“rose beats everyone at scrabble” is still one of my favorite headcanons
rose, in a sports anime antagonist voice: i would seem congratulations are in order, dirk. as it stands, we each have only five tiles left, and i’m only ten points ahead of you. i’m sure you’ve figured out through process of elimination that the missing “q” and “x” tiles are in my hand, and if the game ends while i still have them, they’ll be subtracted from my final score, ensuring your victory. however, things are not always as they seem….. you, see, you made a miscalculation. four turns ago when you placed “tic” just adjacent to the final available triple word score space, rendering it seemingly unusable, i’m sure you counted it as a strategic victory- little did you know you were ensuring your own defeat.
dirk, with an expression of dawning realization: impossible!
rose places “quixotic” on the final triple word score, winning the game. the gathered spectators collectively lose their shit.
