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Why the Tacomic scene in II 2 17 isnt as bad as some of you are making it out to be
II 2 17 SPOILERS BELOW!!
ive seen many people say they absolutely despise the tacomic scene in ii 2 17 due to many reasons. mainly being that the scene felt too rushed or that microphone was heavily out of character.
and while i can agree with these claims when looking at this scene from a first glance, ive realized this scene requires a lot more additional context and reflection to fully understand, using tiny bits and pieces left for us. and its my job to help glue them up! hope you enjoy my rambling :)
Arguement 1: Mic is very OOC
when first looking at this scene i can agree that yes microphone is very out of character. her acting so nonchalant, just playing off tacos actions. but let me tell you why shes not as ooc as some of you might think. first: a tweet from brian
“mic had always had a tendency to let taco off the hook” and this is very true! she will always try and play off taco’s actions due to how much she cares about her. and. with this being a life or death situation, she really didnt want to make a mountain out of a molehill and potentially die without any closure with taco. her playing off tacos actions might feel like its ooc, but it makes so much more sense whennyou consider their history and the fact thst in someways microphone still yearns and loves taco. she yearns for taco a 7/10 it used to be higher!! (source: brians streams) she still really loves taco despite everything.
i know what pissed many people off was microphone acting so… natural. she wasnt mad or anything. she was just so chill about it all when she shouldve been mad, right? i definitely agree with that, but most people seem to be forgetting this line
(nice callback to this scene btw)
but back to the point; mic hears everything. microphone always knew taco was in the hotel because she heard her. and doing this she had time to reflect and gather her thoughts so she wasn’t screaming at taco or getting mad irrationally. and keep in mind microphone most likely heard taco crying and screaming about pickle dying, i dont think she wanted to push her to do that again. hearing taco, the one who presented herself to be so strong and evil, just sobbing her heart out mustve been terrifying.
now i also wanted to bring up this:
microphone knows about the events of episode 15 and was most likely told taco died and why. she knows taco can die due to heavy emotional distress. acting angry and irrational and not sitting down to talk about wouldve stressed her out more and they couldve potentially lost her too. the reason why shes so chill about isnt because shes not upset about everything, it was because if she was, she risked the chance of loosing taco.
another tweet from brian to show microhone doesnt forgive taco yet, but she definitely woud in the future if taco proved herself:
and again it may not look like this in the episode, but microphones nonchalant attitude comes with a lot of jabs at taco, showing that she doesnt truly forgive her. plus, microphone never utters the words “i forgive you” once.
but the reason why shes able to move on so easily is because of how well she knows taco. taco had always struggled with apologizing, as seen in episode 13. she’s almost never used the word sorry consciously.
microphone had always been a big softie for taco being at least a bit sincere, so imagine how she felt when taco went fully sincere. and she knew she couldn’t just hug her and say i forgive you on a whim, so she sorta had to play it off to keep everything on track.
and this scene is so. impactful because of just what it represents. microphone had always been about “doing the right thing” and taco begrudgingly respected her wishes. but to see taco DOING the right thing mustve been such a turning point for microphone. shown her that taco CAN change, that she wants to. it solidifies that the care that microphone had wasnt one sided, taco LEARNED something from her. shes learning how to be better. shes trying because she wants to be with microphone. i think thats what really strikes a chord, she gained something, a friend.
Arguement 2: The scene felt really rushed
oh i definitely agreed with this at first. this segment will be much shorter because it’s basically hammering into your head that HEY they were in a LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION!!!
microphone needed to quickly rush taco out in order to keep her safe, they needed to do it quickly so they wouldnt die. again, mic wouldve reached out sooner but the situation was so stressful she only did it now. taco probably wouldve died if she didnt come out, and they all knew the onpy way they could pry her out was with someone she cared about.
do i wish they got 5 more minutes to talk? fuck yes, but also keep in mind they barely had time to do anything, so much was happening all at once they had to shoehorn something in. and with the points i listed earlier again, this was probably the best they could do due to circumstance.
CLOSING THOUGHTS
overall, while i do think this scene was rushed, theres still beauty to be had with it. its still really impactful when reflecting on it and i dont think it devalues the tacomic arc as much as some of you make it out to.
i wish there was more to this scene but i think what we got was pretty substantial especially considering everything that happened in ii 2 17.
they both still care for eachother, they both loved eachother so much, that they were able to put their grievances aside so they could spend their final moments together.
thanks for reading <3
uhhhmmm uh shows up at ur front door. drew ur guy,,,,hi
both colored and colorless version cause i just guessed what hte colors could be theyre probably almost definitely not accurate LOL
(this is jus t a small doodle i might do more teehee)
WHAAAAT WHAT WHAT WHWTABWHAT I LLOVE THIS !!!!!! THANK YOUUUUU
I think you should draw Taco and Mic kissing because II17 made you sad.
i drew tacomic art after the episode dropped HOWD YOU KNOW!!! i'm sorry for all the times i've said smth along the line of "i need them dead" or "they should die" i regretted it. so much. please come back
i'm getting a strong feeling that i've drawn something similar to these doodles already but who CARES!!! i need to COPE!!!
#taco ii and Other Things That Ruined My Life: An Autobiography by unlemony
(no it wasn't.)
The day I started posting about #inanimate insanity episode 17 was the best day of my life.
Inanimate Insanity ship tier list!!! I know I already posted like 30 minutes ago.. but.. I couldn't wait to post this. Also mic is married to two people at the same time don't ask me how that works
Sooo. ii17…
imagine getting back your relationship which is the closest bond either of you have ever had and then dying right next to each other. Taco literally died in ii15 out of fear of seeing mic again, then she gets forgiven, a second chance to be with the one person who she’s ever truly cared for, the one person who cares for taco anymore, just for it all to immediately be ripped away from you. lol what if they died holding each other. As a last plea for help they cling to each other. They’re both the most each other have ever had. And now they’re both gone. Looolll
when taco died in ii15 she didn’t think she’d be brought back, that she was forever doomed to be a terrible person and no one would ever forgive her. But mic did. Taco was made to be that way, taco was made to live a life knowing no one would trust her or care for her. But mic did. No one else. Pickle hates taco and would never forgive her, truly seeing her as someone incapable of change, but mic believed in her. Mic was the only person taco ever knew that truly cared enough to help her change and see it through. Taco didn’t get the time to fully fix herself. She died still a fracture of a better person. But mic still cared. They were right next to each other in those final moments.
mic lived her life not being enough. No one ever cared enough to just Listen to her. She somehow always did something wrong. But taco beginning a partnership with her allowed her to prove herself. Taco shows pride in mic multiple times, she knows mic can achieve these things, she gives mic that chance no one else would bother to. Taco listened to her as well, for the most part. She helped her return the taser even though taco viewed that as stupid and she had a chance of getting caught, she did it because it was what mic thought was right. In ii17 she mentions that she didn’t do any physical violence, specifically because mic doesn’t approve of that. Taco cared for what mic wanted even though she didn’t exactly agree. Mic was giving her this chance to be better and taco was taking it so she could be better For mic. Taco went against mics wishes once, in ii14, but she did it because she Thought the outcome was what mic had wanted. She was willing to try and give her everything. Mic was appreciated and understood by One person, and then as a sort of final straw she breaks that apart. But neither of them stop thinking about each other. Taco especially doesn’t. After mic leaves it gets rid of her incentive. She stops caring about the money. All she wants is to fix herself. The person she cares for more than anyone, who also had been the only one to care for her, is gone. She suddenly had nobody. She needed to be better. She Wanted to be better. Because she lost the most important thing in her life. Mic leaving made her desperately try to get everyone else to leave just as she had. Because she realised the game was so much more, because she had lost everything from it. Her everything. Mic ends up forgiving her because she never gave up that hope. That hope that taco would change. She never stopped caring for her, she needed taco to see she wasn’t in the right. That she Needed to change, and that wouldn’t have happened until she left and gave her the time to. As she sees taco actually giving effort to be better, she allows her back in her life. Taco’s effort got started and now mic was here to help her along the rest of the way. Or, at least, she would’ve been there if it weren’t for their end. She stood by her side as she was brought out to the rest of the contestants, they stood by each other till the moment they died. Two people, err objects, who have only ever been understood by each other. Together in the end. Side by side. As their entire world is deleted along with them.
i know technically the scene was rushed bc of pacing issues but. in universe. it implies microphone loved taco so much she was willing to put aside every grudge she had so she’d be able to spend her final moments wuth her.
STOP IT.😭(/silly)
i like to think they were holding hands in purgatory mansion in their final moments.
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they are 2 SINGULAR ROBUX EACH (because that is the cheapest i am allowed to put it at) !!! you should totally get it /silly /nf
1 like and i make a roblox tshirt that says " i did not survive inanimate insanity season 2 " and also another one that says " i survived inanimate insanity season 2 "
i feel a little bit bad for her
mephone made her hurt pickle through the grand reveal of her personality and then she got hated by everyone and became homeless
and when she finally gets a chance to redeem herself everything goes to shit
tacomic scene big post cause i have a lot tosay about the sillies...
the . the way taco scooted away from mic at first. cause she was scared to get close to mic again like she would hurt her . or she thought she couldnt be forgiven
iand then she scooted closer again once to apologise properly cause she still wants to be a part of her life
mic's laugh was so fucking sweet i cant take it
rewatching this scene is healing my soul
i love tacomic so much.. im so so glad they got a scene of their own
she payed attention to what mic said cause ... cause she cares... cause she cares about her and what she thinks
also !!!!! i don't think they would've brought up the shimmers just for them to have such a small part !!!! there has to be more related to meeple and the shimmers !!!
I GATHERED ALLLLL MY EVIDENCE TOWARDS THERE BEING AN ACT THREE
ITS UNDER READ MORE BC THERES A LOT MORE SPOILERS THAN MY LAST COUPLE POSTS
every finale for every season had a panning shot of the sky with "the end" showing up in black text. we didnt get that in this episode (https://x.com/goblonglo/status/1845168766839046382)
all the plotholes?? the things left unfilled?? there is no way theyd leave it off so open-ended. even hfjones ending had more closure
most movies have 3 acts. the 2nd act is known for being the part where everything seems hopeless and theres no saving them. we're still in the "all is lost" portion yall!!
there was a member that said something along the lines of "keep an eye out for what mores to come" in a tweet that was deleted not long after it was made. this implies They werent meant to spoil that there was more coming (https://x.com/meepletism/status/1845164453970706672, https://x.com/eyewellduh/status/1845156100779180075)
no one has ever had a solid answer whether or not there was only act 1 and act 2. not anyone has said a word about it yet. sure, theres no confirmation, but theres also no denying
the entire "how bow got her tail" thing. every time they made her start talking about it, it cuts away. we dont now whats up with that yet, which implies that it spoils what its gonna be used for in the future
THEY JUST HIRED NEW ANIMATORS!!! like LITERALLY just hired a big batch of new animators. there is no way that they did it just for one last part of the series just to end it so soon.
in the post where they promoted the release of ii17 on twitter, it states the series CONTINUES, not CONCLUDES. if you look back on old posts, like the one from the iii finale, it states in big bold letters THIS IS THE END IT ENDS HERE but it doesnt do that (https://x.com/AnimationEpic/status/1845134881098961164, https://x.com/AnimationEpic/status/1764314840410021903)
kinda hand in hand with above but the description of this video compared to other finale episodes looks like just a normal episode. theres no "thanks for watching the series" or anything. the ii team wouldnt just Leave it off like that i dont think
adams account being deactivated over on twitter due to his whole "running away from mephoneX" thing has to be relevant right. they have to reactivate it at some important point. like when act 3 comes out? right??
i cant think of anything more if anyone else has something to add please do so. also if theres anything here that doesnt make sense i apologize my brain is in such a whirlwind
something i find really interesting is how there's like. no curves in the writing. it's all straight lines
oh my god thats why theres no one voicing the " ADAMATION ! " at the end. because...... because.. they're all...
ugly crying