#hopefully hes in them and not just a character written in for the movie 😬

[cheerfullycatholic]

I have been in a reading slump for years with only one or two books every six or so months being able to pull me out of it for a short time BUT IF SHRIKE IS JUST AS AWESOME OR EVEN MORE SO IN THE BOOKS AS HE WAS IN THE MOVIE I WILL READ ALL OF THE MORTAL ENGINES BOOKS RIGHT NOW

[thesoftboiledegg]

My answers:

Rick! 🪶

Space Beth. I just get that vibe.

I personally don't think so, but I think it's possible. They definitely had a close relationship of some kind judging by what C-137's said about letting him in.

@theresonlyzuul suggested Birdtammy, which sounds like something Bird Person would do!

Adult Swim ordered 10 seasons around the time that season three aired, so--that many.

Pass, but if I were into men, I'd think about it 🤔

Supernova. She's so perfectly evil.

Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind, but Rickmurai Jack is a close second.

M. Night Shaym-aliens! That is the dumbest episode I've ever seen. I think that all three episodes after the pilot are awful, which is not a popular opinion in this fandom. They rely too much on movie parodies and gross-out and cringe humor, even for Rick and Morty. "Haha lolz what if Rick and Morty were rappers wearing bling" Nope, not funny.

It was Jerry for a while, but I've started to like him in the past couple of seasons as he's dropped the "dopey dad" act.

Tie between what he did in The Rickshank Rickdemption and The Vat of Acid Episode, and he was a monster in season three in general.

I think it's possible. From what I understand, Justin Roiland was still involved with the show until season six (although his influence was gradually shrinking.) People say otherwise, but I think he's a good voice actor and knew those characters intimately. I could see the new voice actor trying too hard to sound like Rick and Morty, burping and stuttering every five seconds. I don't see him having a lot of involvement in the writing, either. But...Adult Swim made the right decision. Roiland seems like an awful person who doesn't deserve that series.

@theresonlyzuul, @dirty-bear-rick-sanchez, @graybluejay, @slothgender, @two-crows, @hazelnut-u-out, @stropharian-world (there are more, those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head right now.)

Rick but not in a bro-y way. We just share a lot of the same issues, minus the substance abuse.

"Sleepy Gary ruined my gag reflux" had me rolling. Best line of season six, which I didn't think was super funny overall, to be honest.

Season three. Not my personal favorite (I prefer seasons 4-6), but The Rickshank Rickdemption is the best episode in the series. Every episode is great and well-written--the only flaw is that I think season three tried a little too hard to be dark and edgy. Still, I don't think the series will ever capture those heights again. It'll have great individual episodes but not brilliant character studies in every one.

Season one. Again, an extremely unpopular opinion, lmao. It had a certain clean, logical vibe that the show didn't capture again, and it could be pretty funny, but some of those episodes have me cringing. Anatomy Park, Raising Gazorpazorp, M. Night Shaym-aliens!, Lawnmower Dog--a third of season one is unwatchable to me. When I rewatched it, I was like "How did I sit through this bullshit for the first time?"

I think I'd watch it eventually to see what happens, but...it would be hard. Hopefully, Adult Swim never goes that route. (I'm not expecting it because it sounds like he was insanely unprofessional and a nightmare to deal with.)

Don't know if I have a favorite, but I love it when Summer tells Jerry "You don't love somebody because you expect a reward. You love them unconditionally."

If I had to choose: Summer or Beth! But I wouldn't want to live in that household 😬

20 SHORT-ANSWER* RICK AND MORTY QUESTIONS FOR YOU:

*You can write long answers, if you'd like! Feel free to skip questions, too!

Who is your favourite Rick and Morty Character?

Which Beth is the clone: Domestic Beth or Space Beth?

Do you think that Rick-C137 and Rick Prime were previously romantically involved?

What do you think would be a good name for Birdperson and Tammy's daughter?

How many seasons do you think Rick and Morty will eventually have?

Rick C-137: smash or pass?

Who is your favourite Rick and Morty villain?

Your favourite Rick and Morty episode?

Your least favourite Rick and Morty episode?

Who is your least favourite Rick and Morty character?

What is, in your opinion, the worst thing that Rick C-137 has ever done?

Do you think that Rick and Morty will be affected substantially by having to change the voice actor for Rick and Morty and a bunch of other characters?

What's a good Rick and Morty blog?

Who is the Rick and Morty character that you relate to the most?

The funniest Rick and Morty bit/scene, in your opinion?

Best Rick and Morty season?

Worst Rick and Morty season?

Would you stop watching the show if Justin Roiland returned?

Your favourite Rick and Morty quote?

If you had to be one member of the smith family in the next season, who would you want to be?

[shaineybainey]

As someone whose favorite has always been Leo, I don't even want to acknowledge that one hour special. Idk. Like, yeah, it was finally an hour about the supposed main character of the series - but it felt more like a consolation prize for Leo fans more than anything.

Like, the guy was called names by his siblings, actually written in canon as the character who actually blinded someone, and after they've pushed him to his limit, he still had to be the one to save his siblings.

And that whole Escape to the Bionic Island arc. UGH. I still get sick thinking about it. (Please don't take this as me saying you're wrong, btw, because you're not - but personally this is just how I felt and still feel about it.) It's not often that TV shows make me angry, but that one had me boiling in anger.

Like, it was so strange and suffocating and vile how quick Donald, Adam, Bree, and Chase were willing to sacrifice Leo the moment they had the chance of being in position of power that I just wanted to throw our TV out the window by EP 2 of that arc.

As far as Elite Force, tbh, didn't watch it when it first came out. But a month ago, I finally got to peep it, and yeah. There are definitely a number of technical issues that should have been caught.

For one, they really didn't have the same writers as they used to have on Lab Rats. There was at least one, I think? who used to be on LR, but even his interpretation of the characters has frequently been hit or miss. The one that wrote the LR characters well, who understood the power of good character dynamics the best, and who came up with cool concepts and plots wasn't there, I don't think.

One of the directors, at least, are the same (two, if we count Hal Sparks). Everything else was sort of jumbled - which, to me, is why the show didn't know its characters and didn't know who to appeal to - the longtime, older fans vs the new kids that they hoped were watching.

And you kind of brought this one up in another post already, but for some reason, it's like they were suddenly allergic to black characters?? Which is not too puzzling because Disn*y has always had this weird thing towards characters of color and diversity, but they just drained both shows of their poc and somehow want us to be okay with that.

Like, yeah, Skylar was there, but she was on her own? In Mighty Med, we had Horace and Alan. Let's count Megahertz, too. In Lab Rats, there were Leo and Tasha, and despite my disgust for 97% of that one hour episode, we also had Taylor and Logan.

LREF was pretty jarring because it didn't look like the world we lived in. Like you said, they did not act like how we knew them to. Now, they also don't look like what we're used to.

It was just a difficult visual to adjust to. Hopefully this don't come off as shallow, but I was just so used to a more diverse environment. My family and friends are made up of people from all sorts of race and cultures. When I don't see that in my reads or the TV/movies I watch, it just sort of gets skipped or abandoned like LREF.

Anyway. I digress.

You made a lot of valid points regarding how they messed with characterization, though. It's definitely bad when fanfiction writers are better in it than the writers 😬

Okay, but Perry ain't lie when she said time has not been kind to Bree. Sus look old, Friends. Bless her heart.