Jet

(+extra doodles bc im a big fan of this weird baby thing)

convenience store kids 🧃

or ig js liminal spaces in general

Something like Breaking Bad, for example, has low squiggability (that’s what I’m calling this quality). It’s tightly written, the characters are consistent, there’s little left to interpolate or extrapolate. Obviously, people DO write fanfic of Breaking Bad, but it still has a low squiggability score. Whereas something like Supernatural has a high squiggability score. Fantasy and science fiction often have high squiggability scores. This suggests squiggability could also be related to worldbuilding and potential for people to borrow a premise or setting.

Grumpy detective with a smoking problem and a fatalistic but unflappable inner monologue (voiced by frequently typecasted gunslinger Matt Mercer)

Constant black rain that just makes everything Worse

Drugs and violence devastating the homeless underclass

Helpful urchins surviving as best they can in the lowest streets

Doing dirty favors for shady dock managers to advance a hidden grey agenda involving getting into a mob boss's inner circle to collect information and evidence

Bare-knuckle brawling, obscenely large revolvers, people being thrown out of plate-glass windows

Driving through busy city intersections loaded with glowing enticements to smooth over the suffering

Stratified decadent high society flush with gambling, dancing, and singing

The city's most popular singer/dancer knows the detective on sight, implying either an at-arms-length relationship or frequent patronization, a symbol of beauty for whom the doom timer is no doubt ticking

Atmosphere of lies and betrayal tragically far past the point of ever being healed in one lifetime

Tense negotiations over a card game with a dangerous mover and shaker