#and people wonder why i relate to marcy wu so much

[autie-j]

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[kylethedwampyversefan]

Top 7 Libby Stein-Torres Moments.

*What your about to see is a list I have done on twitter back in June of this year https://twitter.com/k_narrow/status/1672244998467624961

Which I also posted on deviantART as well.

So before you see this list, I want to remind you that Like Father Like Libby and any other episodes soon after aren't on this list since they haven't aired yet. So without further ado, here's my top 7 Libby Stein-Torres list.*

LIBBY STEIN-TORRES IS AWESOME!!!

Out of all the characters in The Ghost and Molly McGee, the one I enjoy watching the most is Libby hands down.

She’s a great character, she’s relatable, has a great personality, has a lot of great jokes, able to help her friends.

So, to commemorate Season 2 of The Ghost and Molly McGee as well as Libby’s Theme Song Takeover, I am counting down the top 7 best things that Libby has done.

The rules for this list are simple, any Libby moment counts as long as Libby is part of the main focus. That’s pretty much it. Also, just a heads up, Libby’s Theme song Takeover will not be on the list simply because that came out BEFORE this list was made. If I redo this list in the future, you bet it will be on there.

Also, at the time of this posting, “Like Father, Like Libby” Or any other future Libby episodes for that matter, hasn’t come out yet either so if anyone’s wondering why, there’s your answer.

So, without further ado, I present to you…

Number 7:

The Stress Girlz (Broken Karaoke)

Okay, I’m cheating because this isn’t from The Ghost and Molly McGee, but screw it, this is a great moment from a series of music video shorts and I always wanted to talk about this for a long time.

Disney TVA worked with NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, to create a music video about anxiety.

As a result, we got The Stress Girls a music group consisting of Candace Flynn from Phineas and Ferb, Marcy Wu from Amphibia, Gloria Sato from Big City Greens, and of course Libby Stein-Torres herself, and they picked the best characters for this song.

The song is called “Ways We Feel Anxious” a parody of the Descendants 2 song, “Ways to be Wicked”. And the song goes on and talk about the way other people feel anxious, Candace talks about her brothers, Marcy brings up the time where she sent her, Anne and Sasha to Amphibia, Gloria talks about how she wants to do art and poetry but is working on a café, and Libby talks about how she worries about her pet Turtles while on vacation.

The best part of this song is how the girls sing about how there’s no shame when you feel stressed…

“No shame when you feel so much stress. You’re trying your best. There’s so many ways we feel anxious. Life can be a bit of a mess. But take some solace you’re human. It’s OK to feel this.”

This is a music video that people who have anxiety like I do should see. It’s a great song with a great message and remember, There’s no shame when you’re feeling stress. A-N-X-I-O-U-S.

Number 6:

Trolling “Milly” (Scratch the Surface)

Near the end of the halfway point of Season 1, one of the running stories of the season was Molly not showing Scratch to anybody especially Libby. But it gets to a point where Libby is slowly figuring it out, at least that’s what Molly and Scratch think.

So, in order to keep her friendship with Libby Molly comes up with a great solution….be Canadian and Molly’s cousin……OF COURSE!!!

Enter Milly, Molly’s Canadian “Cousin” and Libby’s new friend. Libby of course didn’t buy it and as a result she decides to just play along….and it leads to one of the funniest moments in the entire show.

First off, look at this freaking grin. You know she is gonna have fun with this.  

She gives “Milly” A burger soaked in Maple Syrup, which Molly hates. And the best part, taking “Milly” to a magic show….and Molly hates magic. And oh boy is this scene glorious, First off, Molly is having a firkin breakdown, Libby is looking like she’s enjoying it and then there’s Scratch who looks worried for Molly. It’s just a great scene. And immediately Molly decides to drop a Milly act right away.

That’s technically why it’s low on the list, because it is short but it had a LOT of laughs.

Now I’m well aware that the scene also leads to one of the sadder moments of the show, but I will tackle it a later entry on this list.

But I gotta say, this is one of Libby’s funniest moments hands down. XD

Number 5:

Libby vs. the Story Sprite (Book Marks the Sprite)

While Libby has some great moments in Season 2 so far, This scene in particular stands out from all the rest.

For those who don’t know Libby’s Mom runs a Bookstore in Brighton and while she’s out doing some errands, she asks Libby to run the store while she’s gone. And things go to hell when a little ghost called a Story Sprite begins to eat the words out of all the books in the store and on top of that, Ollie Chen, part of a family of Ghost Hunters and Molly’s love interest tries to find ghosts in the bookstore. Molly takes care of Ollie, while Libby and Scratch try to stop the Story Sprite and split up doing….

…. whatever the hell this is. While Molly took care of Ollie, Libby and Scratch have a hard time dealing with the Story Sprite. Apparently not only can a Story Sprite eat the words out of books, but in order to defend itself…. well….

Anybody familiar with Tamaki Amajiki aka Suneater from My Hero Academia who has a quirk where he turns himself into whatever he eats?

Yeah, the Story Sprite has that ability too. If it eats the word, Minotaur, he becomes one, he becomes Dracula if he eats the word Vampire. And so on.

But this leads to an idea from Libby who decides to make the sprite eat her own journal and as a result he turns into Libby herself.

And it’s not just a transformation, the Sprite ends up acting like Libby from her personality and her anxiety about ruining the bookstore. As a result, Libby managed to convince the Story Sprite to return all the words back into their books by barfing them out……ew.

And in the end, it looks like Libby and the Story Sprite gets along in the end.

This is a fun episode. The stuff with Molly and Ollie was good, but Libby taking on the Story Sprite was the best part. Definitely check this episode out if you’re a fan of Libby.

Number 4:

Libby vs. Scratch (Friend-Off)

So, after the events of “Scratch the Surface”, Libby finally finds out about Scratch. And they don’t get along well at first.

To fix this, Molly plans a scavenger hunt in order for them to become friends. To say it doesn’t go well would be an understatement

To Libby and Scratch, Molly deserves only one of them, so instead of getting along, they use a scavenger hunt to prove who Molly’s true friend is. (Leading to a great song where Libby and Scratch fight in a Coliseum trying to impress Molly who for some reason acts like she’s the emperor of Rome deciding who the winner is.)

But when Molly’s life is in danger, both Libby and Scratch come to an understanding that Molly cares for both of them and decide to work together to save her.

I plan to talk about this in a future entry but both Libby and Scratch make great foils for Molly in different ways. And it’s great to see these rivals become the best of friends.

Number 3:

I Have a Voice (Talent Show)

The last three entries on this list are what makes Libby a great character in her own right. One of the best episodes of The Ghost and Molly McGee IMO is Talent Show. An episode where Libby accidently signs up for talent show but has a bad case of Stage fright. She also plans to sing a song in the talent show but the big problem is that she does not sing well to put it mildly. But Molly doesn’t tell her this until the last minute…. because she’s Molly. This causes Libby to panic and immediately think of something at the last minute and that ended up with Libby turning a song into a poem. And it worked. Not only did Libby conquer her stage fright but she managed to make a great poem for her performance and everyone loved it including her Mom.

I love this episode because like the Stress Girls segment, it’s relatable and very memorable. Plus, Lara Jill Miller, the voice of Libby does a great job voicing her in this episode.

Definitely one of Libby’s best episodes and the I Have a Voice segment is the reason why.

And now we get to the last 2 entries on the list. And I have a lot to say about both of them.

Number 2:

Libby and Molly’s Friendship (Various Episodes)

You can argue that I’m cheating that I’m adding various episodes to one entry but I don’t care. Libby’s Friendship with Molly is one of her best moments In my opinion and it deserves to be talked about.

While “First Day Frights” is where Molly was introduced to Libby, it wouldn’t be until “Howling Harriet” that their friendship began. Throughout the episode, we see Libby making some kind of bracelet. When the ghost of Howling Harriet terrorize the campers, it was up to Molly and Libby to make some fake toes….it makes sense if you saw the episode, and stop Harriet’s Rampage. The episode ends with Molly deciding to be friends with Libby but Libby asks her first and they became friends ever since.

Libby is not only a great friend to Molly but in a way, they are complete foils for each other. You have Molly’s happy and positive attitude and determination in contrast with Libby’s anxious personality. But then you have Libby who’s down to earth personality contrast with Molly’s confident nature.

They make a great bond but that bond will no doubt later be tested many ways. One of which was in “Mazel Tov, Libby” where Molly tries to give Libby the best Bat Mitsvah she ever had by making it fancy and invite a lot of people. However unbeknownst to Molly, Libby never wanted that in the first place. She only wanted a small party with just her Mom, her family and Molly who is probably the first true friend she ever had…. more on that later. Point is, Molly decides to set things right by reverting everything back to normal by scaring the guests off with Bats…. don’t ask and Molly and Libby had a great time after that.

That’s a great moment but then the biggest test of their bond comes in “Scratch the Surface”. So throughout mostly half of the first season, Molly has been hiding the existence of Scratch to Libby during the show. And lately it’s getting too much to handle to the point where Libby is getting suspicious. So, she thinks of a great idea….and it blew up in her face when she created her Canadian cousin, Milly. I talked about the whole trolling Milly scene earlier on this list but after that. Libby encounters Molly red handed…. or blue wigged and Libby thinks that she knows what is up with Molly. Long story short she thinks she was possessed by a Canadian Brain Slug…. because Canada is famous for its Brain Slugs…. Libby you’re my favorite character but you were overthinking it. Of course, that isn’t the case and Libby immediately thinks that if it wasn’t a Brain Slug, it could only mean one thing, that Molly doesn’t want to be friends with her. Obviously, that’s not the case but Libby then says probably one of the saddest lines in the show.

“This has happened before. I thought you were different.”

Ever since I heard that line, I had a theory that Libby never had a friend to begin with during her time in Brighton. Any friend that she had before Molly came along probably stopped being friends with her or just doesn’t want to be with her.

Libby never had a true friend throughout her life……that is until Molly came along. And that line, kind of solidifies my theory.

But of course, their friendship isn’t over, Scratch after seeing Molly upset decides to let Libby see him…. which then leads to Scratch and Libby fighting each other in “Friend-Off” but I already talked about that.

Bottom line, Molly and Libby’s friendship has had its ups and downs and there will be more ups and downs as time goes on. But no matter what happens their strong bond of friendship will always stay strong.

And as great as Molly and Libby’s friendship is, it doesn’t hold a candle to what is in my opinion, Libby’s favorite moment.

So, without further ado……

And my Number 1 best Libby Stein-Torres moment is…

Still Lit (Festival of Lights)

Festival of Lights” is in my opinion, the best episode of The Ghost and Molly McGee hands down and when it comes to what I think the best Libby moment or best moment in the show overall, I point to this scene.

Basically, Brighton experience a power outage and only the bookstore that Libby’s Mom owns has a working generator. What follows is a series of segments represented by a Menorah candle. There’s a scene where Scratch and Libby sing a song about Deep Fired Food, there’s a segment where Libby, Molly, Scratch and Darryl play with a Dreidel and the winner gets all of the chocolate coins, There’s even a story about how the Stein-Torres family moved to America during WWII.

But to me, the best part of this episode is this scene where Libby tells the story of Hannukah.

And today I am shocked at how well executed this scene is. You have the animation which is not only beautiful, but also adds a bit of atmosphere to this scene.

You have the great voice acting of Lara Jill Miller who does a fantastic job voicing Libby in this scene. This scene alone has solidified my opinion that Libby is Lara’s best role. More than Kari Kamiya from Digimon, more than Lisa Loud from The Loud House, even Juniper Lee doesn’t hold a candle to how great Lara does voicing Libby.

And you have the music which also adds to the atmosphere of the scene just like the animation does.

Also, if you noticed during this scene, Libby is telling this story to a bunch of people further solidifying, that Libby has mostly gotten over her stage fright just like in “Talent Show”. Libby sure has grown as a character.

This scene is Libby’s best moment hands down. And hopefully you can see why it’s my Number on best Libby Stein-Torres moment.

And that’s the Top 7 Libby Stein-Torres moments. I hope you enjoy looking at this.

Will I do more favorite moments list with other Molly McGee characters? Maybe but for right now, I got other plans in the works.

Until then,

This is Kyle the Dwampyverse Fan, see you next time.

[kaseyskat]

okay tumblr it is time im going nuts over this episode for so many reasons but the biggest one and the one that is actively killing me right now IS:

the parallels between the og trio and the calamity trio.

i'm going to touch on a lot but be warned this is just me rambling okay but there are. points i would like to make okay bear with me!

i think what i love about the og trio is that they all parallel the girls but at different points! probably the biggest example of this is how andrias throws barrel under the bus by association with leif- a parallel, i think, to sasha throwing marcy under the bus in true colors, locking her away with anne and the plantars despite marcy not Really being fully on one side or another. it's fun! fun to think about. the other direct true colors parallel here, of course, is how andrias goes after leif with his sword, aiming to maim, trying so hard to stop her from taking the box to another world- and unlike in true colors, here, he fails. he won't make that same mistake in the future :)))) there is also something to be said about how barrel, like marcy, seems to be the one more or less cast aside in favor of the other two in their dynamic; but we didn't really see enough to make a hard case for whether it's always like that. there's the idea of barrel being a soldier while leif is a gardener(sasha and marcy ideally, respectively), leif getting the vision just like sasha was the one who saw the mural, and so many others, it's SO FUN!!!

probably my favorite parallel, though, is the ones between leif and marcy, specifically in relations to the way they interact with andrias! finding ways to communicate to each other through code(with those glasses that andrias uses once again around marcy... isn't that so fun), leif's doodle mimicking the girls, that sort of thing. from what the episode highlighted, leif is a problem solver, a thinker, an inventor! her mannerisms just SCREAMED marcy to me, like it is no wonder she wormed her way into andrias's heart the way she did <3

other people have pointed this out, but even like... her begging for barrel to understand her decisions, that she's doing it for everyone. andrias going after her to stop her from going to earth with the box. that entire confrontation! was so good! and idk idk it just. it reminded me of marcy so bad.

the specific thing that has me desperately in my feels is just that. andrias gave marcy the room with a direct link to the basement... the gardens... it was leif's room. it was leif's room! and he was able to have FUN with marcy, they communicated in puzzles, they researched together, she helped him with lawmaking... for a moment, she WAS his leif, his best friend. no wonder he throws her confession in her face like that; it's a punishment he wanted to give to leif, a "look at what you've done" born of a thousand-year-long grudge, and i think he expects marcy to do what HE did when he himself was placed in that situation. "see, it's not so great on this side of things, is it? how do YOU feel being the one betrayed?"

except marcy doesn't do that. she chooses her friends. she continues to choose her friends, proving that she's better than andrias ever will be and once again showing that she's NOT andrias, she refuses to be him! and i think that's why he feels so much regret after giving her to the core. i bet it was real satisfying at first, seeing her hope get crushed and seeing where her loyalty to her friends lays... but that's what made her marcy, and he clearly is worried about her through the ep. now, i don't want a full andrias redemption he's done So Much Harm but. BUT. it's just. something about marcy "bad at making connections" wu being the one to get through to him. to remind him of just how much he loved his friends and how he misses them. that her genuine adoration of him was worth more than his father's conditional approval. i want to see it.

and this has been: kasey's post-ep ramblings! tune in next time for whatever the fuck happens in fight or flight </3