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Gobbles my scrabble goat (Kaboodle is good at scrabble too, he's just slightly worse than Gobbles and it drives him up the wall)

Thank you for the compli-threat! You are such a treat to have in the dinobytes fandom.

(Thank you, that is so kind!!! I would love to see, if you'd ever like to share! I am a sucker for these guys. I am the opposite of a plague doctor. I am here to infect the masses with dinobytes)

Under da read more because I kinda went off the rails.

Have any thoughts?

P.s Im surprised no one is talking about this

Flappers is not my favorite, but you can not deny his rage.

That'd be an awesome result of the pilot. We already saw Flappers be completely okay with violence and hold grudges ("I've been waiting years to tear you apart!" woah okay man) before the Syntax reveal. No wonder his whole demeanor changed when he spotted the Syntax. Flappers is very inclined to love his people with his whole heart, and hate whoever bothers them with his whole heart. It honestly seems like he's a guy with a lot of massive emotions, with the ability to act on them very easily.

It's obvious no one likes the Syntax here. You can't move on from the things they've done, the lives they've ended. It's not unreasonable to assume that Flappers will be transfixed on getting revenge in any way he can. Saving worlds is cool and all, and certainly important, but he wants to make them hurt.

A world surviving a Syntax invasion doesn't hurt the Syntax. It just prolongs their efforts to gather float. So, saving worlds is kind of revenge? But not enough for Flappers. Not when they keep coming back.

The Syntax is a much bigger threat than Snappers ever was, and Snappers was enough to make Flappers bloodthirsty. I believe he'll be talking about a kind of revenge that will make even Kaboodle uncomfortable.

I got that vibe from the pilot, yeah. I think it'd be cool if he eventually got more uses, but I think Kit would make the assumption that his greatest talent is emotional support.

I would love to see Gobbles as a therapist. He just learned what death was a week ago, and he's ready to help people cope with the world literally exploding! (He thinks.)

I believe he is especially good at helping people move on from mistakes. His game was educational, and thus a mistake from the player is to be expected. As a result, Gobbles has extensive experience building people up after they fail and giving them the courage to keep trying, just like he'd support other dinosaurs in his game world to tackle grammar rules one more time.

He also seems like the kind of guy (dinosaur) to give others a lot of grace. Someone said something mean? They must have had a bad day. Someone accidentally blew up an oven? It's not like they WANTED to blow it up, let's help them out! Someone still owes him a favor after months of waiting for them to pay him back? Whatever, we all forget sometimes! He didn't need that favor anyway. If he was ever tasked with supporting someone who has done some nasty things, he'd first give them grace, and then focus on getting them motivated enough to try to be a better person, or to stop beating themselves up for accidentally triggering the win condition.

I would cry if someone came up with a scenario in which they NEVER get together.

To answer your question, it really depends on the environment.

Gobbles is more consistently sweet, dropping things like "my little backpack and I" and "woah, Boodle, you're amazing at that!" no matter the audience. (When he's scared, he jumps into Kaboodle’s arms like Shaggy and Scooby because Kaboodle=physical safety in his eyes) He'll make small moves to hold Kaboodle's hand, gives him winks, and showers him in compliments.

Kaboodle can come up with some reallyyyyyy suave things to say, though, and relishes in Gobbles startled and stunned expressions. He makes it a game sometimes to see how utterly speechless he can make Gobbles, but if ANYONE comes within earshot, it's over immediately. He could be telling Gobbles "I really don't see the point of space travel when I can see stars in your eyes" and then Flappers enters and Kaboodle shouts "AS I WAS SAYING, your tablet is way too freaking loud. Do us all a favor and find your headphones, or I swear we'll be down a passenger!" and quickly leaves.

I really hope that's the direction they're gonna take with him, that'd be awesome. I especially like the thought of him being able to gain a bunch of knowledge about game mechanics but being entirely unable to actually execute much, meaning that Kit and Kaboodle are the ones who act upon such knowledge.

Which means, they need to learn to stop demeaning him. Kaboodle is explicit in his dislike for Gobbles, and I personally thought Kit was accidentally a little condescending in the pilot. (PERSONALLY.)

He was able to clock Flappers as the hero of his world immediately. Kit didn't consider this enough, which lost them valuable time. Imagine this continues on and on and on with Kit and Kaboodle ignoring or half-heartedly acknowledging Gobbles' very close or completely accurate assessments, and it reaching a breaking point.

If I ever make another fanfic, it'd be about this. I have a certain way that I'd like it to go that can only be conveyed well-enough in fic form. So, I'll keep this in my back pocket for later.

I'll give you this tidbit:

Kaboodle asks for "one-on-one time" with Gobbles that totally isn't a date, no no. Gobbles says yes and Kaboodle thinks "man, I got this guy in my clutches, he's none the wiser!" with a smirk on his face.

Later on in the "one-on-one time," which has nice decor, good music, and dim lighting, Kaboodle says "this has been an alright night. Wanna maybe do this again some other day?" super casual-like and Gobbles goes "what, a second date? Sure!" and Kaboodle chokes on his battery acid, then Gobbles confesses some feelings that have been brewing for a while as Kaboodle tries to simultaneously tune him out and pay utmost attention (he's stuck between caring so much and acting like he doesn't care at all).

Oh geez, alright, lemme think.

Kaboodle in a constant struggle with impulse and regret.

Kit goes away for a moment, or perhaps suggests that she'll leave for any amount of time, and Kaboodle's first reaction is jumping to protest it. He asks questions, says how "inefficient" or "stupid" it'd be to split up (even if they're not actively on a mission), or just flat out says "no."

His first impulse is to stop the separation. He ends up making a fool out of himself when his arguments are obviously laced with uncomfortable anxiety, or when they don't make sense. It's obvious Kit can tell.

Kaboodle, now left alone as Kit still needs to do whatever she needs, thinks back on how clingy he was, and regrets it. It was a major embarrassment. He has an unbothered persona to upkeep, and yet it collapses every time Kit stops holding him, stops talking to him, stops being around him.

He needs to be unbothered in order to keep Kit secure, held down to reality. He doesn't have separation anxiety, he's just doing his job of looking after her, and he can't do that if he has a small freakout whenever very normal things like this pop up.

So, he promises himself he'll get colder and more stoic next time, so he can avoid the regret that worms it's way in every time his first impulse is to latch on like the backpack he is. Kaboodle takes deep breaths and prepares insults, practices brushing Kit off, reminds himself to be completely normal about her "abandoning" him for any amount of time.

Sometimes he succeeds and Kit is a little hurt by the cold shoulder. Most of the time, he fails, and falls back into the cycle of knee-jerk fear and humiliating regret whenever Kaboodle and Kit need to be people outside of each other.