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His ego does not need to get any higher 😒☝️

Thank you for your kind words - I really appreciate it!! Im happy you like his design, I tried to make him fancy looking 🗣��� [@masteroffakesmiles]

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So Hallo-week day 4 Olimmer (Ollie is actuallly @babblingbonnabel 's OC)

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💥 | Older! Yakko Warner doodles!!

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Concept Art [1]┊deep in my soul I feel that toons have special connections to their gloves (if they're drawn w/ them.) It's a never-changing piece of themselves when everything around them will change. (Immortality core 😏🫶🏼)

Unless you're the Warner siblings -- pop off then‼️

some silly art for my Animaniacs Next Gen AU!! 📢📢

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😀🫶🏼 gee who designed that guy - all they did was copy and paste

[ this takes place a few days after Oliver has come to life. Asks that are currently being answered are a few months after Oliver's creation! ]

Toons aren't usually carbon copies of another pre-existing toon -- that's typically reserved for toons that are created for reboots if the original toon cannot perform or if the company no longer has Copy Right over the original toon 😀🫶🏼✨️

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Oliver Warner┊HE IS THE GUY EVER

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Some Doodles! ┊ I'm unwell about this au 💥🤺

MORRRE GLOVES 😏🫶🏼

RAAAH SHARED INK LORE!!!! 💥🤺 William and Angelina are the Warners parents, shown in Wakko's Wish, they were brought to life because they were going to be used as full bodied characters in the movie but that idea was unfortunately scraped. The Warner siblings are way older than the parents drawn for them in this au. (Warner siblings were drawn in 1920 while the parents are drawn in the 1990s) 😭🫶🏼

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For the piece involving Goofy all I could think while writing it:

Max, opening the door: Mister Warner 😳⁉️ Yakko: I'm here....for your dad 😃☝️ Max: oh. Okay...🤨🤨😔

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ALSO MADE PRINCE!OLIVER FOR A FRIEND ON INSTAGRAM WHHHAAAAT?!?!?! They created his Prince!design 💛

(LemonH 🫶🏼✨️ if you haven't seen their work I highly recommend - they focus on William and Angelina Warner and I love their content!)

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RODNEY THE RELIABLE ┊how are toons created?

Nothing will ever make sense here I'm sorry - a small info dump for in-universe things in my au!! :)

Long text post under the cut!

posts that are labeled as 'RODNEY THE RELIABLE' will include posts depicting Rodney as well as written by him. This is all just silly toon lore for the universe Shared Ink is in!

[RODNEY] Lets see...something something 1908.....something Fantasmagorie...Professor Knox Knoch - this is all BORING stuff. Where's the action?! The drama?! Can we talk about the fallout instead? No?! You don't pay me enough for this. You don't pay me at all.

[RODNEY] Fine. I'll read your dumb lore.

[RODNEY] In the near past of 1908 an artist named Émile Cohl created what film historians believe to be the first animated film named Fantasmagorie. Blah Blah Blah - all toons know this.

[RODNEY] Well forget about him because it was actually an art professor named Knox Knoch that is coined the father of toons - was that his actual name. What? Why.

[RODNEY] Anyway, since you're reading this I assume you know about DIP. The turpentine-acetone-deadly-stuff? In case you don't know: it kills toons. What the professor made is the opposite, it's got all sorts of paint hardeners in it! Allegedly.

[RODNEY] Legally it's named Animink.

[RODNEY] You know....animated...ink...ahah....yeah. Well, good old professor Knoch wanted to test his new pen, and being inspired by Fantasmagorie he decided to draw that weird little stick character. Supposedly, the ink dried incredibly fast and pointy hands pulled itself out of the paper like some horror movie.

[RODNEY] The original formula for Animink is kept under wraps by this old company named Inkwell inc. but OF COURSE that didn't stop people from creating their own homemade life givers - we're talking about humans here.

[RODNEY] Eventually, it became illegal to just pop out toons without official licensing somewhere around the 50's - maybe 40's? Geez, why didn't I study more in Toon history before taking this role. I do know the law was one of the first involving toons, as they started to become recognized as an entity that was alive. People still do it anyway because. They're people??? No idea.

[RODNEY] Now-a-days, it's law to have a team of at least 4 Animink specialist when creating a toon, though there is usually only one artist drawing the toon. It was found that an artists intent while drawing a toon has large control over how a toon acts. If there were multiple drawing the same toon with different intent the toon would become blank out of confusion.

[RODNEY] When it was decided that Mickey Mouse would be brought to life, the intent that Ub Iwerks had while drawing him brought out the personality that Mickey Mouse has.

[RODNEY] After the character is drawn and the pen has stayed off the paper for an extended period of time, the ink hardens. The toon won't immediately get off the page - give them some time man! Being granted consciousness is weird and frankly scary. Not a cool time.

[RODNEY] So that's it! That's how toons are created - happy now?

[RODNEY] No? You're not happy with that?! But I read the thing -- there's more? Right. Right of course, the whole section under this one. Of course. Yeah....that might be important...ugh.

[RODNEY] To recap before we get into more stuff, toons are largely created through the method of using Animink. It's now a very lengthy procedure and requires at least 4 Animink Specialist to be present. There are other ways but they're either not recognized by the government or are not used as much. Blah blah blah.

[RODNEY] Here's the tricky part - you get separated into two categories upon creation. At least you should, if you're created legally it'll be on your Creation Sheet.

[RODNEY] These two slots are medically known as ORIGINAL INK VAT DEPENDANT (OIVD) and ORIGINAL INK VAT INDEPENDANT (OIVI) - these basically tell you if you can repair yourself with other ink besides your original ink or not.

[RODNEY] Toons are tested for one of the two upon 'waking up' (coming off the page) by an INK COMPATIBILITY TEST, which involves a small drop of their ink being taken while its still wet and dropped in with positive-OIVI ink to see if it will mix or slide off.

[RODNEY] Lets see....lets see....what's a good example....oh! The Warner siblings - perfect! We'll be talking about those guys more so lets introduce them now.

[RODNEY] The Warner siblings are OIVD, not very ideal if you like living without holes in your body. A lot of toons created in the 30's and 40's are the same way because a specific brand of ink was used to create them that was discontinued after it was found out it couldn't meld with other ink, or pure Animink.

[RODNEY] If the Warner siblings sustain damage to their ink they can't just ask for a donation from other toons, it has to come from their original source. This is particularly sucky because the Warner siblings were created before the Ink Preservation Act (IPA) that became law in the 60's requiring studios to keep large ink vats of toons original ink in case of emergencies.

[RODNEY] The Warner siblings have a small reserve...somewhere. Part of the IPA is that ink vat location is kept secret so I can't disclose that. I don't want to go to jail. Not again.

[RODNEY] Toons with OIVI are in way less dramatic situations - they can use: other OIVI toon's ink, pure Animink, and in rare cases even regular ink to repair themselves.

[RODNEY] Ahem. Let's see...what else. Ah yes - most toons do not have parents. Well, at least a parent that is another toon. These are called ENTERTAINMENT BOUND TOONS (EBT), made by studios and used to preform in your Sunday morning cartoons.

[RODNEY] However, there has been a serge of non-EBT being created during the past decade. These are toons that typically have a parent/guardian that is another toon. They are still drawn by ink but they are created to be free as a child with rarely any copyright attached - really living the life. These little guys are called OFF-SPRUNG TOONS (OST), and they are usually drawn with some of their parent(s) ink mixed with their own.

[RODNEY] Speaking of which - toons don't have to have a partner to create a child. You know, since all toons are created via drawing. Most with partners combine characteristics of themselves to create what is essentially a fan-child.

[RODNEY] Finally the light at the end of the tunnel. Take me.

[RODNEY] That's all folks!

This was just some silly lore that I wanted to write out -- I think about this universe all the time and I was so curious about how toons could be created that my mind wandered and here we are!

I really hope you enjoyed <3 heres Yakko and Oliver - I feel that Yakko would be very happy to answer all questions that Oliver has. He gets to teach again and Oliver is amazed by everything!!

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Haha! You do not need to know where this voice is coming from, if you knew it would most likely drive you insane like a love craft story, instead enjoy this gift

( a black box poofs onto the ground in-front of him )

* you've interacted with Oliver - he's still confused and now suspicious. Congrats 😭🫶🏼

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So Olive, how are you doing this day?

*you've interacted with Oliver - he's confused on where this disembodied voice is coming from

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INFO + MASTERLIST ┊ ₊˚. ୭

AU information

AT-A-GLANCE - shared ink is an animaniacs AU that takes place in 2021, following a freshly drawn (Y/n) Oliver Warner (or just Oliver), the son of Warner Brothers CEO: Yakko Warner. Come along as he traverses a world where humans and toons coexists unharmoniously. ┊next generation AU

STORY INFO - the warner siblings have been re-drawn to be in their late 20's during the early 2000's. ┊the warner siblings were created in the 1930's, but locked away until the 1990's ┊the animaniacs 2020 reboot did not happen in this universe┊Who Framed Roger Rabbit and most of its cannon was a real event that happened in this universe┊toon vs human is a big 21st century issue in this universe┊characters from other studios as well as a new generation of toons are included ┊more to be added

NOTE - this was always written and looked at as a 'reader insert' in my head, so I wanted to keep the name (Y/n) because it's a specical addition to me. I do realize this can be annoying, so I'll be using his middle name Oliver and nickname Ollie to refer to him!

AU TAG: #sharedinkAU

NO UPDATE SCHEDUAL!

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ask information

QNA - 100% feel free to send in any questions or comments, I'd love to read them and have characters engage with their own answers and reactions! I'll still post even with no questions, just as an archive, but you're always welcome to engage. <3

RULES, subject to change - please do not send: incest-esc asks┊NSFW asks ┊if you're not sure, always feel free to ask! :)

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master list

plot points

these are mostly put in order by pivotal plot points introduced in posts!

characters

(Y/n) Oliver Warner

References

Oliver's Jacket

Yakko Warner

References

in-universe lore

NOTE: I tag most of in-universe lore with only their respective Trigger Warnings and the AU tag. I don't want to clog up any community tags!! 🫶🏼✨️

Can toons die? CW: death

How are toons created?

How does Toon Force work?

Can humans be hurt by toon gags? CW: death

What happens if a toon kills a human? CW: death

What happens to the paper toons are drawn on?

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author information

☘️ CARRD

@okarigold - aloha! welcome to my silly little AU with silly little toon lore that I couldn't stop thinking about. I was inspired by millions of other headcanons and designs and stories as well, the creativity and love for their craft from those creators are impossibly large.

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Ohh, and do you want some character questions now? I have a few 

For sure - feel free to send in any questions for or about the characters! 🫶🏼✨️

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That actually answered my next question, can toons actually die of old age, but this brings me to a new question, what happens if a toon wanted to die? Not as in suicidal but more like “I have been on this rock for 200 hundred years! I have seen enough at this point”

Ooh interesting question!! 😭🫶🏼

TW: DEATH

So, I haven't put too much thought into this particular idea, but I have been thinking about a small concept with what is considered aging in toons.

Ink (on paper) typically lasts around 200 years - I think I might translate this into toons as well. They are still immortal, but it's in the way that we are immortal to dogs because we typically live longer than them.

A toons ink will grow stale and stiff if they do not get it refreshed with water (something equivalent to water, I'm not sure yet!), and will deteriorate. A toon can choose (if they aren't under copyright) to let themselves fade away with their ink.

This can also happen if they do not have enough ink in their reserve to fix parts of themselves or replace ink that faded faster and leads to faster deterioration.

But this is just a really loose concept - I'm not sure about it yet!

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So what happens if a toon kills someone with a funny gag?

( boxing glove in the box accidentally hitting to hard and causing a brain aneurysm )

😭🫶🏼 not the boxing glove

TW: DEATH

If this was before the 60s, there would be essentially a witch hunt for the accused toon and would typically be melted with DIP. Before the first huge push for Toon-rights, they were not seen as something that was alive nor truly sentient.

If this were to happen after the 60s, the toon has the right to a fair trial to judge what they'll be charged with and their sentence would be. I'm not too knowledgeable about the legal system at the moment, but there will probably be separate courts for toon-explicit crimes and misdemeanors. Anything above that, in a felony bracket, may be a mix of both human and toon courts.

Toon sentences are a bit different from human, especially for a charge like murder as toons are basically immortal in this world - but I've yet to figure it out 🤺🤺

One would be what was mentioned in the previous answers, which is a forced redesign that strips the toon of Toon Force, so they essentially live as a human.

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Actually this brings me to my next question, can gags actually hurt people in your world?

You've actually just read my mind because that's exactly what I wanted to ramble about 💀🫶🏼

TW: DEATH

The very short answer is: yes.

Gags have the ability to hurt humans when performed outside of a toon space (like when toons hop into drawings/art pieces, no humans can enter, so they can not be hurt).

There have been recorded cases of gags/toon ability causing the death of humans as well (Teddy Valiant, Mr Acme, ect). This is what played into the stigma of toons, as well as bigger fear mongering in the general public in the 2000s when toons started branching out to different job occupations.

So, toons are able to hurt people. The concept I've been playing around with is more of a mental side.

Toons naturally do not think about exacting true (non-toon) violence, especially towards humans. It's almost like they can't, it's like an invisible force.

People in this world typically divide toon and human, so there is an understanding of toon-emotion (something that is exaggerated and dramatic, like physical gags of heart eyes or rain clouds) being emotions not rooted in 'reality' or 'real life', while human-emotion (any emotion that is intensly and deeply felt) is the 'real' side.

A EBTs (entertainment toon) purpose is typically to make people laugh, or exact specific emotions (if they're a villian, or another character structure), this characterization is at the forefront of their minds and personalities, subconsciously. But it's watered down in intensity, it's more toon-emotion.

They have almost a foggy perception of human-emotion even though they do display anger and sadness and other emotions that aren't their main personality trait.

It's like a barrier that keeps toons at bay and triggers a toon-reaction instead of something that would hurt humans around them (like when Roger was shown the pictures of his wife, and launches himself out the window instead of decking Eddie 💀🫶🏼) especially in moments of anger.

The 'human-emotion' is something that is learned as the toon grows older or if they are forced to grow faster around humans. Subconsciously, toons understand that there is a line between them and humans that keep them from hurting them. It's just something that toons know, and they don't try to understand.

Toons eventually start to feel human-like emotion that are more intense than toon-like emotion, and it's a huge adjustment for most toons. It's more likely that they can think about violent thoughts, but it's still harder to act on them due to some invisible force despite now feeling the intense emotion.

toons are able to sit back and watch how humans work with these emotions and actions throughout their long life, they are able to structure their own reactions and emotions around what they're most exposed to. (Like a child learning from watching how their parents react, what they say, and what actions they take.)

Unless a toon is tainted with human blood during their creation, in which the whole transition from toon-emotion to human-emotion is completely skipped -- they feel immediate intense emotion and therfore are extremely easy to manipulate by their creator (which they form extreme attachment to). They don't have the chance to watch humans and gain examples, so they have no moral foundation.

They have no problems with hurting a human depending on who their creator is - the only documented toon to ever have this dropped a piano on a detectives head.

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Neat, so how much toon force can they use in normal life? Like simple hammer space orrr

( cues to me in a jet propelled motorcycle with two lions and panthers strapped to ether side of me as I smoke on a piece of dynamite with a ramp that was over a hundred yards fall with spikes at the end )

Omg I love this one - 💀🫶🏼 honestly sounds like something Wakko would do for funsies.

They can have as much toon force as what we see in films (I'm thinking specifically Who Framed Roger Rabbit), but each ability varies from toon to toon, and some toons don't use specific visual gags or other abilities. Wakko uses his Toon Logic to be able to ride his motorcycle year round, even in frozen conditions.

There are more laws that put a tighter leash on toons, but they are slowly gaining more rights. I haven't thought of any regulations at the moment, but it would have to be serious enough for toons not to break them. It may have something to do with a forced-redesign that will strip them of their toon ability so they can not use it, period.

I saw a post a bit ago that explained how the OP looked at Toon Force, saying that a lot of it is learned and some toons learned more of a specific ability than others. I LOVED that and wanted to incorporate it into this AU - all toons usually have the foundation for toony-attributes, but it may take time to build up each skill.

There are other reasons for a toon lacking toon ability in this au though, one could be through the intention their artist had when creating them. If the creators wanted them to act more akin to 'normal' than that toon would have trouble unlocking any toon abilities.

Some toons who want to be more human to protect themselves and continue to exist in a human dominated world will refuse to use any Toon Force, especially as it's prohibited in a lot of workplaces because it's seen as a huge advantage for toons. When toons first started really making a dent in the workforce, they were putting humans out of jobs because they could do the work faster simply due to toon ability.

Another could be through copyright, which can tie into intention. Copyright in this world works as almost a literal chain to a toon. It's more noticeable if they're under a corporation. They're manipulated into following what the company wants, especially if they're younger toons. If the contract/intention under their copyright states they can't perform certain gags or display abilities or even curse, then it's almost impossible for them to perform those actions.

There is another way for toon force to be difficult to unlock, but it was only found to be in effect once.