#I kid you not I had to open the wiki for this cuz I did forget the flow a little bit

[amxrany]

And At Last I See The Light - A SebeSil Tangled AU

Had this AU stuck in my head for awhile

Where Silver as Rapunzel

Sebek as Flynn Rider/Eugene

Lilia as Mother Gothel

And Malleus as Pascal (I don't regret this at the same time I want him to feel included too)

!! Giving you guys a little heads up but long post up ahead !!

So we start off with the basic plot of Tangled where a magical flower that heals people sprouts out, which will be used by Lilia to stay young, but the flower gets taken because it was used as a cure for the ill Queen (who also happened to be pregnant). After that, the Queen gives birth to a baby with silver hair (number one reason for this au: imagining silver with long hair), which possesses the same healing powers as the flower. Lilia discovers this while sneaking into the castle one night, but it loses its powers once cut off (look i don't wanna make it lose its color like the original okay I like Silver's hair color ���). Of course, we don't forget what happens where Mother Gothel kidnaps Rapunzel and takes her to a tower, to raise as her own. Which Lilia does to Silver as well (come on this might be possible with chapter 7 yknow 👀). The Royal Family was devastated with the disappearance of their son, so every year on Silver's birthday, they release sky lanterns in hopes for him to see and use it as a way to find his way home.

While Lilia wasn't a bad parent (except for his cooking, in which the birds have to sneak some berries to Silver so that he has something to eat), he is very protective of his son, but that doesn't stop Silver's curiousity from rising about the lights that always appear during his birthday . Since his 18th birthday was approaching, he decided to ask his father if they can see the lights in person. But Lilia refuses, saying that the outside world is too dangerous for someone like Silver (oh boy the amount of gaslighting in the original), which discourages him at first, but he gets comforted by Malleus (I've been giggling over Malleus as Pascal I'm sorry ya'll it's just too funny not to pass up). Later, we are introduced to Zigvolt (there is a reason for this just trust the process), a thief who works under Azul and was tasked to steal the lost prince's crown together with the Leech twins (yes I am bringing the fish mafia here because why not). It was a success but the guards found out which caused Zigvolt to separate from the twins, with the crown in hand, and seek refuge in the tower. Silver knocks him out though, hides Zigvolt in the closet in which he shows to Lilia as proof that he can take care of himself. But Lilia won't budge at all, so Silver decided to send his father on a trip to find the perfect gift for him.

Once Lilia was away, Zigvolt awakens tied to a chair with Silver's hair. This is where the bickering between the two starts (of course SebeSil won't be complete without the fighting), save Malleus from their fighting. But they come up with a compromise, Zigvolt will get the crown if he takes Silver to see the lanterns. They both escape the tower and start their little adventure in the outside world. They first visit a small pub, where thugs try to get Zigvolt caught (ya'll know those scenes where Eugene sees his wanted posters, but they keep fucking up his nose, yeah do that with Sebek but fuck up his eyebrows) but Silver's Disney Princess TM charms come to the rescue, since he ends up unintentionally charming them into helping them escape once the guards came in. But what they didn't know is that Lilia came back early, with a gift in tow, but the tower was empty and soon he finds the hidden crown. It doesn't take long for Lilia to notice what was going on, so he goes out to find Silver and along the way he teams up with the Leech twins.

Back to our main boys, they get into more trouble with the guards once again, which leads them to nearly drowning in a flooding cave. Thinking that he was going to die, Zigvolt reveals his first name to Silver, which is Sebek (see what I did there). But Silver reveals that his powers could help them find an exit. After nearly escaping death, they reside in the forest for the night, but Sebek was injured while making their escape.Silver then wraps his hair around Sebek's wound, sings the incantation and boom it's now healed, which scares Sebek once again cuz holy shit we got hair that glows and heals people. I just want that part to be the start of Sebek falling for Silver, but he doesn't realize it yet.

After that, they actually start talking about their lives (omg no bickering for once), how Silver's been stuck in the tower all his life with only Lilia and Malleus as his companions and Sebek's family being ridiculed due to his parent's marriage which lead to him stealing for a living. Of course, Sebek asks Silver as to why he keeps his hair obnoxiously long, Silver then explains about the magic of his hair, how the incantation he sang earlier was a way to trigger it, and cutting his hair off makes him lose the power. After hearing about Sebek's story, Silver's only way of comforting is by hugging him, reassuring him that even though he has no idea on how to comfort someone, he's willing to listen (causing Sebek's feelings to act up). But good things don't last long as Lilia overheard everything, but only appeared when Sebek was away, he then hands the crown to Silver telling him to use it as a way to test Sebek's loyalty.

Fast forward to morning, Sebek wakes up first to see a breathtaking sight of Silver sleeping with animals surrounding him. Not wanting to wake up the sleeping beauty just yet he leaves the area to find food, in which he gets caught by one of the guard's hunting wolves, Jack (and yes the wolf boy shall now become Maximus in this au). Silver then wakes up to the commotion (let's just imagine that Silver doesn't have his sleeping curse in this au, but he's still a deep sleeper) , and once again the Disney Princess charms go into action as it stops Jack from trying to eat Sebek and just go to Silver for some headpats. Jack then joins them on their journey (under the condition that he'll get headpats if he wont send Sebek to jail) as they encounter more people all the way to the kingdom (use this as an opportunity for our two main leads to fall in love with one another). As soon as they reached the festival, they had a blast. Hanging out with the townsfolk, braiding Silver's hair to make it at least shorter and Sebek talking to fellow men, and the moment Sebek sees Silver playing with the children, that's when he knew, it was love. When Sebek and Silver dance together with the townsfolk, Silver starts falling for him too (just seeing the guy being himself made him fall even deeper). As they were going to see the lanterns they encounter a painting of the royal family, in which feels familiar to Silver, especially the baby looks a lot like him. They get on a boat (leaving Jack and Malleus behind, but I have a reason for Malleus) and sail to see the lights.

And now let's go to my favorite scene in the original movie which gives us the iconic song "I See The Light". LIKE JUST IMAGINE THE TWO OF THEM DUETING THIS SONG IT'S JUST SO 💘💘💘💘, and maybe throw in a little kiss in the end, which leaves the two of them flustered. But that brings them to confess their love for one another (with a lot of screaming from Sebek of course), the two stay in the shore for awhile, just savoring the moment. Once they got back on land, Silver gives back the crown as part of their agreement. While Sebek was trying to return the boat back, he encounters his colleagues, the twins. Sebek tries to negotiate with them by offering the crown, but they beat him up and tied him to the boat to get him arrested and make Silver think that he left him. They also try to capture Silver as well, but Lilia comes to the "rescue" and drags him back to the tower.

The way the townsfolk looked at him like he was familiar and the baby in the painting all made sense now, Silver now realizes that he was the "missing prince" the kingdom was looking for. Silver then confronts Lilia about this discovery, which made his father come clean, about using him to simply stay young forever. This leads to the two of them fighting, with Lilia succeeding easily. Meanwhile with Sebek, he was able to escape from the boat with the help of Malleus, Jack and Silver's animal friends as he rushes back to the tower. Upon reaching the tower, he finds Silver bounded and gagged which gave Lilia the opportunity for him to stab Sebek from behind (a fatal one too can't forget that). While Sebek is slowly dying, Lilia tries to drag his son to a new hiding place but Silver keeps fighting him off, saying that he will willingly go if he heals Sebek first. Lilia reluctantly agrees as Silver immediately rushes to his aid, crying how he didn't mean for all this to happen. While healing him, Sebek realizes that Silver has to be kept prisoner due to his powers, he uses the opportunity to say his (supposedly) last words as he cuts off Silver's hair. This causes Lilia to start aging rapidly as he doesn't have any powers to feast on anymore, and turns into dust while falling off the tower.

Silver starts crying even more because he wasn't able to save Sebek, but his one of his tears still held the healing power, which landed on Sebek's wound, saving his life. They once again savor the moment with a kiss and reunite with their two animal friends. Silver also reunites with his real parents in the kingdom, but a lot of begging had to be done to pardon Sebek from his crimes. But hey at least they got their happy ending now ✨.

[bokunoheroanalysisforthefuture]

And we’re back! There’s definitely some themes that come up in this chapter that will be echoed going forward, so I’ll try to point them out and explain my thoughts on those a bit. Other than that, I think this is a two-part chapter, just based on an initial skim, and we’re technically in the second ‘arc’ of the series, according to the BNHA wiki - though I have chosen to shove everything before the USJ into the ‘opening arcs’ tag for ease of tagging, since it’s really all just character / setting introduction before getting into the action.

[No. 5 - Smashing Into Academia]

So we get to see most of the top ten scores - Katsuki in first place with all villain points, and Izuku in seventh with all rescue points. We also see some other familiar names: Kirishima (2nd) with 74 points, Ochako (3rd) with 73, Shiozaki (4th) with 68, Tenya (6th) with 61, Tetsu^4 (8th) with 59, and Tokoyami (9th) with 57. I think we’ll get to see the others later, but for now, I’ll just look them up for ease of confusion: Kendo (5th) with 65 points and Awase (10th) with 56 points. So yeah, talk about your high scores!

This raises a few interesting thoughts:

First off, I know that Horikoshi had initially intended to put Shiozaki in class 1a, but either forgot or ended up deciding she wasn’t suited for it, thus the reason we see her name here but don’t see her until the Sports Festival. Also, I like how he uses the cutoff of the 5th and 10th place in order to fit in more 1b students when he comes up with them - it’s not a trick I would have immediately thought of myself, but it makes sense, and gives a good sense that it’s not just 1a dominating in these sorts of events.

[Discord: its cuz her hair was a pain to draw, which like- mood]

...though that then leads to the question of how certain members of 1a and 1b got in with their quirks. Like, I appreciate all of them, but some of the kids just… yeah, I’m not entirely sure what they could do. I suppose that just makes them particularly clever for getting in, which isn’t a shock when the bar for entry is high. 

I… am also surprised Kaminari isn’t higher up there, considering his zappy zappy could take out a whole field of them… though possibly also the people nearby him if he wasn’t careful. I suppose with those scores all in the fifties to seventies, though, even if he took out like thirty or forty points worth, it still would only be enough to get him in, not as a high score.

...speaking of high scores, Ochako only got rescue points from saving Izuku, which is what got her third place overall despite not even hitting thirty villain points. With how high the first ten spots were, and with there only being thirty-six spots overall, there’s a chance she might have missed the cut entirely and have not gotten in if she hadn’t pushed herself to save the person who saved her.

This is a running theme that I’ve noticed about Izuku’s character and narrative effects - he’s not All Might, who makes people feel safe with his presence. He’s not a larger than life figure who stands between villains and the rest of the world. What he is is a plain, unassuming kid who will push himself to breaking in order to save someone, in order to win. And in doing so, we see him in turn inspire others to act, because if this plain, unassuming fanboy can do it, why not them as well? I mean, hell, that’s how he got his quirk!

Recall this? It’s something that we see again and again in the series, something that I think is the core of Izuku’s character development and something he needs to realize in order to really come into himself as a hero and as a person. His greatest strength - that capability to become ‘the strongest hero’ like he desires - isn’t in One For All or in his fighting prowess, but in his ability to inspire others to become better versions of themselves, to push themselves just a bit more, and in so, those ripples end up saving more people and improving the future, one person at a time.

Izuku grew up in a world where his greatest heroes were the Symbol of Peace and (his) Symbol of Victory. While it’s not a title I think he will ever take on in full - I think part of the endgame of the series will be to move on past reliance on a few Symbols to ward off evil and have everyone work together to build up a better world - I do believe he really encompasses the ideals that would make him a Symbol of Hope to Japan and the world. As Hope, he’d give others the belief that they could reach out and be given help, that someone would be there for them if they asked - and, I would like to think, he’d be able to make that world together with his friends and allies, once everything is said and done.

Anyways, I sort of. Got rambling there. Uh. How far are we? One panel? ...ehehehe…

So we get the next two panels, which is the staff discussing Katsuki and Izuku - opposite ends of the spectrum. One got in with only villain points, the other with only rescue points. They note that Katsuki was able to keep going for the whole ten minutes, where most other students were slowing down by halfway through. A true endurance monster. Izuku, on the other hand, is noted to be the first in a while to take out the gimmick, even if others have stood up to it before.

(Also, I love Mic’s ‘kid just makes me wanna go yeah!’ What a mood.)

Hah, they also note that his backlash is like a kid getting a first glimpse of his power, plus how in every other way he looks like a typical failure. However, Mic and… some other staff member (possibly Midnight, I want to say? It makes the most sense) just like Izuku and aren’t so worried about that, while Aizawa chills in the back and thinks they’re all being noisy.

We transitioned to Izuku and Toshinori, 8 pm the night Izuku got the acceptance letter. Izuku is crying as he basically shouts All Might’s name, and Toshinori spits blood and basically has Izuku cover his tracks since, surprise, there are now other human beings here! 

Toshinori that can’t be good for your health oh my god.

But yeah, apparently the news that day (or any point that week, probably) is that the beach was cleaned up by some mysterious do-gooder, so now it’s a good place to go on dates again. I know Izuku said no one came by there (chapter 2), but still, it feels weird to think no one noticed anything at all over the entire ten months Izuku and Toshinori (sometimes as All Might!) was there, especially since I think they were at other parts of the beach when Izuku was doing swimming training? 

I mean like, what about the people who were illegally dumping their trash there? The people who have to cut through there because it’s a shortcut to get home? The people who get lost and accidentally stumble across it? Random villains trying to use it as a hideout or stash for their loot while hiding from the police / heroes??

Ah whatever, it is what it is. Toshinori congratulates Izuku on passing and gives him a high five.

Fucking hell that’s so cute, I already have it saved as a reaction image I love it so damn much. But yeah, Toshinori hasn’t mentioned his relationship with Izuku to the school (though I know this isn’t true because Nezu and RG know… though that might not have been until after Izuku passed and he knew Izuku was going there.) 

Izuku appreciates not having to worry about favoritism, and is excited for Toshinori being a teacher at UA. He asks if that’s why they’re meeting at the beach despite All Might’s office being at a very precise address that Toshinori cuts off. Toshinori then says he couldn’t tell anyone until the school made it public knowledge, and that he’d take the job while looking for his successor.

Izuku remembers that Toshinori mentioned he’d been looking for a while, and that he’d have been looking among the students. Izuku thinks about all their amazing quirks and raw talents, and stares at his hands as he brings up how he broke after a single use of the quirk and that he can’t wield it. Poor boy, no self-worth or realization of how impressive his first use was…

Toshinori points out that of course it’s not an immediate success - if someone suddenly grew a tail, they wouldn’t be able to do tricks off the bat. Izuku asks if Toshinori knew this would happen, and Toshinori says there wasn’t enough time, but everything worked out all right… or, well, All Might. 

What a fucking dad, that was a dad joke, I am so done. Someone stop this man. 

Anyways, Toshinori bends down to pick up some empty spray-paint cans, which shows that while the beach is clean, there’s still a lot of small junk and broken glass and stuff left to clean up, which I imagine was either something Izuku did during the month and a half between the exams and the beginning of the new school year, or something the community ended up doing once they all were coming there. 

He tells Izuku that it’s all for nothing for now, but once Izuku figures out how to regulate it, he’ll be able to put out just what his body can handle - and that the more he temperes his vessel, the better he can control the power. All Might then crunches those cans in one fist, which he’s really lucky they’re empty, or else he’d have gotten paint everywhere. (Would have been hilarious to see, though.)

But yeah, All Might makes the comparison of passing on the Olympic flame, and how the new torch burns weakly at first, but that the trials to come will fan it. 

The same couple on the pier notice All Might and ask where he came from, and All Might panics, running off, with Izuku following confused yet dutifully.

God that running pose is fucking hilarious I am cackling. 

But yeah, he notes that his own flame will wither and die, with his duty fulfilled. I like how you can just see that couple trying to make their way from the pier to try and catch All Might. 

Anyways, a short post, but the next page gets into spring and the beginning of the new school year, so I figure it’s better to cut it off here. Besides, I spent a whole page and a half rambling about characterization and narrative echoes, so shoosh.

[mookittens]

“Whatever happened to superwholock?”

is a question that I’ve seen bouncing around here for a while. It also happens to be one I can answer! I know that for some there has always been confusion over how an incredibly active and central fandom can disappear overnight and that heritageposts has been airing all the dirty laundry is making people curious again. I’m hoping to clear up any confusion and help put many of those heritageposts into some context, so let’s get started!

First and foremost hi! I’m mookittens dot tumblr dot com and I was a Superwholock. That’s right lads I was THERE during the height of it all 2013-2013. The reigning years. I saw it all go down as it happened. It was really two big things that made the kingdom collapse. The first of which was the quality of the shows.

Now as we all know, fandoms don’t start from nothing and they don’t end after peak popularity so I will be opening up the timeline we’re looking at to run from 2010 - 2015. First we’ll look at quality by show and then how they all fit together to form the Downfall.

Supernatural

Going in Superwholock order we start off with SPN. The odd man out. The one american production in a sea of union jacks. I always considered this to be the last one to join superwholock regardless of the name as it has basically nothing in common with the others besides just being on at the same time but this could just be personal bias as supernatural was the last of the three I personally watched.

Now I just want to say now this isn’t even opinion, this is objective fact. The only possible bias is labeling season 6 as good instead of okay because I liked Balthazar. The timeline speaks for itself, and if like me you look at this and go “wait what even happened in season 8, 9, or 10?” I feel ya. I watched em all and had to look up the wikis so let me save you some time. season 5 Lucifer, season 6 last of the cool angels, season 7 leviathans season 8 closing gates of hell, season 9 ended with Dean becoming a demon. By season 10 supernatural was just a name whispered on the wind, but you might have heard about the fanfiction musical episode. 

Supernatural really faded away during season 9 after many of the most beloved characters were long dead, and though the hype of Dean turning into a demon seemed like it could lead to a revival, ultimately when it became clear there would be no follow through at the beginning of season 10 the fandom packed up and moved on to greener pastures.

Doctor Who

Out of all three, the one with the most staying power. Even today, there are a few posts here and there about 10 floating around. There are just as many posts about Steven Moffat too. This one was the first one of the group I watched and objectively I wanna say the best. The few good seasons it had are still good.

Being British television, most seasons only ran within the one year, meaning less content in general compared to supernatural. Also, the sheer drop in quality happened much more quickly and dramatically than supernatural. Everyone loved 10, and by the end of 11’s first season everyone was hype for more. Unfortunately, Moffat started to rule the scene. Slowly encroaching to become head showrunner and giving us all Clara.  

Sherlock

OH BOY HERE WE GO. Sherlock. Wow. This will go beyond our scope but I feel it’s worth it since this is Sherlock in its entirety. I’m just gonna ignore the special cuz I don’t even remember it.

PLEASE keep in mind these aren’t my opinions but what I remember the general fandom consensus being at the time. Sherlock was the perfect storm of having to wait YEARS for episodes to come out and then being hit by some of the worst TV I have ever seen. There was even the scene in the first episode of season 3 (which I swear was THE most anticipated episode of a television show I have ever SEEN on my like 8 or whatever years on this website) where Moffat (yep him again) and Gatiss make fun of the fandom. They have the most hated character on the show seem crazed and obsessed with making theories on how Sherlock could have lived with his fellow fanatics. Nothing like taking the fun fans of your show were having during the off season and showing them how stupid they were for even thinking about it! If you’re reading this and thinking “okay season 3 was bad but I remember season 1 and 2 being good!” then I highly recommend watching Sherlock is Garbage, and Here’s Why by hbomberguy on youtube. It made me rethink how I felt about the show entirely. 

When you put these timelines all together it looks like this:

Makes it pretty clear why it seemed to disappear, huh? It is worth noting, however, that besides sherlock, 2012-2013, despite being the height of superwholock popularity, was when the shows were Bad. I theorize it’s because the fandom was still riding the high of the earlier seasons and its passion pushed it forward, but it can only push for so long.

The second big contributing factor to the Downfall of superwholock is that a huge chunk of the fandom were young. I was in high school at the time, and so were most of the rest of the fandom. That’s why a lot of the heritageposts posts are so cringey or school centric. It was just kids having fun. This isn’t to say there weren’t fandom moms and the like in the superwholock fandom, there were, but chances are if you were following them for superwholock content then they’re still making superwholock content now. What happened in 2014 - 2015 is that a lot of the high school kids graduated and went to college. Now all of a sudden they don’t have time to watch TV so they have to be choosy and with how bad the shows were they weren’t making the cut, or they didn’t have cable at all and wanted to pirate better shows. It was a perfect storm that ended superwholocks reign. Now even the shows themselves are ending. Supernatural is ending its 15th and final season this year, hopefully we’ll never get a 5th season of sherlock, and Doctor Who is actually good again but with the new doctor feels like it did when it was good back in 2010. Doctor Who may never be over, but the end of a whole chapter in our history is about to close.

TL;DR Due to a significant drop in quality and a lot of superwholock kids going to college and realizing there are better shows out there superwholock basically dissolved as an internet superpower over the course of 2014-2015. 

[pumpernickel-simswood]

A Devoted Friend: Pt 3

Part 1 Part 2

Marinette got up and quickly helped set the table. 

Adrien, polite as ever, ended up sitting between Sabine and Marinette. He waited for everyone else to begin eating before he started.

"So," Tom said between bites, "what were you kids studying? Is there a big exam coming up?"

"No, actually, it was a business plan Adrien made for me." Marinette replied, sounding equal parts proud of Adrien and blown away that it was for her.

Both sets of parental eyebrows went up.

Adrien swallowed and smiled politely, "Well, I overheard Marinette discussing opening an online store for her designs and I… I have access to a well of knowledge about that, especially for fashion, so I don't see why I wouldn't help her."

"That's very sweet of you, Adrien." Sabine smiled, "Thank you."

"It's nothing, really." Adrien looked down, feeling his cheeks warm.

"Even if that's true," Marinette began. He glanced up to find earnest eyes peering at him. She continued, "I'm incredibly grateful you put any time into helping me."

"Of course, Mari," Adrien said immediately, "we're friends."

Marinette canted her head at that, slightly.

***

"Thanks so much, Marinette!" Rose hugged her tightly.

"Of course, Rose." Marinette grinned and hugged back.

"We'll see you at school." Juleka smiled.

"Of course." Marinette waved.

"Bye~!" Rose waved back and they descended the stairs.

"And now, Adrien." Marinette muttered as she turned to look at him with an analytical eye. She let out a long sigh, "You got taller again."

A chuckle escaped Adrien, "Sorry?"

"Let's hope I made the pants too long." Mari shook her head in amusement. 

"Capris could work if they aren't." Adrien suggested easily. 

"Uh-huh, sure. Just go try them on, long legs." Marinette laughed.

Adrien snickered and took the clothes, "Be right back."

Marinette made some notes as Adrien changed. The wiki was gonna have to get updated once she actually checked his height. She was pretty sure his shoulders had gotten a bit wider too but she'd have to check.

"So, good news and bad news." Adrien said, stepping from behind the screen, "Good news, the pants fit perfect."

Marinette turned to him, "What's the bad ne- Oh my G-d."

Adrien's shirt was a good inch too short, his midsection showing, "I mean, it's not that bad."

"Adrien, it's at least an inch too short." Marinette put her hands on her hips.

"Truuuue." Adrien chuckled. 

"Alright, let's get measurements." Marinette laughed. 

***

"Alright, I just gotta make you a new shirt." Marinette said, looking up from her notes.

"I can buy replacement fabric if you want?" Adrien offered.

"No, I have enough left over, but thank you. Hopefully neither Ivan or Luka hit a growth spurt before next week." Marinette laughed. "Also, do those colors work for you?"

"Green and black?" Adrien's lips pulled into a playful smirk, "Yeah, I like to think so."

Marinette's brow furrowed but she nodded and made another note, "Okay, good. You can change back, by the way. At the very least, I need the pants back. Not sure how I'll repurpose the shirt yet…"

"Well," Adrien stepped behind the screen to change, "if you just shorten it, then I could have an awesome crop top."

"You want me to?" Marinette asked, surprised. 

"Yeah, the material is awesome and super soft. Plus, may as well make it a crop top when it's already short, right?" Adrien replied.

"Fair point." She shrugged, actively pushing down the desire to imagine him in it.

"Pretty please?" Adrien offered the shirt, redressed.

"Okay." Marinette held it up to his chest, "Where should I cut it to?"

"Uh, here." Adrien indicated. 

Marinette grabbed a marker and made a quick mark. And shortly she handed him the shirt back, now officially a crop top.

"Thanks Mari." Adrien beamed and kissed her cheek, "You're the best. See you later."

Marinette blinked after him as he climbed down the stairs. She raised a hand to her cheek then melted into her chair, "Yeah."

***

"Ugh, and they want Cat Noir specifically to show up for their birthday party." Alya groaned.

"To be fair, that's not that far of a stretch to get. You do actually know Cat. Plus he's pretty good with kids from what I hear." Marinette shrugged, hands in pockets. 

"I know but I dread asking him a favor like that. It seems like small potatoes compared to what he does daily." Alya argued.

Marinette snorted, "Alya, their patrols literally involve getting kittens out of trees and retrieving balloons most days. Just ask. I'm positive he'd love to."

"How can you be so sure?" Alya squinted at her friend.

"Cuz I've met him? And we did work together for Evillustrator, remember? Besides, I've seen how many pics you've gotten of him for your Instagram." Marinette started walking away. "And if you don't ask him, I'll do it for you."

"Hey! No! Don't you dare!" Alya bolted after her.

"I think his solo patrol comes by my balcony tonight, actually." Marinette hummed thoughtfully.

"Why on Earth would you know that? They always randomize their patrol schedules." Alya frowned.

"Because I keep track of everyone's schedules due to my anxiety and I noticed he does what might appear to be a random pattern but is actually just an extended rotational schedule. It, of course, varies based on akuma attacks, but he should pass my balcony tonight on his patrol." Marinette explained with an air of discussing weather.

Also he'd told Ladybug on their last patrol, but it did fit the schedule she kept so.

"Girl, can I just say I'm glad you're not on Hawkmoth's side?" Alya said.

Marinette shrugged, "So, sleepover?"

"Yes!" Alya grinned.

***

Cat Noir bounded across rooftops,delighted by the feeling of weightlessness at the apex of every leap. Things had been quiet so far tonight. A few strays to feed and that one shelter that needed an extra set of hands, but nothing big. Which was great.

He grinned as he raced across the top of his school. He could see the familiar and inviting balcony lights shining tonight. He was going to have to figure out how she always seemed to know when he was out and about one of these days.

As he got closer, he noticed Alya was up there with the princess tonight. Huh. Maybe tonight was a coincidence. Either way.

A well timed jump and flip landed him neatly atop the railings.

Alya jumped and yelped.

Mari simply glanced up, a playful smile pulling at her lips, "Hey Cat."

"Good evening, ladies." He bowed deeply. "Sorry to startle you, Alya."

"N-no, it's okay. I just didn't see you coming." Alya mumbled.

"He is pretty fast." Marinette shrugged. Her eyes returned to Cat, "Aren't you, showoff?"

Cat chuckled at that and crouched, "Oh, so you did see that awesome flip."

"I've seen better." Marinette said.

"Meowch, you wound me, Purrincess." Cat dramatically placed his hands over his heart.

"Mm-hm." Marinette was clearly trying not to laugh. It egged him on more than he cared to admit. She, sadly, turned to a very confused Alya, "Anyway, Alya wanted to ask you something."

"Oh?" Cat canted his head toward the blogger.

"Oh, uh, right." Alya took a deep breath, "I was hoping that you could maybe put in a quick appearance at my sisters' birthday party?"

Cat blinked, "The tall, kinda scary, buff one or the twins?"

Marinette snorted.

"Hey! You try fighting a boxer with spider powers!" Cat objected.

Marinette fell into giggles, "No, not that, just the idea that Anasi would want you at her birthday party."

"It could happen." Cat crossed his arms and scowled.

"Uh, for the twins." Alya interrupted, though she was looking curiously between them.

"I would love to. When is it though?" Cat turned back.

"In two weeks, on Sunday." Alya replied.

Cat hummed, trying to remember if he had anything scheduled, "I think I'm free. I'll message you on the forum when I get home and double check."

"Thank you!" Alya grinned.

"Of course." Cat smiled easily.

Mari nudged Alya, "I told you."

"Fine, you were right. There was nothing to worry about." Alya sighed.

"Hey, if you need anything Alya, seriously, let me know." Cat said.

Alya smiled, "Thank you, Cat."

Marinette picked up a plate of cookies that had somehow escaped his notice and handed them over to the hero.

Cat beamed as he took one, "Y'know Princess…"

"If it weren't for the Bug having your heart, you'd marry me for my baking alone?" Marinette raised a brow and practiced recital, eyes sparkling with mirth.

"Can you blame me?" He chuckled, wrapping the plate back.

"Well! If that's all I'm good for!" Marinette crossed her arms with a huff, though her playful air never truly left her.

"Oh, c'mon, Purrincess, if that was all that drew me here, I'd just buy from the bakery mask off." Cat leaned his face close to Marinette's, sincere and earnest, "You know you're one of my best friends."

She turned her pursed lip glower to stare intently at him. She sighed and turned away, cheeks pinking some, "Yeah, I know. You're one of mine too, Kit."

His heart filled with warm delight. He really loved her caring so much about him. It made him feel so full of light. He knew he was grinning ridiculously but couldn't bring himself to care, even with their audience.

"Yeah, yeah, okay. Go fall off a balcony, Prince Ali." Marinette snorted.

"Oh, as the princess wants." Cat saluted and fell backwards off the balcony.

With quick, well honed reflexes, he bounded back up with his baton onto the next roof, never losing grip of the plate of cookies.

"I want that plate back when you're done!" Mari called after him.

He turned, bowed one last time and bound off. He was almost out of earshot when Alya spoke.

“Girl, what the hell was that!?”

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G1 Episode 17: Transcript

Episode Show Notes

[This can also be found on AO3!]

[Stinger]

O: No, no absolutely--but I'm talking about--

S:I know.

O: --like, Aliens!

S: I know.

O: You know, and it’s just like--

[Intro Music]

O: Hello, and welcome to the Afterspark Podcast, an episode by episode recap of the Generation 1 Transformers cartoon. I'm Owls!

S: And I'm Specs!

O: And today we're gonna be talking about episode number 17: Autobot Spike.  Let's talk about giant robots today, shall we?

S: Mm-hmm.

O: Also a note for, uh, I guess season 2 onwards?  Uhh, we are gonna go by the order that's on my DVD set, because that's the set we're using when we're scripting.  Ah, it technically, it seems like it's the um, airdate order versus if you go on the TF wiki it's like by episode--

S: It varies though, the page I was looking on for when I was doing the reordering on the fanfic rec document, it has like episode number or airdate number and then like, actual order number on the other side, it was like what?

O: Yeah, it was like the episode internal number for the studio or for the writing staff or something. I'm not really sure I understand it, but basically if you go on TF wiki or at least the page we have initially used to like, make our spreadsheet for things, it uses that number instead of the air date and I think the DVDs are using the air date.  So that's what we're gonna go off of just so we don't have to try to keep track of it as much.

S: So yes, some of these may not be in chronological order, I guess?

O: Uh so, if you're like, “Hey why did you do this episode instead of this episode?” that's probably why, we will still get to all of them though.

S: Yes, we will.  Just weird order.

O: Yeah.  We had to pick something and this is what we did.  Anyway, welcome to season 2 of the Transformers, complete with a brand new opening and teasing us with brand new characters. (And by characters we meet toys.)

S: Yes, yes new toys to add to your burgeoning army.

O: [laughs] Today at the Autobot base, Sparkplug is playing God!

S: The Autobots are just fine with this.  Apparently, they don't have um, moral or ethical quandaries with this.

O: I mean considering that um, Wheeljack and--

S: The Dinobots.

O: Yeah, I was going to say, Wheeljack and Ratchet just decided to create new life ah, no problem.  I guess, yeah, they must not be worried about a God complex.

S: I guess.

O: Uh, Sparkplug’s new creation is called Autobot X.

S: Unfortunately, he's definitely not a looker.

O: Autobot X is a literal Frankenstein's monster uh, made out of a hodgepodge of spare Autobot parts.

S: He's even got bolts on his helmet where his neck should be, it’s um, yeah.

O: He's like--I wanna say he didn't have much of a neck, which is why we phrased that way, but yes.  Uh, Spike even calls it a Frankenstein's monster.  Which confuses poor Bumblebee but Spike doesn't want to take the time to explain the human pop culture reference to his giant alien robot friend.  This is fine.

S: Honestly, he could just direct him to the library.

O: Or put on a movie. [laughs]

S: Yeah.

O: We know a movie exists in this world!.

S: Yeah, as we will um, see later.  Autobot X is an amalgam of Prowl, Bluestreak, Sunstreaker, Optimus Prime, Trailbreaker, Jazz, and Hound parts.

O: It's apparently got Jazz's crotch.  Uh, to which, all we can say is, he's got a party in his pants.

S: Yes, literally!  Especially if he can do that speaker doohickey--if he's got those speaker doohickeys somewhere.

O: Weirdly enough he seems to have a mostly unique face, uh, helm, uh, that kind of reminds me of Ultra Magnus?  Which is hilarious, cuz Ultra Magnus doesn't even exist in the series yet.

S: Yeah.  Sparkplu--well actually, presumably they know about him and they just decided to make his face look like that.

O: Okay, but if Sparkplug--

S: I mean in uni--I mean in universe not the--

O: No-no-

S: Oh no, you’re right.

O: Because Sparkplug’s the one that made him, and so Ultra Magnus, if he--it does exist which presumably he does--

S: Yeah.

O: He's on Cybertron--

S: Yes.

O: And Sparkplug would have never met him!

S: Yes, the Autobots didn't have any, like contribution to the--

O: The design? [laughs]

S: Unless they just had like, a face that looked like Ultra Magnus’s lying around.

O: I don’t know.

S: Which would be weird.

O: That’s so weird!

S: Let’s move on now, shall we?  Sparkplug is gunning for a Wheeljack's job as resident mad scientist.

O: Wheeljack seems vaguely insulted by this, as he should be.

S: Mmm-hmm.  Surprising no one, Autobot X begins rampaging around the room destroying things, and Sparkplug can't control it.  I'm not sure why they expected any differently, considering what happened with the Dinobots but...

O: This proves that Sparkplug may be at Wheeljack’s level, but he certainly hasn't surpassed it. [laughs]

S: Yeah...yeah.  So on the list of powers this abomination has, we have super-strength, force lightning as it combats the Autobots' attempts to subdue it.

O: Autobot X is knocked out and Sparkplug laments that it needs to be perfected.

S: [sighs] Sparkplug.

O: Everyone here makes terrible decisions.

S: They do, they do.  Wheeljack and Ratchet offer to help, with Wheeljack wanting to shove Autobots' consciousnesses into Autobot X while their bodies are being repaired.

O: Just put them in stasis!  It’s easier!

S: I'm not sure why their minds somehow, um interfere with the repair process but, that's the logic we're going with.

O: Apparently, and Optimus is totally okay with this horrifying idea.

S: Clearly he hasn’t put a whole lot of thought into it.

O: Like, it cannot be an easy process to swap bodies around like, otherwise people I think would do--er, um--robots would do it more often in this series!

S: Well, we do see the Combaticons’ like, does little cube thingies that Starscream steals from robot prison--

O: Yeah, but that’s not their--

S: --later but...

O: I mean, you’re right, but still.

S: It's-it’s very different, that's their personality components or whatever.

O: Yeah.

S: [unintelligible]

O: So, at this point in time, Teletraan I goes off alerting the Autobots to the presence of Decepticons.

S: And as the Autobots roll out we must remember that this is the start of a new season so let's have another toy roll call except--I think, these are--I don't think any of these characters are new?

O: I don't think they are, but they're reminding the kids who have come back you know, presumably after however long since the new season got, you know, uh--

S: Last season ended or whatever.

O: Last season ended, yeah, that’s what I mean.  The Decepticons are apparently attacking the *New* Air Force rocket base.

S: And then trained army men try to shoot the Cons with teeny, teeny, tiny handguns.  It's silly.

O: It's very silly, and then Megatron fires a warning shot that doesn't actually hit any of humans.

S: Though I must say, I don't think I saw any cannons in this particular base.

O: No, no this one actually looked like, you know it was maybe up to date with the 80’s weaponry!

 S: Yeah...those were some really big rockets.

O: Yeah.

S: The Autobots proceed to show up.

O: With Starscream wordlessly pointing as they approach.

S: And then a fight breaks out.

O: As it is prone to do in this particular series. Uh, and to get back on my high horse--fuck you Brawn, uh, he kicks Soundwave into a giant rocket here, which then proceeds to knock down a bunch of other rockets.

S: It's like dominoes.

O: Dominoes!  But with rockets!

S: Instigated by a robot getting kicked into them.

O: Yes, that was poor Soundwave.

S: Um-hm, and the Autobots were specifically trying to avoid all of this damage happening which makes it more infinitely hilarious that it actually happens.

O: Brawn clearly didn't get the memo. [laughs]

S: The fighting continues, with Thundercracker and Skywarp destroying the other rockets in the base.

O: Bumblebee and Spike arrive on scene.

S: There will be regrets.

O: [laughs] Just regrets!?!

S: Megatron and Soundwave take off, with Megatron turning it into his gun mode and Soundwave firing him at Bumblebee as a diversion.  And then Optimus gasps, “They hit Spike!”

O: No they didn’t!  They didn’t even hit Bumblebee!  They hit in front of Bumblebee and then he just kind of fell over on his side!  I’m not saying Spike would be unaffected, but I certainly don’t think this was--should be life threatening!

S: Yes, but this is like, a bug made out of a giant alien robot that presumably doesn't have fucking airbags and there is no restraining harness, no seat belt.

O: He wasn’t even going that fast though, and it was like, kind of this slow tip over!?!  It just--it didn’t look like a--just didn’t look like it should have done that much!

S: It probably didn't do much to Bumblebee but that doesn't mean that Spike didn't hit his head in an unfortunate manner.

O: I-- [unintelligible muttering]

S: I think is dumb but they went with what they went with and we can't really argue with it.

O: [groans]

S: At least I don't think we can.

O: Ohhh, watch me! [laughs]

S: Well, okay, yes we can.

O: [continues to laugh]

S: [sighs] Megatron is very happy at the possibility of having killed a 14 year old boy.

O: Ironhide and the others pull out Spike and load him up into Ratchet.  You know, moving someone who might have a spinal injury or a head injury.  This is fine.

S: They did not take proper precautions and Spike is apparently in critical condition so...probably the Autobots hurt him more than the fall did.

O: Quite possibly!  And then we cut to a doctor talking to Sparkplug and--who says, “If only we could separate Spike's mind from his body!”

S: It's called a medically induced coma, you ass.  And then Sparkplug says, “Oh hey, wait!”

O: Alright, I buy that we can move a robot's mind around because machines and electricity or whatever but why on earth can this be possible with a human mind in this series?

S: I don't know, but it sure set up some stuff that fanfic writers use.

O: Oh, did it!

S: Um-hm.

O: And as if we need more Frankenstein shenanigans in this episode, back at the Ark, the Autobots prepare to transfer Spike's mind into Autobot X.

S: Ratchet says that Spike’s mind not being in his body will allow the doctors to operate and I mean how does this help with anything?

O: I don't see how it possibly could.

S: I mean--

O: I really don’t!

S: Unless it's some sort of brain surgery, I could maybe kind of see that.  Maybe, maybe.

O: Even then that seems unlikely though.

S: Yeah, I don't-I- don't know. I'm spitballing here.

O: [laughs]

S: Is there a doctor in the house? No, no, we've just got a bunch of mechanics.

O: Surely nothing can possibly go wrong here!

S: This stupidity does indeed work.

O: And by work, we mean Spike begins rampaging all over the lab just like Autobot X!

S: He's a very unhappy camper. Anyway, Spike is ramp--anyway, Spike is rampaging around the lab yelling, “WHYYY!?!”

O: You know, why have I been turned into an abomination?

S: [sighs]

O: Sunstreaker and Sideswipe come in and try to restrain him, but Spike just yeets both of them through the air.

S: That's kind of great.

O: It is kind of great, but I feel bad for Sunstreaker and Sideswipe.  They did nothing to deserve this, this episode.

S: Yeah, and then Optimus shoots Spike to stop his rampagey ways.  And then Sparkplug is very apologetic for what they've done saying that did the only thing that they could think of.  Which was--

O: Which was clearly sneak Spike out of the hospital in the middle of the night because when Sparkplug told the doctor this was the plan, they must have thought he was nuts!

S: Who the heck knows, I think it's--I think the entire plot is dumb but let's move on from that.  Autobot X is super freaking tall, he's at least as tall as Optimus so that's kinda…

O: It's really big!  Cuz Optimus is like, one of the biggest ones.

S: Yeah, like Skyfire I think, is taller but..

O: Skyfire is way bigger but-but out of a like, kind of normal cast like, Optimus and Megatron tend to be the biggest.

S: Yeah.

O: Surprise though, Laserbeak has been here the entire time recording all of this!

S: He's a good spy.

O: He's a good spy, unlike Bumblebee. [laughs]

S: Yeah, yeah, yeah, don't--

O: I apologize for nothing!

S: Bumblebee, you do not stand up to transform when you are within sight--

O: [laughs]

S: --of the people you're spying on.  Don't do it.  Nevertheless, he totally did it, and then he got brain tentacled for his troubles.

O: Yep, cuz we needed more reminders of that.  Anyway, our good birb returns and reports to Megatron.

S: And then Megatron decides to see if he can use Spike's instability to destroy the rest of the Autobots.

O: With Starscream living on the edge again, ah, insulting Megatron to his face and getting shoved for his troubles.

S: Back at the Ark, Ratchet is still trying to fix Bumblebee and Spike has apparently been left under the care of Wheeljack.

O: Which by left under the care of Wheeljack, that means he got shoved into a room with a TV and you'll never guess what movie is on!

S: Yep, we're being very on-the-nose today.

O: Surprise, surprise--it's Frankenstein.

S: And as Igor shouts, “You’ve created a monster!” on TV, Spike destroys the television set. Which may or may not be part of Teletraan 1.

O: Yeah, he then begins to trash the rest of the room too.

S: That's it, no more TV for you for six months, Spike!

O: To add to Autobot X's weird power list--he also has jet feet.

S: Obviously, we gotta make this body that we're just gonna put people in occasionally very, very useful and let it fly.

O: Uh, Sparkplug decided he was gonna cram in the features here, you know.

S: He just wanted all the features.

O: He wanted all the features.

S: Ratchet, Wheeljack, Sparkplug, and Bumblebee attempt to calm Spike with little success.

O: Spike smashes his way out of the Ark, and we see that Reflector’s been left on surveillance on the Decepticon side.

S: You gotta use what you have and when you have a camera, yeah.

O: Still better at surveillance than Bumblebee!  [laughs]

S: Yeah. [laughs] Bumblebee follows on the ground, apparently without a working method of communication back to base as Ratchet has yet to repair his radio transmitter.

O: Reflector’s also following Spike, holding position until Megatron arrives.

S: And Spike is just holding an entire darn conversation with himself basically saying--he's a monster, so no helping humanity for him.

O: I know they keep saying he's unstable but him being evil here is just kind of weird.

S: He's more chaotic neutral than anything, I guess?  But I think, he's like--99% of his impulse control was split between Bumblebee and being super tiny and neither of those is currently available to him, so…

O: [laughing] True!  He’s currently as big as Optimus Prime and Bumblebee is not here quite yet.  Uh, Bumblebee does however, catch up with Spike and warns him that his current body is making it harder for Spike to think but Spike whacks him off a cliff with a tree.

S: I'm going to amend that and say that most of his impulse control was being tiny and not being able to do dumb shit.

O: I could--I can believe that, although Cliffjumper being tiny and doing dumb shit does not seem to be a hindrance.

S: Yes, but the thing is Spike is a lot squishier than Cliffjumper.

O: True.  Megatron shows up with other cons in tow.

S: And Reflector’s t-posing for dominance here so...um, take that as you will. [laughs] Spike and the Seekers fire on each other but Megatron lands and tells them to stop fighting.

O: We, uh get a glance at Megs’ apparently trick knee here as an animation error causes some really funky motion with him.

S: Yeah.  Bee is able to climb back up and he attempts stealth.

O: He is literally standing behind Megatron with his head perfectly visible, um, from behind some rocks.

S: [exasperated sigh] Then Megatron apparently offers Spike Starscream's job or being second, “Only to me!”

O: Spike seems to agree, as he shakes Megatron’s hand and wants to, “Make them pay real bad!”

S: [even more exasperated sigh]

O: [laughs]

S: Bumblebee escapes back to the Air Force Base, where Optimus and company are currently working.

O: The Autobots arrive to confront Spike, who is wielding Megatron and fires on them.  Weird Autobot X power number 4:  Boobs slash headlight cannon laser gun thing.

S: Considering but that's Prowl’s chest, that tells me more than I expected the cartoon to tell me about Prowl.

O: Yeah guys, tmi.  Tmi!

S: I mean, we never see Prowl do that.

O: [while laughing] We never see Prowl do that!

S: Apparently, he's just very polite so…

O: It is impolite to shoot things out of your boobs!

B: [giggle]

S: The Seekers enter the fray, and then Ironhide fires...oil from his arms at them?

O: I guess we'll just add that to the list of Ironhide’s Swiss Army knife abilities.

S: God, Ironhide can do so much stuff!

O: So much shit.

S: Sparkplug shows up then and gets shot at, but Spike panics and saves him with--

O: Autobot X power number 5!  Weird grippy claw, thing.

S: Which apparent--I think that's supposed to be like, Trailbreaker’ss gun, but I don’t know…

O: We don’t know what this thing is, but he uses it!

S: Yup, it’s like...yeah, yeah.  Megatron attempts to get Spike to defeat the Autobots, but Spike instead fires on the Decepticons

O: But Spike’s sworry, so he's forgiven.

S: Yeah, um, at some point Megatron and the Decepticons just...skedaddle.

O: Yeah, they just leave.  They're done for the day, this plan did not work, bye.

S: Yeah and so, Spike is zapped back into his real body and the transfer device breaks and then Bumblebee wonders what it would be like for a robot in a human body.

O: Sadly, when we actually do get this in canon or in the cartoon it's kind of boring and in my opinion, this is not the best characters they could have picked for the scenario.  Just legitimately, I think the entire thing would have been vastly improved if it had been all cons. Involved say, Starscream, Soundwave, and Megatron, yes?

S: There is actually um, a piece of fan fiction by Wayward [Insecticon] that is basically that.  All the Decepticons get turned into humans.

O: And I'm willing to bet it is better than the episode where fucking Arcee, Rodimus, and uh-- Rodimus, Ultra Magnus and--

S: Springer!

O: Springer do because that one...the only good thing in that episode was me dead-ass looking at the screen and going, “Rodimus definitely, definitely had sex with that woman the night before and she is bringing him breakfast in bed.”  There is another explanation for this and I will say the same damn thing when we go through the episode.

B: [laughing]

O: Regardless, that is it for today.  Join us next time for, “The Immobilizer,” or as I like to call it:  Hello Carly! [said in the same tone as, “Hello nurse!” from Animaniacs]

S: It'll be nice to see Carly.

O: I like Carly, so I'm looking forward to this, also, we get--Wheeljack cuz this is one of Wheeljack’s inventions, yeah?

S: Um-hm.

O: Alright, so Specs, what fanfic do we have for today?

S: Ok, today we have two pieces of fanfic.  There technically could be three, but the third one, it has actually been removed from the internet.  And while I could use the Wayback Machine to get you to the author's site.  Since they removed it from Fanfiction Net, I don't think that's a thing I should do.  Which makes me sad because I really, really like that one and...yeah.  And I've got well, I have a copy of it cuz I saved--I saved the mobi back when it was still on Fanfiction Net.

O: Yeah.

S: Um, but since I can't really share it with anyone I'm not going to include that one, though I might mention the name.  But, so, I have two that are readily accessible to share.  Um, “Chrysalis,” by Ape32.  It’s G1 cartoon AU, rated T, for teens, and it's Gen. I've only actually gone through the first three chapters of this one so if there is um, romance in later chapters I'm afraid I don't--I haven't reached that part yet.

O: So none as first we're aware, right now.

S: Yes.

O: Apologies if there is later, however.

S: Yes, thank you, thank you very much.  So characters:  Spike, Sparkplug, various Autobots and Decepticons.  And in summary, uh, “It’s g1 a season two AO.  Spike's life is changed forever by his single act of vengeance.  Now he must adapt or lose not only his mind and his friends, but his very soul as well.”  And so, uh, the reason for choosing this is that this is an alternate universe continuation of Autobot X, where Megatron makes a very cruel decision.  I think you can guess what happens, um…

O: Yeah.

S: Yeah, and so this is an incomplete multi-chapter piece of fanfiction that was last updated in 2008.  So, it's highly unlikely that it's going to be updated again but it's actually let me...

O: Sounds like a really interesting premise though, like, I'm gonna read it and I normally don't read it incomplete stuff, unless they're like, currently ongoing because I'm like, “Ahhh!  It's never going to be finished!”  But tha-that's a really interesting concept!

S: Yeah, and let me... it's 15 chapters.

O: Okay, so you know, still a pretty good read.

S: Yeah, sixty-six thousand words, or thereabouts.  Mm-hmm, and so, yeah, I'd recommend that so far.  And then my second recommendation is, “Hopeless,” by WaywardInsecticon.  I...it's actually been a while since I've read this and I'm pretty sure it's Marvel G1, but that's apparently what I put down in my notes.  I don't remember.  But it's definitely G1.

O: Yeah.

S: I think the reason I chose Marvel G1 was because Mindwipe’s in there.  But I've read it (actually several times), it's just been a while.  It's rated T for teen, it's Gen.  There aren't any pairings.  Uh, the characters here--it focuses on original characters but there's also Mindwipe and Flywheels, who are not particularly well-known Decepticons.  Though we do know Flywheels from…

O: The IDW comics.

S: Yes, his unfortunate big feet were the only things left off him.

O: [laughs]

S: In summary, “Dark Star is a Decepticon who used to be a 17 year old girl.  Now she's trapped on Cybertron with no friends, no idea how to function, and no help but Mindwipe who was the one who changed her in the first place.”  And yeah, the theme for this was humans getting turned into robots and--

O: Eyyy!

S: Pretty much, yeah.  And it's a one shot so, yeah.  I definitely recommend that and then the third one which I...which we won't actually be linking to--

O: We will not actually link to it.

S: For a variety of reasons.  Was the, “Starting Gate,” by Korat.  Which was a G1 cartoon, uhh, one.  It was rated T, Gen, no pairings.  The original--the main character was an original character and in summary, “Life has a funny way of throwing things at you sometimes, that you would never expect.  Either you learn to run with it or you don't.”  It was heavily G1 based, it was never completed and the author took it down, ah... When did I save this?  I think I saved it like, a little while before she took it to down--or they took it down.  I saved this in...2012.  June 29th, 2012.

O: Well then.

S: Ahhhh, the flagfic--the FLAG fanfiction downloader.

O: [laughs]

S: Yeah, so yeah, we're not gonna link to that, but it basically involved Starscream... Starscream basically it was--it sort of making friends with a human and then things go very, very bad.

O: Things go very wrong, very fast.

S: Yes, and let's move on to the art.

O: So, our recommendation for today is Coralus.  Ah, they primarily seem to do IDW, at least from a lot of the stuff I saw, but there might be some--a variety of things on there.  Their colors are GORGEOUS in everything.

S: They are!

O: Like, oh my god, seriously, some of my favorite colors out of all of the fan artists we've recommended.

S: Um-hm.

O: They have a number of Ratchet/Drift fan art, but there's also a lot of different art from-from various characters from the IDW comics.  We linked to a few pieces that I really enjoyed, uh, their Rung one in particular is one of my favorites.

S: I love it too.

O: It's really pretty!  Uh, so, I think we've mentioned this enough it should be apparent, but Rung is actually Primus in the IDW comics.  And so the piece of art with him is basically him, kind of drawn overlaid with more of what Primus probably looked like in the past.

S: Or, well the general Primus designs--

O: Yeah.

S: --that are considered canon.

O: Yeah, uh, but it's it's really pretty and also like, Rung’s expression is really lovely because it's just very kind.  Which is why I think-I think partially why I liked Rung so much of the comics is that like, Primus and a lot of them is like either you know the-the literal center of their planet--

S: Um-hmm.

O: --or kind of a warrior god.

S: Yeah.

O: And so to have it be this very kind, sweet character, is one of my favorite things.

S: Who's not a combatant, and he just wants to help people.

O: It's very sweet.  Uh, we also--we did link to some of their Drift/Ratchet art, which is very, very cute.  And then the last one we linked to was Sunstreaker, who is one of my favorite G1 characters who I haven't gotten to talk about enough. [laughs]  But, yeah, uh, we will be linking to their Tumblr… We are actually posting this on AO3 as well, or at least embedding it.  So any artists that make money through other avenues with their fan art we will not be posting links to.  I will also not be mentioning it in here, since we have to embed this on a site that forbids it.  However, if there are links, uh, you can find them on our Tumblr page, like our Tumblr Episode Notes, uh, at least as far as linking on an AO3 we will be linking to their Tumblr and their... I guess just their Tumblr because all those other ones make money.  They're all, like stores and stuff.

S: Um-hmm.

O: We will be linking to their Tumblr and you can also find links on our Tumblr, and you can, you know find the other places where they are online.

S: And that just about wraps up for us today.  Remember to check us out on Tumblr or Pillowfort as Afterspark-Podcast for any additional information, show notes or links we may have mentioned.  You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter at AftersparkPod (all one word) and various other locations by searching for Afterspark Podcast such as AO3, iTunes, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Youtube, just to name a few.  Till next time, I'm Specs!

O: And I'm Owls!

S: Toodles!

[Outro Music]

[whenimgoodandready]

What is this? Who is that in that picture? And what is “Miraculous Ladybug”? (researches through my Tumblr blog archives) Well, apparently I’m a young woman who has a social media blog that writes these reviews (and rebloging interesting posts for other things) for a French children’s animated show and points things out along with expressing my opinion on each episode! Okay, I don’t remember watching this episode, but I’ll see it again and go through the rest of my reviews to help refresh my memories (rewatches “Oblivio” again, reads through the previous reviews and checks out the shows wiki), Okay, so here’s what I discovered:

*Oblivio-So I found the English dub of this episode and get this, this Ladybug and Cat Noir are costumed superheroes who wake up in an elevator with no memory of who one another is or what had happened before and they detransform as teenagers in front of each other! Ladybug is this clumsy French-Chinese baker girl named Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Cat Noir is this sheltered rich male model guy named Adrien Agreste and not only do they have amnesia, but their Kwamies, which are these “bugmice/genies”, have amnesia too! I read that this wasn’t the first time they had a “reveal”, but the last one had their eyes closed for an owl villain named “Dark Owl” (and he was their principal?). Marinette looks really cute and Adrien looks adorable as well.

They get out of the elevator and after going through their bags and pockets discover their identities and realize they need to stay away from this supervillain (that person in the picture) named Oblivio who can erase people’s memories and is the one responsible for all this. Marinette and Adrien try to call their parents for help, but Adriens father, a fashion designer named Gabriel, isn’t answering and to my horror, it was cuz he’s the major supervillain, Hawk Moth, who creates these supervillains to get Ladybug and Cat Noirs miraculouses (those magic earrings/ring respectively) and give him God-like powers! And his son doesn’t know about it along with him not knowing he’s a superhero! Shocking! Marinette, however, gets in contact with her mom and she lets her know about Ladybug and Cat Noir which makes her realize they need to keep their alter egos a secret and fight Oblivio. Problem? They don’t know how to transform and use their powers! Womp! Womp! Womp! Despite that, they pretty much handle everything with quick thinking and analysis. Hmm, smart kids!

One of the Kwamies, the black cat looking one, Plagg, is a lazy and stinky camembert cheese obsessed fellow who was all, “Screw this I’m outta here” and leaves the kids and the other Kwamie, the cute ladybug looking one, Tikki, to fend for themselves. What a selfish little........thing. Oblivio almost catches the gang, but Marinette uses a skill that was almost like Ladybugs power, “Lady-vision”, and they send Oblivio away. Lol! What a dumb villain.

Marinette and Adrien believe they’re a couple from one another’s pictures on their phones and I read that there’s this “love square” where it’s just the two of them along with their alter egos and here’s how it goes: Adrienette:one sided secret crush on Marinettes side, Ladynoir:one sided open crush on Cat Noirs side, Marichat:strictly platonic and Ladrien:mutual secret crush. Oh God! This is so frustrating! Everyone’s stressing out about it from the comments I read! And the two don’t even know about their own secret identities out of safety reasons! This is Season 3 and they still haven’t figured it out yet! What!? How do they keep this show going!? Is this what’s keeping the ratings up!? I also found out I’m all for Adrienette cuz, they can’t be superheroes forever! It was cute however that they got to fall in love with each other all over again ღ. They’re such a cute couple. I see that they’re very parallel with each other too. Are these two written in stone!? “Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Adrien Agreste, Forever”!? Cuz they’re like, two halves of a whole fated couple!

Marinette researches through her phone (like how I’m trying to remember with all this) and finds a video depicting what occurred before the elevator incident and sees that as Ladybug, she drew a picture of a phone and a turtle next to it as a reminder, so she goes through her contacts and finds a turtle pic with the name Fu, Master Fu. He’s this hundred year old Chinese man who’s this “guardian” of the Miracule Box and is the one who gave Marinette and Adrien their miraculouses when Hawk Moth first showed up. He lets them know about who they are and how to use their powers, so Tikki transforms Marinette into Ladybug while sadly, Adrien is stuck without Plagg :(.

Later, Plagg comes back after a guilt trip of “psychological harassment” from seeing Adriens posters all over Paris (Lol! They’re literally signs) and transforms him as Cat Noir. As they battle Oblivio with their enhanced flexibilities and reflex’s that they forgot how to use, so they just do the dodge and shield moves. Ladybug reads through her instructional manual on her yo-yo weapon that pretty much does everything (like Cat Noirs baton) and finds out she has to destroy the weapon the supervillain has and purify the hakuna matata akuma that transformed them into a supervillain. Huh, who knew butterflies could be evil? Not to mention it’s Season 3 and Hawk Moth still hasn’t defeated them yet! He did come close, too close, but thanks to Ladybugs “good luck” power, they always come out victorious! However, he finds out that they’re “love” for each other could be their downfall! Don! Don! Don! You know, from what I saw in my research, they’re love is mostly what gets them in trouble, this is gonna be a toughie for young hormonal teenage superheroes.

Oblivio is defeated and it turns out, they were Marinette and Adriens best friends, Alya and Nino, respectively. Alya is an aspiring journalist who blogs more about Ladybug than I do and is a fox superhero named Rena Rouge and Nino is a hip hop cultured D.J who’s Alyas boyfriend and also a turtle superhero named Carapace (wait, there are two turtles?), except they know their identities compared to the other two heroes. They got akumatized cuz they snuck off during a field trip to play a babyish app game on their tablet and they got caught and humiliated and due to that negative emotion, Hawk Moth targeted them and turned them into Oblivio to make people forget their incident and spread villainy. Before the final clean up with the Miraculous Ladybug power that fixes up all the damages that have been done, Ladynoir shares a kiss and then, BOOM! Instant mind erase! They go back to their old feelings for each other. Marinette was embarrassed that she kissed Cat, but hey! It’s not like it was the first time from what I discovered *cough*”DarkCupid”*cough* whereas Adrien was thrilled, but sadly forgot about it again! Lol, sorry kid.

Looking back on my reviews, I changed it throughout the years. Starting 2015, I wrote these reviews by using those Ladybug emojis as the frames and by the second season, I used bigger ladybug pics as frames and then in this season, I used these prettier ladybugs and added in pictures! The more I researched this show, the more I grew to love it! It has all my favorite things:Paris, France, cats, cute characters, bright colors, nice music, comedy, adventure and interesting plot lines that gets darker the more I watch it! I even found out I collect their action dolls and play with them on my Eiffel Tower lamp. There’s even a web series and movie of this show and I wanna see all of it! I even wrote a mini fanfic about this episode plot and it was really funny. It was practically the first 30 seconds of this episode! Wow! I really am a writer! I also found out I met some new friends on here that love the show too and we discuss our thoughts and feelings of it like this one blogger @vulpineveritas whom I first show these reviews before the public as feedback. She’s real nice and you know what? I-(the Miraculous Ladybug power takes effect and restores my memories) Whoa! What happened!? (looks through my amnesiac written review) Aw man! Now I have to rewrite this whole review with my up-to-date mind set! :P.

[itsyaboisayori]

Why I’m questioning Sayori

I said I’d make this post so here it is! Even got on my laptop to properly do the post :p I’m just kinda winging this but I’ll try to list out everything I can. If I forget stuff I’ll go back and edit it later so if you’re curious, keep watch! I’ll reblog any time I make edits, at least somewhat big ones. 

Also, replies are welcome! I’m open to constructive criticism and anyone wanting to offer new viewpoints. I accept that I’m still learning and nothing is for sure yet. Also tbh anyone telling me I sound like I’m kin is validating as heck so if you’re thinking it then I’d appreciate you saying it ahaha, but please don’t lie to me because you think you know what I want to hear. I want the truth. I don’t want to be a confused mess ;n; And I know all/most of these could be COMPLETELY unrelated to being Sayori fictionkin, but I feel like they’re worth mentioning anyways. It’s more like, a bunch of little coincidences rather than big solid evidence, I’m aware of that and that’s a big reason why I’m questioning and not for-sure Sayorikin.

One thing I realized just a couple of days ago is how, since I was a kid I’ve had this like, ideal thing I guess? how do I put this into words lmao my brain is dumb,, I guess a fantasy, that I’d fall in love with a childhood friend, like someone I’m close with from a young age but strictly friends for a long time. I’ve always been in love with the idea of falling in love with your best friend. And of course that’s what happens to Sayori, due to her programming in DDLC. And if I’m kin with Sayori from other game(s) rather than just DDLC then it definitely could be something unrelated, just a coincidence.

I’m like, really drawn to DDLC?? Maybe just because DDLC is a great game and I love all the creepypasta type stuff behind it all, all the theories and dark shit, and also I think just as a cute dating sim it’d be great anyways (but nowhere near as great). But idk, when I saw it I immediately felt kinda drawn to it but maybe that’s just in my head or for some other reason like the characters look nice or smth.

Also it REALLY gives me feels. It makes me feel things in general. I rarely get genuinely scared from fictional stuff anymore but this game fucked me up. I’m still scared to play it on my own because, even after watching multiple youtubers play it multiple times, it still fucking scares me.

The Sayori suicide scene and her poem- especially the poem- really get to me. I saw people making hanging puns in the previous video before her death so it was kind of spoiled for me but even still, it got to me. And the scene where Sayori is freaking out because you deleted Monika before playing the game REALLY gets to me,, like I just understand that overwhelming, helpless feeling. Especially finding out why she acted that way, it’s so fucking hard to watch that scene and normally I’m not affected by this kind of stuff. So either DDLC is extremely good at psychological horror or I have some sort of connection to the scenarios, whether that be just that I’ve been through similar things and am projecting (not really that I remember though? idfk brains are weird) or ya know,,, I once lived as someone in DDLC or whatever.

(TW self harm/suicide/choking) Probably has no real correlation but when I have panic attacks/flashbacks (unrelated to DDLC I mean) I feel like I’m choking or like I can’t breathe. And when really frustrated I tend to choke myself? Sayori died from asphyxiation instead of her neck being broken, by accident because she used a stepping stool instead of something higher like a chair and jumping off. Btw I’m okay, I never actually choke myself to the point to causing permanent damage or anything, and of course I’m not saying this is like, okay or anything. I know it’s bad but I’ve done it completely on impulse, and this was all before learning DDLC even existed. I’m working on getting better and I’m not going to kill myself or anything, just thought I’d mention this.

I relate to her personality,,, so fucking much. Not just the whole pretending to be happy to make your friends happy thing, but how she is as a person besides her depression. Tbh I feel like a lot of people relate to her because of her depression and how she deals with it, but like she’s so much more than that. She pretends to be dumb but it actually pretty smart. Maybe she’s not the best with words but I think she’s a lot more intelligent than some people think. She’s so cheerful, maybe even annoying, and is kind of the class clown, and is a total weirdo sometimes but it’s GREAT and just,, same lmao. Like “looks like my boobs are getting bigger again >:D” is something I’d say lolol I just love Sayori so much, like idc if I’m kin with her or not she’s still fucking amazing.

Another reason I relate to her but probably is like not at all proof I’m Sayori or anything, just thought I’d mention anyways, but I was kinda like, really in love with my guy friend in high school for years, he’s actually kinda like MC in some ways, like he was kinda popular with girls but not like Popular(tm), super nice and couldn’t directly say no, but he knew I was in love with him (or at least knew I had a crush on him but he probably had no idea I liked him THAT much but hey neither did I for a long time lmao) and didn’t like me back and even started intentionally avoiding me. Like, he would make up an excuse to not give me a hug, like he was late for class, but hugs only take like a fucking second what the hell?? It sucked but like when the player turns down Sayori I Relate.

I just,,,,, want to hug Natsuki like she’s fucking adorable and I want to protect her the most bc she’s like a precious child and she’s obviously abused by her dad. Tbh Yuri is a little creepy and for some reason I don’t like her that much but I mean I’d still hug her. I don’t hate Monika, like it was just her programming to do all that stuff she did so I don’t blame her and she’s p cool and I’d hug her too tbh. When Sayori interacts with Natsuki it makes me feel all warm n fuzzy. Like I don’t think in my canon Sayori and Natsuki were dating or anything, I think I/Sayori am/was just really protective? Idk, thought I’d throw that out there.

I also heavily relate to wanting to be a mediator and wanting to help everyone get along and be happy. I often (try to) play that role in this life. I’m extremely empathetic, so that’s prob why, but I can’t stand when people are fighting or can’t see each other’s point of view. Though it also frustrates the FUCK out of me when people refuse to or just absolutely cannot see any point of view but their own. Maybe that’s not really a Sayori thing but ye

When I look at Sayori I get the same “that’s me!” feeling as when I see my kintypes. Who knows though, maybe in a month or two it’ll fade, we’ll see I guess. But right now it is Very Strong. Like I’ve somewhat questioned being fictionkin with other characters before but I’ve never had the “that’s me” feeling this strong with anyone else. Ruby from RWBY is a close second but I still think she’s just a kithtype.

I feel like having a past life or whatever as someone who was experimented on kinda makes sense?? Maybe I just enjoy horror a little too much but I really think if I am Sayori I’m kin with her like actual her not just the DDLC version of her. The new game hasn’t even been announced yet but I’m so excited, mostly because I feel like I want to learn more about my possible past life I guess. I wanna see if things in the second game connect with me or if it’s just DDLC. But I feel like, if I’ve had any past lives as any humans, they were probably really dark or smth. I kinda have a dark mind I guess and that would just make sense to me lmao, like I’m 21 why haven’t I grown out of my edgy phase, why the fuck am I still really into creepypasta? Damn.

I’ve been kinda obsessed with DDLC lately. I have BPD so it could totally just be a BPD obsession thing and maybe this obsession will fade and someday I won’t care too much about DDLC, only time will tell. Also I’ve had the song Your Reality stuck in my head for a week straight but it may just be a catchy song and I tend to have a song that kinda automatically starts playing in my head occasionally, usually lately it’s been Sad Machine by Porter Robinson (good song btw highly recommend)

Most likely unrelated but Sayori’s hair has been described as “strawberry blonde” on one wiki and my hair is like, light brown but reddish, though it looks more like Monika’s hair, especially because I keep my hair long. I’ve been kinda wanting to cut it but I like having long hair tbh and I feel like a lot of ppl don’t want me to cut my hair haha, though I really wanna get a short wig and maybe wear that occasionally (esp bc I’m non binary and wanna pass as more boyish sometimes, I know society will never accept me as nb bleh but anyways). Though, it’s been said that the reason her hair is short is because it’s easier for her to deal with, but I’m not 100% sure if that’s canon. Though I guess it doesn’t matter much? cuz multiverse stuff n all but, still.

Speaking of her appearance, she seems to not care too much about how she looks, which I relate to haha, especially because of depression n stuff. I mean I have Crippling Social Anxiety(tm) so I do care to an extent but usually I’m like, if someone likes me they’ll like me for who I am not how I look anyways. I don’t feel the need to dress super proper to impress anyone in casual social situations, like making friends or even going on dates (though I’ve only been on a real date like a few times and they were with my gf who I’d already been dating online for a while). And yeah a big reason she’s so careless about her appearance is depression but I think if I wasn’t depressed and she wasn’t depressed we’d still both have that mentality like, we don’t need to impress anyone with our appearance so it’s better to just dress how you want, whatever way makes you feel comfortable and happy with yourself and your body, than focus on being proper and stuff.

Maybe I’m just projecting but man I feel like a lot of stuff I do and my ways of thinking and stuff are very Sayori(tm). I feel like I am so much like her, like she’s so me. Though of course, maybe my reason for being kin with her is purely psychological. Maybe I “became” her after seeing DDLC. Maybe I am her because I relate to her so much. But again, only time will tell. If I still feel like I identify as her (which, currently, I most definitely do) in a couple of months or so, then I guess I’ll start calling myself fictionkin. Idk.

[randomuser678]

oowada!!

Sorry for taking so long, I was doing some stuff.Anyways, Mondo for that ask thing1: Sexuality headcanonOh well, I’m not really sure, I usually don’t put too much thought into sexuality HCs, I just kind of Hc everyone as gay until they show interest in other gender, then I HC them as bi, and with Oowada it isn’t that different, he mentioned being a train wreck when it comes to talking with girls, which can mean that he isn’t gay but compulsory heterosexuality is a thing so there’s that.I personally like to see him as pan, and I’m pretty sure he isn’t straight 2:otp Ishimondo, obviously. I try to be pretty open abt shipping, but Ishimondo is kind of my all time favorite, also I’ve seen some Gundham x Mondo fanart and I don’t know why but I like that one too, they are like two different versions of the same archetype (y'know, like, the tough edgy guy with a cute soft side to him) so I like that.Naegi x Oowada is also pretty cute, their thing on school mode is nice.3:brotpLike, an ultimate friendship? I think him and Ishimaru, cuz a romantic relationship needs to have a base in a platonic relationship to be healthy, and they are great friends in canon too so that’s a given.Another friendship that seems to be brought up on many of the dr merchandise and stuff is Oowada x Kuwata, for whatever reason (maybe cuz they are both punks, idk, and there’s also that picture so yeah) and Oowada x Fujisaki is also a pretty nice pair.And also there’s that dude from drae, Takemichi Yukimaru, according to the wiki, he’s from Oowada’s gang and he’s kind of Oowada’s right hand man, calmer than Mondo and totally has a crush on him. So yeah him too, even tho I don’t really know anything abt this tiny dude.4:notpWell, I don’t wanna get into some disk horse, but like I don’t like almost all of the pairings with him and a girl. I mean, I don’t think he really had a good relationship with any of the girls in the first game, and he said he gets too nervous to talk with girls, so that can only mean he should just date a dude instead. And also I super ship Ishimondo so I’m not even gonna pretend I’m not biased here.5:First headcanon that pops in my headHe’s furry, his underwear proves it.And also I like to see him with some tiger motifs and Ishi with dragon motifs cuz why not6:favorite line from this characterI couldn’t remember shit, so I went to the wiki and I’m sad now, but I love the comic lines he has when he’s aggressively denying things that nobody acused him of (“I can’t hit girls! It’s not like I’m scared of her or anything! Ya bastard!”). And there’s also the fact that one of his lines that he says when you ask him to hang out that’s like “Idk man, I dont swing that way”, which is something someone who swings that way would say, so love that line.7:one way on which I relate to this characterWell, he’s scared of everything all the time, so that’s relatable, but he reacts with violence and with impulsive decisions, which is the opposite of what I do (I just ignore my fears until they go away), but the most relatable thing abt him is that he does’t know what to do with his life, and he even went to Hope’s peak just so he could like run away from that insecurity, thinking that he would find some answers there, and I can understand those feelings so much (or at least I think I do). In the end his fears and insecurities take him to, y'know, death, and that’s such a beautiful tragic story, or I’m just giving it my interpretation.Also he’s in love with Ishimaru, so that’s even more relatable. 8:thing that gives me second hand embarrassed abt thos character Like, a thing that I don’t like? I’m not really sure. Well, I wanted more to be shown of him, like, I wanted more on his family, his relationship with his gang, and these sort of stuff. On the main storyline you couldn’t really see much of his more soft side, so I think I wanted more of that. And I like to pretend like tough guy with a cute side is the most original idea ever, but I think there isn’t much on him besides that, so I think I really want to see more sides of him, that aren’t just these two sidesAlso, we know what he thinks abt girls multiple times, too many times, so I want more of him with the dudes (not necessarily on the gay way but that would be great too)And finally the Ishimondo thing.Their relationship always was taken as more of a comic thing for the most part (like y'know how they bonded out of nowhere, and their interactions were just them being comically close to eachother and being more of a caricature of a relationship) , and as a result most ppl didn’t get too invested in their potential romance because the game only took it seriously on the trial when Oowada was going to die and Ishimaru was ok with having to sacrifice himself and breaking the rules just so his bf could live. So even tho their bonding was genuine, it wasn’t treated like a big, dramatic, unnecessary romance like most of the straight relationships, and that bothers me, even tho they really gave importance to their later on, like how hopeless Ishi was after Oowada’s death and then he went super sayan like Hinata did.I think that I’m trying to say that I wish his relationship with Ishi wasn’t developed enough, even tho I still loved it. I also wish they had went with a more openly romantic story for them, which would give them more development and grownth as characters.So yeah, I don’t like how underdeveloped their relationship was and how much lost potential there was in it (they could have shown more of them on the anime adaptation or something).9: cinnamon roll or problematic fave? I mean, he killed a kid half of his size and tried to get away with it (kind of) so like, IDK???This separation in only two groups of characters based on their actions is stupid.But problematic fave I guess, because he killed a person, punched stuff, and because he’s a 3 dimensional character whose actions have understandable reasons and a characterisation that allows people to see him both as agood person and as a bad person, leaving him on a pretty grey area just like most of the characters on this franchise about high schoolers murdering eachother beacause an evil bear said so.Thank you really much for sending that ask!! Feel free to reblog and stuff, and I hope I get more asks soon!! And also how the fuck do I tag stuff on mobile anymore.

[pafsins2]

Everything Wrong With Phineas and Ferb: The Best LIVE Tour Ever!

On March 23, 2014, I started Phineas and Ferb sins. 3 Years later, and I'm two episodes way from being done. Wow. But yes, it has been that long. Crazy.

I knew I had to do SOMETHING for it, especially with how close to done we are. And in the end I decided on this. Oh boy.

For those who don't know, there was a P&F Live Tour Show thing a few years back and apparently it was fun, and had the crew's involvement in some ways (like writing an orginal song for it) but got infamous to one certain thing we'll get to it.

So why not sin it? Before we begin, I must put an important note. I've seen enough scattered clips and such to have seen  most of this, but I couldn't find one full video of the thing and I didn't see it live when it was around.

So I'll be using the Wiki's Transcript for this. So if there's any extra sins the visuals add or anything like that, sorry. Some  may get in based on memory though, as well some clips I found.

So here we go!

1.Let's get this out of the way: The costumes are freaky. Some I get had to be costumes but some are just odd. Those eyes, man.

2.You know, Ferb, I cannot believe it's the last day of summer vacation “ Clunky exposition.

3.Also, it's the Last Day of Summer? I think they jumped the gun on that

4.”Have you ever noticed that audience before” Oh, we're going meta, oh boy.

5.How have they never noticed this audience? If this as seen as canon than this raises further questions. (It's their fault for starting in the show's style)

6.They can't literally break the 4th wall.

7.”I wonder why we never saw that before” These kids are not very observant.

8.Random dancers out of nowhere./

9.We got dancers dressed as Ferb and Candace, but not Phineas. Guess the Forever Summer line ran out.

10.The dancers are offically called “Divas”. Weird.

11. Random verse that is wisely cut out of the official version of this song.

12.”Those random dancers really improved our production values” There's gonna be a lot of “Good at sins” moments in this, aren't there?

13.Isabella doesn't question the audience or why boys look so freaky.

14.”How serendipitous/' Even by this franchises standards, this is a lot of lampshade hanging.

15.Baljeet doesn't see the up on stage but Isabella could.

16.”You like musicals?” Yeah  you guys had some debuts together, remember?

17.Ha ha Buford is too big to fit down haw haw.

18.Kinda weird to hear Phineas singing his own theme song.

19.Stacy does not appear in this. Nor do Carl, Irving, or Norm. Or Vanessa, even though they do Busted later!

20.Phineas never questions who these strangers are, or anything like that.

21.”What audience?' You didn't see that huge  crowd?

22.Show feels the need to play a clip of a certain boy boy in case you didn't get the joke. At least it wasn't One Direction.

23.Candace's speech gets more introspective than I expected this thing to be.

24.Weird to have only Candace on Busted. It kinda fits with that guide track that only had Vanessa though.

25.Phineas and Ferb are RIGHT THERE to hear Candace go on about how she'll bust them even though they aren't supposed to know about about that.

26.Again, Jeremy doesn't question any of these while some of the others at least question certain things.

27.The other songs at have the same singers, mostly, but the Perry theme is by someone else.

28.Takes forever for anyone to ask where perry is.

29.We start the Perry plot...only to cut back to the boys to randomly shoe-horn in Everything's Better with Perry

30.Again, weird to have Phineas singing the song.

31.And they randomly interupet the song for scenes of Perry doing action-y stuff.

32.”actually it was that kid in row three there,' Wait, is OWCA employing human kids now? Or is he just take Intel from some random kid for no reason?

33.Does controlling an audience sound “harmless' to you?

35.Monogram questions the people watching them but does nothing about the thousand of people who they just blew their secret on.

36.They explain how everyone else becomes “real” but not Perry.

37.Perry random moves and suddenly he's at DEI.

38.Is Perry blind?

39.If the audience actually reacted the way most people would, this joke would be ruined.

40.Even in the live show, gotta have our tragic Doof backstory.

41.I've heard your songs, you've got tons of talent/

42.Instead of writing an original song, they just recycled random Broadway songs.

43.Okay the chorus girls make sense this time but it's a cliché so I gotta sin it.

44.Oh come on, even this has the quirky worky song?

45.”Yeah, where do they keep coming from?” You can keep questioning it, but you won't really do anything about it.

46.Yes Phineas, stopping to party will give you ideas. What a contrived way to do the interrupting Ferb gag.

47.Backyard Beach is slightly extended just to pad this out.

48.The wiki's Transcript is clearly some words, like how they say Buford says “I wanna ride hootenanny!”

49.Fitting, as this whole show is a bunch of ideas smashed together.

50.Phinbedroids and Ferbbots...for no reason.

51.The machine just kinda knows when the audience needs a break.

52.So wait, you won't include Norm but we do have this random Goon we've never seen before?

53.”So, to get some people up here, we told them they won the award for the "Least Fidgety Audience Member", and they fell for it” Seriously?

54.”An award for sitting in a chair and watching a show, is that what you were expecting?' Even Doof agrees with me.

55.See this is where the line between live show and actual story gets blurred. In the the “story' these people should try to escape but in the context of this show it would make no sense so....eh?

56.Wouldn't it make sense to put Gitchie Gitchie Goo in the main plot? Especially since they interrupt it for random music.

57.Baljeet had all this time and he didn't use the bathroom?

58.”And nice Recap Candace” Haw haw. You did this joke be-oh...this came first? Okay then.

59.”Even bigger!” “Here I come!” Uh....

60.”That was my foot” Wow, what careless jerks.

61.What's the point of using certain songs if you're just gonna change them like how Truck Driving Girl is now Truck Driving Boy?

62.They put in a Bollywood Baljeet number as in idea, but they don't sing Destroyed Dreams or even Rubber Bands.

63.Changing the song is enough of a sin on it's own by changing Disco Miniature Golfing Queen to King is even worse.

64.”Alright, bring on the pants!” That sounds...wrong.

65.”Even Stacy wouldn't wear these.” Screw you too,. Candace.

66.Candace, who is voiced by Ashley Tisdale, sings Fabulous. That cannot be a coincidence on their part.

67.”My pants show is perfect! Except for the changing clothes in front of thousands strangers part.” …..Woooooow.

68.Candace, you do recall your past history with animal and  pants, right?

69.Random new song I was not warned about.

70.”We don't care if they carry disease' ….You should.

71.Candace forgets her fear of Squirrels for the sake of this obvious set up.

72.”I like your new dance moves” You saw them get into her pants, idiot.

74.Yes, mash up tons of ideas at once, nothing will go wrong. Oh hey, something goes wrong.

75.”How hard can it be? That's like the worst rhetorical question ever! That's not even rhetorical!” Candace is again doing my job for me.

76.We already heard the evil jingle, why do it again?

77.Goodbye Goon, no one will miss you.

78.”I cane-not believe you escaped.” Booooo.

79.This fight is not meant to make a whole lot of sense but the Pong bit is pushing it.

80.Lightsabers, a year or so before Disney bought Lucasfilm, whoa. (Yes, they've done SW references before but those are quite literately light sabers)

81.Wait, so they're in space or something, then Doof just kinda flies away. What the heck is going on? The wiki does not explain this too well...or the full video of the spanish version I found.

82.Whoa whoa, why did they walk away to Dei? They must be there if they find the inator.

83.Also, Perry forgets to destroy the inator for the sake of the plot.

84.”What are the chances in finding this?” “Probably 1%” Yep.

85.They push a random to a strange machine they just found.

86.A bit dick-ish for them to play with her like this.

87.”If we maximize this device to 25 million AMPS, we might be able to control the sun!” ….No.

88.First off, they can make it a sfunny as they want but since parts of the world have summer during our winter, the weather can't control when schools decide to have vacation. This is a very flawed plan.

89.But...uh...wait... the happy ending is that Phineas and Ferb make it Summer forever? ….That's...not happy. That's incredibly horrifying for so many reasons. Just...wow.

90.The opening lyrics to SBTY don't quite fit for this situation.

91.”Now the sun has set on this another extraordinary day. “ No, it hasn't, you just stopped it from Setting forever!

92.Doof's back, somehow, for no reason.

93.Uh, Perry, why are you in agent mode in front of everyone?!

94.A bit random to play Follow the Sun NOW but okay.

95.”Needlessly long final blow/curtain call “Cliche!

96.I'm shocked Baljeet didn't piss himself during all this, honestly.

97. And the how ends with the sound of a toliet flushing. Fitting.

I had some chances for sin reductions but I'll put it here cuz there's some good moments and overall, this does well for what it's doing.

LIVE SHOW SIN TALLY: 96

SENTENCE: Hit by the audience control-inator.

Wow, even I didn't expect that many sins. That's more than Mission Marvel and SBYTY, to give you can idea of where it falls. This was different but fun. Honestly, as a live show thing it's  decently enjoyable despite the costumes and the ending. The format made it odd to sin but ah well.

Hope you enjoyed this as a year 3 anniversary thing. This has been  a fun journey and it'll be sad to see it end. But I'll save the cheesy stuff for Monday. Until then, got some wins for the weekend to tide you over. Be sure to binge all my posts to build up to the finale!

So...goodbye then.

[thotclaws]

Guess who has a rant to do?! And I AM PISSED

That’s right. We have an SJW on our hands!

Warning: DON’T TAKE THIS RANT SERIOUSLY! This is just a vent. So really. Don’t attack this person in anyway please, thank you. SJW’s are just easy target’s, let’s just say. Alright LET’S DO DIS SHIT!

I have a rant on a little group and a person who ignores all logic and facts on our hands and it is glorious! May I introduce.

@smolsweaterboy @dateagenderfluid 

Remember that post that I made? Yeah. Apparently I got kicked out because I had a disagreement saying that nobody will respect your opinion and it is true. I don’t mind it when someone disagrees with me, but when it’s such a big deal that you have to make a rant on is a huge step into a world I like to call; fantasy and these SJW’s like to bask in it and ignore all logic science and facts. 

So here’s the first little screenshot I had when I posted the opinion that I that rustled the jimmies of this SJW and this has got to be a new level of stupid. Oh wait, all SJW’s are stupid. I forgot yeah. They’re not gonna have any facts to back up a response to me and continue to cry like a baby because reality. Face up, reality isn’t a nice person, I know that from experience. There’s a lot of shit that goes down in the world but I continue to ramble in the internet because I have nothing else good to do. SOOOooooo this is the screenshot.

So I still love Blaire White. I just lover her to death. She’s one of my favorite transgender YouTubers who isn’t a feminist. I hate feminism because they ignore all logic and just go with what’s not normal and “try” to make it normal. For me, the most shocking thing about her is that she finally made a pedophile named Onision go on a rampage because she exposed him and his bullshit and I LUVED IT! The livestream that went down weeks ago about how much of a terrible person he is, and I have to agree. He is an asshole. Moving on. The reason you were so triggered by was because she doesn’t support trans people transitioning their kids to be different. That is terrible. That is child abuse. I hate that so much! Nobody should be forced to be trans! NOBODY! Being trans is a choice that goes the same with being gay. The reason why I love Milo Yiannopoulos is because he shoots down any form of illogical responses, and is not afraid to open his mouth. Which of course he should never shut because he’s my favorite faggot.

As and added note I DON’T SUPPORT BOTH SIDES. LEFT AND RIGHT SHOULD STFU! Reason being is because I HATE authority figures. I hate their facades and I hate Hilary Clinton. She is the devil in disguise and everyone knows it. I hate the Bushes, I hate the BLM movement because it does more damage than good, I hate half of the LGBTQ+ community for being asshats themselves, and I absolutely HATE Religious fanatics. 

These are just a few examples of the shit I have to put up with.

So really? She’s transphobic is obviously observed. That goes the same for me as well. I highly support anyone who’s transitioning, but yes. There are those that do it for attention and for a good few victim blaming, and those are the one’s I despise because it’s not taking the idea’s of the LGBTQ+ community seriously. That and it makes the one’s that did work hard to transition seem useless and ignored and to those transtrenders who think that being trans will give you pity points? Welp you got a whole new breath of light coming to ya..........stop.....

Seriously. Stop playing the victim and take responsibilities for your actions. That goes the same for you smolsweaterboy. I’m not gonna apologize for what I’ve said. You ignored the facts, and have ignored all sense of reality, but of course you won’t. You’ll call me every single insult in the book so. I really hope that all the names we’re worth your time to stop me cuz really. No one will stop me. No one. No SJW is gonna get to me.

I’m NOT TRYING TO MAKE YOU THE BAD GUY. Where did I say that? Oh right, no where retard NONE! NO WHERE DID I SAY THAT I MISGENDER PEOPLE. I will ask people if they have preferred pronouns. I don’t DON’T want someone to force me to respect you. That’s rude and inconsiderate. I’m not testing you. You ignore reality and ignore the drawbacks of being transgender. I said that there are people that are gonna disagree with you, and you acted like a baby and pretend that I attacked you. How bout this?! Go to a Muslim page and read what it say’s on what their beliefs are. That goes the same for Christianity. Look that up in the bible, it states that no one should be transgender because it’s an abomination. THAT’S NOT AN OPINION. That’s just FACT! I said for you to not stoop down to their level and YOU FUCKING DID YOU CUNT! You played the victim and I know that it’s bullshit. SO please look yourself in the mirror and think about what you just typed.

THERE ARE 2 GENDERS! BIOLOGY IS NOT A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT! It is science. YOUR IDENTITY IS WHAT YOU CHOOSE AND NO ONE ELSE!

Oh yeah about that genderfluid thing. Yeah, I gained that shit in late Middle school and high school. I was bullied because I was different. Because I was a weakling and I didn’t know shit. I had NO ONE to turn to during this time. I felt alone and pathetic. That I was a waste of space, BUT FUCK THAT! I have no fucks to give to anyone that likes to make up wild accusations. I used to be a pathetic weakling like you. Then I discovered that there are people out there that share their different opinions and fandoms to me. I can speak to them without worry and I love it! I feel like my name means something. I stared researching different topics, I started loving different cultures. I started to become smart. I felt great when I had facts to back my argument up. I felt like I could take on the world. 

But I’m not gonna go over to someone and respect me because I’m genderfluid NO. I want people to respect me for who I am. A person. Remember when I said that you ignore facts and science. Yeeeeaaaaah. Guess I’m right on something? My genderfluity isn’t for attention. It is who I am inside. I never do anything for attention. I’m just simply frustrated with SJW’s.

BTY! YOU ARE A SPECIAL LITTLE SNOWFLAKE DIPSHIT!

And finally. You have questions. SO I’ll answer them for you.

1. Are you a racist?

Nope. I love everyone equally, but BLM is bullshit. Ask some black man. He’ll open your eyes for ya.

2. Are you misogynistic?

Far from it.

3. Thoughts on Anita Sarkeesian

Attention whore.

4. Gamer?

Yep. Love vidergerms. I used to play them a lot with my brother and cousins. I still play them to this day. 

5. Fandom?

Star wars, Mortal Kombat, Marvel, and Anime/Manga. I have many more but I’m really getting into Star vs the forces of evil. 

6. Are you transphobic?

Read the paragraph up above.

7. Like Biology?

Love it. It helps me understand the human body.

8. History?

Love history.

9. Philosophy?

Thrawn

10. Art?

I’m an art fanatic...I’m probably Thrawn. 

11. Attention whore?

Don’t need attention. Just someone to listen to my bullshit is all. 

12. Special snowflake?

RESPECT MA PRENERNS! I’m TRIGGERED!!!!!

13. Why Blaire White?

She took down a pedophile and exposed so much bullshit SJW’s and feminists do. I recommend you watch more of her videos, or do research.

14. Are you really gender fluid?

If it’s on the non binary spectrum, then I can identify as such.

15. Thoughts on Trump?

Dislike him. I don’t like politicians. 

16. Clinton?

EVIL! EVIL BITCH!

17. But...my feelings?

Fuck the feelings, and open a boooook!

18. Are you a white supremacist?

I said I disliked Trump...that’s enough to make you think cuz you don’t really have brain cells to think clearly.

19. Alt-right?

Pussies.

20. Left?

Pussies.

21. Apologize for being white!

Nope. Never have and never will.

22. Memes?

Blaze it BOI!

23. iDubbbz

24. Wage gap?

Myth

25. Feminism?

Cancer

26. Horror Movies?

Love them, but some are stupid.

27. Ghostbusters?

The remake was shit. I didn’t ask for a remake. No one did. 

28. Why you hate Ghostbusters?

It gave SJW’s a chance to shit all over it.

29. Are you fatphobic?

Fat people need to loose weight! So really fuck fatphobia!

30. Cultural appropriation?

Here’s your answer ---->http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Thrawn

31. You love Thrawn so what? He’s just a man!

No. Because he’s a badass and a unique villain.

32. War?

I’m studying it and reading up on the art of war...

33. Homophobic?

I ship gay people and have a lot of gay headcanons...Half of my friends are either gay or bi. 

34. But we live in a cisnormative world?!

We don’t. Your allowed to be gay in America. So why complain. Besides I have LGBTQ+ headcanons for characters. I see Thrawn as asexual and you don’t see people complaining...

35. You don’t give a shit about me?

No fucks have been given with this rant.

36. I hate you.

Thanks.

OK Soooo there you go I answered the questions for ya @smolsweaterboy hope this rant really made you open your eyes and made sure to be as harsh as possible. Cuz really. You need a wake up call. I NEEDED to be harsh cuz you’ll just sugarcoat anything that’ll make someone upset. I’m not some privileged asshole no. I’m broke and I need a job. Also thank your followers for blocking me because I have brains. 

Next I ask to everyone who read this rant. 

DON’T GO AND ATTACK THIS PERSON. DO NOT LEAVE THEM HATE OR DEATH THREATS PLEASE!

Just leave them alone. I don’t want War. I don’t want to have to do a response to this. I just wanna live my life. 

I guess...bye. I’m just really aggravated by SJW’s, I really am. Their moronic nature really made me think that this would would be better if they started looking through reality and not be a bitch about it. I have an ironic respect for these people. They’ll do anything to support their stupidity. That’s really an accomplishment in of itself.

And now I leave you a gift @smolsweaterboy 

Thank you for reading my pretties!