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Restoration got me messed up man. I'm a wreck. A good wreck, but a wreck nonetheless. Thats it.
I lied I’m not going back to sleep cause I keep having thoughts-
But here’s the thing- the solace I’ve started to come to in all this and I kind of think it might have been the point Burnie was trying to make though I obviously can’t know for sure.
Everything after 13 is just simulations. Both timelines are canon and non-canon at the same time. The entire thematic point of the ending of 13 is that we don’t know what happens next- so turning everything post 13 into simulations was the perfect way to say “this is where the story ends, these are just a few of an infinite number of possibilities of what could happen next. These are the final thoughts of an AI sacrificing his life for the people he loves. But we’ll never be able to know for sure. Maybe it’s the shisno trilogy, maybe it’s restoration, maybe it’s your fanfic. But at the end all you have is your faith in these characters. Ain’t that a bitch.”
Maybe I’m just drinking that copium juice but this is the one way I’ve found that I think I can reconcile with this series ending. And if this is what Burnie intended then I’m grateful, I always said they should’ve just stopped at 13 cause that was the entire point… with this tho we still have the beauty of that thematic ending as well as a few possibilities to chew on and expand. And I can be at peace with that.
I have a few mixed feelings about Restoration, and I knew I would, as someone who has complicated feelings towards a lot of the post-S14 material. I can excuse most of the things I dislike about it by reminding myself that the real-life circumstances (fuck you, Zaslav) were absolutely a factor here. But one thing I definitely really loved was the "simulations" retcon.
The reveal that Season 15-17 were the product of Epsilon's hyper-accurate, transcendent foresight that he achieved in his final moments, and that Restoration itself could very well be just another of these simulations (via the gag about Epsilon not being sure whether he got Caboose's voice right) throws the doors wide open.
Because now, anything that happened post-13 is up in the air. Anything they made after that point could be what really happened. Anything you made after that point could be what really happened too, throwing back to VIC's speech at the end of Season 14. Epsilon ran dozens of simulations and some of them (Zero) are noted as being extremely unlikely and just there to amuse Epsilon himself, and can that label not be applied to many a fanfic?
Heck, the introduction of Epsilon's recordings and the Recovery Unit means that, if you want to bring back Church and Tex, you can, and Restoration did. If you want your "Everybody Lives" ending, it's now an entirely possible thing within the setting.
The last thing RT did with RvB was restore the ambiguity of Season 13's ending, and throw the doors wide open for us to do whatever we like with it.
If you prefer Restoration's more sombre ending, you can have that. If you prefer the Season 15-17 arc and the continued development for the Reds in particular, then hey, Restoration is just another simulation of what might've happened, and Epsilon's S15-17 simulation is the most accurate one. If you like Zero... I guess you can have that. If you still think RvB should've ended at Season 13, then none of them are accurate. Hell, if you've got a favourite fanfic that you like more than the official post-14 material, congrats, now that's your continuation.
Is Restoration perfect? No. Did it need to be? No. Am I glad we got it? Yes.
Thanks, RT. Thanks to Burnie, Monty, Miles, Joe, Jason, and everybody else that wrote, directed, voiced, animated, made music for, did anything for this funny little show about idiots in a box canyon in the middle of nowhere.
Crisis averted everyone! I have remade RvB restoration from the ground up and it is 100% better! Enjoy!
(also if the audio is loud as fuck I'm sorry)
Red vs Blue Restoration is now available for preorder on Apple TV, and along with that came a new teaser!
Finally watched rvb restoration.
I don’t want to say goodbye to this.
I’ve been here for almost three months. Red vs Blue is stitched into the projects I made while watching it and deep into my heart.
this show I’ve both hated and adored for as long as I’ve watched.
somehow Tucker turned out to be a character I actually like. Caboose is more wise than anyone gives him credit for. I don’t give a crap what rt says grimmons is absolutely cannon they are so in love dude. wash and carolina are going to be okay. sarge went out fighting a blue.
I still really like season 15. It can live in tandem with restoration.
This may be the end of rooster teeth RvB, but I know tumblr has my back.
time to start my wash recovery one cosplay, my suit and tie Felix cosplay, and my rewatch of the series.
It’s been a wild ride.
guys i can’t believe this was the real ending to rvb restoration isn’t it awesome that grimmons finally became canon after 21 years of queerbaiting !
OMG THIS IS BETTER
Crisis averted everyone! I have remade RvB restoration from the ground up and it is 100% better! Enjoy!
(also if the audio is loud as fuck I'm sorry)
Crisis averted everyone! I have remade RvB restoration from the ground up and it is 100% better! Enjoy!
(also if the audio is loud as fuck I'm sorry)
RESTERATION SPOLIERS AHEAD!
(They're under the cut)
Okay! So I just watched it and while I have many thoughts (both happy and unhappy) I mainly have one question.
Did Tucker kill Donut offscreen before the season started because WHERE THE FUCK WAS HE?
So, in Epsilons animated YouTube bit, there's a segment where mega Tucker runs past two people, one in yellow, one in a weird magenta, and leaves bombs in their hands right? Was that magenta supposed to be Donut!?
ALSO does this mean he killed Kaikana at the retro convention because, uh, WHAT?
And going back to Donut, when we very first see red team, they do a head count and say that all THREE red team members are present (which doesn't count Lopez either for some reason) so does this mean they know what happened to him?
I was also expecting him to show up when they needed to throw the epsilon unit (which, he kinda did, but that whole vision is a whole other thing) but nope, it was Simmons character development (which, was not unwelcome btw, I was totally living for him this season), I just couldn't get over the fact that Donut being missing wasn't pointed out or even addressed.
*……. heavy sigh.*
I am so afraid