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i still regularly come back to this video whenever my rtc hyperfixation comes back. i wish it was a little more popular of a ship.

I love love love Ocean and Ricky's little bit because he doesn't want to die with grudges or anger. He wants to forgive her and love the best side of her and move on with that. And she is so freaking thrilled that he'd give her that chance.

I was lowkey a hater before this video thanks for your service

9:27 Bonus: Mischa’s face.

she’s actually confirmed to have OCD !

IVE SHIPPED THIS SINCE 2010 OMGG

These are all so good! And I feel like instead of only playing into the obvious aspects of the Sides you included ones that remind you of the less acknowledged aspects of them (Patton fighting to be happy, Virgil sitting on something that isn’t a chair, Roman representing pride, etc.) A wonderful collection! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

11:02 honestly, i'm glad u pointed that out. i always found ricky's song weird bc it literally had no meaning for the competition, he didn't have a reason to go back to life while all the others had, even jane smh, so i always tried to bring some reason for him bc i never wanted to see the bad side of it, but ur point of view kinda opened my eyes for this, y'know?? i like the idea that his goal was being listened and recognized for once before he died, but i just noticed he already had it in death, so there was no reason for him to come back, what kinda helps the idea of "disabled people are useless/don't have a reason to live" and that just makes me SO upset, like ricky's character broke plenty of stereotypes and taboos for disabled people, like that disabled people are incapable and/or not smart enough for anything, or don't have sexual preferences nor desires, so he being seen as the only one there who doesn't have a reason to live just torn it all apart, it's so sad and i hope they fix it in other versions :/

I love them so much & I thought I was alone on that 😭 ❤

I’m a full year late, but d’you think the Ricky concession could be fixed by focusing on his treatment rather than his condition? Like if he wasn’t giving up because “disabled people are better off dead” but because he was tired of being treated like a piece of furniture? Idk seems like putting the “blame” more on being cut off from everyone due to his parents mistakes rather than his actual disability would fix at least some of the ableism.

10:58 I feel like it would be better if Ricky could keep his crutches but be able to speak.

I ALSO HEADCANNON THAT RICKY AND OCEAN AUTISTIC

I don’t ship but it’s a respectable ship unlike some (topcomment)

9:22 is my friend and i😅

the way I thought this ship was a joke 💀

hasn’t ocean made SEVERAL ableist comments to Ricky in the musical (and made fun of his disability multiple times)?😭😭

I mean, as a multi shipper… yes.

autistic ocean kinnie here HI WHEN RICKY WAS GOING OFF ABOUT HOW NOTHING WAS AN ACCIDENT I WAS LIKE OH FUCK ARE YOU ON THE SPECTRUM /POS

"ocean x ricky is so problematic" SHSHS SHH SHUSHHHH PLEASEEE LET ME HAVE MY MOMENTT 😖😖😖

I love this video because it a) made me ship ricky and ocean and they mean the world to me and b) made me realise oh my god I can ship something other than nischa

LOWKEY LIKE PERFECTSPACE THEYRE BOTH SO 🤓👆THAT I FEEL LIKE IT COULD WORK ITS ACTUALLY SORT OF CUTE

I love the side tangent about RIcky's maladaptive daydreaming its so real

I prefer the original version of Ricky in this show. It doesn't put his character in a bad light at all like people are saying, his story is a commentary on society's problematic view of disabled people. And through the story, Ricky defied every single ablest assumption Ocean had about him. He's smart, creative, caring, talented, and has a lot to say. He had plenty to bring to the table, but no one ever listened to him in life. No one ever took the time to communicate. Ride the Cyclone was a lesson to everyone to not be like who Ocean was. Stereotypes and assumptions are harmful and can get in the way of getting to know a really great person. Also, Ricky didn't concede because of his disability. He didn't even mention it. He conceded because of his spiritual beliefs about sharing love and doing what's right. Competing for a chance at life and condemning everyone else would be against his code. Ricky is an admirable guy, and my favorite character in the show.

About the whole Ricky rant, I literally love his character so much because he reminds me a lot of myself (autism + POTs moment) and I actually hate how much they changed him as a character. While I am well aware of the ableism within this script, on some level I can pretend it's not there with his context of why he concedes and the basis that he's been through so much he probably genuinely doesn't want to go back to where he's still stuck in a home with people that didn't give him proper care, but in the new script they literally just erase his disability and honestly (in my opinion) kind of make his character super bland and unlikable. So while I do see the problem with this version on the show, I would rather have kind of bad representation than none at all. On another note, I like to headcanon that a lot of the reason why we don't see a lot of Ricky's motivation to go back would be so that he can finally look at his disability in a more positive light and, through his experience in the afterlife, finally get the courage to stand up to his parents and get himself the help he needs. Because while he may be disabled, he's clearly smart enough but before his death (and even throughout most of the show), he still internally infantilizes himself and sees himself as someone who can't do a lot of the things he wants to, which leads to him "leveling up" in the afterlife (I mean come on, he could've easily played the accordion in real life). So yeah, sorry for the huge rant but I just love his character so much and while I wish this show did a better job of portraying him (no hate to Alex though), at the very least they made him disabled, kept him as a disabled character, and due to the success of the show made him a more popular portrayal in theatre (which really doesn't have enough in the way of disability representation). I'd rather be able to make headcanons for a disabled character than headcanon a character as disabled. (if that makes any sense lmao)

HUGYFYGJUGUF UNPOPULAR OPINION BUT PERFECTSPACE and EGGDOLLS ARE THE BEST :3333

I LOVE RICKY X OCEAN ❤️❤️❤️

2:36 Me 😅

Instead of changing the script to solely make Ricky mute, they could have just kept Ricky’s mobility aids in except for SABM like McCarter theatre did, because I actually liked his mobility aids! Also the new weird snake sermon thing in his backstory I don’t like- I can’t excuse their ableism with cutting the only/first (I’m sorry, it’s 4:00 in the morning, I can’t get my facts straight) disabled actor to play Ricky BECAUSE of their disability. I love all of the actors and all of the characters, but script changes and ableism I’m pretty fucking salty about.

i love how at the end they're the last ones to hold hands and its ricky who grabs her hand and they smile at each other. because i think out of the whole choir, in their lives they would have disliked each other the most, so them holding hands by the end is like the coolest character development ever

no one ships them because it’s an awful ship she will always be ableist and will always infantilise ricky also she’s a girl kisser

Like we could still have Ricky be okay with being dead but I feel like he should be allowed in the musical to have a chance to be alive again because what are the chances of him not having a better life where he has parents who actually care about him and actually do things like teach him sign language give him AIDS so he can communicate with other people and also it just kind of ableist that the only character who is disabled is it allowed to be able to have the same chance that everyone else

At least the fan of this musical let Ricky keep his Mobility AIDS because in a lot of animatics for it they have Ricky keep his Mobility AIDS cuz like I can't speak from this personally because I'm not disabled but I feel like even if someone did die and then didn't need their Mobility AIDS in the afterlife I feel like they would still keep them though because they'll be so used to having their Mobility AIDs that it be weird to not use them suddenly like they can but I just feel like it makes more sense for a dead disabled character to keep their Mobility AIDS or Prosthetics in the afterlife

I LOVELOVELOVE OCEAN X RICKEY ITS SO CUTE

I know this video is over a year old but I got into RTC about a month ago (unfortunately unaware of the ableist💩it has become). I, like Ricky, am disabled and use forearm crutches. I was over the moon when I saw a character with forearm crutches shown in theater. His story hit close to home outside of the usage of sign language (if it can even be called that). In regards to 10:40, I was always under the impression that he stepped down because he was able to live his dream through the game's ability, he was able to dress up, live his dream space scenario, be heard, and not worry about his body and how he felt. I never viewed it as ableist that he stepped down from the game, in fact, I think it was the best and truest course of action for his character.

7:30 I was a bit pissy he didn’t do a Bob Ross reference but then he started infodumping about chaos theory (aka “the butterfly effect”) and it’s origin and such and I got happy again (yes, I’m autistic, how did you know?)

2:45 exactly how I feel about this part, like. this is one of the parts I would be uncomfortable doing if I auditioned for ocean and got the part and it just makes me uncomfortable in general..

BTW Being "different" doesn't mean ur autistic. Ocean is just like that, and Ricky is finally being able to express himself, he's just weird (in a good way). I love this ship tho they're so cute.

YES I LOWKEY SHIP THEM TOO 😢

FINALLY THE TENSION BETWEEN THEM IS INSANE

1:27 I can’t get over *Orange*. Just like no context, no explanation, simply the word orange and yet I’m sure it made completely perfect sense to 90% of the people here

This is my first thought when I saw this musical I’m so glad other people agree with me 😭

FANTASTICCC!! Question, will the background be changed, or will it remain a forest?

1:26 WHERE DO I FIND THIS COVER IT’S SO GOOD 8:22 I...this is perfect. The songs, the premise, the characters, PERFECT

AHAHAHAHHA I LOVE THIS. GREAT WORK CHILLY!! SO EXCITED TO SEE THE FINAL PART

I don’t ship them bc I’m a proud spacedoll enthusiast but I love them as a duo :D

15:19 this was literally the part that made me start looking the ship bc they looked so happy 😭

4:33 Everything about this screams me on a daily basis, and therefore this shall be my new computer wallpaper.

this is the best “*fandom* as TikTok’s” I’ve seen. any one with Logan is spot on

WAIT YOURE SO RIGHT FOR THIS, I CANT BELIEVE SOMEONE ELSE SHIPS THEM

Not me forgetting we're autistic and being like "oh, that isnt echolalia, we do that all the time.... Oh shit, i forgor"