#gum talk

[gumjester]

i am SUCH a VEHEMENT believer in the lost potential of discord + ANY of the other mane 6 dynamics and yes i DO have outlines of each episode where he would bond with them and how but for now u will have this Thought which i type blindly out half-sleepijg at 3am the discord rarity dynamic is trixie and katya SPECIFICALLY on i like to watch yes. yes this makes sense

[sesamebri]

thank god he’s stocked up on kickass AND bubblegum 

[bagelbucket]

anyone else ever eat bananas and then feel the crushing weight of a stinging, raw mouth/throat or am I the problem

[pokemonranch]

Have you SEEN what lickitounge/lickilicki used to look like..

I did, yes!

(Credits to Vcreateart on Twitter)

I think it's amazing how evolutions change even before Hisuian times. It seems like the Lickitung line was way more focused on using Rollout as both attack and self defense (judging by the spikes), and only recently started taking a more "humanoid" shape without 'em. I've seen theories 'bout how that's probably due to more predator presence in ancient Kanto, Hoenn and Hisui. In modern times they don't really have that many predators anymore, so they can get fatter/bigger and evolve into modern Lickilicky!

[silusvesuius]

testing out drawing maormer 🪸🐚🪸 and a nelvas 🧣📜🩷 i'll ramble about maormer a bit in the tags

[imaginethisisagoodname]

This is my idea for what a interns trauma candy salad might looks like

Bart: “hi I’m Bart and I raised a kid when I was 8 because neither of us had parents and I brought the bowl”

Mudd: “Hi I’m mudd and my memory got wiped by a bunch of rocks and I’m bringing the dirt”

Gum Gum “Hi, im gum gum and my mom is a god and I’m bringing the gum”

Kyborg “hi I’m kyborg and my entire village got murdured and my arm got chopped off by quadron and I brought the sour patch kids”

Bart “hi I’m Bart again and my parents got taken by a shadow queen and I brought the skittles”

Mudd “hi I’m mudd and my mentor tried to kill me and my dad and I brought more dirt”

Gum gum “hi I’m gum gum and one time I ate a worm and it was really wriggly and scary and I brought the skittles”

Kyborg “hi I’m kyborg and I spent 30 years in a forest without any other people mourning my family and i brought the gummy worms”

Gum gum : “ WORMS?!”

Kyborg “yeah???”

Bart “didn’t you know gum gum is afraid of worms?”

Kyborg “no?”

Gum gum “ BART HELP THE WORMS ARE COMING TO ATTACK ME” * starts running around and swinging his axe*

Bart “Don’t worry they’re just candy, see” *eats a gummy worm*

“ NOW THEY’RE GOINF TO KILL BOTH OF US!!!MUDD YOU KNOW ANIMALS, HELP!!!!”

Bart “don’t worry buddy, I’m fine”

Mudd *eats a gummy worm and then turns into a worm*

Gum gum “ OH MY GOODNESS MUDD HAS BEEN TURNED INTO ONE OF THEM”

Kyborg *stunned*

[artbytesslyn]

don't make me explain myself

[blue-rose-soul]

Vaggie: Alastor, what the hell!?

Charlie: You can't hit a kid!

Alastor: That child was acting like an insufferable brat. Someone had to set it straight.

Charlie: It doesn't matter! You don't hit kids, that's no way to teach them to behave!

Alastor: Well, that's how I was raised.

Vaggie: Who the hell raised you?

Alastor: My mother's murderer.

Charlie: ...

Vaggie: ...

Everyone else in the hotel: ...

Husk: ...Yup, that tracks.

Alastor: ??? :)

[dr-amnesia]

they should make sensory toys for your mouth

[xxplastic-cubexx]

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, I recently went into the x-men and I found my own dead with Charles and Erik AND I NEED READ MORE OF THEM BUT I SO LOST AFTER POWERS AND HOUSE OF X SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE CONTINUE, can u help me?

(alsoIlikeyoursdrawingsiwishbeingsoconstantwithmycontentlikeu)

i'll be very candid with you my friend: i'm totally lost too !!!!!!! your comic-reading journey is about as green as mine and so i cant personally give you a super great guide- but beautiful people on the internet exist who've done most of the dirty work for us when sorting through the stories you 'should' read so i'm borrowing them to help us both

you can read this article to read about one person's advice with exploring krakoa and- in their opinion- its most 'significant' stories, though to summarize the issues they recommend looking into:

House of X/Powers of X (which you should have already done)

X of Swords event

Hellfire Gala

Inferno

X Lives and X Deaths of Wolverine

Second Hellfire Gala

Third Hellfire Gala

Fall of the House of X/Rise of the Powers of X (also should have already done, however...) +Single issue: X-Men (2021 series) #35 aka Uncanny X-Men #700 is featured at the end of the FoX omnibus, though the omnibus excludes an extra bit at the end involving a cliffhanger for Charles's fate after he's arrested

if you want to dig a little deeper though, you can check out this article from another individual which includes another wave of 'relevant' (word used loosely as some can be considered more poignant than others) krakoa stories and stories related to it or set during the period.

it's a lot longer and more in depth than the last article, so again i only really rec peaking at this one depending on how deep you wanna go, or if you decide you want to explore more after reading the more 'key' stories. def wouldn't hurt to give it a glance just in case you read some summaries that pique your interest!

all in all, don't take these as concrete rules or guides to follow: comics are meant to be fun, these are just good starting points if you're feeling lost or overwhelmed. at the end of the day, you decide ultimately what you want to read and which stories interest you the most

happy reading !

[gumjester]

I FEAR I MUST ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE ENTERED FULL FLEDGED COMFORT MEDIA TERRITORY WITH LONG-RUNNING TIKTOK SKIT SERIES BISTRO HUDDY ..... ITS SO FUN!! the characters r so well-written and well-acted and the premise is so cute and lends itself to shenanigans and what-ifs.. the dynamics are everything. you are all about to receive fan content you never signed up for!!!!!!! god bless drew Talbert and his six thousand wigs

[thetriggeredhappy]

had an odd conversation at work today and i need to know what the demographic is that this applies to

reblog and put your nuances in the tags

[gumjester]

ask and so you shall receive!!!!!! appreciate the tag zvm :]

ARE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?

my birth name was my mother's best friend's name which is very sweet, too bad it didn't agree with me :[

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?

i cried last monday for reasons that are honestly unknown to me [as it usually goes, really.... the despair overtook me for a moment! sue me

DO YOU HAVE KIDS?

i do not !!! and hopefully i never will :] they are nice little things but i think i would get fed up after a year or so

WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY/HAVE YOU PLAYED?

i despise sports generally! though as a child i was forced under threat of torture to play hockey and netball [can you tell i went to a girls school] as well as other miscellanous and equally horrible things involving balls. the only one i can get behind is tennis 👍

DO YOU USE SARCASM?

yes, maybe too frequently for people to think i am an actually nice person. but in times like these one MUST prioritise the Bit

WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?

the cadence and pitch of their voice 🎶

WHAT’S YOUR EYE COLOUR?

blue!!! i too wish someone would get me brown contacts

SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?

SCARY MOVIE!!!!! it has been too long since ive seen one. i just can't get enough 🦇

ANY TALENTS?

i've been thinking about the nature of the word talent lately. i suppose it means something you are quite good at without really trying.i think mine would be singing, or writing tweets that are exactly the character limit

WHERE WERE YOU BORN?

the south-west of england!!! among the tractors and the cider barrels.. a scarecrow sang overhead..

WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES?

[DEEPLY HESITANT] WRITING......

we are going through a rough patch regarding that currently, but hooray for the hopeful passage of time!!

my other hobbies include wistfully overlooking fields and spending money on teapots that i don't use

DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?

i do not :[ karla you are fondly remembered..

HOW TALL ARE YOU?

i am precisely five feet and four-and-a-half inches!

FAVOURITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL?

ENGLISH, far and away!!!!! english literature specifically, but that was really only because i was my teacher's favourite and she let me read out all the good bits in romeo and juliet

DREAM JOB?

author, i suppose! but really i don't dream of a specific job; work to live, don't live to work!!!! receptionist or barista would be fine by me ☕

honestly the people i would have tagged were tagged by zvm anyway, so consider this an endorsement!! TELL ME ABT YOURSELVES..

15 questions for 15 friends.

Yes, I've been tagged by @gentlebeardsbarngrill letsgoo

ARE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?

I'm the child, who couldn't get parents name anymore, so the next nearest one.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?

Two days ago. I had no spoons left, NO SPOONS, and I needed a relaxing afternoon, which didn't happen. Either crying from exhaustion or Id wear black (or striped) for a long time.

DO YOU HAVE KIDS?

no

WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY/HAVE YOU PLAYED?

none.

DO YOU USE SARCASM?

I definitely hope so, or I'm mixing it with irony.

WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?

What kind of language are they using, I mean do they speak kindly.

WHAT’S YOUR EYE COLOUR?

boring brown

SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?

Always happy ending!

ANY TALENTS?

NOT turning into bat, when I scream BAT! and feeling under weather when its under weather outside.

WHERE WERE YOU BORN?

In the youngest town in our country.

WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES?

*copy paste from gentlebeardsbarandgrill* Uhhhh, mostly gay pirates lately.

(and gay ineffable husbands) listening to fanfiction and lot of relax. Also I'm inexplicably into Eccles Cakes.

DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?

No. :( Im traveling alot

HOW TALL ARE YOU?

176 cm (69.29 inches)

FAVOURITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL?

Physics

DREAM JOB?

I don't know! everything sounds so snooty. I just want to be useful.

no pressure tags:

I know you're into this, @weirdly-specific-but-ok, @theonevoice, @hang-on-lil-tomato @lavarend, @komorezuki, @ivankaramazov07, @bananapudding752, @spookydazechaos, @aziraphalesflamingcock, @dobry-slimak

[0hwonderboy]

my fave thing is tim downie playing pathetic men. thats all

[jamiethebee]

I see "Danny just wants to be normal" and "Amity Park is Danny's haunt au" and raise you, not a weird Amity Park, but a very very normal Amity Park. Everything is completely normal but it feels wrong. It's all just a little /too normal/ like it's been fabricated to be the most average town ever. Everything's right but there's an underlying current of some thing here is wrong. An outsider will see something weird out of the corner of their eye (ghosts hurtling through the air), but when they turn to look all they see is a bird landing on a branch. They must've just seen the bird? Right? Right????? And no townspeople have seen anything either. But it feels out of place. A niggling feeling that you can't quite shake but everything is fine??? But??? It's unexplainable but something Isn't Right.

[imaginethisisagoodname]

I feel like gum gum would probably accidentally rip his hat a lot, and the first time he ripped it he would be really sad and run to Bart crying because he just ruined the only thing his dad gave him, but Bart would tell him that it was ok and use some scrap fabric he had and patch it up for him and Gum Gum would be so amazed that Bart could fix his stuff, and any time he ripped anything he would take it to Bart so he could se Bart put it back together. And then as Gum Gum got older, Bart would start to teach him how to sew up his own stuff, because in Barts opinion it would be something everyone should know, and originally Gum Gum would be really bad at it and keep pricking himself with the needle, but he wouldn’t want to stop trying to learn because he would wan to be able to fix stuff just like Bart, and eventually he would be able to fix stuff, but Bart would still help him and do it with him because that was their thing. And then the first time gum gum ripped his hat after Bart left for the pirate ship Gum gum would be really sad because he would have to fix it without Barts help and he always asked Bart to thread the needle for him but now he had to do it on his own and anytime he would repair his hat he would be sad Bart wasn’t there. But Bart would come back and when he did they would continue their tradition of mending their stuff while they were interns and they would bring Mudd and Kyborg in on the tradition, they would teach Mudd how to mend and sew because he never learned and they would help kyborg learn whatever he needed help on and just help mend and make clothes for the group because they would probably need a lot of new clothes. But sometimes they would just hang out together and sit by the fire and talk about stuff and it would be their alone time and when they saw each other years latter they would spend time together mending orphans clothes and talking.