The Fandom Enchantress

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About Me:

-You can call me Enchantress (Ena for short)!

-I use she/her pronouns but defaulting to they/them is okay, too.

-While I am old enough to be watching DRDT, (16+), I’m still a minor! So please keep that in mind while interacting with me.

-I’m on the Aro spectrum, still figuring out exactly what kind of microlabel I’d prefer or if I want one.

-I’m an INFP, for all you Myers-Briggs fans.

-I like reading, writing, and drawing! I’m a bit new to posting art, but people have been really nice so hopefully I can keep doing so in the future.

-I usually get obsessed with one character in particular when I like a piece of media, and right now that’s DRDT and by extension Ace Markey. If you want to ask me questions about him, know for certain that I will answer and answer with plenty of enthusiasm haha.

About This Account:

-I post mostly DRDT-related things, specifically Ace Markey-related things. Though I do have a few other pieces of media I may post about from time to time.

-On that note, I often post theories or general thoughts, but from time to time I’ll also post writing and art. If you want to see more of my writing, I have an ao3 account of the same name as this account.

-There’s going to be a lot of death-related topics on this account, considering what I’m interested in. I may also get into some darker stuff, but will always do my best to add any trigger or content warnings! If I ever don’t do so properly, feel free to tell me.

Boundaries:

-I don’t have many, but don’t call me slurs or be generally rude, please. I’m not most skilled socially and will take insults to heart if I don’t know you well enough.

-I also have medical-based phobias (specifically a needle phobia), so I’d prefer you not send me asks that go in-depth about that kind of thing. Though I’m not sure why someone would do that, haha.

-While I am a massive multishipper who will ship almost anyone with my favorite character, emphasis on almost. Proship-y stuff like a child x adult or inc*st are not appreciated here, so don’t send me stuff like that.

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And that’s about it! If you have any (non-invasive) questions about me or my account, feel free to ask!

And remember to live laugh love Ace Markey.

As yucky as some of early-tmf Liam's lines are, I actually do really like the contrast it creates between the person that Liam wants to be seen as, and who he actually is. And by that I mean, we see a lot of how Liam talks about girls to his male friends, and the ladies' man persona he puts on throughout most of the series. He is confident, vulgar, and...well, clearly trying to be smooth. But then we get to see his first prolonged interaction with female characters...And he's honestly kind of pathetic?

And I'm not just talking about how he cowers once Zoey gets angry. Like, let's ask ourselves, why would Liam want to share a story about how he got horribly rejected by a girl?

The obvious explanation is that Liam's a pretty socially unaware guy. And you could argue that he just doesn't realize that Zoey and Lia are laughing at him and not with him. That interpretation makes sense when you pair it with how Liam seems to genuinely think his pick-up line was good and doesn't notice Zoey's judgmental tone when she asks if that's really what he said. He just carries on with his story.

However, I think you could go even further than that. We see in scenes like the freshman year flashback that Liam highly values positive female attention, seemingly more than positive male attention. He wants Henry to delete the scene-phase photos because he's worried about how girls' perspectives on him would change. He doesn't even bother to mention how popular guys might not think he's cool anymore.

And I think this scene could be an extension of that. If Liam does know the story is a bit embarrassing, maybe he just doesn't care. Because the girls are smiling and laughing and reacting positively, which is something he can't usually achieve when it comes to girls. And so, being as desperate for that positive attention as he is, he excitedly continues on with his story despite that fact that it doesn't reflect on him all that positively. This also gives us an explanation for why he's distracted enough to bump into Elliot--Or, well, it gives us an explanation beyond Liam being an inconsiderate asshole in general, haha.

The next thing that happens, however, seemingly does not line up with him trying to please the girls, because he insults Zoey by saying she looks like a trash can.

But the funny thing is, it doesn't really seem like he meant to insult her? At least not in an offensive way. It doesn't come across like he’s insulting her because he hates her, it comes across like he’s insulting her because he's treating her like she's one of the guys. By which I mean, he freaks out when she actually gets really mad, like he expected her to react like Henry would. To act a little frustrated with him and then laugh it off, because they're friends and she knows he's just joking. If you look closely in the last two photos, you can see his expression switch from slight hesitation/confusion (wait does she look mad?) to a very nervous smile (oh god she’s mad I better clarify that I was just kidding uh oh).

Which just shows such remarkably terrible social skills on his part that I had to point it out, because I know I say Liam has bad social skills a lot, but this is where I think it comes across most prominently. Who would ever, in their right mind, assume Zoey would be chill with someone insulting her under any circumstance? No one with any small amount of social intelligence. Only Liam could ever socially fumble this hard, which is why it's extra funny when Elliot speaks up about being jealous of Jake's social skills specifically, and not Liam's.

Anyways, Liam seemingly gets chewed out by Zoey off-screen, and unlike when Drew or Henry seem legitimately annoyed at him, Liam actually looks effected by the scolding when he comes back, like he regrets what he did.

Which does not match up with the always confident, unapologetic Liam from other scenes. Either whatever Zoey threatened him with was actually super scary and bad, or he regrets ruining the one time he seemed to be getting a positive reaction from her and her friend. Or both.

Finally, this isn’t super Liam-related, but I just think it's cute that Henry runs over to Jake immediately upon seeing him. Henry absolutely adores him, lol. Liam does not do the same, possibly because he's distracted by the Zoey incident and possibly because him and Jake aren't as close as Henry and Jake are. Or both.