#IDK from one passionate bozo to another

[havockingboo]

TLDR Watch Monkey Wrench, watch the new episode when it comes out, tell everyone about it, share around because so much effort and i mean A LOT of effort is being put into these episodes to be made. okay!! now igot that outta the waaaaayy

As someone who just like discovered this piece of work about 5 months ago (and is currently running on a few hours of sleep) , this show's quality, the blood and sweat put into this show is indescribable. It's one of the many indie animations that DESPERATELY needs the damn attention because holy shit. Because you're telling me that two whole ass people are literally just running the show. two. compared to a whole staff., producers, writers, marketing team, financial team etc. YOU KNOW...WHAT A BIG SHOW WOULD HAVE. And it's just those two doing all that. Wrangling in the animators and voice actors, having to figure out how to budget for everything, a long list of things that normally a big show production has? Listen, this show. this funny ass, spectacular show, that is being carefully crafted and constantly improving every damn episode with both direction in animation and writing, needs to succeed. Because genuinely, (and I know I don't need to explain why in this current time for animation) this really need supports from the audience, cause as Queen put it so beautifully, Youtube is crap with their algorithm and earning the money back for each episode's budget. HONESTLY I genuinely wish I could explain better cause all this doesn't make sense but POINT IS Monkey Wrench is the 'diamond in the rough' of indie cartoons right now on Youtube, Newgrounds, whatever. For a billion reasons and more, this entire show has inspired me, grabbed my damn attention because seriosuly, I really think more people should give it a chance and you know SHARE AROUND. It ain't perfect, but by fucking god you can't deny that there is so much potential, and theyre just getting started.

Sup nerds.

Enjoy this trailer for episode 3~

[ultronnie]

Tell me about Dustin pls

A H H H I GOTTA DO ANOTHER HELL YEAH DUDE

SLEEP WHO? IDK HER-

anyways-

Full Name: Dustin Moore. Totally the douchiest name ever but he was a douchey douche for a minute.

Gender and Sexuality: He’s male and straight. Wowie, hard to come by a straight character in Re-Hash. A rarity! Wowie!

Pronouns: He/him~

Ethnicity/Species: Hyena boyo! The best to draw! Ah!!!

Birthplace and Birthdate: Again I don’t think I set a birthday for him yet. I imagine it’s somewhere around July/August, though. 

Guilty Pleasures: Shit. Didn’t think about this for him, actually. I dunno. He’s a pretty open guy. I don’t think he has any shame in his interests at all.

I will say though, he guzzles root beer like it’s his lifeline and Dustin gets self conscious about the amount he drinks if you point it out to him.

Phobias: He’s really afraid of failing. Lately he’s put a lot of pressure on himself to be a better person after he dropped outta college (long story there.) Dustin used to be a real dickhead. Like, a dickhead on a different plane of existence. He knows he was wrong for what he’d done to people in the past and just wants to be better.

Dustin also fears people leaving him. Certain things transpired that made him lose his original friend group from high school. Granted now he has a big squad that likes to smoke weed occasionally after they’re out til 2 AM doing nothing. But when he reconnects with THE MAIN BOYO KRIS who he was a total menace to waaaay back when, the two kinda reconcile. Dustin’s clingy (like how I mentioned Andy is) but he won’t outright say it. He likes to be around people and just desperately wants to be liked and seen as a friend.

Also, fuck clowns. Dustin hates clowns. I’m sure everyone saw It and all he did was curl in a ball and scream at everything.

What They Would Be Famous For: I’m not really sure. Dustin’s kinda just there. Not in a way that he’s boring but I don’t know if he’d do something that could make an everlasting impact on society. He’s hella good at skateboarding coz who the fuck doesn’t like a hyena who skateboards? That’s right, nOBODY-

COZ SKATEBOARDING IS HARD AND IF YOU CAN DO IT YOU’RE A COOL DUDE.

But yeah, not sure. I’d say if he were to be ‘famous’ it would be something in the same vein along skating or some shit. He did sports shit in high school but he wasn’t super serious about it.

What They Would Get Arrested For: Honestly, probably something stupid like getting pulled over and his friend (probably a rat stoner) has weed on him and he takes the blame for it coz he’s an idiot. This doesn’t happen but it wouldn’t surprise me if it did.

OC You Ship Them With: I don’t actually have anyone for him in a romantic sense yet. Kris joked that he used to think Dustin was cute even though Dustin was an asshole to him 24/7. But tbh I can’t even picture him with anyone romantically just coz he doesn’t seem like he’s ready for a romantic pursuit. Dustin’s more focused on making his life better and he doesn’t really wanna be tied down by something like that. 

But I’m sure he’ll find someone eventually.

OC Most Likely To Murder Them: Andy jokes about stabbing him with his pocket knife sometimes, but he doesn’t mean it. Dustin’s suspicious of it, though.

But otherwise, nah. Dustin’s too lovable once he’s apologized to you six hundred times.

Favorite Movie/Book Genre: He likes a bit of everything. Although not a movie, he thinks Death Note is the shit.

Least Favorite Movie/Book Cliche: He’s not too keen on the gazillions of superhero movies that come out (YES, I KNOW, A SHOCKER. RONNIE WRITES A CHARACTER WHO DOESN’T WANNA SHOVE EVERY MARVEL MOVIE STRAIGHT UP HIS BUTT THE SECOND IT’S ANNOUNCED.) Of course he still sees them but he doesn’t eat ‘em up like someone else *kriscozhe’sme* does.

Talents and/or Powers: He’s been skating since he was about ten. People always told him it’d be a thing he gave up on when he was older, but Dustin never gave it up. It’s a passion for him.

Also, like I said earlier, Dustin played a few sports in his lifetime. His former BFF basically dragged him into playing football and shit. He didn’t love it but he dealt with it for FOUR YEARS COZ HE’S A PUSHOVER.

It wasn’t too bad, though. But yeah, he’s more of a rebel than a saint so- fuck sports. Skate or die, bro.

Why Someone Might Love Them: In terms of in the universe, I think characters like him just coz he’s easily very lovable now. Like, his evolution from Grade-A Dickwad to The Guy Who Just Paid For My Coffee And Donuts For No Reason is a huge change for him. It’s not an act, either. He’s trying hard to be genuine. It comes off as fake but it’s really not. I promise.

Why Someone Might Hate Them: People hold grudges against Dustin for how he treated them in the past. Rude names, sometimes physical abuse. Nothing major like HE RIPPED MY LEG OFF AND BEAT ME WITH IT but just shit like shoving and pulling on this poor rat kid’s ears and shit. He was one’a those kids. We all know what I’m talking about.

Thing is I want my characters to be flawed. I don’t agree with him for this shit he pulled. It’s bad. But Dustin learns from his mistakes. He wants to be better, and if someone doesn’t forgive him, so be it. He knows he did them wrong and he doesn’t blame them for hating him to the very core even if he apologized a million times over.

Actually, it’s a funny story:

I knew a kid in high school named Austin just like this a year under me. He wasn’t really an ass to me at all but he was annoying as fuck. Loud, made dumb comments, sometimes was up in people’s faces talking MAD SHIT. And I just thought he was a FUCKING IDIOT.

Then my senior year I have a class with this bozo and he sits in front of me. And I’m like ‘fucking wonderful, I literally wanna slit my wrists and pour my blood in his hair’. And he fucking turns around and DEAD SERIOUS SAYS:

“Hey dude! What’s up?”

And he actually turned out to be pretty cool. We talked a bit and he always threw compliments and shit my way about my shirt or the ugly fuck that I was doodling on my paper.

I thought it was a crazy change, though. Took me off guard. I was wary that it was all an act. But I earned why Austin was such a different guy about six months later from a teacher there who told me that he once asked her about ‘why exactly people think I’m so annoying, I’m never that serious about the teasing and shit.”

And she said, “Austin, you can’t treat people like this even if to you it’s just a joke. A lot of kids have hard lives and to them it’s not just a joke.”

And boom. Instantaneous change.

Dustin had a wake up call like that and I’m debating on what exactly it was. There’s a few ideas but they’re all pointing to one thing:

It was something bad that made him stop being the worst person he could be.

Well shit, that took a different turn.

How They Change: Again, Dustin goes from a total assface to one of Kris’ BFF’s shockingly enough. The details are in the story, though. Don’t wanna write it all out on here.

Why You Love Them: Dustin was without a doubt my FAVORITE character to draw. I never drew a hyena character of my own before him (and Teefers of course helped with this). His ears are my favorite thing to draw.

I also like his progression as a character. It’s a nice redemption arc that isn’t super serious but it is poignant.

I also like his stupid dotted face. He’s a cute lil dude.

So yeah. That’s Dustin.

tldr; Dustin is a flawed skater hyena who just wants to be a good person. He hates clowns and just wants friends. Also, he loves root beer.