#Gus Gus the hedgehog

[letters-to-sophie]

Dear Sophie,

Remember when we went to that cider mill?

I sort of regret ever asking you to come with me because now when I go there (because I still go there, it’s my favorite cider mill) I think about you. On the drive there I think about how you said the city was so nice and it would be a great place to live and I agreed, and how in an alternate universe, you and I are living in a small but beautiful house in that general area and maybe we have a couple of kids by now and we’re genuinely very happy.

Sometimes—again, intrusive thoughts—I think that, however infinitesimal, there’s still a chance something like that might happen. That we’ll have an Anne Elliot/Captain Wentworth moment (this would be the time for that) and we’ll end up together somewhere.

Probably not in this universe, but… maybe.

It’s October and therefore cider season again, and so I am—on an almost weekly basis, despite it being significantly more out of my way than it was when we went there—making my way back there again. Last year—and the year before, and etc.—I cried while on my way there.

And I’m crying now, ugh.

But this year it’s been different because I finally have someone else to associate going there with. I know at some point that will make me cry, too, but for now it makes going there less bittersweet and more just sweet.

This is Gus Gus. Our vet is pretty significantly south of us, so while the cider mill is also pretty south of where we live now, it’s still on our way back from the vet. We had an appointment and I decided to stop by on our way back, so I took the opportunity to take some pictures (because I love taking pictures of my baby). I don’t intend to post all of them here—I don’t post them much at all, really, even though I’m less possessive of them than I am of pictures of his “older brother” (also a hedgehog)—but having them, having the experience, is so nice because my brain defaults to having him with me there rather than having you with me there, like it has for years.

I’m sure I’ll tell you about Gus Gus’ older brother someday, since there’s something of a connection to you there as well, but this is about how grateful I am for Gus Gus.

And that even so, against my better judgement, I hope that maybe we—you and I—can go back there together someday.

And if not, that someday I’ll be able to go there without thinking about you at all.

Probably not in this universe, but… maybe.

- A

[kitkat-the-muffin]

Tis a niche of its own

Sorry there is only two female characters, I kinda pulled these off the top of my head and probably missed a ton of other candidates. Reblog with an addition if you have one!

Edit: I forgot to make this poll a week long! Once this poll ends I'll remake it with new additions depending on the results (the characters with the fewest results will be replaced with suggested characters from the notes so be sure to suggest some!) in the meantime tho plz reblog to increase sample size

This follows my own definition of what "Comic Relief" means: A character that is used as a conduit for comedy in a piece of media

Through character studies I have determined that there are 5 types of comic relief: the Character Relief, the Audience Relief, the Tone Shifter, the Butt of the Joke, and the Slapstick. Characters that identify as "Comic Relief" usually fall into one or more of these categories

Further explanation under the cut

The Character Relief refers to a character who actively makes jokes to be funny in-universe through conscious humor. Examples from this poll would be Sans and Rayla, who go out of their way to make their friends laugh

The Audience Relief refers to a character who makes the audience laugh regardless of their impact on the story. Examples from this poll would be Lapis and Gus, who are often involved in comedic bits meant for audience entertainment that aren't acknowledged by the narrative as anything unprecedented

The Tone Shifter refers to a character who makes jokes to relieve tension and shift the tone of a scene, either consciously or unconsciously. Examples from this poll would be Jay and Leo, as they both consciously make jokes about grim situations to help their friends or family feel better. Additionally, Jay would do this unconsciously before his trauma made him start doing it on purpose

The Butt of the Joke refers to a character who is made fun of by other characters in-universe, whether endearingly or not. Examples from this poll would be Dewey and Lance, who are often met with insults whenever they do something wrong or silly. The insults are usually meant to be endearing and comedic, but they can still feed into the character's possible inferiority complex. This also applies whenever a villain hits them with a sick burn*

The Slapstick refers to a character who is made fun of by the narrative and the audience like a punching bag. Examples from this poll would be Sokka and Yusuke, who are sometimes put in troubling and awkward situations as a gag for the audience's entertainment alone. These gags are not fun for the characters yet delightful to watch

Most comic relief characters can be characterized as multiples of these. For example, Jar-Jar from Star Wars is both Slapstick and Audience Relief, and even if you don't find his jokes funny that doesn't change the fact that they were written with your entertainment in mind

If you're curious how a "The Narrative's Favorite (derogatory)" character would fit into this chart, they're likely both a Butt of the Joke and a Slapstick character, making their life absolute hell. To be honest, MK from Monkie Kid is an example of a character who fits all 5 categories, but he isn't blue so he isn't in this poll

*Ok if you've ever seen Phineas and Ferb Mission Marvel let me just say MODOK is a total Butt of the Joke and my favorite line in that special is when a TV announcer calls him a "Giant Chicken Egg with a Face" and I just had to mention that omg

[supd00dle]

Can you post the images of clown Amy and Metal that are on you're carrd, they really cute looking

Sure thing-

Go ahead match with a homie.

[jajanvm-imbi]

With the revelation of this meme being a two parter and no one really knew, I have taken it upon myself to remake this post I made a while ago with the second part

Ily red characters ❤️ (I couldn't put all my red faves I ran out if room 😭)

[punkeropercyjackson]

punk headcanons for any character from any fandom that is not explicitly stated to be punk already ??🤨🤨🙏🙏🎤🎤

HELP???????I WAS THINKING OF MAKING A POST ABOUT THIS BUT DECIDED AGAINST IT EVEN I WANTED TO GO THROUGH WITH IT SO THIS IS THE VOICE OF NOT THE GODS

Percy Jackson obviously.Rick's conservative beyond all fuck and a neoliberal but Percy is textually an anarchist,an activist,a professional instigator,anti-capitalist and afrolatino,autistic and transfem nonbinary-coded so the P in Percy stands for Punkero.Hobie Brown is the actual british Percy Jackson /srs

Katara.Native girl who proudly claims femininity but refuses to fall into trad shit,speaks up for the oppressed as her motivation and was an eco-terrorist at 14 and decolonized when she got older and never sold out even after getting married and having kids(bonus points for how Aang finds her vigilanteism attractive)

Ichigo Kurosaki.Goth punk specifically and is specifically framed as a delinquent/bad boy but he's punk to his core,including never even considering joining the Soul Society despite most of the cast being a part of it because it's a military stare and he's anti-establishment and Ichihime(him x Orihime Inoue,his canon wife)is giving goth punk x pastel punk with how prevelant she is in helping him out in fighting the villains that're pretty much all fascism metaphors and what a misfit she is herself and that being what attracts them to eachother(both i mean)

Stephanie Brown.Canonical metalhead,hates the rich,constantly acting out but also helping out,became a teenage superhero to fight her abusive dad,strong sense of community and diy's often and even has 2 canon wlw incarnations-1 lesbian,another unspecified!Really the only reason DC dosen't call her punk is that they hate women💀

Sonic The Hedgehog.Black-coded(intentionally!!!),listens to rock music even disregard his soundtracks and is pretty much chaos personified in-universe(paraphrasing /lh)

Aaaaaaand the Hexside Squad as a whole!Luz is afro-dominican and killed a colonizer in the finale and looks like That as an adult,Amity should've been fullon radicalized for a complete redemption and healing arc from her fuckass rich parents,Willow is giving solarpunk majorly,Gus is black and would take an interest in it since he's already canonically on the gnc side and gay and Hunter is cpunk and wants to be opposite of Belos in every way so that's perfect for him

[sigma-showdown]

SEMIFINALS

Gus Fring (Breaking Bad) vs Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)

[thefakehedgehogaroundhere]

requests from yt stream today! (all in different art styles)

[tailzplush]

im cooking something here

[minipisi-is-dumb]

hi guys please vote in the @giftedswagpoll i am begging the whole thing is so funny

please make gus and chidi tie and make franziska and shadow's match to be as bloody and violent as possible. i believe in y'all

also this was as usual me wanting to experiment a lil too much. man this was fun to make

idk if this even counts as propaganda i am not vouching for any winner i just want a fun poll so yea go vote this is a threat

[arfiend]

can you post Garfield twerking it pls

[razerquartz]

Kim the cat and Saul the weasel. Might just draw the whole breaking bad cinematic universe as sonic characters if I’m feeling crazy >:3

[berriuccino]

okwepa ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[rolaplayor101]

AroAce Hunter week 2023 compilation for Arospec Awareness Week! But in the order I originally made them!

@sergeantsporks I was gonna say this in an ask but I suppose it works here: thanks for the fandom week! It was fun!

Buy these on Redbubble!! My Commissions are always open! Also Pls! Don't ignore my DNI! Reblogs appreciated! Emergency comms open!

[iamblue15]

Sonic Riders Outfit Ideas: Gus Porter

[getoutofthisplace]

Dear Gus & Magnus,

It was PHE night at the Museum of Discovery. We ate pizza and ran around with friends. Gus got to pet a hedgehog.

Dad.

Little Rock, Arkansas. 3.26.2024 - 6.25pm.

[queen-of-the-grapefruits]

Grief is weird. It's been 3 days since my hedgehog died. It feels like I should be a lot more sad, meaning I should be sad more often. It should be all i can focus on. It's not though I've been ok... I've been sad often. Everything will be normal, and then something will remind me of him. It's the little things that really get me. I don't have an all consuming sad, I have a lot of little sad spread out.

I can use a fan or open my window now. I hate that I can open my window if I want. I couldn't before because he needed it to be a certain temperature, or he would hibernate and die.

I can have the lights on all night now. I don't need to hook up fairy lights to the light switch. I've walked out of my room almost in tears because the light was on, and I knew that it didn't matter. I couldn't have the light on before. Hedgehogs are nocturnal they need 12 hours of night and day, or they will try to hibernate

His cage is set on a timer. Lights on at 8 am, off at 8 pm. Heat lamp keeping it at 76ish degrees. I haven't been able to turn of the power strip it's all plugged into, or unplug any of it. I know that if I turn it off it means he's never coming back...

And I know he's never coming back, but grief is weird, and I can't do it. I can make dark jokes and I can use the grief for writing inspiration but I can't deal with the fact that he's gone. That I'll never hear him again. Hear him drinking or eating, running on his wheel.