#everyone is always criticizing everything smosh does

[hecoxthirst]

i've already seen people be negative about bit city... and honestly i wasn't expecting it?? i should just move on, since everyone is allowed their opinion, but it's upsetting me. idk, i liked it?? not ever single moment was equally funny but there were very good very funny moments in there and it's clear everyone is having a blast working on it so... it's a good show?? it's a good format. not every episode is gonna hit the same i'm sure, but like anthony said, this format allows them to change it up and make very episode completely different. i have high hopes for this show and i'm looking forwards to new episodes

i guess i'm just a little baby and i don't like hearing negative things about the stuff i like lol

[shesmore-shoebill]

now im curious as to how disaster!amanda would be in a courtmangelarasha situation. does she pine for the three of them and is genuinely clueless about the reciprocated feelings? is she in a constant state of ‘are they flirting with me or just fucking with me’ ?

HMMM. so the thing about throuple/quartet dynamics is imo, that adding more people to a dynamic is not an addition problem as much as it is like. algebra. yknow. or calculus. w/e. Its not just adding a person, its interplay between all parties involved and their individual and combined dynamics. So while this is probably meant lightheartedly, unfortunately, I ended up thinking extensively about logistics and the how of this, since IMO that changes what Disaster!Amanda looks like and I really want it to feel. Legit. or as legit as RPF gets lmfao.

as always, this is all about RPF amanda, not real amanda, and this is specifically about like, my version of rpf amanda.

in general I think the tricky thing about pining Amanda is that she strikes me as someone to, upon realizing her emotions, either actually have a direct, adult conversation with the person about it, or actively go "oh no". and then do everything in her power to lock that shit down.

So. Hypothetical Amanda might be less of a disaster if she had similar feelings about multiple people simultaneously, over time. I think a key part to my version of disaster!amanda is her being caught off guard, acting in a panic, and then the shitshow that spirals out from that + doubling down. Amanda developing feelings for the three of them over time without confessing to anyone, i think means by the time we hit the full quartet, Amanda would have either tried to do something about communicating, or have somewhat of a handle on how to deal with her feelings solo. (Which could be a great angst thing! But maybe less comedic by that point.)

So in a scenario where Amanda is the only one really out of the loop... hmmm. Tricky for me to immediately come up with the setup. It might need to be something similar to my S&B Courtmangela setup in which the three (Court Arasha Angela) get close and Amanda is like. Fine about it. (Smosh Mouth FOMO tattoo joke style but dialed up x5). And she's flirting with them to deal with it, and they're flirting back, and it just. Keeps escalating. I think there needs to be an element of like, maybe Amanda not realizing she likes them all that way, just knowing she's feeling kind of. Left behind. And she's flirting with them, and they flirt back, and lets be real I think Amanda is the type where if you flirt with her as a bit she Will Double Down, so it would just Keep Going. I think the angst dial is dependent on how much Amanda recognizes her feelings- either she Knows and she's going to hide it from them or die trying (devastating), or she really Doesnt Realize until it culminates in a deeply funny way. Someone is in a kiss with tongue. Shayne is losing his mind because his friend is. A fool. <3

(Angst central: Amanda starts almost exclusively flirting with them when interacting instead of holding proper conversations bc she feels. bad. and is deflecting. Courtney and Angela especially start noticing because hey. They arent clueless. What the fuck. That sucks. Maybe Arasha has to be the one to actually talk to her about it BC Courtmangela have more deeply established ties that are in further jeopardy.............)

OPTIONALLY. if the feelings towards everyone differ drastically/change over time, then it brings back in that fun element of "oh shit oh god oh fuck".

Knowing she would probably try to communicate like an adult, I think there's a lot of fun with the disaster!Amanda in this universe being Amanda not realizing her own additional feelings until comedically late/after other people have already figured it out bc she just doesn't register it as that/is misreading her own emotions/it happens WHILE SHES ALREADY dating one or two of them.

(And again, critically, flirting is happening through all this but not everyone is formally in a relationship.)

My initial instinct about this was "Amangela Courtrasha first", and then the merge. I think a hilarious route for that would be your standard Amangela story, then that all gets sorted. And some time into the relationship, Angela has figured out Amanda's feelings (and her own) towards Courtney and Arasha. + that the flirting that keeps happening is mutual. And so we get:

Angela, loves Amanda (and courtrasha), has slowly realized that Amanda Does Not Realize Her Feelings: 'and you love them too, so-'

Amanda (was staunchly in denial, thought she was safe after figuring out her feelings towards Angela): I WHAT. what. oh shit. THATS what that is???

Or we could have Courtmanda and Arangela first. For max comedy we could have Courtney assuming that Amanda DOES know and so is unbothered by Amanda and Angela acting... well........ wellll...... 👀 and Amanda feels. maybe strange about watching Courtney and Arasha together, not bad but. Strange. (Esp because Amanda has also been looking at Arasha more but maybe she doesnt admit that.) She talks to Court and Courtney compares it to her and Ang and Amanda is okay with them all being- equal, right? (they mean dating but that is lost in the convo). Amanda (clueless) goes. oh like me and ang. of course. :)

And then eventually Angela kisses Amanda and Amanda freaks out and tells Courtney and they're like. .... Amanda did you not know. Amanda tell me you knew. Amanda how did you not realize.

it all works out though. :)

Arasha and Amanda first I'm still thinking about. Maybe a FWB sitch and then... hmm. i might have spent too long on this ask as it is lmfao. ANYWAY. fun ask. sorry if this isnt what you expected.. Unfortunately to me, a 4 person dynamic is not 1 dynamic. its 5-6 dynamics in a trenchcoat.

[apurpledoor-blog]

Miel and Anthony : Thoughts  about their relationship

I think it's time to talk about this relationship a little given the recent developments.

 I don't know if you're going to like what I have to say about this or not, and I do realize that this post could be a little controversial, but personally, I always believed that everyone is entitled to have and share opinions.

Now, before we begin  I wanna clarify that, as I have stated before, I love Anthony. I have followed Smosh diligently for almost a decade now and I have obviously gotten really attached to these two boys that I have basically seen grow up on camera. I love him dearly and sincerely want the best for him, so seeing him happy is a joy no matter what. 

And if it is Miel that I have to thank for it, I gladly will. 

I'd do that with a heavy heart though, and not only because I ship Ianthony (I have shipped Ianthony since the guys were with Melanie and Kalel after all, so clearly, them being in realtionships doesn't really bother me) but because I  DO. NOT. LIKE. HER. ...at all. Am I happy that he seems to be enjoying himself ? Yes, of course I am! but pretty much in the same way a parent would be if they saw their kid finding happiness with a girlfriend/boyfriend they did not like or just thought wasn't right for them. I don't think Miel is a bad person or anything like that, luckily, that's not the case at all here, it's just that I think she is unbearably annoying. I tried to make myself like her, (you know, it's Anthony's girlfriend, and she's appearing more and more in his videos so I really, really tried) but I just couldn't. Everything about her is offputting to me. From her over the top facial expressions, to her pityful sense of humor, right down to something as trivial as her fashion sense. She is everything I would NOT want in a partner, and I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone would find her likeable. 

I don't feel anything even remotely akin to 'hate' towards her of mind you, she has done nothing bad, and she honeslty seems to be a nice person, but every single time she is on screen and says something that she thinks is supposed to be funny, I’m like

She tries way too hard, waaaay too hard to be entertaining. It feels so forced it's pratically painful, and I simply can't watch the videos without cringing. Some people are gifted with a nice sense of humor while some aren't. Unfair ? maybe but that’s just how it is.

But that's unfortunately not the only thing that feels forced and unnatural about Miel. Now, I know that  this is going to sound a bit odd to most of you (and to Anthony in particular I am ready to bet),given the fact that she presenting herself to the world as this 'hyper real and hyper genuine gal' but I am just going to say it here, I think...,that her whole 'persona' itself is very,very fake. And I get that a psychology student might have a few more tools to help them tell apart possible calculated behaviours form real personality traits, but it still seems incredible to me that no one seems to realize the fact that despise the appereances there is a lot of scheming going on inside of her head. To me it's very obvious that that is a person who  is actively and purposefully trying to sell a 'character' to people: 

  The ever so popular ''cool chick, won't to act like a girl just 'cause I am one, chil af, pseudo quirky'' character. (Which btw will probably only be in high demand only for another two or three years before everyone belonging to this category will start getting shoved back into the good old frienzone). .

The positive note is that I don't believe Miel has a secondary motives for being with Anthony (though Anthony would be a good catch for someone in her position and that's something he should always keep into consideration). I think she really does like him and that she is not faking that at all, which is nice. But,  that said, I still firmly believe think that he can find better than a woman who pees in cups, burps and curses on video and thinks she's the shit just because she's not a valley girl. Of course, I would readily (promptly!) suggest Ian if I could (you know, gorgeous boy, with an acutal sense of humor and all) but if it cannot be him, at least, I want him to get a girl that is actually worthy of him.

I would be very, very, grateful to him for that you know?  because right now I am cringing everytime I watch a vlog with her in it and watching Anthony's channel has gone from being fun to being dreadful. I could skip the videos of course, but I have watched everything else from him for years and years it'd feel weird not to know about the things he wants to share with the fanbase. Anyway it's his life and his choice. He has the right to do whatever he wants. I'll just stay right here and wait, hoping he doesn't make the same mistake again and proposes to the wrong  girl twice in a row. 

I wish him luck. ...And yes,yes.., if he finds out that she is all he could ever want in life then be it. I will support them as well as I can. But I seriously hope he won't.

Anthony Padilla, wonderful person, terrible tastes in women.

( Just to be fair though, he is not totally 'at fault' here because sure enough, if you really analyze this you can pinpoint three very obvious factors that have without a doubt conributed and are contributing to subconciously enhance his attraction for her. I would talk about that part too, but it's getting long, so I'll simply get to it another time if you want me to.). As always, these are my own opinions, and I am aware that I could be wrong (though I sincerely think I’m not). You can criticize me for criticizing her if you want, I will understand if you do that, but I hope no one gets too triggered by this.

 /forgive my grammar mistakes english is not my first (nor second) language/.