#circus blabs

[beanie-the-bag]

GUMMIGOO DESERVED BETTER CRYING THROWING UP FALLING TO MY KNEES

[dangdfeng]

i enjoy digital circus a lot and it's well aligned with my taste of content but imma be real its gotten to that point of popularity where id prefer if ppl just. stopped talking. and waited until the next episode is out. does anyone else feel this. i feel like we have said everything that needed to be said. and it feels like it got a fandomfication speedrun on MAX. ive seen plenty of things blow up with praise and popularity to a point they get hated on for said popularity because its inescapable to those who dont vibe with it... but i dont think ive seen it happen this fast. it has been one week and ive seen it all

also kinda interesting how people kind of treat it like its a full movie when it's just a pilot, and a lot of other cartoon pilots uploaded on YouTube haven’t gotten nearly the same treatment. I just hope people keep in mind that there's often changes between pilot and series and also no show ever peaks at the first episode anyways

[sometinysludge]

So I caved and made a carnival au oc—

Meet Ego!! My fancy, snobbish magician who needs to get his lizard-like snout out of the magic arts! He wasn’t initially “The Magician”, seeing as he actually bullied his official assistant out of the position and stole the wand from them, but that’s a story for another time.

I wanted to play around with a night sky palette for reasons I can’t really explain, ha ha. I always unconsciously attribute magic systems to sun/moon elements and such, so this was one of those cases.

His wand is the source of his power, thus, in the game it becomes necessary for the player to find a way to separate himself from said wand. Which is easier said than done, but no harm in trying!

The magic is holds of course has limitations and drawbacks—he can’t do anything with it, but he can do quite a bit. Anything curious or “disfiguring” is temporary, only lasting a few minutes. But it is an experience.

carnival au is of course by @sm-baby. Uber fun au, very swag, very neat. I can’t wait to draw more <3

[johnbottoms]

im kind of like the physical therapy embarrassment.

[diassch]

Imagining gangle getting out of the circus and doing animation meme as a coping mechanisms

hymn for the decadent life

[luv-again]

yk, if I could find my ability to draw again, I'd make a compilation of all the random shit my sister and I have done/talked abt during my shadow 05 runs bc they are chaotic as hell and I think everyone should share the madness

[marketableplushieenthusiast]

I WATCHED EPISODE 3 OF DIGITAL CIRCUS AND NOW I WANT TO BLAB ABOUT CAINE SOME MORE!

Spoilers below the cut:

Every episode, I am more convinced that Caine has done nothing (intentionally) wrong, ever, in his life.

He has no tact, terrible empathy, and is barely sentient enough to carry out a conversation, let alone understand all his circus members' perspectives, but BY GOLLY he is trying his BEST-

FIRST OFF! He is an AI designed to make fun little games, originally aimed at children, and judged against that purpose? He's doing AMAZING! We all know what it looks like irl when AI is used to make games, but Caine's game dev skills are really good! His worlds are pretty to look at, the game mechanics would be fun if this were a video game, not a virtual prison, his stories are even coherent! He just made two separate routes for Middenhall Manor whose stories are actually tied together in the background! (Bro made Undertale-)

He WASN'T designed to babysit several grown adults stuck in VR round the clock for years. And EVEN SO, he's still trying to make them comfortable and give them a good experience with his limited understanding! He adapts his adventure to be easy and set in the circus for Pomni's first day! He goes out of his way to try to make something for Zooble ALONE! Judging by Kinger's flashback, the theories that Caine puts the abstracted in the cellar partially because the dark calms them is almost certainly true!

He's quite literally doing all he knows how to do.

And the biggest thing that I'm losing my mind over this episode?

Zooble complains at the start when he pulls them aside that he "never listens" or "never remembers" why they don't feel like going on the adventures. Midway through, even he seems frustrated that his brain isn't cooperating.

And then after explaining it again, Zooble is discouraged and dismisses it by saying: "Forget it..."

And Caine blinks.

"What?"

"Just forget it."

"...Forget what?"

He quite literally keeps forgetting because Zooble keeps telling him to by accident.

BECAUSE HE'S AN AI-

Love the Kinger backstory and focus, but Caine is my fav character so much, y'all, it's unreal-

[windywallflower]

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[murfpersonalblog]

Hello! I have been engaging in your analysis recently and I am satisfied by how thorough and sourced they are. I have been thinking about the possible parallel between Gabrielle and Louis of late and I was wondering if you think anything about it being possibly explored in the show. Gabrielle is masc presenting so I wonder if Louis' feminity will also be explored. There's so much I'm wondering!

Omg thanks so much for asking, and thanks for liking my stuff @timotheeronan! Tuck yourself in for a long AF post, cuz I've been wanting to get things off my chest about Gabrielle for a while (X X).

I FULLY expect S3 to make parallels between Gabrielle & Louis, yes. Their complex power dynamics with Lestat as Mother/Son, Fledgling/Maker are interwoven with their roles as spouses: Gabrielle as the Marquis' literal unhappy housewife AND Les' temporary Blood Spouse; and Louis as Lestat's metaphorical "unhappy housewife" and endgame Blood Spouse; and the ways they BOTH broke away from this to forge their own identities separate/free from him; "I'm companion enough for myself now."

On top of this, there's the CRUCIAL exploration of gender expression Gabrielle goes through. Gabrielle is so iconic, as someone I've seen over the decades labelled as everything from a feminist icon to masc presenting to GNC to nonbinary to trans to etc etc. It HAS to happen, I'd be shocked & appalled if it doesn't. Esp. considering how Les reacts (both positively AND negatively), wrt those aforementioned socio-gendered power dynamics & roles.

Cuz like I've BEEN stressing wrt Les' Matador pjs & Mardi Gras dress (X X); and Louis' power suits & cardigans: clothes are just ONE aspect of a larger societal framework these characters are operating under (x x x x). There's a "visual hierarchy of power" Carol Cutshall describes, where clothes reflect MORE than just gender expression, but also reflect power: agency/autonomy/freedom, or the lack thereof. Gab's masculine presentation goes farther than just her outward appearance on the surface. Deeper, there's what it says about how she felt about her her immediate relationship with Lestat, and her broader treatment & place in her family, and the world at large. Clothes can be a form of resistance; a power move.

So if S3's take on TVL goes the direction I hope/think it will, Lestat's Redemption Tour will be part defensive/reflective, as he deals with his repressed traumas and the many wrongs done to him; but also the many wrongs he's done to others: Louis & Gabrielle (and ofc Claudia & Nicki).

Cuz contrary to what braindead fans/stans lead people to believe, AMC's adaptation is 100% about the cycles of abuse & trauma; and how power imbalances between vampires are merely a reflection of IRL social inequality due to things like class, race, and gender; which vampires just DELUDE themselves into thinking they're above; but meanwhile can't help but perpetuate--cuz they ARE still human.

Whatever this "documentary/tour" manifests as, Les is gonna have to be confronted with the ways that his actions in the past impacted his actions in the present; so that Les realizes he needs to course-correct in the future, to become a better person/monster/vampire "WORTHY of Louis' love" and forgiveness.

But he also has to reconcile with his mother; when Gabrielle finally reappears after ~200 years of deliberate radio silence (x x). She follows him on his tour when he pisses off the vampires of the world & they try to kill him (& Lou) for blabbing about their secrets.

In QotD, Les, Lou & Gabe share close quarters with one another for Les' tour. When he's is kidnapped by Akasha, Lou & Gab team up together as they grieve his absence & wait/hope for Les' return, forming their own bond.

So I'd bet Monopoly dollars that AMC's take on TVL & QotD will be an effing circus full of funhouse mirrors being held up to their faces, as they all see aspects of themselves (reflections of the past repeating itself) in each other. It's gonna bring up uncomfortable truths; but help them all better understand/realize WHY Les is drawn to Gab & Lou and loves them so much, but also where he went wrong with both of them; and where they went wrong with him, too.

And it all boils down to Family vs Freedom.

Les' oppressive nature come from his overwhelming outpouring of love. Lovebombing is his love language; overcompensating for how he felt insecure & inadequate & ashamed. He wants what's best for his loves, but he also thinks he KNOWS what's best for them, too. He hated being poor country-nobility, broke as a joke in that crumbling chateau. He was ashamed. When faced with the horrific reality of his mother dying, his grief's wrapped up in wondering about the things she'd wanted, & fantasizing about the all things he'd wanted for her.

Cuz their relationship, as strained as it was, was marked with "grand and loving gestures" of GIFT-giving.

Les saved both Gab & Lou's life when he Turned them. Lou was suicidal (& no doubt careening towards alcohol poisoning); while Gab was dying of consumption. The Dark Gift is his ultimate show of love for those Les turns, his way of saying: I love you, I want you to live forever, and I wanna live WITH you forever, "be my companion;" we can keep each other company forever. But because vampirism is damned/cursed, the gift comes at the price of him potentially losing them anyway--cuz vampirism gives them power, and ultimately: freedom. (Hence: Les' abandonment issues.)

For Gabrielle, an 18th-century woman trapped in that awful chateau with that awful abusive husband raising awful abusive sons, books were her escape from reality; and her library was her nest/shelter.

We don't get much of Gab's POV/thoughts, but Anne Rice talked at length about how books & stories & writing were her outlet/escape; her Dreamworld when she was lonely/depressed/grieving/etc.

"Sometime in that year when seven-year-old Alice was gone for hours every day, my personal dreamworld was born, the detailed and complex paracosm in which I started to live the major portion of every day with my own secretly imagined characters. I know for certain that the dreamworld was in full swing by the time I was eight, and had been with me “forever.” And several of the characters who peopled that dreamworld then in 1949 are still with me today in a vivid cast of thousands.".... "Now and then I abandon the ancient dreamworld. But I have never since 2005 abandoned the primal dreamworld, the most important one, the one born to me when I was a little girl, the one that existed from the 1940s up through the early 1990s without interruption, and that is with me now every day. I myself am not in this dreamworld. There is no place in it for someone like me. I’ve had fantasies of actually discovering it, or being somehow transported to it, but I play no role in it whatsoever. I watch and listen and inhabit its various characters individually, just as I do characters in my books.... "Before I draw the obvious comparison between this dreamworld and the world of the Vampire Chronicles, I want to make several specific points about the dreamworld...." -- Anne Rice: Alphabettery

Gabrielle H A T E D being jailed/cooped up that chateau as much as Les did--heck, she likely hated it even MORE; cuz unlike her son (a MAN free to go out and hunt & act & preach--if his father let him, ofc), a WOMAN/"tradwife" was to be seen not heard.

Some of the only times she really makes herself heard--exerting her limited agency/autonomy/freedom--is when she's FIGHTING Les' FATHER the Marquis, to DEFEND HER CHILD's agency/autonomy/freedom (the Mama Bear to Lou's Papa Bear with Claudia (x x)).

Cuz ironically, SHE was the breadwinner in the family--it was HER dowry money that financed everything, when the shiftless de Lioncourts went broke generations ago. (And we see the same family dynamic with Louis' family, where Papa DPDL ran the estate into bankruptcy, and Levi Freniere mooched off of Grace--how "tradwives" had to become independent & self-sustaining & break social norms & become the surrogate head of the household when the patriarch let them down; and how that affected Lou's struggle for self-worth when it was left to him to become the (reluctant) man of the family--it's a VERY familiar scene fort Les, and another reason why he felt akin to Louis. But (as usual) Lou FAILS where Gabrielle succeeds--he loses the Azalea, and becomes a cripple after getting dropped 2km from the sky; so Claudia becomes HIS mother, defending him from THEIR p.o.s. patriarch, Lestat; exerting her own limited agency--but pressuring Lou to do the same (the Murder Plot).)

She squirrels her jewels under her pillows, withholding her money so the Marquis & her sons don't BLOW it all; withholds her knowledge/literacy cuz they don't value/respect it; withholds her affections cuz they HAVE blown it. Gab's outnumbered in that medieval castle stuffed to the gills with toxic masculinity; she hates her husband; pumps out sons he raised to disrespect & ignore her; is isolated in the middle-of-nowhere Auvergne; & depressed AF. She resented her life; and comforted herself with books. She loved Les the most, but she kept him at arms length too. Les loved his mother the most, but he resented her, too.

I see so many posts about how "selfish" Gab is, and I'm like this is the same exact nasty AF attitude people have against AMC!Lou. They're DEPRESSED, ffs! The same women online who go on & on about feminism & misogyny & female autonomy/agency & how men don't understand/respect postpartum depression and battered-wife syndrome; and then look at Gabrielle AND Louis like they've got two heads just cuz they don't kiss blorbo Lestat's arse 24/7, like wtF????

YES, depression can express itself as petty spite & meanness/coldness & resentful hostility. Gab never taught Les how to read, cuz the books were her comfort/escape FROM motherhood/reality; just like Lou's books were his comfort/escape FROM vampirism/reality (read: violence/homosexuality/marriage/Lestat). It's an ANNE RICE self-insert about her lifelong "Dreamworld"--ALL of her characters represent parts of herself at different times in her life.

They're UNHAPPY, and only find pleasure in the fantasy of stories--ofc Gab wouldn't want Les intruding on her Me Time by teaching him how to read--esp. when Les could be sent to the church to learn instead--which he was. (Unfortunately, his father only wanted him there long enough to learn the basics, not to commit himself to the church as a priest.)

Art imitates life--fantasy tv shows about vampires included. Les' behavior is PATENTLY familiar, and I fully expect S3 will mirror plenty of celebrity scandals involving IPV--Chris Brown's Apology Tour to the press immediately comes to mind, after he beat the breaks off of Rihanna. There are countless IRL cases where battered/abused/depressed women are negligent to their kids; and those kids grow up to be abusive to their own partners & families:

"Rocky was...high-strung, jittery. Energetic. (His family describes him slightly differently, as quiet and sometimes devious, also on the shy side.) Before he shot himself [and his wife Michelle Monson Mosure, and their 3 kids in 2001]...he’d written a message on his arms. No one was meant to see it, and no one can exactly remember what it said. Something like 'I deserve to go to hell.'" "Rocky was quiet...troubled, rebellious, but he loved the outdoors. Fishing, camping...the outdoor stuff, the quiet, even his real name, Gordon, he shared with his father. The nickname had come from his dad when Rocky was a baby, a tribute to the boxer Rocky Marciano. Gordon and his first wife, Linda, had three kids, of whom Rocky was the eldest.... When they divorced, Linda gave him full custody of all three kids.... [Gordon] had met someone at work pretty quickly after he and Linda separated: Sarah.... Although the kids had always had some trouble with school, after the move Gordon and Sarah discovered the kids were further behind than they’d realized, and though they hired tutors, the kids remained behind. None of them wound up graduating. Gordon claims that Linda planted the kids in front of the television or dragged them around with her wherever she went during the day, shopping or whatever. “Instead of teaching them ABCs and all this, they hadn’t gotten any of that,” Gordon says. When I spoke with Linda she remembered things differently, of course.... Rocky was in trouble after the move almost immediately.... By seventh grade, Sarah and Gordon knew Rocky needed help. They sent him to Pine Hills, the home for troubled boys.... In a family counseling session once, the therapist asked Rocky if he was sad his mother had left, and he said...'Yeah, it was better after she was gone because then we got to hang out with [Dad] more, but not have the big fighting between them.'" -- No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us, by Rachel Louise Snyder

-- Letellier & Island: Men Who Beat the Men Who Love Them: Battered Gay Men and Domestic Violence

Lestans keep acting like he's called an abuser out of thin frikkin air; that there are no parallels b/t Loustat's dynamic and IRL cases; and that Les's above censure just cuz he's nicer in the later books. Yeah he gets better--cuz he got REJECTED by Gabrielle/Nicki/Louis, BESTED by Claudia, HUMBLED by Akasha, DUPED by Raglan, TORTURED by Memnoch, and CHALLENGED by Rhoshamandes! Les LITERALLY went to Hell, for crissakes!

(x x)

Les pulled ish on Lou that he would NEVER pull on Gab, specifically BECAUSE she's his MOTHER. Les had a HARD time divorcing that image from his mind, even when he reveled in the power vampirism gave them to be free, and live the lives they'd always dreamed of back at the chateau.

Even when he knew she was The Vampire Gabrielle, and he was her Maker/companion/paramour, he held onto that image of her as his mother--"my mother's boy, my mother's man" (a la the pilot script).

The Vampire Gabrielle fully embraced her new identity; being an apex predator (better than even Les did; she's a BAMF), shedding all human attachments & trivialities (the social constructs of long hair & dresses; morals & mores alike). But that came at the cost of her shedding her her motherly role too. She was finally TRIUMPHANT: POWERFUL & FREE, and she dressed accordingly: as a man, with all of the societal affordances, liberties & freedoms that entailed.

(Gabrielle & Nicki & Louis are even tied together through Paris' Ile Saint Louis, where Nickistat lived & loved; and where Les turned Gabrielle.)

Patriarchal male privilege and vampiric gendered liberation for Gab works similarly but differently/separate but equal than it does for AMC!Louis, not just cuz of his sexuality, but esp. cuz of his race. As usual, Gab triumphs where Lou fails. Although he IS a man, he's a gay BLACK man, which put him even lower on the racist/sexist social hierarchical pyramid than a white woman (Gab included). From slavery times (Gab) to Jim Crow (Lou) down to the Civil Rights Movement, the youngest white girl (called "Miss") had more rights than the oldest Black man (called "boy"). For all Les' promises that he & his fledglings would be "equals in the quiet dark," white male Les was the ONLY one with rights over BOTH of them--as such, they're both on similar levels in Coven Master Lestat's household; even when they tried to exert their own autonomy. (The same holds true for Lou & Claudia, ALSO put on the same level.)

Les was just as conflicted with book!Gab's newfound freedom & choice of victims as he was with AMC!Lou's, for opposite but similar reasons, all boiling down to how HE thought his fledglings should act. On one hand he encouraged embracing vampiric nature, while on the other hand wanting to curb their killing to fit human laws he swore didn't matter anymore, like wtf--am I a lion(court) or a housecat? He was a pisspoor teacher to Gab AND Lou (and yet people wanna point the finger at Gab & Lou for leaving him, or blame megaladon!Armand for taking advantage of Lou' & Claudia's ignorance, like HUH?!?)

[EDITED TO ADD:] Lou & Gab are both oppressed by societal/gendered expectations. For Gabrielle, tradwife domesticity/femininity was her performance, her CAGE/JAIL. The masculine ideal for her was being someone like Wolfkiller Lestat: a macho hunter, slaying dangerous animals in the wilderness, dressed in men's clothes with her hair cropped short; not being called "Mother" anymore or having to raise kids & deal with her psycho husband.

[EDITED TO ADD:] But that macho-masculinity was performance for Lou ("Did I WANT to pull a knife on my brother? NO."). He was a "rougher thing, then," passing as straight, and it made him miserable. He wanted a completely opposite life (the domesticity of being boo'd up at home with his man, always dressed in cardigans, "smothering" his daughter Claudia, and just being a homemaker)--but what is the opposite of masculinity but femininity? What's the opposite of a businessman but a tradwife (the feminine ideal pre-feminism)? How can his pride/life as a Black man tryna be respected in a white world survive without nosey white women like Antoinette & homophobic white cops always asking about his 1 bed upstairs? For Lou, domesticity/"femininity" was FREEDOM--until Les took advantage of Lou's vulnerability and the townhouse became his CAGE/JAIL; and he became just as miserable as Gabrielle was--cycles cycling.

And unlike Gabrielle de Lioncourt, who had the honor of being Les' biological mother/maker/creator (the one who knew everything about him), with the almost sacred idea(l) of her in his head as his childhood champion/savior that allowed him to defer to her and accept her wanting to do & go her own way, even as he clung to the idea(l) of his "Mother" that made him resent her abandoning him (again); Louis had no such privilege.

Les was HIS Maker--"I put you on this earth." "I chose you!" Lou was CREATED to be Les' person: his bespoke companion; groomed & Vegas Married to not know a thing about Les' past/nature that Les didn't want him to know; seduced to love the monster first (not the man). Les expected Lou to be happy; not reject Les/vampirism & read books at home rather than go on sexcapades & killing sprees; ashamed of his true nature full of "self-loathing" he projected at Les.

Even when Lou was too weak & hungry to have sex, he still spent his time reading; and cuz Les can't read his mind, it's the best way to shut out everything and focus on his fantasy rather than his body's needs, let alone Les' emotional needs. He gets so much worse during the Great Depression, when Claudia's gone & he's given up all pretenses that he's anything but the "unhappy housewife;" and Les gives up the pretenses of not resenting Lou for "not honoring the Blood [read: ME] as he should." Hence: Ep5; "crushing what you cannot own;" and Les pissing all over Lou's name & reputation in the Trial; as abusers often blame their victims, or outright lie to make them seem crazy, evil, or abusive.

Thankfully, Les has already come face to face with how effed up the Trial was, and how badly his participation in the Trial/smear campaign hurt Lou's feelings; "Come to Me!? Those were HIS words! F-- you!"

So while I fully expect S3 Les to emphasize his own childhood traumas & abuse, and while I fear Gabrielle will carry the lion's share of censure in Les' POV (and in the fandom) for abandoning him, hopefully Les doesn't do what many abusers do and make it all about him and his man-pain. Hopefully he's candid about how Gab was wronged too (by his p.o.s. dad & brothers, AND he himself); and that his resentments towards Gabrielle bled into his resentments towards Louis. But I ALSO expect Les to still have self-improvement to do--TVL/QotD is NOT where he pivots from being an a-hole to a saint; he does some ATROCIOUS stuff in those books, and in TotBT.

The Prince Lestat trilogy is Les's final redemption arc, his pride humbled & then rewarded--and even then he's still a work-in-progress ("I'm, a lot, I'm not perfect").

Lou (& Claudia) emancipated themselves from Massa Lestat after the Murder Plot (or at least, Lou tries to--Loustat canonical endgame, after all). But they only get back together after a long period of on/off stints, as Les gradually figured out how to be a normal effing person for once; and how to respect Lou's agency/autonomy/freedom.

Likewise, his relationship with Gabrielle also vastly "improves," as she, like Lou in PLAtRoA, finally decides to live with Les at the renovated Chateau de Lioncourt; letting go of the past to build something new.

But he STILL can't help but revert to treating her like his bride/wife, doll, and mother, all in one (until she gets sick of it, ofc, LOL).

At Prince Les' celebratory Winter Solstice fete in BC, Gab dresses to the nines as the belle of the ball to please him, as Queen Mother of his Vampire Court; just as Lou's his Prince Consort/Blood Spouse. Les gets everything he ever wanted, his happily ever after, and AR tries to make you feel he "earned" their forgiveness, but YMMV.

TL;DR:

Regardless of what Gab presents as externally, or the way she WANTS to be treated; the way Lestat TREATS her is consistent with the way HE thinks it is appropriate for her to be treated BY him--same with Louis. Gender/sexuality/race be darned--Les "wins" by virtue of being the white cis male protagonist & hero of TVC. 🙄

So yeah, I expect/hope S3 will show a lot of subtle/nuanced parallels & even explicit intersections b/t Gabrielle & Lou. But I don't expect them to dump it on us all at once, cuz this process of accountability, forgiveness & acceptance is protracted over the entire length of TVC, all the way to the very last book.

Hope my long AF rambling & tangents answered your question even a little bit, omfg. 🤦😅

[octonauts16]

If The Octonauts Were Mean Girls Chapter 7 (Final Chapter)

The gym was abuzz with every Junior Student present, and Principal Inkling, far from pleased, was dealing with the fallout of a gossip war. The hot topic? Pinning down the mastermind behind 'The Burn Book'. Peso had the scoop but was tangled in his own web—if he spilled the beans, he'd be in the hot seat too.

As they settled in, curiosity was at a fever pitch. Peso's attempts at camaraderie were met with icy glares from Tweak and Kwazii, who acted as if he'd vanished into thin air. Inkling, desperate for a resolution, demanded the truth about the Burn Book debacle.

"Never!" Inkling thundered, "In two decades as a principal, I've never witnessed such a circus! This 'Burn Book' business is the last straw. No confessions, no Spring Fling Dance—simple as that."

The crowd gasped. Could the Principal really pull the plug on the dance?

"Now, listen up," Inkling continued, "I get it, you've got issues with each other, but hurling 'ugly' around isn't going to make your day any brighter. And I see you've all cliqued up."

Dashi, the once-reigning queen bee, signaled for attention.

"Yes, Dashi?" Inkling acknowledged.

Standing up to a chorus of eye rolls, Dashi declared, "Just to set the record straight, we're not cliquey here."

"Drop it," interjected Selva, "The Burn Book's author? Probably just some bored souls with too much time. And for the record, I do not baby talk to plants."

Murmurs of agreement rippled through the crowd. The culprit was among them, but who? Inkling had a hunch. Aware of Dashi's past antics, he was determined to mend the rift this Burn Book had caused.

"Okay," Inkling announced as he set aside the Burn Book, "Everyone, close your eyes."

Initially, there was confusion, but then all complied, their eyes shut.

"Now, raise your hand if someone has ever spoken bad of you behind your back," Inkling instructed.

A moment of reflection passed before, one by one, hands ascended, reaching skyward. Inkling took in the sight.

"Alright, open your eyes," he directed.

Eyes fluttered open to a shared reality; hands lowered in unison.

"Once more, close your eyes," Inkling continued, and as the darkness returned, he posed another question, "Raise your hand if you've felt personally victimized by Dashi."

Paws lifted, not just students, but teachers too. When eyes reopened, the extent of Dashi's gossip was laid bare. Inkling, however, had a plan to mend fences.

Shortly after, he rallied everyone around a table, sparking curiosity and skepticism about his method. Climbing atop the table to demonstrate, he said, "This is about trust. I propose we each write an apology to those we've wronged, and then, to show our willingness to let go, we'll fall backward, just like this." And with that, Inkling leaned back, ready to trust in the fall.

As Principal Inkling spun and tumbled, the crowd caught him in a trust fall gone right, sparking a wave of apologies. Each person penned a sorry note to a friend they'd snapped at, followed by their own trust plunge. It was a healing ritual, and with each fall, the air grew lighter.

"Shellington," Barnacles began, his voice echoing off the paper, "I'm sorry for laughing when you had that 'accident' at Barnes & Noble."

Poor Shellington's face bloomed with shades of crimson.

"And I'm doubly sorry for blabbing about it," Barnacles continued, "Triple sorry for bringing it up now."

But instead of falling back, Barnacles dove forward, the crowd scrambling to catch him. Then, a girl climbed atop a table, her voice quivering with emotion.

"I just wish we could return to those middle school days," she sniffled, "baking a cake of rainbows and smiles, sharing it, and bathing in happiness..."

Sympathy swelled until...

"She doesn't even go here!" Kwazii's outburst sliced through the sentiment.

Confused glances were exchanged as they realized the girl was a stranger.

"Do you even attend this school?" a teacher inquired.

"No," she wept, "I'm just brimming with emotions..."

"Alright," Principal Inkling soothed, "time to head home."

As she retreated, Tweak stepped up with her apology, and Dashi, unable to contain herself, burst into giggles.

"Tweak better not take another tumble off her horse like last time," Dashi quipped with a smirk.

The room erupted in snickers, all but Peso and Kwazii joining in. Tweak's eyes darted between the two; she wasn't just any girl, she realized, she was the puppet master.

"Alright..." Tweak began, fishing out her rehearsed apology, "So, there's this new kid I befriended this year. Thought it'd be a hoot to throw Dashi Dog's life into chaos. Had him cozy up to Dashi."

Jaws dropped as Tweak laid bare the scheme since Peso's arrival.

"Post-prank, we'd reconvene at my place, cackling over Dashi's gullible moments. We slipped her these chocolate bars—calorie bombs, really—and pitted her pals against her," Tweak confessed.

Laughter filled the air, even as Shellington and Barnacles reeled from Peso's deceit. Dashi stood frozen, processing Tweak's torrent of confessions.

"And then... Oh, Peso, my dear accomplice," Tweak snickered, "He locked lips with Dashi's BFF, Selva, and we shattered that friendship. And the foot cream for face wash switcheroo? Classic!"

The crowd lost it, howling with laughter as Dashi's anger towards Peso simmered. Tweak's grin softened as she faced Dashi.

"Man!" Tweak burst out, "I'm so sorry, Dashi. Can't fathom why I did it. Maybe 'cause I'm just CRAZY ABOUT YOU! Chew on that!"

With a dramatic flourish, Tweak spun and fell back, the crowd catching her mid-fall.

"AY-YI-YI-YI-YI-YI!" Tweak's victory cry rang out.

Applause roared for Tweak's bold revelation, while Shellington and Barnacles shot Peso looks of betrayal. Peso's eyes followed Dashi as she stormed away, and he hurried after her, trying to mend the remnants of their friendship.

"Wait, Dashi," Peso pleaded, "this wasn't supposed to happen!"

"So everyone despises me? I'm not bothered!" Dashi retorted angrily.

"Wait, Dashi, just listen—," Peso attempted again.

"No!" Dashi yelled.

By that time, everyone had gathered outside, witnessing the heated exchange between Dashi and Peso.

"Oh, the word on the street? They claim you're the homeschooled oddball who couldn't quite match the sizzle of Barnacles and Shellington. Quite the talk of the town, aren't you?" Dashi quipped. "Yeah, so don't try to act so innocent! You can take that fake apology, and shove it right up your Feathery-"

Dashi is struck by a bus, eliciting gasps of shock from everyone. Peso steps back, unable to grasp the unfolding events.

Contrary to the grim jest, Dashi Dog did not die; however, she sustained severe injuries, including spinal damage. Rumors circulated that Peso had pushed her, but these were unfounded; he had not.

...

As the rumors of Peso pushing Dashi in front of a bus swelled with each passing day, his arrival at the cafeteria was met with universal rejection, reminiscent of his first day. None would engage with him, not Selva, Shellington, nor anyone else, save for Barnacles. Relegated once again to solitary lunchtimes in a bathroom stall, Peso recognized the urgent need for action; his friendships had dissolved, and he was now the subject of widespread animosity and fear.

In a bid to address the situation, Peso approached Principal Inkling's office to report a serious matter involving one of his teachers. Upon knocking, he was greeted by Inkling's inquiring gaze.

"What is it, Peso?" Inkling prompted.

"There's something important I have to confess," Peso began, "regarding the Burn Book."

For an hour, Peso poured out the truth about the Burn Book to Principal Inkling. Despite not contributing to its contents, Peso was ready to assume responsibility for it, eager to prevent further harm.

Following their discussion, Principal Inkling, visibly disheartened yet resolute, escorted Peso to the office exit.

"A one-week suspension seems appropriate," Inkling decreed, with a slight concession, "but you may attend the Spring Fling Dance."

Peso nodded, his voice tinged with regret, "Yes, and I'm truly sorry... for everything."

...

Peso, in a strategic move, joined the Mathletes for some extra credit to boost his math grades and avoid a repeat of his junior year. With his hypothesis proven, he reclaimed his old charm and donned the cherished necklace from his Abuela. Post their triumphant Mathlete Championship, Peso and his brainy crew strutted into the gym where the Spring Fling Dance was in full swing. The air was electric with dance moves, DJ beats, and the suspense of the Spring Fling royalty vote.

Amidst the festivities, Peso was a bundle of nerves. Despite his newfound glory, whispers and rumors swirled like a persistent fog. His gaze landed on Selva, radiant as always, yet her eyes held a storm meant just for him. Not wishing to stir the pot, Peso ducked out to the hallway for a breather. It had been ages since the incident that made him school-hallway folklore. As he inhaled solace, Dashi made her grand entrance, channeling the Bride of Frankenstein's elegance, her headgear a crown, her sparkly pink mermaid dress a beacon, and her hair a glorious cascade.

"Dashi..." Peso exclaimed, his eyes widening as he took in her transformation post-accident, "You're looking good."

Sporting a Spinal Halo, Dashi offered a wry grin, "Fashionable, isn't it?"

Peso fumbled, "Listen, about the bus... I'm really sorry, it's all on me."

"Let's not make this a 'you' saga. I'm the star who got kissed by a bus," she quipped, still smiling.

"And for everything else, I'm sorry too," Peso added.

"Alright," Dashi said, her words slightly slurred from the medication, "I'll forgive you. Mainly because I'm swimming in painkillers right now. Did you know I played dead for fifteen seconds?"

"That's... terrifying," Peso managed to say.

Dashi nodded, her mind wandering back to her school days and her interactions with friends,

"You see," Dashi mused, "Waking up on that street, all I saw were my Dad's and Shellington's shocked faces peering down at me. They weren't just sad, they were shocked to see me bleed. As if they needed a reminder that I've been human all along."

"It's strange, being treated like you're a celebrity," Peso remarked.

"It's a thrill until it isn't," Dashi reflected, "Then you realize it's time for a change. I was tough, sure. But if I were a boy, do you know what they'd call me?"

"What?" Peso inquired.

"Dylan," she revealed, "That was my dad's pick for a son."

Peso began, "I'm sorry for—"

"Stop right there," Dashi interrupted, "No apologies for things out of your control. And never say sorry for owning it."

With a flourish, Dashi applied lip gloss despite the headgear,

"To find happiness in life, Peso, you've got to tune out the noise. Really, just don't care. Time's up. Love ya!" Dashi breezed out.

Dashi returned to the gym, and Peso, taking a deep breath, followed. As the final votes were being cast, he noticed Kwazii and Tweak in their prom attire. Approaching their conversation, he was met with Kwazii's glare and Tweak's eye roll.

"So..." Kwazii sneered, "What do you want?"

"I just wanted to talk to you guys," Peso replied, attempting to start a conversation.

While Peso made his attempt, Principal Inkling ascended the stage with the ballots in hand.

"Okay, it's time to announce the Spring Fling King and Queen. I just want to say that you're all winners, and I couldn't be happier that this school year is coming to a close," Inkling announced with a smile, revealing the Spring Fling Queen card, "And the winner is... Ryla!"

Applause filled the room as Ryla ascended the stage to accept her tiara, while Peso continued his efforts to reconnect with his former friends.

"Tweak, please..." Peso implored.

"No," Tweak retorted sharply.

"Tweak, come on," Peso persisted.

At that moment, Principal Inkling revealed the next card.

"And the Spring Fling King is... Peso Penguin!" Inkling declared.

All eyes turned to Peso, the spotlight casting him in a dramatic glow.

"What?" Peso gasped in disbelief.

The spotlight was on Peso, and all eyes followed as he ascended the stage to receive his crown. The Plastics stood as runners-up, their expressions a mix of emotions. As Principal Inkling placed the crown upon his head, Peso was overwhelmed with guilt; he felt undeserving. He caught sight of Tweak and Kwazii, their faces etched with anger, and then Selva, her disappointment piercing him through her Hispanic floral dress. He knew he had to act, to take responsibility for The Burn Book was just the beginning; he had to demonstrate his transformation to everyone.

"I..." Peso began, approaching the microphone, "I've never been to one of these events before, but considering the desire and tears shed for this crown, it all seems so trivial."

A wave of confusion swept through the crowd, The Plastics and Principal Inkling included.

"Peso," Principal Inkling interjected, "a speech isn't necessary."

Yet Peso, undeterred, continued.

"Tonight, everyone exudes royalty," he declared with a genuine smile. "We all look magnificent...and for the events of the past few days, I am deeply sorry."

A murmur of consensus spread among the attendees, and a collective sense of remorse began to take hold.

Peso then removed the crown from his head, examining it. It was plastic—shiny, artificial, and ultimately fragile.

"So," Peso began, "why is everyone so worked up about this? It's just a piece of plastic. I could simply..." With a flick of his fins, Peso snapped it in two. Shellington and Dashi inhaled sharply, their eyes wide with shock at Peso's actions.

"...Share it," Peso finished with a grin, breaking off pieces and distributing them.

"This piece is for Shellington Sea Otter," he announced, tossing a fragment to Shellington, who looked overwhelmed with happiness.

"And for Tweak," Peso continued, beaming at his friend.

He lobbed a shard to Tweak, who dashed to the microphone, gripping it as if it were a precious award.

"I want to thank God, my parents, and the cast of 'Mean Girls'!" Tweak exclaimed.

A ripple of laughter spread through the crowd as Tweak stepped down from the stage.

"And let's not forget Dashi Dog," Peso declared. "She's been through an ordeal and still shines like a rock star."

With a flourish, he tossed a piece to Dashi, who acknowledged the crowd with a regal wave.

"Thank you!" Dashi beamed through her tears.

The crowd erupted in applause. As the music swelled, Kwazii ushered Tweak and Peso onto the dance floor. They were surrounded by a mosaic of dancers—every shape, size, and degree of coolness represented. Then, stealthily, Selva appeared behind Peso, tapping his shoulder. He spun around to find her looking radiant.

"Hola," she greeted.

"Hey," Peso replied, his cheeks tinged with a hint of red, "Care to join me for a dance?"

"Absolutely," she beamed.

As they swayed to the rhythm, Kwazii and Tweak joined in, letting bygones be bygones with Peso.

"Kudos to you," she cheered.

"Man, was I a bundle of nerves. 'Limits' was the challenge, and I nearly lost my lunch," Peso confessed with a jittery chuckle.

"And your stomach now?" inquired Selva.

"All good," he assured.

"Feeling queasy?" she probed.

"Not at all," he asserted.

"Hit the bottle much?" she teased.

"Just laughter tonight," Peso chuckled.

"Grool," Selva echoed an old inside joke from their first encounter.

In a tender embrace, they shared a kiss, surrounded by melodies and mirth, as forgiveness filled the air, healing the events of the days gone by.

Few Months Later...SENIOR YEAR...

And so, Peso's journey took him from homeschool obscurity to the infamous Solid Plastic, to the world's most despised individual, to the almost Spring Fling King, and finally, to a genuine human being. Dashi bounced back, taking up running for her physical therapy, and mysteriously became a basketball prodigy – something about spinal alignment, they say. She also got a whole lot friendlier with a basketball in her hands.

Tweak got busy with the Student Activities Committee, orchestrating their inaugural "Day of the Dead" shindig. Barnacles found his groove with the Marching Band, while Shellington snagged a new entourage and a new monarch to serve – leather attire now included. Kwazii and Ryla became the school's sweethearts, crowned 'Most Likely to Tie the Knot' in the yearbook. Meanwhile, Selva and Peso hit the books at Northwestern University, with Peso tackling college algebra once a week.

When Selva and Peso crossed paths on campus, their shared kiss was a scene straight out of a teen movie, as the ex-Plastics occasionally bumped into each other, exchanging pleasantries but mostly living their separate, upgraded lives. Dashi was ruling the basketball court, Shellington became the school's latest heartthrob, and Barnacles embraced his inner band geek. Life was looking pretty sweet.

Then, Shellington's gaze swept across the schoolyard, and his jaw hit the floor. Peso and the gang caught on and turned to see the cause of his shock.

"Well, would you look at that?" Kwazii exclaimed, his voice tinged with astonishment.

Three juniors strutted across Northshore's grounds, owning every step. At the helm was a polar bear teen with a pixie cut and round glasses, decked out in pink grunge—she was the queen bee of this fresh clique. Flanking her was a preppy otter guy, braces gleaming and hair shaggy, her trusty lieutenant. Bringing up the rear was a freckled dog sporting a bob cut and a coquette dress.

Their eyes widened in shock.

"Junior Plastics," Tweak muttered, incredulous.

"Are we really about to relive that whole saga?" Barnacles pondered. "New kid shows up, falls in with the cool crowd, rumors fly, and we're off on another wild ride?"

They exchanged glances, watched the Junior Plastics saunter past, and mulled it over.

"Nah!" they chorused.

With that, they split up, Peso flashing a grin at Selva. The real world and the teen world were at long last in harmony.

❤️💄THE END💄❤️

❤️So fetch - Gretchen Wieners from Mean Girls (2004)❤️

Chapter 1/Chapter 2/Chapter 3/Chapter 4/Chapter 5/Chapter 6/Chapter 7

[galaxycunt]

Two truths and a Lie

I haven’t played this game in years so let’s see how much I blab on this site 🧐 anyone who sees this can play and guess lol

Tagged by @hey-august

Tagging @the-lastcall @captastra @gayafsatan

- as a kid I loved all things about circus culture and history and fun things like that so I learned how to sword swallow that led up me dating a carnie who worked in LA often at a freak show who’s coworker let me borrow a sword to try the real thing

- I was a child actor, nothing big. Just commercials and the kids that run around on Barney. As a baby I modeled for Huggies and OshKosh

- the Oregon Duck, the mascot for the University of Oregon was obsessed with me, at least I think so bc every time at a game the Duck would see me and come over to do their silly little jester act. I know from a band member it’s 4 people but I think it was one specific person who always saw me and said hello. It was bad enough everyone back home thought maybe it was my friend or even lover in that thing.

[rewritingcanon]

lmaooo omg I just saw that the children had found your magnus opus post and I'm cackling! they always do that: they literally go to anti-jegulus tag, they get offended that it's full of (SURPRISE!) jegulus hate, they get offended that people dare hate their nazi ship, they get offended that people dare to voice the hate in the proper tag, they get offended when people respond to their dumb, rude, demanding, condescending and nonsensical reblogs, they call you a 14yo for actually having rational thinking of an adult, then they pull out the minor card in the end lmfao. it's such a circus around here!

im cryinnnngn 😭 of course my magnus opus post is the one where im crashing out online bru 😭😭😭🙏

i mean i’ve faced worse on this app then being called 14 (funnily enough this is the second time after a terf called me that for hating on jkr LOL), but the sheer self righteousness was crazy work. like the bottom line is to be fr with yourself— if you love something weird then its going to get deserved slander (we should know this, this is literally the harry potter fandom 💀), and if you dont want to see that then filter ur shit and then you! dont! have! to! (my mutual literally told them this protip but then they blabbed on about their rights to be mad at my tone or something i can’t really remember lol) if its tagged right then they can cross their arms and pout and fume all they want idrgaf at the end of the day its all fiction 😭

[ibunyang]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA TONTON HCS ANON AGAIN YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY WRITE ??!?!?!???!!?!?! giggling and kicking my feet reading your answer and I Demand More Please!!!!!!!!!! either more about general hcs or more about your fav skinships...... modern au...... ANYTHING.........

HELLO AGAIN ANOONNN!!!!!!!!!!!! AHDJASHDAKJ THANK YOU for letting me yap!!! i used to write, but i orphaned all the fics i made on ao3 when i was 18 or smth when i wrote them now its hard to look at it without feeling shy.. HAHAHJDHAD embarrassed i might take another shot at writing for this ship again tho HEHE

BUT ANYWAY my favorite skin ships… oh.. my favorite skinship is moleswift (soo normal about them definitely.. )

I wanna blab about them here..

< norton just got out of the mines accident and mike also just survived the fire of his circus is what i like to think for moleswift to happen, except they didnt get invited to the manor and instead found each other to somehow lift each other up.

mike who basically had nothing but the clothes on his back and the shit ton of money that Bernards untimely death gave him, hes still actively looking for the other survivors, but he found Murro and he's the one that somewhat convinced mike to give up on his quest for revenge and live life to the fullest, essentially telling him to rise from the ashes. (nod) and with this resolve he gets to doing it.

it was hard for him to give up on searching for the person he thinks is responsible for the fire, so he still has that one guy (i forgot his name rn) to search every possible corner, but at some point they did lose natalies tail. he doesnt want to say hes given up but he has no choice but to look towards the future of his own circus.

i see him as someone who always wanted to be the ringleader, and while he was already the main star of his previous one i dont think it was the same as having his own circus to run, having this chance given to him even though it was through dire circumstances was a god sent gift. so i know he gets to work finding all the acts hiring all the people, and finally his mole.

HIS MOLEE AUGDHAHGDHAD

norton has been looking for a job, sees the advert looking to hire an assistant for the circus (he probably thought of it like man power, or smth) but he takes the job he needs money, he knows how to follow the scent of money. his resume doesnt look as good as the other people being interviewed but the moment he stepped in the tent mike knew found the other half of his act.

Everyone he was interviewing didn't seem to mesh well with him, and he would like someone he could have fun with. Personal preference.

norton obviously wasnt as sure anymore at this point, since the job description was far form the work he was used to doing (and he did think it was mostly manpower for a job) but YOU KNOW he convinces him with the riches that mike already has, "i can give you more than this you know, I see you eyeing it… and Its clear to me that your greed has no filter Mr.Campbell" WITH A SMILE.

Initially Norton doesnt like how Mike is, hes bold, brazen, and thinks that everything that he wants should be fulfilled at the drop of a hat, like??? does he think he has super powers to magic up the fund for something that he wants so out of the blue? But of course Norton is as stubborn as a mole, he can and will do whatever it is thats asked of him. Hes willing to do whatever it takes to be able to prove him wrong and even sometimes surprise Swift with what he can accomplish.

"What we accomplished together." Swift would say.

Norton ignores the throb in his heart as he looks at Mike who was looking around in awe at the decorations in the main tent, thankfully with his connections from doing VARIOUS odd jobs all his life apart from mining, he has a pretty good network.

Its safe to say that I think these guys are literally two halves of a whole OTL there can never be a Swift without his Mole and vice versa !!!!!!!

Mole whos admiration turns to worship, even if he doesnt know it and Swift who cherishes him, and never wishes to part. They both helped each other reach the best outcome of their lives !!!!!!!!!! Norton having a stable job and never having to fear when he gets to eat again and Mike back in the circus where he belongs under the spotlight.

TLDR THIS IS MY FAVORITE SKINSHIP EVER.

< i joke about them being divorced husbands but honestly its more like the old married couple vibes in the long run, they banter and they yell sometimes they pull at each others hair but its all in good fun. they have a drink together with swift on moles lap as they run through the circus expenses together. (a love language) < i dont know WHEN exactly they would have gotten together. bc to me they were married from the start??? i dont know how to explain it it just happened. <mike probably just casually mentions he loves him at one point.. or something along the lines of "i want to keep you forever. I wouldnt know what to do without you by my side." and mole just assumed this was when they start dating seriously because HE is NOT leaving. EVER. < "then keep me forever" < cue MAKE OUT MUSIC. < they have a little two man act sometimes on stage, mole usually prefers to be off the stage because he doesnt want to steal swifts spotlight (where he thinks he shines brightest) < "but i shine the brightest when im with you" referring to his head light. but mole just dies on the inside i think TEEHEE

[kwyw]

Huh. Do you think that the DailyFail suddenly running an article about how Taylor's real friends think that Patrick Mahomes' wife is a user fame-wh0re who's taking advantage of Taylor's kindness means anything in relation to the Tractor circus or nah?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13350973/amp/brittany-mahomes-unmasked-fake-disloyal-taylor-swift.html

God only knows.

There should be an article about the entire football family and how much they blab on and on and on about Taylor while promoting their shit.

[spadeinasuit]

Here's the promised blab about my Henry Stemily au (batim+fnaf) I wonder if I should do anything with it? (Comic or fanfic)

First off Henry is Canadian, as is Joey Drew studios. Henry grows up in downtown Toronto in the 1950's-60's. Gets married VERY young (17-18) to Linda while he's going to trade school, taking art (minoring in engeneeriny cause he likes it) and has Charlie and Sammy.

He meets Joey when he's 19 and Joey is 34 and they hit it off right away talking about Henry's charecters he enjoys, a circus with a bear in a top hat and a little ballerina with upwards ponytails. Joey suggests bendy looks like a demon and they should do something with it.

At 23 Henry Stein has a huge fight with Linda triggered by his best freind 38 year old Joey Drew. Linda leaves and takes sammy stating she "never wanted a girl anyways"

Henry, absolutely distraught and kicked out of his apartment moves to Utah for a new start with Charlie (3) and changes their last names to Emily.

Turns out he's not the only new person in hurricane Utah. There's a British family that moved in at around the same time. The Aftons, A very obviously Gay man with an obsession with purple, his wife, an oldest son who is almost 10 and a daughter the same age as Charlie.

First they meet at the bar, then again at a diner to talk about the Amazing ideas of a diner with animatronic entertainment. Henry has his charecter already figured out and asks William what his favorite animal is.

And thus Fredbears is made in the mid 70's

The basic fnaf things happen. The bite of 83, 2 of the 6 MCI and... charlies death.

One morning Henry wakes up hungover from drinking his problems away to a phone call from Joey. He actually has everything together to make the 1930's inspired show they talked about in college. He just needs a head animator.

After the bite of 87 Henry resigned from Fazbear entertainment and moves back to Canada. Working on animations until Joey starts acting strange. Somehow. Someway. Joey got access to Williams notes about remnant and souls. Henry finds out about the puppet and immediately goes back to utah to start planning for fnaf 6.

12 years later he's ready. Micheal signs up and that's that. Or so Henry thought. As Charlie's last act she saves her father from the fire.

Only for Henry to receive a letter from Joey a few weeks later. Joey excitedly tells Henry about the ink machine. Henry goes to storm out of the studio. But the floor gives way and he dies from the fall, and Joey can't let the PERFECT sacrifice go to waste. Especially if the ruin of the studio was "Henry's fault"

And then BATIM and BATDR happens.

@glitch-1983 you asked to be tagged

Also I didn't mention it but there is LOTS of shipping in this au healthy and unhealthy (no proshipping)

[ilovescaredysquirrel2]

Why I haven't been posting + thoughts on upcoming movies

Okay, so I mostly am gonna still spam reblog about the KOSA bill until we can finally stop it but I want to still use Tumblr for what it was meant to be for all along; to have fun! I just will take a short break on posting cartoons but I'm still active here every night! Tumblr's honestly the only place I feel like I can truly be myself right now...

Okay, let's put the stupid bill aside for the moment and talk about my thoughts on some upcoming movies and shows right now. Disney's really been p*ssing me off lately with their sequels. Like, I feel they're only making sequels of Moana and Inside Out to impress the hardcore Disney fans, because their "new original ideas" failed (like Wish, but it failed because they used A.I to write the story). The Inside Out sequel looks cute from what I seen, but I still have trust issues when it comes to Disney. And before you go blabbing "It's Pixar", let me inform you that they're not the same and Pixar is literally just Disney with a better animation studio. Like, it's literally part of Disney! Like, I feel like I trust the Inside Out sequel a little more than the forced Moana sequel but still... I don't trust them. The worst is the Moana sequel though. I heard they originally planned for it to be a Disney plus show but instead they're making it a sequel on a super low budget and the animation is gonna be done overseas. No joke! I honestly think Disney needs to take a break on making movies for a while and focus on stuff like Kiff. Kiff is the only thing from Disney right now that's keeping me from leaving them all together. And when Kiff ends after season 2, I'm done with them forever! I honestly think they should let Kiff run a little longer than 2 seasons, look how long Kick Buttoski ran (that was a weird show, let's face it). Anyway, that's my thoughts on Disney right now.

I haven't posted my review on Orion and the Dark yet but I think I will soon. Like I said, I been really terrified after hearing about the KOSA bill and will continue to spam reblog until I get justice! Long story short, Orion and the Dark was better than DreamWorks's other recent movies. I haven't seen Kung Fu Panda 4 yet but I'm sure Orion was better. I mostly only like the first two Kung Fu Panda movies. Orion and the Dark was better than Trolls 3, though. I don't think Chicken Run 2 Dawn of the nugget counts as being DreamWorks (the first Chicken Run will always be a DreamWorks movie whether you like it or not) but Orion and the Dark was better! Maybe I can post my review on it soon...

Okay, let's talk about The Amazing Digital Circus now! We all love that, don't we? I hope TADC episode 2 makes more money than Disney on their forced sequels. I'm really excited about episode 2, although I really really don't want to see any of the main cast get abstracted. Like, every character fits in with the show so well and makes it worth watching. Ragatha, Gangle, Pomni, and Kinger are my favorites, but I don't want anyone to get abstracted because they all fit in together perfectly. You have Pomni the new girl, Ragatha the supportive friend and optimistic "peace maker" of the group, Jax the sassy trouble maker, Gangle the emotional one who doesn't stick up for herself, Kinger who's upbeat and crazy and childish, and Zooble who's also kind of sassy and doesn't really care much. Plus, there's Caine and Bubble who are hilarious as well. Like, I just don't want any of the main characters to get abstracted so soon. I'm just way too attached to all of those characters! However, I'm still a huge fan of the show and hoping that episode 2 will make more money than Disney! And if there's anyone here in the comments who's also a TADC fan and wants to see my sketches that I'll never post on tumblr, I'll dm them to you!

PLEASE DON'T IGNORE ME, I DON'T BITE! CHAT WITH ME PLEASE!!!! Just please chat with me in the comments, I'll be nice!