#I've had such a huge hyperfixation on the movies lately

[mygraine]

OOOO I LOVE READING TOO !! ESPECIALLY WHEN I READ WITH MY HUSBAND!!! WHAT BOOK DID YOU FINISH??/NFYTA

ITS CALLED " HOUSE OF DARKNESS , HOUSE OF LIGHT " !! ( i finished volume2 , specifically ) It's the book series that inspired the conjuring movies! ^_^ It's been really interesting lately , though a bit graphic for my liking . . .

[maxwell-grant]

hi. you've mentioned Donald Duck a few times in your posts, with scrooge being one step removed from pulp heroes, Donalds Paparinik (Italian superhero identity which I love, the new PK Adventures where lovely) in terms of their relation to the Diabolik line of European superheroes and Donalds general tendency to run head first down slippery slopes. so I'm wondering if you have any further thoughts on his comics and weird place in the superhero/pulp world

Oh God, do I. I mostly wanna talk about the superhero side of things but I feel like it's worth mentioning I grew up with Donald Duck comics, specifically the Carl Barks ones. The picture above wasn't taken by me but I own and recognize like 7 of the books in it, my mom always bought these that collected several of his stories and had these beautiful painting covers so we could read them together, and I still flip through them on occasion and love them very much (I really wanna buy a translated edition of Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck to read with her but those cost a liver). Donald Duck was one of my childhood hyperfixations and I got my hands on all the comics and movies and cartoons I could find with him, and I actually did read several of the Italian comics, I could go down the stationery right now and grab 5. I first stumbled on Paperinik via those, and for long I didn't think much of it, because Donald Duck moonlighting as a superhero for decades isn't the kind of thing that comes up often. I just thought Paperinik was a weird but funny idea for the longest time and always liked rereading a story where he puts on the costume to scare a rich jerk into leaving his granny's farm alone. And THEN I stumbled onto PKNA, Paperinik New Adventures, and oh my god this rules so much.

Actually one of the best superhero comics I've ever read, it's just constantly and consistently doing these wild absurd stories and swings into genre territory and quality storytelling. It's famous for opening it's first issue with aliens genociding an entire planet and I thought that was kinda overselled, and it's not frequently this dark (sometimes it actually gets darker though, and I probably stopped before it could really get there), but it is a very weird comic. It's more akin to Fantastic Four's serialized consistency than any kind of graphic novel prestige storyline but it is frequently so good at what it does, even the lamer issues are still worth reading. I like describing it as Donald Duck falling headfirst into Batman-level resources, forced to deal with Superman problems (on both the "huge sci-fi horrors" and "people being really, really irresponsible dicks" ends), while trying to stay Ditko's Spider-Man and failing. These do not feel quite like any Donald Duck comics I'd read before and while they would hold up with a different character, I do think they deserve credit for how they make it still always feel like you're reading a Donald Duck story, if a slightly different one. In fact I'd even say PKNA actually makes the concept feel more suited for Donald Duck in a way that brought the idea full circle.

To those of you that don't know, Paperinik started as a villain, or more of a revenge fantasy. By that point there was a tradition of doing a lot of parody stories with Donald that started in 1953. By the late 60s, readers were dissatisfied with Donald Duck always constantly being mistreated by the rest of the supporting cast and losing unfairly, so it was decided to have one of those parodies feature Donald Duck as uncovering the fortune and resources of "Fantomius" and becoming a masked rogue able to get back at them by achieving the impossible, in that he both steals from Scrooge and defeats Gladstone's luck by framing him for it.

He had a stint as a master thief until it was decided it made him too mean, so he morphed into a superhero trying to overcome his prior bad reputation and using his new skills and gadgets (still prone to malfunctioning) to deal with his typical rogues and new ones, and having the admiration of his nephews who don't know that Unca Donald and Paperinik are the same. PKNA, in turn, was sort of a reboot, shedding the previous history and pretty much getting rid of Donald's traditional supporting cast and having Donald stumble onto a different set of resources and means to fight crime, but keeping the idea of Donald Duck having a superhero alter-ego that nobody suspects. The scale and menace of the threats he's up against DRASTICALLY increases, and if anything that fact is crucial to what allows these to still feel like Donald Duck stories, even with Paperinik being a genuinely impressive and cool hero able to save the world. Nobody believes Donald Duck could be a cool and impressive person if he tried, and so Paperinik becomes not just a power fantasy, or a call to something better or be someone better, but it becomes a key component of Donald Duck stories: a thankless job he's expected to do that he doesn't want to do until his pride or something crucial is on the line. These are still parables about human failures and what can be learned from them.

I'd even say a big part of why they succeed is because they introduce a character who can pick up Donald's slack as a comically unpleasant ill-tempered grouch in need of a lesson protagonist in Angus Fangus, a character who's sort of J Jonah Jameson meets Harvey Bullock. Angus has it out for Paperinik and gets up to a lot of the antics you would traditionally expect Donald to be doing if this was a classic Donald Duck comic (and even has a Gladstone-esque rival of his own in another reporter), and getting to learn lessons and be humbled and even have his own set of impressive moments. The choice to give an entirely new cast around Donald greatly added to the comic's ability to experiment and do new things while still keeping the core of Donald.

I actually like a lot of these new dynamics better than the ones he traditionally has, I love The Raider and Lyla and One and oh god Xadhoom, Xadhoom is so fucking cool, such a cool design and name, this powerful roaring supernova stickbug alien person in a crusade of murderous vengeance who names herself her language's equivalent of creditor because the death of her entire planet is the DEBT SHE WILL COLLECT IN BLOOD ENERGY and she is just the most 90s anti-hero ever made except she's stuck in a Donald Duck comic getting into comedic situations and learning to laugh and feel emotions and learn from her mistakes again whether she likes it or not. These two are so good together.

Even with a superhero lair and supercomputer and gadgetry handed to him, Donald Duck is so comically outmatched against his opponents he still winds up winning through guile and will and comedic trickery. Donald desperately wishes he could go on self-serving ventures or just sit at home and enjoy tv, and not get dragged into dealing with murderous alien invasions, or cyberpunk revenge stories, or collapsing future timelines, and still having to solve those problems so there's a world to come back. The stories are frequently fun and they are prevailingly comedic and very good at it too, but they also get a lot out of taking weird turns into unexpected territory.

I haven't finished it because I wasn't able to find it in full or keep track of what's the og series and what's the reboot, still trying to sort that out, but god what a find this series is. What a great strange turn in the history of this great strange character.

[bomberqueen17]

Big Easy

I am on vacation this week in New Orleans. There are many reasons for this but mostly they're not about me. I'm just here for the ride. Hilariously the one thing I found on on my own that I was like "oh i gotta do that while we're here" is also the thing that has been recommended to me by literally everyone i've spoken to including the Lyft driver from the airport, which is the WWII Museum, and conversely the more people recommend it the more I'm like :/ I might not enjoy this that much. WWII history was a childhood hyperfixation of mine but I've found the shit I was into about it is not the stuff other people like about it. This museum features a movie narrated by Tom Hanks so I feel like it's going to mm emphasize the bits I don't care about a lot. BUT I am going to go and I am probably going to devote a whole day. The upside of this is that probably Dude will not be deadly bored by it. He does tend to have the issue of not being into what I'm into sometimes... but this will probably be fine.

My hip is doing okay, the one I've been physically therapizing for ages? But what's popped up is that as the bad hip heals, the "good" hip starts giving me trouble-- I have prettty bad sciatic nerve problems on that side, and I didn't notice them so much because the cartilage tear on the bad side hurt enough to distract me. But lately it's like-- a little electric current of Badness inside the back of my right knee. No fun. But I've been doing physical therapy exercises for about fifteen weeks now (I just counted), three times a week, so I'd damn well better have seen some improvement LOL.

But mostly I can walk around, and I have a better idea earlier on whether walking is going to be good for me or not, so idk it's progress.

So far I have had a few bites of a shrimp po'boy (in the Atlanta airport, where we ordered something else and the waitress didn't hear us and just brought better food, no regrets on our part), some amazing gumbo, a bit of really good crawfish etouffe, and a really good Hurricane cocktail, and have seen the steamboat Natchez going up the MIssissippi with a brass band playing on it. Oh yeah there was a live band at the baggage claim? Apparently there were Many Doings in the French Quarter last night because of Cinco de Mayo, our Lyft driver was explaining they'd barricaded a bunch of the streets and she was delighted they'd moved one barricade because otherwise she could not have dropped us at our hotel. But by the later evening when we were out and about it wasn't quite so crowded but there were police cars and sirens and apparently some kind of disturbance a couple blocks away from our hotel. We kept walking because whatever it was was Not Our Business.

I'm mostly here for the food. I brought mostly me-made clothes. I was wearing a nice button-up shirt to fly in, and i sat at the gate during our layover and hand-bound two of the last three buttonholes on it (I'd cut and overcasted them at home but ran out of time). Relaxing and chill, honestly.

There are a couple of fabric stores I want to visit but apart from that I have zero agenda. Maybe Dude came up with something. I think he's mostly been researching restaurants.

I did not expect this, though: I know the names of so many of the places here from the news coverage of Katrina, and when I saw the Superdome in person i started crying, and had to explain to the driver that I'd been an airport bartender during that time and so had been stuck in front of huge TVs with 24h live coverage, and I'd had a bunch of online friends living there and I didn't realize until this moment how much it scarred me, so I could only imagine for the people here, and she talked about how she'd been a cleaner in an apartment complex at the time (I'd sussed that she was my age or older so I figured she'd remember it as well as I do, because to my shock that was 20 years ago now) and how many people had just left and never come back, had abandoned their possessions and just never came back for them because the power didn't come back on for two or three months.

She said "Now I know, when they tell you to evacuate, you get the hell out."

She also complained that nobody knows how to act, because it's all tourists. Which, fair.

... Anyway, anyone with recs for New Orleans feel free to tell them to me, I'm just here for the food and the vibes.

[practically-an-x-man]

I'm having a scatterbrained day, so for talk shop Tue, can I get a commentary reel/directors cut style talk about how WWFA came about? How you got the idea, how Kat was developed and how you decided to insert your plot into the movie canon?

Oooh man, great question!! Thank you!!

So first things first... there were absolutely elements of Katherine and her story that were logically chosen for a specific position, and as with all of my stories, I did have the plot in place before I started writing, but there was a lot of this story in particular that evolved as I wrote it.

So WWFA? first came about after I went through a huge NATM hyperfixation in late 2021. The movies have always been really comforting and close to my heart, especially as a history and mythology buff, but there was something about that time rewatching it that just sent me headfirst into it. I don't remember how specifically I came up with Katherine as a character, but the first little inkling of plot came from the idea of an artist leaving sketches for the night guards and janitors to discover, not knowing that it was the exhibits themselves who ended up appreciating them.

So that's where I started the story: Katherine, leaving her drawings, simple and sweet. I had my point A (her leaving the drawings), my point B (following the third movie, the tablet dying and being restored), and my point C (hush now, we haven't gotten to that yet), but hadn't quite gotten all the details of how I was going to work Katherine into the story. I always had her coming along for the ride, but it's safe to say that the original concept did not have her nearly as deeply woven into the story as her final version does. She brought her drawings to life, building off the idea of the tablet bringing museum artworks and exhibits to life, but at that point I didn't have much of an explanation as to why her.

And then I started college. I'd always been a history nerd and had a good base of knowledge to start the story, but then I was a history nerd taking various college-level anthropology, history, and archaeology classes, and it took my knowledge to a whole new level. I've said this before, but I nearly wrote a paper on how I believed the Egyptian god Tutu was borrowed from the Babylonian god of the same name (though that fizzled when the Egyptologist I tried to contact never emailed me back, and he was the only expert in that particular god I could find). I love that sort of thing, and if college had been a better fit for me it might've ended up being my lasting career. My knowledge skyrocketed, so did my inspiration, and that's what springboarded the fic into its present mythology-heavy form.

As for how Kat was developed... it was a lot of those more spur-of-the-moment decisions. She became descended from Bastet on a whim, and that ended up being a driving force that worked so well for the rest of the story. Her name, Katherine Johnson, is a reference to the NASA scientist who contributed to the moon landing, but that reference itself was just sparked from the fact that I couldn't decide on a name at first. Her physical appearance, her backstory, whatever else? I just wanted to create a fun, dynamic character, someone who really felt like a real person rather than a plot device - and part of how I do that is just to stop thinking too hard about it and let things just flow.

Idk, it's kind of hard to describe. I don't want to say I was flying blind at any point, but there were a lot of areas in which the story just fell together as I wrote it. Most of my work came from creating Katherine and establishing her within the first few chapters - after that, she just seemed to fall into the story.

[cardiac-agreste]

How has the MLB fandom personally affected your day-to-day life, and what were the major things you used to do, in the fandom in your first year, that you no longer do.

I have way less free time thanks to the MLB fandom! And I wrote a novel! Yes, it's unpublishable as it is fanfiction, but I WROTE A NOVEL! Something I'd decided I wanted to do before I turned 40. And people like it?? SPLENDIFEROUS.

The big thing I used to do my first year that I (almost) no longer do is participate on the MLB subreddit, which is extremely toxic IMO. Just an absolute shit experience if you like the show. It often felt like I was one of the few people there who didn't hate it. It was not a happy time and place to be a fan!

I am there way less now. I'm so busy writing my fanfiction (like A Small but Stubborn Fire) that I can barely keep up with reading the fics I like (shout out @uptoolateart @wehadabondingmoment @nemaliwrites @raspberrycatapult @wackus-bonkus-maximus @monpetitchattriste @pisoprano @wield-the-mighty-pen @sing-in-me-oh-muse AND SO MANY MORE(seriously see attached screenshot how HUGE my backlog of subscribed fic chapters I have to catch up on!), let alone go get flamed on Reddit for daring to suggest that Marinette is fundamentally a good person.

For your reading "enjoyment," my autobiography

No one actually cares, but I'm on roll.

I was a huge anime fan in the 90s and early 00s. But then I moved to Japan and realized most anime is crap (just like most of any country's TV output is crap). But subtitles often make things sound more profound than the original. Fortunately yet unfortunately, I stopped needing them. (Plus the novelty of it that went away once I was in-country.)

So for about 10–15 years, I didn't watch any anime. Maybe a Ghibli or Satoshi Kon movie now and then.

Then sometime around the pandemic, maybe a bit before, I gave Naruto a go on Netflix after I'd seen a gazillion memes of geeks running strangely in parks. NFLX only had the first half, not Shippuden, so there was no closure for me. I decided to go to the fanfiction world after DECADES of not reading fanfiction. Like, I left the fanfiction world when I was reading Ranma 1/2, so the late 90s?

Anyway, there weren't websites for fanfiction back then. We used USENET. RAAC (rec.arts.anime.creative), specifically.

So I had to legit google to see where you went for fanfiction these days since, as you might have noticed, USENET is nigh on dead now, right? Gen Z out here asking "what is a usenet"

I discovered FFN and eventually Ao3. I kinda wore myself out of Naruto and decided to check out MLB fanfiction since I'd been watching it with my kids and I think we were waiting for the second half of S3 to show up on Netflix.

FUCKING HOOKED. CUE THE HYPERFIXATION.

So my first year deep in the fandom I was reading fanfiction constantly. Just a ridiculous amount. I think I might get the silver medal for amount consumed.

Anyway I'm getting tired of writing about myself (kind of a shocker actually), which means NO ONE is reading this far into what I've written. Point is, I got persuaded through some conversations to submit for the @mlbigbang and I wrote around 75K words and here I am.

FYI this is not reflective of the quality of my writing seriously go read my story, I will give you a refund if you don't like it

EDIT I FORGOT THE SCREENSHOT

[always-andromeda]

𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿

I was tagged by @emeraldmoth and @forgedinmyheart about a week ago for this and I'm so sorry I'm only now getting to it!! Thank you both!!

𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 ��𝗼𝗻𝗴: Missing Out by Maya Hawke (I've been listening to her almost nonstop lately)

𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿: Yellow! Huge fan of yellows and oranges in general!

𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴: I haven't really had the time to get into a show lately? But I've been making my dad watch Supernatural with me for the past few months and we've finally gotten to season fifteen!! And I really want to rewatch Yellowjackets soon since all the talk about season three being in production has me so hyped.

𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲: I watched Mean Girls with my brother on Mean Girls Day earlier this month and it was so fun (I haven't watched many movies this month rip)

𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀��𝗼𝗻𝘀: Primarily Red Dead Redemption 2. And the Until Dawn remake has reignited that hyperfixation lol. The only other big thing that's coming to mind it the resurgence of my love for pumpkin spice. I know it makes me so basic but I don't care; I have no shame lmao. I make my own pumpkin spice lattes for class, I made pumpkin bread and pumpkin cream cheese a bit ago (they were delicious), and I'm already wanting to make these pumpkin muffins my mom used to make when I was a kid. Ugh, I'm a fiend for pumpkin spice rn.

𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀: Single (for now 👀)

𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱: chicken and dumpling soup recipe (I am having a craving lmao)

𝗻𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗴𝘀: @babygorewhore @burntheedges @steph-speaks

(I like to tag folks who I've recently reblogged writing from in these but no pressure if you don't want to participate or already have! Just take this little note as me saying I love your work again lol 💛)

[albonoooo]

thank you for the tag @borntogayz <3

star sign: pisces

favourite holiday: christmas (for the cozy vibes and food)

last meal: rice and stir-fried veggies

current favourite musician: this changes daily, but lately i've been listening to a lot of palaye royale (damn you, liquid) and nostalgic 2000s music like britney spears, beyoncé, christina aguilera and the pussycat dolls.

last music listened to: i'm listening to palaye royale as i'm typing this.

last movie watched: drei haselnüsse für aschenbrödel (which is the same answer i gave in a tag game a few weeks ago lol)

last tv show watched: it's been months since i've watched any show, but i think it's the witcher.

last book/fic finished: the last book i finished is to kill a kingdom by alexandra christo (only took me one and a half years). i'm not sure about the last fic, probably something from the kinkmeme idk.

last book/fic abandoned: the last book i abandoned (for now) is bleak house by charles dickens. i technically had to read it for a seminar, but it's just too fucking long. as for fics, i don't really "abandon" any, i just keep them in my library (marked for later section) until i get to them, whenever that may be.

currently reading: as per the previously mentioned older tag game, i'm still reading the picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde. since my last answer, i have made zero progress.

last thing researched for writing/art/hyperfixation: does frantically looking for the right pictures of alex albon in red bull gear as well as articles about him leaving/them sacking him at 3am count?

favourite online fandom memory: honestly just discovering that there was fanfiction beyond x reader stuff was eye-opening. the first few m/m k-pop fics i read had such a huge impact on me, i can still recite the plot down to the smallest details.

favourite old fandom you wish would drag you back in/have a resurgence: it's not old per se, but the pedro pascal girlies (gn) seem to be having a great time atm. i had my pedro moment in 2019/2020 when i watched triple frontier for the first six times, but maybe i should revisit that.

favourite thing you enjoy that never had an active or big fandom, but you wish it did: i've been thinking about this for ten minutes, i can't think of anything. if something comes to my mind later, i'll just add it then. EDIT: my best friend and i have an unhealthy obsession with the film napola (more specifically, max riemelt in it. the film itself is quite dark), but barely anyone even knows it. devastating.

tempting project you're trying to rein in/don't have time for: i'm currently trying to learn how to make web weaves because i have a bunch of ideas, but uni comes first unfortunately.

zero pressure tags in case you want to do this: @wanderingblindly @piastrisms @hrhgeorgerussell @bright-and-burning @liamlawsonlesbian

[agathah]

Just wanted to say you are such an incredible artist, I had to buy some of your work <3<3<3 You are so talented!!! Have you ever created art about the Silmarillion or Tolkien? Just wanted to ask : ) To be honest I'd love to see your art for every book/tv show/movie ever made lol!! You are literally the best artist I've seen in years <3

wow, thank you SO much!! For your support, for your words, everything. It means the world to me you have no idea 🖤 I'm a huge fan of lord of the rings, I've read the main three books but I need to read them again (and The Hobbit, and the tales lol) because I've read them in a bad moment of my life and I already forgot a bunch of stuff haha and I have Silmarillion at home, I'll start reading it anytime soon. So whenever my Tolkien hyperfixation comes back I'll draw about it!! And I've been trying to make fanarts of different medias lately, so it's possible that I'll draw something that you like! Haha, well, thanks again <33 xx

[secret-strawberry]

tagged by @palewhitehorse to do these! thank you!!

What book are you currently reading? like 3 at once that I got for Christmas but mostly The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie. it's a comedy spy novel which doesn't sound like a genre i'd be into but so far i am enjoying myself a lot i think it's hilarious lol

What’s your favorite movie you saw in theaters this year? this has made me realize that i don't think i saw any movies in the theatre this year?? what??? well. i've been watching the Scream movies for the first time at home and i like them!

What do you usually wear? i'd say a hoodie and jeans is my go-to

How tall are you? 5'6!

What’s your Star Sign? Do you share a birthday with a celebrity or a historical event? virgo; i was born the day hurricane katrina started

Do you go by your name or a nick-name? i use L online now which my discord friends call me sometimes. yes i got it from death note but I like it as a second name because it's very gender

Did you grow up to become what you wanted to be when you were a child? i wouldn't say i'm completely grown up yet but no, my plans have changed quite a bit from when I wanted to be a pediatrician. i want to be a psychologist now :)

Are you in a relationship? If not, who is your crush if you have one? nope! i had a crush on this guy a while ago after we talked for like an hour while waiting in the airport but it left once i realized i didn't actually know much about him- i think my mind constructed someone to fixate on because it was bored 💀

What’s something you’re good at vs. something you’re bad at? i'm going to half-copy vi and say i'm good at editing prose/writing essays but i'm horrible at following through with projects due to losing interest/motivation </3

Dogs or cats? in theory, cats, but i've never had one so i couldn't say if i'd end up preferring that to dog ownership

If you draw/write, or create in any way, what’s your favorite picture/favorite line/favorite etc. from something you created this year? hmmm. i like this line from my poem "On Love that will Outlive Me" about a girl who takes on the ocean as her (metaphorical?) lover: "I suppose I was selfish in choosing you. When I'm gone, I will not feel the loss of it." But I don't really have favorite lines individually; usually what I'm most proud of is a paragraph of nice description or a piece that ties up a theme neatly. My favorite piece I did this year (technically still a WIP but) is a short story called "Someone Still Loves You" because it explores the concept of community grief.

What’s something you would like to create content for? as you can probably tell by my ao3 lol i love writing for light and L because their relationship is so weird that it's fun to explore. also, i feel comfortable with their characters because i know them well (or i like to think i do)-- so any franchise that matches those two qualifiers i would love to dive into as well (house md, for example!)

What’s something you’re currently obsessed with? sherlock holmes is my current fixation; it's not as intense as my House M.D phase but lately I've been really interested in reading all of the original stories and watching CBS' Elementary. i think i'll probably do Columbo next.

What’s something you were excited about that turned out to be disappointing this year? i'm not sure, i guess my birthday? i didn't end up celebrating because it was right around the time that 2 of my close friends moved away and i had to cut off another one ,,, yikes

What’s a hidden talent of yours? not sure if this qualifies as a talent but people always seem shocked when they find out i know American Sign Language (HUGE hyperfixation during middle school, i went through 5 courses online and self-taught)

Are you religious? not anymore!

What’s something you wish to have at this moment? mm peaches (i'm playing animal crossing)

these questions were great :D i'm going to tag @ceeingstars, @bemorekleinman, @akireu-13, @mxoreo, and @random-blep if y'all feel like doing this, but no pressure!

[hourglass-dreams]

My Story With Encanto

(I apologize for not posting this yesterday! I was so busy because of holiday but here it is now ❤️)

How I Discovered Encanto

I will be completely honest with all of you, I've never really been a big fan of Disney Animation Studios (I ADORE Pixar though). Not only because of the company itself, but because a lot of the movies didn't resonate with me, particularly the modern ones. The only modern ones from the studios I like are Tangled, Zootopia and Moana so when I heard of Disney making "Encanto", I wasn't too interested. The only thing I knew about it was a particular song trending wildly on Tik Tok, (you know what it is 😂). I had no idea it was from Encanto originally, I thought people were cancelling Bruno Mars over something and they made a song about it 😂.

That was until my best friend got into it in late January/early Feburary and reccomended it to me. We have similar taste but when it came to this, I was skeptical. But, I gave it a chance! I watched it on Disney+ and I think at first, I wasn't really that into it. I liked it! It was just one of those things I needed to watch again to get the full grasp of, if that makes sense.

So. near Valentine's Day I watched it again with my then girlfriend, and that's REALLY where it hit me. The story, the characters, everything felt so real to me even though I am not from a Latino household. That's how the hyperfixation started!

Why I Love This Film

There is something so beautiful when a movie reflects a culture different from yours and does it as well as this one. I was so revealed when I saw actual Latin Americans, actual Colombians, talking about how authentic this movie was. It opened my eyes to a different view of life and family, it has filled me with so much sympathy for these families who have to endure generational trauma and oppression that impacts them in so many ways. The cast of characters is also SO diverse and feel like genuine people, not some walking stereotype.

Speaking of characters, I cannot tell you how much I've resonated with Mirabel and her story. It's rare for me to relate to Disney protagonist so this was a huge surprise. Not only do we both have curly hair, hazel eyes and glasses, but I understand wholeheartedly feeling out of place in your own family and feeling like you'll never be good enough. I am the only adopted biracial child in my family, I am also disabled and LGBTQ+, I also do not share the same religious views as most of my family so growing up, I struggled and still struggle so much with finding my worth and purpose. Mirabel also has the same exact personality that I had when I was younger. Energetic, bubbly, and kinda got on people's nerves (I'm also the youngest of three brothers) 😂. I'm also sensitive and try my best to understand different perspectives. (We're also both Pisces??? I swear, the similarities are a little scary).

Another character that doesn't remind me of myself, but of my oldest brother is Bruno. He doesn't have the same personality or anything, but how my family treats him as "the one we don't speak to or about except on holidays" reminds me so much of how the Madrigals basically act like Bruno doesn't exist and if he does, that's bad. My brother and I are both LGBTQ+ but since he was the first one to come out, my parents shut him out and understandably, he distanced himself greatly. Even though he was around (kind of?) when I was growing up, he always felt so far away and I never understood why until I got to an age where I could comprehend it. He lived about 2 hours away and I wasn't able to visit him that often because of distance and my mom thought he would be a "bad influence".

Isabela reminds me of my current best friend when we were both in middle school. She was kinda popular and treated as a golden child and that made her act well.. not too nice. (But I wasn't that nice to her either). Especially when were in music class together, our teacher at the time always pinned us together for some reason, and that made us absolutely HATE each other. It was actually when she got involved with this obnoxious boy that broke her heart where we found middle ground 😂 and realizing that we have more in common then we thought. (This is the same friend that introduced me to this movie!)

This may be why I latched onto Isabela, Mirabel and Bruno the way I did.

I will admit though, when I first watched the movie, I didn't think I would like Isabela as much as I did. I feared that she was going to be this hyperfeminine "mean girl" stereotype Hollywood loves to shove in our faces. I am so happy they didn't do that with her, her arc and character as a whole feels so relatable and raw.

And of course I love everyone else! Luisa is such good representation for those of us who take on more than we need to, older sibling or not. It's so awesome to see a muscular woman with a lower voice in a Disney film! The dynamic between the couples in this movie feel so warm and again.. authentic. It's so adorable!! I wish we could have gotten more of the warm colored family but I understand why we didn't. Maybe in a series we will!

The music is also just... way too good 😂. Another thing is that I barely knew who Lin-Manual Miranda was, I knew what Hamilton was but I never got into it because musicals were just not my thing. (I've started to get interested in them because of Theatre class and this movie).

But I knew this was a musical of course, and I did not expect I would love the music this much. I still listen to the soundtrack and I love all of the songs the same! I swear this is the only movie where the main character has a song that I can sing in my own range 😂 along with some of the others. Waiting On A Miracle and What Else Can I Do? in particular struck me (and they're the most overlooked!)

Why I Love The Fandom

Despite the really weird and problematic a part of this fandom has done, I can't deny the sheer amount of creativity, passion, love, and understanding this fandom has. From the fanart, fanfictions, headcanons, fan events, and fan made songs, this is one of the few fan bases that have made me feel like I was part of a family. I've met so many wonderful people in this community and learned so much about Latin American culture from being part of this and I am so thankful.

No matter how much time passes, all of this will have a special place in my heart.

I Love You All ❤️

[dauntlessdiva]

hi hi hi bites you <3

i love sending asks sooo much, it really is like letters! but if you'd prefer to dm, i'm cool with it!! if you have discord and wanted to share that with me too, that would be nice too :]

that makes sense! if i do anything else while listening to words being thrown at me, my ass will NOT be listening lmao. it's like my brain goes to space or something hjshjsh

OOOOO okay great picks!!! i think my fav from the tiny bit i saw is riz, he's very cringefail to me

honestly by the description given about bridgerton, i dunno if i would like it? but no offense though as i am very picky about shows and movies

your family stuff is so cute i'm sobbing i love this whole thing :((

i know vintagebeef from hermitcraft!!! and i also love etho ^_^ i started watching his season 7 series and i stopped since my hyperfix went away. i should continue again soon!! it's so lovely to hear of someone enjoying a creator for so long

i didn't know you could do that??? that's so cool??? also what are marbled cookies? i don't believe i've heard of them?

that's very sweet, i love how crochet projects can be so personal. it's so cute!!!

YOOO??? i like a few noah kahan songs but i definitely love chappell and hozier too!!! i had a huge hozier hyperfix some months ago, i adore his music forever oughhhh......

and replying to more tags: i love to yap too dude, it's so fun lol, great hobby :3 also thank you, you're such a sweetheart too <333

AND AND sorry for the late reply, i have been caught up in a huge distraction world today of horribly consuming youtube videos rippp

Omg omg hi!!! 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻

I don't get a lot of asks tbh so this is super fun!

I do have discord, it's chronicallymars

My adhd ass would not have survived school at any level if I wasn't allowed to doodle while the teacher talked. Because if I couldn't either do something with my hands or stare at a wall the whole time, I would zone the fuck out.

(I once nearly got in trouble in like grade 1 because I was staring at my classmates' art on the walls while my teacher was talking, so she did that thing teachers do when they don't think you're paying attention, where they call on you and ask what they were just saying, and shocked the shit out of her when I correctly restated her lesson for her)

Oooh Riz is so cringefail! That's hoestly one of his best qualities.

Bridgerton is like. A regency era au fanfiction but it's a tv show. There's also a book series. The books came first. You might enjoy the books more than the tv show?

The show follows the book series' style of having each individual book/season be about the romance between one of the Bridgerton's and their love interest.

Also, their first initials are alphabetical in oder of birth, so the eldest is Anthony, and the youngest is Hyacinth.

I love my family. We enjoy each other's company.

You are the first person I have talked to about minecraft who actually knows who Vintagebeef is omg!

I have periods of time that I will just forget that Beef exists for a bit tbh and then one of his videos pops up on my yt page and I get super into him all over again.

I don't watch bdubs as much as I used to but that's another one I used to love watching play mindcrack!

It's marble cake but as cookies! I make them using this cake mix cookie recipe:

And I do one box of golden and one box of either chocolate fudge or devils food cake. Once the dough has chilled for at least 15 minutes, I pull both bowls out and start mixing them together by hand. But I try not to mix them too much, because you still want to be able to see the different colours.

This is the blanket I made for my best friend's little boy!

I love croecheting, because it really does feel the most like I've made something from nothing. Like when I draw, the page is already there, I'm just putting ink on it, right? But with crochet, I am taking a giant ball of yarn and making it into something else.

Chapell Roan is bringing 80s synth pop back and I love that so much for her.

And Hozier is fucking ethereal dude. His voice sounds like that of a siren come to lure unsuspecting sailors into the depths.

I'M SEEING FALL OUT BOY AT A LOCAL MUSIC FESTIVAL NEXT MONTH AND I AM SO HYPED FOR IT!

The festival is full of punk/pop punk faves. It's headlined by Billy Talent and Fall Out Boy, but it's also gonna have bands like We The Kings, Dashboard Confessional, Jimmy Eat World, grandson, and LØLØ!

I'm going with my other bestie and her brother, so it's gonna be a good time regardless of who's playing, but holy fuck it's Fall Out Boy!

(I have no clue if you like that kinda music or not, but if you do then you totally get why I'm so excited lol)

I also love to yap, so we are two peas in a pod here omfg.

And oof I get that. I can't tell you how many times I've gotten distracted from a text convo because I've fallen down the youtube rabbit hole again lmao

[clintbeifong]

Two different schools? Yikes that must be so hectic! I'm glad you have two gigs though and I hope you've had some good groups of students and some interesting discussions.

Congratulations on finishing fic! That's huge. I am also a big fan of just-for-me stories. I have a collection that I noodle with or add to when the mood strikes. There's something so rewarding about knowing you're actually playing and you're free to indulge whatever you want. (Now if only I could find some of that freedom in my other writing...)

As for me, I had a pretty good year as well. My dog just turned 2, and she's still a handful but it's been much more manageable than when she was a puppy. Work is fine but unfulfilling.

On the internet, I actually took a page out of your book and started a side blog where I write excessively detailed metas about one of my favorite nonsense movies, National Treasure. It has been an incredibly fun project. I thought I would start running out of material but I actually have more to say than when I started!

Otherwise, I've been trying to be a bit more measured when it comes to fandom, so I haven't had any swallows-me-up-for-months hyperfixations lately. I do miss the rush of falling down a rabbit hole that becomes all I can think about, but I've also really been enjoying feeling a little more in control of my engagement—picking projects and deciding to stay with them, instead of starting in a flurry and being whisked away when the flame dies out.

Outside of the internet, I started taking pottery classes again, and am really finding my rhythm with it this time. I continue to be vexed by a YA novel that doesn't want to be finished (started?), but it's my favorite puzzle. I also took my first international trip this year, which was amazing. I believe you are also a connoisseur of ruins, yes? I saw some ancient sites in Greece and Türkiye—and spoke a bit in both languages! It was extraordinary.

*gestures broadly at the world* *puts my head down on the table* Yeah and also that.

I hope 2024 is kind to you as well! I hope you find balance in your work, time for your hobbies, and anything else you may be looking for.

All the best

Hello! We haven't been running in the same circles as much this year (I do not control the hyperfixation 😅 ) but I was wondering how things were going for you. How was your 2023? What's been up?

hey, @clintbeifong!

good to hear from you, friend! happy (early) new year!

things are generally going pretty okay with me individually, thanks for asking!

this year, i've been teaching at two different schools—ah, the glamorous life of the american adjunct professor!—so i've been busy af with all the grading, emails, course prep, etc., but i've still been able to find time to dork around on the internet, write (and, more importantly, finish) some fic, make some gifs, and watch a lot of tv, which is all good stuff in my book.

outside of the internet, i've been reading through the complete oeuvre of annie proulx and really enjoying myself. i've also been practicing my craft writing-wise and working on the just-for-me, never-to-be-published, wonderfully self-indulgent story world i’ve been continually revamping since i was eight years-old (and having a blast doing so).

of course, there's a lot of stuff going on in the wider world that is heartbreaking and difficult and which needs to be changed NOW, so i've been getting involved where i can. i've also been trying just to show up for the people in my life who need support.

how are things with you? how are the new (or old resurfaced) hyperfixations? anything you'd recommend? how did 2023 treat you?

i hope 2024 is kind to you! cheers!

[pilvimarja]

Leetah of the Sun Folk

I've been listening to the ElfQuest audio movie podcast lately and I decided to go back to my artist roots. I discovered ElfQuest in my local bookmobile when I was nine years old, and it was my first hyperfixation and first fandom before I even knew what those things were. I loved the story and Wendy Pini's art so much that I spent my formative years learning how to draw the elves of ElfQuest, especially Leetah who was always one of my favorites. The comic and Wendy's art had a huge impact on my own style and my development as an artist, so here's a little homage to my OG fave 🥰

[ereiniel]

Tagged by @macchiatosdumptruck - thank you, lovely! 💖💖

Last song: Elton John / Dua Lipa, "Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)"

Last show/series: Cobra Kai. Surprise! I just started yet another rewatch, this time all the way through Season 5.

Currently watching: Some documentaries on Netflix that have been on my watch list for God knows how long. Right now, Keep Sweet, Pray and Obey, about the FLDS.

Favorite color: Burgundy and teal blue.

Sweet, spicy, or savory: All of the above? Anything with good flavor. But I feel compelled to add that I've got a ridiculously high tolerance for spicy food that puts both my dad and my boyfriend to shame.

Currently reading: Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride From Hell, by Tom Clavin. Tombstone was on TV one day and I just so happened to be at the library during that hyperfixation and found this book. Also, Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century by Peter Graham, about the New Zealand Parker/Hulme case, which was the basis for the movie Heavenly Creatures. Between this and my "currently watching," I've clearly been on a bit of a nonfiction/true crime kick without realizing it, until I had to answer this.

What I'm working on: Rain That Tastes Like Wine, the Silverusso monstrosity that's had control of my brain since June. I keep adding and splitting chapters - I thought I could tell this story in sixteen chapters; I'm now up to 21. (What that means for all of you: I originally only had two chapters with smut, now there are seven. One of them is Chapter 5, which I am working on but keep getting distracted by other things, and will be coming soon to an AO3 near you.) I've also got half of a Mike/Jessica one-shot in my WIPs, and a huge concept file for a Lawrusso fic (which may become a series, at the rate that's going).

Currently obsessed with: World of Warcraft Classic: Wrath of the Lich King just dropped yesterday evening and it's absolutely taking me back to those days when this was current content. It was one of my first video games - I was somewhat of a late bloomer when it comes to gaming, despite having grown up with a cousin who owned multiple gaming consoles - and the game where I first became GM of a raiding guild and a raid leader. Still going, after all these years!

Wrath was by far the best WoW xpac. Search your feelings, you know it to be true.

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Passing it on to my last five mutuals in my notes, if you're so inclined and haven't already done this! @pohjanneito @dull-c @scaperanya @arabianflowers @hatethatoneguy

[polyghostfacehours]

besides horror what else do you enjoy?

Gaming, specifically JRPGs! Im a big lover of high fantasy as a genre as well, its right beside horror as my fave genre! Im beyond hyped for Final Fantasy 16 bc of it and I am lowkey a FF14 addict lmaooo. I also love indie titles and Im looking super forward to Eiyuden Chronicle! And ofc Otome/dating sims lmaooo.

I adore anime, grew up on that shit. Had Ranma 1/2 and the Sailor Moon movies on VHS 😭. Current anime hyperfixation is AOT, and Ive been going wild over timeskip Eren cause HNNNNGH did you guys SEE the NSFW figure they made of him??? Nut.

Obviously I love writing lol.

I love programming, specifically in Python and R, and its what I got to school for an play a big part in my career path. I currently am interning at a Big Data Analytics Lab at my Uni, and while its very challenging, its beyond fun!

I've been learning some basic pixel art lately! Made an orange, a rice ball, and topping of a cake so far and I can visually see the improvements! Super fun and would recc using the dotpict app if youre interested.

Tech in general is a huge passion of mine. I'd like to one day learn some VR development.

[homeofjonicles]

The Jonicles - Entry 27: The One Where I Rank How Sexy Each Jon Is (Part 1)

DAAAAAMN HIS ASS THO ^^

(image courtesy of @outofcontextgarf!!)

It is currently the 15th of October, 2022 at 12:24 pm on a Saturday. Next week will bring a never-ending avalanche of worthless exams (like, 5 of them) that will most definitely cause a mental break, so why not write this entry and the next now before the insanity hits? It is also day #149 of my Jon Arbuckle hyperfixation!!

I think it's been well established that I love Jon, and you've surely all read entries 8 and 15 by this point. I'm gonna be upfront and say that Jon Arbuckle is quite the dashing and handsome fellow! His dorky, fatherly and unashamedly him sort of demeanor is something I really love about him, not to mention the relaxed look in his eyes he always seems to have (especially in the early strips). And don't even get me started on how THICK this man is! All and all, Jon is a man of attraction to me. So it would only be reasonable to, in the midst of my ever-so-strong Jon hyperfixation, to compare and contrast each iteration of Jon from one another in a sort of contest to see which Jon is the hottest of them all. This will be split into two parts: The main comic strip being part one, and the other media being part two. Yes I have gone completely insane, let's do this!!

How will this work? Well, there's a criteria for every aspect of Jon, whether it be physical or related to his personality. Here, I'll list them:

Source material (Comics, cartoons, games, movies etc.) - No points

The era each Jon iteration is from (late 70s - early 80s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 'Jon' era etc.) - No points

Physical attributes (How big the eyes are, his hair, whether his anatomy and proportions are more cartoony or realistic, pants colour (trust me it matters) etc.) - 1-10 points (combined because i dont know how to count)

How thick he is (Flat as a board or thick as a baker's dozen) - 1-10 points

His voice acting (Thom Huge, Wally Wingbert etc.) - 1-10 points (cartoon/voice acted games exclusive)

Uniqueness (Details/quirks that are special to that specific iteration of Jon such as art style and physical quirks) - 1-10 points

Personal significance (If the era/iteration of Jon is one I grew up with or have a special emotional connection to) - 1-5 points

Personality (more goofy than serious, more unhinged than relaxed, more fatherly than simply being a pet owner etc.) - 1-20 points

Any other interesting bits of information that make him more or less attractive - Any extra bonus points

Each bit of criteria will then have its points added in a general score out of 65 + whatever bonus points I may give, and that final score will decide which Jon is truly the hottest out of them all (at least to me anyway)! I'll try my best to find every piece of official Garfield media I can and will be avoiding any fan media like fan comics and animations and any derivative fan media like Garfield Minus Garfield, Square Root Of Minus Garfield and ZALGO strips that would be redundant to include. Now that I've got that all out of the way, let's start!

First of all, let's start with the most well-known iteration of Mr. Arbuckle, that being the Garfield comic strip. Everyone's seen at least one Garfield strip in their life and Jon, arguably being the main guy is a major part of what makes the comic what it is. The Garfield comic had its humble beginnings in 1978* and it looked very different from the strip many in our generation grew up with, Jon's eyes being much smaller and his proportions being much lankier than they are now. Let's start with late 70s - early 80s Jon, shall we?

1978 - 1984

Physical attributes - For starters, Jon's eyes are very small and beady and are much higher up on his head, making for an unusual sight for people who are unfamiliar with the strip's early works. Jon's nose is much higher up as well as a result, making his philtrum (the groove on the face that connects the nose and mouth) incredibly long. Jon's head is quite narrow and slender, making for plently of space for smooching and to hold his head in your hands and give him the loving tender care he deserves. Jon looks very tall and thin in this iteration of the strip, probably the skinniest and scrawniest he's ever been, but I like 'em skinny and scrawny anyway. Jon's hair is still as curly as it's ever been, but it's visibly flatter and has a sort of fringe at the front, certainly an interesting detail that adds a uniqueness to this iteration of Jon that I haven't seen past the late 70s as, unfortunately, this little detail about Jon seems to have vanished into the 80s. Throughout the majority of the early strips, Jon's pants are a nice pitch black which honestly looks quite nice on him. Something about it makes him look taller in a way. This is possibly the most human-like Jon has looked in the strip* and I like that in a way. Therefore, I give the physical attributes of 1978 - 1984 Jon a solid 7 out of 10. Not bad for a start, not at all!

How thick he is - You know, for the start of the strip, Jon is pretty thick. Whilst his ass doesn't stick out as much as the late 80s, he still has a considerable amount of cake stored back there, and to say that he's flat would be a big lie. It's still there when he's simply standing upright which is extremely pleasing, meaning he doesn't even have to put in effort to have a big ass. Overall, I give Jon's ass a 6 out of 10. That's a pretty nice ass!

Uniqueness - This era of Jon is probably the most unique out of the bunch as this was when 'Garfield' had just evolved from a small Pendleton Times strip to a more mainstream comic, meaning that Jon has many little design quirks and is rough around the edges as his design evolved from strip to strip. He, as stated earlier, is also the skinniest and lankiest of the bunch, making him very unique in that suit, not to mention his hair fringe. Overall, the uniqueness of early Jon has to be a 9 out of 10. An incredibly unique Jon to behold, I say!

Personality - In the early strips, Jon was much more serious and level-headed. Yeah, he still had plently of dorky moments and was a hopeless romantic when it came to Liz, but in terms of general attitude, Jon was a lot more relaxed and witty. He even comes off as a little more sophisticated, looking cool and calm, sometimes even having his hands positioned in a "tent" like a villain or something, haha! He's loving towards Garfield, but he's also cheeky and cunning, tricking Garfield into having a bath by saying it's soup and teasing him with a puppet that calls him fat (unrelated but i had a very similar dog puppet as a child... maybe i am jon....). He often looks directly at the reader, usually to emphasise a punchline, though in the first strip, he politely introduces him and Garfield to the reader, showing him to be a gentle, respectable and polite man. He's also more introverted, as even when talking to someone as close to him as Lyman, Jon enjoys a lot of his time alone, reading a book, usually with his cat. While Jon is more level-headed in these strips, He is still easy to provoke, easily startled and can lose his cool quickly when things go wrong or when Garfield annoys him, though a detail to be noted here is that Jon yells and shouts a lot less. Jon, while he is more serious and calm in this era, is certainly not a boring character at all, as his politefulness, main character tendancies and loveable charming attitude make him a 17 out of 20 in terms of personality! A very likeable fellow indeed, I'd love to chat with him!!

Personal Significance - While I mainly grew up reading comic strips from the mid to late 80s, I have read plenty of early 80s and even a few late 70s strips as a child and I hold them very dear to my heart. Therefore, in terms of nostalgia and what Garfield strips would ultimately shape my view of who Jon is to me, this era of Jon is one of very personal significance to me. He's special to me and therefore is one of the most ideal Jons to me (i believe i've talked about this before...). Overall, the personal significance is a 5 out of 5 for his importance in my early Garfield endeavors.

Extra details - Looks like he's the most likely Jon to have a conversation to about the existensial parts of life, I'm giving him and extra 5 points just for that.

So, with all those decided, what score do I give 1978-1984 Jon overall? Including bonus points, this era of Jon would be a solid 49 out of 65. Not bad, not bad at all! That's quite an attractive Jon actually, great DILFing man!

1985 -1989

Physical attributes - Since the early 80s, Jon's appearance had been quickly evolving to give him a much larger eye shape that takes up more of his face, though his eyes still aren't as exaggerated as they are in the 90s. They still have quite a lot of roundness in them which is something I personally like quite a lot. Jon's head shape has also quickly changed as well, being less narrow and more round, still plenty of space to hold and smooch! Whilst the fringe has long disappeared, Jon's hair is still as curly and bouncy as ever and seems to have doubled in how much there is, and with how chubbier Jon's face is, there's plenty of it to pat. Jon is also still relatively narrow, though his proportions are a lot less realistic. For instance, Jon's head compared to his torso is much bigger in size, his hands have gotten slightly puffier and he appears to have more of a general silhouette now as he evolves. Jon's also way more expressive than he was back in the late 70s, his bigger eyes allowing for a much higher range of wacky expressions for him to make. His pants are still black, though his blue slacks do make ocassional appearances from time to time. From behind he looks particularly attractive, his head being in a sort of chibi shape, his shoulders looking broad, he just generally looks powerful and handsome from the back for some reason. This Jon, to me, is arguably one of the most recognisable and is the Jon I think of when someone mentions his name and is also the era of Jon I used and studied as a reference to develop how I draw him. Therefore, Jon is a fantastic 10 out of 10 in terms of his appearance! What a handsome fellow!!! ;)

How thick he is - Oh my goodness, this Jon is a THICK Jon. You know how in entry 15 I mentioned that the panel of Jon having a stroke while taking lasagna out of the oven is from the mid 80s? Yup, Jon is thick as FUCK in this era. Like, his ass is always just there and it is magnificent. The man doesn't need effort to make his ass look fantastic, it just is that way. Therefore, I officially give his ass a solid 10 out of 10; a fantastic, perfect rump capable of putting even JFK to shame!

Personality - The 80s is where Jon's personality starts to shift and change. In the 80s, Jon is still our favourite cat dad and carries much of his personality from the early 80s to the late 80s. He still has moments of seriousness, but he's a lot more of a dork and a goof than he was in the late 70s. Jon also has way more moments of forgetfulness and being unorganised, such as the strips that have the punchline of Jon forgetting to sort out his fridge and being unaware that his tie is in his coffee. The 80s was also the time where Jon went on a lot more dates with people outside of Liz, showing Jon's evolving willingness to step outside of his comfort zone. Jon still remains quite sane in the 80s, though he tends to become panicked and angered a lot more often (relatable) than he did before. One thing I really like about Jon is just how caring an energetic he is, and there's not a better example of that than in the 80s. While Jon may snap at Garfield from time to time, Jon shows that he's incredibly caring towards his beloved cat, treating him almost as his son and taking him places for holiday. Although Jon is energetic and exciteable, Jon also shows a lot more lethargy and tiredness which suggests some underlying form of possible depression which adds yet another layer to his character. This is also the time period that cemented Jon as a little bit of an unlucky chap, but not to the point where he's completely miserable, which I like. Overall, 80s Jon is a loving family man with a heart of gold, and though he may have outbursts sometimes, they never last long, and Jon is still that loveable polite man he has been since the beginning, which is why I give Jon's personality an 18 out of 20!

Uniqueness - For it's time, 80s Jon is quite unique. For starters, the art style of 'Garfield' was pretty cemented here, being a sort of base for how the art would evolve and change over the years, so Jon here has a very unique appearance. This was also the time in which his hair changed shape into a much curlier and bouncier look, also serving as a base for how his hair would look in the future. This was also one of the first times Jon's personality developed a lot from how he was at the beginning of the strip, adding more layers upon layers that really developed Jon and made him feel like more of a real person than just a funny cartoon guy and that, to me, is super attractive. I rate Jon's uniqueness a 4 out of 5, quite an original lad for his time and one that I'll never forget!!

Personal significance - If you've read many of the entries, you'll know that 80s Jon is a huge part of my heart and my childhood 'Garfield' exposure. 80s Jon was the one I saw in my dad's comic books. 80s Jon was the one I saw on screen whenever I'd watch 'Garfield And Friends', the Halloween special and 'Garfield In The Rough'. 80s Jon is the Jon I still enjoy when rewatching my favourite specials and 80s Jon is the one I go for when reading strips I haven't seen before. 80s Jon was the Jon I grew up with and the Jon I know. Therefore it goes without saying that 80s Jon is a 5 out of 5 in personal significance because he means so much to me and is the one I relate to the most! I love 80s Jon man :)

Extra details - That "Why do they call it oven when you of in the cold food of out hot eat the food" edit still has me rolling, 6 extra points for my boy he deserves it

Alright, time to roll in the score for my favourite cartoonist! Including the bonus points, 80s Jon gets a solid score of 53 out of 65 on the sexymeter! Alriiiight, Jonny Boy! That's one hell of a sexyman if I do say so myself! You deserve it, buddy! :D amen!!

1990 - 1999

Physical attributes - In the early 90s, Jon looks very similar to how he does in the mid to late 80s. However, over time there have been subtle changes to his appearance, especially his eyes. I said that 80s Jon really cemented the way he looks in modern times, but to give credit to 90s Jon, a lot of what people think of when they think of Jon are his more egg-shaped eyes that came in the 90s. Jon's figure continues to become more cartoony and exaggerated, his appearance having not changed too much for the majority of the 90s as I believe Jim Davis found a comfortable style to stick with for quite a while. His head is even more circular and round than before, and whilst his eyes are massive, there's still plenty of space to smooch and cuddle! Jon's also waaayyy more expressive in the 90s, as in every panel Jon is just bursting with expression and I really like that! He faces the front a lot more and gives the reader a very good view of his loveable little face. Jon's curly hair now has more of a defined shape and again as seemed to have multiplied in amount, making for ample head-petting abilities. Plus, it just looks really nice to pat and run your hands through, it looks soft. Jon has also become visibly chubbier and less lanky which kinda makes him look a little shorter than before and his back arches out more, though he still retains much of his limb skinniness and those glorious muscular legs of his. Oh yeah, I didn't mention that did I? Jon's muscular legs appear much more frequently coming the late 90s and 2000s and I must say they look quite dashing. Jon never skips leg day and that's solid proof! Jon's pants are still a nice sleek black, though as the 90s progresses, you begin to see a lot more of his darker blue slacks making more appearances. With all that said, 90s Jon gets a solid 9 out of 10 in appearance! Truly handsome lad if I do say so myself, I reckon!

How thick he is - It excites me greatly to see that Jon is even thicker than he was in the 80s. Just look at his ass! Talk about not needing effort, it's a force that truly cannot be stopped nor shaken... At least figuratively, hah... Ahem, anyway, Jon's ass ROCKS! 9 out of 10!

Personality - Jon's personality in the 90s is really interesting. His dorkiness has seemed to increase a LOT and more punchlines place him at the centre of it all. This is also the decade of Jon talking endlessly about little thoughts that come to his head or memories he's had as a child, something I relate to a lot and also something I enjoy! More Jon is always a great thing in my book, I love learning more about him from his own first-hand accounts of his life!  Over the years, Jon's patience has slowly been waning the more tricks Garfield pulls on Mr. Arbuckle. He lashes out more and generally seems a lot more nervous and panicky, not to mention his mood swings which indicate a significant loss of sanity. Jon's apathy has also increased and he's become a lot more desperate for a date, which really concerns me, since this specific detail marks the beginning of Jon's descent into near-madness from how badly he wants someone to love and to be loved himself. Jon's also more airheaded and doesn't pay a lot of attention to what's going on around him as often, which leads him to getting pranked a lot easier by Garfield and Odie. However, Jon is still as cunning as ever, often pranking Garfield back, stealing his food that one time and sawing holes into tables and floors to psyche his cat out. Jon's personality during this time period is also really fun to analyse as he has so many little quirks and behaviourisms that are great to study and use to get a better grasp at just how to develop his character when writing stuff. Therefore, I give the personality of 90s Jon an 18 out of 20!

Uniqueness - There isn't too much to say about 90s Jon that can't be said about 80s Jon. They're quite similar, although 90s Jon is a little more unhinged than 80s Jon is. On top of that, 90s Jon does develop his character a lot more and is a big part of why I headcanon him as having ADHD, but apart from that, not too much. I give 90s Jon a 3 out of 5 in terms of uniqueness, but that doesn't mean I dislike 90s Jon at all; far from that in fact!!

Personal significance - All my dad's 'Garfield' comic books are from the 80s, so I can't say that 90s Jon has too much significance. However, he still has some significance in a weird way. I remember discovering 'Garfield Minus Garfield', and even though I said I wouldn't include fanworks, a lot of the GMG strips I read were from the late 90s, as this was a time where the Web 2.0 was still kinda young, so a lot of 90s comics made it into GMG. But apart from that, 90s Jon doesn't have too much personal significance, so I'll give him a 5 out of 10. Doesn't mean he's not special though!!

Extra details - hehe jon drank dog cum 7 points

And what do the final results say about our curly-haired sexyman? Including the bonus points, 90s Jon gets a nice 51 out of 65! That's fantastic, Jon! I'm proud of you, man!

2000 - 2009

Physical attributes -To be honest, 2000s Jon is myleast favourite out of the bunch (not to say i dislike him though!!). Not in appearance though, especially in the early 2000s! He looks really cute! His head is nice and round and I'd love to hold it in my hands... like putty in my hands! His hair still looks curly and bouncy as ever, though I find it odd how compared to Jon's head in the later strips, his hair looks a little bit less? It's not too big of a deal, but I just wanna run my hands through his hair and now it's lessening... He's going bald! Jokes aside though, Jon's still super expressive and I've noticed that he makes his signature snarky expression a lot more, which is always amusing and adorable!! Whenever he smiles, especially his little devious grins, it ends up being incredibly contageous and I smile too! Jon looks a little chubbier as well which is admittedly pretty adorable, he looks huggable and it just melts my heart :). As I said before, Jon's meaty ass legs are still here, and boy are they meaty! I think leg day is a strong suit of Jon's! Also, Jon's pants have officially changed from black to blue, and honestly? They look nice! I prefer the sleek black colour more, yes, but the blue looks nice on him!! Overall, 2000s Jon gets a 7 out of 10! Pretty handsome!!

How thick he is - One constant of life that will always remain true is that Jon will always be thick as a bakery. Like DAAAAAMN WHAT THAT ASS DO!?!? 8 out of 10, babey!!

Personality - You know, 2000s Jon has really strayed from what 70s Jon was and it's interesting. 2000s Jon seems like an entirely different guy (apart from still being sexy as fuck). He's way less chill than he was before and is it me or does he seem a lot more erratic and angry? It worries me how angry Jon can get, even to the point of really shouting at Garfield. He seems way more nervous and depressed too, he talks so much more about how much his life stinks, the poor guy can't seem to catch a break when he gets a date, if he gets a date... Speaking of dates, Jon's also way more desperate to get one, which is also concerning. He seems to place his entire value on getting a date and I just... I just really wanna hug him... Jon is really loving to his family though, he still keeps in contact with his parents and brother on the farm and still loves Garfield and Odie, even if he gets pissed off with the former a lot more. He's also incredibly loving towards Liz, who he finally got to be with romantically after so long (i'm super proud of him!!!)! He's also still the loveable dork he's always been, even more so now! He's a chatterbox and always has something to say, he loves expressing his love for the accordion and his other niche interests and hobbies, why does everyone seem to hate him!? He's quite unlucky, but he's loveable nonetheless!! For that, I give 2000s Jon a 17 out of 20 in personality!! A frustrated yet loveable DILF who might be slightly insane; my favourite kind!!

Uniqueness - 2000s Jon is unique in the way that his personality is yet again more developed. This is probably the lowest his sanity has been in ages, and the 2000s cemented Jon as the strips' butt monkey, something which depresses me since Jon is so much more than that. It also cemented Jon's dwindling mental health in the Garfield fandom, something I'm interested in, but also depresses me a little because I just want Jon to be okay and happy. Overall, I rate 2000s Jon a 3 out of 5 in uniqueness to other Jons.

Personal significance - Ahh, the 2000s. That was my decade, I was born in that one! So I must have some sort of personal attachment to that era of Jon, right..? Not really, actually! And that's really surprising too, seeing as how I grew up in the early 2000s and liked Garfield. But as said before, 80s Jon was my Jon, and I don't remember reading many of the 2000s strips as a kid, so 2000s Jon doesn't really have too much personal significance to me, unless you want to include GMG again. Though I do have an attachment to Garfield's Scary Scavenger Hunt by proxy of me having a huge attachment to old Flash games, so what the heck, I'll give him credit that!!! So, 2000s Jon only has a 3 out of 5 rating, but that doesn't mean he isn't special to me at all! He just wasn't that prominent or present in my childhood, is all!!

Extra details - He's so cute when he has his eyes wide open and he's smiling, he looks so happy and joyful! 8 bonus points!!

How did 2000s Jon do? Well, according to this calculator I searched up on Google, 2000s Jon gets a 46 out of 65, including bonus points! Kinda low, but not bad at all! 2000s Jon may have ranked lower than most, but that doesn't mean I don't love him at all; I love him a LOT!! You did great, Jon! I'm proud of you!! :D

2010 - 2019

Physical attributes - In the early 2010s, Jon looked a little... Weird? Like not in a bad way, but I think it's the fact that his hair looks smaller, his face just looks taller y'know? However, as the art styke yet again continues to evolve, his hair begins to return, and now I can run my fingers through his locks once again! Not to mention that his face is still quite chubby and round, giving ample space for him to rest his head in anyone's hands. And it's either the framing or Jon's gotten taller because man, does he tower over the kitchen table! I like a man who's tall... But then again I also really like short gremlin men... But! Seeing tall Jon again is exciting and always a welcome sight!! I don't really have much else to say other than this Jon? Pretty good Jon! And my, does he look lovely when he smiles! I'll give 2010s Jon a solid 7 out of 10!!

How thick he is - Glad to know Jon's still thick as ever! That ass is LIVID, 8 out of 10!

Personality - Not too much has changed since the late 2000s. Jon's still very erratic and nervous, often having mood swings between apathy and fits of rage and excitement. However, he absolutely adores Liz unconditionally like the loving father and now boyfriend he is! She's the world to him and it's so cute!! Jon still has absolutel love for the accordion and his other interests, proving that nothing can truly break this man's dedication to what he truly desires. He's still our loveable dork, still wearing funny suits, caring for his little family and just being him! Overall, Jon gets a good ol' 18 out of 20 for his personality!

Uniqueness - 2010s Jon isn't really that far from late 2000s Jon, so there aren't too many unique qualities that make 2010s Jon that different I'm afraid. However, in the very late 2010s, the artstyle gets a bit of a glow up and Jon's hair gains three little tufts near the back and they're so fucking adorable!! I'll talk about it way more in the next time period, but oh my gosh it's so adorable and it's great to see another major change to Jon's curly bouncy hair!! 2010s Jon unfortunately only get's a 2 in uniqueness to late 2000s Jon, but I still love him unconditionally regardless!!

Personal significance - Not too much personal significance other than, again, GMG. Really weird considering the early 2010s were when I spent so much time on the internet, but back then I wasn't really that interested in 'Garfield' as much. Unfortunately, 2010s Jon only gets a 2 in this category, but I want him to know he's still special to me regardless of his score!

Extra details - "Isn't that your phone?" That wasn't a bee, that was something else that makes a bzzzz-ing noise......... 10 points

Roll in the results, Garfy Baby! 2010s Jon gets a solid 47 out of 65, including bonus points! Not bad, Jonny Boy! Not bad at all! Pretty darn good, in fact!! Great job my man!

2020 - Now...

Physical attributes - Wow, Jon really got a glow up didn't he? Jon's eyes remain as big and adorable as ever, and his facial structure has become more round and circular again, and it's perfect for holding in your hands!, Oh, and not to mention his hair!!! His hair is so cute! As I mentioned before, Jon's hair has a little three-pointed thingy at the back and it's absolutely adorable! It really reminds me of Luigi's hair! Jon, you look incredibly cute!! Ahem, where was I... Oh, right! Jon still retains a lot of his tallness which I always appreciate seeing back again! Jon's back may still be really arched out, but man, have you seen this guy with his shirt off?? Damn, the things this man could do... AHEM.... A-Anyway, fear not, for Jon's pants are still blue, and will probably remain that way for quite a long time! Also, more than 20 years and he still hasn't missed a single leg day!? That's insane! You know, I'm feeling generous! 2020s Jon gets a 8 out of 10!! Lookin' good, man!!!

How thick he is - UPDATE: JON IS STILL THICK AS HELL!! 44 years of ass, that's an achievement! You deserve a medal, Jon! 8 out of 10!

Personality - 2020s Jon, while still having moments of apathy and modd swings, seems a lot happier now that Liz has settled into his life. He's still out loveable dork and a complete hopeless romantic, but he's a lot happier now, I bet. He's incredibly quirky and airheaded, often forgetting and misplacing things by accident. He still LOVES the accordion and even uses it against Garfield to get him to eat his veggies, absolute power move! His fashion sense is even more wildin' than before, often combining silly shorts with silly hats and colours that completely clash with one another. He's not a complete shut-in, but he's more reserved and we really only see him hangin' out with Liz in the house, which must take quite a toll on his mental health and it worries me. However, he has a tight-knit family who loves him and cherishes him for who he is, and for that, he loves them back. He's still pretty unhinged though, but I think his mental health has made a slow improvement since the late 2000s. Progress, Jon! Progress will get you to where you deserve to be, keep trying buddy! And with that said, I give 2020s Jon a cool 17 out of 20 for his personality! Quite the enjoyable guy, don't you think?

Uniqueness - Jon certainly has more uniqueness than early 2010s Jon, though unfortunately not by too much it seems... Though, 2020s Jon has a cute little quirk with his hair, and in my personal opinion, he's gotten quite the glow-up compared to several other characters! So you know what? I'll give 2020s Jon a 3 out of 5! I seriously really love his hair though, it's absolutely adorable and I might adopt it into how I draw him!!

Personal significance - It's surprising; I have more of a personal connection to 2020s Jon than 2000s or 2010s Jon. Is it the time period of me getting a Jon fixation therefore being more interested in the recent strips? Maybe! But whatever it is, I'm pretty attached to 2020s Jon regardless, I think I might give him a 4 out of 5!

Extra details - "Did you accidentally take Odie's medicine again?" Dog Jon is a good Jon and that implies Jon takes a certain medicine and frequently mixes it up. 10 points!

And what does good ol' Jonny Boy score say! I believe it's a cool 50 points, including the bonus ones! That's quite a fine contender, Jon! I'd say you come... Second? No, third? Wait, let me just add these up...

So, the finals places for the sexiest Jon in the main strips are....!

80s Jon - 1st place - 53 points

90s Jon - 2nd place - 51 points

2020s Jon - 3rd place - 50 points

70s - Early 80s Jon - 4th place - 49 points

2010s Jon - 5th place - 47 points

2000s Jon - 6th place - 46 points

Well, it seems my suspicions were correct. According to this bizarre and disorganised point system, 80s Jon turned out to be crowned the sexiest comic Jon out of them all! I'd like to give a big congratulations to 80s Jon and all the other time periods of Jon who have blessed the world of 'Garfield' with their existence as a sexyman! Now, I'd like to end this off with a quick message that, no matter what thw victory may be for once specific Jon, no matter how much I may have my favourites here and there and no matter what type of Jon media I may enjoy the most, please let it be known that Jon, no matter what time period you are from, no matter how you may evolve to be over the years, I will still love and cherish you, just the ame as I always have. You are special to me. You have always been special to me. And you know what? I want you to know that even if you don't look as flattering in one time period compared to another, it doesn't matter that much because you are still you. You are still Jon. And I love you, man.

And so with that said, I'd like to conclude this entry of The Jonicles. I most likely won't be able to write a new one dor a week at least because of my.... stupid exams, but rest assured that when they get out of the way, Entry 28 will soon commence, and I'll be back to my usual Arbuckle simpery in no time!

This one's been a long entry... Last edited at 9:04 pm JESUS

It's time i formatted my entries properly, this one has an actual title now!! I could say something else of value, but I'm really, really tired right now, so you know what? Jon is neat. Be like Jon. Goodnight!

Cheers,

Your Local Jonnoissuer

Posted at 9:22 pm