#like i can't BELIEVE how good Kevin sounds

[kitausuret]

not gonna lie you guys

after seeing REO Speedwagon the other day I really think I wanna get back to Dust to Dust soon here

anyways I got to see Kevin Cronin at 72 years of age belt out two of the songs that inspired the chapter titles:

Before the show they were also playing Sinatra - not any of the chapter titles I've written so far, they played "Fly Me to the Moon" - so I was like. Is this a sign. Because it felt like a sign. 😂

Anyways. We (I went with my parents) had fun. They've still got it after over 50 years!

[shanastoryteller]

i know supernatural is the show of missed opportunities but man. the trials really get to me - what a perfect way to reboot and reset this show that you're artificially extending for ratings. it could have been really, really good, actually

so the trials of god is a way for someone to gain the ability to seal the gates of hell and the gates of heaven

they have the translation for hell, they know that slamming the gates of hell shut means calling all the demons back home and locking the key. it's logical, then, to for them to believe the same is true of the one for heaven - that it calls all the angels back home and locks them away where they can't do any more damage

peace, for the people of earth, outside of the influence of angels and demons. that's got to be worth it, right?

so while sam is completing the hell trials, they get the angel tablet, kevin gets translating, to figure out the angel trials. or maybe metatron helps nudge them along to figuring it out, since him being the big bad here isn't really relevant and they are in a bit of time crunch

canon doesn't tell us what the heaven trials are, except that the first one involves a ritual using the heart of a nephilim. they make it sound like they're carving it from their chest, but what i would do is

have a nephilim offer you their heart from their chest (gain their loyalty in a binding ceremony)

create grace from freshwater (there is no rain that falls anywhere on earth that is safe to drink and god said let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters)

find a human soul to guide you to heaven (babel fell but the stairway was built and those with wings have no need of stairs)

so sam is in the midst of the hell trials when dean sort of accidentally on purpose completes the first heaven trial and then the brothers are on parallel train tracks heading in the opposite direction

sam works to close the gates of hell

dean works to close the gates of heaven

demons and angels both working to stop them

sam completes the trials. he restores crowley's humanity and he dies and the gates of hell are closed

but that's not the end

metatron says they can close the gates if they're willing to pay the price. canon says the price is sam's death, but frankly that doesn't make any sense. what's the death of one human against the horrors of hell? and remember, metatron doesn't know the winchesters. maybe another angel would make this comment, knowing how the winchesters have weighed the safety of the world against their brother and left the world out to dry, would think this a price worth warning for. but metatron wouldn't bother, wouldn't even think of it, if that was the only price

the gates of hell close and malevolent spirits explode across the globe, evil spirits and angry ghosts causing death and destruction everywhere

hell serves a function and now the gates are closed and every evil human soul is forced to stay on earth, causing as much destruction as it can

that's the price for closing the gates of hell

except. except. aren't the hell trials interesting?

kill a hellhound. rescue an innocent soul and return it to heaven. purify a demon and restore their humanity.

the trials are not to prove if someone is worthy of closing the gates of hell. it's to prove they're capable of setting hell to rights

the trials are if things got too out of hand, if things were taken too far, and hell had to be put back in it's place. sam dies and ends up exactly where azazel wanted him - ruler of hell. all the demons and souls are trapped with him and what he has to do, while he has them all there, while they can't escape, is exactly what he did to get there

he kills the hellhounds, leaving only those meant to patrol hell. he releases every innocent soul bound there. he purifies the demons one by one, who he either releases as innocent souls or who to pledge to do their job as demons of hell - punishing evil, containing evil - in penance for what they did before (how do i even begin to make up for what i've done, crowley had asked, and this is the answer)

meanwhile, dean, heartbroken, completes the heaven trials and dies

and the gates of heaven slam shut and all the angels are stripped of their grace and expelled from heaven and dean finds himself in charge of an empty heaven

the trials are for when things have gone too far and heaven must be rebuilt, after all

good souls pile up, no one who dies able to truly leave earth, and given enough time they become twisted things that must be hunted along with the spirits of evil men and women who cause chaos from their last breath

dean has work to do. he has one angel - the nephilim whose loyalty he earned in the first trial - and this is what he has to do. he recruits more, to replace the ranks, he creates grace and hands it out judiciously. he sends them to guide the good souls home, using the stairway that the former angels wouldn't be able to use even if they wanted to, and each good act and deed earns them a little more grace. former angels throw themselves into the fight for humans, because they know it's the only way that dean will return their grace to them and lift them back into heaven

and in fighting for them, in living like them, they learn to love these creations of their father that they'd despised. they see what he saw and the thought of destroying this place in a civil war becomes unthinkable to them. they are once more the angels god intended them to be

in this, dean and sam fulfill their destiny as lucifer and michael's vessels. not in letting them in, but in pushing them out, in doing the work each was intended for but refused

only when there is only evil human souls being punished and caged, only once the demons are once more working to run hell and earn their release to heaven, does sam reopen the gates of hell

only when there's a full choir of angels once more, committed to their cause, only once there are souls working with reapers as it once always was, does dean reopen the gates of heaven

they're called the god trials for a reason. above and below, sam and dean act as god, putting things back in their intended places

they could stay. they should stay. keeping house, making sure it all goes smoothly, eternally keeping earth safe from angels and demons both

they're called the god trials for a reason. not even god could resist the paradise inbetween that he'd created

dean doesn't know if sam is going to return to earth. he might stay in hell, and if dean becomes human once more, then what's the point? he'll live and die a human, get stuck in heaven, and be forever separated from the brother he loves

sam doesn't know if dean is going to return to earth. he migh not be able to, might be stuck doing his work - sam assumes if the hell trials did this to him, then the heaven trials did the same to dean, and the idea that dean could have failed the heaven trials after he dies doesn't even cross mind. if he returns and dean's not there then he loses it all, he never again gets to see the brother he loves

but when, exactly, haven't they been willing to risk everything for each other?

dean falls as lucifer fell, throwing himself towards earth

sam rises as michael did after the fall, pulling himself towards earth the same way michael once pulled himself to the top of heaven

what's the use of being a god without his brother, after all?

dean and sam are reunited on earth, human once more

no more angels, no more demons, heaven and hell functioning once more as they should. we're back to basics, a clean slate, all of the rest remade and set aside by their own hands (it's literal and a metaphor, the way the show could have remade itself with the trials, after setting aside kripke's plan while at the same time recognizing that the design of it - two brothers who love each other going across america and fighting evil - is the thing that made it worth watching to begin with) and now it's them again, brothers forged in blood and sacrifice and love, and a new appreciation for the humanity they gave up and returned to

and then we get my beloved monster of the week with no stupid too high stakes, convoluted bullshit involved, beyond the occasional angel who dean refused to reinstate and demon tracking down miscreant souls and, every once in a while, a person or creature or something in between squinting at them and going - weren't you two gods?

nah, they say, all corn fed grins and the dimples their momma gave them, we're brothers

[mini-minish]

nathaniel wesninski & andrew doe au i picked up from a 2021 sketch 🪓🖤🔪

notes under the read more!

• andrew doe gets adopted into the wesninski family when he's just a little older than nathaniel, who hasnt been sent to edgar allen tryouts yet, and andrew doe is trained to be his bodyguard since childhood

• mary doesn't like it, he becomes a weakness for her son and when she leaves she refuses to take andrew with them, so nathaniel stays, and in that mary never really gets to leave

• on the same day she fails at running away and nathan finds them, nathaniel loses his eye lolastyle

• one time when he's a little older, andrew receives a letter, from a boy who claims to be his twin. andrew minyard doe throws it to the fire, and nathaniel picks it up while he's turned, before it burns completelly

• from the day nathaniel gets injured because he refused to leave andrew behind, they go from annoyed acquaintances to inseparable friends

• he calls andrew "drew" and andrew pretends to hate it. later when theyre older the name "nathaniel" starts to weight, starts to sound weird, so he asks andrew to call him something else, and andrew calls him alex, stefan, adam, until they get to neil

• but he only calls him neil when theyre alone, when its a secret, when nathan cant hear them

• "nathaniel" takes up the axe. he's as good a hitman as the little devil of baltimore has to be. he hates it, hates the color red, the color of his hair

• one of andrew's first memories at the house is of nathan cutting a man to pieces and making him watch, making him learn not to flinch, but red is the color of neil's hair, soft, safe, soothing

• before that, though, theres little league. theres learning andrew is talented at exy, theres kevin day, and riko moriyama, and theres jean moreau

• i want jean and andrew to be funny about each other just for some levity here ok

• the reynolds are a renowed fashion brand, far from them to refuse big mafia money, so they work on suits, on silk shirts, on tailored pants, and allison reynolds is always joined by her friend renee when she goes with her parents for fittings

• renee walker meets andrew doe, and andrew thinks shes silly enough to keep in touch.

• kevin day leaves them, and neil realises he doesnt have to be kept either. kevin day gets to get out and nathaniel wesninski gets quieter.

• neil finds his uncle's contact among some of the things his mother left behind. from stuart he gets to ichirou. from ichirou he starts to make a plan

• riko moriyama is going to make a big announcement soon, something about the perfect court, something that will finally brand the rest of them as his, and well, andrew has always told neil how much he hates that the pen's ink makes the skin of his face break out

• and neil still has the address of a boy who claims to be his andrew's twin

• for whatever reason the moriyamas and the wesninskis have one of those rich people dinners planned. neil gets kevin to show up, nathaniel gets andrew to leave, kicking and punching and a promise broken

• later in the night, a little after the first course is served and they begin the socializations, neil gets kevin to leave, leave, run as far as possible, *now*.

• he sees jean, grabs his wrist, and takes him outside. theyre walking fast before neil starts running, and then the explosion comes from inside the house, from the basement, and knocks both of them out before they turn the corner. the hathford's men long gone from the scene.

• all renee walker and andrew doe see from where he's been waiting for the little voice at the back of his mind to make sense, is the house bursting on fire, believing that it does so with what he's supposed to protect still inside

• but since i can't bring myself to do this to them, andrew finds him, finds jean, and at the hospital finds stuart, who takes his nephew in

• he gets contacted by a man called david wymack, who was convinced by kevin day to offer them a place among his foxes :)

[petew21-blog]

Fitness coaching, part 2

(a different inbox request 😈) I'll refer to you as kid and combine the stories. Hope you don't mind

Warning: The kid is just a nickname. The person in this story is of age

A high school assembly where Kevij Hjenas talks about his success and motivation

Kevin (or is it Kevin really?):"Hey everyone, today I am here to talk to you about following your passing and lack of motivation. First I gotta tell you how I started. How I wasn't so different from all of you..."

Kid to himself:"Yeah, you got it easy. You had the looks, you had the muscles and no one was beating your ass when you went to high school"

Kevin continuing:"So whenever you feel like giving up, you gotta stand up to that thing and beat it. And the biggest fight there's gonna be is the one that will be in your head"

Kid;"Sure, I wanna be the one in your head. Try being me for a sec while everyone is beating your ass, looking you in the lockers and picking on you for not being good enough."

Kevin:"And if you ever have a problem, don't worry to walk up to adults and ask for help. Most of the adults are willing to help you win your fight"

Kid:"Jesus, Kevin. I admire you and yet you come to school and talk to us about this bullshit? Nobody cares. Of course they don't. They don't want to fill the paperwork, talk to the parents. It's easier not to care. Damn. I wish I could be Kevin Hjenas and him to be me so that he could see what it's like to be a kid in high school again"

BAM

Kid tries to open his eyes, but can't. He can feel... stretched? Around something. He can feel something hard inside of him. He can feel a butt? What is going on?

He tried to scream:"What happened? Where am I?"

Kevin stops his speech as the voice inside of his head now turned more louder, but it sounds different. "Kevin? Go back to being an obedient speedo, would you? I got a presentation to finish."

Kid:"Kevin? What? I am... I am a student. I was just watching Kevin. Why are you calling me Kevin? Where am I? Did you just call me a speedo?"

Suddenly a kid's in the audience gets up from his seat. "I can see again. I can talk! Somebody help me. Someone stole my body." He stares in disbelief at his previous Kevin Hjenas body, or atleast the one who looks like him. "You did that! Give me my body back!"

Teacher:"That's enough of this outburst young man, you'll come with me to the principal."

The other kids lost it and the whole auditorium started laughing. This kid is gonna get beat up today so much more than usually.

(Not) Kevin to Kid as his speedo:"Look kid. Let me finish this and I'll explain. Ok? Just stay silent and I'll fix this. Ok?"

Kevin finishes the presentation and goes to the nearby park

Kevin:"So tell me what did you do before you ended up as my speedo?"

Kid:"I couldn't believe the bullshit you were talking at the assembly. I had the worst time yesterday and I envied you. Your body, your fame. Everything. So I wished to be in Kevin Hjenas body and him to be in mine"

Kevin:"Oh... I see what went wrong"

Kid:"It didn't work, that's what went wrong"

Kevin:"Well technically you are in Kevin's body. Cause... I'm not really Kevin. I'm wearing his body as a speedo and that gives me the ability to look like him. I'm a different person. So the one screaming in your body at the auditorium was the real Kevin in your body"

Kid:"Ok, then change me back to his body then. If you have the power."

Kevin:"It's not that easy... we gotta contact this writer. He writes stories and if you ask he grants you the wish in a form of a story/transformation. He likes to play with his subjects after. But the waiting time is horrible. He works all the time and only writes a few stories a day. So that is the tricky part"

Kid:"So what if we ask him nicely? Maybe if we explain the situation to him, he might understand"

Kevin:"You really are naive, kid. But it's worth a shot. Let's go home. You gotta get used to being a speedo and there is not better time to let you learn like now"

Kevin's dick gets visibly hard

Kid:"Oh, this is strange. But... it feels nice. I can actually feel it"

Kevin:"Just a few benefits of being a piece of clothing. Just wait till you feel me stroke myself or have an orgasm. Oh jesus. How old are you kid?"

Kid:"Don't worry. I'm old enough to feel you cum onto my... fabric?"

Two months later

Author:"Oh hey Kevin. Sorry for the waiting time. You wouldn't believe what kind of wishes all the people have. There was thos guy who wanted to be merged as Hulk and..."

Kevin:"Stop. This can't wait. I need a favour. And so does this kid." Kevin pulls down his shorts and points at his speedo

Author:"Is there something wrong with the real Kevin? You still look like him so what's the issue?"

Kevin:"The issue is, that this isn't Kevin anymore. Some kid from local High school wanted to swap bodies with him and he did. Kevin is now attending school again, while he is stuck embracing my dick as speedo"

Author:"Oh... well. I don't have good news for you boys. Because another spell intervened, I can't really do much about the appearance of Kevin's original body. But... there might be a solution. You may not like it"

Kid:"I don't care, I just want to feel what it's like to be a human again. Atleast for a while"

Kevin:"The kid is on board with whatever plan you got. Depends what it means for me."

Author:"It's quite simple, guys. You might have to learn how to share. You'll both have the ability to control your body, swapping with the speedo. Only one gets to control the human body, while the other rests as speedo"

Kevin:"I'm not giving this up. I worked hard to look like Kevin"

Kid:"You can't do this to me"

Kevin:"Can't you place his soul into something else, please?"

Author:"Wish I could, but both of these spell are now combined and can't be broken. If I take his soul away, you won't look like Kevin anymore. It's either this or full reversal. And let me tell you... Kevin is gonna be really pissed"

Kevin:"Would you be ok with that? Sharing a body like Jekyll and Hyde?"

Kid:"Who's that suppose to be?"

Kevin:"Jesus you kids these days. So... like Moon Knight?"

Kid:"Oh cool. If it means I get to be human and also Kevin, I'm in."

Kevin:"Ok, let's do this..."

Two weeks later, pier beach

Kevin:"You should stop with all these carbs. We'll get fat"

Kid:"Oh shut up. I'm enjoying myself."

Fan:"Hey, Kevin. Could I take a photo with you?"

Kid:"Oh yeah. Right on"

Fan:"Thank you. Could... could I touch your biceps, sir?"

Kid:"Oh of course. Go on. I can't get enough of these things too. They are massive right?"

Fan:"Haha. Yeah. Thank you"

Kevin:"You need to tone it down a bit. People are gonna get suspicious."

Kid:"Oh relax. You'll get your turn soon. I'm just enjoying my part of the day. I still think it's unfair that you get the night. I wanna party and fuck other people too. And not just as a speedo"

Kevin:"You'll have a chance soon. Don't worry"

Who knows if the boys will learn to share

A request from Inbox story set as a second part. Guys, you two might have to learn how to share 😁

Hello today is worst day of school someone just randomly pick on me and the worst is no one at the school cared for me, tomorrow kevin hejnas is coming to our school i just wish i could be him so i could feel what life would be as a famous man.

[emichen88]

Nothing but praise for the recent video! Excellent craftsmanship from the both of you, terrific! I have to ask though, what was the most difficult shot to animate from the both of you? The whole thing looked so complex and so many things happened at once, I’m so curious

Oddly, this screenshot sums up one of the hardest shots for me. Another one was the one where Krang is falling with all the rockets flying at him because there were so many to keep track of which smoke is above which one for consistency And lastly, the entire project was a challenge. Yeah this sounds like a lazy answer, but it really was because our main goal was to keep the characters on model with the show. So I had to study how to draw Krang, how to draw all the other characters in insane perspective poses that Kevin Ortiz had boarded. The only thing I kept telling myself as animating it was "One day at a time. You can't rush this, but you CAN get this done. Giving up on a drawing won't do you any good or have progress so take a break, draw another shot, and then get back to it". Trust me there were so many times where I just went "no I don't want to draw so n so doing this, I just want to stop" but since I was the only animator, that kind of thinking won't get anything done. With @powerauerart, I believe her answer would be just to figure out the style of the show and paint/animate smokes. I was mostly in charge of the mystic effects and little smoke while she took care of the rest. It was challenging for her to figure out how colors affect each other and how well they read. She can testify to that more LOL

[deeppenguinstudent]

"When's your roommate getting here?" Neil saw Jean adjust his hair as he gazed at his reflection on his phone's flipped camera.

"I don't know, Kev basically lives on the court," Neil grumbled as he rested his head against the armrest of the couch, "I would have followed him if I wasn't tasked with showing you around campus."

Jean rolled his eyes before he made his way to the couch and gently lifted up Neil's stretched out legs before sliding beneath them, "No, your coach banned you from playing because your headstrong personality earned you a fractured heel."

As if to prove his point, Jean pinched his heel that made Neil let out a yelp before glaring at him.

"Whatever, wait, why do you care about Kev anyways?" Neil raised his eyebrows accusingly.

Jean huffed as he lounged further into the cushions of the couch as if it could swallow him whole. "Apparently, my roommates a huge asshole; messy, wakes up at erratic hours and ants crawl all over his apartment because he leaves stashes of sweets everywhere."

"Sounds like a huge asshole," Neil smirked at his friends despondent story, "Perfect, I think you'd get along just fine."

"Well, too bad I managed to convince the dorm directory to allow me to change my room." Jean scowled at Neil as his hands subconsciously started massaging the sore numbness the pain aching at the sole of Neil's foot. "All I need is for your roommate to sign a consent form, and I'll move my luggage right into his room."

"Good luck, Kev would rather die than live with some sugar crazed maniac."

"See, I was skeptical at first, but Catalina told me apparently both our roommates are practically joined at the hip outside of practice, so I'm placing my trust in her so your Kevin can suffer in my stead."

"I can't believe you're getting closer to the Trojans instead of the Foxes." Neil scorned in faux annoyance, trying to get a rise out of Jean. "After years of friendship, I guess it's true, it's always the ones you trust most in the end."

Before Jean could get a word in, both their heads snapped to the front door when it thudded open harshly. Jean cringed inwardly - he could see why Neil had always complained about Kevin's clambering attitude.

"Who's your friend?" Jean heard a breathy voice exhale as the jingling of the keychain attached to the dorm card clacked against the dining table.

"Jean Moreau, pleasure to- fuck."

Questioning green eyes scrutinised him further as he swore in French. He could feel his breath choke as he willed himself not to look at the punishing outline of Kevin's abs hidden beneath a white tank top.

"Why'd you take so long halfwit?" Neil jibed, and when Kevin's gaze tore away from Jean, he allowed himself to leer at the muscle that was framed sinfully perfect along his tank top.

Kevin sighed heavily, "I had to run to the damn court with no breaks since you didn't fucking wake me up for practice."

"How far is the court?" Jean side-glanced Neil, who was perplexed at his sudden interest in Exy.

"Around 4 miles."

Neil heard Jean swear under his breath again and furrowed his eyebrows at his abnormal behaviour.

A trilling sound emerged from Jean's phone as he groaned out a sound of displeasure. He really wanted to stay around the dorms, especially with the new appearance of Neil's hot roommate that would probably haunt his dreams for the next week or so. Alas, as Jean looked at the clock, he realised he would be embarrassingly late to one of his first classes of the semester if he didn't make a move as of this instant.

"Sorry, I was going to discuss the logistics of this but I'll have to make it quick since Mr Hollister will have my ass beat if I don't make it on time to my first class."

"You take history?" Kevin inquired as he now heeded Jean's form with interest.

"It's an extra subject," Jean avoided Kevin's intense stare as his heart picked up at his perusal, "My sister fawns over oldern text, but she can't speak English fluently as a child, so I had to translate it all in French for her. I guess it stuck with me thereafter."

Kevin nodded in understanding, but his expression morphed into a slight smile that Neil was sure he had never seen despite rooming with him for nearly a year.

"Anyways, Kev, so basically Jean was wondering whether you would susceptible for him to switch-"

Jean let out an indiginified shriek before abruptly clearing his throat and shooting an ardent glare at Neil.

"Since I'm new around here, Neil thought it would be best if I stayed with someone I was more familiar with," Jean paused before simpering slightly, "Obviously, I believe staying with Neil would be the best case but since he's injured, he suggested for me to take his place in this dorm until his heel is fully recovered."

Neil blinked in perplexion as Kevin nodded slowly in understanding, and Jean leisurely stood up before pocketing his phone.

"What- "

Before Neil could protest, Jean leaned down beside his ear and mumbled in low French.

"Please just do this for me. It is so unfair that you get such a hot roommate whom you barely talk about while I have to suffer with some crazed sugar rush maniac. It's just less than a month, I'll do anything."

"Come to my Exy game next week," Neil responded in French without missing a beat.

He felt Jean falter. Neil had been pestering for Jean to accompany him to an Exy game since they were children. The Frenchman always just sneered before belittling Neil for his unearthly infatuation for the stupid sport. Jean's hand squeezed his shoulder before placing a swift peck on his cheek and tilted his head to allow the red-haired boy to do the same.

"Then I'll be off. Don't strain your heel too much, Achilles. I'll be back in the evening to help you move. See you around Kevin," Jean slid on his shoes as he waved at the duo.

"You didn't even tell me who my roommate was!" Neil suddenly shouted, hoping to garner some reprieve by startling Jean.

"Andrew Minyard," Jean called out equally as loud.

Neil's teeth gritted as he sulked on the couch and pointedly ignored Kevin's stare. He had seen Andrew, but his standoffish demeanour made Matt promise Neil he would stay away from the blonde. Now he was walking in with his hands tied right into the jaws on the beast; just great.

[s10127470]

So recently I've been seeing some discourse online about voice actors.

Particularly ones that can only really do one voice.

We're talking about the likes of Kristen Schaal, Dana Snyder, Patrick Warburton, Kevin McDonald, Keith David, Brad Garrett, H. Jon Benjamin, David Kaufman, Brian Stepanek and Eddie Deezen.

However, it's not in the way you may be thinking.

In fact, the discourse is about praising these guys and showcasing just how good of VAs they are despite only being able to do one voice.

Thought it did get me thinking about another notable VA that can also only do one voice.

However, in contrast to the VAs I just mentioned, they're looked down on for that.

If you haven't guessed who it is already, I'm talking about the infamous Justin Roiland.

It got me wondering why are the aforementioned VAs so beloved and praised as being good, while Justin isn't.

Well putting aside the obvious fact that they're not abusive creeps or talentless hacks, there are a few reasons I can think of.

Characters and Inflictions:

Despite using the same voice for their characters, what truly makes those aforementioned VAs such great VAs are....well, the characters they play.

Just about all the characters those VAs are different from each other, and the VAs use different inflictions in order to perfectly capture their personalities.

Justin unfortunately lacks this skill.

A common complaint towards his characters is that a lot of them tend of feel similar to one another.

Which is not helped by his lack of a vocal range.

The worst examples of this are in the case of Rick & Korvo and Morty & Oscar.

The latter duo have this the worst.

Not only being similar to each other character-wise, but also having the EXACT same voice.

Rick and Korvo are a little better (though not by much) since the latter does sound a little different (though once again, not by again), but they still suffer the problem of being too similar to each other from a characterization standpoint.

Acting:

Although most people consider them two separate mediums, acting and voice acting are essentially similar to one another, as it involves performing as a character.

And although they can only do one voice, you can tell those aforementioned VAs can actually act!

They can actually sell on the emotion their character may be feeling.

H. Jon Benjamin is one of my favorites when it comes to this.

Because of how he always talks in a monotone voice, I always get taken aback whenever he screams or yells.

They just sound so genuine.

Now compare this to Justin.

Justin seems incapable of doing emotional moments.

Whenever he does, it feels rather stilled and somewhat forced.

Like, compare his last official voice performance on Rick and Morty....

To some scenes featuring some of the aforementioned VAs.....

You can hear the emotion in their performances!

Back to that Mr. Poopy Butthole scene.

Apart from the fact that at the point of this episode's premiere, Justin's trademark of doing an annoying goofy voice has ran its course and became, well, annoying.

Listen to when PB is in pain.

He doesn't really sound like it.

Like dude, his legs were crushed.

He should be screaming bloody murder!

But instead he just sounds like he's having a sugar rush.

Justin is also famous for heavily relying on ad-libbing and improvising when it comes to voice acting.

Hence his trademark stuttering

And while that isn't a bad thing in itself, it gives off the impression that he really just can't voice act.

And given how much of a talentless hack he was proven to be, I honestly believe that is the case.

There's also the fact that he famously drinks before voice acting.

And I don't think I need to explain to anyone here how alcohol can negatively affect....well, anything.

Quantity:

I think the biggest reason why so many people don't like Justin's voice acting is just how of him there is.

Justin famously has a lot of voice roles in Rick and Morty.

Not just voicing the titular duo, but also a decent chunk of secondary characters and a WHOLE LOT of extras.

Contrast that to the aforementioned VAs, who only really voice one character in whatever show they're in.

Bar a few exceptions like Bob's Burgers.

Since after hearing so many characters voiced by Justin in the same show, you can't help but start to get tired of it.

And I know there's gonna be some people who are gonna bring up Seth MacFarlane and Alex Hirsch, two creator who also voiced a lot of characters in their shows.

Both in the main and secondary cast.

And as extras.

But both of them use different voices for just about every character they voice.

And although this is a slightly smaller example, but the MTV animated series Undergrads had the series creator, Pete Williams, voice all FOUR of the main protagonists.

And to this day, I'm still shocked by his performance as all four of them.

Like, they all sound so different from each other. So much so that you wouldn't be able to tell that they're all voiced by the same dude.

To wrap this all up, I wanna bring up one last thing that makes this especially bad.

And it doesn't have to do with Justin's quality.

Apparently, the reason why Justin voiced so many characters in this show was so he could use it as an excuse to not get fired.

Anyway, that's all I have for today.

A short post, but something I wanted to talk about.

And also, Justin, if you're reading this......

Go fuck yourself.

[stabbyfoxandrew]

Ahh!!! I'm finally on time again for wip Wednesday! I'm so excited! I would love some Angel Neil.

(I loved the long snippet from last week but obviously I will love anything of any length you post)

WIP Wednesday (9/18) | Guardian Angel Neil AU (Part 235)

So he's going to once again get Bee's thoughts on the angel. He's going to make her tell the truth and admit one way or another if she thinks he's got a serious problem. (If she calls Neil an imaginary friend again, Andrew might bite her. No, no. He wouldn't bite Betsy. But he might light a fire in her office.)

See, Andrew ruled out Neil being a side effect after Monday morning. He'd come charging up here first thing during his nightmare-induced rampage, without taking his meds, and Neil was here waiting for him like always. Andrew's quite sure he's not actually psychotic, no matter what his teammates like to say. But he wants to check his notes against Bee's one more time.

This way, if he ever starts to doubt Neil again he can remind himself that Betsy thinks he's fine and that Kevin knows the Butcher's son. That's what he would need, reassurance from the two people he trusts most. God, how did Kevin Day end up on this list? Andrew digresses. The biggest problem with grilling Bee about this is Neil himself. Because Neil said he would stay as long as Andrew believed in him. If he were to overhear anything... Would he leave for good? Is he actually able to? Andrew does not want to find out.

Andrew realizes with a start that his cigarette is nothing but a tiny burned up nub between his fingers. He looks at it, annoyed, then flicks it into the bushes below. When he turns, Neil is staring from where he's propped on an elbow. Has he been staring this entire time? (Andrew thinks he could stare at Neil for days. That's beside the point.) He cocks a brow.

"You know, I'm right here." Neil says, looking amused. "That means you can actually talk to me instead of just thinking about me real hard."

Andrew flusters and bristles simultaneously. "Who said I want to talk to you?"

Neil laughs like Andrew's being stupid. "Your head is going to explode, Andrew. Or maybe mine is. I can't tell. But it's getting annoying, so just say something."

"I hate you."

"There you go." Neil smiles. "Let it out and stop pounding on the insane of my skull."

"Is that what it feels like when I think about you?"

Neil sighs, "Not always. Sometimes it's a little pinch. Maybe a tap on the forehead, a flick to the ear. But sometimes you get real... Thunderous."

"Thunderous."

"Yeah. Like I can't think because you're too busy thinking about me." Neil says, sounding only slightly accusatory. "You're doing it now. Want to tell me why?"

"You told me you don't come into Bee's office. Is that still true?"

"Of course."

"Isn't it the angel's right to know what's going on with me?"

Neil looks almost offended that Andrew thinks he'd eavesdrop. "No. I've told you before. Whatever you have to say to her is none of my business and I certainty don't care to hear what she thinks about me."

"Right. I know."

"Then why are you asking this again?" Neil asks suspiciously. "Should I be listening in on you for some reason?"

Oh fuck, time to backtrack.

[tame-a-messenger]

Since the sit com live is so close, what are your main predictions before watching? Do you think it’s gonna be good, who do you think is gonna break the most, and stuff like that

OOOO FUN!!

I think it's going to be the best Live they've done in recent time!

I really believe in Syd and Olivia as the main writers, anytime they've been involved with writing things with Smosh it's always my favorite content (I've watched Smosh videos and ended up thinking it was better than usual and of course their names are always attached <3)

From what Syd + Olivia said;

Keith & Angela are going to have long dialogue with hard words, so they will probably be getting things wrong and switching somewhat frequently

They also said Amanda & Shayne are probably going to break often based on how much improv and wild que cards they'll get.

I'm thinking

Chanse will break a lot because of Krungle

Damien & Noah will break over Dominic and Sebastian

Anthony is going to break a lot purely based on him not acting too much the last couple years (he's also going to be having too much fun!)

For who's going to break the most I'm thinking Keith, Chanse and Anthony? They seem the giggly-est to me :D (I can't wait to see the tally of breaks after!)

MOVING ONTO PREDS!!

REALISTIC PREDIDICTIONS

The Chosen's are going to be in-between storylines as a sort of "Ad Break" I'm guessing they'll be doing the Live voting segments

Martha x Dominic kiss

Krungle flirting with all the cast and saying some VILE pick up lines

Young Sebastian is going to blow someone up (light someone on fire?)

UNREALISTIC PREDICTIONS

Musical break? like they break into song at some point (possibly romantic)

Benny having Homosexual tendencies

Martha revealed to be a lesbian (I'm thinking there's going to be something romantic going on with her and one of the other main characters)

Martha x Krungle reciprocated flirting (see above^)

Young Sebastian having a kid crush on one of the main 4 (main 4 = Benny, Dominic, Martha, Kevin) NON RECIPROCATED !!

The show ends with Kevin getting his birthday party, and his birthday cake setting off Sebastian's contraption(?) and the screen cuts to black as explosion sounds go off with screaming :D

I won't be able to watch it live so let me know if I got anything right!

The biggest thing I'm excited for is everyone being together! It's never happened with all of the cast in this era!

[coimbrabertone]

Formula One Was Good Actually?

Yes.

I can't believe it either, but I did actually enjoy the F1 race this weekend.

Okay, so, just going to get the elephant out of the room now - the fact that Lando Norris won instead of Max Verstappen is doing a lot of heavy lifting here, but it's not just because of that - and now that I've said that, I'm going to talk about why I enjoyed F1 yesterday at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix.

Full disclosure, I didn't watch the sprint and it doesn't sound like I missed much.

In the race, however, something interesting happened...Max didn't break the field right away. He pulled a bit of a gap on Leclerc, yes, but Piastri in third was quick, and he managed to overtake Leclerc for second pretty early on, even started gaining.

Once Max pit, it was Piastri in the lead by a pretty comfortable margin, then Sainz, then Norris. I tuned into the race around this point since NASCAR at Kansas - also a banger of a race, I might get into that later actually - was in a rain delay. Piastri and Sainz made their pitstops, Lando was actually going quick - IIRC he had the fastest lap at this point - but still, it looked to me like Max had a clear path to the lead for the umpteenth time.

Kevin Magnussen, attempting to overtake hometown driver Logan Sargeant, hit the Williams and sent him into the barrier gearbox first. Logan was out on the spot, Kevin continued, and the safety car came out.

Now, maybe Bernd Maylander was just used to slotting in ahead of Max Verstappen - and can you blame him after these last three years? - but the safety car picked up Max in second, while Lando was free to run to the delta. Everyone knew he was going to make a free pitstop at this point, but with the rest of the field stuck behind the safety car, the question became...is Lando going to put a hole lap on the field?

Well, fortunately or unfortunately, race control waved the field by the safety car before any shenanigans could occur, so when Lando made his stop and came out on fresh hards, he caught the safety car with the rest of the field directly behind.

This is where things got fun.

On the restart, full disclosure, I thought Lando blew it and let Max Verstappen get too close...only for the Red Bull to fail to get the pass done on the start-finish straight. Lando kept the lead...and pulled away for the rest of the race.

Meanwhile, Verstappen spent the first part of the post-SC portion of the race breaking out of Leclerc's DRS range, while behind, Piastri and Sainz where showing that DRS wasn't a free pass this time out. And that's really what I liked about this race - the fact that, lap after lap, Sainz would get DRS on Piastri and would try and pass going into turn eleven...and it wouldn't be enough.

Unfortunately, Sainz eventually just decided to barge his way through and sent Piastri into the pits for a new front wing and fresh tyres, but the idea was there. DRS was an overtaking assist, but it wasn't a free overtake - and that's how I believe it should be.

That being said, as Piastri showed once he was on fresh tyres, a faster car could get by, so he charged through the likes of Albon and Ricciardo, taking fastest lap and eventually finishing thirteenth after having come out of the pits nineteenth. Sainz would get a five second penalty post race.

We had a new winner in Lando Norris, the winner started from fifth on the grid, it was a Grand Prix in the United States at a pleasant afternoon timeslot for me, and for the first time, it felt like it lived up to the hype of Miami.

Now there was also another thing, and it's so divisive that I'm not even sure if I should talk about it in this blog, but it's that Donald Trump was in attendance. He was a guest of Muhammad Ben Sulayem and Liberty Media, they took him through the McLaren garage, he posed with Zak Brown outside the garages, and he took a photo with Ben Sulayem and Lando Norris post-race. Not only that, but David Croft, in his race winning call went "On a weekend where McLaren has welcomed an ex-President into their garage, it's Norris who trumps Verstappen!"

So...in the eyes of some people, Norris' first win is forever going to be associated with a divisive ex-President who is one: subject to various legal proceedings in a number of states, and two: is running for office yet again. I hate that for Norris.

I'm not getting into the politics, I'm not making a judgment either way, please don't use this as a place to rant about your particular political views, I'm just saying it sucks that, a day after this guy's first win, I'm still seeing people talk about a guy who was a guest in the paddock rather than the guy who actually won the race.

It must suck for your first win to be at the center of people's political and moral arguments one way or another. I wish it wasn't a topic of conversation coming out of this race.

So yeah, I got to watch an F1 race I enjoyed for the first time in awhile, I even watched some of the post-race content, and by the time that was wrapping up, it was time for NASCAR.

I really like 1.5 mile triovals and Kansas is one of the best ones. We had moments of three, four, and even five wide in that race, and at the end of it all, we got the closest winning margin in NASCAR history. 0.001 seconds for Kyle Larson in the #5 HendrickCars Chevrolet over Chris Buescher in the #17 Castrol Edge Ford Mustang. I was rooting for Buescher, I desperately wanted Ford to get their first win of the season, but seeing that, I just had to throw my hands up and say it was a good race.

So, while there wasn't any MotoGP or Indycar this weekend, F1 and NASCAR managed to give me a pretty good Sunday of racing. I'm pleasantly surprised and I'm glad I can say that.

I hope McLaren can keep the forward momentum going and actually challenge Red Bull somewhat consistently, and I hope Ford can snap their winless streak in NASCAR sometime soon.

[ultimate-marysue]

I want to ask people to please please accept nuanced characters and not be a bitch about it. I've already seen so many crazy takes and I don't know if I can handle the death of media literacy right now. We've been through this in AFTG, let's not bring that energy to TSC.

For those who have read the book, examples under the cut.

Let's start with the fandom's favorite scapegoat: Thea Muldani. "She thought Jean was a whore sleeping with the defense line". That's what she was told and what Kevin and Jean allowed her to believe. Context is important: Thea was there because she just found out her team (and she wasn't involved at all with the mafia part or Riko's torture) had lied to her about her boyfriend's injuries. She obviously couldn't believe it because, would you!?? And when she sees Jean she's instantly on his side asking what happened to him. She's heartbroken when he doesn't answer and tells her to just believe what Kevin tells her. You can tell she cared about her little duckling and was horrified with what happened under her nose.

Then Kevin. Kevin is the recipient of Jean's unrequited love and that's not his fault. Hell, there's a lot of chances he didn't even know about it, Jean was the closest thing he had to a friend. He didn't seduce and trick Jean for his own benefit, he tricked his friend to survive and regretted ever since. He knew Jean wouldn't run, he knew Jean would have tried to stop him if he told him. It wasn't fair for Jean, but it was Kevin's only chance. I thought this was obvious. Jean is entitled to hate him, but the audience should know better than mischaracterize him like that.

Jeremy and the Trojans are the closest we have to a normal pov. Their way of handling Jean's trauma is not going to be like the Foxes'. They try not to pry too much, to offer him distractions and accommodations. They honestly do as well as they can. The people saying they're so pushy and annoying???? My bestie in Christ you'd probably handle it way worse.

I just think that we as a fandom should appreciate how good Nora's character writing is. Most characters are not fully evil (and those who are you can understand how they turned into monsters most of the time), but they fuck up. Sometimes they fuck up unknowingly, sometimes they fuck up because they don't know better, sometimes they fuck someone over because it's their only way out, sometimes the circumstances get in the way.

That doesn't make things better for the characters that get screwed over. Jean is entitled to his complicated feelings over Kevin. Aaron is allowed to not understand why his brother killed his mother. Just because the current narrator's pov makes it obvious for the audience doesn't mean the characters inside the book have the info and knowhow to do better.

TSC made me love Kevin even more because I'm a sucker for for imperfect victims. I hate the IRL narrative that in order to deserve sympathy you have to be purely the most victimized victim of them all. Kevin had to step over Jean to get out of his situation. Kevin had to witness the abuse, unable to do anything about it. Kevin is a bitch to his teammates and endangers them just by being in their team. He also loves them fiercely and forces them to keep on living.

It's complicated. And if you can't handle nuanced and complex characters please just keep your incorrect opinions to yourself??? Like why is everyone so comfortable admitting publicly they don't understand how to analyze realistic traumatized characters??? Why would you admit you can only see in black and white?? "Well if you're a victim and a good guy then you would never ever do something not nice. Gotcha!" That's how you sound.

[mememanufactorum]

Badger’s Best of 2023 sentence starters

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All lines are from this video created by TheRussianBadger.

"I ACTUALLY EARNED ONE, MOTHERFUCKERS!"

"Those noises that were coming out of you were inhuman."

"You ever had a hotdog burger before?"

"You did NOT just come up with that word."

"I need to know if this was a riff or if this was an actual meal."

"I heard the word 'hotdurger' unprovoked."

"Dudes with nut allergies when I hit them in the head with a brick."

"YOU DIDN'T JUJU ON THE FUCKIN' BEAT."

"I don't misinform. I just lie."

"Did you just punch someone for all their coins?"

"I don't know, just blow 'em all up, I don't care."

"I just fucken hate you."

"STOP BLINDING ME, YOU ASSHOLE! I CAN'T SEE, YOU GOBLIN!"

"To the charge of wire fraud, you are pleading 'nuh-uh'?"

"Your honor, shut the fuck up. You wasn't even there."

"This conversation sounds like four raccoons with internet access."

"You wanna know how I got these GAINS?"

"I was driving through upstate New York and I saw a Tesla with the license plate 'I'M HIM'."

"That license plate made me laugh so hard that I walked up to his window and put a 12-gauge slug in his chest."

"You got me fucked up bro, I can't believe you would question if I'm real."

"Here's a picture of my nuts."

"Those are gonna be my dying words to my wife: I just want you to know… PS3 has no games."

"Chimichangas are a CIA psyop."

"If you put me in the cockpit of an apache I will Kevin Gates, put my hand on the dashboard, and start it."

"Boy I love having something with none of the same consistency as anything else in my sandwich in my sandwich."

"Dude I definitely love biting into my sandwich and then leaving with an entire pickle slice in my mouth."

"Own a musket for home defense since that's what the founding fathers intended."

"I have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with grapeshot. Tally ho, lads!"

"Well it's just straight up racism, and it's not even like an occasional racism, it's like, this is full blast firehose racism."

"It's the floodgate of racism! The Big Gulp of racism!"

"This shit will turn your pacemaker off."

"I point blanked that shit with a panzerfaust."

"Me going to Arby's after losing a $50,000 Marvel vs Capcom tournament."

"Me walking to the fridge to get my five day old caesar salad."

"Fresh caesar salad, already not a good start. Five days, dog."

"How does that predator missile work? Oh, you just go NYOOOOOOM."

"This Nyquil beatin' my ass, that is not THAT funny but, like, I can't stop laughing!"

"Y'all just verbally buzzered that man."

"I stole your girl, I stole your whip, I stole your shoes."

"You cannot land a KC-135 in a Kroger parking lot."

"As someone who lives in Tennessee, you can land a KC-135 in a Kroger parking lot."

"That's how I'm going to describe the size of our parking lots to Europeans without internet connections. We can land that in our parking lots."

"I call that my main menu tax."

"Bro, I can't hail a cab in Detroit for shit, bro."

"First bullet, Toyota Tacoma be like 'I ain't hear NOTHING. Y'all hear something?' Second bullet? Legalize nuclear bombs."

"Your voice literally has to wait in line to be heard."

"I'm gonna bomb your trailer park."

"Don't take advice from the dead guys."

"Smoking on that diabolical arch-necromancer pack. Those who don't ball would do well to steer clear."

"Do you know the word 'whermst'?"

"It's like where and for what purpose and why. Location, reason, background context in one word: Whermst."

"Did he just prefire me? Bro, go to jail."

"That's your first option for recourse?"

"Alcatraz, we ain't talking county jail. You're getting in there with the dementors."

"Stop calling the 3D avatar mommy."

"How do they fit this many flares in an airplane? It makes no sense. It's like a clown car but for fireworks."

"I'M SCREAMING ABOUT IT MOTHERFUCKER, STOP!"

"Hey what's up guys? I just bought a 1911 at a Red Lobster parking lot, AMA."

"Just kill me. Just take me to heaven. Just… Take me out of this reality."

"Heaven? BITCH, YOU GOING TO HELL!"

"Hey, fuckin' imagine getting friendly fired by a .50 BMG. Imagine."

"My client pleads oopsie-daisy."

"I'm sorry that your dog is not going to college now."

"Ay you ain't on your grind, son. You ain't on your bag."

"No one's Batman impression is bad."

"You sound like you're in an alley with a trench coat, what the fuck?"

"Oh my God, his Scooby-Doo villain is coming out again."

"Are you repairing our conversation?"

"Why is 'slime' such a funny yet affectionate nickname?"

"Get the fuck out of our shower."

"Why can't we just share the shower?"

"Enemy. Man. 300 meters. North. Fast. Fast. Fast."

"Fun fact: The TSA allows you to bring a live lobster through security."

"I myself have brought 432 lobsters through security."

"THAT'S THE FOURTH TIME YOU'VE SHOT ME!"

"SHUT UP! YOU JUST HAPPEN TO BE WHERE MY BULLETS ARE!"

"All units, be advised: My stummy hurt."

"Homie got the dog in him with that one."

"Pulled pork? Yeah I cranked my hog today too."

"How blessed are we that I can just log on to YouTube and the first video I see is 'Master Chief teaches you how to change the oil on your 2006 Nissan Murano'?"

"That went from 'funny' to 'demonitized'."

"If your state has 90 degree corners, you probably eat corn syrup on your pancakes."

"Why do you always say 'theoretically' and it's not at all theoretical?"

"You have the world's WORST EVERYTHING."

"My boy got the object permanence of a frog."

"That boy cooked the most rare steak."

"I gotta use the bathroom or something, bro. I gotta go to college or something. I can't be with these motherfuckers."

"He went behind the tree and my brain was like 'WHERE'D HE GO?'"

"Somebody buy me a stat reset, PLEASE!"

"You should not be legally allowed to commit crimes if you're listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd."

"I'm on my Super Mario Sunshine shit."

"Are you barking at me?"

"You might wanna be a LITTLE shidded right now."

"I'd trust Gengar with my kid."

"I didn't know he was chill like that."

"No. We are not putting a controller around somebody's neck and twisting it. It's a wireless controller, you can't even do that."

"And 45 is just a caliber."

"Ranch was made by California to keep the Midwest fat because they're scared of our power."

"I refuse to believe that Kranch is real."

"Alignment charts are for the governable. I grow corn in my yard."

"Tell me the name of God you fungal piece of shit."

"I'm pretty sure that was the most sacrilegious shit I've heard in my life."

"I will pass that to the higher ups – parentheses: I do not give a shit."

"This is getting a little too fast for my brain."

"You fuckers are at a pie eating contest and I'm just like, nah son. Free pie."

"I'm about to hit 'em with the Glock-no-jutsu, on God, bro."

"Regretting a free purchase is crazy."

"THEY'RE JUST POLYGONS!"

"I've had people call me things that I wouldn't even dare say to myself."

"Take five 5-Hour Energies and enter the forbidden hour of the day."

"Those responses do not surprise me at all. I definitely expected that kind of language."

"Bro, it's goof-a-clock right now."

"The moon already isn't real."

"You think I can't kill a fuckin' banana?"

"That was a little too much rage for a potassium transportation device. I didn't mean it. You full of electrolytes."

"I'm gonna eat pizza because I like the sauce on the pizza with the cheese on the pizza."

"I could not have killed him any harder."

"Don't make me make you say some out of pocket shit."

"I've been saying out of pocket shit all day."

"By sheer artillery alone, we should have tunneled our way to Atlantis by now."

"Yo, I don't know the Tom & Jerry lore, fuck you!"

"What if you wanted to go to heaven but God said to you, 'WE'RE GONNA TRY THIS WEEK'S CRUMBL COOKIE MENU'?"

"I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE TINNITUS, WHAT?"

"Is this like punching someone in the dark? Is it like a legal loophole?"

"There's only one of me in all the world. I am one in a krillion."

"If you're a chest sleeper, you're just a fuckin' psychopath, alright?"

[hellparkri]

A Path

The hours passed as quickly as leaves flying in the wind, the boys spent their time talking and playing video games, meanwhile, although Craig would like to be having a good time, Tweek was still on his mind, that was clearer than water, Now he even considered him a "half friend", but that feeling that something was wrong with that blonde was still there, and all this time he couldn't get that thought out of his head. Craig didn't long to see Tweek again... But well... 

"Maybe they were right, I should give it a chance..” 

He told himself in his mind. And when 5PM was approaching, everyone began to take their things to leave. 

-Okay, now what?-

 Craig said as they went down the stairs. 

-Look for Tweek, obviously.- 

Clyde commented to Craig, who simply rolled his eyes. 

-I don't believe that he’s new. Seriously, do you even know how he looked at the books in school? I don't even know if he could understand a single thing they said.-

 Craig growled as he tried to make his friends understand.

-Wow, C-Craig looking at the new boy d-du-during class? That's a bit g-gay.-

The other boys, now outside the house, burst out laughing while Craig just looked at Jimmy with the same usual neutral expression. The typical one of: 

-I'm going to sell you to an alpaca cult in Gibraltar.-

-God, shut your fucking mouth Jimmy.-

 -He seems like a good boy, but, y-ya-ya, ya know.-

 Now on their way to the street they noticed a figure sitting outside on the sidewalk right in front of Tolkien's house. 

-Hey look, it's Tweek, there he is, sitting on the sidewalk of the road, I was already worrying that we would have to search the entire blessed town to find him.-

 Craig would say that he looked thoughtful but the truth is that he wasn't, he was just looking at the ground while his tics continued to act, moving his head and making small sounds every few seconds. The other boys looked at where Craig's gaze was fixed, it wasn’t long before they approached Tweek.

-What are you doing here? The house is literally across the street.-

Tolkien commented, trying to be gentle at the sight of the blonde sitting on the sidewalk like an upset child who was excluded from playing hide-and-seek.

 -Ugh! It's rude to enter the house of someone you just met, right? T-That's not something y-you do? Oh no! Don't tell me I'm wrong.-

The boy immediately started to panic about something.

 -No no, it's okay, calm down.-

 Tolkien interrupted the blonde so he wouldn't panic again,

-You're welcome to come in whenever you want, we may have only met you today, but that doesn't mean you can't come in.-

 Tolkien said ,trying to calm Tweek down.

-Yes, although it's a little strange that you followed us here, but it's okay I guess. If you want to hang out with us outside of class, just tell us.-

Clyde commented.

-There's no reason to sit here alone, you're good bro, I think we can all agree with that.-

Clyde continued, Tolkien and Jimmy nodded with Clyde, Craig did it anyway but well, he did it "his way", that is , reluctantly.

-Yeah, even if Craig thinks you're-you're a demon or an alien or something.-

Jimmy added to the conversation. 

-God, I wish you were an alien, that would be soooo cool.-

 Craig added, trying to joke with Tweek, but that "joke” only made him look more apathetic and boring in everyone's eyes. 

-W-WHAT!? W-WHAT DO YOU MEAN!!!!???? I-I’m not a demon! - 

Tweek said to Craig, suddenly the raven felt that the blonde's personality had changed, the comment sounded serious, worried, scared, as if he really believed what he said, Craig just chose to look away and try to ignore Tweek's comment.

-Th-That's what a-a demon would say…-

Jimmy commented regarding what Tweek said.

 -I'm not a demon for the love of God!-

Tweek shouted. Clyde laughed softly to calm things down and said:

 -Ok ok brother, you're not a demon. Look, you wanted to talk to Esther, right? She's Kevin's sister.-

 Clyde said, changing the subject quickly when he saw that Tweek began to get upset. 

-Ack! Yes! - 

Tweek exalted. 

-Perfect, it's almost time, shall we go? -

 Clyde asked Tweek. Tweek nodded and everyone started walking towards the school. The entire group was silent along the way, Tolkien, trying to break the silence, tried to start a conversation with Tweek.

 -So, why do you want to talk to Esther? -

 -Ah, yes, well-

The blonde quickly looked at Tolkien, he looked nervous, well, more nervous than usual for the blonde, as if a lump in his throat was forming inside him. 

-I don't know, it's just that, I'm worried about how she feels, I guess.-

The boy lowered his gaze, began to rub his knuckles and hands,

 -I just don't understand how this could have happened, nor can I imagine what she felt when she saw her brother lying there- 

It took a few minutes for someone to speak again, everyone was thinking the same thing, it's true... how could something like that have happened? And to top it all off, right here in his town, of course, it's not at all unusual to see strange things happen in South Park from time to time, but this situation did feel more present, more real, the description of how Kevin ended up still frightened his soul. minds.

 -Things just happen, I guess...- 

Clyde whispered something thoughtful and serious. Craig couldn't stop thinking that what happened the other night was related to this, but how could he say it, 

"Yes sir officer! We opened a vortex to who knows where and we were attacked by who knows what and now this is all happening!!”

 God, Craig felt like he was going to go crazy, he just wanted this damn day to be over.

 -But, there is nothing to do now, so you just have to stay safe and wait for this to happen, okay Tweek? If you want, after this we will accompany you home if you don't feel safe-

Tolkien said, trying to relieve the tension.

But in response, Tweek just looked at Tolkien for a few long, uncomfortable seconds, looking like he was thinking something seriously, like he knew he had to say something. 

-No, n-no, I'll be fine, don't worry, but thank you anyway! -

 -Ok, whatever you want.- 

Tolkien responded before parking his car. 

-Well, we're here.-

 Finally they had reached the outskirts of the school, only a few students who had stayed for clubs and practices could be seen leaving, even the janitors were already leaving, so the only ones in the school were them and those who were in the meeting.

-Esther should be in the auditorium- 

Tolkien said. The boys made their way through the narrow and claustrophobic hallways of the school, there was only the light from the auditorium illuminating those long corridors, the speakers did not help to create a less tense atmosphere either, one of them seemed as if it had suffered a short circuit, It was emitting incomprehensible sounds at a very low volume, but equally annoying. But it was the least important thing, because what mattered was that they had already arrived at the auditorium, they saw how there was a handful of people sitting in a circle, they could not recognize what they wanted to say, but they could see by their expressions of sadness and anguish, plus the subtle sobs that were not at all “positive," Craig sighed and said: 

-Well Tweek, here we are.-

 The raven boy could only recognize two people, Esther... and Red MacArthur, Kevin's girlfriend, she looked completely emaciated, almost as if she had lost the will to live, Craig had not seen that girl since Kevin's funeral, If it already looked destroyed there, now it looked much, much worse. He couldn't play it, he himself had been in that same position in the past... Craig felt the weight of the necklace he was carrying on himself and sighed before looking at the others, who seemed just as sad to see Red in this state.

It only took a few minutes of waiting outside for the meeting to finally end, Red was the first to leave the room, her eyes looked like small reddish and soft raisins, you could tell that it was very difficult for her to even find motivation to walk, but she continued on, completely ignoring Craig and the others as they just looked at her with concern. While they weren't looking, Tweek turned to the room where Esther was and proceeded to enter. 

-H-hello? -

 Said the blonde entering the room, Esther, who was looking at nothing, turned to see him. 

-Oh hello! You're new here, right? - 

So this was Esther. On that woman's face you could see the greatest sorrow in her eyes. Tweek looked at how her eyes that once seemed to be blue pearls of incalculable value had turned into another reddish raisin, she even had dark circles much bigger than her eyes. , it was truly horrible to see the state of that girl, it even seemed as if she had cried even more than Red. A gentle smile adorned her face but Tweek knew that it was not genuine, he could notice at a glance Esther's mental and physical fatigue, barely. She couldn’t stand without leaning on something.

 -I don't remember seeing you here before. Are you by any chance the new one Tolkien told me about? -

-Ah yes yes! I just arrived today.-

Tweek said, looking uncomfortably to the side and rubbing his hands, suddenly all the thoughts he had in his head, all the things he wanted to say to her disappeared.

 -Normally I would tell you that you are welcomed in the town but ha...,-

 the girl laughed lightly to make the conversation more pleasant 

-I don't think you came at the best time to live in this small town-

Esther sat down in a nearby seat and proceeded to look out the window at the outskirts of the school. 

-Anyway, I still think you'll find your place here, even with all the chaos of the last few days.-

 Tweek looked at Esther, 

"’Find my place here?'" "Could I really...?"

The blonde sighed silently and reminded his conscience.

 "No, of course not." 

Tweek took a seat next to Esther, who was still looking outside the school towards a forest. It was quite green and long, extending for kilometers and kilometers until it reached a dense chain of mountains that isolated the town; it did contrast well with the sunset. Tweek didn't mind the view, on the contrary, it was something new for him, and it looked absolutely beautiful, and anyway the palm trees already had him sick. 

- Do you seriously believe that? - 

Tweek said with his gaze fixed on the outskirts of the school.

-Of course, my brother... Kevin, he was a little strange when he was little, he didn't usually get along with others, but well, over time he started to make friends, they loved him and genuinely appreciated him, even with his oddities, and he loved them too.- 

Esther sighed and shrugged. 

-Give yourself some time, you will be able to find your place here, I see that you found a few friends already, right? Don't worry, I trust that you will fit in here, I trust that you will find someone who loves you, maybe it will be tomorrow, maybe it will be in a year, but you will find everything you need here. -

 Esther said.

Oh right, Kevin, Tweek was coming to talk to Ester about Kevin. 

-I wanted to tell you...,-

Tweek fixed his gaze on Esther and she looked back at him.

 -I'm seriously sorry for what happened to your brother... Kevin, t-this should never have happened, t-it's truly unfair- 

Tweek sighed and tried to gather words 

- Seriously, it shouldn't have happened...- Tweek intoned.

Esther let out a light sob.

-Ah,,I'm sorry, I don't know what's wrong with me today..-

 Tears began to flow from Esther's eyes like water coming out of the faucet

 - I really don’t….-

Esther burst into tears. ..Tweek stared at her with a growing knot in his throat, he didn't know what to do in this type of situation, he had never had to go through an experience like that, he had never had to bring flowers to those who had died. For him, death was too foreign, a concept beyond his understanding and impossible for him to one day understand.

 -I don't know if you would like a hug... would that be okay? if I...? -

Before Tweek could finish, he felt how Esther clung to him tightly, she continued to sob, Tweek simply returned the hug... 

-This will not happen again,-

 He repeated in his mind as he clung to Esther tighter and tighter. Craig and the other boys were outside the room talking about all kinds of things when Tweek walked out the door with Esther, who said goodbye to Tweek before walking down the hallway, the others soon approached him. Tweek. 

-Well Tweek, how did it went? - 

Jimmy asked. 

-It went well I-I guess…-

 Tweek looked away, his tics still acting up. 

-He told me that he would appreciate it if we ack! We would organize this place for her, she is a little tired and wants to go and rest from everything.-

 - Oh sure! I don't think there's a problem with that, it's the least we can do.-

Tolkien said with a worried tone, Clyde and Jimmy nodded their heads too, pointing out that they didn't have any problems either. 

-God... we should do it quickly, it's going to start getting dark and that weather man with the funny hair said it would rain hard tonight.- 

Clyde said looking around, his voice showing how nervous he actually was.

-Aw Clyde, don't tell me you're still a-a-afraid of the dark.-

 Jimmy said, looking at him. short of the group. -

N-NO! Let's just go!-

 Clyde said as he alone started looking for Kevin's belongings... he was going the wrong way though.

[deltastra]

Tower of God Season 2 (New Trailer with OP Theme) Thoughts

Hello everyone! I haven't done a pre-written post in a while (Did I ever?), so let me yap about the new Tower of God trailer! I wanna tell you guys my honest thoughts and initial reaction to certain scenes.

I waited so long for them to show literally anything else other than the same 12(?) scenes and even a sneak peak to the OP theme performed by NiziU. FINALLY! I will be yapping a lot so SPOILER ALERT FOR ANIME ONLIES

(Also if you guys like posts like this from me, I'll try my best to do this more often as opposed to pre-written reviews!)

Ok so first off I want to say, I was overwhelmed with emotions. I read this arc back in 2016...to see it finally animated, man. Not to mention, it has been like 4 YEARS since season 1. Time flies and a lot happened in my life in between that. I remember how I felt when the OP of the first season played and it hit me that the very first WEBTOON I have ever read, finally got an anime adaptation, which was something that felt impossible back then.

I AM HOPING THIS SCENE WITH ANDROSSI MEANS THAT THE NEW STUDIO WILL FOLLOW THE WEBTOON PROPERLY. Don't get me wrong, besides its flaws, I did love Season 1. However, I was upset with the needless changes they made and important scenes they removed. So I hope the new studio follows the webtoon. They should definitely re-establish how much Bam meant to Androssi.

Seeing Khun in season 2 artstyle is nice. Regarding the artstyle, this may sound weird but I liked season 1's a bit more. Season 1's artsyle felt more "unique" along with its vibrant colours. But, I'll admit, season 2's artsyle is definately more suitable for the long-run when considering how serious the story gets later down the road.

Okay, I'll admit. This scene felt a bit...stiff?? But that's not a big deal.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEM AND THEIR FRIENDSHIP GROW ALL OVER AGAIN AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.

AND THE OP THEME FINALLY PLAYS! Now here's the thing. I listened to a few songs by NiziU and I won't lie, as nice as the songs were, I was unsure whether they fit the Tower of God tone. But I kept an open mind as I knew nothing about STRAY KIDS back in season 1 and now I listen to TOP and SLUMP so often and associate it with Tower of God due to the lyrics.

As for the sneak peak of RISE UP by NiziU, I like the song. I'm not obsessed over it, maybe I need more of it to form a solid opinion. However, I think it's fine overall! (Hopefully the song isn't wasted in the OP by the use of black screens and credits lol)

I LOVE THIS SHOT SO MUCH. THE DETAIL ON THE SHINSU IS SO GOOD. The lighting as well!

I like how they drew Viole's eyes here. He looks tired which honestly fits well given what he faced during his time with FUG. I don't remember if he looked like that in the WEBTOON whenever his eyes were shown but if it's an anime-original detail, I love it!

(I hope we see his bright eyes during the scene with Wagnan and Viole on the rooftop! Can't wait to see that animated!)

OH I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THIS FIGHT ANIMATED OMGGGG

Okay, this shot was kinda cool sorry guys I just wanted to say that.

AAAAND THATS ABOUT IT.

First of all, WAY BETTER TRAILER THAN WHATEVER THEY WERE SHOWING US BEFORE! Second, I feel a little more confident about season 2 now. It's alright. I feel like nowadays everyone expects MAPPA or UFOTABLE quality for every anime but this is fine. While I'll miss the season 1 artsyle that I grew to love, I look forward to see what the new studio has to offer.

ALSO KEVIN PENKIN RETURNING LETS GOOOOOO

I want to end things off by saying that when I first read this arc. I ADORED TEAM SWEET AND SOUR. I believe it was because they reminded me of Quinx Squad from Tokyo Ghoul :re...

I just love this team's dynamic and how well they play off eachother. It felt more like a found family. I understand people liked season 1's cast more but I have always been more partial to this team <3

I look forward to seeing them again in the anime cause I miss their early days so much. NOTHING BAD HAPPENS TO ANY OF THEM OKAY? HELL TRAIN ISN'T REAL </3 (SIU please bring back the active members please I beg of you. SHOW ME THEIR SEASON 3 LOOKS)

[sillyname30]

I just listened to the latest episode of and that's what you really missed on Glee. Now I know why Jenna was so positive about the Warblers for the first time ever in the Dynamic Duets recap. They had Curt Mega as a guest.

Curt met Starkid through Darren. Curt: First convo I ever had with Darren was like him being 'oh dude, I'm working on songs for this show and they're mad because I haven't finished everything.' He was the one who introduced me to all of them. It's become my creative family in LA.

How did it all start out for you? Curt: I don't know if you guys remember this at all, but they did a MySpace contest. Months went by and I got a call out of the blue one day.

Curt auditioned for Sam who was supposed to become Kurt's boyfriend at the time. Curt: Then fast forward a few months later I think I also taped for Blaine, didn't get it. And then in November I got a call and they're like they want see you today. I went and read for whatever Warlber and then the next week there I was on set. When I first booked it, it was a one episode one line co-star. And that somehow turned into 16 episodes. I got to sing and became a guest star and got to go on tour with you guys which is the coolest thing I've ever done.

Everytime I did an episode it was just that episode. It kept us sort of grateful and just like 'oh my God, we're back' and it never felt like there was an expectation.

Jenna: Then only recently with rewatch have we been 'oh, wow, they were awesome'.

Curt: And I always appreciated it was Darren every chance he got, he would go out of his way to talk us up to people. That really meant a lot to me, because that's an intimidating set to walk on.

It's like a lot of shit that has to get done in a very short period of time. So have somebody there to kind of just be that voice for us. It's a gift that I'll never be not grateful for.

Kevin: He really did feel like the leader on set and on screen of the Warblers. He was like the dad. He took care of. It's just good energy all the time.

Jenna: He was acutally genuinely happy to be there. Sometimes it was so annoying because you're like shut up. Like you're too happy right now.

When the Glee tour was in Chicago everybody was going to some night club. Curt: Darren texted the Warblers and was like ditch that party and come meet my Starkid friends. And that's where I met literally all the people that I now see every single day of my life and work with creatively.

Curt: What's so funny about the Starkid thing is we (Warblers) got invited to some fan conventions, but the conventions were Harry Potter themed. Which makes no sense aside from Darren.

One convention Evanna Lynch was there and Curt changed the lyrics of What Makes you Beautiful to What Makes You Magical. They got invited back year after year. Starkid was also there and they started hanging out.

What is the feeling Glee leaves you with? Curt: I really don't mean this to sound cheesy, but I really would say gratitude, because when I think about it sometimes I have these feelings of like, oh God, could I have done more to impress certain people to get a bigger role whatever, and then all that goes away when I go hold on, I got to do this incredible thing, and I got to meet all these people that I'm now still getting to make stuff with and often making this stuff with now that I'm the most proud of. And so I think that the biggest takeaway I have is like gratitude. I think at the time it was in the middle of it, I felt a little anxious of like, am I doing enough? And now I'm just like that was awesome. Yeah, wow, I can't believe I did that. So I'd say gratitude because it really did change my life and continues to in many ways.

[sunny6677]

SO TOM IN UNWANTED GUEST!! But it's kinda rewritten since I'm trying to make Tom's story more like the show lol.

I would like it if people did read through this one just cuz I'm trying to practice writing the show better regarding how it'd go in canon, so I just want feedback on how good I'm doing on that lol.

@mayisgoingnuts @crossover-enthusiast @catsockpuppet

So Tom probably wouldn't appear until after Skid and Pump went out. But I can imagine they run into her before the scene they meet Frank. Tom is just carrying an absurd amount of spare parts. When the kids say hi to her and she greets them back and Skid asks what the things she's holding is—Tom explains: "THESE ARE BUT PARTS FOR MY LATEST PRINCESS PUZZLE, LITTLE SKELETON FELLOW! I BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SPOOKIEST PUZZLE YET! OHOHOHO!"

While this does make Skid and Pump excited, they're more than happy to let her tag along with them, so they asks if she wants to come with. And Tom seems like she's gonna say no at first, but then with a smile, she's like 'HMM.. WELL, PERHAPS THE PRINCESS PUZZLE CAN WAIT FOR ANOTHER DAY!'. Without hesitation, she throws literally ALL spare parts to the side. And gestures excitedly as the kids grin. "I, THE GRRREAT PRINCESS, SHALL GO WITH YOU! OHOHO!". There's also probably the distant sound of someone screaming out in pain after the parts crash in the distance.

Tom happily walks with the kids in the next scene, only for Frank to suddenly pull up in his van and ask where they're going. Tom answers: "AH—WELL, YOU SEE, VAN MAN—WE ARE HEADING OFF TO THE MALL! PERHAPS YOU COULD PROVIDE US SOME.. SPECIAL TRANSPORT???"

Frank thinks for a bit since he isn't sure if he wants Tom to join. But he decides to accept it cuz he wants to help out the kids anyway. So she hops on with them and sits right next to Frank in the front seat. Whenever the kids point out the body bag though, Tom seems equally curious and looks almost suspicious at first, at least until Frank ends up saying that he's playing doctor. When the body bag begins to move however and Frank tries to hand Skid the 'medicine', Tom grabs it in a panicked manner because she's scared the patient is having a 'attack' of some kind (whatever the hell that means/lh) and proceeds to literally throw it at the bag. This makes the body bag stop moving somehow. Skid congratulates Tom, and she breathes a sigh of relief as Frank looks even more panicked now.

When Frank drops em off at the mall, Tom bows and mutters her own word of gratitude before running after the kids into the mall. The Spookeez and her run off into the dolls section, and Tom asks what they might want. They respond that they'd like a Happy Fella, so she grabs one and the three end up encountering Rick. Rick doesn't say anything about them being too young to buy here because they're with Tom, but he does ask why they're dressed for Halloween even though it's June—to which Tom responds by saying—"AH, DEAREST MALL WORKER—DONT YOU KNOW????". Pump says—"It's Spooky Month!". Rick denies that it is, which causes Pump to whisper something about him not knowing it's Spooky Month while giggling, and Tom just smiles down at him.

Tom is off screen for a bit of the Candy Dealer segment since she's paying for some other stuff she decided to buy—and ends up walking out once they pretend to be dead, but she sees them 'dead' and let's out a cut off scream before it cuts to the next scene. But I can't decide if this should happen or if she should happily walk out with the kids and encounter the Candy Dealer with them?? If she does, I can imagine her acting equally oblivious as the kids are since the moment she hears the word 'candy', she immediately sees an opportunity to go see Kevin. She probably proudly exclaims something about how she then great princess will personally transport it to the candy shopkeeper. Before immediately pretending to be dead with the kids after saying 'LET US JOURNEY TOWARD THE MEDICAL AID CENTER!', or they drop down dead and she's just like '..KIDS??? KIIIIIDS?".

Either way, Tom probably wakes up in a hospital bed off screen or she's somewhere else in the hospital. But either way, I can imagine she's probably talking with Patty, at least until she finds the kids outside after presumably just casually walking out of the hospital bedroom like she wasn't dead a few seconds ago. Or just walks out and goes 'AH—THERE YOU ARE—! ER... WHY DO YOU LOOK SO DIZZING-Y?". Either way, she probably just scoops up the kids since they're injured or fixes them up before walking to the candy store with them.

She proudly goes to the candy store with the kids while smiling to herself, and if the kids are still injured—Kevin probably says the 'What happened to you??' line—which leads to Tom saying that she doesn't know and that she just found them like that. She says not to worry and fixes them up right then and there though. But after she does that, Skid and Pump ask for candy cans. And Kevin nearly refuses, but gives in when Tom whines that he's not being very fair, and gives the kid candy cans. However, Tom is reminded of the 'sugar' by Pump, and with surprising cheerfulness, she hands him it. When he anxiously asks what it is, Pump says the 'sugar from the candy dealer' line, and Tom tells him to be sure to enjoy it while not so secretly leaving a note on it, before leaving with the kids. (Alternatively if the kids aren't injured she doesn't fix them up—but the scene just kinda plays out how it does here anyway). The note that she slips onto it is revealed to read 'DISPOSE OF THIS!!', which makes Kevin more stressed out since he doesn't know how the fuck to casually get rid of drugs, even more so when John and Jack walk in the moment he grabs it.

The next scene, Tom returns with the kids, only to see a Moloch-possesed Dexter practically strangling Lila mid-air. Tom looks shocked for a split second—seeming worried as Lila is tossed to the ground like a doll. As Moloch threatens both her and the kids (possibly muttering some threat directed at her too), Tom still appears shocked before gaining a less scared expression suddenly when Skid insists it isn't Moloch. She says "REALLY?? ARE YOU CERTAIN IT ISNT HIM??" to Skid even if she has no idea what hes talking about. And when he keeps insisting it isn't, Pump suggests snapping his neck to prove he's a demon—while Tom is like 'YES, YELLOW-HORNED FELLOW!! PROVE YOURSELF TO BE NOT AMONG THE LIVING!!'. Moloch obliges reluctantly, but gets himself killed in the process.

I imagine Tom either decides to leave after this, or she stays just because Lila doesn't appear to be doing too good. But if she stays with Lila, she probably is just watching a horror movie with them with a slightly strained smile on her face—and she's also like 'OF COURSE IT IS SPOOKY MONTH, LITTLE FELLOWS!! I HAVE ALL THE PROOF.. IN MY JACKET!!'. She then pulls out a infinite calender from her jacket that for some reason only says October. This seems to make the kids believe her and get excited. Lila has no idea how she just did that, but is happy anyway since they're having fun.

I think I'm gonna take care of the Tom-Kevin endings once I finish rambling about all the rewritten versions of the episodes with her in it?? I'd rather finish the rewritten versions of the episodes before doing that lol.