#from dusk til casa bonita

[mantequillamcwhoremick]

I think about this interaction at least every two to three business days

[wannabe-minion-of-chaos]

So in your chaos theory au, do the events of the tfbw dlcs happen? I can completely understand why btc wouldn’t considering it’s very……not child-friendly for a whole lot of reasons and also the summer camp thing doesn’t really work if they’re not children. Fdtcb, however, I feel is, like, peak cartoon material if you take out the “Corey Haim” (Michael Jackson) stuff.

Sort of!! I just wanna clarify I haven't actually played the BTC dlc fully though yet and only know a little about the plot, but once I fully play through it I'll probably make a follow up (I will say though for the sake of "not wanting to go down that road" the ending scene with Mintberry isn't canon to my au). I could possibly come up with a slasher movie parody in it's place if need be

However I do have an idea that at least references the casa bonita dlc, with the vamp kids yet again as the antagonists!! And they're actually vampires in this au :]

The hypothetical episode would be a Halloween special and basically be a mix between From Dusk til Casa Bonita and The Ungroundable (which is one of my favorite episodes) and don't worry the Micheal Jackson stuff won't be included

[ask-that-new-kid]

Phi, have you ever been to Casa Bonita?

Phi: I swear to whichever gods are looking down at me this better be- huh

[feministsouthpark]

South Park Filler Guide - Season 21

Link for Seasons  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Remember the fact that the whole idea of this guide is absurd and pointless? And yet, I feel like if every season was like this one, it actually makes sense. So here we go, with a season that actually could warrant something like this. S21E1 White People Renovating Houses is CANON

Eric and Heidi break up and we get subjected to the main theme of the season, which is about toxic relationships. S21E2 Put it Down is CANON

This one is important in that it actually moves three separate plotlines. Eric and Heidi's relationship (right after breaking up they got together again), Craig and Tweek's relationship (shown in a different light than earlier) and Herbert Garrison's presidency. S21E3 Holiday Special is FILLER

Randy was a fan of Columbus and now he is ashamed of it. We never see anything related to this and neither does this relate to the rest of the season. S21E4 Franchise Prequel is LORE

This is a prequel to the video game, Fractured but Whole, it provides some backstory. The Fractured but Whole is LORE

And I have an important announcement, @skittering-roach was right, when I did the season 12 post I didn't think about how the episode S12E3 Major Boobage is essential for this game. So watch that one too if you wanted a list that helps you understand the games! Bring the Crunch is LORE From Dusk 'Til Casa Bonita is LORE

If the New Kid wasn't such a canonicity questioning presence, I'd probably pass these two off as canon, since Mr. Adams from S15E14 becomes the step-father of Mike Makowski and Bradley returns from and shares details of his home planet. And I'm pretty sure both these events are fully intended to be canon. S21E5 Hummels & Heroin is FILLER

Josh Gad guest appears just so we see Marvin Marsh in the nursing home. S21E6 Sons A Witches is CANON

Heidi and Eric are in the center and Eric wants to murder Heidi for the first time, which sets off Kyle's alarms about this whole thing. The President also longs for his time spent with the guys in South Park. S21E7 Doubling Down is CANON

Kyle inserts himself in Heidi's life, but in the end Heidi stays with Eric, however the price for this is giving up everything she previously stood for. The Member Berries return and continue to help Herbert with the presidency. S21E8 Moss Piglets is CANON

Heidi changes. That's the main event, however Nathan and Mimsy also get a story just to make sure that the inclusion of their plotlines was necessary. S21E9 SUPER HARD PCness is CANON

South Park elementary gets a new, permanent vice principal, Strong Woman. This episode is also a sequel to the movie, and Kyle is no longer a fan of Terrance & Phillip. S21E10 Splatty Tomato is CANON

The first episode with a major spotlight on the White family. Strong Woman sleeps with her boss - one thing that will have major consequences - and Heidi finally leaves Eric for good.

SPOILER-FREE RUNDOWN

S21E1 White People Renovating Houses is CANON S21E2 Put it Down is CANON S21E3 Holiday Special is FILLER S21E4 Franchise Prequel is LORE* The Fractured but Whole is LORE** Bring the Crunch is LORE*** From Dusk 'Til Casa Bonita is LORE*** S21E5 Hummels & Heroin is FILLER S21E6 Sons A Witches is CANON S21E7 Doubling Down is CANON S21E8 Moss Piglets is CANON S21E9 SUPER HARD PCness is CANON S21E10 Splatty Tomato is CANON *Made to be a prelude for the game **Has a lot of continuity nods, also watch S12E3 before playing ***Canon world-building with a non-canon character included

CANON counter:

S1: 9 out of 13  S2: 3 out of 18  S3: 6 out of 18  S4: 10 out of 17  S5: 8 out of 14  S6: 11 out of 17 S7: 6 out of 15 S8: 4 out of 14 S9: 8 out of 14 S10: 4 out of 14 S11: 4 out of 14 S12: 8 out of 14 S13: 3 out of 14 S14: 7 out of 14 S15: 6 out of 14 S16: 2 out of 14 S17: 4 out of 10 + a highly lore based game S18: 8 out of 10 S19: 9 out of 10 S20: 10 out of 10 S21: 7 out of 10 + a highly lore based game + 2 DLCs

Overall: 137 out of 288

[riseandshinedovahkiinfreeman]

from dusk til casa bonita is the best thing from south park in the past like 7 years /hj

[jxjanimations]

From Dusk Til Casa Bonita

Justin insists that he and Susan take Anna to his favorite restaurant: Casa Bonita

Audio from My Hero Academia Opening 2, "Peace Sign" by Kenshi Yonezu

[catnip--corpse]

Team crunch + Team casa bonita

[coffee-beans-n-astronauts]

*impatiently waits for dlc*

[southparkhollowoneskids]

South Park Video Games; exploratory notes

In 'The Stick of Truth', the Goths play Goth Raiders in the LARP campaign of the kids, with horned helmets on top of their normal outfits. This is only after you, as the player character, have joined them to earn their alliance. This requires wearing a full Goth outfit, getting coffee, cigarettes, and 'nonconforming' by playing a DDR mini-game. (Fun Bit, first time I played that, I had a brain-blast and expected the game to reward me for refusing to conform. I immediately lost the mini-game.) The Goth outfit has no useful in-game stats. This clearly indicates the Goths are playing a different game.

In 'The Fractured but Whole' DLC 'From Dusk 'til' Casa Bonita', Henrietta joins you to fight the Vamp Kids overtaking the (last on earth) Casa Bonita, after Mysterion asked you to help save his sister, Karen McCormick, from joining their Clan. THIS ONE. This one reveals SO MUCH useful shit.

First, Henrietta fights with fire magic and LITERAL SATAN, which means she is using an Avatar method of Magic.

Second, Mike isn't the prince of the South Park Toreadors! In a mark of eternal humiliation, it's his Dad, who has been using the Pop Culture Mask technique since 'The Lost Boys'. Clearly, he was embraced at some kind of fan event, and then immediately embraced his family. They probably moved to south park after a particularly revealing accident. Maybe Mike accidentally killed a classmate in their old town, or maybe his Dad drank someone to death.

Thirdly, the South Park Toreadors are powerful enough (if Mike's Dad is helping) to summon the ghost of Michael Jackson to their bidding, so there's a LOT of necromancy potential in South Park.

Lastly, the DLC ends with Karen being saved from the Vampire's influence, Joining the Goth Kids. While this has yet to be referenced again in any of the materials, to my knowledge, this does mean the South Park Goth Kids have a full 5 members, which probably expands their capacity for group ritual work now.

[platypuskenny]

Can I get more f that Kenny’s physiology with his alter egos? I’m rlly interested in that

(assuming this means psychology, as a follow up to this post)

i’ve put it off cuz i’ve been busy with other stuff but i‘m really glad i got this ask cuz i love kenny and I love thinking about them in the context of their two alter egos!

CW: discussion of child abuse and neglect, including inexplicit discussion of child sexuality. also a lot of discussion of The Whole Kenny Death Thing. also spoilers for the stick of truth if you haven’t played it!

kenny’s been treated a lot more seriously in recent seasons, with a shift in character to be a lot more mature as well, and it’s a development that makes a lot of sense in the context of “the characters have undergone A Lot and it’s really shaped their personalities because they’re at a stage when their brain is still very soft and malleable and susceptible to trauma.”

the addition of karen in “the poor kid” seems to have shaken up the depiction of the mccormicks a lot. in earlier seasons, kenny was more passive about his home situation, or at least went out of his way to ignore them, (like in “best friends forever” when he plays on his PSP and leaves the house while his parents fight). there are early scenes where he does have some responsibility to his family (i.e. trying to win a can of food for them in “starvin marvin”) but usually he’s just depicted as a kid trying to live through a tough situation. though his “willing to do anything for money even if it’s deeply upsetting, depraved, or outright deadly” character trait from “fat camp” kind of tracks with this understanding that he prioritizes financial security over his personal well-being. 

however, ever since karen was added to the show, kenny’s been depicted as a much more responsible and often even tragic figure. his parents are too caught up in their own shit to address their children’s emotional needs, and kevin sadly gets caught up in their violence as well in “the poor kid” (he’s also vaguely implied to be developmentally disabled in the few scenes he speaks up but that’s mostly speculation). because of this, kenny ends up being karen’s main caretaker - holding her close when she’s distressed at losing her parents, buying her a doll, etc. 

kenny’s situation is a textbook example of parentification. he ends up taking care of karen, at least emotionally, because his parents and brother are unable to do so. he also becomes the breadwinner in “the city part of town” as soon as he gets the chance. this is a really unhealthy scenario that a lot of children in poverty, especially older siblings, see themselves in. it can result in the child not knowing their true place in a family that takes them for granted, and thus not considering their own needs and/or feeling shame if they need help because they’re so used to putting everybody before them. i think this tracks with kenny being “the quiet one” and rarely asking for anything. 

that’s not even getting into the constant death and the fact he spent so much of his life not even understanding why he was doomed to constantly die in horrible painful ways, and for nobody else to remember that he even died to begin with. (kind of symbolic of the neglected child, huh?) 

this brings us to mysterion and princess kenny. in both the superhero game and the fantasy game, you���ll notice kenny is the one who tends to get the most involved, with the only exception being possibly cartman, who could be the topic of a whole other essay on identity issues. mysterion is the one superhero with a real power who exists outside of their superhero game (besides the kewn, whose superhero persona is entirely self-motivated anyway), and princess kenny gets so defensive of her identity that she betrays her friends in both the trilogy and the game. kenny also talks about lady mccormick in the third person in the first black friday episode, and i don’t know if any other characters speak about their personas in that way. so kenny intentionally places more distance between his personas and himself than the other kids do with their personas. 

therefore, i see mysterion and princess kenny as how kenny copes with his deeply repressed psychological issues. it’s a way to compartmentalize his feelings towards his constant suffering and the burden his family inadvertently placed on him by developing these two identities. one embraces his role as caretaker to the degree of becoming a superhero, and the other rejects it in favor of being entirely doted upon. (some people have read the prominence of roles as signs of a dissociative disorder, and i can see that with this context, but i don’t know if it’s really a perfect fit for any specific disorder, especially when there’s little information on kenny’s consciousness when it comes to these personas.)

mysterion is more obviously a tool for kenny to express his discontent with his town. in his first appearance, he states, “i could no longer sit by and watch as my city became a cesspool of crime,” which tracks with his earlier characterization as reluctantly accepting his family’s poverty despite constantly suffering. (plus i’m pretty sure several of kenny’s deaths were the result of crimes.) he refuses to be unmasked because he “would stop being a symbol,” and only does so in order to quell the unrest that his mystery has provoked. that "symbol" wording suggests that mysterion is an extreme version of kenny's self-sacrificing lifestyle to the point where he defines himself as a symbol of justice and hope, not a person. kenny himself is also pretty quiet and secretive, but more because nobody cares about him and he’s kind of afraid of getting killed any second. mysterion’s secret persona is something bold, powerful, and masculine. he is physically adept in a way we don’t see kenny behave, and much more reasonable and cautious about what’s best for him and humanity. (a good visual of this to contrast with kenny is the “mysterion re-rising” animation in the fractured but whole, where he consciously rejects the chance to go to the heaven full of naked women that kenny loves because he has to return to battle.)

mysterion is also a way for kenny to reclaim his "curse” and use it for good. as mysterion, he uses death (albeit reluctantly) to get out of tough situations and save his friends. in video games like fractured but whole and phone destroyer, mysterion’s ability to exist as a ghost and revive himself is a gameplay mechanic. this self-sacrificial personality trait has shown up in earlier seasons, and he kills himself for the good of the community/world/etc in “cartman’s mom is still a dirty slut,” the movie, and “jewbilee.” but he’s not nearly as interested in world issues unless he’s under pressure to care. (for example: he does join the workers’ strike in “bike parade,” but he’s not very passionate about it and doesn’t even care about the issue until his dad takes him to a union meeting.) kenny’s good with solving short-term issues while mysterion worries about the deeper, long-term problems with the town. 

this brings us to mysterion and the mccormicks. when we see mysterion’s interactions with karen, we see how mysterion represents kenny’s responsibilities towards her. mysterion is able to offer karen elaborate, heartfelt emotional support, and guarantee that he’ll always be there for her. he also beats up a girl who bullies her and threatens anybody else who thinks about hurting her - more on that aggressive instinct down below. while mysterion’s identity is known to his friends and the rest of the town, it’s not known to karen, who sees him as a guardian angel. presumably, this is so mysterion can remain a symbol of hope to her, just like he is to the town, and so karen feels like there’s people in the world who care about her besides her brother. however, this does backfire in the fractured but whole DLC where she laments how her brother doesn’t seem to spend time with her, which embarrasses mysterion as he promises to tell him to be there for her more often. this implies that kenny gets so wrapped up in being mysterion that he forgets that he has a duty to karen as kenny as well, further indicating that mysterion is a way to cope with the tragic responsibility of caring for a sibling not much younger than he is.

during the superhero trilogy, kenny also uses mysterion to question his parents about their cult meetings, something that shook him so badly when he learned about it that he broke character. mysterion also told his parents to be nicer to the kids, not beat each other up, pay their kids allowances, and not smoke. it seems that mysterion is able to approach kenny’s parents about serious issues while kenny himself mostly stays out of their business - possibly out of fear? (kenny’s more confrontational in later seasons, though - flipping off his dad in “bike parade,” for example.)

on a similar note, mysterion is way more openly angry and violent than kenny is, especially when it comes to the death curse, which he openly complains about in a way kenny himself never did. compare kenny complaining about stan ignoring his deaths in “cherokee hair tampons,” which only gets further ignored, and mysterion complaining about it in graphic detail in “coon vs coon and friends,” even killing himself in front of his friends, and understandably scaring the shit out of them. mysterion also gets really protective of karen, violently so, as seen with the girl he beats up in “the poor kid” and his distrust when the vampires befriend her in the “from dusk til casa bonita” DLC. such a mysterion is way more passionate and loud about justice and direct action while kenny is more resigned, and most of his good deeds are unknown to the public. if kenny has embraced this caretaker role, it makes sense that he vents his repressed anger through mysterion, especially if you take it in the context of dissociation - kenny can’t handle dwelling on his shitty life all the time, so mysterion holds that anger and finds a way to cope with it by trying to fix everything around them, including kenny’s home life. 

princess kenny is very opposite mysterion in many ways. most obviously, she’s a girl. kenny’s relationship with gender is something i think about a lot in light of PK. “tweek vs craig” depicted him as the only boy in home ec, and he was thrilled because it was the safe alternative to the deadly shop class. i think that, regardless of your headcanon for kenny’s gender (i personally see them as feminine nonbinary - i’m mostly using “he” pronouns in this essay strictly for recognition’s sake and because i’m mostly talking about the show’s depiction of kenny), he sees femininity as safe and comforting, but nevertheless very powerful. (remember that his mother, while not super feminine, is a very outspoken and aggressive woman who calls stuart out on his shit constantly.) and what’s a better combination of femininity and power than a magical girl? 

also one thing i want to note real quick is that karen still refers to kenny as her sister in the stick of truth despite not being super involved in their game which i personally choose to read as Trans Rights Subtext

this is how we get lady mccormick / princess kenny, who is largely a passive character during the black friday trilogy, sitting upon her throne and cutely commenting on the surroundings while stan translates for her. then when sony takes her in, she becomes the star of her own show, a magical japanese princess who doesn’t take shit from cartman or his army and gets whatever she wants because she’s a cute little girl and now she gets to be protected and doted upon! also she speaks japanese and is not muffled in the slightest despite wearing her parka....symbolism? and really interestingly is that when she supposedly dies, she brushes herself off and immediately revives, declaring that she’s okay. in kenny’s feminine fantasy, she doesn’t suffer when she dies, and revives without any mess at all. princess kenny is always gonna be okay!

PK is also very flirty and overly sexual. it’s no secret that kenny is very interested in and knowledgeable of sex. he also absolutely worships women’s bodies, as seen with his views of heaven and that whole plot of “major boobage.” i don’t even read this as lust, because he’s ten, but sheer fascination with sex. maybe it plays into that whole “growing up too fast” concept where he tries to indulge in the “fun” parts of adulthood to make up for the exhaustion of caregiving, but this has been a thing since before kenny was depicted as a real caregiver so IDK. 

anyway, i think PK is also a way for kenny to experiment with flirting and sex, particularly with other boys. she uses her coyness and, in the games, her bare chest to entice boys. her cuteness also attracts grown men in “titties and dragons” which goes largely unremarked upon, which is a bit uncomfortable but still works with the idea that she’s the most “lovable” form of kenny. she also apparently thinks the new kid is “cute.” iit’s really funny to me how kenny is depicted as interested in strictly girls while princess kenny only focuses on boys, which could support the idea that PK is a separate entity from kenny, or that kenny just needs to figure himself out. either way, i imagine kenny finds some thrill in getting men to pay attention to them when their male friends often treat her as superfluous, and even then it often involves objectifying herself (this also tracks with their behavior in “fat camp”). it’s kind of sad if you think about it.

in the climax of the stick of truth, princess kenny has her own in-depth backstory, where she was an orc/elf rejected by both the elves and humans. i think this reflects kenny’s feeling of being “othered” as non-human (since this game chronologically comes after the superhero trilogy) and just generally not feeling welcome among their friends unless they need her. there may also be some parallels between her friends denying her the right to be a princess and kenny’s friends refusing to believe in his immortality. when she rebels against her friends choosing the stick over friendship, it’s another way for kenny to cope with their mixed-to-negative feelings about their friends. so while PK is a figure to be doted on, she’s still probably more gutsy than the kenny we usually know. 

however, PK is not entirely selfish or apathetic about the world around her. in the opening of “a song of ass and fire,” her inner monologue explains her choice to deflect to the PS4 side as the side she believes “is best for all.” she also laments that everybody, including her parents, will be fighting on black friday. it seems that PK dreads the mere idea of war, which contradicts mysterion’s tendency to use violence as a means to protect others. PK still uses her adorableness to help her team, and only asks that they accept her, which really isn’t much. it’s just when she, you know, becomes a nazi zombie and puts the world in danger because she’s so pissed about not being accepted for who she is. 

in my original post, i used the freudian personality theory to explain these three personas, which i regret because i fucking hate freud and he’s heavily responsible for modern consumerism and planned obsolescence. but the basic concepts of the id, ego, and superego do kind of illustrate what i’m getting at with these guys. i assigned princess kenny as the id, because she’s more about self-gratification and getting what she thinks she deserves as well as a tendency towards sexual gratification, and mysterion as the superego (hehe get it super) because of his strong inclination towards morality. however, this isn’t that black-and-white, as princess kenny has some moral considerations and mysterion has violent impulses (the “aggressive instinct”) that are more easily attributed to the id. nevertheless, it seems that kenny is still the balance between these exaggerated personas, and when he expresses attitudes similar to theirs, they are far more downplayed due to the necessities of his situation as a caretaker and an underappreciated friend. kind of makes you wonder if/how the attitudes of mysterion and princess kenny will manifest in him when he’s older.

[mantequillamcwhoremick]

Probably a common Kenny question but how do you think he'd react/feel if someone admitted to him that they're fully aware of his curse but never said or mentioned anything about it?

LMAO you've hit the spot hahahah I literally have an almost finished Fic Wip exactly about this topic so I've given it LOTS of thought.

Okay first and foremost: Kenny isn't a very reactive guy. He's pretty good at keeping his negative emotions in check, probably owed to his upbringing where he always had to be the sane, calm and collected one to endure his home life (parentification let's go!!!). Instances like in the Coon & Friends trilogy (where he lashes out at Kyle) are pretty unique and rare, the only other time he gets similarly angry and acts on it happens in "Poor and Stupid" where Cartman mocks both NASCAR fans and people in poverty.

Deadass when his friends ditched him for Halloween bc he couldn't afford a phone for the e-scooter (ep "The Scoots") he wasn't even mad, even though he had every reason to be. He was just sad. Similarly in Post Covid; he revealed he'd been pissed at his friends for giving up on their broship, but what did he do? He studied and researched for decades how to go back in time and fix it, and post-mortem he left the option open for THEM to continue his work.

My headcanon is that he tried and learned to be the calm one so Karen could have some semblance of stability in their home, but this situation you're describing wouldn't require him to stay strong for Karen (unless it's Karen that would remember his death). I'd say this is a pretty solid conclusion, drawn from his behavior in episodes like "The Poor Kid" and "The City Part of Town" (which ig are the only Karen and Kenny centric episodes lol). I still think (because of "Going Native" and how he handled Butters' emotional issues) that Kenny simply defaults to understanding and a rational caretaker role, no matter the person. Heck, he was even kind enough to leave Cartman his PSP (ep "Best Friends Forever") because he feels bad for Cartman's loneliness. If you have empathy with an IRL Cartman, there's no one you wouldn't be understanding with.

Having an analysis of Kenny's temper tendencies out of the way, I'm gonna move on to the next statement: I think it might slightly depend on WHO this hypothetical person was, the one who "admitted to him that they're fully aware of his curse but never said or mentioned anything about it."

There's two main reasons that this could even happen:

1: The person is so freaked out by this situation that they were afraid to say anything for a long time, they possibly even thought they might be insane and imagining things

2: The person is Cartman

And because I kinda analyzed this in my fic (not yet published), I'm gonna reference it a little and explain my decisions.

The fic's premise is that in a sudden turn, Butters remembers Kenny's last death. Butters freaks out when he sees Kenny come back and after initially lashing out at Kenny thinking he's a ghost coming to haunt him (like in "The Death of Eric Cartman"), he later apologizes to Kenny, concluding he just imagined his death and is insane. (Butters has been conditioned to not trust his mind & brain, assigned mental disorders when there's nothing wrong with him in the aforementioned episode as well as in "City Sushi", so I felt that this makes sense) This makes Butters a perfect contestant for scenario 1.

What did I have Kenny do? Well, in my fic Kenny is overjoyed to finally have someone that would believe him about his curse, but that's not the scenario you provided. But given Kenny's temper patterns and savior complex/caretaker tendencies (gestures at the entire Mysterion arc and anything to do with Karen, including the TFBW DLC "From Dusk Til Casa Bonita", and also "Going Native" where he swiftly accepts his role as support system for Butters), I find it pretty solid to assume he would show a lot of understanding for why the person didn't say anything before. It's a lot to digest to watch someone die, even more if they just... come back? And everyone else acts like nothing happened? On SEVERAL occasions?? Like, Kenny is the first to relate to that sentiment. He'd be understanding about everything the person would be confused & distressed about, and also the reasons why they didn't say anything before.

After Kenny gets his understanding & patient savior complex stuff out of the way, I imagine him slowly going insane trying to figure out WHY this person remembers. That's the second part of the premise in my fic; Kenny and Butters try to figure out why Butters remembers, and why now, and Kenny's main motive is because he wants to find a way for his best friends to remember. The Coon & Friends trilogy proves that Kenny is very distressed by Stan and Kyle not remembering, they mean a lot to him. He feels safer and more comfortable with them than probably with his own family. In my fic, his attempts at figuring out why Butters remembers end up with no results and Kenny slowly starts losing it, lashing out at his friends for feelings of resentment he had long buried and his rational temper control starts cracking more and more. I feel like this is how he'd react in any case of anyone remembering his death, as long as it's not Stan or Kyle. I doubt either Stan or Kyle would ever even wind up as the person to be aware of his curse and not tell him. Especially not Kyle.

Scenario 2 is if Kenny found out that Cartman remembers, has remembered since forever, and never said a word. In my fic (spoiler alert?) Kenny doesn't even deal with Cartman. He just goes straight home to pull out his gun and shoot himself lmaooo he does this because he wants to talk to Satan in Hell and demand answers, bc he doesn't know who else to turn to. In Chaos Plan I have a bit where I describe my take on Kenny's general feelings towards Cartman canonically showing signs of remembering his deaths, and the quote goes like this:

"Kenny often wonders if Cartman does remember his deaths, but is simply too much of a shithead to say anything about them." (Chaos Plan chapter 17)

Kenny is a big "Do no harm but take no shit" kinda guy when it comes to Cartman. He doesn't fight him when it's pointless and prefers to preserve his energy (unlike Kyle), but he does call him out on his bullshit occasionally (at least when it's targeted against Kenny and/or his family). Kenny is also scarily emotionally mature for a 9/10 year old (makes sense bc of his upbringing) so I doubt he'd get his hopes up about ever getting some kind of compassion or collaborative effort from Cartman to figure out what's up with his curse's mechanics. While Kenny and Cartman have an interesting friendship, and Kenny is kind of Cartman's soft spot, I can still imagine Kenny thinking "sure, my luck that the worst possible person remembers my deaths and no one else" and kind of be apathetic about it, kind of like he is by the end of the Coon & Friends trilogy before he shoots himself lmaoooo

So yeah, that's what I think :)) You said the question is common but honestly if it is, then it's for good reason because it's one of the most interesting ones the entire show of South Park has provided. I'm probably biased lol but still, thank you so much for the ask anon <3 I hope you weren't expecting a short answer ahahahahah

[professorchaos]

they should have put professor chaos in the from dusk til casa bonita dlc instead of the bring the crunch one bc it would have been really fun to have him team up w the vamps (as a former vamp kid himself) and get revenge on eric for the events of casa bonita

[aureolasolar]

-,’ To the love of my life ,’-

Como ya te conté, llevo hospitalizada desde el sábado por diversos motivos, y durante estos días he estado dándole vueltas a muchas cosas, además de andar algo desvelada y un poco eufórica, me cuesta dormir y cada noche mi único pensamiento haz sido tú, Kaiden.

Más de una vez me has escrito cositas, diversos e inacabables párrafos que solamente me llevan a enamorarme cada vez más y convencerme de que eres la persona para mí. Yo también te he escrito un montón de cosas, pero creo que nunca tan formalmente como ahora (además de que los poemas y escritos que he hecho pensando en ti los estoy guardando y recopilando para algo mucho más grande), y quise hacerlo en respuesta a cada palabra que me has dedicado a lo largo de estos casi seis meses que llevamos compartiendo nuestras vidas, acompañándonos y amándonos incondicionalmente. Así que, aquí va.

 Mi habitación en el hospital está en el octavo piso y tengo una preciosa vista nocturna a cada rincón de la ciudad, las luces se ven maravillosas, alumbrando calles y callejones por los que miles y miles de personas transitan a diario, ¿te has puesto a pensar en cuán grande es la ciudad? Desde aquí en dónde estoy se logra apreciar su imponente tamaño e inagotables destellos de lucecitas pertenecientes a casas, edificios, centros comerciales, galerías, condominios, oficinas, hospitales, de todo, pero ¿sabes algo que me ha tenido asombrada mirando cuán enorme es la metrópoli? Es la cantidad de personas que la habitan, es un lugar gigantesco ubicado en un país incluso más grande, y para qué decir el mundo. Cinco continentes, no me atrevo a contar los países, menos las ciudades y pueblos, pero hay siete billones de personas habitando aquí, siete billones de personas en el planeta, y aun así, coincidimos en tiempo, lugar y espacio. La tierra tiene millones de años, pero aquí estamos, nos topamos entre tanta gente, entre tanta alma rondando por ahí, nos encontramos una tarde del 31 de Marzo, ambos solitarios, sin buscarnos, nuestras vidas se cruzaron, y no sabes cuánto agradezco haber decidido hablarte aquella triste jornada que alegraste tú.

 Desde un principio llamaste mi atención y aquello lo sabes, te me hiciste algo gracioso por tus tweets, y tu nombre me recordó a un perrito que vi en internet hace un par de años. Kai, Kai, perrito Kai. Eso fue lo primero que vino a mi mente.

Conocerte ha sido una de las mejores cosas que me ha pasado, has cambiado mi vida de una manera en la cual ya no hayo forma de expresar, ni palabras suficientes para explicar todo lo que significas para mí. La magnitud de los sentimientos que desarrollé (y sigo desarrollando a cada segundo) por ti es descomunalmente fuerte, real. Llegaste para transformar todo, a cambiar mi perspectiva del amor, y darme cuenta de lo lindo e intenso que puede llegar a ser cuando se ama de forma sana, bonita y mutua.

El 11 de Mayo decidiste irte, decidiste dejar todo lo que habíamos construido, y yo, en mi enorme error, lo permití. Con el dolor de mi alma, te dejé partir. No sabes cuán destruida estaba, la cantidad inimaginable de lágrimas que derramé, la forma en la que sufrí y te necesité. Esa madrugada se rompió todo dentro de mí, me rompí yo, me hice pedazos, y no sabía cómo repararme, pues tú eras -y sigues siendo-  el único ser en este universo con la capacidad de complementarme, de recomponerme y hacerme feliz.

Te extrañé, Kai, te extrañé mucho. El tiempo que llevábamos no era tanto, pero si el suficiente para hacer que con tu partida, todo en mí se viera acabado, y es que apenas llevábamos casi un mes de relación, pero para nosotros el tiempo jamás fue tema, todo se dio de forma tan natural y rápida, que los sentimientos surgieron sin siquiera nosotros darnos cuenta.

Me dijiste “quizás yo no quiero que me retengas esta vez” y yo decidí hacerte caso. Grave, pésimo, horrible error. Pero desobedecí, y volví a buscarte, volví a ti tres madrugadas después, porque ya no soportaba pensar en ti y no tenerte a mi lado, repitiéndome cuánto me amabas a cada minuto. Y lo solucionamos, volvimos a reconstruirnos, a retomar lo que éramos e incluso mejor. No imaginas lo feliz que me sentí.

 4 de Junio, luego de seguir en lo nuestro, nuevamente nos rompimos. Esta vez decidí yo alejarte y permitir que te fueras (otro error) y tú ya sabes los motivos, no hace falta recordarlos porque a estas alturas ya no importan.

Los primeros días oculté y enterré en lo más profundo de mí cada recuerdo tuyo, cada momento y cada sensación que me hiciste sentir, intenté convencerme de que no te necesitaba, de que estaba bien sin ti, y adivina qué; ¡no pude!

Te llevaste contigo una parte de mí, una parte que me complementaba y me hacía feliz, y al pasar el tiempo, se me hizo imposible seguir reprimiendo lo que sentía por ti, lo muy enamorada que seguía. Una vez más, volví a romperme.

Por ahí por mediados de Junio, me llegó por medio de Baco una noticia que me hizo sentir cierto grado de emoción. Me dijo que me extrañabas, que estabas destruido, y aunque suene mal, me hizo sentir bien saber que me estabas necesitando tanto como yo a ti, así que sin perder más el tiempo, volví a buscarte, y desde ese día, nada nos ha vuelto a separar, logramos la relación que siempre quisimos; esa sana, bonita, transparente y con el amor y la confianza como cimientos.

 Estos últimos días hemos hablado poquito por diversos motivos, y no sabes cómo te he extrañado, como he extrañado cada momento juntos, cada instancia. Sin embargo, a partir de ahora volveré a estar activa y seguiré siendo tu Fio parlanchina que habla hasta por si acaso, esa que te enamoró con sus infinitas charlas.

 Una vez te mostré una canción, una muy significativa para mí, y que estoy segura que la recuerdas, pues de alguna manera se ha transformado en algo muy nuestro, muy íntimo.

< Iris, The Goo Goo Dolls >

 Por ahí dice “todo está hecho para romperse”, pero ¿recuerdas una madrugada, una de las tantas en que nos hemos amanecido hablando de cualquier cosa, en la que te dije “todo está hecho para romperse excepto nosotros”? pues sí, sigo pensando así, sigo segura de aquello, y sé que tú igual, me lo dijiste aquella vez y me lo demuestras cada vez que puedes.

 Kaiden, mi Kaiden, más de una lagrimita se ha escapado de mis ojos escribiendo esto, y es que la intensidad y grandeza de lo que siento por ti llega a emocionarme, a hacerme experimentar una sensación que nunca antes viví, y no sabes cómo me alegra que sea contigo.

Nunca he amado a nadie de la manera en la que te amo a ti, nunca me había enamorado de esta forma tan sincera, te juro que jamás sentí este inmenso amor inexplicable con ninguna persona antes de ti, marcaste un antes y un después en mí, y no me cansaré de repetírtelo aunque ya parezca disco rayado. No quiero que dudes jamás de lo que siento por ti, que nunca pienses que no eres lo más importante para mí, quiero hacerte feliz cada día y demostrarte la manera en la que me siento contigo, porque es algo único, algo hermoso que no cambiaría nunca por nada ni por nadie. Nuestra relación para mí es oro puro, es un tesoro que me demoré en encontrar, pero la espera lo valió completamente, porque no sabes lo feliz que soy a tu lado. Cuando te digo que eres el amor de mi vida no miento, nunca antes se lo había dicho a nadie, y ahora estoy segura de que es así, por ello no me arrepiento de haberte otorgado ese importante título a ti, mi amor.

 Debo agradecerte por todo, por cada cosa que haces por mí, por hacerme sentir amada y aguantarme con mis virtudes y defectos, por haberte enamorado de lo que soy, con cada una de mis manías. Debo darte las gracias también por hacerme feliz, por apoyarme, por escucharme y aconsejarme, por darme la seguridad y estabilidad en una relación que nunca antes logré, darte las gracias por cada palabra que me has escrito en el transcurso del tiempo, por cada te amo y cada caricia, por todas las veces que me brindaste tu hombro para llorar, por las noches en las que hacemos el amor y por los abrazos que compartimos siempre, por las sonrisas y por los llantos que nos han llevado a nuevos aprendizajes para fortalecernos, por los mensajitos de buenos días (aunque despiertes después que yo, dormilón) e incluso por las veces que me dejaste asustadísima porque se te ocurrió dormir 18 horas y yo ya andaba pensando que había enviudado. Gracias por absolutamente todo, osito, gracias por lo que hemos vivido en este tiempo.

 KaiKai, mi chiquito hermoso y regalón, sé que hay algunas inseguridades que han despertado en ti, pero quiero que sepas que te amo así, con cada cosita. Me dijiste una vez “me enamoré hasta de tus defectos porque te hacen ser tú”, y yo ahora te repito lo mismo; no me importa cuán inestable puedas ser a veces, ni lo enojón (que es casi nunca) y lo taimado, para mí eres imperfectamente maravilloso así, de esa forma, tal cual. Debo reconocer que mejoraste algunas actitudes que en el pasado nos jugaron en contra, pero no quiero que cambies todo, lo último que haría en mi vida sería modificarte, pues para mí eres lo más hermoso que hay en este y todos los universos. Estoy muy enamorada.

Mi amor, mi bebito, mi todo; estoy aquí para ti siempre, te prometo que para ayudarte y apoyarte, retarte y amarte a cada segundo sin importar las dificultades que puedan presentarse, estoy para ti siempre, estoy aquí pase lo que pase, conmigo podrás contar siempre, Kaiden, en mí tienes tu refugio, tu lugarcito seguro, y cada vez que necesites, estaré a tu lado, tomando tu mano, esperándote con los brazos abiertos.

But you'll never be alone, I'll be with you from dusk 'til dawn.

 No hay día en que no agradezca el tenerte junto a mí, el sentirnos amados, el bonito vínculo que tenemos, el cual se sigue fortaleciendo día a día. No existe instancia en la que no mire al cielo y agradezca por tener a mi osito conmigo, a mi lado, siendo mi complemento, mi compañero de vida, mi luz, quién me guía y a quién guío, la persona que me hace feliz y la más importante, y me frustra un poco sentir que incluso luego de este enorme testamento que nació desde lo más profundo de mí, con la voz de mi alma y de mis sentimientos, no es suficiente para poder expresar todo lo que siento por ti, amor mío.

 Aquí estoy, siempre a tu lado, siempre, siempre, siempre. Te amo con todo de mí, mi alma, mi cuerpo y corazón.

 - Tu leoncita, tu Fio, la persona que daría la vida e incluso más por ti.

   You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be.

[breadknight-likes-things]

Game Journal 05/08/20: From Dusk Til Casa Bonita Final Thoughts

This is gonna be a pretty quick and loose one!  Don’t have has much time as I wanted tonight, so I thought I’d just toss up some looser thoughts about the South Park Fractured But Whole “From Dusk Til Casa Bonita” DLC that I finished earlier today!

- The whole overarching plot is pretty funny, but I do think it falls prey to the cynicism that normally turns me off South Park by the end.  The idea that Kenny is just crashing the vamp kids birthday party in a desperate attempt to keep his sister, who obviously wants to be there, from hanging out with them is silly fun.  

- The final boss is....well I don’t know who you’re expecting but I can guarantee you it isn’t who you think it’s going to be.  I’m not sure if it was funny, or just flat out bizarre?  There’s a couple good gags, like the constant insistence it’s “Cory Haim”, but otherwise, like I said, it’s just....really weird.

- The gameplay is pretty bog standard for Fractured But Whole.  That said, Fractured But Whole is a fun game, and even though this doesn’t add much new meaningfully to the mechanics, it doesn’t make the core loop any less fun. I just wish it was longer!  Only takes about an hour and a half to beat!  That was doing multiple side missions too!

There’s also a bizarre “Water Level” near the end where you play a SMB style side scroller that’s implied to take place in the small pond they pump into the middle of the restaurant. 

- The new class (Necrolord?) and combat buddy (Henrietta, The Goth Girl) are both fun.  Henrietta isn’t all that funny as a character though, I know lacking charm is kind of the point of the “Goth Kids” joke in South Park, but it still doesn’t make for a very funny gag when all her cynical lines are played as straight as they are.

- The environment, Casa Bonita, is extremely fun to explore.  A big Theme Restaurant full of happy patrons blissfully unaware of all the fighting kids, plus all the corny attractions you’d expect to find in such a place.  It’s a strong sense of place, and almost worth playing for that alone. - Overall, I think it’s pretty good!  I probably would have been a little miffed if I had paid full price for this thing, as it was pretty short, but I didn’t, and enjoyed my time with it!  I’d probably give it a solid 7/10 and recommend it to people who want a little bit more Fractured But Whole!

Random Screenshot Of The Day:

One gag that got me every time was the lead Vamp kids step-dad trying as hard as he possibly can to make the birthday fun for all the kids, whether they’re there to beat up his step-son or not.

Stray Notes:

- Nothing much!  I’m still near the end of Gears Tactics!  Looking forward to seeing how the story on this one ends!

- Sorry this one is scattered!  Like I said, it’s late as I write this and frankly I kinda just want to go to bed.

-.....But not before reminding everyone of my extremely great new gimmick Twitter account Ernest: The Lost Tapes.  Join me as I fall down the rabbit hole of Ernest movies I’m just making up for fun.

[rhirhidamiengurl666]

It is finished at last. My child had a very long day of being a crime fighter. Artwork for From Dusk til Casa Bonita DLC.

@southparkgameart

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Vamp killerz 🦇🔪✨🍅

Back on my self insert bs <3