#i was watching milo murphy's law again

[brain-is-a-toaster]

Milo Murphy, huh? Well, at least whatever goes wrong will be entertaining!

[takofukkatsumi]

If my top-3 of favorite characters in an animated TV show doesn't include a red-haired teenage girl/young woman, there's something wrong with your show

[star-labs-intern]

I have a post about Cavendish and Dakota being big Harry & Cisco vibes but here's their boss Mr. Block (voiced by Mark Hamill the trickster himself!!) in what looks like Leonard Snart's jacket 🥶🔫

Their characters even meet in flash ep 2x09

[teamcavota]

50 milo murphy's law facts

5 not so fun and 45 fun!

Not so fun to start!

The only Milo Murphy's Law official merchandise is a notebook released in Japan for the MML X PNF crossover.

Disney actually apologized to Dan (and I assume Swampy) for the treatment of Milo Murphy's Law. Dan has expressed frustration at the MMLs treatment before, citing the Hiatus between s1 and s2 and the fact it did not air on the main Disney Channel.

Doof appears in more episodes than Cavendish and Dakota in s2 (this is the real reason we needed a s3). Also, while PNF/Doof stuff was planned from the start, Disney did push for more PNF.

When season 2 was airing, new episodes would randomly be released in other countries.

Milo was cut from CATU due to a feeling from Disney that audiences would not recognize his cameo.

ok LAME ones out of the way

On the first drawing of Milo there are three names beside it: Milo, Mikey, and...Monty. As you probably know the Mikey one got pretty far and is the name used in the pitch bible (and was referenced with "I am Mikey!".) The reason Mikey was changed to Milo was not a creative choice, but because there was a popular YouTuber named "Mikey Murphy."

Speaking of, Milo was also just going to be another character apart of a different pitch, but Dan kept thinking he should go into his own show. He went to Swampy and asked him what he thought of Milo (at the time Mikey) and the idea of a show about Murphys Law. it took them about an hour to come up with the concept pitch.

You can find several of MML song dubbings on YouTube and other platforms. Most notably the Japanese version (マイロ・マーフィーの法則) highly worth checking out. Fun fact in a fun fact, Doof and Dakota also share the same voice actor in this dubbing.

In re-airings of some of the first MML episodes, second versions were made that included Cavendish and Dakota in the background.

Yes, Melissa was originally going to feel the lasting effects of the pistachion uprising by remaining looking like one instead of Bradley having his arm turned into a vine. This would have been a source of conflict for her in season 2, but in the end they felt it was too much of a change. As far as Bradley's plant arm it was originally only going to come out sometimes before it was changed to being a constant thing. He does have feeling in this arm.

The Island of Lost Dakota's was going to include a scene with merman Dakota's ("merkotas"). There was also going to be "mutation" Dakotas, such as ones with multiple heads.

There exists a live action version of the Milo Murphy's Law theme song. well, sorta, watch it

Before Milo came out Dwampy made the song "we're gonna do it again."

MML was originally set to debut in early 2017.

Weird Al did not originally come to mind for Milo. One of the idea voices they had was Noah Z Jones (Fish Hooks). They auditioned hundreds of people for Milo, but many had issues such as sounding too nervous in their lines. It wasn't until Alex Hirsch (Gravity Falls) posted a photo with Weird Al that Dwampy realized he'd be perfect for the role.

Sara is based on a friend of Dwampy.

In tune with the popular headcanon/fan theory, it's possible they did actually consider making Cavendish a descendant of Milo. When Cavendish was going to agree he also liked Milo, he was going to say he was his descendant. *this may have also just been a joke line

Milo and Cavendish are meant to mirror eachother in the fact Milo deals with Murphy's Law and Cavendish is the "author of his own misery" in regards to things going wrong.

Another thing they considered was the possibility of Dakota and Cavendish being in a romantic relationship, but they ultimately decided they wanted them to have them represent a strong male friendship.

The Milo Murphys Law crew did keep up a fanart and concept art wall. Here, here, and here are some photos.

There was a baby Cavenpus cut from final productions.

There are no official ages for Dakota and Cavendish. Dan has said he believes Cavendish to be older, while Joshua Pruett has said he believes Dakota to be the older one and by a bit of a margin.

Pistachios came to be a thing in the show because a son of some of Dan's neighbors had been allergic to specifically pistachios. They needed an idea for the larger plot and somehow those two came together. (Swampy also notes it's a funny word).

Several of the scripts for MML storyboarders included just the words, "and Murphy's Law happened."

Dan has made at least one Vinnie Dakota dedicated Tiktok similar to his Doof ones.

The Doof and Dakota lines were recorded together, back and forth.

Melissa was going to have a hamster nemesis named Ham. In the Pitch Bible the name wasn't included, but it's explained it was a pet class hamster that would always escape and end up on her things.

The secret handshake Milo and Zack do in scream-a-tourium was intended to be longer.

The studio executive for MML originally thought The Island of Lost Dakota's was a joke idea until he read the script.

There was a MML kids menu at Disneyland circa 2016.

Dakota and Cavendish were originally not in the shows ideas, nor was any B-plot, but being used to it in PNF the writers room felt they "needed something to cut away to"

Joshua Pruett pitched for the MML x PNF crossover for where when Milo opened his backpack to pull out the thing he needed to save the world it'd be...Phineas and Ferb.

Dakota is the reason parking tickets exist, as he can be a bit careless about leaving time vehicles all over the place. Dakota is proud of this.

Melissa's likeness and name is based on Dan's daughter Meli, as to sorta "balance out" Isabella also being based on his other daughter.

They considered a twist where Bob Block would be an alien wearing a face mask.

"Cavendish Farms" is an episode that never came to be pitched by Pruett where in order to track Cavendish Dakota would try to duplicate Cavendish, though none of them would quite be Cavendish. One of the Cavendishs would have a heart to heart with Dakota, while Doof would ultimately call out Dakota for what he's doing and tell Dakota "you already know what he would do." dwampy rejected this idea because this was a bad idea, to which pruett felt that is exactly why Dakota would have tried it. if renewed, pruett would have tried to convince them more on it.

Chop Away at My Heart was originally called "Jump Jump Jump" and was made for another project by one of Dan's friends. After Dan have asked to transform it into something else for Milo, Joshua Pruett suggested a "Lumberjack themed boyband" in the script.

unfortunate split for character block limit

Dakotas voice was inspired by Elvis Costello. It's also the harder voice for Dan in comparison to Doof.

Mark Hamill originally auditioned to play a teacher on the show, but Dwampy liked his audition so much they decided he'd better fit Mr. Block.

In the MML pitch bible it is stated, "Mikey has a destiny to fulfill, something vital to the future of the planet." The goal of Cavendish and Dakota would be to make sure he stays on the right path.

There IS a full version of We're Going to the Zoo, which was played by Dan in this interview at 3:00:30. Several MML songs have had full versions leaked, implying this is probably the case for some other songs too.

Like several other characters, Sara in the MML pitch bible was different from her show counterpart, being "a hipster like Thora Butch in Ghost World."

The song "A World Without Milo" is based on the song "Happy Together" by "The Turtles"

Almost every character, including creatures or minor one-offs had a name in the script. An example is "Pia," the name of the poodle Diogee falls in love with.

In regards to when Dakota talks about cutting through the Mesozoic in First Impressions and the fact it is illogical, Dan says this is likely just Dakota being Dakota (aka, it was a mistake), and not every such line should be taken serious.

In a deleted "Snow Way Out" line it was confirmed that the raccoon in Going the Extra Milo and Fungus Among Us is recurring raccoon.

Brick and Savannah were going to have a role in the crossover.

Story ideas from the MML pitch bible that never came to include a beach episode, a Friday the 13 episode, and an episode where Cavendish and Dakota try convincing Milo to take a self defense class leading to conflict with a hidden ninja gang.

For unspecified characters (probably multiple different sets) Pruett wrote in hugs that were cut by (mostly) Dan. In response, he says he "put 4 in so at least 1 stays."

S3 would have likely included: A third Block (yes, still voiced by Mark Hamill and a Block "family meeting"), Milo creating the universe, Dakota and Cavendish getting the promotion they wanted but being unsatisfied, Elliot cleverly being connected to the overarching plot, AU exploration (akin to pnf) including an episode where Dr Zone is real, and a conclusion to the Prof Time arc. The overarching plot would have been the "biggest yet."

credits to: danvillecheese for suggestions + encouragement, cheetochild989 for facts the fact about going to the zoo and a world without milo, the 2nd dimension on YouTube, my hamsterward friends, and of course all the talented people who worked on MML :3

[popculturebuffet]

Now they released a trailer for Phineas and Ferb's revival. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD--3gAwnz0

Thoughts so far?

I got some mixed feelings. On the one hand the show looks to still be good with fun gimmicks, some lampshading and a few great gags in the trailer. Candace spinning Phineas in his freeze frame and doof announcing his return to villany over social media are both heritage posts. The show looks to be funny again.

It also assauged my fears Disney might try to at least make them ignore milo or that the series would find some way to dance around the one year gap between the end of phineas and ferb the last two series occured in. But nope next summer, everything else still happened. Hope to see Milo's Murphy Law cameos at some point. And while I still think Doof will turn things around for good eventually... him backsliding isn't surprising. Doof is glorious.. but he is not a well man. It's what makes him so relatable: I am also not a well man whose very weird and does weird sidetrips instead of their work sometimes. Like now for instance.

But I worry about the series returning to it's rigid status quo. I know, tha'ts hte bit and it's what made the series work at first, what made it fresh was finding so many ways to pull it off while still having a very sharp continuity elsewhere. But it's hard to go back to that especially after Milo which was so continuity heavy yet didnt' fall into it (And judging from what little i've seen Hamster and Gretel does the same). I do have faith in the golden duo to do something great with this and a lot of my doubt comes from what's admitely a VERY short trailer that barely showcases anything. Not a terrible trailer, but it feels like disney is really banking on

To sell the new seasons. I'm hoping Dwampy try some new stuff, really mess around with things. Maybe give us Phineas and Isabella in more than a flash forward. Have doof have to explain his backslide to his adopted family. There's a LOT you can do with this and I do have HOPE we'll get something fresh.

PS those 70's costumes were fucking fire. Perfectly period. No notes. can't wait to see whatever that number is.

[pistachions]

Hi mootie!

Do u have any mml headcanons that you’d like to share? :3€

Hii! And YES I have SOO many and ive waited so long for someone to ask lmao

Thisd be a RLLY long post if I typed out all of the ones I have lmao (and ive gotta leave some if i ever get asked again lmao) so here's 1 for pretty much every character :) some are rlly dumb and some are just straight projection but that's what makes them fun to me lol

Milo - BIG neopoliten ice cream fan. I have NO idea how to spell it properly but to me he loves the idea of having 3 flavours in 1 and nothing can change my mind

Melissa - she can surf. Like rlly good. I think this comes from that line abt wanting to swim with sharks in free fall tbh :)

Zack - this guy LOVED science practicals in his old school.. but now he always ends up paired with milo and is always slightly scared through the lessons lmao. Idk why I think this it's probably rooted in how I got banned from practicals at school cuz me and my friend always messed them up tbh

Cavendish - ok. I love cavendish sm cuz he's LITERALLY my best friend reincarnated to me like from appearance to personality if she was an old man and not .. like a 16 year old girl they'd be the same person.. but ANYWAY I am a truther of the fact that cavendish isn't as old as he looks BUT it's all intentional to make him look more. Wise? ..ig lol. BUT my best friend ALSO has grey hair and that's totally cuz she's dyed it blue a lot. SO I use my great skills of 2nd hand projection to say that his appearance is a total reverse on trying to adapt it to look "cooler" with a failed dye job. Ooc? Probably. But like I said he IS my best friend to me and I'll add little parts of her into my hcs if I can lmao

Dakota - rlly simple compared to my cavendish one lmao but to me he's just chubbier than he is in canon. I think this is like a pretty popular hc too but I'm a total victim of whenever I watch an episode with him in I'm always like "oh yeah he does look like that" lol

Sara - as much as she loved dr zone there are certain arcs/episodes that she HATES and if one comes up in general conversation she with go on a WHOLE rant abt it (projectionprojectionprojection lmao)

Amanda - after she managed to get used to murphys law she actually came to realise that any accidents related to it ARENT as bad as she always thought cuz they're either 1) easily solvable or 2) noones fault :))

Bradley - he likes games with dice in them. Idk why she just does to me and this is such a STRONG hc to me for literally NO reason

I'll stop at this or I'll go on for hours lmao hope they're adequate hcs for you lmao (im also totally up for hearing yours if you have any too fr)

[piggybankstomfoolery]

I'm rewatching the Disney TVA pilots for the first time since they showed up almost a year ago, gonna try to scribble down my two cents as I work my way through them:

Country Club (Big City Greens): I like this one, it's one of my favorites here! I don't know anything about BCG and have never watched it, but this made me want to check out the show someday. it may only be an animatic and not as visually fancy as the others, but the characters at this stage are already very fun and well thought-out. I think it speaks volumes about how strong the premise and storytelling is when it stands above some of the other pilots in the collection that have full animation but weaker storytelling.

Shred Force: an absolutely gorgeous pilot and a cool premise. The reason I started rewatching the DTVA pilots was because I stumbled on an old Mercury Animation demo reel from 2014 which has some clean HD footage from Shred Force and Thunderbeards, and I remembered how cool this one was even in its grainy leaked version. The facial rigging for the main old man rock star they spoke to stood out to me as exceptional. I love the idea of the kid leads often leaning on rock Wayne's World style, but then having to engage with and/or learn other music genres in order to solve their problems and grow as characters. Musical genres have only become more fluid and broad in the years since this was made in 2012, which makes me feel like the idea's got even more potential today. Really hope they can either revisit this somehow, or someone else picks up the torch and tries their own take on it.

Fish Hooks: I've never watched Fish Hooks and don't plan to, but this was fun. There were a couple really funny lines in this one that got some good laughs out of me; "I'm pregnant. LET'S TALK ABOUT IT" and "I've been trying to get fired for years" will probably enter my quote vocabulary at some point.

Martian Soap: Probably my least favorite of all the pilots, at least from what I've seen so far. There's one shot in the pilot that's nicely drawn and makes good use of the art style, while most of it is hard on the eyes, hard on the ears and a slog in the writing department with tons of cliches and hackneyed interactions. I hope I never watch this one again.

Mikey (Milo) Murphy's Law: I watched all of Milo a few years ago, and I came away from it thinking that the very first episode was the best one, so I'm not surprised to find out that it was also the pilot. The rough animation scrambles for the wolf with the beehive on its head are also gorgeous. I didn't expect this animatic to go so hard in the animation side of things. I wonder if Weird Al is also doing the voice in the pilot?

Jake's Team Pirate (Jake and the Never Land Pirates): it's a preschool show, I don't have a whole lot to say here, but it was a nice and gentle pilot to put on when I got up this morning and was still half-asleep. I think cutting the fourth purple-hat kid made a lot of sense, this crew currently feels bloated and it gives the shy kid more to do. More gorgeous Mercury animation, albeit with some visual bugs and errors which tells me this is either an earlier cut or could have been cut off with a "good enough, let's move to series already". I will always love Captain Hook and Smee. Also wow I guess I had more to say here than I expected

Beverly Hills Chihuahuas: all I know about BHC is that the movie poster was all over the place for a time and I never watched the film. The animation is very interpolated without much easing aside from full-on easing at -100 and 100, so movement often comes off very flat, but it still has some really visually nice moments at times... so I'm torn on whether I like it lol. The design for the lady who owns the mansion is very cute, i'd draw some pin-up art of her if I had time to draw pin-ups of every cute lady I saw in leaked animation pilots

Squirrel and Rabbit (dunno what the title is for this): it's okay. Very, very Adventure Time. I remember grumblings from folks in DTVA around 2015 about them having to make shows that felt less Disney and more CN/Nick (with Pickle and Peanut being a popular scapegoat), and this feels like something they would've grumbled about. Looking back, the grumbles (and the girth of original ideas in these leaks) feel so humble and refreshing compared to today as we all continue living together in the derivative sequels/remakes/reboots IP rotten slop hellscape of the 2020's. Probably wouldn't watch this again, aside from maybe skipping to the main song at the end. I like the message of confidence regardless of the hat, it's simple but it's nice.

Mega Mega Woosh: Again, very Regular Show (the writing plus the animation studio also being the same doesn't help avoid the similarities lol), but very fun. One of my favorites in the bunch. I realized while rewatching this that some of the lines became quotable for me, which is a good sign. Will probably never see this get made today, but I wish it was a thing.

The Rapscallions: this is maybe my favorite pilot I've seen so far alongside Shred Force. I love the pairing of the retro futuristic/EPCOT art direction alongside 70's country/folk music, it gives the atmosphere so much whimsy and runs with (what I assume is) the general idea of "the future, but maybe as imagined in the 70's". The character foundation is maybe a little too far on the wacky side of things for my preference, but I still really like this one. Mercury's animation is always a treat, and there's some great work in this one too. Compared to most of the pilots, this one felt very Disney in a positive way. Really wish this one had made it to series.

[lynn-the-lynn]

the girl I've been talking to for 3 ½ months (romantically) is really cool, no matter how long this talking phase has been

i don't like talking about my relationships to people due to the fact that hs relationships are all i'm surrounded by, my best friend and his boyfriend, my other best friend and her boyfriend... gah! (it doesn't help that im cupioaroace) i hate feeling old, i blinked and im turning 17 soon

but i want to talk about her

so hello people on my phone how we doing

this girl — she's a weirdo. a lot like me. the way we met was i was wearing a moth shirt and she came up to me and went "I like your shirt! Rosy maple?" and i went bright red

i got her number the next time i had that class. she recently told me that she had been wanting to talk to me for way longer than i knew. because i brought up moths first day. and she likes moths too.

i asked her out to the next school dance the day after i got her number. we went to the butterfly biosphere near my house. she wore a butterfly dress; i wore a moth one.

one of the first things she did was send me her pintrest acc of all things. (gayest shit out there) i didn't know if she was queer, so naturally, i stalked it.

chappel roan board

helluva boss/hazbin hotel board (with an emphasis on stolas i believe?)

the "verosika shrine" with, now, 2k pins (ive never watched that show so i sent it to a friend of mine who has and he lost it)

i recently asked her if she sent me her account so id clock her as bi, she said yes. she's closeted to everyone else but her brother, me, and my friends. not even her closest friends know. im just a suspiciously close new friend ;]

she loves tv girl, miracle musical, jack stauber, and a lot more of the random things i like. she LOVES sharks and plants. i want to buy her flowers someday.

her moms a teacher at my school. i don't want to out her. most of my friends don't know her name because of it. she's just "the girl ive been talking to."

i wrote a song about this girl. i played it for her - she had me play it twice so she could record the second time.

in december, she said she's making something for me. she said she was going to give it to me on christmas, but she decided to add more.

now my friends are being mysterious about it. "i know something you don't."

the next school dance, sweethearts, is coming up soon. i do wonder (⁠´⁠∩⁠｡⁠•⁠ ⁠ᵕ⁠ ⁠•⁠｡⁠∩⁠`⁠)

im very greatful for her. my friends have grown up so fast. they talk about things i just can't relate to. im cupioromantic and cupiosexual. ive felt so alone for a while. they're my friends, but my interests are years behind theirs. while they're talking about sex, dates, months anniversaries and big friend groups, im bunkered in my room watching milo murphys law or writing my own kids show. ive never had many friends. we're just not that alike anymore.

of course, i still love them. they're great.

this girl. she's funny, kind, and makes me feel normal again. she doesn't take everything so seriously, yet she doesn't make me feel like a meathead. it's so refreshing being with someone who is in the same spot i am.

hey. if you're somehow seeing this, which i doubt you will, thank you. i feel a lot less alone, i feel allowed to be unapologetically unserious. it feels like the weight of acting older and always having to be a more mature person in the room is taken off my shoulders when im around you.

and that weight has been there for a very long time.

thank you, claire. thank you for everything 💖

[leathr-blr]

somebody who’s more up to date on what’s stated to be retconned or whatever help me out, because i’ve been rewatching phineas and ferb (again) and just finished rewatching the finale (last day of summer) and it got me thinking about all the timeline implications and what’ll happen in the next two seasons. because i’ve also seen all of milo murphy’s law and this is breaking my brain

i much would PREFER if the pnf finale stayed canon because i really love it (destroying a time loop for the end of a formulaic sitcom also including a lot of status quo changes is pretty genius) and also i hate what mml does to doofenshmirtz’s story for a lot of reasons

but it kind of donned on me once doof vowed not to be evil in last day of summer how much this confuses everything. like milo murphy’s law happened after the phineas and ferb summer (right?) and he was still evil then until the season one finale. not mention doof mentions he invented a time machine to put in the bathroom in the finale, which messes up the whole him not knowing how to invent time travel yet thing in milo murphy’s law

i also get confused about how candace against the universe fits into the timeline, because that came out way after the finale, and then candace has the development about not wanting to bust her brothers anymore, i’m assuming that happens in the middle of that summer pnf takes place in since doof is still evil. but i guess i can kind of wrap my head around that being some alternate universe “what if” scenario deal, and it is a kickass movie (or maybe she just relapsed… which… fine)

i also couldnt see them changing the status quo so much in the next two seasons that candace isn’t compelled to bust her brothers plus doofenshmirtz not being evil, even though i’d hope they would

even then, if they did do that or went with the mml timeline, wouldn’t that be confusing for pnf exclusive watchers (who would probably be watching on disney+ like me when the new seasons drop and would have almost definitely seen the s4 finale) be confused on why everything doesn’t line up??? is the mml timeline non-existent now since it’s cancelled / a different show???? has this ever been addressed. i don’t know. somebody help me my autistic brain can’t stop game-theorying about this cartoon sitcom for babies.

i probably messed something up since there’s hundreds of episodes of this show but i trust myself to be somewhat accurate in my assessment as that guy who’s seen all of pnf 3 times and watches it everyday

[alanshee-keeper-of-realms]

Have you ever watched Phineas and Ferb or Milo Murphy's Law? If so, what do you think of these shows?

I actually grew up with Phineas and Ferb I remember watching it in 2007 and crying in 2016 when it initally ended, if it wasn't these guys I was latched onto Hannah Montana in this era, I was actually in the fandom that was my very first fandom besides Danny Phantom and Penguins of Madagascar,

Again very very special place in my heart, I have a binder full of Phineas and Ferb Fanfic I wrote, and I'm sure on Fanfic.net Kiara the Elven but it was originally, Secret Agent Alanshee because well Perry haha, and Kiara the Elven that's my OG account but I warn you it's full of teen me being angsty I gave it to a friend but they never did anything with it,

Phinabella was my first ship, and yes I say it I was and still am rooting for Perrysmirtz, the creator ships it so I'm still on board with that I think it's cute and funny.

The characters are charming and the stories simple, it reflects back to simpler times in my life, my entire family still rewatches it frequently and religiously and is stupidly excited for the Revival Series especially as they got both Dan and Jeff and almost a majority of the old cast back on board.

[thecrusadercomrade]

For a Disney owned show that is a bit more older (guess that means Big City Greens is off the table for now then), here's my ideas: Recess, Kim Possible, Darkwing Duck, Rescue Rangers, The Proud Family, Milo Murphy's Law (more or less same universe as Phineas & Ferb), Penn Zero, Randy Cunningham, Goof Troop, Gargoyles, and Wander Over Yonder.

There's a lot of good options that I'd like to go through at some point, but for my next follow-along series for the moment I think I'll go with Kim Possible, since that's been on my mind for a while.

I remember watching the show as a kid, but I don't remember much of what actually happened in the show, so I think it'll be a really fun experience to go through it again!

Since it's been working so far, be watching two episodes of Kim Possible every Thursday, same as I did with Ducktales. And since I know Disneyplus can be weird about episode orders with older shows, I'll be watching the show in the chronological order listed here:

Episode order | Kim Possible Wiki | Fandom

That means the first two episodes for this Thursday will be Tick-Tick-Tick and Bueno Nacho. Looking forward to starting it!

[danvillecheese]

i really wish i could like milo murphys law because i adore phineas and ferb and want to enjoy more of the dwampyverse but man. i just really did not enjoy it last time i tried to watch it

that’s okay!! you don’t have to enjoy every single part of the dwampyverse (god knows I don’t), and honestly i would just rewatch s1 of mml over and over again bc it’s my favourite. couldn’t do it with s2 tho but that’s just me being salty

if you haven’t seen hamster and gretel yet, it might be something to have a look at. I’ll be honest, it starts off a little slow but once the main story gets where it needs to go it’s really really good. it might be an expansion of the dwampyverse that you really like? idk! I can’t change your opinion on the fact you didn’t enjoy mml unfortunately, but give hamster and gretel a go. it might change ur mind :)

[trashboatprince]

As is tradition since I think I started this account in 2012, I tend to do a post about all the more interesting things that happened in the year and what I hope happens in the next so...

Yeah.

Here we go.

Met David Tennant and got not only my photo taken with him and his signature, but I also got three hugs from him. He is a very lovely man, and gosh is he pretty in person. <3

Met Rhys Darby in person and made him burst out laughing when I told him I recognized him as the freaking Pistachio King from Milo Murphy's Law. He wasn't expecting that role of all things.

Last day of my trip for the con I discovered a lump on my chest that really hurt and for two and a half months I was stuck in a constant state of anxiety because they thought it was inflammatory breast cancer. Turns out it was just a really bad infection that had very similar symptoms.

Lost our oldest dog in October :(

My mom did get a pug puppy a few months beforehand tho, as she had been wanting a pug for years

Had probably one of the most absolutely obnoxious family reunions this year, but was able to go up into the mountains and had a lovely time in nature. And I got to pick huckleberries, which I've never done before. That was nice.

Went to Colorado and sat the Monsters of Metal tour's last show there, with Mastodon (third time seeing them) and Gojira (first time seeing them)

Had a fucking experience listening to The Chant live at that showing and it was just... impossible to describe. It was beautiful.

Went to the Devil's Tower on the way to Colorado, it was pretty dang cool. Lots of alien shit everywhere, the area really loves to play up on that. Also went to the Denver Zoo and Meow Wolf, both of which were delightful. :D

Went to my little brother's high school graduation, cannot believe he's out of high school.

Experienced season two of Good Omens and am still recovering.

I was there when EVERY happened, in just ten minutes it was known and then quickly NO LONGER SPOKEN ABOUT. That was a fun hour of panic from the fandom. :)

Watched OFMD season 2 and... eh.

Watched all four of the new Doctor Who specials when they dropped and now Fourteen and Fifteen are my favorite Doctors. I love them.

Had probably some of the most stressful months I've ever had with my job because we were down to just three people for a staff that is meant to run a home that is 24/7. I'm still dealing with the stress from it even after we got more people hired. My paychecks were beautiful tho, so much overtime...

Apparently I got a stress fracture on Thanksgiving, happened in my sleep. I should be out of the boot officially next week.

Participated in a David Tennant-themed zine

Absolutely dumb thing to add, but my mom got me a DT cutout who now lives in my room. He's wearing a paper crown from a Christmas cracker because he's a king Plans for the next year:

Going to see Hozier in August

Probably going to go back to Colorado, I want to see the aquarium

Going to ECCC for the third year in a row, going to get Jodie Whitaker's autograph

Hopefully I'll get to see my girlfriend again

Hopefully I'll get to finally see my best friends irl (We need to plan this better, guys!)

See if I can finally get my second tattoo

[pistachions]

HI. HELLO. I said a while ago that I REALLY wanted to compare up my favourite shows cuz they're both SOOO undderated and here that is

A COMPARISON BETWEEN MILO MURPHY'S LAW AND STRANGE HILL HIGH

First.. I feel I need to introduce both shows

MML

If you didn't know.. it's made by the creators of and takes place in the same universe as phineas and ferb (it has a crossover too !!).. but as its own show, its SO unique. It follows a boy called milo who suffers from a family curse called Murphy's Law (anything that can go wrong, will go wrong) and his adventures with his friends !! Most of the episodes are just like general shenanigans that follow milo but it does have a plot that is introduced later on :) Also, because its made by the creators of pnf, its got the same humour .. it's really funny

CHARACTERS

The main trio are milo murphy, zack underwood and Melissa chase (in that order on the picture below) and they have a ... pretty standard TV trio dynamic, BUT all of the characters are SO fun and likeable!! Like, for instance, zack was in a regionally famous boyband and other fun things like that :)

Remember how I said there's a plot introduced later.. yeah, well it's basically created by these geezers (dakota and Cavendish, in that order on the photo below) who are introduced as time travellers set out to save pistachios. They're really funny and also voiced by the shows creators (or the same vas as doofenshmirtz and major monogram). They also REALLY remind me of me and my best friend, which means like ... nothing if you aren't us, but if you have a similar dynamic, it's SO fun to see

I dont want to spoil the plot much at all but the first season is about time traveland the second is space travel. If I'm honest the 2nd season.. isn't great cuz they made doofenshmirtz a main character but plot wise its still fun (season 1 is amazing tho still nothing tops it to me) so here's a picture from missing milo (one of the main plot episodes in s1)

And now to..

SHH

I'm gonna be so fr.. I've watched this show since release but have like 0 fandom interactions with it (thats a lie actually i have like 10 but thats not the point) so idk how much introducing it needs (still any is too little to me. imo this show should be standard watching for everyone) so anyway... the show doesn't rlly have a PLOT like all the episodes are stand alone, buutt it does mostly follow Mitchell as he starts at strange hill high and all the insane things that happen there (idk how to explain it cuz of how different every epiosde is but its SO good pls trust me). Its also fully posted on YouTube cuz it's like.. old and cancelled or smth so that's always good (not the cancelled bit tho lol)

CHARACTERS

Just like mml, shh also follows a main trio and has a great side cast. It's trio is becky butters, Templeton and Mitchell tanner (in that order below) and again have a .. pretty standard trio dynamic BUT more like the kind of British TV drama dynamic (.. cuz its set in a british secondary school). I LOVE these geezers SO much and they're just that kind of cast that to this day, I still don't know which one I'm more like

Because its not got a plot to vaguely explain, I'm going to tell you about my favourite episode 99 things to do with a time machine. It's one of my FAVOURITE episodes from any show ever. I love it. (I think it was also the first shh episode i watched cuz i watched it live on tv first before like.. downloading the whole show in 4 different places). The premise of the episode is that the gang is late for school so Mitchell decides to change the school clock so it doesn't LOOK like they're late. This actually turns back time and they abuse the hell out of this. Here's an image.

NOW TO THE COMPARISON!!

Ahhh.. this is like the MAIN bit but for 2 shows that are like permanently engraved in my brain its actually challenging me sm to compare them up like this. Why? No clue. Getting people to watch both is literally what I set out to to lmao

Shenanigans

Like I said, most of mml and ALL of shh basically revolve around whatever shenanigans the trio are doing. In mml they're very much unintentional cuz of murphy's law and the episode normally involves doing whatever to overcome the damage. This is more like the opposite for shh. The trio normally end up discovering smth wild going on in their school and mess about with whatever it is. Two examples I chose for this is mmls athledecamathalon, where the pitch gets destroyed and milo helps his sport team win, and sshs first episode, king Mitchell, where the gang discover a Knight who serves mitchell

These aren't exactly the CLOSEST comparisons I could make .. but you get the idea. VIBE wise they are VERY similar

SETTING

I also want to talk about the setting. Mml takes place all round danville (at different time periods too) and then a planet called octalia by the end of s2. Shh takes place EXCLUSIVELY in the school .. cuz it's puppetry and yk theyd have to actually BUILD a set

CONCLUSION

Ngl tumblr ate the rest of my essay. Twice. (Probably served me right for not having a backup but oh well) and it's kinda annoyed me. I promise you they're so similar is vibe PLEASE watch them both they're great

[mysteriesofmilo]

#10: The Mid-Afternoon Snack Club

This is like one of those 80s movies, where a bunch of kids have to have detention together, and they all learn something about themselves.

Yeah, the setup of this episode was a bit contrived. Mr. Blunt(k) didn't quite hit on all his jokes imo, but he was still pretty good.

I loved seeing the return of Zack's notebook and his drawings of the substitute teachers, and I love the fact that one of his prior assumptions actually showed up in this episode -- one whose personality (at least at first) completely clashed with the nature of the subject he was teaching!

But enough about that. Let's get to the real reason this episode is this high: the cyborg bear who went Looking High and Low for Milo! Everything about this bear was amazing and tragic! I mean just watch the music video again if you don't believe me! He was the greatest and most chaotic thing to happen to Milo Murphy's Law since Cake 'Splosion!

I'm beginning to think it may have been a mistake to put a cyborg brain in a wounded grizzly and give it one instruction: destroy man.

Between the grizzly and Mr. Blunt(k) who are both just inherently entertaining, and the other callbacks like Bradley and Carla, and I'm Lindana and I Wanna Have Fun, this episode did just enough for me to crack my top ten.

Note: honorable mentions will come after #2 this time, which is why you're seeing #10 instead.

[zosonils]

i kinda want to watch milo murphy's law again i miss him. but am i strong enough right now to think about what could have been