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thecleverqueer · 1 year

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Random Thoughts during the first two episodes of “The Wrong Jedi” Arc from “The Clone Wars”:

• Part one- Random thoughts during The Clone Wars S5:E17 “Sabotage”:

*R7 really is an underrated droid. I hope he gets to shine in “The Bad Batch” with Ahsoka’s drug-smuggling ex.

*Everyone praises Anakin’s flying abilities, but Ahsoka is a pretty badass pilot herself. I guess most of the Jedi are… those reflexes.

*Ahsoka stole Leia’s line.

*I’ve yet to figure out how Ahsoka saves after jumping out of her ship onto Anakin’s where she loses her footing and goes flying back. It seems to defy all logic. Got to hand it to Ahsoka though…. the kid is athletic AF.

*I find it interesting that the Jedi council had enough faith to put Anakin and Ahsoka in charge of the investigation behind the bombing of the temple because they were NOT THERE when the bomb went off and would be impartial, but then decided that Ahsoka did it a few episodes later.

*I like the fact that Barriss just happens to waltz by right before Anakin starts to interrogate Letta. Subtle touch.

*This episode honestly feels like someone on the creative staff binge-watched a few seasons of CSI and said, “Yep. We’re doing it, but in a different galaxy.”

*”I would have thought working for the Jedi paid better.” -Ahsoka. Yikes. Turns out, no. Those poor folks couldn’t even afford to change out their lightbulbs. They were living in a dark, dingy, seedy apartment in practical squalor.

*Letta just slick pushes a dude into Ahsoka so hard that he falls on top of her. I swear, poor Ahsoka constantly gets dumped on in this series.

*Ahsoka takes the high road. Literal, yet symbolic.

*I like how Anakin says , “no one ever said he was dead”… but like, Ahsoka literally said Jakkar was the bomb in the prior scene, so… that was implied, dumbass.

*I really want the backstory behind Letta feeding the nano droids to Jakkar. Was he a willing participant, or did she and Barriss do some real shady shit? Damn. That story could be insane.

*”There are going to be Jedi that disappoint us, Ahsoka” is the understatement of all-time, but I guess we’re working towards that…

• Part Two- Random thoughts during The Clone Wars S5:E18 “The Jedi Who Knew Too Much”:

*Damn. Who invited Palpatine and Tarkin to the Jedi funeral!?

*Jeeze… I know you’re worried about your grieving girlfriend, Ahsoka, but Yoda called for a moment of silence. So, shhhh!

*The glances that Ahsoka and Barriss keep sharing as they walk down the hallway of the temple after the funeral are dripping with homo-romantic undertones, but do go on telling me that Barrissoka isn’t canon.

*”Revenge is not the Jedi way.”-Anakin. Hmm.

*”The evidence seems clear, Ahsoka, nothing will ever change.” - Barriss. Barriss helped plan the temple bombing, and she is realizing that it served literally no purpose. The war is still raging, people are still dying, and she still can’t be with the girl that she loves. Ouch.

*Ahsoka: I hope Chancellor Palpatine knows what he’s doing.

Tarkin: I assure you he rarely does anything without a strategy.

This line basically tells me that Palpatine planned all of this shit out. It’s a ploy to get Ahsoka out of the picture. Palpatine knows that one way or another, it’s gonna happen after all this.

*The look that Barriss and Ahsoka share as Barriss walks away from their conversation in the hallway was the one that forced me to ship them. It took their relationship right on out of the heteronormative lens for me. There is literally NO heterosexual explanation for THAT LOOK. It’s like the storytellers and animators were basically saying, “we can’t do this outright because it’s a cartoon in 2012, but we’re going to sauce it up with this subtext so if you’re paying attention you’ll see it.” That was my “Hold up. Holy shit! WTF is this!!?” moment.

*Ahsoka just watches Barriss walk down the hall alone. Ahsoka’s face is locked in an excruciating state of angst until Anakin notices, then knowing that his little sister is all about this girl is like, “go be with your friend, Ahsoka.”

*I’ve said it before… the conversation that Ahsoka and Barriss have after Ahsoka chases Barriss down the hall doesn’t feel like it’s all about the temple bombing.

*You can tell that Barriss is upset about her life choices. She sort of winces as Ahsoka runs off, as if to say, “I can’t let her find out that I was behind this.”

*Letta asks for Ahsoka because that’s the only Jedi that Barriss mentioned. I guarantee Barriss doted on Ahsoka constantly. Barriss probably had everyone conviced that Ahsoka was the best Jedi ever (to Ahsoka’s peril).

*Ahsoka’s speeder driving feels kinda reckless. I’m not going to judge. I have no right to judge reckless driving habits.

*I still have doubts that it was Barriss who force chokes Letta from afar (and that it wasn’t Palpatine). What I do know is that Palpatine made sure that Ahsoka was in that cell when it happened.

*The “I don’t know what happened” line did sound guilty. I mean, we all know that Ahsoka didn’t do it, but… I can see why others might think that she did based on her actions.

*Tarkin walking all smugly towards Ahsoka’s holding cell to a remix of the Imperial March isn’t at all suggestive.

*”Curiously, the sound isn’t working on this one.” Hmm. Curious indeed.

*The fact that in two scenes prior Tarkin is telling Ahsoka that the facility is secure, and that they don’t let “just anyone” run about makes me wonder how someone just conveniently placed that key card in front of her cell. It is something else. Shit was an inside job.

*So, then the question becomes, “how did Barriss get in the facility, and why is she so damned terrible at improvisation?!” Did she not stop to think that knocking the Clones out would only make her girlfriend look more guilty? Come on, Barriss.

*Anakin and Rex rushing to the prison to try and save their sister’s ass is a peak big brothers move, and you love to see it.

*Barriss then cuts the clones down with the lightsabers, and you just wonder WTF… like, I know you don’t want to get Ahsoka killed, but you’re going to get Ahsoka killed. And, Ahsoka’s just like, “Shit.”

*Now Rex, you know your little sister did NOT kill those clones.

*Anakin’s harebrained Clones-stunning-Ahsoka training may not have prepped her fully for order 66, but it probably did help her in her prison escape. She hella dodges some stun-firing clones in that sequence.

*The scene before Ahsoka goes full on “The Fugitive” is one of my favorites. She’s borderline hysterical, and it’s got so much unfettered emotion (from both her and Anakin, honestly) that you forget for a moment that they’re even Jedi. The yelling, the arms flailing around, shit… You can tell that she feels completely betrayed, but worse, she knows that she’s f*^%ed.

*Anakin let her go. He could have caught her with the force, but he watched her go. He knew she was right.

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docheros · 3 years

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I love the swap au so much. i Feel likes JJ would say he’s Antis manager. anti will preform while JJ tries to get people to basically sign their souls to him. And murder any hecklers because his boyfriend is buetiful and you better respect him

i like to think that since jj was a 1940s (or something correct me if i'm wrong) actor, then anti was a 1940s voice actor. and maybe jj was a cartoon character and anti voiced him, so when jj comes to the real world (something bendy-like but he's just some guy with cartoon logic and maybe powers) and they both come to the future, they're like "uh so are you..... literally my voice?" "uh. uh yeah. basically" "cool cool" and that's why jj's mute

so the part about anti performing is pretty much correct, he can sing since there were characters who sang on cartoons 💀 and his voice IS beautiful, jj's like that old showmen holding a board saying "come one and all!! the greatest singer of all time will perform in some minutes!!" and anti is like. darling why do you do this i'm not "the greatest singer of all time" and jj is like "shhh shhhh you are to me and that's what matters"

#it's actually a bit weird like haha i'm falling in love with the character i used to voice :)#jj is the type of boyfriend who'll come first than anti just to sign ''here comes the Best Man in the world'' he just hypes anti too much #i'm answering!!#anti #jj #dapperanti my beloved

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aion-rsa · 3 years

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Cruella 2: How to Make the Villain Evil Enough to Kill Puppies

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Cruella was a vibrant, funny, and raucous ride which saw scrappy young seamstress and designer Estella go head to head with snooty fashion high priestess, and all round bad person, The Baroness in a funky, punky, spiky take on the protege outdoing the mentor trope. Emma Stone and Emma Thompson fizz and spark as the warring fashionistas, the outfits are fabulous, and the soundtrack is banging.

Oh yeah, and at some point in the future, the plucky, if slightly deranged, upstart you’ve been rooting for the whole time is going to become a puppy murderer. But shhhh, try not to think about that too much.

While Cruella was generally well received, there’s a definite disconnect between the Cruella de Vil we get at the end of the movie and the fur-crazed demon we meet in 101 Dalmatians, and now that news has arrived that Disney is already working on a Cruella 2, consideration is no doubt being put into how that gap might be bridged.

The key could be in flipping our understanding of exactly who, or indeed what, Cruella is.

The short version. What if 101 Dalmatians-Cruella isn’t actually the designer formerly known as Estella at all? What if someone else were to take on the Cruella brand? Bear with us and we’ll show our working.

The age disparity

Though we have at least one more movie before we get into 101 Dalmatians territory, Emma Stone’s Cruella is way too young.

At the end of Cruella, we see in a mid-credits scene that Cruella has sent a Dalmatian puppy to her school friend Anita (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) and one to the Baroness’ former lawyer Roger (Kayvan Novak). These dogs, we are told, are Pongo and Perdita, and we assume they are the two that will meet when they are grown, and like their owners, fall in love.

Estella was 12 in 1964, and we understand that the main events of Cruella begin 10 years later, making grown up Estella 22 when her adult adventures begin. Even if the movie takes place over a number of years, the character is almost certainly still in her early 20s by the time the film ends.

Dalmatians on average live for 10-13 years. So even if Pongo and Perdita are relatively mature dogs when they have their litter, 101 Dalmatians Cruella is only going to be in her 30s—a lot younger than the de Vil we are used to in animation. And if nothing else, Emma Stone is currently 32 and isn’t suddenly going to be in her 40s or 50s by the time Cruella 2 begins filming.

Now, okay, Disney is allowed to change the ages of its heroes and villains if it wishes, but it feels like a stretch to make her that much younger if the studio is trying to please fans of the animated cartoon or, indeed, the previous live-action version where Glenn Close was in her late 40s when she took on the role for the 1996 film.

The feel bad factor

While pure villain origin stories can certainly work, Disney tends to opt for a retelling which suggests the villain is not as bad as you think they are. Maleficent is the most obvious recent example which paints Sleeping Beauty’s bad fairy as a wronged woman who regrets her decision to curse Aurora and who ultimately saves her. Similarly,The Wizard Of Oz retelling musical, Wicked, gives the Wicked Witch of the West a sympathetic backstory, opting for the ‘she was nice all along, it was just propaganda’ approach. It even gives the character a happy ending.

It’s hard to see how this would actually work in Cruella’s case. Although Estella’s mum was (sort of) killed by Dalmatians, the logic that this would make her a puppy killer doesn’t land. Not to mention the fact that 1. Estella has a beloved dog of her own, and 2. Ultimately gets on just fine with the Baroness’ Dalmatians.

So unless the plan is to retell 101 Dalmatians so that Cruella’s puppy killing intentions are a misunderstanding or similar (which is really going to take the joy out of a 101 Dalmatians remake) then one other option would be to go ‘full Joker.’

Yep, beaten down by the Thatcherite years in Britain, Cruella loses her job and becomes depressed and disenfranchised. With inadequate access to mental health care and railing against the inequalities of the world, she decides to take matters into her own hands and… make herself a really fancy coat.

We joke. But a Cruella 2 in which our loveable (anti-)hero ACTUALLY becomes a full on monster sounds, well, it sounds about as depressing as Joker was. Which is not going to be a good look for Disney.

Who is Cruella, really…?

There’s another option. Cruella is the name embraced by Estella when she launches her fashion label. Cruella becomes a mysterious icon—no one really knows who she is. And when it appears that the Baroness has thrown poor Estella to her death, Cruella truly comes into her own, thanks to the inheritance her dear friend Estella has left to her. RIP Estella, long live Cruella…

If Estella can become Cruella—an entirely constructed persona—what’s to say someone else couldn’t steal that persona? Someone like the Baroness, perhaps?

Say yes to the Baroness

At the end of the movie, Cruella has framed the Baroness for the murder of Estella (even though she’s not dead) as retribution for the actual murder of Estella’s adoptive mother. The Baroness is Estella’s biological mother, but she gave the child up at birth with the intent that Estella be killed. While Cruella and her mother the Baroness have a great deal in common—they are both brilliant, ostentatious, a little bit ruthless, quick-witted and of course, fabulous—the one major thing they do not have in common is that the Baroness is a murderer.

She has murdered at least one person but the implication in the film is that it’s probably significantly more, and indeed she even attempts to kill Cruella, her own daughter. Twice. Much as Cruella fears that she’s like her birth mother, in this respect she is not—the mother that brought her up and the wonderful friends she’s made, Jasper, Horace, and Artie, have kept her on the straight(-ish) and narrow(-ish).

The Baroness is in prison but has vowed her revenge. The Baroness knows Cruella’s true identity. The Baroness is the only other designer anywhere near as good as Cruella. And it is entirely easy to believe that the Baroness would have it in her to kill a puppy or 10.

If ‘Cruella’ is a brand as much as an identity, it would make sense for Cruella 2 to see the Baroness escape prison and somehow steal Cruella’s identity as well as Hell Hall, perhaps discrediting Estella’s alter-ego along the way.

Unlike our current Cruella, she would be a formidable villain for a 101 Dalmatians remake, particularly if she emerges from prison half-crazed and bent on revenge. Then we can keep our cool, rebel, punk fashionista Cruella and have our deranged dog-bother to boot.

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stvlti · 3 years

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Fic Writer Interview

I piped up when @kiseiakhun did theirs so now I gotta pay for my hubris (but also, it's fun! Thanks for going out of your way to re-tag me!)

Name(s): stvlti (tumblr), stultiloquent (ao3)

Fandoms:

Actively writing for: DCU - comics and also related media, by which I mean of course Young Justice the cartoon and somehow also the Titans TV show. I never expected I'd write for a live action TV show series but hey, 2003 Teen Titans were my roots and Titans is a close relative. (Funnily enough I haven't actually seriously written for TT, but it's all about NTT and its derivative works)

Older fandoms on my AO3: Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Noragami, Death Note

Where you post: AO3 is where I literally archive all my fics that see the light of day, drabbles and crackfics alike, but sometimes they get posted on Tumblr first (especially if it's to fill a prompt) and then make their way over to AO3 for reposting

Most popular multi-chap (by kudos):

Discounting "if you can't summon your own tentacles" (which is more a two-parter that was written as a one-shot), I don't have an answer for either "Overall" or "This year" for this one because I have in fact only ever written one (1) multichap fic since moving to AO3 (we don't talk about the dark days on Deviantart) and said multichap fic isn't even close to within the top 10 most kudos'd fic on my account. That plus it's an RPF from my teenaged years that I really don't wanna plug on main because I don't want y'all to read that shit (it's RPF, come on)

Favourite story you’ve written so far:

I can't answer for "Overall" (cause I feel like I'd be forgetting and therefore neglecting a portion of the stories I've got in my portfolio over the last 8 years), but for "This year" it is in fact my latest entry, "Transference"! I was quite proud of the comfort zones I tested with that one, I pushed myself to write more than 2 character povs for a single piece (my record had always been 2 but in that fic I was juggling 3 - almost 4 character perspectives), plus it gave me an excuse to play around with narrative structure which is always a Thing I'm nerdy about

Fic you were nervous to post:

Cool cool cool so I'm just gonna expose myself with this one, but it was actually the priest kink fic, "When I'm down on my knees you're how I pray". I wanted to contextualise Dick Grayson's guilt issues in a Catholic context as like a what-if, but I've also never been Catholic, wasn't raised Catholic, and it was somehow important to me that I didn't misrepresent the customs and rituals of Catholicism? Even though just writing the fic itself was already fundamentally disrespectful? Idk my brain works on weird logic.

btw if any of you wanna cancel me for this just block me and move on.

How do you choose your titles?:

The title is either based on the central theme / moral of the story, which will come to me as I write and is usually the case for fics I take more seriously, OR, if it's a ficlet I didn't put as much effort into and/or don't intend to show off, I'll usually pull from lyrics for a one liner that hits the emotional notes I'm going for in the story.

Do you outline?:

Almost always. The only fics I haven't outlined are spur of the moment things, stuff that's very focused on a single instance or thought without much plot or coordination needed.

Complete: 26 25 in total

not counting the ones I deleted or orphaned this year (again this number does not include my Deviantart stash shhhh those didn't happen)

In-progress: uh....3 4?

I'm kinda in between the research and planning stage for 3 different fics atm so idk if it's really in-progress in-progress... Those 3 fics aren't even set in stone, I might abandon them again like I did with one of these 3 (the dark academia au) 5 months ago (that I recently picked back up on the research front)

Yeah I forgot my Sladick fic is a 2-parter that I should probably work on and finish at some point 😬

Coming soon/not yet started: I think it's somewhere between 8 and 11

I just added 2 more to the list after Romin Week prompts dropped /sigh. But I really wanna test my comfort zone again and try writing the wilder stories for a change (it'll be fun though if I get around to it! Hopefully something BOP movieverse shaped if I'm lucky)

Prompts:

Sure, send them my way! I accept prompts, just can't guarantee I'll be able to respond speedily though cause I can't chain my muse to me and also real life happens, a lot

Upcoming work you’re most excited about:

Ooof idk if excited is the right word, try trepidation...I'm scared to mischaracterise our faves...but a BOP movieverse fic is probably going to be real fun! Just hope I can finish the research and writing in time for the event though

No-pressure tags:

See this is the real point of me asking to be tagged and filling this tag, cause I wanna pass it on to my writing mutuals in other fandoms. So @trans-l-lawliet @fantomn @mellonearyou @3dnygma , if you're listening,,,,

Also any other writerly friends or followers reading this and curious to try, please go ahead! Have fun with this!

#tag meme #long post #writerly tag

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authorpocketcow · 6 years

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Peek-A-Boo!

This is the fic I wrote for @rileylastname for the fic exchange arranged by @the-prince-and-the-emo I’m finally confident in it enough to post it! I hope you enjoy it. De-Aged Virgil/Platonic LAMP!

“Virgil? Virge, where are you?” Patton calls, wandering through the house. “Virgil!”

“Hey, Patton, what’s wrong?” Roman pokes his head out of a doorway; Patton couldn’t bring himself to try and remember which room that was.

“I can’t find Virgil, and Thomas has been really upset lately. I need to know what’s going on.”

“I’m sure Mister Panic At The Everywhere is perfectly fine.”

“Roman! This is serious! Thomas hasn’t been himself in days, and he’s starting to act… oddly.”

“Oddly like what?” Logan, suddenly appearing behind Patton, chimes in.

“Almost like he’s a child.”

“You mean reverting to childhood interests and behaviours?”

“Yes. What does that mean for Thomas?” Patton asks.

“It’s an unhealthy coping mechanism called regression. Thomas must be dealing with more difficulties than we three can see. We must find Virgil, now.”

“Come on, folks, it’ll be alright. Thomas can get through this! We don’t need Virgil’s help.” Roman exclaims, louder than he needs to be as usual.

“Even if we don’t need his help, he may need ours.” Logan states.

“Fine.” Roman grumbles.

The three of them wander the house separately (“It’ll be better if we split up!”), searching everywhere they can think of for Virgil. It was almost fruitless until…

“Virgil!?” Patton screeches.

The other two sides dash to see the issue, and Roman gasps. Sitting in the corner, nibbling on the sleeve of his oversized sweater, was a very tiny toddler with dark eye makeup covering half his face.

“This makes no sense!” Roman blinks. “He was not like this when I last saw him last night.”

“This makes perfect sense, Roman. If Thomas, through his anxiety, is regressing to a childlike manner, Virgil must be as well. Except with Virgil, he is physically representing Thomas’ anxiety and how he is coping. Therefore, as long as Thomas is dealing with whatever he is dealing with, Virgil will remain like this until Thomas finds a new coping mechanism.”

“Princey, you’ve got to do something!” Patton pleads.

“Why me?”

“Because you represent Thomas’ creativity. You are the most likely of all of us to come up with a new coping strategy to help him focus his energy elsewhere.”

“Fine.” Roman grumbles again as he stalks off to find Thomas; why did he have to do everything?!

“What do we do in the meantime?” Patton asks, crouching in front of tiny Virgil, who was babbling away in gibberish.

“I suppose we take care of Virgil.”

Patton reaches forward and scoops up the toddler. Virgil giggles, grabbing for Patton’s glasses.

“On the positive side of things, since we are part of Thomas’ personality, we do not necessarily need food. Like the Crystal Gems of Steven Universe, we can eat if we choose to but it is not required.” Logan murmurs. “Therefore we do not need to worry about feeding Virgil, and by extension we do not need to worry about changing any diapers. We just need to keep him entertained or if may affect Thomas badly. His anxiety needs to be comfortable or he is not comfortable.”

Patton had stopped listening; he was sitting on the couch, playing Peek-A-Boo with Virgil.

Logan sighed. “It may not be as difficult as I imagined it would be.”

“Patton! Hey, Pat! I need you.” Roman bursts through the door.

“Hey, shh, Virgil is taking a nap.” Patton whispers, running his fingers through the hair of the toddler whose head is on his lap.

“Sorry. But Thomas is having difficulty with the coping mechanisms I have recommended, and he needs reminding of why he needs to take care of himself.”

“But shouldn’t I be the one helping with that? I don’t want to be alone with a child.” Logan protests.

“Not right now. He may need you later, but he needs a morale boost, and who better to do that than Morality himself?” Roman winks at Patton, who flushes.

“Alright, Logan. Make sure he doesn’t get into anything dangerous.” Patton says as he carefully lifts Virgil’s head and replaces his lap with a couch pillow.

“But I don’t know how to take care of a child!”

“You’ll figure it out.” Patton smiles as he leaves with Roman.

Logan gulps as he looks at the sleeping toddler next to him.

Suddenly, Virgil begins to stir. He opens his eyes and looks around and, not seeing Patton, begins to sniffle.

“Oh no. Oh no he’s going to cry. I don’t know how to deal with a crying child.”

Virgil’s sniffles get louder, and his face scrunches up as he begins to whimper.

“No, no! Virgil, it’s okay! Patton isn’t gone forever, he’ll be back!”

It doesn’t help; Virgil starts crying. Loudly.

Logan feels like crying too, honestly. He slowly picks up Virgil, bringing him onto his lap. “It’s okay, Virge.”

After a few moments and a few pats on the back, Virgil is reduced to sniffles and whimpers for now. He stares at Logan’s face intently, blinking back tears. Logan gets an idea.

He takes off his glasses, setting them aside, and covers his face with his hands. “Where’s Virgil?” He removes his hands quickly. “Peek-A-Boo!”

Virgil squeals, clapping his little hands together, and Logan smiles brightly. He’s figured out how to entertain the child!

He covers his face once again. “Where’s Virgil?”

The toddler on his lap babbles incoherently, but Logan can tell he is excited.

“Peek-A-Boo!”

Virgil laughs; Logan thinks it may be the cutest sound in the world.

He continues playing peek-a-boo for about half an hour. Then, much to his dismay, Virgil begins to get bored and starts tugging at his tie.

“No, no, that’s my tie. No touchy.”

Virgil starts to sniffle again, indicating an incoming sob fest.

“Okay, okay! Touchy is okay!”

As Virgil tugs at the tie, occasionally needing an intervention from Logan as he tries to stick it into his mouth, the logical man sighs. He couldn’t think of anything else to entertain the toddler with… oh, wait! Aren’t there television channels for children?

Logan reaches for the remote and turns on the television, turning to a channel currently playing Dora The Explorer. “I remember this show…” He mutters as Virgil claps his hands again and begins to pay attention to the show instead of Logan’s tie.

After Dora was over, some show Logan didn’t recognize came on. He tried to find another channel playing children’s shows but was unsuccessful until he found Cartoon Network.

Adventure Time, come on, grab your friends! We’ll go to very distant lands!

Virgil claps again, babbling along to the tune of the song.

“Incredible. You must retain some of your memories as a toddler. I only hope Steven Universe comes on at some point, you love that show.”

Several hours later, when Patton and Roman return, they find Virgil, no longer a toddler but now a young child of about 6 years of age, with his head in Logan’s lap, and Logan’s head leaning back into the back of the couch. They had fallen asleep after reruns of Teen Titans Go had started to play. While Patton dashes forward to sit next to Logan on the couch, snuggling into his side, Roman reaches for the remote, shaking his head affectionately.

As he is about to shut off the television, he hears a familiar tune and sees a familiar sight.

We… Are the Crystal Gems!

Logan and Virgil both sit up straight instantly, turning their gazes to the television.

“We’ll always save the day!” Patton sings, pumping his fist into the air.

“And if you think we can’t, we’ll always find a way!” Virgil waves his hands enthusiastically.

“That’s why the people of this world believe in…” Roman chuckles.

“Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl!” Virgil and Patton sing together.

“And Steven!” Logan exclaims excitedly.

Roman begins to speak. “Logan, we’ve figured out the issues, and Thomas is working on some new coping methods. He may need your help to stay on task, but Virgil seems to be recovering.”

“Shhhh…” Logan says, pointing to the screen. “It’s The Question. This is my favourite episode.”

The Prince shakes his head. It can wait eleven minutes…

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makenshiarts · 6 years

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Top 10 favorite animated shows with your thoughts and facts

Hi @thetristevaguard! Thank you for sending me an ask. This was really interesting to answer and I’m gladly going to answer this. This is the kind of stuff I want to answer actually. Thing that make me judge cartoons and such and think. I tried to not include anime here. Only one sort of anime thing, which was Magical DoReiMi which was on 4kids so I sort of though it would be logical and it held a place in my heart so it was included. (This is super long I warn, though because you asked something I’m very very passionate about I ought to deal out this sort of in depth thing.)

I’m going to cut it from 10 to 9. This is because I’m running out of shows it gets really difficult to narrow things, there are a ton those these are the ones that come to find first. There are also plenty of other shows I like, these are just the ones I want to point out and showcase, things like Codename: Kids next door and other show I like won’t include because either I can’t say too much on it or I’m focusing on other shows here.

Courage the Cowardly Dog : I watched this when it was still being aired often on the stations I watched it on, and it left a slight impact on my humour and art style and gave me plenty of inspiration as a child. The stories balanced humour and fright in a way that it could be unnerving but still watchable for those unfamiliar. The show itself is well rounded in nature, the style its drawn in is unattractive (attractive to me in the anti attractiveness way), well mooded in color and designs for characters in concept and execution are thoughtful and the mix of hand drawn animation and sometimes other mediums of animation such as early 3d and clay in their show shows a flair of creativity.

Gravity Falls: I watched this also when it aired, and the reason I got so into it as because when I saw Bill Cipher I instantly feel in love with the wavering style and mood of this show. The bring that sort of mystical yet contemporary theme whist keeping childhood essence with an engaging plot even teenagers and adults can watch. The way they handle certain emotional topic is well done for a show of its generation and they make every angle of the Mystery shack worth looking at. Looking at still shots is something worth doing to see each hidden little thing.

Popee the Performer: This one might sound off the wall and odd and I’m not too active in the fandom. It’s a sort of when it was released children’s 3d animated show (3dcg shorts) , with minimal if not any dialogue with colorful character and for some reason a ton of violence. It’s interesting to see a 3d show for children (in japan, watchable in any county due to a lack of dialogue) be so violent and nonsensical considering it aired from 2001 - 2003. the character design and lack of plot make me ask many questions and i find the random moments it provide quite pointless but hilarious.

Miraculous Ladybug: We are hopping around regions in these show lists, we have some from Japan and now France. I find that the 3dcg in Miraculous Labybug and its budget is incredible from an artistic standpoint and the fact you can take the ‘anime magical girl’ sort of deal and make it more ready to an audience without that sort of anime aesthetic. The sort of way the character are super heroes with a magical girl feel is interesting, empowering but still pretty which is valid, and of course having a male character that isn’t portrayed exactly macho in that sort of scenario is interesting to say the least. villains have neat design and for at first a small french cg cartoon has a great fanbase and following.

Madeline: (it might be odd I include a younger children's show, though for Madeline’s cartoon I think I should add it honestly.) When I watched it when I was younger I loved the sort of cute and minimal style. The water colored backgrounds and the sharp characters, though the style of the show changed as it went on. I go back to the show on cold winter days for comfort and it will always hold a place in my heart for that sort of, I watched that as a kid and I enjoyed it. The themes if you ever showed it to a kid are valid and they use color well. It’s well drawn and is faithful to the books.

Magical DoReiMi: (is the only anime I’ll include likely. The reason I’m including this is because it aired on 4kids. Thus I think I’ll include such.) I collected the figures and magical wands as a kid. It was a sort of magical girl show aimed towards girls, but me as a more tomboy liked it myself. This was because it was less, frilly ‘Doki Doki! I’m a princess‘ rather a ‘We are bard witches and we are kids that live seemingly normal lives’. Though still have cute sort of moments I don’t lie. I enjoyed playing with the figures and catching the show often.

The Misadventures of Flapjack: You need to understand how much I love this show. It has an almost aged story book inked aesthetic. It’s almost unappealing in illustration at moments but that’s my thing so I love it. The humor is really... something that’s all I can say. It’s as the title says is about Flapjacks and Captain K'nuckles misadventures and a lot of crazy weird shit happens. It’s something to watch and it’s not everyone’s thing but it was something I greatly enjoyed as a kid. It can be quite uncanny and unusual and plot can be very very odd and throw you off the loop. Character are all interesting and have something to themselves.

Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends: I watched this as a kid too. Though I don’t remember too much about plot. It was heartwarming. Character were worth caring for. It has a paper cut out looking style. You empathize with character and it overall was well done. It was as show that wasn’t canceled UNLIKE SOMETHING HERE THAT I’M VERY SALTY ABOUT. It ended well and when I ended I was if I remember genuinely sad about it. It leaves with me good memories. Good good memories. If a show leaves me with memories of being happy of remembering a happy part of my childhood it must have made some sort of impact on me.

Invader Zim: I’m not getting to involved into explaining myself here because I’m going to end up ranting about the show being canceled and shit and I’m very very salty salty salty. Just think. To put it into perspective the guy who made JTHM (Jhonen Vasquez) conceptualized Invader Zim and did a ton of other crazy shit mostly everything shhhh. I won’t get into this too much. But it was great when it lasted. Read the Invader Zim comic if your salty. It really pushes limits when it comes to children’s show’s honestly.

Thank you for leaving an ask! I’m glad I could answer this and I hope my answers an in-depth enough and you get some suggestions or ideas or whatever!

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