#i heart arlo spoilers

[luckyshinyhunter]

🚚🦅 If I had a nickel every time I seen a Netflix cartoon that has an absent but likable dad, I would have two nickels!🦅🚚

[izayoichan]

Pick your comfort couple & choose songs for them:

How Fannar feels about Arlo: If You're Not The One - Daniel Bedingfield (Boyce Avenue acoustic cover) How Arlo feels about Fannar: I Swear - All-4-One / John Michael Montgomery (Boyce Avenue acoustic cover) How they feel about each other: Only Time - Enya (Boyce Avenue acoustic cover)

I checked after I picked my songs, what Mahv picked when they did theirs for these two, and to no real susprise, two songs are the same. I mean we do talk songs a lot, so I am not surprised at all.  Why they are a comfort couple for me, well because they go through so much crap, but in the end, they find their own happily ever after.

[my-time-with-vid]

Biggest heartbreak

A bit of a spoiler for My Time at Sandrock below (but don't worry, it's actually funny)

ANYWAY. Arlo and Albert were my romances in Portia. When I saw him in Sandrock, I fangirled and rushed to talk to him...But then...He ignored me...

Heartbroken.

Devastated.

Was it because my character was pregnant with Unsuur's second child?

Unsuur picked up the pieces of my heart.

My live reaction in front of my friend, who was watching me play.

[c-estmabiologie]

Pangs (Candela Obscura fic)

I'm still obsessed with Arlo. Another character study based on where I thought the her Bleed Scar was going for a little while. Spoilers for episode 2.

CW: body horror, cannibalism (mentioned, lightly implied)

Also on AO3 ! Usually Arlo didn’t leave the bath until the suds had vanished and the water had gone cold. Today, though, she was restless; steam had still been curling off the water’s surface when she’d gotten out. She was standing in the middle of the bathroom, leaving footprint-puddles on the marble. 

There was still a towel draped over the chair from when Auggie had bathed earlier, not getting any drier with the steam from her own bath filling the room. Auggie. They’d had a lovely time this afternoon, picking out new suiting.

It was nice to have a friend. 

But now, she was alone again, naked and dripping in front of her mirror, the condensation wiped away so she could take a good look at herself. She craned her neck to see exactly how far the dead grey flesh crawled up her throat. Her blouse collar could still take care of it, mostly, but she’d have to be careful. No more occult rituals if she wanted to still be presentable. (Lately, much to her family’s chagrin, she found herself caring less and less about respectability, less and less about the costs that might come with frequenting the grimier parts of the city and keeping company with people who would never even dream of setting foot in Briar Green. The currency she held by being from the Black family was undoubtedly helpful, even with the fussiness of her connection to the Eastons and, by mere association to Eddie, their disappearance...but she thought that, perhaps, she might have to find a new sort of social cachet. It had been so bizarre to have to explain about Eddie earlier without everyone in the room already knowing him and trying to remember him as best as they could. Arlo tried to remember him at least three times a day so that she could be sure she was remembering him best of all: how his hair stuck up in tufts no matter how it was brushed, how his teeth looked when he laughed, how he would rub the skin behind his ear when he couldn’t think of something to say. Sometimes those three things formed a touchstone and tufts - teeth- ear was all she could remember, instead of remembering Eddie as an entire person. But if she had at least that she could be somewhat grounded. She couldn’t explain any of that to the Vassal and have them understand. Anyway.)

No more occult rituals if she didn’t want to feel how else the Bleed might change her. Her greyed hand had been unchanged for years; she hadn’t even imagined that it could change, become worse than before.

“You should definitely do something about this,” she said to her reflection. You should cut your hand off. Before you become a monster. 

She looked at her hand, at the void that ripped her palm open. Would the rest of her become the same, hollow and unfillable? What would happen once it reached her heart (or her mind)? Would some magick keep it beating (thinking)? Would she have to become some new creature? The idea left her cold. She didn’t want to become a skin filled with void. A monster.

A gurgle resonated from deep within her and she pressed her hand to her stomach. She was hungry and it wasn’t a usual sort of hunger. Her stomach had been complaining with the same simple, gnawing need she’d felt when she’d examined Mr. Ferris’s hand, and that had only grown when she’d taken on the Gredarn demon in the sewers. She’d thought the bath would have helped more; hot water and bubbles and thick, fluffy towels had always been curatives before for whatever ailed her after working a case, but not this time. Her arm couldn’t seem to get warm. Her body couldn’t seem to forget.

She’d brought her occult text with her to read in the tub — not an unusual pastime for her — but she hadn’t stayed in long enough to desire to read. Now, with damp fingers she turned the pages in her book until she found the entry again. The passage on Gredarn was short, just references to feeding and Oldfairen folk tales. She flipped to the next page and back again, but she hadn’t missed anything the first time. There was nothing to tell her what to expect next from having connected with it so deeply.

Her stomach growled again. The demon had consumed people . It had absorbed flesh and limbs and people fucking in their hotel rooms. She couldn’t do any of that. But she was starving, and if she was hungering like it was, would she develop a taste for human flesh? The idea terrified her, but still she poked her tongue out and licked the palm of her hand, testing. Her skin tasted like salt and soap and it was not unpleasant, but neither did it spike the pressure in her gut. Curiosity spurred her to lick the palm of her right hand, too, to see if it tasted of bleed or death or anything . The tip of her tongue tingled with how she imagined incandescent lights might taste. She inspected her tongue in the mirror for any tell-tale signs of Bleed, but it looked pink and alive.

She’d have to find another way to test the edges of her craving.

--

Where am I?

Seconds crawled by as she got her bearings. She was outside and she was still in Briar Green, that much she could tell immediately, but she was barefoot in the garden of someone else’s estate. She remembered deciding to go out — a constitutional to ease the teeth gnashing in her belly — but she’d been certainly wearing boots when she’d left home. She had a vague sense that she’d spent some time tailing a stranger in broad daylight for no reason other than that her gut had told her to, but she had no idea what had become of him or when she had decided to let that quarry go. (She did not think she’d done anything to him except follow him, but her teeth felt fuzzy and her tongue tasted sour. Her ungloved hand felt like it was filmy with grime, like something might be cakes under her fingernails, but it looked clean enough. She mustn’t have done anything because she was still so, so very hungry. Anyway.) The grass around her was tall and prickly underfoot. As she walked toward the house, she realized that the windows were boarded up. She was at the Eastons’. 

The realization gave her pause. It was better, she thought, to look forward. Closure could only be in the future, after all. It wasn’t in an empty home, and certainly not this empty home. But still she found herself climbing its steps and testing its door just in case it was unlocked.

She hadn’t been inside since that day when the portal had opened up and taken Eddie from her. Every room she wandered into looked like a storm had blown through it. Glass and porcelain was shattered, rugs were tossed, floors and tabletops were chipped and gouged. She picked her way through carefully, sometimes stopping before putting all of her weight into her step so that she wouldn’t cut her foot open on something broken.

She tried to see everything through the eyes of her past self: this was where she and Eddie had sat many times and talked for hours. This was where she had taken meals with his family. This was where Eddie’s mother had given her a cameo as a welcome to the family after their engagement had been announced. This was where she had imagined a very different future. 

But this was also where he had been taken from her. And because of that she was a different person now. 

Could I have saved him? she thought, not for the first time, and certainly not for the last. Years of studying occultism had so far told her that she could not have, but maybe that was just because she hadn’t read the right text yet, or studied the right ritual, or spoken to the right person who just happened to know why and how portals yawn open and suck people away.

She pushed her sleeve up to check her detector: everything was soaking with Bleed. Even after all this time. 

She was still so hungry. 

--

As she crept back toward her rooms she could hear her parents’ voices drifting out from the sitting room. 

“—And that young man she brought home looked like an overgrown urchin. I didn’t realize we were in the habit of clothing the local riff-raff.”

“Don’t be ungenerous. We raised her to be a philanthropist after all.”

 “We raised her to be a credit to the family name.”

Arlo didn’t need to hear any more. She still believed in who she was, but she found it admittedly challenging to be a person in the way that it was expected. She fidgeted with the fingers of her glove. The easy thing to do would be to blame what had happened to Eddie, and her parents would accept it regularly. They saw Eddie as a good man from a good family and that their daughter had been happy with him. Losing that sort of happiness would change anyone. But if she was being honest, it was really everything that had happened after that had shaken apart how she understood the world and her place in it. She knew what she was supposed to do, she just couldn’t seem to do it anymore.

“Auggie is my friend,” she burst out, surprising herself as much as her parents.

“Arlo! We thought you were out!” Her father said, at the same time that her mother sputtered, “Arlo! Where in God’s name are your shoes?”

Arlo tucked one foot behind the other, as if that would hide their nakedness.

“He’s a part of my Circle. We do a lot of good work.” That was about as much as she could explain to her parents about Candela Obscura. They thought it was a social group.

“Of course, darling,” her mother said, more composed this time, “but you know you needn’t work.”

“It’s the sort of work that’s no work at all. You know: charity work. Philanthropy.” Sacrificing some part of your soul to kill monsters was certainly charitable if you looked at it sideways. Certainly more generous than just giving money.

“Yes, and your  …Circle has helped you so much since the incident—” Arlo smiled. No one ever seemed to be able to call it anything but the incident , a term that she felt tidied up the horror that it had been too neatly. A crashed car is an incident. An uncovered affair is an incident. A portal filled with demonic entities that sucks away your loved ones and renders your flesh dead should be given a different name, but it was just another incident because no one else who had witnessed it remained. Anyway.

“—You’ve been holding up so well,” her mother looked down at her hands instead of into Arlo’s face. “I was just telling your father how beautifully I think you’re doing.”

Arlo kept smiling, unsure if she was supposed to thank her mother for the lie and pretend that she believed it. 

“I’m going to have a bath drawn. My feet are dirty.”

--

In her second bath of the day, she stared at the ceiling, memorizing the patterns in the plaster. It was dull and beautiful at the same time.

The ache in her stomach wasn’t getting stronger, but neither was it going away. She soaked in the tub, thinking of what she could tear to pieces if she were a monster. (Maybe it would be a relief.) If the feeling didn’t go away, she wasn’t sure she could keep it a secret.

She imagined telling Auggie. He’d be the easiest to tell and the one she’d like to tell the least. Because he was such a sweet boy, and because she was certain he would still be sweet to her even if she were a hideous thing. 

If she told Charlie she’d wrap an arm around her like a mother. Tell her that everything would turn out fine, even if they both knew it wouldn’t. They’d find a way to approach fine as well as humanly possible. 

She couldn’t tell Howard. He would be fascinated. He would just treat her like an experiment. But maybe what she needed was the experimental. It wasn't ideal, but if the rest knew he'd have to know, too.

Anyway.

Arlo waved her hands through the bathwater, one pink and one deathly grey, and decided that this time she would let the water grow cold with her in it. 

[mahvaladara]

THE BOLD THE FACTS tag

Thanks @dandylion240 for the rag. I love doing these.

Rules: Bold the Facts

Arlo's time. Spoiler warning.

[ PERSONAL]

$ Financial: wealthy / moderate (Fan's the town doctor and Arlo's an alchemist so they're well off) / poor / in poverty ✚ Medical: fit / moderate / sickly / disabled / disadvantaged / non applicable (Arlo's health is frail. He suffers from anemia as a result from his psychological and spiritual instability. But he is working to be more stable and with Fan's love and heart he's slowly learning to be more mindful of his health). ✪ Class or Caste: upper / middle / working / unsure / other ✔ Education: qualified (He actually has a college degree in biology with a minor in herbology and he is a virtuoso at Alchemy) / unqualified / studying / other ✖ Criminal Record: yes, for major crimes / yes, for minor crimes / no / has committed crimes, but not caught yet (As we know he 'killed' jo in self-defense, killed a teacher in self-defense, hunted and killed several dragon. He's was actually deemed a criminal in RoM but as he is the only 'Sage' of Alchemy he's allowed there)/ yes, but charges were dismissed

[ FAMILY]

◒ Children: had a child or children / has no children / wants children ◑ Relationship with Family: close with sibling(s) (Syra) / not close with sibling(s) / has no siblings / sibling(s) is deceased ◔ Affiliation: orphaned / adopted / disowned / raised by birth parent / not applicable

[ TRAITS + TENDENCIES]

♦ extroverted / introverted / in between ♦ disorganized / organized / in between ♦ close minded / open-minded / in between ♦ calm / anxious / in between ♦ disagreeable / agreeable / in between ♦ cautious / reckless (And ongoing fight between him and Fan. Due to his self-loathing he has a self-destructive tendency and is prone to being reckless, but he's learning) / in between ♦ patient / impatient / in between ♦ outspoken (still can't hold his tongue) / reserved / in between ♦ leader / follower / in between ♦ empathetic / vicious bastard / in between ♦ optimistic / pessimistic (mostly towards himself) / in between ♦ traditional / modern / in between ♦ hard-working (to the point of harming himself) / lazy / in between ♦ cultured / uncultured / in between / unknown ♦ loyal / disloyal / unknown ♦ faithful / unfaithful / unknown

[ BELIEFS]

★ Faith: monotheist / polytheist / atheist / agnostic / none ☆ Belief in Ghosts or Spirits: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care ✮ Belief in an Afterlife: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care ✯ Belief in Reincarnation: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care ❃ Belief in Aliens: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care ✧ Religious: orthodox / liberal / in between / not religious ❀ Philosophical: yes / no

[ SEXUALITY & ROMANTIC INCLINATION ]

❤ Sexuality: heterosexual / homosexual / bisexual / asexual / pansexual ❥ Sex: sex repulsed / sex neutral / sex favorable / naive and clueless / it's complicated (honestly. Due to his past trauma he does have an unhealthy libido. He can easily go from horny on main to don't touch me in a matter of seconds) ♥ Romance: romance repulsed / romance neutral / romance favorable /naive and clueless / romance suspicious ❣ Sexually: adventurous / experienced / naive / inexperienced (though he used to prostitute himself, both due to his memory issues and his life he's actually pretty clueless to healthy sex, but Fan's teaching him) / curious ⚧ Potential Sexual Partners: male/ female / agender / other(FANNAR) / none / all ⚧ Potential Romantic Partners: male/female / agender / other(FANNAR)/ none / all

[ ABILITIES ]

☠ Combat Skills: excellent / good / moderate (he has a frail health, but he will easily set you on fire) / poor / none ≡ Literacy Skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none ✍ Artistic Skills: excellent / good / moderate (neither good at arts or music, but he does like to DIY on his woodworking table and he likes to write a lot, it helps with his memory) / poor / none ✂ Technical Skills: excellent (herbology, alchemy and handiness) / good / moderate / poor / none

[ HABITS ]

☕ Drinking Alcohol: never (not allowed by Fannar, might mess up with his medication) / special occasions / sometimes / frequently / Alcoholic ☁ Smoking: tried it / trying to quit / quit / never / rarely / sometimes / frequently / Chain-smoker ✿ Recreational Drugs: never / special occasions / sometimes / frequently / addict ✌ Medicinal Drugs: never / no longer needs medication / some medication needed (he takes mood stabilizers and antidepressives, iron supplements, food supplements and vitamins, he also has to take an energy stabilizer potion from RoM, since his spirit is unstable) / frequently / to excess 👀 Unhealthy Food: never / special occasions / sometimes (Fan's very careful with Arlo's diet, he just needs Arlo to be consistent with his meal schedule, but they do eat junk food every now and them) / frequently / binge eater $ Splurge Spending: never (Arlo isn't comfortable in crowds so he barely ever goes shopping) / sometimes / frequently / shopaholic ♣ Gambling: never / rarely / sometimes / frequently / compulsive gambler

[tyrantisterror]

I know it's been a long time since I brought it up, but I'm surprised you didn't take to Arlo the Alligator Boy (and its sequel series, I Heart Arlo) like a duck to water. It's got an unabashedly reptilian protagonist, a muscular yet gentle giant woman as the secondary lead (she kind of reminds me of Margot), lots of music, and (spoiler) our hero literally choosing to live with a bunch of crazy yet loving vagabonds instead of his rich father. Thinking about giving it a second chance?

I can put it on my to-watch list!

[mcrcki]

Was that [ALBA BAPTISTA]? Oh no no, that was just [ELLIE WILLIAMS], a [CANON CHARACTER] from [THE LAST OF US]. They are [EIGHTEEN] years old, use [THEY/SHE], and [ARE] aware that they are not actually from Washington DC. Too bad they can’t stray from this city for long.

** the last of us hbo series spoilers **

how long has your character been here -

around two months? they’ve gotten settled out of the government housing, thank god for that cause that place reminded them too much of fedra school. they’ve moved in with their new roomie, sarah. still haven’t asked their last name, but ellie’s okay with that. they’re still getting settled and don’t really talk about their life much either.

what is your character’s job -

gremlin child idk ??? honestly , i think they’d end up going back to school, figure it out from here. i really don’t think she’s well adjusted enough to hold down like any steady job right now.

where has your character been pulled from in their fandom -

end of season one of the hbo series. this is where i show my fake fan vibes and say i have never played the games gkfdjg but im waiting for the release on steam, but for now, i will be playing ellie as fully from the hbo show.. that also means that i do not know tlou2 so pls no spoilers until i play it kgdfjlg

has any magic affected your character -

nope! their memories are fully intact!! though, they’re kinda wishing they got some of those fake memories cause that would make adjusting to a non apocalyptic world way easier

other notes -

i present a completely different vibe that you have never seen from me ever before! apocalyptic brat with a disgruntled found family father figure. how original, i know!!! anyways, here’s ellie williams, my favorite little demon child

insert the ‘i’ve had arlo for a day and a half’ meme cause that’s how i feel about ellie. even though i only know them from tlou show, i would die for them. how do you meet them and not want to commits multiple murders across state lines???? the ppl want to know joel.

gonna give a cliffnotes , look out of for spoilers im so sorry kldjfg

either way, ellie is a child born after the fall of the world as we knew it, she is raised within fedra’s QZ’s, and when she was a teenager, she went on a date with her best friend/**girlfriend** thank u , and then they were attacked. one of the infected came after them and bit both ellie and riley. 

fast forward, ellie does not!! turn!!!!! how !!!!!! inquiring minds would love to know

but bestie is immune to the fungus, and is then brought into firefly custody, to be shipped to a lab across the country that they’ll be able to use her to help form a cure. enter joel

joel gets fucking thrown into being the delivery person for ellie, and highjinks ensue. aka, you have one hell of an emotional development of found family !!! it’s beautiful, it’s great, ellie and joel would both fucking die or kill for each other and they have on multiple occasions. 

a lot of it comes down to the fact that joel with kill to get back to ellie, and ellie will kill to protect herself to find him again. 

i could really sit here and give so many details about the two of them, about how ellie goes from being just cargo to being baby girl, but i really do not want to give it away. it’s just 9 episodes i will give you my hbo login pls go watch it

basically, this is my pun loving, sarcastic, every other word is a swear, heart of gold, but will absolutely choose her own, and joel’s survival above anyone else, child. 

i am going to be taking my time getting their voice right, because i really do love this character, i want to do them justice when i am coming in on just a little bit of the media, so bare with me lkgdfjkg im also keeping out some more serious details about what happens to them for tw purposes.

also they have their shitty pun book here because i say so and im sad it seems like they lost it in their pack at the end of the season

connections :

✩ friends

pls they need friends, they are kinda rough around the edges and will pick a fight so easily but they really do just need a good group of friends to break past that

✩other apocalyptic besties

if anyone else has been through some kind of apocalypse and wants to trade stories, they got you

✩ coworkers

i’m considering them maybe working in an arcade, or music shop so if that’s something you can see your characters working at hmu

✩ potential ship

my love is a lesbian so just a heads up, but this would be based off of chemistry, mainly cause idk if i wanna go with canon ships gkldfjg i definitely would be willing to explore but that would be a super slowburn situation and i will probably be holding off on plotting it for a while. 

[birdy-ooc]

Spoilers under the cut because I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS. Excuse the *’s, I’m trying to keep the rude randos at bay. There have have been a lot of them lately. ANYWAY:

First we must acknowledge the glorious dance number. Me and mum both yelled “NOT AGAIN” at the telly when the tooth was picked up. Also I will not stand for T*ymaker’s Rory erasure. 15 is GLORIOUSLY camp already. I’m that B99 Arlo meme about him. 14 broke my heart at least twice. T*ymaker was such a mix of scary (the dolls? NOPE.) and absolute silliness. It was dramatic. It was very stupid. I had so much fun watching.

And now onto what I know people will have the most complaints about: that ending.

I know some people will absolutely hate it. The idea of him settling down with a family like this is like the fluffy fanfic of my dreams. But I LOVE IT. I CARE NOT HOW CONTRIVED AND WATTPAD IT IS. My comfort character with his adopted family of friends old and new getting to heal and just BE.

Listen, ya girl is processing a lot lately, and this hit me in all my “healing from trauma” feelings. 😂 Plus the obvious leaving the door open for him is 👀.

RT*D has always been about the emotional heart of the show, so him deciding “actually, no, the d*ctor needs to actually DEAL with what he’s been through rather than a new regen*ration pretending he’s fine” feels very him.

So those are my incoherent thoughts immediately after the credits have rolled. I’m sure I’ll be analysing every second on rewatches. 😂

[noahhawthorneauthor]

Can confirm that the book released without a hitch, and Kirt Graves did in fact narrate it. Word on the street is its:

'Filled with emotion and 'I will find you in every universe' vibes, Phantom and Rook IS the book of my summer. Words truly aren't to explain how much I'm feeling right now. Please just read it. Read it for the cool, tattooed witch who falls in love all over again with the immortal man who has loved him all along. Read it for the angst of ex-lovers who are still friends and watch each other have lives with others and come to terms with that. Read it for the girlfriends who are absolutely the cutest ever. Read it for Quentin and Loch because Y E S. Read it for the young witch who's coming into himself and finds a mentor in Arlo. Read it for the Game, the paintings, the artwork, the expansive world, the coffee shop, the cottage, the overwhelming sense of home. If a warm hot drink on a cold winter's day had a feel in a book, it would be this. This book is truly the blanket of warmth, covered in sunflowers and the feeling of an endless summer day even when the sun is setting but the air is still warm and you believe you still have time. Read it for Arlo, still fighting his darkness. Read it for the mental health rep. Read it for the clumsy immortal sunshine. Read it for every single character, so utterly lovable. Please--just read it, I implore you.

And if that wasn't enough, some out-of-context quotes to remain spoiler-free:

"But you don't listen to someone cry in the dark for years and not have a guess as to what their ghosts are."

"Arlo... is sitting backwards in a gleaming steel and leather tattoo chair, chin resting on his crossed arms as Kitt stabs into his back. Half-burnt joints hang out of both their mouths."

"'Yeah, I'm okay', I say, although I haven't been truly okay in a very long time."

"I love him for it. All of these people, I'm falling in love with who they are and how big their hearts are, all in different ways."

"The very universe that abandons me time and time again has promised someone so breathtaking, so wonderfully loyal and kind, only to hold them out of reach. Arlo and I weren't lovers before, only friends, and that was torturous enough to leave behind the first time."

"The Game is harvesting emotions and feelings relentlessly this year, tearing out my friend's hearts and laying them bare for all those who care to witness the dissection of their lives."

"I won't forget you again."

-Goodreads Review (aka the one that broke me)

"And that's when I crashed into him."

And that’s when I crashed into him, or he crashed into me, rather.

Paper bags launch into the air. Glass jars loaded with herbs and paint rain down around me as my ass plummets towards the ground. I brace myself and throw my arms back, slamming my eyes closed, but … I don’t make an impact with the stone. Instead, I find a thick arm around my waist and a scowling pair of eyes that can’t decide if they want to be green or brown.

Air whooses out of me and time stops as I stare deep into his eyes, right down to his soul, one that clearly does not remember me but calls to my heart all the same. It stings more than I thought it would. I briefly give the rather pissed off barn owl circling above us a moment of attention, then I look back down to his face. He’s changed immensely since the last time we met. Dimples and laugh lines have been replaced by hard set creases of worry and irritation.

Not that I would need a second confirmation, but the dark spash of a birthmark along the right side of his severely angled jaw is present, flaring the same bright gold as the first time we met. His cheeks are soft, flushed and partially hidden beneath waves of black falling from beneath a knitted beanie, he’s hiding. He blinks once, black lashes sweep across his cheeks and catch the lamplight.

And just like that, time marches on.

😱😱

GENTLEFOLK

Look at them!

The hobo immortal and grumpy witch are here in all their glory, thanks to @gagakumadraws

Arlo and Thatch are from Phantom and Rook, a book of mine that's releasing in late November and is endlessly hilarious, angsty and full of second chances, no matter how old you are.

I've got the blurb up on my site, a cover artist commissioned and potentially a narrator who fans of TJ Klune's work will know. I have a ton more art commissioned of these two, so be prepared for sweet and spicy. 🥰🥵

[p0chim]

arlo’s dad is actually pretty rad

[sokoe]

i love this show

[blanktrouser]

Insta saw it first

Also Human Arlo hanging with Ansel

[hugthepanda12]

I <3 Arlo - my thoughts on the show

episode 1: Furlecia is an icon. She undestands that sometimes cutting your fringe is the best coping mechanism and is ready to help. Precious ballfur lady <3 Also Ansel trying to do the dad thing. He's trying and we love him for that.

episode 2: Alia's arc??? Character development? Super way to dealing with your limitations??? Also Arlo being extra helpful and supportive!!?? This is a very valuable ep especially for those kids who suffer from conditions that won't let them focus.

Alia is my hero.

episode 3: Body positivity + ghost story? that's an incredible combo! that bird has no chill and apparently Marcellus can be a wise friend <3 He will share pizza crusts with you too on condition you start crying! Disgusting is new beautiful, remember that <3

episode 4: Arlo literally said 'i don't understand the need to be alone but Bertie for you I'll provide you the nice environment for your alone time bc i love you' and that is so sweet and thoughtfull I can't.

episode 5 Furlecia honey, you're an icon but you gotta relax! Good lesson on what stress can do to us if we overwork :( Furlecia skating so fab ily 

miss president: ok establishing boundaries. I love that for you <3

episode 6: continuation from the film: Ansel feels insecure about the dad thing but wants to impress his son. Fortunately Arlo explains that he doesn't care about the expensive trip experiences. He values simple things and Ansel starts to understand Arlo's pov.

episode 7: FROG DOES THE FLOP flop fLOp coz it's homesick :( but at the end of the episode Jeromio is happy and that's all that matters :3

episode 8: Marcellus you jerk. .......... Wait Mercellus sweety I'm sorry I doubted you!!! <3

episode 9

Jeromio, Jeromio You came into my home-io And you won't leave me alone-io

also head empty only Ansel and beast dancing hula

episode 10: you mean my fav episode? Arlo having hallucinations was so funny I can't... And damn it had a sadder undertone too... Ansel really was desperate to hep him !!! I'm so glad that in the end he succeded! <3

episode 11: wow a great representation how our bad mood can change people all around us. haha Bertie's gasp when Arlo said he wants to be alone. Right then she knew: 'That alligator boy now turned into me and it’s my fault!'

episode 12: CRAB LADY I BELIEVED IN YOU but hey they made ‘what are those vine’ come to life! Wait I take that back dear evil crab lady I love you

episode 13: hot weather not good octopus is in love with Ansel's statue? Bertie being irresponsible for once? I mean yeah go girl, but Arlo's in trouble now! episode 14 Tony's parents be like: we don't love u bc u don't steal. Ok nevermind at least you can lie. ... and then they steal Ansel's helicopter. I love the easter egg - ansel's song from the movie is played in one scene

episode 15 aka follow me home reprise but in New York

episode 16 jeromio facepalming my beloved Weird carousel administrator my beloved I want to steal your means of transportation daaw~ Arlo trying to impress his papa by repairing his fav carousel. What can go wrong?

episode 17 head empty only Pumpkin Boy name reveal. His name is GORDON! Also that scene when Arlo was interrogating himself was funny

episode 18 ok I would never have expected a new villain there. Furlecia proving her disguise is the best. I want to see more her skills in action in s2. Marcellus sometimes has great ideas pass it on Edmee proving she's the most rad granny in the world. And yey! Edmee and Ansel introducing to each other! Edme living on the Seaside with her alligator son! Miss President and Ansel my new otp!

Summary:

Overall, I <3 Arlo is a lovely animation! I love the references from the movie and kinda musical-like nature of the show. ‘Slow walk’ is undeniably my favourite track from the soundtrack! The only thing that bugged me but oonly a little bit is that Bertie has more screentime than the rest of Arlo’s friends. However these characters do have their own episodes so this way it is balanced. The series is both comedy gold and educational because they tackle serious issues in a funny way, such as the odds of parenting (especially when you enter the child’s life in a later stage), the need for privacy, wanting the acceptance of your parents/ people, the struggles of an introverted person to fit in. 

So, do I recommed? hell yeah, go and watch it!

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The best way to travel

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Major “I Heart Arlo” Spoilers Below!!

I just wanted to list some of my favorite parts because this series is ✨FANTASTIC✨ so far:

Literally the entirety of “In the Blue with You” and “Swamp Itch”.

ANSEL’S FLASHBACK IN SWAMP ITCH I GASPED OUT LOUD IT WAS SO FUNNY BUT IT HURT SO BAD

Lbh, Ansel in general. The best bird dad trying his very best 😭❤️

The whole “Jeromio is harmless. They were already dead before he got there :D”

ALIA IS BABY AND I ADORE HER

Also the messages throughout the show???? They’re so important and amazing!!!!!

Respect people’s needs for alone time, love your own skin, it’s important to listen to others, don’t overwork yourself, be good to yourself, and so so many more!!

“SHUT IT, you’re not my dad!!” “You’re right~ falls out helicopter window and flies away”

Arlo struggling with the concept of leaving Bertie alone when she needs alone time is so cute because he tries so hard 😭

Also the “leaving you aloooooone~... takes breath to speak again” “ARLO” “Okay bye!”

Bertie being an absolute mood with “I’m like, in the negatives with my productivity right now”

“Excellent angst son, I’m proud of you! :D” Ansel no XDD

BIRD DAD HAS A CRUSH ON THE EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL MAYOR A G H H H

The animation of “I bet it rhymes with m a c k a g e”

“If a crusty mood is all it took to ruin a friendship I would’ve been alone since birth”

I was about to be all upset about Ruff and Stucky being the “initial” villains again since the end of the movie but the “Thanks for teaching us that life lesson that we already forgot” did make me crack up

ANSEL BEING WORRIED ABOUT ARLO AS HES LEAVING THE DOCK HNNNNNNG

“BACK TO YOU” D,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:

Bog Lady 😳

Ansel and Edmee shaking hands A H HA A

Not to mention of course the animation is SO GORGEOUS, absolute eye candy with every frame. The music is also just as amazing as it was in the movie!!!

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I'm only part way through I ❤ Arlo, but I took a peek at the soundtrack, and the song Marcellus sings in Make a Fish is not included! What's up with that?!