#frankenbolt

[katiefratie]

GDJHAJDJANDAJDN "This is gonna ruin the tour" it sure is Jeremy Pipes!!!!

[jennybear1234]

I was wondering what Fred would like in a cartoon after i saw the movie a while ago(i don't know if it was good enoughbut i going to practrice the faces more)

I was inspired by the drawings of @frankenbolt , garota seus desenhos são um arraso 🤩😚

[neil-neil-orange-peel]

S2E1 of The New Statesman really has it all in terms of what you want from an episode of TNS:

*Opens on Alan being truly despicable on national television (plus declaring himself a shark)

*He threatens Piers with a drill

*Alan is so racist in this episode, but I think generally they do a good job of making him look the fool for that

*He corrupts Georgina like the devil on her shoulder (and don't get me started on the way he delivers "I think they must be right. Whenever I hear it I get all horny." SIR-)

*Rik doing his Yorkshire accent

*"Larry! What a very good idea!"

*The way Bob Crippen lists every disadvantaged demographic under the sun is really funny to me

*Alan's poll tax speech is legendary - I have used it before to introduce people to him

*Also on Alan's poll tax speech - he looks so delightfully ghoulish and his hair is so slick in that scene for some reason oof

*Funny little gag with the still of Alan winking at the audience from the TV

*Is this the first appearance of Alan's London residence? Possibly? Can't recall at the moment if it appears in S1

*Mr Whippyyyyyy

*"The country will be forced to choose between the royal family and the Conservative Party. Can't you think what a trauma that will be for the millions who don't know the difference!"

*God the way Georgina pulls Alan up as she's explaining how she beat him at his own game (everyone read this fic by @frankenbolt)

*More sadomasochism with Alan and Piers!

*"But you're a millionaire already! You don't need the money!" "Yes, but, you see, Piers, I want it! Because I'm very, very greedy, Piers! That is why I became a Conservative!"

*Alan using his piss poor sexual prowess as a hook to pull the Chief Whip in always makes me wonder if he is actually aware he's a shit lay (and probably just doesn't care)

*"Boy, have you made a big mistake!" He's evil EVIL I tell you

All in all this is a really great episode. It's a good contender for THE episode to show someone if you wanna introduce them to TNS. A solid ep to start a solid series. Only thing it's really missing is Sarah.

[surrealliberosis]

collecting them Wheatleys like it's Aperture Pokemon

Here are some Wheatleys!!!! AAAAAHHHH!!! 8V

I’ve been just wanting to draw everyone’s Wheatleys for a while now honestly though… these are just a handful… I intend to do even more. :|

I have something in mind that I want to do that just has ALL the Wheatleys…

SO SEND ME PICS OF YO WHEATLEYS, PEOPLE!I just want to see them all… :V It’ll be nice to fit as much as I can in this pic I have in mind to do…

I labelled the names on the page already so here are those wonderful creators of these designs: http://baysalt.tumblr.com/ , http://not-quite-normal.tumblr.com/ , http://frankenbolt.tumblr.com/ , http://oodlesodoodles.tumblr.com/ , http://pinalinet.tumblr.com/ , http://ka-star.tumblr.com/

I’d also like to mention that I basically just drew them all from memory… and then I looked up some references to touch them up a bit because I wasn’t at home at the time that I drew them… Next practice batch of Wheatleys should go a lot easier for me… :V lol Enjoy~

[reaperlight]

Last line game!

Rules: In a new post, show the last line you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as there are words (or however many you like).

Thanks @krisseratops for the tag! Oops, instructions unclear, I just plopped in a recent piece of wip I was working on (and added to it without thinking 😅

[Context: A scene of dramatic irony of Eddie, while drinking, getting righteous about Anne working for Drake post-breakup and ranting to Cletus (who in this au was never caught, is Eddie's friend, and Eddie does not yet know is an ACTUAL killer...)]

Eddie: She lied to me. Honestly fuck her for protecting him. I might as well welcome a *murderer* into my life.

Cletus, [looking uncomfortable]: Maybe she thought she had a good reason to keep it from you? It was her job wasn't it? Eddie, she trusted you. Even if you felt you had good cause that's not the point. She most likely felt like you violated that trust.

Eddie: God, I miss her so much. I want her back--

Cletus: Do you really want her back? Or do you want the idea of her? It sounds like you couldn't accept her. Her profession. Why would that change if you got back together? Relationships are about compromise--

Eddie: Like you'd know-- [instant regret] Shit I'm so sorry. That was a low blow and completely out of line.

Cletus: Yes it was. [sighs] Look Eddie, I know because I've read every self help book out there. Because I know I'm fucked up. But I want to be ready and capable of being the man she needs and deserves when I find her again. It doesn't matter how fucked up you are, what you've done in the past. You can do better moving forward. I've gotta believe that. I do believe that. For me, and for you.

Eddie: Okay... yeah, okay.

Cletus: I know you thought you were doing the right thing. And honestly, you were. In a just world you would have been rewarded instead of getting fucked over for trying to help people. But the world ain't just and also you gotta see it from her perspective. From Anne's point of view whatever your reasons you still violated her trust and, as far as she's concerned, you got yourself and her fired for nothing. You really should apologize to her if you wanna have any kind of relationship with her in the future.

Eddie: So you think I was wrong to try and go against Drake?

Cletus: No. Hell no, you weren't wrong. In fact I'm proud of you. Few people would have the guts. But you just need to be more strategic about these things, you know? Gotta remember the consequences. What is my objective here, what might it cost me? Or the people close to me? Like hypothetically if I strangled everyone that annoyed me I would be in jail right now. You gotta at least make sure they can't trace it back to you.

Tagging, if you wanna do it...

@galadhir @ruindunburnit @pulchrasilva @pyreneese @symbiotic-slime @hell-if-i-know-dudette @rodeokid @harperhug @purple-slimy @frankenbolt

[nooby-banana]

Tag Game! Nine people you’d like to get to know better!

thanks so much for the tag @see-arcane 💖

last song: “Touch” by Daft Punk

favorite color: pink!! these days i’ve also been really vibing with pinky oranges/creams/yellows overall. love those warm tones!

currently watching: Dungeon Meshi, various crafting youtube channels, Persona 3 movies

sweet/savory/spicy: i tend to cycle through preferences. right now i lean sweet!

relationship status: happily married to the most wonderful, dreamy, funny, supportive wife!!

current obsession: Persona 3 Reload, Neopets, and Loki is always simmering on the back-burner in my brain

last thing you googled: “neopets dailies”

tagging: @frankenbolt @katseallday @toughtink @throwtheswitch @casualjster @eldritch-corgi @fireflysummers @muirin007 @upperstories

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Starting a picrew chain tagging

@purplink8 @mushroomsandteeth @main-exam @ruindunburnit @kiranatrix @moonbear-from-space @frankenbolt @cletuscortlandkasady @harperhug @hawkkfire123 @judas-had-a-crown @ghostoftasslehoff @purple-slimy @darthlenaplant @whatinfaradisthinking

If you want to do it, and also anyone who sees this and wants to do it! 😎👍

[maggins]

It is now two weeks into this Inuyasha hyperfixation. I was writing lesson plans this morning and I had drawn the dog boy and his daughter. :/ I HAVE THINGS TO DO--

[aquato-family-circus]

How do you think Compton is going to react when he finds out Oleander stole Dogens brain?

I was thinking abt this earlier and, ngl, I'm not sure... upset for one thing, with how much he and dogen struggle with accidentally hurting people I'm sure he'd be mad in some type of way abt oleander trying to abuse that for his cartoon villain scheme

im just not sure how to envision how the reaction plays out

[cletuscortlandkasady]

[nmzuka]

Noelle posted a lovely picture of all the main/supporting characters celebrating for the shows 1 yr final anniversary and "conveniently" forgot Hordak...

Wrong Hordak is there... Lonnie, Rogelio, and Kyle are there... and Entrapta is there...alone...

Like what a "fuck you" to fans of his character

And I think it upsets me even more cause it only adds fuel to the fire of the fans shitting on people who were fans of Hordak/Entrapdak because Noelle clearly doesn't care for it

[neil-neil-orange-peel]

Do you reckon you could do a seven deadly sins list but with Rik characters? :eyes:

This is tricker than it looks, primarily because so many of Rik's characters fit into multiple sins. Here's a take:

Pride - Adonis Cnut

A bit of a left field choice, I know. Especially as most of Rik's characters are hugely egotistical and full of themselves - usually undeservedly so, which is where the humour comes in - so there were certainly a lot of contenders for this spot (hello, Rick, Richie, Alan). I chose Adonis because of what Rik had to say about him in an interview for Believe Nothing. Adonis is extraordinarily intelligent, unlike most Rik characters, so I suppose you could say he has reason to be prideful. However, this aloofness makes him detached from normal people. Rik pointed out that he doesn't understand what pubs are for, or popular TV entertainment (and isn't there a bit where he questions what Birmingham is?). He's so full of himself and his intellect that he's actually quite incompetent where normal things or popular knowledge is concerned, so his pride leaves him with several cultural blind spots.

Greed - Alan B'Stard

He was obviously going to be on this list. The most evil of Rik's characters just had to be on a list for the seven deadly sins. Alan could easily be any of these sins but I think greed best suits him because Alan. Is. So. Very. Very. Greedy. Most of the episodes revolve around his financial exploits and we again and again see that he will always, always prize his own bank balance above human life (unless it's his human life, of course). He's the spirit of Thatcherism: greedy and self-serving. I mean, he readily admits it:

PIERS: Yes, but you're a millionaire already! You don't need the money!

ALAN: No, I don't need it, Piers, but you see I want it. Because I'm very, very greedy, Piers! That is why I became a Conservative.

Lust - Lord Flasheart

Alright, so again, most of Rik's characters would fit into this box. Rik had the pervy face down to a fine art. I've picked Flash because his whole thing is that he's sex mad and always up for it. It's all he talks about. I believe Rik described him as "a walking penis". Is there a sentence that passes his lips that isn't some kind of sexual innuendo or boast about his own sexual prowess? Flash is a guy so controlled by his lust that, on the wedding day of his old school chum, upon meeting the bride to be he immediately begins snogging her in full view of everyone gathered and then whisks her away without a care in the world. This comes, of course, after he flirts with almost all of the guests.

I've seen Flash compared to Red Dwarf's Ace Rimmer and in many ways he's a more vulgar version of Ace. The swashbuckling hero... With an insatiable libido.

Envy - Micky Love

The rest of these were all done and dusted before I figured out who to select for envy. Rick and Richie and even Alan in a certain way could have fit this, but I thought other sins fit them better. A lot of Rik's characters are deeply insecure and bitter, and lash out at others because they're intimidated and jealous. The problem is, usually one of the other sins is more dominant in them. Then I remembered Micky Love - a character who made several big wigs in showbiz just a little uncomfortable.

He's a showbiz "has been" who has already gone through the obligatory divorce, drugs, drink and sex scandals, and has rehabilitated his image via a family gameshow. He isn't cool anymore and he doesn't understand how to be cool anymore. In normal life, that's just what happens; that's what differentiates the generations, in a way. But Micky is (or was) a star and so he can't afford to be out of touch, so instead has become increasingly paranoid about his image and whether or not his show is going to be axed. He's also deeply resentful of a younger comedian called Greg Deane, who he thinks is going to replace him. He says he doesn't think Greg is funny, but really he is envious because Greg "gets it" in a way Micky just doesn't anymore. Micky is exactly the type of figure the whole of Filthy, Rich and Catflap is satirising and I think he's seething with envy.

Gluttony - Richie Rich

This might seem a bit a random choice. I struggled a little with gluttony and did almost pick Rik's Dreamytime Escort because of all the binge drinking. Richie for gluttony is... Less straight forward.

This is more to do with desiring excess than indulging in ten course banquets. Richie is so desperate to make it big - even though if you ask him he'll tell you he already has - so in that respect I could have possibly put him down for envy or greed. But, really, Richie isn't envious of the stars - he loves them and thinks he is one of them! And I think his desire for fame comes more from a delusion about being talented and because he wants attention, rather than simply because he is greedy. So, why is he gluttonous? Because he is wasteful and lacking in self awareness. Part of the sin of gluttony is taking excess resources that those less well off would have needed and Richie does do this - whether it's smashing milk bottles and running over milkmen; stealing and destroying food in a supermarket and then not even using any of it; merrily caking himself in dishes from a fancy restaurant; or, the big one, getting all other British celebrities blacklisted so only he can appear on TV, Richie frantically indulges in whatever he thinks you do when you're in showbiz and then moves on to the next thing five seconds later. For the image? The life? He seems to do it without a thought. So, this one might be a more tenuous link (and to be fair, Eddie also joins him on most of these exploits, they're a tag team) but I think Richie Rich is quite gluttonous.

Wrath - Rick the Prick

And here is our beloved People's Poet! I had to include dear rat boy, how could I not? Rick could also be a few of these (namely pride or envy or perhaps lust) but. Really. He is so angry! And so quick to anger too. That's why Vyvyan has so much fun teasing him - he's so easy to set alight. I know the character of Rick was an amalgamation of some of Rik's standup characters: mostly Rik/Rick(?) The Poet, who I think is more dominant in Rick, but also Richard Dangerous, which is why Rick is so bloody loud and chaotic.

Rick's fury is the self-righteous wrath of a wannabe lefty anarchist leader of his generation, who has just discovered politics and social justice and thinks the world is so unfair and that only he notices this. It stems from something well meaning (in most people, in Rick it's also pretty self serving) but the uncontrollable nature of his wrath is a sign of immaturity. It's a stage of immaturity that I think a lot of us go through... It's just Rick is going through it a little late. As well as this, there's the factor that Rick is a posh little rich boy who was bread on conservative values and isn't what he pretends to be and I think that knowledge only adds to his wrath, because at the end of the day he's probably a very confused and frustrated young man.

Sloth - Richie Richard

I debated briefly which one to give to Richie. Envy was a close contender and so was pride. To be frank, however, it has to be sloth. Richie is one of Rik's most miserable characters - perhaps the most miserable. He's so lonely and sexually frustrated and desperate for meaning in his life... But he never seeks to do anything about this. Not really. He'd rather just moan about it. We're given the impression that Richie comes from a higher social class than Eddie so the fact that Richie is also at the "bottom" with him suggests he fell there. He clings on to the myth that he is "better" than his contemporaries - smarter than them, more moral, with more social nous - but in many respects he is worse. Eddie is on the dole. What about Richie? Has he ever had a job or sought to acquire one? Why does he choose to spend his days inside their dirty flat, wanking? It's because it's easier than trying to make his life better. Because that's hard, especially considering how far he's let himself drift. And so he just does nothing and stays miserable.

He's quite a tragic character, though still very funny for us. I think he sort of represents a fear of what it's possible to become if you don't push back against your struggles and instead just let yourself go, having no control over your life. Rik did say he thought Richie and Eddie were what he and Ade would be like if they hadn't made it... Depressing, eh?

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And on that cheerful note, we're done! 😂 Please excuse how my waffles got increasingly longer, I really can't help myself. What do you lot think? Which Rik characters would you list as the seven deadly sins?

Thank you for the ask! I've had lots of fun with this. ❤️

[wonderweird]

I sure hope Danny Elfman is ok- he doesn't sound ok.

YOU ARE RIGHT HE DOES NOT SOUND OK But maybe he’s using this music as an outlet? Cause like yeah if it isn’t the exact kind of music I would imagine after getting through 2020. But at the same time just because you write dark things doesn’t mean you’re going through a personal crisis. Bottom line is yeah I DO hope he’s actually ok.

[gumm13]

DC stickers by @frankenbolt

Now where to stick them 🤔

[upperstories]

HEY I HEARD SOMEWHERE YOU'RE A TOTAL SWEETHEART. UM ARE YOU STILL? CUZ I LOVE YA.

Thanks Frank ;u; 💕💖💕💕💖💕💖💕

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#BUT I LOVE BOTH OF THEM THATS NOT FAIR AT ALL#cab calloway#elsa lanchester (via @frankenbolt)

Elsa Lanchester (The Bride of Frankenstein, Witness for the Prosecution, Mary Poppins)—Surely somebody's already submitted Elsa Lanchester for this right? Right??? Because her scrungle levels are OFF THE CHARTS in literally everything. The way she's Katy Nanna straight-up refusing to spend another minute with Jane and Michael Banks because she has DIGNITY thank you very much. The way she's Mary Goddamn Shelley stuck listening to Lord Byron mansplaining literature like "ha ha maybe even YOUR little monster story will be published" and she shoots back "It *WILL* be published, *I* think!!!" in the most bright-as-nails fuck-you-Byron voice imaginable. The way she's a nurse herding her lawyer charge through a sordid love-triangle case and we gradually realize the real love story was between her and the lawyer all along. The way she's a clandestine witch casting hexes on telephones, the way she's a princess's PA and helps an old friend steal an invitation card, the way she's a cleaning lady who goes to Germany to personally assassinate Hitler, the way she's a posh village worthy trying to impress Danny Kaye, the way ERRGHH i could go on just look at her scrungle.

Cab Calloway (Stormy Weather, Hi De Ho)—TRULY THE SCRUNGLIEST. Nobody ever did it like him, your honor. The music, the dance moves, the hair, the unbridled charisma that comes across just the slightest bit unhinged. If I had to build the pillars of scrungle, they would be as follows: talent, showmanship, sportingness, and absolute commitment to the bit, all of which Cab Calloway has in SPADES. He was a great actor, a great singer, AND a great bandleader. Truly, nobody was doing it like him, before or since.

This is round 5 of the contest. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. If you’re confused on what a scrungle is, or any of the rules of the contest, click here.

[additional submitted propaganda + scrungly videos under the cut]

Elsa Lanchester:

Cab Calloway: