a brand new shiny commentary post!!
coming in hot, Abel has done some inner child healing and is ready to move forward with a new cabin 
I updated his last night, had lots of fun planning it out. he has made sure to create a specific work space. and that is definitely not a cuck chair in his bedroom, that's for reading thank you.
because apparently it's important to have separation between work and fun according to Fitz. l
"reading" chair, uh huh suuuure Abel 
he swears it is. at now at least it's in a separate room so the only people who might comment on it are the ones he's probably already sleeping with anyways which is just fine with him 
Heads up I'm going to drop a few threads for the new year! If it seems like I dropped a thread that you were still interested in, let me know and I'll pick it back up!
SCREAMING
why scree
Hanna learning is so good
oh Hanna...good boy
I was going to ping you, but here you are xD Sokie helped too.
cannibalherpes Look what Conrad did, LOOK AT IT
yeah she was ticked off with Hanna for Conrad's sake
that's a good point, Hanna! But Cheradenine means it a bit more literally
SWING AND A MISS
This is why he doesn't talk about feelings, dude.
One, was vulnerable and made it very obvious that he's had to learn that lesson somehow and also now he looks like the asshole assuming that his buddy got dumped by his girl cause he did some really fucking shitty things.
Not me laughing at him, but still. GOOD PROGRESS.
A few months ago he'd not even give it a second thought
oh, getting dumped would be way simpler than what he's got going on
Hanna has no idea but he feels like maybe he's underqualified for this.
probably
but he's a good friend and Cheradenine needs that
He's good at listening at least when he feels like someone needs it.
listening is important
Awwwwwwwwwww
THANKS FOR THE EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONRAD
Anytime, Hanna!
Now if only he can get over his horrible abandonment issues
Blackletter Abel's probably very accurate telling of a complaint he received about his previous cabin.
Yes. Norton has a lot of "I'd like to speak to the manager" energy.
not me giggling about the look on Abel's face if and when Norton said "you live in a closet"
Fitz....what is he going to do with you
If anyone could bully/tease Abel into pole dancing when he doesn't actually know what he's doing it's Shaw. Ihdreniel
good
If he cracks his skull though it's her fault.
My character is 
about the stripping but I'm just imagining it like that Starfighter ET video that changed my life so woo
about the stripping but I'm just imagining it like that Starfighter ET video that changed my life so woo
Abel is healing his inner child, don't judge him Walter. he never got to do anything except study and sometimes ride his motorcycle.
and get dragged to social events to be paraded around.
at least he's a warden on the pole???
Also it's a great form of exercise, he's just learning a new work out if people are interested obviously. it's for work.
Me realizing how many dvds Vincent gave Hanna for Christmas.
I have watched a few godzilla movies....but looking more into this there are over 40 godzilla movies if truly it's 1954 to 2024 xD
yarnzipan This is truly amazing and I am a hundred percent sure he lost his shit when he realized this included movies he'd never even heard of/seen before.
...him telling anyone who will listen about how amazing Godzilla minus one is in the gazebo while he's supposed to be working.
Sheehan and Saga will love to hear it I bet
Trying to explain how impossibly cool and awful Shin godzilla is.
...trying to make origami shin godzilla
Oh my god xD
I think he gave someone a origami godzilla for christmas...
I cannot remember who
Make an origami shin godzilla with like, a fortune teller for a face so it can fold out. Horribly.
oh gosh that sounds funny and horrifying
I can see Hanna just ducking behind it making garbling noises
He'll give it fancy runes so it glows when you open it's face.
his master piece
beautiful
oh my god 
wow that is all mouth
I love it's beady little eyes xD
We are a godzilla loving house here
and Minus One is a favorite ngl
though I personally look forward to thinking of Hanna watching Final Wars
Final Wars is a cinematic masterpiece and it absolutely would be Vincent's favorite if it came out before his canon. As it is, he will fall in love as soon as they watch it.
I'm so bummed. like I tried to watch shin godzilla today and you can't stream it anywhere
we had to watch a fansub of minus one that skipped ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL LINES IN THE ENTIRE MOVIE
I'll have to watch it to make sure I can do it justice I haven't seen that one
ancillaries: NOOOOOO
ancillaries: I heard the original translation of a line was REALLY BAD and completely changed the context
Alexei carrying Ethan like a fucking toddler back to his cabin after he falls asleep at a table before midnight is adorable and I love this. Though he's going to be upset anyone let him fall asleep in a public space again, shame on y'all.
he isn't going to be drinking again for a while. that was enough fun for the next three months thanks.
All thoughts include the fact that if the collar is showing at all, no it's not, he's wearing a fucking turtleneck under that, thank you.
Vincent will be very supportive
Arthur would, with full sincerity that Hanna would appreciate the joke, very much offer him a genuinely nice zoot suit
it seems more his style than Arthur's suits
lksdf Oh my god. Hanna in a zoot suit...god that would have to be so tailored...
I mean, Hanna would love it, but the idea of that short, tiny man wearing the most fabric possible is hilarious to me xD
It's youth counter-culture Hanna. Embrace it
I kind of love the first and last ones you linked
first or second
"You are not a subtle man, Hanna."
also Will suggested warm woodsy colors for the clothes she's making for people other than him and Malcolm, which she'll mention if asked her opinion
I need to decide what I'm doing for Ulla's dress
I like the first one too...His favorite color is orange, so it really does suit him and he loves a pattern.
Arthur would definitely encourage warm colours, given the hair. he likes to do the same since his is chestnut, not as vibrant as Hanna but matchy matchy
first one is very good
Hanna and Ulla can go hang out in the greenhouse and he can pick flowers in the colors he likes for her to sing into a jacket
(I'm willing to play that out if you want to)
Hanna trying to explain that he wants his jacket to look like his mom's old curtains but not knowing how to a fishlady
Or his grandma's couch.
That'd be fun to play out if you'd like to <: He needs something fun to do since he's been going through it. Fun magic makes shit a little easier.
feel free to toss him at her inbox!
Hanna making Arthur an unofficial member of the unofficial club of soulless gingers on board.
I am probably not going to be able to tonight, but I am so down tomorrow after work!
he's brown with grey streaks, that's not very ginger of him
It's the principle of the thing, he has ginger energy sometimes. it's a compliment he promises.
erskine would suggest the second
the second one is also good
with jewelry
Jewelry on Hanna would be so cute, but that would be a hard sell.
would he accept some cufflinks and a watch if Vincent picked it out?
He could probably be convinced of a watch, but incredibly unsure about the cufflinks. He's a roll up your sleeves kind of guy and he'd be worried about losing them.
"What about a lapel pin? Or a tie clip?"
"...Lapel pins are kind of cool. And harder to lose" Because he'd be super bummed if he did lose something like that. He knows himself well enough that it's gotta be pinned down real good or else he's going to accidentally leave it somewhere and that's the end of that.
yarnzipan .....when your boyfriend at least has the courtesy to tell you he's ditching you for video games. 
haha
like "Hey babe, I'm uh, gonna go play video games on a Nintendo from the future, so I can give you a kiss early, or break into your room when we're done at like 5 am, dealers choice." 
he is taking alcohol to go. Who even knows it he will be sober by then.
loool
he's mostly going to be sad he missed the video games
depending on how well his brain works he might ask if Vinny can join, but at the moment it's more like....screaming about Nintendo
Oh man. IT STARTS
oops.
who is pointing out the flaw in Abel's approach?
John! I couldn't fit the whole thing in a phone screenshot
ah, John
the person he probably could have asked but didn't. because I think his list of people he asked advice from is funny.
sigh
HE TRIED JACOB.
He's right tho; Will would eat his heart with some fava beans and a nice chianti.
Abel was thinking maybe just some blunt force trauma to the head but 
pls it would definitley be dramatic and probably gothically artistic
Will Graham is beautiful and terrifying and very sweet.
he doesn't really know Will at all, just that he's cute and likes boats xD
GOOD GOOD THAT'S GOOD
All true too.
xD he isn't going to steal your husband Malcolm, he has his own nightmare men to try and figure out how to not fuck up with.
Malcolm knows nobody will steal his husband; they're very secure in this thing they have. BUT. If Abel wants to talk about, like. what just happened there ^
Counselling office is still open.
he might after it's settled, but he also is very much aware that Cain doesn't like Malcolm and this bit is perhaps a bit more recently relevant and might upset him more if he mentioned it in a therapy session.
fair
not that he would ever tell him, but. it feels like a boundary he shouldn't cross.
Also Blitz does occasionally try to talk Will and Malcolm into a threesome 
They're like... no.
They're like... no.
Well that's good to observe bc he sort of accidentally crossed a different one.
what he can talk about was the horrible knee jerk reaction he had when drunk when Edwin suggested he go find Cain so he wasn't 'saying things he would regret' later
two in a week sounds like a bad record xD no thanksssd
TMW you have to use your outside voice and channel the same part of yourself you usually use to release anger and use it to be entirely too honest so that he has trouble questioning how much you mean it.
Yeah tell him in stern captain voice!
the other times he uses this tone is...uh. well. sometimes Abel likes giving orders.
fucking with people is usually a multilayered issue with Hanna and I love it.
/stalking Abel's relationship disasters
it's so good
when your mad because your 
Wow Hanna good job you’re honestly smoother and got more game than Malcolm.
Hanna flirts with jokes. good or bad. this one is an example of a good one xD
(this is helped by his boyfriend enjoying the bad ones as good)
he's a real trooper that way.
Never ask Norton about the things he got up to in that chapel
Hanna really doesn't want to know Norton he is not as adventurous as my other boy, well. he probably could be but his sex drive and self confidence isn't even in the same stratosphere as Abel's
he is not as adventurous as my other boy, well. he probably could be but his sex drive and self confidence isn't even in the same stratosphere as Abel's
a different approach. Blurt out a confession before you get distracted
God Abel. You have LESS game than Malcolm and somehow get laid more than he did, pre-Will
his body count doubled after mistletoe too
and he totally has game, just not when it comes to discussing relationships 
Have I shown you Malcolm's canon level of game?
Because...
please do
Yes, that IS the girl he has a crush on.
Such smooth. So game.
Malcolm, please
In his defence, he got as little bit by a poisonous snake.
So he wasn't doing 100% well. Which is why she had to drive him home to start with.
Abel has to say that he thinks he has more game than that, thank you Malcolm
okay maybe a little XD
how to talk to the man who doesn't talk about feelings, make him comfy and be direct. no fear he can probably smell it.
he is only afraid he may have to cuddle you so you know it's going to be okay /sage nod otherwise yeah
Norton's various responses to people who have said they are in love with him. 1) laugh, 2) panic, 3) freeze. It's sort of improvement? (Really anything's improvement over laughing.)
if he would have laughed at him 100% guarantee he would have probably cried
I think I have stumbled upon Abel's second deal following a conversation with Rafe
/peers curiously
The plot of Liar liar but it's every sitting and future politician/military official when they are acting officially with the added bonus of being compelled to confess their crimes while making official statements
Perfection. See? Malcolm told him that he could fix his world with the right wish
And that is how you fix the government without having to become an activist or a politician because god does he hate the fact that he feels like he has to do exactly what his father wanted him to so he can feel like he's not abandoning the world to corruption.
abel is ambitious thinking of a second wish when he has fitz as his first inmate
Bonus if Abel does not go home at all until he gets his second deal so when he attends the trial, Cook has to read himself for filth
Pfffft THIS IS ME EXCITED BY MY EVIL LITTLE IDEA
I do not know if he will stay on after Fitz, it's going to be a long haul for him.
but I truly love this idea.
STAY STAY STAY
I am committed for the long haul of Fitz, we shall see if he has another deal in him with where he's at when we get there xD
lmaoo
He doesn't believe this is always true, but he has seen it and understands it works because it happened to him and he wasn't even on the barge
had a thought as far as another way for Hanna to graduate. some one getting mortally wounded, Hanna attempting to recreate his own life support for them and makes himself sick by dipping into his life support to keep them alive.
some form of letting that go or being told harming himself for the sake of someone else isn't how you do that proper.
my brain is mush if that makes any sense. Who knows. commute thoughts.
Abel talking privately to Norton, "it's like he[Fitz] has the negative emotion processing power of a pea."
....accurate
he says it with all the love for that man in his heart but he really wants to shake him sometimes
it's one of his many quirks!
yes.... 
we love those.
we love those.
Norton is very proud of himself for being slightly better than Fitz in that regard. The negative emotion processing power of a grape, maybe. An apricot when he's ambitious.
He makes sure to applaud the both of them when they manage. It's very impressive, Norton. So proud.
Lark and Hanna are the best
Lark is making himself sound like a food snob but in reality he has eaten shoes so...
stay away from his shoes, Lark. he doesn't have any other pairs.
they are sentimental
Look, if he has to hide a body and I mean ALL the evidence he's going to eat the shoes, too! Don't do anything that will make him have to kill and eat you, Hanna!
oh dear xD
Malcolm he has no more words, dude.
MALCOLM MOMENT...
Malcolm moment.... that's a no from him, dawg 
If Malcolm ever told Pyotr he has the "psychological markers" of a parent having betrayed his trust...
death by firing squad. immediately
Hanna is so done he didn't even try and punch him again.
Aw. He tried to be good.
Hanna gesturing wildly to the "no were talking here and now, nothing else."
it's relevant!
he'd like to give you the benefit of the doubt Malcolm but that was strike three. he'll be fine later but that was too nail on the head
It was strike 2!
strike one was the first conversation, strike two was Malcom talking to him like it was a therapy session, strike three was this xD
He didn't break the rules of the first conversation! XD
well there Hanna asked him to go away multiple times and he didn't so he tried to punch him
Hanna is generally not violent, to call that a single strike is generous
Hanna asking Lark if he's a narc, practically chokes on a piece of chicken laughing because he says he represents the mob.
welp.
TikTok · Victorian Poetrythis is Hanna's path to graduation laid out.
TikTok · Victorian Poetrythis is Hanna's path to graduation laid out.
welp. somehow Lark is the first person who is actually going to get some info about what the fuck is wrong with Hanna
Lark is good like that
and when I I say 'what thr fuck is wrong with Hanna' I mean what is physically wrong with Hanna. he's talking about that rather than what's bothering him
Malcolm hasn't asked about the smell yet. Seems rude.
oh, he didn't ask about the smell xD
they started talking about his skeezy doctor he has to go to and Lark was like oh yeah, my pack can't see normal physicians either.
Ulla offers Hanna a sympathetic brofist
Lark was the only person she told anything real to in her first 6 months on board
he figures if he talks about this he won't have to talk about why he's upset but Lark can smell there is something off and has felt that something is off, its the best case scenario
I do love the combo of Hanna absolutely having recreational magic that he sells to Worth hinted heavily at in Canon paired with his teacher being an alcoholic homeless wanderer. Guy gave no fucks teaching a 15 year old boy how to use magic to get super high.
Out of the spells he actually uses in canon, it's funny to me that it's included.
Seals, offense, curse breaking, light, exorcism, yes that all makes sense and then you throw in RECREATIONAL MAGIC like Pffft. hilarious.
I laugh at anyone who thinks Maggie's a bad influence because she was trading with Sweeney for her supply back before werewolf things
Some drugs are just nice? Hanna has the capability to create something harder than Weed, in QA that are like, lost to time, Worth absolutely had a hard drug habit and Hanna's magic was supplemental without actually harming him the way a real drug would, which is...nice? I guess? xD
He will laugh at anyone too who tries to tell him Weed magic is harmful tho. Or weed in general. He's got feelings about the war on drugs.
Sokie is just like. no this is fine this helps me get out of my head, with gentle grabby hands at it
clearly they need to get magically high and play video games
He's been quiet about it, but there definitely is a might need. Sometimes instead of throwing a temper tantrum and doing a murder, you just gotta get high and watch trash tv or play video games.
Norton thinks weed is a hard drug because 1950s. But the places he used to see people using it were clubs where he was like "I'm also here for illegal activity."
illegal activity 
weed and heroine use amuck in the 50s.
just a small group just holding up hands all "illegal activity yes"
weed is definitely not legal yet in 2009 too so yes, definitely.
Sokie is like "my whole state of being is illegal so what's one more thing"
Hanna nodding mournfully like yes. he gets this too. it's dumb being a political target.
Maggie lives on the outskirts of Weed, California because that happens to be where her grandparents' house was, but she definitely thinks the city name is hilarious and smiles about it when she consumes weed there
oh my god ive driven through there since childhood to see my dad's family and it makes me laugh still
BBitsaboi: Norton's "illegal activities" was having sex with men.
I am entirely aware
also I do love that you pinged me in my own plurk to tell me this. it is beautiful and I will cherish it as Iay dying of congestion in bed
there were too many people talking! you still had to know whose comment i was addressing two hours later after the longest most pointless meeting!
but don't die /refills ur steam machine
oh my god was that really two hours ago?
I thought it was still like ten....it's 1PM
4:11pm in this zone of time 
you exist in the future
yes ;.; It's cold here
it's 38 today. I do not want to exist outside.
ew no
though it is currently ... -7C and I have to go outside so i can go home
8C gross. God speed spiderman
Abel trying not to be rude but things are so weird and he still isn't used to it.
this interaction is so beautiful and I love it
If i ever get a very stupid idea and you don't want to do it, please tell me because I will not be able to keep thinking about it until I do if you don't 
I get these stupid little ideas all the time and then as soon as I share them it's probably going to happen. and Im so sorry.
I pretty much always love ridiculous ideas.
See, you say that and then suddenly Hanna is waltzing around in an alpha male shirt and Abel is very interested in learning how to pole dance as well as finding even tinier shorts to practice in.
Or Hanna's Salamanders have tiny fire-proof sweaters so that he can take them in the library without getting in trouble.
bonus in that Sokie would ask John to knit the tiny sweaters because he's a knitting whiz
Oh my god. A GIFT COLLAB? He loves it.
Norton would not dissuade Abel from practicing pole dancing in tiny shorts.
Maybe Fitz would let him borrow this anstaar
he would generously agree
Blitz also got him tiny shorts for Christmas...I think one of them said "psychoANALize this" or something similar
Abel and Aerith pole dancing apprentices.
dancing besties
Abel is going to need to work on his arm strength
Genuinely trying to figure out if Ashton knows T does bugs before i write this reply. I feel like Taylor's mentioned it on a public network post???
I think she did one recently about the bugs helping clean?
T is incredibly public about the bugs
now that Cheradenine knows Hanna can be drawn forth with weird info, he will use it again if he has to
oh you talk about the paranormal or weird shit and he'll immediately be interested.
his new protocol if Hanna goes missing: go to the library, find a book about killer shrews or something, start reading out loud
I was 95% sure it's something they'd reasonably know, tbh, I just needed to make sure that the comedic opportunity of '.......she does bugs?' about the bug girl was not actually there
cheradenine reading out loud VERY LOUDLY
Everyone else wondering why this guy is wandering the aisles, kind of shouting about a jellyfish that flies through the air
pffft amazing.
I'm so proud of Hanna. despite him literally looking like he's taking large steps backwards with hiding that was him doing his best to not ruin all his shit like he probably would have tried if he hadnt
he's has some big boy conversations and is all ready to get that shit hammered in for his graduation post murder.
murder??
CK is murdering Hanna after the breach in February
ahhhh
i thought hanna was maybe doing a murder and then graduating EPIPHANY MURDER GRADUATIONS ARE REAL
EPIPHANY MURDER GRADUATIONS ARE REAL
Hanna is not murdering anyone xD that would be...very out of character
well after several months locked on a murder boat... you never know!
Hanna is used to weird shit.
thankfully he hasn't been affected by much though...man. at some point he should talk to Vinny about what he saw in the underworld. he literally has said nothing about it to anyone.
yarnzipan at some point this would be fun now that he knows more about Hanna's parent trap trauma.
onemuon Hanna was in Adstring for 3 years (survival game) and murdered one person. it took him months, he actually planned it and promised that if it came down to him or his target, he would kill them if the fight came to it. he was fucked about it until he eventually left.
awwww
who did he kill in adstring?
the target was Pitch Black, literally the embodiment of fear. they...really didn't get along.
OH RIGHT
He regretted doing it even if he felt like he had to so he could prove he wasn't afraid and no one else should be either.
This Hanna is full of spiders naw, silverfish but still. Hats and I were laughing about this on our drive back from sushi and I am so excited.
Hats and I were laughing about this on our drive back from sushi and I am so excited.
it's so dumb.
nammah does Sokie want to help him out with something post this thread?
for sure! give her something to do Hanna she's antsy
Crack him open like a can of soda and clean him out. literally. he is now concerned there are dead bugs in there that he didn't know about. and probably dust. lots of dust.
maybe someone on board has a can of air.
should she get the pressure washer
...it's probably not a great idea to get his insides wet. it's dry and shriveled in there.
she might just ask him if he wants some smell absorption things in his ribs or something
because she's an ass, and a friend
but can also make it so he smells nice
put some fucking scented trees in there. new car smell.
I was actually considering having him ask the Admiral to mask the smell as well as make is smell like those calming cat pheromone diffusers to CK.
nice
no mention to CK that he did this. but it would be funny to see how angry he'd get before it started to work.
me realizing that when Hanna graduates and goes home to sort some things out, he is going to freak the fuck out of Conrad because one, he's alive, two, he's going to address the issue and two, he's going to also ask him if he can unvamp him with a deal if he's okay with that.
other plans include quietly asking Ulla for some fucking diamonds before he pops back for a week and giving them to Lamont to offload onto the black market, get himself a less shitty apartment and probably attempt to find some nice things for people. and also quit his job at Target cause fuck that. retail sucks. he'll figure out his shit when
he comes back home permanently.
his week-long home stint might end up being a month. I need to sort out what he's going to do about Ples.
ic he'll probably be gone a week.
Vincent's already talking to her about offering all departing inmates some jewels or other saleable valuables
SHE IS PREPARED FOR THIS REQUEST
this is very good. he's got connections to sell them thankfully too xD
Ulla, queen. we love.
Sokie just like HOLD ON let me drape a few more money gathering and luck spells on you
go buy an apartment with cash up front, Hanna
no more rent to worry about
Ulla and Hanna can live my dreams, where I win the lottery and pay off my mortgage and stop charging my roommates rent and give money to friends so they don't have to worry about rent either.
tbh I was thinking of having him buy his parents house back
aaaaah, my heart
the double murder probably kept it on the market
if he can find Adelaide, Cash said he'd reward him handsomely too.
he can have cas buy it for him so he can gift the deed and then less taxes???