#ALSO TINA IS NOT IN THIS MOVIE BRO LIKE WHAT!!!!

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Secrets Of Dum//bledore was SO bad y’all 😭😭

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ugh

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What's your all-time favorite Bob's Burgers episode? Like this is YOUR episode? (You can list multiple if you want!)

ooo yes i will need multiple, i have like lil categories for my favs episodes;

like nostalgic, and just genuinely good, and then episodes i find really silly/have my favourite characters

'The Belchies', 'Bob Day Afternoon', 'Bob Fires the Kids' and, 'Sexy Dance Healing' are all episodes I can't decide which i saw first, as in my first episode of Bob's Burgers overall, they all feel a very special and kind of nostalgic and honestly? besides Sexy Dance Healing, they are all really classic episodes that kind of hold the edginess of season 1, but in a good way, and also just have really good well put together stories- as well as introducing/building on side-characters that will become staples to the series (not including Beverly and Cooper, mostly talking about Mickey and the kids' friend group)

Sexy Dance Healing is just a cool episode in the sense they bring attention to the chalk board and Bob's routine with it and him breaking that routine and how the family reacts to it? it's just a wonderful character/world building episode especially if you have been watching the show for a bit before seeing it

'Manic Pixie Crap Show' and 'Silence of the Louise' go up in my top favs bc 1) i LOVE MILLIE and 2) i love the movie silence of the lambs, but also I love louise's crisis about 'being a girl' in Manic Pixie Crap Show

'Amelia', 'The Amazing Rudy', 'Radio No You Didn't', 'Show Mama From The Grave' are all episodes that sort of break formula to tell a better story, Amelia is just... oof. The Amazing Rudy? to escape the Belchers and have a whole episode just on Rudy- and not just Rudy but to focus on his face the whole episode to be inside his head without any inner monologue or narration- it's powerful stuff. Radio No You Didn't is just straight up a cool episode- and I love the running gag of never really showing Bob's mom? Lily is finally in an episode and.... she's a baby the whole time. It's kind of genius? oh also his grandma fighting nazis is cool too. HAHA and to follow that up- I really didn't think they would actually show Lily's grave in 'Show Mama From The Grave' (ironically), I was expecting them never to find it and I want to believe there's a draft of the episode where they never reach her and it's just about how that's okay because Bob thinks of her all the time. But Linda being the one who found her? Bro I was sobbing, loudly, WILDLY.

'Vampire Disco Death Dance', 'Earsy Rider', 'V for Valentine-detta' are episodes that are silly but I feel very strongly about them- Earsy Rider is also one of the first episodes I ever saw, and I think it's so neat they did an episode so early on that addresses- but doesn't unpack- Louise's bunny ears. Also the introduction of some of my favourite background characters, the One Eyed Snakes and Critter (love his name. love that man.) and his partner Mud Flap. ("Aw my mother's name is Mud Flap!" "...Really?" "No, you are named after the dirty part of a car.")

and c'mon, who doesn't love V for Valentine-detta???? We get sweet sweet adorable family time with Linda and Tina and Louise- NAT?? THE INTRODUCTION OF NAT!!!! best character in the series, and probably the gayest Tina will ever be (next to her and Sage... Next to her and Dillon... next to-)

but my ultimate favourite episode of Bob's Burgers will always be, 'Thanks-Hoarding'. I love Teddy. Yes it hits home, yes I relate to him, YES the episode makes me cry, YES I THINK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME

YES I DID MAKE A YOUTUBE VIDEO ESSAY ABOUT IT LIKE 5 YEARS AGO!!!

YES I LOVE THAT EPISODE STILL (tears shirt off)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

anyway thank you for the question c:

honourable mentions: any episode with Gretchen. 👍

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my dps roman empires

cuz i keep seeing those videos with my love mine all mine on my feed with consistently ugly-sob-inducing stories and roman empires so now i have this long list i wanna share

+ may include some little facts here and there for anyone new in the fandom

• anderperry’s entire relationship and dynamic

literally no explanation needed on why it’s the top of the list and the first thing i wrote down

the whole hourglass and icarus x the sun dynamics makes me sob every time without fail

someone rewrite the script so they have a happy ending please

also me: wym they already do?? they got married and went to new york??????

• charlie and neil :(((

• thinking about charlie’s experience and dealing with grief post-expulsion

• todd’s entire character

bro makes my quiet x anxious kid heart go brrr

like just thinking about the little implications of his behavior and what’s said about his brother in the script makes me wanna cry and scream and throw a tantrum

he really represents the epitome of all quiet shy kids out there and i really appreciate it

• dead poet’s society but from cameron’s perspective

i understand y’all wanting to punch and yell at him and show no forgiveness but i also think you should give a bit of sympathy for this kid

he doesn’t know any better just like charlie or any of the other poets

damn this movie does a great job of showing reality and the fact that there’s no real enemies

• dead poet’s society but from pitts’s perspective 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

like i’d pay to see this honestly

• pitts’s screen time :((((

my underrated boy :(((((

• pitts and cameron’s dynamic

i KNOW we see these two talking in the background and seeing him make cameron laugh and smile the most compared to everyone else

like??? i wanna see more?????

cameron being outwardly comfortable around someone finally???

• the fact that all the movie's events ensued as they’re all high schoolers

like idk if there’s a canonical age for any of them but whether they’re juniors or seniors the trauma is still the same

• the thoughts of the kids who stood up on their desks at the end of the movie

how are they dealing with keating being away now? how do they view life in general?? did they really appreciate keatings class???? would they join the dps if they had the chance???????

• hopkins’s portrayal

its kind of a 50/50 since bro barely has screen time, yet i see his character oftentimes being portrayed as the class asshole

i think it’s clear that him and his friends commit tomfoolery and are overall jerks but to think that he’s the more sensible, level-headed guy makes a lot of sense to me—kinda similar to charlie in a way

like he knows limits and when to not push them even if he doesn’t come off that way. all bro does is chill in class and stare off into the windows daydreaming (as shown in the whole ripping out the poetry intro scene). bro doesn’t wanna be there. he’s just chilling and honestly same💀

• spencer’s actual treatment in the movie

ik we love this man, and our headcanons (or at least what i’ve seen and my own for the most part) say that people treat him well but low key everyone be on his shit

like it brings up the question of whether or not this is considered bullying cause any scene i see he’s either blatantly shoved around or even the guys around him purposely steal his medicine and pass it around so he can’t have it (including stick participating in this)-

like i think there’s some limits to being a jerk and idk how spencer really feels throughout the movie cuz he’s a background character :////

• HANDSOME ASS BACKGROUND CHARACTERS AND THEIR SCREEN TIMES = UNFAIR! CRIMINAL !!!!!

• the fact that ginny’s character just gets completely cutout. like she has a few lines to begin with and then the movie comes out and she ends up being a non-speaking extra in the play like i’m- what happened???

• tina and gloria / girl characters portrayed in dps in general

let me explain cuz i love them but also feel bad for their characters

like low key they’re just used as experiments for the cave (implied by charlie in a deleted scene that wasn’t recovered although i think this part is in the original script as well if i remember correctly)

although he brings them back a second time in a deleted scene where they’re all dancing around outside of the cave on the night of the play only for him to make out with one of them in another deleted scene that wasn’t recovered… (( this was revealed in an old interview on someone working behind the scenes btw ))

so like i kinda feel bad for them. like y’all just there for show but i wish you had more lines and other purposes besides possibly not passing a bechdel test ://////

^ lowkey this same concept is kinda seen with chris’s character too. like all she’s there for is a romantic interest for knox. like cmon now she’s one of the main female characters and THIS is what she gets. i wanna know more about my girl chris!!!!

and i kind of understand why it’s set up this way since y’know it’s an all male boarding school in the 1950s—how do you fit female characters in and how are they viewed? it’s not the greatest setup of all time

• ANDERPERRY DELETED SCENE ON THE DOCK NOT MAKING IT INTO THE FILM LIKE OUT OF ALL DELETED SCENES THAT ONE IS THE REALLY IMPORTANT ONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!

• the deleted scene of the poets carrying neil’s coffin 🚶‍♂️

like goodbye. doors closed. tears shed.

kinda glad it’s not in the movie cuz i would’ve sobbed uncontrollably even more than neil’s death

• todd’s poem

another deleted scene that really rearranges my internal organs

the fact that him reading this poem was supposed to be in tandem/include shots with neil’s death-

why do the writers want us to cry rivers?????

BUT ALSO ITS FUNNY ASF IF YALL WATCH THIS DELETED SCENE WHEN TODD IS TELLING THEM WHAT TO REPEAT BETWEEN VERSES, ONE OF THE POETS GOES “what??🤨”

I’M SORRY TODD IK YOURE TRYING BUT THAT LITTLE AIRHEADED ASS “what?” IS SO FUNNY TO ME

• the fact that in the very first version of the script, keating was supposed to have cancer

I FORGOT ABOUT THIS UNTIL LAST MINUTE

LIKE Y’ALL ADMITTED THAT YOU WANTED TO HAVE A SCENE OF KEATING DYING IN A HOSPITAL AND WERE PONDERING ON WHETHER HIS CHARACTER SHOULD HAVE A FATAL ILLNESS FOR THREE DAYS ?!?!?

thank god y’all made the right decision and rewrote the script to take that out

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Here is my list of characters that are most definitely Weezer fans

*note this is very opinionated, so if you disagree, make ur own damn list!* But do share some important info that applies to this category or share some other characters you think could fit in this list!

ps- this isn't very detailed because i can't be bothered lol.

Spencer Reid (Criminal Minds)- I have seen Criminal Minds fans say that he'd be a swiftie or whatever. NO! he'd like Weezer and the Pixies. He yearns like that bro. Even though Mgg is a hottie, Reid would just be that down bad!

Malcolm Wilkerson(Malcolm in the middle)- he is the teenage boyloser (even though he is a genius). His poor social skills just contribute to this idea. ESPECIALLY in the later seasons.

Luke Skywalker(Star Wars)- A farm boy with dreams? he reminds me of every single Virgincore music fan on TikTok. if they existed in the star wars universe, he would definitely be bumping that shit.

Brain Johnson- This is the brain from the breakfast club. He is a sensitive people pleaser with immense issues. I think this applies to the Weezer fan base. Again, if they existed in that time period he would definitely listen to that, but I also have strong Smiths vibes from him.

Louis Tully (ghostbusters)- this man is a man of persuasion. In the first movie, he was a mega simp (by this I mean that he literally almost died trying to turn Dana's TV off) and then I the second movie he was submissive towards Janine. This applies to the Weezer list and the characteristics of a Weezer fan.

Cameron Frye (Ferris Bueller)- "he's gonna marry the first girl he lays, and she is gonna treat him like shit". Sounds like something Rivers Cuomo would write about in the 90s.

Tina Belcher (Bob's Burgers)- A hopeless romantic, who fantasizes about boys, horses, and many things. she is literally the female equivalent of Rivers Cuomo in a sick way(minus the horses by the way).

Fogel or McLovin (Superbad)- He reminds me of every single nerdy kid who discovers cool music like Alex G or something like that. He is every TikTok goth's wet dream- and something about that gives him that Weezer essence.

EVERY. SINGLE. MICHAEL. CERA. CHARACTER. EVER- let's face it, even in real life he claims to be a Weezer fan. He is often portrayed to be awkward and introverted with an often very sweet personality. He is the product of Weezer.

Mordecai (regular show)- Mordecai has a very nerdy kind of feel, he works at a park and if he were a human, he'd be the blueprint of male manipulators. So, definitely a Weezer fan.

Paul Tannek (loser)- This guy owns one of those hats, he falls in love with an alternative girl and he just is one, ok? It just makes sense.

Daria Morgendorffer (Daria)- She seems like a Sonic Youth fan because their music is dry and monotone, she probably likes cake as well and idk she seems like a riot grrrl. But I can definitely see Weezer being one of the bands she probably enjoys but I don't know. She'd also enjoy matt's band the rentals.

Hiccup (httyd)- He likes Weezer because he is an outsider from the rest of the dragon trainers and I feel like he'd relate to like 'the good life' because he doesn't have a leg no more. he'd just relate to River's Harvard experience.

Neil Lewis (Watching The Detectives)- He is a film bro, he falls in love with a manic pixie dream girl PLUS he is like the punching bag within his circle. If he likes EODM then he probably likes Weezer.

Eric Foreman (that 70s show)- He seems to be that shy kid that every friendship group has, he acts freaky with Donna so why not put him in this category. He is so virgincore (without being a virgin ofc).

Simon Seville (Alvin and the Chipmunks)- His signature color is blue- idk what else you'd expect (he is chipmunk Reid)

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random thought but i love eugene mirman's gene sounds ESPECIALLY when gene is sleeping. they're so good & cute

louise tina bob and linda looking @ gene literally exactly like this when he forgets how his song goes at breakfast LMAOO

love that tina and louise seem to actually pay attention to what songs gene is writing and what they're about despite the fact that there are SO MANY. supportive family <3

gene's dream.... bro that was god speaking to you. like for real wtf

also im only a minute in and there are SO MANY good screenshots already he's such a cutie i love him so much!!!! <3 gene episodes my beloved

"Now I'm going to change into last night's pajamas, AKA my only pajamas, and brush my teeth with Tina's toothbrush because that's what I accidentally did last night."

"Wait, what?"

gene and tina are so silly?? 😭

me and gene share many similarities including waking up in the middle of the night every two hours for no fucking reason. like THATS relatable

MR AMBROSE APPEARANCE LETS FUCKING GOOO‼️‼️ why does his voice sound slightly sped up is he okay. does he have a new voice actor?? he sounds slightly off not like in a bad way its just strange

THERE WAS A NEW VOICE ACTOR BCUZ BILLY EICHNER WASNT CREDITED maybe bcuz its such a small appearance but thats very weird. i feel like mickey fans in season 12 episode 6 when loren did that horrible mickey impression 😭😭 also whoever did his voice in this episode wasnt credited so it was somebody from the main cast doing an impression of him. will try to figure out who. sorry episode review cancelled i need to figure out who the hell voiced mr ambrose in this episode

based on the fact that u cant obviously tell who it is i dont think its eugene mirman and probably not h jon benjiman?? dan mintz can only do one voice so its not him either. probably either john roberts larry murphy or a random crew member who they didnt bother to credit

(most likely billy eischner just wasn't avaliable to voice mr ambrose due to his movie career etc so i dont blame them but it was noticeable enough to ME that i needed to figure it out. not even a bad impression honestly the average fan wouldnt notice)

"What do you lucid dream about?"

"I do revenge stuff on people who were mean to me in high school, some fantasy and science fiction, some adult stuff I can't tell you about."

this is literally the gayest thing mr ambrose has ever said omg FHFMDDJKSKS i cant believe this drama club ass nerd was bullied in high school who could have guessed. not me thats for sure

(now somebody has to write a fanfic about mr ambrose having Adult Stuff dreams about mr frond. i want this on my desk by 3pm tomorrow)

love mr ambrose and his gay ass curly hair..... mr ambrose my beloved <33 kisses u

i dont have anything to say im just strangely invested in gene's lucid dreaming plot at this point. Love all his silly little dreams and its incredible he never seems to have any nightmares or anything!!

this is reminding me of the movie where gene had a dream and he was scared that he wasn't good at music and that people weren't going to like his performance and the aliens came down to told him to stop 😭😭💔 his insecurity that he might not be that good a musician literally makes me cry. he's so sweet and kindhearted my babyy boy

CAN I SKIP SCHOOL AND GO BACK TO SLEEP LMAO

"Even successful musicians went to sixth grade, Gene."

"That's a MYTH!!"

weirdly mr ambrose started sounding completely normal at some point like did his voice actor come back and just wasn't credited?? or whoever did this impression was REALLY good jfc

mr ambrose HATES these fuckign kids bro

HES SO UNHINGED LMAO 😭😭

NOT THE STARING AGAIN. why are they literally just this image every single time gene plays music in this episode im gonna cry

love this specific frame of gene running his hand through his hair

awww bob is such a good dad

sidenote but this subplot with tina and louise is so stupid it actually made me laugh LMAO the fucking girl cricket. thr female cricket. like what if he's gay huh what then

"or if she's not his type she also makes a great best friend. she's a good listener" THANK YOU louise for acknowledging the cricket might be gay. she's an ally 🙏

AWW GENE WRITING HIS SONG <3 eugene mirman isnt a Good singer (not hating he literally says that all the time. they have to record each line seperately bcuz he cant sing on key) so its hard to tell when they're trying to make gene's songs seem good or not but this is really sweet. u can tell he just loves music so much

why is gene's song kinda making me emotional..... like this show is usually 50/50 on if it actually wants to take gene's songwriting ability seriously but in this episode its so clear how much he LOVES music and songwriting and how talented he is at it. he has trouble with focus and commitment sometimes but thats never an issue when it comes to his music and he'd happily spend an entire afternoon writing a song from start to finish (even skipping out on dinner) because he was so hyperfocused. love how much respect they give gene in this episode tbh

deeply appreciate the "larry murphy as teddy" credit despite teddy not having one single line in this entire episode. Literally just a legacy credit at this point

I LOVED THIS EPISODE 😭😭💕 i dont think it'll be as widely popular as some other episodes this season but as a gene fan and an artist this episode really resonated with me. the ending sequence was actually really beautiful (gives me the same vibes as "your heart's not broken its only growing" tbh) and i loved gene's song and all the different costumes they put him in for his dreams!! tina and louise's subplot was really cute too. very enjoyable episode if you're a gene fan or just a casual viewer who wishes he got more focus. he's SO SWEET and so passionate <3

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Newt & Leta

Leta is now engaged to Newt's, older brother, Theseus Scamander, which Rowling calls "A twist neither of them would ever have seen coming. It creates some awkwardness in their current relationship because Newt once had strong feelings for the woman who is about to become his sister in-law."

- Crimes of Grindelwald production notes

While Redmayne says It’s one of those relationships where there was definitely great love there, there was also romance, but was it ever a full blown relationship? I don’t know. But certainly she’s somebody who has touched [Newt] hugely and at the beginning of this film you realize she’s in a relationship with his brother so, of course, that comes with great complications.”

- Entertainment Weekly

Eddie Redmayne: This one [Leta] was like, I think, love of Newt's life when they were at school. But actually Newt's all like in love with Tina. He's desperately trying to get back to New York. But he cares. He massively cares about Leta.

- Extra TV

Eddie Redmayne: I mean, his brother is engaged to this girl who he had a huge affection for growing up, so there’s obviously a real tension there.

- Buzzfeed

Eddie Redmayne: It's complicated. It's all I have to say. He's kept like this girl in his heart all this time. He comes back and she's engaged to his brother. I mean, that is complicated family stuff right there.

- Entertainment Weekly SDCC

Eddie Redmayne: At the beginning of the film, Newt kind of has found out that his brother's engaged to this girl, Leta, who was kind of one of his closest friends, and perhaps they... He definitely had a crush on her when he was younger, but like that's now in the past.

- E! Insider

Why awkward? Were Newt and Leta actually romantically involved?

Zoë Kravitz: I don’t think it ever went to that place, but Newt has so few friends and connections in his childhood, maybe in his mind it might have gone there? I don’t think it was ever acted upon. But it still feels like a betrayal when she ends up with Theseus.

- Entertainment Weekly

"It's unclear whether Newt and Leta's relationship was romantic or confusing," Kravitz says. "They were both so young when they met."

- Entertainment Weekly: The Ultimate Guide to Fantastic Beasts

Callum Turner: You get the fact that there’s a deep love between [Theseus and Leta] and a connection in a completely different way than how Newt and Leta love. Theseus and Leta are opposites, whereas Newt and Leta are very similar. Theseus offers her support and love and acceptance and stability in a way that Newt was never able to; theirs was always more of a companionship rather than being in love.

- Fandom Interview

Callum Turner: It is complicated, but I think that the important thing to realise is that it wasn’t a full relationship, right? It was a companionship at school and I think he[Theseus]’s of the understanding that it wasn’t as severe as it’s being made out now.

- Futurepreviewsllc

David Yates: We have a character called Leta Lestrange and she used to be Newt's girlfriend.

- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them interview

David Yates: She [Leta] used to be Newt Scamander's love and now is this sort of very mixed-up, quite conflicted, intriguing, beautiful ex-lover of Newt Scamander. 

- HBO Asia

David Yates: Yes. Leta Lestrange comes into the second movie. She's quite complicated and damaged and confused and Newt is absolutely still in love with her, so she has a kind of power over him, and she, yeah, she's a kind of tragic figure, so we will see a bit more of her in the second movie.

- Cinemablend

Joshua Shea: When I first read the script, they [young Newt and Leta] were set to kiss in the script. We didn't [film it]. It was a decision that... I feel like I'm gonna be shot by Warner. bros snipers for saying this, but actually, yeah, basically what happened was I chatted to Eddie about it and it was actually Eddie's idea. I think he said that, "Even if there were..." I definitely think that there was a romantic relationship in some way, but I don't think it was hugely intimate. I think it was very much like a caring, loving friendship. It's that balance. I think, yes, maybe they did have a relationship, but I think it was very much... I don't think Newt is the kind of person who's very touchy-feely. I don't imagine him walking around kissing girls at school. So I'm glad we made the decision. Yeah, so I think that was why we made the decision. I think Eddie was like, "It feels too much, a kiss." And I think we decided on the sort of, if you look very carefully, it comes off like a hand touch, which I think that was enough to kind of convey a sense of like intimacy and a kind of connection.

- Speakbeasty

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Aww thank you so much!😭You have no idea how much that means to me!💗

Omg not him getting distracted?!? Bestie that is TRAGIC! I would lose it lowkey bc sadly i get TOO invested when I like something lol But YES I would HIGHLY recommend watching the last two together! I agree Tina’s episode felt more like season 2 vibes and would have probably fit better when she started to take those fancy cooking classes. But we got Richie’s episode which was a WIN for me lol

Bestie of course I will always be rooting for you! And the fact that you're a teacher just makes you even more remarkable! Plus you’re basically in the trenches everyday with those teenagers 😭And of course rooting for you in your personal life!

I saw that you’ve been struggling a bit with part 2 but you’ve managed to get it done! Very proud of you because I can only imagine how it can be a bit frustrating! I know all of us are going to love it!

HAHA omg you’re so REAL for thinking that! I mean he is a MAN after all so I would be surprised if he wasn’t whiny lol

Hope meeting up with your friend went well! And I especially hope that you’ve survived your family because I know it can get ROUGH😭Hope the weather gets better too! I know you basically hate when it’s hot lol

I was pretty busy this weekend! I hung out with friends I haven't been able to see in a while so it was nice to have a break! It’s been so hot recently but It cooled down a bit so we had a picnic! And I actually saw a movie where the main character was named Sam/Samantha! What’s wild though is that we went out for sushi and there was a roll called Sun Kissed and I immediately thought of your fic! I MUST re-read it because it is such a cute little summer fic! ANYWAYS overall it was nice but my social battery was drained lol 

I'm wishing you the BEST start of the week! Hope you are treating yourself well! Wishing you all the LOVE BESTIE!!- 💜

BRO I TOLD HIM I WANTED TO WATCH BOTH EPISODES AND HE SAID WE CAN WATCH ONE. I COULD THROW UP. IDK WHAT'S WRONG WITH HIM. Anyway. That's a good point about Richie vs. Tina. It would have been greedy to have both. Anyway. I can't tell you how much I love the Faks. My favorite bit so far has been "How many Faks are coming?" "At least 2 less than 5." I just love them so much. Barging into the hospital to see Claire??? 😭😭

Part 2 is done and posted. I'm trying not to hate it since it's only been an hour, it's Monday, and I did write a whole ass dissertation 🤦‍♀️ I can't wait to hear your thoughts if you have time to read it 💕

...he's super whiny tbh... or maybe I'm just conditioned to not want to be whiny because I'm just a girl 😂 if you know what I mean.

It was super nice to see my friend! My fam is this week and not looking forward to it exactly. I went for a walk today in this RIDICULOUS hot humid air. But I do feel better for it. I have another friend meeting tonight so I need to shower again and try to remain cool. It's also Monday so it's my list day hehehehe so I've got that going for me too! I'm also addicted to online shopping and it's Prime Day tomorrow so I gotta get shit for my classroom. So that's what I have for this week! Hopefully I'll have time to read and write too!

OMG so fun! I hope she was a good character. I'm always so sad about Sam/Samantha's in movies and shows--they give me such a bad rap. They're often a 👎 (but not Hilary Duff in A Cinderella Story but that's because Hilary can do no wrong by me). I LOVED sun-kissed. So much summer fun 😂 I've never been a sushi fan, but I love that for you! I'm glad you had a nice weekend with friends even if your battery is drained!

LOVE YOU! 💕

xoxo

[wanderfan2000]

So, what happened in 2023 for me? 

- I saw The Super Mario Bros Movie, (fell in love with it and the soundtrack.) 

- Celebrated both Craig McCracken and Jack McBrayer’s birthdays. 

- Got obsessed with The Lonely Planet. (Again as always and posted stuff about it non-stop.) 

- Made a bunch of fan made mini trailers for my newest Halloween movie, Scared McBrayer 3: The Jumpscare. 

- I turned 23. 

- I saw Elemental, fell in love with it as well. (In fact, I thought the music was going to remind me of WALL.E because of Thomas Newman, but instead, the score reminded me of the score for the film, DUNE. I’m sure it took a bunch of inspiration for it too.) 

- I recreated some YT videos featuring an old unreleased Pokémon 2000s score that I’m currently obsessed with. 

- I had another successful Wander Over Rewind. 

- WANDER OVER YONDER TURNED TEN YEARS OLD! 

- The Wander fandom was geeking out with the discovery of the 2011 WOY pilot. (I was the first person in the fandom to see it entirely on Internet Achieve, and another person uploaded it to YT for everyone to see. Great minds think alike, I suppose.) 

- Watched tons of 30 Rock on Hulu\Disney+. (I loved watching my favorite people in it too, Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey and Jack McBrayer AKA: Wander) 

- WOY’s The Heebie Jeebies S T I L L scares me even after it was released seven years ago. (”Dancing ghosts mimes that bounce just like springs.” AKA: the one lyric that A L W A Y S haunts me!) 

- Became obsessed with the WALL.E video game version of “It Only Takes a Moment.” (I’m also obsessed with the original song and “Put on your Sunday Clothes.” I’m a WALL.E fan, what can I say?) 

- I got into Gremlins! (Hopefully to watch Gremlins 2 next year). 

- I watched A Very Minty Christmas all December. (”That’s what I love about Christmas, hard to believe that it’s almost here. That’s what I love about Christmas, have a merry one this year.”) 

- I have a great Christmas. 

- I made tons of new friends with both old and new WOY bloggers. 

- I’m making a list of what I did in 2023, wait a second… 

HERE’S TO 2024! NEW FRIENDS, NEW CHALLENGES AND NEW ADVENTURES AWAITS!  Bonus: 

- Me watching Jack McBrayer voicing Badgey in Star Trek: Lower Decks…THIS CHARACTER TERRIFIES ME! (But there’s also some funny moments with him, too. Don’t get me wrong.) 

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17,18,19,20 for your absolute most favorite ship of all time!

Okay fine, you asked for it then. More GeneLouise for the world to see

17. Lots and lots of popcorn and snacks with movies of their choice. They each pick ONE and thats final. Most times its something one of them doesn't really enjoy but those are the terms if they want to watch movies together. Besides that they'll throw together the most atrocious Charcuterie board you could think of, consisting of anything they can find in the kitchen, its pretty much a tradition at this point. Even Tina thinks its weird, "Uh, I don't think a mashed up chocolate bar and salami really go together?"

18. Night time is the crème de la crème for these two, its the only time the two can naturally spend time together, during the day they're so busy at the restaurant or at school. So after dinner its something they anticipate greatly. (Depending on their ages) sneaking out has become an art for them, its incredibly easy when you have 2 overtired parents and you already live in the middle of the town. They love hanging out under the wharf and finding weird things or on the beach by the water. They don't say it much but they love the reflection of the mood on the distant water. The light from Kingshead Island always piques their curiosity, wondering what it would be like to goof off to their for a night. Besides that if they can get their hands on a bit of weed / alcohol they'll be able to make up their own fun pretty easily.

19. Gift giving is a big one. Whenever Louise is feeling like shit, her bro will do his absolute best to make her feel better with a gift of some sort, like a candy bar or a new pack of Burobu cards, sometimes even the biggest hug he could hammer out makes her feel a bit better, depending on the day. Since they love playing music together, its a great pastime for them to play songs with great meaning between the two, it doesn't sound good, but its something they revel in.

Also random fact but if Louise gets to be pushed on a swing that she can just barely fit in, she'll be the happiest sister in the world. Gene shows his distaste for it but deep down enjoys doing it.

20. At least once a week Gene will try to steal Louise's hat. Its like a game to them basically. Most times he unsuccessful. Trying to sneak up on her but she has too many senses to let that happen. "Nice try. Maybe don't walk so heavy." Also very cliché but Louise steals Gene's sweaters all the time, but he usually gets them back after a certain amount of time. If he's doing laundry that week for the family and sees Louise's load of laundry he'll just sigh annoyingly and take it back without any word. (Fun fact: they share a pair of earrings)

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Sounds like it's time to give you a novel to read! Lemme share with you a very underrated Disney movie that is so long and descriptive it'll (hopefully) make you feel like you're watching the movie. Just, you know, without the music and the voices but i'll probably still include some/most of the lyrics anyway 😆 Who wants the story of Brother Bear (along with some commentary in between)!

We open up after the better classic Disney logo and there's an old guy in front of his tribe telling a story in another language. You can hear the English translation over his language; he's talking about the Northern Lights aka The Lights That Touch the Earth and how it's possible for all the changes in the world. Scene changes from the cave paintings he's using to tell the story of the lights to the actual scene of the mountains where The Lights Touch the Earth. The Shaman woman of his people, Tanana, climbs up the mountain and is watching the changes reflect in the lights. Small things become big. Winter turns to spring. But, as our narrator says, the greatest change he ever saw was that of his brother who desperately wanted to be a man.

Going back in time we see the main character, Kenai, running away from a stampede (caribou i think?) and he takes cover with his two older brothers. No one is hurt, but it's very obvious when the herd clears that Kenai had provoked them. His middle brother, Denahi, isn't having it and proceeds to tackle him. Sitka, being the oldest and the wisest, breaks them up and reminds them (in much smarter and more intellectual than i'm typing) "yo, bros, we gotta get fish back for Kenai's ceremony so can you get your acts together". We're treated to the opening musical sequence, Great Spirits, written by Phil Collins (yes, the guy who went all out for Tarzan and spoiler, he goes all out here too) and this particular song is sung by Tina Fricking Turner. We get a feel for the brothers and how they each are. Like they're each in their own canoe and Kenai splashes Denahi and Denahi gives him the stink eye but then Kenai gets a giant splash courtesy of some type of whale and then we see Sitka and Denahi being the ones to set up the net to get the fish but then Kenai rides on a mammoth literally running through the net in the stream and scaring the fish off so, yeah, this is the doofy trouble making kid who wants to be a man so badly. But lemme tell you, this song hits. Like the first verse is basically setting up the story: in this wilderness of danger and beauty lives three brothers bonded by love / their hearts full of joy, they ask now for guidance / reaching out to the skies up above but then you start to get a feel for the point of the movie with the second verse saying, give us wisdom to pass to each other / give us strength so we understand / that the things we do, the choices we make / give direction to all life's plans / to look in wonder at all we've been given / in our world that's not always as it seems / every corner we turn only leads to another / a journey ends but another begins so like you know chizz is gonna go down. And, personally, just listening to this and watching this movie as an adult does not at all feel like some commentary about toxic masculinity and found family but that'll all make sense as it goes on or maybe it's just me trying to turn everything queer. Because the chorus, man this CHORUS: Great Spirits of all who lived before, take our hands and lead us / fill our hearts and souls with all you know / show us that in your eyes / we are all the same / brothers to each other in this world we remain / truly brothers all the same (side note Phil Collins also does a version of this and again, yes, it does hit as hard as the Tarzan soundtrack).

Anyway the brothers get back to their village. The little kids are so excited to see Kenai cause they're like "oh my god you're gonna be a man today" and "what do you think your totem's gonna be". Cause in their culture, when you come of age you're given a totem to live your life by which has an animal paired with an emotion. So Kenai, being the big tough "man" that he is, is all "yeah i'll probably get like a sabertooth tiger for bravery or strength". Denahi trolls him and suggests "how bout a mammoth for your fat head." Then everyone gets excited cause Tanana's arriving which means the ceremony's officially about to start. So everyone runs there and Denahi tells Kenai to tie up the fish and Kenai's all, "don't worry, i'm not gonna let any dumb bear get my fish". So he ties it up all bs and he actually sees the basket and fish fall down but does he do anything? No, it's not important, he's got a man ceremony to get to!

Tanana lights the fire to officially start the ceremony and explains that she traveled to where the Lights Touch the Earth and how everyone is gifted a totem to help guide them through life. Maybe it's strength, maybe it's patience, maybe it's beauty (you go Tanana! Our girl's got confidence to spare...also where can we get some of that?) and now it's time to reveal Kenai's totem. She promises him it's a good one.... It's the Bear of Love! Kenai is NOT thrilled. He's all grump like "who wants to trade". Tanana counters with a bonk to his head, "there is no trading!" She tells him it's the most special and precious of totems because love is revealed in unexpected ways (amen sister!). He needs to let love guide his actions and then one day he can get his handprint on this giant wall of all the people before them who have followed their totem to become men. Everyone cheers but Kenai's still visibly disappointed. So much so that Denahi, again, being a total troll, uses it to his advantage. He plops a flower crown on Kenai's head and teases him, "now when you go around loving everyone you'll smell so nice!" They get into another fight and Stika comes over saying how it's so nice they're giving each other flowers now (sense of humor this one has) and then tells Denahi to go get the fish. Kenai vents to his brother about how disappointed he is in his totem. Sitka admits he felt the same way; he was gifted the Eagle of Guidance. He had no idea what that means back then, but now that he's older he knows it's about being a leader and taking care of his dunderhead brothers. He promises Kenai that when he lives by his totem he'll understand get his hand on that man wall guaranteed. Kenai is momentarily relieved but then scoffs, "but c'mon, a bear doesn't love anyone". Then they walk to where his basket was tied up (not) and immediately Kenai calls the bear a third but Denahi calls him out for not tying it up saying he should've gotten the Totem of Pinheads. He says since it was Kenai's ceremony and he's the man now he's gotta take the time to make a new basket and get some fish himself. Kenai's response is to grab a spear and be all "i'll get your fish" aka "i'm going after that thieving bear".

He tracks down the bear and when he finds it, chizz goes down. Kenai immediately realizes he's in way over his head and is in so much trouble. Luckily though, his brothers come to save his butt. Sitka's trying to distract the bear while Denahi helps Kenai. The bears ends up pushing Sitka extremely close to the edge of this giant glacier. It starts going after the younger brothers and even though Sitka's exhausted he's like, no i can't let them get my brothers. So he smashes the head of the spear into the glacier, tilts it so the crack heads towards the bear. The bear struggles to make a getaway as everything comes crashing down...including Sitka who doesn't even try to get away. The important thing to him is his brothers are safe and he did his job. So when everything clears and Kenai and Denahi run down, they see the bear pop up outta the water and leave like it was almost nothing. They're looking and calling for Sitka only to find his hood and totem.

That night, back at their village, there's a ceremony for Sitka. We're treated to a very small, solemn, and deep montage. Everyone's adding a light to the fire. Tanana's putting a log with Sitka's totem on it in front of the fire. The fire consumes what's left of Sitka and we see the light and flames from the fire flicker up into the sky. But does Kenai wanna sit there and mourn his brother? No, he's got other plans. So he packs his spear and grabs Denahi's, telling him once everyone cleared away, "we're going after the bear." Kenai's out for revenge because, according to him, Sitka would still be alive if it weren't for the bear. And Denahi flat out tells him, "i don't blame the bear". Dude knows killing the bear isn't gonna do anything and definitely not bring Sitka back. Kenai mocks him for trying to follow his totem of wisdom, but when Denahi tells Kenai to do the same, Kenai claims love has no part of being a man and "a man wouldn't just sit here and do nothing". He's briefly stopped by Tanana and, with no words exchanged, he rips off his totem and throws it into the ashes. So that really shows you what he thinks of his totem and how he's supposed to live his life. (Like, really, this isn't toxic masculinity at all, there's no correlation!) Tanana picks up the totem and brushes it off and Denahi immediately realizes he's gotta stop Kenai.

Kenai tracks the bear and a chase scene ensues. They eventually get up to the top of a cliff where there's like no room. It's back and forth and you can tell Kenai hates this bear for what it did. Dude's not giving up even when it seems like the bear has the upper hand, knocking the weapon right outta Kenai's hand. As the bear pounces for it's final attack, Kenai struggles to grab his weapon and hold it up. A scream is heard and Denahi knows it's coming from the cliff. The sky gets dark and a fog starts to surround it. Kenai crawls out from under the lifeless bear and he lets out another scream, more of relief this time or maybe he's just finally letting his grief out. But then this thing happens...you start to see these lights coming down. It starts almost like this waterfall and Kenai has no idea what's happening. Then he starts watching everything unfold to the epic score like there's even voices in that language telling him "then you will see". Everything happens exactly as was described about The Lights before. Small things become big. The Spirits show and create all these different creatures. Kenai's in total awe of this, like no one other than the Shaman has seen anything like this. Then, an eagle comes flying down in front of him and takes the form of Sitka. He looks at his little brother disappointed, and then turns to see the bear almost fading into the aurora. Like it's carrying the bear's spirit up the way it had Sitka's. Suddenly, Eagle Sitka takes Kenai by the shoulders and flies him up. You see Denahi struggling to get up the cliff to help his brother, having no idea this like, Divine Moment is happening because it's all clouds and fog and just looks like some kinda storm happening. Then we see the lights completely engulfing Kenai and the image of the bear is reflected in front of him. He's literally turned into a bear before gently being lifted down. The epic score ends and a thunderstorm starts. Denahi makes it up the cliff just in time to see the bear wobble up off of Kenai's weapon and totem...having no idea the bear is actually Kenai. Kenai loses his balance and falls down into the water below, getting knocked out and carried to the shore. Denahi considers just going back to the village and mourn the loss of both of his brothers but then Kenai's voice echoes in his head, "a man wouldn't just sit here and do nothing". So Denai picks up Kenai's spear, wraps the bear totem around it, and silently decides he's gonna finish what Kenai started. Yeah, this isn't gonna come back to bite him in the butt or anything.

Fun fact: when we shift to the next scene, the ratio of the screen shifts and the colors change completely. This was done purposefully, something to do with how he sees the world as a bear or something. The point is, it's a visible difference so if you don't know why the aspect ratio changes you might think it a bit annoying. Anyway, Kenai wakes up and Tanana's taking care of him, commenting that he had quite the fall. Do we know how she knows that or how she caught up to him so quickly? Probably just safe to assume cause she's the shaman. Kenai starts trying to tell her what the hell happened but it's only coming out in grows and roars. Tanana tells Kenai she doesn't speak bear. Kenai looks at his hands and sees paws, he looks at his reflection and sees a bear, he touches his ears and they're at the top of his head, he looks at his butt and sees a teeny tiny tail...and proceeds to freak the hell out. Like, yeah that's obviously the worst thing that could've happened to him (note the sarcasm). Tanana snaps him out of it, telling him that Sitka did this and now Kenai has to go to where The Lights Touch the Earth and fix his mistake. Kenai doesn't understand because he really doesn't think he did anything wrong. But then he looks up and sees Tanana left and now he's on his own. He ends up meeting these moose brothers, Rutt and Tuke who are absolutely hilarious. The moose freak out and try to run, thinking Kenai's gonna eat them. He promises he won't and the moose say "gee thanks Bear" in their thick Canadian accents. Kenai says not to call him that and they're all "sorry.... Uhhhhhh Mr. Bear?" Kenai tells them he was transformed into a bear magically. (Guys, search on Youtube this scene and pretty much any scene with these moose including the blooper cause i ate these up as a preteen and i still do, like one of the moose here is very obviously calling Kenai crazy while not trying at all to cover it up with a cough and his brother isn't getting it. This is classic cartoon comedy to me.) But the moose end up playing along, with Rutt being "yeah we're not really moose either. We're...we're like squirrels!" And Tuke tries to be all cool like "well, actually he's the squirrel, i'm more purebread wolverine". Kenai tries telling them he needs to get to where The Lights Touch the Earth so he can become a man again, but the moose tell him not to go that way for some reason. Turns out it's a trap and Kenai gets stuck in it. The brothers leave, not remembering why Kenai shouldn't have gone that way...after seeing exactly why he shouldn't have gone that way.

Kenai hears a little voice from one of the bushes asking if there's any hunters around. When Kenai says no, this adorable little bear cub leaps out and man, this cub can talk! Turns out he's trying to get to Where The Lights Touch the Earth, too, cause he and his mom got separated so he needs to catch up to her at home at the Salmon Run which is at the foot of that mountain. He wants Kenai to help him get there cause he's just a little cub and can't make it alone, so he basically tells Kenai that if he lets him down from the trap then Kenai goes with him. After basically a whole day of Kenai struggling to get outta the trap on his own and the cub sitting there talking about his home and his bestie Bucky and eating some berries, he helps Kenai outta the trap but makes Kenai think he did it on his own. But before they can get too far (not like Kenai wants to help this runt anyway) Denahi comes out for revenge. Kenai tries to tell Denahi it's him, but apparently Denahi doesn't speak bear, either. Kenai runs, ending up taking refuge in an ice cave. Denahi loses track of Kenai and leaves. Kenai's totally amazed cause Denahi's never acted like that before and the cub tries telling him "that's what hunters do" and that's also why he needs help getting to the Salmon Run. Kenai gives in and decides they'll leave in the morning. The bear cub introduces himself as Koda.

The next morning the moose brothers are out for a stretch and to eat some grass. Denahi finds the ice cave and goes to inspect it, but then catches the moose who make a run for it. Spoiler, Denahi doesn't care about some Canadian moose, he just wants to get rid of that damn bear. Kenai and Koda have already gotten a bit ahead and you can tell Kenai's already done with Koda. He's like "you sure your mom didn't ditch you, Ko-Duh?" Koda's basically all, no way man, my mom is so cool you should hear the story about how we got separated. He starts with, "it was probably the 5th or 6th most coldest day in my entire life" and Kenai tells him he should definitely save it for the Salmon Run cause it just sounds like such a good story. Oh, and that he should probably just not talk the whole journey. So Koda decides he's gonna sing instead. We're treated to an adorable song called On My Way and while Phil Collins is singing we're given bits and pieces of parts of the bears' journey. Koda's trying to get close with Kenai and Kenai's not having any of it. He obviously wants nothing to do with this squirt but you can see little moments in the montage where he starts to tolerate him at least, and then it kinda turns into teasing. Rutt and Tuke catch up midsong claiming the hunter was after them and were thinking if they stick with the bear then he'll protect them and then eat the hunter. Kenai claims they lost "the hunter" back by the glacier, except they left a buttload of footprints behind. So Kenai being Kenai, he decides they're all gonna ride some mammoths to cover their tracks. Koda claims "this is really weird" and he's not wrong. The moose brothers are treating the mammoth like its some sorta vehicle. Overall just cute and entertaining stuff during this song. And it's just so optimistic in the wake of a pretty dark story when you think about it.

The journey continues and the moose play I Spy. "I spy something.... Green." It's a tree. So then the next brother goes, "I spy something with.... Bark." It's a tree again. "I spy something, like vertically long...." Yeah, it's a tree. "I spy..." It's a tree again. Before the next brother gets to say anything, the other says "tree" even though he didn't spy anything but it counts. They decide to play something else.

Nighttime comes and the animals can see the Lights in the sky. Koda adorably calls it the Night Rainbow. He says that his mom told him that's how all the big changes are made. Kenai recognizes this as Koda's version of The Great Spirits. Koda says his grandparents are up there. Kenai reluctantly admits that his brother's up there, too, and you can see it's fully starting to register that his brother's a spirit and he's not with them anymore. Like, yes dude, let that grief settle. Feel those feelings, your feelings are real! Koda asks what happened to him and Kenai says "he was killed by a b...." Wait, he can't say that. "By a monster." Koda asks what his brother's name was and when Kenai tells him, Koda looks up at the Lights and says, "Thanks, Sitka. If it wasn't for you i never would've met Kenai." Then he snuggles up to Kenai and says he always wanted a brother. Anyone who doesn't love this little bear is a lying lie face because Koda is just a gift.

The next day, when asked what direction they should go in, Koda realizes they have no idea where they are. Kenai is pissed and storms up, claiming he should've never trusted a stupid bear. Koda follows him and, although Rutt and Tuke try to follow, they're kinda stuck on the back of the mammoth looking like they've been hunted (their words, not mine). Kenai and Koda get into an argument, and when Koda tries to tell another story Kenai snaps, "I don't care about the time you and Binky found the world's largest pinecone ever!" Koda claps back, "first of all, his name's Bucky, not Binky! Secondly, it wasn't a pinecone, it was a pinenut!" (Another sidenote, this was accidentally improvised. Joaquin Phoenix, the voice of Kenai, messed up the line and Koda's voice actor, Jeremy Suarez, corrected him on the spot. It was decided to keep it in the movie. Yeah, this was during the times when actors actually recorded lines together.) It's Koda's turn to storm off and, after a couple of minutes, Kenai goes to apologize. He and Koda stumble on some cave paintings. The one that catches Kenai's attention is a stick figure with a spear fighting an animal. It's clearly a hunter and a bear. He steps into the light, basically symbolizing seeing himself in a new light. To add intensity to the moment, Koda ducks behind him and admits, "those monsters are really scary. Specially with those sticks." I'm just gonna let that marinate with you for a minute, but also just watch the scene and it's that much more powerful. I cannot recommend this movie enough.

We're definitely getting more brotherly vibes between Kenai and Koda now. Kenai's letting Koda ride on his back, going along with his jokes about his fat head.... They run into a couple of rams who get distracted by their echoes. Like one of the rams yells at them, "WHAT DO YOU WANT" so when the echo repeats the same thing he starts getting into an argument with his echo. "YOU SHUT UP!" / "YOU SHUT UP!" "KNOCK IT OFF!" / "KNOCK IT OFF!" "WILL YOU JUST SHUT UP??" / "WILL YOU JUST SHUT UP??" Not as entertaining as the moose in my opinion. But running into the rams works for them cause somehow Koda recognizes where they are. They just have to cross some volcanic area which isn't dangerous or creepy at all. Koda's totally fearless about it though cause man, kids really show no fear. Kenai tries to scare Koda anyway and it fails miserably. When Kenai thinks Koda's trying to get back at him and scare him, it turns out to be Denahi on their tails. Cue the chase scene. They're speeding through the field, trying to avoid the hot spots and the geysers and also not get hit by Denahi's spear. Kenai sees the chasm just up ahead, with a log ready to cross. He has the opportunity to make a run for it, except Koda's not with him. He hears Koda calling for him, not knowing where he is or where he's going. Kenai ends up going back for him, picking up Koda and racing back to the edge. Denahi's right behind them, doing everything he can to enact his revenge. Kenai throws Koda across the chasm and he lands safely, but Denai's trying to push the log that Kenai's on off. His spear breaks so he tries to push it off with brute force. Kenai has no choice but to make the jump himself. He makes it just as the log goes tumbling down. Denahi yells in frustration, even throwing a rock in Kenai's direction. And Kenai is just broken, man. Like this is obviously not the brother he grew up with, this dude is pure rage. Koda encourages Kenai to follow him, they're almost at the Salmon Run. Kenai reluctantly follows. But then, Denahi takes a big risk of his own. He grabs the head of the spear with Kenai's totem and jumps across the chasm. He almost makes it, but struggles to hold onto the edge. Kenai runs to help him (dude, i know that's your brother and all but like, you do realize he's gonna try to do you in after you save him, right? This is very conflicting) but is too late and Denahi loses his grip. Don't worry, he lands in the river below and catches on a log to carry him off somewhere. Denahi's feeling a bit defeated right now but hey, he's still here, right? Yeah, i can hear the crickets chirping as i typed that.

So Kenai and Koda make it to the Salmon Run. And Kenai's immediately shocked to find out it's full of - surprise! - bears! He literally screams in the middle of the run. The other bears look at him like he's got five heads. One of the big bears with this deep voice, Tug, you can tell he's like, "what's up with this guy?" Koda runs up to greet Tug happily, asking if he's seen his mom. When Tug says no, Koda brags he and his new friend Kenai beat her there. Tug comments he's never seen Kenai there before and Kenai replies he doesn't belong here. But Tug proudly proclaims, "every bear belongs here!" Then comes my other jam of the movie: Welcome. guys, it's a bop. Everyone's invited, this is how we live / We're all here for each other, happy to give / All we have we share / And all of us, we care (The soundtrack version of the first verse adds a couple of lines but the fact that one of them is "proud of who we are" and "there is more than enough for everyone" just ups the queer vibes for me.) We get to see Koda play with his friends, Kenai tries and fails to get a salmon.... Guys, he's trying so hard to act like he is a bear around these guys so no one gets suspicious about what he's really doing there or that he's been a man all along. But it's still entertaining. Between that, we also get to see how the bears live which - GASP! - is exactly the same as humans. There's a bond between us nobody can explain / It's a celebration of life / And seeing friends again / I'll be there for you / I know you'll be there for me, too, so come on There's kids playing with and teasing each other, there's bears trying to woo each other, momma cub bathing her baby cub, everyone telling stories and goofing off.... Ok yeah i'm just gonna type out the whole song now: Welcome to our family time / Welcome to our brotherly time / This is a festival / You know and best of all / We're here to share it all / Remembering loved ones departed / Someone dear to your heart / Finding love, planning a future / Telling stories and laughing with friends / Precious moments you'll never forget / This has to be the most beautiful, the most peaceful place I've ever been to / It's nothing like I've ever seen before / When I think how far I've come I can't believe it / And yet I see it / In them I see family / I see the way we used to be / Welcome to our family time / Welcome to our brotherly time / We're happy, giving and taking to the friends we're making / There's nothing we won't do / Welcome to our family time / Welcome to our happy to be time / This is a festival you know and best of all / We're here to share it / We're here to share it all

THIS IS SPEAKING TO BE ON SUCH A QUEER LEVEL GUYS like i'm sorry but is it or is it not pointing out how we all live our lives exactly the same and just because we look or seem different we're really not all that different at all and we're not some enemy that conservatives are trying to make us out to be? No i'm not reading too much into this, no this movie wasn't ahead of its time, no i'm not a puddle, you're a puddle!

Anyway, during the bridge of the song Kenai comes to the realization that, yeah, they're bears, but they're not any different from him as a bear. And embracing the queer bear that he is, seeing a buncha salmon come his way, he's determined to grab one of them and solidify his place among his fellow queers bears. It's very unconventional and he's trying so hard, even chasing it off a mini waterfall and running right into Koda and flopping into the water. But he catches Koda in one arm, the fish in the other, then holds up Koda who's holding the fish and every bear cheers.

Dinner time falls and the bears are camping around a fire passing a fish bone around; whoever holds the fish bone gets to share the most interesting thing that happened to them this year. Tug goes first, telling the story about how he finally knocked down the tree blocking the view from his cave and now he has a family of chipmunks crashing with him. Every bear thinks it's hilarious, but cut to the angry family of chipmunks and...yeeesh, uh, maybe think about that tree you knock down next time, huh Tug? Tug does a fake out before passing the bone and the old lady bear catches it. (If you recognize her voice, it's because it's the same voice as Mrs. Potato Head from the Toy Story movies and the actress who played Muriel on the Suite Life of Zack and Cody (for those of you who also watched Disney Channel) and it's only a few short lines but it's an instant classic). "This year, i lost my dear husband Edgar." In the background you hear, "quit telling everyone i'm dead!" Every other bear hears it but Old Lady Bear wails, "Sometimes i can still hear his voice!" The next bear to get it is this bear who i don't even know what his name is or what language he speaks cause i don't think it has anything to do with like post-Ice Age Alaska or Kenai's people, but he goes on and on with this story that very obivously NO ONE understands. He ends out by bursting out with laughter and the other bears just laugh nervously in agreement. I don't think they know what's up with him, they're just something like "yeah that's Vlad, we have no idea what he says ever but he's cool, man." Or maybe it's more like that scene in Ralph Breaks the Internet where no one has any idea what Merida is saying cause she speaks with that incredibly thick and beautiful Scottish accent and the princesses are just like, "yeah she's from the other studio." Anyway, Koda claims he's gonna get the next one, but when Old Lady Bear throws the bone he narrowly misses and this mushy, sappy, bear couple take it and are all, "this year i met the most gorgeous..." "no, you're gorgeous..." and the other bears are very obviously "get a room". I feel you, bears. This is one of those scenes where i very much accept i'm too aro for this chizz. The bears start making out and just toss the fish bone aside. Kenai ends up catching it and offers it to Koda but Koda tells him he caught it so he tells it. "Didn't you ever play this game when you were a cub?" he questions. Uh, Koda, i think we both know Kenai was not your average 'cub'. After some pressing from the other bears, Kenai's like "ok, you wanna know what i did this year? I went on the longest, hardest, most difficult journey i've ever been on with the most annoying brat ever!" There's a pause. Then Kenai teasingly noogies Koda and says, "but what do you expect from a little brother?"

Guys, this is it. We FINALLY get to hear the story about Koda's mom. He starts with a tease as it's being watching his mom in a life and death struggle against all odds. Obviously Tug says everyone wants to hear this story. "I thought you might say that," Koda smirks before starting with exactly what we expect. "It was probably the 5th or 6th most coldest day in my entire life." It starts out so lighthearded, how they were having some berries and having a great time. Suddenly, she tells Koda to get into the bushes. She says, "I smell something." "It was a hunter!" Koda exclaims. He starts telling this story that sounds eerily similar to something Kenai experienced before. "Suddenly she's backed up against this giant glacier!" Wait a minute.... Kenai first found the thief bear at a giant glacier. "She gets on her back paws and yells, 'go away!'" Kenai faced the bear that got on its hind legs ready to attack. "Suddenly, we hear more voices! There's a whole pack of em running right towards us!" Kenai's brothers were heading right towards the bear. His story gets more and more specific, right down to the glacier caving in and everything crumbling down. And how his mom pops right out from under the water like it was nothing. "I've never been so scared in my whole life!" Koda tells them. Neither has Kenai cause at this point, he's on the verge of what i don't wanna describe as a panic attack but like.... When everything starts to piece together for him; the bear escaping; Kenai chasing after the bear; Denahi telling him he doesn't blame the bear; Kenai hearing the bear before they got to the cliff where she was clearly saying, "Koda?"; the fight on top of the cliff; Kenai delivering the final blow. IT WAS KODA'S MOM, GUYS! KENAI KILLED KODA'S MOM! I mean...as an adult if you're watching it for the first time you could probably see it coming and put the pieces together. But as a kid experiencing it, that was DARK and HEAVY. Disney did that. There was this momma bear who was just trying to live her life and protect her cub and what Kenai saw as a "monster" and a thief" was just another living creature providing for her and her family and just...existing. Imagine i'm doing some very crazy hand gestures here because DOES ANYONE GET WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING ABOUT THIS MOVIE??

Ok. So. Kenai escapes from the group as fast as he can. And he is completely lost now. He's so close to Where the Lights Touch the Earth and becoming a man again. But like...at what cost? Knowing that he did screw up in the most royal way possible? Leaving his new adopted little brother alone in the world? Looking at his reflection and realizing it was never the bear that was the monster but it was him all along?

Koda catches up to Kenai, completely oblivious to all this. And you can tell it's on Kenai's shoulders now. Like it's as heavy as possible. Kenai ends up telling Koda he has to go. "Ok, well, when you come back we can..." Koda starts but Kenai has to tell him he's not coming back. Koda wants to know why. I mean, what little kid wouldn't wanna know? Kenai has no idea how to explain it. So he starts with, "you know that story you told? Well.... I have a story, too." Koda gets all cozy with a branch of berries and asks what it's about. Kenai says "it's kind of about a man. And kind of about a bear. But it's mostly about a monster." The conversation fades and you hear a few little things that he's saying but if you wanted the deep, sad, puddle-inducing feels of Phil Collins' music, you get it with this song. It starts with Everywhere i turn i hurt someone. Ain't that the truth. We're getting into Kenai's head here. But it gets worse. Brother bear, i let you down / You trusted me, believed in me and i let you down / Of all the things i hid from you / I cannot hide the shame Koda starts to back away, claiming softly, "I don't like this story." Kenai turns his head to Koda and for once, you can see how sorry he really is and that he genuinely realizes what he did wrong. "Your mother's not coming back."

Anyone else getting Bambi flashbacks?

Koda's completely in denial. He doesn't wanna believe it. He just keeps backing away until he full out runs. Kid comes to the realization and acceptance that he wasn't gonna see his mom again. He wasn't gonna meet her at the Salmon Run. The last memory he has of her was that epic fight at the glacier against Kenai. And worst of all, Kenai was the one who caused it all. He climbs up a tree to hide and just starts bawling. Kid is heartbroken. Meanwhile the song is still playing in the background so like, if you weren't already curling up into a ball you sure as hell are now. Kenai's searching for Koda, calling to him that he's sorry and if he could change anything.... But he doesn't have the right words. Or any words, for that matter. And he knows nothing he can say can make it right or even remotely better. Kenai looks at his pawprint in the snow and swipes it so it remotely resembles a hand, almost like he's accepted everything he's done and he really has lost everything now. He was a crap of a human and if he stays a bear he's only gonna hurt Koda more. He whispers how sorry he is one more time before disappearing towards the mountain. Koda sinks down the tree back onto the ground and continues to feel his sadness. SOMEONE GIVE THIS BEAR A HUG!

A bit aways, Denahi is huddled up in his coat with a fire going out because of a snow storm. You can tell he's given up all hope. He lost Sitka. He blamed Kenai to his face. Kenai left to avenge Sitka. Denahi went to stop him. He failed. He lost Kenai. He tried to do the one thing Kenai wanted so he could make it right somehow and he couldn't. He failed. He looks up to the spirits, begging Sitka for help. Man, these brothers are really screwed without Sitka aren't they? He was really pulling the weight around here. Too soon? Sorry, not the right moment. Anyway, this eagly appears near Denahi. And he does a double take like, what? Why's this eagle squaking at me? The eagle flies up, brushing his talons against Denahi's hood. You can tell he's saying, "this way. Follow me." And Denahi listens.

If you thought we saw the last of the moose brothers, you're wrong. They come back and Tuke is down an antler. Apparently Rutt is NOT a good mammoth driver. They get into an argument and get distracted when they see "Smallish Bear". They don't know where "Mister Bear" is and, even when Tuke tries to denounce Rutt as his brother and replace him with his dear new brother whatever-his-name-is, Koda pushes them away and says he doesn't want anymore brothers. Rutt then recounts that, yeah, he made mistakes. He's not always the best moose. He got Tuke into some situations. But what about all the other things he did for him? Like showing him where the really good grass is? Or when Tuke's hooves got frozen and he sat with him all winter? He promises he can change and Tuke isn't buying it at first; but after some teasing and prodding, he gives in and the brothers make up. They leave Koda and "Smallish Bear" seems to have a little bit of thinking to do with Kenai now. You know, before he leaves forever.

Kenai's at the top of the mountain in the middle of the snowstorm. He's calling for Sitka, looking for any kind of sign. He's ready to accept the conequences of what he's done. He can be human again. He has no idea what else to do. Suddenly, he sees a shadow flying towards him. Except it's not Eagle Sitka.... It's Denahi emerging from the shadows. Guys, he's ready to end this right here and now. Kenai begs Denahi not to do anything, but he clearly doesn't remember that Denahi doesn't speak bear. Cue the epic fight scene score. Denahi's going after Kenai but Kenai keeps dodging. He doesn't wanna fight his brother. He does the bare minimum to defend himself. I'm talking the growling and roaring. But does that mean anything? Nope. It gets to the point where Denahi has the upper hand. Kenai's on the ground. He doesn't have the strength or desire to get up and fight. Denahi raises the spear, ready to go in for the final assault. But something stops him. Koda full on tackled this guy, knocking the weapon outta his hand. Kenai's Shocked Pikachu Face. But there's no time to react. Denahi has to get his spear back. Koda realizes what Denahi's doing. He has to beat him there. But Kenai can't let that happen. If Denahi gets that spear before Koda does and Koda's right there.... We're in a very familiar situation here, guys. Denahi grabs his spear, is down and on his back holding it up as Kenai jumps in. It's like the moment that got Kenai turned into a bear. You'd think this is the end, right? Or that we see Kenai's sacrifice means something?

Spoiler: it does!

The Lights explode in the sky. It gets the bears' attention from the Run. Denahi's frozen. He can't believe what he's seeing. There's a spirit eagle carrying Bear Kenai down and transforming him back into a man. Oh yeah, also he's naked. But it's Disney so we only get the implication. Spirit eagle turns into Sitka and he takes off Denahi's coat to bring it to Kenai. Shocked and terrified, realizing what he was about to do, Denahi drops the spear. You can see how at peace Kenai is just to see Sitka again. Even when he's gone, Sitka is still guiding him. He was looking out for him all along.

But there's still unfinished business. Hiding behind one of the rocks is Koda, growing in confusion. You can hear how scared he is. He just saw his adopted brother turn into a human. The same human that killed his mom. Kid has no idea what to think. Kenai gently approaches Koda and tells him, "it's me." He made a f-cked up choice before. He knows that. He should never have done that and he wishes he could take it back. You can see it in his face. But even though he was a screwed up human (yes i know, i'm being polite) he was still the bear that looked out for Koda. He was the one who treated him like a brother. He was there for him. He did all these things because he took him on as his brother. Realizing this, Koda accepts Kenai and jumps into his arms for a hug. (I know, all of you are gonna say this is way too nicely wrapped up in a pretty bow cause real life doesn't work this way and Kenai deserves way worse consequences and also Koda should cut contact with him forever. But also, real life sucks and it's a cartoon and Disney kinda usually has to wrap its stories nicely like this so let's just go with it, ok?) Kenai's taking a long, hard look at Koda. Then he looks at his brothers. The score here is overpowering in the softest possible way. All it takes is for Kenai to say, "he needs me." Because he knows the one way he can remotely try to make things right, because he's the one who caused all of this, he can be the one to take care of Koda now. He can be his actual brother. And there's this light pause before Denahi seems to jokingly say, "you know...he did look better as a bear." Kenai puts Koda down and he asks Denahi if he's sure. Denahi promises that no matter what, he'll always be his brother. They hug and Spirit Sitka turns Kenai back into a bear. The three brothers embrace because obviously there's nothing else to unpack here and they're all good now. They look over and see Koda cuddling up to his mom, who's so damn happy he gets to see her one last time after all and his mom knows that he's safe and made it home and it's equal parts wholesome and bittersweet. Add on a similar score to Kenai's transformation scene and let's all turn into a puddle again. Koda's mom and Spirit Sitka run back up into the sky and the Lights disappear. Koda sees Kenai back as a bear and he's so happy to have his brother back. Koda, Kenai, and Denahi all start to goof off and chase each other and become a big happy family.

We're back at the ceremony scene when Kenai was first given his totem. In the background you can hear the narrator who, in case you didn't put everything together, was Old Man Denahi, saying how his brother Kenai went on to live with Koda and the other bears. And that he became a man by becoming a bear. We're treated to a reprise of Great Spirits as the crowd parts and bear Kenai, sporting his bear totem because yes, he's FINALLY living by his totem and admitting he's allowed to accept his emotions and feel these things, walks up to Denahi. In the background you can see Koda sitting with the human children looking all happy and adorable. Denahi takes Kenai's paw, dips it into the paint, and prints it onto the wall with all the other manly handprints. Tanana is so proud and relieved, Kenai is genuinely happy as a bear (again, not at all a metaphor for queerness of any kind at all) and how he has both Denahi and Koda as his brothers and know that Eagle Sitka will always be watching over them.

And since this was back in the early 2000s, we were actually treated to some bloopers and mid-credit scenes. One of the moose is teaching bear cubs yoga. The rams are STILL arguing with their echos. Kenai and Koda are doing their own cave paintings and while Kenai does very questionable stick figures Koda does a famous painting (something to do with Sunday Afternoon, i think? It's been years, guys, i don't remember my Art History classes and also it's almost 2 am and i've been typing this since midnight. My brain is on the verge of done. But it's the one with all the people in the park by a lake or something. But yeah, classic Disney to do something like that. Also, can Koda give me lessons?) Then we're treated during the credits to a final song by Phil Collins which also hits home. It's called Look Through My Eyes and also Phil Collins did the vocals for his songs on the soundtrack in multiple dubs so, again, you know what he did with Tarzan. So just like, expect to feel things with these songs.

And that's the story of Brother Bear! And if this is any indication, you do NOT wanna know what i can do with The Lion King, Lilo and Stitch, or Frozen from memory and you probably wanna know less what this would look like if i typed this while watching the movie unless you want more of this entertainment/distraction/torture 😝

Day 4 in a row of insomnia, i am so bored that i dont know what to do with myself anymore!!

[str4ngerthingshavehappenedhere]

My Dingus

Masterlist

Prompt: Drunk confessions

Warnings: Alcohol and Steve being adorable

Pairing: Steve Harrington x reader

A/N: This Is one of my favourite prompts! I was up till 3am writing this and I have work in 3 hours oof xD

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“Pleeeeeeease Y/N?! You never come to these parties with me anymore.” Steve begged as you walked up to your car with him in tow. You promised you would pick him up from work and take him to Robins so they could go together to this house party thrown by…Tina? Or Tyler? You don’t really know. However, one thing you do know is that this was another Steve trick. He was trying to get you to go to the party with them. Every time you turned down an invite he would always try to find another way to get you to go.

It’s not that you don’t like getting drunk with the chaotic duo, you were best friends with them. You just hated house parties. It was too loud and you normally hated the type of people who go to these things. Frat bros will forever be your mortal enemy, especially when you have been drinking.

You reach your car and begin to unlock the driver’s side door. “Steve I can’t. I have a very important date tonight.” You joked. You looked up to see the smile on Steve’s face drop. Normally you could read Steve like a book but the drop in his features surprised you. There’s no way he would be upset about you going on a date…right? Just to be safe, you decided to clear up the possible miscommunication. “A date with the videos I rented from your work, dingus. You know I would tell you if I had a date with someone.”

“Yeeeeah…I knew that.” He lied before sliding into the passenger seat and immediately reverting back to the previous topic of conversation.

“Are you sure you don’t want to come? It won’t be the same without you there. Robin will miss you too. She hasn’t seen you in forever.”

“I’m sorry Steve. I’ve just never been a fan of parties. I’m more of a movie night kind of gal y’know?” You looked over at Steve to see a soft smile form across his face.

“Of course I know, dingus” You both laughed, driving away from Family video and en route to Robin’s house.

Half a mixtape and a few karaoke scream alongs later you had arrived at Robin’s driveway.

You both said your goodbyes and Steve began to exit the car. You gently grabbed his arm before he had fully left the vehicle, making him turn back to face you.

“Thank you for always inviting me to these things. I know it must be annoying that I never actually go but I always appreciate that you want me there.” You really did appreciate how much Steve wanted to involve you in the crazy adventures that himself and Robin would get up to.

“First of all, you could never annoy me. Ever.” Steve said matter of factly, leaving a slight pause before continuing. “Second of all, I will always want you around Y/N. 24/7 if I could.” You both stared at one another sweetly. You realized how long you were both staring and your face began to turn bright red. You giggled before gently shooing him out of the car. He also chuckled lightly before shutting the door and waving you off as you backed out of Robin’s driveway and headed home.

Your bright red blush stayed on your face even after you arrived home. You couldn’t stop thinking about what he said the entire drive back. You quickly walked into the kitchen and grabbed an icepack from the freezer, pushing it onto your face to stop it from feeling like it was on fire. You leaned against the counter and sighed.

You have always had a soft spot for Steve. You realized this in high school when your heart would constantly sink every time he flirted with other girls or when you saw the way he looked at Nancy when they were together.

You pushed yourself away from the counter top and began to gather your snacks and movies for your movie marathon, hoping the unrealistic cheesiness from the romcoms you chose would help ease that sinking feeling you felt.

‘At least someone gets to be in love’ You thought before sinking into the couch as the first movie began to play.

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It was almost midnight and your evening was going super peaceful, almost too peaceful. As you finished that thought your house phone began to ring. You picked it up to a barely audible Robin amongst the sea of loud party goers.

“Hey is this Y/Ns house?”

“No but this is their phone number” Y/N replied light heartedly.

“Oh thank god! I was hoping I remembered your number properly. It’s Robin!”

“Hey Robin! What’s up? How’s the party going?” You responded.

“It’s going great! But-“ Y/N interrupted Robin before she could continue.

“You need a favour?” Robin sighed in relief on the other side of the line.

“I met someone.” She whispered and Y/N squeaked in excitement

“That’s amazing! Tell me everything. How did you meet?!”

“I’ll have to save all the details for you tomorrow Y/N. I need that favour asap.”

“Sure thing. What ya need? Is this, by any chance, related to a certain floofy haired co-worker?”

Robin laughed before responding “Why yes it is. How on earth did you know?” She said sassily.

“Just had an inkling” You giggled “So what’s this favour that you need done asap?”

“Okay so he was meant to stay at mine tonight but I’ve met this girl and it’s rare that this opportunity comes about so I wanted to bring her home but I don’t want to send Steve home and get him in trouble and-“

“Robin its fine. Go have a fun time with this girl and l will be there in five to pick up Steve. I just need the address.”

“Y/N you’re the best” Robin says gratefully before yelling over to tinatyler or whatever their name is to ask them for their address, you guessed she was either too drunk to remember it or Steve knew but /he/ was too drunk to remember it.

“Oh don’t I know it.” You laughed before grabbing a pen and paper and writing the address down. Luckily it wasn’t too far and you had tutored a kid on the same block a couple of months back so it wouldn’t take too long for you find the house.

“One more thing I need to know before you go.”

“What is it?” Robin replied, her words beginning to slur slightly.

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“Y/N!” Steve yells at you exit your car. Robin is holding him up as they both walk forward to greet you. You laughed as Steve launches himself towards you and pulls you into a hug. You’re used to drunk Steve by now but you will never get used to the butterflies in your stomach whenever he gives you affection, drunk or not. He rarely gets drunk but when he does he’s very affectionate and happy. It’s an adorable sight to see you have to admit.

“Hey Stevie, ready to go home?” He responded by squeezing you tighter, resting his chin on top of your head.

“Nooooo I don’t want to go back home, my parents are mean.” He mumbles into your head. You lightly squeeze him back and move away from his embrace to look at him.

“No silly, you’re staying at my house tonight.”

“Ooooooooooooh! My hooome home. Okay lets goooo!” He yells before grabbing your hand and walking with you back to the car. The blush returns the second his hand made contact with yours and you curse yourself for being such a simp for this man.

“BYE ROBIN!” He yells and waves before falling into the passenger seat. You giggle before waving to Robin and the girl who was now standing beside her.

“Have fun you two! Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do!” You laugh as you get into the car and see Robin playfully flip you off before the girl links arms with her and leads her back inside. You look over to your right to see Steve is already messing with the mix tapes, trying to find a good song for you both to jam out to on your journey back home. You handed him a bottle of water before pulling out of the driveway.

“What’s is this for?” He slurred, giggling at himself for messing up his words.

“To help sober you up silly. Also you get insane motion sickness when you’re drunk so that should help.”

“You remembered that? That happened years ago.”

“Of course I remember. You threw up in the back of my mom’s car and I had to do the dishes for a month.” You both laughed as you reminisced over that disaster of a night.

“I’m still sorry about that by the way.”

“Oh suuuuuure you are” You teased as you kept your eyes focused on the road.

He chuckled lightly, taking sips of water at an attempt to sober up and not repeat the horror of that night.

You both sat in silence for the rest of the journey. Only the sounds of your stereo and the occasional swig of Steve’s water bottle filing the air.

As you pulled into your driveway you noticed Steve staring at you. You turn to look at him with a smile. He was resting his head against the seat and staring at you with a look that made your heart flutter.

“What?” You giggled as you unbuckled your seat belt and opened your door. You walked around to the other side and opened the passenger door, reaching over Steve to unbuckle his belt.

“You’re so beautiful, Y/N” You had just started to pull away from him as he said those words. You looked at him and realized your faces were only inches apart. You paused for a second, looking down at his lips and back up into his eyes before lightly sighing and helping him out of the car.

“And you’re drunk, Stevie. Let’s get you inside, huh?” You lifted his arm around your shoulder and bumped the door shut with your hip. You guided him inside and shut the front door.

“But you are beautiful Y/N! sooooo beautiful!” He accidentally yelled as you began to laugh, shushing him and guiding him towards the kitchen.

“Oh sh- sorry! Are your parents’ home?” Steve stumbled into the kitchen and leant against the counter, trying to steady himself. You took his now empty water bottle from his hands and began to refill it.

“No, it’s fine. They’ve gone to visit family for the week. I just don’t want any more noise complaints from the neighbours. Especially after last time” You chuckled, remembering the time Hopper had been called to your home because grumpy Mrs. Miller couldn’t stand you and Steve yelling the lyrics to your favourite mix tape at 10pm.

You smiled fondly at the memory before handing Steve the now refilled bottle.

“You’re on your own for the whole week? Why didn’t you say anything? I would’ve stayed over.”

“Well you can still stay the rest of the week if you want.” Steve fist pumped in victory as he gave you another hug. You nuzzled your head into Steve’s chest and let out a sigh. He started to lightly sway you both back and forth, making sure he didn’t lose balance and fall in the process.

Your smile faded as you had to once again remind yourself that this means nothing to Steve. He’s just drunk. You know this is just how drunk Steve acts, he’s like this with everyone when he’s drunk so it’s not like its aimed at you specifically and-

“You know I meant what I said right?” He interrupted your trail of thought.

“About what?”

“When I said you are beautiful. I really mean it Y/N” He moves away from you before gently placing his fingers under your chin and forcing you to look at him.

“You are the most beautiful person I know. You always look amazing. Even in that gross uniform your work forces you to wear.” You laughed lightly which in turn caused him to smile a smile that made your heart flutter more.

“Awwwww you’re blushing.” He teased before you hid your face against his chest in defeat.

“No I’m not.” You mumbled into his shirt before looking up at him again. He moved some strands of hair away from your face, his hand just resting on your jaw.

“How are you feeling, Stevie?” You whispered, feeling as if your lungs had been completely revoked of air as Steve stared into your eyes.

“I feel like I really want to kiss you.” Your eyes shot open. You were definitely not expecting that response that was for sure.

“Stevie, you’re drunk. I can’t.” Steve looked down at the floor in defeat. It was your turn to lift his face to look at you.

“I promise, if you remember this conversation tomorrow and you still want to kiss me. You can. And I will give you a thousand more in return.” You whispered, lips only inches apart before grinning and pulling away. Steve looked at you with his puppy dog eyes. You laughed, waving your index finger at him.

“Nuh uh mister. That’s not going to work. Remember this tomorrow and you can have all the kisses you want.”

“But why not nooooow.” He pulled you into another hug, continuing to pout as you giggled.

“Because I want you to be sober for our first kiss.” Steve squeezed you tight after you answer before finally removing himself off the counter and taking your hand in his. He started to gently pull you over to the bottom of the stairs.

“You don’t want to watch some movies first?” You questioned. The next words to leave Steve’s mouth made your heart almost explode.

“The sooner I go to sleep then sooner I get to wake up and kiss you.” He smiled before running up the stairs. He nearly tripped twice up the stairs, his shirt flying down the stairs as he ran to your room to change. You eventually snapped out of your love sick trance and began to ascend the stairs to your room, grabbing the bottle of water Steve left behind, grinning like an idiot the whole way there.

You entered your room to see Steve already asleep in your bed, your bedside lamp illuminating his bare back and his /pretty/ face. You leaned against the doorway, making sure you engraved this memory into your brain forever. After a little while you moved away from the doorframe and placed the bottle of water on the bedside table next to Steve. You walked around to the other side of bed and slipped under the covers, your back facing Steve as you wriggled about a little to make yourself more comfortable. You reached over the sleeping Steve to turn off the bedside lamp before drifting off to sleep.

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You awoke to the sun shining in your eyes, you covered your eyes with a groan, annoyed that you forgot to shut the blinds last night. Once you were more awake you began to remember the events of last night. Your stomach dropped. What were you meant to say to him? Does he remember anything? You took a deep breath and rolled to face him and-

He wasn’t there.

You sat up as your stomach sank, you saw the post it note on your bedside table.

‘I’m sorry, Y/N.’

Your eyes began to well up. He regretted everything you just knew it. He probably panicked and left. You wipe your eyes as you begrudgingly get out of bed and head towards the stairs, trying to think of what to say to him later. Whether it would be easier to call him or face the music and talk to him in person.

As you reached the bottom of the stairs you hear a loud metallic crash. You jumped and grabbed the bat that was near the front door, preparing yourself to start swinging at whoever decided to mess with you first thing in the morning.

“Shit!” You heard a very familiar voice yell as he threw another pancake onto a plate. You were amazed to see he had actually managed to make two whole stacks of pancakes without setting the kitchen on fire. He put his finger in his mouth groaning in pain, turning off the stove and placing the pan into sink. He was so distracted by his burnt finger that he almost didn’t see you standing at the bottom of the stairs, bat still in hand.

“Oh! Morning Y/N! Pancakes?” He gestured towards the two plates of pancakes on the kitchen counter.

“You didn’t leave?”

Steve looked baffled at the response.

“No why would I? You said I could stay for the week so I’m gunna.” He said in a sassy manner, pointing again to the pancakes.

“What else do you remember from last night, Steve?”

“But pancakes, Y/N”

“Steve please, I need to know if you remembered what I said.”

There was a long pause. The atmosphere was tense and it felt like time has slowed down to halt. It was the worst few moments of your life before he decided to speak again.

“I remember everything, Y/N.”

“And what I said?”

Steve nodded, the most love struck smile forming on his face.

“I remember”

“Do you still-”

“Yes.” Steve breathed out. You walked quickly towards Steve before reaching up and crashing your lips against his. He wound his arms around your waist and began to walk you backwards until your back came in contact with the edge of the counter. You wound your hands in his hair as he lifted you onto the counter, standing between your legs as you both continued you kiss with as much passion as you could both muster. So many years of longing and tension finally being released as your lips began to move against each other’s. Steve’s arms wrap around your waist, pulling you even closer towards him as he finally broke the kiss. He gently pressed his forehead against yours as you both try to catch your breath.

“How was that for a first kiss?” You chuckled lightly, gently kissing the hand he held in yours.

“Pretty good Harrington, I’d give it a solid 100/10”

“Sweeeeet.” You both giggled before falling back into a comfortable silence. Heads still resting against one another’s.

“So how about them pancakes?” Steve kissed your forehead in response

“Only if I get those thousand kisses in exchange.” You went bright red as Steve laughed at your reaction.

“I promise to give you a thousand in return.” You laughed back as he gently lifted you off the counter, settling you back onto the kitchen floor as you look up at him completely love-struck.

“Sounds like a good deal. I’m in.”

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“Steve?”

“Hmm” He replied, mouth stuffed full of pancake.

“What was the post it note about?”

“Oh! I accidentally stood on one of your figures and the hand snapped. I wrote the post it note so I didn’t have to face your wrath." He chuckled.

You giggle, kissing him on the cheek before continuing to eat your pancakes.

“Dingus”

“Your dingus” He corrected you, shovelling another full pancake into his mouth

“My dingus” You grin as the realization hits you. You finally got your happy ending.

[dmitri-smerdyakov]

I’m going to be so immeasurably pissed off if Secrets of Dumbledore was the last Fantastic Beasts film because of a multitude of reasons, but especially:

Autistic!Newt: autism is rarely portrayed in the media, and when it is, 99.9% of the time it’s in a negative way or as some kind of saviour p0rn stuff. Newt Scamander is not only a positive (AND CANON!) representation of autism, it’s the only one in a major franchise such as the Wizarding World, and he’s the main hero to boot. Cancelling the remaining films means we don’t get a full franchise with an autistic hero, which would suck so hard. As an autistic person, I really want to see more of Newt and am beyond thankful for how Eddie has clearly done his research and played Newt so beautifully and respectfully.

Newtina: Even putting aside the fact I’m a Newtina shipper, it would be awful if we don’t get the remaining two films to show how Newt and Tina ended up married with great grandkids and living in Dorset in their 120s. Not being funny but all the side couples have had their time to shine: Jacob and Queenie are now married, and Grindelwald/Dumbledore’s blood pact thing is solved, although yes, there’s also the duel but still, it definitely felt like there was closure of some kind to the romantic side of their story in SoD. Newt is the main character and Tina is (supposed to be, fuck you JK/WB) the female lead as well as his canon love interest/future wife. It’s just stupid to tease them in the first movie and not give any kind of closure or progress to their relationship beyond the literal crumbs in the following two films. It’s long past overdue to let Newt and Tina have some focus and to give Jacob/Queenie / other couples a more background role.

Tina Goldstein: What they’ve done with Tina’s character is disgusting. “She’s busy” - fuck off with your lame excuse for her absence in this film. It’s so painfully obvious Katherine was cut because she spoke out about JKR - and if it’s not that, she’s certainly had a huge falling out with JK/WB because she has done zero promotion for SoD beyond turning up at the London premiere specifically just for the fans (as shown by the hours she spent taking photos and signing stuff, which btw I witnessed in person! I was there!), and when she posted a picture of herself at the premiere, she didn’t mention the film, just shouted out her make up and hair people. She’s supposed to be the main female character, and they’ve delegated her to little more than a cameo. As a Tina fan, it really hurts to see because she’s the reason I fell in love with the first film because I saw myself in her character. I want the last two films just so that Warner Bros can give her character the development she deserves because apart from the first film, her only role in CoG and SoD has been reduced to 1) to be mad at Newt, 2) to go after Credence and then have that plot line dropped, and 3) to turn up at a wedding.

Other Characters: I want to see more of Lally because I fucking adore her! She’s probably my favourite female character after Tina! I want more of Theseus, and more of the Scamander brothers relationship! What happened to Nagini? I want to see more Jacob too, more Queenie, more Yusuf, and I even can’t wait to see any new characters that might appear! (They can keep Bunty tho lmfao her and her actress are trash - and yes, I am allowed to say that because I witnessed VY being shit in person so yeah fuck her)

The Beasts: Umm, hello??? Warner Bros are really going to deny us more of Teddy the Niffler??? More of Pickett??? The Baby Nifflers??? I want to see more Mooncalves, more Fwoopers, more magical creatures! The series is literally called “Fantastic Beasts”, can we PLEASE have more beasts???

The Cast: I just love so many of our cast and miss the days where they seemed to be enthusiastic about the franchise - now the only ones who seem excited anymore are Eddie and Mads (and VY but like I said she’s stuck up so f*ck her) I miss seeing Eddie and Katherine on screen together, I miss the Fantastic Foursome of Eddie/Katherine/Dan/Alison on-screen together. I want to see more of Mads as Grindelwald despite the controversy surrounding his casting. I love Callum and Jessica and Jude, and want to see more of them.

[firealder2005]

Guest what?

My grandma took me to the theater....and surprised me with tickets to the Secrets of Dumbledore!

WHOO

I will be acknowledging my stance on the jkr debacle later. (Spoiler: I do not support her) Rn I wanna scream about this movie.

So...Spoiler alert!

DUMBLEDORE ADMITTED HE LOVED GRINDAWALD. TWICE. SCORE FOR THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY.

CREDENCE. he is a dumbledore. Just not what we initially thought. He's Aberforth's son! AND HE'S DYING. THE OBSCRUOUS IS KILLING HIM NO.

MORE FANTASTIC BEASTS YES. (though the scorpion-like creatures kinda freaked me out. I don't like things with many legs. *shudders*)

THE QILIN IS SO CUTE HOW DARE GRINDAWALD KILL ONE HOW DARE YOU SHAME FOR A THOUSAND YEARS-

JACOB AND QUEENIE YES. YOU GO JACOB. SHOW GRINDAWALD YOU WON'T TAKE ANY SHIT YEAH.

NEWT. NEWT MY BOY I LOVE YOU SO MUCH

THESEUS IS BACK BRO YES

I love how the Scamander bros relationship kind of echoes the dumbledores'. But they'll have a better one I believe.

ABERFORTH YES I AM LOVING ABERFORTH YO

The professor character (I can't remember her name rn and I can't look it up bc I will lose what I'm typing) is so cool! Am I the only one shipping her and theseus?

EDIT 2/20/22: EULALIE HICKS IS HER NAME SHE IS SO COOL I LOVE HER.

BUNTY YOU ARE AMAZING.

WHY WAS TINA ONLY IN THERE A FEW TIMES? I WANT ANSWERS.

also....NEWT AND TINA YES

QUEENIE AND JACOB ARE MARRIED YAY

EDIT 4/2/22 WHERE IS NAGINI. THIS QUESTION ENTERED MY HEAD WHEN I WATCHED CRIMS OF GRINDAWALD WHERE IS SHE.

EDIT 5/3/22 CLAUDIA KIM WHO PLAYS NAGINI WASN'T IN THE MOVIE BECAUSE SHE FOUND OUT SHE WAS PREGNANT OKAY I FEEL BETTER NOW

[preciouslittletoonette]

Hi OP, I'm just gonna hijack this post real quick, hope you don't mind.

Hi Anon. I hope this gets to you because I got some points I want to make.

Looney Tunes should ABSOLUTELY introduce more female characters!!! I need more silly girlies in my life. Can never have enough of them.

And I hesitate to say the cast is bloated because the overall cast across all Looney Tunes media is over 200, but the only like 10 of them ever make it to advertising. And like, we're never gonna see the WHOLE cast together unless its something like ugh Space Jam. But we don't need to have the whole cast together because Looney Tunes doesn't work like that. Anyways, getting a bit off-topic.

So see, the thing is about Looney Tunes: a lot of what made Looney Tunes great was the open experimentation. Creating new characters, gags, putting characters together, creating new dynamics amongst established characters just to see if they work well together (eg. Baffy- which did extremely well; Daffy & Speedy- which did extremely poorly). Like a lot of Chuck Jones' greatest works come from a Higher Up telling him "You can't do this! This won't work!" to which Chuck replies with "Bet". And then, surprise surprise, it works. Because you let the creatives cook.

But the other thing, and this is the deciding factor of whether an LT character sticks around long-term, is star power and just how much the creators like them. Like you don't have to make bank the same level as Bugs Bunny does. You just have to make a sizable amount of money AND have the general audience recognise you, as your creators really pushed said character forward and are actively experimenting with them to see what can work with them and what doesn't. It took Warner Bros. 2-3 whole years to make a rabbit character stick until we got Bugs Bunny.

While I'm not the biggest New Looney Tunes fan, I do give them a couple of claps for trying to create new characters to add to the roster, including female characters (both protagonist and antagonist female characters) as well as FINALLY giving Lola her own solo shorts that got nothing to do with Bugs or their relationship. But New Looney Tunes suffers from two things it drags it down: its humor and its art direction.

Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020) did absolutely phenomenally with its humor and art direction. But it lacked that experimental angle NLT at least had going for it. Looney Tunes always took a chance to try a new dynamic but LTC unfortunately stuck to what worked in the late 30s/early 40s (basically Porky & Daffy; Bugs & Elmer/Yosemite/Marvin; Tweety & Sylvester, etc.) And while I don't hate it.... come on LTC, not even ONE Bugs, Daffy & Porky team up short? I always wanted to see that version of Bugs and Daffy interact. They would have destroyed the world together ❤️ 🥺 and drive poor Porky nuts.

I think in order for us to get a new female character in the main cast of Looney Tunes in the way I suppose Anon would want, she would have to get introduced through a movie. Not a series. A movie. And that movie would have to do well and that character would have to be received well, which will be challenging considering how a lot of Looney Tunes fans can be a bit purist, there are a few that don't even love Lola simply because all Lola was there for was for sex appeal. But at least Warner Bros has recently been trying to figure out Lola's character. NLT gave her two solo shorts and she recently appeared in Tiny Toons Looniversity also with no connection to Bugs, allowing her to exist outside of him, which is something I'd like for a lot of the few female LTs that are around, particularly Melissa/Tina and Petunia (Petunia is the only LT love interest I am confident in saying she is the Minnie to Porky's Mickey)

Yeah, but a movie will have to do it. Warner Bros, for as many series as they make of LTs, only ever took the full length films seriously nowadays, like Space Jam 🤢. But even then, Warner Bros constantly make the most asinine, sky levels of stupid decisions when it comes to their properties (the Coyote vs Acme debacle). So who knows really, eish.

But I do hope we get some more girls in someday. The likelihood of them joining the main cast is very low unless they're in a movie, but to me, I don't mind them not being in the main cast (or rather: the advertisement cast tbh). I just need them to be silly, and I know the Fandom will love them. Because many LT fans are also fans of Animaniacs and Tiny Toons, and Dot Warner along with Babs Bunny are quite beloved. Perhaps, I'm being optimistic, but I don't think the toon fandom has a problem with women (or at least, I'm unaware what the problem is). But I do think should we get a new female character, the only thing the audience will look for is: does she make us laugh. And if so:

She will be loved.

I know looney tunes won’t introduce more characters due to the cast already being bloated but I wish they added more female stars when they had the chance and that makes me really sad.

But then again the toon fandom already have a women problem so they would probably be overshadowed in favor of the guys.

[vavuska]

Who changed Lola Bunny?

Malcolm D. Lee explained, “This is 2021. It’s important to reflect the authenticity of strong, capable female characters. … So we reworked a lot of things, not only her look, like making sure she had an appropriate length on her shorts and was feminine without being objectified, but gave her a real voice. For us, it was, ‘Let’s ground her athletic prowess, her leadership skills, and make her as full a character as the others.'”

(See the complete interview here: X)

So, gone are her curves, thigh-high drawstring shorts and midriff-baring crop top. Instead, Lola Bunny now takes on a sportier look wearing a more standard basketball vest and leggings under her track shorts.

But, let's see more deeply what determinated this choice:

1. Being mad at a fan art is sad, people.

Before, a sad 50 yo guy starts complaing about how "cancel culture" or "politically correct" ruined his life - Really? Changing a cartoon bunny from a movie you didn't see for a decade ruined your life? Wow. Someone should really review the list of their priorities -, let's see how really Lola looked in the 1996 original Space Jam.

Here we have original Lola Bunny:

(Here you can see all Lola's scenes in Space Jam: X)

Yes, Lola walked in a sexy way that show off her curves, or at least she seemed to have curves (a little breast, tight waist, long legs, bootie), but those are not big as in the fan art you are seeing around, and Lola's curves are not evidenced during the match or when she played. Is more her attitude and posture that made her look sexy. However, althought her curves clearly changes every time she is doing something different, from action to action, there are some scenes in which she is purposely made sexy, with saxophone music as soundtrack and male-gaze sections that ends in the same way, Lola surrounded by a bunch of horny and howling cartoon guys.

That's appropriate with Jessica Rabbit: she is purposely made and designed as a parody of the femme fatale from old hard boiler movies, in which attractive, mysterious women were portrayed as evil and manipulative gals who hide criminal intentions. Jessica, with her intentionally exaggerated body, subverted the misogyny of 40s and 30s detective movies: she is kind-hearted, truly loves her naive and goofy husband Roger and uses her powers (beauty and cunning) to protect him. Her body too is used for comic sketches, while this not happens for Lola, that's just a serious and indipendent basketball player. So, the male obsession for her body is out of place, expecially because she reacted with anger at being misconsidered only for being an attractive female bunny. “Don't call me doll” is her catch phrase. So, it seems strange she didn't react at all at the very sexualized presentation at the final basketball match: Lola simply shows her basketball skills, ignoring or accepting passively the reaction of the honey crowd of wolves around her. (Please, notice the association: Lola “admirers” are wolves, predators, while Lola, their object of desire, is a rabbit, a prey)

This is the cartoon version of cat calling: they are like a group of men who sit on their porches and whistle at girls everyday when they walk in from of them. A normal girl or woman would pass over this thing, even if they are bothered, unconfortable or embarassed, because they are more scared by a possible violent reaction of this whistling horny guys at their legitimate anger objections. But here, we are talking of Lola, a strong Looney Tunes bunny, and she could smash that damn basket ball on wolves' face, breaking all their teeth. That would be very a Looney reaction. But Lola doesn't react at all at this situation. Here, on my opinion, screenplayers missed an opportunity, but probably they thought to have already did too much with Lola's personality and “girl power”.

Remember also that Lola is the only young cartoon female character we see in the whole movie. So we can't do a proper comparison with other female relevant characters' rapresentation. (See here for a deeper analysis of Lola's origin and development: X)

However, compared with Bugs, Lola looks more fit, more humanized than Bugs. Lola has clearly a definited breast and booty, but it looks like is more her posture that makes them relevant. Lola has clearly shoulders back to show the rack. Bugs is anthropomorphic but remains an animal, has no shoulders or pectorals more like a human and looks a bit over-weight (fat belly). And his posture don't keep that stomach in, chin up, and march forward.

Lola, on the other hand, has a more human structure. That's why I say she has curves. An example are Mickey and Minnie who are two beans in the same way it is not that Mickey is a bean and Minnie has small tits, they are structurally alike.

Lola's body remembers highly No-Ribs-Jasmine from Aladdin (see the gif for reference). That unrealistic Barbie-like waist that was so popular in the 90s and 80s. (See here for references: X and X)

Now, we are changed a lot from the past 24 years. Barbies didn't have that impossible, unrealistic waist-line anymore, Disney princess concept has changed (see Merida and Moana).

Lola concept is changed in 2012: her design for the new cartoons is totally different and her personality too. She wear a blue or violet dress, almost flat-chested and she was made annoying and silly, just to make a contrast with Bugs smarter. Just like Daffy Duck is dumb as hell and his new girlfriend, Tina Russo (no more dear old Melissa Duck), is way smarter than him. Tina is tough, street-smart, rebellious and feisty. But we will see this thing in the next point.

2. People on the upper floors hated Lola personality.

Lola Bunny had only few lines in Space Jam, but she definitely passed the first impression that she was draw only for make male characters fall in love. Lola was a good basketball player and show it off, in front of a skeptical and then astonish bunch of cartoon guys and also Michael Jordan. She also had a strong personality and said it clear to Bugs she didn't like being called "doll". Lola was beauty and curvy, but not a cheerleader. Lola was a basketball player. Remember this part, because we will talk about basketball in the next point.

If at the box office Space Jam was a success, at Warner Bros there were those who turn up their noses, and they are important people, from the upper floors, who accused the film with Michael Jordan of having completely distorted the philosophy of the Looney Tunes. They blamed Lola Bunny more than everything else. Producers of Warner Bros said she was too perfect for the moody group of Warner cartoons: she was too sensual, provocative and independent, totally alien to that core of crazy characters that act as an exaggeration of the vices of 'man.

And fans hated her too. Chuck Jones, creator of the Merrie Melodies said: "Lola Bunny is a character with no future, she’s a totally worthless character with no personality."

So, Lola Bunny was deleted. Lola would make only some brief apparitions in some comics edited by DC Comics, in Baby Looney Tunes, in which she was a toddler with a very similar personality and resemblance to Space Jam adult version, and also as playable character in some unsuccessful videogames.

Years passed and projects for a sequel of Space Jam never become reality, so in 2003 Warner Bros relased Looney Tunes Back in Action. But Lola wasn't here, because the movie purposely want to make a deep cut with what we saw in Space Jam, according to what said it's director Joe Dante. This movie was a totally failure, but it gave back to Looney Tunes their craziness.

Years passed again, but this time is 2011, 10th of May on Cartoon Network was relased the second episode of The Looney Tunes Show. The series aimed to strongly relaunch the Looney Tunes, long gone from the glories of the past, updating the stories of Bugs Bunny and associates in a sitcom key, with the rabbit sharing a house with Daffy Duck in a suburb of Los Angeles. All interspersed with sketches by Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner done in CGI and the updated return of the Merrie Melodies. But the big news of the second episode is that LOLA BUNNY RETURNED.

And Lola was a character with some relevance within the series, even if something didn't seem right with her. Lola looked different, she was no longer the rabbit version of the femme fatale seen in Space Jam: she was naive, talkative, with her head in the clouds, crazy to the point of becoming Bugs Bunny's stalker. Bugs after having fallen in love with her at first glance understands on the first date that he absolutely can't stand Lola. She is no longer the Lola we used to know, even if the appearance is similar and the name is the same. Lola is effectively a Looney Tunes now. And the fans like her, the public like her, Warner Bros like her.

(See Lola in The Looney Tunes Show here: X)

But this is a big walk in behind from the indipent character we used to know in Space Jam. Lola was turned into the stereotype of the crazy girlfriend for a while. And this is not a surprise, if we remember that in 2012 were popular the "overly attached girlfriend" meme template. (See here for references: X)

However, in The Looney Toons Show Lola has some very funny moments, while in Space Jam she was more serious and a little out of space among the other characters. (See here for references: X)

3. What women wear when they play basketball?

Women's National Basketball Association was only created in 1996. So, women's basketball were not considered - and still is not considered - as important as men's basketball at the time Space Jam was filmed.

In Space Jam 2 there will be WNBA players with a significant role, for example Diana Taurasi and Nneka Ogwumike.

Professional female athletes aren't that curvy because curves are determined by body fat and they have a little.

As a busty volleyball player, I can say, dear people, breats could be very annoying during sport activities: it could be a pain, when you run or jump. That's because a lot of women wear sport bra to compress and support their breast. Sports bra may also include layered cups or a high neck to keep everything in place and protect from painful hits, so women can be safe and comfortable during workouts.

Female basketball players didn't wear crop-tops and tight shorts to play. They wear exactly what Lola wears in the picture above: long sleeveless tees, large shorts and maybe protective gears such as knee pads, sleeves or braces to reduce chronic pain caused by the immense burden put on the knees in basketball, to prevent bruises caused by collisions and hard fall and to provide support after a significant knee injury like an ACL tear. They could wear also compressive arms sleeves to help muscles that are sore or overworked to recover faster. The sleeve enables your blood flow to circulate quicker to the heart, which helps you heal and recover quicker.

Wow. WNBA wears Exactly what wear NBA players. So surprising.

4. This is only a promotional character sketch, not what Lola would look in the movie.

Space Jam 2 would be developed in CGI and there are a little preview frames going around, included one showing Lola jumping and you can see her breast shape. But she totally looks like a comic cartoon character. It's not humanized. It's not designed to be the sexy love interest. She doesn't look out of space among the others anymore, expecially because seems that there would be also Tweety's Granny and Melissa Duck or Tina Russo as players too.

5. Reality.

Really? You want a human anthropomorphic rabbit? Well, Lola as a rabbit would have something like six nipples, but no human-like breast. And, also, real life girls have ribs. No one in real life is that thin. Oh, well, if you don't considered Pixee Fox, a model who had surgically removed six ribs and wears daily a compressive bust corset (yes, like the one that made Elizabeth Swan faint in the first movie of Pirate of the Caribbean) to look like a cartoon fairy (Tinkerbell, you are the one to blame for this).

(See here for references: X)

In conclusion, we can say that all this controversy is based only on a porny fan art and that Lola “new” graphic isn't change too much from the original Space Jam movie. It's just a little more cartoonish.

We can also firmly remeber that Space Jam 2 is going to be developed for children, to relunch Looney Tunes among new generations of children, who are the largest buyers of merchandising (including Happy Meals surprises) and consumers of new cartoons that surely would be developed, if Space Jam 2 would be a success.

However, we should admit that those kids probably know better the 2011 version of Lola than her original version and that 2011 version was more appreciated by fans and producers. Lola's voice actress, Kristen Wiin won BTVA People's Choice Voice Acting Award in 2012 and was nominated for that prize also about three times in the following years. Also Rachel Ramras, Lola's voice actor was nominated for BTVA People's Choice Voice Acting Award in 2016 for her role in Looney Tunes: Rabbit Run.

We don't know anything about Lola's personality in Space Jam 2, so we can't do a proper comparison or a prevision, but, according to what Malcolm D. Lee said, we can assume that original personality of Lola would be preserved.

The controversy is relevant only for Lola's body and not for her personality, and that's is highly rappresentative of what impressed more this bunch of grow-up kids. They grow up to be like the horny wolves and they are howling because their prey is not available anymore.

And, to be honest, being so obsessed with the breast and the body of a cartoon character (that is clearly made up for kids) it's not sane at all. Sorry to say that, but sometimes people need to drink from a bottle of truth.