#how the heck is this Toontown

[nottafound-ask]

You okay? Not the face you usually have?

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(OOC: I finally figured out a way for room to have a physical form for asks HELP, anyways yeah John's not doing good)

[themagicalghost]

You know, maybe it was a good thing Disney abandonded ToonTown.

If they kept the franchise running during all these years, then it could have gotten new adaptions and spinoffs that are mostly dedicated to apps

As good as this would sound, chances would be that most of them, if not all, would have had microtransactions

Imagine having to spend real money for limited game items, different looks for gags and houses, species, etc. and the games taking advantage of FOMO in general, eugh

Heck, they could have even made the main gameplay pay-2-win if they wanted to

There would have absolutely not have been LGBT themed cosmetics or in-game pride events too, considering… Disney

All these different servers like Rewritten and Corporate Clash would not have existed either, which are all absolutely cost free

I wonder how different ToonTown is in another timeline

[toontastictoons]

Toontastic Cast and Crew!

Hi there Toons, Cogs, and everyone in between! We're the Toontastic Toons Crew! There's a bunch of us, so we figured it was time to make a little bit of an introductory post!

The most experienced Toon in our group is JJ Trickyfluff, a Raccoon. He's fond of Throw and Toon Up. JJ Is part of a club called The Midnight Crew! He's a little on the fence about all the cog drama. He really wishes we could just sit down and talk things out.. despite knowing that's a little unrealistic. JJ has had some... Interesting experiences with Insiders. He was given a Toon Task by a friend, which was basically a dare to ask a cog for a Kiss. He chose an Insider. Things haven't been the same for him since.

He/They, INFP

🦝

Our Runaway, Little Midge! Midge is a daredevil. Most likely of our group to be caught running around with low laff. Midge is partial to Throw and Drop, as they're the hard hitters. Small but mighty, Midge tends to pack quite a punch. They've taken a liking to Yesman Cogs, as well as Buck Ruffler, the Duck Shuffler. They like that he's a daredevil too. While Midge doesn't like most cogs, they're learning that even some of these "cold, heartless machines" do in fact have something a little more to them.

They/She, ESTP

🐭

"Sprite" or "Lucky Star" as most of us will teasingly call them. Star Sourpop is our sweet little green bat. When they were a brand new Resistance Ranger, they had one heck of a lucky fight with Buck Ruffler. He continuously scored all sevens. After that fight, the two had several more run ins. We all think Buck told the other cogs in Toontown Central to take it easy on Star, or else they would be in big trouble! They even joined a club called "Duck Shuffle Fluffle" to show how much they appreciate Buck! Star doesn't really want to fight the cogs. She would rather make friends with them, and have fun adventures with them! When spooked, however, Star won't hold back... so cogs beware.

She/They, ENFP

🦇

Ace Miller is our resident non-toon... Most of the time. They do have an established "Toon Disguise" much like we toons have Cog Disguises. Their Toon Disguise is known as "Ace Tinkertoon"

Ace spends most of their time repairing managers and higher level cogs who personally request them. Usual repair teams work fast, not unlike a pit crew on a race car track. Ace takes their time, and pays far more attention to detail. They have different relationships with each cog they work with, though Misty, Buck and Chip are some of their favorites. When undercover in their Toon Disguise, Ace makes regular notes about Toon life and COGS Inc. They have also taken to snagging gags where they can, and preforming experiments on them to see how they work.. and what their weak points are. Ace puts up with toons, begrudgingly. Their bright colors and loud sounds often get the better of the repair tech. Sensory Overload leads to a lot of time with cogs like Misty... sitting peacefully on the docks.

They/Them, ENTP

🔧/🦊🔧

"Petals", as we have nicknamed our magical deer friend, is originally from Ye Olde Toontown. She held out on joining the fight against the cogs as long as she could... but when things started to get messy at home, Petals joined up. They were shocked when the elders told them they couldn't use magic against these metal menaces. Settling (begrudgingly) for learning to use Gags, Petals made her way to Toontown Central. Cogs just make them mad. Petals had a wonderful life in Olde Toontown before they all came along. The worst of them is that Witch Hunter. Petals had a run in with him far before they were ready for such things. Luckily some Resistance toons saved the day. A few cogs are okay... Petals likes how happy Star gets around Buck Ruffler... and Holly and Misty have definitely caught her eye... Not that she would ever admit to that.

She/They, INTP

🦌✨

Lokitty is a bit of a mystery to the rest of us. We are pretty sure thats how they like it. This Mischief Making Black Cat has a fondness for the Brrrgh, and the blue colored cogs. A Loki Variant? Maybe. Regardless, this agent of chaos can be found making trouble in any way possible. Cogs are just a way to have fun to them!

They/he, INFJ?

🐈‍⬛

Last but not least, Space Cadet! Our sweet dog toon friend who's head is often in the clouds! Space Cadet is friendly to almost anyone who's friendly to them! If you run into this Space Ranger, be sure to say hi! She loves to chat! The fight with the cogs makes Space Cadet kind of sad. They want to be friends with everyone. They'd rather not fight. Given the option, Space Cadet would extend a hand to even the most dangerous cogs. A daydreamer with high hopes, Space Cadet hopes for a better future between cogs and Toons.

They/She/Space, ENTP

🐶💫

[trashogram]

Ya know, now that ya mention it. Each member of the Tp would have a different way to bond with the lil weasel. Here are my inputs

Smartass: Probably would teach them how to be a leader and how to pickpocket without getting caught.

Greasy: Would probably show them all sorts of knife tricks. Even getting them their own switchblade (which reader knows nothing about)

Wheezy: Probably offered the kid a cigarette, But got caught. Would also teach them about guns and such.

Psycho: Psycho has no idea how to bond with the kid, but tries anyway. Which usually doesnt end well, making the child a bit scared of psycho.

Stupid: Probably the best with the kid, they do stuff all the time. Would usually watch the television together.

!!Bonus!!

Reader: She would probably baby the heck out of the kid, making sure theyre ok and well fed. While also making sure her other 5 weasels are not showing the kid something theyre not supposed to see.

That will be all. (Anon-🤡🧸)

Ahhhh you have such good ideas 😂 because yes, this is all fitting for each weasel! Smartass would definitely harp on the fact that their kit is smarter than the rest of the Patrol when kit pickpockets successfully. Greasy would probably try to teach the poor thing how to pick his teeth with his switchblade, Psycho would def scare the kit without meaning to and the little weasel def loves watching cartoons with Stupid (if they’re in Toontown, are cartoons the live-action tv equivalent somehow?).

Also why do y’all make Wheezy so funny? 😆 I’m just imagining this meme:

*Wheezy and kit are spending time together but it’s just awkward silence for a long time*

Wheezy: “So… you want a cig?”

Reader: “HE’S FOUR!”

Wheezy: “I don’t know?! What am I s’pposed to do with him?!”

Kit: O-O

[sweetstwawbewwymilk]

TOON THEORY: Team LHHAFBBHQ was turned into the Supervisors

Insane ramblings under the cut. 

As I was wistfully recalling my time at Toonfest at Momocon 2023 and the cherished memories I made there, I wondered to myself;

“Huh. We haven’t heard about the Executive Office Tower in a hot minute, I kinda expected it to come up during one of the panels. Ah well, it's nice to see the Cog Facilities revamped, and those new Supervisor Cogs are really cool-”

That’s when the first of many thoughts struck my optimism-addled brain. 

“Huh. Team LHAAFBBHQ was made up of two guys and two girls. The new Supervisors are made up of two guys… and two girls.”

I, like many of you, rolled my eyes at this thought at first. Two guys and two girls in a team of four is just balanced character design. But that inconsequential little detail opened the floodgates to more tiny details that quickly added up in a big-and uncomfortable- way. 

Who’s Who?

I found the character summaries for Team LHAAFBBHQ and the new Supervisors, and started comparing. Some details fit together more cleanly than others, and there weren't any massive smoking guns, but there were frequent enough small details that led me to believe that what I was seeing was more than coincidence.

I collected my resources and made highlights that I thought were of interest, with some notes to explain my thought process. Maybe you can see something that I couldn’t.

Captain Rollie Dandysnooker - The Factory Foreman

Similar carelessness. Rollie has a history of getting the rest of the team into slapstick scenarios, which is hinted to be reflected in the Foreman’s behavior

Unfortunately (or fortunately), there don’t appear to be any other parallels at this time, or at least none I could see. 

Prof. Von Fumblesplat - The Mint Auditor

Both Auditor and Fumblesplat are described as intelligent and analytical

Both summaries make a point that they plan ahead for multiple possibilities

Silly Lilly Gigglesnout - The Office Clerk

Lilly is known to be quiet; possible connection to Clerk’s abhorrence to Sound?

Lilly is the intelligence gatherer of the team, and The Clerk’s control of her witnesses gives her control of the information in the court

Lilly is described to be knowledgeable of everything and everyone in Toontown. Where better to store that knowledge than the library?

The Office Clerk’s face is very long, almost stretched out, kind of like a horse Toon’s (“Why the long face?”)

Colonel Violet Supergrooven - The Club President

Violet is the strongest in combat in the team. As the Bossbot Supervisor, The Club President is the strongest of her peers.

How could this have happened?

The back of the President’s hair strongly resembles the “hair” of a cat Toon. This detail is in almost all of her progress sketches. 

Edit: a detail noticed by @surleetonin:

As anyone who has been keeping track of Team LHAAFBBHQ’s last known whereabouts knows, it’s all but confirmed that the team is (or was) being held prisoner in the Executive Office Tower on Bossbot HQ property. 

The first hint we got to the Supervisor’s existence we got was an Email from The Chairman himself, in a memo to the entire company. However, when it came to the debut, who made the big announcement?

So… What now?

The CEO. Why is HE the one who “hired” the Supervisors, when the idea was The Chairman’s?

To link the Supervisors to the Bossbots, and maybe, just maybe, Team LHAAFBBHQ, who were taken by the very Bossbots they had set out to find. 

Maybe I’m wrong. Heck, It’s very likely I’m wrong. Mayeb the Supervisors were hires from outside the company, robbing a poor Flunky of his hard-earned promotion. Maybe Team LHAAFBBHQ got distracted playing the world’s longest game of Toono. Or Maybe Joey and the gang just forgot about the Executive Office Tower entirely. 

…But I don’t think they did. The Rewritten team forgetting, I mean, the other two things are very likely to happen.

Just after Team LHAAFBBHQ went missing and BBHQ was hunted around and found, Sir Max, AKA Joey, teased the possibility of a new playground. At an earlier Toonfest, the team announced they were going to redo all the textures in the game. Both promises remained dormant and unfulfilled… until this year’s Toonfest, which confirmed both. 

In Conclusion:

I have full faith that the dedicated team behind Rewritten hasn’t forgotten the Tower, or Team LHAAFBBHQ. And I know that they’re going to come back, in some way, shape, or form.

I am mentally ill :)

[toonsurvival]

2/3

My Reactions to the Q&As

Understandable, gotta take one step of a time.

Honestly I'm Interested on how the Team is gonna depict Toon & Cog History because to the Toons, the first Cog that came to Toontown is a "Yesmen" who Greened and Kidnapped Slappy.

While every Civilian Panicked not expecting a attack happening on a Special Day in Toontown.

Because from a Toon's Point of View, Cogs Started a War first and Invaded their Homes 🏡 and Capture or Hurt their Love ❤️ Ones.

A War they never asked for, if the Cogs never attacked in the First Place. The Toons and Cogs would have been friends instead of enemies.

That be Cool 😎 to see in the Future.

I remember talking to my Toon Buddies about this the other day and how 🤔 they can improve.

Yeah...

The C.O.G.S. is a (MEH!) MESS!

But I'm honestly Curious on why there's Cog Schools 🏫 🤔 and why make some Cogs Sentient? Wouldn't it be better if the Sentient Cogs we're Grunt Cogs instead?

So you can recycle their body parts 🤔 and make new Cogs to attack Toons?

Like what are the C.O.G.S. reasons for creating Sentient Cogs? Because the ones we see so far are Depressed as HECK! Or some of them manage to find Happiness despite the chances of them getting Scraped by the C.O.G.S. in the future.

Like it's like a Death Sentence if Sentence Cogs didn't do a Good Job of Working in the extremely 😕 Mess Up Culture they live in.

HECK!

I'm pretty sure some of the Cogs or maybe most of them got Brainwashed in a very Young age and Propaganda. Of course there's Cogs who were Build without having a Childhood and intently have Knowledge cramb to their head.

[cathalbravecog]

long ramble, haven't had one of these in a while! if you read this, have fun. it's headcanons/thoughts on some stuff. i don't talk about my thoughts on story stuff publicly much anymore especially because 1) i'm shy 2) trust issues 3) bad rsd 4) i forgot the last point

i was writing for oNCE yesterday (some headcanon stuff, for myself, won't be posting that unless i change the wording of some of it to make more sense because i ramble a lot and it's a mess. like i am doing right now. also that turned into being mostly about hr in the end because i am ill. now hopefully this motivation will get me to write my mary and archie stuff.)

and when i went to bed i was thinking about some stuff in toontown, mostly the cogs - and how things work. these are things i ponder on very often and have talked about with my friends many time, throwing ideas back and forth and my headcanons for how things work.

though, there's one thing i really wonder about, and that's where cogs come from in ttcc exactly. in 'that' way though of course to keep things on the same rating as the game is i won't discuss anything explicit so don't worry. (besides they're robots and also are sexless to me, anything related to gender is purely cosmetic to them. you are usually assigned a certain expression when built though, but can change that later on. that's how i explain trans cogs.)

i think about how there are canonical families and children, and that they have "built" dates and places where they've been built. it's obvious as they're robots, they're not born they're built and made.

it's a bit difficult to explore with the limited info we have, which is kind of both an hassle to work with, but also beautiful because you can let your creativity go and make up your own headcanons, without things being set in too much canon. it's also difficult due to how different the suit culture is to us humans and also what we see from the toons which is by nature more familiar to us.

we also do not know much about suitopia, or other possible places where cogs live.

(i, personally, imagine suitopia as essentially a big country where most if not all cogs live. it has it's own regions, cities... all that. where as c.o.g.s. inc has built itself to be essentially it's own small country/community, if that makes sense. though cogs don't always only mention suitopia, at least once 'the whole world' is used. this is irrelevant tho so i won't discuss that but it's still a 'core' headcanon i have - as other things i may hc rely on this personal interpretation / headcanon.

but be aware i do not know everything is canon and can discuss things outside my realm of HCs and interpretations, but if i go deeper into like, let's say, analyzing a cog and imagining their backstory, instantly assume i'm using all these things. sorry for the side ramble, i want to make things clear for possible future reference.)

i wish it will be expanded upon slightly in the future, even a slightest crumb of what it's like out there and i can have a field day with it. i do enjoy the vagueness tho, again, as i've said we do not need to have all the information out there and it's not necessary to the main stories that are being told but MAN my brain itches for MORE. i demand EXPLANATIONS. and so i make up my own lol and i love that i can do that /gen (there's some stuff i do have an issue with that it was not explained better, but again, fixed that with hcs. talking abt atticus but im not getting into that rn)

there also may be things i am missing - i have known of ttcc's existence since it's early days, but i wasn't there for it and missed being there in person for any lore until i started playing for real in early 2023 and became a part of the community. like, there ARE things i have missed AND small details i am missing. that's one criticism i have about some info being more difficult to access now, but the main stuff is on the wiki an all luckily.

anyways that ramble out of the way... how the heck are cogs made? there's a few ways, that seem contradictory in some ways at first but i just see it as different methods.

we know cogs can change their appearances (their shell) and be "upgraded". we know cogs can even choose to be just their skelecogs (Atticus) and i suppose every other skelecog we see.) we know cogs have families and have their own kids. (cathal and bobby jr come to mind, and also belle's own kids and grandkids. not to mention, we have siblings too - thomas and robert. and their whole family drama DOES involve their unseen parents.) we know many cogs, mostly the managers, come into the company as their are - but also new parts are built, at least for the employee cogs in sellbot hq. (recently re-read the dialogue which confirmed this - literally as you're building your sellbot suit.)

we know cogs are more than just some working machines and do have deeper lives and desires and even relationships, though all instances of a parent/child relationship in ttcc have only one parent. makes sense after all they don't reproduce sexually to put it that way, again they're built and they're robots.)

it's easy to conclude, that, cogs are just built. which is true. but it just makes me wonder. we know they age. we have at least 1 cog who is a literal child, and bobby, in human years at least, looks no older than like, 8 years old. (we also don't know how cogs age. we also know cog's don't die like that, due to the whole deal with atticus. i will talk about this one day i have so many thoughts on it)

we know they grow up and even have schools - they're not programmed with everything. they earn experience as they live life and even have?? education systems? like they're more like people than we thought. (ttcc does make cogs more easily sympathized with and gives us INDIVIDUAL cogs and not just... 'The Cogs'. cogs are the focus of ttcc so of course they're developed more and are more 'human' despite being machines.)

so clearly, there's cogs like bobby. who are built young and eventually grow up. we have not seen a cog growing up yet, at least i don't think. but i wonder how that works. through cartoon logic, do they just grow up? their skelecog and perhaps their shell, too? or do they periodically get upgraded to be larger - wouldn't it make sense to built a cog as, well, an adult already? to program all these things? there may be more limits to this than we think, but also just... cultural things possibly.

the only cog CHILD (not just the child of someone - cathal's an adult. also, redd mention, but redd's adopted so he doesn't count) we ever see is bobby and, he is the child of robert, who is known to be very short. we don't know if bobby's going to grow up, or if this height is what he's just going to be like. we have one image where he's way smaller than robert, and other, more recent ones, where they're a similar heights. is that just art inconsistency due to the nature of all the (amazing) artwork being, well, volounteer work and that not everything is (or has to be) perfect? or did bobby really grow up. i'm talking about the wallet picture and the comics featuring bobby, by the way.

though, as things are, i'm sort of assuming that bobby's going to grow up or be upgraded in some way to "grow up"? i don't think we need an clear explanation for that, and in a universe like this 'cartoon logic' would be enough, but it's still something to think about.

like...how do cogs go about having kids, anyways? all instances we see are visually similar as well. cathal has the same gear for his neck as allan's body does, and they have the same head lightbulbs and wires. bobby jr and robert are both furniture.

i've always assumed that it's like in robots (the movie, that i havent watched in years which would be helpful for all this, probably.) if you decide to have a child just for the experience of raising a child, to have a legacy, or due to a bond with a partner - you literally just build one. perhaps not in the same way as in the movie - in here it definitely requires more paperwork and blueprints. but again, it's interesting to think about! hey company i want a CHILD. i look like this build them like me thanks here's some blueprints. (this also explains the amount of single parents. though belle has to have been married/is married as her honorific is listed as mrs. hey fun fact, non native english speaker here. i didnt know 'mrs' means a lady is married until like this year. i've been on this earth for 19 years.)

like the concept of family is possibly just more social there than anything. duh... can't exactly have the same oil and wires inside of you as Robots .

anyways, so that explains kids... but what about the others? some cogs don't have any families mentioned but it's not hard to assume they come from families with parents and siblings as well. what about the employee cogs? who are quite literally very disposable in a way?

we do have to take into account that after all, employee cogs we see just on and about on the streets are mostly a game mechanic, and there are some individual cogs who ARE cogs who would typically be employees cogs. (jennifer comes to mind first, she's a micromanager but also a secretary and counts as a manager. same goes for judy and so forth.)

and y'know, the game won't have a personality and backstory for each random flunky on the streets you fight. but with often they get destroyed and repaired and that there's just... so many of them! of the same model and appearance... makes you think. is that why they were made? are they truly more robotic than the others, more devoid of 'humanity'? or were they different cogs, perhaps more lower class, who's appearances were changed entirely to fit into more easily fixable and replaceable shell forms? something that's less expensive for the company and for them? i swear i am missing some details on this, but that's for me to re read the wiki and cogs ink for on my own later. (i need to have full info n everything and if i dont bring up that i know one small detail i will explode bc someone will bring it up and make me feel dumb and that's the rsd part and it's often physically painful!)

very hard to tell, i'm sort of content with my thoughts on how cogs have kids, but i hope we ever get a bit more clarity on employee cogs - though it is a bit problematic as these are the guys you beat up on the daily who don't have individual personalities.

like i'm just rambling as i go here man, it was gonna be cohesive but i'm just spitting thoughts here now. like, we have 3 seperate skelecog types - all cogs come with a skelecog like we have a skeleton so that also comes into play. it can be adjusted in ways, most notably the head and also in size. though we do have a 4 arm cog. jason please i love you /p we need more jason content. it's wacky, it's tacky - it's toontown!

fun stuff to think about but i just deep fried my brain. tdlr i guess.

how cogs made. how cogs have kids. how cogs work in general. very swag very cool. guzma cathal spades spamtongender goes on 1568854 different tangents while saying they wont aka your swagesty your adhd symptoms are showing

that's it fellas enjoy 2k words of incomprehensible rambles that i am happy to finally get out! you see the way i explain things is precisely why i almost never do it publicly and i need practice shortening things.

[sorrel-minis]

So my working theory with Welcome Home is that the Puppets were exploited for their charming appearances by a bunch of human bigwigs. The neighbors were cute and cuddly, which is marketable! But they were also queer and neurodivergent and all sorts of other things that made the human staff look at them with disdain. Y'know, since it's the 70s and the dudes in charge woulda been older men in there 50s and up.

Tw: theory got some abelism, anti queer attitudes, and narcissist based trauma and the cut so warning

I'm thinking the neighborhood has a Toontown situation going on (but with like puppets, and it managed to stay a secret for decades). Some humans discovered it in the colonizer sense and started talking up a storm to these little dudes about fame and fortune (but being hush hush about the cheap penny payment they'd give our puppet protags, and how they'd have to keep their lifestyles and mannerisms on the downlow y'know. That fine print is a bitch). Once the humans got em to believe that, the scuzzballs then convinced the puppet pals to form the neighborhood as we know it now: secluded from other puppets, far from family and friends. Y'know. Real narcissistic type behavior that only a real slime would know how to pull off. Isolate and cut them off from anyone who could see through the bullshit. Convince the puppets that anyone who says the human staff is bad news is just jealous of their fame or trying to clip their wings! If any of the neighbors object or try to ask more questions, just turn the blame around! Convince the puppets they're being unkind and ungrateful! Threaten to hurt yourself! Bring up how badly they're hurting you! Yell if you need to! Repeat as many times as you need until you've got puppets with broken spirits who'll just go along with whatever you say.

Once the black ooze/mold/ whatever started forming in Home (either it was dumped or it's just a natural forming thing) Home and Wally tried to speak up but the humans were all like "ugh you puppets will complain about anything 🙄"

And Wally is like "Okay but seriously this is making me sick please help"

And the humans were all "Ugh it's not even that bad. You people and your made up problems! Just keep making the show! That's the problem with these types! Give em an inch and they take a mile!!!"

Wally started clamming up more about it cuz honestly these guys get terrifying when they're mad.

But it got worse and worse and more concerning. Humans kept being all "Ugh! You think YOU'VE got it bad?!" And eventually Wally just stopped trying to speak up. Dude even started feeling guilty and bad and like he was lazy, so he just lived in these worsening conditions, much to the detriment of his health. The other puppets even grew concerned.

The humans finally took note and were either like "sucks to suck, but w can't do this show anymore with him looking like...that..." Or "This stuff is hurting the important human staff! Why didn't you say it could do that! We can't work here anymore! It's too dangerous!" Or something and just peaced out (maybe giving Wally two aspirins as a courtesy). They may have even tried to create a barrier between puppet town USA there and wherever they were. I'm guessing either to prevent the spread of the illness to more staff, or so no puppets will come up begging for help cuz think of the publicity scandal!!! And also mangled puppets???? Ew.

Fast forward to now. Wally's health has seriously declined over the years, and his friends are trying to just include him and keep him happy in these uncertain times. Being real pals, y'know? Heck, they might even be aware of the spread of whatever the thing is and be terrified themselves, but just continue to live life as though everything is fine. Plus, they've all got the burden of that unspoken trauma, they've lost all contact with other family and friends (and are worried about spreading the ick to them anyway), and are just trying to repress as many uncomfortable unhappy feelings as they can. That chapter is done. It was bad. In the spirit of the 70s, let's all pretend everything is always okay and we're all fine!!!

Wally or Home on the other hand has finally found a way to get contact outside of the neighborhood for help.

Sending out messages and info to anyone who will listen, hoping SOMEONE will bring justice down on the humans that used them. Wally's whole "Let me in" thing might literally be him trying to get into the human part of the place. The neighborhood doesn't have puppet doctors. He's SUFFERING and just wants to be healed and fixed. All the puppets need some kind of healing, either physically or from their mental trauma.

Buuuuuuut that's just the ramblings of a bitch with CPTSD rambling and projecting onto little puppet dudes

Could be anything really

Anyway that's my Hotep inspired sleep deprived theory.

[pico-digital-studios]

#ask the blur gang

How do you feel about cartoons where it's main character is just a ruthless maniac? I mean, Mr. NM and Bugs at one point shot someone at a Opera for coughing too much during they're seperate performance.

Neither of them regret it

OMT!Tails: Okay! Here's our second question from @mcgamejolter!

EX!Alice: He must've heard about the new "three-questions-per-user" rule going on.

OMT!Tails: Yep! Anyways... "How do you feel about cartoons where its main character is just a ruthless maniac? I mean, Mr. NM and Bugs at one point shot someone at an Opera for coughing too much during their separate performances. Neither of them regret it." I mean, I don't mind it all that much as long as they remain a good person deep down.

CR!Sonic: Well said, buddy.

Nitro: And even then, I'd say they got to know when it's time to know when to throw in the towel and get out of a nasty situation. Yes, Bugs bit off a bit more than he could chew with the hound race shenanigan but still emerged victorious, though after Daffy made that genie angry, there was no way in heck he was gonna stick around in that treasure cave.

D-Sides Mighty: Speaking of... Mr. Needlemouse hasn't come back just yet from the last question. Cindy must've definitely got him bang to rights.

Nitro: She told me before he's busy trying to draw himself a fresh set of privates after getting squirted right there with toxic cartoon-killing dip.

Nine: Heh. Knowing him, if he was here for this question, he'd be like "Oh, I could pummel a genie of a lamp with no difficulty whatsoever! TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!"

OMT!Mina: Pft! And risk a few days being shrunk to the size of a pearl in a clam? That would hinder his luck a bit.

CU!Sonia: Close sesame!

CU!Sonia, CR!Sonia and CR!Manik laughed together at that one.

EX!Alice: On the topic of cartoons, did we tell some of you guys about Toontopia before?

CR!Sonic: Go on, Alice. Please tell us.

EX!Alice: It's what was once Toontown and is a home for MANY hand-drawn cartoons, including the Looney Tunes crew and Mickey's gang. Over on their end, Mickey and his friends left Disney behind after... one too many mishappenings on Disney's behalf.

Pana: You're telling me. What's with all that live action stuff tryin' to act superior to the cartoons?

BK!Amy: Oh? Pana!

OMT!Tails: How and when did you get here?

Pana: You, er, left the door open upstairs, Tails. I just got inside.

OMT!Tails: Ah, fair.

CR!Sonic: So what's Toontopia like?

OMT!Mina: Me and Tails went on vacation there a couple of months before Crimtake's strike, and it's a really colourful and lively place to be in.

Nitro: Heh, you said it! Me, Amelia and Melanie stayed over there for some time as well, and I got to gathering some other Disney companions over to Mickey's freshly-built Disney World area. Heh, Ethan must've been gushing when I managed to invite WALL-E and EVE over.

D-Sides Mighty: Wait, Melanie?

OMT!Tails: That's your new boyfriend, right?

Nitro: Heh, yep! Trust me; I made his abusive precursors suffer for their misdeeds big time. Well, except one, who's got the least worst punishment and just wanders in mirrors.

Mini Sonic: Hmm. So that's why I saw a little girl looking back at me through a mirror the other day. At least she didn't creep me out.

CR!Manik: And to be fair, it at least gave me not paranoia, but the comfort that I'm never really alone in life.

OMT!Tails: I'm gonna go see what we can do about her after getting her out of the mirror prison. In the meantime, thanks for the question, MCStudio!

[misguidedlavender]

happy birthday, toontown rewritten.

time to get sappy!

on a warm, sunny day, on august 20th, 2013, i booted up my familys ancient windows vista PC to redeem my 1 month membership card for toontown online. after going to the main website, as id done a thousand times before, there, in small white lettering, on a bold red background, i read the most earth shattering words that could have ever shaken my small teenage self. attention, toons! toontown online will be closing on september 19, 2013. i, along with many other kids and adults, felt our souls be crushed. i ran to toonbook to see if anyone else had seen it already. the heartbreak was palpable. our precious game, our fun little paradise, our home away from home, was going away in just a months time.

i remember playing nearly every day from that point on, doing everything i possibly could, holding hard and fast to what little time i had left before toontown shut down for good. i remember the communitys desperate pleas to disney to not close the game in the form of many change.org petitions. i remember the fiery anger at the original blog post, stating that disney wanted to divert resources towards club penguin (which was quickly edited out, of course). but so it goes, in the normal course of business, the cries of hundreds of thousands of children went ignored.

on the morning of september 19th, 2013, i woke up early to gather in toon valley of toontown central to bid farewell. my goodbye was not even remotely clean or graceful. i was booted out maybe an hour or so before the game officially shuttered at noon. and that was it. no fanfare or final words. there was silence, and there was sadness.

but in the midst of our collective grief, whispers began to spread around toonbook. did you hear? this guy on mmo central forums says hes gonna revive the game. no way, thats not possible, the games dead, obviously. but in a few days time, a proof of concept was revealed. from the cynicism, a different tune emerged. the sound of hope.

toontown wasnt coming back. it was being rewritten.

in the many years ive played this game and been a part of its community, ive made so many precious memories and friends that have become core parts of my soul. it has served as an endless fuel for my creativity and introduced me to so many incredible and colorful people. heck, i married the guy i met through this game. ttr was there throughout my most formative years. even in my darkest moments, i never strayed too far from the trolley. i would be such a vastly different person without ttr. i will never not be grateful for all the opportunities, memories, love, and happiness that ive experienced because of this game.

with all the warmth i can afford, happy 10th birthday toontown rewritten. against all odds, you have survived—no, lived—a full ten years powered only by the love of community who refused to let their home disappear. your persistence in the most unlikely of circumstances is emblematic of why its worth it to keep striving. in the face of despair, what most would see as a stop sign, you saw as a giant green light. you radiate an infectious passion that makes me smile even when i dont want to. you are a happy respite in a world that is difficult, dark, gray, and full of cogs. you taught me that, no matter how old i am, silliness and fun arent something to grow out of, but essential to our existence.

geez, im getting a little misty eyed. i should stop here. thank you for everything ttr. heres to another decade of happiness.

[trueoathbreaker]

Im watching a video on mmos and i wanted to talk about my experiences with the genre for the past like 2 decades

I first got into mmos with toontown back when it was all over tv

My parents paid for an account for me and my sibling to share and my dad had his own account

I played a whole bunch of toontown but i avoided a lot of things....i was barely in double digits....stuff like cog buildings and the factory (back when there was like...1) scared me...heck i still tend to avoid them when i go back to ttr (and bc i have zero social skills so i suffer in solo)

My first TRUE mmo was maplestory....i never got far tho i leveled up a few times and got to like the elf area and had someone try to trade me but again i was just a confused 11 year old at the time....idk how mmos work! I still played them!

Theres a bunch of mmos id get into during middle school and into hs but never for too long....i was like a grandma with a cell phone....idk what im doing im just hitting things and running around the first area

I have a friend who id play some of these with back then but even then i didnt know what i was doing

At this point in my life and its only been 28 years of being alive....most of these memories are fuzzy...

I remember always being magic classes until i got one with a gunner...i thought wow thats cool!

My friend always did way more in these games than i did....

And then there was one particular mmo....i had gotten into with a different friend in hs....

Tera

Now my first jump into tera was short lived (in 2013) bc i had a laptop not made to play such a demanding game and i barely saw past lumbertown for years. I shelved tera and had a small burst of playing mmos during this time from new to old

For....whatever reason i dont remember

My previous friend got me to hop back into tera in 2015

And that

Was the start of my true mmo years

Every other mmo i clueless played barely getting anywhere for a few months to playing talesrunner a few times to whatever mmo i wanted to try that gave me a virus once and i very shakily saved my computer from it (probably)

Didnt matter

Here we are back in tera 2 years later and its all different and would only get more different the more i played....i deleted the like 3 characters i had barely used bc their names were trash and i made a new archer named deed

And we had a blast (and i had a third friend join us for some time but we dont talk about him anymore ok ok)

I dont remember how or when

But i had found an mmo coming soon with a closed beta upcoming

Blade and soul

My first time playing blade and soul.....was awful

I was on yet another laptop that could not handle the game....i gave up at the first world boss area bc i had worn the pvp outfit not knowing it was a pvp outfit (whoops) and was basically stun locked into death by strangers bc my poor computer was too slow to handle it

Despite that i bought the founders pack and walked back into the earthern realm with my blade dancer magmia

Who i promptly disgarded to play with my friend on iksnanun

And seeliewood was born

And the rest they say

Is mostly recorded on this blog for your viewing pleasure

Blade and soul to this day is still one of the best experiences ive had in an mmo despite it all despite the games jank despite it taking me months to actually DO non story content bc i had new friends who dragged me with them besides doing the first two dungeons over ans over bc i was a scared baby of 20something despite the absolutely wild people ive met and friendships lost and stupid things ive said and done and times i got my butt kicked by mushin

Its about my friends still letting me try the scary raid with them after i have an embarrassing meltdown down in front of them and a bunch of strangers

Its sitting down for hours in a dungeon just to talk bc no one is gonna yell at us to get out

Its watching a whole raid stop and watch a rare item vanish bc one of u thinks its the ugliest outfit in the world and she paid us to throw it out

Its roping people in to farm pirate princess or black ice for months until they finally drop

Its not about reaching the best gear to do the newest raid that kills you for looking at it funny

Its about a game that introduced me to my gf @shironuri

And while i have had a lot of other mmos following some lasting longer than others including a third return to tera

Most are short lived

I don't stay as hooked on some mmos or i fall back into my rapid pick up and put down way of playing games in general

Many mmos are shutting down or mobile only or have specs past my nearly 10 year old pc that i do not have the money to replace

I'm back to staying away from socializing and many of my friends have moved on or have no time for these games anymore (or they're all in ff14 which i technically own but.... you know)

So many mmos i played only a few years ago are just gone or out of my computers power to play (id love to try and get pso2 to work again but i only played on jp and that takes a HUGE amount of time to set back up)

On that note i realize there's a lot of games i play that should go on this blog but i just haven't

Like other social sims

Yall want my vrchat screens??? Eh probably not theres like 2 active followers yall probably see this on my main enough

[mouthpiece-simp]

ougj hello. if requests aren't open disregard this but would you mind terribly if you did pacesetter/reader hcs where reader is a human woman whos a singer in toontown. im starving for pacesetter/reader content

Pacesetter x Human/Woman/Singer Reader Headcanons

Man, do people still do stuff like Human! Woman! Singer! Reader or was that phased out? This is my first time writing fanfic on any noticeable scale in years... I don't know this stuff anymore lol.

👟Graham knew about your existence for a while. Who didn't? You were known as a bit of an anomaly among toons and Cogs since you were human, and both sides tried to recruit you. But all you'd do was sing and perform.

👟So one day he decides he's gonna see what the big fuss is all about and go to one of your concerts.

👟Backstage, one of your crew members told you that none other than Graham Payser was sitting in the audience. You were flattered- you'd heard so much about this dangerous yet apparently very attractive Cog, and here he was in your audience!

👟You do your performance as usual, and once the concert is over you're surprised to find Graham casually waiting backstage for you. Apparently he'd sweet talked his way past security because he was just that curious about you.

👟And he kinda sweet talked you as well... LOL. He was just really charismatic... and enchanting... and cute... and.........

👟Graham dramatically asks you out on a date, and you're a little hesitant since you just met him, but you agree because you couldn't pass up an opportunity like that!

👟And after that you two were a thing.

👟I hope you don't mind a fast paced relationship because he does pretty much everything really fast. It's just his personality. If you can't keep up with him, well... sorry.

👟Graham is very, VERY dramatic. He could get a paper cut and he'll fall to the floor and complain about how much it hurts and how he needs you to kiss him all better.

👟Stroke his ego, compliment him a lot.

👟He's also the kinda guy to respond with, "Who doesn't?" to, "I love you."

👟If you think he doesn't care about you though, you'll be proven very wrong. He will go to some crazy lengths to show his love for you, be it running a marathon or just giving you a hug when you're feeling down.

👟Makes tons of songs dedicated to you. Sometimes they're love songs, sometimes they're just songs he thinks are his masterpieces {well, he ALWAYS makes masterpieces, but like, extra masterpieces}.

👟If you sing for his songs or even make some of your own dedicated to him, he will be like 😍😍😍. Dude will go crazy with supporting you like the dramatic guy he is.

👟Don't be surprised if you wake up at like 4 AM to Graham running around the house getting ready because he thinks the sun is too slow and he's just better than even the sun. PS he got 2 hours of sleep.

👟Sometimes he randomly hugs you from behind and asks, "How's my future wife?"

👟He expects things to be done really really fast, so he's pretty impatient. You will have to help him calm down if you can't speed up the process at all.

👟Graham will try to recruit you into the ranks of the Cogs. It's up to you if you wanna accept it or not.

👟Toons will be hostile to you regardless because you're dating a Cog, though. But your boyfriend will green them for you and help you get cleaned up.

👟If he hears you humming or singing, be it practicing/recording a song or just absentmindedly, he will immediately shut up so he can listen. And when you're done he starts clapping and cheering for you. Might even pick you up and kiss you.

👟Speaking of picking you up, he likes to do that a lot. Prepare to be quite literally swept off your feet.

👟He calls himself your number one fan and will be there for all of your concerts, either onstage with you or cheering for you louder than anyone in the audience.

👟Graham is one heck of a flirt. He loves to watch you get all flustered.

👟Challenge him to a performance battle some time. He'll probably out perform you because he'll keep changing keys, tempos, and even going into the dreaded 6/8 time {good luck LOL}, but he'll love the challenge.

👟Hope you've kept up with his fast-paced personality! Things are never boring around Graham, that's for sure.

[paceplace]

You have no idea how desperate I am to try and find a let's play where the let's player DOESN'T skip the dialogue.

Take Travis for example! He's such a charming character who keeps coming up in I think about three or so tasks!

Or heck, the task for ranking from 8-9 in Barnacle Boatyard is freaking hilarious. If only because the Shopkeeper NPC spends most of it in a murderous rage at the Cashbots for stealing his Jellybeans!

There's this one Toon in Mezzo Melodyland who has a freaking motor home pyramid scheme you take part in. I can't remember their name, but it's hilarious!

The Toon who gives you the flat profile cheesy effect repeatedly insults your Jazz skills.

The "Big Head" cheesy effect is canonically a DISEASE caused by the Cogs' inner workings hitting JUST the right frequency when resonating with Mezzo Melodyland's ambient music.

Tumbles is a gem.

Heck, a throwaway line from Banker Bob in Toontown Central foreshadows a big reveal about Cashbot HQ in Mezzo Melodyland!

The Elders of Toontown don't actually know anything about the Cogs, they just pretend they do because everyone is counting on them and they don't want to let them down!

There is exactly ONE Shopkeeper NPC in Ye Olde Toontowne who doesn't speak archaically. His name is a pun of "Modern Era". His neighbors all think he's weird.

There's probably more I'm forgetting, but you get the idea!

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING!!!

people are too quick to skip over the dialogue in this game it drives me INSANEEE. i feel like the reason why ppl skip out on it is bc they're NPCS + NPCS in games are known to be noninteresting/unimportant but the reality is it's the opposite case for clash. imo you're missing out if you don't give the taskline dialogue a chance bc aside from the dialogue you only really have the gameplay which alone isn't enough to sustain long-term interest in the game. also the dialogue is filled with a little bit of everything? there's lore, information on how toon society works, references to tto and some pop culture, and npc's are their own people instead of a mechanic that exist to give out tasks. you also miss out on how our toon is characterized like they're so unserious? they get fed up with some of the townspeople's shit sometimes but they also literally try to end someone's cereal business and feed a raccoon npc trash in order to help them out of a depression. what more do you want

[toonietoon36]

The Copycat

Written by Toonie, a gift for @sweettoothstomp

Disclaimer: this is an oc based story including The Copycat, created by my dear friend, and my own toontown self insert Toonie. This is written in the point of view of Toonie, recounting events.

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Things never were quite the same after the disappearance of Copycat, they were always such a pleasant cog to converse with. Their abilities were unmatched compared to other advance cogs, the ability to disguise themselves as anything and anyone- cog or toon -was quite the feat! However ever since they disappeared into seemingly thin air any discussion about them has been unpleasant to say the least.

Brian keeps bringing up how the task if they were to be found is to hard reset the copycat to restore them to their designated purposes. I think that to be cruel and unjust, however the words of lawfulness fall flat as a boardbot. Everyone seems to agree that resetting them is the best course of action to keep our guards high and our eyes on the toons in case they were to attack again without warning. Having a cog that can take the form of a toon is quite useful when keeping tabs on the toon population, however being able to do so without Copycat is near impossible since none of us could ever perfectly replicate a disguise of such magnitude.

I wish I knew where they had gotten to, I miss seeing my dear friend and college. Our shared interactions were never stale and sometimes the mirror trick was quite fun. I still remember the first time they had shifted into me and gave me quite the fright, back when my hair was still long.

Through the pondering and remembering of the boardbot the door creaked slightly at the entry of the managers lounge. A small, grey and whiskered face peered in cautiously as it surveyed the area only jumping with surprise when its eyes locked with the greyish-blue ones of the cog staring directly back at them.

Toonie stood up quick and stared down at the toon with shock before grabbing them roughly by the scruff of the neck to drag them into the empty lounge, slamming the door shut behind them. With the speed of a whip the imposing cog turned to face the toon.

"YOU!" their voice a stern thrum "What the heck are you doing here?! I knew I recognized those eyes the moment we made eye contact!"

The dazed feline shook their head to steady themselves before rubbing their arm anxiously. Quietly their form stretched abnormally before taking a completely new shape, one of originality. Not long Copycat stood opposed to the slightly taller cog.

"I... I came to see you-! I missed you. I-"

"ARE YOU NUTS?!" The abrupt interruption caused them to jump. "Do you have any idea how risky this is?! Ever since you went walkabouts everyones been making plans for your return!"

Toonie's fingers tangled themselves in their hair as they tried to get a grip on their anxieties. Their feet beginning to pace back and forth.

"What plans? A return party?" The oblivious feline cog tried to lighten the situation much to the dismay of their coworker

Toonie's eyes relocked with Copycats as panic and almost anger flooded them.

"No! They want to reset you! Hard reset."

Just the mere utterment of hard resetting brought fear to anyone, the feline was no exception to this. The synthetic hairs on the back of their neck stood on edge as their tail wrapped around their leg nervously.

"Good cogs... If anyone here finds you you'll be in so much shit.."

"This was a bad idea."

"No doyee! You could of left a note under my door or something! But... I'm glad I got to see you again at least. I've missed talking to you." Toonie let out a solemn sigh as they lowered their hands from their hair. "But you really need to go before someone else comes in here."

A strangled and shaky breath left Copycat as they nodded, understanding what needed to be done. Their form returned to that of a grey cat toon before looking up to their friend. The cog got on a knee and held out their arms which were soon filled by the toon. Their embrace short and saddening.

"I'll lead you outside. But we have to be quick before someone shows up, last time I saw Mary around was when she was leaving for patrol, she could be back anytime now."

Thankfully the escape route was easy and swift, when outside of the boardbot headquarters Toonie ruffled the cats fuzzy head as a goodbye.

"Now get out of here before you're reset, or worse, scrapped"

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[atlasllm]

I know you're blog title is probably exaggerating, but I wanna know exactly what moments and what about them made you cry. Hold nothing back. I'm willing to read a Bible's worth of this stuff. I love hearing about how people emotionally connect to pieces of fiction in a positive way, especially if it's something near and dear to me like Sonic.

nope i am not exaggerating in the slightest lol, i've kept count for the past year

That being said, I don't remember ALL of each moments that made me cry, but I answered a similar question a year ago (back then the count was only 6 times)

I cried because Sonic reminds me of a very obscure comfort character of mine and one of the 2 people I talk to who know about this character confirm that he is exactly like him, which hits deep because they both are optimistic punk guitarists who would definitely fit My Chemical Romance's "Danger Days" album due to their life philosophies

I made a new friend recently One of my friends has been a Sonic fan longer than I've been alive, and since I got into Sonic post-Forces they said that they were glad the first game I can experience be released is Sonic Frontiers because of how massively amazing it is in comparison to how the franchise has been for the past decade

Catching up with a friend since they're working and I'm in college and they allowed me to infodump on Discord call about Sonic Frontiers... I forget WHY exactly it made me cry at the moment but like, god this game was so good and I was only WATCHING gameplay

I think more recent ones I remember have been:

Outright crying because it took me so many hours to finally beat the Master King Koco Trial (I have video of this but I don't think I'm ready to use vids of me crying for internet clout yet LMAO)

Hearing I'm Here (Revisited) for the first time and hearing the instrumental + Kellin Quinn's vocals as Eggman aims the rifle, seeing Sonic grow so powerful he defeats The End in one shot, floats through space unconscious, and lands back down onto the planet okay and finally able to be with his friends again

I'm not 100% sure about these ones, but I guarantee-ish moments I have cried were:

Watching Penny "Snapcube" Parker play Sonic Frontiers (like I've said, this is the first Sonic game I've actively followed coming out + would have just watched let's plays before realizing it looked so fun to play that I wanted it for Christmas) and her playing the entire Chaos Island storyline where Sonic admits Tails is basically his little brother and he'll miss him when he goes out on his own adventure

Sage's sacrifice + hearing Dear Father

That shot in the original ending (Penny played Hard Mode so it was getting me antsy enough to see what the ending would be after the bullet hell section) where it's just Sonic flying through the air like a shooting star; the shot of Sonic being a literal star coupled with the specific part of I'm With You that plays just looked so incredibly beautiful

While once again I'm not sure if I can name specific moments, but Sonic Frontiers is genuinely one of the best experiences I've had. For the longest time I've only played free-to-play MMOs like Wizard101 and Toontown (and also Minecraft Bedrock edition), and while I have yet to catch up to Wizard101, I've never really gotten attatched to triple A games.

Watching Penny play Sonic Frontiers, after ages of hearing that "oh this old Sonic game is the best" "eugh these past few Sonic games are terrible" and seeing a human just genuinely enjoy this fresh new game, especially as the first Sonic game that I as a newer fan was seeing experience in real time, just filled me with so much joy. Seeing each update come out to make it better and better, and seeing Frontiers completely blow itself out of the water and put Sonic on-par with other triple A games instead of being seen as a joke 24/7, it made the experience of Sonic Frontiers being my first real Sonic game so much more sweeter. And heck, it's incredibly accessible! Wizard101 is basically a card game simulator and even I with a keyboard was able to 100% it, play hard mode, and complete the DLC!

I think that in itself, seeing Frontiers as my first Sonic game and seeing how good it is, just makes the entire experience really emotional for me. How so many of my friends who've been fans longer than me are excited I get to experience the same joy they felt when they first became Sonic fans. It's like seeing an old friend that you haven't seen for a long time mixed with the sheer joy of waking up on Christmas morning during your childhood.

I have a lot of feelings about this game ;w;

EDIT: OH OH that part where Sonic grabs the giant sword and slashes Knight in half coupled with the ending of Find Your Flame 100% made me cry too

[starteas]

🔥 Maybe some 🅱ideo game opinions? (I don't actually know your video game tastes, so I can't be specific. 😔!!)

Send me a “ 🔥 “ for an unpopular opinion.

I think they should start making children's MMOs again (Club Penguin, Toontown, etc.) It's sad to see they've been lost in the era of social media, but I really think it was an important thing during my developing years! I think it'd also be good especcially considering how non-child friendly the internet's gotten over the years (and most of ACTUAL "child-friendly media" is YouTube Kids or whatever the heck they've got going on with dress up sites nowadays.)