Okay, I Have A Hot Take That Might Get Me On Thin Ice.

I made an intro to slugterra thingy cause most youtube videos ive seen about slugterra are either ai slop or well-meaning cartoon channels that have done a sane and respectable amount of research but dont have every slugterra fact tatooed into their bloodstream like I do...so boom, a real life human with a voice talking about slugterra.

i have no proper camera but otherwise ive always really vibed w video essay stuff...doesnt mean im good at it, but if i do it more ill probs get better at it! not just about slugterra either, i have hot takes about aspec representation and i accidentally stumbled into the lord of the rings fandom recently, so...hopefully, whatever happens, the rest of my artistic output is only better than this vid and not worse :)

Back on the murder train (I say jokingly)

And uh, how much we wana bet the Miners from DeadWeed tried to sue Blakk Industries for hazardous working conditions/tempted murder?

Because the Dark Water/Dark Water Vapor turned them into ghost/translucent ghoul monsters due to the direct exposure and lack of hazmat suits when they first breached the Dark Water vain.

Could you imagine, like the Gang (+everyone else) thought these people were dead-

Imagine what that might have been like for the family's-

Let's assume, at the least, it was like a year or so that the mine in DeadWeed had been used to farm Dark Water.

(Because I don't recall if a timeline was stated, pleas fact check me)

That is a whole ass year of people thinking their loved ones died in the Mines of DeadWeed, and a whole year of the Miners being stuck in the mines not being able to do anything other than chase away anyone who shouldn't be there, including family or friends that went looking for them to keep them safe, while also trying to stop Blakk's henchmen.

It's so sad???

And then, when the Shane Gang saves them, and their able to go home, imagine how different things might be?

Like, yeah, people are excited and overcome with joy/relief that the Miners are okay - but like, do you think some people might have moved on? Like, what if a miner had a wife and young kid? And the wife moved Cavers because she couldn't bare to be there anymore? Or if a miner was working to pay for a loved ones medical treatment and that loved one passed away? Or or-

[i need to shut up now because I'm getting sad]

There are consequences to the actions of Blakk Industries taking over the DeadWeed mine is all I'm saying, just like with everything Balkk Industries sinks it's hooks into.

The only reason that Blakk was able to stay in business is not just because Slugterra didn't have a Shane. No, that's a small part of it. It's because Blakk had the most richest, and powerful people in Slugterra on his side.

When Eli took the drop, it took close to a full year to scrub Blakks empire out even after this and 100+ other very illegal things were exposed about the company

You would think, after gunning down the Unbeatable Master, he would be arrested, Shanai was a respected individual, but nothing happened, and I just -

but!!! That doesn't work either!!! The southern caverns are the hottest; and by there name, there where Antarctica should be? The magma caverns could be anywhere. The eastern caverns (many of them more northern) are rocky, the cold precipitation is not a thing there, and therefore (besides chillborne) we lose an indicator. and worst of all, we see from eps like the slug race and that one ep w halling blakk in a trailer that entrances to caverns can be random and have COMPLETELY different geography to one another - despite being right next door. I contribute this to different slug energy and human interference. But we can't even rely on surface geography 😭

memes are fun and relatable and all that, but don't let them discourage you. all of that stuff that doesn't make it into the final product is part of how the final product gets made

reblogging to prove that its real and i didn't just have a fever dream watching that interview the other day

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this is my first reblog on tumblr and I don't regret it :) this is canon now lol

I wish we had an episode just about Mall Cavern Shenanigans

The Mall Cavern is like the best place for a four-way(or five-way) story.

Just think about it.

The gang walks in, and they all have their own plans.

Trixie is in a video camera store because she needs to get her camera lens fixed but the clerk keeps trying to get her to by a new one.

Kord is looking at new mecha and blaster mods gets into a minor disagreement with another grearhead.

Pronto is window shopping for fancy stuff and probably haggling for cheaper prices.

Eli is just walking around, seeing whatever catches his eye. Probably gets recognized by a few people, like other customers and staff. People keep trying to get him to buy their favorite product or buy from their store(because having a Shane buy from you is such a big deal), and he just politely refuses.

And the Slugs just get into slug shenanigans. (Obligatory something gets blown up with them)

The episode ends with Eli being called over the Malls intercom to come collect the rest of his team from Mall jail.

This is because;

Trixie punched the clerk trying to up sell her.

Kord 'accidentally' broke the blaster of the guy he was having a disagreement with during a little impromptu competition to see who could best mod a balster(he put a glitter bomb in the main accelerator)

Pronto got busted for being a cheapskate when one of the cashiers got fed up with him

And the Slugs, the Slugs, just fall through a vent conveniently just as Trixie, Kord, and Pronto are being let out.

Alternatively, the gang gets called to Mall jail to pick up Eli because in an attempt to hide from people, he accidentally ends up stealing a minor trinket he forgot to put back on the shelf/pay for.

Edit to add: when Eli is sent to Mall jail, he learns his dad got arrested for very similar reasons, the security guard straight up show him a photo of Will Shane behind bars. Eli is allowed to keep a copy

Team as family and domestic stuff is all I'm saying.

Why did it take 4 rewatches of s1 to realize Eli says "if blakk has buisness w the deep caverns we don't know what else can can do" at the end of the deadweed episode?

meaning, will ACTUALLY told him about the deep caverns?!?!? And knew the whole time?!?

OOOOO, THE EAST! I was only thinking about the West, ur so right!!! I wish they went back to the East, though I understand the show's never been too big about dedicating episodes to culture alone (unless plot relevant).

Especially since the Eastern Caverns don't have a Shane-like figure that could upkeep some surface culture in their underground, I believe 2000 years is plenty of time for the culture to morph a little. Like, in a different environment underground, and mingling w cave troll and elf and shadow clan culture, I hesitate to mirror the Eastern Cavern culture directly with the Surface's Chinese/other Asian influences cultures, you know? Not to mention that the flora of the underground is different, so maybe the herbs trads had to adapt...and I really appreciate the show showing the audience that hey, slinging WAS inspired by previous religious practice! It's one of the cooler aspects of Slugterra lore for me.

Like, one little HC I have is that, when Junje speaks Cantonese in ROTE, he doesn't actually know what the words mean, or if he does, those are the only words he knows. Like, similar to how Christians/Westerners use Latin! Some words have passed on into the secular and/or religious vernacular (think "hallelujah", for example), and have been passed through time, in different cultural contexts than when it first became popularized. Junjie may know those words as Slug-Fu sayings primarily. I think we could HC so much about the East, because we really have artists choice on how their cultures has accustomed to the underground.

so long story short; I can totally believe they still have marriage, but I hesitate to say that with canonic certainty lmaoooo

horrifying thought for the day:

*takes big breathe* HOW DOES MARRIAGE WORK IN SLUGTERRA?!?

like, how do our religious and secular norms of things translate to down there? How does it legally affect couples in terms of owning property? And healthcare?!?

honestly, do they HAVE marriage as a concept legally? It's pretty anarchist/capitalist down there. Would they even HAVE a legal mechanism to tie 2 ppl together like that?

...genuinely, maybe they don't, or only some caverns do.

DJ Beso's mix of the og '86 Meet the Mets tune with Jose's hit OMG continues to be a hell of an earworm for me ❤️‍🔥 enjoy

the shadow clan keep to themselves mostly, but get involved when a)they hate someone and b) when they harm slugs. Tad fired on them in their first meeting, so a was checked off, and then started ghouling in mass droves, so...yeah, after amity cavern they were hella spying

Do you think that the shadow clan would you tries to watch tad?

Pre Deep Cavern banishing?

Totally.

Its been shown in Cannon the Shadow Clan do keep tabs on what's going on in the 99 Caverns. But because of their aversion to light/bright areas can't necessarily do much without risking harm to themselves in some way.

Though they do mainly stick to their territory, I'm not above thinking that a few members of the Clan lurk in the shadows and watch what potential threats do to keep tabs on them.

So yeah, I can totally believe the Shadow Clan watch Tad, but can't do much unless they absolutely have too.