#Porky Beast

[ashidentshappen]

There’s a rule on this podcast. At any given time there must be one practically useless character

#meme #hohr #hell or high rollers #mischief comedy #mischief theatre #mischief #Draugul #Mr. Shadow #Porky Beast #Ghoul

[nickpeppermint]

#mother #mother series #mother 2 #earthbound #hobonichi #Porky minch #pokey minch #plushie #meme #shitpost #edit #beauty and the beast #he is contained

[incorrectlooneytunesquotes]

Duck Dodgers: How can you read this? There's no pictures! Cadet: W-w-w-w-well, some people use their ima-ima-imagination.

#daffy duck #porky pig #source: beauty and the beast

[itbe-jess]

So I did a Beauty and the Beast parody, staring the Looney Tunes cast.

#Looney Tunes #Marvin the Martian #Tasmanian Devil #Bugs Bunny #Daffy Duck #Porky Pig #Elmer Fudd #Parody #Beauty and the Beast #I think this story counts as AliennPredator

[thoughtsforsoob]

places in Tokyo that they take you to :)

a/n: idk if y’all can tell but i visited Tokyo, Japan not so long ago and absolutely fell in love with it. it was such a beautiful experience and I hope that if you ever do go, you have fun too. please don’t skip out on it and make time to visit it if you can! this may be a little specific but i know this is self-indulgent. please let me know what you think of it !!!

yeonjun

team planets! i see him liking how artsy and pretty it is. he loves seeing you enjoy the different exhibits and takes so many pictures of you there. he whines when he has to take off his shoes for the water experience part (which is so beautiful btw). he whines because he knows you’re gonna tell him to “put his damn dogs away”. i think his favorite part of the flower room because he loves how you look among all the flowers. Says some corny ass shit like “yeah, they’re pretty but not prettier than you.”

soobin

Tokyo Disneyland! He is a total nerd so he would love this place. He makes you get up super duper early and rewards you with coffee (tullys tho omggg). You guys arrived early enough and are there for rope drop. He even dresses up all nice for the day. He buys the both of you matching character hats. He totally insists on porky and slinky hats (he begs to be porky so you let him). He loves getting on all the ride but his favorite was beauty and the beast. he loves the attention to detail. he even gives you a little kiss while the ending scene is happing and def makes you blush. Don’t even get him started on the parades. He watches every single one of them. Especially the last light show. He holds you close to his side and wraps his jacket around you. The whole moment just feels so sweet and romantic and he lives for it.

beomgyu

harajuku enjoyer for sure. he loves all of the clothing shops, shoe stores and everything else. He for sure goes into all of the stores and tries on a million things and has you give your opinion. Don’t worry, after all of that shopping, he’ll make sure to get you a treat! He’ll fill you both up on Okinawa ice cream, cheesy 10 yen coins and plenty of coffee!! I feel like he’d also take you to music stores. You both comb through the many floors of Tower Records and find your favorite albums. Also..what’s harajuku without a photo booth session :)) he makes you take one of those silly ones that make you look like a doll. Silly gyu

taehyun

sensō-ji! I feel like he really appreciative of older places and places that make for pretty pictures. he def makes you both put on kimonos for the whole experience (don’t be like me and def watch your step when walking in these narrow shops…aka: don’t skip down the stairs 😜) he loves the whole touristy vibe and he hopes you do to. He obviously also stops at all the food stalls and buys you and him treats to try. HE also takes a pretty picture with you in front of the temple…one where he even kisses your cheek. He is in that good of a mood omg. You two also do fortunes at the temple and you both get bad luck :(((( sorry I don’t make the rules

huening kai

snoopy museum for sure. Yeah ik this place is technically in yokohama but like…idc :) anyways, huening gives snoopy lover vibes so he would def love to bring you here. he loves looking at all of memorabilia with you and if you’re a snoopy enthusiast also, he asks you questions and makes comments. he def begs you to take a pic with him by the giant snoopy in the middle of the room. he keeps it in his wallet forever. he also loves the stuffed snoopies so you get matching ones!

#txt imagines #txt fluff #txt headcanons #txt x reader #txt reactions #txt texts #soobin x reader #soobin fluff #yeonjun x reader #yeonjun fluff #beomgyu fluff #beomgyu x reader #taehyun x reader #taehyun fluff #huening kai fluff #huening kai x reader

[loyaltykask]

Chapter 32

@journeythroughjourneytothewest

So by chapter 32 imma say that they are like three years together at this point, or at least 2 and a half since it is spring again and Sanzang met Wukong in like Fall/Winter.

So love that it is a thing that Wukong know the heart suntra more than Sanzang and he can take it to heart even more

It is impressive that here Wukong is actaully talking about custody and arrests rather than straight-up murder. Either he changed his tune and is willing to go the extra mile to arrest demons but I think that kinda neat that he knows the legislation of which jurisdiction is overseeing what kind of demons

Guy: They want to eat you Wukong: okay but like.... how?

WUKONG WANTS TO KNOW

Wukong DEADASS YOU ARE A BLESSING

HE knows how he wanna dies

Wukong: I love my sanity sometime last year when we got the pig so like..... just point me in the right direction bub

Wukong: These idiot, don't they know I'm me

Wukong just can't relate

Wukong: Let's see I'll have Bajie go up and fight. He if wins, he wins! If he loses I can save him and rub it in his face! Win-win!

HE REALLY SAID FUCK BAJIE RIGHTS

NOOOOO

HE FAKE CRYING THIS BITCH

SELL THE HORSE AND BUY SANZANG A COFFIN BAJIE DAMN

WUKONG COMES CRYING AND HE PANICS

Tells everyone GO HOME WE LOST BEFORE WE EVEN BEGUN

HE SO WORRIED HE SO CONCERNED

I just just SEE Wukong fucking smirking that he now get to boss around Bajie and Wujing. Wujing deadass standing there like "oh no the power has gone to his head" AND IT HAS SANZANG fell for the crying hook, line, and sinker

Sanzang: Listen to you big brother Wukong: Yeah porky listen to me

He gives Bajietwo choices 1. stay with the master and WHEN you fail you will be beaten or 2. go 'patrol' the mountain ie. go lure the monsters out

Sanzang: stop laughing at your brother Wukong: hehehehohoho Funny Piggy going to get

Wukong: I'm going to go spy on him Sanzang: just please.... don't mess with him Wukong: No promises

These are bully Bajie hours now

OOOO HE CALLED HIS A DODDERING, THE BIMAWEN, AND A SISSY

THIS LITTLE SHIT BE TALKING SHIT

Wukong tuns into a woodpecker to bite him

I think this like the ONLY time I've seen Wukong attack in a transformed form

Damn Bajie have some self respect

HE IS HAVING SO MUCH FUCKING FUN

GOOD FOR HIM

I can't tell.... if Sanzang is saying that Bajie is too stupid to lie and that he just can't see it.... or if he really thinks Wukong likes messing with Bajie enough to get him in trouble on purpose

He just happy he gets to scold the other for once, revenge never tasted more

GBSUKGNSIOEGNSOIENGS "You can beat him later, we in the middle of something right now"

WUKONG DOES NOT CARE PLEASE

NOW BAJIE SCARED THAT EVERYTHING IS WRONG ON HIS PATH HE SO WORRIED

It's funny how these demons find out about Sanzang. Like the heavenly beasts or people just KNOW Sanzang is the Golden Cicada because that was just that some hot gossip. And normal demons just hear either from the grape vines or other demons but deadass these fallen celestials are like 90% of the reason I think everyone knows about Sanzang

LIKE THESE GUYS EVEN HAVE WANTED POSTERS OF THESE GUYS

WHO MADES THESE?!

A common trait of Bajie is that he tries to hide his snout a lot during the journey, he tries to hide it in his chest/shirt like 4 times already. Kinda sad actaully how he wants to hide

Instead of yo mama jokes, they have 'im you daddy now' jokes in 200 AD China

Love that it is acknowledged that Bajie COULD have taken on Silver Horn one-on-one but he got overwhelmed with numbers. Poor guy...

#jttw #journey to the west #book club

[irritable-bowel-showdown]

The Irritable Bowel Showdown competitors have been decided!!!

Thank you for your patience, everyone! The participants have been chosen, the bracket has been tentatively created, and preparations for Round One are underway!!!

Thank you for the feedback on my poll about the number of participants. Although the option for accepting further submissions had the most support, after narrowing down the eligible participants to 102, I decided it would be best to continue with the current number so the tournament could begin! As a result, some characters with a higher seeding will automatically move to the second round to accommodate the awkward number of competitors.

The full roster is as follows:

Alphys from Undertale Amu Hinamori from Shugo Chara anon who shit on couch from real life Asahi Azumane from Haikyuu!! Bambi from Dave & Bambi Barry Bluejeans from The Adventure Zone: Balance Belphegor from SMT/Persona series Benrey from Half-Life VR but the AI Is Self-Aware [AKA HLVR: AI] Bor'dor Dog'son from Critical Role (Campaign 3: Bells Hells) Bubbie from The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack c!Tommyinnit from Dream SMP Carlton Ulysses Wheezer from Jimmy Neutron Chidi Anagonye from The Good Place Clark Kent from Superman Craig Boone from Fallout: New Vegas Dabi from My Hero Academia Dareth from LEGO Ninjago Dave Strider from Homestuck David Rose from Schitt's Creek Dean Winchester from Supernatural Deandra The New Girl from The Most Popular Girls In School Declan Lynch from The Dreamer Trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater Dimitri 1 from 101 Dalmatian Street DJ from Beast Wars II Doctor Sung from TWRP Dr Crygor from Warioware Elmo Monster from Sesame Street/Elmo's Potty Time Enid Mettle from OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Filbo Fiddlepie from Bugsnax Geralt of Rivia from The Witcher God of Indigestion from The Discworld series: Hogfather, by Terry Pratchett Griffin McElroy from real life Hailey from Hatchetfield Nightmare Time Harrowhark Nonagesimus from The Lockes Tomb Hatsune Miku from Vocaloid Henry the Green Engine from Thomas and Friends Hinata Shouyou from Haikyuu Hiroshi Yuuki from Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life! Isaac Moriah from The Binding of Isaac James Tiberius Kirk from Star Trek: The Original Series Jane Doe AKA Soldier from Team Fortress 2 Jean Pierre Polnareff from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Johnny Sasaki from Metal Gear Josuke Higashikata from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Jotaro Kujo from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Juniper Sloan from Camp Here And There Kakashi Hatake from Naruto Kanata from Gokurakugai Kuruto Ryuki from AI: The Sominum Files - Nirvana Initiative Kuwabara Kazuma from Yu Yu Hakusho Lan Zhan (Lan Wangji) from The Untamed Larry Appleton from Perfect Strangers Loki the cat from real life Magellan from One Piece Mari from Yellowjackets Marinette Dupain-Cheng from Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir Marvin Grossberg from Ace Attorney Megatron from Transformers Mr. Tang from Lego Monkie Kid Napstablook from Undertale Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto Nekomaru Nidai from Danganronpa Niki Shiina from Ensemble Stars Nyack of the Rana’for from Not Another D&D Podcast Ochako Uraraka from My Hero Academia Okuyasu Nijimura from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Onceler from The Lorax Owen from Total Drama Panty Anarchy from Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt PaRappa from PaRappa the Rapper Porky Pig from Looney Tunes Primis "Tank" Dempsey from Call of Duty Zombies Queen Chrysalis from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Raji Shenazard from Snow White with the Red Hair Reigen Arataka from Mob Psycho 100 Rock Lee from Naruto Roy Kent from Ted Lasso Rung from Transformers Saint from Rain World Sakaeguchi Yuuto from Ookiku Furikabutte Senri from Koisuru Bokura wa Ichou ga Yowai Shauna Shipman from Yellowjackets Shit in Pants Guy from Johnny The Homicidal Maniac Shoichi Irie from Katekyo Hitman Reborn Spamton from Deltarune Spock from Star Trek: The Original Series Steven Universe from Steven Universe Tagora Gorjek from Hiveswap Tenzil Kem (aka Matter Eater Lad) from DC The cat from Lyle Lyle the Crocodile (movie) The test subject who shat in the elevator from Portal 2 Tomura Shigaraki from My Hero Academia Toshinori Yagi/All Might from My Hero Academia Triss Merigold from The Witcher Books Vetinari from Discworld Walter Tattersall from Yellowjackets William Afton from Five Nights at Freddys Yamaguchi Tadashi from Haikyuu!! Yami Sukehiro from Black Clover you the voter from real life Yuuga Aoyama from My Hero Academia Zhao Yunlan from Guardian

#I don't have an estimate for round 1 yet but it's coming!! #irritable bowel showdown #long post

[fly-pow-bye]

Everything Announced at the Annecy Cartoon Network, Max, and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe Panel

Cartoon Network Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe had a panel at the Annecy Festival today. These panels aren't available to the public, but according to people who were there, we can see what was announced. There's a lot of news to cover here.

A new series based on Beast Boy on his own, fittingly titled Beast Boy: Lone Wolf.

Batman: Caped Crusader, the new Batman series that is now coming to Amazon instead of Max, had a sneak peek.

Along with that, other DC-related shows that were brought up in some way include My Adventures With Superman, Creature Commandos, the film Merry Little Batman, a spinoff series of Merry Little Batman called Batfamily, a new season of Harley Quinn, and a spinoff of Harley Quinn called Kite Man: Hell Yeah! (source)

The Daffy and Porky movie is still happening, and has been renamed Bubble Brains.

Something was teased that involved Taz in stop motion.

The Amazing World of Gumball was said to be getting a new series after the movie, but they changed their mind and made it just Season 7 of the original show. They did not mention anything about the movie.

Tiny Toons Looniversity's opening was shown.

Turns out, watching a show will make it continue whether you like it or not, because they mentioned that Velma is getting a Season 2.

The Fionna and Cake spinoff's opening was shown. This will be on Max, and will be targeted to adults. Max did release an adult animation sizzle reel that has a split second of this show today along with Velma and a new series based on the short Hair Love called Young Love, which can be seen here.

The preschool spinoff of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends has been picked up and given the name Foster's Imaginary Nursery. An image of a CGI Bloo was shown off. (source)

One person said Jessica's Big Little World, The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe, and Invincible Fight Girl were at least brought up, but I couldn't find it in any other source. (source)

Conspicuously absent during this panel are anything involving the Gumball movie, anything else involving certain Craig McCracken projects, the fate of Bye Bye Bunny, and what they're going to do with the upcoming Cartoon Cartoons shorts.

#cartoon network #adult swim #max #batman #dc #tiny toons looniversity #velma #fionna and cake #adventure time fionna and cake #foster's home for imaginary friends #the amazing world of gumball #batman caped crusader #harley quinn

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sneak peek fic snippet from the absolute monster i'm working on. this bit features postgame sheep befriending teenaged claus. actually the teeniest bit surprised i've never seen anyone draw parallels between thunder tower's helmsman (who turns out to be just some decent guy), and the pigmask army's commander (who turns out to be just some decent kid). anyways. 🐑⚡

For Sheep, Lucas was a full scale demolition. A siren's blare still haunts their nightmares. Those scarlet tones, which yanked them from the control station, its knobs and thrown switches. Ripped the lightning right from their singed fingertips. Ashen and quivering, drawing steep smoky breaths through a hoggish mask - the other evacuees couldn't see what'd become of them. Gaze obscured. Trooper, and the rest, were none the wiser. That the embers in their eyes crackled not with vengeance, but with stars. Galaxies, even. Sheerest reverence.

And the dawning inklings of deepest remorse.

When Porky took Sheep, they'd been an upstart electrician down on their luck. One bad week away from eviction. One butterfingered accident away from Saint Peter's gates. Rustled them right outta the hospital bed they couldn't afford, from which - surely, they beg - they wouldn't be missed. Scooped 'em up, in both tender hands, like a sheared, shameful beast. Ascend time's veil, the clouds n' heavens, to the Tower's surging helm. Set this wayward lamb to its assigned post, atop all four wobbly hooves. Pat on the head. Good as new. And say,

"You're Zeus, now." With a Listerine smirk, and a fullmetal handshake. "Get it?"

But Lucas' pensive frown said otherwise. That gray-eyed stare, n' the tired bags beneath. Disarmingly familiar. The sorta perseverance fatigue couldn't crumble. Climb any Babel, or Burj Khalifa. Sheep thought it nothing short of amazing, and said so, too. Kid didn't mutter his reply aloud. Far too polite - to this day. It was his silence that rang in their ears.

"You're just an ordinary fella," came forth the answer, to thwart Sheep's star-studded praise. While Duster n' Kumatora did the talkin'. Lucas' recognition, comparatively, deafened them. The muted surprise, which colored his feverish haze.

"Just like us. Y'could be."

Raze the Tower to its foundation. Plant a seed amidst the wreckage. Huff a dusty chuckle, in retrospect. Funny thing is? Lucas hadn't the faintest idea what he'd left behind to sprout, within the Pigmask's aching chest.

Funnier still, in further retrospect - Sheep's life'd been a hell of a story, thus far. So, really. They shouldda known foreshadowing, when they saw it.

They met the same gaze, after oblivion. Stormy slate, over weary valleys. Eyepatch notwithstanding. Recognition like a pinprick to their throat. An itch, an awkward cough. It's true. Lucas did look an awful lot like the Commander. Ha. Practically identical. Would you call Sheep slower, or smarter, for missing the imposter's memo?

Claus wore sixteen about as gracelessly as anybody. And his guilt, about as well as Master Porky's other lightning-slingin' wind-up toy. When Andonuts' newly-minted apprentice rolled up to the wind farm, in the automaton's stead, he'd ruffled back his ginger cowlicks with a robotic palm. Wavin' a peace sign. Donnin' a slanted grin. Trooper, and the rest, did their double takes. "Y'all need a hand?" was a far cry from the little falcon with the busted wings. The broken kid - just a kid, he was just a kid, for Christ's sake! - who'd emerged from his metal mask. Who'd spent the first year dodging their stares, and hiding every scar. Further yet, somewhere six feet under, resided their dear Commander. That stagnant glower. A toneless order, perched at the merciless tip of a sword. Could almost make your skin crawl. How his comrades quivered, n' hunted for ghosts. Peering around trees, like haunted woods - amidst a Sunshine Forest of summertime freckles.

See, to them, Claus was inconceivable. That their former superior'd swoop on in, to haul turbines n' rotors. Right alongside 'em. Spare some poor reformed hog a fractured shin, at a fallen ladder's mercy, with the same telekinesis that used to inspire awe and terror. Smirk harmlessly, n' shout, "Aw, jeez! That was a close one!" Like. There had to be a catch. Right? A missin' piece of the puzzle? Surely there was something (beyond an impending nonbinary awakening) thunderstormin' beneath the surface. Any trace at all. Some secret, lingering, prickling spark.

Wouldn't you know it, Sheep held the elusive jigsaw chunk. Contemplated it in their zapped-numb fingers, as they sifted generator wiring. Let the embers flicker, behind the imparsable dark of their sunglasses. The weeping roots, n' gnarling bark, grating at their ribs from the inside. Yeah. They knew what it was like, to feign a smile. To loan one's labor so selflessly - no, so goddamn selfishly. Holdin' out the pleadin' hope that maybe, one day, your good deeds'll outweigh the bad. With a few dozen tons of demolished houses boring down on your chest, every ounce counts for somethin'. At least, it damn well better.

They met their fellow revenant in a dark place. Atop a so-called Tower of Love and Peace. Dared not dwell too long on his scrawny stature, or his husklike gaze. Nor the queasy sensation in their guts. Nah. They did as they were told. Couple of zombies, the both of 'em. Just churning the gears to some great, big, undead machine.

But, really? They met him - actually met him - at the base of a tower, instead. Moseyed meekly over one afternoon. Neither cared to share their breaktimes with the riff-raff. Neglected to cram the bustling stables. Leave these lonesome cowpokes to patrol their blustery farmlands. Sheep joined him, peering all the way up at those pearly, swirling blades. They recall their neck popping. The sun challenging their shades. Offered the kid a can of Sanpellegrino. He took it. With a plastic grin. N' the titanium hand his mentor'd built for him.

"C.. Erm. Claus," they stuttered. Earning his perked attention.

Outta the whole pigpen, Sheep's vocal cords, battered too by ash and voltage, were the very first to utter:

"Been… wantin' to tell you, I'm… I'm awfully sorry. 'Bout everything."

And they'd feel the ghoulish quiver, right down their lack of spine, when his facade faltered. His lips twisting, like a wince. Then promptly re-calibrating. Back into that yardstick-straight impassive line. Nerves n' muscles on his leftward side, pulled just as abruptly stiff as the steel on the right. Though the eyepatch, n' the scars besides, halved his mis-matched countenance - one intact brow was plenty to betray the troubled clouds. One gloomy, gray-green iris. 'Bout the color the sky turns, if a tornado's brewin'. His voice'd dropped an octave or twelve, since the good ol' days. Nonetheless. Its hollow monotone rang unmistakeable.

"Why. It wasn't your fault."

N' Sheep braced themself, as if for their infraction. No, no. For the proper apology, pilin' up in their choked windpipes. That it was, and it is. That every single one of 'em - every swinish schmuck who heeded the stolen son's orders, instead of askin', demandin'!, what the hell they did to that poor kid - was just as culpable. And that if they could take it all back, do the goddamn time warp, again, they'd've never fired a single bolt. Wouldda come down like Catalumbo. Stormed the pompous pimple's playroom. Even if it wouldn't've changed a damn thing. Even if it got 'em booted straight outta Eden. Even if it wouldda.. wouldda killed them, they…

.. they did nothing. Said nothing. Just watched the kid blink. His unlocked jaw, drifting ever so slightly to a slack. Pupil shifting about the windmills. As if searching for something. Sheep didn't know it then. Would come to learn, soon enough. The way it sometimes takes a second or two, at Claus' most earnest, for his central processing unit and his "half-a-brain" to reach these sorts of compromises.

"… No. M'sorry," he murmured. With almost his brother's softness. And almost the same smile. Shook his hodge-podge head. Crooked teeth perkin' through that polyethylene veneer. "Haha.. Heheheh…"

Bewilderment slipped past Sheep's shades. Whether the tin soldier noticed, amidst his relinquished chuckles, is anyone's guess. For all the writhing garbage lodged in their throat, brimmin' over their lungs? Not a word of it breached the bright, blue, cloudless sky.

"Thank ya, Sheep," Claus said. Gratitude punctuated by a swift swig of aranciata rossa. "I, uh. 'Preciate it. Really."

#2thprose #osha's eleven

[ducktracy]

I don’t want to go too in-depth about this because I don’t want to come off as hateful towards TLTS however I will say (with no disrespect towards people that like it and esp not the people that worked on it) that I feel the reason for its sudden resurgence has less to do about the show *in particular* but more how it presents the Looney Tunes cast in a consistent domestic setting with consistent characters—which is much more easily consumable for fandom than shorts with VERY little continuity and characterizations that could depend on director, year, or even just that short.

this has been ruminating in my inbox since July (and i am SO SORRY… i have 200+ unanswered asks + DMs i promise it is not a purposeful disregard i’m just busy and easily distracted :’)) and i wanted to hold onto it just because 1) people who have been following me for quite awhile know my opinions on TLTS by now and i don’t want to keep beating a dead horse and 2) i feel a little guilty critiquing it because a lot of complaints do come to personal taste and i don’t want to discredit the work that went into the show… and also just know it’s a pretty beloved staple by fandom spaces and don’t want to engage in any drama.

BUT! i figured i’d throw my two cents in now because i’ve been doing a rewatch with a friend who hasn’t seen it before/only exposure to LT is through me (and rewatch as in not just skimming the Porky and Daffy episodes like i have been doing after i first finished the show in 2019) and i think it’s helped to give me a bit of a new perspective through a fresh pair of eyes

i agree with your point 100000000% and can’t say anything you didn’t already say better. i also sense that it’s easier to get into as an “outsider”. the more i delve into TLTS, the less i find myself enjoying it, but i CAN laugh at it if i distance myself enough from the source material/integrity of the characters at hand. i could definitely see myself enjoying it much more if these were different character altogether… but that i make such a mental compromise to begin with (which is more of a “me” problem than with the actual show) obviously demonstrates some disenfranchisement with the show. if i truly just try to view it for what it is, i find myself laughing at it much more. it does have some genuinely funny writing and i am a sucker for Jessica Borutski’s designs in the first season

going back to my earlier point though, i think it’s easier for people to get into who aren’t familiar with the characters. LT is a strange beast in that i think it’s structure (or lack thereof) is alien to a lot of people so used to serialization/episodic formats nowadays that have some semblance of continuity. in the originals, the characters differ depending on the director, the writer, the culture of the time, etc. even, say, two Daffy shorts released in the same year by the same director can drastically differ if they’re written by two different writers (like compare a Daffy short written by Mike Maltese to one written by Tedd Pierce, even if it was by the same director at the same time. there are going to be different approaches and nuances.)

as such, these characters are a lot more abstract and difficult to pin down. sure, there are recurring traits; Bugs is almost always witty and sharp in some way. Daffy is one of the most varied characters in the history of animation, but remains a lack of impulse control/general charisma throughout his career. while Porky has a tendency to get swept up in violent impulses depending on the context/director/writer, he is generally approached as mild mannered. there are definite traits that are identifiable, but these traits are INCREDIBLY malleable. the original shorts are so dependent on the context of their creators, their background, their culture that it’s impossible to view them from a lens of sheer objectivity. especially with the original shorts boasting so many different attitude and approaches at the same time! these cartoons are built on variety and subjectivity

therefore, i think modern audiences aren’t exactly equipped for this/such a format is understandably alien. and on social media especially, in a day and age where we feel we have to rationalize and justify our every waking thought, movement, impulse and so on, we try to make an explanation for everything or simplify something down so it fits our above strife for objectivity. what i’m getting at is that i think it’s (understandably) difficult for people to accept this at times contradictory variety, and it’s more comfortable to pin these characters down to easy, simple, identifiable traits and buzzwords. however, the original characters were not made with this train of thought in mind. and because the originals are so full of nuance and personal experience and background and so on, it’s nearly impossible to replicate that to the same effect

so, TLTS simplifies. Bugs is now the aggravated straight man who just wants to be left alone. Daffy is an inconsiderate, idiotic rube. Porky is a complete pushover who is made to be the butt of the joke many times to a degree that is even unintentional. little personality traits exuded in the originals (Chuck Jones’ interpretations of Bugs and Daffy, the former just wanting to find peace and messing with his adversaries if only provoked, Daffy letting his impulses get the best of him and come off as inconsiderate in the name of self preservation, Porky’s mild manners being misconstrued for a lack of self defense) are filtered through a more objective lens that can be digested by audiences with more ease—especially audiences unaccustomed to the nuances of the originals.

i was surfing around the TLTS wiki one day and saw something that mentioned (paraphrasing of course) “Tina’s hairstyle is ‘the Rachel’ style, based off of Rachel from Friends” and while it was just an innocuous sentence likely included with no real basis behind it, i think it perfectly described my issues with the show. instead of allowing these characters to exist on their own or own up to their genuine roots, purposeful sitcom clichés and other brief summations of characters are applied instead. rather than letting Tina exist as her prototypal self (RIP Marisol Mallard) which was arguably more unique, we give her “the Rachel” because it’s an identifiable synonym with sitcoms and comedic shenanigans and therefore clues the audience that, hey! this is a wacky sitcom. and i agree that is a smart association, but it just feels like an injustice. the LT characters are approximations and buzzwords rather than a genuine demonstration of what made them so compelling and iconic in the first place

please note that despite my ramblings about objectivity vs subjectivity, this is all just my opinion and i again feel a bit remorseful for even expressing it. i truly do think the show is funny on its own and am always happy to see increased interest in the franchise. i know the decisions and work behind the show were not as cut and dry as “Tina has a similar hairstyle to a fictional sitcom icon therefore the show is a representation of sitcom clichés”, and as a person who works on cartoons myself and understands the thought and care that go into these decisions i feel responsible for my armchair diagnosing. so, i ask that you take all of this with a grain of salt. it’s 99% my own opinion speaking. but i cannot agree with your original point enough, and feel that it is a show so unobjectively worshipped through its ease of access thanks to a comparative lack of complexity (as well as the fact that it’s not 1944 anymore and our media landscape/culture and how we interpret said media is much different now than it was then.)

i think it’s a show that presents the characters in a way where they’re easier to accept at face value, and it’s easier to follow that rather than look at a smorgasbord of options and backgrounds and base your opinions off of that. a lot of the original shorts have impressions of the characters rely on nuances, implications, and subtleties that go unspoken. shows and cartoons are much more dialogue driven and objective and often explicitly state how the audience should feel about the characters rather than, again, letting them make those decisions for themselves, which i feel is another point in why the show is so easy to digest.

i’ve rambled WAY TOO MUCH! i again ask once more that you take none of this as fact HAHA. it’s just my pure opinion and outlook, and i’m certainly not without my bias. i’m happy so many people love the show and hope more continue to do so, and i’m enjoying my rewatch of it through a fresh pair of eyes. i just get so caught in particulars that it’s hard for me to enjoy to the fullest extent because of the aforementioned aspects. but again, genuine positivity outweighs negativity, and the fans who love the show and get something meaningful out of it definitely trump my old man yells at cloud bitching. if it gets people into noticing these characters and checking out the originals, that’s all i can ask for

#long post #i am so sorry for my rambling #asks #anonymous

[dailylooneys]

Happy 80th Birthday Tweety!

“I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat!”........”I did! I did! I did saw a Putty Tat!“.

Happy Birthday to one of the most famous Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies character, Tweety (or Tweety Pie), originally created by Bob Clampett and later taken over by the creator of Sylvester, Yosemite Sam and Porky Pig, Friz Freleng.

Originally named Orson and was left unnamed in his first appearance “A Tale of Two Kitties”, until Tweety’s second film, “Birdy and the Beast”. 

Tweety’s voice and characteristics were modeled after a then well-known fictional radio character “Junior, the Mean Widdle Kid” by actor as Red Skelton.

Clampett would go on to direct a couple more Tweety shorts until his depature. He originally planned to direct Tweety’s fourth cartoon, “Tweetie Pie”, but was taken over by Friz Freleng and won the Academy Award.

In a similar approach to Tex Avery, Clampett was more interested in one-shots (once stated, after a few Bugs Bunny cartoons, he became bored with the character), which may be the reason why he didn’t create as many characters as Jones, Freleng or even McKimson, aside from Tweety, there was also Beaky Buzzard.

Clampett’s original Tweety was intentionally sadistic while still maintaining his cutesy demeanor, whereas Freleng’s Tweety was later toned down significantly (very much like Jones did with Bugs and Daffy in the 1950s onward), making the character innocent, naïve and, for most of the part, unaware of the danger around, however, at least a few of Freleng’s Tweety short would include some of Clampett’s original characterstics, until Tweety’s sadistic nature was entirely gone. 

Freleng’s Tweety’s designed him with even less exaggeration. 

Freleng paired up Sylvester with Tweety, much to the disagreement with the cartoon directors’ new producer, Eddie Selzer, who protested that Sylvester and  the unnamed woodpecker from 1945′s “Peck Your Troubles Away”, Freleng refused and, according to him, he angrily placed a paper-and-pencil to his producer’s desk and stormed out. Later, Selzer agreed to have Freleng make a Sylvester and Tweety cartoon short, the first one with them, as stated, won the Academy Award, and the rest is history! 

Like there competitors, Tom & Jerry, Sylvester & Tweety became labeled as “one of the best duos in animation history”, and who can argue with that statement! These duos starred in some of the best shorts ever made!!!

#tweety #bob clameptt #friz freleng #birthday #a tale of two kitties #looney tunes #merrie melodies #model sheets #history #lobby cards #tweety80 #tweety 80 #80 years of tweety

[smashingsire]

New Pork or York? Which is it?

@badxsshottiexllie

The Demon Beasts led him all the way over towards this place that the King swore he would avoid like the Dark Matter themselves; New Pork City, an evilly-ran establishment that made its way to becoming a stage across Smash Bros. Ever since the King laid eyes on the ever-so-powerful Chimera which could KO you within a bite of its jaws, he attempted to stay well away from it every time.

Well, here he was, or at least according to what he could see. “Gah… I swore on m’own hammer that I would never wanna step foot in this here spine-stiffin’ city ever ‘gain! Who knows how many of those there dangerous demons could be wand’rin’ ‘bout? Hnnngh… I dunno which is worse. Dukin’ out with two Demon Beasts or fightin’ a WHOLE army of Chimeras… well, granted, at least that there Porky kid ain’t in charge no more!” Currently, the King was floating down on what would be the tallest building there, before he took out a pair of binoculars to analyse the entire city.

“A’ight, where‘bouts are yer meddlesome monsters, anywho?” grumbling to himself, the King tried to locate the very Demon Beasts who fled his own eye. “C’mon, I can’t let this here get on m’report! I’ll be hold for Dede-disturbin’ tha Dede-dimensions!!” the more he searched, he began to notice something rather… different. “… Huh. Ain’t it me or does New Pork City look kinda… diff’rent than Smash…? Did it have some kinda remodel? Wish I can get that for m’castle… hey, whose that gal in green?” he looked from the binoculars, undoubtedly flabbergasted.

Just then, a scream was heard, followed by various others. As the sound of bellowing echoed in his ears, the King grinned. “Found ya!!” With that, he held his breath and began to dive off the building, gliding across the sky.

He didn’t seem to know that both Demon Beasts were in different areas.

#badxsshottiexllie #/starter for you-hoo~\

[drilsouls]

There’s actually a lore reason for the little toesies, five digit hands and feet are signifiers of intelligence and are said to have been gifted from the greater will to the beasts in the distant past. Additionally, it’s likely the two fingers and three fingers were once a singular five fingered entity, the likeness of which is found on the faith boosting talisman iirc. This would further the connection between five digits and the greater will. However, the deepest lore is that Miyazaki gets to keep every lovingly rendered little piggy made on his behalf in a secret hard drive accessible only with his blessing. What he does with these perfectly painted porkies is anyone’s guess.

i mean it's hard not to catch on to the hand imagery early on, and it makes sense with palmistry being A Thing in this universe and the way the game uses the symbology of hands in general

but extending that to feet is a lil "hmmm, i don't know about that, buddy..."

[uneasylisteningradio]

Monsters October 29, 2022

Photo: Ray Harryhausen and friend

Monsters. Y’know, for Halloween. This is one of those 3 hour shows!

stream on Mixcloud

Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night Nervous Gender - Monsters

DJ speaks over Richiro Manabe - The Transforming Pollution Monster

Heavens to Betsy - Monsters Slant 6 - What Kind of Monster Are You? The Campanions - Dorothy, My Monster Swingo Porkies - Un Monstre es en Moi

DJ speaks over The Big Guys - Zombie

Inflatable Boy Clams - Skeletons Comus - Diana Los Shain's - El Monstruo Shonen Knife - Kappa Ex. RJD2 - The Horror

DJ speaks over Goblin - Zombi

Hugh Cornwell & Robert Williams - Nosferatu Frank Chickens - Mothra Nicole Paquin - Mon mari c'est Frankenstein Entombed - Night of the Vampire Cochonne - Vampire

DJ speaks over Hot Blood - Even Vampires Fall in Love

David Thomas and Wooden Birds - Monster Walks the Winter Lake Hamlett - Vampire Man Monsters Crash the Pajama Party Trailer John Cooper Clarke - (I Married a) Monster from Outer Space (Live at the Electric Circus)

DJ speaks over Don Hinson and the Rigamorticians - Monster Surf Stomp

Sally Skull - Bride of Frankenstein NoMeansNo - Hunt the She-Beast Aphrodite's Child - The Beast Johnny Whitaker - Sigmund & the Sea Monsters Barry Dransfield - The Werewolf

DJ speaks over John Lurie National Orchestra - The Beast

Ephraim Uzomechina Nzeka - Zombie The Hollywood Flames - Frankenstein's Den Mecht Mensch - Zombie X-Prays - Bracket Vampire

DJ speaks over Byron Lee and the Dragonaires - Frankenstein Ska

The Bats - Free All the Monsters Buck Owens - (It's A) Monster's Holiday Belvoir - Le Serpent Clan of Xymox - Medusa Clothilde - La Chanson Bête Et Méchante Warning - Beasts of Fiction The Vampires of Dartmoore - Der Feurdrachen Von Hongkong

DJ speaks over Science Fiction Corporation - Monster on Saturn 1

The Only Ones - The Beast Gene "Bowlegs" Miller - Frankenstein Walk Max and the Makeups - Chasing the Monsters Piece War - Monster Pel Mel - Big Foot

DJ speaks over Aphrodite's Child - The Wakening Beast

Slint - Nosferatu Man Mad Kenny's Allnight Drinker - Zombie Rock Outpatients - Zombie Tyme

DJ speaks over The Moontrekkers - Night of the Vampire

Toto Coelo - Dracula's Tango (Sucker For Your Love)

#radio #community radio #wprb #broadcast radio #playlist #music #punk #country music #goth #r&b #hardcore punk #prog #90s Hip Hop #riot grrrl #oi #weird folk

[rustedleopard]

Headcanons about the Ultimate Chimera:

The Ultimate Chimera is both a mechanical and organic chimera. Its genetic code is a smorgasbord of different animals (drago, hippopotamus, and thylacine, to name a few) which, after popping out of the test tube, was modified with machine parts into the beast it is today.

Porky commissioned the Ultimate Chimera to feel like it was perpetually on the brink of starvation in order to give it the motivation it needed to attack people. It can’t starve, it doesn’t have a digestive system, nor does it need to eat with the nuclear battery installed that’s fueling it, but that doesn’t stop the feeling of deep-seated hunger from feeling very real.

If the perpetual starvation function is turned off then it’s actually pretty chill for a chimera. It’s a top predator in its environment so it doesn’t feel the need to lash out to establish itself. It can’t starve so it doesn’t feel the need to hunt for food either. As long as you don’t try to attack it, it’ll just leave you alone.

The bird on its back was not an original part of its design, but rather came from another experiment that was being conducted in the Chimera Laboratory. Porky wanted to see if there was a way to free himself from his weird immortal old man-child state, and the bird was a product of some of the experiments done. Just like Porky, its development is arrested at a state between young and adult forms. It’s also immortal, like Porky.

The bird is the more vicious animal in the duo. Unlike the chimera that lashes out because it’s hungry, the bird would probably peck at your eyes for funsies.

The chimera lets the bird hang around because it likes the companionship. Also, because it’s too small to be a snack.

The bird hangs around the chimera because it likes the protection. Also, because it likes the companionship.

Another thing that was programmed into the chimera was for it to feel comfortable in small, enclosed spaces. That’s why it could be kept in a cage without much trouble in the Chimera Lab (at least until Salsa and Samba released it and made it freak out, oops) and why you find it in one of the bathroom stalls in the Empire Porky Building.

The chimera hunts by listening for heartbeats. Since most people can’t approach the chimera without the usual “oh god, I’m prey to this thing” thoughts kicking in and making their heartbeats go through the roof, it ends up seeing most people as food. If you can keep your heartbeat very calm (or if you’re a machine without a heartbeat) it won’t see you as food and you can approach freely, though with caution.

The wings are utterly vestigial. Porky wanted the chimera to fly, but since physics says that it’s too heavy to fly with those tiny wings and modifying the chimera to be more suited for flying would detract from its maiming abilities, the chimera is *snrk* earthbound.

The Ultimate Chimera was originally commissioned to serve as muscle for Porky’s army, an invincible creature under his command to establish himself as the most powerful being around and to quash any feelings of rebellion that could crop up. Since the chimera is too difficult to control and no one in Tazmily really felt the need to rebel, this ultimately turned into a vanity project.

Lastly, in a fight between the Ultimate Chimera and the Absolutely Safe Capsule, the ASC would win with no question (though not without sustaining at least a few hard knocks and scratches). Not to sound like I lack faith in one of my favorite fictional beasties, but the ASC was built with Dr. Andonuts’ and the Mr. Saturns’ abilities, which makes it borderline magical. Meanwhile, the Ultimate Chimera can be temporarily stopped by a closed bathroom door.

#Mother 3 #m3 spoilers #earthbound #wowie look at me ramble! #flicking these headcanons at you like a cat does with litter from the litterbox #ultimate chimera

[bookclub4m]

Episode 191 - Dark Fantasy

This episode we’re discussing the fiction genre of Dark Fantasy! We talk about horror, grimdark, violence, amoral protagonists, epic fantasy vs small scale fantasy, the importance of tone, and more!

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards

Things We Read (or tried to…)

Berserk by Kentaro Miura (Wikipedia)

The Citadel of Fear by Francis Stevens (Gertrude Barrows Bennett)

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

Shadowland by Peter Straub

Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn

Twice Cursed edited by Marie O'Regan and Paul Kane

Other Media We Mentioned

Dark Souls (Wikipedia)

Elden Ring (WIkipedia)

Magic Knight Rayearth by CLAMP

Pet Shop of Horrors by Matsuri Akino

The Library at Mount Char by  Scott Hawkins

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (Episode 147 - Contemporary Fantasy)

Monstress by  Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Wikipedia)

Ravenloft (Wikipedia)

Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher

Leech by Hiron Ennes (Episode 184 - Horror)

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw (Episode 176 - Fantasy)

Norylska Groans by Michael R. Fletcher and Clayton W. Snyder

Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday (Wikipedia)

The Sandman by Neil Gaiman and various artists (Wikipedia)

Children of Men (Wikipedia)

The Children of Men by P.D. James

Fables by Bill Willingham and various artists (Wikipedia)

Deerskin by Robin McKinley

Links, Articles, and Things

Dark fantasy (Wikipedia)

Category:Dark fantasy anime and manga

Category:Dark fantasy video games

Grimdark Magazine

20 Dark Fantasy by BIPOC Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Eleventh Cycle by Kian N. Ardalan

To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline

The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon

The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson 

The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu

Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang

The Changeling by Victor LaValle 

Jade City by Fonda Lee

She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse

Tender Beasts by Liselle Sambury

Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi

The First Binding by R.R. Virdi

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#genres #fiction #fantasy #dark fantasy