#90's moomin series

[dissociache]

I called the Joxter "the Jorkster" ONE time and my partner won't let me hear the end of it

[snailonasunflower]

One of my newest coping mechanisms whenever I'm stressed is taking songs stuck in my head and making them about my cat.

The 90s Moomins beginning and ending credits themes have been earworms of mine for weeks so now my cat has two new theme songs I've written for her in my phone's notepad:

Heres a sneak peak. Can't wait to serenade/annoy her with these when I get home. 😭

Btw "chumbing" = the act of being chumby. We use this term in our home on a daily basis as she is a chumby gorl.

[binky-doodles]

🍃Joxter🍃

[janetkwallace]

Houska my beloved.

[su-nioj]

I don't know what Dark Magic (affectionate) your art has that makes me wanna watch what you are drawing

Because when you had your South Park phase i was this close 🤏 to watching South Park again

When you did all your art for the third season Animaniacs it is what finally convinced me to watch it

And now with your most recent piece of Moomin i was like "aww thats so cute i watch it" i don't even know what Moomin is but it looks adorable

So you know what kudos and applause to you and your persuasive fanart 👏👏👏

😭😭😭

This is so sweet to hear aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaashjhhjhgj

I’m glad my art is becoming propaganda to watch stuff lol

[the-dragon-invasion-is-near]

I haven't drawn in months x´d, and i'm reading/watching moomin stuff, so uh, here is a moomintroll :D

[hilippa-arts]

I did challenge with my sibling where they give style, topic or theme to with only one character and I would draw it and these are the results. (My gold fish brain forgot to put list, but here it is!!!) character: Spamton from Deltarune 1 Regular style. 2 Tim Burton. 3 Fancy bird. 4 Simple robot. 5 Consept art. 6 Elastic. 7 Childhood toys. 8 Robot. 9 Weird. 10 Small and cute. 11 Sticker. 12 Old anime but simple. 13 Modern cartoon and mobile game. 14 80's comic book. 15 50's animation. 16 Batman (used the animated series as ref). 17 90's moomin. 18 Asterix and Obelix. 19 Disney. 20 Kids cartoon from 2000. 21 Sharp but smooth. 22 Realistic.

[tastywormfood]

Ive tried to get my feelings about Moominvalley s4 into words, but im having a really hard time even accepting them. But ill try!

So here's my thoughts in Moominvalley s4.

Im 23 now and i remember being 12 - 15 figuring out my identity, and the only "representation" in mrdia being basically either "Bury your gays" trope or just queerbaiting. I grew up on a base level thinking i wasnt allowed to exist, and if i still dared to, tragedy would be my only birth right.

I believed i wasnt allowed to live a happy, soft AND queer life, cause no media i had seen had ever showed me that, that was a possibility.

Both the 90's Moomin series and Moominvalley 2019 are my comfort shows. I fall asleep to them at night, i listen to them like a podcast while im working or outside, they even calm my panic attacks. I collect cups, plushies, i collect the Comics and even some of the books.

I have 3 Moomin tattoos. This universe means a damn lot to me, and to thousands of ppl world wide.

As a queer person i find incredible comfort in Tove Janssons work, and you have to be a fool to be unable to see the way Snufkin and Moomintroll are written together.

I have been following this show since early 2020 and have watched interview to interview, ive listened to the podcast more times than i can count, and they knew what they were doing.

From the beginning of the show they deliberately wrote Snufkin and Moomin to be something more, they even confess In a BTS that their Moomin might like Snufkin more than Snorkmaiden. Even the podcast talked about it!! We are not crazy!!!

I feel incredibly gaslit by the entire situation, and suddenly im 14 again being told im reading too much into it.

Idk what happened inbetween S3 and 4, but it felt like all the love and care that came from the show, just disappeared?

Ignoring Snufmin for a second, every episode this season felt like a filler. It has no plot, followed up on nothing from the last seasons, and had an extreme amount of loose ends.

The former seasons, especially s1 and 2 has such amazing writting, character development and just a feeling of patience and of softness, i would watch it and think everything would be okay... But this season felt stripped of every inch of the care Tove Jansson put into her universe.

I want to talk a little about Moomintroll.

One of Moomins character Arcs is his want to grow up, its his need to be taken seriously and his need for independence and adventure. His need to step out of his dads shadow, and to be his own moomin! The character development he had built up through out the seasons, completely and utterly disappeared. There is no trace of anything in s4.

He is right back to where he started in s1, not being able to stand up for himself and say no, not having the confidence to go on adventures and right back to idealizing his dad. If anything this entire season felt like a prequal! Cause at least s1 Moomintroll wanted to learn, and was activily trying to change.

Moomintroll truly felt like a side character this season, i dont even think he has any important moments. Unless you count Comet in Moominvalley (which i dont), where all his independence has disappeared. Moominpapa literally has to push him out. He made one decision that eps, which was to float down the river instead of walking, which ended up being the wrong and slower way.

The regression Moomintroll went threw this season is heartbreaking, and thats not my Moomin.

Focusing for a bit on Snufkin, this season felt like a slap to the face.

They know that Snufkin is one of their most popular characters right? If not the most popular. If anything he is at least in the top 3, not only in Moominvalley but in the rest of the moominverse.

So why did this season feel like Snufkin erasure?

He was barely in it, and when he was all of that glow that normally radiats from him was all gone. He felt like the husk of a character.

This version of Snufkin was on of my favs, cause you could actually see his flaws and disagree with his actions. He had room to grow, and he did, he truly did.

He learned from Moomin just like Moomin learned from him. Their characters Arcs co align witch each other, their relationship and interactions are the pillars of the entire show. Snufkin and Moomintroll are what make the show proceed.

Finding the 2019 show for the first time as an 18 year old gave me confirmation and trust, that i was allowed to live a soft and slow life as a queer person. If Moomintroll and Snufkin could have that kind of beautiful queer slow burn romance, then i had a chance to as well.

They knew that a big part of their viewers are queer, and they knew how popular Snufmin was. They knew what kind of ppl they attracted, or they wouldnt have made it like that.

All the soft moments, the longing, the zoom in on eye contact, the zoom in on hand holding. They said trust us, they said be patient, and then they threw everything they had been building up out and set fire to it.

We got Queerbaited, and i truly havnt felt this feeling for a while. We got actual queer shows now, ofc they all end up being cancelled! But they exist!

This show felt like it was crafted with so much love and care, that i completely let my guard down. The entire queer Moomin community did a 5 year long trustfall, just to hit the floor the last second.

Season 4 of Moominvalley felt empty. It felt lost of all care and love. The first 3 seasons felt handcrafted by warm hands, season 4 felt machine made. Easy to digest, with no real soul.

Season 4 of Moominvalley feels souless.

I have chosen to live in a world where Comet in Moominvalley is a prequal to s4 and that s4 is a prequal to s1. The true last season was S3 and Moominvalley ended with Snufkin and Moomin walking arm in arm. Thats the only way i can Rationalize everything.

I have so much more to say, but ill stop here for now. Hope all of you are doing okay<3

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

Hey, psst. Want to hear about one of my more meaningless pet peeves?

You know the Moomins, right? A few years ago the answer might've been no, but after the popularity of Moominvalley (2019) the Moomin franchise seems to have gained popularity outside of Europe and Japan. In any case, Moomins follows the adventures of hippo-like "trolls" in book, comic, TV show and movie form, animated, stop motion and live action alike. One of my very favourite characters from the Moomins is Edward the Booble.

(First image from here, the rest pulled from the episode Adventures of Moominpappa: Part 1)

My first introduction to him was in the animated Moomin (1990) series, and wow!!! What a creature, I'm sure you can assume why I immediately took a liking! A gigantic, reptilian beast, magnificently suited for aquatic living with his long body and finned tail! In this series it's even implied that he might be a dragon or related to dragons (this is not a feature of other Moomin series or books though) which made him infinitely cooler to me. Despite being the second largest creature on Earth he's always described to be a very friendly guy, if he ever steps on a person by accident he always pays for the funeral costs, they say.

Edward has other interpretations of himself, naturally, given the long lifespan of the Moomins as a franchise and the fact that he made his actual debut in the book Moominpappa's Memoirs. This is him as illustrated in the book:

(Image from here)

In the stop motion show The Moomins (1977) he looks like this:

(Image from The Moomins episode Edward the Booble)

The comics take perhaps the greatest divergence, as in those he looks like this:

(Image taken from here)

...Still pretty similar, usually.

Fortunately for me, despite his rather few appearances in any Moomin property, he gets his own spotlight in the Moomin World park! ...There's a theme park, by the way. Two parks, one in Naantali, Finland, one in Hanno, Japan. I'm talking about the Naantali park in this case, a place I've gone to significantly more than the average person. ^^' As you saw, certain characters (and places) look extremely different interpretation to interpretation, so Moomin World most closely sticks to the 90's animated show if there's any conflicting designs. This is Edward at the park, he floats near the Moomins' "bathing hut":

(Image from here)

Now look at that! Naturally they couldn't have made him a gigantic looming beast, but this is really darn close to how he is in the 90's series. He looks a lot like a long-necked dinosaur, I really enjoy his individually molded scales and hair strands, and his sort of claylike texture. It makes him look like he was brought into the real world straight from a cartoon: a look that's just right for the Moomin World! Just look at his face!!!

(Image from here)

A real big sweetie!!!! He's obviously fake, yet he feels real anyway. It's the way that he's shaped so naturally, how his raised neck and tail and arched back create a shape that flows from body part to part. It’s the way each part of him is textured, even in the parts of him where he lacks scales there’s a subtle unevenness to his surface, and certain features are raised. Despite being a purple yellow-haired reptilian creature he's very much like a real animal! All in all an excellent adaptation.

“Wait,” you might be thinking. “This is all good things. You like the Edward at the park. Where’s the pet peeve?”

You’d be quite right! All of this is indeed well and good, but that’s because I’ve withheld one crucial detail.

That is not Edward the Booble at the Moomin Park.

Not anymore. He was replaced some time ago, with an all new design.

Currently, Edward looks like this:

(Top image from here, bottom image from here)

......

What in the world. Do you see that??? Edward looks like his spine was mangled. I presented you with several different versions of Edward before so you could compare: does he look like any of his adaptations? Certainly not. He has never been a sea serpent!! Nevermind this ridiculously long snake torso, he's always depicted as having a long neck and tail but a normal, plump body. See those things shittily painted on his side? Those are fins! When did he ever have fins!!!?????

All of those wonderful sculpted scales have been replaced with an all smooth surface. His body's surface texture is instead communicated through paint. I do think the paint job is quite pretty as his colouration gets some variation (reminds me of a story book illustration, likely they were going for that look), but see how much the light reflects off of his plastic surface? When his scales were actually there, you'd see their shadows, but now that they went for an all smooth design he looks cheap, like any other theme park plastic statue out there. He looks factory-made. It makes his newly added fins appear like an afterthought, nevermind his hair that shifts from three-dimensional to painted on halfway down his neck. I suppose they just didn't feel like painting his hair all the way down his back like it is in Moomin...

I suppose his quizzical look is pretty cute, but yeeeouch that neck!!!! It has that weird bend right in the middle, and it's so skinny and short compared to his body. It widens so much at the bottom, he's like a watering can, man! His head is far too small and a real weird shape, though I can't put my finger on it. Perhaps his weird bulging teeth? They're awfully big in his mouth when previously they were more in proportion.

They insisted on this weird long noodle body and yet he doesn't even flow nicely anymore. There's an awkward hump between the neck and the body, and at the end of his body where logically his form would rise up, it instead straightens out for a bit, then his tail raises.

Now, obviously this is extremely minor in the grand scheme of things. I seldom bother myself with thoughts of the new Edward the Booble — only now did I get the idea of making a Tumblr post about this, lmao. This is just another case of “man, now why would they do that >:(“ rather than anything big. Because, really… man, now why would they do that!! Had a perfectly good Booble before. Perfect down to every last detail. Now he’s been replaced by some imposter! >:(

[trees-be-drawing]

Okay… so I started reading @annzy-bananzys-corner ‘s “Snettles” as I was scrolling through Snufmin fanfics to read on AO3 back in early December, and… holy cow is it good!!!

Not only did the art cover from one of my favorite artists drew me in, but the writing was just ��✨ GORGEOUS!!

All the characters written had such good chemistry towards each other, and Snorkmaiden ended up being the funniest to me. I couldn’t stop laughing so hard at her trying to be the voice of reason to the two lovable idiots that are Moomin and Snufkin in the early chapters.

So as typical fashion, I felt a great need to draw it. Cuz honestly, long-haired Snufkin was not something I thought was going to make me go feral but hot damn does he look so pretty in long hair!

Okay so…

SPOILERS TO THE FIC!!!

It’s pretty blurry but 1. I don’t have the best camera quality, and 2. It’s a bit faded since it took me a whole month to do this. (Update: I got a clearer picture. Sorry, I was rushing to get this out for a whole month)

But anyway, I had absolute gender envy every time I drew Snufkin with long hair. And there was definitely a lot more I wanted to draw, and felt bad I didn’t draw Little My especially.

I’m actually glad for the cover art too, it acted as a perfect reference to use but unfortunately I’m not very good at drawing Moomin and I’m envious at how @hanekdrawsmoomins draws them! They’re so fluffy and pretty!!

I definitely had to draw Snorkmaiden calling Snufkin a twink. I couldn’t resist. What I didn’t intend was for it to be right next to Snufkin having a breakdown over the overpowering song in his ears 😅 I also decided in order to differentiate Moomin and Snorkmaiden, I gave Snorkmaiden more rounder and fluffier features like her tail and ears. It’s subtle but I was pretty happy with it.

I get giddy every time I drew Moomin and Snufkin, but Snorkmaiden and Alicia needed some love too. I wanted to try some perspective which… I’ll admit I’m not very good at, but I did my best. I normally don’t draw backgrounds but I wanted to give the scenes more character and it was pretty fun, even if it’s not perfect.

I also thought to myself “maybe the reason Moomin didn’t recognize Snufkin was because he’s never seen Snufkin’s hair deflate in the water” so I drew the comparison to Snufkin and “Snettles” for that one scene where Moomin realized how similar they were. I also imagined his hair gets longer in mermaid form.. hehe! :3

I was also very excited to do my interpretation of the Lady of the Sea but I’ll be honest… I did procrastinate on it for a while which is why it took so long. I know the description said “seaweed green hair” and not the fact it’s actual seaweed but… I hope you don’t mind but I gave her seaweed hair. Made of different types of seaweed too :3 I actually want to colour it at some point but if there’s any changes I should do to her design, you can let me know. I’ve loved to get an accurate idea on her :3 I also used the mermaids from the 90’s as reference to give her fins on her head, although Snufkin doesn’t have any but I’d argue it’s cuz he’s only half mermaid.

It’s a very scattered looking comic kind of page but man! There was so many moments that were genuinely so good I felt tempted to even draw a full comic book on this!!

But no… unfortunately I am very easy to lose motivation and I’ve been and will be pretty busy for the majority of my current life cuz of college and stuff so I’m afraid I can’t draw often.

Good thing I’m on break at the moment :3

But anyway, it was super duper fun drawing these!! I’m actually super duper proud of them :3

Actually…. You wanna know how much I loved my sketch of Moomin and Snufkin on their midnight swim?

I COLOURED IT!! GONE BACK TO MY DIGITAL ART ROOTS FOR THIS!!!

Honestly I don’t think I did that great but I did this on iBisPaint, and there was a version where he had brown hair… until I read a section saying he has red hair so I quickly changed it to how it looks currently.

I also realized too late that the scales on his cheeks weren’t actually scales but freckles… which…. You know what? Fuck it. His freckles turn to fish scales. And they’re shiny :3

I also decided to make his scales glow but then remembered that doesn’t happen till Chapter 13. But hey, I think it gave it a calm feeling with how warm it must feel to be snuggled up like that on the water. Heck even my sister agreed.

Overall, Moomin fanfics have really helped with my art block.

And sorry for the really long yapping session. I like talking about my thought process on these things, and I genuinely can’t wait for the next chapter whenever or if it ever comes. I understand you’re busy so I don’t blame you but… damn you really left it on a cliffhanger huh? Still love it though! :3

Also I’m not sure why the link for the fic isn’t working properly cuz normally it would be automatic but… I’ll see if I can fix it at some point (update, I fixed it!)

[bansq]

um anyway personal life updates since i've been gone for like 2 years:

went through a Cats phase, it is likely going into my Forever Cycle of Interests.

my top artist of the year was the user Fiburaz, who uploaded the Moomin soundtrack on spotify (i wear that badge with honor.)

got really into Among Us. like REALLY into Among Us. (i do not play it. i will not play it. do not ask how this works.)

manga: read Hell's Paradise. really liked it. the anime does not do it justice. also read JJK except the last 5 chapters (and i will not be reading them). i liked it though. my personal manga recommendation is GUNNM/Battle Angel Alita. it's a seinen from the 90's, very nice dystopian worldbuilding with a cool (non-sexualized!!) female mc, it's not too long and it's pretty awesome how you can really see the mc grow throughout the series even though she doesn't physically age. my grandma got me the series when i was 10 and i do not think she checked the contents because it has a lot of gore. also characters being very misogynistic and threats of SA (those men die though <3).

[dissociache]

Rewatching episode 20 of the 90's Moomin series ("Moomin Saves the Tigers") and now im wondering if calling a Moomin a "hippo" is the worst slur in their universe. 😭

[snailonasunflower]

I've been thoroughly enjoying watching the 90s Moomin series but I cannot stand Sniff 😭

[enbyleighlines]

And while we're at it, Snufmin?

A beautiful ship!!

Here are some headcanons of mine:

I like to envision that, as the elder of the two, Snufkin is also the taller one through their childhood. However, mumriks stop growing sooner than most other creatures. Instead of going through a massive growth spurt during puberty, their fur just gets a bit thicker, they grow some body-hair, and lose some of their baby fat.

So at some point in their adolescence, Moomintroll becomes as tall as Snufkin— and then keeps growing.

I like this, because I like imagining the way that their dynamic matures over time.

As children, Moomintroll idolized Snufkin, always looking up to him, both figuratively and literally. It was the beginnings of a crush, but an innocent, child crush. Snufkin, meanwhile, was predominantly carefree as a child. Though Moomintroll’s clinginess occasionally chafed at his nerves, Snufkin was always quick to forgive his best friend.

(Similar to their dynamic in the early Moomin books)

As young adolescents, Snufkin developed more of a preference for being left alone, craving freedom and a sense of independence above all else. Moomintroll’s clingy nature began to irritate him more easily. At the same time, however, Snufkin was secretly flattered by Moomintroll’s attention, though it flustered him terribly, and sometimes caused him to avoid Moomintroll entirely.

(Similar to their dynamics in the 90’s anime)

As older adolescents, Moomintroll matured quite a bit, and his childlike worship of Snufkin ebbed away slowly but surely. Their friendship also matured. Once, they were always touching, and neither of them thought anything of it. But as full-fledged teenagers, they both attempted to act more casual around one another, as if trying to prove themselves manly men.

(Similar to their dynamics in the 2019 Moominvalley tv series)

And as young adults, Snufkin is the one looking up to Moomintroll. Having matured into a fine adult, with all the calm compassion of his mother and the creative mind of his father, Moomintroll is no longer chasing and pining after Snufkin all the time. He has adult matters to worry over, such as preparing to build his own house. And despite himself, Snufkin starts to miss all the attention.

I just really like the idea of Snufkin starting to pine after Moomintroll just as the moomin starts becoming more independent.

Plus I love the mental image of Snufkin getting all blushy and swoony over a tall, adult Moomintroll, whose naturally plump body has developed from that of a marshmallow to that of a bear: still fat, still round, but with a lot of muscle and strength hidden beneath.

[strange-and-unusual-bibelot]

The Moomins (More specifically MoominValley the 90's dub) has become one of my favourite comfort series ever.

My absolute favourite episodes are An Invisable friend and The invisable child, i adore Ninny and her little bell, to think in this world when a child is made to feel like a burden and when they learn from adults to dislike themselves they turn invisible

and when they are nurtured and loved and love themselves theyre visable again, it's an incredible metaphor for how children in those environments must feel, its honestly such a hopeful two episodes that i almost cried when Moominmama was making Ninny a brand new dress oooh its so sweet 🥹

[cathchicken]

My moomin ocs Nel and Nellie

I’ve been doing a lot of diving into the Moomin verse lately, that franchise has always seemed so lovely to me but I’ve never really looked at it closer until now. It is so great! I wish I grew up with it, but alas I am an American and it makes sense I only found out about it’s existence a few years ago. I am in the process of watching the 90’s anime series at the moment, but I may also visit the “fuzzy felt” adaptation since that seems to be the most accurate. But I am reading the original books too so there’s that. Lots of ideas for Christmas! I want to say Snufkin is my favorite character so far, but… Little My…. She’s a special little gremlin I love her

Also, naturally, Nellie and Nel are dinosaurs. Duh. Nellie is a velociraptor and Nel is a Microraptor.

I will make proper moomin fanart soon though!! For all of you Moomin enthusiasts… :3