#i enjoy what you all do with Stephanie and Trixie

[izayamoriarty]

I can't stress enough how much I love this photo.

[lazyrants]

Sportafake (prod 108)

BoredJedi (youtube.com/user/LazyBlueHaze) gave me an .iso of the "Superhero" Australian DVD from 2008. To finally put the .iso to use, I decided to take all the screenshots in this episode myself. I also watched it using VLC.

Original airdate: August 24, 2004

Story by Ole Olsen Steen, Magnus Scheving

Written by Noah Zachary, Cole Louie, Magnus Scheving

Directed by Raymond P. Le Gue

Executive producers - Magnus Scheving, Ragnheidur Melsted, Raymond P. Le Gue, Mark Read, Brown Johnson, Kay Wilson Stallings

Starring Magnus Scheving, Stefan Karl Steffanson, Julianna Rose Mauriello

Puppeteers - Ronald Binion, Gudmondor Thor Karason, Jodi Eichelberger, David Matthew Feldman, Julie Westwood, Amanda Maddock

Sportafake is undeniably one of the most critically acclaimed and recognized episodes of the series. But.. is it really all that Spectacular?

The episode begins with Sportacus flipping around in his airship, fiddling with some of his things, ready to visit the town. He then flips into his pod and then flies straight into town.

Anyways, Milford has agreed to help fix some "odds and ends" around Bessie's house because he just can't say no to her. (S I M P. A L E R T ! ! ! ! ) Milford is however, not experienced in this type of stuff (he can't use a hammer properly..). Bessie replies by saying it's only a couple of things and then gives him a comically large list of things to do, assuming Milford can handle it. I don't think Bessie has ever MET Milford before.

Anyways, Robbie is in his lair sulking about how nobody listens to him. He then starts a heartfelt speech about the topic, and once he's finished he plays a stock applause sound on his speakers (he turns the volume up twice). Man, he needs some friends, but he's so vicious and funny.

So, that aside, the kids have once again completely forgotten what Sportacus has been teaching them FOR SEVEN EPISODES, and they are relaxing in the hot sun. You think it's hot in Iceland? Try experiencing a heatwave in Australia for a week.

Stephanie throws what seems like a very very very very mini hula hoop and asks the kids to play catch. They decline because they are too sweaty and Trixie asks Stephanie to go with the flow. She then attempts to sound like she's at the beach by saying stuff no normal human would say unironically.

So, anyways, Sportacus has come to end this awkwardness (or add some more it seems) by asking the kids what they're up to. Since they seem to be enjoying sitting down and doing nothing, Sportacus does a frontflip and lands in the chair next to Pixel.

However, it seems to just be a prank, and Sportacus says that they can play catch. (Why does nobody wanna be active until Sportacus says so?) Except for Pixel. But it turns out it is just another prank. This scene was cut out from the Discovery Kids and Super Sports Show DVD versions for uh.. y'know, racism?

So, anyways, they all enjoy themselves playing catch while Robbie is spying on them. Robbie assumes that they listen to Sportacus because of his mustache. He has the amazing idea to disguise himself as Sportacus (for some reason the number on the back of Robbie's shirt has a 9 and not a 10.. maybe Robbie was Number 9 and that would explain why he never liked Sportacus).

However, he when he tries to exercise and stuff, he fails miserably. So maybe call him Weakacus. Anyways, back at Bessie's house, Stingy is looking around and claiming random stuff (for example, a FENCE). Once he sees a ladder he says it belongs to his father (now that's just greedy) and takes it. At the same time, Milford is trimming leaves off a tree when a big bee gets in his way and he decides to get off.

Meanwhile, the kids are still playing catch with Sportacus when his crystal beeps, and he promises he won't take long. He climbs up in his airship and as soon as he flies away, coincidentally in comes Robbie. Is it just me, or does Stefan look hilarious with a mustache?

Anyways, Robbie climbs over the wall in his Sportacus costume with a gruff voice. It turns out he swallowed a hairball (one that looks like a ball of fluff from his chair). He coughs it out and throws it and it somehow breaks a glass window. The logic in this show is sometimes just.. non-existent. Also, look at JRM's face in this screenshot!

Anyways, Robbie "plays" catch with the kids, and manages to get all the hoops on his arms before he yells at them to stop playing. Meanwhile, the real Sportacus is out to save Milford, and he catches him once he falls off.

Anyways, with the kids, Robbie has just yelled at them to stop playing and he declares that he wants the kids to start listening to him now. Ziggy obeys saying that they do that all the time.

Anyways, Robbie says that he wants all the kids to eat some bubble gum, and he spouts the excuse that it is good for your jaws. I mean, just at this point you could tell it's not him. And that crystal, obviously made of plastic! Anyways, Pixel says he is joking but Robbie says 'BINGO BONGO YOU ARE WRONGO', the famous quote that was stolen from Steven Universe.

Robbie's crystal 'beeps' and he goes to 'save someone', then he falls over the wall. Ziggy asks what he is doing, Robbie says he is taking a nap and Ziggy BELIEVES IT. Little by little every episode I like his character less and less and less. Stephanie feels something is wrong and she writes about it in her diary. She is afraid to say anything in fear that her friends will laugh at her.

Anyways, Sportacus has just finished saving Milford, and he asks Sportacus to help him with some of the work Bessie wants to do. He accepts to do so right after he saves someone.

It turns out to be Pixel and Trixie shaking Ziggy by the legs for some gum, which might be one of the most idiotic things they have ever done. It's already in his mouth, let him eat it. Anyways, Ziggy spits it out on Sportacus' mouth and he vomits the rest.

Maybe it's better not to show a screenshot of the vomit.. anyways, Sportacus recommends that the kids play basketball. Sportacus' crystal beeps and he goes to Bessie's house. The fence wood has fell off, but Sportacus puts it back up in a jiffy. Then he goes to his airship, and they perform 'No one's Lazy in LazyTown' ONE OF THE ABSOLUTE BEST LAZYTOWN SONGS IN THE WORLD. The song ends when Robbie yells at them with a pile of junk food. Burgers, fries, pizza, popcor and chocolate. Stephanie wants to complain about it but Trixie stops her. They want to eat that food (and I don't blame them!).

Meanwhile, Robbie is at Bessie's house and he throws the fence wood away. To Bessie who has her eyes closed, it sounds like Milford is fixing it. Meanwhile, the REAL Sportacus is bringing them some Sportscandy, but they're too full to eat. After all, they ate all of Robbie's junkfood.

Anyways, Robbie is looking at the kids and he is filled with joy. Sportacus is confused. Stephanie goes over to Milford's house to talk to him about the whole situation. Milford's advice is to speak up about the situation, and ironically, Bessie yells his name and he runs right to her.

Anyways, while Milford is running to her, Bessie's drink spills all over her dress. In comes Sportacus, and he says his work is just beginning. Then Robbie says HIS work is done. BAM! They walk into each other. Then they start testing each other to see if they will do the same things.

Anyways, Milford has now arrived at the scene, and even after the real Sportacus does his power jump, they still think that a race is the right way to declare who's who. Sometimes I wonder why I watch this show, but then I realize if the LazyTown kids were smarter that would make for a really boring short episode. While Milford is at the end of the race track, Stingy is carrying a ladder and he says it is his. Milford agrees.

So, anyways, the race starts and Sportacus is bound to be the winner until his crystal beeps. So anyways, Bessie is standing in a wagon while Stingy accidentally hits her with it and the wagon goes rolling. Sportacus loses the race to save Bessie.

So, anyways, everyone believes Robbie is the winner, Sportacus must leave the town and that he is Sportacus until Stephanie speaks up and pulls off his mustache. Sportacus is glad Stephanie spoke up. Bessie is glad Milford helped her with some housework and almost kisses him, then they perform Bing Bang.

Robbie is in his lair on his fluffy chair, sitting down, and sleeping. Thus marks the end of the episode.

THIS EPISODE IS A LITERAL TREASURE TO THIS WORLD.

10/10 NO FURTHER EXPLANATION1111!!!!1111!11!!!1

[trixie-troubleby]

I saw you wanted prompts so here i am.

I've envisioned them as Sportarobbie but ofc you're free to change that if you wanna (i chose these bc i had some cute ideas for these two options too and i wanna tell you but i won't rn to not influence you too much, i will probably once i reblog your writing tho)

Kinda angsty option: 6. "You can't die. Please don't die."

More random option: 87. "Hey! I was gonna eat that!"

maybe I’ll do the second one later sometime! For now enjoy some very minor angst! Thanks for the request!!

It was an accident. Robbie needed to stress that it was an accident. He hadn’t meant to– he would never mean to– He let out a series of swears as he rushed over to where the hero was laying unmoving, dropping his latest invention on the way. It wasn’t supposed to do this, this wasn’t supposed to–

He grabbed the hero’s wrist, which was somehow already cold. He tried to check for a pulse, but he was never very good at that sort of thing. “You can’t die.” He said, rolling his sleeves back and starting to press down on his chest. “Please don’t die.” He mumbled, keeping count of the beats in his head. “The kids will murder me–“ There wasn’t a response, but he kept going. “You can’t–“ There was still so much he wanted to do. So many plans to try, so many nicknames to give. “Please–“ His voice cracked. Some part of his mind thought this was embarrassing, the rest didn’t care.

He thought of all the time he’d spent with Sportacus. Every sly look or wink. The small nods and words the kids didn’t notice. The touches, rare and fleeting but treasured all the same. The exasperated smile. The way the hero said his name. All of it, overwhelming him. “You can’t die. I love you.” He paused beating on the man’s chest, only to move to his mouth. He opened the hero’s mouth with his hands, pressing his lips to Sportacus’ and blowing in air.

“Robbie?” Sportacus’ voice came from decidedly not where his body was.

Robbie jolted back from the limp body. He looked from the body to the standing Sportacus with a furrowed brow. “What the fuck?” He demanded, voice barely a squeak.

“It wasn’t real! It wasn’t real! I’m sorry! We’re sorry!” Pixel sprinted towards them, some of the other kids in tow. “The Sportacus was a hologram I’ve been working on.” He held up a remote, pressing a button and the hologram dissipated.

Robbie looked up to where the real Sportacus was standing, dumbfounded. Robbie’s face was burning. He felt like an idiot.

“We– we thought if you saw your schemes could be dangerous–“ Stephanie stumbled through her words.

“We thought you’d mess with us less! We didn’t realize–“ Trixie added.

“Kids. That was not an okay thing to do.” Sportacus said, crossing his arms over his chest. There was a gentle frown on his face, one that screamed ‘not mad just disappointed.’ Robbie almost felt bad for the kids. “You did not have my consent to have an image of me walking around. More than that, this was clearly very upsetting to Robbie. I know his pranks are not always fun, but he is not a bad man. And even if he was, it would not be okay to trick him into thinking he’d killed me.” Sportacus said.

Robbie swallowed. The kids’ eyes all turned to him, wide and apologetic and terrible. “I’m fine.” He mumbled, looking away from them. “Don’t worry about me.” He pushed himself up off the ground. Looking at the place on the concrete where moments before he’d been giving CPR to a hologram.

“Kids. I need to speak to Robbie alone for a bit.” Sportacus said. Some of the kids looked ready to argue, but a look from Sportacus told them how welcome that was. They scurried off, offering rushed apologies to Robbie.

Once they were all out of earshot, Sportacus walked over to Robbie, putting a steadying hand on his arm. “Are you alright?” He asked gently.

“That depends.” Robbie grimaced. “How much did you see?”

“I uh… saw and heard. Enough.” Sportacus said, hesitatingly, clenching and unclenching his fist.

“Right.” Robbie’s eyes flickered away from the fists. “Then in that case, I think I oughta go start packing.”

“Packing?” Sportacus asked, hand out in a flash, grabbing Robbie’s arm.

“No way in hell am I staying here when you’ve heard me make a complete fool of myself.” Robbie responded, looking down at the white knuckled grip on his arm. He shook the hand off his arm. Robbie started back towards his lair, crossing his arms over his chest and raising his shoulders in defense as he walked.

“Did you mean it?” Sportacus’ voice cut through the air with an enviable ease.

He didn’t have to respond. He shouldn’t have responded. He should’ve kept walking. He paused. “Did I mean what?” He asked, brow quirked as he glanced behind him.

“What you said?” Sportacus asked. “The last things you said.” He added. If Robbie didn’t know better, he would say that Sportacus looked nervous. “That you love me.” He cleared his throat.

”You uh– misheard me.” Robbie lied, crossing his arms over his chest. “I didn’t say that.”

“I heard you.” A small smile on the hero’s face.

“No, you didn’t!” Robbie insisted, feeling his face flush.

“I think I did.” Sportacus had the audacity to laugh. Robbie decided he would kill him for real. This was just cruel and unusual and–

Sportacus kissed him. A gentle innocent pressing of lips. He pulled away after the shortest time, looking up to Robbie with a warm grin on his face. “Thank you for trying to save me.”

“You’re uh– welcome?” Robbie cleared his throat.

“Can I kiss you again, or did I really mishear you?” The hero wore a quirked brow and a smug smile.

Robbie narrowed his eyes. “Watch it. Next time I’ll let you die.” Sportacus laughed, leaning up to kiss him again.

[bustyasianbeautiespod]

Episode 64 Transcript: I Think This Guy's Gay or Something

[intro guitar music]

G: Hello, my name is Grey.

C: And my name is Crystal.

G: And this is Busty Asian Beauties, a Supernatural commentary podcast where I, someone who has seen this show several times...

C: And I, someone who only knows about the show through social media, discuss every single episode of Supernatural from start to finish. Also, we are both Asian.

G: Both Asian! For today’s episode, we will be discussing Season 4, Episode 4: "Metamorphosis," written by Cathryn Humphris, directed by Kim Manners.

C: Oh, god. [laughing]

G: Yeah. I've never dreaded recording as much as I do today. This episode, like, I mean it's not bad.

C: It's not bad, but-

G: It's not bad. Okay, first of all, it's not bad.

C: It’s in fact probably a good episode, but it was unbearable to watch! I can't do this!

G: Like, the concept that they were presenting and everything—very interesting and all that, but my god, is it painful.

C: Yeah, great stuff . Sam has some good lines, some good moments. But oh my god!

G: The thing is, I was telling you this, and then I stopped telling you this story because I wanted to put it in the podcast, [both laugh] but, like, I think it was like, minute 6 into the episode, I was like, “Why am I doing this?" Like, it's good. The fight was good and everything, but like, it was like, painful, right? So what I did was I was like, “You know what? I'm gonna click out of this tab. I'm going to pause my Supernatural experience.” And then I went on YouTube and I literally typed out “Trixie and Katya” on the fucking like, search bar, and I watched an entire podcast episode of Trixie & Katya. An entire episode before I returned to Supernatural. It was that kind of experience. 

C: Yeah, I also had to stop and watch other YouTube videos. My videos were Chris Fleming's “Am I a Man?” [G laughs] and Brian Jordan Alvarez’s “How to be Straight” because both of them remind me of Dean Winchester.

G: Yeah. What's the Brian Jordan Alvarez one? Which video is that? Wait, I'm gonna look it up because I think I watched every single one of his videos.

C: It's the one where he goes, “This wall is my enemy! I hate this wall. This wall is my enemy!” [G laughs]

G: Yeah yeah yeah. I think my favorite BJA video is the one where he goes like, “Oh, you kind of look like this,” and like, it's a picture of a cockroach-

C: Oh, yeah, and it's a picture of a dumpling?

G: No, the cockroach!

C: Oh, yeah, it's the dumpling for him and a cockroach for Stephanie Koenig.

G: Yeah yeah yeah. Yeah yeah yeah. That one was truly iconic.

C: Mm-hm.

G: Yeah. So let's get into this episode. What did you know about it?

C: So, okay, I knew that it opens with Sam and Ruby, like, practicing his powers of exorcism and that Dean comes in and tries to kill her, and I did not know what else happened. I know about the fight scene, but I didn't know it was necessarily in this episode. And as soon as it started and I recognized Sam’s shirt, I got so excited because I was like, “Oh, this is that scene from these funny videos that I enjoyed watching.” And I sent you the funny videos, and I was so excited, and then I pressed play, and I had the worst experience in my entire life. [laughs]

G: No, for real. I mean, I'd seen those videos. For context, Crystal is talking about the- how would I even describe this? What's the name of the podcast?

C: There’s two videos of this fight scene, and it's overlaid with audio from My Brother My Brother and Me, where Griffin is chewing out Justin for wearing like, a tropical-patterned shirt, and he, like, reads out Justin's entire Spotify history, which is just a bunch of songs by Jimmy Buffett, and then he ends it with like, “Are you haunted? Are you fucking possessed? You were supposed to be my brother!”

G: No, that's literally what happened this episode.

C: And Justin says, “I had a case of the Mondays. I had those old Monday blues, and I just had to chase them away.”

G: Yeah.

C: So yeah.

G: Literally what happens in this episode.

C: Yeah. And Sam is wearing a fun, patterned shirt in the scene and everything.

G: Yeah. So for me, I also didn't know that the fight scene was here. I thought it was gonna be later in the season, or like, in Season 5, but I think I'm thinking of a different fight scene. Because there is a fight scene where Dean goes like-

C: Are you thinking about the one where- [overlapping] “If you leave, walk out of that door, don't you ever come back.”

G: Yeah. But this is separate from that. For some reason, my brain like, meshed them together. I mean, they're the same vibes. So, understandable.

C: Not the same vibe, though, because in this one Sam doesn't fight back in any way, and it honestly looks like a PSA for spousal abuse. So that's different.

G: Yeah, I suppose. Yeah. Let's start the episode.

C: Alright.

-

G: Alright. So, as Crystal said, the episode starts with Sam and Ruby interrogating a demon. And, I don't know. Nothing much happens. The theme of the conversation was like, the demon was telling Sam that like, “Oh, you're such a big hero, aren't you? But I mean, look at what you're doing. You're like, working with this other demon-"

C: He says "slutting around with some demon.”

G: Yeah. And then Sam gets angy at this and raises- Does he raise his hand? Or he just looks at the demon?

C: I don't recall.

G: But, like, you know, he forces the demon out of the body. And they do the interesting thing again where, instead of the usual exorcism where the demon like, just gets shot out of the body, this one, like, the demon coughs out like, the black smoke. Which, every time they do it, I'm like, “That's so cool. That's so cool and fun.”

C: It's so cool.

G: It is very cool.

C: And instead of going up to the ceiling like it usually does in exorcisms, it like, [both] goes down to the floor, and then it sort of like, burns, like, through the floor, like, going back down to Hell or something.

G: And we're still supposed to think that these demons are going to Hell, not the Empty.

C: Yeah. So I just- I made a vow to myself midway through writing my notes of this episode that I'm just gonna forget that regular exorcisms are a thing because or else, this season doesn't make any sense.

G: Yeah, they don't give a shit. [C laughs] Ruby's there also, as you mentioned, and she's smiling!

C: And she looks great, she’s so fine, she's so fine, she blows my mind, hey Ruby!

G: She's giggling, twirling her hair at this.

C: Well, she's not giggling much.

G: No, she's smiling, though.

C: Oh, you mean you mean after Sam gets it out. Yeah, ‘cause Sam initiates the smile because he like- Oh, are we still talking about like, smiling while he's exorcising it, or after he gets the the demon out?

G: No, like, while. She's like, amused by this. She's impressed by this and shit.

C: Yeah, she's proud of her guy. She doesn't say anything at all during the interrogation, though, which is quite sad.

G: That's interesting.

C: Like, this guy is only insulting her. Like, he is saying a few things about Sam, but he's mostly just calling her a bitch and a slut the whole time, and she just sorta spends the whole time looking at Sam, like, seeing what he'll do about it.

G: I disagree.

C: Okay.

G: The demon is actively going after Sam! [laughs] Like, he's saying like, “You're a bad person,” and blah blah blah blah blah.

C: He has one line about that. And then he calls her a "demon bitch."

G: He has one line, period!

C: Okay, fair. He has 2. Fine, so it's a 50/50 split between insults. [G laughing]

G: Yeah, anyway, Dean is like, in the corner watching all this, and he's mortified and everything. And it starts the most annoying-

C: I fucking hate him.

G: I wouldn't say annoying. But like, the most unbearable scene I've ever gone through Supernatural.

C: Yeah. What happens is after the demon’s fully exorcised- Sam checks that he has a pulse, and he does. And Sam, like, looks so happy about this, and he like, looks up smiling at Ruby. And they talk for a bit, and Sam says that this time, it felt good, and there's no more headaches, which, according to Ruby, is a big improvement from their past exorcisms. And Sam’s helping the guy out of the chair, he's untying him. And the guy is quite calm for the situation, which, I mean, I'm assuming it's because, like, he was awake the whole time, so he's gotten the vibe that Sam’s like, a good guy here to help him already.

G: Yeah.

C: But then [sighs] the worst character in all of Supernatural comes in the door, and he looks fucking livid. Like, I, personally, would not be so livid. I would just be like, "Okay. Like, cool. Good job. You can exorcise people without words. That's nice." Like, if Bobby had figured out a way to do this, Dean would have just been like, "Oh, that's cool that you did that" because Bobby's allowed to do magic or whatever. But no, Dean's just so mad. He looks fucking murderous. And he's like, “Anything you want to tell me, Sam?” And, you know, Sam starts trying to explain. He says, “Let me-” and Dean's like, “You can't fucking explain this.” And then he asks who Ruby is and what the hell she's doing here, and instead of saying that "This is Kristy from the motel, and she just has a kink for demon exorcism and stuff," Sam sort of lets Ruby speak. And she says it's good to see him again, and he recognizes that she is Ruby based off of that. And then Dean goes, like, soo angrily, “Is that Ruby?” And then he just fucking tries to kill her. Like, nothing else. He just starts trying to kill her. He whips out the demon knife, and he is like, going at it. And like, why? Why? Why? What did Ruby do wrong in Season 3? Like, was there ever a moment where, like, there's a reveal that she whatever whatever?

G: No, the implication here is that she is the one who is like, making Sam do all these things. Like, that's what Dean thinks. So like, that's why he's mad at her.

C: Okay. Okay. And the thing she's making Sam do is exorcise demons, which is... bad. It's bad to do?

G: No, the thing is like, Dean isn't mad about the exorcising. It's- he's mad about like, the fact, the thing behind it, right?

C: Yeah.

G: And that's what's most frustrating, I feel. Because the action itself is at most, if we're looking like, at the most negative, it's morally neutral. I would argue it's like, [both] morally good. Yeah. But like, Dean treats it as like, a slippery slope that, like, you start off with this good thing, and then what? And then what? [C groans] And it's like, the reason why it's so unbearable is because Dean is so caught up with just what you are instead of what you do, which is the whole point of this episode, right?

C: The whole point of the episode, yeah.

G: Yeah. But- Well, we'll get into it when we'll get into it. It's interesting how they interface with it later.

C: So he is about to fucking kill Ruby. He has her like, against a fence. And Sam, like, tries to knock the knife out of his hand and goes, “Don't.” And he manages to get it out, but, like, Dean attacks Sam too; he's like, throwing him and shit. But this allows Ruby to get the upper hand, and she has Dean in like, a bit of a chokehold. And Sam yells, like, “Ruby! Stop it!” And she takes a second, and then she lets him go. And then Dean says, “Well, aren't you an obedient little bitch.” Why? Why? Why does he talk or exist? Why isn't he back in the ground? Why can't we put him back in the ground? [G laughs]

G: He's unbearable.C C: At least- The only good thing about this fight scene is that it's shot pretty well, I think, like, cinematography-wise. Because, like, everyone is in such close quarters, and the camera’s generally zoomed in, but it follows the motion so it's got like, this shakycam effect that, like, I think, captures the tension pretty well. So thank you Kim Manners for that one.

And eventually, Sam tells Ruby that she should go and bring the guy to the ER, and Dean’s like, “Where the hell do you think you're going?” And Ruby explains, “I am being a normal, cool person and getting this man medical attention.” And then Dean just makes angry face, and Sam goes all sadly, like, “Dean,” and then Dean just like, fucking leaves. He just leaves. He's gone. And unfortunately, he goes back to Sam instead of walking off a cliff and dying. But, you know, we can't always get what we want. Or what we need.

I do wanna say that it's kinda insane that Ruby let Sam keep the knife.

G: Yeah.

C: But I feel like- I don't know. We don't see that much of their discussion before he starts training with her, but I think that probably there's a lot of like, caveats where she's like, “Okay, well, because you don't trust me, like, for insurance, you can keep the knife, and, you know that, like, with the powers that you have, you could exorcise me if you wanted, right? So like, I can't actually take advantage of you or do anything you don't want to do because you hold this power over me.” And I think that's interesting. Because I know there's a scene in 4.09 where Sam holds the knife to her throat. And yeah. I don't know. Looking forward to hearing more about the arrangement that they have.

G: Yeah.

-

G: So we are back in the motel, and-

C: Oh god, I'm so sorry you have to do this scene.

G: We're back in the motel. Sam is just chilling. Love it. He literally gives two- he doesn't give two shits about Dean. [laughs] But like, this is a lie. Dean enters, and then we start the scene. And the vibe is like, Sam being like, “Dean, let's just talk it out. Let's just talk it out.” And Dean being like, [fake crying] "We are not talking! I'm so hurt and upset and-" blah blah blah.

C: Yeah, except he's not sobbing. He's angry.

G: He's packing a bag, and he goes like- He's packing a bag, and Sam goes, “Where are you going? Like, are you leaving?” And then Dean goes like, [fake teary] “You don't need me. You and Ruby go fight demons.” And I think this is the part where we talk about like, [overlapping] the jealousy aspect of this. Yeah. Like, Dean is upset for what he says are many reasons [C laughs], and what he tries to justify as reasonable reasons. But there is the primary aspect of he's just mad that Sam is 1) hiding things from him, 2) working with someone else, 3) having this like, entire life that Dean doesn't know about.

C: Yup.

G: And like, a lot of it is like, he's jealous that like, "Oh, like, you're spending time with Ruby?" Blah blah blah blah blah. And yeah. I mean, what is there to discuss?

C: Well, I think it's that as much as Dean said he wanted Sam to like, move on, and like, whatever whatever after he died, like, he did not expect Sam to get a new hunting partner. He thought maybe like, he and Bobby would, but like, Bobby is someone that like, Dean knows and that Dean's vetted or whatever, right?

G: Yeah.

C: And I think a lot about like, I think something that happened with like, soulless!Sam in Season 6 where Dean got kidnapped by aliens, and then during that night, like, after soulless!Sam has exhausted all possible leads, he like, sleeps with a woman. And then Dean comes back, and he's so angry because he's like, “How were you able to like, have fun or live a life while I was gone? Like, why was that allowed? Like, you should have sat in the dark and been miserable,” [laughs] you know? And I think that's what is happening here, too. Like, he's like, “What do you mean that in the few months I was gone, you did things that were unrelated to mourning me?"

G: No, I don't think so.

C: "Or unrelated to things we have done already together that I've decided are okay.” And I think the other aspect of this is like, you know, what Sam said in episode 1 that it was Dean's dying wish that Sam not practice his psychic powers at all anymore because he thought it was a slippery slope. So Dean probably feels betrayed about that specifically. But like, no one has to listen to your dying wish if your dying wish is stupid! [both laugh] And that is my take.

G: Yeah. Dean punches Sam. And then he punches Sam again.

C: And the thing is, after his first punch, Sam doesn't fight back. Doesn't even look angry. And he goes, “Are you satisfied?” like, just completely flat, like this is expected and normal to do.

G: Yeah. And then Dean punches him again, and Sam goes like, “Well, I guess not.”

C: Yeah.

G: And I think maybe- I think the primary- Here's the thing. I've worded it. The primary thing he's mad about regarding Ruby is less that Sam is off doing something else with someone else. It's specifically that she's a demon.

C: Yeah. And specifically one that he disapproves of because we know later, he's totally fine with like, shacking up with Crowley all the time.

G: Oh, no, he's not.

C: Is he not fine with working with Crowley at all in the future, at any point?

G: I don't think at all is the term, but he's generally not fine working with Crowley. It's like, a begrudging relationship.

C: Okay. But like- so like, if Sam had like, contacted Crowley, he would still be mad the same amount?

G: Literally, he was mad about this with Cas. Do you remember that?

C: No, what?

G: [fake teary] "You're working with Crowley? You're working with Crowley?"

C: Oh, yeah.

G: This is like that.

C: Well, this was like, Season 6. I'm thinking like, Season 10 shit or whatever.

G: I think, like, I mean, there's also the aspect of "Sam didn't tell Dean," so.

Yeah, Dean just says, “Do you know how-” like, he says, “how far off the reservation you've gone?” And then, you know, “How far from normal? From human?”

C: Yeah, about "off the reservation," I just wanna say, I checked the Supernatural Wiki transcript searcher, and they keep using this phrase like, in this form, until Season 10, Episode 22 in 2016. Like, it's fucking wild that they are using it in this episode still when it's just incredibly racist, but that they continue until Season 10 is wild. And then the next time the word “reservation” occurs is in the first Kaia episode, where they're like, “Let's go to some reservations and ask about dreamwalking.” Like, congratulations. You upgraded your racism type regarding the word reservation. Good job. [laughs]

G: Yeah. And Sam says something that has been on our minds for forever, [both laughing] which is that he's just exorcising demons. Literally, though. He literally is, though. Yeah, and Dean is upset because "You're doing it with your mind!"

C: He fucking shouts so loud. He, yeah, it's, ugh. It's awful. He shouts so loud. Very, like, angry man in the house levels of shouting.

G: The thing is that Supernatural is a show about men who are angry and shouting.

C: Yeah.

G: And the thing is, I hate when men are angry and shouting. So I don't know why I like this show. [C laughs]

C: Do you like this show? I don't like this show today.

G: And, you know, Dean starts going, "What else can you do?" And he starts like, trying to imply that Sam can do other things as well, and Sam is like, "I literally cannot," and Dean is like, "Well, I can't believe anything you tell me now." Also, at this point, he's grabbed him by the collar and is shoving him around also, which is, you know, another cool and normal thing to do.

G: Yeah.

C: Yeah. I think that the thing about this is like, they don't ever say this in the episode, so I don't think it's actually part of the writing, but I think maybe the worry here is that the most powered-up psychic kids we've seen were like, Ava and Jake, and they started with like, lower level, like, super strength and like, psychic dreams. But then, like, after they trained their powers, like, Ava, was able to summon demons, and Jake was able to do mind control, so like- And also they both happened to turn out evil after that. So like, maybe Dean's thinking about that? Like, with every new ability you gain, like, part of your soul, or whatever, goes away. But like that wasn't-

G: He's not.

C: - stated out loud here, and Supernatural is not a subtle show.

G: He's not thinking about that.

C: Okay. That's like, the only like, actually valid reason I can think of to be mad right now. But I don't think that is anything he's thinking about.

G: Yeah. Sam is like, "I should have told you, blah blah blah. But try to see the other side." And this just upsets Dean even more. Like, Sam is like, "I'm pulling demons out of innocent people!" and Dean says, "Use the knife!" and Sam's like, "The knife kills people. What I do, most of them survive."

C: Literally.

G: He's says an interesting bit of statistic, which is that he has saved more people in the last 5 months than Sam and Dean do together in a year.

C: So real and true. Good for him.

G: And Dean is like- [C laughing] I cannot shake off how much this feels like, like, you know, being discovered that you're gay. [laughs]

C: Yeah, yeah. No, this does feel very queer, and I don't know why, but it does.

G: Well, I do know why. It's like, "I'm not doing anything wrong," and then, you know, like, the other person being like, “Just the fact that you are this way is inherently wrong." Like, it feels very much like that.

C: Yeah, yeah.

G: Yeah. And then, you know, like, Dean is like, “Is this what Ruby is making you think? You know she has tricked you into doing all this?”

C: Ruby is changing Sam's ability to do math. She has manipulated Sam's ability to count. God, what a stupidass thing to say in response to that specific sentence. Like, I'm sorry, Dean, but you're being pwned with facts and logic!

G: Yeah. And then Dean is like, “It's a slippery slope. It's just gonna get darker and darker.”

C: With no explanation why that would be the case. No justification. And the show has never told us that that could be the case. [G laughs]

G: No, for real. They do this in the last episode of Season 3, where Dean is like, "You can't do that!" blah blah blah. "Because it's bad!"

C: "It's evil!" And like, they don't even tell us what the plan would be, like, what Sam's supposed to do. Like, later, okay, when we find out a little bit more about the demon blood drinking and that it becomes addictive, like, okay, sure. That's sort of a bad side effect. That could become a slippery slope. But like, Dean doesn't know any of that shit right now! He's just making shit up! It's- ugh.

G: Yeah. He says the iconic line, “If I didn't know you, I would want to hunt you.” And then, yeah. I don't know. Sam says, “You were gone. I was here.” Which, I like this line. “I had to keep fighting without you, and what I'm doing works.”

C: Yeah.

G: And then Dean says the whole, like - I'm so upset by this.

C: This makes me quite upset.

G: He says like, “If you knew that like, it's so good, then why did you lie about it to me?” And like, obviously, Cas does tell Dean that like, "Stop Sam," which is what he brings up next that like, “An angel told me to stop you. Cas said that if I don't stop you, he will. So like, what does that mean?” Blah blah blah! And he even says that like, “It means God” - a God that he barely believes in - “doesn't want you doing this.”

C: He does not believe in God. He's just figuring out things that will hurt Sam the most.

G: Yeah. But like, specifically, the line where he goes, “Why did you lie about it to me?” And the episode answers it later, right? Or at least attempts to. I didn't find the answer quite satisfactory. But this is the specific part where I was like-

C: Wait, we forgot that Dean literally throws a lamp across the room for no fucking reason.

G: Yeah.

C: Men will literally.

G: Going back, like, this specific line. Like, “Why did you lie about it to me?” Like, this is the- I don't want to be like, "Oh my god! My own experiences in life," whatever.

C: But literally, "My own experiences in life," whatever!

G: Literally my own experiences in life whatever! Like, I mean, who hasn't had this experience with their parents, right? Like, if you think- like, my mom has said this to me. Like, "If you think like, being gay is okay, then you wouldn't lie about it to me." Like, this has been said to me. So like, I don't know, like, this scene, I was like, "Oh, I hate this." Because it does remind me of like, real life, and it's unbearable. I think that's like, a major part of why it was so unbearable to me.

C: Yeah. Yeah, that makes sense.

G: Like, the thing is like, why would you lie about it? And as Sam says later, "Because no matter how hard I try to explain it to you, you just still won't understand, you won't try to understand, you won't try to get it. So like, it's better to just not mention it." And it's like, yeah. It's- I don't know, like. It's so funny to me that Dean is like, "Look at how I'm reacting!" blah blah blah blah. "Look at what I've done so far in my life. I wonder why Sam doesn't tell me shit." [C laughing] Like, Dean, look at yourself. Also, like, are we gonna mention the fact that this is the first time he calls Cas "Cas." I feel like that's important but not that important in the grand scheme of things.

C: I wrote down a note that is "This is the first time Dean says 'Cas,' and I can't even care about it because I hate him so bad." [laughs] That's my note about this.

G: I hate him so bad. Yeah. And then Sam gets a call from a guy named Travis. And when I first heard that his name is Travis, I was like, "This has gotta be a young man," because, like, the only other Travis I know is Travis Scott, and he's like, quite young, right? No, this man is old as fuck! And I was surprised. I was surprised later.

C: Yeah, he is quite old. Okay, I feel like a few more things that I thought about the fight scene. I really liked Jared’s acting, like, after Dean tells him that, like, “God doesn't want you doing this” because Sam just looks so, like, young and scared and sad suddenly. And like, it's like, such a good follow-up from like, in 4.02 when Ruby tells Sam to watch out for himself, and he goes like, “I'm not scared of angels,” ‘cause he is like, so assured that what he is doing is right, because it is. And like, this is like, fucking earth-shattering for him, the idea that like, God specifically hates him and wants him to die, you know?

G: Yeah.

C: Yeah, it's awful. And I guess another thing about the scene is like, okay, like, you found it most upsetting because of like, the parallels to like, queerness and stuff that you saw. I feel like what upset me the most was honestly, just like, how physically violent Dean was being. ‘Cause it's like, yeah, like, me and my sister when we were like, in middle school and below, like, definitely like, attacked each other a lot, but like, you cut that shit out once you're at a certain age. Like, it's not okay after, like, your brains are developed enough, and you know how to talk to each other properly. And like, I feel like I haven't really seen this kind of like, one-sided Dean just attacking Sam thing since, like- I don't like, when else has Dean been this violent towards Sam specifically?

G: I can't recall.

C: Yeah, like, the only parallel I could really draw was in the pilot when Sam says, like, “Mom's never coming back, no matter what we do” and like, Dean-

G: That's a very different vibe.

C: Yeah, it is a different vibe. But like, it did give me a similar feeling of like, “Oh, I don't trust Dean with Sam’s safety.” And like, it's like, way stronger here. And I think like, the thing is like, there are ways to explain it. Like, okay, he just got out of Hell. He was torturing people for 40 years, so like, maybe his baseline of what like, a normal amount of physical violence in a conversation is is skewed.

G: I disagree. That's giving him too much credit.

C: Yeah, no. I feel like if that was true, we'd have like, shots of Sam looking like, confused, or going like, “What the fuck is going on? Why is Dean doing this?” Like, we'd have like, a recurrence of the like, “Did Dean come back wrong?” question and theme, which we got every single time Sam was slightly violent in Season 3, but, like, none of that is here, so it just makes it seem like this was a normal and fine thing to do, and it's not!

G: Yeah. Yeah, anyway, guy calls. [laughs] I keep on trying to stop myself from saying "It's a whole thing." [both laughing] It literally is a whole thing, though. A guy calls, and it's a whole thing. And, like, Sam writes down an address and a name. And so they go to the address and the name.

C: Yeah.

Remember, in 4.02 when Meg's whole thing was about how they need to care about demon vessels, and then two episodes later, Dean says, “Stop trying to exorcise demons. Just fucking kill them and their vessel using the knife.”

G: Yeah.

C: Ugh. Okay.

G: Yeah, that - what a truly harrowing scene that was.

C: Yeah. Just, like, for stats, it took me an hour to get through the this 4 min scene because it made me so mad.

G: I am extremely sensitive- like, the whole, like, family abuse thing is a very sensitive topic for me. Like, I mean, this is obvious given the fact that like, how strong my reaction to Bela's backstory was, right? But, like, specifically, this whole thing, barring anything in my life, like, this is completely unrelated now to what I was saying earlier, but like, it's just like, ever since, ever since, it's been something that I'm like, "Oh, like, watching this is upsetting!" you know?

C: Yeah.

G: So like, now, like, I am thinking like, [laughing] maybe it's not that good of an idea to rewatch Supernatural.

C: Ah.

G: Because this is just the beginning, you know?

C: Yeah.

G: Like, it gets worse from here on now. And sometimes, I'm like [clicks tongue] "Ehhh."

C: Yeah.

G: Yeah.

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C: So we cut to Jack Montgomery's house in Carthage, Missouri. And so, there's a guy. He’s just a regular guy. But he's like, eating really gross. We sort of open on a shot of like, his jaw, and like, just disgusting, disgusting, chewing noises for like, 30 seconds before it zooms out.

G: It's impressive to me how visceral they made this eating scene. [C laughs]

C: Yeah.

G: It is truly like- I think what really upset me the most is we don't even see the food go into his mouth. because it's so quick. [C laughs] I think that's a fascinating acting and shooting choice. Like, it's like they made it so that you just see the chewing, but you don't really see the food go into his mouth because it's so quick, and I was like, “Oh, that's fun!”

C: It is quite fun. His wife, Michelle, who we don't find out her name until, like, way later in the episode. But she exists. And she's quite concerned about how fast he's eating and how hungry he is. And they seem to have a decent relationship. They're like, smiling at each other and shit. And Jack asks for her leftover steak even though he's had two already. And, you know, just blah blah blah, that shit.

G: Truly fascinating to me that Americans will literally just eat steak for dinner. [C laughs]

C: Yeah. And mashed potatoes? There were mashed potatoes? Like, I thought they made that shit up for TV [G laughs]. And this is on TV. So maybe they just continued making it up for TV.

G: Yeah, like, I think it's a factor of, when I eat, a lot of Filipino food is like, the main dish is rice, right? And then you have a side dish of like, meat or veggies, or whatever. And like, I often forget - and I learned very late in life that - like, this is not common. Like, other countries don't eat like this. But even now, when I watch like, this, you know, and they don't have rice, and he's just eating meat and potatoes, it's like, “Why are you doing this? This is- like, no wonder you're so hungry.” [both laugh] Like, "Eat some fucking rice, dude!" But like, it's always like, whenever I watch foreign, you know, movies, TV shows, whatever, the way they eat is always so fascinating to me because, like, it is very different.

C: The best Supernatural eating scene is in 4.20 where [laughing] Jimmy and his family are sitting down for dinner, and it's just a plate of sandwiches, and they're drinking glasses of milk with them. Like, please tell me no one actually lives like this!

G: Tangent, I suppose, but like, what was dinner and, you know, lunch like in your house? Because you did grow up in the US, but, you know, you have a Chinese family.

C: Yeah. Oh, I mean rice and like, dishes in the middle that you add to the rice.

G: So like, yeah.

C: Yeah, like, one vegetable, and then like, maybe some more vegetables, and like, maybe one meat item that is also vegetabley. Though I think for lunch, I usually had school lunches, and that was just like, you know, on some days, there's tacos. On some days, there's chicken tenders. That kind of shit.

G: Yeah. Wait, in school lunch, you don't have rice?

C: No.

G: Oh. How would people-

C: There's some dishes with rice. There was fucking orange chicken day, which was my favorite, even though it was very low-quality orange chicken, [both laugh] because at least there was rice.

G: Yeah. Like, that is, I think- I have friends who study in the United States, right? Like, I mean, they're Filipino, they grew up here, everything. And then now they study in the United States. And their main complaint is always “The food here is unbearable.” Like, that's their main complaint. Like, especially, I guess, because these, you know, people are like, in university, so like, it's university school food. It's not like, food that's like, you can buy at a- or whatever. You know what I mean?

C: Yeah. Yeah, I know what you mean.

G: Yeah. So like, apparently, food there is truly unbearable. I- yeah.

C: Yeah. Thank you for your service.

G: We can do an entire Ko-Fi bonus episode about just food. [laughs] It is an interesting topic.

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C: We cut to Jack Montgomery, and he's in the bathroom, and he is shirtless. So like, at least we get like, like, one scene of a shirtless man in a bathroom for every 20 scenes of shirtless women in bathrooms and stuff. [G laughs]

G: Yeah.

C: But like, he's shirtless for a reason, because what happens is while he's brushing his teeth, like, we hear like, this cracking sound, and like, there's like, pain wracking his abdomen, and he, like, sort of clutches himself, and you see the bones of his spine, like, contracting and pushing against his skin, and it looks pretty cool. I like it.

G: Yeah. It looks cool. It looks cool, but also the moment he started, like, bending over and like, going, "Ah! This is so painful!" I was like, “Aw, he's getting period cramps!”

C: Aww!

G: And he literally was, though, is the thing.

C: Yeah. Yeah. Sorry, Jack.

We cut to a scene in the Impala, and Sam and Dean are somehow having a normal conversation after that.

G: No, I think that's normal. I think this is like, fine. Like,  when you have- this is, not to bring up Succession every other episode of the podcast, but like, you know, how like, what I find the most interesting about that show is that they can have all these like, conversations that are so insulting to each other, or like, life-altering decisions, and then it just goes back to like, “Oh, we're talking like normal." 'Cause like, that's what it really is like, with family. I feel like it's so different in comparison to like, friendships or other.

C: Yeah.

G: I love that. “Friendships or other.” [laughs] But like, with friendships or other, it's like, it's more difficult to bounce back to the normal after a big fight, but with family, it's just like- I mean, what's your choice? You have to be in the same house.

C: Yeah. I guess so. I would not want to get into a car that Dean is driving if I was Sam right now. But yeah, they sort of just have to.

Iit seems like they've been talking for a bit where Dean's been telling Sam about the time travel shit. And Sam’s all like, “Oh my god, I can't believe it. Like, Mom was a hunter?” And Dean's like, “Yeah, wild shit. And she almost kicked my ass.” And we didn't mention the “Then” sequence, because it's not very important, but they put the fucking “Mom is a babe!” line in the “Then” sequence, for no fucking reason.

G: I was afraid that scene would repeat that sentiment here. Like, when Sam asks, "What would she like?"

C: Yeah, thank god. Thank god he did not say, “She was smoking, bro!”

G: Yeah.

C: Yeah. Sam asks, “How did she look?” And then, immediately after, he revises, “Like, I mean, was she happy?” And that made me so emo! Everything about Sam and Mary makes me so emo, because, like, he was 6 months old when she died. Like, he does not remember-

G: - does not know -

C: - anything about her. Like, Dean, for so long has been- John and Dean have been the sole keepers of her memory. Then, for a few years, Dean was the sole keeper of her memories, and now Dean’s the sole keeper of her past as well. And that's- that's sad. I'm sad about it. And Dean says, “Yeah, she was awesome, funny, and smart and so hopeful.” And he says, like, “Dad, too. Until…” and then Sam sighs, and like, after a while he says, like, “It just like, sucks that like, our parents and our grandparents, like, everyone was murdered, and for what? So Yellow-Eyes could get in my nursery and bleed in my mouth?” And then Dean, like, stops. And he's like, “Sam, like, I never said that part.” Which is fun. Like, this is a secret Sam’s been keeping since the end of Season 2, and this is a fun way for it to have come out. But like, it does make me wonder, was Dean even planning to tell Sam about this? Because it seems that like, it's a good like, leverage point for like, "Stop slutting around with Ruby," you know, but like, it's weird that he hasn't brought it up, or maybe didn't plan to bring it up.

Sam starts like, looking guilty, looking away, and Dean goes like, “What the fuck? Like, you knew about the demon blood as a baby thing?” And Sam says, “Yeah, I knew for like, a year.” And Dean's upset. And Sam's like, “I should have told you. I'm sorry.” And like, he literally fucking shouldn't have told him that, and he shouldn't be sorry. Like, it was good that he didn't tell him, and he never should have.

G: By year, he's talking about Azazel showing him, right?

C: Yeah.

G: Okay.

C: Since the end of Season 2.

And Dean says, like, incredibly sarcastically, “Oh, whatever. If you don't want to tell me, you don't have to. It's fine.” Like, ugh! I cannot stand him.

G: I don't think he said it sarcastically. Like, the tone wasn't like that. I think a part of him is like, trying to say it sincerely. Like, "If you don't want to tell me, you don't have to." But given everything, like, it does come off as like, "Fuck you, dude."

C: Yeah. I mean, I feel like if he didn't mean it angrily/sarcastically, like, Sam wouldn't have gone like, "Dean." after it, you know? He would have been like, "Thank you."

G: No, I think that's an appropriate response. No, I don't think so. Like, I mean he's still trying to win Dean's good graces, so I think it's a reasonable response.

C: Alright, yeah, sure. And Sam just goes like, “Okay, whatever.” because Dean's shut down, doesn't want to interact anymore.

G: We go back to Jack, and he's talking to Michelle, his wife. And he's asking when the food is gonna be ready, and she's like, "Oh, 45 minutes." He goes and gets a beer. And then we go to Sam and Dean, who is watching this guy from the window. And they're saying that, like, “Whatever. Like, this guy's normal. Why are we here?” And then we see Jack go back to the fridge, and then he starts eating like, rotisserie chicken leftovers with his hands.

C: Yeah.

G: Which is fine.

C: Not even microwaved, though. Like, it's cold. Cold chicken can give you like, salmonella and shit, can't it?

G: I don't- I hope not. We don't have a microwave. We don't have a microwave, so we don't- I don't heat shit up because, like, it requires opening the oven or the stovetop, and like, I'm lazy. So, yeah. The thing is, when I was young- we've never had a microwave, never will have a microwave, probably. But when I was younger, I thought microwave with the pinnacle of wealth. I thought, like, if you had a microwave, you must be a wealthy person.

C: Yeah.

G: So I think that's pretty funny given the fact that, like, microwave meals is considered like, for people who can't afford home-cooked meals. But, I mean, I think it's because, like, it's such a hefty equipment, and it's like, "Oh, it's so quick and easy," I thought it was like, the convenience was like, for the wealthy only, and that's why we didn't have microwave at home. [C laughs]

C: That makes sense. Your logic is sound. Okay, and I've looked it up, and it's fine to eat cold chicken. As long as it's thoroughly cooked, it can be stored safely for up to 4 days. It's undercooked chicken that's very dangerous.

G: Mm-hm. He starts eating raw meat. Which, you know, fun.

C: Cascore.

G: Cascore? For a while, I was like- because I forgot about the rugaru thing. The thing is, I know that a rugaru, you have to burn them, but I forgot what like, a rugaru does or is. So I was like, "What even this guy? Is this like, a hunger-" what is that? Gluttony thing? From, you know, what we see of Cas later? Is this a premonition to that or whatever? But it's not. It's because he's a rugaru, which we find out later. Anyway, we-

C: Also, the raw eating is fucking nasty. Like, he- it's crusted around his mouth. There's like, blood splatter on his shirt.

G: Eugh.

C: It's like, nasty. I enjoy it. Good for this actor for getting all that food dye in his mouth.

G: Yeah. And then we go to Sam and Dean, who's watching all this and goes, “Yeah. Pretty fucking weird.” [C laughs]

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C: So they go into Travis's place. He's staying in a motel room. And, like you said, this guy is older and like, clearly, like, knew both of them as kids. They're like, friendly. They're familiar. And he has a broken arm, which is why he is not doing this hunt, but like, he tells Sam and Dean to get over here, and they do hugs. And Travis is like, “Oh my god! Like, Sam, you got so tall. It's been like, 10 years. Are you still a mathlete?” Which I thought was so fun. I think it's so cute that he used to be a mathlete. He's literally just like me for real. Sam’s like, “No.” But Dean goes, “Yep. He sure is a mathlete.” And Dean, throughout the scene, is sort of making passive-aggressive remarks to Sam about like, the whole Ruby thing. ‘Cause Travis says, like, “Oh, like, John would have been so happy that the two of you are still sticking together.” And Dean's like, “Oh, yeah, we're thick as thieves. There's nothing more important than family.” So he tells them about Jack Montgomery. Sam and Dean confirmed that, you know, he was eating raw meat and all that shit, and Travis explains that this is a rugaru, which Dean says sounds made up.

I did a quick lore check, and they're like, a legend common in French Louisiana, and they're usually people with dog or wolf heads, and they like, kidnap children or kill people or whatever. And often, they were used in Catholic households like, a “Oh, like, if you like, don't obey Lent, like, a rugaru’s gonna come get you" or shit. But the way that they are in Supernatural is that they are, like, people with like, rotted teeth, and, like, “wormy skin” is what he says. And what they do is they start out human, and then they turn. And Sam says the title of the episode by going, “Oh, so what? They go through some kind of metamorphosis?” And more explanation happens as like, a voiceover over Jack Montgomery's place. So like, he comes into the kitchen. Michelle's cutting some vegetables. And then she accidentally cuts her hand pretty badly, and he just like, zeroes in on the blood really hard. And Travis says that the main thing is that they're hungry for everything at first, but then for "long pig," and Sam makes like, a little laugh at that. But Dean, like, I don't know, they do a whole thing where Dean doesn't get it, but like, long pig means human flesh, blah blah blah. And Travis says, like, “The hunger grows and grows until they're unable to fight it. And then, as soon as they get their first bite of human flesh, they undergo the full transformation.” And, you know, at the Montgomeries, Michelle is like, “Oh my god! This fucking hurts! I think I need stitches.” And Jack is like, sweaty, like, can't stop looking at the blood and wanting to eat her. And he just goes like, “I have to go and get out of here,” and he runs out, leaving his wife to drive to the hospital by herself. And yeah.

Travis says that “There's no going back. They feed once, and they're a monster forever.” And apparently, he found Jack because this is something that runs in the family, and that like, 30 years ago, Travis, killed his dad. And like, he used to be a dentist, and like, a regular guy until he turned, and he didn't realize until later that his wife was pregnant and put the boy up for adoption. And Travis had difficulty finding him, partly because he didn't really want to hunt down and kill a child. So he's waited until Jack turns 30 or whatever in order to make sure that he has the right person.

I'm glad that Sam later says the thing that I was thinking, which is just like, “Okay, just go tell him to not eat people, then.” It seems pretty simple. And also I feel like, if one rugaru is able to like, practice self-control, like, that means that if it continues being passed down in the family, they can like, warn their kids while the kids are growing up and like, teach them self-control and like, it'll be fine. Like what we see with Garth and Bess later.

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G: We go to Jack. He's in a bar, and he's eating a lot of peanuts, drinking a lot of alcohol. And then we see in the corner, like, some guy is talking up a girl who obviously doesn't want him to talk her up.

C: Yeah. This scene is quite annoying to me because, like, everything he says to that girl is something that Dean would say, like, anytime, and a girl could react the exact same way, and we would still be on like, Dean’s side for it. But because this guy is fat, like, we're supposed to be like- and okay, and we are supposed to be like, because she clearly doesn't want to talk to him. My issue is that it's fine when Dean does it, but not when a fat guy does it when it should be not fine either way.

G: Jack confronts the guy and breaks his arm.

C: And he calls the guy a "fat, sweaty dick." So the fact that he is fat was like, on purpose, and that's annoying.

G: We go back to Dean and Travis, and, you know, Sam. And they're talking about how to kill a rugaru. And it's, you know, by burning them. Sam comes in and he's like, “Oh, I checked the lore, not because I don't trust you, or I think you're stupid, or I think you're heartless, [C laughs] but because, I just wanted to, you know, check it out.” And he says that there's a couple of stories about people who had the gene, but they never turned because they just don't eat human flesh. And Travis is like, “Those are fairy tales,” and Sam says, like, “We're literally just gonna kill this guy who has never done anything wrong?” Travis is doing the whole- Travis has the perspective of “We know he's bad, and we're gonna prevent that from continuing on.”

C: Mm.

G: And Sam has the perspective of “Why are we gonna kill this guy if he has not done anything wrong?” At the end of it, Sam says, like- Well, by the way, there's a scene where Travis says,

C: “Have you ever been really hungry?"

G: "Have you ever been really hungry? Like, haven't eaten in days hungry?” And Dean goes, “Yeah.” And-

C: I guess the thing is like, I feel like people do quote this a lot. And like, I think that it is true that while John abandoned them in motels, that, like, Dean didn't eat in days. But Jensen Ackles’s delivery of that "yeah" is just like-

G: It's so bad.

C: - not very good. Like, it reads as like, one of their jokes about how Dean just is always hungry and loves to eat burger, you know? Like, it's basically like, Dean’s like reading "'haven't eaten in days' hungry" as metaphorically for "haven't eaten in like, half a day, but really wants burger." Like, that is the way Jensen Ackles delivers the "yeah" when it could have been a touching scene.

G: Yeah. Anyway, Travis makes a point that, like, “If you're hungry, you're gonna eat. And this guy's gonna do just that.” And Sam says, “We're not gonna kill him unless he does something that warrants, you know, murder.” Travis asks Dean, like, “What's up with your brother?” And Dean just goes, "[sighs] Don't get me started." Annoying as fuck.

C: Fucking annoying. And earlier, when Sam was like, coming in all excited to infodump about rugarus, Travis, like- or no. What does Dean say? Oh, Dean says something like, "Sam's like, obsessed with research. He keeps it under his bed next to the lube. It's a sickness. It really is." And on the "it's a sickness," he looks at Sam like, "I am talking about the demon blood thing, and I hate your guts." Like, ugh! Sick of him. And also, every like, Dean-Travis interaction, where, like, Dean and Travis are like, being weird about Sam, it feels so much like a "Sam is queer" thing, too. [laughs] You know what I mean? Like, it's like, “Sam doesn't fit in with like, the hunting community because of masculinity, queerness, blah blah blah blah.” Like, that is such a vibe this episode.

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C: Back to Jack's, and Michelle is in a white nightgown. It's like, the morning, and she's getting tea. Jack shows up, and she tells him that she is quite angry because she had to drive herself to the hospital to get stitches, and he just walked out on her. And Jack is saying, “Sorry, I just got really dizzy when I saw your blood. My phone died.” And he's like, “I promise it'll never happen again, because you're so beautiful.” And at this point they're sort of like, doing a flirty thing, and he kisses her finger and then kisses her. But then it, you know. Like, it starts getting hot and heavy-ish. But then she starts going like, "I don't really want to be doing this. I don't want to go so far right now." Like, he's like, reacting with like, hunger, basically. Like, he's like, going for her neck like, I feel like, he's probably like, starting to bite a bit. And she tells him to slow down and to stop. But like, each time she does it, and she's told him to stop multiple times, he just does not. And it's, you know. I mean, whatever. Bad to look at. Eventually, she shoves him away and tells him that he's a son of a bitch and that something is wrong with him. And that is how that scene ends. But, you know. Bad to look at.

And, right. This episode does do a thing where it conflates physical hunger with sexual hunger a lot. Like, with the woman that Jack almost eats in a later scene. And, I don't know. I feel like, just stick to the physical hunger thing! Like, that's the lore. Like, I don't get it.

So back in the Impala, Dean's being annoying again. And he tells Sam, like, [annoyed] “Okay, fine. We can- I'm fine with just talking to this guy,” blah blah blah. And he says that he wants to make sure that if they have to, that Sam is going to be willing to burn this guy alive. And Sam insists that Dean calls Jack by his name. You know, Dean does his whole, like, “Oh, well, he's gonna turn because they always turn.” And Sam says, like, “Maybe he won't. Maybe he can fight it off.” And Dean says, like, “Oh, Sam, I think your emotions are like- Are you sure your emotions aren’t getting in the way here?” And Sam goes, "Huh?" And Dean goes, “Well, you know how Cathryn Humphris wrote this guy to be a mirror to you specifically? He seems like a nice dude, but he's got something evil inside something in his blood. Maybe you can relate.” And Sam says, “Stop the car.”(!!!) He says, “Stop the car.” Fuck! I looove this. I love it so much. And Dean says, “What?” And Sam says, “Stop the car, or I will.” Which is, I think, a fun little callback to what Cas said at the end of the last episode, right? Like, “Stop your brother, or we will.” So like, agh. So fun. Love it. And Dean does stop the car. He, like, swerves over his side of the road, not using his turn signal, and they have a conversation.

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G: Sam, you know, gets out of the car and goes like-

C: And he's so mad that he opens the door before the car comes to a stop. Like, he's getting out while it's still driving.

G: And he says, like, “You know why I've been lying to you? Because of all this. Like, you treat me like I'm a freak!” And he says, “Or even worse, like I'm an idiot. Like I don't know the difference between right or wrong.” And Dean goes like, “Well, do you?”

C: [groans] God.

G: Sam says, “You have no idea what I'm going through.” And he goes, [dramatically] “I've got demon blood in me, Dean! This disease, pumping through my veins, and I can't ever rip it out or scrub it clean! I’m a whole new level of freak!” [C laughs] And I love that line. He literally is a whole new level of freak.

C: He literally is!

G: Yeah. And then he says that he's just trying to get this curse and turn it into something good.

C: "Because I have to," he says. Agh! He's my favorite little guy! Besides Cas. He's such- he's so good.

G: The thing is, even if he did tell Dean, Dean would react entirely this way.

C: Yeah. [laughs]

G: Although, I don't know, this scene, I was waiting for something more.

C: I felt quite satisfied with this scene. I was like- it was like, fucking 3AM. And I was like, rocking back and forth in my chair, and like, yelling at the- and like, pointing at the screen and going like, "Yeah! Get his ass!" Like, this was like, a sports game, and like, Sam just scored two touchdowns or however football works. I had a good time with this scene.

G: I think what I am upset about is that it very- like, the entire episode, right? It feels like Sam has given up on trying to communicate.

C: Mm.

G: And then the one time that he does open up, it's with anger, and like, he's truly so upset, and it's like this was punched out of him. So I feel like there is still so much more to be said if only he was able to form like, a statement that is not so emotionally driven. And like, I'm not saying that they should have gone that route because this is like, obviously a good scene and everything. But like, if we're talking like, what would allow Sam to experience more catharsis, like, at the end of this scene, he wasn't relieved that- because, like, after this, after he says, like, “I have to," right, Dean goes, “Okay, let's just talk to the guy,” and then he goes, “Well, I mean, like, Jack. Let's talk to Jack.” And like, you would expect Sam to feel, like, relief over this, or to feel better in a way. But like, he doesn't. He doesn't look like he does

C: He nods, but yeah, he does not feel much better.

G: If we're talking purely from the standpoint of like, "I just want Sam to feel better," which I do, so, I feel like, this scene did not satisfy in that way.

C: Yeah. I guess Sam tried to explain to Dean earlier, when Dean caught him and Ruby in the house, and then later in the motel, and each time, Dean just shut him down, like, immediately, right? Like, “How are you going to explain this? What do you mean there's another side?” So like, yeah, the only way for Sam to have done this is to be so angry that he goes like, “No, Dean. You shut up and listen to me.” So like, yeah, it would have been nice if Sam got that catharsis. But the way Dean has reacted to this prevents him from it. And Dean never apologizes properly. Like, even at the end where he apologizes, but like, in the worst way- like, yeah. I feel like for Sam to have catharsis, Dean has to apologize, and Dean never fucking does because the show always proves him right. Sad! Well, there's other TV, but we're not doing a podcast about the other TV. [both laugh]

G: Yeah.

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C: So in Jack's backyard, you know, he's being a regular guy. He's watering plants, except he's watering plants standing completely still staring into the distance. Those flowers are going to die. So Sam and Dean show up, and they introduce themselves. And Sam is doing a thing where he's putting on his sympathy face, and like, trying to seem approachable, and Dean's putting on his “I'm just here because my bitch brother wanted me to be here” face. So yeah. Sam says, “We should talk about you and about how you're changing,” and Dean talks about the various symptoms that Jack is having. And Jack asks who they are. Dean says, “We're people who know a little something about something,” whereas Sam says, “We're people who can help.” So we cut to a bit later after they've explained rugarus to Jack. He's not very down to accept the truth, which makes sense, given that he didn't even know about the supernatural before today. And Sam says that his dad, Jack's father, was one of those things. And he says, “your real father,” which is, you know, annoying, but everyone does that about adopted people on TV. And Sam says that, you know, “This was passed on to you genetically.” And Dean says, like, “Stop saying that we sound crazy. Because you're just gonna get hungrier until you really just want to eat a person.” And Sam says like, “You don't have to- It doesn't have to be like this. You can fight it off because others have.” And Dean says like, “You have to not eat people, or else.” And Jack asks like, “Or what?” Sam says, “You feed once, and it's all over. And then we'll have to stop you.” And at this Jack realizes, “Oh, by that you mean kill me. And also, the reason my dad died was that someone else killed him about this.” And he's very reasonably upset about this, and says, like, “Get the fuck off my property right now.” You know, Sam makes like, a last-ditch effort of like, “Oh, like, your wife and everyone you know are in danger,” but he just tells them to leave. And Dean goes like, “Alright. Good talk.” And [sighs] that is the most that they try ever. Like, they don't even leave him like, their contact info for like, “After you've had some time to process this, reach out.” Like, they're just like, “Okay. That's it now.”

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G: The next scene is Jack... watching a woman? [laughing]

C: Yeah, well, it's clear that he left his house. He's gone somewhere else because he doesn't trust himself around his wife anymore. So he's like, sitting outside, but then, yeah, there's a woman undressing in her window. Sad.

G: Yeah, and Jack's watching. And Sam and Dean like, check him out- This is such an unnecessary scene. Who even give a shit.

C: I don't think it's unnecessary.

G: But like, the point- I mean, it's whatever. But the point is that Jack is able to stop himself. Like, that's the whole point.

C: Yeah.

G: The details are unnecessary.

Jack goes back home, and I think, like, the the thing here is like, he is able to stop himself, so now he is confident that, like, “I'll be able to stop myself.” And anyway, he calls out to his wife. And then he sees that his wife is tied up in a chair. And then somebody like, chloroforms him, and then he passes out. Then we cut to him tied up to a chair with his wife beside him. And Travis is here. And Jack is trying to do this thing where he's like, talking to Michelle, but really, he's talking to the man where he's saying like, “Okay, we're gonna stay calm. We're gonna give this man whatever he wants.”

C: Travis is like, “Sorry, Jack. Like, I didn't want this to happen.” And he mentions that Sam and Dean are friends of his. And Jack says, “Well, they said that if I don't hurt anybody, then like, it's okay.” And Travis says, like, “Well, you haven't yet, but you would have, because they always do. I'm doing you a favor.” And like, the whole time, Michelle's going like, “What's happening? What is he talking about?” And Jack doesn't tell her, and he never does. And what happens is Jack keeps begging Travis to let Michelle go because she isn't part of this at all. And Travis says, “Well, no, she is, because...” and Michelle reveals that she is pregnant.

G: And this is such a fucking- [C laughing] First of all, where this scene is going-

C: What a coincidence.

G: No no no. Where this scene is going is that he's gonna burn them both.

C: Yeah.

G: Both of them. Just get an abortion! Oh my god!

C: [overlapping] Because Supernatural wouldn't recognize abortion as a thing until Season 12.

G: Yeah! I was like- "I have no ch-" literally, you have a choice, though, is the thing.

C: Yeah. Sam is in fact in a closet full of coat hangers very soon. Like, even if it's illegal in whatever state they're in, like, there are coat hangers right there. [G screams]

G: That's so horrible.

C: Yeah. God. Fucking stupid as shit. But yeah.

So Travis is, yeah, like you said, he's like, "Well. I'm gonna have to burn you both alive, because your unborn fetus thing is going to become a rugaru, too." And Jack hates this, obviously. And Travis is ready to like, burn the entire house to the ground, it seems.

G: Including him. Including himself. [C laughing]

C: Honestly, yeah.

G: It's also including himself.

C: Yeah, he's just pouring gasoline everywhere. God.

G: Including his shoes. Like, bro. [C laughing]

C: Dumbass shit. And then, Jack, you know, like, he gets a bunch of flashbacks of every moment when like, he was thirsty for blood. And then, you know, since he has super strength, sort of, which we saw in the bar with the breaking the man's hand, he is able to just break out of the handcuffs, and then he pounces on Travis. He starts punching him. And then he like, breaks Travis's arm again. Very fun! And then he like, tears Travis's shirt down and then just fucking like, rips his throat out with his teeth. And that's like, a normal and cool thing to do, honestly. Like, if a guy is going to kill you and your wife, like, fine. Go ahead. Do it. You know? And they make- this scene was pretty nasty. Like, he's like, fucking, eating this guy. Like, he like, tears bits of like, I don't even know, like, out of him. There's like, stringy shit in his teeth now. And Jack, at this, he like, transforms, in that his eyes become bloodshot and completely dilated, and his skin turns like, really pale and clammy and whatever. And Michelle is not a fan of this. She's, you know, screaming, crying, etc. And he's like, I don't know. The whole like. “Oh, they only have their base instincts, they’re full monster.” Like, Travis, has a different definition of full monster than me, because, like, he is still aware of things. Like, he knows her name, and he like, has like, the precision or whatever to like, undo her cuffs to save her. So she yells, "Stay away from me-"

G: Also, he has a full conversation with Sam later. An entire conversation.

C: Yeah.

G: He's not out of his mind or anything.

C: Yeah. He's just hungy.

G: He experiences remorse as well. He's hungry, but he experiences remorse. He tells Sam, like, “Have you seen me lately?” Like, he's cracking that kind of like, joke. He's a full, alive, aware person.

C: Yeah. But like, that's also true of like, vampires a lot of time and a lot of the people that Sam and Dean end up killing. But yeah, it does annoy me especially because the way Travis was talking about rugarus, it was like, “They like, literally can't think or speak or like, do anything besides kill people after they turn.”

G: Obviously, it's different, lore-wise, but like, this reminds me a lot of the Episode 2 Season 1 monster, ‘cause like, that one is also like, you have to burn them, right?

C: Yeah.

G: And then also like, that, one is like, “It was human. And then it slowly turned into blah blah blah,” according to Supernatural lore. So like, I guess this is better because it's not- [both laugh] Like, it's similar monsters, but at least this one, we can at least say the name. So.

C: Yeah. Yeah. And I feel like the episode 2 one was more animal-like, or was portrayed as more animal-like.

G: No, like, that's my point. The port- like, it's the similar lore-wise. But the portrayal is interesting, because, like, they could have gone that path, and that was the path also that I was expecting them to take. Like, the moment he eats human flesh, it's gonna be- he's gonna be like that monster. But he's not. He's lucid. So.

C: Yeah. So Michelle yells, “Stay away from me!” And like, he says her name. Like, he's crying and shit. But, you know, she like, runs out of the door, gets into the car, and leaves. Good for her.

G: You know what? At least Travis is dead.

C: Yeah, thank god, at least Travis dead.

G: Also, let's talk about, you know, him killing Travis and what that implies in terms of self-control, whatever. Like, it's- at the end of the day, like, you could say it's because he was hungry, but really, it was because he was trying to protect his wife.

C: Yeah.

G: So like, I think that's such an interesting thing to throw in there. Like, he wasn't like, tempted because of hunger. He was tempted because someone was out to murder someone he loved.

C: Yeah. He was provoked into this.

G: Yeah, he was provoked into it. That's the the perfect word for it. And now there's the, you know, question of like, the nature is of him is to be hungry and to eat human flesh, whatever. But like, also, it's the circumstances around it, and if Travis didn't show up, he would probably still be fine. And I feel like them not revealing this to Sam is an interesting choice. Let's get into it!

C: Well doesn't Travis say something about how like, "You sent your friend here, and he was gonna burn me and my wife."

G: No, he says that. And then Sam says, “What? Why is he gonna hurt your wife?” And he doesn't answer. Like, Jack doesn't answer that.

C: Oh, yeah. Good for him.

G: Yeah, like, he doesn't need to tell this guy anything, but it is an interesting choice. Narratively. That- narrative-wise.

C: Yeah, I just read that as like, “Well, I don't want you to go and kill my wife or, like, my unborn child.” And yeah, I do like that.

G: Oh, yeah, of course. Like, of course, from Jack's perspective. But I think it would have been help- like, it would have been interesting if Sam learned that the reason why he turned wasn't out of self- like, lack of self-control. It was because of self-defense and defending his wife. So like, I think that would be an interesting thing for Sam himself, like, oh, him thinking that like, "I can say all I want about like- 'Oh, I'm just doing it. I'm in control. I'm in control.' But like, the moment a circumstance happens where someone I love is in danger, maybe I won't be so in control anymore."

C: Mm-hm. Yeah.

G: And it's interesting- and also, I think it makes, you know, it makes Jack a lot more empathetic, right? That, like, he's not the monster because of lack of self-control. But like, because Sam doesn't know that, he still thinks that like, this guy killed Travis just because. And I think that's interesting

C: Yeah. And this muddied a bit by him trying to eat Dean later. But, like, he also thinks that Dean is a threat to his life, which he is, so like-

G: No! He doesn't- I'm a bit fuzzy. Does he try to eat Dean? Doesn't he just like, lick the blood or something?

C: I think- the implication was that he was going for it, and then Sam bust out of the closet- again, good for him- with a flamethrower- not good for him- before he could eat Dean.

G: Yeah, but like, it's different from Travis, though. Because, like, now he's thinking, like, “I am already a monster.” Instead of back with Travis where it's like, “If I do this, I will become a monster.”

C: Mm-hm.

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G: So Sam and Dean enter. They find all the mess on the floor. They find a blood trail. They follow it, and it's just a clump of flesh now. I don't know how they get knocked out. Do they get knocked out? I think so.

C: Yeah.

G: Sam like, gets locked into a closet. Hell yeah.

C: Hell yeah.

Sam does say sadly like, “Oh, I guess you were right about Jack,” like, when he sees all the blood, and that it is sad. Like, Dean was not right. Shut up.

G: Yeah. So Sam's locked in the closet, and he wakes up, and then Sam, like, freaks out. And then Jack is saying, like, “Calm down. Dean - like, your brother’s alive,” blah blah blah. And Sam is trying to both open the door and like, keep talking to Jack so that he won't attack. So he gets some hangers and like, forms it into a makeshift locksmith thing. And then he's saying that- like, he's trying to plead to Jack, and Jack is saying, like, “You sent a guy here who tried to burn my wife alive.” Realized that Sam doesn't know that his wife is pregnant, so he like, lies, and he goes like, “Oh, he didn't say why he was trying to burn my wife alive.” Anyway, Jack laments that he can't ever see his family again. He's saying that “Your friend and you two, you made me into this.”.

C: Yeah, which is pretty true. Without this provocation, like, he wouldn't have turned today. Like, he may have in the future, but like, also, maybe not. And like, the show is a bit hazy on the stance it takes here. But like, I do like that it's like "It is the circumstances that have created this more than just Jack's nature."

G: And Sam’s saying, “No one's making you kill us. I know that there's a dark pit inside of you, but you don't have to fall into it. You don't have to be a monster. You are what you do, not what you are." Whatever. I think he says it better. “It doesn't matter what you are, it only matters what you do."

C: "It's your choice.” Yeah.

And also, when he says, “I know you have this dark pit side of you," he does like, a little laugh, and he goes, “Believe me, I know.” And that's nice. I like when Sam gets his mirrors.

G: I think it's bullshit. I don't like it.

C: Okay.

G: It's not about you, Sam. Get your shit together. [C laughs]

C: It is the Sam and Dean show. It's always about one of them. And at least it's about Sam this time, and not Dean. I'll take it

G: For real. For real, though. And Jack is like, going to Dean, and he like, licks up some blood, and then blah blah blah, when suddenly, we hear the door open. Sam has opened the closet, and now he's out of the closet. [both] Good for him. And then he burns Jack alive. [laughs] You know.

C: Not good.

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C: We cut to the epilogue, and they're in the Impala, and, you know, Sam and Dean are in there, and they're both super bummed out. And Dean says something about how, “Oh, you did the right thing. That guy was a monster. There was no going back.” Sam does not reply 'cause this is a terrible sentence that Dean just said. And then Dean gives the most half-assed apology where he goes, “Sam, I want to tell you I'm sorry. I've been kind of hard on you lately.” Whatever. For the Winchesters, this is like, begging, crying on your knees for forgiveness, honestly. At least for Dean it is. And Sam just says, “Don't worry about it, Dean.” And I hate that he's so defeated about this. And Dean continues, and he's trying to explain, saying like, “Oh, your psychic thing scares the crap out of me,” and Sam goes, like, “Okay, I just don't want to talk about it,” which surprises Dean.

G: I find the wording of it interesting. “If it's all the same, I’d really rather don't talk about it.” I like that. Like, "If we're just gonna have the same like, things that we're gonna bring up like, who even give a shit?" And he's right. Who even give a shit?

C: Yeah. Yeah. Good for Sam. And a lot of people have said like, "Sam is the guy who- everyone thinks that Sam's the guy who wants everyone to talk about their feelings, but he's actually just the guy who wants Dean to talk about his feelings, so he doesn't have to talk," and I think that is true. And Sam continues, and he says that “There's nothing more to say. I can't keep explaining myself to you. I can't make you understand. Because this thing, this blood, it's not in you the way it's in me. It's just something I have to deal with.” God. He's literally gay, is the thing. I think this guy is like, gay or something. [both laugh]

G: Yeah.

C: And Dean says, “Not alone.” And then we get, you know, a fun, on-the-nose shot of Sam looking out of the window-

G: At his reflection!

C: Yeah, it's his reflection, and it's surrounded by darkness. There's no Dean there. He is alone. It's just him and himself. And he just stares for a bit. And then he says, like, “Whatever. Like, it doesn't matter, 'cause I'm just done with these powers. I'm done with everything.” And Dean goes like, “OMG, really? That's great! Thank you!” And Sam says, “Don't thank me. I'm not doing it for you, or for the angels, or for anybody. This is my choice.” Ah.

G: Hell yeah.

C: And that's the ep.

Is he like, lying, or does he actually stop doing it for a while?

G: I don't know. I forgot. I forgor.

C: Yeah.

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G: I mean, what did we think about this episode? It's really okay. Like, I know, I complained a lot, but it's fine. It's not bad.

C: Yeah. It feels like like earlier seasons Supernatural in like, a good way, generally. I find the mirror stuff fun in early Supernatural, and I find all the like, conversations where they reveal things about themselves and their motivations fun in early Supernatural. And I liked it here. It's just that I hate Dean so much.

G: Yeah. What's your Best Line/Worst Line?

C: I feel like there were multiple times during the episode when I wrote a line down and I was like, “This is the best line!” and then I would like, write a new one down that was the best line, but the one I was most excited about was “Stop the car.” Like, fuck yeah. Literally stop the car!

G: I think my favorite line is the one where he goes, “If it's so terrific, then why did you lie about it to me?” I think- not because I liked that he said this or I agree with the sentiment, but because- he's literally gay. [both laugh] I think this guy is gay or something.

C: Literally, literally.

G: Sam, I mean. Not Dean. Thank god. [C laughs] So-

C: Worst line.

G: Worst line.

C: I do not like the way Dean speaks to Ruby fucking ever. I think the “obedient little bitch” line was just, like, even for Dean, like, a step too far. So that's my worst line. Oh, but my runner-up for worst line is the like, “Do you know how far off the reservation you are? How not normal? How not human?” Like, the stupidest ever argument coupled with some racism. Like, congratulations, Dean. Good for you, being a stupidass.

G: My worst line is “You fat, sweaty dick.” 'Cause like, oh my god! Like, it is because he's fat.

C: Yeah. Spreadsheet.

G: Spreadsheet.

C: There were moments of misogyny and racism like, in the opening. Well, there was like, “off the reservation" for racism, and then I think the way that Ruby was treated with all the "bitch" and blah blah blah was pretty bad. Those moments are both pretty small in the scope of the episode, but I think in misogyny, I would also add that, I don't know, just the way that the women in Jack's life- and by "the women in Jack's life," I just mean Michelle and that woman that he watches undressing, like, I am bothered by their portrayal also. So I feel like I'm down to give a one in each category of misogyny and racism.

Alright. Homophobia, I mean, a lot of like, metaphorical homophobia in my mind. [laughing] But I don't think that's what they were actually going for.

G: Yeah.

C: So that's a 0.

G: IMDb.

C: Huh. It's a tricky one. I feel like this episode could be polarizing. I think the quality of it is fine.

G: I think this is an 8.6er.

C: Okay. I've been guessing 8.7 every single time, and eventually, one day, I'll have to be right. So let's go with that.

G: 8.7?

C: Yeah.

G: Okay. Oh my god! It's an 8.0.

C: Oh. Oh, dear. Okay. Well.

G: People be hating.

C: People do despise this episode, it seems. Okay, what are they saying? Please tell me they're being Dean-haters and not Sam-haters.

G: Yeah, they are Dean-haters.

C: Thank god.

G: This is so interesting.

C: What?

G: “The only reason why I am not giving this episode at 10 is because they did not portray the rugaru correctly. This is a-" no, I don't know how to pronounce this word. "Cajun"?

C: Yeah.

G: "-myth. Like, the Louisiana version of the boogieman. He is supposed to be more similar to a werewolf in appearance. Usually, Supernatural gets the monsters correct, but they didn't do their research on this one." And this one made me laugh. "Was Jensen married yet when this episode was written? [C laughs] His wife should have informed him about the legend of the rugaru. She grew up in Lafayette."

C: God, that is so fun.

G: And like, [laughing] the concept that, like, Jensen Ackles is writing these episodes [both laughing] or has enough creative control.

C: Yeah.

G: And like, that's so funny.

C: That is pretty funny. One of these reviews says, “The real Ruby should come out sooner or later. I bet Dean will butt heads with her." Like, they think this current Ruby is like, a fake Ruby? Like, they made this shit up? That's really funny. I love this.

Okay, and then, you know, the funniest review, I think, is the one that says-

G: "Heavenly angel."

C: "10/10, heavenly angel. [both laughing] I'm proud of Misha-" who is not in this episode! "Twelve years ago, he was seen as the new man and didn't feel right. Now the value of the final depends on whether it is within it or not. [G laughing] This guy came in, gave more than you can imagine, and he's a huge source of inspiration, and it's a show and family. A part of." [both laughing] What episode did they think this was?

G: [laughing] I'm laughing so hard there's no sounds coming out. [both laughing] [G screams]

C: God bless.

G: [both laughing] Why in this episode? Why? God, it's funny.

C: Okay.

G: Anyway. I think that’s it for this episode of Busty Asian Beauties. Next time, we will be discussing Season 4, Episode 5: “Monster Movie.” Leave us a rating or a review wherever you get your podcasts.

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[guitar music]

[afoxysunny]

Alright this is gonna be a long one so my apologies in advance, idk how to do a "read more" cut on mobile

So like i asked avout in my previous post this is my thoughts on what fnaf animatronic each Lazytown character would like best if the freddy fazbear franchise was an actual chain in the Lazytown universe (i know, oddly specific)

So I'm thinking we'll start with Ladys First and then go down in a somewhat but not really organized manner

Stephanie: Funtime Foxy

How convenient that Funtime Foxy has pink in their design, that's a little bonus for our Pinky.

Furthermore i choose this pair bc it makes a lot of sense in relation to other picks i made which will make sense to you if you're familiar with fnaf (namely Ella, Trixie, Sportacus and Robby all have a fav that relates to Funtime Foxy in some)

Also Funtime Foxy always had that toss-up if they count as a female or male animatronic and with Stephanie's wild mix of stereotypically male and female interests and hobbies it's a match made in heaven

(also, totally throwing shade, if i was going by the way Steph is portrayed in later seasons her fav would just be Chica bc girl. Yes that's how shallow i feel like they made her, I'm no small part salty)

Ella: Balora

Very obvious choice here for the ballet motive in both characters

But also because Balora is blind and i always headcanon Ella as mute so i think she'd relate to an also slightly impeded character

Balora also has that creepy can-walk-on-walls-like-a-spider thing going on if she's removed from her track and Ella likes to hide a very mischievious side behind her cute exterior so they just overall vibe

Trixie: Lolbit

That way the two best friends have matching Animatronics, yeey

Lolbit was also originally planned to be really important for the lore of the games but ended up totally shafted and barely appearing at all in the end. But if and when she was in a game she got a special and unique role and that's juat totally Trixie

Stingy: Golden Freddy

Goooooold

Also Golden Freddy is a one of a kind, unique, only exists once, special Freddy and our greedy boi would be all over that

Honorable mention: Pigpatch

The others keep telling Stingy that he can't have more than one fav so he just started telling them that Pigpatch is his Piggy's fav and bc he speaks for his Piggy he gets to have two favs and the others just grew too tired to debate that so checkmate)

Ziggy: Candycadet

Another really obvious pick, he gives out candy after all!

Plus that animatronic is not as big or bulky or heavy or anything like the others so the little coward is less intimidated by it and he feels less small next to it too

But if he's pressed to pick a fav from the main line animatronics to fit the other kids' picks he also does enjoy Bonnie a lot (he grew to like that one bc of Sportacus' pick)

Pixel: Freddy

Pixel is just the kind of kid to root for the hero, he likes the main characters best so of course his fav is the franchise mascot!

I'd also like to say tho that if it wasn't a "normal pizzeria" to the kids he'd love Ennard for the really cool mechanical robotic look that one has

On to the adults!

Bessy: Phone Guy

She probably always says picking a fav is childish and therefore refuses to answer the question outright but every time they go to a pizzeria she ends up endlessly talking to those pre-recorded tapes that are actually just meant to rattle off rules for kids who can't read yet

Robbie: Foxy

He's a meme! He's a pirate! There's so many reasons for this pick

Foxy only moves when you don't pay enough attention to him but once he gets going there's basically no stopping him

Also both of them chose to live seperated from all the others and alone far away from the main stages

And Foxes hunt Bunnies which leads me to

Sportacus: Toy Bonnie

He's blue! He's slick! Another one with a lot of great reasons imo

Bonnie also plays electric guitar.

And as a bunny he'd jump around a lot

And he's one of the most modern animatronics

Do i need to say more?

Milford: nope

He honestly finds all the animatronics really unsettling and creepy but bc the kids love it there he also had to spend a lot of time at Freddy's and specifically the one we know as Sister Location so he grew to appreciate Funtime Freddy.

He's a little related to Stephanie's fav

The funtime version isn't such a top dog as the other Freddys which makes Milford feel less under pressure somehow

And the little Bonbon plushy on his hand reminds him of Bessy bc its blue and she likes bunnies a lot

BONUS ROUND

Glanni: Springtrap!

It's criminal - criminal solidarity

Yes i know he shouldn't technically know about him if they aren't ganes but establishments but Glanni breaks the fourth wall a bunch and he deserves the deranged weirdo as his fav.

Springtrap could canonically be a cryptic creepypasta like ghoststory people who outgrow the kids friendly pizzeria branding tell each other

Both stole suits they wear for all eternity to torment kids with, it's a great match

Also he picked that one to mess with his Sports Elf

Íþróttaálfurinn (GGíL) : Spring Bonnie

Aka Golden Bonnie

The not fucked up version of Springtrap

the colors match you guys, it's funny

And Spring Bonnie was one of the OG animatronics that helped make the franchise what it is today. He may be outdated and a little rough around the edges but he's beloved by older fans still

Íþróttaálfurinn (ÁL) : the Puppet

Aka Marionette

The unintentionally creepiest animatronic

Means really well but the means it goes to to help the dead kids out were questionable at best; i think he can identify with that xD

If anyone knows about the violence this franchise holds then it would definitely be him but he's not gonna tell anyone bc fear burns calories and makes people jump and run away. He sees this as an absolute win

Also the Puppet jumps out of a box and loud music starts playing, it really fits that weird elf

[indigowallbreaker]

It's the middle of the summer when the kids ask Sportacus if he will help them make a fire and cook s'mores. Sportacus has no idea why they need to cook "some oars" but it sounds fun! He quickly realizes just how much sugar goes into these things and has second thoughts. But hey, the kids are outside and he can teach them a valuable life skill. Let's do it.

He sends the kids to get fire wood, kindling, long sticks to roast the marshmallows on, and Stingy runs off the get his (father's) lighter. With them all distracted, Sportacus BOOKS IT to Robbie's.

Robbie, who can smell sugar half a world away, is just out of his hatch when Sportacus literally bangs into him and they go ass over teakettle for a few beats before untangling themselves. Sportacus explains what's going on and that he really shouldn't handle that much sugar personally and please if you help me I'll go out of town for a week or something Røbbîē Ï'm Dêspéråtë.

What villain could say no to that? An evening of sugar AND Sportadork away forever a week? Spectacular. I'm right behind you Boy Wonder.

They go back to where the kids have collected a forest worth of wood. There's an exciting three minutes where they try and get the fire going while Robbie stands a few feet back calling out encouragement and trying to convince the kids it's not due to any scheme of his that it's taking this long.

But in the end, a handsome fire is born. It's Stingy's because it was his (father's) lighter that helped but that discourse is quickly put aside as Robbie holds up a stick with five marshmallows on it and tells Sportasugar to "stand back".

The kids have a blast. Robbie pulls a roll of store bought cookies from no where and shows off how they're a great replacement for graham crackers. Ziggy uses cookies exclusively after this reveal. Pixel is mad his keeps burning so Robbie shows that popping the marshmallow in your mouth for a few seconds before roasting helps get an even brown. Trixie and Stephanie play Chubby Bunny with their own bag.

Sportacus tries not to feel left out, since everyone is having fun and really this was for the kids anyway, but he. Kinda does. Robbie taps him at one point and tells Sportacus that if he has any bananas on his ship "and I'm sure you do because you're weirdly prepared for everything", then Robbie knows a Thing he can try. Minutes later, Sportacus has his own healthy treat made from banana, peanut butter, raisins, and honey- all roasted by the fire in a tinfoil wrap.

Much later, the kids are full of sweets and since the mosquitos have started to attack Sportacus sends them off to bed. He plans to stay by the fire until it dies down. Strangely, Robbie stays beside him. Sportacus tosses a used bit of tinfoil perfectly into a trash can a hundred feet away and asks Robbie when he should leave. Tomorrow? Maybe Sunday so Robbie has whole week start to finish? But Robbie stares into the fire and reminds Sportacus that the deal was Sportacus would leave town. No one said he had to go alone.

"?? Who would I take?"

"You could take me."

"I would love that-"

"You what."

"-but you hate heights! You would not enjoy a week in the air."

"Okay fine guess we're glossing over that. We don't HAVE to take the airship! We could go on foot! That way we could camp and do a fire like this every night!"

"That is true... So, would you like to spend a week with me out of town?"

Robbie, fiddling with his 49th marshmallow of the night, snaps that that's what he was hinting at, Sportoblivious. Sportacus chuckles and shifts closer to lay his head on Robbie's shoulder, the two finally free to properly relax in front of the fire.

[thebluelf]

//For @cutecutejames’s boy friend. Happy Secret Friends Day!//

Bobbing For Apples

It was the first Halloween since the new hero moved into LazyTown. Robbie was sure the health nut was going to try to eradicate the holiday because of how unhealthy it must be with all the candy involved. It had been bothering him for a month.

Then October came. People were putting up decorations and talking about costumes. What would the Sportaloon have to say about this, he wondered. On cue, Sportacus jumped into the scene unfolding among the towns people. Robbie zoomed in on him while trying to steady the periscope.

“What are you guys up to?” Sportacus asked.

“Just talking about what costumes we should wear for Halloween,” Stephanie chirped.

“I’m going to go as a werewolf, rawr!” Trixie swiped a hand in the air like claws.

“I’m going to dress up like you, Sportacus!” Ziggy shouted excitedly.

Sportacus was filled with joy and laughter. It disgusted and angered Robbie.

“We’re going to collect lots of candy!”

“Just don’t eat it all at once. Save some for later.” Sportacus winked and the kids giggled.

“Sportacus! We’re having a Halloween party next week. What to join? We’ll have lots of games!”

“Sure! I’d love to!”

“What? What Halloween party?” Robbie growled. “Why wasn’t I told of this? Maybe I want to have fun and play games, too!...Nah! What I want to do is scare them.” He laughed. “When they least expect it, I’ll crash the party and scare the daylights out of them! Ah haha!” Robbie spread his arms wide in the glory of his genius idea before pushing the periscope away.

“What a perfect plan! Now I just need a costume...” He tapped his chin for a moment and shrugged. “All well. I have all week to come up with something.” Then he stomped over to his chair, turned on the tv, and resumed munching on the cheesy corn puffs he started earlier.

👻🎃👻🎃👻

It was the night of the party. Games and activities were scattered around the sports field. In the center were lonely bowls of all kinds of candy. They were being ignored by Sportacus, Bessie, and the kids who were gathered around a particular game.

Trying to stay hidden from them, Robbie crouched behind an adjacent wall. He wore a green goblin mask and his regular clothes. It was all he had time for. He spotted the candy and spoke into his crooked hands. “I’ll scare all of them away and then I’ll have all the candy to myself. Yes!”

Just then, the mayor walked by. Robbie froze.

“Why hello, Mr. Rotten! Come to share in the festivities? Do do-do do-do...” he sang as he continued on.

“How did he know it was me?!”

Robbie shook it off and continued with his plan. He peaked past the ledge, looking for the right opportunity to jump out.

“What’s this game?” Sportacus asked the kids.

“It’s bobbing for apples!” Stephanie explained. “You have to grab an apple out of the water using only your mouth before the timer runs out. And you can’t use your hands. Like that!” She pointed.

Trixie and Ziggy pressed their faces to the water, struggling to sink their teeth in an apple that bobbed along the surface.

Robbie audibly gagged at the image. “How disgusting! All those children’s nasty mouth germs are in there! GAH!” It sent shivers down his spine. “And I thought I was scary.”

“Whoever pulls out an apple first wins!” Stephanie finished. “Want to give it a try?”

“Sure!” Sportacus replied.

Robbie, again, moaned in disgust. This time it was a little too loud. He cupped his mouth. Too late.

“Uh, what was that?” asked Pixel.

Sportacus responded. “I’ll go check it out. You guys stay here.”

He approached Robbie. “Hello?”

“Now’s my only chance!” Robbie positioned himself.

“Hello-o!”

“BOO!” He jumped up from behind the wall and towered over the hero.

Sportacus flipped backwards and pulled out his tennis rackets. He landed in a fighting stance but dropped his guard when Robbie flinched.

“Don’t hurt me!”

“Robbie?” The rackets fell out of his hands, and he approached the villain. “It’s only you! You surprised me!”

“I did?”

Sportacus nodded.

“Nice one, Mr. Rotten!” Stingy cheered and the others joined. “That was a good Halloween scare!”

“I did it! I scared you!”

Robbie’s reaction struck a chord in Sportacus’s heart. He couldn’t help but laugh. It caught the villain off guard, though he didn’t feel teased.

“Robbie, would you like to join us?” He offered a hand to help him over the wall.

Everyone encouraged Robbie.

“S-sure...” the nervous man took Sportacus’s hand as he cautiously climbed over. They made their way to the others.

Ziggy shouted, “You can bob for apples against Sportacus!”

“What?! I don’t know about that. I-I-I...”

Everyone cheered again.

Robbie looked at Sportacus wearing an encouraging smile. The kids’ pleading matched the look in his eyes.

Robbie sighed. “...Ok.”

🍎🍬🍎🍬🍎

They stood next to each other in front of the tall bin of water. Two apples floating in front of them. They held their hands behind their back. Robbie did not want to stick his face in the water let alone grab an apple from it with his mouth. There was no telling how much of it would get up his nose or down his throat. He looked over at Sportacus who was practically nose-to-nose with his reflection in the shiny skin of the fruit and figured he should at least try to appear just as ready.

Stephanie held a timer in her hand. “Aaaaand go!”

Robbie could not bring himself to make contact with the water, so he watched Sportacus instead. Sportacus went after the apple like a dog going after its favorite stick. His head hung over the water as the apple kept slipping from his grasp.

It would be a shame if he were to fall in, Robbie thought. Then the idea came to him. He could picture himself dunking the unsuspecting elf’s head into the kid-contaminated water — just for a split second. He didn’t want to drown the poor guy. He just wanted to see the shock on Sportaspurt’s soaking wet face as he merges from the water. It was low hanging fruit for the villain and an urge so hard to resist. He stared at the opportunity in his face, arguing back and forth, but like a cat witnessing a mouse with its back turned, he just could not resist pouncing anymore.

Suddenly the villain’s hands were pressed against the hero’s back, and down under the water Sportacus went.

Gasps of shock interrupted the cheering before everything went quiet. They all starred at Robbie in disbelief.

It suddenly donned on Robbie what he just did, and he immediately regretted it.

“I’m sorry! I wasn’t thinking! I didn’t mean to! I’m s—“

Straightening up from the waist, Sportacus emerged from the water. Light, golden-brown hair dripping of water covered his eyes and hid his expression.

Robbie watched in horror of the unknown.

Sportacus turned to him. He grabbed the villain’s hand and held it out between the two of them.

Robbie shook. What kind of revenge was this? He covered his eyes.

Sportacus let go of the apple in his mouth and placed it into Robbie’s cupped palm.

Robbie opened an eye.

“I win!” Sportacus beamed, holding his hair back and revealing bright blue eyes.

Robbie shook his hand as if the hero had placed a creepy bug on it.

Sportacus fished his hat from the water and wrung it dry before putting it back on.

“Sportacus, I’m suh- saw- so-..” Why was it so hard to apologize now?

The elf flicked a little water from the bin at Robbie’s face to get his attention. Robbie looked up, and Sportacus winked.

“It’s ok, Robbie.” He smiled warmly.

Robbie felt something weird tug his chest and he grabbed at it. Nothing was there? He looked down at his chest and then at Sportacus and then at his chest and then at Sportacus again. “Oh no,” he whispered. “Don’t tell me he’s...” giving me feelings, he finished the thought silently. This wasn’t good at all.

“Are you ok?”

“I’ve got to leave now.”

“Oh, hold on!”

Sportacus trotted over to a table and came back with a bad of candy.

“You’re giving me candy???”

Sportacus chuckled and nodded.

“But... you’re... Sportacus???”

“And I can’t eat candy. That doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy it sometimes.”

“Thank you.”

Silence overtook them both. It didn’t seem to phase Sportacus who happily continued to watch his new friend, but Robbie had had enough of it.

“I’ll be going now,” he said slowly and awkwardly as he started making distance between them.

“Ok! Bye-bye, Robbie!”

“Yeah, bye-bye!”

“Take care!”

“See you!”

(Was he done?)

“Bye!”

(Nope.)

“Later!”

...

Not expecting the silence, Robbie checked behind him. Sportacus waved back.

“Ugh!” He threw his hands up in the air. “...Do you want to walk me home?” he hollered.

“...Yes!” Sportacus shouted back.

Robbie facepalmed before waving him over.“Come on, then!”

(End) // Happy Halloween!

[otterlydeerlightful]

Happy Secret Friend Day!

Hey, @lazybetch! I hope you like your present...I wasn’t sure what might be the best route to go, but I hope you enjoy :3

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She was looking around, her shining black hair whipping from one side to the other as her silvery eyes scanned the surrounding crowds bustling up and down the hallway. Stephanie kept her nose buried in her notebook that she was holding a little too tightly with trembling fingers. Her eyes darted repeatedly toward her puzzled peer from behind the worn pages covered in multi-colored scribbles.

With no lead as to where the note now resting in her hands had come from, the newest student at LazyTown High unfolded the pastel-colored paper and let her eyes scan over its contents. Stephanie momentarily forgot how to breath as she waited impatiently for the girl’s reaction. The dark-haired beauty’s delicate eyebrows pulled together and then, to Stephanie’s horror, the girl quickly refolded the note, loudly shut the metal door to her locker, and shuffled off in the opposite direction. Stephanie let out a heavy sigh, slapping her notebook against her lap in defeat.

“Stupid!” the girl complained aloud to herself. “What’d you expect to happen?”

“I dunno, what did you expect?” a nonchalant voice asked from behind her, eliciting a shriek of surprise from the girl.

Stephanie jumped up and spun around, paying no notice to the school supplies that scattered around her feet. Trixie bit into her apple and raised an eyebrow at her best friend’s reaction. The pair stared at one another as she chewed. The silence was broken only after Trixie swallowed.

“You okay, Pinky?”

That seemed to jog Stephanie’s train of thought. The girl shook her head and frowned. Stomping her foot and curling her fingers into still-nonthreatening fists, Stephanie snapped “Don’t sneak up on me, Trixie!”

Her friend shrugged, though the nervous look in her eyes already betrayed her concern. “Not my fault you didn’t notice I was there. Last I checked, walking over to your friend during lunch isn’t exactly sneaking.”

Stephanie sighed. She hung her head enough to realize she was still standing in the middle of a sea of school supplies and soon stooped to begin gathering them up. “Sorry,” she mumbled as she worked. “I shouldn’t have yelled.”

“You didn’t,” Trixie replied around another bit of fruit.

The dark-haired girl lodged the apple between her teeth and hopped over the short wall to help her friend pick up her things. Once everything was back in its proper place, Trixie bit off her next chunk of fruit and took a seat by her still-silent friend.

“So what’s got you so upset?”

Stephanie gave a half-hearted shrug and hugged her bright pink backpack to her chest. She was quiet for a few moments as she organized her thoughts, then spoke. “Remember at the party two weeks ago?”

Trixie nodded. “Yeah,” she said, speaking slowly. “You seemed pretty off but didn’t want to talk about it. I was kinda worried, actually, but I didn’t know if I should’ve pushed, you know?” She looked over at her friend worriedly. “Should I have…?”

Stephanie shook her head and tried to offer Trixie a reassuring smile. “No, it’s okay. I’m…glad you didn’t.” She took in a steadying breath and let her eyes glance around to make sure they were out of earshot of the other students in the courtyard. “It was just…it was the games everyone wanted to play.”

The other girl made a face. “What do you mean? ‘Snot like it was any different than most of the other parties.”

“Yeah, but…everyone wanted to play truth or dare.”

“So? It’s never that bad; we play that one a lot and you always had fun before. What made that time so different?”

Stephanie chewed on her lower lip. True, it was mostly just all of her regular friends and classmates…but the new girl had been at that party, too. “Everybody was asking about…who everyone liked.”

The seconds-long pause in their conversation lasted hours.

“So I’m guessing you’ve finally got a crush on someone?” Trixie asked in an uncharacteristically quiet voice.

Stephanie nodded. “I…I don’t want anyone to find out. I’m scared they’ll laugh at me.”

“If they do then they suck, Pinky.” The girl poked her friend lightly and offered a supportive smile. “You didn’t laugh at me when I told you I had a crush on Stingy, did ya?”

“No. But—”

“But nothin’! You remember what you told me?”

The young teen sighed and hugged her bookbag tighter to her chest. She avoided Trixie’s gaze as best as she could; Stephanie knew what was coming.

“You told me to tell him, dummy. I was a mess and you said—and I quote—‘If you tell him you like him and he asks you out, then everything will be fine. If you tell him you like him and he doesn’t feel the same way, then at least you’ll know and you won’t have to be so scared about it anymore.’”

A small, pathetic squeak of protest emerged from the first girl’s throat. Trixie just wrapped an arm around her friend’s shoulder.

“Come on, Pinky. Any guy would be lucky as heck to have you as their girlfriend!”

“That’s the problem,” she whined, burying her nose in the zipper of her bag. “It…it’s not a guy.”

There was barely a pause before Stephanie felt her best friend shrug against her.

“Any girl, then! You’re the coolest person I know, Stephanie. You should talk to them. The worst they can say is no, right? If I can do it, you can do it.”

“But what if she doesn’t like me? I mean…what if she doesn’t even like girls? A lot of people don’t like…gay stuff, even in LazyTown. What if she doesn’t even want to be friends with me after that?”

A new, soft voice joined the conversation then. “Then she would miss out on having a really nice person as a friend.”

With a startled gasp, Stephanie’s head snapped up. Her wide eyes locked upon the newest student at the school: Ella Rotten. A familiar pale pink piece of paper was held delicately between her long fingers. The sight of the raven-haired girl made Stephanie’s heart simultaneously beat like a terrified jackrabbit and somehow still plummet into the depths of her stomach.

“See?” Trixie asked her friend with an obliviously encouraging smile. “Even New Girl agrees with me!”

Ella gave a sheepish smile before her eyes fell. Stephanie watched as she rubbed her porcelain-toned fingers back and forth over the colorful letter. The dark-haired teen nodded, her motion jerking yet subtle in its movement. Stephanie doubted that she would have even noticed the gesture if her eyes hadn’t been glued to her face.

“You’re always…really nice,” Ella offered. “You were the first person to say hi to me in dance class.” She wet her lips and swallowed before she continued to speak. “And, um…you have really pretty handwriting.”

Despite having no trouble doing so for a decade and a half, Stephanie found that she couldn’t remember how to breath. She watched as Ella glanced down at the piece of paper in her hands and, with careful and deliberate movement, began to unfold it. Trixie, tipped off by either the hue of the paper that had become the focal point of everyone’s attention or simply noticing the tension between the rest of the group, released her friend from her grasp and gave an exaggerated yawn and accompanying stretch of her arms.

“Yeah, well, uh…I’m gonna go get some milk before the lunch ladies close up shop. I’ll, uh…catch you later, Pinky. We can catch up on stuff.”

With that, Stephanie’s friend got to her feet and made a hasty retreat back toward the cafeteria line. Stephanie, meanwhile, was frozen in place while she mentally screamed for Trixie to come back. She was too scared to be alone right now.

“I…I thought it might be a mean prank,” the quiet girl uttered as she stared at Stephanie’s pink and white sneakers. “I didn’t want it to be you, but…I thought maybe someone found out.”

The phrasing helped Stephanie focus. “Found out?” she questioned with a confused frown.

It took the teen an embarrassingly long amount of time to realize what the other girl might mean. When she did, Stephanie’s eyes went wide with shocked wonder. She blinked, then blinked again, and stared up at Ella and her beautifully flushed cheeks.

“You don’t…I mean…” Stephanie wanted to say it. She wanted to ask if the girl who had so captured her attention felt the same way she did, but the fear of being wrong robbed her throat of any further words.

The raven-haired young woman shifted nervously. “Can I…can I sit with you? For the rest of lunch, I mean?”

Stephanie immediately pushed her backpack aside, the speed of which brought a slight giggle to her new guest’s lips. Ella sat down beside her and Stephanie couldn’t help but smile. Her crush fiddled lightly with the pastel pink note now resting in her lap.

“Do you…do you want to maybe…get some ice cream after school or something?” the new girl asked quietly.

Stephanie smiled brightly. “Yeah. I’d…I’d really like that.”

The two girls sat together on the edge of the half-wall for the rest of lunch, chatting quietly, both of them feeling lighter than air.

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Hi @poploppege​, I’m your secret friend! I hope you enjoy this ^^ Happy Halloween!

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It’s Halloween in Lazytown, and they're having an early snow. At first Stephanie is excited- snow is so much fun to play in! But then she realizes this means they can’t go trick or treating. Thankfully, an unexpected hero swoops in to save the day!

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Stephanie opened her eyes, blinking the sleep away and letting them adjust to the light. she looked at her room as she sat up. It seemed… brighter than usual, even with the curtains closed.

“Did I wake up late?” she wondered to herself, sliding out of bed. Going over to her curtains, she pulled them open with a yank and gasped at the sight that greeted her.

“Snow!” she squealed. 

“Ah yes,” her uncle’s voice said from the door, prompting her to turn around. He was smiling at the window. “Every once in a while, the snow comes to lazytown early.”

“As early as october?” Stephane asked, her eyes shining. “That's so cool!” she rushed past him, calling over her shoulder- “I’m going out to play! I’ll grab an apple on the way out!” 

She didn't wait for his response, instead running to the closet for her coat, hat, gloves, and boots. After pulling them all on and grabbing an apple, like she’d promised, she hurried out the front door and headed for the park.

As she skipped along, she hummed Monster Mash to herself. It may have looked like christmas, but it was still halloween! She arrived at the park, eager to see that all her friends were already there.

“Hey guys!” She called as she skipped up to them. “Isn’t the snow great?” 

“I guess,” Trixie grumbled, her arms crossed.

Stephanie blinked, suddenly noting the sullen expressions on her friend’s faces.

“What’s wrong?” she asked, looking around at them. “Don’t you like the snow?”

“We do,” Pixel told her. “But we can't go trick or treating with snow this deep on the ground.” he held up his arm. “We got five point seven inches last night. Besides, it’s only twenty nine degrees out. Way too cold for our costumes.”

Stephanie blinked at him, looking down at the ground and finally noticing how deep the snow was. She’d noticed before, but hadn’t thought about having to trudge through it later today. Deflating, she sat down on the wall next to Trixie with a glum expression. “I didn’t think about that,” she said quietly. She’d been so excited just a few minutes ago, and though she still loved the snow, she couldn’t muster up the urge to play in it now.

“What’s the matter with all of you?” a voice called from behind them. They all turned, spotting Robbie on the sidewalk with his arms crossed. Stephanie waved halfheartedly. 

“Hi Robbie. We’re just sad about not being able to go trick or treating,” she said.

“Who says you can’t go?” Robbie asked, raising his eyebrows. “Was it Sportaflop? 

“It’s this snow,” Trixie said, kicking at it angrily. 

“We can't go trick or treating in it,” Stingy explained when Robbie just stared at her in confusion. “It’s too deep.” 

“Five point seven inches,” Pixel said, nodding.

“And it’s way too cold to wear our costumes,” Ziggy added. All the kids sighed, and Robbie stared at them.

“You’re going to let a little snow ruin your Halloween?!” he asked, his voice growing louder.

What can we do?” Stephanie asked him. “We can’t control the weather.”

“No,” Robbie agreed. “But you can control how you react to it. All of you, go home and get your Halloween costumes. Bring them to me.” They all stared at him, and he rolled his eyes. “I’m not doing anything evil with them. Just bring them here.” he made shooing motions with his hands. “Go on!”

They exchanged doubtful looks, but got up and ran for their houses. As she made her way back home, Stephanie couldn’t help but wonder what Robbie was up to. 

After they had all arrived back to where Robbie was waiting, he held out his hands expectantly. 

“Well?” he said when nobody moved. 

Stephanie stepped forward first, passing the garment into his hands. Though unsure of what he was planning, she trusted him. A few moments later, Pixel and Ziggy followed suit. Stingy went after them, with a warning to Robbie that the costume was his and he’d better bring it back. That left Trixie, standing there staring at Robbie distrustfully. 

Stephanie opened her mouth to say something, but Robbie beat her to it. 

“You can keep it if you want to,” he said dismissively. “But don’t expect me to care when all your friends are warm and toasty, and you aren’t.” Trixie glared at him, still distrustful, but handed the costume over. 

Robbie took it, adding it to the pile with the others. He smiled. “Now that that’s settled, what were you all planning to be?”  

Ziggy waved his hand in the air, excitement radiating from him. “I’m a superhero!” he said, beaming. Robbie rolled his eyes at that, but said nothing.

“A pirate,” Trixie said, coming forward. She still had her arms crossed, but Stephanie could tell she was just as curious as the rest of them. 

“My costume is a pig,” Stingy said.

“I’m Frankenstein,” Pixel said. “Not the monster, the man who created him.” He'd had to explain the difference to all of them, so it made sense that he told Robbie immediately. But Robbie just nodded. 

“Victor Frankenstein, I’m aware.” he turned to look at Stephanie. “And you, pink girl?”

“Strawberry Shortcake,” she said. “But not the dessert- the girl from the tv show.” 

Robbie nodded again, turning away from them and walking off. “I’ll have these back to you before it’s time for trick or treating, he called over his shoulder, cutting off any protest that may have been given. He waved a hand around. “Go play or whatever, but keep it down- I need to focus.” 

The kids looked at each other as he left, uncertain. 

“Well,” Stephanie said. “I guess all we can do now is wait.” 

“Do you guys think he’ll bring them back?” Ziggy asked.  Pixel nodded. 

“He has no reason to keep them- halloween is mostly about candy. He wouldn’t want to stop us from getting it.”

“Even if he doesn’t, it won’t matter-- we can’t trick or treat anyways.” Trixie said. “The snow, remember?”

“Well, let’s just have fun playing for now,'' Stephanie said. “We can ask for the costumes later, if we have to.” the others agreed with her, and they all ran off to start playing in the snow.

-

A few hours later, Stephanie was back in her room, drawing in her diary. She and the others had decided to come in and warm up before trick or treating was supposed to start.

“Stephanie!” Milford’s voice called from the kitchen, prompting the girl to look up. “There’s a package here for you!” 

“Coming, uncle!” she called, getting to her feet and leaving her room, curiosity filling her. She arrived in the kitchen, immediately spotting the package he’d been talking about.

Sitting at the table, she pulled open the flaps to reveal… her strawberry shortcake costume!

As she picked up the hat, she realized it was slightly different than before. Robbie had added fabric to the hat, long enough that it would cover her ears. It was soft too- like a winter hat. It would keep her head warm like one. Next she pulled out the sweater- it was longer at the bottom, and the same soft material from the hat was on the inside. Lastly, she pulled out the jeans. Not much had changed- just the same soft material on the inside- but if she wasn’t mistaken, the pockets were deeper. And they had little strawberries sewed onto them. 

She looked at all of it with joy, her eyes shining. She hadn’t been sure what Robbie would have been able to do to make the costume weather appropriate, but this had exceeded all her wildest dreams! And she was willing to bet he’d done the same thing for the other kids. 

She ran to her room and quickly pulled on the costume, intending to go see her friends and show them, and see their costumes. As she was pulling on her shoes, a knock came at her door.

“Come in!” she called. Her uncle opened the door, looking down at her with a smile. 

“Getting ready for trick or treating, I see,” he said cheerfully. He tilted his head. “Although- are you sure you’ll be warm enough? We don’t want you getting sick.” Stephanie nodded.

“Robbie made some adjustments- it’s really warm now! But-” she sighed, tying up the shoelace. “We probably won’t be going trick or treating. The snow is so deep, it would take us forever to get anywhere.” Milford looked surprised.

“Haven’t you looked outside?” he asked. “The snow has been cleared from the sidewalks!” 

Stephanie gasped, jumping to her feet. “Really?!” she asked. She ran to the door and threw it open. Uncle was right! The snow was gone from the sidewalks! She beamed, her previous sadness and disappointment completely gone now.

Halloween was back on!

-

Robbie groaned as he eased down into his chair. He had just finished cleaning the last of the snow from the sidewalks, and he was exhausted.

Sure, he hadn’t actually shoveled the snow- he’d used magic. But between that, walking all over town to do so, making the necessary adjustments to the costumes (plus some extras), and magically enhancing them so they’d keep the kids warm while they were outside, he was drained. Physically and magically. 

Normally he’d don his own costume and be up with everyone else, taking part in the party games (Halloween was on the rapidly growing list of his exceptions to not wanting to take part in festivities) but now, all he felt like doing was curling up in his chair and sleeping for several hours. 

As he closed his eyes to do just that, somebody opened his hatch. 

“Robbie, I’m coming down,” was all the warning he got before Sportaflop slid down and flipped into his lair. His usual uniform was covered with a blue jacket with black and white stripes.  Whether it was a costume or just a jacket for warmth, Robbie wasn’t sure. 

“What are you doing here?” he snapped, slumping further into his chair. “Shouldn’t you be out looking after the brats?”

Sportacus ignored his grumpy tone, smiling. “I wanted to come see you,” he said. “The kids told me what you did for their costumes, and I saw the sidewalks. This explains all the magical energy I sensed earlier.

Robbie rolled his eyes. Of course Sportacus would sense the magic and connect it back to him. It wasn’t like there was another magic user in the town besides himself and the elf. 

Sportacus continued, his tone taking on a more serious and concerned note.

“That was a lot of magic use, Robbie. Using that much can drain you,” he said, as if Robbie didn’t already know that.

“Thanks, Sportaobvious,” he said with an eye roll. “Why do you think I’m down here, instead of up there enjoying Halloween?”

Sportacus brightened. “I almost forgot! That’s the other reason I came down here- the kids want you to join them for trick or treating!”

Robbie’s eyes widened in surprise. 

“Me?”

“Yes, you,” Sportacus said, chuckling. “They want to thank you. Plus, they really enjoy your company.”

Robbie blinked and shook his head, stubbornly ignoring the warm feeling in his chest. “Well, I would, but I’m absolutely exhausted from getting the town ready for Halloween. So you as well go back and tell them my answer is no.” 

“That’s why I brought this,” Sportacus said cheerfully, holding out the flask he’d been holding to him. Robbie looked at it with suspicion. 

“What is it? Sportscandy in a drink?”

Sportacus shook his head. “No, it isn’t sportscandy.”

Robbie crossed his arms. “An elf remedy, then?” 

“Well, yes, actually,” Sportacus admitted. “It will make you feel better- kind of like an energy drink, but better for you! It’s all natural!”

“So it's sportscandy.” Robbie crossed his arms stubbornly. “I’m not drinking that.”

“I promise it isn’t.” Sportacus reassured him. “But I won’t force you to drink it, if you really don’t want to.” he set the flask down on a nearby table, within Robbie’s reach. “If you change your mind, the kids will be starting at Stephanie’s house and making their way up the street.” with one last smile, the hero turned and headed for the exit. 

Robbie stared at his back, and down at the flask. He hesitated for only a moment before sighing and reaching for it. “Wait a minute, Sportacus,” he called as he wrapped his fingers around the flask and brought it closer. Sportacus turned just as he tilted it and downed the entire thing in one go, his eyes closed and a grimace on his face. 

After he’d swallowed the last drop, he stood, feeling refreshed and filled with (ugh) energy. The remedy must have done its job. “I’m coming with you,” he said, pointedly ignoring Sportacus’s proud look. “Just give me a minute to get changed.”

Sportacus beamed, practically radiating joy. “Of course, Robbie!” he said cheerfully. Robbie walked to his disguise tubes, one of which held his previously decided on Halloween costume.

He pulled the lever, dispensing it on to the table. After it was completely out, he spun, the costume magically transferring onto his body. When he stopped, swaying slightly, Sportacus reached out to grab him by the shoulders.

“Robbie,” he scolded. “The remedy may have replenished your energy, but only a good night’s sleep can really send you back to normal. You should really avoid using magic until tomorrow.” 

“I’m fine, it was just a simple transformation,” Robbie said dismissively, though he didn’t pull out of Sportacus’s grasp immediately, only doing so when he had fully regained his balance. 

“Come on,” he said, straightening the collar of his costume. “The brats will be waiting on you. If we don’t go up soon, they’ll start to think I’ve captured you.” he walked to the exit, quickly climbing out. He could hear Sportacus behind him, and if he wasn't mistaken, he was chuckling to himself.

Robbie elected to ignore this, though a small smile slid it’s way onto his face.

Once they had both climbed out the entrance, they made their way to the mayor’s house. 

Stephanie spotted them first. Her eyes lit up, and she began running toward them. 

“Sportacus! Robbie!” she yelled, putting an emphasis on his name. “You came!” she skidded to a halt in front of them, throwing her arms around later. “Thank you for adjusting our costumes,” she said, looking up at him with a smile. Robbie’s face colored, and he gave her an awkward pat on the head.

“Well, I wasn’t going to let you miss out on getting all that candy!” His voice softened slightly as he continued. “You’re welcome, pink girl,” he said, putting his arms around her and gave her a quick squeeze as Sportacus looked on proudly.

Stephanie giggled, releasing him, and the trio made their way back to the other kids, where Robbie received four more thank you’s and another hug (Ziggy). Each had made his face burn, leaving him red as a tomato and barely able to stutter out a response. 

Thankfully Sportacus stepped in before he had to, reminding them that they had a limited amount of time before they had to be back at home.

After getting candy from the mayor, they all stared down at the sidewalk to the other houses. 

The kids chatted amongst themselves excitedly, comparing their spoils, making deals to trade when they were done, and racing to the next house as Robbie and Sportacus walked along behind them.

Fifteen minutes of this had gone by before Sportacus noticed that Robbie was shivering and rubbing his arms. His costume clearly hadn’t been made to withstand such cold weather, and he hadn’t had the time or energy to make adjustments to it. 

Stopping, Sportacus pulled off the blue jacket he had on and handed it to Robbie. 

“Here,” he said. “You look like you could use this.”

Robbie stopped too, his eyes wide. “But that's leaving you with just a t-shirt!” he cried. 

Sportacus shrugged, pushing the jacket into his hands. “I hardly even noticed the cold. Please Robbie, take it. You need it more.”

Robbie grumbled about the jacket ruining the effect of his costume, but pulled it on. When he had, after zipping it up, (at Sportacus’s insistence) his eyes widened. Sportacus smiled. 

“Warm enough?” he asked, a teasing note in his tone. Robbie stared at him.

“How is this so warm? More elf magic?” Sportacus laughed.

“Nope. Just lined with wool. Now come on-” he took Robbie’s hand, pulling him along. “We’re falling behind, we should really catch up to the kids before they get too far.”

“I suppose you’re right,” Robbie said, quickening his pace just a little. He smirked sideways at Sportacus. “No sense in them eating candy or pulling tricks on each other if I’m not there to see it.” Sportacus laughed. 

“Happy Halloween, Robbie,” he said, his eyes shining. Robbie smiled, his eyes softening. 

“Happy Halloween, Sportaloon.”

bonus: I drew Stephanie in the Strawberry Shortcake costume!

[jrdsprgn]

Thank you so much @perpetually-anxious with the Tag! I enjoy talking about me.

Rules: Answer 30 questions and tag 20 a couple blogs you are contractually obligated to know better

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Star Sign: Aquarius Sun, Virgo Moon, Aquarius Rising

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Favorite Band/Group: TWRP, The Blah Blah Blahs, Daft Punk, ABBA, The Longest Johns, Stephanie’s Child

Favorite Solo Artists: MIKA, Borns, Orville Peck, Trixie Mattel, George Michael, Adam Lambert, Owl City, Stromae, Lady Gaga

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When Did I Create this Blog: While I made this account in September 2020, I have used Tumblr since about 2017.

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[cutecutejames]

Sportacus awoke that morning feeling very wrong. Nauseous and disoriented, he lifted his throbbing head from his pillow and called out, "Ship, calibration?"

The ship's cool voice responded, "Negative six degrees bow, positive two degrees port."

No wonder he felt ill.

"Ship, recalibrate," He whispered a "please" at the end of the sentence.

"Recalibrating..."

Sportacus felt a barley-perceptible shift around him.

"Recalibration complete. Zero degrees bow, zero degrees port."

Sportacus let out a breath he hadn't realized he'd been holding. He crawled out of bed and stood for a moment, unsteady. He could tell by the position of the sun that he'd slept longer than usual. He dreaded the moment--

Beep-beep-beep.

There it was.

Someone was in trouble.

Steeling himself, he opened the door and looked out, aided by his telescope. He wobbled minutely and tried not to fall off.

In the vicinity of the billboard at the edge of town, he could see Stingy, Trixie, and between them, Ziggy. There seemed to be an argument afoot.

Substituting running for flipping today, he appeared at their side.

"Hi, guys, what's up?"

The one second of silence was shattered by three voices immediately and loudly pleading their cases.

Sportacus winced in pain at the volume.

"Slow down, hold on! I can't understand you--one person tell me the problem."

Stingy got there first.

"Trixie took MY lollipop!"

"It's MINE! Ziggy gave it to ME!"

Sportacus steadied himself from the nausea.

"Ziggy? Can you tell us what's going on?"

Ziggy looked back and forth between his friends nervously. "Well, first I gave a lollipop to Stingy but he said he didn't want it so then after that I saw Trixie and asked her if she wanted it and-"

"Then, Ziggy, I said I didn't want it then! I wanted it later and I also wanted some taffy and you said 'okay' and you went to go get me some taffy-"

"And then he said he'd give ME one!" Trixie stomped.

Sportacus staggered a bit, stomach lurching. He wasn't sure if it was the yelling or the talk of candy that was doing him in.

"Okay, let's just-"

"I can handle this, Sportaloser."

Robbie had sauntered toward them from the short distance to his lair, arms full of something. It occurred to Sportacus that he had probably heard the whole argument from his home.

"You, vandal girl," He handed Trixie a book and a black marker. On the cover was a classical painting. It seemed to be a book of famous art. "Go deface some masterpieces."

"Oh, COOL!" Trixie ran off without complaint.

"Candy boy, take this." Robbie handed Ziggy two lollipops and a box of taffy.

"Thank you, Robbie!" Ziggy said with the biggest eyes.

"Here you go, Stingy," Ziggy handed a lollipop over immediately, hesitating on the taffy part.

Stingy looked at Ziggy and Robbie expectantly.

"If I give you the taffy, can I play first at Pixel's house?"

Stingy narrowed his eyes.

"Yes," he quietly decreed.

Sportacus was just beginning to relax when something pink, sparkly, and holding a boom box skipped up.

"Hi, guys! Want to see the new dance routine I-"

Robbie held a CD in front of her face, immediately silencing her. It had a colorful cover and four teenage girls in pleated skirts on it, all holding microphones.

"Oh my gosh! Is that the new Ponytail Stars?"

"Yes. But it only works on stereos INSIDE YOUR ROOM. Get it?"

"Oh, uh, okay! Thanks, Robbie!" Stephanie took the CD, shrugging. "Bye, guys! See you at Pixel's later!"

Robbie looked down at the two remaining boys.

"Now then. Didn't you know candy is also best enjoyed inside?"

Ziggy tilted his head. "It is?"

"Come along, Ziggy. The man gave us candy. Don't ruin this for me," Stingy hissed.

Ziggy called out a goodbye as they wandered off.

Sportacus blinked after them. He turned to thank Robbie, but he had already started sauntering back toward the open Secret Door in the billboard. Robbie paused, then turned back around.

"The lair is open... If you... don't want to-- I mean, if-- I have movies." Robbie said shrugging with careful nonchalance.

Sportacus grinned.

"That sounds great, Robbie. Can I pick?"

"No."

"Okay," Sport softly bounced along behind him.

 @majorxsportyxboy

[mrsmarymorstan]

@redtimbo replied to your photo “Guys.... I love Stephanie Brown. I love her so damn much. Just, why...”

@mrsmarymorstan sorry but tim was not bad for her, do you read the times when steph was pregnant and tim is the one who helps her during her pregnancy???? saying "tim is bad for her" is would be unfair to tim

First up, I’m sorry if my Anti Tim stuff turned up in the Tim tag. The tag system is useless, I don’t even know how it works anymore. You are more than welcome to love and enjoy any of the batboys however you want. You can also ship what you wanna ship, I myself occasionally enjoy some Drake X Brown on occasion.

Secondly,  let it be known, I went to grab my laptop for this so I didn’t have to write it on my phone because I got STUFF TO SAY. 

Yes, you’re right, Tim supported her during her pregnancy. He took her to her classes, etc. etc. You know what ELSE he did? Continued to lie about her identity, made up a fake one, and went into a complete panic when she said “I would recognise you without the mask.” Like, I KNOW that Tim is going through some stuff, but FOR REAL, none of that was healthy. Sure, it was better for Steph to have someone with her than no one, but Tim was still doing some pretty dodgy stuff. Especially as he CONTINUED to lie to her about his identity well after that. 

How unhealthy is it, to have someone know YOUR address, YOUR family, YOUR real name and literally nothing else about them? That’s a red flag. If your friend told you this was going on, you’d tell her to GET OUT. I mean, in the end the only way she found out as because BATMAN told him. And he immediately stormed out of there, leaving her alone with Batman. Like, I AGREE Batman shouldn’t have told Steph any of that. But come on, from Steph’s POV how terrible is that as a reaction? SURE he went afterwards and said ‘hey I’m angry at batman not you’. But that still doesn’t excuse his knee jerk reaction. It says that he wasn’t going to tell Steph his identity, he was going to continue to brood and angst. Like, man your attempt to keep your Batman and your Drake life separate is failing if you’re gonna to continue to act just like him! 

Secondly, okay Tim. You did one good thing in taking her to her lamaze classes. Congrats on not being a total douche. HOWEVER Tim CONTINUED to do crappy, shitty stuff to her.  He CONTINUOUSLY told her that she wasn’t good enough to be a hero, that she was never going to be up to scratch and should just give up completely. I mean, I GET it, he was WORRIED but that kind of behaviour is STILL crappy and shitty and is only there to destroy her confidence. Like, he COULD have offered to train more with her. He COULD have gone on patrol with her. He COULD have been a BETTER BOYFRIEND and actually HELPED her. 

I mean, come on, when Scarecrow gasses her in Batgirl, that’s what she sees. She sees him, and then herself, saying all that stuff to her. When your worst nightmare is your ex telling you you have no value, that’s a sign of a crappy ex.

When Tim comes back, he does it AGAIN but this time Steph has the ability to tell him he’s wrong. Part of Steph’s arc in batgirl is proving to Tim that she is better than him. That he was WRONG about her, and that yeah, there’s always going to be something, but she RECOGNISES that Tim is no good for her. 

It is LITERALLY in Steph’s arc that TIm is no good for her. And hey, like I said ship what you wanna ship, but that doesn’t change my mind that I think Steph should have been treated better by Tim.

This is not to say that Tim is an inherently bad person. He’s going through a lot, he’s BEEN through a lot. But it’s the exact same advice I’d give to anyone attempting to date Batman -- don’t do it unless you are also a trixy costume wearer who’ll play him for what he’s worth. 

[lazyrants]

The Great Crystal Caper (prod 105)

Original airdate: August 18, 2004

Story by Magnus Scheving, Mani Svavarrson

Written by Noah Zachary, Micheal Rabb, Magnus Scheving

Directed by Magnus Scheving, Steve Feldman

Executive producers - Magnus Scheving, Ragnheidur Melsted, Raymond P. Le Gue, Mark Read, Brown Johnson, Kay Wilson Stallings

Starring Magnus Scheving, Stefan Karl Steffanson, Julianna Rose Mauriello

Puppeteers - Ronald Binion, Gudmondor Thor Karason, Jodi Eichelberger, David Matthew Feldman, Julie Westwood, Amanda Maddock

Crystal Caper is the fourth episode of LazyTown. Sportacus' crystal gets swiped and everyone in LazyTown is looking for it. With plot twists, you'll never believe who took it, and you'll never believe who "found" it!

The episode begins with Sportacus flipping his water bottle around then chugging it all up in two seconds. What a promising start. Anyways, after drinking it, Sportacus' crystal beeps. That dang cat is up on the tree again. Sportacus saves him like usual, but what's the best part is that he does a frontflip up in the air and grabs the tree branch, holds the cat with one hand then jumps off. Couldn't he just have used a ladder..?

Ziggy has seen the whole thing and is talking to it about his friends while trying to imitate Sportacus. Sportacus is right behind him, though. This also happened with Piper in the Power Play Summer promo, so it's not very funny anymore. Anyways, everyone wonders how he did it, and he shows them the crystal.

Everyone's amazed by it, especially Stingy.. a bit too amazed. He asks Sportacus to keep it, but he says the following "You want it, but I need it." Stingy is for no reason at all offended then he starts going on and on about how he's going to look at HIS stuff and drive HIS car. All in all a very funny performance from Jodi Eichelberger (voice and puppeteer of Stingy). Stephanie tells Stingy not to be mad, but Trixie calls him a big baby. Stingy drives on a road that had a hole on the middle of it and Sportacus has to save him.. by covering up the hole with his body himself, resulting in Stingy driving over Sportacus. Many like to re-edit this scene to their liking, but I think it's funny just the way it is.

Sportacus' crystal falls off, and he doesn't notice, but Stingy does. He decides to tell Sportacus about it, but he instead ends up thanking him. "Oh, Sportacus needs this to save the lives of the citizens of our town? Meh, imma steal it!" Stingy considers keeping it for a few seconds, minutes, then hours.

In the lair, Robbie recieves a letter from a library saying he needs to pay $600.03 for an overdue book. He doesn't even read the whole thing and throws it away. I think we've all wanted to do that at one point. Oh, the life of being a villain.

In the airship, Sportacus jumps and flips into the airpod (for the record, the editors reused clips in which he OBVIOUSLY HAS THE CRYSTAL ON) and then realises the crystal is gone.

He goes to the town hall where Bessie and Milford are and asks Milford to see if anything about him his different. His guesses are - "You've grown a mustache", "Your muscles are bigger", and "Your crystal is missing". Sometimes I wonder how a man as dumb as Milford got to be the mayor of a town. But, in all honestly, it doesn't take a genius to manage a town with only eight citizens.. well, nine, if you count the cat.

Milford announces a reward for anyone who finds the crystal, being one wish. Then proceeds a montage. Bessie rings up the phone of every single person in town (including people who live out of town, and Robbie), and Pixel makes some posters. We now know that everyone in LazyTown has a phone. Everyone looks for the crystal, including Sportacus.. and for some reason, a new shot looking over for the (tiny) crystal on his ladder that wasn't seen in any other episodes has him WITH THE CRYSTAL.

Robbie isn't looking for the crystal and is enjoying every second that the crystal is lost. He finds a poster over the telescope and has the idea that if he wins the reward, he will get a wish, and he will use it to make Sportacus leave town FOREVER! (ever, ever, ever, ever..) Anyways, we're now with Stingy and he is in his car. He worries that they will notice he has the crystal, then he becomes too confident and decides to have it for a whole month. That whole month could bring LazyTown to shambles. Robbie is in his lair and has a lot of shiny things, which he uses to make a fake crystal that doesn't do anything. Stingy is now using the crystal as a hood ornament. Let's just hope he doesn't get into a car crash. While the gang are looking for it, he comes to town to show everyone the "crystal" he "found". Honestly, a pretty good plan.

Stephanie's suspicious of the whole thing, but then she realises that if Robbie Rotten can change then anything can happen. Then they do a whole song-and-dance routine about it, with multiple shots that would become iconic and recognized with the online fandom. Once it ends, Robbie just wants his wish, but Stephanie is getting ahead of herself, wanting to host a party (which they do, but she's going crazy on details) See, if any of the kids did it, nobody would care. Once a good person does something good, nobody cares. Once a bad person does something good, they're suddenly the most amazing person in history. Anyways, Sportacus says they have to tell Milford. He puts the stage up (last seen in Defeeted) but Robbie is annoyed. He just wanted the prize.

However, during his monologue, he falls into the hole that almost killed Stingy. How did that get there? Did he dig it? Nobody has fixed that since 3 episodes? Anyways, while climbing back up, he looks up only to see Stingy driving his car on the road. He then notices the real crystal on Stingy's hood. Ka-ching! They make a deal - Stingy gives Robbie the crystal, and Robbie in exchange gives him something expensive. They organize a meeting at the treehouse.

Robbie is still in the hole, and he starts talking about his smartness and how he scares himself. However, he screams because the cat at the beginning of the episode was crawling on his legs. LOL!

Sportacus is sitting on a bench and Stephanie comes up to him. Sportacus looks a bit concerned, he reveals to Stephanie that he has a feeling. Sportacus says it's nothing.

Stingy is glorifying the crystal in his treehouse alone. Robbie comes up to him with a stack of comic books, coins all over the world "including Iceland!", and a coffee cup with the map of Texas on it.

While it's tempting (I'd have accepted at the word 'comic'), Stingy says he can't do it. Robbie tells Stingy he'll snitch about the crystal, but he declines. Robbie says he's in deep trouble. (foreshadowing much..??) Money, comics and a cup! It woulda taken me all my strength to decline. Robbie throws the ladder away after he leaves the treehouse.

The real crystal beeps, and Stingy realizes that he is in trouble. He yells for help as loud as he can. At the award ceremony, Robbie is trying to grant his wish for Sportacus to leave town, but Stephanie hears the yells of Stingy and Sportacus' crystal doesn't beep, he then realises the one Robbie gave him was fake! It wouldn't have taken a genius, it didn't have the same glow as the real one. He confronts Robbie and goes to save Stingy.

Stingy is waving his underpants on a stick around hoping someone will notice, and then Sportacus comes to the rescue! Sportacus puts the ladder back and carries Stingy out. The footage of Stingy thanking Sportacus has actually been taken from Welcome to LazyTown after Sportacus saves him from flying off the seesaw. However, this episode was filmed before that one, meaning that Welcome to LazyTown is the episode that re-used footage. Now we know that the seesaw is right next to the treehouse... pretty bad placing if you ask me.

Sportacus takes Stingy to the ceremony to give the crystal back and he also tells Stingy that what you're doing affect others as well. Stingy says that his wish is to never take anything that doesn't belong to him.. and to own that stack of comic books Robbie bribed him with. Nah, just kidding. But if I was Stingy I would say that. Anyways, they celebrate by performing Bing Bang (the footage in this episode's Bing Bang was reused multiple times throughout Season 1), and Trixie kisses Stingy (on the neck) I never liked that bit. Not because I'm an immature boy who thinks romance is icky and stuff, but because it doesn't really fit in a show like LazyTown, and with eight year old characters.

In Robbie's lair, he is sent flying in his chair, along with the comics, coins and mug. He takes a sip of the mug and gags. In the uncut version (which has not been found), he says that it 'Tastes like oil'! It was cut out by Bush Administration because it was accused of propaganda against the US (the elections were going on at the time of filming).

I really liked this episode a lot! It offers the spotlight on a character other then Stephanie or Sportacus, and it does it pretty well. Funny dialogue, good song, but using reused shots that had the crystal in it in an episode that was centered about Sportacus losing the crystal is just a mind numbing move. It's ridiculous.

If you have the time, watch it. It's pretty good.

9/10

[majorxsportyxboy]

Lazytown Season 1 Episode 2, Defeeted: The Rewatch

aleardy had his table down and ready to go

there was actually a little creaky sound when him stretched

is that a ball or an egg he just produced from nowhere and kickflipped into the wall

he sticks a dry toothbrush in his mouth with no toothpaste on it. not just in this episode either like it’s routine with him. ( i mean obviously it would look even weirder otherwise tbh but STILL )

once again, he did not put his seatbelt on. a headcanon waits hesitantly in the wings.

i’m so stupid because it took me til like midway season two...when the themesong goes “with Pixel, Stingy, and Trixie, too” Trixie's holding a marker and standing in front of a poster of the mayor. The poster has a mustache and beard on it and for a long time i was just like ‘‘does he have facial hair in the show??? No??? why does the poster???” and then i finally Realized and yeah jsyk i’m an absolute dumbass there we have it

“I know someone who can help” you can say his name mayor. Stephanie know him too mayor. why you being this way mayor.

i love how none of the proposed backstories actually fit with what’s presented in the show, not even the entire pilot episode. amazing.

mail tube is different

“I can allways count onn SporTaCus” always. always implies recurrence. the mayor has counted on him before and apparently last year Sporp taught the kids to play baseball but that can’t have been pre-series because Sporp had only ‘heard of Lazytown before’ and the mayor had never met him but if it’s post-pilot that means there’s been an entire year of Sporp coming to Lazytown that we don’t actually get to see and Stephanie is actually on her second year in Lazytown as of this episode. The lack of any of the kids thinking Sporpy Thoughts would be suspect if it wasn’t common practice for them to completely forget everything he’s taught them the second he leaves. It’s an uncomfy fit but i GUESS

 Eefrow decal!

Sporp managed not to say “I’ve got mail”

He looks so concerned

I got so used to the cartoony eyebrows on him that it’s weird to see him without them

also it looks like his whiskers change over the course of the series too

“I need your help. - The Mayor” first of all i love that this is what correspondence between these two looks like there’s just something hilarious about it idk

“This Must Be Important” ohh Sporty Sporty Sporty

*crying* HE LANDED BACKWARDS IN THE SEAT WHAT A

the little noise when he :}D and shrugs at his own self omg he’s tinkerbell

still didn’t put the seatbelt on

apparently he calmly parks the airship and then just materializes outside of it like he’s been shot from a canon

HE COULDN’T STOP HE JUST SLID OFFSCREEN

“Mister Mayor” aw

No but in this episode sport just looks like he has the mother of all fevers tho Sporp are you okay? all of your blood is in your face. 

him asking about floods and fires could get a pass bc okay maybe he thinks one of the houses had a pipe bust and they called him instead of a plumber, or maybe there was a little kitchen fire and they called him instead of a fireman, but earthquake...that’s...that’s real solid guess sporky

does he just really want to do some major superhero stuff is that it

‘Thunderstorm’ SPORTY DO YOU HEAR THUNDER? DO YOU SEE RAIN IN THIS TOWN? ON THIS BRIGHT SUNNY DAY?

that “WHAT” on “no one wants to go outside and play” his whole face. he’s so offended.

this poor put-upon elf

wait he says “I’m declaring Sportacular Spectacle Day...Today” does that mean this is a new holiday he just invented? still doesn’t take care of the ‘last year’ comment but hmmmmm

Sporp sounds so freaked out when he’s saying he better go practice like i think the mayor straight up scared him XD

Good-For-Nothing, Warm-Hearted, Generous, Healthy Quack Meter: 1

Sportakook meter: 3

“This was my favorite day before Sportakook came to town” I feel like this could be a highly multipurpose meme like “This was my favorite _____ before ______”??

“The Town Hero will be the Town Zero” HERO TO ZERO IN NO TIME FLAT

why is every machine in this show the thus-and-such xthousand like

“Hippety Hop Hippety Hop Sportacus (HE SAID HIS NAME RIGHT) is going to Flop!” is this the origin of Sportaflop

“Too Loony, Too Moony...Puny...”

Stephanie: “So every year, Sportacus does a special stunt” Pixel: “Exactly, on the Sportacular Spectacle Day” Mr. Scheving I just want to talk. None of these kids had heard of Sportacus? Before Pilot? Stephanie was the first to find out about him? And now she? is having to ask the other kids? About Sportacus? MR SCHEVING ARE YOU SURE

i  counted and there are like around 40+ houses on the Lazytown map so unless they’re all abandoned there’s like a bunch of people in Lazytown who i guess were just like “Elf? In this town? Not  for me thanks” and they just hide during the episodes

Sporp, after one success: “I’m ready” yeah u only need to do something right one time before performing it in front of spectators u don’t have to make sure u can do it right every time or anything

Robbie: “My name is Rob U. Blind” Sporp, thinking: “I trust him”

ngl when Robbie poured that stuff on Sporp’s shoes Sporp actually did look in that moment like he could kill a man. the entire time the shoes were being cleaned i swear he was really fighting the urge to snap. he looked so tried X’D

HIS LITTLE SOCKS

Sporty those fake shoes don’t even really look like your real shoes baby come on

He’s so mad he doesn’t even say bye he just hops in the shoes and leaves

Robbo just called him Sportacus again what

“Are ya nervous?” “Ummmm....just a little bit” i love him. so much.

Where’s Mr. Scheving’s Oscar for acting like he can’t control his leggies the  floppy sporp acting is a sportacular spectacle in itself amazing standing ovation robbie this is cruel

“My feet are going cuckoo” is that how you would describe it sportacus

Boy has to be exhausted after this im surprised he didn’t start hollering for an apple at some point

Between this and the scrapped Lazydance i can only assume that they were determined to get rid of any suppositions the audience might have had about Sporp’s invincibility as quickly as humanly possible. like “okay, Pilot’s done. Now let’s immediately let Robbie Wreck Him”

“In front of the kids”

“Sportacus! Try to balance yourself” WHAT’S HE BEEN DOING THIS WHOLE TIME ZIGGY FLAILING BECAUSE HE FEEL LIKE IT?

love how they all sit there and stare at him the whole time while he’s looking like “hjálp!"

i mean to their credit they did all offer suggestions while staring at him

bless him he just looked at his foot and went “STAY”

*after watching him suffer for a couple minutes* “was that part of his act?” “no, something’s really wrong” “.......okay let’s go help him!” these kids are my reason for living

 Bessie: “off you go!” aka “NOPE NOT GETTING INVOLVED MY HAIR IS TOO NICE”

SAID HIS NAME RIGHT AGAIN.

he’s still yelling at his feet to stay

so much of this song consists of the kids just climbing sporp like he’s a cat-tree. it’s adorable.

i still don’t know how walking on hands overrides the uncontrollable feets but ALRIGHT SPORTY YOU DO YOU

what is Robbie even saying right here?

Whatever He called him just then meter: 1

Robbie keeps saying Sport’s name right in this episode and i’m uncomfortable with this

this man backbends sm when he handstand that ain’t right dude how have you not hurt yo self at this point

“Wonderful. Now go join the circus” I can’t believe Robbie just murdered him onstage in front of everyone

Robbie dude youre enjoying this just a liiiiiiiitle bit Too Much

“I can stand still!” the only time in Sporp’s life he’s excited to say that

“But where are my shoos” BOY

this Bing Bang. oh muy gud. oh muy gud  it’s PURE

sporp keeps looking at stephanie like he hasn’t actually learned this dance yet is this partial remnants of lazydance or

BUT IT’S CUTE

OH IT WAS AN EXTENDED BING BANG TOO OHHHH

this one didn’t end in Robbie’s lair like usual

EARLY INSTALLMENT WEIRDNESS SPOTTED

[dansaalfurinn]

13? And you know what I'll leave the pairing up to you ^^

(( 13: following the kiss with a series of kisses down the neckEau mai, mmm-mmm. Well, this one is sure interesting. I’ll try and write something interesting. I have just the ship. Just trust me with this one, OK? ;) ))

Milford had been waiting all day to meet up with Bessie. He had been so busy that he hardly even had time to look after himself. He had only eaten a small amount of food and had been sweating profusely all day and he couldn’t wait to get back to his house, take a shower and go back out to meet his lady friend.He was a good mayor, a kind man and someone who loved seeing the townfolk happy and enjoying themselves, but secretly he wished that the sports festival would be less demanding of him. He felt bad for thinking such a thing, he really did, but he was no spring chicken and he had another 3 days of it to get through in the scorching heat.As soon as he got through his front door, he tossed his keys to the side and marched straight for the shower. He would enjoy it. He would enjoy it and no one could get in the way of that!The shower was turned onto a high heat. He knew that was probably bad for his skin, especially after being out in the sun for as long as he had, but he felt like he needed it and oh how it helped his muscles relax. After a short while of virtually roasting himself, he turned the heat down and continued with his shower. It felt good to wash away the day, the sweat, dirt and grime accumulated from the events. He found it shocking how dirty he could get just standing at a podium announcing!As soon as he was finished he grabbed a towel, feeling ten times the man he was before he stumbled in. He wandered into his room to dry off, get prepared and dressed ready to meet up with Bessie.A short while later, he exited his room dressed in his best and smelling as fresh as a daisy. A daisy that had been drowned in sea scented cologne, but a daisy nonetheless. He walked by the mirror and checked himself over. Spiffing! Brilliant! He felt very confident indeed and that confidence was exactly what he needed to tell Bessie exactly how he felt about her. He had planned it for several months, in fact, but never got the chance. Today would be different, though. He felt prepared, refreshed and rejuvinated, like a new man. “SEIZE THE DAY!” He all but yelled at his mirror, only for Stephanie to poke her head round the corner with a brow raised in confusion.“Are you OK, Uncle?”“Oh, er uh, Stephanie! I didn’t hear you come in!”“Yeah, I just needed some extra things. I’m going to stay over at Trixie’s tonight.” She walked around the corner clutching a pillow and pink sleeping bag.“Oh, that’s wonderful! I am meeting up with Miss Busybody. It’s a, uh… Special date! How do I look?”Stephanie let out a small giggle as her uncle posed and nodded to him with a thumbs up. “Like a million dollars!”“Oh! Oh my. Thank you. I feel like a million dollars!” He looked down at himself and wiggled his shiny shoes. “Well, I will be going now. So be careful and enjoy your sleepover!” With that, he marched confidently out the door and wandered to Bessie’s house, a spring in his step.It didn’t take him long to arrive and when he did he noted that her windows were wide open. He didn’t blame her, the heat was stifling, even as it reached evening. “Bessie dear!”“Good gracious!” Suddenly, a head popped out the window, rollers in her hair. “You’re early! And there is no need for you to be yelling through my windows like that!”Milford couldn’t help the grin that spread across his face over her flustered attitude. Normally her chastising him in such a way made him feel a little sunken, but this time it only made him feel more determined to go through with his plan. He chuckled into his hand and quietly as he could as Bessie flailed around in a panic, her blue hair bobbing around as the curlers threatened to fling off from her movement before she vanished back inside.It didn’t take long for her to get herself sorted out and she opened the front door, a little red-faced. “I’m all for punctuality, Milford, but this is ridiculous.”“Forgive me, I simply couldn’t wait!” He moved in closer and offered a small hand kiss, only for her to stop his face with her hand.“An hour early though?” She pursed her red lips. “I suppose I could forgive you though, I would want to see me sooner too.”He may have been thrwarted for a hand kiss, but surely a hug wouldn’t be stopped. Milford opened his arms and went to wrap them around her, which she accepted… After making sure no one was watching. “Bessie, you look ravishing this evening.”“Why thank you, I’m wearing a new blouse, don’t you know.”The confidence he had managed to keep at a constant level rose and he smiled at her kindly. “You don’t need a new blouse to look lovely, you do that, uh… Naturally.”“Why Milford!” Bessie clutched at her collar dramatically. “Whatever has gotten into you?”He smiled even wider at her. “Nothing. I simply wish to, uh… To tell you the truth and nothing but the truth.”“My dear, this is not a court room.”“No, but… Are we not… Courting?”Bessie thought for a moment, then burst into a long bout of loud laughter. “Oh, oh Milford… Oh that’s too much!” Normally a pun such as that would have made her groan or call himchildish, but she’d actually laughed and he found that even more inspiring to keep going. He leaned in to her lips and pushed his against hers, but only for a short while. Her laughter stopped as she was muffled and she stared at him in surprise. But, instead of a bad reaction from her, Milford instead felt her weaken. “Oh… Oh Milford. That was very bad of you,”He grinned in satisfaction, moved closer so that he could wrap his arms around her and traced a few light kisses against her neck. “What can I say? I’m full of surprises!”Bessie swatted at him playfully with a hand as he held onto her. “Yes, that’s all well and good, but heavens!” She grabbed his collar and dragged him inside. “You don’t want everyone and their mothers seeing that sort of display! Think of your approval ratings!”His confession, while not as direct as he’d hoped, seemed to have been a success, but all she could think of was his standing as Mayor. He had to laugh. “Ah… Bessie. Don’t ever change.”

[afoxysunny]

Ziggy as Mouse the Mighty

I struggled so so much with him on every stage until completion that's why he had to wait for last

With just Stephanie as his main positive influence while growing up Ziggy took a lot longer to get a handle on his sugar addiction. As a kid he regularly ate nothing but candy until he got sick to his stomach. Only once he started puberty his tastebuds changed a little and slowly he was able to tolerate too much sweetness less and less. He still loves to eat everything sweet but mostly things that actually can count as meals instead of just lollipops all day every day.

Here are the references i used for his design

I was so lost and absolutely clueless what to do for his design even after settling on giving him the Mouse Miraculous. So much so that i ranted about it to my mom who just said "a mouse superhero sounds really simple, just a mouse and a superhero" and, god, bless her, that just clicked for me

Why does he look most like a magical girl out of all of them? I sure can't tell you but I'm kind of loving it!

Design Notes:

Mouse Superhero - look, Ziggy is a simple guy and Superhero trash. He hears he gets to be a mouse superhero so when he transforms he gets the most cliché parts of mouse and superhero. Once that idea clicked with my mind the design itself luckily went pretty smooth

Cape - of cause he needs a cape, there will never be a Ziggy without cape that's just not an option. How fortunate that this entire outfit is magic, otherwisr the cape and the jumprope would absolutely get tangled with each other

Hair - he already has very light blond hair canonically but i think they'd be a little darker now that he's grown up a bit. With the transformation they turn light again almost like loosing a little bit of their saturation to be a little closer to the Mouse Miraculous, Mullo's colour. Also i went for the cliché hairstlye of "lol buns for ears" that is the most obvious answer for when you want to combine a human and an animal

Jumprope - I debated a lot whether he gets actual mouse ears or not but because i wanted the jumprope to kinda act like a headband i didn't think that'd be pleasant to have around actual ears. That mostly came about because i really wanted to give him that iconic superhero belt with the same symbol that's on his chest; it's the symbol for the mouse Miraculous

Miraculous Necklace - with the transformation the pendant from the necklace turns into the closure of his cape. I'm so happy how well that blended into the design

Colours - hot take incoming: Ziggy may be my least favorite out of the Lazytown kids but i still like him a lot, i just happen to like the others better. Still i can say with great confidence that his in show design is so cute and colourful and recognizable i was so so lost, like how do you combibe that with a literal grey mouse? His outfit is blue, red, yellow and white while Mullo's colours consist of grey, black and pink. I ditvhed the red for the pink, the white got replaced with a light grey, dropped black and yellow almost completely they remained for just one detail each his hair and the pendant, the blue goes well with pink so that's what i settled on. Pink, blue and grey

Reasoning:

Like i said, he was the last one i found a Miraculous for. He and Jives tied in my decision for which one of them should get the monkey or the mouse. In retrospect it shouldn't have been so hard but I'm choosing to believe that just feels this way because the choice i made fits so well.

Ziggy is a little coward in the show and even dresses up as a mouse at one point when he, Trixie and Stephanie play wild animals. He also was the smallest (not anymore) and of cause still is the youngest. It just overall fits him really well. (as funny as i found the idea to give Jives, the tallest one, the mouse miraculous)

Story:

I'll be real with you, i thought up the least story for him simply because while i was still busy struggling with his design the others were already done and started spawning stories on their own. And Ziggy, in the show and even both musicals, just fits into the plot more for worldbuilding than to actually impact the plot so finding a place for him in a whole new story is a little hard for me.

Not to say i have nothing though.

Having always been borderline obsessed with superheroes but equally so with sugary sweets Ziggy mostly just dreamt of saving the world like they do in movies. However, every Miraculous grants everyone super human strength, agility, almost completely immunity to damage and other capabilities. Getting literally handed a free ticket to badassery Ziggy quickly becomes the posterchild for what is possible with such an opportunity. Simply through the concentrated power of will and excitement and his theoretical knowledge of how to be a cool hero he excels in training despite being easily the least fit out of all of them.

Yes, the first couple times when facing danger he has the impulse to use his Miraculous to run away and hide but when push comes to shove he's always there to help his friends any way he can. He's not the best with thinking of innovative ways to use his powers but he's great at following orders and putting his trust in the others thanks to his deep rooted respect for all of his friends.

Sometimes his seemingly natural talent can create trouble though. For example Pixel gets a littlw jealous over how effortlessly Ziggy seems to beat him in any aspect of their training despite logically not being in shape for any of it. But they're friends, they can talk about things, and Pixel knows that Ziggy isn't doing any of this on purpose to show off or anything, he's really just enjoying himself and their powers come easier with confidence

It also has a few drawbacks for Ziggy though. Literally not having to work hard at all and still getting to be an absolute powerhouse does not do well for his already bad habits with junkfood and exercising. He and Jives once agreed that Ziggy gets to eat anything Jives doesn't want but in the end that just leads to both of them getting extra meals from Sportacus and Robbie to make sure they don't go overboard in either direction

Name:

God, names are so not my strength, yet i think it kind of works for Ziggy here. His name is structured differently than any other alias because when he first transformed he had to hold a short over the top inspirational speech and end with "for I will do all i can to bring peace and normality back to this town for i am Mouse the Mighty!" He's extra like that. Even as a teen he's still baby.

Wow, damn, you really read all of that! Thank you so so much for listening to all my rambling this means the world to me. Thank you