#edit: i forgot to put the brothers as spongebob!!!

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Tweels hc doodles + notes!

Goodness me, I've not been working on these for very long but here's all of what I've thought of within 2 days of thinking about them!! I basically started writing about them the moment I finished drawing "the fuck you brothers" post (9/24) (and today, 9/26) I totally have been thinking about them more after I wrote all this, so I will be continuing on with my hcs right here, under the cut :3 (keep in mind I have not yet played twst! If I get anything gravely wrong correct me!) (9/28, edit: I downloaded twst y'all...)

Both of the twins are autistic, just being on very different ends of er... intensity? Idk how to word that. I just mean that Floyd is someone who has trouble regulating his emotions and stims a lot. Jade doesn't stim as often, he probably would if he were infodumping about mushrooms/his terrariums or whatever else. I think I mean. That Jade suppressed his autistic tendencies by a lot to seem more like a gentleman, while Floyd doesn't really give much of a shit and probably doesn't even know he's autistic.

on that note they both have ADHD. AuDHD brothers.

Anyways as I way saying abt Floyd stimmies; He stims a LOT. Just, all the damn time. It gets so annoying for a lot of people and everyone knows he can't control it. His clingyness is also stimming, he's very touchy. A lot of stim toys don't actually help him but he does calm down significantly more when he's wearing headphones and listening to loud music. That's what stimulates him the most.

Jade only stims when excited, yeah I mentioned that. But did I mention he also stims a lot when stressed. In front of costumers, if he was stressed he might only fiddle with his fingers behind his back. But as soon as he gets away it's full body stimming time baby. Mans is not okay but he cannot let that mask slip!! (I forgot the word before, but I meant to say in my first dotpoint that jade is better at masking than Floyd!!)

Floyd mcr liker >_< (songs about depression and drugs to think about violence to!) Floyd also likes shit like "41 mins of roblox music" or any spongebob music. skull emoji.

Jade Laufey liker :33 (calm songs to think about violence to!)

Floyd likes dancing around in his room to music. Like really getting into it. Putting one song on loop and doing the same dance moves over and over again. (stimming) (oh my god I'm PROJECTING AGAIN stop....)

Jade likes drawing mushrooms. He's really good at drawing nature and when I say "good" I mean if you looked at it, you'd think it was a picture. Like abnormally good for someone who used to not even have paper available...

I saw this from a moot once on twitter I think, but they both (+ Azul) probably had a hard time adjusting to walking around everywhere instead of swimming when they first came onto land. And I think there was something about holding on to bars on stairs WAYY too tight because they feel so wobbly going up them. Same with like, escalators? and elevators? didn't fucking trust them. And they still don't sometimes... Adding onto this I think that they'd both get really frustrated at first with it. Like genuinely really upset; Floyd dramatically falling to the floor and flailing around on the verge of tears while Jade punches the ground over and over... They obviously got better at land things after a long while but for a bit they were just so. not okay LOL

I think for casual/home clothes they'd both be really into big fluffy jumpers. massive fucking huge fluffy shits. They'd be all over the texture and it would be so so texture /pos drooling emoji

I had a little thing that I thought of where I would give Floyd Heart shaped eye shines PLUS an extra smaller not heart eye shine. And giving Jade a square shaped shine with no extra shines. It just makes so much sense to me. Like I can't explain it very well but if you get it, you get me. Do you get me...

WHICH leads me to say then that when Floyd gets MAD he would have NO eye shines. Do you get me. I totally make sense right/. And Jade getting happy about anything even if it doesn't show on his face it would totally show in his eyes... Which also brings me back to something I wrote in my doodle notes with the pupils being like cats... OUGH I'M GOING INSANE DO I MAKE SENSE

another thing my twt moot said !! Floyd would hate necklaces/rings/other accessories and jewelry! It relates back to my point about Floyd hating the feeling of tight clothes, and things touching his skin too much. I feel like if he had say, a necklace on for like 0.1s he would rip it the fuck off, destroying the necklace in the process

Floyd: :3 (aggressive)

Floyd loving to squeeze people but hurting them is 90% of the time on purpose hurting and 10% accidental hurting and when it IS accidental he gets so upset about it. I like to think Floyd is the more emotional out of the two... just so many emotions in that boy. like he just !! wants to give you love !!! but he's so strong he breaks ur ribs !!!! many of ur ribs!! ur honestly surprised you haven't punctured a lung yet!!!

On that note they BOTH are extremely touch starved. Floyd would fucking LOVE it if someone were to lay down on top of him for hours he would feel so squished!! and warm and nice!! and comfy!

Jade on the other hand, LOVES holding hands. holding ONTO something holding onto someONE.

Jade is a gift giver (love language) I bet you can't guess what Floyd is

His love language is Physical touch. Yeah

Jade getting people way too many gifts when it's a special occasion for them because he thinks they might think it's weird if he gets them a gift on any other day.

Floyd hyperpop liker (just overall really likes loud thrashy music or whatever)

Floyd also really got into those games where you have to beat the shit out of a dummy. He doesn't like ones where you have to TIME a hit to make it work (makes him annoyed bc he can't do it) Games like Pou I think....

While Jade enjoys colour by number or those hue games? just doing it in his free time.

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Take a Taste: with Cheesy Burger McDo with Lettuce & Tomatoes Meal (with my Paperdolls) [Recorded: Sept 16, 2022]

Hello! It’s time for another “Take a Taste”! The series is about delicious food with my two paper dolls. And today, I’m reviewing Mcdonald's Cheesy Burger McDo with Lettuce & Tomatoes Meal! (Mmmm interesting...)

If you haven’t seen my previous part, then please [CLICK ME!].

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• Okay so, yesterday, my big brother asked me to order something at Mcdo (or Mickey D's if you lived in the US) via McDelivery as our dinner night. 🏪📲🛵 And, we ordered two Cheesy Burger McDo with Lettuce & Tomatoes Meals 🍔🍟🥤 (apart of fresh 'n tasty burgers) (complete with World Famous Fries & a medium coke) for only ₱ 331 (delivery fee included - ₱49).

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• Mmmmm! We could smell the aroma from the Mickey D's! Yum-yum! 😊😋But wait, they said that this burger has "Letuces & Tomatoes", right? 🤔 Well, let's see...

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• Well yes, indeed! 🍅🥬 ✅ Usually their burger Mcdos had no veggies from the McMenu. But, this poor real-life version didn't get the picture compare to the quality one. (Fail...😕👎)↓

• So, what's it taste like? Let's take a bite, shall we!

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• *Chewing* Mmmm... It tastes like a normal burger; tomato, lettuce, patty, cheese, everything.🙂 Me & my paper dolls satisfied the taste, but the quality of the aforementioned veggies didn't get the quality. It was nothing more than a cheap.😕

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• Hmmm... How about this, to get myself a satisfaction, I put some fries & a litte spread of ketchup to make a unique cheesy burger Mcdo. 🍔➕🍟 What do you think, you two? They say "What could possibly go wrong?". Yeah! Let's take a bite, one more time.😋☝️

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• *Chewing* Mmmm... Not bad, not bad. Although, you can't see the fries, I think this is a pretty decent satisfaction. 👌 But still, I'm worried about their poor quality veggies. Expect more than that.👎

Overall:

• It was an average for this Fresh 'n Tasty's Cheesy Burger Mcdo. The bun, patty & cheese are spot on, with the only exceptions are the cheap veggies. But, you know what, it was an honest price of ₱129, so, that's something. Is it worth it? Maybe. Don't rely on expensive burger w/ lettuce & cheese, then this burger is for you (I think). 👌💲🍔 The only missing is two pickles. Yup! As the character Bubble Bass from Spongebob Squarepants once said, "You forgot the pickles!". Hehe... No seriously, they forgot the pickles.🤨🥒 Why is the Quarter Pounder with cheese had pickles unlike the two burgers? Geez...😑

Well, that’s all for now, If you haven’t seen my previous episodes, then I’ll provide some links down below.↓😉

Take a Taste: • Popeyes U.S. Spicy Chicken Sandwich [Dec 6, 2021]

• Jollibee Chick'nwich & Crisscut Fries [Dec 21, 2021]: Part 1 [CLICK ME! #1], Part 2 [CLICK ME! #2]

• Mini Stop Chicken Fillet XL Sandwich [Feb 7, 2022]

• Minute Burger Cheese Burger(s) [Mar 1, 2022]

• Pepper Lunch Teriyaki Beef Pepper Rice w/ Egg (& Honey Brown Sauce) [Mar 5, 2022]

• Bacsilog’s Sulit Combo Bacon-Tocino & Samgyup Day’s Pork Herbs [Mar 12, 2022]

• Burger King Whopper w/ Sides & Drink [May 6, 2022]

• Marshmello’s Limited Edition Coca-Cola Zero [Aug 26, 2022]

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1-70 do em all! 😁💙

I’m seriously so sorry this took so long, but it was so much fun!! thank you!!! Also it’s super long so I’m gonna put it under a readmore!

1. First game you played obsessively?

Jak & Daxter! 2. A game that has influenced you creatively? Writing, drawing, etc.Lmao I’m not exactly a creative person, but when I was little I tried coming up with and drawing my own pokemon. They were… bad3. Who did you play with as a kid?My brother! At first I stole his Gameboy Color whenever he wasn’t using it, but then he saved up and bought a PS2 so we could play games together4. Who do you play with now?No one really lol. I kinda prefer to play single-player games now? But I’ll play with various friends when we hang out.5. Ever use cheat codes?When I was little, yeah! Especially in the Sly Raccoon games 6. Ever buy strategy guides?Before the age of unlimited free online strategy guides I did, now I just use said online ones7. Any games you have multiple copies of?Yep, I’ve “lost” games only to find them again after replacing them like… four times? It happened with Oblivion, Fable 3, DA: Origins, and, weirdly enough, that one obscure (but fun imo!) wii game, Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon8. Rarest/Most expensive game in your collection?This one was hard! After a teeny bit of research, I narrowed it down to either Rule of Rose, LoZ Collector’s Edition on Gamecube, and pokemon red and yellow9. Most regrettable purchase?Hhhhhhhh I bought the video game for the 2006 Dreamworks movie Over the Hedge. I was only 12, but I still should’ve known better :(10. Ever go to a midnight game release or stand in line for hours?I’ve gone to a few midnight releases, but none that have lasted for hours, luckily. I only started going to them in the last few years, so the only ones I’ve been to so far are Fallout 4, DA:I and uh… ME:A (I KNOW)11. Have you ever made new friends from playing video games?Nah not really, I don’t play online games, so. I have friends who play video games, but I’ve never met someone BECAUSE of video games12. Ever get picked on for liking games?Lol no?13. A game you’ve never played that everyone else has?Overwatch14. Favorite game music?NIER, hands down. 15. If it was a requirement to get a game related tattoo, what would you pick?Probably something cute and harmless like the leaf from Animal Crossing lol16. Favorite game to play with your friends IRL?Lately we’ve been really into Towerfall: Ascension and Screencheat17. Ever lose a friend over a game?Wh—no????18. Would you date someone that hates gaming?So long as they didn’t try to “forbid” me from playing and so long as we had other interests to bond over, then sure. It’d be kind of a bummer though lol19. Favorite handheld console?Idk that I have one! Maybe the Switch, since that’s the most recent and popular?20. Game that you know like the back of your hand?Silent Hill 3 and DA:I21. Game that you didn’t like or understand as a kid but love now?The Civilization games22. Do you wear game related clothing/accessories?Sometimes, yeah. Nothing too embarrassing, though. 23. The game that you’ve logged the most hours into?What, like… ever?? Geez, I dunno… probably Oblivion?24. First Pokemon game?Yellow!25. Were you ever an arcade game player?I actually wasn’t really :/26. Ever form any gaming rivalries?Oh yeah, with my brother. He’s 6 years older than me, which pretty much guaranteed I got my ass kicked in every game we played when I was younger27. Game that makes you rage?Bloodborne and Dark Souls!!!!!! I swear I try to go back and play them at least once a year, and I can never get past the first hour :(28. Ever play in a tournament?Not like an official one, but ones with friends, yep29. What is your gaming set up?Imma be real with you chief I don’t know nearly enough about computers to answer this question with anything other than “a computer”30. How many consoles do you own?Ohohoho far too many31. Does the 3DS and/or Virtual Boy hurt your eyes or give you headaches?I’ve never had the 3D slider up long enough to tell, but that probably means yes lol32. Did you ever play a game based on your favorite show/cartoon/movie/comic?BOY when I was in first grade I played Spongebob: Supersponge on Gameboy advance so much I STILL remember the password that lets you skip to the final stage (it’s WMBT) 33. Did you ever have any bootleg games or plug-n-play games?nah 34. Do either of your parents play video games?PFFF GOD NO. Although my mom does love Animal Crossing. Not playing it, but just like it’s whole deal. 35. Ever work in a game store? Or do you have a favorite game shop?No and no, tbh36. Have you ever shed actual blood, sweat or tears over a game?I… don’t think so? Maybe I’ve cried over a game, but blood?? Put the controller down, y’all37. Have you played E.T. for the Atari 2600? Do you think that’s the worst game ever, or do you have another nomination?NO NO NO OVER THE HEDGE (2006) FOR THE PS2 IS THE SINGLE WORST GAME EVER MADE FIGHT ME ON THIS38. A game you’re ashamed to admit that you like?Oh lord… idk if anyone’s ever played any of Ambition’s dating sims (Dream Girlfriend, Dream Boyfriend, Animal Boyfriend, and Moe Can Change) but I’ve literally been playing them for about… 5-ish years now? They’re seriously the worst, I fucking love them 39. A sequel that you would die for them to make?Hmm… Maybe a new Kingdoms of Amalur game would be cool? 40. What to you think of virtual reality headsets or motion controls?I love VR but the last time I tried it at a friend’s place I fucking faceplanted after leaning on a counter I forgot was also virtual and the first thing my friend asked was whether the headset was ok, so that stung. As for motion controls, they’re fun but they can be a real pain41. A genre that you just can’t get into?Sports games 42. Maybe it wasn’t your first game, but what was the game that started you on your path to nerdiness?The path to what43. Ever play games when you really should have been concentrating on something else?Oh yeah, who hasn’t?44. Arcade machine that has consumed the most of your quarters?Idk if this counts but I am a MASTER at the claw machine and that stacker game. My closet is full of useless shit I’ve won from those things45. How are you at Mario Kart?OH SO FUCKING GOOD YOU HAVE NO IDEA46. Do you like relaxing games like Animal Crossing or Harvest Moon?yesssss I love them47. Do you like competitive games?I mean like I said, I mostly prefer single-player games, but I do enjoy the occasional co-op game48. How long does it take your to customize your player character?about an hour49. In games where you can pick your class, do you always tend to go for the same type of character?I actually don’t! If it’s a game I’m not confident I’ll be good at, I pick whichever class is recommended for beginners, and that changes from game to game. Alternatively, I just go through phases where I prefer a specific class above others 50. If you were a game designer, what masterpiece would you create?Christ I have no idea. Maybe a first-person escape game? idk51. Have you ever played a game for so long that you forgot to eat or sleep?NO?? DAMN ARE Y’ALL OK????52. A game that you begged your parents for as a kid?Literally any M game; my parents were strictly “No M games until you’re old enough!” I just got my brother to buy them most of the time though lol53. What’s your opinion on DLC these days?Most DLC is fine, it’s microtransactions in “pay-to-win” games that I fucking hate. 54. Do you give in to Steam sales?HAHAHAHAHA yeah absolutely 55. Did you ever make someone you hated in the Sims and did mean stuff to them?N-No??? 56. Did you ever play Roller Coaster Tycoon and kill off your guests?Ok yeah I did do that 57. Did you ever play a game to 100% or get all of the achievements?Ew no58. If you can only play 3 games for the rest of your life, which ones do you pick?Ooooh… ok, Oblivion, My Time in Portia, and Divinity 259. Do you play any cell phone games?I do! I play a lot of escape games, and uh… the Ambition games mentioned previously60. Do you know the Konami Code?Is that the up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-B-A? Huh, I never knew it had a name!61. Do you trade in your games or keep them forever?I used to trade them in occasionally, but mostly I keep them 62. Ever buy a console specifically to play one game?Yeah the Switch for BotW. Not proud of it, but it was worth it63. Ever go to a gaming convention or tournament? nah64. Ever make a TV or monitor purchase based on what would be best for gaming?Yep! 65. Ever have a Game Genie, Game Shark or Action Replay? Did it ever mess up your game’s save file?OHHHH MY GOD YEAH, I’M STILL FUCKING PISSED ABOUT IT. I had GameShark for Gameboy and PS2, but that one was fine, it didn’t cause any problems. It was ACTION FUCKING REPLAY that fucked me over. I used it for KH2 and it worked the whole time until literally THE VERY LAST XEMNAS FIGHT, when my HP bar suddenly dropped to 1??? Not my HP, mind you, the HP BAR. Meaning 1 HP was the most I could have. Literally fuck action replay >:( 66. Did you ever have have an old Nokia with Snake on it?nope67. Do you have a happy gaming-related childhood memory you want to share?I do! The very first thing I ever saved up money for to buy myself was Pokemon Crystal version. Until then I’d just been borrowing (re:stealing) my brother’s, but when I was 5 and Crystal was about to come out, my parents made me a deal that if I saved up $15, they’d pay the other $15 and I could get it! It was the first time I was working towards a fun goal, so it was all pretty exciting for 5-year-old me lol. It’s dumb, I know, but it’s something I look back on fondly68. Ever save up a ton of tickets in an arcade to get something cool?Lol nah, I think the best thing I ever got with tickets was a cheap snowglobe 69. In your opinion, best game ever made? UHHHH GOD. That’s… super tough. I’m genuinely not sure I have an answer tbh. I’m really into Divinity 2 right now but best game ever made?? Idk! that’s a hard one!!!! 70. Very first game you ever beat? I won’t lie, it was Spongebob: Supersponge on GBA

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"A Celebration in Animation: The 100 Greatest Cartoon Characters in Television History" by Marty Gitlin and Joe Wos

Synopsis: Few morose thoughts permeate the brain when Yosemite Sam calls Bugs Bunny a "long-eared galoot"or a frustrated Homer Simpson blurts out his famous catchphrase "D'oh!". A Celebration in Animation explores the best-of-the-best cartoon characters from the 1920s to the twenty-first century. Casting a wide net, it includes characters both serious and humorous and ranging from silly to malevolent. But all the greats gracing this book are sure to trigger nostalgic memories of care-free Saturday mornings or after-school hours with family and friends in front of the TV set. 

Published: 2018 (Lyons Press) Genre: Non-fiction, pop culture, ranked list Rating: 3.5 out of 5

WARNING: There are some spoilers in this review (they don't mention the ranking of the shows I'll mention, just the shows themselves). The cover of the book already spoils things in this regard, but just in case you want to read this yourselves, you may want to skip reading this review until then! :D

Reader Review: Okay, so at this point, I'm literally going to start making a new tag/sub-series of reviews called "judging a book by its cover", because yet again, that's what I did. Heck, I'll even go back to my old reviews and tag them as such I went back to my old reviews and tagged them as such. Working at a library is a blessing and a curse in this regard... Anyway, my allure to this book's cover came from Teen Titans' Beast Boy being smack-dab on it. And with my undying love for the original Teen Titans series, I was instantly curious as to what ranking he'd been awarded (THAT, I will spoil; it'll be in the tags). And I've always had a love of both cartoon history and countdown lists, so this book was right up my alley anyway. 

Now, as much as the internet likes to make fun of WatchMojo on Youtube ("Top Ten Anime Betrayals" memes, anyone?), you have to admit that you yourself have watched at least one of their countdown lists, or a countdown list from someone else (ScreenRant, Looper, etc). There's something inherently interesting about putting things, specifically things we see in pop culture, in a ranked order, and the possibilities of the subjects of these lists are limitless so there's something for everyone. That being said, it drives me crazy when people get so mad or defensive about the entry order of a top 10/ top whatever number list, whether it's "How could THIS be #1???", "How could this NOT be #1???", "What about ___???", you get it. So going into reading this list of the top 100 cartoon characters in all of cartoon history, you really have to understand that these are the, albeit well-thought-out and industry-knowledgeable, OPINIONS of two people. This is not the Mayan calendar, the end-all be-all of lists. If anything, it prompts a dialogue, inviting you to hop on discussion train and talk about cartoons yourself. 

Both Marty Gitlin, a pop culture author, and Joe Wos, a cartoon illustrator, have both the professional and personal insight of the vast history of cartoons. What is very apparent, though, is that these two have come together for more of their personal love of cartoons than anything else. This didn't bother me personally, because no matter how unbiased a ranking list claims to be, there's always a little bit of bias. The two authors try to base their rankings in fact more than personal preference, and for the most part they do stay unbiased, in both obvious and non-obvious ways (for example: there is one Disney character that ranks decently higher on the list than another Disney character, which was backed by reasonings both personal and professional by the authors, since the initial reaction from anyone would probably be "...Wait, really?"). Their choices do a great job in ranging from the dawn of cartoon history with "Crusader Rabbit" and "Astro Boy" to much more recent cartoons like Archer from "Archer", Tina from "Bob's Burgers" and Korra from "The Legend of Korra", all with the same logic applied to each for why they deserved to be recognized in this book, and not necessarily why they deserve spot number whatever (although they do emphasize the rankings DO matter, but it didn't really matter a whole lot outside of the top 20). I genuinely enjoyed learning about cartoons I wasn't too familiar with, getting little blurbs and fun facts out of it, and just generally getting into the heads of Gitlin and Wos. It's clear they did their research and really applied a lot of thought to this list. After all, it's hard with ALL the cartoons characters that have existed since the early 1900s to simply pick 100. Some liberties are taken for duos, like Sylvester and Tweety and Cosmo and Wanda, but it makes sense because some exist as foils of the other to play off of each other, and their partnership is what made them stand out individually in the first place. In that regard, it's more like a top 125-ish list, but again, the authors take care in making the reasonings make sense. Plus there's a foreword from SpongeBob voice and overall voice-acting marvel Tom Kenny, which is a nice treat that whets our appetite for what this book will unveil.

That being said, this book is very much a first draft that should have had some more time to be edited before release. It's enough sometimes to be overlooked; in the beginning of each new ranking, there's a bio for each character (Created by:____ Debuted in: ___ Voiced by: ____), but rather than a new blurb starting on a new line, there are sometimes two blurbs that exist on the same line. Again, not the worst thing ever. But then there are some that are just impossible to let go; there's literally a ranking (within the ranking) of Pinky and the Brain's most ridiculous "Take over the world" schemes, and there's randomly a line about Racer X of "Speed Racer" fame that is clearly not supposed to be in this ranking, let alone in this ranking's ranking. Consistency is also an issue. For a book about cartoons, there's a big lack of them in this book. Every ranked character, I assumed, would have its own picture to visually show the reader who the character is in a "show, don't tell" kind of way, but that was very much not the case for a large amount of characters. The most logical answer to this could've been that there were copyright issues where the authors couldn't obtain permission to use their images, but several Disney characters appear visually in the book, despite Disney being notoriously stingy about sharing their characters in mediums they don't helm themselves. And where we get a cartoon character visually for #1-45, we don't get any pictures at all for a straight 15 rankings afterwards. For a ranked list about a visual medium, I would've loved to have seen who they were talking about, instead of Google image searching who certain characters were (like I had no idea who Beany and Cecil were before this book, and had to provide my own visual representation). It's just an odd choice for a cartoon book to exclude... cartoons. Though what's more odd are some images they did include. There are a couple of weird choices of photos, like the French TV poster for "Pokemon" that says "Le Film" under a screenshot of Pikachu, and the tiniest picture ever of "Crusader Mouse" obscured by the title sequence. Again, Googling these characters myself showed me better results than the book did. 

Finally and most importantly, character information is straight-up wrong. I know I said they do their research-- and they do-- and the authors are obviously not expected to know everything about every character offhand, but where they get tiny details and industry notes spot-on, they get the absolute simplest character information so unusually incorrect. There are two notable examples in my copy of the book. The first one is in Fat Albert's entry, where it states "Cosby Kid Tito is killed by a stray bullet intended for his older brother, who had joined a gang" (Uh... Fat Albert spoilers?). But it's actually Tito's younger brother Fernando who is shot and killed because the older brother who joins a gang is "Cosby Kid Tito". I know the piece is about Fat Albert the character and not Tito, but why bring this up if you don't even use the correct character to mention how progressive the show was to justify Fat Albert's place on the list? The second one is for the Powerpuff Girls regarding Blossom's physical description. It reads: "Blossom boasted light brown hair with a large blow and featured a short cape tied behind her pink dress and black belt." UMMMMMMM. I was so absolutely confused by this one line I had to look up various shots of her character model in case I somehow forgot that she had a cape, and to clarify, she absolutely does not have a cape (unless for specific episodes where's she dressing up outside of her normal attire). Did the authors think her hair was a cape? Did they mistake one episode where she wore a cape for the entirety of the series where she doesn't wear one? NO CAPES (CHECK OUT INCREDIBLES 2 IN THEATRES JUNE 15TH). Also... light brown hair? What adds insult to injury, besides the well-established fact that she has RED hair, is that this character description is written RIGHT NEXT TO A PICTURE OF THE POWERPUFF GIRLS TO PROVE THAT THAT IS NOT TRUE. Honestly, I'll give leniency where it's due for taking on the task of ranking and going in-depth on the origins and noteworthy points of a character, but no one prompted them to make this list. If you're going to talk in-depth about a character, fact-checking is your best friend. This is simple research, or simple picture-looking.

Overall, it's a fun book that helps you brush up on your cartoon history and send you into a state of nostalgia. I do wish there were more than the ten or so characters from Japan, Canada or the UK that appear on this list, but again, it's a book written in America that tends to look at the influence of said cartoons in American history, and asking someone to examine every cartoon character in the WORLD is a daunting, if not impossible task. I do also disagree with the fact that the list starts with #1 and descends from there. I find it more fun to build up to that #1 spot, because who really wants to read who #100 is when you know who #1 is already? I actually read this book backwards because of this, and found it much more satisfying to see the #1 spot by the "end". But I don't think there will be any dispute with who the top 30 or so cartoons are, but even if there are, that's the fun of ranked lists like this: if you disagree, just make your own list! It's all in good cartoon fun.

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Finding Your People

Okay so this is like, a long-winded love letter to The Annoyance Theatre NY or some shit. Maybe you’ll read this and maybe you’ll be like “whoa I could love that place too” and you’ll come take classes to learn, sure, but also to meet these people and let them blow your mind with how nice and good and nuts they all are. Taking classes at The Annoyance helped me find my place and find my people. It’s the sort of place that feels like that cardboard box episode of Spongebob, and when you’re in this small little box you’re going on the craziest adventures imaginable and anyone outside just hears all the giggling and these people are the sort of people who will encourage you to do what you want as long as you do it as hard as you possibly can. If you’re looking for your place and your people, they’ve probably been waiting for you in this murder basement the whole time.  This is all relevant because as of March 31, 2017, the theatre will be taking a lil break (see also: closing until further notice) and time runs short for you to blast off into the stratosphere with these folks and boy will you look like a dumb lil fucker if all this ends and ten years down the road Marc Maron’s like “Who’re your guys?” and you say anyone but “Annie Donnely’s bare ass.” 

PART 1: New York Money About a year ago I did whole thing where you move to New York without considering the full picture of the future of your finances. I turned down a very nice offer from my good friends’ company to move to the city for comedy et al. I got a copywriting internship.

Before work even started I signed up for Annoyance classes. I had money saved. I had a paid internship. Money is easy and I am king. (Note: Since birth I’ve had the stupid luck of having an older brother who likes doing all the same things I do and is the funniest person I know and you all know this but for the people in the back I’ll just remind you he was here before me and I wouldn’t know about the Annoyance without him because he was all like ya gotta go it’s nuts so that’s how I ended up here.)

Annoyance class (AP1) was dope. Sara Burkhalter was great. I was learning basics that I had long forgotten/never actually learned. There was that one guy who always wanted to make scenes about butts and boobs and full on bit my leg once. I met these cool cats Juj, Brendan, and Lena. Juj and I did a really nice scene about laundry. Brendan and Lena became a thing and I officially had friend hot goss which is a sure sign of feeling at home. New York city is easy and I am king.

And then, at the end of January, I got my first intern paycheck. I stupidly wore a blazer to work. I don’t know why I did this. Maybe to look cool when making advertising money. But I do know I grossly underestimated New York taxes and what interns make and immediately realized that this was not nearly enough money to do much of anything. I believe that same day I also learned how much I owed in taxes. It was a lot. Maybe because my senior year of college I just forgot to pay them. 

So that Friday a sad boy got on the train home to his sublet (hardly able to focus on Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk) fully intending on watching the rest of iZombie and not talking to anyone all weekend, because that’d be too expensive. 

And you know, I was sort of letting loose this internal monologue of self loathing (why’d you move here, you’re nothing, the world can’t wait to forget you, etc. etc.) and just really beating myself up and I’m looking at the stops ticking down on the L and I’m thinking that I don’t actually want to go home because that sounds sad and tinder-y and I remembered this Friday night jam at The Annoyance I’d had on my calendar for three weeks but had little intention of ever actually going. And now I’m sweating and shoving my book back into my coat and internally trying to football-coach-at-halftime-during-the-big-game myself, you know, like mentally shouting about how if I’m not even trying to do anything outside of classes then why even move here and all that. 

So I marched my ass down Bedford to make the 7pm Dog Fight in my dumb little camel hair blazer to go pay $5 (it doesn’t cost money anymore! you gotta come!) and do whatever Dog Fight was. 

PART 2: Dog Fight

I was very awkward. Mostly silent. It was very empty (as it always is until halfway through the show). I got a beer (so you can’t do that anymore but you should still totally come) and put my name in the dog bowl and maybe floated on the edge of a conversation of strangers for a second before I took a seat and waited, trying not to think about how dumb I was starting to feel with the blazer on. The show starts – Danny Groh blasts on stage shouting and yelling, and Dara stands next to him holding Oakley The Dog and the playful scowl she always has with Danny. 

They go through the pre-show spiel: Bar in the back, bathroom to the side, stairs over there, and yo yo I’m Danny Groh(!!!!). They call the names out of the dog bowl. I might’ve been in the first group, I don’t remember. But I get called up and I’m all nervous about this dumb blazer and I consider taking it off especially when Danny is making a fuss about it, but then as the other names get called, I meet a tall fucking guy with a bowtie and a devilish so and so with a beard and a blazer. These were Clay and Sander, respectively, and now the blazers were A Thing. 

We get the suggestion, Clay and I go out for the first scene, and we’re both just leaning against opposite sides of the stage. I say, “Just a couple a guys, trying on clothes.” Bowtie matches the false bravado voice I’m using and says, “Just trying on clothes, couple a guys.” And we’re off to the races. I’m so excited, just leaning against the wall. I start thinking that this is a scene I might’ve done with Chad, Harrison, Anna, Lauren, any of those Midnight Book Club babes, like oh boy god this is fun, this dumb little scene saying “Couple a guys! Tryin’ on clothes!” weirder and weirder. And then Sander walks into the scene and asks if we need anything. Clay says, “We’re just a couple a guys and we need some clothes to try on!” and Sander hits the same silly note and says, “Just one store clerk helping a couple a guys try on some clothes!” and it’s so stupid reading on the page but I gotta tell you that this was euphoric. (Other scenes that stick out from this group of people were: Army Guys At War But Also Going Through Breakups, President Fight, and just a scene I believe was general shouting.)

Dog Fight used to have a winner that was chosen by Oakley The Dog. We’d do musical chairs to decide where to sit, we’d appeal to Oakley one last time, and Dara would let her loose. Whoever she chose would come back the next week as a group. I went up because Sander saw that I was new and is great at including people. Oakley chose me probably because I was sweaty and smelled. But I was very happy about it. And then Oakley The Dog kept choosing us. For something like six weeks. 

I feel like Willem Dafoe in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou when it comes to Dog Fight. I’ve tried to tell Danny and Dara and Oakley The Dog what it’s meant to me, but I can never get it across. I found myself just wanting to shout: “You don’t understand! I didn’t just like it!” at them. Because if I hadn’t gone to Dog Fight I would’ve never met Sander and Clay and if Oakley hadn’t kept picking us I would’ve found a reason to not go to Dog Fight but she chose us some five weeks in a row and it basically become habit at that point. Dog Fight was what I did on Friday nights, no question about it. It was church. And the rules were yell TFE really loud when someone nails a Tight Fucking Edit on a scene, yell for the doctor when you just wanted to see a doctor enter a scene, yell at Danny and Dara for talking too long at the top. And if I hand’t gone to Dog Fight steadily for something like a year I wouldn’t have met Shannon and Charlie and Dan and Jessika and Deanna and Maya and Sophia and Justin and Lizzie and Jason and Nico and Daniela and Caitlin and and all these dang people and when I met Kiran and Andrew and Adam in class I was like man you gotta come Dog Fight on Friday night is the place to be, it’s the only place you gotta be because it’s where everyone is and after we’re going to The Lucky Dog after to “get a drink” which almost always turned into “getting very drunk.” and the crowd started getting bigger and bigger, growing from just a few of us to being nothing short of an exodus down Bedford at 8pm on the dot.

PART 3: So On And So Forth

There’s more to the story, like how I basically wrote Murder in Middle America so I had a reason to hang out with my new friends more, or how we came up with the concept for The Moon Crew one night at Lucky Dog when Sander told us about his first date ice breaker of “would you rather go on a 3 month trip, all expense paid, to Europe or go to The Moon” or how Clay basically set the musical mood (and let us use some of his amazing music) for Chad and I’s movie, Something Fun or how, just this past weekend, I had the most fucking fun watching John Wick 2 with these assholes and spending the rest of the night both reliving and shitting on the movie like we were little kids who just saw an action movie for the first time. 

The point is: All of a sudden I had a home. I had friends. And it’s amazing how much nicer a place can get when you have friends.  The Annoyance Theatre NY is a place very close to my heart and in its last days I hope you come by and get weird with us. We’ll love you to the moon and back. For classes and shows: https://theannoyancenewyork.com/

[geek-gem]

I said to myself well I think yeah I’m gonna make this since seeing this SpongeBob moment finally as a meme on DeviantArt and just spoilers for the FNAF series such as Sister Location and other things. Also the last part just the last part is funny to say even if I kept saying the original saying.

*Mr. Brooks uses his right arm to taps Michael Afton’s left shoulder and he turns around to see Mr. Brooks and Mrs. Brooks crying but just tears down their cheeks yet their faces are filled with rage*

Mr. Brooks: Do you think this is funny.

Michael Afton: Well in a dark way yes.

Mr. Brooks: Well then mr funny man, ARE THESE PICTURES FUNNY AND OUR SON IS IN THEM TOO! ALSO LOOK AT THOSE BLUEPRINTS!

Michael Afton: What they seem like normal taken pictures and my blue prints for the Circus Baby And Friends cast OH MY GOODNESS!

*See’s the pictures are of children brutally murdered, and stuffed inside animatronics, the blue prints revealing the details of the animatronics, and Michael Brook’s corpse is shown too. With William making a peace sign and himself in front of it too. Then a shot of his sister's own corpse too next to Baby*

Michael Afton: DADDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I decided to add in the blue prints thing and sorry for some what or not just those spoilers tried to not say everything. I've been wanting to make this a bit with Michael Afton just enraged at this dad and other shit. Some dark humor and also used some of the FNAF The Silver Eyes characters too.

Despite the ideas of theories like Michael super depressed and doing anything to please lp took third e out from please. But doing anything for his father or it being so difficult to love him. I just keep having this idea of Michael has a huge hatred of his father hence stuff like the idea of him having tattoos of his brother and sister on his arms which I talked about in the last FNAF post. Also despite some reasons why William could of had four children. I've been thinking of going with three making Michael the older brother from FNAF4. Yet I'm still thinking it's just some one's comics and drawings and ideas have got me thinking why. Yet in a way it seems like too much characters which almost sounds stupid.

Now this here mate.

William: Why hey Michael how's it been

Michael Afton: MOTHA FUCKA YOU DESTROYED MY LIFE, YOU DESTROYED OUR FAMILY, YOU RUINED OUR LIVES YOU COCK SUCKER I'M GONNA KILL YOU IF I FEEL LIKE IT!

William: WELL YOUR JUST A WASTE OF SPERM YOU SELF HATING UNGRATEFUL FUCK TARD OF A SON I'LL KILL YOU FIRST!

Mrs. Afton: Michael let's just go besides this is just a parody thing.

Also just lp spelt I right but deleted it and along with let's but deleted that just forgot for I. But yeah this has gone for too long and I remember making this kind of thing with Henry and William like everyone knows everything and it's this shit so yeah mates hope you enjoy. So okay maybe not put tags but when I make that ns for I or just when that blog or FNAF gets made you might see more stuff like this lol mates this shit um edit lol this was very long oh long lol stop mates