#boozle

[diaryofasugarfiend]

Zero vs Boozle

[smgoetter]

I'm very excited to finally show off the cover for our new book coming out this September from Harper Alley: Bitsy & Boozle Tell A Story! You can preorder it here, or wherever you buy books

Bisty & Boozle Tell A Story! is an educational adventure that explores story structure and how to tell a story. Bitsy is a Narrator (in training), and with her grumpy protagonist, Boozle, the story follows his journey up Story Mountain, in search of the legendary Happily Ever After.

I ended up doing the bulk of the writing and art, while @natalieriess did the backgrounds and colors, and we're really happy with how it's turned out!

[mikyapixie]

21 years ago today Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktacular! premiered on Cartoon Network!!!

I STILL LOVE THIS MOVIE TO THIS DAY!!!😍😍😍😍😍

[garlicbreadthoughts]

She’s the

to my

[smgoetter]

Rest up, little guy! Tomorrow's your big day!!

Who is this delightful little wizard...?

Find out TOMORROW when my and Sara Goetter's newest storytelling-focused graphic novel BITSY AND BOOZLE TELL A STORY comes out!

Due to some shipping situation, the hardcover book will be available a few weeks before the paperback- however, if you'd prefer the paperback edition, you should still be able to preorder one!

[i-heart-hxh]

Hey! This is purely me and my morbid curiosity asking, but you mentioned you buy in to the pregnancy stone oops baby Gon origin story more than an actual mother. Can you elaborate, even if it falls with what others may have already brought up? I'd love to get your take! (also, I sent a review of your chapter 4 hxhbb fic, but I think it might've been eaten!)

Hi!

So, I do buy into it, somewhat! I think, for the time being, it's the best theory we have on Gon's parentage. There are a few interesting details related to it.

First off, Togashi included this woman with Ging in some of his early HxH concept drawings, from November 1997:

People have speculated that the woman next to Ging might be Gon's mother, however there isn't actually conclusive evidence of this--it's just a theory. It could also be an early design concept for Mito, Menchi, or one of the other female characters from the series, as the drawing isn't labeled with a name or description like some of the others. Or, she could be a scrapped concept even if she was intended at the time to be Gon's mother, as clearly this isn't finalized in any way.

You can read about this drawing a bit more here!

However, of course within the series itself we have no info on who Gon's mother might be, and Togashi did bother to include the Pregnancy Stone card:

Now, an interesting connection with this is that Togashi is known to have read the BL manga Patalliro!, as he based Hiei's hair off one of the characters, Scunky:

(From a doujinshi Togashi released, Yoshirin de Pon!)

There is also an unconfirmed but very reasonable theory that Killua may have been based in part of the character Maraich from Patalliro!, as the basis of both characters is similar and we know for a fact from the above image Togashi has read Patalliro!.

Now, how does this connect to the Pregnancy Stone theory? Well, Patalliro! also has mpreg as part of its storyline (with biologically male Maraich getting pregnant twice through unexplained means, with one of these pregnancies leading to a son), and considering Togashi may have used other elements from Patalliro! as inspiration... You can see where I'm going with this. I do think it's interesting he put the Pregnancy Stone card in the series to begin with, and there's also the Panda Maid card ("excellent at taking care of human children"), and Ging has used a panda plush as a substitute for himself in the Election arc. Coincidence? Hmmm...

Image taken from this post, explaining more about the Pregnancy Stone theory.

My personal feelings now that I've laid all this info out are basically... I've talked a lot about how intentional Togashi's storytelling is and how much attention he pays to things, so I think he planted this knowing people would consider it a possibility, at the very least. We don't have any other theories about Gon's mom that have this much to go off of. It's possible he will reveal more info eventually and either make this more likely or explain Gon's origin in some other, totally different way, but for now I think this is compelling--there are enough pieces that it is a legitimate possibility.

I'm not someone who is interested in mpreg (or any kind of preg, for that matter, LOL), so I don't spend a lot of time thinking about this whole situation or the mechanics behind it, but I do think it would be pretty hilarious if this does canonically end up being Gon's origin story after all. Just such a wild way for Gon to come into existence. It'll be interesting to see if we ever get answers with regards to who/where Gon came from, whether it's by Pregnancy Stone or not.

It's a fun topic because it seems so goofy and farfetched initially, but the more you look at it, the more it's like, "Actually..." 🤔

(And thanks again for the review, my apologies that it took me a while to reply!)

[wollerjoseph]

it was NOT root beer😭😭

[dolfin]

she's always grumpy

[big-old-bee]

Here is the rest of the characters Genderbent

Gabble is a shy boy and Queenie loves to collect her bugs, especially butterflies. Boozle is done with everyone and wishes to be left alone. Bubble is Bubble and EVE tries to keep everyone entertained with her adventures!

These three are so fun to draw genderbent

Jaxy loves to torment Pom and Randy tries his best to keep the two from killing each other

[dryinkpens]

fanart for @laazytoaster ‘s iz cookie run au ☆

+

speedpaint ⇣

[jojotichakorn]

Archer! I hope you are having the most amazing time! ❤️

having a blast 110%, thank u so much 🤟

[valentinaonthemoon]

I was tagged by the lovely @boozles, whose choices were golden.

rules: without naming them, post 10 gifs of your favorite TV shows, then tag 10 people

In no particular order, here's how I got my personality:

Please allow me to tag, without pressure: @pollodigitale, @cryingatships, @swinging-stars-from-satellites, @the-eclectic-wonderer, @penguinpiebooks,

@2minutes2midnight, @apathbacktoyou, @agentofship, @hismercytomyjustice, @thepondstogether

Thank you again for this tag, and I hope you have a lovely day! <3

[mikyapixie]

19 years ago today Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy premiered on Cartoon Network!!!

THIS HAD THE BEST ENDING!!!😊🥰😊

[fluffypotatey]

Same anon. Don't want you to block me cause you're my favorite lmk blog but for future reference (for you and that other user) you can block anons on desktop and it will block that user from being able to send anon asks

i can do what now

[smgoetter]

BITSY & BOOZLE TELL A STORY! is out today!! This book means a lot to me for multiple reasons, and I'm really happy that it's finally out. Thank you to Harper Alley for putting this book together, to my wife, Natalie, for helping me make the book, and my sister Krysten for helping me write the glossary, as well as being an educational inspiration for me overall.

✨✨✨ BITSY AND BOOZLE TELL A STORY is out TODAY!!! ✨✨✨

Thanks to everyone at Harper Alley for making the book real and of course to my brilliant and hilarious wife @smgoetter ✨💖

[forcebookish]

thanks for tagging me @boozles!

Rules: answer & tag 9 people you you want to get to know better and/or catch up with!

Favorite color: oscillates between blue and pink so i usually just say purple lol

Last song I listened to: Elastic by Joey Purp

Last film I watched: Hellraiser (for the first time! and i liked it! genuinely very scary and gross, might watch some more in the series)

Currently reading: STILL A DANCE WITH DRAGONS I KNOW BUT I FINALLY READ ANOTHER CHAPTER YESTERDAY DFJLDSJFLJ and now i'm stuck on another fucking theon chapter so it's gonna be a huge bummer. i guess besides manga that i'm behind on, i'm reading the firefly scripts too.

Currently craving: caffeine lol

Currently watching: way too much stuff but lately it's mostly Castle and Sasayaku You ni Koi wo Utau (which i should also be reading)

Coffee or tea? coffee, but i like (iced) tea too

tagging :3 @charles-edwin @fireworksgalaxy @ariadnekurosaki @itscassi @you-were-worth-the-wait @takeanumbrella @almightybuttcheeks @huhyuhbah @forcebookcorner