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dreammeiser · 2 months

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Is it okay to ask what where the inspiration for the characters of Dream along?

Of course! I'm always dying to talk about their creation and inspiration but worry about getting too wordy/annoying about it, so I hardly talk about it unless asked (please ask me about my brainrot heeheehee). I can only fit so much on an Instagram Story or a Tweet, so I'm glad you asked here. I guess this will be the master reference for them. Sorry in advance that this is wordy!!

I made these characters spanning the past 14-15 years, with their story only being worked on about 10+ years ago, give or take. I will mention that they were made with Earl as a starting point while I was working at the cool puppet place; the show I was interning on wasn't scratching the creative itch I had, so it was recommended to me to make the project that I wish I was working on. :oD

The Muppets, Sesame Street, Osamu Tezuka's works, and Moomin were some animated/puppet media off the top of my head that always stuck with me my whole life and have influenced my retro inspired work the most. They all had such sweetness and charm to them, and all felt like a found family :o) My favorite trope. Puppets were also just deeply meaningful to me because they were physical forms of creativity and childlike wonder you could hold and play with! I thought whenever you made one, you put a little bit of your heart and soul into them.

I wanted the Dreamalong Gang to have the charm of Jim Henson's and Tove Jansson's characters, but I wanted them to have the humor and intrigue of Gravity Falls, Over the Garden Wall, Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, and Welcome to Night Vale. DHMIS and Night Vale actually inspired the story the most because they were both a really nice mix of absurdist humor and horror! Sleep Paralysis Demons were a point of intrigue for me that I thought were perfect for a Dreamscape setting, so I started working on including those.

The Dreamalong Gang has little bits and pieces of friends that I had loved, but I leaned into the group dynamics more for them. They're composed of friends I wished I had growing up!

Visually, I'd think of a fun/dream adjacent theme for the characters to tie them all together thematically. I know people tend to bark at me when they see what I'm inspired by but, I don't like to copy directly from my inspiration sources. They're just there to inspire you, ya know?

Archie's theme was Wishing Stars and Bedtime Stories; Hunson Abadeer from Adventure Time used to be on here, but I moved away from anything that might've made Archie spooky. I forgot to include Peter Pan and his Shadow on here, but they inspired him as well!

When it came to palettes, sometimes I'd have something in mind for them already like with Roy G Biv, Archie, and Mae-- Roy has his kidcore rainbow/SMPTE bars, Archie had some of my favorite blues and creams with a pastel minimal rainbow, Mae's were based off the colors of a golden hour rainstorm I had seen on my travels. Other times I had to play around with what color I hadn't used much of yet. I wonder if you can tell which colors are my least favorite and which ones I like a lot hahaha :'o)

I would also think about stories and songs that went with the characters thematically and use those to shape their character a little further, like looking to The Impossible Dream from the 1972 Man of la Mancha and Moon River for Archie, as well as old Ole Lukoje fairytales. He used to draw inspiration from Hijo de la Luna, but I wanted his story to be more upbeat on surface level with hidden tones of sadness instead of dramatic.

I don't want this to get tooooo long, so I'm going to put a pin in it there. If people want to know more in depth inspiration sources for specific characters feel free to ask! I like being open about my inspiration sources and my process since so many other artists gatekeep stuff. I hope this was a nice read!! :o)

#thank you for the ask!#please ask me questions yes yes #If you are curious or unsure! Always ask!#I will get to them hopefully soon!#dream along with me #dawm project #dawm asks

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inbarfink · 9 months

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So I noticed…

Lesley has a credit on the Grolton and Hovris show.

The interesting thing about this is that this is obviously a callback to Roy’s name appearing in the 'Special Thanks' on DHMIS the Web Show occasionally…

Which kinda references how she seems to play a similar role to the one Roy played in the DHMIS Web Finale….

But although being a 'Script Editor' implies a greater amount of Creative Control than just 'Special Thanks' - appearing in the credits of an in-universe TV Show feels kinda ‘lower-tier’ compared to appearing in the credits of the actual show itself. Especially since…

Roy is STILL in the credits of the TV Show.

#dhmis #don't hug me i'm scared #don't hug me #i'm scared #dont hug me im scared #dhmis tv series #dhmis tv show #dhmis analysis #dhmis web series #dhmis lesley #lesley dhmis #roy gribbleston #roy dhmis #dhmis roy

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ragarat · 1 year

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Hello! Would you like to draw creative yellow cleaning up creative Roys face? Honestly I’d love to see them bonding, even if it looks strange.

He tried cleaning Creative Roy's face but he ate the towel.

#dhmis #dhmis art #dhmis fanart #dhmis roy #dhmis yellow guy #dhmis creative yellow guy #roy dhmis #roy gribbleston #dhmis creative roy!#they're bonding #totally...

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gweathney-propaganda · 3 months

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TD DHMIS AU.. ELABORATE

ok ok i will

Chris as Roy

Noah as Red Guy

Alejandro as Duck (i imagine him being a falcon, a small one tho)

Lindsay as Yellow Guy (hear me out-)

Courtney as Sketchbook (the creativity teacher)

Trent as Tony the Talking Clock (time teacher)

Justin as Shrignold (love teacher)

Harold as Colin the Computer (technology teacher)

Owen as Steak (eating healthy teacher; guys i know this might be weird, but i didn't really know who else would work as Steak :<)

Gwen as Lamp (dreams teacher)

now the tv series teachers les go

DJ as Briefcase (jobs teacher)

Geoff as Coffin (death teacher)

Katie and Sadie as Lily and Todney (family teachers)

Tyler as Choo Choo (transportation teacher; i know it's probably weird, but the two characters do have some things in common, soooo it's the best fit for him lol)

Ezekiel as Warren the Eagle (friendship teacher)

Sierra as Electracey (electricity teacher)

Blaineley as Lesley (i mean....come on)

sorry for this coming out a bit late, my mom had dragged me to do errands with her, and also i had to think abt who would be who, since i wasnt expecting for anyone to br interested lol; but I do wanna use the other td characters, so i'll probably make them original teachers or somethin. i also wanna draw screenshots from the show as this au, but i've never been confident in my ability to draw, so maybe i'll do it, maybe not, idk

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gnomeniche · 2 years

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director, writer, actor: dhmis's students as creatives

hey guys. i would like to propose the idea that the three protagonists of dhmis represent different creative roles involved in the production of television. red represents a director, yellow represents a writer, and duck represents an actor.

this theory is somewhat similar to the "generations" theory, but with creative roles instead, as both are more fun lenses to look at the three through than actual theories about the future or past of the story. i am not saying that they are LITERALLY these roles (F*LM THEORY DO NOT INTERACT).

but! by looking at the imagery associated with them and what the former two found when they breached the reality of their world (in webseries and tv show), i can make a case for the idea that they REPRESENT them.

(i originally floated this idea in this post, where i said it was extremely underbaked, but i am baking it Right Now. it is occupying my brain and i am obsessed with it.)

the director: red and the tv machine

in the webseries, red discovers the nature of their reality by accidentally stumbling into a set-version of their kitchen and seeing the cameras that film their world. when he breaches reality in "dreams", he finds a "tv machine" made of screens showing the world he once lived in. he finds that he can edit aspects of the world when he messes with the machine, swapping out characters and setpieces, one which is the idea he floated earlier in the episode.

red’s version of the “backstage” is electric, filled with glowing screens and machinery. this and the imagery of screens, sets, edits, and cameras bring to mind a director. red's phone motif could be read as relating to the need for directors to arrange and communicate with every piece of the production, and he literally moves things around the set in production on the machine. the higher power he discovers is roy, often interpreted as a producer, who directors work with to get productions made.

what does red want? he's sick of his awful reality. he wants something nicer, something he can control, something that isn't here. you could say that he wants a change of scenery. or a Scene Change, as it were. he wants to decide what he gets to do, and if he isn't given something to hold his interest, he re-Directs the episodes in his attempts to leave. he discovers their reality while searching for an alternative route in the "computers" lesson, and he hijacks the "transport" lesson to escape.

he has a minor association with ears, as an ear was taken from him in the kickstarter videos, and what is a phone but another way to listen? read alongside his desires, he ultimately wants others to “Listen To Me.” a director’s job is to give directions and make decisions by hearing out collaborators’ feedback.

the world the three of them live in has an interest in crushing each of their specific kinds of creativity, so despite red's inclinations, he is not able to direct anything. he has been assigned the role of "the apathetic one," or the one who does not make decisions or visualize anything more. even outside his role, red's trauma from the lessons leads to him being reluctant to speak about what he wants, so he often remains silent about his desires until he cannot help it anymore. but when he tries to assert his will, everything tells him he is wrong for doing so. the world shows him that all he will find if he tries to make his own decisions is nothing new or interesting, just bleak hopelessness.

in "dreams," red's failures in the "real world" are because he cannot convey his ideas alone. he has plenty of ideas, sure! but he has trouble solidifying them into words and performing them well. when he finds the media machine, he is restricted in what he can do by the "scripts" and "actors" he is given by the show. a director can be as inventive in his craft as he wants; without a script or actors to work with, his ideas are mere shadows.

the writer: yellow and the show bible

in the tv show, one of the first things yellow does on new batteries is discover the sigils seen in the background throughout the show and on lesley's book. he writes in the language composing their world. when he breaches reality in "electricity," he goes up through unrealized future ideas for the show and assists lesley, the "showrunner," from whom he receives a "show bible."

yellow’s version of the “backstage” is organic, filled with music and art. this and the imagery of books, writing, ideas, and symbols bring to mind a writer. plus, yellow is the most artistically adept of the trio, shown by his clown painting, trumpet-playing, and entire cast of imaginary friends. this imaginative streak lends itself to writing fiction. the higher power he discovers is lesley, often interpreted as a showrunner, whose ideas show writers must attend to.

what does yellow want? he's shown to be the most interested in the lessons, and what he wants when he gets his batteries is to know more. he's hungry for new ideas, and he's dissatisfied with pointless learning. the point he wants, since he begs to stay with lesley, is to get to create. he wants to learn from the writing around him and then try it himself. it's just that his lack of batteries prevents him from thinking. a blocked writer, so to speak.

he has a minor association with hands, as a finger was taken from him in the kickstarter videos and his hands often get messed up in the show. read alongside his desires, he ultimately wants others to “Make Things With Me.” a writer’s job is to use their hands to make ideas into something solid.

the world the three of them live in has an interest in crushing each of their specific kinds of creativity, so despite yellow's inclinations, he is not able to write anything. he has been assigned the role of "the stupid one," or the one who never thinks about anything or comes up with anything new. even outside his role, yellow is quite literally prevented from thinking, reading, or writing by his corroded batteries, so he tries to be creative in any other way he can. but when he tries to do anything artistic, everything around him insults and destroys his efforts. the world tells him that his desire to create is pointless because his ideas are worthless.

in “electricity,” yellow's failure to inform his friends is because they do not take him seriously. they ignore what he wants to tell them in favor of their priorities, and the "show bible" is rendered something shreddable. one of a writer's greatest challenges is getting people to care about their words. if directors or actors fail to take interest in their writing, the script may as well be garbage.

the actor: duck and the viewers' eyes

so where does that leave duck? he has not had an episode where he (successfully) breaches reality yet (RIP webseries duck, 2011-2015), but i can still make the case with what we have that he represents an actor.

throughout the tv show, duck makes the most of his roles unless they conflict with his preconception of what is supposed to happen in the episode. he is enthusiastic about "jobs" until it seems like the lesson has been thrown off, at which point he is stubborn about returning to the earlier script. in "death" and "transport," he adapts easily and with a sense of humor to the role he is given. if he's dead, he's dead, but that doesn't mean a character like him can't annoy the reaper! if the lesson was on transport anyway, there's no trouble with going along with the road trip escape, as long as he stays in-character! he manages to twist his part in new directions without technically straying outside the role and provoking backlash from the world. (and even in "death", he was killed. but he became his own replacement anyway, so it was... fine?)

close attention to the script that you were given, as well as using interpretation while still playing the part well, are qualities of a good actor. also, he seems to feel at more home on the set than his friends. he has the most charismatic presence in the trio, and even when he is uncomfortable with the situations happening, the home-set itself is a place he likes. also, his personality is dramatic, expressive, and egotistical, which are all stereotypes of actors.

though it seems like duck is doing fine at expressing his creative inclination to act, i will argue that in duck, the world tries to crush a way that actors can be creative within a role: by putting their own self/feelings into the character. he has been assigned the role of "the uptight one," or the one who never strays from expectations or expresses feelings against the grain. even outside his role, duck's trauma from the lessons has rendered him afraid to act or think independently, so he only expresses his true feelings from behind the veneer of the role. but when he can no longer take the pain and must express himself, everything around him tries to destroy him entirely and violently. the world tells him that his self, his thoughts, and his feelings are an unneeded hindrance to proper fulfillment of the role.

the idea of attention to role relates to both his want and his failure. duck wants to survive this show and remain with his friends, so he makes the most of what the show gives him. but this ties him ONLY to what he is given, as despite all their interpretation, an actor who is not improvising but playing a particular role on a show needs material to work with in interpreting their character. they need to know the script and work with the director.

he also has a lot of motifs that could play into him representing an "actor"

he keeps losing one of his eyes. an actor is always subject to someone else's gaze, even as they interpret the role through their own eyes. these are the eyes of everyone who views their performance. he even has some fourth-wall-breaking lines related to this (though i doubt he means them with literal knowledge). "i'm the best one," the favorite of the audience. "people want to know what your final guess would have been." "what people?" the audience, of course. his association with eyes could say “Watch Me”

his repeated deaths and replacements could allude to shifting from role to role, as the mechanics of the show-world mean that duck's essence shifts from body to body.

green, his main color, is allegedly uncreative, and though actors are absolutely creatives themselves, some may see them as mere subordinates to directors/writers and an outlet for their creative voices. this might also relate to his repeated deaths; sometimes, overbearing higher-ups on productions might demand that they perform something a certain way and treat them poorly or replace them if they do not.

and keeping this in mind, i’m curious to see what he may discover when he finally succeeds in breaching reality.

the three of them and the creative team

on a tv show, all these roles are replacable. directors and writers change from episode to episode, and actors can leave or get written out. they are all beholden to powers higher than them, whether it's the showrunner or the execs, and they must please if they are to remain on the show. the trio are repeatedly replaced when they die, and they are literally living under higher powers that punish them for doing things wrong.

though they are restricted by the show they are in, the three of them all have creative potential within them. whenever one gain some kind of autonomy, we see this potential bloom: red starts conceptualizing scenes, yellow starts analyzing and writing. but all alone, the student who tries to break free cannot truly gain control over their world. they fall back into the cycle due to either their own failures or those of others.

i've emphasized how each of these creative types, assuming that they do not overlap in one person, cannot create a show on its own. it is the same for these three: they cannot find a solution to their suffering alone. if they want to control the television show of their lives, they must work together. they need to become creators, not just students, and they need each other to do that.

other tidbits

this is just to end this with something fun!

red and duck are closer to each other than yellow. directors and actors work closely together while shooting and thus speak with each other often. i could make a joke about them losing focus and having a consensual workplace relationship here but i won't

yellow and duck seem to have a contentious relationship, but they both get along fairly well with red. i do not know if the writer and the actor often interact in production. however, i feel like both interact with the director more than the other.

red listens more to yellow’s ideas than duck does. though both actors and directors need to be on board with the script, the director is more often the one who decides to make a script a reality.

red is the largest one. the director is often seen as the biggest player in creating a work of film, though again, it is a collaborative process and auteurship is fake. also, red is in the driver's seat throughout "transport" and becomes the boss in "jobs".

duck seems more at home in front of the camera than red, who is uncomfortable with eyes on him, and he is faster to pick up on negative changes in situation than yellow, who must observe and think things through first. you could read this as red-as-director feeling more comfortable behind the camera than in front of it and yellow-as-writer needing to really work through an idea before feeling comfortable putting it out there, whereas duck-as-actor is okay with people watching him and better on the spot when something goes wrong.

(last edited Nov 21, 2022. will continue to be edited as more ideas come to mind)

#dhmis #dhmis theory #dhmis analysis #i am PROUD of this one pls read it. even though it is a longboy #am.txt

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creative-time · 2 years

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Not really a fan of the “Yellow Guy is actually Lesley’s dead son” theory but by god if the “Roy is Lesley’s baby daddy” posts aren’t funny as hell

#Best posts of the year #dhmis #don’t hug me i’m scared #dhmis spoilers #dhmisspoilers #Lesley #Yellow Guy #Roy #creative speaks

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holding-monsters-hands · 1 year

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MASTERLIST 2: I went up to the 100 link limit 💔

Slashers:

- How the sawyer brothers handle physical affection

- Protective Lubdan HCS

- RZ Michael Myers fluff HCS

- Chop Top relationship HCS

- Nubbins general + romantic HCS

- Freddy Krueger friendship HCS

Goosebumps:

- Slappy with a male dummy s/o that struggles to accept his sexuality (+ anger problems)

- What are the dummies like when drunk? (+ drink preferences)

- How would the dummies celebrate your birthday?

-Dennis + Rocky as the villains

- The dummies reacting to their s/o being pregnant

- What are the dummies like when sexually frustrated?

- How do the dummies + doll celebrate christmas with their s/o?

- The dummies morning routines

- The dummies allergies/intolerances

- How the dummies + doll react to scalp massages

- The dummies being gay + pathetic NSFW

- The dummies getting caught jerking off NSFW

- The dummies trying out new styles

- Mundane + oddly specific things that make rocky cry

- What stimuli overstimulates the dummies + doll

- How the dummies wake up from nightmares + how they deal with it.

- The dummies with a neko s/o

- The dummies dealing with chronic pain + disabilities.

- What are the dummies like at their lowest + how their s/o helps them manage

Killer klowns from outer space:

- The klowns reactions to a cuddly & sleepy s/o

- How the klowns do weddings

- Slim the Klown SFW + NSFW HCS

- How would the klowns react to their s/o taking interest in klown culture?

- Magori the Klown HCS

- How would the klowns interact with their child?

-How do the klowns celebrate Christmas?

- Killer klowns with a plus sized s/o

- Jumbo, Rudy, & Shorty cuddling their s/o

I have no mouth and I must scream:

- AM seeing child!reader drawing torture concepts

- Gorrister with an s/o that has ADHD

- Gorrister + Ellen with an s/o who attempts to protect them from AM

- AM with an s/o that has ADHD

- Ted with a lovestruck s/o

- AM reacting to child reader being injured by one of the survivors

- Benny romance HCS

- More Benny romance HCS

- General AM HCS

- AM reacting to child reader calling him by his full name

- MORE AM HCS

- Ted with an s/o who discovers his ex-con past

- AM with an s/o who hates being human

-Ted seeing his past s/o instead of Ellen in his psychodrama

- Ted being a pathetic man (NSFW)

- Gorrister & Ted NSFW HCS

- Ted with an s/o that has face dysmorphia

- AM destroying his s/o + soft aftercare NSFW

- AM’s reaction to being called papa by child reader

- Ellen romantic HCS

- AM trying out his new body

- HAL 9000 & AM making love to a fem s/o

- AM with an asexual s/o

- The survivors meeting child reader + AM’s reaction

- Pathetic Ted with a trans masc s/o NSFW HCS

- Android AM letting his s/o dom him

- Comic ted and his s/o being the last humans on earth

- Ted being cheesy with his shy/easily flustered s/o

- AM with a ‘sunshine’ s/o

- Benny with a s/o that courts him first

- Papa AM soothing child reader after something frightened them

- AM helping his s/o come down from an anxiety attack

- Papa AM seeing child reader for the first time as an android

- AM with an s/o that has strangely creative torture ideas.

- Papa AM taking care of sick child reader

2001: A space odyssey:

-HAL 9000 with an enamored s/o

- HAL 9000 with an s/o that has body image issues

-Hal 9000 with a distracted s/o NSFW

- HAL 9000 x AM NSFW HCS

- HAL 9000 & AM making love to a fem s/o

- HAL having built in tentacle ‘appendages’ NSFW HCS

- Hal seducing a fem! reader NSFW HCS

- Jealous HAL HCS

SCP:

- SCP 096 fluff hcs

- SCP 096 angst + comfort HCS

- SCP 096 with an s/o that deals with chronic pain

- SCP 096 stimming + overstimulation HCS

Creepypasta:

- Eyeless jack having a breakdown HCS

The mandela catalogue:

*nothing yet

Puppet master:

- How the puppets interact with a master that has ADHD

Junji ito:

*Nothing yet

DHMIS:

- Roy Gribbleston NSFW HCS

Invader zim:

- Dating the tallest HCS

Phantom of the paradise:

- Winslow with an s/o that has autism

- POTP HCS

- Winslow, Erik, & AM celebrating an s/o’s birthday

TF2:

- Sniper with an autistic s/o

- Engie with a neko reader that can’t stop purring

Etc.:

- Snow miser relationship HCS

- Snow miser with an s/o who doesn’t like feeling cold

- General snow miser HCS

- Snow miser fluff HCS

- Snow & Heat miser when they’re jealous

- Snow miser NSFW HCS

- Snow miser with an s/o he found freezing and injured in his territory

- Being married to snow miser HCS

- Snow miser with a trans male s/o

- Erik + the creature reacting to being the little spoon

#masterlist #puppet master #junji ito #killer klowns from outer space #i have no mouth and i must scream #goosebumps #slashers #monstertalks #creepypasta #SCP #the mandela catalogue #2001 a space odyssey #don’t hug me i’m scared #phantom of the paradise #tf2

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