#legends of mr. gar

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Day in Fandom History: August 15…

After Mr. Gar easily beats Darrell and leaves for a secret mission, Enid and Rad reminisce about how they got their job over at the Bodega and realize how amazing it is to have Mr. Gar as their boss. “Legends of Mr. Gar” premiered on this day, 7 Years Ago.

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Guidelines for requesting a fic from me (this doesn't include nearly all the fandoms I'm comfortable working in and I'll update it as people ask me about other fandoms):

Batman and Batfam

I'll write for anyone (and I do) but of the characters people are less likely to ask me about, my favorites:

Terry McGinnis

Bao Pham

Cass Cain

Claire Clover

Luke Fox

My favorite minor characters:

Maps Mizoguchi

Diego Perez and the Bat Pack

Victoria October

Deb Donovan

Grace O'Halloran

Blade Sommer

Flamingo

Mara Al Ghul

Van Wayne

Lance Bruner

Helena Kyle (Huntress)

Kyle Selinas_450

Li'l Kitten

Evan Blake (Wolfspider)

White Mercy

My favorite ships to write/chat about:

Cass Cain/Xanthe Zhou

Dick Grayson/Garth(/Donna Troy)

Dick Grayson/Jimmy Olsen

Dick Grayson/David Sikela

Ric Grayson/Bea Bennett

Tim Drake/Bernard Dowd

Bruce Wayne/Lex Luthor

Bruce Wayne/Khoa Khan

Bruce Wayne/Black Adam

Babs Gordon/Helena Kyle

Mary Hamilton/Poison Ivy

Diego Perez/Merissa Cooper/Lucas LaPorte

Blade Sommer/Max Gibson

Cass Cain/Steph Brown

Tim Drake/Ulysses Hadrian Armstrong

Steph Brown/Kyle Mizoguchi

My favorite gen relationships:

Bruce Wayne & any of his kids

Alfred Pennyworth & Bruce Wayne

Van Wayne & Kate Kane

Beth Kane & Kate Kane (& Mary Hamilton)

Dick Grayson & Barbara Gordon

Dick Grayson & Damian Wayne

Dick Grayson & (Will) Grayson

Dick Grayson & Lance Bruner

Dick Grayson & Zitka

Cass Cain & Steph Brown & Tim Drake

Damian Wayne & Jon-el Kent

Damian Wayne & Mara Al Ghul

Terry McGinnis & Max Gibson

Jason Todd & Terry McGinnis

Cass Cain & Lady Shiva (only wooby sorry)

Maps Mizoguchi & Kyle Mizoguchi

Cass Cain & Mr. Dhaliwal

Diego Perez & Merissa Cooper & Lucas LaPorte

Harley Quinn & Eddie Nygma

Harley Quinn & Amanda Waller

Bruce Wayne & Oliver Queen

Jason Todd & Tyler

Tim Drake & Detective Williams

Cass Cain & Xanthe Zhou

Poison Ivy & White Mercy (& whoever Ivy is dating)

Dick Grayson & Vic Stone & Gar Logan & Raven Roth & Starfire

Dick Grayson & Waylon Jones

any and all pets or animal sidekicks

Other Mainline DC

Favorite characters:

Marcus Shugel-Shen

Xanthe Zhou

Booster Gold

Gary Green

Malik White

Peacemaker

Artemis Crock

Amanda Waller

Favorite ships:

Laura Shugel-Shen/Winston Shugel-Shen

M. Mallah/The Brain

Booster Gold/Ted Kord

Skeets/Buggles

Gary Green/Casey MCU

Captain Cold/Heatwave

Vic Stone/Gar Logan

Zari Tazari

Felicity Smoak/Chloe Sullivan

Favorite gen relationships:

Marcus Shugel-Shen & his parents

Marcus Shugel-Shen & the Ultra-Humanite

Marcus Shugel-Shen & Billy Batson

The Legends Crew

Xanthe Zhou & John Constantine

Black Adam & Malik White

Uncle Leek & Lay-lay

Peacemaker & Adebayo

Peacemaker & Red Bee

Artemis Crock & her parents

Vixen & Bumblebee (& Beast Boy)

Clarion & Teekl

Non-Mainline DC

Favorite characters:

John Constantine

Virgil Hawkins

Tim Hunter

Lainie Belloc

Death of the Endless

Favorite ships:

Virgil Hawkins/Richie Foley

Lainie Belloc/Mona Doyle

Lucifer/Maze

Favorite gen relationships

John Constantine & his family

John Constantine & Chas Chandler

John Constantine & Tim Hunter

Lucifer & Lainie Belloc

Lainie Belloc & Cal

Death & any character who canonically died

Other Fandoms I'm Thinking About Right Now

Murderbot Diaries

Only Murders in the Building

Avenue 5

Cookie Run: Kingdom

my original stuff but I don't know if you can follow that

I'm open to pretty much anything, but I'll let you know if you hit on a NoTP or a squick or something, or if I don't know the fandom. This list will change as I think of different things or my interests change, but you're still welcome to ask me about any of it. Or anything else I've written about. Or haven't written about.

Lately I've been writing 1-2k in response to ideas usually. I'm trying to get myself to write drabbles and flashes but it's not working so likely if you ask you'll get something fairly long.

Anyone's welcome to ask for a fic even if we've never interacted before. Both specific and general prompts are welcome, and I like writing Gen content of all kinds as well as ship content, character studies, and worldbuilding.

You're also welcome to just ask me questions about my fandoms (or my original fiction).

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Rules for other nominees: Must not be part of a required quest or sidequest and isn't relevant in key cutscenes.

Spirit Tracks Nominations

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cuby quiz #711 was plazamo from OK K.O. let's be heroes

and the hint was from "Legends of Mr. Gar"(s1 e17)

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One legend associated with the creation of Memorial Day holds that it was started by former slaves to honor Union war dead.

Published May 27, 2013

Claim:

Memorial Day began with a May 1865 ceremony held by former slaves to honor Union war dead.

What's True

In May 1865, free Black residents of Charleston reburied dead Union prisoners of war and held a cemetery dedication ceremony.

What's False

The May 1865 event was not the origin of the modern Memorial Day observance.

The custom of holding observances (including the laying of flowers on burial sites) to remember and honor those who gave their lives in military service goes back many hundreds, if not thousands, of years. In the United States, that custom has long since been formalized in the creation of Memorial Day (formerly known as Decoration Day), a federal holiday observed on the last Monday in May to remember the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Traditionally, every year the President of the United States (or, in his absence, another high-ranking government official) visits Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day to honor all those Americans who have died in military service to their country by participating in a symbolic wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns:

KNOW YOUR HISTORY: Memorial Day was started by former slaves on May, 1, 1865 in Charleston, SC to honor 257 dead Union Soldiers who had been buried in a mass grave in a Confederate prison camp. They dug up the bodies and worked for 2 weeks to give them a proper burial as gratitude for fighting for their freedom. They then held a parade of 10,000 people led by 2,800 Black children where they marched, sang and celebrated.

In a formal sense, the modern Memorial Day originated with an order issued in 1868 by Maj. Gen. John A. Logan, the commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, for the annual decoration of war graves:

Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an organization of Union veterans — the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) — established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan declared that Decoration Day should be observed on May 30. It is believed that date was chosen because flowers would be in bloom all over the country. The first large observance was held that year at Arlington National Cemetery, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The ceremonies centered around the mourning-draped veranda of the Arlington mansion, once the home of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Various Washington officials, including Gen. and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, presided over the ceremonies. After speeches, children from the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan Home and members of the GAR made their way through the cemetery, strewing flowers on both Union and Confederate graves, reciting prayers and singing hymns.

In a literal sense, it was not until 1971 that Memorial Day was established as a federal holiday by Congress. Regardless of when Decoration Day (or Memorial Day) may have been officially established, though, debate continues to this day regarding exactly when and where the first observance of this nature was held in the United States. In May 1966 the city of Waterloo, New York, was designated as the "Birthplace of Memorial Day" via a Congressional resolutions and presidential proclamation commemorating a patriotic observance held in that town one hundred years earlier:

The story of Memorial Day begins in the summer of 1865, when a prominent local druggist, Henry C. Welles, mentioned to some of his friends at a social gathering that while praising the living veterans of the Civil War it would be well to remember the patriotic dead by placing flowers on their graves. Nothing resulted from this suggestion until he advanced the idea again the following spring to General John B. Murray. Murray, a civil war hero and intensely patriotic, supported the idea wholeheartedly and marshalled veterans' support. Plans were developed for a more complete celebration by a local citizens' committee headed by Welles and Murray. On May 5, 1866, the Village was decorated with flags at half mast, draped with evergreens and mourning black. Veterans, civic societies and residents, led by General Murray, marched to the strains of martial music to the three village cemeteries. There impressive ceremonies were held and soldiers' graves decorated. One year later, on May 5, 1867, the ceremonies were repeated. In 1868, Waterloo joined with other communities in holding their observance on May 30th, in accordance with General Logan's orders. It has been held annually ever since. Waterloo held the first formal, village wide, annual observance of a day dedicated to honoring the war dead. On March 7, 1966, the State of New York recognized Waterloo by a proclamation signed by Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller. This was followed by recognition from Congress of the United States when the House of Representatives and the Senate unanimously passed House Concurrent Resolution 587 on May 17th and May 19th, 1966 respectively. This reads in part as follows: "Resolved that the Congress of the United States, in recognition of the patriotic tradition set in motion one hundred years ago in the Village of Waterloo, NY, does hereby officially recognize Waterloo, New York as the birthplace of Memorial Day ..." On May 26, 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson, signed a Presidential Proclamation recognizing Waterloo as the Birthplace of Memorial Day.

Nonetheless, dozens of other places still lay claim, based on a variety of criteria, to being the true birthplace of the modern Memorial Day, and more recent historical studies have concluded that all of those claims (including Waterloo's) are apocryphal:

According to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, roughly two dozen places claim to be the primary source of the holiday, an assertion found on plaques, on Web sites and in the dogged avowals of local historians across the country. Yet each town seems to have different criteria: whether its ceremony was in fact the earliest to honor Civil War dead, or the first one that General Logan heard about, or the first one that conceived of a national, recurring day. Women in Boalsburg, Pa., which has a claim as the holiday's birthplace, began decorating graves each year as early as October 1864. In and around Carbondale, Ill., according to the Jackson County Historical Society, there are two markers making such an assertion in two different cemeteries. James H. Ryan, a retired Army colonel, has descended into the Logan archives and come out with a strong case for the town where he lives, Petersburg, Va. This — readers, please take note — is just a partial and by no means definitive list.

The multiplicity of sites that have claimed Memorial Day birthplace status for themselves are not all in the North; many contenders are Southern cities that were part of the Confederacy during the Civil War:

Columbus, Miss., was a hospital town, and in many cases a burial site, for both Union and Confederate casualties of Shiloh, brought in by the trainload. And it was in that Columbus where, at the initiation of four women who met in a 12-gabled house on North Fourth Street, a solemn procession was made to Friendship Cemetery on April 25, 1866. As the story goes, one of the women spontaneously suggested that they decorate the graves of the Union as well as the Confederate dead, as each grave contained someone's father, brother or son. A lawyer in Ithaca, N.Y., named Francis Miles Finch read about this reconciliatory gesture and wrote a poem about the ceremony in Columbus, "The Blue and the Gray," which The Atlantic Monthly published in 1867. Georgians dispute little of this. But they argue that the procession in the other Columbus was actually inspired by the events in their Columbus. Professor Richard Gardiner has lived here for only a few years, but he has joined with an accountant named Daniel Bellware, an avid history sleuth originally from Detroit, and together they have written an academic paper making the case for Columbus, Ga. "The ladies of the South instituted this memorial day," read emi>The New York Times on June 5, 1868. "They wished to annoy the Yankees; and now the Grand Army of the Republic in retaliation and from no worthier motive, have determined to annoy them by adopting their plan of commemoration."

In his book Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory, Professor David W. Blight made the case for Charleston, South Carolina, as Memorial Day's birthplace, as that city was the site of an obscure (possibly suppressed) May 1865 event held at a racetrack turned war prison, during which freedmen properly reburied hundreds of Union dead found there and then held a ceremony to dedicate the cemetery:

African Americans founded Decoration Day at the graveyard of 257 Union soldiers labeled "Martyrs of the Race Course," May 1, 1865, Charleston, South Carolina. The "First Decoration Day," as this event came to be recognized in some circles in the North, involved an estimated ten thousand people, most of them black former slaves. During April, twenty-eight black men from one of the local churches built a suitable enclosure for the burial ground at the Race Course. In some ten days, they constructed a fence ten feet high, enclosing the burial ground, and landscaped the graves into neat rows. The wooden fence was whitewashed and an archway was built over the gate to the enclosure. On the arch, painted in black letters, the workmen inscribed "Martyrs of the Race Course." At nine o'clock in the morning on May 1, the procession to this special cemetery began as three thousand black schoolchildren (newly enrolled in freedmen's schools) marched around the Race Course, each with an armload of roses and singing "John Brown's Body." The children were followed by three hundred black women representing the Patriotic Association, a group organized to distribute clothing and other goods among the freedpeople. The women carried baskets of flowers, wreaths, and crosses to the burial ground. The Mutual Aid Society, a benevolent association of black men, next marched in cadence around the track and into the cemetery, followed by large crowds of white and black citizens. All dropped their spring blossoms on the graves in a scene recorded by a newspaper correspondent: "when all had left, the holy mounds — the tops, the sides, and the spaces between them — were one mass of flowers, not a speck of earth could be seen; and as the breeze wafted the sweet perfumes from them, outside and beyond ... there were few eyes among those who knew the meaning of the ceremony that were not dim with tears of joy." While the adults marched around the graves, the children were gathered in a nearby grove, where they sang "America," "We'll Rally Around the Flag," and "The Star-Spangled Banner." The official dedication ceremony was conducted by the ministers of all the black churches in Charleston. With prayer, the reading of biblical passages, and the singing of spirituals, black Charlestonians gave birth to an American tradition. In so doing, they declared the meaning of the war in the most public way possible — by their labor, their words, their songs, and their solemn parade of roses, lilacs, and marching feet on the old planters' Race Course. After the dedication, the crowds gathered at the Race Course grandstand to hear some thirty speeches by Union officers, local black ministers, and abolitionist missionaries. Picnics ensued around the grounds, and in the afternoon, a full brigade of Union infantry, including Colored Troops, marched in double column around the martyrs' graves and held a drill on the infield of the Race Course. The war was over, and Memorial Day had been founded by African Americans in a ritual of remembrance and consecration.

Although contemporaneous accounts from the Charleston Daily Courier describe and document the 1865 ceremony that took place there, and the event was one the earliest known observances similar to what we would now recognize as Memorial Day, whether it was truly the first such ceremony, and what influence (if any) it might have had on later observances, are still matters of contention. Professor Blight termed it "the first Memorial Day" because it predated most of the other contenders, but he noted he has no evidence that it led to General Logan's call for a national holiday in 1868: "I'm much more interested in the meaning that's being conveyed in that incredible ritual than who's first," he said.

In their 2014 book The Genesis of the Memorial Day Holiday, Dr. Richard Gardiner and Daniel Bellware concluded that credit for the origins of Memorial Day should likely rest with a group of women in Columbus, Georgia known as the Ladies Memorial Association, who beginning in 1866 held an annual observance originally called "Memorial Day," then subsequently referred to as "Confederate Memorial Day" after (as referenced above) northerners co-opted the event in 1868 and established their own Memorial Day.

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from episode "Legends of Mr. Gar" at 0:27-0:31 (repeating animation)

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Legends of Mr. Gar: A Commentary and Review

Does anybody have ball hands in the intro? I think all of their fingers are drawn out. I didn’t want to know this.

Anyway, the episode starts out with Mr. Gar being the coolest boss ever and beating up a Darrel. KO, Rad, and Enid marvel at how cool Mr. Gar was on their first days at work, but then Crinkly Wrinkly shows up and tells them a his version of Mr. Gar’s early days. Mr. Gar says that this is the true version and tells them to get back to work.

Mr. Gar is the best boss. He actually cares about his employees.

Also, Plazamo was actually a really early concept. That was the earliest callback in Dark Plaza, if I recall.

On to things I noticed:

Rad has ear piercings. They haven’t closed, either, ‘cause he wears earrings in the mid-season finale.

Updog is sold at the bodega.

Pilot reference! Only Darrel is now ten times worse at stealth.

Darrel is sparking blue at first, but later he sparks green.

Rating: 9/10. Another hilarious episode, now with new information of Enid, Gar, and Rad. Though a lot of it on Mr. Gar was false.

Number of holes in roof: 1 and 1/2 in the background. Better than zero, but I had to back and check. Still disappointed.

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*sirens*

[ok-ko]

Enid's style in her "Legends of Mr. Gar" flashback was inspired by this doodle done by @rebeccasugar during OK KO!'s development! The final design was done by @juliasrednicki!

[juliasrednicki]

Some designs I did for Legends of Mr. Gar & Know Your Mom! All our eps are airing so fast! Both of these were really fun - for teen-Enid Ian specifically asked me to reference a Rebecca drawing from the development stage of the show, & I think lad boxman is one of the weirdest characters I’ve drawn so far. Working with @scrotumnose on him was super enjoyable. :) Art direction is by John Pham and colors are by @kalidraws!

[scrotumnose]

OK K.O. Episode Commentary - Legends of Mr. Gar

i wanna try sticking to the habit of talkin about our episodes after they air!

Like Toby already said, we received the Legends of Mr. Gar outline AFTER we had a lot of episodes that highlighted his insecurities. This episode was meant to show Mr. Gar doing a lot of badassery and mentorship, to highlight why he is such a respected figure in the plaza. I was really excited to do this episode, because Mr. Gar is my favorite person to draw out of the entire OK K.O. cast... he’s basically a fridge with limbs!

The first part of the episode where Mr. Gar fights darrell was completely boarded by ian, and served as a great foundation to build the rest of the episode off of! I feel like I learn so much from Ian on the daily with regards to story, pacing and structure, it was great to see and study its application firsthand! 

The taking off shades to reveal another pair of shades is a gag that is done to death, but it always gets me and still makes me laugh every single time i see it done. I’d been wanting to make Gar do this gag ever since i joined the team.

Like multiple people have already mentioned, flashback Enid was based off an early Rebecca Sugar design! Such beauuuutiful haaiiirrrr!

Here is the progression Gar Ham-Pec Shelf Gag, from the initial pitch to what i eventually turned in to what it finally ended up looking like! It was a throwaway joke, and I was certain that everyone was gonna nix it because it was too weird and out-there... how wrong i was! And how grateful i am! Also, you can really see how much design and animation stick to our storyboards!

Another gag that i thought was gonna get nixed was Dogmun producing a bone and money from his mouth. It was a really strange joke as is, but Ian had the great idea of putting in the exact price amount on the dollar (techno) bill! Also as an aside I’d just like to say that i really love Dogmun and will usually default to putting him in as a side character whenever I can.

I did the original designs for the Lad Boxman in Crinkly Wrinkly’s flashback, and I decided to base him off of a character I have nothing but real, genuine, seething contempt for: the berries and cream lad. Lad Boxman was described in the outline as insufferable little wretch (memory hazy, this COULD have just been in my own head), so I couldn’t think of anyone more appropriate to base his vibe off of. I hate the berries and cream lad. 

An additional detail that you may have already picked up on: Lad Boxman is wearing the same outfit that darrell requests to (and eventually does) wear in We’re Captured, originally designed by Ryann!

I didn’t draw this last board panel, it was all Haewon! I just wanted to post it because it is one of my all time favorite drawings of rad. I think about it a lot.

I’d also like to reiterate Toby’s sentiment and say that JAKE/MINTPOTION REALLY BLEW ME AWAY WITH THE MUSIC FOR THIS EPISODE!!! I’m always surprised at the phenomenal jump in episode quality after we lay down his masterful tracks! I do a lot of storyboards with his OK KO tracks playing in the background and I feel like it really helps with the creative process! Music is amazing....!!?!?!??

As always, thanks for reading!

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Day in Fandom History: August 15…

After Mr. Gar easily beats Darrell and leaves for a secret mission, Enid and Rad reminisce about how they got their job over at the Bodega and realize how amazing to have Mr. Gar as their boss. “Legends of Mr. Gar” premiered on this day, 6 Years Ago.

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Aw Mr. Gar cares about his employees so much