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tgammsideblog · 3 months

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Let's talk about Jinx vs The Human World

Jinx vs The Human World is... certainly an episode. It hasn't been talked much in comparison to The End because it has been greatly overshadowed by the later.

One thing that i think many of us can agree about Jinx vs The Human World is that it has super chaotic pacing. It doesn't give you room to breathe because it is already jumping to the next plot point and you can't digest well what you are watching. This hurts the emotional impact crucial character scenes have, because again, they aren't allowed to flow well, not letting the characters to react properly.

It's an episode that should have been around 44 minutes long since it covers multiple plot threads. With that ammount of time some things could have been better paced and given a proper conclusion.

As for the plot threads, i already talked about how i like Jinx as antagonist in this episode. She is fun, her song sequence is pretty good. She ends up capturing Molly and using her as away to power up her sobgoblins.

I really enjoy seeing Scratch finally having to deal with the consequences of not being a good leader. The reason the events of this episode happen are because of his own irresponsibilty, letting Jinx steal the Chairman robe and take over the Ghost World. He realizes that he has been messing up a lot and someone else should be in charge instead. He lets the chairman robe go and chose a more appropiate candidate to be the new chairman.

My biggest issue would be the Chens plot part. I do like the part of Ollie and June standing up to Ruben and Esther and trying to persuade them into helping them to stop Jinx. It's a scene that serves more or less well as a conclusion for their arc, even if Necro-Comicon and The Grand Gesture have this purpose, (more for Ollie's character)

The reveal that Geoff was the ghost that scared Ruben was nice too. It has been a thing that was foreshadowed back on ¨Book Marks The Sprite¨

What i'm not so fond of is how it was Geoff sneezing at him when he was a kid. I think it could been more interesting if it had been Geoff hurting Ruben by accident or scaring too much. That way Geoff apologizes to Ruben, showing to him that he didn't mean to hurt him that way.

Ruben also feels like he lacks proper scenes to show his change of mind. Sure, he realizes that Geoff wasn't evil as he thought he was, making him question things. But there isn't much else. I think there could have been a scene of Geoff saving Ruben from the sobgoblins and Ruben realizes how a ghost saved him, making him reconsider his views.

His change of mind is like it comes a bit out of nowhere. Another problem is how he seems to be super friendly around ghosts near the end which it is very weird. I think it could have been better if he had some expressions and lines that indicates that he is still trying to get used to not seeing ghosts as evil.

In addition to this, the Chens don't get to do much in this episode outside of trapping Jinx inside the phantom canister. I wished that they could have set up traps to catch the sobgoblins and contain them temporary at least, that would have given them a bigger role in the plot.

I do like some moments that June has, like her interations with Darryl and giving some funny moments. She is pretty enjoyable in this episode and she shines almost scene she is in.

In some other problems, i find the whole wraith transformation of ghost friends unnecessary, it doesn't have any funtion in the story aside from seeing how they look as wraiths (which is cool!) but the plot could have played out the same if it had been just Scratch and Molly going to the Ghost World.

The Ghost Council saying nice things about Scratch and that he wasn't so bad to give Molly joy fits well their character arcs this season, but, Sir Alister saying they are Scratch's ¨friends¨ doesn't add up since Scratch doesn't want anything to do with them and he has interacted with them because he was forced to be the Chairman in first place. I would change that line of dialogue and leave it as them thinking that Scratch is not so bad instead.

In all, i think what really hurt Jinx vs The Human World is that it needed to be a way longer episode (around 40-50 minutes) to allow things to be spaced out better. A good chunk of the issues from this episode seem to come from that. With more time to explore the events and changing some things, this episode could have been more presentable in quality as a whole.

#the ghost and molly mcgee #tgamm #tgamm season 2 #Tgamm jinx vs the human world #Jinx tgamm #scratch mcgee #ruben chen #ollie chen #june chen #tgamm geoff

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car9723-t · 3 months

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[SPOILER ALERT: TGAMM FINALE]

After watching TGaMM finales, I came up with some ways to imagine post-canon materials or something to fill gaps. Some ideas being...

Ollie learned about Wraith when he became one because the Chairman's lobe chose him. Months later after becoming the next Chairman of the Ghost World, he couldn’t even recognize his body when he visited Brighton in needs of refreshing his knowledge about the human world (an adaptation of canceled S3 plots)

As Todd Mortenson, while Scratch couldn’t remember his life as a wraith, he occasionally found he memorized names like Molly and vocabularies like Enhappify. Having a longer time with Molly than others he met on the street triggered it. Being curious about it, he's willing to learn about her better (thus giving a stronger motivation to revisit Brighton someday)

While I'm not sure what I can do, Ghost Council needs an alternative candidate for their leader. Even when I made adaptation of S3 materials, we still see Ollie as a human in The End, meaning we still have room to imagine an ideal leader of Ghost World

Without Scratch as a ghost, we can imagine what they can do with a Ghost Shark, too. It also goes to Jinx(trapped in a Ghost Canister) and her followers(if had any on Ghost World besides Sobgoblins)

I think losing the Flow of Failed Phantoms means they got many things to solve in Ghost World. Remember Frightmares and Lord Doom they had to deal with? You can think of problems to solve without Scratch's presence as a ghost

Plus, after Jinx Vs. the Human World occurred, would it affect other humans in Brighton? Like changing perceptions about ghosts or such

Of course, you can do something out of humans too. Andrea, Libby'a Dad, Bizmart, teachers, you name it. You got rights to develop underused characters freely!

I found there are some rooms to imagine post-canon materials, or even something between Jinx Vs. the Human World and The End. It would be great if some people were exploring what they could do further.

Imagine one, and develop one as much as you want! Even though TGaMM is done, probably for good, we still can do something out of it. Some fanfics I encountered on Tumber are good proofs of it!

#the ghost and molly mcgee #tgamm #tgamm the end #tgamm jinx vs the human world #molly mcgee #scratch mcgee #todd mortenson #tgamm adia #Adia Williams #libby stein torres #andrea davenport #post canon #ollie chen #imagine one imagine freely #this is now a chance to do it

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thisbelongsto-nohbodys · 3 months

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Do you think The Chairman actually runs on Monster Inc rules? Misery gives it power but it turns out positive energy gives it twice the power source?

No, I think the original Chairman (as far as we know he’s the original) is one of the types of ghosts that feed on misery. Not specifically a sobgoblin but an ancient being of dread and misery. Molly as a Spirit of Joy would likely be more powered up by positive energy if she had the robe.

#ask #the ghost and molly mcgee

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flower-boi16 · 3 months

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Jinx Vs The Human World & The End: The PERFECT Ending To a Good Show

So...recently, I just watched the finale to The Ghost and Molly Mcgee on TV. If you didn't see my review of The Ghost and Molly Mcgee, I quite like this show. It's not amazing or anything, but it's certainly a good show that I'd recommend you watch. When I went to watch these episodes I didn't expect much; just a fun duo of episodes with some heartwarming moments in them. Instead...the finale was AMAZING. I'm not exaggerating when I say that TGAMM has one of the best finales of any Disney cartoon in recent years. It perfectly caps off the show and gives a satisfying if bittersweet finale to these characters.

In this post I'm just going to go through my thoughts on both of these episodes and why I like them. Also, this post WILL contain spoilers for the entire finale, so, ya, you've been warned. But enough stalling, let's finally begin...

1. Jinx Vs The Human World

So Jinx Vs The Human World is...pretty good. Basically, the plot is that Jinx takes over the chairman's robe after Scratch leaves it on a robot to replace him and chaos ensues. I do like Jinx as a villain here; she's pretty entertaining and is also a threatening and competent antagonist, with her being able to capture Molly and drain her joy to get her sobgoblins to get stronger and attack the living world.

We also finally get a resolution to the chens plotline here; basically, it turns out that Geof was the one who scared Ruben as a kid, buuuut Geof didn't exactly mean to scare him and was just sneezing because of the dust. This is a...perfectly fine resolution to the Chens plotline, and I do like them helping in the final battle against Jinx. Speaking of that final battle, it was done pretty well; Scratch comes with an idea for how to beat Jinx, that being to think about things that bring them joy so the sobgoblins could over eat and explode.

And after that Jinx is trapped in a ghost container thanks to June and Darryl and the episode ends with Scratch giving up his chairman status due to realizing he isn't exactly a good leader and puts a curse that the rob shall choose who is worthy of being the next chairman.

The songs in the episode were also pretty good; I really like Back to Misery in particular, though Give Em' Joy was also a nice song. So overall, Jinx vs The Human World is a pretty good episode, Jinx is a nice antagonist, the resolution to the Chens plotline was solid, the songs were great and the final battle was done very well. I'd say it's an 8/10 episode, it's pretty solid. The episode would have been better as a 44-minute special though, as the pacing was kinda messy. Now...time to get to the final episode of the series, and...hoo boy, this final episode...it was PERFECT.

2. The End

I'm just going to say it; The End is my favorite episode of the whole show, hands down. I didn't expect the finale to this silly little show to be this good, but it was, and wow, this is one of the best finales in any Disney cartoon I've seen. I don't really know where to begin with this episode, so I'll just get straight to the point; basically after possessing Todd for 2 seconds Scratch gets a vision about his life, and Darryl tells finds Adia on the internet (she was blowing up on click clock), and after he and Molly contact Adia online, a revelation gets dropped; Scratch isn't a ghost, he's a Wraith, and he's Todd's wraith, meaning he isn't actually dead.

This episode basically cemented Scratch as my favorite character here. We get the song Maybe Next Time, a heartbreaking song about how Scratch wasted his life. Instead of adventuring with Adia, he stayed at home and never lived his life, because he played it safe. He was too afraid of taking risks and dying, but because of how afraid he was, he never lived his life to the fullest, he kept on closing himself off, until one day...he just gave up his ghost.

And he kept playing it safe as a ghost, closing himself off because he was still afraid. It's a heartbreaking story about somebody who wasted his whole life because he was afraid of taking risks and chose to just play it safe instead. But...that's not how the story ends.

We get the scene where Molly talks with Scratch outside of Todd's house, and it's the best scene in the whole episode. In the scene Scratch wonders what his life would've been like if he didn't constantly play it safe; if ever decided to take risks and join Adia. And Molly goes and encourages him, saying he could go back to his body and live out his life. Scratch still tries to play it safe, but Molly stops him, saying that Scratch is still playing things safe, how he's still afraid.

Scratch admits this, and says that Molly should be afraid too, since he could forget his whole afterlife when he goes back to the living, and how risky it is. But Molly keeps encouraging him, saying that risks are what make life worth living. She then says how Scratch didn't stop playing things safe as a ghost, and how he shut himself away from others, but now, he's grown; Scratch was able to make real friends, he stopped shutting himself away from everyone, and she encourages him to live out his life. The two hug, and, when Scratch goes to the house, he says that he's sorry if he forgets her, but Molly says that although Scratch may forget her, she'll never forget him. And so, Scratch rings the doorbell, Todd comes out as he looks outside and sees Molly, and Scratch goes back into his OG body, giving one last smile to Molly, as Molly smiles back.

This scene was PHENOMENAL. It officially made Scratch into my favorite character and was a fantastic ending to his character; Somebody who never spent his life and always played it safe, who fell into a depression due to wasting his life and closing himself off from others, but then is able to make friends and goes to spend his life to the fullest, finally deciding to join Adia and adventure with her just like how they wanted to as kids, and the credits even show him reuniting with her. Although Scratch's memories are gone, (or they probably are? I dunno, the show is pretty ambiguous with if Scratch's memories have fully disappeared but ehhh) his growth isn't, if that makes any sense.

He learns to live his life and to no longer just play things safe, taking risks, because as Molly said, risks are what makes life worth living for after all. It's not just a great way to cap off Scratch's character, it gives a beautiful and mature message; you shouldn't just play things safe, you spend your life to the fullest, take risks, adventure out, live your life, it may be risky, but that's what makes life worth living for.

It's a bittersweet but beautiful ending to the show and this character, and THAT'S why The End is my favorite episode of the show. 10/10

(Only real gripe is that I would have LOVED a final song at the end of the episode, aside from that though, its still amazing)

3. Conclusion

While I don't think The Ghost and Molly Mcgee is some kind of masterpiece (I'd say it's like, a 7.5/10) It's a pretty good show and I'd recommend you watch it. The characters are solid, the animation looks nice, it's funny (occasional usage of toilet humor notwithstanding) and the songs are pretty good. Season 2 is honestly better than Season 1 imo, the songs are better, the episodes are better, there's more development and interesting plotlines, and the finale was fantastic.

TGAMM's Finale is a perfect ending to the show, it ends all the show's plotlines in a neat and satisfying way. One of the best finales to any Disney cartoon I've seen, not on the same level as GF or TOH's finales, but still fantastic.

#the ghost and molly mcgee #tgamm #tgamm season 2 #tgamm the end #jinx vs the human world #tgamm finale #tgamm s2

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candyheartedchy · 6 months

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I hope you love this, I don’t have this many big brain moments.

I do love this jjfhjfjk

I literally cheered at that scene of Geoff fighting off the sobgoblins. :D

#💌 letters 💌#mindownbees

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fanfic-inator795 · 3 months

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Why I love the Jeoffs in "The Ghost and Molly McGee"

(Warning, VERY long essay ahead)

There’s a lot to love about “The Ghost and Molly McGee” - from its lovable characters and fantastic animation, to its hilarious jokes and incredibly catchy songs, to its morals on kindness and spreading positivity. But while I admire all of these elements, one of my personal favorite things from TGAMM is the relationship between Geoff and Jeff.

To me, Geoff and Jeff seem to stand above a lot of the rest in terms of mlm rep. They aren’t just used for comedy relief, nor do they rely on cliches, and they aren’t just the dads of a side character that we hardly see - though they're still a middle-aged queer couple, which is pretty rare and just nice to see. They’re recurring characters who help out with plots and who actually FEEL like actual characters. To fully explain this, let’s take a deeper dive into these two and what makes them so great both as individuals and as a pair.

Meet Geoff

While he only appears in a handful of episodes throughout the series, I can appreciate that - much like characters such as Libby and Andrea - Geoff was introduced and established early on in the show. Voiced by Eric Edelstein, who some may recognize as Grizz from We Bare Bears, Geoff is the happy-go-lucky and somewhat ditzy ghost-best friend of Scratch. While Scratch may not always appreciate him (ESPECIALLY in the early half of the 1st Season), Geoff is always there to lend a hand or a hug, often letting whatever insults or cold-shoulders that Scratch throws at him just slide off his back.

It would have been INCREDIBLY easy to just make Geoff the brainless comedy relief character ala Patrick Star, but much like with Grizz, there’s a lot of genuine heart put into this character, even if he isn’t always the sharpest crayon in the box. Given that his first appearance shows him altering his calendar so he can hang out with Scratch and then playing dumb about it when Scratch tries to call him out, we’re able to get the feeling pretty early on that there’s more to this ghost than it seems.

Something similar happens in the Sart Duan Sib episode when Geoff takes advantage of Scratch’s poor grammar to invite a bunch of other ghosts to the dinner. We then see him help save Scratch’s butt by talking up Scratch’s ‘unique scaring technique’ in the episode “Scare Tactics” - so we know that even if he doesn’t know stuff like basic history facts about Lincoln, Geoff is still just a bit more clever than he looks.

It should also be noted that Geoff knew Scratch before the McGees moved into his house - in other words, he likely noticed that for as grumpy and anti-social as Scratch was, he was also probably very lonely. So, much like Molly, Geoff was willing to do what he could to help pull Scratch out of his shell, seeing the good in him and - as such - being able to ignore the fact that Scratch was a pretty crappy friend in the early stages of their relationship. The show makes it clear that Geoff isn’t oblivious to Scratch’s obvious flaws, even acknowledging them in some instances (see him nodding along to Scratch’s points about how he can be lazy and selfish at the end of “Jinx VS the Human World”), he just chooses to easily forgive them in favor of seeing and believing in the best in his buddy.

So yeah, while there are small instances of Scratch manipulating him, it never outright feels like Geoff is a full-on doormat for Scratch - and, once Scratch is able to let down some of his walls, they’re even able to have fun together! Geoff also gets to show off his loyalty in episodes like “The Turnip Twist” and the season 1 finale, with these instances also showing how much of a power-house he’s able to be when he’s determined or when one of his loved ones is in danger through him destroying the festival or fighting off the SobGoblins.

By the end of season 1, we pretty much have a full grasp on Geoff’s character. He’s a bit dopey and is often seen spacing out, but he can also be observant and clever when he wants to be. He’s friendly, genuine, loyal and incredibly supportive towards others - and in that sense, he's less Patrick Star and more Olaf the Snowman in terms of goofy side characters. All in all, he’s a simple but still fully realized character - and, while he may not get as much overall screen time as his after-life partner, the same could be said for Jeff.

Meet Jeff

Funnily enough, while Jeff doesn’t get a proper introduction until s2, the show actually hints at him pretty early on. In “Not So Honest Abe” when Scratch and Geoff are at their favorite coffee house, the barista calls out an order, and Geoff immediately knows that it’s his partner’s order, not his.

On the surface, it just seems like Geoff just supernaturally knows whenever someone is saying J-E-F-F instead of G-E-O-F-F - which, knowing him, he probably does have that ability… somehow. But, interestingly, the order that the barista calls out is a Misery Mocha with extra whip. While it’s not the cookie frightaccino that we see Jeff drinking in s2, he does take both drinks with extra whipped cream (or rather, whipped screams, because ghosts). So yeah, that’s a nice little easter egg there.

Then, in the Sart Duan Sib episode, we get to fully see Jeff for the first time. The two Jeoffs sit together at the table, and there’s actually a quick shot of the two of them in the background where Geoff is feeding something to Jeff, all while just giving him this absolutely adoring look (love it).

Finally, during the s2 premiere, we see Jeff standing next to Geoff during Scratch’s big Chairman ceremony. So yeah, while it’s unclear WHEN exactly the creators decided on this relationship, it was at the very least established by mid-s1.

Voiced by Vincent Rodriguez III, who previously voiced Ansel Beauregard in Netflix’s “Arlo the Alligator Boy” - though others may know him for his work in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend - Jeff finally gets his proper introduction in “The (After)Life of the Party”, and actually gets to appear in several episodes afterwards. Again, it’s just nice to see this character - and his relationship with Geoff - actually get to stick around instead of being shunted to the background/void. What’s more, while Jeff obviously loves Geoff a ton and would most likely kill for his man, him being happily in love is not his only character trait.

Both Jeoffs are sociable extroverts and are incredibly friendly guys, but while Geoff tends to be friendly almost to a fault at some points, Jeff is willing to be just a bit mean when he needs to be. This, of course, is shown when he point-blank tells Scratch that if he ever does something to seriously hurt his partner, he’s gonna have to answer to him. Thankfully, Jeff doesn’t hold TOO much of a grudge once he lays down the law. Still, that connects to another similarity between the Jeoffs, as they can both be supportive and incredibly protective of the ones they love.

As for differences, Jeff is shown to subtly be just a bit of a humble bragger - like when he talks about how the guest list at his and Geoff’s anniversary party is going to include “the best of the best” or when he points out how he’s “classically trained” when he shows off his tap dancing skills during the “This House is Haunted” song.

Speaking of that episode, I really love the bit during the scare-off between Geoff and Howlin' Harriet where Jeff just blatantly chooses Geoff as the winner, all while claiming that he’s a 'non-bias judge'. Honestly, it’s both hilarious and adorable, if also just a bit petty.

Moving on, we see that while both Jeoffs are pretty openly honest guys, Geoff will often try to sugarcoat things while Jeff can be incredibly blunt and more than a little snarky, as seen when he got annoyed with Jinx during their fake Wheel of Fortune game in the episode “Jinx!” or with his “soft rock personality” comment towards Scratch in “Davenport’s in Demise”. Although, with the latter, I have to wonder if that was just Jeff being petty again, given that Scratch very clearly interrupted their coffee date just to get some shallow validation - and, yeah, I’d be just a bit annoyed too.

We should also acknowledge his “terrible chairman” comments in “Jinx VS the Human World” - as, while these comments definitely aren’t quite accurate, given that Scratch did quite a few good things as chairman, namely getting rid of the Flow of Failed Phantoms permanently - they do speak to Jeff having just a bit of a temper leading to him occasionally being harsher than necessary, showing that BOTH Jeoffs can be pretty emotional, just on different sides of the spectrum.

It really is an amazing feat just how much character the TGAMM crew was able to put into Jeff despite him only really being prominently featured in the last third or so of the series. Again, they could have taken the lazy route and made him JUST Geoff’s love interest, likely making Jeff a near-carbon copy of his partner instead of the two of them having a good amount of similarities and differences. But because BOTH characters are decently fleshed out, we’re able to get a really good grasp on their incredibly sweet and enjoyable relationship.

Time to gush about Jeoff

There really is just sooooooo much to praise about this pairing - right down to their character designs having a sort of yin-yang aspect to them, with Geoff’s bottom-heavy design and Jeff’s top-heavy design allowing them to fit together perfectly! Their colors also go together incredibly well.

Honestly, you could mute their dialogue and still be able to tell how much they love each other, just because they’re constantly giving each other loving looks and being physically affectionate with each other - hugging, holding hands, holding each other, Geoff hanging off Jeff’s arm, giving each other looks that just SCREAM “I love you” all that great stuff. We only get one actual kiss on the lips between them - and a quick one at that - but it’s one of those cases where I don’t mind too much, given that they really aren’t subtle or lacking when it comes to other examples of physical affection so it never feels like the TGAMM crew is trying to hide their romance like other shows might. Heck, just the fact that they’ve canonically been together for a full 100 years speaks to the strength of their relationship.

Episodes like “(After)Life of the Party”, “Frightmares on Main Street” and “Dance Dad Revolution” show how much they enjoy dancing with each other - which, seeing this, now I kinda want to see a 2-V-2 dance off between the Jeoffs, Pete and Sonia AKA the Ice Princess. I feel like that’d be both super fun and incredibly entertaining.

(just look at how happy they are. It's so cute, I can't- My heart-! *also I still find it hilarious that these two just foiled Scratch's whole scheme in Dance Dad completely on accident, haha*)

We also learn that they make each other homemade gifts - like Jeff apparently making Geoff a sweater for his Death Day, and Geoff talking about how all his holiday gifts for Jeff are always homemade so that they always come from the heart.

But beyond the cute visuals, what really sells these two for me is their dynamic. When you think about Geoff and all we saw of him during s1, he is very much the type of guy who not only supports those he loves, but is willing to sacrifice them as well. After all, Geoff literally got himself thrown into the Flow of Failed Phantoms for the sake of trying to protect Molly and Scratch in the s1 finale. Again, much like Molly, he just naturally cares a ton and he’ll fight for those he cares about, even when it’s at detriment to himself - and what’s more, people like Scratch sometimes take advantage of that.

In that sense, it’s incredibly sweet that for as supportive and loyal as Geoff is towards others, Jeff is able to be that sort of person for him. While Geoff can sometimes disregard his own needs or concerns in favor of helping others, Jeff is the only one consistently looking out for Geoff and protecting him, such as when he outright refuses to leave Geoff behind in the Halloween episode - even after Geoff worries about slowing him down - or when he makes it clear to Scratch that he isn’t going to stand by and let him be a bad friend to his partner. Heck, even more joke-y moments like Jeff giving Geoff the win in the scare-off shows that he always has his partner’s back.

And of course, Geoff is just as supportive and affectionate in return, referring to Jeff as “amazing” and “awesome” and declaring how he’s happy to spend the rest of his after-life with him at their anniversary party. When he thinks he’s about to die from poisoned candy in the Halloween ep, his so-called last words are “tell Jeff I love him!” When Jeff is playing the host of their fake Wheel of Fortune show, Geoff is right there supporting him as his ‘lovely assistant’, even using his explanation of one of the show’s prizes (the foam finger) as an excuse to flirt with him.

(One of my fave moments between them ngl)

Additionally - and this is getting a bit into headcanon territory but - when you look at Jeff, he has a very traditionally strong and masculine look to him, which likely caused other people to likely have certain expectations of him back when he was alive. As such, I sort of get the vibe that, when it came to Geoff and Jeff falling in love with him, the main thing that Jeff appreciated about him was Geoff’s unconditional love - and, from that, the ability to just feel comfortable and ‘soft’ around him. To dance and be snarky and sappy and lovey-dovey without ever being judged for it.

You truly feel like these two are ride-or-die for each other, even when they might not always be on the same page… which brings us to the Dana Synder-voiced blue blob in the room.

While these two aren’t really shown bickering or arguing at all, any time there IS any sort of tension, it usually involves Scratch - which makes sense, given that he and Jeff didn’t exactly start off on the right foot. Sometimes they’re able to work together fine and be friendly enough with each other, and other times Jeff is understandably annoyed or frustrated by Scratch’s antics.

As for Geoff, it’s made very clear that he’s the type of guy who holds friendly and platonic relationships with just as much importance as romantic ones - which, as an ace/aro person, I can definitely appreciate. This does cause him to be more than a little forgiving towards Scratch’s follies - but while he won’t go so far as to let Jeff call Scratch the “worst chairman ever”, he also won’t force Jeff to hide his feelings/not call Scratch out or take back his other less-than-nice comments regarding Scratch and seems to understand and accept that his partner doesn’t necessarily hold Scratch in as high regard as he does.

In that sense, it almost feels like a typical sitcom dynamic where one character is constantly getting into little squabbles with their spouse’s friend or family member - but in this case, Geoff thankfully never tries to force the two of them to constantly get along, being fine with their dynamic as is while, naturally, still being thrilled when Jeff and Scratch DO improve their relationship.

Really, the only time where Geoff maaaaaybe went a bit too far regarding Scratch was when, after he and Jeff were captured by the Chens in the halloween episode, he told Molly that they were fine and to go save “his precious Scratch” instead, with this leading to Jeff saying how they needed to have a talk about Geoff’s obsession with him.

In Geoff’s defense, Scratch was all alone and the Jeoffs at least had each other, plus the Chens were distracted at the time, meaning that they weren’t in immediate danger while Scratch potentially was. I should also mention that while the line itself is more of a quick joke than anything else, I do appreciate it sort of hinting at the Jeoffs being good communicators who are willing to actually talk things out whenever they have a disagreement or concern with one another.

It’s a small thing, but given how many fictional long-term couples we’ve seen bottle things up, miscommunicate constantly and argue nearly half the time they’re on screen to the point of their relationship consistently being on the rocks, it’s nice to see a more healthy and realistic dynamic between an older couple - because hey, you don’t make it to your 100th year anniversary without knowing how to properly communicate with your partner.

I’m also glad that while Jeff and Scratch had their own sort of tensions between them, Jeff was never shown being jealous, possessive or insecure about Geoff being friends with or being affectionate with Scratch. Sure, he called his partner out for putting Scratch’s safety above his/their own - which I’d say is fairly reasonable, even if I can also understand Geoff’s side - and I’m sure he didn’t fully get WHY exactly Geoff cared about Scratch so much given how much of a jerk and nuisance Scratch could be, but he never went so far as to tell Geoff he couldn’t be friends with Scratch, leading to Jeff himself eventually warm up to the little guy by the end of “Jinx VS the Human World” after Scratch made up for his big mistake, which was admittedly really nice to see.

All in all, the relationship between the Jeoffs is cute, wholesome, healthy and just really enjoyable to watch whenever it comes up. Both characters are not only great as a pair but also great on their own. Even if we don’t know every little detail about their relationship and history together, it’s made clear over and over again following Jeff’s introduction that these two are still incredibly in love with each other and there are plenty of reasons why this is both clearly-shown and implied.

In terms of LGBTQ+ rep and especially mlm rep, I’d say they’re a really great example! The Jeoffs aren’t just tokens nor do they rely on cliches. They’re fully fleshed out characters that work just as well together as they do apart, assuring that they aren’t defined by just their relationship, and they’re actually shown helping out or participating in the plot in certain episodes instead of just being stuck in the background. They have their jokes, sure, but the relationship is never only used for comedy relief, and while it’s a shame that we never got more than one kiss between them, it’s still great seeing just how physically, emotionally and verbally affectionate they are with each other, proudly making their love for one another clear as day. They’re literally shown being each other’s joy during the “Give Them Joy” song - you can’t get much more blatant than that!

In a show full of just amazing relationships - whether they be based on friendship, familial ties, found family, or romance - I’m just so satisfied that one of the main pairs regarding the latter category got to be Geoff and Jeff. So kudos to the TGAMM crew for doing just an absolutely fantastic job with these two.

#tgamm #tgamm geoff #tgamm jeff #my thoughts #jeoff #geff #love these two sm #making up for the fact that I can't make video essays by writing super long text essays lol

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theknucklehead · 2 months

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Some miscellaneous moments from the Ghost and Molly McGee.

Some out-of-context.

#the ghost and molly mcgee #molly mcgee #scratch mcgee #libby stein torres #andrea davenport #disney #cute #funny #sobgoblin #pokemon trading cards

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the5n00k · 1 year

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[[[The concepts in this post are not leaks or spoilers, just pure speculation/AU]]]

This is the most effort I've put into a comic in a long time I'm pretty happy with it lol

Corrupted scratch and chairman jinx have a chokehold on my brain, I want them to be real so badly

(ps, those sobgoblins were a pain to draw)

#the ghost and molly mcgee #tgamm fanart #digital art #short comic #this took me like two weeks im exhausted #worth it tho

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fallen-gravity · 1 year

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ghosts of their hometowns

Summary:

I've had to leave behind a lot of friends // Let's make a promise. Whenever we drink this soda, we'll think of each other. That way, I'll never forget you, and you'll never forget me

Molly recalls something from a past hometown, and gets caught up in her own head about it.

Scratch comes forward to tell her that he remembered something, too.

AO3

Call it intuition, call it instinct, call it something else entirely, but when Molly feels the sudden need to dig through her phone’s calendar history, she’s not gonna sit around and ignore it. She just has this feeling that there’s something she’s supposed to do today, or at the very least, that there’s something she used to do on this day every year when she was younger, but she can’t quite place what it is off the top of her head.

Ever since the Great Soda Height of Two Days Ago, Molly hasn’t been able to stop thinking about the past. She knows there’s only so much a person can remember over the course of a lifetime, but ever since Scratch said he couldn’t remember anything from his life, she’s found herself incredibly self-conscious about the things she does and doesn’t remember, and she’s even gone as far as almost looking through her Box of Sadness for things she made herself forget. She’d already told Scratch she’d be there for him no matter what he remembered, so she figured that she should at least extend that sort of kindness to herself, right??

But…no, she knows that’s never a good idea in the long run, and for all she knows there could be sobgoblins around every corner just waiting for her to open it so they can swoop in and sap her of her joy. Yeah. That’s definitely why she’s avoiding it. For safety.

At least this time she’s just checking her phone, so she doesn’t even have to think about that stupid box. Still, she’s grateful that from an outsider’s perspective it just looks like she’s scrolling through her social media feed, because Molly knows for a fact if any of her family members come by to ask her what she’s up to that she’s just gonna wanna hide under the covers and pretend that nothing’s happening. She scrolls past hundreds of past events she’d logged in her calendar, most of them from her past year in Brighton alone, until she finally reaches an event marked “MOVING DAY” with a broken heart emoji on each side of the alert message.

Bingo. All she needs now is to scroll back a few days, and then she can finally put this behind her once and for-

Oh.

That’s what today is.

It’s her old best friend’s birthday.

Molly’s closest friend in the whole world, from the town she’d lived in before her family moved to Brighton.

From the town her parents were certain was gonna be the last time they moved.

Her best friend, whom after hearing that Molly had to move again, promised that she’d text every day.

Her best friend, whom Molly hasn’t heard a single word from in ten months.

Ah.

Well, now Molly almost wishes she hadn’t checked her phone at all. If there was a metaphorical way to pull that memory right out of her ear and shove it into her Box of Sadness never to be seen again, she’d be doing that right now.

She sighs, and places her phone down on her nightstand face down so she doesn’t have to look at it anymore.

Ugh, Scratch is so lucky he doesn’t have to remember any of that junk. He’d probably be glaring daggers into her for even entertaining the thought, but anything would be better than being hit with all of these complicated feelings on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

As if on cue, like just thinking about him somehow reactivated the curse that brought them together, the hatch door to Molly’s room swings open as soon as that thought leaves her head, and Scratch cautiously comes floating into the room. She’s about to question why he didn’t bother floating up through the ceiling below like he normally does, but then she notices that he’s holding a bottle close to his chest like he’s petrified of anything happening to it.

“Scratch?” Molly sits up straighter, and he startles at the sound of his name, yanking the bottle away from her general direction like he’s afraid she’s going to take it away from him.

Molly frowns. Ever since they went and found that bottle for him, Scratch has been acting…off. He told her that it didn’t trigger any memories, and she doesn’t want to pry, but it makes her so sad, because it’s not hard to tell that there’s something he’s not telling her. He’s jumpier, more reclusive than usual, and any time Molly or anyone else around him mentions any kind of soda in passing conversations, he flinches.

Oh corn, it didn’t remind him of something triggering, did it? Molly would feel awful if she forced him to remember something deeply upsetting to him, and even more so if it made him never want to touch his favorite drink ever again. All she wanted to do was help, but it’s becoming evidently clearer and clearer that she should just stay out of his business altogether. She doesn’t want to, but if all she’s ever gonna do is make things worse, then maybe it’s for the best just to leave things be.

“Scratch?” she tries again, quieter this time, just to make it clear she’s not trying to pry. He doesn’t seem entirely lost in his head anymore, which is a good sign, but she’s still worried about the way he cautiously places the bottle down by his dollhouse before approaching her.

“Somethin’ on your mind?” he asks as he plops down on her nightstand, tilting his head ever so slightly to one side like he’s trying to get a good read of her expression. It seems like he’s in okay spirits, but Molly’s no stranger to faking a smile and moving on with her day. She brings her knees to her chest and gives herself a hug before she continues.

“I’m…really sorry about the other day,” she sighs. “I really wasn’t trying to make you upset or anything. I just thought, you know, I have all these happy memories of my past from silly little triggers, and I thought it’d make you happy if you had some of those too, ‘cause you’re always saying you don’t know who you’re supposed to be, but…” She drops her head in shame. “I feel like the only thing I’ve done was make you feel worse. I know you said you didn’t remember anything, and I don’t wanna force you to talk about something that makes you so upset, but…you’ve been acting so weird. Like, I get that you were scared to find out about your past before you had that soda in your hand, but even now…you’re so jumpy and avoidant that it has me thinking that you…haven’t been completely honest with me.”

Out of the corner of her eyes she can see Scratch’s eyes widen, and she waves a quick, dismissive hand in the air before he can start spiraling again. “...not that I’m upset at you! If you really don’t want to talk about it you don’t have to, but…if you did remember something, and it was really upsetting, I just…wanted to apologize.”

A deafening silence falls. For a few moments there’s no reply, not even the sound of an indignant snort or a hum of quiet acceptance. And it’s not like Molly was expecting a lengthy reply, but…she was still accepting something. And she’s about to accept his non-response as a response and move on, but a cold hand on her shoulder pulls her from her thoughts.

She looks, and Scratch has the most complicated expression on his face that she’s ever seen on anyone. Is he tired? Sad? Relieved? Happy she apologized? Molly’s not entirely sure.

“That’s, uh…actually what I came looking for you to talk about.”

It is?

“It is?” Molly’s posture perks up, but tries to contain herself in case he’s coming to her with bad news.

“Yeah,” Scratch rubs awkwardly at the back of his head. “And, well, you’re right about one thing and wrong about another.”

“Wazzat?” Molly tilts her own head to the side, which makes Scratch laugh so quietly Molly almost doesn’t even hear it.

“I haven’t been honest with you about not remembering anything,” he crosses his arms and glares at her, “but it’s not something you should be apologizing for.”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean-” Scratch pinches at his temples like he’s got a headache, “It’s not your fault or anything, you know? You didn’t know what was gonna happen if you went and found that soda for me. For all you know, it was probably just gonna be a one-and-done thing, right?”

“Well, yeah, but…” Molly adjusts her position so she’s facing him more head-on. “I still don’t see why I wouldn’t have to apologize if whatever you remembered was so terrible it’s got you flinching every time we talk about picking up soda from the store.”

“Because I didn’t remember a terrible memory,” Scratch says so matter-of-factly it catches Molly off-guard, “Or, well, not terrible in the way that you’re probably thinking.”

“No?” Molly asks, trying her best to ignore the fact that she can feel her heartbeat getting faster and faster the longer this conversation goes on. “How so?”

“Well…I remembered someone, for one thing”

Molly’s so surprised by the revelation that she slams both of her hands down onto her nightstand. “You did?” she squeals, loud enough that it echoes around the whole room. “Who? How?”

Although Scratch laughs at the sudden shift in her enthusiasm, it’s not long before his metaphorical shoulders are drooping and he’s taking another seat on Molly’s nightstand. “That’s…the thing. I don’t know.”

“Oh, Scratch…” Molly tries to reach out and place a comforting hand on his shoulder, but he unknowingly moves away from the gesture before she can.

“I know she was really important to me, but I just…I can’t place a name, and I only remember one little conversation, but…” he looks at his hands. “Nothing else is coming up. I’ve tried taking more sips of the stuff to try and help me remember more,” Scratch gestures to the soda bottle across the room, “but nothing else is coming up, and I’ve been afraid of drinking the whole thing because once it’s gone it’s gone forever, and that’s the only lead I’ve gotten in my entire afterlife, you know?” He rubs at his temples again, squeezing his eyes shut, but then he lets out a sigh.

“Anyway…” he waves that thought off with a wave of a hand, like he already knows thinking about that too much is gonna cause him to spiral in a different way entirely. “I don’t even remember what I looked like, if you could believe it, but I remember her. I think she was about…eleven, twelve? So I must’ve been around that age too, but…” he trails off, like he wants to add more, but he doesn’t seem like he has the right words to articulate what he wants to say.

“Awww, you remembered a childhood friend?” Molly coos. “That’s so sweet!! What’s so terrible about that? I know you said you couldn’t remember her name, but what’s stopping us from looking for her once you do? She’s gotta be somewhere in Brighton, right?” she happily kicks against the side of her bed, “I could even ask Ollie if he knows how to access the list of resident names over at Brighton Retirement Castle to see if we can find a lead there, and even if she’s only got relatives or friends there, we could ask them if they know where she-”

“That’s the problem,” Scratch interrupts, crashing her train of thought right into a brick wall. “Look, kid, I really appreciate the enthusiasm, but you could look under every pebble in Brighton and you’re not gonna be able to find her. Yeah, I’m happy that I remembered someone important to me, and yeah, it’s a sweet sentiment, but…” Scratch sighs. “The only conversation I remember having with her is when she was getting into a moving van. Even if…by some miracle that she returned…” he shakes his head in defeat, “I doubt there’s any trace of her anywhere in town. Not even one you or mister research specialist across the street could find, no matter how hard you look”

“Scratch…” Molly frowns. “I’m so sorry…”

Despite the fact that he is decidedly not okay, he still finds the opportunity to glare at her teasingly. “What did I just say about apologizing?” He jabs a finger in Molly’s direction, but the goofy look on his face is gone just as quickly as it had arrived. “Anyways,” he clears his throat again, “It got me thinking, you know? Because the only reason I even remembered watching her drive away at all is because we had this secret pact, you know? That every time either of us drank a Surly Sid’s we’d remember each other. And okay, maybe it worked because I did remember her this time, but…” it doesn’t take a lot for Molly to notice that his hands are starting to tremble, “what about all that time after that? All the years that probably passed since the last time I saw her, all the time I spent as a ghost wondering who I was supposed to be, all the time I spent feeling like I didn’t matter to anyone? What happened then? Is the world so cruel to me that it made me forget who could’ve been the only person who ever cared about me? And even if she wasn’t, and I had a whole bunch of people who cared about me, why don’t I remember them? Is there something else I have to do to remember them? Did they move away too? Did I forget them on pur-”

“Scratch,” Molly grabs him firmly by the shoulders to cut him off, because at this point he’s trembling so hard his ectoplasm is looking closer to a pot of boiling water. “It’s okay”

“It’s not okay!” he exclaims, but his ectoplasm seems to be returning to its normal shape and texture. Good. That’s a sign he’s trying to ground himself, at the very least. “I forgot someone who cared about me! After I made a promise that I wouldn’t!” He’s not crying, not yet, but it’s not hard to see that he could start if he were pushed just a little further over the edge. “She counted on me and I let her down.” He’s returning to shutting himself in, slowly and subtly shrinking in size as he continues. “I’m such a bad friend. No wonder so many people think I’m the-”

Molly quite literally snatches Scratch up in her hands before he can finish that sentence. He’s small enough at this point to fit into the palm of her hands, and Molly’s not sure whether to take it as a good sign or a bad sign that he’s not struggling to escape.

“Scratch…” she opens her closed palms to look him in the eyes. “Do you think that forgetting about your promise makes you a bad friend?”

He doesn’t reply with words, but after a short pause he silently nods his head.

“Do you think that forgetting about your friend makes you a bad friend?”

He nods his head.

“Even though you made the promise to never forget her a few decades ago?”

He nods his head one more time, but he raises a tiny eyebrow at the question, which has Molly suppressing giggles.

“Scratch, are you kidding? Of course that doesn’t make you a bad friend!”

“It doesn’t?” He replies, sounding genuinely surprised, and Molly drops her hands to her side as he returns to his normal size.

“Of course not!” Molly offers him her best smile. “You said you don’t remember anything else about her because she moved away, didn’t you?” She places a hand to her chest. “As the friend who’s been on the receiving end of that more times than I can count, I hereby Molly McGee guarantee that I can speak on behalf of your old friend and promise that forgetting doesn’t make you a bad friend.”

And okay, yeah, maybe she’s saying these things to comfort herself, too, because she gets it. She’s always been the friend who was only around for a scarce amount of time. She was always the friend who made promises to keep in contact, and she was always the friend who found herself staring at a blank inbox on her phone after little more than a month. Sometimes her old friends were the ones who dropped out of contact, and sometimes it was her, too busy unpacking and readjusting to new schools that it slipped her mind entirely. And in those times when it was her, Molly often found herself dealing with all these anxious thoughts; has it been too long to reach back out? Do they even want to talk to me anymore? Would they be mad at me for taking too long to get back? And all worrying ever did was prevent her from reaching out at all, and because she rarely saw any of them take the initiative to message her first, she’d always jumped to the assumption that they really didn’t want to hear from her again, and that they really were better off without her.

But those times she did find the bravery to reach out first? All she was ever met was with intense kindness. Key-smashes, dozens of messages containing nothing but heart emojis, and in a few rare circumstances, even a phone call from said friend sounding like they were sobbing from how happy they were to hear from her. People are inherently good and kind, and even though Molly knows Scratch doesn’t share her optimistic view of the world, she knows that deep down he believes that there are good people out there in their world.

He sure seems to think that way about her.

“Look,” Molly starts. “You’re probably gonna think this is just good ol’ Molly ‘Optimism’ McGee talking,” she pats herself on the chest, “but I promise you that forgetting about someone is never gonna make you a bad friend. It’s like Libby said. People grow up and people move away. Stuff happens sometimes.” She shrugs to look casual, but she can’t help the beaming smile from spreading across her face. “Moving away doesn’t make you a bad person and losing touch with a friend who moved away doesn’t make you a bad person. But do you wanna know what makes someone a good friend?”

“What?”

“Keeping your promises.”

Scratch looks baffled. “I thought I made it pretty clear that I forgot about that promise.”

“Very true, my good Scratch, but I never said that forgetting about a promise and breaking a promise were the same thing.”

Scratch visibly opens his mouth to respond, but closes it just as quickly. “I don’t follow.”

“I mean…you said that you made a promise to remember each other every time you drank that soda, right? And ‘cause I’m assuming Surly Sid’s was discontinued while you were still alive, you didn’t get to drink too much of it after that! So if this is the first time you’ve been able to drink it since it got discontinued, and you still thought of her after you drank it, doesn’t that mean you still kept your promise to remember her?”

Scratch opens his mouth again, raising a finger presumably to point out that actually, here’s the thing, but all at once his hand drops to the ground with a comedic splat, and the only way Molly could possibly describe the look on Scratch’s face is bug-eyed.

“....Oh.” is the only word he can manage, and it’s little more than a whisper of hushed awe.

Molly laughs at that, and grabs him and pulls him to her side so he can’t get lost in his head again. “Y’see? You’re not a bad friend. You defied the odds of life and death for her, my guy; I think that makes you a fantastic friend.”

She can tell that Scratch still isn’t really feeling up for words, so she appreciates it more than she can possibly express when he tips over to lean on her and mumble a quiet thanks.

“And I know this doesn’t help too much with remembering your friend’s name or any of that, but, for what it’s worth…” she waits for Scratch to look her in the eyes before continuing, “I promise that I’ll never forget you.”

Scratch laughs at that, and reaches an arm up to pat her gently on the head. “You too, McGee. I promise I’ll never forget you, either.”

#my writing #tgamm #tgamm spoilers #the ghost and molly mcgee #molly mcgee #scratch mcgee #molly and scratch

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