word!" (cackling ensues) blink: "okay- i mean, yeah, that's one- that's another thing off the checklist, cool, um just need to deliver this letter now." (okay but. troy willing? to literally die for them ,, (and them just lowkey being like aight bet tho lmfao))

0:37:29 runt: "lets think this through, okay? if he dies in the fire, then that's one less problem we gotta deal with. he DID say he was gonna go up there and- and- and tell his fuckin father, who makes those fuckin soldiers" (coughing) "that we live down here, and that's gonna be a big fuckin problem, don't you think? plus, also, don't you kinda get a murderous vibe from this guy? what's stopping him from turning his sled on us next?" blink: "shit, you're right, but-" runt: "-and it's getting really hot in here," troy: (in the distance) "IM GOING TURBO" (banging his sled on things) (dude is NOT helping his case) blink: (looks at runt, somber look in his eye) "i can't just let him die."

0:40:40 (troy showing his loyalty and willingness to do anything for those he views as belonging to his team) (for better or worse)

0:41: 12 grizz (as runt): "runt math- 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25- alright, 25, i dont give a fuck, i count on my fingers" charlie (as troy): "fuck yeah, runt math!!"

0:41:38 bizly: "dude just imagining you like standing there, saying 'ah shit,,, fuck,,' with A DAGGER IN YOUR CHEST is REALLY KINDA FUCKIN NUTS DUDE" (mimics getting stabbed in the chest) "'aw shit dude, .. wait fuck,, fuck dawg!'"

0:43:10 TROY'S DOWN IN THE GODDAMN FIRE

0:47:54 elevator tequila!

0:48:10 runt: (stabalizes troy) "i woulda done that for that fuckin chick that you like, had the hots for, but uh- they pulled her away!" blink: "i don't have 'the hots' for her." runt: "really? you seen she fuckin beat- beat the shit out of him, well, actually- blink: "-she's just a childhood friend okay? i don't wanna hurt her. there's a lotta history there." runt: ".. how long's this elevator ride?" blink: "i dunno, we came down a long way" runt: (singing along to the tequila elevator music) "tequila!"

0:48:49 runt can convene with god (which actually in retrospect is nuts cuz she eventually does convene with (a) god?? lmao)

0:49:13 blink: (explaining his history w/ aeon) (as runt had literally asked) runt: "woah, the fuck- way to trauma dump! oh my gawd" /.../ runt: "so like- how does- how does that translate into becoming the mailman??"

0:51:09 (charlie's wiggling pretending to be slapped awake by runt is so funny)

addendum: this one ended up insanely long w/ like every piece of dialogue again lmfao (they're too good at being funny and entertaining lmfao) (out of curiosity i calculated it and w/ 26 moments i included here, and this ep being ~56.5 minutes (including! the stuff before/after the actual content) something funny happened, according to my standards, approx. every 2 minutes,, oops)

wonderlust favorite moments/interactions/scenes/etc + notes from multiple rewatches

this is a collection of all my favorite moments, scenes, interactions, and so on (as well as interesting observations that ive noticed through my multiple rewatches) from wonderlust. this is mostly for myself lmao

NOTE: so far, i only got thru ep 1 because. im tired and its almost 4 am lmao. i do wanna get thru all the eps for this tho so :3

style conventions(so i rember qwq): things are listed chronologically, by episode, with timestamps (h:mm:ss). i also (vaguely) color coded dialogue, just the PCs w/ their colors (troy in red, runt in purple, blink in green). if there is dialogue between the lines im highlighting, there will be "/.../" followed by the next line im including. finally, additional notes/thoughts/etc from me will be in small text, italicized parenthases (like this)

this will be updated as i rewatch episodes or watch new episodes :]

WARNING: beyond this point, there WILL be spoilers. proceed at your own risk!

ps: if there is anything that isnt here that you think is worthy, feel free to add on! also, there are very likely typos and/or formatting errors so. oopsie :3 (did try my best to make sure there werent)

pps: many of these will likely involve troy because im so brainrot for this guy but i do really love them all and their dynamics :3

episode 1: one man's trash

0:06:14 troy: "well then- the the fuckin uh, i gue- i guess they'll- i guess they'll fuckin- i guess when they- i guess-"

0:07:42 baby's first troy math

0:11:50 the incident

0:17:30 troy: "my names troy and i'm never gonna die!" (this note was taken when ep 23 was the latest--so far its true, but i suppose we'll see if it continues to do so)

0:37:30 this whole interaction with runt and her cousins is just adorable and i lobv it

0:45:43 ♪♫ you gotta be careful, little runt ♫♪

0:46:40 runt: "you're goddamn right uncle threestrings, why don't they give you a record deal?" uncle threestrings: "....... hohh.." (also charlie's face during this reacting to the song lmfao)

0:47:22 uncle threestrings: "if you don't come back-" runt: "ah-" uncle threestrings: "-if you don't-" runt: "i will come back." uncle threestrings: "i just need to know somethin... how many cups do ya think they got up there?"

0:58:06 pinch: "doppler we need to break this thing or somethin-" runt: "no, don't- don't break it :[" /.../ runt: "i wanna keep it!"

1:14:24 runt: "they got this big fuckin circle in the sky too, what the fuck is that?" uncle threestrings: ".. circle? who made that?" runt: "i don't know!" uncle threestrings: "how'd they put it there?"

1:28:08 cut: "she want another one?" blink: "gran- yeah, granny granite wants a slice of cake, she took my package. you know how it is, this happens every time!" cut: "i'm gonna run out, i'm gonna run out, she's just gonna eat it all-" blink: "how! how are you gonna run out?! what do you mean-" cut: "she's just gonna eat it all!" blink: "but she's so old and slow!" (i love blink's outbursts lmfao)

1:33:05 immediate simping for aeon as her design is revealed ("id let her beat me up" lmfao)

1:37:07 (realizing i didn't put together before how he somehow got his steamsled back, obv upon rewatch i know it's because of his capture but just interesting to think about how that slipped by me the first time and catching it in subsequent watches)

1:37:51 baby's first "YOU DUDE" blink: (starts running) troy: "don't play hard to get with me dude, i'll fucking catch you, i'll fucking catch you no matter how fuckin long you run i will keep running, i'm an endurance animal of a human being" (sprinting) "you can flee now- i can track you, dude"

1:39:45 (cont. from scene above, somewhat) troy: "dude, there's no need to be such a fucking freak-" blink: "what the fuck-" troy: "-i'm just trying to talk to you-" blink: "-what the fuck are you-" troy: "-i just wanted to say... i just wanted to tell you that i'm fuckin cool, and you have gotta run with me, dude, if you wanna make it down here."

1:40:31 troy believes he's at furcon, blink calls him fantasy slurs (also he "loves birds" wauw)

1:42:17 here troy says that blink's his only ticket out, and when blink asks why him troy says he's not supposed to tell him :0

1:43:06 troy: "oh, yeah, i do have a combrussion"

1:47:00 bizly: (rolls a two against troy & blink's stealth) "dude, a two, a TWO, you're fine! you're fine." charlie (in troys voice): "yah, dude i fuckin know,"

1:49:06 the making of yort (& knilb)

1:50:12 blink: "let's-let's tackle this one thing at a time, okay?" troy yort: "alright, dude, i'm fuckin, i'm yort"

1:51:45 troy yort: "have you ever heard the saying, one guy's trash is another dude's.. fuckin,,.. coo- like- fuckin shit."

1:52:22 blink: "i don't wanna- i'm gonna be frank, the more you talk, the more i don't want to help you." troy yort: "dude, who the FUCK is frank, dude? why do you wanna be him? we already got you a cool name??"

1:54:09 troy yort: "cogs? we literally, like, live, breathe, and eat cogs up there, man. i mean, we also use it as money, but you know what i mean. we DONT eat, breathe, or live it, we just use it as money."

1:54:40 cloudspire hoohah rise up

1:54:46 blink: "what are you saying??" troy yort: "dude, you are just ridiculous, man, i-i don't even know where to start. i mean like, so basically, i'm like the shit."

1:55:12 just a straight roll like man and woman missionary fuckin dude fucking a woman straight roll troy yort: "honestly sometimes i think about guys"

1:57:20 (i just love how, even tho troy JUST met blink, he's already so willing to back him up. he doesn't quite understand when he DOES need to stand down but i think it does show he's never been a fully awful person.)

1:57:57 blink: "well we got some, uh, some tetanus shots in here. a few of them have been poked by granny- granny granite, so be careful about that, she's very pokey." arch: "wouldn't want anyone to catch whatever she's got, hahaha!" troy yort: "i'm not sayin anything" baby's first i'm not sayin anything (this whole interaction is so fuckin funny to me)

2:00:42 troy yort: "i don't understand why this is happening?!" blink: "i already told you!!" troy yort: "i didn't say anything!" blink: "you kept saying you weren't saying anything!!!" troy yort: "i thought that's what you wanted!! you need to be CLEAR!!"

2:02:36 bizly: "a blunt arrow comes whizzing by your head." charlie (as troy yort): "fuckin what i just smoke it" once again charlie is possessed by troy

2:06:28 the bit with the old woman and her dead husband's pan and her second husband

2:09:18 graphite's rock and the painting (troy yort keeping the rock after too is so real, i love rocks :3)

2:11:36 troy: "hey graphite, dude, can i level with you?" graphite: ".... suuuuure?" troy: "alright, sick, cuz i think i get some hp from that. maybe some other little goodies." graphite: "you just say things, don't you?" troy: "troy"

times not real quit your day job to watch hit dnd podcast jrwi

bat at hornets nest maybe but "there is no ethical consumption under capitalism" refers to low income communities needing to choose between survival vs being eco friendly. not you continuing to watch the harry potter movies

jesus christ it's hot today

i feel like i'm dying lmao

i cant wait for the next wonderlust episode acrually i wanna see troy’s family SO BAD