#STRAP YOURSELVES IN

[colapointo]

20 minutes to play three games... this is gonna take a while

[mochalottie]

Tis here!!!!

Enjoy a 10k word chapter full of angst and a little bit of comfort on me! It's my birthday present to you guys because I'm a hobbit at heart and would gladly eat 7 meals a day.

[superrabbittank]

HAPPY EASTER, RAMADAN MUBARAK, CHAG PESACH SAMEACH, HERE'S ANOTHER CHAPTER

[dkettchen]

she would've told them unlike her canon! version who decided not to be an ally smh

[sorceresssundries]

Halsin would LOVE being pegged.

Goodnight Tumblr xoxox

[outofcontextdanandphil]

Is this a top / bottom joke

[zootopiathingz]

Tis the season?

[rainbowsky]

Formed Police Unit to be released in Australia, New Zealand, UK and Ireland on 31 May.

[afterlife-2004]

TODAY’S THE DAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!

🦔💨💙💥🦔⚡️🖤❤️

[gibbearish]

oh boy its my favorite day where nonusamericans condescendingly explain to me that the election effects other countries too and therefore i need to be even more terrified than however terrified i already am

[quartersety-of-a-holsety]

Okay, I've been keeping tabs on the shitfest with AO3 and I'm getting tired of repeating myself in reply sections

First and foremost, to the people panicking, please breathe. Panicking helps nobody

Next, please keep track of updates via their Tumblr and status Twitter. They're more reliable than some rando shouting "OMG IT'S BACK!"

To the people who apparently have no idea what to do with themselves due to AO3 being down, please either go to sleep, go outside, read a book, do literally anything to occupy yourself until this all comes to an end. This ain't site maintenance that's unexpectedly hit several hiccups, this is a malicious attack on the site's servers. This could very well take a considerably long time to resolve, ranging from several more hours to days or even weeks. Treat it like a power outage and just wait until service is restored -- ON A MORE LONGTERM STABLE BASIS!

Y'all, just cos the site comes up and stays up after a few minutes does not mean service has been fully restored. Please wait until the all clear is given before you start refreshing any pages -- the sysadmins having to directly deal with this would greatly appreciate it. Also I would personally recommend that when the site does come back up, please be easy with it and don't spam open a bunch of fics at once. The last thing the site needs is being severely strained after just coming back cos you're that desperate for your fic fix. Slow down and be easy

To the people spreading misinformation about the attackers and where the attacks are coming from, just stop. We know what the group is supposedly called and we know what their supposed reasons are. However, AO3 themselves have stated that this may not necessarily be true. For all we know, whatever group this is could be lying about their motives, hell they could be lying about being behind the attack entirely just to get their fifteen minutes of fame -- please follow the golden rule: don't feed the trolls. This also means that again, for all we know, the real culprit could be some asshat in his mama's basement with no real reason to do this beyond for shits and giggles -- remember that ancient phrase "I did it for teh lulz"?

Regardless of what this person/group is calling themselves and regardless of what they say their reasons are, please do not take anything they say at face value. Take their comments with a huge grain of salt

Furthermore, enough with the Islamophobia. Your bigotry is showing

To the shitposters making light of the situation, glad to know we can always count on y'all to add some levity to an otherwise stressful time. Just please remember to not take the jokes too far

And finally, to the people unnecessarily spouting hate for AO3 and OTW, please find something better to do with your time

[fedoraspooky]

I saw that you got into Felix cartoons lately, and I'm curious: have you watched any of the others besides Twisted Tales? What do you think of them? Also, did you know there used to be a live-action Barney-esque TV show for kids that had Felix and a koala as costumed characters?

Have I??

Oh Anon... sweet Anon. *puts my hand on your shoulder* Trust me, I am fighting the urge to become an unskippable cutscene about this as we speak. I'm losing, by the way.

But yes, I have seen... not all of it, but quite a lot, and I'll try not to write a whole novel! Key word being "try". .w.; You... might regret this actually, I'm sorry.

Starting with the 1920s cartoons: aside from the problems inherent in being a product of its time (*cough*racist caricatures*cough*), these shorts were a fun watch! Lots of surreal humor and visual gags. Felix was a scrappy lil' guy back then- stealing fish, getting into fights and getting drunk on several occasions. He didn't have his magic bag 'til the 50s, so he had to get a lot more crafty in using his environment or his own body parts (stuff like pulling off his tail and using it as a tool) to get out of trouble- and if all else failed he'd throw fists or pull a gun. XD Most importantly, he'd run away on all fours when scared, I just thought that was a cute detail. This is probably my favorite version of the character outside of Twisted Tales!Felix. (and the best part is this version of him is public domain now! Yay, free real estate!)

The 30's cartoons: There were only three of these. Idk, I don't have much to say other than they were cute and I enjoyed them. He's deffo more Mickey Mouse-like here, personality-wise.

The 50s cartoon series: This is probs the version of Felix most people seem familiar with- it introduces the magic bag (mostly as a time-saving measure since this show is DEFFO on a budget) and most of the supporting cast that have appeared in stuff since then (the Professor, Rock Bottom, Poindexter, etc). I didn't think I'd like it that much going in, but it kinda grew on me a little bit- primarily due to how janky the animation is, the stilted voice acting, and how out of left field the plots tend to get... It has a lot of what I like to call "naturally occurring shitpost moments". Ngl I've been tempted to make a compilation for funsies, much like I did with 80s Astro Boy... XD That said, it has its charm. Just a warning though, this WAS made in the 50s so be prepared for more "product of its time" moments in some episodes. .w.;

Felix the Cat: The Movie (1988): WHOOO IS THE BOSS? THE DUKE OF ZILL, OF COURSE~ Okay so, this movie? Idk if I'd call it a good movie, but it's definitely strange and entertaining. I watched the hell out of it as a kid and this was the very first animated Felix thing I had ever seen, so I can't really be impartial due to how nostalgia-poisoned I am about it. XD I liked the songs- even the ones that had no reason to be there, like the one that's about the foxes that only show up to piss on Felix and leave. We have a strange attempt at rebooting Master Cylinder as an invention of a bad guy from another dimension instead of being an evil robot guy from space? Felix laughs at the skeleton of someone who got crushed to death in a gold mine and blows a raspberry at it. There's... gyrating lady fish, and a swamp monster that shouts Marlon Brando quotes. The movie starts and ends with a giant disembodied floating 3D felix head... He saves a princess?? I guess??? There's just a lot that happens here.

Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (90s): This one is obvs my favorite of the whole bunch. I know, I know, blazing hot take. It does a good job mixing in the fun surrealness of the 20s cartoons, and he goes back to doing stuff like taking the top of his head off like a hat and using body parts as tools instead of just solving everything with the magic bag (in fact it lampshades that a lot in season 2). It has more humor than just puns (Stares ominously at Felix Saves Christmas) though it does have some of those too (he even gets arrested for it at one point), and most of all it gives him an actual personality aside from "good boy Mickey Mouse clone but also kinda sassy sometimes" (once again staring ominously at Felix Saves Christmas I will get to you later!!). If you only have time to ever watch one Felix cartoon series in your whole life, make it this one.

Baby Felix (2000s) - I'll be real with ya chief I haven't watched this one aside from like one episode. From what I saw... eh, it was okay. I'm not usually a fan of the trend of cartoons having series of the baby/kid versions of themselves outside of a few exceptions (like A Pup Named Scooby and Muppet Babies, but idk that might just be nostalgia talkin'). Apparently he shows up as an adult sometimes in this show and helps out his baby self, which somehow doesn't cause a horrible time paradox? Idk I might watch more of it later, it CANT be worse than the next one, which is... sigh...

Felix Saves Christmas (2004) - This movie is not good. I went in expecting it not to be, and it met my expectations. Is it horrible? I kinda wish it was, so it would've been more entertaining that way at least. Mostly, it's just kinda boring. The humor is puns, and sometimes signs that say a goofy thing on it. It's got music, including a four and a half minute long song that just repeats the lyrics "Snow kids rock, snow kids rule, snow kids... are cool" while said snow kids do extreme sports in looping animations. Most of this movie feels like it's just padding for time so it can be marketed as a movie- if you edited out everything that wasn't relevant to the plot or the main characters, you'd probably have a 20 minute special. Idk it's just sad that this is the last animated felix media we've had in 20 years, since it doesn't look like dreamworks/universal is gonna do anything with him- they're just kinda sitting on the rights. There WAS a comic that came out since then, but I haven't been able to get my hands on it to read it. Maybe one day when I have money. XD ;

ALSO YES, I actually saw that live action show you were talking about! It's not a cartoon, but heck with it i'll throw in my thoughts anyway since we're already here.

Felix the Cat Live (70s): So I found this on youtube while poking around, and I gave a few episodes a watch because I was surprised by the novelty of this even being a thing that existed. Felix doesn't really act like any prior versions of himself here, he's just kind of a nice friendly kid show host who gives the kid characters advice about stuff. The costume itself isn't too bad, though his body's kinda lacking shape- it's kinda just black jammies with a big ol head on top. Interestingly they gave him a red bow tie with white polka dots and his eyes always look a lil sleepy because they're partially-lidded- probably to give him a 'softer' appearance. Also the koala is kind of like a weird proto-Rosco? At least personality-wise. I don't know if he's in anything else. Over all a strange watch, deffo the most obscure thing on this list.

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So anyway! That's all my thoughts, Anon, I hope this was everything you ever wanted and that you don't wish you never asked me about the funni rubberhose cat. XD ;;

[fantasticgothicpeachsludge]

Obi-Wan Kenobi whenever shit gets weird: This might as well happen.

[goldenpinof]

I want to know everything now though! I wanna know why, how and when they decided it was time to come back and I wanna see their reactions to us losing our minds over it

i hope they touch this during videos like they always touch random topics. i hope we get some answers and just laugh or cry together. i'm so ready for banter and stupid shit coming out of their mouths!

[cuffmeinblack]

Garreth: *exists*

Andrew: *exists*

Me:

[aqpippin]

the goodecox party drug wip is DONE 🙂‍↕️ she just needs a title and it’ll be up sometime next week 🫶🏼✨