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Emmk…….pls…..

eat, my children (edit: forgot the comma there for a second :pppp)

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date night! (with some ramblings under the cut)

emma is just soso happy this is happening- post hypothetical season 2 chase breakup and retroactively becoming smitten for MK and now having a date with them soon, don't blame her. she was meticulously figuring out an outfit like the moment their date was confirmed. mk is also happy but like this is their first time going on a real REAL date with anyone and they're acting all cool and aloof about it. they like. definitely begged julia for fashion advice (hc they live close by to each other so they have an acquaintanceship of convenience) and julia's laughing her ass off. mk starts the sentence going "i need help" and julia's like "oh took you long enough to realize" (in which mk tried slapping her but like they were to short to reach her face)

i wanted to draw this too and i don't have time but they go out for like the WHOLE DAY into the city. eat italian, banter a bit. mk's definitely a bit stiffer than they regularly are but emma's very patient and nice about it and even ease them up when they got to play bowling (she won mostly, she likes being competitive) but let them won once

anyways anyways! i'm half awake take these full date outfit refs

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MK being the only girl in the reboot cast with any chill whatsoever is genuinely so funny to me like. on one side she has scary girl, priya, julia and axel who are not attempting to hide their insanity at all and are all often be seen screaming the most blood-curdling noises you've ever whilst ripping trees out of the ground and throwing them at people out of anger/for exercise/for funsies, and then on the other side she has millie, emma and nichelle who all SEEM chill on the outside but are all approximately 0.5 seconds or the first opening line of katy perry's firework away from having extreme mental breakdowns resulting in multiple buildings being set alight and a few level 2 magnitude earthquakes.

and then there's MK who's like. guys. can you all just chill the fuck out and smoke a little weed or something. rob someone. play a video game. she's actually worried because she's also on the verge of losing it and if she has to watch priya and julia have yet another zero gravity intergalactic super-powered battle in the sky between episodes because priya accidentally used julia's shampoo again then she might also go crazy and then the only relatively chill person left on the island will be zee and NOBODY wants that

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whoever yul’s hairstylist was for All Stars did him justice cuz i forgot about his season 2 hair until i searched him up for a ref..💀

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i think it's really disappointing how interesting and complex of a character yul could be instead of being a one-dimensional bigoted racist archetype used as comedic relief.

it would've been so much better if he were a commentary on how the entertainment industry can shape people into genuine horrible people because of the toxic work culture and serve as a contrast to james, who left the industry (or atleast isn't as involved) and how it let him grow as a person, while yul has to stay because he has no choice for other sources of income and how his bitterness and resentment only continues to grow and harbor into the man he is now. imagine if a huge part of his resentment towards james was because of jealousy that he was able to escape the industry, instead of just mostly being because he poisoned him with mushrooms last season. what if that's why he was so angry that james tried to lecture him because james has no clue what it's like for him and that he has the nerve to question him when he feels james had the privilege of being able to escape. he's angry that someone who could relate to his struggles now is just like everyone else; an outsider of how bad the workforce he's in is and he's truly alone again with nobody to confide in because he hates the only other person who can relate, grett.

his relationship with grett is implied to be forced upon him and this could've been so interesting to explore. in the first few episodes it seems like he has genuine moments with her. what if a part of him actually loved her because he finally has someone who can relate, but because he was forced into this position he sees her as his captor who is the embodiment of how he will never have the ability to make his own choices. they got the right idea when he's talking to james on the bike, where he says "when i win the 3 million, i'll never have to listen to anyone", but it's ruined when it's just chalked up to him being like "i dont want a fat girlfriend cuz shes ugly and im not". it could've been a commentary on how k-pop stars are often objectified by their fanbase and their employers and how little control they have in their lives, especially being recruited at a young age (WHICH IS LITERALLY STATED IN THE SHOW!!! WHEN HE SAID A VIDEO OF HIM DANCING BLEW UP!!) and the mental toll it has. he's so cruel to her because of his frustration with his situation and a want for her to leave, both using her as a punching bag for his lack of control while simultaneously trying to make her leave him as a way to regain the little control he has over himself.

the biggest flaw of yul's characterization is how his bigotry is NEVER called out. yes, the point is that he's SUPPOSED to be unlikable, but nobody ever says he's being racist and why it's wrong (besides gabby when she defends grett), they say it's to make us hate him more but if THESE THINGS AREN'T CALLED OUT, especially to their young fanbase of young teens, it comes across as just out-of-pocket "dark" humor that relies of shock value to make the audience laugh, which insinuates that it's okay. he's literally just saying bigoted shit for the sake of it. you can write an unlikable character without making him drop obscenities every moment he's on screen. it's bad writing and an easy opt out that takes little effort to write and has become normalized in the show, esp. considering how the spanish va of yul improvised a racist line (calling james a monkey) and how they just let it slide because "oh well it's in character". if your voice actor is randomly saying racist stuff that's not even in the script and you allow it to slide, your team has a serious problem.

there's so many characters that are intertwined with the entertainment industry (riya, james, grett, yul) and so many of the ideas are THERE but they aren't dived into and these characters end up being one-note as a result, like yul and riya. the best we can do is infer but that can only go so far. maybe i'm asking too much for a total drama inspired series to have complex writing and nuance, but if you want to differentiate and distance yourself from total drama (esp. when it prides it's writing as being more complex than total drama) maybe actually put some effort into making complex characters and not using them as a puppet to make bigoted remarks.

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doodles of some gay ppl 🤞 (he is extremely multi-fandom)

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girl gang! (more timeskip designs)

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le besties

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I want more of these 2 friendship >:<

Harold: "You're pathetic." Heather: "You're pathetic-er!"

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bailan epicamente.mp4

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I love her so much, cant stop drawing her

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I call this piece "simply Melissa" or "color test sheet" 🤌

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we were robbed of this sibling dyamic imo

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making a collection