#except balloony

[cozy-tictacs]

(old art) look out its the Have-Cots!!

it was a redraw of this playful bunch 👇

and with only the GOOD PLAYERS STILL STANDING TOO 😤😤💖

[oscconfessions]

This will be a LONG one, but the amount people who think Balloony is SUDDENLY an egotistical assface after the meetup short genuinely upsets me.

There have been hints of him being rude in general throughout the show - even if it doesn't show in BFB Presplit, it's because he CARED about BEEP. Not because it was out of pity, because he actually liked them. He cared about them like they were his family. Sure, he could get a bit ignorant at times, but he liked them - he was worried when Roboty disappeared, looked after Cloudy when his bandages were stuck on him (after his revival) and quite literally looked after Rocky like he was his child. The point is, is that he's always been a bit snobby, but he's nice to those he cares about. These being BEEP, Lollipop (after BFDIA) and eventually, the post-split cast when he lets go of his grudges.

The reason why he seems so bratty out of nowhere is because the writers finally decided TO PAY ATTENTION TO HIM. He was constantly thrown over - In presplit by Leafy, stuck on a team where everyone kept getting eliminated (WHICH HE CARED ABOUT) and then in Postsplit where he was used as elimination bait to build on the other members of the team. They built on his character more instead of letting him get thrown to the side like he was a stray.

I've seen people say they're MISCHARACTERISING THEIR OWN CHARACTER, which is WRONG. Balloony has always been like this - except they finally made him more appealing to other people. They gave him more of a character instead of him being bland and generic. They've done this with several characters, such as Pillow and Ice Cube(even if I don't like them), Robot Flower and Basketball, Needle, Pencil, Blackhole, Fanny, Gaty and even One when you look at it further. JNJ has finally decided to pay better attention to other characters.

Think of Balloony as Noah TDI (which I've seen on twitter before) - a character who's typically sassy and rude, but CARES about people he likes. He's not heartless, he's just a sassy and sarcastic character which they finally built on after being disregarded for years.

From yours truly, the #1 Balloony and Cloudy fan since 2021

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[balloudycentral]

Ranking every Balloony ships because I feel like it yahoo!

LEAFLOONY/LEAFY AIRHEAD RANT BECAUSE IM BORED

Okay. You MIGHT be thinking "Piers what the FUCK aren't they toxic they literally hate each other" whilst you would be somewhat right, I think that's the fun in it. I'm very mixed on them, but I really enjoy the idea of them romantically right now as its sort of a toxic sort of thing, or maybe an AU where Balloony ends up forgiving Leafy(which i think actually happens as it says on his wiki that he's on good terms with Leafy which is during BFB 30). Their whole thing is very interesting to me - I think a good song to some them up is Nee Nee Nee by Pinocchio-P, especially during their toxic parts.

I might draw Leafloony at somepoint because I genuinely find them so interesting, how they contradict each other (with Leafy being a very heavy extrovert and Balloony being an awkward introverted character) and how Balloony had such a heavy grudge as that's apart of his character! I think if Leafy never went to find her dream island with Firey, Balloony and her might've gotten along a little (if Balloony tried) and understood each other alot better with so much free time. I'm actually a very big fan of Poly-Cots! These guys aren't really an exception :-)

(I really like lolliloony btw.. 2nd favourite balloony ship)

[tapwater118]

The Post-Split Rant, Part 1

a.k.a.: Grown Adult whines about Baby Cartoon for waaayyyyy too long

BFB Post-Split is my least favorite season of BFDI, this I make no secret. I’m gonna go episode by episode and explain why.

BFB 17

I’ll just get this out of the way now, BFB 17’s animation is the worst part about it. The animation varies wildly both in quality and in style, which is extremely jarring, especially compared to the episodes before and after. BFB 18 also has some of these problems, but it’s pretty much cleared up by BFB 19, so I won’t dwell on it much longer.

I’ll talk more about this later, but this is the start of Taco’s character getting ruined. She starts to become more of an accessory to the other contestants rather than her own person. It starts here with her babying Woody, and in later episodes transitions into chastising Blocky for whatever.

Overall, this is a pretty nothing burger episode (the challenge is boring, one team literally does nothing the whole time), so I’ll talk about Balloony because he’s about to get eliminated.

Balloony should not have been in Post-Split. Literally every character he played off of was put in TPOT, he should have been there too, where he could have stood at least a fighting chance. But in Post-Split? He is up against 13 other characters who are all past season veterans and/or fan favorites, he stood literally no chance. Maybe if they did more with him, he could have survived a couple eliminations, but they don’t. They give him this thing with Lollipop, but do nothing with it apart from Lollipop just saying “Oh we’re friends now I guess”. I was actually shocked to learn that the Post-Split cast was made based on the creator’s picks, solely because of Balloony. I want to know who at JnJ chose Balloony to be in Post-Split, and ask them why they let the writers drop the ball with him so hard.

(Also, side tangent, but did you know that one of the original ideas for the other contestants who didn’t go to Post-Split, rather than give them their own season, was to KILL THEM OFF PERMANENTLY??? Thank crust they didn’t go through with that. There’d be a Pin-shaped hole in my Pin-shaped heart.)

I don’t know how to end this section except FlowerTaco

rotting flesh yuri real

BFB 18

Beginning here is Post-Split continuously shitting on Bubble for no real reason. Here Gelatin bullies Bubble for her accent with no actual punchline other than “oh Bubble died again”. Maybe if there was an actual joke here this’d be better, but the lack of punchline makes that scene just come off as mean-spirited for the sake of it. We’ll see more like this later.

Actually, this episode has a perfect example of Post-Split’s overall writing quality: At one point, Taco mistakes Flower for Dora (continuing a bit from earlier in the episode), and pushes her off the tower, stating that TPOT contestants don’t belong there. TACO SHOULD NOT BE THE ONE SAYING THIS! She was literally there when Dora was eliminated! SHE SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN ANYONE THAT DORA IS NOT ON TPOT!!!!Having any other Have Notter make this joke would have worked so much better, but Post-Split can’t be bothered with keeping up shop like that.

BFB 19

I guess the writers realized they made Taco too much of a pity sponge near then end of Pre-Split, so here they have her just being a dick to Spongy for no real reason. She was there when Loser cut off the friendship bracelet! Holy hell did she get amnesia or something cause what??

It’s pretty obvious here that BFB 19 and 20 were meant to be one episode that got split (heh) due to time constraints, and it shows a lot more here than in 20. In 20, the points gimmick actually has a payoff, whereas it seems like it’s kinda forgotten near the end of 19. Really this episode is kinda just whatever.

There is one positive thing I will say about this episode, and that this episode actually has a great example of how Taco and Blocky’s dynamic should work, wherein Taco actually encourages Blocky to cause mischief rather than heckle him for it. Let them be a dynamic duo, Post-Split! Blocky doing dumb shit and Taco the one behind the (metaphorical) camera egging him on! (Spoiler: this does not happen)

BFB 20

No straw needed. No other comment.

Anyway here’s Ruby on the Sun when she’s supposed to be in the BRB.

Nothing really to complain about here (aside from the fandom fallout of any straw-related comments). This is genuinely one of the best Post-Split episodes (maybe THE best??), and probably one of my favorites throughout the whole series (definitely top 20 I think). The part where everyone gives up on the challenge and just starts doing dumb shit is peak BFDI.

BFB 21

One of the most nothing burger of nothing burger episodes. After coming off of BFB 20 this episode feels so so bland in comparison. Literally most of the challenge is just characters standing around talking to each other, a classic recipe for a disaster challenge. I can’t even think of any actual complaints because of how much nothing happens this episode. Uhh, I guess Taco seems extra whiny about Blocky this episode. A Post-Split classic.

The Loser song is pretty catchy tbh.

Ok, the elephant has been in the room long enough. Let’s talk about one of the three main reasons I’m making this rant. Let’s talk Taco.

Post-Split and the Complete Derailment of Taco’s Character

Taco is my favorite BFDI character, let’s just get that out of the gate. It is no coincidence that a large chunk of this rant so far has been centered around her.

In Pre-Split, Taco is a much, MUCH different character than in Post-Split. She’d do all these daring things for her team, like leading the charge for the basket even through lava which could and did kill her in BFB 1, to dropping down from an in flight rocket in space to try and save her team from the twinkle in BFB 6. She is “bold and courageous”, by Lollipop’s own words.

How she handles these tangible trials is in stark contrast to how she handles trials of emotion, in that she doesn’t. She bottles up her true feelings and emotions, and sidesteps any emotional issue she may have in hopes that it’ll resolve itself. You can see this clearly during her conversation with Bell in BFB 10, and with Barf Bag in BFB 13. Taco tries to just say sorry to Bell and get the twinkle incident done and done with (much to Bell’s chagrin). When Barf Bag brings up Taco’s teammates, Taco tries to deflect, and when Barf Bag keeps pushing the issue, Taco just ditches the conversation entirely.

BFB 15 cements this for me, when Four gives her her happy thought, and she says she doesn’t know how to feel about it. Taco is completely out of touch with her emotions, and this is why she lets her situation with Book get as bad as it does, because she just can’t cope with her feelings and would rather just wait and have everything blow over (like it evidently does during the split).

This contrast of a bold, courageous, honestly leader-type character who cannot for the life of her come to face not only her own emotions but the ones of those around her is just so, so compelling to me. This is why Taco is my favorite character.

And then Post-Split throws all of this away.

Post-Split does absolutely nothing with Taco’s character. She is constantly whining whenever one of her teammates (usually Blocky) so much as blinks the wrong way, and the most she ever does challenge-wise is moving some clouds around as part of a gag. And it’s not like anything precedented this change; she never really resolved her and Book’s issues, there was no moment for this kind of character progression. The writers just forgot how to write Taco. And that makes me sad.

I’m honestly thankful she was eliminated relatively early. Means less time to butcher her character.

Speaking of BFB 22, that’s where I’ll start the next part of the rant. I have some choice words for that episode in particular. I’ll also get to the second main reason I’m making this rant: Firey and Leafy.

Part 2

[machlover54666]

again ive opened ibis paint (anything to not do my hw- /j)

i made this around last month

and uhhhh

we already had esther cookie so now we have the entire little star cast as cookies (except crispin bc i forgot him at time of drawing 😭)

IDK under Serena bc i dont think i drew her right :[

I DONT THINK I DREW TARA RIGHT EITHER

tags and such under keep reading 🏃‍♀️

Esther, Sunny, Artesia, Cambina, Jack, Gloria, Yoyo, Stamps, Balloony, Connor (I FORGOT CRISPIN OOPS), Serena, Dr. Crow and Iris - @callmeend / @littlestar-center

Daria - @umaisho

Loucky - i made them :]

Autumn, Sparks and Caramella, Tara - @thatonewizard1806

Boomie - @a-rand0m-bl0g

Lily - @noddlewhodoodles

Rhonda - @i-ate-all-of-my-toes

erm tell me if u want to be untagged o_O

[applesaucify]

can we have more information on them?

i dont have much information about em lorewise but uhhh here’s some stuff about their like. species(???) i guess

floaters (the silly balloon entity) can only have the happy or sad face, and the faces also only drawn in either black or white ink :]

the faces dont have to represent their personality, balloons with sad faces can be the happiest fella on earth if ya want

the balloons can also be any color and have any pattern yay yippee yay

floaters usually have 2-5 balloons for their heads, but floaters with 4-5 balloons are rare

the part of them that is uhhh. like flesh and skin and stuff usually varies from shades of grey, black, and white. the balloony rubbery bits of them can be any colors :3 any bit of them can be balloony / flesh, they could be fully balloon or fully flesh (except for the head) if you wanted

for clothes they just. wear whatever ^_^

other stuff uhhh. they can’t speak so they usually communicate with their own sign language / body language. you could probably teach them human sign language

different balloons can have like. different personalities, though multiple balloons can be the same personality. if that makes sense

they like interacting with other entities and humans most of the time :] if you’re mean you get dragged to the partygoers bye bye

[littlestar-center]

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The Current characters you can talk to are.. (everyone? is on break.)

(You can also talk to The Narrator!) You can also talk to Sunny, Though, he might not respond.

(Every 5 unanswered/skipped asks you will be blessed with the truth..)

Quick rundown for new comers except I’m not serious as I should be (autism)

Artesia ☀︎- She is a shy artist (at least she’s told) that carries around a small sketchbook and draws the most eye catching things she notices. Drawing is her everything! She is an easy target and very gullible, often having trouble standing up for herself.

Jack ☀︎- A trickster and has the confidence of a God, oftentimes pulling pranks on the others around him, despite being pretty rude and rough apon first meeting, he’d soften up if you give him a chance, probably has the energy and humor of a middle schooler with great (inappropriate) music taste. Even the most beloved creators has a horrible creation and it’s him.

Cambina - Watches carefully over everyone’s moves, is really vague and will most likely leave you in a state of overthinking. She just likes looking over people and can’t bare being alone, kinda wishes she was a real toon.

Gloria ☀︎- Most likely ate the food you told people not to touch but replaces it always. Author, burnt out but also has motivation. Likes singing as a hobby but she wouldn’t do it if you asked her too, 4th most likely to drown a child in strawberry syrup (what am I typing)

Stamps - Ever get a pop up ad? Would come out of thin air to tell you something, would talk a lot but would probably be bombed by Jax again. Would defend you better than a lawyer being paid 7 bucks a second. He would die with your secrets

Balloony ☀︎- (by my sister) he is playful + funny (can make jokes in Morse code (weird flex))

Yoyo ☀︎- THE MINOAUR. Doofus, if you asked him what 11x2 was He would still need a piece of paper, most likely has a to do list and yearns for badges. “Boy Scouts code number —“. ADHD. Needs glasses but keeps breaking them and 9/10 he has undiagnosed autism.

Connor - the baker (NOT COSMO) the cooker (NOT GAY.) “nice” is an understatement, being around him would make your day (mainly because he makes free food) no enemies, because he poisoned them all, has years worth of rage stored up inside of him but when he’s mad he thinks “why are you over reacting” before dancing to breakcore

Crispin - Everyone already said it, Western.(def lives on a barn) Somewhat sweet and tart, would load up his double barrel shotgun and put it in your mouth if you tried to drink him. Provides most of the food in the little star center!

Serena ? - This sorrowful siren isn’t technically apart of the little star center, disconnected from the others, she tries her best to get by. Normally she would have a snarky attitude towards you and would sing songs to hypnotize you, so watch out! Serenas jewelry is her most prized possessions! She is the only siren in her family (her 2 sisters and father). Sunny keeps close eye on her.

Dr. Crow ? - The Doctor of the toons, also a Potion-brewer! She has the power to heal most pains, emotionally or physically with the perfect mixture of ingredients. She lives in a hut and actually does have a crow companion! Sunny keeps close eye on her. Iris ☀︎- (The Minour part two!) this over curious, lovesick toon. There is no true purpose to her existence, but she gets along well with the others! She is fairly clingy and will often need reminders for personal space. She is the only toon with a diary! 

Tee ? - Being her pushy obnoxious self is normal practice, This toons favorite person is herself! Even though she seems to not truly understand who she is yet, her friends will always be there to help and support her. With her inconsistent show running and her many skills, she is sure to leave a smile on your face!

Lucky ☆- Lucky is an Optimistic but yet very logical toon, her presence alone makes others feel fortunate! Born under a unfortunate but lucky star, she has been blessed with a power to make her planting and weather dreams a reality! Shes often a much calmer toon! 

☀︎ Sunny ☀︎- Lovely all mighty.. He gatekeeps rather he's a witch or a Wizard, he would appear when someone had a problem, He would tackle tough topics, He doesn't spend much time with the others because he's a loner (he would if he did he just doesn't becaus-), He has once had a wife/love interest that is always brought up in very vague ways, He can fly by using clouds, he's the smartest in the team, He loves the water (just sitting in the sunset/sunrise, watching the water), He acts as a Guide since he knows most, he likes drawing and writing on walls. Worst person to have on your bad side. Keeps everything and everyone safe, after all, you need the sun right?

Friend Made Ocs-

Daria - ‘Daria is one adventurous gal! She loves to create fun quests for people to take up. Since she never backs down from a challenge, it means she can be a little overconfident at times—often saying things she’ll never actually do. But, either way, she’ll be your guiding light throughout any task.’ ~ @umaisho

Loucky the computer ? - MINOR - computer but unfortunately stupid as hell at times (damaged system). Yaps in python, responds in python ~ @machlover54666

Autumn the Pumpkin - Autumn is a young, energetic pumpkin. He enjoys doing lots of dangerous activities, and enjoys the thrill of it. Autumn inspires children to face their fears! (Rundown one)

Autumn ? - This kid’s got guts. Rushing into any dangerous situation without hesitation, he’ll do anything just for the thrill of it. In case something goes wrong, he’s always equipped with his water gun. He never really needs it though, because it’s just a water gun. He may seem fearless, but truly, he has a lot more worries than he lets on. (Rundown two) ~ @thatonewizard1806

Sparks and Carmella ? - Nobody knows where they came from. They just showed up one day. Sparks is excited and joyful almost constantly, running around recklessly and always getting into trouble, while Carmella is an elegant and refined one, who would rather stay inside all day. These two are commonly with Autumn when he’s not busy on some bizarre scheme. ~ @thatonewizard1806

Tara ? - Tara is often working on some dangerous experiment. She’s gone kind of insane and has some… odd theories, to say the least. To be completely honest, she’s probably the least trustworthy person in the entire center. ~ @thatonewizard1806 AGAIN.

Boomie ? - He is a chill and laid back dude who will stand up for and protect others whenever needed, despite this, he refuses to use physical violence of any sort ~ @a-rand0m-bl0g

Rhonda - Rhonda is your completely normal toon! For a radio, she isn't that talkative around other people. For some reason, she can't remember where she came from! She's too busy with her awesome radio talk show, "Radiohead Rhonda" to care about that. She's mostly found at the station. There'll be a chance she calls people "callers", don't read too much into it. ~ @i-ate-all-of-my-toes / @not-iaaomts-rp-blog (Is on break! Please refrain from sending asks!)

Icelyn ? - Icelyn is an egotistical ice cube. Who loves exploring Anywhere with snow! She isn’t the biggest fan of human interaction. But she does love someone. But NEVER under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. LET ICELYN AROUND IRIS. SHIT WILL HIT THE FAN. ~ @four-corners-dude

Collan ? - "Collan is one lazy too- ..wait, why am I even writing this..? I don't get paid for this!" ~ @jackoffalope-2

ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁 .ᐟ ꩜˚.Seeya₊˚𖤐~.

[gemini526sdumptruck]

Ok so I said this a few days ago, and I decided that I actually did want to draw this out. I thought it could be fun.

Now to hopefully avoid confusion I want to make something ABSOLUTELY clear.

To give some context, before BFB became a thing, everyone used to make up their own personalities for the (now former) RCs, and I was one of them. I even featured them in my old sketchbooks from middle school.  Of course, when BFB came around, we were all excited that these RCs were given personalities. Though I joined the internet much too late to show people how I used to portray them.

But when I talked about it the other day, I figured maybe it isn't too late to do so. After all, as long as I gave context people would understand right? So I decided to make this, mostly for my own enjoyment and to revisit those memories.

I also used to portray a few characters here as a different gender, but for the purposes of this I'm gonna leave some of the character's genders ambiguous.

I want to clarify this is not me rewriting characters, it is simply just a drawing I made of how I portrayed these characters before BFB for fun.

With that said, here's how I used to portray all these characters (based on what I drew and/or wrote in my old sketchbooks from like late 2016):

Cake I used to see as the cutesy one who loved pink and plushies. They also really liked making friends. I even made a small comic once about Cake inviting others to hang out with them at their house.

Gaty I saw as an artist with a southern accent.

Balloony I saw as a silly little jokester who liked to make others laugh.

Basketball I saw as a jock. Not like a mean one but like an overly energetic "dude-bro" one.

Lollipop was kinda the same as she was now except she was more blunt. I think that might've been from her one appearance in BFDIA.

Cloudy I saw as a typically bashful fellow with frequent mood swings. I kinda demonstrated those mood swings in my Cloudy doodles pic.

Lighting I saw as the cool guy who thinks he's the best.

Robot Flower I saw as almost identical to Flower, though Robot Flower would always brand herself as the "cooler" Flower.

Roboty….uh….existed.

Remote I saw as like a cheery and charismatic object show host who loved batteries.

I kinda just used alexlion0511’s (Marker’s recommender I think) portrayal of Marker as my portrayal of Marker. I watched his videos a lot back then.

Pie I saw as like the average one, not contributing much to things, in fact the most exciting thing they did was blow up. Eggy was their bestie.

Eggy was like the chipper but injury prone one. That's why they wear that bandage.

Pillow was the sleepy one.

TV I saw as like a cohost who always wanted to help out. They didn’t speak but they communicated using random clips of things. Maybe they were the cohost to my old interpretation of Remote?

Bracelety was the same as she ended up being. An Ice Cube fan lol.

8 Ball didn’t just not have a favorite number, he didn’t have a favorite anything. He was Mr. Basic.

Barf Bag was the stupid one (bit ironic now lol).

Clock was the know-it-all egotist. I think it was from his "Watches are wanabes" line. Perhaps maybe he felt superior and wanted everyone to know it lol.

Taco was basically like "the quirky main protagonist of a show where nothing goes right for them".

Fanny hated everyone and everything and isolates themselves from everyone else. They’re hurting and they’re lonely. Why were they hurting? Idk ask 11 year old me.

Grassy is for the most part the same as what he ended up being, just a fair bit more playful. He specifically liked to play hide and seek with Tree.

Tree was the calm and friendly father figure to Grassy.

Bell was like that one person who would sing about how great their morning was, about how the sun was shining and the birds were chirping. Basically all rainbows and sunshine and a singsong voice.

Bottle I never actually cared about so I didn’t actually portray Bottle as anything, but put her in here out of obligation.

The only real thing I did with Firey Jr. was make him the bratty son to Firey.

Naily was the tough jerk who always went after the “weaklings”. Saw was Naily's right-hand person. Saw tries to act tough, but they're not really tough at all. And Black Hole I saw as this wise all-powerful god that everyone went to for advice.

[object-show-analysis]

Leafy’s behavior changes in early bfb, and what elimination did for her.

It’s Leafy’s birthday! So I thought it was only fair I did a quick analysis on her. Nothing too special. Just some things I noticed that I thought were interesting.

Now Leafy is a Very complex character and there’s definitely a lot to cover when it comes to her. So let’s start with something relatively simple: her behavior in early BFB.

Now from a basic standpoint, Leafy’s behavior early in episodes 1 and 2 seems relatively normal from what we know about her character. She’s sweet, kind, and a little bit overbearing. And we see a lot of that in those episodes.

Except there’s more to this behavior of hers, especially considering where she was the past two previous seasons.

See Leafy causing well-meaning harm or being a bit too overbearing is normal for her. But we had never seen it get that extreme. Her insistence on gaining new friends was almost obsessive. She would get upset and lash out when someone didn’t immediately consider her a friend. She painted herself as a kind and caring savior to those who she believed needed her help, even when that help wasn’t needed or wanted.

But it makes sense, doesn’t it? Leafy had spent the past two seasons (BFDIA and IDFB) completely isolated. In the last episode of BFDI she managed to lose everything. Her friends, her family, her home. It was all gone.

She was forced to retreat into yoyle land, a place where we know plants can’t naturally survive, leading to her consuming the yoyle berries that turned her metal. She was surrounded by people who wanted her dead, and would punish anyone who brought her back to life. Any attempt at contacting her old friends was met with aggression and attempts on her life.

So Leafy wasn’t doing too great the past few seasons. But with the sudden drastic increase in BFB’s cast, Leafy had another chance.

New people, who didn’t know Leafy as the person who stole everything. It was a clean slate. And Leafy tried her best to show them that she could be a good leader, and a good friend.

But in that desperation, she made a lot of mistakes. She was paranoid. Marking down those on her team who she deemed “not loyal”.

She was also desperate to please. Too desperate. Eventually leading to the death of Balloony.

This results in Leafy’s elimination. But honestly? Leafy getting eliminated was probably the best thing that ever happened to her. Leafy tore herself apart trying to please the new BFB contestants in hopes that she’d have someone that didn’t hate her. So going to the EXIT, which was only occupied by Pencil at the time, did a lot of good for her.

We don’t see a lot of the EXIT until Leafy eventually rejoins, but when we do see her, she seems a lot better.

That obsessive nature that we saw in episodes 1 and 2 is gone. She’s a lot calmer. She seems to act a lot more like her old self.

She also seems to be on good terms with her fellow eliminated contestants. None of them are especially mean to her. Even the contestants who knew her back in BFDI. She even seems to be on comfortable terms with Four himself, addressing them informally within the EXIT.

It seems like the EXIT is really what Leafy needed to calm herself down. To take time and build up relationships with people slowly, for the sake of building relationships, and not to prove herself as a good person.

When Leafy returns to the game, some of that early BFB behavior returns with her. But it’s different now.

She’s calmer. Less jumpy. More focused on being on good terms with her team.

And Interestingly enough, her focus now mainly seems to be on rebuilding the broken relationships that she has with her old friends.

Leafy is greeted by Coiny. Coiny is naturally very empathetic and from this point on works hard to make Leafy feel included in the team. Which helps her out a lot.

From there she attempts to interact with Pin, Needle and Firey. With varying levels of success. But it is interesting to note that all of them seem to be her old friends. She doesn’t put nearly as much effort into interacting with members of The Losers that she doesn’t already know.

I do think it’s really very interesting the way Leafy’s behavior changes as time goes on. I will definitely be going more in depth to her earlier/later behavior. But it’s important to take a lot of time when it comes to Leafy, as there is a Lot to cover.

Happy Birthday Leafy <3

[sparks-au-box]

AU Masterpost

Cancelled AUs and AUs that are on hold/being rewritten will NOT be put here.

Spellbook AU:

Flower finds a spellbook in Yoyle City and gives it to X, who uses one of the spells in it.

It corrupts Book, Firey Jr. Bubble, Clock, Balloony, Blocky, Fries, and Remote, who then kill Two.

The corrupted characters are left to their own devices afterwards, and they cause chaos with all of the other contestants.

Stick Labs AU:

Basically, Sticky manages to capture all of the objects in Objectopia to experiment on them. That's kind of it right now.

Possession Party AU:

One day, Gloria wakes up and sees a mist-like ghost in front of her. It offers her a deal and she accepts. It shakes her hand, tells her she made a bad choice, and possesses her.

Then, said ghost proceeds to get their ghost friends to possess the Greens.

Possessed Gloria is called Egotism, Bill is Doubt, Tilly is Unconcern, Nancy is Carelessness, Cricket is Spite, and Alice is Rage.

It's also a crossover between some other Disney cartoons! :)

Perfectly Standard Elevator AU:

Molly, Luz, Anne, Cricket, Louie, Star, Mabel, and Wander are kidnapped and forced to go through an almost comically long elevator.

Friends will be made, trusts will be broken, and other things of varying angst levels will happen.

Blue Plants AU:

Objectopia's skies have turned green, and strange blue seeds are raining down from the sky, growing on anyone who get hit by one, and controlling them.

So, the survivors have to save them.

Amphibia Objectopia AU:

Instead of being teleported to Amphibia, Anne, Marcy, and Sasha are teleported to Objectopia.

Anne is transported to Rootbeeria, Sasha is sent to Orangecandle, and Marcy ends up in Coffeeveina.

Big City Swap AU:

Big City Greens swap AU. :D

Cricket swaps with Tilly, Bill swaps with Nancy, Gloria swaps with Chip, Remy swaps with Andromeda, and Alice is chilling for now because I don't know who to swap with her.

Post-Apocalypse AU:

A great apocalypse has raged across Amberth (the planet Objectopia is on).

Only small groups of objects from each city and sub-country in Objectopia remain.

Elemental Battlegrounds AU:

Characters from my fandoms can use elements from Elemental Battlegrounds. Sometimes they fight each other, sometimes they fight enemies.

Adventure AU:

Anne and Cricket adventure through multiple different kingdoms, helping people and fighting off threats.

Time Travel AU:

Khan Academy Badge, Lollipop, and Paint Bucket are time travelers.

May or may not also be connected with the canon Objectopia.

Wizard SpongeBob AU:

SpongeBob is a wizard! :D

Plankton is an evil sorcerer who is always planning on taking SpongeBob down and ruling Bikini Bottom. He tends to fail, though.

Big City Greens Amphibia AU:

Tilly, Cricket, and Remy are transported to Amphibia.

Tilly ends up with the frogs, Cricket with the toads, and Remy with the newts.

Big City Frogs AU:

The Greens are frogs! :)

Gloria and Chip are newts, Andromeda is a toad, and I'm not sure what Remy is gonna be yet.

Objectopia Owl House AU:

Objectopia, but it's The Owl House! :D

Dreamwalker AU:

GingerBrave and GingerBright have the ability to walk through dreams and help people with their stresses.

comfort au! :)

Cookie Run Cleaning Simulator AU:

Cookie Run, but the characters are their ingredients and are in the style of Cleaning Simulator. And they all work at BRIBBLECO.

X's Haunted Flower Shop AU:

BFB flower shop AU...with a twist!

The flowers are haunted and X has to constantly deal with them.

Possessed Khan Academy Badge AU:

Khan Academy Badge is possessed by Golden Bottle. That's kind of it right now.

Confused Destroyer of Planets AU:

The Greens are stuck in a loop of constant death, and every single time they die is indirectly because of Tilly.

Every time they die, they get revived. However, all of their memories are altered afterward (except for Tilly's).

Tilly is left on her own to find out what's going on.

Gem Shift AU:

The LMNOP team swaps their gems (and their personalities kinda, but not their roles).

L has the comma gem, M has the semicolon gem, N has the colon gem, O has the exclamation point gem, and P has the period gem.

Brainwashed!X AU:

X is brainwashed into forgetting that he’s a letter, and into thinking he’s a variable instead.

1 manipulates him into thinking he’ll help him find his value, while 2 stays by his side and protects him.

Badge Shuffle AU:

The three main Khan Academy Badges swap their roles.

There are actually two variants of this AU: one where Khan Academy Badge swaps with Ludicrous Khan Academy Badge, LKAB swaps with Ridiculous Khan Academy Badge, and RKAB swaps with KAB, and one where KAB swaps with RKAB, RKAB swaps with LKAB, and LKAB swaps with KAB.

Dragonfly!Henry AU:

Henry was born part-dragonfly.

He met June while he still hadn't fully grown his wings, and they became friends over time.

June-Bug AU:

June is cursed to become part-bug (starting with gaining wings and her vision being altered).

She and Henry have to race against the clock to find a way to lift the curse before it's too late.

[pastel-imagines]

Balloony Friendship Headcanons

Fandom: BFDI / BFB

Type: Headcanons

Reader: Gender Neutral

TW: N/A

Requested by: None

He will gladly participate in any hobby you have interest in. The only exception to that is if its a rougher activity that might pop him, in that case he'll sit and watch with delight.

Nine times out of ten, Cloudy will tag along because of how close those two are, so be prepared to befriend him as well. The three of you usually spend a lot of time collecting things for cloudy's collection.

He may be a literal airhead, but don't take that to context. He is very smart and is great at giving advice when you're having problems. He'll help you with other things as well whether it be schoolwork or a personal project.

If someone is giving you a hard time, you better believe Balloony will stand up for you no matter what. He doesn't take bad attitudes, so he'll make sure you will be left alone

He's also pretty brave too, so he'll gladly do things that you are usually afraid of to help you overcome those fears as well. All in all he's a great and supportive friend to have. <3

[seaspaces27]

bfb, roboty, and.. true callings?

lets talk about roboty!!!!!! roboty is a character who hasnt been spoken about much, and i want to dive into his mind and analyse him.

from the start, we can see that roboty seems to be quite distant from the objects. in bfb1, before four arrives, each object is given some screen time. it acts as an introduction to the objects and helps us get a feel of the characters.

roboty is not included.

from this, we can infer that roboty is antisocial, and doesnt spend his time with objects. we see more proof of this in episodes 2 and 6. in both instances, we see roboty relaxing in the waterfall area:

the waterfall is a place of comfort and peace.

moving on, later in bfb1, when four states that the prize for bfb is going to be a bfdi, we see the contestants visibly excited, even roboty. this might show that roboty is willing to compete in the show, in desire for the bfdi

however, this excitement is only brief. in bfb2, roboty leaves off to the waterfall during the challenge. he does not want to participate in the show. but why?

there are a multitude of reasons, but for one, i think it might be because of leafy. roboty and leafy dont see eye to eye very well, as evident in bfb1 where she misinterprets robotys response (14:35), and in bfb3.

she put a question mark over robotys level of loyalty. she doesnt know how loyal roboty is because she doesnt understand him that well. in fact, no one seems to understand roboty at all except for balloony and david.

i feel like this is where most of robotys avoidance of objects stems from. because he is unable to be understood, communication becomes impossible for him. this isnt helped by his static facial structure, either (it only further limits his outward expression).

no one seems to like roboty, and he is very aware of this:

translated:

bfdi18(in response to getting the least votes)(4:05): NO ONE LIKES ME bfb11(in response to getting the least votes, again)(1:00): IMHATED

this may be another reason as to why he is so distant. he knows the audience doesnt like him, and considering most of the objects do not understand him, he naturally falls into a defeatist attitude - and at times - is stubborn.

how i see it is that roboty doesnt enjoy being told what to do. we get a glimpse of this in bfb2:

leafy assigns roboty with the job of - what i can only assume is - breaking the jawbreakers (it doesnt explicitly show leafy telling roboty this, but because she’s the only one commanding the team, i think its safe to say it was her).

more evidently, in bfb5:

hold on, what is a “true calling”? we are first introduced to this phrase in bfb2, from leafy.

leafy synonymises this term with “job”, which, while being somewhat accurate, is quite insulting. true callings take time to be found, and are highly personal, so for leafy to have seemingly figured out someone else’s true calling - without even spending that much time with them - feels fake and rude. judging from cloudy’s response, he was pretty hurt from her comment, --

-- and i assume roboty was too, for the reasons above, and also because he already had a negative opinion towards leafy.

this brings clarity as to why roboty would be glad david found his true calling: david didn't need anybody’s help. he discovered his own calling independently; on his own. and in a sense, roboty wants to do the same. he doesn't want to listen to leafy or compete in bfb because he just doesn’t find enjoyment or get a sense of fulfillment from it, and he doesnt want to be forced into it, either.

i suppose this is why roboty wanders off to that lovely spot of his. im not sure what attunes him to the waterfall area specifically, but im sure the peace and quiet gives him time to think and find himself. however, roboty’s journey for self discovery seems to fall flat in episode 10, in which he is inevitably sent to the exit.

he no longer has access to the beloved waterfall, and is now surrounded by objects. because of his immobility, there is not much he can do, except fall into the same defeatist and hateful attitude mentioned earlier. his antisocial behaviour continues in bfb16:

firey jr is literally using him as a seat. almost all the objects see him as some sort of object. another instance of this dehumanisation is seen once again, where roboty is - most likely against their will - used as part of a tower to escape four.

if roboty was feeling vengeful and wanted to take his anger out, perhaps he could’ve destroyed the tower to stop the others from leaving. but he didnt. possible reasons may be because:

maybe he’s not petty

shares their desire for escape and has empathy

is not proactive

he would’ve stopped his friend, david, from escaping

he wants them to go so he’ll be by himself

too defeatist

i’m- uh, not entirely sure myself.

but alas, that concludes my discussion on roboty. i learned a lot about him during this writing process, and while his time in bfb was brief, i still got to get a good glance into his mind.

[thegayknee]

Thinking about how Doofenshmirtz's tragic backstories aren't so much about all the shitty things that happened to him as a child. I mean they are but they aren't. I think 2nd Dimension's Doofenshmirtz is an example of a "tragic backstory" that is actually about the event (losing the toy train) and I personally headcanon that was what motivated him. Finding that toy train.

Most of our Doofenshmirtz's inators were inspired by events from his childhood, yes, but it is very rare that he would actually try to do something about it directly. There are exceptions (Balloony comes to mind) but for the most part he just seems to be lashing out or performing his "evil villain" role.

Which brings me to my main point. Doofenshmirtz isn't "evil" because he wants to be. He's "evil" because for his whole childhood he was shown and even outright told that he didn't matter, wasn't loved, and perhaps most importantly, would never be the Good Child. He took the "evil scientist" role because that was all he was good for, and maybe all he deserved.

Tl;dr: Heinz Doofenshmirtz is only "evil" because his childhood history of emotional and physical abuse led him to believe that being evil was all he was capable of and deserved.

[tapwater118]

what are your top 3 worst cases of tpotters who had something losing that with being written substantially worse? i'm intrigued

ok uh 1. is barf bag definitely. she absolutely had something going on right before the split with spongy and a whole other thing with taco, and then both of them went to the other show. this wouldnt really be that bad except for tpot doing nothing with her except "oh she doesn't like things being mixed with her barf." and now that i'm typing this the whole barf molecules thing with lollipop! that was still a thing until the split where did that go

there's a bit less to say about cloudy but we see at multiple points in bfb that he cares about balloony and misses him when he's gone, but then we get to tpot and this just disappears entirely. his damn collection pile has more of a presence than he does, even before his elimination. one of several cases where the split got rid of a dynamic with potential

for number three let's go with foldy. despite being a pretty unpopular character as far as i can tell, she actually had a lot going on in bfb, particularly with her role as a key belligerent in the free food-iance feud. and then we get to the split and that entire dynamic is broken up and she has nothing to do now

long story short there's quite a few dynamics and such that got broken by the split, and while tpot did manage to make substitutes for some of them it left a lot of tears unpatched

[draconicz]

for the ask thing, team beep except leafy and balloony

Ooh, fun!! BEEP is probably my third favorite team! :D

Push off a cliff: Cloudy, of course! He can fly!

Kiss: David! He's a wacky dude and I love him.

Marry: I guess Roboty falls in here, since he's the last one I'm typing?

Set on fire: Difficult choice... Rocky, maybe? I don't think you can burn a rock...

Wrap a blanket around: Woody, he deserves to feel safe and loved.

Be roommates with: Nickel! He's a fun little dude, I'm sure he'd be a great roommate!

[yuelaotzu]

The cast of BFB as things I’ve heard at my school.

8-Ball: Sorry, I don’t speak Minecraft enchantment table.

Balloony: I’d rather burn alive than have this scent linger in my nose.

Barf Bag: Despite popular belief, Heaven is a real Hell.

Basketball: Hello, and welcome to thank you. How you would you like today?

Bell: Yes! Thank you! I am so pumped for this! I can already hear the stock market exploding!

Black Hole: Don’t worry, it’s not rocket science. Just kidding, it’s totally rocket science, we’re building a spaceship.

Blocky: I’m telling you, if we just imploded the volcano, we’d be able to move on with our lives.

Bomby: This is horizontally delicious.

Book: We’re demons; we can worry about kindness later.

Bottle: Is salad a verb? Can you aggressively salad?

Bracelety: I just- emotions? Why? Must I feel thee???

Bubble: There’s nobody in here! This voice is a prerecorded message!

Cake: Rice Krispie? You’ll live your whole life.

Clock: Congratulations, you figured out the puzzle. Would you like a cookie and a star perhaps?

Cloudy: You put a stranger you found in a field inside of your bed?

Coiny: A watermelon does not make that much noise.

David: Do you wish to perish?

Donut: Please don’t change the file name to something that would cause me physical pain to pronounce.

Dora: Welcome to the tall people with pointy hair club.

Eggy: This building is clearly telling us to die.

Eraser: Die, you orange peel!

Fanny: Oh look, a Walgreens. I hate this place.

Firey: Direct me to the room that is the most heat resistant.

Firey Jr.: Why do you want people to get in bed with my mom.

Flower: Oh, you’re sad? Bitch, me too, you ain’t special.

Foldy: Don’t touch him, he has the nose and hand disease: Mitochondria.

Fries: Does that mean I can sue someone now?

Gaty: Don’t you just love it when you take a nap and when you wake up whoops, you’re in Russia now.

Gelatin: Whatever floats your Titanic. Revenons à nos moutons.

Golf Ball: I may have stolen it from my home country, but that’s hardly the point.

Grassy: I love everyone! Except you, you can burn.

Ice Cube: I’m coming for you. Coming for those knees.

Leafy: Drop the guitar and we can solve this like adults!

Lightning: Don’t worry, the kids aren’t mine. Neither is the Lamborghini.

Liy: If either of you make it back alive, I’m charging you with attempted assasination.

Lollypop: By the way, you look ridiculous. Ciao.

Loser: What Earth am I on?

Marker: You’re in luck; I’m a professional distraction!

Match: To be honest, I’d act the same way if I had your search history.

Naily: Why won’t you just shut up and let me get sniped?

Needle: Good news, it appears that you have one less hate crime to worry about!

Nickel: Do people normally fall through your windows?

Pen: So I cut up this old hanger and now the pumpkin is trying to kill me.

Pencil: I’m not legally allowed in this building but whatever.

Pie: May the heavens forbid your carbs.

Pillow: You can’t just throw people you don’t like into the dumpster every time!

Pin: Elevators don’t have hearts, dummy.

Puffball: Humor is broken. Existential Pain Butter.

Remote: How are you speaking in different fonts; this is a live conversation.

Robot Flower: I regret ever trying to reason with you.

Roboty: The least you could do is discard of the body in the proper receptacle.

Rocky: This gremlin is filthy; I’m taking him to the incinerator.

Ruby: Like a seven legged spider with a rose growing out of it’s ass.

Saw: I can sense that my grandma is spying on us, we need to shut up.

Snowball: Fuck off, I need to start practicing my guava ocarina.

Spongy: Did this bitch just say that Venus is a country-

Stapy: Why yes, I do have the proper noodle.

Taco: Look deep into the emotionally-wrought depths of my eyes and tell me if I look like I have the capacity to give a damn about that.

Teardrop: Sorry, I don’t speak mortal.

Tennis Ball: No, you fucking pranoid libraraian. Go back to reading 50 Shades of Grey.

Tree: He was behaving very badly, so I put him in the time-out bubble.

TV: Let’s make a porn of the meaning of life.

Woody: I am afraid of being afraid of fear.

Yellow Face: What’s the square root of lemon?

Four: And I’m going to keep doing it until I start pissing in the quadratic formula.

X: So basically, the baby is me.