#( i've been holding it off tbh ).

[x-i-l-verify]

Something that I've noticed ever since the Smiling Critters were introduced is that they can so easily be paired off into complementary duos, ones that are specifically designed to teach children fundamental lessons about life and self-care from two different angles. It's really interesting to me.

Like obviously you have Dogday and Catnap, with their sun/moon, dog/cat dichotomy, that stress how important it is to have fun and get things done during the day, but also that it's important to wind down, relax, and get a good night's sleep.

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Bubba Bubbaphant and Craftycorn were introduced as a duo in the Smiling Critter show's intro, and their dichotomy is quite obvious. They are basically the right and left sides of the brain personified. Bubba is the left side of the brain, logical, analytical, focused on math and science. Craftycorn is the right side of the brain, creative and imaginative, focused on the arts and self-expression. They represent learning and academia in all its forms, the different ways people engage with and understand the world.

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Hoppy Hopscotch and Kickin' Chicken form the sportsmanship duo. They are both portrayed as enjoying sports and the outdoors, but in different ways that highlight the different ways sports can be played and enjoyed and also what it entails to be successful at them. Hoppy Hopscotch may be loud and impatient, but she is also a team player, shown in her willingness to slow down her fast pace to make sure none of her friends are left behind. Kickin' Chicken, on the other hand, is laid-back, relaxed, and chill, the described "cool kid" of the group, but he's also described as having a ton of perseverance, more of a "slow and steady wins the race" type of person.

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This leaves Bobby Bearhug and Picky Piggy as the last pair. Fittingly, these two are all about how to meet the fundamental needs of yourself and others. Bobby teaches children how to nourish themselves emotionally through showing and receiving care from others, while Picky teaches them how good food is important to nourish the body and soul. Depriving oneself of either of these things only makes oneself and therefore everyone around one miserable, because those fundamental needs are no longer being met.

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Like fr, this is some pretty genius marketing right here. You have enough characters that every kid will have their favorite, but not so many that any would get lost in the shuffle, because the lessons each one of them would teach would be integral to the group as a whole. It really makes me that much sadder we saw basically nothing of the Smiling Critters during the game itself, because Mob Games struck gold with this concept, only to ultimately do nothing with it. :/

But I guess that's what fandom is for, eh?

[bacchuschucklefuck]

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[lusalemaart]

[roaringroa]

they should make a life where you don't have appointments, work, school and scheduled events every single day for months on end

[pureconancommentary]

Let him call, because again, Agasa was the one who set up this secret, he should be the one defending it. Again, the parent shows up out of the blue here, but I kinda wish they didn't. Because Shinichi's the protagonist, he has to deal with everything in the end, but I want Agasa to be confronted. Have him make up more lies. Bring in the parents slower, have them contact Kogoro to arrange for Conan to stay long term and work out payment. Ran asks about the parents and Kogoro is like 'oh it's fine, they're covering his stay', and Conan's going '...? ???????'. Agasa denies having anything to do with it on Yuusaku's orders. Conan frets about it for a while and they actually see how he'd react to potential unknown danger. And then spring the 'kidnap him' trap to fully show him what could possibly happen.

But I guess just 'kidnap him and potentially give him a heart attack to prove that death is a real possibility' without any setup or warning is fine, too, sure.

[albonium]

i understand people wanting to hide their face during protests but using face masks will lead to their criminalisation and disabled people (or just people who don't want to get sick) won't be able to be out in public at all anymore. wear balaclavas idk ?

[amethystina]

hey I don't want to bother you 💗 but I read the last question and your answer on WHtD, I also read it since day 1 and I read fics for more 10 years now, your fic is one the best I ever read and I real a loooot. it's so well written and good. The psychological aspect is amazing. The slow burn too. It's my comfort fic atm. So take your time, protect your mental health but don't let anyone make you doubt yourself! Take care 💗

Thank you so much for saying so 💜 I'm incredibly humbled that there are people who have stuck with the fic for so long. And I almost want to apologise for how long it has turned out because I genuinely didn't think it would be when I started.

That's not to say that I regret that it's so long, it just feels like I've done some accidental false advertising or something because I didn't adequately warn people at the beginning x'D

Thank you so much for the lovely compliments! I do put a lot of effort into the psychological aspects and the exploration of not only Ga On's development but all the other characters as well. Which I admit is a bit of a handful some days. But, again, no regrets tbh.

Especially considering how much comfort I'm apparently able to offer with my writing. And that thought is, in the end, what will probably make me overcome my current doubts. Not because of obligation or anything like that, but because it genuinely makes me so, so happy to know that I can offer people so much joy. It's a lovely feeling.

So thank you so much for taking the time to tell me this and for your continued support. It means a lot to me 💜

[itstimeforstarwars]

My mother is so funny because every time she sees us watching a playthrough she's like "why are you wasting your time watching someone else play video games. Play your own video games" as if watching someone else play video games is not the pastime of half the people in this household.

[colorstormx]

if you're wondering how my inktober has been going....well, maybe don't

[slippery-minghus]

that sushi i had last week that didn't upset my skin has emboldened me......... maybe the gut meds ARE already working..............

maybe i should go to the pizza place across the street...........

[thefunniestguy]

@kreidemaru , you said to tell you about anything , EVEN THO THAT WAS A WHILE AGO , BUT . here you go , bc i finally thought of something . smiles and bites you bites you bites y

[also i apologize bc my thoughts are SUPER scrambled , so this probably will be difficult to read pfff /lh]

MARTIN MERTENS . yes yes , i dont know why i’m rambling about him when i could try and go off about betty , but i’m having thoughts … normally . 

OKAY . i think . i think the parallels with him are what i’m rotating . and the little details about him .

First , details about him i think are neat !!!! this isn’t canon i guess , if we’re counting canon as “directly stated” but . but i’m so confident they’re implied , it’s . it’s basically canon idk 

HE WINKS WHEN HE LIES , OR FEELS LIKE HE’S LYING . i first saw this pointed out in a video , but when you have that in mind it just ,,, grrrrr makes you wanna explode . particularly , that bit when he tells baby finn that he’d be back , then winks ?? HOLY SMOKES MAN . i think i’ve talked about this before , but i don’t think that was with the intention of lying -- i think , at that point in his life , martin was a good man who cared about finn . but , i think he probably THOUGHT he wasn’t going to come back -- most likely , due to death  ?? seeing as he was about to try his hand against the giant robot thingy in the sea . 

Alongside that , there’s more blatant spots where he winks and you could tell either way that he was lying . but , so , that makes some points where he DOESN’T wink more impactful . 

For example , when he flirts with Minerva ?? asking her out , saying he wouldn’t con her , he doesn’t wink during those bits . i like to think that means he genuinely meant what he was saying . 

Oh oh , and how he doesn’t wink when explaining those bits and pieces about finn’s backstory ?? as stressed out as he visibly was , he never tried to joke it off , and never winked . instead , he hit us with the “that’s … true” IN SUCH A PARTICULAR TONE THAT IT MAKES IT OBVIOUS TO PICK OUT THE PARALLELS IN OTHER MOMENTS . 

ON THAT NOTE . PARALLEL(S??) OF THE “THAT’S … TRUE” . when finn is having the dream , where he’s holding his baby self ??? i don’t remember what he was saying that in regards too , all i remember is being like “ohh ,, OH . OHOH.”

[I’m going based off of a slight feeling in my silly little memory hole , but ,, ?? i think fern might say “thats ,, true” in the same tone at one point ??? but that may just be my brain making things up , so ignore me if i’m wrong bc i probably am]

FINALLY . ONE LAST MARTIN PARALLEL THAT I’M MENTALL ILL-- AHEM . THAT I’M NORMAL , TOTALLY NORMAL , OVER . “three buckets” . in “three buckets” , the bit where fern is trapping finn in the dungeon ? he pushes the brick in , and , while talking with finn , says something along the lines of “you’ll be fine” , then . THEN . he winks . MARTIN MERTENS STYLE , FULLY LYING , WINK . it’s a pretty easy-to-miss bit , and maybe it’s just coincidence , but CMON . c’mooooon . c’mon . my brain says it’s not a coincidence , i don’t think it’s a coincidence 

[egopocalypse]

would you ever write: badlands character studies? whether that's Sam with one/several others or as a whole, or even someone else in the badlands (sssh yes I'm a little fixated on the character studies)

Oooooh. 👀👀

I'd love to, but at this point, I'm not too confident in my ability to portray the Badlands correctly (particularly Bad and Ant) that I don't think I'd tackle it for a long time. At least, not for a solely canon-compliant fic about them. If it was a situation I constructed like the Gone Away sequel or like what you did with Halcyon, then I'd be more likely to. I need more time to analyze them under the microscope.

Would you ever write...

[samsspambox]

so, uh, i've been stuck in terms of writing the kiki/vincent fic, so much so that i'm probably gonna restart from scratch (well, i like certain scenes that i might repurpose) but i was wondering,,, what would be the best trope to write them in?

options explained under the cut!

ok so originally i was writing a kiki/vincent enemies to lovers fic where they were both online rivals but irl had no idea who they were. galena helped me flesh out some stuff but in the end i couldn't get it to where i wanted it to go, gave it some time, and now we're here. so! new versions!

so here they are!

friends to lovers - kiki and vincent meet bc of a case involving marius (this plot would've been recycled from the old fic) but, while the friendship is developing, vincent becomes captured for some reason or another and the team have to get him back

fake dating - marius asks vincent to impersonate him at an event and mc does the same to kiki. (i,, haven't decided on what the event is, but it's probably gonna be something silly) implied mc/marius.

wingman set up - marius thinks of vincent as his friend, so when he sees vincent smitten with kiki after their first interaction, he decides to play matchmaker (mc, in revenge for all the teasing kiki has done to them, helps) ((bit that was also recycled from the original))

roomates - rent is expensive, even on a personal assistant budget. they're pretty chill people that don't mind living with a pretty member of the opposite sex-- wait, did they just realize they liked their roommate?!

[mainfaggot]

i think i sort of miss her why did she leave me behind why do they have to leave me behind whenever they see fit...why why why WHY..

[starlit-mansion]

i still keep getting recommended posts about the james somerton debacle (unsurprising) and i swear to god, at this point i've spent more time trying to remember what my reaction was to watching his yoi video a while back while half-sleep deprived or smth than i a) spent watching the video and b) spent thinking about any other creator i watched one mid video from and ignored after

[monsterbutch]

what if i told you i made a sprite of the monster that would be added to catmod. what then