#That finale was WHACKITY WHACK

[doctormastertardis]

This show doesn't, and has never, ran on "Blue's Clue's" formula... Majority of Whovians ain't toddlers, even back in the Classic Who days. This show has always been more of a philosophical sci-fi catered to pique the interest of curious children AND adults...

You're insinuating that DW is a children's show whose PLOT depends on the audience and/or children's interaction/input, hence the "breaking of Fourth Wall".... But THAT excuse is essentially robbing the show of its history & significance, AND robbing the audience of their capability to deduce the mysteries of the world (regardless of age).

Even with the "argument" that DW has always been a children's show, which it is, why write a plot-mystery that ENTIRELY DEPENDS on the children's/audience's input (i.e. "Ruby's mom is important to the RESOLVE cause we the audience made her important" is so laughable).

Unless.... they're really separating the "Disney incarnation" of DW from the rest of the show's history... A sort of re-make/reincarnation of DW for the "tiktok" kids of this generation.

It screams Blue's Clues to me. I don't like it. It's disrespectful to say the least.

(see my tags' comments)

What I’m not seeing anyone talk about is the fourth wall break implying….WE GAVE IMPORTANCE TO RUBY’S MOM.

As a fandom, we were ENTHRALLED. WHO IS SHE??? So every “fan” complaining about the end and saying “why did Sute care so much about Ruby’s mom??” and my response now is “well why did you care so much??”

And then they say “we didn’t know who she was” and I’m like…..”yeah neither did Sutekh. And just like us, the mystery was killing him.” Ruby’s mom may not have been important but we made her important as a fandom obsessing over the mystery.

I don’t know how to explain it?? Like does that make sense to anyone else?? I was practically screaming at the tv “WHO ARE YOU?!” I was giving her that power over me just like Sutekh was.

[asktheghosthost]

Some scattered thoughts on the 2023 HM movie

Maybe I'll do something more in depth later after the wide release and when I'm not so exhausted

But for now, here's some notes. There are a couple of minor spoilers, so I'll still put this under a read more. Be warned.

I really enjoyed the Easter eggs. I'm looking forward to getting the blu ray and pausing it every five seconds to see what I spy in the background.

Our mortal crew is very likable. Ben is definitely the stand out character for me. His arc is lovely and sympathetic and he almost made me cry.

I liked how the film approaches grief and loss and love. It felt sincere. And it was handled in a way that I think most kids would get, too. If anything, it may help open up conversations for some of the younger audience.

Lots of character cameos, and multiple new ghosts created just for the film. Really appreciated the new spirits. They fit right in. The extras and supporting cast playing these quirky ghosts were great. ... Pay them. Pay them what they're worth. You couldn't have this massive menagerie of the macabre without them

I've seen a lot of reviews say the jokes can fall flat. Most of them hit for me. "It'll cost you... three dollars," still made me giggle.

Hatty... I'm so glad Disney finally made a proper outright villain again. Not a twist villain. Just a straight up murderous, power hungry, manipulative, absolute asshole. It's been way too long. Pay your writers, and pay them well so we can get more of this.

The way the Mansion would change and rearrange itself was great. I love that the house is a character all on its own. It has a backstory. It's its own entity in a way. Love that. Properly pay your animators and special effects team, because their work is the only way that kind of thing is accomplished so well.

William Gracey is a total sweetheart and I love him. His backstory is actually super similar to Edward's, so that might bug some people. But he's different enough in his demeanor, I think, that maybe it won't be really obvious if you're not thinking that hard about it. But, yeah, there are a couple of things that feel repeated from the 2003 movie. I don't know how much of that to chalk up to tropes, or if it was some intentional reworking. This isn't a remake, it's still its own thing, but it's easy to see some inspiration from the previous film.

Loved Connie. No thoughts in that head except "WHACKITY-WHACK!" She's chaotically vicious for the sake of it, and that's fun. My perfect Constance is Debbie from Adam's Family Values. Or a slightly sympathetic schemer, for a more grounded route. But I'll take maniacal seriel killer Connie, too. One moment with her actually got the biggest laugh from me.

Thinking about it, it also borrowed plot elements from the 2003 video game, too. But did those elements better. For the most part.

That's all that's coming to mind right now. Might talk more about it later. I had a good time. I do recommend it. Are there things I'd do differently? Well, yeah. I still want something where the ghosts are the focus. But I guess I'll just provide that myself. And the IDW and SLG comics also give us that.

I look forward to discussing it more with the fandom once the film has been out a while longer. I think there'll be a lot of different opinions on it.

[joytraveler]

40: This Pinball

Judging by the spinning flippers, bouncing bumpers and wildly bouncing balls on the title screen, not to mention the name, this is a pinball game.

Klickitat_Street: "This" Pinball? Not Addams Family or Elvira or anything? Not much of a theme.

"This is just straight up pure PINBALL!! YEAH!! NOT FOR SOFT TINY CHILDREN!" Bea growls and snorts and stomps her feet. "Yeah when do you ever see just.. pinball. No dinosaurs? Are you suuure, game?"

Glockroach: What was that one, alien crush or something? just full up of xenomorphs SugahGlyda: Heck, I'm no good at pinball unless it does have a theme DueyDecimal: Maybe it's a pinball game with a ThisTV theme! Get ready for M*A*S*H reruns and movies MST3K thought were too dull! aroseahorseboy: no guys no! THIS Pinball. It's the saga of this particular ball. it's thoughts and stories, the many games its seen HNV: Or maybe it's actually "This Is Pinball" and the IS in THIS is about to light up or something HNV: Like when you write THIS on your fingers to do "This... Is... Buggy" Llord_Kuruku: Wow, you are older than the Parthenon, aren't you. Glockroach: the fuck is he talking about

"This Pinball. This snake egg. Learn difference, it maybe could mean life.”

When Bea finally presses START, the pinball screen appears, and surprisingly so does a face over a message box-- a punkish looking character with a pink mohawk and sunglasses.

["Whoa! Welcome to This Pinball!"]

"Ooooh, I think we're looking at Pinball or Die here! Is.. is this the Die part, are you going to stab us"

["What is This Pinball? Well, This Pinball is unpredictable! This Pinball is addictive! This Pinball just might drive you crazy!"]

The message box closes and the game begins, a ball popping into place over the plunger.

"No, please, be more vague. That's all right we dodged a cool 80s switchblade, let's spring into action here!"

As soon as Bea pulls back the plunger, though-- the ball bursts into scattered goo. ["Oh no! THIS pinball was an egg."] "HHHhhhHHH..." Bea lets out a more audible and desperate gasp than is probably warranted. "S...sorry.. how I do, do I get more?"

Baconnaise: Bea don't get attatched to the imaginary game egg ffs

"What if it was an endangered fictional species?"

Another ball pops in over the plunger-- but that's one less ball on your counter, that counted as a loss?

"Okay, easy, easyyy. We just need a little nudge to get you ponging around, I'm sure" Here's the windup..

This one launches into the playing field hits the bumpers, whackity whackity whack! It's just like real pinball, apart from being in 8-bit graphics.

DueyDecimal: Shoot for the slide at the top! It works in Pin-Bot!

"So it's like pinball, except it's not always a ball.. but otherwise it's the same?" Ping ping ping, pinball's not exactly her specialty. "I don't know really I'm just trying to hit the colors, that's good right?"

That's about when, out of the blue, a huge mouth opens up on the pinball board and gulps down the ball, licking its lips, and leaves no trace behind.

["Oh no! THIS pinball was delicious."]

Syrupentine: This pinball is unfair! HNV: This pinball is out to get you! DueyDecimal: This pinball is still better than My Life As A Pinball, that one made me kind of nauseous

[siliquasquama]

Alright, so I learned today that people think sugar does not naturally come in cubes.

Oh yeah? Oh yeah? Tell that to the people working hard in the sugar mines. I been down there every day seein them sugar miners going at it, whackity whack, and it's all very square down there, let me tell you. Around the feet of the sugar miners are piled great stacks of cubes, and around their feet scurry the cube-boys who scoop up the sugar cubes and stuff them into boxes. It's hard work down there, and harder than your regular mine, 'cause it's tempting to eat the cubes, but if the foreman sees a man putting something in his mouth, he comes up behind him WHACK. Like that! I tell you it's a hard life down there. You're not even allowed to sweat! Because that would get the sugar damp. You're not even allowed to spit! Well that goes without saying, I never spit and I hope you never did neither.

Anyway It's real pretty down there because the electric lights are cool blue, and the sugar crystals shine like diamond. I got lost down there once because the big sugar crystals reflected my face like a mirror, so I had no idea where I was going, and finally decided that I had to eat my way out. I must have ate through ten thousand dollars worth of sugar cubes, and by the end I was dehydrated as hell, but I reached safety eventually, or at least a place where people were. I wouldn't say I was safe considering that I, the twerp who just ate through ten thousand dollars worth of sugar, was speaking to the people who were going to suffer the loss of that ten thousand potential dollars. Oh boy I got some mean looks, let me tell you.

But I kind of figured that it would be okay, you know, like, people trash tens of thousands of dollars worth of goods all the time, right? People knock over a warehouse shelf and it all comes crashing to the floor, whoops, guess I'm fired? Only, I wasn't actually working for these people, I'd just kind of wandered into the sugar mines on a dare, ha ha, sorry about that, won't do it again, what's that axe for? So I ran back the way I came and decided that if they were going to be mean about it all, I was going to ruin another ten thousand dolalrs worth of goods, and I resolved to eat my way to the surface.

Anyway that's why my hair is white and my eyes are blue. That stuff will do stuff to you, man. I don't think I ever want to go swimming again, I'd probably dissolve.

[mysticmessingupmylife]

Rfa+ V who have MC who wears sexy stuffs bec she's confident w her body then one day while they are walking in their date someone catcalls her then she's like: "aight *removes earings* honey hold my earings" then proceeds in beating up the cat caller

thiS DEADASS HAD ME WEAK OMG. this is a good request and i’m more than happy to do to it! lmao this is my first headcanon so please don’t like, obliterate me if it’s really bad lololol ~amanda

YOOSUNG:

both of you had decided that you needed a day out together, so you planned date night to a nice carnival nearby

it was a bit too hot outside, so naturally you dressed appropriately for the weather

CROP TOP AND SHORTS

when you two arrived at the carnival, you guys decided to hit up the ferris wheel 

as you made your way there, you walked past some dude who gave a look

when you walked past him, you heard his whistle at you and say “damn mami, why don’t you come over here so i can be a man to you~”

BITCH

yoosung froze and looked at the guy angrily

you whirled around, glared at him and in a low voice said “yoosung, hold my bag”

wait what

mc what are you doing

you stormed over to the guy and socked him right in the face

wow yoosung’s never been so sh ook in his life

you started screaming, saying how that’s utterly disgusting to hear from a man and that you’ll beat the shit out of him if you he comes near you again

the guy was beginning to get frightened as he held his bruised cheek

as you walked off into yoosung’s arms, he kept praising you and telling you how badass that was

lowkey wishes he was the one who punched him instead but mc was having her moment of confidence and triumph so he let it slide

“that was so cool mc! i didn’t know you could punch like that!”

there’s a lot of things you don’t know i could do, babe

ZEN:

in celebration of getting the new role, you two decided to go out to a nice restaurant

which means you! wearing! a! dress!

this dress was a short black one with a low neckline but you loved it so you decided to wear it lol

zen loved it also so bonus ;)

as you two sat down at your table, you immediately noticed that someone was staring you down

zen hasn’t noticed since he was too busy being excited over his new role

you didn’t tell him, since you didn’t want to ruin this night with some dumb staring

however, the man that was staring at you wouldn’t stop

homeboychillthehellout

zen noticed that you were somewhat distracted so he asked you what was wrong

you were honest and told him how some dude was staring you down

zen narrowed his eyes and turned around, looking at the dude straight in the eyes and mouthed “fuck off”

the dude stopped looking at you for the rest of the night

however when you two were leaving the restuarant, he followed you and came up close to you

he placed his hands on your hips and mumbled “let me steal you away from this asshole and take you home with me”

you glared at zen, who was looking at the man so angrily

as zen was about to choke this dude to death, you held up your hand to stop him

as soon as zen stopped, you turned around

AND FUcKEd thIS DUde UP

you slapped him so hard and started screeching at him, telling him to fuck off

“i have a boyfriend and you have the audacity to put your hands on me when i belong to him?”

ZEN HAS NEVER BEEN SO PROUD????

as you pushed him away, zen was cheering you on

“go mc! show him who you belong to!”

when you walked away with your knuckles slightly bruised, you huffed and held onto zen the rest of the night

JAEHEE:

movies, movies, movies!!

you two were so excited to see the movie that zen was in

which means you were also wearing your zen merch! you were wearing a crop top (with zen’s face on it) and leggings that hugged your curves

as you two were walking around outside the theater for a little bit, you noticed that someone was looking at you and whispering to your friend

yes look at me bitch and look how hot me and my gf are

the man that was whispering decided to walk up to you and pull you close to him, mumbling how attractive you and jaehee were

that’s not what i meant

jaehee stared at him in shock and was about to say something until you pushed him off you and started telling him that was he did was completely inappropriate

“get the hell away from me and my baehee before i chop your balls off”

the man kept making advances to you and finally, you finally resorted to physical violence

which means

JUDO JAEHEE AND MC

BOY WERE YOU GRATEFUL THAT JAEHEE TAUGHT YOU JUDO

JUDO KNOW WHAT I CAN DO, DON’T TEST ME

as soon as you roundhouse kicked him, that dude was out

jaehee was so happy that you kicked him first because if she did, homeboy would’ve been ded

as soon as he was on the ground, jaehee pulled you close and asked if you were okay

you nodded and kissed her, telling her that you loved her as a reminder

jaehee.exe has crashed

JUMIN:

FA NCY REST AURA NT

FA NCY DRESS

WITH HEELS!!!!!

jumin had decided to take you out to a nice dinner and you wore a lacey red dress with black heels to kind match with jumin, who was wearing a red tie and black suit

damn mr. trust fund kid and his girl lookin flyy

when you entered the restaurant, you immediately felt a little uncomfortable

since everyone seemed to nOTICE YOU THE SECOND YOU OPENED THE DOOR

specifically this one guy who literally was drinking in your soul with his eyes

jumin sensed that something was up with you and wrapped an arm around your waist

“darling are you okay being here? you seem… tense”

you assured him that you were fine and insisted on sitting down

you had accidentally dropped your purse when you walked in so you bent down to get it

wrong move mc

the man who had been staring at you had walked by and slapped your ass, saying how “thick” you were

you never stood up so fast

and guess what

YOU THREW YOUR PURSE AT THAT FUCKER

jumin watched in surprise as you started flinging anything you could get your hands on, just to hit the guy who just catcalled you

“SLAP MY ASS ONE MORE TIME AND I’LL YOU CUT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY”

jumin never knew how agressive you could be

and it was lowkey a turn on

he lead you away from the guy to prevent you from killing him

was upset that you caused a scene but realized that it was kinda necessary because the manager heard the commotion and kicked the guy out

good job mc

SEVEN/LUCIEL/SAEYOUNG

you two had decided to go grocery shopping since all saeyoung had was honey buddha chips and dr. pepper he wasn’t complaining though lololol

it wasn’t really date but then again it kinda was because everything you did together was considered a date

it was also really hot outside so say hello to say hello to strapless rompers :)))

the whole time you were in the store, saeyoung was complaining about the heat

“shut that mouth boi before you catch these hands”

“but it’s so hot mc!”

you were in the frozen food aisle getting hot pockets

and of course saeyoung started asking pointless questions

“will these make my pockets look hot?”

“saeyoung no”

when you opened the fridge door to get them, you heard someone say “damn lady, you sure got some cake”

saeyoung turned around to find a man about his age edging closer to you with a smirk on his face

as he opened his mouth to bitch at the guy, you turned around also and whacked the man with the box of hot pockets

“if *whack* you *whack* ever come *whack whack* near me bitch you will *whackity whack whack* catch these motherfuckin hands pervert *whack whack*”

saeyoung was laughing so loud and shoving the guy away from his mc

“go back to whatever rat hole you came from and leave me and my girlfriend alone mofo”

as soon as he left, saeyoung gently pinned you against the fridge and started kissing you, mumbling how attractive and badass you looked for rebuffing the guy’s action

rip all nearby shoppers for seeing you guys ;p

V/JIHYUN:

picnic!!

you and V had been planning this picnic for a while and since you knew it was going to be a little hot, you wore a short sundress which showed off your legs

ur nice legs lolol right V

you two were unloading your picnic basket and chattering away

as you two sat down on the grass under a tree, there was someone who was reading a book nearby

you noticed him before but didn’t think much of it. you didn’t think he’d say anything to you since he was reading

boY WERE YOU W RO NG

before you sat down, the guy started whooping near you, calling you a “lil snack”

activate V’s jealousy

he stood up to say something but you quickly shut him up by handing him your phone and one of your sandals

mc where are you going why’d you give me your sandal

with the other sandal, you made your way to the guy and

WHIPPED HIM SO HARD

OHMYGODMC

“BITCH CALL ME A SNACK ONE MORE TIME AND I’LL MAKE YOU EAT YOUR DICK. WOULD YOU LIKE THAT AS A SNACK, HUH??”

you wouldn’t stop hitting him until he started pleading mercy and V pulled you away

V was so amazed and proud he didn’t even think twice about kissing you right then and there

STAY AWAY FROM HIS MC YOU PIECE OF–