tai being included on the ice queendom website is interesting cos he’s the only character there who doesn’t appear during V1 or V2, he’s only mentioned during that time.
so either they’re adding extra scenes for the recaps (like tai learning ruby is accepted to beacon early) or whatever divergence happens, it’s not that drastic that all the characters with no alternate design aren’t present anymore (or they’re just hiding those design for now).
every new piece of information about team strq, no matter how small, is like playing whack-a-mole with fanon. i’m starting to think they have a checklist for misconceptions that they need to address before it goes too far, like. that’s how deliberate it feels like lol
anyway, ice queendom on july 3rd. unless they decide to air simultaneously, it’s looking like october start for V9.
