#my thing is like. I'm worried it'll take away from the story's main focus right

[butnobodycame627]

Should this be canon to Cathartic Cacophany…

what if Craft Exhaustion had permanent lasting effects on Siffrin and now he's chronically ill huh what then?

[lladyariall]

*Ms. Honeybunny winking at Sam* ;) ;) ;)

*jealous lagomorph boyfriend steps in* you should really get that eye checked out! ^-^*

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Look at that ANGRY little face Max makes, right before putting on a fake smile! Holy shit- he's so pissed off about Sam and Ms. Homeybunny flirting that it I'm crying from laughing too hard to even write this blog x'D

Nah, I'm good, though. Once again, this is just my silly opinion blog about this particular interaction between these three and comment if you have any opinions to share too! :) please enjoy the characters and comics regardless of my ideas. Love y'all😘

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To say the least, we all know Max is obviously in love with Sam throughout thee entire t.v. and video game series; possibly the comics, but we'll get inside of that little history later. The main focus of how Max protrays his feelings towards his best friend and police partner, which is quite open in a rare way, Steve Purcell places out their relationship to be after all they've been together and will be when they die. It's a heart wrenching, violent story of pure friendship, and/or.. maybe more?

We're going to dig into that right now, beginning with Sam's jelly rabbit Max behavior.

When we take a look at this scene, Max only has a smile on his face to carry up an "innocent act" for the sake of his companion and this lady's (bleh) reassurance. He doesn't want to actually scare off both his colleagues to create a giant dilemma of drama and end up on being Sam's quiet side. So, the lagomorph decides not to give into his natural instinct to rip her wig off. Instead, he wiggles out his little bunny charm to do what he can to come between on Ms. Honeybunny's intentions on his best friend.

Meaning, his goal is to remain on Sam's good light so he doesn't have his canine friend to look down on him when he would have scared someone off who clearly didn't do anything wrong; in society's eye, anyhow.

The lagomorph just wanted to claim his terrority because that's HIS 6ft talking dog! He has to tear down the competition then and there, baby. Or else they're gone for life and that's never going to happen in Max's life!

Oh no, and that's why this scene is so interesting even more. Because we also get a small sequel to their, ahem, lady competition for Sam.

It's super clear how gayly in love Max is with Sam in the t.v. series and the doggo scoundrel is super aware of what his best friend is feeling. Sam is a dog with super intelligent detective skills to sense if there's something going on, especially if its coming from Max, he is on the case to solve his mysterious canine instinct itch! with the bond of them they've always shared since they were merely babies.

But this scene just proves how much of a sassy girlfriend this little lagomorph can truly be, and I love it!

He just downright called her a whore in a kid friendly manor so the censors don't kick their asses off the program too soon (even though, they did last one season) and being told, "don't worry, miss. A boat will be by to pick you up, and that means sailors! Yup, you'll get picked up, alright." ... is clearly not friendly!

That rabbit knew what he was doing. His jealously became a perfect revenge to tell her to stop her shit on them, and try it on someone else. It's classically performed here and I applaud for Max, once i was done watching this episode. Ms. Honeybunny may or may not have received the hint that they're not available, but Max has tried making it clear as day, twice now. He knows Sam doesn't get a clue; so, all that matters is that SHE understands the message:

"Sam is mine, don't flirt with me or him, go make out with a sailor, blah blah blah."

In Max's terms to this scene, he nailed it perfectly! So I believe the whole reason Sam didn't even try to say a word to her is because he clearly knew better than to try and to help Ms. Honeybunny when Max OBVIOUSLY showed no interest; he decided to take the smart choice and go to Team Max's side for silent support. And probably so he wouldn't die, either.

Later on, Sam finally decides to say something:

Sam: "you crack me up little buddy."

Max: "whatever."

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Uh.. that doesn't help, Sam!

Max probably dissed off Sam like that is because he knew he won, but he hadn't truly received the main prize: having Sam understand he belongs to only Max. His big hound still doesn't get the picture between two love rivals. Sam just doesn't realize Max still remembers when he and Ms. Honeybunny batted-eyes with each other til his REAL bunny came into the picture. His feelings must have been a little upset when he saw the lady appear again, after finding her on the boat and dressed as Geek. She was unmasked by Sam and Max's joke about calling for help on the walkie talkie was.. a little TOO panicked to me.

Like he was in a nightmare.

Like if Max saw them flirt or even remotely get near each other again, Sam would definitely have to call help from a rescue team away from Max's rage. Max knows some shark sword fighting skills to teach them both a lesson about Max being possessive as Hell, and Sam needs to wear a collar with the lagomorph's name on it. (Also, they're in the middle of the ocean. I'm pretty sure Max would use a shark as a sword somehow.)

In conclusion, this was still a fun filling jealous rival we got to see come out towards Sam and Max reacting to it. It was perfect, but I do personally wish we could have seen a jealous Sam in the series. She's just a slut and Max knew it from the start. Even if he didn't, that wouldn't change anything on how Max handled it. He stayed calm for Sam, tried to forget about Ms. Honeybunny during the rest of their mission, and she just came back out of nowhere! She keeps ruining everything by my getting the hint that Max does not care HOW she goes away- she needs to leave for good.

Max will never let anyone try to split their Freelance work and it certainly would not be their last encounter with other flirts, or crazy infatuations (*coughs* momma bosco). Max cooperated well and acted more maturely in an adult manner than he normally would be in. Like, he'd probably crush her skull on the desk or go to Geek about a sexual harassment groping from Ms. Honeybunny, so it'll get her fired.

And that's what's crazy bout all these things is Max is always up for any challenge out there. Violence, poker, best shooter, best at taking shots, the list goes on. But the emotionally ones are always backing him up in a corner to run away from and hide. Max doesnt like the emotional encounters that other people bring and it's not Sam&Max world quality.

In truth, Max may might as well be possessive, but Sam is pretty crazy about him too. It only shows their love for each other more, and I'd say that it'd be awesome if they could only be a little more open with each other. It's just super rare for Max to want to be able to share what he desires from Sam, or what's going on when someone tries to steal Sam away like Ms. Honeybunny would have done.

Sam and Max are going to have to admit more open feelings and fluff if they ever reboot the show. Seriously. It'd be a perfect opportunity to see their love grow and see more of Steve Purcell's humor again.

[hoenn-hakase]

Hoo boy... I can't tell you how frustrating and toxic it can be when caught on a binge of reading someone else's writing and suddenly feeling inferior about my own. For me, it was about finding the right format for my strong point. And by "strong point" I don't mean I think I'm particularly great at it, but it's what I lean into and enjoy the most.

Which in my case, my stories are very dialogue heavy and I get flustered or have even lost interest in projects because I was getting hunkered down in prose that would break up the chunks of dialogue because I'd get self conscious about not having the characters do more while these indepth scenes were going on. I enjoy action too when action comes up, but the main driver of my plots is in the quiet moments with a group. So I found I enjoy writing in a script format where I don't get discouraged trying to think of the eighth way to express tone when I can just put [annoyed] [curious] [softly] ect and leave the focus on the actual words being spoken. And since I enjoy "listening" to the characters as well, it makes rereading pretty relaxed too since it cuts away a lot of the details.

Of course, you may have a different area you enjoy. Like if you have a group but you're only focused on the romance within it, then focus should be more on the one on one than having the group around and feeling forced to point out what the others are doing when they're not needed. Maybe you do better with the action than the dialogue, so you might write out all of the scene as prose and then pepper in some dialogue when editing. Maybe words aren't even needed. Maybe you enjoy reflective pieces and just want to take some time with the character doing a mundane task or watching others in the group who would provide your action to the story while the main character is still. Maybe you want to just focus on the world itself and write flowery descriptions as you tentatively play with how the characters interact with it. They aren't the focus after all in this piece.

The point is, if you're getting upset because you have an idea but getting it out seems slow or awkward or just not cooperating, maybe set it aside (don't delete because then you'll be like "okay NOW it's a good place to put that line if I can remember how I worded it the first time") and try it from a different format. Try it without certain characters. Try it with a focus on a different character. Try it completely focused on the "fun" part and see where it takes you. If it's something you enjoy writing, it'll likely be fun reading when you find yourself trying to edit only to get absorbed in the plot you created and end up reading the whole thing again with a few adjustments. Don't worry if the work isn't "good" because just like everyone has different things they might enjoy writing, everyone has a thing they may enjoy reading. Someone will eat up that prose, someone has been craving that interaction, someone is pleasantly surprised by character insight, and so forth.

But that's how I am. I don't think myself to be an actually good writer, but I enjoy writing and often go to look up a scene only to end up reading several scenes because I like how it reads. I don't know if any of this helps, but I'm in a bit of a slump right now and talking to you kinda makes me want to write now. Best of luck <3

haaaa how do you learn to love your writing