HERES A STINKY FREEZER BOY AND HIS HIGHSCHOOL ROMANCE SHISH KABOB!!

Warning: Canonical character deaths mentioned.“You got a visitor.” Mark looked up. Who would visit him? If it was his lawyer the guard would have said so.Maybe Georgina…No. No. It wouldn’t be her. The others were looking at him curiously. And that was another thing. Of course. Of *course* he was trapped with these idiots for his sentence. Of course he couldn’t just lick his wounds alone, like he wanted to. “Lucky!” Cronut said cheerfully. “I never get any visitors. I’d just love to thrust in–”“Boom Chika Wah Wah!” “–To a conversation.” Cronut sighed. He almost didn’t go but spending another two seconds with his ‘team’ was going to drive him up the wall.He didn’t know what to expect… But he didn’t expect *him*“Hello!” Caboose said cheerfully. “No,” Temple told him simply. 

This one’s actually a bit of a challenge for me because I really haven’t thought too much about Temple, but I’m really glad you asked!!

Why I like them: Formidable villain who actually has a plan that seems like it could work? Like Sigma’s plan seemed like something out of a fantasy, Locus n Felix seemed to bite off more than they could chew, but Temple was so close to actually doing it! Also he feels like a super “real” character in the flashback sequences to Biff and their blood gulch. 

Why I don’t: It felt like his motives and actions seem too big for one man? (I know, the rest of the Blues and Reds are there but he was the main instigator) I would rather see him actually induct an army of other reds and blues (more akin to the season 14 short series kind) so his kidnappings of the freelancers seem a little more realistic.

Favorite episode (scene if movie): I’m gonna go with scene here bc it really was one scene that killed me: when he talked to caboose in the jail cell. That was so heart wrenching and I love caboose and it hurt so much but it was also just so good. I live for angst, this isn’t new.

Favorite season/movie: Well since he’s only season 15.... season 15.

Favorite line: Rrrrrevenge is a dish best served frozen. (Emphasis on the r rolling)

Favorite outfit: Again... this is RvB. This question doesn’t count.

OTP: BiffxTemple is really cute! But can I raise you.... BiffxTemplexGeorgina

Brotp: I wish we saw more Cronut! So Cronut and Temple. But also I think it would be funny to see Church and Temple so...

Head Canon: Temple really didn’t like the taste of beer but Biff did, so he acts surprised and happy when Biff gets some just to seem a little bit more connected (a reach but it sets up some cute fanfic ideas and fluffy feels)

Unpopular opinion: I don’t care for Temple much as a character in the grand scheme of things? I think it’s just because I don’t care much for a tragic villain in this sense, like Sharkface.

A wish: Every time they bring up fish in the upcoming seasons, there is some reference back to Temple’s never-ending supply.

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: Bring Temple back like Sharkface? Or even like the time travel shenanigans?? Kinda have this opinion on every dead or gone character bc I just feel like they won’t portray them correctly or use them as a cheap plot point. *Stares at Joe* This time tomfoolery better not be all cheap plot points and callbacks.

5 words to best describe them: Sadistic, sociopathic, misguided, one-track-mind, clouded

My nickname for them: He’s tagged as “Binary screaming^2″ in reference to Church’s tag, but squared for all the blues and reds :)

favorite thing about them: That he’s more complicated that he seems. I’ve said this before but the fact that he chooses to view his actions as villainous rather than heroic or just bad but necessary is so interesting.  Throughout the series we have characters that do bad things, but have always justified it to themselves. Even Felix “At the end of the day, if I'm stronger than you and if I'm faster than you, then I can kill you! And that's better than anything money can buy!” That is a total villain line, but Felix has a survival of the fittest mentality. (I think) From his point of view he wouldn’t define himself as a villain. Those that are weak have only themselves to blame for letting him take advantage. Sharkface wants revenge but he saw himself as a victim.Temple doesn’t want to be a victim anymore and decides even though his actions could probably be justified he decides he’s not a hero either, so he becomes a villain.  He doesn’t lie to himself. He lies to the Reds and Blues at first to justify why they should join him, but he doesn’t lie to himself thinking that his motives go any further than retribution and revenge. The UNSC DID do a horrible thing. They SHOULD be brought to justice, but justice isn’t what it’s about to him. It’s about hurting the people that killed Biff. Which also I think shows just how deeply he loved Biff and how terribly his death affected him. Biff’s death brought him to the point where he’s okay with doing things that he personally thinks are the actions of a villain. It ALSO makes the line of “My friends will avenge me!” “What friends?” way more sad. least favorite thing about them: The fact that he’s not supposed to be all that smart is done in an awkward way. Like I’m fine with him having bad plans and having to (bing) search good quotes, I don’t know what exactly it is, but it’s not done quite right for me, maybe it needed to go further? 

favorite line: You just know he practiced: “revenge is a dish best served frozen.” in front of a mirror. 

brOTP: Biff and Temple 

OTP: Georgina/Biff/Temple

nOTP: I don’t hate it, but I don’t personally like Temple/Grif it’s not something I’m up for reading, but my mind has been changed before so don’t quote me on this. 

random headcanon: Obviously he was best man at Biff and Georgina’s wedding. He lost the rings and they had to use his shoelace during the ceremony. Luckily he did find it. Biff wears his wedding ring around his neck for safe keeping tied with the temple’s shoelace. 

unpopular opinion: He was a good villain. I agree some of his impact was softened because of a few plot choices, but at his core I think he was a well made character. 

song i associate with them: When You’re Evil - Voltaire. 

002 | Give me a character & I will tell you

How I feel about this character:

I like Temple a lot. Like, surface he is literally a cartoon villain with the mustache and the railroad tracks, but that’s because that’s what he’s built himself up as. I feel like it was a super interesting thing that he has set himself and the Blues and Reds up as villains, because if you change the point of view of his actions and get rid of the villain monologues (that he used bing to come up with) he’s doing the same thing that Wash was doing up to a point. He’s trying to get back at the people he blames for the legit suffering of him and his men and the death of his friend. He could have framed himself as a hero to himself, but he doesn’t. He himself sees himself as a villain. That’s so interesting to me. He lets his grief form him. He decides to do cruel things (like the freelancer freezer) and he decides he’s not going to pretend that it’s heroic. It’s revenge. So he plays up the goofy villain side because of his… self awareness about it? He knows he’s doing villainous things, but he doesn’t really know how to act like one, so he tries to present himself as a proper villain.  I don’t know, I haven’t watched 15 in awhile, but it’s super interesting digging into it.Essentially he’s a normal guy who had one terrible day and let that day shape his actions for years to come. 

sorry it took so long! he’s really a piece of work to draw haha

I’m not really sure how I feel about Norm, actually! I’m glad that someone out there loves him a lot, because that’s not the love I can give him over here.

I really appreciate him as a character. He’s tricky and fun, and I love that “How could I have tricked you? You’re ten years old and I’m 50,000″ line of his.

He’s just sort of… A stereotype in my eyes. Tricky genie, yep. I do think it’s good on the creators for really pushing the tricky part, rather than leaving him an emotionless wall that purely grants in the most literal way possible and then leaves.

He’s a good character, but I almost think he’d be better suited to being something that wasn’t a genie because of the stereotype. But then that would be a problem, because… Norm is who he is because he’s a genie. He’s bored after 50,000 years, and puts some extra effort in screwing around with wishes and loopholes because of that.

He lives his life trying to escape that lamp.It’s like, at the same time, he needs to be a genie- Which is perfect character design, because it means you successfully designed a character for that position, and only that position. So as far as stereotypes go, he’s a REALLY GOOD one! Possibly the best I could name!

(And we creators and audiences, and all people, could stand to step out of the “stereotypes are always bad” mindset. One thing we hit hard in psychology class was that ‘stereotype’ shouldn’t have a negative connotation attached to it. The word stereotype only means that something is commonly found, so if there were too few people to fit the stereotype, it wouldn’t actually be one.)

I dunno! Norm’s a cool guy. And he does have his adorable moments.

I like it when he touches people, whether it’s poking their nose or putting an arm against their shoulder or anything like that.

He’s so casual, even with people he doesn’t know to well. He’s so absolutely confident. 

Can’t forget that snappy wit. What’s the best thing about being a genie?

And he’s very clever. This was such a nice and world-building plot twist:

I gotta appreciate the fact that before Timmy, Norm apparently got sucked back into his lamp because he was drunk and partying.

I can only imagine what wish-granting fun could be had in a room where his lamp was just tossed around from hand to hand after every three inebriated wishes. That could make a good short story, actually…

And I just like this scene because it’s ridiculous and Norm looks so freaking proud of himself:

I like him, he’s just not one of the first characters I’d name when I’m thinking about this show. But, yep. He’s not poorly-designed at all.

But this was still possibly his worst idea ever:

This is not how we make friends, Norm.

Speaking of which, I did really like how in “Back to the Norm” he started out trying to be friends with Crocker, and then reached his breaking point and “NOPE!”’d out of there to Timmy’s place, and then just decided to be a jerk and send Crocker to Mars without oxygen and watch him asphyxiate. Friends are apparently more trouble than they’re worth, so who needs ‘em?

I’ve been trying to plot out a timeline of magical creatures based around Norm’s 50,000 years comment, because he looks and acts like he’d be in the younger half of his species. Cosmo and Wanda are both a little over 10,000, so right now I’m leaning towards the idea that he grew up with their two or three-times great-grandparents, and possibly H.P too. Still trying to figure out where to place him.

At the same time it’s like, genies could be the oldest magical creatures because 50,000 years ago was the Ice Age and maybe back then some big grandfather genie had the idea to put all the little genies in magic lamps as time capsules so they would survive until a warmer climate, and the lamps are designed to prevent magic from leaking out to ensure the genies are safe? But then he wasn’t around to undo the spell so now they’re permanently stuck until body heat and friction draw them out? Hmm. I should read up on some genie lore and see if there are any origin stories there.