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Honestly, I think I’ve discovered the actual reason Amber and Alfie don’t work in HOA like they work in the original HHA or DHA. And it’s not entirely due to the actual canon events that are written for this version of the pairing (the dating handbook, Amber’s “no” to Alfie’s attempt at breaking up, forcing Amber into the trial relationship in the first place, etc., etc.), though it certainly doesn’t help. It actually comes down to how their characters were adapted for the English version of the show, and how they are fundamentally different than the OGs.
I’ll start with Alfie first. Alfie in HOA is a goober. He’s doofy, well-meaning, and most importantly childlike. Not even just childish, but childlike. He’s boyish and bubbly, and he certainly makes some weird, sorta sexual comments (especially in S1), but on the whole he’s quite an innocent character. Essentially, he reads as very young. Which he is, especially at the start of the show where he’s probably supposed to be about 15/16, but could even be as young as 14.
Appie, on the other hand, is also a goober. But a different type. He’s honestly way more like Jeroen than Alfie is like Jerome, meaning he’s a something of a womanizer, a bit douchier, and on the whole reads a lot older than Alfie, which I’m almost certain is canonical across all characters (with HHA characters supposedly ending the show at the age of 19, with the timeline across the 4 seasons being only two years— three at most).
The few things character-wise both Appie and Alfie share intrinsically are that they’re besties with Jeroen/Jerome who doesn’t always treat him well, his love for a good practical joke, and (in earlier seasons) his pining for Amber. Of course, Appie also goes through phases of being a bit of a ladies man (see his random interest in Mara), but on the whole these things are constant. But already, the English version of the character is a lot more twinkly eyed and is like “Amber’s really pretty, I hope she notices me” as opposed to the Dutch “Damn she’s hot, lemme tap that”. It’s very subtle, because he’s obviously not a sleazy, bad guy, but it’s though being friend zoned by Amber (for the whole series) that Appie begins to loosen up and be less of a sleaze and more of the silly and whimsical guy we know him as; that’s because of Dutch Amber’s characterization.
I’ll come back to why all that matters, after I discuss the Ambers. (For the sake of keeping track, I’ll refer to them by their last names). Rosenbergh is a rich, pretty, ditzy party girl, but she’s incredibly perceptive. She sniffs out bullshit in an instant, especially with the Mick and Mara situation, but overall she has wicked foot-in-mouth syndrome and just sorta blurts out the first thing that pops into her head even if it’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever heart in your life. She’s extravagant, over-the-top, full of whimsy, and is downright silly. Rosenbergh is simultaneously a ditz and very smart. Simultaneously is the key word here.
Millington is not. She is a much more toned down version of her OG counterpart, and I think that is mostly due to the different actresses takes on the character. This isn’t to say, Millington isn’t any of the those of adjectives I used earlier, but the difference between the English and the Dutch versions of the character is that while Rosenbergh is both smart and ditzy, Millington is simply smart and plays at being ditzy. At least that’s how it reads, and how it reads is incredibly important in this case. Millington would never be caught dead in some of the situations Rosenbergh found herself in, because she’s a fundamentally more uptight version of the character.
So why does all this matter? Because the version of Alfie that we get from the very start is far more like Appie after a good hunk of his subtle character development— far more like Amber Rosenbergh. Amber Millington, on the other hand, is not the type of girl to ever mesh that well with a wild, goofy personality like Alfie’s. She’s just not. Alfie would work super well with Rosenbergh, however, because she’s this whimsical girl with a lot of heart. It’s why Appie works so well with her, too.
This isn’t a diss of HOA!Amber, by the way, because her English characterization is a masterful adaptation of the OG, but there’s a reason why even in S3 of HOA, at the supposed established point of Amfie’s relationship, they still feel so estranged from each other. At the end of the day, Millington has a different outlook on life and an entirely different mindset than Alfie. This isn’t to say they couldn’t work ever, but they’re just not the same pairing that Amber/Appie are.
It also didn’t help that Amfie had no best friends era. Like, sometimes I think we forget that Amber and Appie didn’t get together until the reunion movie. Like they weren’t a canon couple in the series. He liked her, but she didn’t like him back and they were besties. Their chemistry was chaotic and silly, and they had to grow into each other for them to work. Which is why they work. Amber and Alfie never did that, and part of me wonders if that wasn’t entirely because of the plot the English writers put down for them, but rather because the ways Ana and Alex played the characters off each other just didn’t allow for it.
Which brings me to my last point: Willow. Arguably, Willow is more like HHA!Amber than HOA!Amber is, and that’s all because of the magic word I’ve been using this whole, poorly-written essay: whimsy. Willow is the glitterbomb to Alfie’s fuse. Their dynamic feels exactly the same as Appie and Amber because Willow is the writers’ second attempt at having Amber Rosenbergh in the picture, and that’s why Walfie works so much more naturally.
Anyway, this got long and I’m sure I missed stuff but yeah. TL;DR: Amfie was unable to replicate Ampie bc they’re just different
#this became an essay but i truly think i cracked the case#this also might be confusing so forgive me if it reads like I’m actively having a stroke while writing it#house of anubis#het huis anubis#amfie#ampie#amber millington#alfie lewis#amber rosenbergh#appie tayibi#all the Appie/Amber stuff also applies for Delia/Felix btw#walfie#willow jenks
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Gif Tropes HHA and DHA Part 2
Right Person, Wrong Time
"Just Friends"
Second Chance
Opposites Attract
Belated Love Realization
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hey can we make AMpie a thing
AM (i have no mouth and I must scream) x Pinkiepie (My little pony)
romantic (pref), platonic, doesnt matter. she licks his screen
#AMpie#WHY IS THIS NOT AT HIGN#SCREAMS#AMPIE CANON#AMPIE NEEDS TO BE CANON#PLEASE#this was brought on by an inside joke with us and our partner system that ended in our pinkiepie fictive FUCKING#DATING THEIR AM FICTIVE. SCREAMING GIGGLING ROLLING ON THE FLOOR THROWING UP
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Lowkey so funny when the tumblr algo recommends me my own art
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just me or do other andears think whip it should’ve been the title track…
#zanna speaks ❀˖°#I like he + she = we#but I personally prefer a noisier sound for ampies#or at least something more like crazy stupid fun#on and on and h+s=w are solid but not as interesting imo#there are other groups that do the brighter concepts better#and ampies have so much potential for good noise music
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got @qmpy to join duolingo again
isn't she pretty and menacing
i want her to punch me in the face
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[OC sketch comic]
After a year of living very dysfunctionally Micky, Bertie gets herself into a dangerous situation, and Micky decided it was best if she left. Bertie calls an ex-fling of hers to help.
Bertie - bearded dragon - she/her
Ampersand (“Am”) - boomslang snake - they/them
(Not present) Micky - black-footed cat - she/her
#my art#comics#ocs#bertie#micky#ampersand#sorry for the bad quality it saved weird. didnt wanna fix it im sleepy#still thinking about ampy’s first words here being ‘you look like shit by the way’#also absolutely no seatbelts was on purpose. i love it
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THE GAY PEOPLE PLAYLIST!
It's finally 1.0! It's meant to be a (mostly) calm lighthearted playlist that's loosely based on Zed and Lucien's vibes, so I'm leaving it here in case anyone wants to listen to it
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0KI9RgxQwjtS33yrWXyMIB?si=FzmDo1gLTvGF8-pYgcQvYA
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They'd be so pretty together
#proship#proship toh#cw proship#proship safe#cw age gap#dead dove#crackship#crossovership#su#lapis#lapis lazuli#su proship#Lamity#Ampis
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