#[[ meanwhile my Evil Rick is there like “???” ]]

[francy-sketches]

If I'd actually posted all my pjo art when I made it instead of hoarding it like a little goblin for no apparent reason today I might have been known as the octavian guy instead of the joffrey guy...scary thought...

[countlessrealities]

@mcltiples sent:

Tossing and turning, Rick saw flashes of something unpleasant. An old memory. Pain and worthlessness. Reminded of when he was just a kid. It was torture.

He didn't even notice the tears until he began to wake up. It'd been a while since he'd felt such things. His body began convulse as he began to sob quietly into his pillow.

Damnit, this couldn't be happening. Not now. Not in front of his partner.

{ To your Evil Rick from my Weird Rick !! }

Sleep wasn't something Rick truly needed nowadays. His body and brain were a tight merge of organic tissue and machine, which, among the other things, allowed him to stay away for weeks, without any sort of side effect. And even once exhaustion started to kick in, a few hours were enough to get him back running and fully recharged.

Still, he did indulge in the habit. It was a good way to allow time to run when he had nothing interesting to do. Besides, his partner slept most night and at times he demanded that they shared a bed. As much as he would have been fine with just lying there and watching his alternate sleep, his guess was that the other wouldn't have been too thrilled about it.

Usually, their nights together went smoothly. If his partner was in the mood, Rick indulged him until his owner tired himself out enough to doze off and then arranged himself to do the same.

That time, however, things took an unexpected turn.

At first, he couldn't have said what had woken him up. He was an extremely light sleeper, for more than one, ugly reason, so it was always hard to figure out what had alerted him back to consciousness. A few moments ticked away as he scanned his surroundings, still as a statue, until he realised that the disturbance was coming from right next to him.

His alternate was shaking, wet sounds, quiet and muffled, coming from him. Crying.

Rick blinked slowly a couple of times, trying to process the information. His owner was the last person he would have ever expected to see in tears. The other could be emotional at times, even a little too much, but his usual shows of feelings were much louder and dramatic, even aggressive at times.

Right now, instead, he was all shaky, vulnerable, almost pathetic. Such an odd, fascinating scene. Even if puzzling.

"Rick," he spoke, his usual monotone voice stained with confusion. He wasn't even sure of what he wanted to say. What did one say in such situations? It was something he had never bothered to learn.

After a few moments of hesitation, he rolled over, grabbing the towel he had left on his nightstand earlier, before settling back in his previous spot. Without another word, he handed it to his alternate. It seemed the most logical thing to do. After all, he doubted that the other wanted him to openly acknowledge what was happening. Like this, he was offering him the chance to literally brush the whole affair off and never speak of it again.

[countlessrealities]

Gray-blue eyes landed on the cards the moment they were dropped on the bed and lingered on them for a moment, before rising to meet his partner's face. He had never played that particular game, of course. Anyone who knew him enough would have known, so his alternate's question was most likely a rhetorical one.

Still, it didn't take a genius to guess what it entailed. The name in itself was pretty telling.

"I-Is it a game of poker where you take off a piece of clothing when you lose a hand, instead of giving up some of your fish?" He still asked, just to make sure that his guess was right. "No, I've never played."

And that wasn't what he had had in mind when he had offered to try a game. He had been thinking of something more risky, more revealing. But if that was what his owner wanted, then he would deliver it.

@countlessrealities sent; Rick's head was swimming, which was on its own quite a rarity. After spending decades dosing himself with all the kinds of substances and poisons hee could get his hands on, with the aim of making himself immune to them, finding something that could intoxicate him was a challenge.

One that that he welcomed now that he had a partner who was just as hard to affect as he was. Good think that he was a genius chemist.

"Beloved."

The word came out slightly slurred as Rick struggled to keep himself steady. They were sitting on his partner's bed and the headboard was looking more and more inviting with each passing minute.

"Humans usually play games when drunk. We should to. Let's play a game."

[[ Evil Rick for Weird Rick for the lil drunk inbox call || As requested, they are getting drunk together...and my Evil Rick decided to bring up some Earthen stuff x3 ]]

Downing a portion of the bottle of who knows what, Rick quickly swallowed it down before turning to look at his partner. This was a nice moment. He rarely had the occasion to get drunk. Let alone doing so with company. Not just any company, but someone really special. At least, in his own words, he would say that.

He scoot closer on the bed. Until their shoulders were touching. He put the bottle in between them. Smiling at the way his kitten was already drunk.

From his perspective, the other looked so cute right now. Though, he knew better than to ruin the moment by saying that out loud. Even in his drunken state.

"A game? I'd really like that, kitten," The only game that seemed to come to mind were the rather risqué ones. Though, those required more participants to play and there was only two of them. "It's not really a drinking game, but I have an idea,"

Getting up from the bed, he went rummaging through his closet. He knew there had to be something here. Within minutes, he found it. A deck of cards.

As he plopped back down onto the bed, he leaned in close. "Have you ever played strip poker?"

[spopsalt]

Horde Prime is just such a lame final villian, He has no ersonality beyond just evil cult leaderrr like you have SO MUCH potential there! There is SO MUCH you can do with having a literal CULT LEADER as your main antagionist, I say this as someone who's written a story with a cult leader before. Y'know a show that does villians right? RICK AND MORTY BABY!

Honestly I don't get the hype around Rick Prime, he's not the greatest villian, he's fine, he's passable, but he doesn't have much personality, kinda seems like wasted potential. Especially considering that he didn't personally know Rick c137, and only brutally killed his wife and child because he bruised his ego. And I struggle to say three words about him, I mean uhhhh he's evil, sadistic, and uhm....has a big ego. I mean he's a fun to watch, and is admittadly very memorable. Also, it's honestly refreshing to have a villian that doesn't have some tragic backstory, honestly though, I feel like Evil Morty is a MUCH more interesting villian. He's smart, manipulative, cunning, arrogant, and is shown to have a sense of humor (Example Rick c137 saying "Are you better than me?!" And Evil Morty replying "Jesus Chirst, I hope so!) and is very good at making plans. Needing only one day to completely control Evil Rick, he also has a belivable backstory, his Rick is implied to be physically abusive, since he has a tendency to flinch, we actually see him flinch and shield himself in his backstory when Evil Rick yells at him, but both of these villians are WAY better than Horde Prime because THEY HAVE PERSONALITIES.

While Rick Prime doesn't have a ton of personality, they make up for that by having him be fun to watch, Horde Prime is just boring, he has no interesting dialogue, as of writing this I can't remember a SINGLE line from him, just the god-awful deleted victim blaming line "You always wanted more, all she ever wanted was you"

Meanwhile the lines I remember from Rick Prime off the top of my head "You think it's cool being the smartest man on earth, but once we give you this technology you become the smartest thing in every concieveable universe, the infinite Rick, a god." "It's a non-stop where all the guests are the only people we like" "Or me! Again it might be me! But like a saw thing! I'm veryyy sneaky." "Look it's the wife guy! Dead wife Rick! I'll tell you this guy does not know when to quit (...) You brought two Mortys with you? What are they, your cheering section?" "What're gonna do? 'Aw Jeez' me to death? Oh you don't want those scematics buddy, those are for grownups. (...) Listen, Rick to Rick, he's got the weapon plans, buddy, nip this in the bud! He's 14! What's gonna happen the next time he gets mad at Grandpa?" And my all time favorite lines from him that he says while literally getting brutally beaten to death by the guy who's wife and child he brutally murdered "Haha! Let's do this then! You're welcome by the way! I MADE you! I showed you infinity! And what did you do with it!? Hang out with MY grandson?! Raise echos of MY daughter?! What's your LIFE without me!? Admit it! You would've been me! I just walked into your garage before you walked into mine! But eventually you did! YOU LIVED IN MY HOUSE!" He made it abundatly clear that he regrets NOTHING! Not. One. Single. Thing. Meanwhile I literally cannot remember Horde Prime's last words.

How do you screw up THAT badly with a final villian? Rick Prime isn't the greatest villian, but at least he's fun and memorable. What's memorable about Horde Prime besides his character design? That's right! Nothing! Evil Morty is an amazing villian with an interesting backstory that makes sense, being one Morty who finally snapped after years of emotional and implied physical abuse. Meanwhile Horde Prime is just uhhhh evil and uhmmm that's it. He's evil, deal with it. HE'S A GOOD FINAL VILLIAN!

Sorry I kinda blabbered on about Rick and Morty for too long, it's just AMAZING how many things it does better than spop, it's not the greatest tv show ever, but I like it nonetheless, and when it does good, it does GOOD! It just has a bad reputation because of those godawful episodes in seasons 4-6, I won't specify, but if you know, YOU KNOW! Ok, I'll stop talking now, I hope you enjoyed this comparison!

[thesoftboiledegg]

Starting from the first episode, Rick and Morty's sixth season mirrors, references and counters season three. Season six references other seasons, especially the second, but the writers really want you to focus on season three and how much has changed.

Season three starts with The Rickshank Rickdemption, which I think is the best episode in the series, but it also shows Rick at his worst: a horrifying monster who destroys everything in his path on a rampage that culminates in a full-on mental break as he yells incoherently at a terrified Morty in the garage.

The Rickshank Rickdemption shows Rick's "fake" backstory, features a return to Morty's original dimension and involves the whole family in a zany adventure. Unfortunately, this also kickstarts Rick's spiral into nearly irredeemable madness.

Solaricks goes to similar places: Rick's backstory, Morty's original dimension, the family's complicated dynamic. By now, season five has revealed that Rick's "fake" backstory wasn't fake after all. Instead of mocking the audience with a "Fuck you, you can't have what you want!" sneer, the episode shows us Rick's quiet sadness.

Meanwhile, Morty ends up in his original dimension yet again. But he doesn't find the goofy Mad Max-esque characters from season three. His father, who's become a more realistic deception of an apocalypse survivor, tears into him and tells him--and the audience--that he, Beth and Summer were real people, not plot devices.

The episode abandons the cold and mocking earlier version of the Cronenberg Smiths. Jerry abandons Morty, too, leaving Morty to wander away crying. No brutal destruction and bloody corpses on the citadel. Just a sad, lonely teenager in an empty landscape.

Rick comes back for him without claiming that he doesn't care about Morty. He doesn't yell at him, insult him, subject him to horrifying violence or bait him into trying to kill him. Morty's not angry at him, either. After everything that's happened, after all the fucked-up shit that Rick's pulled, after all the screaming and fighting and abuse, Morty runs to him with a smile on his face and his arms outstretched like a young child.

Nothing could make Rick abandon his revenge-fueled atrocities in The Rickshank Rickdemption. In Solaricks, he abandons his chance to kill Prime when Morty calls him "Grandpa."

Likewise, Final DeSmithation is the second Rick and Jerry episode that we've been hoping for since The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy. The first episode battered viewers with Rick and Jerry's hatred for each other. Rick unleashes rage-fueled tirades while Jerry focuses on his desire to get back at Rick, to hurt him and even kill him.

In Final DeSmithation, Rick isn't the one terrorizing Jerry. In fact, he actually gets annoyed at the Smiths for making fun of him (while doing household chores, which is another first for Rick.)

He has no reason to help Jerry. If anything, he has a chance to endlessly mock him. But he gives Jerry a half-assed explanation that he "just didn't want to see someone get bullied into going to a zoo," which would still be nice if it were true. Rick doesn't even bother making up a mean one, such as "I'm only doing this so that my daughter doesn't kick me out of the house for not saving your stupid ass."

Final DeSmithation also had a fandom staple: Rick in a suit and tie. The series full of fakeouts suddenly pivoted to giving fans what they want.

Rick's mean to Jerry throughout the episode, but you can tell that he's getting tired of the act. He's a little more patient, and his remarks are less incisive. At the end, Rick tries to take it back by slapping Jerry, but the episode doesn't end there. He immediately looks guilty and accepts Jerry's offer of friendship afterward.

I also loved when Rick said that he's "dead center on the alignment chart." Earlier seasons, including season three, glorified the idea of Rick being close to evil.

Analyze Piss is the most direct callback: a sequel to Pickle Rick. However, Rick's not concocting ridiculous plots to get out of therapy. He willingly attends therapy. He paces around and fights against it, but ultimately, he seeks help.

He respects Dr. Wong, who knows how to talk to him on his level. He puts her ideas into practice even when the family pushes back because Rick's not doing what they want him to do. Rick still struggles and falls apart, but he tried this time.

He has chances to manipulate the Smiths, but he doesn't take them. Instead, he looks at them sadly. His ego is slowly eroding.

Finally, Ricktional Mortpoon's Rickmas Mortcation mirrors The Rickchurian Mortydate. Both episodes are season finales, and both involve Rick and the President bickering with Morty caught in the middle and getting increasingly sick of Rick's bullshit.

Still, this episode is a little nicer. Rick relapses, but he doesn't entirely backslide and turn into the murderous lunatic that he was in The Rickchurian Mortydate. He's just crabby.

The episode ends with an exciting cliffhanger instead of a dark moment when the Smiths (rightfully) get tired of Rick's bullshit. Rick even says in his usual crazy rant that he'll try to be healthier in season seven as he hunts Prime Rick.

We finally get a fakeout, but this one is gentler than the others. It's disappointing that Rickbot wasn't the real Rick, but the writers don't want us to leave thinking that Rickbot existed only to fool us. Rickbot tells Morty that Rick technically committed those kind, loving acts. It's a surprise twist that doesn't negate the entire season.

Season six countered infamous scenes from other seasons, but the season three parallels stood out to me because they contrast Rick at his worst with Rick at (maybe) his best. He can't change the past, but when he ends up in the same situation again, he can make different choices.

[militiamortys]

Everyone always complains about life on the Citadel, especially for those of us Mortys who are clones or lost our Ricks. Meanwhile, the Council has graciously allowed us to either go to school to find a new Rick, or choose to remain Rickless and accept the burdens and consequences that come along with that.

As Mortys of the militia, we're here to answer all your burning questions about what it's like and to spread the Council's grace to as many Mortys as are willing to listen. Since neither of us are commissioned officers, we do also have an officer here to make sure we're not divulging any secret information. He'll be checking and scanning our posts to make sure everything is as it should be.

OPINONS EXPRESSED REPRESENT THE FEELINGS OF THE INDIVIDUALS RUNNING THIS BLOG AND IN NO WAY OFFICIALLY REPRESENT THE CITADEL, MILITIA, OR COUNCIL.

This blog will mostly be canon-typical but TW for propaganda and cult rhetoric. I'm the same mod from @chrysanthemumcanary and @mortysquared I'm an adult, but please no NSFW (even with Major). This is basically an AU where Evil Morty was captured by the Citadel, forcibly enlisted into the military, and made to start a blog to convince other Mortys not to kill their Ricks. (She's biding her time) There's a few other differences between her and canon but that's the important one.

Intros and MRS014AQ

I'm Private Morticia Chauncey Smith D-354! My friends call me Morti, but you can call me Chrys! It's short for Chrysalis, like a butterfly, since I've still got a long way to go, but I'm turning into a better person every day! ^-^ Please use she/her pronouns for me!

I'm Sargent Morty #2877. I'm a clone, which is why I don't have a dimensional code or a full name. My friends call me Sevens or Chauncey, I don't have a huge preference between them.

Major Rick S-014 reporting in. I'm mostly here for supervisional purposes.

MRS014AQ

Q: Chrys, weren't you the Morty that killed 28 Ricks in cold blood?

A: Yes! I was deeply misguided after the loss of my Rick and immensely hurt. I felt like if I wasn't allowed to have a Rick, no one should. I'm growing past that now, but it's still hard to remember him, and even harder to remember everything I've done.—Chrys

Q: Chauncey, weren't you the Morty that turned Chrys in? Any hard feelings between you two?

A: Yes, that was me. I'd been working undercover for a bit, but we finally managed to stage an ambush. I mean it's a little hard to get past all the devastation I've seen her cause, but I don't want to get in the way of her growth. That's part of the reason we started this blog together, to show no hard feelings between us.—Chauncey

Sevens is absolutely right. I was absolutely pissed when he first brought me in, obviously, but the Citadel has shown me the error of my ways, and I'm so grateful that he was able to stop me before I did anything worse.—Chrys

Q: Major Rick S-014, how should we address you if we don't want to type out your full dimensional code?

A: You will type out my full dimensional code and title regardless.—Major Rick S-014

[cringecompanionapologist]

Cradle of the Snake Part 2: Adventures of the Mara!Doctor

So, I took a fuckton of screenshots for this and I had to cut it to just fifteen, most of them being Turlough and the Mara!Doctor. Time to overanalyze some dialogue!

When last we left our heroes, the Doctor was fully taken over by the Mara and is now trying to spread its influence to some of the locals. The script directions try to explain what the Mara is actually doing when it possesses someone:

So, Mara!Doctor is supposed to be the dark side of the Doctor? Mara!Doctor is mostly just Obviously Evil in general, so I don't really know what this means here. Hopefully, we'll find out as we go.

Mara!Doctor tries to turn Tegan against Nyssa. This has no strategic benefit for it. The Mara is Chaotic Evil and just wants to cause more problems.

Mara!Doctor shoos Tegan away and then uses the Mark of the Snake to traumatize the cab driver. But, the cab driver's not important, so he doesn't get possessed.

The Mara specifically wants this entertainer/mad scientist named Rick to join him, but he has to get through the boy working for him, Baala. It doesn't work because Baala is special, as we'll learn later.

The Mara looks for some Darkest Dreams to close in on, but he's got nothing and has to take a break from recruiting the locals.

Meanwhile, Dadda, a sort of snakecharmer priest, uses his evil-detecting snake on the Doctor's companions to clarify that none of them are under the Mara's influence at this moment in time. Something was up with Tegan, but it's gone now, Nyssa is fine, and Turlough apparently gave Dadda some bad vibes but the snake is cool with him.

Turlough is sent to look for the Doctor, giving me something better to do than just recap the plot with a few screenshots thrown in. There's no particular reason Turlough had to be the one that left. It could've just as easily have been Tegan or Nyssa who left to search for the Doctor, so the Mara would've had to have been ready for any of them. Mara!Doctor was watching the whole snake thing at a safe distance, since the snake would sense evil on him.

I must once again emphasize that Mara!Doctor is Obviously Evil. There is something obviously wrong here. His voice and speech patterns are different. There's something really obviously "off" about him, that none of his companions seem able to immediately identify. Tegan thought he was acting weird earlier, but in a "in a bit of a bad mood" sense that was easy to dismiss. Turlough doesn't even notice that.

This leads into the reoccurring theme of temptation with the Mara. Mara!Doctor suggests that Turlough forget about Nyssa and Tegan and go have some fun at the fair instead. It's a very "Sunday School PSA" sort of temptation. "Ditch your responsibilities and go have fun instead".

The Mara!Doctor, while still being Obviously Evil and Not the Doctor, actually does manipulate Turlough here by singling him out. The Doctor's being secretive and Only Turlough Knows, because he can keep a secret, right? Turlough's not usually the trusted confidant, so this is a positive change. The Doctor trusts him. After all the Black Guardian stuff, Turlough wants to be trusted.

So, Turlough is worn down by this special attention he's getting. The Doctor wants him to be involved in Secret Business that the girls aren't in on and now they're going to spend some quality time together at the fair.

So, we're off to the fair! The Doctor wins a carnival game, but he still believes the game was rigged against him and gets upset, even though he won.

As for the Doctor's Dark Side, this feels like a petty version of the Doctor's sense of justice. This is unfair so it has to be stopped. He also brags about how clever he is. Five's one of the less arrogant Doctors, but the Doctor commenting on his own intelligence isn't exactly uncommon.

I would love to know what kind of Giant Cuddly alien animal that toy is. For some reason my own mental image of it is off an octopus. It can cuddle you back, I guess. I'm weird.

Mara!Doctor casually hands the prize off to Turlough, who doesn't act like he's carrying a giant stuffed animal throughout the rest of the story, so he most likely abandoned it somewhere. I would be mad about the stuffed animal neglect, but there's too much going on here to stop for that. I hope someone gave it a home.

Mara!Doctor looks for more problems to cause and Turlough tries to keep up. He goes on a bit of an evil rant.

Turlough's response to just being asked what he wants is interesting. "I thought this was our night on the town". Mara!Doctor asking Turlough what he wants isn't a contradiction of it being their night on the town. It could even be interpreted as "What do you want to do next?" or "Want me to buy you something?". From Mara!Doctor's tone, he clearly means it in a more "tell me all your hopes and dreams" sense, but it's still an odd response. What Turlough wants and this being their night out are correlated.

This night out, this quality time with the Doctor, was what Turlough wanted. Now he has it, but it's all wrong, because it's not really the Doctor he's out with.

Turlough falls back on having learned to accept things. And the words in context with his last line feel like "It turns out that what I want is impossible, but I'm settling for what you'll give me."

The Doctor, as himself, taught Turlough to be thankful for what he has, but this whole experience being such a let down means that the Mara!Doctor has also taught him that he's never going to get what he wants, the Doctor's trust and undivided attention, and he just accept that. At least the Doctor is part of his life.

Mara!Doctor is still in Evil Rant Mode, but the script directions here are kind of funny:

Turlough is embarrassed. You'd think he'd be scared by how obviously wrong this is, or concerned because there's something wrong with the Doctor, but he's embarrassed. The Doctor's antics are ruining their date and attracting attention from strangers.

By this point, Tegan and Nyssa, with Dadda's help, have figured out that the Doctor is possessed and Turlough's alone with him. It's quickly assumed that Turlough's been possessed too, which isn't surprising. It's not even an unfair assumption. The Mara has been going around possessing everyone with a name. Why wouldn't it possess Turlough, especially if it's already possessed the Doctor, someone Turlough would be easily persuaded by and comfortable getting close to.

The Mara hasn't possessed Turlough yet because it would actually break a pattern. The attempt to possess Nyssa through Tegan was when they were alone in their bedroom. Kerrem was possessed while alone with the Doctor in his office. The Mara doesn't seem to strike in public places. Kerrem screamed when he was possessed, so it would obviously attract attention. The entire time Mara!Doctor's been with Turlough, they've been at a crowded fairground. The Mara is waiting until they're alone...

This happens at the abandoned studio where the Mara hopes to continue its plan for world domination, just bringing Turlough along for the ride. By this point, Turlough has either realized that something's very wrong or is just done with all this bullshit and wants out.

But, in the abandoned studio, they're alone now. So the Mara can actually try to possess Turlough, which would definitely prevent him from leaving.

Turlough saw the Mark of the Snake on Tegan's arm and should know that it's associated with the Mara, but he probably never expected to see the Doctor be possessed. He's the Big Good of the universe in Turlough's mind. He protected him for the Black Guardian, basically the Devil. The Mara couldn't possibly be more powerful than that!

Turlough's "I don't know" is similar to his "well" before deciding to go to the fair. He's actually being convinced, more by the Hypnotic Evil Power of the Mara than by anything that's being said. But, it's also the Doctor offering Wealth and Power here...

But, they get interrupted and the Mara!Doctor pulls Turlough into a nearby warehouse.

Turlough is sort of tempted by the Mara's offer, even after everything else that's happened. We're also back to the double entendre with Nyssa and Tegan in part 1. They're alone together, one of them removes some of their clothing and offers the other basically whatever they want. It stood out with Nyssa and Tegan because it happened in a bedroom. It stands out here because Mara!Doctor took Turlough on a date first. So, if this was a sexual offering, Turlough would totally be up for it, but Mara!Doctor is being too rough with him. Not being a gentleman, just leading him to an abandoned building and grabbing him like that! In his "darkest dreams" it was way more romantic. Worst. Date. Ever.

Okay, I've had my fun.

Anyway, Mara!Doctor locks Turlough in a stall. He has to meet with Rick now, so he doesn't have time to possess Turlough. He can't bring non-possessed Turlough along to the meeting, because he might hinder his plans in some way. But, he can't risk Turlough escaping and tattling to Nyssa and Tegan either. So, he has to lock him up somewhere.

The Mara!Doctor hurt Turlough. Turlough thought the Doctor would never hurt him. He trusted him. This is when he starts to get really scared.

[summersmithlatinxgyatt]

FINALLY

This is my first attempt at making an Evil Summer that I've been talking about. Let's break her down thus far 😎

I kept some stuff like Wolverine claws and the attribute slider as technology she stole. You can obviously tell the hair was from Prime but that's mainly because I wanted her hair to be down

However, you can also make it work so that Summer Prime was chosen to counter Rick. Anyways...

Tammy gaslit a drunken Summer during Ricksy Business into believing the Galactic Federation was the one true way and how Rick was truly evil. In doing so, she quickly sided with her and also flew away with Bird Person, but Summer was slowly being recruited

Meanwhile, this means Summer didn't help with freezing time and it led to Rick being kicked out of the house. This makes him more vulnerable and separates Morty from him as well

The acronym resonates with this meaning

Suppressive and Uninterrupted shows her determination and leading abilities we've seen

Mirroring Morty Epoxy Rick means she's antithetical to Morty AND Rick, chosen to eliminate both (epoxy being used to mean "and" since it's a glue substance, so it connects them both)

This also means that this version of Summer has none of the later traits past Season 1. She is loyal to The Galactic Federation and will serve if it means she sees herself as a greater person. She does this to appeal to her friend Tammy, treating this like high school and trying to he with the cool kids. And she's interpretating what Morty told her as a reason to not only kill ONE Rick, but all of them.

[crossover-enthusiast]

okay bullet point ideas bc im bad at making ideas without them

firstly i brought my guys with me. Radford, Father Gregor, Garcia, and Evermore are the guys!! the same! Radford is evil popcorn piece, gregor is goth, etc etc

DIZ GAVE ME PERMISSION TO USE THEIR OP IGNACIO IDEA I scrapped my old one i didnt like it. hes DEAD >:( OP Ignacio here is a chill, laid back yoga mannnnn :)) !!

obv i am designing jack and john first. Crime boys. Simple as that. Jack was in the cult, John joined the cult and someone was like "yeah work together!" and jack was like "WHAT THE FUCK"

Jack's jacket (ha) is my favorite thing ever. it's just a fucking blazer he stole but im considering giving it an actual story. Like it's his pride and joy or a sick trophy or something ILL FIGURE IT OUT.

I had this old idea i was gonna suggest to zleepy but i didnt, Jaune is a punk drag racer. wears a leather jacket. has a tattoo on her arm. get it. get it-

Rick is. creepy. to me at least. i went with my idea of him not really understanding emotions, but instead of being monotone all the time he tries his best to be what he thinks is normal. Mm yes regular humans smile 24/7 right? right. also this fact keeps getting him fired.

i need to find a way to make skid and pump opposites without it just being Zleepys versions and the one thing i made is. they dont like each other. tiny little 8 year old boy fist-fights. they arent bullies together theyre gonna put gum in each others hair >:(

thats absolutely not all of it but i hand it to you anyways

OOOOOO

Okay I like these a lot hell yeah

There being story being Jack's jacket is neat

PUNK DRAG RACER JAUNE HELL YESSSSSSSS

I love that so much actually hehehe - meanwhile Aaron is just a florist or smth

Ohhh I love the idea for Rick!! Poor dude, he's trying his best

Pfff sdfsjdbf oh my god I'm kinda losing it at Skid and Pump fucking. Baby Fight from Gravity Falls, or them always trying to top each other at games or events or smth

[msc137]

🕯️(all the ricks from teen Ricks curve)

[send 🕯️to hear morty's inner thoughts about your character.]

"new innovations in rick technology! ricks as teenagers somehow manage to be even more obnoxious than the adult ones!

i don't get what d127's obsession is with me and effie. he just keeps pushing and pushing for a reaction, but why? like, jealousy, obviously, but you'd think a rick would be smart enough to know that making an ass of yourself isn't a good way to make friends.

and as far as i can tell, teen rick prime and evil teen rick are just as bad, if not worse. evil teen rick gets bonus shit points for being a version of my partner's abuser, meanwhile teen rick prime is all, 'drats, foiled again!' like a dingus.

fuck that whole curve, honestly."

[waywardstraysau]

Obviously without going into spoilers, are there any smaller details you want to add in but can't justify it? Like bits of world building, headcanons, all that, that haven't had a good time to be brought up in story but you still want to share?

I know when I have those, it's kinda frustrating having to scrap ideas because it lowers the writing quality.

Well there's a few I've toyed with but couldn't figure out how to include them in the story, and since you asked so nicely, so here's a few of them! I apologize if any of these are confusing or if you don't know who they reference! Luz and Hunter have opposite tastes in video games! Luz usually likes things on the darker side, Hollow Knight, Resident Evil and Hades, Hunter meanwhile likes Mario, Kirby and Animal Crossing! They both like Stardew Valley and Undertale though. Nomura's still alive, though she doesn't work at the school. Following Gunmar's defeat, she went off to do her own thing, there are currently no plans to introduce her to the story. Ford dated Rick Sanchez for an undetermined amount of time and they had an extremely ugly breakup. Things got so bad between them than now he won't hesitate to put the school on lock down and start shooting if Rick gets too close. Gravity Falls continues to somehow stay under the government's radar despite all the weird things going on, especially now that the school's drawing in even more weirdness than ever before. Jazz Fenton was briefly considered to be the school's therapist but I did NOT want to have to resort to that since she's just a minor herself and has no actual experience working with patients. I just didn't have any other options at the time so I held off on introducing who it was. Thankfully, Amphibia solved the problem for me! And in regards to scrapping something to save the story's quality, I almost included a character as the scientist teach simply because I thought it was FUNNY! I struggled for months to decide if I should or not, and despite how funny I find it to this day, the tonal whiplash would have killed my readers. And that's all I have for the moment, hope these were fun!

[sillymuses]

✒️🎉🌓👀🎲🥂

✒️ the muse's canon

//I love this movie a lot. Does it have issues? Of course. But that goes for any film out there. I know I'm in the minority when I say I whole-heartedly love the canon of the film. Most people either want the Nerissa twist retconned or the film just deleted entirely for the sake of their Chelby shipping. Meanwhile I would like to see canon be used as a jumping off point for greater stories. I would rather focus on the world of RGTK than a single ship that wasn't ever going to happen in canon anyway.

🎉 the fan favorite character of my muse's canon

//Lord, I don't want this just be a whole rant thing because I do love Chelsea. But I'm so sick and tired of people literally turning her into the thing the movie mocked and made fun of. She is a villain. That's what she was made to be as. In every iteration of RGTK, from the darker mature story to the OG pitch Chelsea is the antagonist. That's her role. Like, I don't mind her becoming the fanon version of herself. That's called character development. But outright erasing her antagonist-ism just so you can supplant your need for shipping is just UGH. And it really sucks man because she's such a fun character on screen. She is. I love her!

🌓 crossovers

Crossovers? Love them. Adore them!! Tumblr is the perfect place for the most bizarre rp crossovers. I remember a long time ago when I played Dr. Doofenshmirtz and he ended up meeting Rick Sanchez. It was hilarious because Rick was flabbergasted over how Doof was simultaneously smarter and dumber than him at the same time. Or back in my Ratchet and Clank days where we had this crossover thread with Sonic characters where Emperor Tachyon faced off against a lombax OC and Knuckles from Sonic. Ahh, memories. But yeah, crossovers are always welcomed here!

👀 dash commentary

//It's a fun little thing! Admittedly I don't do it as much as I used too. But I feel like that mostly stems from how different tumblr acts now compared to how it used to be in the better days.

🎲 ask memes and sentence starters

//Outside of just making greeters, they're the best way to show someone you're interested. Or you're just curious to learn more about someone's muse and how they work! Good stuff, yeah!

🥂 my favorite part of the canon

//Giant monsters! Listen, I am a sucker for kaiju. It's kind of what pulled me into RGTK in the first place. And you're telling me I get four giant kaiju's in this film??? And one of them is a mermaid? Something we usually don't see?? Sign me the heck up!

And we see so many other monster statues down in the kraken kingdom and other monsters are name dropped in the art book! There's so much potential for other kaiju's in RGTK's world!!

And you know what? The Nerissa twist. But I should give some context for it. I went into this film pretty blind. I didn't watch any of the trailers. I knew it was coming out and had a vague idea of what it might be. So, I go and see it. I'm enjoying it so far. We get to the half way point where Chelsea's like, 'My mother died trying to get it.' and in my head I'm like, 'AHA. I've got this film figured out. She's gonna use the trident to get revenge for her mother. Finish what her mom started in a sort of way.'

But then we get to the final act and 'Lol, actually I am Nerissa.' which genuinely took me by surprise. I didn't expect that. Ya got me good movie. I didn't see that part coming, props to you. And then when I watched it again knowing she's Nerissa, it just makes her retroactively more evil and I love it.

[greenflamethegf]

In generally, they way we do "intellectual property" is fundamentally broken, and applied in batshit insane way.

Like the incline patent that makes it so expensive, HAS EXPIRED. However, the company got a new one for supposedly improved processes. Yet the new and the old process are so similar, you cannot perform the old one without a rick of violating the new patent. This is like... not even how the current version is supposed to work.

And that's just patent, trade secrets and creative works are the same but protected much. much longer.

Now, IP is as entirely without merit, if we are willing to work with capitalistic system. IP as system is there to monetary reword intellectual. However, the way is works is quite terrible, even within an already broken capitalistic system.

Let's start with the fact that IP for time, it's protect means exclusively. This means any IP creates a sort of temporary monopoly, and a monopoly is a fail state for capitalism. And you know? It doesn't have to be like this, IP could mean a mandatory revenue share or similar system. This would be mean that while IP holder has a legally mandated advantage, but the competition is till present. Of course, this is off a cuff unpolished ideas, but this just one of MANY, MANY, possible ways to improve IP in capitalism.

Second issue in enforcement. Right now, legal action is mostly taken big and powerful against a small. New steel IP from small-time internet creators all the time, and only ways to counter that law-suit. Meanwhile, the same media giants will boss throwing around DMCA claims, and again you need a law-suit to fight that. Sometime they will even claim shite they stole, because that's sane. Now, as an individual creator, well, you probably losses money and time even if you fight said lawsuit, so of course you don't go that route. However... as society we, losses, oh some much by allowing this to be standard practice.

Finally, let's say it. As broken as they are, patens are the best type of IP there is. They last only 20 years, you can only patent things that are innovative, and even if you do get a patent, it lasts 20 just years. Meanwhile, copy right is author life + 50 or 70 years, depending on where you are. It used to be 28 years. however, since then Disney and Mickey happened, and if they keep extending copy right. I can very well image that no works past 1928 will ever enter public domain, involuntary. On top of that, there are trademarks and trade secrets that do not have upper time limit.

Now, let's talk about the HARM IP dose. Sure, it would be nice to see unbound creativity that comes from copy-right violations. However, this small potatoes to how basic human needs are gated behind IP. There patens on medicine and grain. Like, even beyond the fuck-up thing, of how in capitalism you need to buy a right to live. The fact that you will have tech-companies, not spelling, but licencing critical software. Better pay google a billion dollars or let thousands die. Even the fucking panted GMO-seeds are a subscription. This is just such an evil, twisted way of profiteering. Even for non-critical things, subscription based software is bullshit, but when the life is put on the like, my blood boils.

However, before I go on a rant about digital-feudalism and other dangers of capitalism, let's talk piracy. We supposedly pay for IP to cover the costs of the production. However, if that the formwork, well, digital good have insane margins right now and price should be going down. Like Hollywood strike are happening for a reason, and seem should happen in every tech company ever. Between the people who make the thing and you, there is this the company taking a big chunk of the money. Now they don't hard it all. It goes into paying 0.13 cents per add to show everyone on earth 5 of them. It goes into lobbing the government for even more consumer hostile IP-laws. It goes into market research to help them create the most boring version of what curatives invasion. It goes into union-busting lawyers, so they continue to export their works.

Really, if you pay for mainstream media... well. This money isn't going to people, it's supposed to go to. So I say, pirate all you want, the system is broken, and you help abusers more than victims. If you feel guilt, toss a coin to an indie of your choice.

And I didn't even say anything about the regional pricing and other bullshit the makes it hard to buy things even when you want to.

It's funny that so many people are already spooked by the milquetoast pro-piracy stance of "piracy is morally justifiable" as if it's a radical dangerous idea because my I'm already on the much more based position of "piracy is morally virtuous"

[spopsalt]

I want to weigh in on your post(https://www.tumblr.com/spopsalt/747330776187748353/honestly-while-rick-and-morty-has-a-million-flaws) about how BoJack acknowledges that a grand gesture doesn't make up for everything, because what he said right after that is just as interesting.

"You need to do it every day, which is so… hard. When you're a kid, you convince yourself that maybe the grand gesture could be enough. That even though your parents aren't what you need them to be, over and over and over again, at any moment they might surprise you, with something… wonderful. I kept waiting for that, the proof, that even though my mother was a hard woman, deep down, she loved me and cared about me and wanted me to know that I made her life a little bit brighter. Even now, I find myself waiting.""

Here, he isn't just talking about his own growth process, he's also talking about his abusive mother doing grand gestures. He's speaking as Beatrice's victim, as someone who loves Beatrice.

I kinda think some redemption arcs rely on this emotional logic/need. (Hell, I've seen people argue that Catra's redemption isn't just a wish fulfillment for Catra, it's also wish fulfillment for Adora. It's the fantasy that your abuser will come around and change.) I think some narratives make the audience fall in love with and get attached to certain characters so much that they want good things for the character so much that they're happy and satisfied when the character does a grand gesture. They may be satisfied even if the character does the grand gesture for questionable reasons (which may just be a result of poor execution on the writer's part), even if the character does the bare minimum, even if the character is being still an asshole.

But if the audience cares more about the characters who were hurt by the villain, then it just doesn't work, it feels lacking.

Yeah, I feel like that quote could work for Adora as well, I believe that before season 5 (When she genuinely thinks Catra changed when she didn't) She wanted to believe Catra could change, she even says "I thought I could get through to her, but I just pushed her farther to the side of evil." and the countless times she asked Catra to come with her, meanwhile Catra said no all of those times. She wanted to believe Catra could change, could show that she does care, so I think that's why she wanted to save Catra in season 5, then she fell back into the cycle.

[kudosmyhero]

Transformers (UK, vol. 1) #2: The Transformers

Read Date: April 10, 2023 Cover Date: October 1984 ● Writer: Bill Mantlo ◦ Ralph Macchio ● Penciler: Frank Springer ● Inker: Kim DeMulder ● Colorist: Nelson Yomtov ● Letterer: Michael Higgins ◦ Rick Parker ● Editor: Bob Budiansky ●

**HERE BE SPOILERS: Skip ahead to the fan art/podcast to avoid spoilers

Reactions As I Read: ● I remember these clunky-but-functional introductions from the US version ● they find a drive-in

● same stuff happening as in the US version. my memory is bad anyway, so the refresher is good ^_^ ● 👏👏👏👏

Synopsis: The planet Cybertron, home of sentient robots known as the Transformers, has been at war for millions of years, putting the peace faring Autobots at war against the evil war hungry Decepticons, led by the evil Megatron. The devastation wrought by the war would send planet Cybertron out of it's orbit spinning throughout the cosmos on an indirect course, and into the path of an asteroid belt that threatens to destroy their home world unless something is done. Autobot commander Optimus Prime is selected by the Autobot elders to lead a team to destroy the meteors before it's too late.

Optimus Prime selects a crew that consists of the following Autobots: Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Brawn, Huffer, Gears, Jazz, Prowl, Ironhide, Ratchet, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Trailbreaker, Wheeljack, Mirage, and Hound to journey out in their ship, the Ark, to destroy the meteors. Learning of this, Megatron gathers a team of his own Decepticon warriors to attack and destroy the Autobots. With him, he takes Soundwave, Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, Rumble, Frenzy and Ravage to attack.

With the battle leaning toward Decepticon victory Optimus Prime, forseeing this possibility sets the Ark on a suicidal collision course with the nearest planet, which happens to be Earth. They crash into an active volcano, destroying them all. Some four billion years later at the site of the crash at what is now called Mount St. Hillary in Oregon the Ark's computers spring to life sending out a probe to scan what it thinks are the planet's sentient machinery. The ships repair systems repair all the Transformers aboard indiscriminately, repairing the Decepticons first and giving them the ability to transform into Earth machines. They manage to escape before the newly revived Autobots can stop them.

Scanning their computers to learn about the world they have crashed on, Optimus Prime decides to that the best course of action is to send out some Autobots to do reconnaissance before they do whatever needs to be done to protect this world from the Decepticons they unwittingly unleashed on this world.

Elsewhere in the state of Oregon, Buster Witwicky, the son of mechanic Sparkplug Witwicky arrives home late from school and gets in trouble with his father who is frustrated with his son for not having an interest in mechanics like he does. With the days work in his garage just about done he allows his son Buster to take the family car out to take his friend "O" and his girlfriend Jessie out to the theater.

Meanwhile, the Autobots Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Brawn, Prowl, and Hound are on the road getting a lay of the land in their area. They happen upon a drive-in movie theater and thinking that the cars parked there are sentient beings find it odd that they are focused on a large screen. On their journey, they are spied on by Laserbeak who reports back to Megatron. The Decepticon leader decides to send a Decepticon attack force to ambush the revived Autobots.

The Autobots arrive at the theater, and Bumblebee in an attempt to "greet" an Earth car bumps into it. This car happens to be the one that Buster and his friends are in. Buster gets out of the car to yell at the person who bumped him and is shocked to find that there is no driver inside the car. Suddenly, Soundwave, Ravage, Laserbeak, Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp attack the theater prompting the Autobots to transform into robot mode and fight back.

As the humans flee the drive in, the Autobots fight back sending the Decepticons in retreat, but not before one of their blasts can strike Bumblebee. The other Autobots realizing that the sentient life forms on this planet are organic, not mechanical transform into vehicle mode and make their escape before the Decepticons can counter attack. In the chaos, Buster notices that Bumblebee is leaking a fluid that is not oil and decides to take the car back to his garage in an attempt to repair it. He is surprised to find that there is no ignition on the car and is even more surprised when it starts up on its own.

Working hard in a futile effort to try and fix the car, the racket that Buster makes wakes up his father. Sparkplug is delighted to see his son trying to fix up a car on his own, not trying to listen to Buster's explanation about it. However Sparkplug is shocked when Buster tells him that the car is alive, and it weakly asks them for their help.

(https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Transformers_(UK)_Vol_1_2)

Fan Art: Ol' Optimus Prime by PatrickThornton

Accompanying Podcasts: ● Return to Cybertron - episode 01

[semper-legens]

146. Rick and Morty vs Dungeons and Dragons

Owned: No, library Page count: 240 My summary: Rick and Morty meets Dungeons and Dragons in this series of stories from the world of DMs and dice rolling! Morty wants to learn more about D&D to impress a girl - but Rick takes his interest too far. Rick investigates the sudden D&D mania that grips the world. And what would happen if a Mister Meeseeks got into D&D? My rating: 4/5 My commentary:

I like Rick and Morty. Controversial opinion I know, particularly with the reputation that its fanbase has, but there's genuinely a lot of really good storytelling going on in the show. When it's at its worst, sure, it's juvenile and gross, but when it's at its best it can be touching, thought-provoking, and incredibly intelligent. We got this very handsome hardback of three official D&D tie in stories at work, and so of course I was going to dip into it. The first story I'd actually already read, but the second and third were new to me, and the whole thing was a delight! It was a much deeper experience than I was expecting, and I was very pleased with it.

The first story comes when Morty, seeing his peers getting into D&D and specifically D&D podcasts, wants to start playing to impress a girl. Rick gets far too into it, and eventually plunges the whole family into a D&D world where they are in actual peril, risking both their lives and his relationships with them. This was a lot more thoughtful than I assumed it would be. It's an official tie-in comic, it's shameless promo, but there's so much character depth and introspection going on here. There's a line drawn between Rick, a minmaxer who wants to create characters with the best builds, and Jerry, not all that good at the numbers side of the game but willing to stick himself more into roleplaying and into the fiction of the world. It's showing two of the different approaches to tabletop games, yes, but it's also providing a great deal of character work. Rick is misanthropic, he's a problem player, he's sulky and annoying because he's not the best character in the world and people aren't hanging on his every word. Meanwhile Jerry, with a Charisma boost from his character, can be a much better leader of the family and the party, and understands implicitly what's going on with Rick and the underlying dynamics of their family. It's a really good read!

Our second story is something of a follow-on - suddenly, the world is D&D obsessed, and only Rick realises something's fishy. A bit of investigation shows that an alternate world inhabited by Rick's discarded D&D characters is leeching through into the real world, and it's up to him and Morty to try and stop it. Once again, we've got character development for Rick, as we see his toxic tendency to abandon his 'toys' when they're no longer interesting to him, with disastrous results when those 'toys' are people and those people resent him. Rick winds up alone for a long time, fighting and battling through all of these discarded Ricks in order to finally topple them, figuratively and literally destroying evil parts of himself. What a fucked up little man.

The Meeseeks story is more throwaway and just for fun. A pair of adventurers find a Meeseeks box and tasks the Meeseeks to get one of them a kingdom, before they both accidentally die. Meeseeks is left to fulfill his purpose by summoning more Meeseeks to create an adventuring empire, conquer a kingdom in the name of the adventure, and finally disappear. It's a fun, silly story, with lots of classic Rick and Morty humour, and I very much enjoyed it.

Next, back to CHERUB, as James and Lauren undertake their most dangerous missions yet.