#rvb 15

including florida, the missing stars are how many freelancers have died on screen (or directly off screen in north's case). wyoming, florida, maine, north, south, tex and york. 7. what the actual fuck is up with that. that's so fucked i never noticed that before

My rvb hot take bc I'm rewatching the show rn...

Season 15 is probably one of the best seasons.

While the mirrored Reds and Blues were a cliched concept, I liked seeing just how similar/different the cast was compared to their counterparts in both obvious and subtle ways (Example: Loco can take simple ideas and build them into something more complex, meanwhile Caboose can take complex ideas and break them down into something more simple; Surge is willing to serve anyone that will give him orders regardless of their alignment, meanwhile Sarge is able to break away from orders when he feels like they go against his values)

Loopy Wash, my beloved-

Sarge's character arc of finding an enemy to fight feels regressive...until you realize that everytime until this point, everytime Sarge has had to settle his differences with the Blues, it's because there's been a bigger enemy to fight (Maine, The Director, Charon Industries. etc.). Once they get to Iris, there's no longer someone else worse to fight but...Sarge, at this point, likes the Blues enough to no longer see them as a true enemy, thus leaving him in a vulnerable position where he lacks the opposition he needs to provide structure to his life.

Locus REDEMPTION MY BELOVED-

Loco's character arc leading to his betrayal was so fucking subtle, but god I loved it. Him hiding the fact that their stupid drill was secretly a time machine so he can surprise Temple with possibly reuniting with Biff, just to end up giving that chance to Caboose instead bc he recognizes that Temple would rather destroy everything than say goodbye and let go.

Locus, Lopez, and Grif are a delightful trio and I'm sad we didn't get more of them.

The fact that Temple loses in the end bc he can't bring himself to kill the Reds and Blue's "Biff" equivalent...perfection.

Grimmons breakup and get back together. Also them beating up Jax when he's "waiting for the kiss", amazing.

Grif actually showing that he cares about his friends, and that he's probably smarter than he makes himself out to be (how the fuck does one simply master a second language in a few weeks just to do an accurate impression? Man's a genius)

Caboose being able to FINALLY say goodbye to Church properly (even if Church wouldn't understand in that moment)

This was a joke. A curse, a punishment to serve as recompense for all the horrors he committed. 

This? This was a new kind of hell. He had agreed to help one man on his journey because their interests had correlated and now..

Now he stood before a shell of what may have been a once great and strong man, now broken by the effects of whatever hell he had walked through. 

Or, the man had simply lost his mind from his time as a sim soldier. 

“We ain’t goin anywhere before we find out who’s leadin the rescue mission.” Sarge insisted, continuing the movements for rock, paper, scissors, entirely oblivious to Locus’ judgmental stare.

He can’t seriously be leading the Red team. Locus frowned at the persistent movements, Sarge entirely engrossed in getting him to participate. No wonder Grif has gone insane.

Sarge stared at him intensely, never breaking stride with the three taps, forming a rock. Locus stared disbelievingly back. 

It was at this moment, Locus realized, he would have to join the Red team so it would have some form of competent leadership. That is, if they even made it out of this situation alive.

Slowly and deliberately, almost as if he was readying to take out a target, Locus raised his hands, clenched a fist, and performed the customary rock, paper, scissors movement. Eyeing the fist Sarge had just made, Locus swiftly straightened his hand out. Paper beats rock.

“What? Impossible! I demand a rematch! Best out of three.”

“We don’t have time for that,” Locus replied smoothly, “I’ve already freed Agent Carolina and Agent Washington. Where are the others being kept?”

Sarge grumbled, crossing his arms petulantly. “Temple has them in the detention center, a few levels down.”

“Let’s get moving,” the mercenary smirked beneath his helmet.

Thank you so much. For the longest time, Season 15 was awkwardly grouped in with 14 as "standalone," while 16 awkardly hung out by itself.

This way is much nicer. Even though the Shisno Paradox story arc hadn't been planned out yet, Season 15 ties in very well and deserves to be included. It all just helps divide the show up evenly.