#Digi Gnome

[loyaldis]

Old art I dug up from the void (From 2013, I think) Bringing them back because I actually like them and I haven't posted those to my blog. (I couldn't find them at least)

(Sad to see that my skill has deteriorated so much over the years)

[alphagodith]

this attack makes me SO happy! thankyou SO much for it! i have several ideas for revenge, just gotta get the hand to work for me.

first batch of our artfight attacks!

1 and 2 are part of a revenge chain with @bolinhokidlat (the second of which features a character by @dosshie )

3 is an attack against @alphagodith

4 is revenge against @vhscrow

we're having a lot of fun so far and have been trying tot both not overdo it with individual attacks (for the most part) and also work on some skills that we haven't gotten as comfortable with yet. namely, you might notice we've been doing entirely cel shading so far. we usually prefer doing soft shading, but for the comic we're working on, we need to be able to confidently cel shade, so! yeah, lmao.

also we've discovered you can drag materials/import image materials into a selection and CSP automatically creates a masking layer with that material??? like what the hell??? we've been using this program for like 6 years and you're gonna tell me we didn't notice that? anyways

we continue our quest to attack a silly amount of folks with digimon >:)c

-sky

[world-class-pizza-pals]

Blueprint OOC here, sorry I forgot to sign it! Uh, I'm trying to say they've set up shop in Bloodsauce, so you know where they've taken Digi and Baron (since uh, Gnome Forest was sorta compromised.) An icebox in one of the hottest levels, sorta like how the Gnome Forest lab was like a technological rash in the very natural level.

[The mod thanks you for the explanation.]

[Baron began to stir, and groaned as he pushed himself up. He was surrounded by clones.]

Wh-

[A clone or two hissed.]

Jesus, all I did was get up-

... Where are we..?

[jarkinesbrainstew]

you have mentioned your ocs. please info dump at me about them.

I wish to know :)

Ooh. A chance to info dump. This will be long.

I have a set, and then 3 unrelated characters.

The set is from a thing I did/am doing with @azures-grace that we call G², which is basically sci-fi D&D.

Tabbitha Gears is from a race of Steampunk cyborg dwarves called Steamers. She and her twin brother were separated at the orphanage, and both became clerics for the same god completely separate from each other.

Helix Digi is a Gnome, as well as a clone of a god, but he thinks he's a G-nome, which are a race of slightly modified Gnome Clones. He lost his entire planet when it exploded while he was off world. He because an assassin in the inter-planetary army before he met Tabbitha and, once his service was up, he joined her in adventuring.

Saul Greatwood is a half elf bard who's mother is a traveling assassin, so he's never actually met her. His dad was killed by a dragon and their house was destroyed. Saul moved to the city where he met his cousin and they became some of the youngest brawlers in the city.

Daniel Fireking is a human cyborg, and Saul's cousin. in a really bad accident during a match, he all but died, and lost use of most of his body. Tabbitha and Helix managed to help stabilize him and build him a new arm, leg, and half of his face. He and Saul joined the two, and now have a family.

Jebbeda Lore is a Gnome, and one of the creators of the G-nomes. He and his, at the time, girlfriend made a giant magical artefact that takes the DNA of all Gnomes and scrambles it to make completely new ones. He is Helix's template.

There's also Sergor Greystone, but I just made him a faceless villain, Azure made him a person, so I only get him on every other holiday.

On to the unrelated characters, in order or creation.

Victor Augustus Pierce is a 16 year old ex-BMXer. He crushed his leg in a really bad crash. His parents suck, and so he spends most of his time either protecting his little sister from them, or with his friend group of psychos, including a Quiet Kid, a murderer with split personality, the split personality, who is the nicest person you'll meet in that town, a mad scientist child, a 13 year old who regularly gets drunk, and, after some shenanigans, the Quiet Kid's sister who had been missing for a year.

William Foe, real name Jax Carver, is a human adventure, and one of the founding members of the largest thieves guild in a month straight of travel. He and his adopted brother, Torguk, went on one last heist before they were planning to retire. They found this chest full of jewelry, and put on the two most cursed items. They are now on opposite ends of the moral spectrum, and Torguk wants William dead. William, now bestowed with life magic, is off on a quest to break the curse on himself and his brother. He is a Barbarian who doesn't like violence.

Niq is a robot assassin, who should in no way be working. He woke up half built, half programmed,and without a power source. He was awakened by the first bit of magic in centuries, and went on to build himself a complete body, and become an assassin. That's really all I have for Niq.

[digimonpolls]

Actually I don't know how many 'creatures' digimon has if we're also counting appmon and things like digi gnomes

[cloudcountry]

Fun Fact! The creator of gravity falls, Alex Hirsch voiced a ton of characters in the show! The list I found was Grunkle Stan, Soos, Additional Voices, Old Man McGucket, Bill Cipher, Jeff the Gnome, Mayor Befufftlefumpter, Nate, Sev'ral Timez, Digi-Cod, Dippy Fresh, Gnomes, Jimmy, Laser Tag Announcer, Mayor Befufflefumpter, Old Man McGurket, Puppeteer, Quentin Trembley, Sev'ral Times, Sev'ral Timez Band Members, Shimmery Twinkleheart, Shmebulock Sr., Teen, The Cheapskate, Young McGucket

-magical girl anon

.,.,..,,.yk for some reason i'm not surprised!! hirsch is obviously talented but like Wow because voice acting is hard!! that's really impressive!!!

[dante-heller]

Well it's a good thing they explained that Calu is a digi-gnome by visual association.

[kathyloves2read]

Doodle Challenge - Day 7

Doodle Challenge – Day 7

My doodle for day 7 illustrates another way to draw. I’m learning how to use Procreate on my iPad. I drew this gnome using several different brushes in the Procreate app. The hat was done with a textured brush. Doodling doesn’t have to be on paper. You can create electronic doodles too. Have you tried any drawing apps? What is your favorite? Please, share your work. Thanks for reading!

[tillythemagpie]

I always always always headcanon at some point either Renamon can ask the Digi-gnomes (or other plot point) to evolve to Sakuyamon without needing Ruki all the time

Ooor she gains a new power which allows her to shapeshift into a human looking woman (kitsunes have loads of stories where they do that), and I mean, why not, Digimon makes up its rules as it goes along, so *shrug*

bc her being intimate with Beelze in a humanoid form is much more appealing to me but I have to dance around the bushes so people don’t accuse me of nasty stuff...

[tharrb]

Digimon tamers retrospective- Episode 40

The sovereigns attempted to hide the catalyst in order to prevent the d-reaper from reawakening, but since that’s impossible now, they’re going to have calumon unleash the light in order to stand some kind of chance against the d-reaper

Ironically, Zhuqiaomon could have gotten what he wanted, if only he been nicer about it, and not have let his hatred of humans cloud his judgement

“Staying here can only end in tragedy” “but it’s already ending in tragedy” oh you have no idea…

Jeri has also taking a darker sense of humor with her puppet(either that or it’s the d-reaper talking)

So beelzemon has been acting like a violent drug addict this whole arc, constantly chasing his next high(which just happens to involve murder other digimon to load their data) however, his remorse for killing Leomon has caused him to quit cold turkey, causing him to suffer withdrawal(which included hallucinations, depression, and irritability)

“We’ll bike boy you really messed it up this time. Now what are you gonna do? Nothing, because you fouled up that to that’s why” I think beelzemon may have tried to continue to load data, but he lost the will to do so because of his depression

“Your so pathetic” yeah you are, you’ve tried to kill you friends, and for what”

And now he’s starting to see Jeri’s dead eyed expression gazing right into is soul(or at least the pit where his soul used to be)

“WHAT ARE YOU NOT LOOKING AT HUH?!” Ok that was pretty funny

“And you…WHAT DO YOU WANT?!” He’s scream at nothing, begging for the faces of the girl he traumatized to leave him alone

Meanwhile the chrysalimon swarm he’s ass for killing their kin. He would have died were it not for them digivolving into diaboromon

“Take it back! TAKE BACK THE POWER!!! I don’t want it..”

“That thing is toying with us!” “You give it too much credit” no it won’t be toying with anyone just yet

Bahihumon got like two lines of dialog

I love how the sovereigns say that calumon needs to bring back the light, that it’s his duty. But azulongmon is like “what is it that you want”

Also, we get a glimpse of calumons evolved form perhaps?

It’s like a all stars of mega digimon

We also see that the digi-gnomes wish granting capabilities of limits, seeing as how a bunch of them died in order to spread calumons light

I found it strange that kenta initially rejected marineangemon. Maybe he thought the seahorse digimon belonged with the other megas, or that he didn’t want to be a tamer anymore knowing what it would bring. Fortunately, he gets his wish anyway

Speaking of which, marineangemon is mentally still a baby despite being a mega level, probably do to evolve if straight from the fresh level

“It’s not necessary though, sadness can be deleted” and now Jeri’s hand puppet is talking on its own and telling her that It can “delete her sadness”

At this point, jeri is letting herself get dragged by this puppet, either because she’s desperate enough to not feel sadness anymore (and thinks her friends would be better off without her) or she been hypnotized by it(possibly both)

You might have noticed that Jeri’s eyes were originally an orange shade, before reverting to a more natural brown. The life in her eyes has been drain as they reveal her true colors. Why is this important? well…

Seriously is nobody watching her?

Jeri shows up with soulless eye, her skin lacking pigment, and is completely nonverbal

Kazu:”she must have taken a potty break lol”

The rest of the audience:

I know we joke about how the tamers didn’t pick up that something was seriously wrong, but(aside from being pressed for time) they probably assumed jeri had simply retreated within herself completely because of the trauma she’d endure. Plus, while they might have know something was up, “jeri was replaced by the d-reaper” was probably not their first thought

Still, they will wish they had kept a closer eye on her…

The arc the monster makers was originally an interface program that allowed users to access the internet(aka clippy) but was modified with the core programming of a digimon(aka a digicore) I believe that both the monster makers arc and shibumi’s arc and blue card algorithm are based on the same program

Zhuqiaomon:”I find your ways disgusting, but I’ll respect you decision to be disgusting”

So the d-reaper attacks the Hypnos system, despite the fact that it wants to enter the real world. Maybe it was trying to enter, but accidentally took out the tracks(keep in mind it’s not very bright at this point)

So now renamon can sense impmons presence. She and rika decide to go back for, since they know he’ll die he he stays here, and they can’t let that happen even after all he’s done

Hypnos is getting power from computers all over the globe. It’s a good thing people were gullible enough for what would normally be a scam

Also funny that ryo is now comfortable with bringing back cyberdramon. I guess being exposed to calumons light made him more docile

[digimon-icons]

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[shacestudies]

Digimon Tamers: Episode 30

The Imperfect Storm

I am also worried about Rika.

Digi-Gnomes!

My boy!

“Lemme murder somebody.”

It’s okay to not like people, y’know.

Ah zingers.

[birbleafs]

[fic] An Interlude Between Friends

Series: Artemis Fowl Rating: G Genre: Friendship & Humour, Post-series Character(s): Holly Short, Artemis Fowl II, Foaly Warnings: Feels, probably. Mentions of past (major) character death Summary: One cursory glance from the report scrolling across her visor screen and she’d already caught on that this was less a scouting mission and more Friendly Intervention, A.K.A. Maybe Get Whatever’s Gnawing At You Off Your Mind With A Friend. Or, in which Holly Short comes to terms with the changes in her life but remains grateful for the little constants—one being her friendship with a certain Artemis Fowl.

A/N: For indefiniteimpala, as part of the AF Yuletide Exchange 2019. Happy holidays! I had a lot of fun writing about Holly and Arty again and hope you'll enjoy this story :) This fic is set post-TLG, without taking into account the events in The Fowl Twins as I started drafting ideas before the new book was released (so no spoilers for TFT). Many thanks to Digi-bro for the last-minute beta work ♥

Fic can also be read on AO3 _______

She could hardly hold back her laughter as he recounted the incident where, out of his love for his darling mother and against his better judgement, he had offered and participated, several weeks ago, in an amateur bake-off organized by Angeline Fowl and her colleagues as part of the Trinity College fundraising event for Dublin’s homeless.

Needless to say, it had been Artemis Fowl the Second’s most excruciatingly embarrassing attempt (and subsequent failure) at making cherry soufflé. “Couldn’t you have gone with the chocolate cake instead?” Holly grinned, wiping tears of mirth from her eyes. “First of all, it’s not simply a chocolate cake,” Artemis said, brows creased as though offended by such blasé abasement of a world-renowned delicacy. “Sachertorte is a Viennese speciality, with an illustrious history as the centrepiece of a long-simmering feud between Hotel Sacher and Café Demel that spanned two whole centuries. And second, despite the clean simplicity of its look and flavour, it is far more tedious to bake than your classic soufflé.” Holly groaned, her grin quickly morphing into a wince. “Spare me the sordid details, Arty. Does it matter anyway? You make working the kitchens seem like an extreme sport, exploding sandwiches and all.”

This time it was Artemis’s turn to grimace, her words hearkening back to yet another old, embarrassing memory. Still, he had the grace to accept the jibe, conceding defeat. “Touché.” They sat, side by side, in the shade of a towering oak overlooking the remnants of the Martello tower and where the old Berserker Gate once stood. Clusters of orange roses bobbed between blades of green, the summer breeze a gentle ripple through the meadows. Holly closed her eyes, enjoying the warmth of the sun over her skin and the scent of the fairy roses wafting all around them. As much as she loved her home and friends back in the Lower Elements, there was always a bone-achingly deep sense of yearning that she shared with all fairies for the world above. She would always miss the unbridled joy and freedom she’d bask in whenever she soared through the endless skies, taking in the view of the lands before her, watching the sun slowly inch its way back into its woodland nest of aspen and silver birches that lined the horizon while the skies rippled from shades of burnished gold and vermilion into a deep, velvet indigo canvas where the stars would flicker, one by one, a scattering of candlelight in the night. The two friends—human and fairy—had taken to spending what little time they had together like this, whenever Artemis wasn’t traipsing halfway across the globe for weeks on end as a guest speaker for various academic conferences, or whenever Holly could spare a few days or hours off, depending on her schedule and on Commander Kelp’s fluctuating moods. Or in this case, depending on a certain centaur’s propensity for sticking his nose into other people’s business. Holly frowned. Truth be told, ever since she’d finally (albeit with a little half-hearted reluctance) accepted her promotion to Wing Commander of Recon Special Ops, she had, quite surprisingly, been in a dour mood, short on patience, and even sharper with her tongue. Foaly was used to her smart comebacks, of course, and usually he enjoyed trading witty jibes with the elf. But even he had found her words to be a touch more churlish than usual. And that was saying a lot coming from the centaur, whose hide was as thick as it gets. Holly knew Foaly was concerned, as any decent friend would be, and had tried to nudge her into talking about whatever it was bothering her, to no avail. What she didn’t realize was how far he’d been willing to go to get her to talk—if not to him, then at least to someone, even if that someone was a young Irishman waiting leagues above Haven. “‘Sightings of the extra-terrestrial inhuman kind’? I can’t believe you of all people would pull a stunt like this behind Trouble’s back,” Holly had muttered when she arrived at E1, easing her pod into the docking station. One cursory glance from the report scrolling across her visor screen and she’d already caught on that this was less a scouting mission and more Friendly Intervention, A.K.A. Maybe Get Whatever’s Gnawing At You Off Your Mind With A Friend. “I didn’t go behind the Commander’s back,” Foaly’s protest crackled over her comm speakers. “He agreed that you needed a time-out. But with your promotion to Wing Commander, and as a friend, he didn’t want to impose a forced leave upon you. I just convinced him that a tiny bluff was probably easier and way more efficient.” Holly only snorted, a flare of irritation rising from her gut. She held her tongue, however, not trusting herself from vocalizing a scathing remark. As if he had sensed her indignation through the static, Foaly gave an apologetic cough and said, “Listen Holly, I’m worried about you, all right? This probably isn’t the best way and I’m sorry for the bluff. But whatever’s been bothering you... You can’t keep it bottled up like this. Besides, it’s been a while since you two met. So, try to make the most of it, yeah?” The centaur gave a short, breathy chuckle, to lighten the mood. “Even newly minted Commanders need to gambol about in strawberry fields sometimes. I heard that in a Mud Man song once—or maybe it was by that gnome and dwarf act, Dung Beetles? Huh, I’m always mixing up the two.” And so here she was, sitting beside Artemis Fowl, ex-criminal virtuoso and now friend of the People, listening and laughing together with the young man as he recounted stories of his latest misadventures of the non-magical kind and with hardly any actual thievery involved. Holly hated to admit it, but even a few moments spent with Artemis like this, away from the cacophony of city life in Haven, from the growing weight of all these new responsibilities, expectations—fears, uncertainties, disappointments —it was strangely comforting. She found some solace in his company and was grateful for it, but... She sighed, hunching forward. Despite her best attempts, she couldn’t stave off her earlier sullen mood from creeping through the brief respite. The sudden shift of moods between them hardly went unnoticed by Artemis, of course. She was all too familiar with how attuned he was to the slight changes in her body language. “Something on your mind, Commander?” Artemis ventured, his voice still light with teasing. Holly flinched visibly at his use of her newly conferred title as though he’d thrown a stifling cloak over her. An uncomfortable knot twisted in her gut. “This feels wrong,” she said abruptly, feeling the pinpricks of unshed tears sting the corners of her eyes. Artemis turned towards her, a flicker of puzzlement and concern crossing his features. Still, there was something in his gaze that suggested he was already making a calculated guess about the nature of her sudden distress. But he only leaned closer, nudging his shoulder gently against hers, even as Holly kept her arms wrapped around her chest as if to shield herself from opening up. From giving voice to the dull ache of grief and loss—fears, expectations, disappointments—she had carefully kept tucked away in the background amidst all the congratulatory wishes she’d received when her promotion had been officially announced internally to the rest of LEP. “What feels wrong?” Artemis asked. He paused, uncertain at first if she’d allow the contact, then gingerly reached for her right hand with his left to lace their fingers together. “All of it,” Holly sighed in frustration. She unconsciously tightened her grip around his fingers. The warmth of his touch was consoling and seemed to soothe something within her; she felt her vulnerabilities gradually surfacing as she spoke. “I know what this promotion means to the People, and it’s an achievement to know that I’ve worked through so many hardships just to come this far. I know it, I really do! But even so... There’s a part of me that almost can’t do it. It feels almost wrong to be a new Commander. To be standing where Julius and Vinyáya once did. To replace Julius.” “Technically, it’s less a replacement since you’re assuming command of a number of squadrons and thus continue to serve the People with your skills and experience,” Artemis began, before he caught himself. “But I digress. This isn’t the time for semantics. Especially since in hindsight, you had very obviously meant it in spirit.” Holly scowled, but she couldn’t stop a tiny smile from ghosting her lips. “Artemis, you’re my best friend and I love you, but you’re incorrigibly bad at cheering people up sometimes.” “That I am, and for that, my sincerest apologies.” Here, the young man attempted a contrite grin, even as his blue eyes softened with a touch of fondness. A rare sight indeed for Artemis Fowl, reserved wholly for those dearest to him, but one that never failed to draw a soft chuckle from the elf. “Look, Holly. You’re not replacing Julius,” Artemis continued, squeezing Holly’s fingers again in reassurance. “No one can replace Julius, much like no one can replace you. And I’m not going to drown you with platitudes—I’m sure you’ve already heard more than enough in the last couple of days. But I will say this: Julius would be immensely proud of you, as much as any of us here today. You know this, and I daresay there isn’t anyone else as qualified as you to carry on his legacy and all that he stood for.” Holly found herself matching his grin with a smile of her own at his words, the dull ache of sorrow and anxiety within her lessening. She squeezed Artemis’s fingers back, and was reminded again how much she appreciated their continued companionship over the years. And not for the first time in many years, she wondered what her life would have been like if she hadn’t known him, and Butler and Juliet. (She imagined it might have been quieter, simpler no doubt, but she was a maverick adventurer at heart and knew the boring life wouldn’t suit her anyway.) Holly chuckled softly, her mismatched eyes—one hazel, one blue—gleaming with warmth now. “Maybe you aren’t too bad at this cheering up business.” This time, it was Artemis’s turn to laugh. He inclined his head and gave her a polite nod, accepting the compliment with as much humility as his natural inclination towards smug victory would allow. “I learned from the best.” “My word, and flattery now too?” Holly was smirking now. “If I didn’t know any better, I might suspect the mastermind Artemis Fowl has been replaced with a clone. Oh right, that had been your own idea too. What do we call you now, Artemis Fowl the Second Version 2.0? Artemis Fowl Squared?” A somewhat pained and mortified expression crossed Artemis’s features, before he let out a long-suffering sigh. “Please don’t call me Artemis Fowl Squared,” he protested weakly, fingers massaging his temples. “That joke is wholly pun-based, and is neither mathematically nor biologically correct since a clone is never 100% percent an exact copy.” But his chagrin was fleeting, and he was soon laughing again with her as he conceded defeat to the same elf twice in the span of less than an hour. Then again, Holly had always been the reigning champion of their friendly verbal banters. They sat in a comfortable silence for several moments, watching the clouds drift lazily above them, listening to the thrill of birdsong in the distant woodland. “Thanks, Arty,” Holly said at length, her voice soft and grateful. “For reminding me of what Julius would do. You’ll be there at the ceremony, won’t you? You, Butler and Juliet?” “Of course. That’s the reason why you’re here today, right? To invite us to the promotion ceremony.” Holly grinned and punched his shoulder playfully. “Don’t act all innocent. You’ve probably known all about my promotion long before today and that’s how Foaly roped you into this cheering up business and what-not. Rascals, both of you.” “You have to admit, it wasn’t too bad a plan. And it worked. Besides, we hardly get to see each other—I’m almost inclined to think that either the universe has been conspiring to keep us from spending a little time together, or that you’ve secretly been avoiding me.” Artemis’s brows were arched as though scandalized by either suggestion, even as his eyes remained bright with mirth, and Holly continued to chuckle. Then his gaze softened, lips curved into a smile as he allowed himself a moment of heartfelt sincerity. “I’ve missed you, Holly. It’s good to be with you like this again.” “Me too, Artemis.” It wasn’t long before they spotted the approaching figures crossing the meadows from the direction of the manor. Butler was leading the small group, a huge wicker basket—filled with a selection of cheese and canapés, and a bottle of Jean François Ganevat Vin Jaune���in one hand, and a picnic blanket draped over the other. Juliet trailed several paces behind him, with one of the twins, Beckett Fowl, dangling from her shoulders like an energetic spider monkey. And marching stiffly with his pale fingers gripped around Juliet’s left hand was Myles Fowl, his eyes bright and piercing behind his round spectacles. “I’ll go help Butler with the picnic blanket.” Artemis stood up, brushing grass and fallen petals from his trousers. “Be right back.” Holly watched his retreating back as Artemis walked down the grassy knoll towards his family. And it struck her then just how much her friend had grown and changed (even in a cloned body) over the last two years: his frame still angular but less gangly and more lithe; his posture relaxed, almost unguarded and amiable at times. Growth and change... For the barest of moments, in the sudden gust of wind around her, Holly thought she could almost hear the ghostly whispers of Julius Root from memories past— “This promotion is not for you; it’s for the People.” “If it makes any difference, I’m proud of you, Holly.” “... Be well.” —And she smiled then, exhaling softly as she rose to her feet. “Arty, wait.” Artemis paused, glancing back at her with a puzzled look as Holly jogged up to his side and reached for his hand. “I’ll come with you.” —End—

[world-class-pizza-pals]

Man, the Gnome Forest is so peaceful. Where's the cave, little guy?

Also where's Digi? I feel like he should at least watch what's about to go down. This'll be a spectacle

Yeah, where is it.

[Pizzaface flew in.]

You called?

[tjkiahgb]

Episode Recap: 2.19, “Andi’s Choice”

The episode begins with a cold open that’s a solid instructional video for good oral hygiene. Which is important. Take care of your teeth, folks. Always remember to floss.

It really has nothing to do with the plot of the episode, though, other than to inform us that Andi’s breath probably doesn’t stink in any of the scenes that follow.

Bowie and Jonah hang out at the music store talking about how Jonah didn’t go to the high pressure music audition. Jonah talks about how something came up and worries Andi doesn’t like him anymore. Bowie says last he heard, Andi thought he didn’t like her. But now Jonah really likes her. And Bowie wants to know if she knows that. And the answer to that, Bowie, is nobody knows. Maybe? Probably? Maybe.

Jonah says he bought her a gnome, and Bowie says “A gnome is nice...”

Counterpoint:

No.

Bowie knows something Andi would like, though: writing her a song. It’s also easy, he says. Just sing your feelings. Jonah says feelings? He says he doesn’t talk about his feelings, coming oh so close to really nailing the problem but still coming up empty.

If it makes Jonah feel better though, that doesn’t disqualify him from a successful career in music. There’s more than enough room on the market for another singer doing meaningless, catchy songs about nothing. Whoa. You didn’t come here for jokes about the state of the music industry, but you got ‘em anyway!

Bowie presses on. Talking about liking someone and them liking you back? That’s feelings! Bowie asks Jonah for a word that rhymes with back. Jonah says quack. Bowie asks for a non-duck word. Jonah says plaque. In fairness, Bowie didn’t stipulate that these words be any good.

Andi heads into The Spoon when Walker facetimes her. Andi explains how Buffy’s moving in a few days. Walker says if she can, get a bubble machine, it makes you happy.

But listen, I want to warn anyone considering this: rent, don’t buy a bubble machine. First, no one ever factors in the cost of maintenance for your bubble machine. But, second, the happiness bubbles give you reaches a level of diminishing returns very quickly. Sooner rather than later, you’re making excuses to use it just because you have it and you feel you need to. You take it out to the yard and turn it on, but the happiness is never the same. The bubbles float down to the earth and pop like so many unrealized dreams. Eventually you stop using it all together. It gathers dust in the closet. Things pile up on top of it. One day, you accidentally come across it and sigh. Where did the spark go? That old adage is an adage for a reason: the two best days of a bubble machine owner’s life are the day you buy it and the day you sell it.

Andi says she’s already got a bubble machine, and I think the fact we’ve seen how little use it gets throughout the course of this show proves my point.

Over at The Fringe, Bex is covering the store with sticky notes for free makeup appointments she’s got coming up.

Brittany tells her that they can’t do free makeup appointments anymore, things have been too slow around the store. Bex says she can’t just start charging for them, but, Bex, yes you can. Obviously you can. That was the point of getting your certificate of completion from the beauty school: to get paiiiiiiid. Frankly, it’s sort of nuts that you were going to do all of those for free. That’s so much makeup and time to just give away.

Hey, listen, I know I got in some trouble last week for talking about people’s choice of expression, but I have to say something again.

I hope those are earrings meant to look like screws and not real screws. The thought of Brittany jamming a real screw through her ear hole is making me wince. Do you twist it in? Could you use a screwdriver to do it? (Phillips head, clearly.) Also, she has to realize if she bumps the side of her head into something, she’s going to stab herself in the base of her skull. The risk of it all! I’m just going to assume they’re earrings. I need to to move on.

Brittany was close to laying Bex off, but she won’t now that Bex is the top rated cosmetologist on Whelp. Whelp: it’s the “Property” of internet review sites.

Property: Now With 40% Less Lead™

Brittany thinks Bex has left all those fake positive reviews for herself to increase her status among the local cosmetology ranks, but Bex hasn’t. Bex realizes Celia must’ve done it.

Buffy joins Andi and Cyrus at The Spoon with a box full of stuff they’ve left at her house.

She presents Andi with Noodle, which is clearly a stand-in for Tamagotchi, which made me wonder, do you kids still know what Tamagotchis are? I had one when I was a kid but only because we didn’t have smartphones back then that had whole worlds of much more interesting stuff than a stupid pixel-y digi-pet that would whine all the time and die constantly. I wouldn’t guess there’s any way a child of Andi’s age would’ve had one.

Andi realizes Noodle’s dead because she hasn’t fed him for seven years. A moment of silence for Noodle please.

♪ ♪ In the arms of the Angel ♪ ♪

Buffy then takes out a letter of recommendation Cyrus’s mom wrote on behalf of Cyrus when they were in the second grade, which is embarrassing, sure, but it’s also a strong letter. After reading that, I’d definitely consider adding him to my friend group. I’d need to see his résumé, first, of course, but a good letter of rec goes a long way.

Walker then shows up and for some reason Andi acts like a horse wearing a hat just walked into The Spoon: surprised and mildly upset?

It’s a weird reaction that gets carried over into the scene after the commercial.

Listen, Walker seems like a perfectly fine young man to me. Charming, if quirky, as artists can tend to be. But I feel like the show’s done him wrong by making some of his interactions play out stranger than they needed to be.

Like, I think the facetime convo from a few episodes ago was not meant to come off as stilted as it did. I think it’s the product of editing together two people who aren’t really having a conversation, especially because his interactions with her in real life were much more natural. (The facetime scene from earlier in this episode was better, but still not totally fluid. They probably should stop doing scenes like that as a general rule.)

And the reaction in this scene? I still have no idea what effect they were going for here.

Even after Walker has introduced himself to Cyrus and Buffy and they’re cool with him and happy to have him sketch them, Andi continues throughout this scene with this body language.

On Mack Chat, they suggested that while Walker is comfortable with Andi, she’s not as confident with him. Is she still trying to get a feel for his personality? I suppose it could be that. My best guess was it being guilt for going on a date with him while still being in limbo with Jonah? But again, I’m really not sure about the whole mood of the scene, at least from Andi’s perspective.

About the actual scene though, Walker introduces himself to Cyrus and Buffy as the caricature artist from the Bash Mitzvah, which, by the way, did we ever get an answer as to why the party planner or whoever hired a child to work a large Bar Mitzvah party? Then again, they also hired what, given what we know now, appears to be a fortune teller with legitimate psychic abilities.

She’s 3 for 3 on nailing Andi’s, Buffy’s, and TJ’s fortunes, and we won’t know about Cyrus’s fortune until he goes to college, so, her track record is perfect as far as I’m concerned.

All that considered, maybe hiring a child isn’t the weirdest thing.

Walker wanted to meet Buffy before she left and wanted to sketch the whole group as a going away present for her and so Cyrus leans in to what’s bound to be a long, uncomfortable pose for that.

At The Fringe, Zoe, a rival cosmetologist comes in looking for a fight. She thinks that Bex is using fake Whelp profiles to attack her business. She reads the fake name on the review and Brittany gasps and Zoe has determined that’s enough to take Bex to court and sue her. I disagree. Seems like flimsy evidence at best but what do I know, I’m only the assistant professor of law at Yale.

At the music store, Jonah rehearses his song for Andi. Jonah isn’t confident but Bowie tells him performing is all about confidence. He says the audience will know if you’re doubting yourself and then they’ll rip you to shreds like a pack of hyenas. Oh, by the way, you’re performing in front of an audience tomorrow.

Again, I’m but a humble professor of law at Yale, not a trained psychologist, but is treating panic attacks by trying to force the person experiencing them into constant high pressure situations a thing? I’m starting to feel like Bowie is not a trained psychologist, either.

Jonah reminds him he has panic attacks and Bowie says he won’t have them because he’ll be playing guitar. Jonah thinks maybe he should just go to Andi’s house late at night and throw a rock at her window and perform it for her like that. Bowie thinks that’s too cliché. I mean, in movies maybe. In real life, it wouldn’t be. It’s actually pretty rare in real life because it more often than not leads to too much broken glass and the police being called.

Plus, Bowie suggests, everything is so much cooler on a stage.

This somehow assuages Jonah of his fears.

The GHC gather to discuss Andi’s two-guy dilemma. Cyrus says Andi’s been keeping stuff from them, but it’s probably more that they haven’t really hung out together since “Perfect Day 2.0″ which was like a week ago in show-time?

Andi says Walker was just one date, but Buffy and Cyrus still think it’s a big deal. Cyrus says Andi’s life is a romcom now and he’s her “sassy friend Cyrus.”

Really feels like there’s an adjective missing there. “Sassy __ friend Cyrus.” Sassy something friend Cyrus. I can’t put my finger on what that word would be.

Buffy argues she’s Andi’s sassy friend. It’s kind of equal parts funny and sad that they both realize they’re the supporting characters of the Andi show. Things are getting real meta up in here.

Andi’s having a tough time figuring out how she feels about both Jonah and Walker. Cyrus says it’s a real job being her sassy friend. Almost like it’s a thing he has to do. Almost like he’s paid every week to be around Andi and get involved with what’s going on in her life. Like it’s a role he has to play. Like everything’s scripted. We’re all just pawns, moving where others tell us, saying words others write for us. This isn’t a house! It’s a set! Are we even real?! I’m freaking out here, man!

Anyway, Bex goes to talk to Celia about her reviews. Celia doesn’t want to take them down even though Bex is worried about being sued. Celia says no one’s going to sue Bex because all they would get is a used motorcycle and a punch card for a free taco, which is just a devastating slam.

The best slams on this show always seem to come off-handed.

Bex wants to succeed on her own. Celia will take down the reviews if Bex lets her help in other ways. Bex doesn’t want it, but Celia tells her she won’t get anywhere if she doesn’t think big and take action. She wants to know what’s next for Bex but Bex leaves.

Hey, I have a question. Why is The Spoon populated almost entirely by loose children?

Do none of these kids have parents who eat? Is The Spoon a daycare center?

Cyrus and Buffy continue to razz Andi about picking between Walker and Jonah when Jonah shows up to invite people to the show that night.

He tells the GHC about the open mic and invites them. He says he’s performing a song and everyone seems surprised. Andi didn’t know he sang or played guitar, but Jonah says he didn’t know either. As of a week ago he hadn’t ever picked up a guitar and now he’s performing original music on stage. Oh what a week it’s been!

At The Fringe, Bex has run out of sticky notes to make appointments on when Celia shows up in time with a day planner. Bex thanks her for the gift, but Celia says she has another gift: The Fringe. Bex is rightfully confused, but Celia says the business wasn’t doing well and it wasn’t even that much. This store is mostly full of the cheap stuff you win at a carnival and the walls are made of papier-mâché! I bought it with the loose cash I had rolling around in my purse!

Hey, where is Ham? Is he ok? I wonder how Ham feels about this. Buying a small, failing business. In this economy. Looks like they’re delaying traveling the world for another year.

Also, Bex couldn’t figure out to buy a planner for herself. She kept filling up the store with sticky notes until she ran out of them. That was her long term plan for that system. Anyway, here’s a small business to run.

Celia wants Bex to take action and this is action. Bex asks if Celia remembers promising to let Bex succeed on her own, and the way Celia says “No.” is perfect.

Also, she didn’t.

At the music store (Red Rooster Records, I’m going to try to commit this to memory eventually), there’s an accordion girl on stage and she is, no lie, killing it.

They say accordions are only for old mustached men to play at romantic Italian restaurants and Weird Al Yankovics, but don’t listen to them. I love what you’re doing. You go, Accordion Girl.

Jonah, intimidated by the other acts, heads backstage to talk to Bowie. He’s nervous, but Bowie says he was nervous before performing, too. He got over it by finding Bex in the audience and singing to her.

Jonah asks if he should look at Bex while he sings.

“Explain this to me as if I was a Golden Retriever in a boy suit.”

“What?”

“Nothing. No reason.”

Bowie tells him to look at Andi and that he’s got this.

Meanwhile, on stage, Accordion Girl finishes with a heck of a flourish and not a single philistine in the audience throws her a damn rose. Shame on them all.

Bowie comes out and introduces Jonah. Jonah gets out there with his guitar and sort of sits around awkwardly. Things are looking bad.

Then he starts playing. It’s going alright, but then he looks at Andi and does start getting into it.

The GHC start realizing this might be about Andi.

(The song is actually pretty sweet. And Asher performs it well.)

The performance goes well and Jonah gets applause as the open mic ends. People start filing out. Buffy touches Andi’s shoulder and I’m thinking DON’T DO THAT!

You’re going to rip the pearls off!

Jonah asks Bowie how it went, but Bowie directs him towards Andi for his answer.

Andi walks up to Jonah, grabs his hand, and gives him a kiss and the episode ends with them smiling at one another.

So... I guess this is going to be the worst thing I ever say on this blog, but... I didn’t hate that.

If you aren’t a Jandi fan, I wouldn’t panic too much. I very much doubt this is the final iteration of that relationship.

The show is about change and growth. First season Jandi obviously wasn’t going to work because both Andi and Jonah weren’t in an honest place. Andi was trying to change herself too much to make Jonah happy. Jonah was everybody’s friend, carefree Jonah Beck who doesn’t have labels.

This version is better, but still not quite there. Jonah still has trouble confronting his feelings and is definitely leaning too hard on a relationship to fix things. Andi, at least, is more comfortable being herself with him.

But for things to advance anywhere plot-wise, this needs to happen. They have to figure out what works and doesn’t work: with relationships, with themselves. Maybe this will be the beginning of the last version of Jandi, or maybe it’ll eventually return and be endgame. Who can say? But the only way to know is to try.

As much as I joked about Bowie pushing Jonah too much, too fast with the music, there’s a certain wisdom to the idea of just getting on stage and going for it. There are certain things you don’t learn until you test the idea yourself.

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Gravity Falls - Digimon AU

There’s more headcannons about Gravity Falls in my Digimon AU.

In order to make longer this AU and develop certain characters and also add a reason to make their partners evolve. I wish to add the events from deleted/scrapped episodes, the Graphic Novel, Journal 3, Gravity Falls: Colored Cursed book and the shorts.

The Gravity Falls: Lost Legends and the Cursed Colored Book, will count as OVA’s. XD. Since they happen after the end of the series.

Bill and the Henchmaniacs have their own Digivice named the Cipher-Loader, that is a yellow digivice that resembles Bill in the shape of a digivice and allows them to do Forced Digi-Xroses with the monsters of their surroundings, also they have a darkness form, like in the series.

The shout Bill and their henchmaniacs use to activate the Cipher-Loader is “Cipher-Loader! DIGI XROS!”. Similar to the shout used in Digimon Xros Wars.

I wish the fights againist the Henchmaniacs (who are Digimons in this AU) take longer than in the series. In fact I wish that there could be chapters dedicated to show one or a group of characters fighting againist one of Bill’s Hechmaniacs at the time, similar in Bakugan, where existed an episode dedicated to both develop a character and defeat one of the cronies of Naga. I have some headcannons for this:

After Gideon’s redemption. Dipper, Wendy and Soos have the path clear, but suddenly, not much walking 8-Ball (HachiTamamon) comes and identifyes Dipper as the kid who scaped him, Dracomon, Erismon and Ballistamon (Dipper, Wendy and Soos’ respectively partners) evolve to their highest levels and fight, 8-Ball seems to be so strong, in fact he eventually uses the Cipher-Loader to become stronger. They will eventually kill him and they’re able to continue their way.

After saving Mabel, they cross with Hectorgon (Hexamon), who identifyies the kids who killed 8-Ball previously and wants to delete them personally. Dipper, Mabel, Wendy and Soos fight him and eventually kill him.

All the Hechmaniacs have the same power as an Ultimate-Leveled Digimon (Mega-Leveled in the USA dub), this, along the Cipher-Loader makes them some of the most powerful digimons that the protagonists have ever faced.

Like many people headcannonize and as seen in that delete scene with the “Bone Coat”, Bill (Ciphermon) cares less to nothing if his Henchmaniacs die or not, he belives that there’s more than the ones they came with him. Also, since he can control time, he can resurrect them.

During the Shackatron’s battle, Bill had a surprise, he revived the Henchmaniacs the protagonists killed and fused them into something that resembles an attraction from the Mystery Shack/GrandGeneramon/Chimairamon. If you don’t get what I’m saying, use these images for a reference to understand what I’m saying:

Dipper’s digimon is a Dracomon, he evolves into Coredramon for the first time to fight the Gnomes , albeit he’s not strong enough to defeat them.

Dipper’s Dracomon evolves into Wingdramon during the fight againist the Summerween Trickster (SagiKyandimon).

Dipper’s Dracomon evolves into Examon for the first time, in the fight againist Gideon. (Gideon Rises)

Mabel, like Takato she created her own Digimon. Waddles (Waddlemon) is a digimon Mabel invented.

Mabel’s Waddlemon evolves into GladiBoarmon for the first time, when they fight againist a Gremoblin (Gremoblimon). Still GladiBoarmon had a hard time fighting it.

Mabel’s Waddlemon evolves into ChoHakkaimon for the first time to save her Grunkle Stan, when he fought againist a Pteramon.

Mabel’s Waddlemon evolves into SaintWaddlemon for the first time to exorcise Bill from Dipper’s body. (Sock Opera)

Grunkle Stan beats a Pteramon in mid-air, like that Pterodactyl. Since the Pteramon was roaming in Earth, Stan used this moment to play his “Dumb Old-Man facade). So, yeah. Stan defeats a digimon with his bare hands, when he falls, Mabel’s feelings of seeing her Grunkle falling, are channeled to Waddles and he evolves into ChoHakkaimon for the first time, saving Stan in the process.

Stan already knew of Dracomon and Waddlemon, but he played the “Dumb Old-Man” facade to pretend he didn’t belived them. In fact, he acted as an idiot to prevent Dipper and Mabel from getting in danger.

Stan received DORUmon before Ford.

Stan’s DORUmon evolved into DORUgamon, for the first time to save them from an Octmon when they were kids.

Stan regains DORUmon, when fighting againsit the zombies. Also this is the first time he evolves into DORUgamon after it’s resurrection.

Stan’s DORUmon evolves for the first time, after it’s recovery in DORUguremon, at one point in that scrapped episode of Stanentology.

Stan’s DORUmon evolves for the first time into Alphamon, to fight Dipper and Soos’ partners. (Not What He Seems)

The evolution sequence of DORUmon and Stan doing the Matrix Evolution to Alphamon is first seen in “The Stanchurian Candidate”.

Despite Ford is still mad at Stan, he still greets DORUmon like a friend.

Ford’s Ryudamon is seen in flashbacks until he regains it later.

Ford regains Ryudamon somewhere between “The Last Mabelcorn” and “Roadside Attraction”.

Ford’s Ryudamon scapes along Dipper and Dracomon, by Ford’s request, after he’s defeated and turned into gold by Bill, Ryudamon accompaines Dipper, Wendy and Soos during their quest to save Mabel, but since Ford is not with him, he cannot evolve.

These are all my headcannons. I hope you like this.