#Total Drama deserves to be in a better channel

[xterier]

Total Drama on Disney XD

For few years now, I’ve been asking myself, “what would it be like if the Total Drama franchise were aired on Disney XD in the US instead of Cartoon Network?” Well, to me it would be pretty awesome if it did ‘cause Cartoon Network has been messing up a lot on the development on the storylines, the characters, all of it, like the All Stars season or DramaRama reboot. It caused so much pain and angry to the fans of this show, including me.

If Total Drama did air on Disney, I think they would have Gwen winning in Island instead of Owen; Duncan, for Action; Heather in World Tour, Cameron in Revenge of the Island; Mike or Zoey, for All Stars; Shawn, Pahkitew Island; and the Surfers (Geoff and Brody) or the Cadets (Sanders and MacArthur) in the Ridonculous Race spinoff. I’d love to c that.

I also think Disney would bring relationships that were broken up back and/or that they never got together like Duncan and Gwen, Owen and Izzy, Jo and Brick, Scott and Courtney, DJ and Dawn, and many others.

In conclusion, even though Fresh TV and Cartoon Network r in production the new reboot for HBOMAX and Canada broadcast Teletoon’s being rebranded into the said channel and then Boomerang on the 27th of March, I still think putting Total Drama on Disney would b cool. I hope Fresh changes their mind, but it’s their choice.

Thank u for your time. Please let me know what u think.

Note: These r not my images. The franchise belongs to Fresh TV, Teletoon and Cartoon Network, and the Disney XD logo belongs to Disney. Finally, they were all edited by John Gerard aka johnncoof from Instagram.

[totaldrama-showdowns]

Here's the list of Valid Submissions that unfortunately could not be featured in the bracket proper! Invalid Submission will have their own post

Scaryemma (Scary Girl x Emma) (2)

"Scary Girl wants to be "normal", Emma is the closest thing to a "normal" girl on the island… I know what I'm getting at"

"why not?"

Calulia (Julia x Caleb) (2)

"she was the only one who could make him interesting"

"ngl those last few episodes. they got real. 5 minutes together and insanely more compelling and dynamic than priyaleb"

Mkaleb (MK x Caleb) (2)

"screw total drama and all its fans I hope they get exactly one more season and MK marries a man /ref"

"I like that mk is small and caleb is tall. that's all"

Axelle (Nichelle x Axel) (2)

"axel is the opposite of bowie"

Juliayne (Julia x Wayne) (2)

"Everyone wants rice cakes at a party"

"because i wanna start drama"

Wipper (Ripper x Wayne) (2)

"real ones know 😎"

Chulia (Julia x Chase) (2)

""i could fix him" says woman who is worse"

"They would date each other for clout and hate every minute of it it would be so funny"

Damichelle (Damien x Nichelle) (2)

"Damien and Nichelle are seen to interact through to season, they encouraged each other in challenges and seem to just have a great chemistry all around. Damien is also a DnD player (which requires good acting/roleplaying skills), and Nichelle is an actor! Just imagine the potential.. overall their canon interactions are just a treat to watch and while it's not really popular I love them nonethelesss."

Zeepper (Zee x Ripper)

"Zipper"

Priya and Zee… Pee if you will

"we were robbed of the peeleb love triangle"

Calipper (Ripper x Caleb)

Chaleb (Chase x Caleb)

"Two men who's names begin with C and are 5 letters wrong and ruin the lives of their respective love interests. Fuck chase and Caleb they deserve each other"

Emmjuliayne (Julia x Emma x Wayne)

"blonde polycule"

Ripelle (Ripper x Nichelle)

"Nichelle would teach him stunts:)"

that one girl intern and that one guy intern

"love can flourish behind the scenes, can’t it?"

Chipper (Chase x Ripper)

Wintern (Wayne x The Female Intern)

"He was nice to her :-)"

Milliechelle (Millie x Nichelle)

"Girl failure x Girl failure <3"

Rippemma (Emma x Ripper)

ScaryK (MK x Scary Girl)

"if they teamed up mk could steal so much more and i think she deserves to"

Chowie (Caleb x Hezekias x Bowie)

"It'd be so funny if they beat chase X Bowie"

Caxel (Axel x Caleb)

"Mwahahahahahah"

Prikate (Priya x MK)

ScaryZee (Zee x Scary Girl)

"idk but i saw this and started shipping https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fmore-zee-x-scary-girl-since-yall-love-it-v0-00h7aqq6kava1.png%3Fs%3D5cf331157af4761c67837f01ba4152a37e40765c"

Traffic Light Trio (Wayne x Damien x Zee)

Mkuliayne (Julia x Wayne x MK)

Bowaleb (Bowie x Caleb)

"caleb would be so much better gay"

Scarprillie (Priya x Millie x Scary Girl)

"episode 4 of season 1 had so much yuri potential"

Prillemma (Priya x Millie x Emma)

"wholesome yuri polycule!"

Chase/the two guys from his channel

"Chase is totally the kind of thing to flirt and make out with guys as part of the videos…and contribute exactly zero thoughts toward the implications of that"

Olivia Von Trashpanda x the bear in episode 2

"PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE"

Polycule of all of MacArthur's dogs

"Ruff ruff 🐕🐕🐕🐩🐩🐶🐶🐾🐾🐾🐕🐕🐕bark grrrrrrr😡😡😡😡"

Damien's sheep × Goats in s1 finale

"I think it speaks for itself"

This is the section of submissions that, according to the rules, were valid, but were not valid in my heart.

Shamy (Scary girl, nicHelle, Axel, Millie, priYa)

"I fucking love shamy"

Marmaduke (Millie x Axel x Ripper x emMA x Damien x jUlia x mK x zEe

"I'm gonna kill that fucking dog"

Marmafield (Millie x Axel x Ripper x emMA x prFIya x zEe x nicheLle x Damien

"In this world it's just us"

pilk (Priya x mILlie x mK)

"just like real pilk you don't know how good it is until the second try"

Chillie (Millie x Chase)

"IM SO COLD🥶🥶🥶SO CHILLIE UP IN HERE"

Chiya (Priya x Chase)

"Chiya pudding chiya seed c"

Ashley (Axel x chaSe x Hezekias x nichelLE x priYa) and all of them hang out with aroace MK. Mary Kate and Ashley (Olsen)

"Full house sweep idk I can't remember what those girls were in"

Key (mK x calEb x priYa) x Zee

"I got the Key, I got the Zeecret"

chicken juice (CHase x nIChelle x mK x damiEN) (JUlia x rIpper x Caleb x Emma)

"Chicken juice is sooo good make a broth bitch!"

[leonenjoyer69]

hey do you know abt the drama magicalmo is causing rn abt u?

I'm sorry for u, stay strong! Internet drama is a total bitch tbh don't let it get to you.

Yes, sadly despite having him blocked I'm quite aware. I've mainly just been ignoring him hoping that he'd get burnt out on his little hate crusade but the accusations he keeps pushing are genuinely fucking sick and disgusting.

Reminder to never pity him guys! Made that mistake myself, let him on my server as a second chance thing because I knew he was so widely hated, and guess who made everyone on there wildly uncomfortable and got himself banned after exploding at two of the members? Not to mention the fact that he had a mole on my server after getting banned to get that "damning evidence", so fun times guys.

That NSFW channel he keeps yapping about has been long gone, and nothing worse than that spoilered smut concept (you know, the one screenshot he keeps sharing, where the worst word is bloody "arousal"), on the optional channel, was ever shared. Truly it was my mistake, I had felt horrible making that category in the first place, but some of the other members requested it, so. I suppose I also made the mistake of seeing a public discord server as something akin to Tumblr, since literally everyone on there followed me on here anyways, and I know damn well have seen and shared worse things on here. But, alas, apparently discord is a different breed, and that I now know.

And the rest of his yapping? Fucking disgusting. The fact that he keeps implying that I have or would do such vile things is literally sickening, and I know every single person on that server would come to my defense because I've done fucking nothing wrong. The genuine defamation is literally crazy. All I wanted was a community and friends, and that's what I have- great friends, who are supportive and kind, and friends is all they are.

Okay, ranting over, thank you for your kind words :3 it does mean a lot to know that so many people are supporting me and defending me. Honestly, i am slightly glad it's me taking the hits over some of the other folks he's had stupid beef with in the past, none of my friends deserve to be dragged into stupid fake drama, and based on their reactions to all of this, apparently I take it far more calmly than them lmao.

I just don't want issues man, just wanna share my silly stories and characters and have people enjoy and talk about them to me. And thankfully I do still have that, I just have one persistent little hater throwing rocks at me from the corner, which is ironic when you compare what he's done to the genuine mistake I did, but hey, an eye for an eye and the whole world goes blind, Ill be the better person.

Apologies for dragging my blog down with this, but rest assured more art and rambles will bring it back up soon, thank you again for the ask and you're kind words :3

[total-feminism-takes]

hi, total drama fan. describe a female character without mentioning their dynamic with a male character, calling them “girlboss” or “mom friend”, or saying they’re annoying. you have 1 minute or the saw trap goes off.

Is that a challenge then two of my favs who everyone hates (btw my top three favs from most liked is Emma (Reboot), Trent, and Axel)

Emma (reboot) is a silly but hot head mess who sucks at socializing with other people and even if she is good at challenges that doesn’t change the fact she is bad at the social game. Emma total drama you deserve better. She has a cat and likes to ramble. She has a YouTube channel that had nothing to do with Mr beast paw patrol enjoyer. She a bit clumsy but she is well meaning. Her emotional can get her better of her tho. (Emma is my favorite ok)

Axel is a zombie apocalypse obsessed girl who is tough as nails and sucks at socializing with her peers due to her obsession with the zombie apocalypse. Despite that she has a soft side of caring for her teammates (even if she comes across as brash) and her love of poetry and the arts. (I don’t want to talk about ripper he doesn’t deserve Axel)

- 🧡

[freakyshibs]

Shows that were canned too early that deserved better (imo)

We all hate it when we get wayy too invested into a show with good characters, an interesting plot, and a solid setup right? Well it seems that the networks for these shows didn’t really see it that way sadly, some of these shows are known, others aren’t, but this is just gonna be me rambling about how we didn’t get more of these said shows 😭

The Owl House

Now this one I wont dig deep into too long? We did get a solid ending in the end, but we were definitely robbed of a full season 3

The fact that this was Disneys next big thing, (like Gravity Falls) and still got axed kinda baffles me a bit because executives love big ratings

I heard they cancelled it because of it ‘not fitting the disney brand’ (mostly because there were two main gay characters in it) which I thought was super unfair, because they really were that homophobic 💀

All in all, I enjoyed this show and wanted a full season 3

Close Enough

From Regular Show creator J.G Quintel, this show was definitely more for an older audience, and let me say they did amazing at it.

The shows humor didn’t revolve around cussing or sex jokes, (which is what I see all the time now in modern adult animation) and the show was definitely funny!

Unfortunately though, Max cancelled it after 3 seasons due to the merge of Discovery + and HBO Max, with Max canning alot of shows during that time, this being one of them

We kinda sorta got left on a cliffhanger of sorts?? At least imo. Liked the show and wish we had more

Wander Over Yonder

For a show made by Craig McCracken (Powerpuff Girls, Fosters Home) you’d think it would be popular and have a bunch of seasons right?

Well no, with this show only having two seasons after Disney cancelled it because ‘80 episodes were enough for this show’ which is kinda dumb?? I dunno I just don’t like executives and rules and stuff

I remember this show from my childhood, it was really good in my opinion, I feel like we could’ve had more if Disney didn’t cancel it as early as it did

Love you WOY 🫡

Inside Job

The fact that this show left on a cliffhanger too made me even more upset that Netflix cancelled it as early as they did

Not only was this another adult animated show that didn’t rely on cussing or sex jokes, the story was actually really interesting too and if the show did continue, we would’ve had a happy ending

Screw Netflix actually I will never forgive them for this one

Grojband

I CANNOT stress enough about how this show deserved so much more than what it got, I actually would’ve put it at number one, but the next one is kinda justifiable so ._.

From Todd Kauffman and Mark Thornton (Total Drama Island) this show featured a kid and his friends that were in a band, and used lead singers sisters diary as lyric ideas, bc they suck at writing them

And I loved it

I swear I don’t think I’ve ever been heavily interested in and emotionally attached to the characters in a show before, it was so good

The songs in this show were also heavenly, I suggest you give them a listen, theyre really good!

Also another reason I really liked the show was because it was a Canadian toon that didn’t revolve around gross out humor (I applaud them for that)

Unfortunately this was a show Cartoon Network screwed over BIG time, with when it came out during the summer it was airing, kids were mostly outside playing, never really gaining an audience, and then after the first half of the season aired, it was on a 2 YEAR hiatus. With fans questioning if the show would ever come back

Fortunately it did! Except Cartoon Network shoved it on their app, and a year later shoved it onto their sister channel, Boomerang. Then, after the show FINALLY ended their first season, the show was immediately cancelled, with Cartoon Network never really giving it a chance

The whole way Cartoon Network handled this show frustrated me immensely, with it having a decent fanbase, and people wanted more (me being one of them:()

The creators even had alot of plans for next said season, but I guess we will never get to see them (unless a Clone High situation happens but that’s doubtful)

Show was very underrated and deserved SO much more, Cartoon Network fumbled this one and the last show Im about to mention

Sym Bionic Titan

This sci fi animated series by Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack, Dexters Lab) only lasted one season with 20 episodes

With Cartoon Network cancelling it because of the failure to produce a TOY LINE

The fact this show got axed because of toys just makes me so upset

This was one of those shows that also left on a cliffhanger sadly, so we never really got to see how this show properly ended

With Genndy even saying that he wrote 10 more episodes, but now we will never get to see them

ALSO THE SHOWS SOUNDTRACK WAS SO GOOD?! Love when shows put banger songs in the bg, reminded me so much of Clone High

Anyways thats pretty much it? These are just my opinion tho, everyone is entirely different

[ilovescaredysquirrel2]

The FOP reboot looks better than the original...

Okay, here's a confession I have to make, I never liked the Fairly Odd Parents! Even as a kid, it didn't impress me that much. It was one of those shows I just watched because it was on constantly and I was bored (I should have been watching more kids shows on Xfinity On Demand, instead). I whole heartedly REGRET watching the Fairy Odd Parents! If I could go back and watch other shows instead, I would. Fairy Odd parents was really not a good show for kids, either. Even if you find it funny as an adult, it's still a terrible show. It's offensive in so many ways. I mean, I'm not really a slapstick humor type of person, but you can't deny that the show had it's fair share of offensive jokes, plus the fact that all the female characters weren't reliable except for Wanda, who could even be kind of a b*tch at times.

Okay, I'll address the sexism in Fairy odd parents and why I hate the show. Look at it! The girl that Timmy liked was always a stuck up snob (plus she's Asian and Butch Hartman is racist), Timmy's mom was an airhead dumb idiot and neglectful, and then the babysitter was a crazy psychopath (plus she was a teen and I hate when children are portrayed as crazy and psycho). I'm not done yet, look at how the bodies were drawn on most of the female characters too! Skinny waists with super curvy bodies, I hate that character design in any show or movie. I complain about it with Disney princesses like Ariel and Jasmine, and I complain about it with Total Drama characters. I hope that kind of character design for female characters will become extinct someday.

Also, there were a lot of racist jokes in the OG Fairy odd parents as well, and I hope that the reboot doesn't have that. My bestie is Scottish-Canadian, and she was really offended when they had that scene with the kilts and made fun of her culture. I mean, the show went on for so long that you probably don't remember every little offensive joke or innuendo in the movie, but there were a lot of racist and sexist jokes, and I think there was even some ableist ones as well. I'm NOT making thing up, I swear! I mean, people call everything racist nowadays, and I'm not one of those people who point out every little stereotype, I just want people to realize how awful Fairly Odd Parents was and how often they had those types of jokes. They made fun of country/rural people as well, and I think a lot of different ethnicities. I'll talk about the ableism in a minute...

Apparently Butch Hartman was ableist, which I wouldn't be surprised knowing all the other things about him, and I remember when Fairly odd parents made fun of a guy with a huge pimple on his face, and also a character who was in a wheelchair. I don't know why that show went on for 20 years but I'm glad it ended... until 2024 when they wasted money on a reboot that doesn't look as bad as the original. Everybody's crying because Timmy's black now, but I don't give a crap what skin color they made "him" (they have a black female protagonist to hide the fact that Butch is a sexist and racist d*ckhead). They could have spent money on a CatDog reboot or gave Harvey Beaks a second chance instead but they chose Nickelodeon's most overrated cartoon.

Here's another thing about Butch Fartman that makes him a sh**ty person, he made an episode called "Channel Chasers" where he literally made fun of other kids shows, trying to act like his crappy show was better than the more family like ones. Some of the other shows he made fun of were Rugrats, Blue's Clues, and Sesame street, and neither of those deserve to be made fun of. He's got such an ego and we should throw him off his high horse and acknowledge how bad his shows were. I just think making fun of innocent kids shows in a show that's not really meant for kids, is a really lame thing to do.

If you made it this far, thank you! If you like Fairy odd parents, I hope I made you change your mind. If I didn't, okay then. I'm just confessing about one of my most hated cartoons, and I'm going to address how I feel about Vivziepoop and her shows next (sorry to Hazbin Hotel fans, but I seen some things in it that triggered me). Well, thanks for reading anyways and TELL ME YOUR THOUGHTS! If you disagree, I'd like to know your opinions on why.

[hevcrap]

I didn’t write this, I’m posting on behalf of a dear friend. If you have questions, direct them to myself or @biotrophs. Content warning for mentions of suicidal ideation.

this is, for lack of a better term, a warning post for max @/gameoftheyorha (previously known as @/emgality, @/flingzaroller, and @/loverspond).  i dont think max is evil or abusive etc, this isnt a callout and wont have receipts.  if this situation had happened irl then their friends would know, and i think they deserve the same courtesy online to judge whether they want to be friends with this person.

max was in my close friend circle & dated another close friend in that group for 4 years.  during this time, they were pretty extensively disrespectful to all of us, would repeatedly vent or threaten suicide, and say everyone they knew hated them.  this was in a server of 8 where each person had a diary channel, and they talked in the server almost exclusively to vent in theirs.  they would also break into others conversations or vents to traumadump and leave.  they hated another person in the server for saying a message of max's was harmful, and max was hostile to them and posted vagues about them on tumblr.

it took us 4 years to reach a breaking point with this because we were worried that it would push them to suicide to try and talk to them, so we just lived with it.  the day after we talked to them they cut us off entirely.

they were roommates with their partner (parker @/hevcrap), and max was harmfully codependent on him.  they refused to make friends in their own circle and only wanted to hang out w their partner and sometimes his friends.  this got so bad that their partners friends realized and were taking him out for sometimes days at a time to try and keep him away from max.  at one point max made a tumblr vent post that their partner asked about, to which max said they had a suicide note written and were planning to commit.  this is a pretty rough thing to put a partner through without ever reaching out to try and talk to him, and they also did this around 5 years ago to their girlfriend at the time, meaning this behavior has persisted in their relationships for half a decade

i dont think any of this behavior is problematic or calloutworthy, but it has been a pattern for the 4-5 years weve known them, and its left our friend circle with lasting damage.  irl, you would hear this stuff about a person you had mutual friends with before you got close with them, but max can totally hide their past behavior on tumblr by abandoning friend groups that they hurt like this, and they constantly portray themself as a victim of all their past friends and someone who has done no wrong to them, so this isnt necessarily something you would realize.  this is my reason for airing personal drama i wouldnt post otherwise, as i have no other way to talk to their friends and warn them about these behavior patterns.  i truly dont believe max meant to hurt us with any of this, and i dont wish them any harm or hate, but i do think their friends and future partners deserve to know about this so that they can judge for themselves whether this post still holds true or if max's behavior has changed, and whether they want to be close to this person

[solaflaire]

Starham: Q and A (Second set of 50 Questions)

Link for questions: 500 Good Questions to Ask - Find the perfect question (conversationstartersworld.com)

What was the most unsettling film you’ve seen? • 9, directed by Shane Acker (Shane Acker - IMDb) and starring Elijah Wood (Elijah Wood (@elijahwood) / X (twitter.com))

What unethical experiment would have the biggest positive impact on society as a whole? • The experiment that made Captain America, Captain America.

When was the last time you were snooping, and found something you wish you hadn’t? • When I was a kid. I was snooping in my mother’s room and found my Christmas presents in her cupboard.

Which celebrity or band has the worst fan base? • Chris Brown or Blink182.

What are you interested in that most people aren’t? • Stationery

If you were given a PhD degree, but had no more knowledge of the subject of the degree besides what you have now, what degree would you want to be given to you? • Statistics.

What smartphone feature would you actually be excited for a company to implement? • iMessage

What’s something people don’t worry about but really should? • The difficulty graduates are facing trying to get a job.

What movie quotes do you use on a regular basis? • “No Cuts No Buts No Coconuts” from Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph

Do you think that children born today will have better or worse lives than their parents? • Better

What’s the funniest joke you know by heart? • What do we say when a factory makes just enough? Satisfactory.

When was the last time you felt you had a new lease on life? • After figuring out what I wanted to study: Mathematics.

What’s the funniest actual name you’ve heard of someone having? • Question. In South Africa, there are attendants who fill your vehicle with petrol. The attendant that was assisting my friend has Question on his name tag.

Which charity or charitable cause is most deserving of money? • Animals

What TV show character would it be the most fun to change places with for a week? • The host of Total Drama Island.

What was cool when you were young but isn’t cool now? • Cartoons

If you were moving to another country, but could only pack one carry-on sized bag, what would you pack? • My travelling documents and electronics to keep myself occupied for the flight. Anything else I would thrift or get at a discount store.

What’s the most ironic thing you’ve seen happen? • Body builders getting called out for “boosting”.

If magic was real, what spell would you try to learn first? • Expecto Patronum

If you were a ghost and could possess people, what would you make them do? • I don’t know. Possibilities are endless though.

What goal do you think humanity is not focused enough on achieving? • Innovation

What problem are you currently grappling with? • Eating less chocolates/food😂

What character in a movie could have been great, but the actor they cast didn’t fit the role? • Steward Little should have been voice acted by someone with an English Accent. That would have made him mysterious.

What game have you spent the most hours playing?

What’s the most comfortable bed or chair you’ve ever been in? • I have a YouTube Channel where I play games: Starham. Favorite game: Horizon Zero Dawn on PlayStation 4.

What’s the craziest conversation you’ve overheard? • The FBI conversation on the mafia. I am kidding. My mom on the phone ordering my gift on the phone.

What’s the hardest you’ve ever worked? • My projects at university.

What movie, picture, or video always makes you laugh no matter how often you watch it? • Any YouTube video of this guy: JobbytheHong - YouTube

What artist or band do you always recommend when someone asks for a music recommendation? • Glass Animals

If you could have an all-expenses paid trip to see any famous world monument, which monument would you choose? • The Pyramids

If animals could talk, which animal would be the most annoying? • The monkey

What’s the most addicted to a game you’ve ever been? • Pokémon Emerald. Replayed the game so many times.

What’s the coldest you’ve ever been? • Right now.

Which protagonist from a book or movie would make the worst roommate? • Pikachu from Pokémon

Do you eat food that’s past its expiration date if it still smells and looks fine? • No

What’s the most ridiculous thing you have bought? • Haven’t been making any purchases but I am interested in buying an iPhone Pro Max/Samsung Galaxy or Huawei Mate to use as a camera for my YouTube channel.

What’s the funniest comedy skit you’ve seen? • Go on YouTube and just watch anything from the channel: Comedy Central. Please be of age when you go there. Also, PewDiePie, prior to his break from daily uploads.

What’s the most depressing meal you’ve eaten? • I was eating cereal and watching TV one Saturday morning and then Pikachu lost to Raichu. Yeah, I was not the same after that.

What tips or tricks have you picked up from your job / jobs? • Stay away from people who tell you what they plan on achieving in the workplace.

What outdoor activity haven’t you tried, but would like to? • Hiking

What songs hit you with a wave of nostalgia every time you hear them? • Glass Animals – Heat Waves

What’s the worst backhanded compliment you could give someone? • I never thought that dress would fit you.

What’s the most interesting documentary you’ve ever watched? • Anything about animals. Primarily marine life.

What was the last song you sang along to? • Post Malone - Wow

What’s the funniest thing you’ve done or had happened while your mind was wandering? • I walked into a girl I had a crush on.

When was the last time you face palmed? • When I thought I had money but was at the counter and then only realized I spent it the day before.

If you were given five million dollars to open a small museum, what kind of museum would you create? • Toys and memorabilia

Which of your vices or bad habits would be the hardest to give up? • Honestly, watching YouTube.

What really needs to be modernized? • In my country, it would be trains.

When was the last time you slept more than nine hours? • Many years ago

[arcplaysgames]

is our academics score currently "fucking dumbass mcgee" or something, who else in a fucking kimono have we seen lately, goddamn

MAGICIAN SOCIAL LINK: GET. Yosuke as the Magician is.... interesting. I am not going to say he's a terrible Magician or make any assumptions, because remember when i said Yukari didn't make sense as the Lovers and then she turned out to be the Most Lovers Ever?

but at the moment Yosuke ddddddddoesn't have any of the hallmarks of what I would consider the Magician. He's active, I guess, but seems more compelled by external forces than by his own drive. also there's a severe lack of control and stagecraft to him. he's a bit sad clown but that's the extent of his performance.

The Magician is someone who is very active, who can throw themselves into situations and usually ride on luck and charisma and passion. They get in over their heads easily but also have a certain set of tools (internal or external, the Magician is very explicitly associated with physical focii like wand and athame and chalices, etc) that make them highly effective.

The Magician is someone who is a very mortal person, but who can feel the magic around them like a charge in the air, and they lift a tool to let lightning strike them, then channel that into their work.

Junpei hit that note right off the bat, reckless but effective, and later plagued by Imposter Syndrome (the perfect ailment for the Magician). Yosuke, I dunno yet. We'll see.

[/CARTOMANCY RAMBLINGS]

someone with some sense. points to Chie!

except she's........... not in the TV? she's fine? Chie calls the inn and gets her on the phone.

Patient. We're being patient. We're giving Chie a chance. Yukari wound up being great and we're going to let Chie blossom into a rad person. Yep.

there's a moment of Dojima being in a dour prime time crime drama, but I don't have patience for that and Chie too. The cops know nothing because "supernatural tv murders" doesn't come standard in their Clue games. Whateverrrrr.

oh thank god a character welcoming me back home, i needed this, thank you. i miss iwatodai.

Aaaaaaand Yukiko's in the TV now, and is on a Bachelorette-style show looking for a MAN and she has on SPECIAL LINGERIE and sigh.

yo i got FASHION

SAD ABOUT NANAKO HOUR IS EVERY HOUR. man, i had to take on a lot of adult responsibilities too soon, but I didn't do that at fucking six years old. Dojima, you suck.

YOSUKE IF YOU LIVED IN THE US YOU'D BE DEAD ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN'T JUST BRING A FUCKING KATANA TO A FOOD COURT AND SWING IT AROUND. you're only allowed to do that with guns in Open Carry states.

cannot overstate how you're not my dad. i would venture to say you're barely nanako's dad.

aw yeah that's right i've turned on dojima now. i don't care how nice your voice is, your daughter deserves better and you suck.

TO BE TOTALLY CLEAR

THE COPS SUSPECT YUKIKO OF MURDERING THE FIRST DEAD LADY

THE ONE LEFT ON A TV ANTENNAE

she's like 16 and refuses to eat steak, where exactly is she getting the ability to put a grown-ass body on a roof, did she rent a crane????? bruh.

I MISS YUKARI. SOB. where are the smart people.

Anyway. I finally have the Velvet Room and

wait its unfriendly girl who bumped into me who is apparently new in Golden!

lmao margaret is BRUTAL

can i have a social link with margaret because she's cool and has a great voice and i'm shallow and would love to hang out with another old soul of the weird metaphysical liminal limo.

please god lemme out of these tutorials and into the main routine already i'm withering, i'm dying.

[pepi-nillo]

btw the next posts i make may contain spoilers about manner of death so if you were planning on watching it (you should) then feel free to absolutely ignore me! i understand. tradicional "i just finished a drama" rant below the cut

god i loved this show so much. i finished it in basically two days and i was OBSESSED. i haven't watched many BL dramas but i enjoyed this one so much, it paid attention to the plot and murder mystery without causing too much unnecessary drama like other shows may do, while still keeping you interested in tan and bun's relationship. i love me a good enemies to lovers (as a bit one sided as this one was lol) and the drama they did have had me sooo invested. i honestly didn't know who jane's killer was and i was in disbelief even after they caught her.

the drama they did have was SO GOOD it made my inner gossip so happy, i was so invested. like when bun discovered tan was dam and proceeded to point a gun at him??? he was totally in his right imo and that's better than the novelas on my local tv channel.

the development of everything was super good, it had me at the edge of my seat but also gave me good laughs. everyone's shenanigans were very funny and i love how the protagonists interacted with the ppl around them, they basically showed that caring isn't a disadvantage at all. i just feel so sorry for jane, they did her so dirty and she deserved better, at least she got avenged but damn i wish she was still there.

tan and bun, especially bun, must've felt terrible with all the people around them dropping like flies, and having to perform an autopsy on people you were talking with just yesterday?? yeah no. i'm happy with the ending, nice but keeping it real. watching all these episodes one after another was like a shot (sorry) of dopamine like i feel like i can bounce off the walls rn

and the main pairing's dynamic was so funny like tan says anything and bun goes like 😒 without missing a beat. i love them i'm obsessed with them. they got MARRIED!!! i feel like this is the first drama wedding i've seen in a long time. see my other post for my opinion on that proposal (tan is batshit crazy and bun likes it)

i'm officially making a poster of this show and hanging it on my wall. that's how much i liked it. okay bye

[deviantartdramanow]

ohhhhh boy.

I used to think clubby was just some funny dude who liked to role-play, and when I found him roleplaying with one of my besties, I felt like I wanted to rp with him too, but I guess I didn't want to pop in and ask him if he wanted to rp cuz that would be rude.

and then a year later he sent me a note asking if I wanted to rp with him. I said ok, he asked me what my interests were which was weird? since I could use any interest (except problematic stuff of course) and when he started the rp.

I was excited until he went "ok now I have this character hypnotize this character and make them act like a baby" and then he went on to mention fucking diaper changing on them. and even worse? he chose underage characters for the diaper shit, like Lincoln loud, wednesday Addams, some total drama contestants, I don't recall which one he used, but I do remember they're canonically underage, and of course his 9 year old oc eduard. idk why he made that oc 9 smh

and later on one of my friends called pedoverse out on his discord server after he sent him a note asking to rp, and my friend said he randomly sent a whole lot of people notes asking to rp which is annoying. he also had a channel about him (his discord server had separate channels to rant on problematic users like him) and there a user showed a screenshot about their friend getting uncomfortable after dream wanted to involve teenage twilight sparkle in diapers, and asking "wHy DoN't YoU lIkE pEoPlE wItH sPeCiAl NeEdS"? after the friend said they were uncomfortable.

and speaking of special needs, I am an autistic person myself, and that excuse he made to do disgusting rps with minors and just be a creep in general really fucking offends me. and how he didn't cut ties from that cuck who drew porn of Cassandra and still supported menslady even after reading a comment about her homophobia further describes how he doesn't deserve to be respected on the internet as a whole. so yeah. after seeing the news and him being a fucking creep in my notes, I've lost respect in him.

so dreamiverse if you are reading this: you might think you are innocent and you are being "bOoLiEd" but nobody is bullying you. you bought this upon yourself. you continue to ask everyone including MINORS you meet to change your 9 year old oc's chris chan wannabe diaper and wipe his dirty butthole with their bare hands despite being called out for it on here and on several posts on da and that's why we are calling you a pedophile. and don't fucking play the special needs card, because special needs does not give you an excuse to creep out other people with your diaper bs.

if you never wanted this blog to go after you, then pick out something else to rp with than changing underage character diapers. or at least accept it if people don't want to rp with you. if they don't want to rp with you then find someone else. or better, go to a site for roleplaying, because da is an art site and not an rp site. and if you want to do diaper rp with someone, age check the characters you want to add to the rp (you might want to age up eduard to 18 or make a new oc who is an adult) and make sure you're rping with adults only.

anyways, either clean up your act, nick, or get the hell off the internet and touch grass.

that's all I have to say about this prick.

(won't ask proof for this since you can simply go on his about page and scroll into the comments and you'll see the same fuckin "my name is nick, want to rp in notes or chat???" over and over, and stuff mentioned above is in the pinned post)

-Mod S

[fromtenthousandfeet]

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Oh people discussing Jon Caramanica - well not really but I actually followed him even before I got into BTS. He tends to try to be fair and level in his criticism esp when the fault can be laid on the label instead of artist. The guests he brings on sometimes especially from outside the nyt crew can be the worst but he's fairly decent in my opinion

But I just wanna say even he has the same blind spots that a lot of western journalists have. This accusation of kpop being manufactured and exploitative (which is what he's trying to delicately make) - see while it's not inaccurate, this assertion being made by the same people who spent years not really talking about the exploitation that happens in western labels esp of young artists unless the artist makes an explicit public statement like Kesha - I don't know, it just seems vaguely hypocritical to me. And for all that kpop and it's narratives is manufactured, few of these critics will openly talk about the Disney channel to popstar pipeline or how a lot of public relationship drama nowadays is manufactured (sorry to be specific but the Camilla - Shawn Mendes - SC triangle was just their marketing teams trying to get all three of them more heat though I really don't think SC needed it).

And Caramanica and his compatriots are especially susceptible to a good narrative. It's never enough for a western artist to just be talented or great at making music - if you want to enter the big leagues you need a story. Some raison d'etre or usp. What music journalists really want is to be flown out to the next big thing while they're making their studio album or touring and shadow them and then kickback in the evening drinking with them while the artist fills them in on how they've always been an outsider and how music fills the void of their soul. Or alternatively critics want to be seen as people introducing new and cool genres of music to the public like afrobeats or Latin music or indie music and kpop due to its tendency of having rabid young fans isn't considered cool

I'm being reductive and I actually do like JC but as someone who's followed a few music critics, this shit happens a lot. Talent isn't enough for them. So yeah critics will never give bts or Jimin or even JK (tho I don't think he deserves it lol) their due and it will be purportedly because of the evils of kpop but it's really because they're more used to a different system of exploitation. It's not that the west is a lot better but they're more used to it.

A kpop idol who's going to be loved by western critics - if we get someone like that in the future I guarantee it'll be more important that they're super charismatic with media rather than about how talented they are and possibly an English speaker cause that's definitely an advantage

Sorry this turned into a rant and a half somehow. You can totally ignore this since it's not really related to Jimin. I just get disillusioned with the state of music criticism and the music industry sometimes

Thank you so much for sharing your insights and please keep them coming.

The western music business does not deserve a free pass. Simply behold Britney Spears dancing with knives while dressed in a tiny bikini. What happened to that poor woman? What was done to Justin Bieber as a child - in plain sight - is indefensible (I've got a blog post coming about that). But it's so much more. It's managers embezzling from their clients. It's predatory contracts that leave artists in debt. It's Lou Pearlman, creator of the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC, running one of the largest ponzi schemes in US history. It's Wham! being flat broke despite having huge hit singles. It's female artists being expected to sell their bodies more than their music. No free pass allowed.

And speaking of manufactured music...there's a reason why very little music sounds fresh anymore. There are few to no bands for one thing. I mourn the death of bands. No doubt it's difficult trying to work together and be together non-stop, but the band format gave us The Beatles! Brotherly discord gave us Oasis. The song writing magic that occurred in bands has been replaced by a teams of songwriters meeting up in conference rooms to write songs with a specific singer in mind. Boring! With innovation (mostly) gone, record labels need an origin story for their artists as a means to market them.

I believe I posted yesterday about Warner Music's new label in Korea. It's called Mplify, and the focus is on Korean singers who record in English. I have no doubt you're right about what's coming with k-pop. I've already noticed the newer groups seem to have at least one strong English speaker.

I have things to say about the type of people who become music critics, but I'll stop here. I agree with you, though.

On that note, everyone go watch Cameron Crowe's movie, Almost Famous.

[ashtreelane]

the thing about system discords and stuff in my onion is that like . i do think traumatized kids (and adults too) should have a place to go where they feel safe to talk about their experiences and feel like people can relate. but dissociative disorders are so specific to the system that has them that trying to neatly organize how they can work like so many of those system servers do ends up excluding a lot of people, some of which are totally actually systems- and some ppl who might not be systems but still dont deserve to be badgered into realizing that. trauma doesnt inherently make you a good or bad person but it makes you a scared person with a lot more buttons than most people generally have, so when you make those servers that are generally filled with younger people who dont know proper conflict resolution (half because they're 15 and half because they've never had a safe place to learn it) you're going to get a LOT of fights, and its going to create worse and worse Us VS Them thoughts . I'd really like to have a safe place for lots of systems to interact and to be able to share what thats like for me but so often esp when places like that have vent channels they will just be insufferable, or people will viciously disagree with how someone else processes something . even i do this - I am really fucking picky with how other systems treat their littles, and I will completely nix them as someone trustworthy if I dont agree with how their treat younger system members . I dont really know what my point here is , just that I really wish i knew a better more impartial way for systems to co-exist without worries of infighting and drama 💭

[fcb-mv33]

“I think I’ve only just recovered. Last thing took every ounce of energy and commitment that this team had. We just did a better job as team during that period (covid) and to give Max a car for the first time to challenge consistently, some of the races he drove last year were phenomenal.

“He had some bad luck, he had the puncture in Azerbaijan we had the incidents as well that cost a whole lot of points, weather it was at Silverstone or Hungary or even Monza, they were very expensive championship wise but when you think back to races, how he delivered in Austin, the phenomenal victory in Monaco etc etc Imola…It was a phenomenal season he put together and one of total drama.”

“When you look at the season he was the deserving champion, when you take into account the points that had been taken away from him.”

“Just a sense of pride and joy and seeing that number now applied to the car for the first time.. It was a very emotional moment to see what we managed to do and what we managed to achieve and bring it home to milton keynes ”

“Yes on a couple of occasions, I felt that it wasn’t fair the way he had been treated. I think he had done the best that he could following the principles he had been told. The only thing he did screw up on was no allowing the final two cars to unlap themselves but everything that he had done you know was absolutely by the book and followed the principle of getting them to finish the racing on track and we saw recently in Monza, nobody wants to see a race finished under a safety car.”

“Then I think the reaction after the race, the amount of abuse sent at him, death threats to his family no individual deserved to go through what he did”

“There were things we felt very aggrieved about during the season or even that race the Max passed lewis on the first lap, Lewis wasn’t told to give the place back we felt that you know it was a very harsh decision that had gone against us, we felt there were harsh decisions in Qatar and in Saudi Arabi and leniency shown at different times but that is subjected to each individual”

“That was a precedent that was started, it started with Toto for the first time because the messages started to get broadcasted which I was probably guilty of because I was pushing for that within the F1 meeting. It was in Barcelona that I heard them broadcast the radio with Micky which was strange cause I have never had a one to one on channel.”

“Then it really permeated at Silverstone where suddenly there was an awful load of dialogue from Toto to Michael then he is sending him a email, then he is suddenly coming up and I thought ‘right okay I’m not having that, Im going up because I felt it was incredibly one sided that a team principle should not be able to lobby an influence like the race director and in hindsight. Toto and I had a fairly headed exchange in race control at that event the Toto was arguing the he driver shouldn’t be penalised and Ive got a driver in hospital and a car taken out of the race so really after that race we should have said that there should only be one channel of communication.”

“Toto at several points during the race was trying not to get a safety car, he was trying to steer the race, my immediate reaction was defence.”

“There was a narrative credited against Red bull that I certainly felt was a bit unfair and certainly against Max which was very unfair”

“It was that inner belief and self confidence that on so many occasions you saw come through. He’s the type of driver that gives absolutey everything”

“Max had a respect for lewis but he was never afraid of him”

“The DNA of this team is you have to go for it, we are an attacking team.”- Christian on F1: Beyond the grid.

[diamondwind99]

I AM NOT FREAKING OKAY

Spoilers ahead. Duh.

The new episode... I am actually freaking the heck out right now. I've got people who can confirm that I was on the floor cry-laughing and screaming alternately for at least 15 minutes after. Oh man. I guess I should just go through everything then like the epic nerd I am! Not in any particular order, very stream-of-consciousness whatever crosses my mind. :)

The format is ADORABLE. So cute. It's so conversational and casual, yet we still managed to have drama... but what's a Sanders Sides episode without a little drama? :D

My boy Logannnn! His wine glass getting bigger is was a great touch. We always knew Logan was our wine mom. They better listen to you soon! (or we'll make 'em...) You totally deserve this celebration, buddy.

Patton is just adorable. That's it. Adorably understandably emotional about all this. When you think about it Sanders Sides really is like Thomas's child... his brainchild that he raised into this epic masterpiece of a show. Someone should really have warned him about that spoiled juice though. And there's sooo much foreshadowing.

Roman came on and I screeched because he's always been special to me :D He's just so gorgeously fabulous and amazing and dramatic and excited... haha yep five years of you :) Also, I'm not entirely sure what the Rousseau and Voltaire thing was about but I'm sure it wasn't anything good. You have pretty good reason for disliking Janus after, uh, previous happenings. Also his only dream is to be a star, the look on his face shattered my heart he's in it for the long haul

Also the nicknames at the bottom were such a cute and hilarious touch. All of the inside jokes were, it was so awesome every time one came up and I was like ha I know what that means!!

Virgil... I know you were trying to be casual but I know you were excited about this lol (the smile though!!). The list of regrets XD

Also, of course Remus's emblem is on his butt like a freaking My Little Pony character. Come to think of it, he reminds me of Pinkie Pie. Nice blue eyeshadow, I always thought it was purple! That manic craziness of his is always hilarious, he's just so much fun. Is it just me or is Remus's mustache a little bit greenish? I look forward to seeing his character grow... we all know we've got a big storm comin'. (Janus, thanks for the spoiler repellent). You know... I wonder if Remus is the reason the mindpalace remained abandoned. We could have used it again, but Remus found it first. Not sure what he's doing in there or if it's still in one piece. Either way, looking forward to seeing you around.

Also, Janus and Remus are confirmed best friends and they played DDR this is amazing I mean we all knew but now it's CANON AAAAHHH

Oh, and Janus's socks were orange. Just putting that out there. For no one in particular. Certainly not the theorists. Who definitely won't say that it wasn't Janus who Remus was playing DDR with, but the orange side.

Speaking of Janus, that little Machiavellian bananaconda... That switch from Patton to Janus though... that was SCARY how smooth that was. It was just so fluid. I don't understand how this man is this talented. Playing seven completely different characters is hard enough, but switching between them on a dime...

The nicknames were such an awesome touch! And I think Roman came up with most of them right? And messing with them... nice one, Remus. Also, we have our second canonical almost-interaction between Roman and Remus!! I so want to be there for an epic fight between them!!

MORE musical numbers. MORE puppies. Yes.

The whole idea was just amazing, so creative and beautifully put together, and it really captured everything Sanders Sides has accomplished over the past few years and how we've developed and a fandom and community. I'm so glad I found Thomas, Sanders Sides, and all of you! I definitely think the sides have grown, Thomas has grown, the channel's grown... we've grown :)

So glad this all wasn't just a dream ;)

[poodlejoonas]

Dad!BC AU - the moms

So wow-ihateithere and I (because for some reason Tumblr won’t let me directly @ you) have been tossing out so many amazing ideas for the BC dad AU lately that we’ve thought of pretty much every scenario under the sun. One idea I’d like to throw in here is the group that is the moms who make up their own personal wolfpack. Since they’ll be brought in as stand-alone characters soon, it would be better to have a basic introduction for each and how they know/interact with each other.

(Under the read-more for length)

Joel - Emilia (”Millie”) Hokka - The absolute baddest bitch you will meet on this planet. She's a 5′1″ sweetheart, but if you lay a single finger on her kid, her husband, her BC brothers and sisters, or any of her nieces and nephews, she will become the human embodiment of that one line from “Wolfpack.” You know the one. She’s gone viral before for Joel needing to hold her back from fighting the mom of a kid who’s bullying Enkka at school, and literally watching this tiny woman become a human hurricane at the drop of a hat was enough for this kid to immediately leave him alone. From then on, kids at school know not to come after Viktor Hokka because his mom doesn’t play around. Why would she? After all, she dedicated 18 months of her life to trying to become a mom, and anyone who dares to come after her baby needs a running start to get away from her.

Sometimes even Joel has to hold her back from doing something she probably should regret but wouldn’t if it involved her family. He knows better than to cross a line with her. Then there are other times when they work together to be the shadiest power couple on earth, like when Aleksi’s ex-girlfriend Laila slanders him in the media for talking about taking custody of their son from her. If Joel comes home pissed about something, she’s the first one to jump on board with whatever plan he has to get his point across. She would totally have a stan account on Instagram dedicated to her called “milliehokkasupremacy”. And Joel loves his wife so much that he would eat every bit of this shit up. When she tells someone off, he writes down what she says and turns it into the lyrics of Blind Channel’s next single.

In short, Millie Hokka is 100 percent That Bitch™.

Bonus bit because this idea made me laugh: (in the comments section of a post slandering BC) @milliehokka: Bitch you better take this shit down before I puncture your fucking tires @joelhokka: She's my better half ❤️

Joonas - Kirsten Porko - Kirsten’s one of the quiet BC moms, and a hell of a lot more tame than Millie. But she has her shining moments every now and then, like when she was wondering why Millie took Joel with her knowing that she could’ve easily beaten that bully’s mom’s ass without him. She has the patience of a saint, being married to Joonas and raising two (soon to be three) kids with him. But she adores every minute of their chaotic little family. Since Sohvi was the first of the BC kids, the guys were quick to show up in support of her and Joonas. She was also pretty lonely until the others started dating their wives, and she was more than happy to have more friends to bond with.

She does the most to mother the rest of the kids when they need it. They love to come to their house because Kirsten will have a fresh pan of cookies ready for them. They also like hanging out with Joonas, but Kirsten is a fun aunt on her own. She’s typically the first to show up when one of the other moms tosses out a cry for help in taking care of their kids, especially when they’re newborns and the guys are away on tour. Kirsten’s total aesthetic is the absolute opposite of Joonas’s: she’s bubbly and wears nothing but pastel dresses and soft fabrics. A lot of people wonder what a “nice girl” like her is doing with a punk rocker like Joonas, until you see them interact and know that they’re crazy in love with each other and their kids. She’s the unassuming type, but she loves pranks as much as her husband and kids; she’ll play along whenever there’s a really good one and sometimes she can totally outdo them.

Niko - Jenna Moilanen - Jenna is Millie’s co-conspirator and partner-in-crime. If Millie needs someone to back her up and Joel’s trying to talk her out of whatever she’s thinking about doing, Jenna is the first to show up on the scene. She’s very much Niko’s type - she has just as many tattoos as him, several piercings, and hair that changes color depending on her mood. She’s naturally a blonde but you almost never see her as one. A lot of people tend to pass judgement on her abilities as a mom based on her appearance, but both of her and Niko’s kids adore her (especially their daughter Lahja) and they grow up happy with their loving parents. She’s a fantastic cook and works as a head chef at a five-star steakhouse, and she’s always willing to come home and cook for her family as well. She and Millie are the two shortest of the group, and it’s hilarious because they are both absolute spitfires.

Jenna has the best intuition when it comes to deciding who is trustworthy and who isn’t. There’s no “leader” in the group, but most of the others trust Jenna when someone gives her a bad feeling. She would be the one to raise the alarm on Laila years before she and Aleksi ever break up, and Laila would find the absolute worst way to end up on Jenna’s shit list. In her time with the group, Laila does nothing to help take care of the rest of the kids or try to fit in with the group. One day, when Leevi cries because he needs something, Jenna spots an annoyed expression out of the corner of her eye coming from Laila. It takes an intervention from God to stop Jenna from ripping her apart on the scene. The most important thing to note about Jenna: she calls her closest friends “bitch” affectionately. The moment it stops being affectionate, there’s no turning back.

Olli - Kaarina Matela - The quietest and calmest of the BC moms. She perfectly matches her husband’s energies, which is why they parent their daughters so well. She was definitely more calm than him on the day they learned they were having twins, and still is to this day. When he was panicking about their pregnancy scare, she was still managing to stay collected somehow (but just as relieved as he was). She’s very much like a suburban soccer mom type, but far from being a Karen because she’s aggressively kind to everyone around her, including hardworking people. And Olli just adores her so much, sometimes he doubts if he even deserves her. She’s always the first to remind him that there’s no one else she would rather be with.

Kaarina is the arts and crafts kind of aunt. During the summer, she likes to have the kids come over for day camp style hangout sessions where they mix in time outside with craft activities. She’s the reason why Olli’s stage outfits have been so cool lately, because she’s got a perfect eye for colors and is super skilled at hand-stitching patches. If the kids need anything repaired, they’ll know to go to Aunt Rina first because she’ll either make it as good as new, or turn it into some sick artwork. All the moms get along but she and Kirsten vibe together the best. They get together and plan the summer activities for the kids, which involve Rina planning the crafts and Kirsten baking for, and with, them.

Tommi - Marja Lalli - Marja is unique in her position as a BC mom because she joined the group when her son Miikka from a previous relationship was already almost 4. For a brief time, she was worried about herself and Miikka feeling left out of the group dynamic that was already there, but they were so quick to invite her in as one of them. A lot of it had to do with her being friends with Jenna since elementary school, and Jenna knew that the sisterhood would be more than happy to accept her. She and Niko help set her up with Tommi because they both know he would love her and accept Miikka as his own. She’s chill and reserved, but she’s still a ton of fun to be around. Along with Kaarina and Kirsten, she’s one of the level-headed moms and is typically the voice of reason for a lot of things (especially when it comes to trying to contain Millie and Jenna’s tempers).

The rest of the moms were thrilled when she told them she was pregnant with Anna, but constantly concerned and fretting over her when she was on occasional bed rest. If Tommi couldn’t be with her, it was one of them coming over to help take care of her and Miikka. Marja’s health showed the caring side of the sisterhood of the BC moms, how they are willing to take care of each other in sickness as well as celebrating the good times and defending each other from drama. Even months after Anna is born, they still come over from time to time to see if there’s any way they can help.

Aleksi - Laila Pekkanen (later on, marries Hanna Kaunisvesi) - So this one is a bit complicated. For about three years, Aleksi was in a high-profile relationship with Laila Pekkanen, a producer who worked with him on a solo single before joining BC. They meet again a couple years later and begin a relationship that last for about three years. But it was far from loving, as they were just in general not good for each other. A few weeks after their break-up, Laila calls Aleksi while he’s in the studio to break the news to him that she’s pregnant, which sends Aleksi into total emotional turmoil because he thought they were being careful. Of all the guys, he’s the most careful with avoiding this kind of thing, but it was her who missed one too many days of her birth control. They’re barely on speaking terms, but they agree to try to stay cordial until Aleksi can take full custody of the child himself. She admits to having no maternal instinct and wants nothing to do with the baby.

Here’s where it gets messy. Aleksi finally decides to break his silence on the matter and announces via Instagram that he will be a father and raise his son on his own. He does his best to tell his side of the story without dragging Laila down. But she takes it personally and goes on the radio to try to attack Aleksi, feeling like she’s being treated like a villain and a bad person for giving up her child. She feels like she’s being “exposed” in thinking that Aleksi publicly acknowledging their son’s existence would ruin her career, because she’d been trying everything possible to cover it up. It becomes a major feud between her and her team, and Aleksi and the BC team, but more industry people can back him up as a stand-up guy than they can come to her defense. She nearly ends up having Noah prematurely, and yet Aleksi still shows up in support, more so for their son than for her. When Noah is born months later, she refuses to hold him and immediately cuts off all contact with Aleksi. 

Aleksi raises Noah alone and learns to support his son when he’s later diagnosed on the autism spectrum. Noah is semi-verbal and partially communicates with sign language. He uses sign in situations when he meets a stranger, and Aleksi respects his intuition when someone makes him uncomfortable. Noah has separation anxiety from losing his mom at a young age, so Aleksi refuses to date for years because he doesn’t want to bring a revolving door of strangers around him. But then he meets Hanna, who makes an almost instant connection with him. He’s hesitant to make a decision about a long-term relationship with her until he sees how well she works with Noah. She’s one of the first people he opens up to - mostly because of her experience as a child psychologist - but the moment that seals the deal is when Noah calls her “mom” for the first time (in sign to his cousins). Fans and people he works with can’t help but notice that Aleksi is so much happier with Hanna than Laila. And as much as he would like to have a baby with her, he’s happy having Noah and wants to invest his energy into ensuring his happiness. But Hanna understands, because she’s an angel and only wants the best for her family.