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In honor of pride month, here’s my research paper on representation within bob’s burgers. I wrote this for my history of animation class last year

Bob’s Burgers: A Powerhouse of Representation in Adult Animation

The hit Fox animated comedy, Bob’s Burgers, revolves around restaurateur Bob Belcher, his family, and the burger establishment that they run together. The family consists of titular cook Bob, eccentric wife Linda, awkward and hormonal 13-year-old Tina, boisterous 11-year-old Gene, and mischievous 9-year-old Louise. The show premiers on Sunday nights as part of Fox’s Animation Domination (AniDom) lineup, alongside The Simpsons, The Great North, Family Guy, and previously American Dad! and The Cleveland Show. The show started out with the edgy humor like that of most adult animated sitcoms, but that vibe was ultimately dropped in favor of a more healthy and realistic family dynamic. What sets this show apart from most programs in adult animation is its diversity and the representation of marginalized groups, particularly the LGBTQIA+ community.

It is no secret that representation matters in entertainment. Seeing a character with the same skin tone, sexuality, or gender identity gives the viewer the liberating and euphoric feeling of being seen. In her book entitled “Queer Representation, Visibility, and Race in American Film and Television”, author Melanie Kohnen, when discussing the concept of the closet and LGBT characters, writes “the closet can never fully screen queerness from view; a specter of queer acts and identities always remains, even in those spaces that appear to be fully saturated with heteronormativity”. By saying this, Kohnen insists that the closet can never hide the fact that a character is queer, even when surrounded by straight characters and ideals. However, sometimes, it is important for a character to come out of said closet to give queer fans that sensation of feeling visible and seen.

The start of Bob’s Burgers and its incorporation of representation began all the way back in the show’s first season. The show’s sixth episode, “Sheesh! Cab, Bob?”, revolved around Tina’s birthday party and Bob’s struggle to make extra money to pay for the party. He ends up taking up a job as a taxi driver during the night shift, where he drives and befriends numerous transgender sex workers and drunkenly invites them to the birthday party. They show up, much to the surprise of the rest of the family, but they end up saving the episode when Tina is upset that her crush, the son of Bob’s nemesis, is not allowed to attend the party. They remind her that Bob worked very hard for the party and that he cares deeply for her, which improves Tina’s mood. The episode has since been criticized as being problematic due to the use of the term “transvestite” as opposed to “transgender” when referring to the women. Their designs (seen below) can also be viewed as transphobic, particularly due to their highlighted masculine features. In addition, these characters are voiced by cisgender men, although most of them never returned to voice the characters again. However, people have to keep in mind that the episode came out in 2011, four years before the nationwide legalization of same sex marriage in the United States. The country has changed since the episode premiered, and although living as a trans individual is not easy, awareness has been spread and people are learning. Although the episode is on the problematic side, the creators listened to the criticism from fans and did not repeat their mistake, but rather improved upon them, pushing forward to become the representation powerhouse it is today.

(IMDb, 2022)

Among the openly transgender characters that appeared in the first season of the show, only one of them went on to have several appearances: Marshmallow. She is a 23-year-old transgender woman of color that frequents the titular restaurant and appears to be good friends with Bob. She is a fan favorite, known for being her true, authentic self, and has been described by Bob as someone who “comes and goes as she pleases. She answers to no one. And she's truly free.” However, even after the show improved its portrayal of trans individuals, Marshmallow still had room for improvement. In 2020, in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, while people were pushing for recasting Black characters played by white actors, Marshmallow came into the spotlight (Comic Book Resources, 2020). Ever since season one, she has been voiced by David Herman, a white cisgender man who voices other characters on the show. Due to this, the character has not had a speaking role in a few years, despite being one of the most iconic characters to come out of the show. However, Marshmallow had a special moment for the transgender community in the credits sequence of the Bob’s Burgers Movie (2022), when she danced in a dress comprised of the colors of the transgender flag (seen below). Marshmallow is an icon to the trans community and has been the driving force that turned Bob’s Burgers into the transgender ally fans know it to be now.

Twitter (2022)

When it comes to representation in entertainment, the Belcher family, themselves, are at the forefront of the fight. In the season four Thanksgiving episode, “Turkey in a Can”, Bob is heavily implied to be bisexual. The plot of the episode revolves around the Thanksgiving turkey ending up in the toilet each night the week of the holiday. After several visits to the grocery store to purchase a newer, fresher turkey, the deli clerk begins to suspect that Bob is romantically interested in him, and turns him down. Bob responds by saying “I'm straight. I mean, I'm mostly straight. And I'm married. But if I wasn't… who am I kidding, you're out of my league." (Digital Spy, 2021). This is not an isolated incident, as Bob has occasionally expressed finding other men attractive and even discussing his “type”. Bisexual male representation is so few and far between, so having positive and casual representation, in the titular character, no less, is refreshing to see in television.

However, Bob is not the only queer member of the Belcher family, as his eldest teenage daughter, Tina, is canonically polyamorous. In the season three episode, “Two for Tina”, Tina gets caught in a love triangle between two boys, Josh and Jimmy Jr. When the two have a dance battle to settle who gets to date Tina, she suggests that they attempt a relationship in which she can be with both boys, suggesting that they “put the ‘try’ in ‘triangle’”. In the season nine premiere, Tina, after being called boy crazy due to falling for several boys in a single day, accepts this about herself and sings a musical number in which she dances with just about every boy she has had feelings for up to that point in the show’s run. What is so intriguing about the representation of Tina’s polyamory is that no one in the show sees this as unnatural or a negative trait; everyone just accepts it as a part of who Tina is. Tina can also be interpreted as transgender, since she was originally a boy named Daniel in the show’s concept art and initial pilot, and is voiced by male actor Dan Mintz.

Although Bob and Tina are the only confirmed members of the Belcher family to be part of the LGBTQ+ community, the other family members are also implied to be somewhere on the queer spectrum. The only Belcher son, Gene, is heavily suggested to be genderfluid, or as many fans have suggested, Gene-derfluid. He has often referred to himself as a girl and has even claimed to have a vagina. He has often dressed in drag, and in an episode where Bob asks him why he was wearing a dress, Gene passionately responds “I’m just a girl with a dream who got tired of hearing the word ‘no’!” Many fans under the transgender umbrella relate the Gene’s character and have made compilations of his implied identity, one such video being titled “Gene being a closeted trans girl for 21 minutes: Bob’s Burgers” (Youtube, 2022). No one in the family represses or stifles Gene, but instead, they encourage him to be his true self.

To top off the Belcher children trio is Louise, the youngest and most chaotic member of the family, and the nonbinary coded character of the bunch. Louise is often one to reject typical gender expectations of a nine-year-old, such as liking sleepovers, stickers, and fairy princesses in favor of knives, anime plushies, and threats. In the season twelve premiere, aired in 2021, Louise and Tina share a moment in which the younger sister asks the elder why she doesn’t like traditionally feminine things and if she is being a girl correctly. Now, Louise could simply be a tomboy and not interested in girly things, but questioning if one is being their gender properly is not a thought that typically crosses cisgender children’s minds. Whether intentional or not, all of the Belcher children come across as queer, or freely themselves, in some way, shape, or form.

While Linda is not coded or canonically queer like the rest of her family, she still plays an important role in representation within the show. She is voiced by John Roberts, a gay man, so her voice in and of itself adds a queer flair to the show. Furthermore, part of the appeal of Linda’s character is how accepting she is of her family, their many, many quirks and all. If anything, Linda is a little too supportive and goes to great lengths to show those she cares about that she has their back. The Belcher family is perhaps the most LGBTQIA+ friendly family on television, despite their show not revolving around this aspect.

Part of the beauty of representation in Bob’s Burgers is how casual it is, particularly in its minor characters. Other than Marshmallow, there are several side characters who are confirmed to be queer. A notable example is Nat Kinkle, a limousine driver and family friend to the Belchers. She is known for her eccentric personality and enthusiasm for lizards, but also the fact that she is a lesbian. In one of her appearances on the show, Nat casually mentions her ex-girlfriend, which no one questions and the episode carries on. A funny, albeit odd case of representation can be found in the raccoons Linda watches in the alley. She dubbed one the raccoon king and accordingly named him Little King Trash Mouth, claiming that he is gay and has a husband named Gary. While other shows either have no representation or make being queer the only aspect of a character, Bob’s Burgers has nearly perfected the craft of LGBTQIA+ representation in portraying it casually.

When it comes to adult animation, Bob’s Burgers goes above and beyond compared to its television counterparts. For example, Family Guy, which airs immediately after Bob’s Burgers on AniDom, is notorious for being one of the most offensive shows on television, often making unfunny jokes at the expense of others. Some of these jokes include bashes on the LGBTQIA+ community, and while it is lightening up on these jokes in the modern day, the show has not made any attempts to right its wrongs.

Bob’s Burgers circles back to several points discussed in our class as we learned about the history of animation. Firstly, the show was directly mentioned when we studied international animation, due to the fact that Bento Box Entertainment, the American studio that makes Bob’s Burgers, outsources its animation to studios in South Korea. The use of LGBTQIA+ visibility in Bob’s Burgers, like with Marshmallow, ties into the lesson on representation in animation, particularly the portion including the voice of Apu in fellow AniDom program, The Simpsons. Both characters and studios have since had their white voice actors removed from the roles in favor of listening to criticism from fans. Bob’s Burgers relates to the history of animation because of its significance as an example of how to get representation right and to own up to one’s mistakes.

Bob’s Burgers has one of the best cases of queer representation in adult animation. Most of the main cast are queer, themselves, whether in canon or through subtext, and has mastered the art of casual and organic displays of queerness. The show does an excellent job in representing the transgender community and owns up to the errors showcased in earlier episodes so that it can move on and become a better program. Every show, particularly other adult animated ones, should take a page from Bob’s Burgers’ book and learn to properly represent marginalized groups in a healthy and positive way.

Works Cited

Flint, Emma, “Bob's Burgers — Bob Belcher is actually bisexual (and always has been)”, 2021

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a37724151/bobs-burgers-bob-belcher-bisexual-lgbtq/

IMDb, 2022

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1854660/

Kohnen, Melanie, Queer Representation, Visibility, and Race in American Film and Television, 2015.

https://docplayer.net/57154947-Queer-representation-visibility-and-race-in-american-film-and-television.html

Me0my, “Gene being a closeted trans girl for 21 minutes: Bob's Burgers”,, 2022

https://youtu.be/yot6MUwwxbE

Murphy, Z, In-Depth Analysis | The Unexpected Queerness of ‘Bob’s Burgers’: Why the Show is an Animated Ally

https://www.hollywoodinsider.com/bobs-burgers-queerness/

Piipstachio, Twitter, 2022

https://twitter.com/piipstachio/status/1542167300081864704

Ridlehoover, John, “Bob's Burgers Will Recast Show's Black Transgender Character, Marshmallow”, 2020

https://www.cbr.com/bobs-burgers-recast-black-transgender-character-marshmallow/

[majachee]

The Ballad of Jane Doe but its my oc Weed (it fits his story)... i have too many projects on the backburner but I can add one more I swear—

Like okay I know not a lot of ppl are interested in my cat ocs cuz I agree the monkeys are wayy cooler BUT!!! SOMETHIN SILLY I COOKED UP (uhhh warning for talks of historical human sacrifice and kitty death... and cannibalism but not too graphic just like... kinda talking about the natural science of it. its a dark xenofiction story with biological, historical, and mythological influence...)

In my xenofiction based in the Viking Age, the cats themselves have an outsider look into human religion, and their own beliefs and mythology. Their own beliefs both mirror and differentiate the local human practices.

Human sacrifice was, historically, a thing that many Vikings did. And so the kitty cats see this act of ritualistic murder and adapt it into their own views depending on their reaction.

Weed's Clowder viewed human sacrifice with neutrality, as death was inevitable no matter how unnatural your death was. While they did not partake in kitty cat sacrifice, nor did they enjoy committing acts of violence on other cats; humans were alien to them, and so they interpreted the ritual sacrifices as an alien custom they cannot judge nor understand.

Weed was much more emotionally sensitive, being the the youngest of the group for his first year and a half of life, so he was much more disturbed by the concept of early, senseless death due to his vulnerable state. The other members of his Clowder included his mother and his aunts, great aunts, and maternal grandmother, so much older and more desensitized adults.

It wasn't until the tight-knit family found themselves starving to death in a harsh, seasons long winter that their opinions began to shift for the worst. Weed was the only survivor and he resorted to desperate measures to survive, with the active support and engagement from his mother. Bro committed a Donner Party, basically. There I said it. Of course the youngster with a very different worldview of senseless death would find this very Messed Up, and he lived the rest of his life in dehabilitating grief and regret.

The cats have their own mythos regarding souls and spirituality, specifically surrounding natural taboos rather than strict morality and ethics. Cannibalism in feral cats is rare and cannibalism is taboo in both a spiritual sense and biological sense. Like, do you know how many diseases can spread via cannibalism? Also, it isn't really all that nutritious. If an animal resorted only to cannibalism for all of their meals, they'd be malnourished.

That's ignoring the large amounts of morality issues btw, dont eat eachother its gross 😬

Anyways, due to the spiritual mythology in my story... despite it being a survival tactic with zero murder involved, Weed's soul was negatively affected and took a toll on both his mind and body; causing a dissonance between the two as his body was morphed and corrupted into something haunted and supernatural, and his spirit losing its sense of self and being forced a restless, permanent stay on Earth. His fate would not have changed no matter his intentions or his feelings.

Damn rip Weed... you eat ONE kitty burger—

[littlecountryblues]

hi welcome to my silly little blog || as of june 2024 this is kinda outdated i will remake it one day i swear

ok uhm hi I’m scrib but you can also call me tilly or bingo (( definitely not kin names what )) !!! this is just like a little intro post I guess idk err

uh ok so my hyperfixations are

big city greens

bobs burgers

and bluey

these shows make me really happy and I really enjoy talking about them :] !!!

kin list 💔 (( I kin for fun and comfort and prefer doubles to not interact, thank you :3 !! ))

tilly green

bingo heeler

leni loud

apart from those I also like

the owl house

amphibia

object shows (( bfb, tpot, ii, hfjone ))

the loud house

pony town

danny gonzalez drew gooden and kurtis conner

the ghost and molly mcgee

the great north

central park

spongebob

uhhh and more I just can’t think of anymore rn sorry 😋

uh ok now just some like general info abt me ?

I’m multifandom ! if you follow for one thing prepare to hear about anything else LMAOO

I’m an artist ! I like to make fanart of the silly little shows I like :3

I’M A MINOR. DNI IF YOU’RE A NSFW ACCOUNT

unfortunately a twitter user with no idea how tumblr works bare with me guys 💔

please don’t be afraid to interact !! I may come off as awkward if we aren’t close tho but I don’t mean to !!

errrm dni list !!! real

general dni

proshippers

if you support or are neutral towards loudcest and or lewdhouse then GET OUT !! also if you support chris savino you’re not welcome here !!

mcyt fans (( dsmp and related youtubers specifically ))

anti xenogenders / neopronouns

ppl who ship tilly x remy from big city greens. it just makes me really uncomfortable

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TAG THESE THINGS WITH "#til don't look" I AM BEGGING

self shipping involving any of my kins. keep it far away from me. it makes me extremely, extremely uncomfortable.

this was mentioned in the dni but tilly x remy also makes me very uncomfortable

this one ain't as bad for me but gloria x chip.. idc if u ship it !! have fun !!! i just personally am a bit uncomfy with it :33

ok idk what else to add I just did this really quickly uhm anyway ok bye

[robertbelcherjr]

I’m going to attempt to make a better ‘about me’ post but I’m bad at it. Kinda, but I’ll try.

Hi, I’m Gy. I’m trans (f to m) (23) I enjoy the silly burger show a lot I just got into it like something like a month ago? I’m not even sure I watched the series so fast; it went by way too fast. And I watched the movie many, times. But anyway I’m also looking for burger ppl to talk to bc I love talking about the belchers :)

Also I make art; silly burger art

If you couldn’t tell I’m terrible at this so it’s kinda bad. Formulating words to say is just not my thing.

Feel like I shouldn’t have to say this but don’t follow me if you are proship, anti LGBTQ, anti BLM, and the like, ablest, ect.

I’m new to the burger community so PLEASE tell me if i accidentally follow someone horrible I feel like I have good judgment but ya never know.

Anyways that’s all I’ve got I think.

[cattles-bians]

damie vibecca exes au part 21

post directory

em: viola and becs love their lil hikes

em: oh actually did we already designate hiking as a damie thing

em: hmm.

em: yknow what damie and vibecca can both enjoy their weekend hikes

em: they bring isabel and she’s RUNNING up the path and tires herself out in 10 minutes and rebecca and viola swap out piggybacking her

obsetress: yeah it tracks because they both like fitness and viola likes her walks

obsetress: plus viola's like "it's good for isabel"

em: vibecca power lesbians love the challenging trails and damie just enjoy the sights

obsetress: dani venting to jamie one night: they don't even LIKE hiking, but they still had to do the blackjack loop, and WE won't even do the blackjack loop,

em: dani and her fanny packs... every time she sees isabel on a trail she like

em: stuffs her pockets w granola akdhdkfhdj

em: drives viola NUTS she’s like we packed our Own snacks

obsetress: dani gets SO excited

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obsetress: man i love these lil gay bitches

obsetress: no but um

obsetress: jamie gets in some fight w rebecca early on after they've reconnected

obsetress: prob about her dating vi tbh

obsetress: and jamie's so put off by the whole thing and is ranting to dani about it and dani's all like "you just need to have better boundaries, jamie, they're her choices, aren't they? not yours"

obsetress: and jamie just stares at her like.........................................

obsetress: "dani, you literally continued hooking up with viola for weeks after you broke up"

"oh, c'mon jamie, it wasn't weeks"

"no?"

"it was months"

em: dani shooting herself in the foot to like. correct jamie is so funny

em: not even ‘no that’s different’ or ‘no i’ve changed’ like ‘actually it was months’

obsetress: she says it w such a lil pleased smile on her face too

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obsetress:

obsetress: like who the FUCk gave her the right???

obsetress: a whole babe

obsetress: she didn't need to smirk like this

em: god she’s so Hot

obsetress: just think about all the times she and viola get into the banter

obsetress: and this exact face

em: i know we veered dramatically into soft territory w exes au but vi extremely stubborn lloyd and rebecca lawyer do no harm take no shit jessel truly. have some spectacular arguments

obsetress: they have absolute blowouts

obsetress: and then blowouts after the blowouts iywkim

obsetress: like dani's do no harm take no shit but she and vi also enable the SHIT out of each other

em: like dani tried but dani wasnt like. fully baked yet

obsetress: yeah! and then when she finally does and breaks up with her, she's back in her bed a few weeks later

obsetress: rebecca is the first person to not take viola's shit and to tell her no and viola can't fucking stand it

em: jamies convinced it’s a ruse for more make up sex

obsetress: dani's like "no, babe, trust me, i know what that looks like and this––"

"wot"

"what?"

em: dani (hushed) no she’s regular mad this isn’t fun mad

em: jamie (hushed but incredulous) FUN MAD?!

obsetress: please tell me how dani explains fun mad

em: a lil eyebrow waggle and a wink but then i like

em: thought abt her going to lift jamie up on a bench ‘well she kinda’

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obsetress: the way rebecca looks at peter when he is (seemingly) (unfortunately) good w the kids has me thinking about like

obsetress: rebecca seeing vi w isabel for the first time and just

em: turns out the evil landlord shes banging is also…… soft

obsetress: rebecca and jamie on the phone and rebecca's like "i know she's... a landlord and all, but you should've seen her with isabel"

"you've gotta be fucking kidding me, becs––"

"no, maybe you're too quick to write her off. maybe people can be more than one thing"

and jamie just groans

em: poor jamie and her class traitor ex gf

em: blows kiss to rebecca

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em: dani: i gotta go to the bathroom i’ll be right back

em: jamie: ok love

em: dani; (elbows jamie) ive Gotta Go To The B

obsetress: screamed

obsetress: dani trips over her own feet as she gets up to go

obsetress: then i just start thinking about dani absolutely pouncing on jamie the second they get into the bathroom and then i just start thinking about. how often that happens

obsetress: bathrooms or closets or wherever else

em: dani has this 6th sense for places to sneak off to

obsetress: god she DOES

obsetress: she's so good at it

em: she enters a new building and is taking lil notes just in case

obsetress: meanwhile rebecca and viola exchanging a look while they wait, knowing EXACTLY where they're going

em: viola leaning in like how much time do we have and becs is like vi. where’s your decorum

em: then she looks down at her watch and lists it down to the second

obsetress: she pauses

obsetress: then

obsetress: "and another six minutes if––" and vi's like "she'll want to go again"

em: viola buffing her nails on her blazer: she’ll want to go again

obsetress: rebecca rolls her eyes but she's grinning

obsetress: "you're all too smug" "me? smug?" becs just shakes her head and tugs her in by the lapels of her blazer

em: damie coming back to a fairly chaste vibecca kiss: BLEH can you guys GET A ROOM

obsetress: rebecca's just verly placidly like

obsetress: "dani, your zipper is still down, by the way"

em: dani; thanks :)

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em: dani clayton voice i’m braver and severely Weirder than ppl think

obsetress: she's a bit of a weirdo

em: see now i’m thinking about dani glancing away going dang i thought i was keeping it under wraps

obsetress: ngl i think about that a lot like

obsetress: she IS a weirdo but what does jamie know

obsetress: that she's like yeah she's a fucking weirdo

obsetress: like she's anxious and jumpy but jamie wouldn't call that weird

obsetress: what did she know and when did she know it

em: i’m thinking about jamie catching dani doing something like. idk eating a burger layer by layer or w a knife and fork and going

em: what a freak. i’m gonna marry her

em: dani tells jamie no this is a normal american thing and then when they go to vermont jamie realises no this absolutely is not

obsetress: she says something about it and dani doesn't even remember saying it in the first place

obsetress: "i didn't say that"

"you literally did say that"

"why would i say that"

(jamie taylor eyebrow raise) "you tell me"

(dani clayton flush and stutter) "i–– i..."

em: dani mumbles something like i didn’t think it’d pan out like this i just wanted the cool gardener to think i was. semi normal

em: jamie waggles her eyebrows like cool gardener???

obsetress: dani bumps her shoulder into jamie's "shut up"

"don't think i will, actually"

em: jamie starts to v seriously eat her burger layer by layer. danis like ‘ur taking the mick!’ and jamies like (sheepish) naw i just. wanted to see what it’s like

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em: every so often they’ll run into someone who went to school w jamie or knew her as a youth and they’re like ‘wow you’ve mellowed out heaps’

em: therapy queen

em: theyre in a pub and someone’s like ‘as i live and breathe! jamie taylor! i heard you died! someone told me you were arrested for (crime that becomes bigger and more outlandish w every new person)’ and jamies like ‘aye’ and they’re like

em: all sharing a beer at a quaint little pub n this old acquaintance from before has these v chaotic stories and danis like

em: jamie? my jamie? u must be confused. jamie goes to bed at 9:30pm watching antiques roadshow

obsetress: jamie just grins a lil

em: danis like haha jamie wow ur so mysterious and (she is already casing the joint for places to sneak off too)

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em: damvibecca sittin in a circle passing a joint around

em: a nice thought

obsetress: Wholesome

obsetress: dani falls asleep first, with her head in jamie's lap and they're all just kinda vibin and rebecca gets up to get her a blanket or smth and vi's just kinda like

obsetress: "you're really good for her, you know"

obsetress: all quiet and pensive

em: jamie takes a loooooonng pause and she’s like. i was sceptical but. you’re good for becs too

em: and then even quieter she’s like

em: thanks

em: the softest thank u from one jamie taylor

obsetress: rebecca gets back and looks back n forth between the two of them

"why are you two being weird"

"we're not–- what?"

"we're just sitting here, baby"

obsetress: rebecca narrows her eyes

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obsetress: jamie likes vi for becs because vi reminds her to live a little

obsetress: and can also keep up with her temperament because holy shit did jamie hate all of becca's bougie shit

em: jamie absolutely has um

em: like a repairs pile that shes gonna get around to Some Day re fixin clothes etc and

em: as much as i love 'rebecca and jamie worlds most calm and collected no drama couple' im defs toying with like

em: their ONE Big fight is beccs throws out the repairs pile

obsetress: "i was gonna––"

"no you WEREN'T, jamie!"

em: jamies like i The Tool I Needed is outta stock i had to- and becs is like? what, like you couldnt make do?

em: and even then when the heat dies down its still v calm and civil but like

em: FINALLY a lil dramatic angle to jamie rebecca

em: dani loves the repairs pile bc she loves a project

obsetress: she's also very content to let jamie have her silly little thing

obsetress: because it doesn't bother her and jamie is very good at keeping it in her space

obsetress: rebecca asks her about it one day and dani's like "oh i'm just glad she has a hobby :)"

em: couple times jamie's like. shes been tryna repair this one chair for months and eventually shes like

em: (swings axe) winters coming

obsetress: dani just watches with the dopiest grin

obsetress: jamie's all wot

obsetress: and dani's like

obsetress: :) you're hot :)

em: danis like hey i know its a brisk autumn but um

em: if u wanna

em: mimes taking shirt off

obsetress: jamie does it

obsetress: jamie rolling her eyes as she unbuttons the top couple buttons then tugs her shirt over her head

obsetress: but she's grinning

obsetress: dani sneaking up behind her as she's sorting the wood and just leaning into her bare back

obsetress: jamie jumps "oi!" and dani grins and nuzzles between her shoulders

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obsetress: been having so many becca feelings in our rewatch

em: oh gosh

em: i love her she truly is a tragic character

obsetress: same

obsetress: i just want her to live happily ever after in her lil power lesbian outfits with her lil power lesbian wife

obsetress: like she needs someone who can MATCH her

obsetress: her energy and her intensity and her passion

obsetress: and like she and jamie can push each other to be better but jamie’s just kinda like “lemme chill n do my gay little tasks” yknow

em: ya and like they Worked but they worked Much better as friends than anything romantic

em: jamies the lesbian best friend that’s like girl. stop settling for mediocre men with accents

obsetress: yeah!

em: jamie ‘how soon is too soon to ask out my good friend rebecca jessel after her v messy break up w peter quint’ taylor

em: and then rebecca ends up being the one like ‘have you ever thought about us?’ while jamies agonising over it like four months later

em: rebeccas a little go getter and jamie needs a little bit of a shove sometimes

obsetress: jamie, surrounded by three shovers,

obsetress: rebecca says it so casually over dinner like she’s talking about the weather and jamie’s like !?

obsetress: i can also see like

obsetress: rebecca says that bit about "have you ever thought about us" at dinner and jamie blanches and second guesses everything they do "is....... is this a date" becca just shrugs "do you want it to be?"

em: jamies motormouthing like ok but i cannot stress enough that i was comforting you about ur break up in a friend way no ulterior motives way i am ur friend first and foremost and rebecca just like

em: lets her get it out of her system

em: ‘well what about my ulterior motives’

obsetress: she WOULD

obsetress: "did you ever consider that maybe i had ulterior motives"

em: jamie: (pursing her lips, furrowing her brow that way she does) you had a messy break up with peter quint….. to seduce me.

em: rebecca: mmhmm

obsetress: jamie: me?

obsetress: rebecca: well, maybe a couple of reasons, but... yeah. you were up there

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em: after i asked out [ex] i spent ages agonising over when it would be appropriate to kiss her (i know...) and then one night at a party she’s like ‘so why haven’t u kissed me yet?’ and i’m like are u fucken. mate it takes two to tango

obsetress: oh my god?

em: drawing from that

em: jamie thinks they’re taking it slow (but not that slow) and rebecca is like girl what

em: ‘i never took you for old fashioned’

‘wot, me?’

'mmhm’

‘old fashioned?!’

‘well, you haven’t kissed me yet-‘

‘you haven't kissed me! i figured you wanted to take it slow after p-‘ and then rebecca like full on dips jamie and kisses her

em: rebeccas like always wanted to do that at least once lol

em: jamie is speechless for a couple minutes

obsetress: rEBECCA

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obsetress: thinking thoughts rebecca jamie same height but rebecca heels

obsetress: jamie looking up @ her all

obsetress: rebecca in her heels and is chilly and jamie getting up onto her tip toes to wrap her big coat around rebecca's shoulders

em: softtt

[pushbreezango]

RULES: Tagged? Write a note with 92 truths about you! Tag 25 people.

I was tagged by @codyscurll

LAST:

LAST THING I BOUGHT: A chicken burger at Hungry Jack’s 

LAST STORE I VISITED: Probably Red Dot or some discount store

LAST TEXT MESSAGE: My dad texting me at 11:30pm asking whether I was on the way home from the wrestling last night

LAST SONG YOU LISTENED TO: Excluding songs that were in youtube videos i may have watched today, it was probably Good Dirty Fun on the way home last night

LAST THING I ATE: A bowl full of diced bell pepper

HAVE YOU EVER:

DATED SOMEONE TWICE: Probably not in the way this question means?

BEEN CHEATED ON: Nah

KISSED SOMEONE AND REGRETTED IT: Don’t think so

LOST SOMEONE SPECIAL: Ye

BEEN DEPRESSED: Only most of my life

BEEN DRUNK AND THROWN UP: Nope

IN THE PAST YEAR HAVE YOU:

MADE A NEW FRIEND: Many :D (shout out to the Breezango Chat for newest online friends)

FALLEN OUT OF LOVE: No

LAUGHED UNTIL YOU CRIED: Absolutely

MET SOMEONE WHO CHANGED YOU: Maybe?

FOUND OUT WHO YOUR TRUE FRIENDS WERE: Probably not

FOUND OUT SOMEONE WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU: I mean that happened yesterday when the ring announcer told me that the kids near his table kept asking whether I was a cop

GENERAL:

HOW MANY PEOPLE ON TUMBLR DO YOU KNOW IN REAL LIFE?: Over a hundred

DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?: Nope, just The Boys (my friend and I feed pigeons and call them our boys)

DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR NAME?: Yup. Gonna be Kristopher. 

WHAT TIME DID YOU WAKE UP THIS MORNING?: Like noon

WHAT WERE YOU DOING LAST NIGHT?: I volunteered at a wrestling show and I had a nice bath afterwards. The doors opened at 6:30, show started at 7:00, had about 7 matches on the card, finished before 10, clearing up finished at 11-ish and it took me over an hour to get home

NAME SOMETHING YOU CAN’T WAIT FOR: Seeing my fiance again. 70 and a half more days. 

HAVE YOU EVER MET SOMEONE NAMED TOM?: Yep. My partner’s best friends. 

WHAT’S GETTING ON YOUR NERVES RN?: Only having a week off school, having more people in my house for a month and not having the ability to concentrate to get things done in a timely manner. 

BLOOD TYPE: A-

NICKNAME: Kris kind of was a nickname. My friend called me Prince Pretty a couple weeks ago. Nicknames don’t stick to me very well. 

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Engaged

ZODIAC SIGN: Aires

PRONOUNS: They/them or he/him (in that order of preference)

FAVORITE TV SHOW: It really depends cus it’s kind of genre-dependent and what I’m feeling. I mean I’m big into wrestling, but also I want it to be better. Safest answer is Avatar: the Last Airbender because it’s a near-perfect show.

COLLEGE: I go back tomorrow and I’m 2 whole assignments behind but we’re starting new ones. Time to scream. 

HAIR COLOR: Dark brown. Kind of miss the hot pink/turquoise streaks but I have a least 3 occasions in the next 2 months where I’m cosplaying Breezango. 

LONG OR SHORT: Short

DO YOU HAVE A CRUSH ON SOMEBODY: I mean I have a fiance. 

FIRSTS:

FIRST SURGERY: Don’t think that having my tongue snipped counts (I was born tongue-tied) so my first surgery was June 15, 2007 on both my legs to lengthen the calf muscles and Achilles tendons

FIRST PIERCING: Ears for my 8th birthday. My dad said I couldn’t get them done until I was 16 but I was a stubborn child. 

FIRST BEST FRIEND: Kerry, Dexter, Kaylie or Jessica. They all lived in my neighbourhood and I don’t know what order I met them in. 

FIRST SPORT YOU JOINED: Probably like tee ball or figure skating

FIRST VACATION: I mean the first trip I went on was probably to Ontario because that’s where I got baptised but as far as being able to form memories, it was statistically Vancouver because my family went there every summer

FIRST PAIR OF SNEAKERS: I was very very young and wouldn’t remember

I ASSUME THESE ARE A DIFFERENT CATEGORY

EATING: I ate pizza since earlier in doing this

DRINKING: Water

I’M ABOUT TO: Probably take a picture for the insty-gram

LISTENING TO: FUCK MY HEADPHONES ARE ON AND NOTHING IS PLAYING

WANT KIDS: Nooooooooope

GET MARRIED: Hell yeah. Gonna marry my cutie fiance. Excited. Probably won’t be for a couple years tho. 

CAREER: Dunno. Something that doesn’t suck? I’d love to get back to selling adult toys. I’m enjoying helping with wrestling and selling stickers. 

WHICH IS BETTER:

LIPS OR EYES: Eyes

HUGS OR KISSES: All about that hug life but why not both

SHORTER OR TALLER: No strong preference but my fiance is a tall boy

OLDER OR YOUNGER: I’ve never liked anyone older than me but all the ppl I’ve liked have been less than 4 months younger than me. 

ROMANTIC OR SPONTEANOUS: Romantic

SENSITIVE OR LOUD: Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief

HOOK UP OR RELATIONSHIP: Relationship obv

TROUBLEMAKER OR HESITANT: Hesitant

HAVE YOU EVER:

KISSED A STRANGER: Nope

DRANK HARD LIQUOR: Yep

LOST GLASSES/CONTACTS: Not for any amount of time

SEX ON THE FIRST DATE: I’m ace as fuck and haven’t done the do

BROKEN SOMEONE’S HEART: Not to my knowledge

BEEN ARRESTED: Nop

TURNED SOMEONE DOWN: Not really?

FALLEN FOR A FRIEND: Hardcore. 

DO YOU BELIEVE:

IN YOURSELF: I mean I’m very confident in many ways?

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT: Not really. Instant infatuation sure. 

HEAVEN: Not really

SANTA CLAUS: No but I like all the stories. 

I’m tagging @littlekiwi37-archive, @heelgrendel @proceduralbob @breezesdango @silly-luke-skywalker @thshield

[shrubforhire]

All the fun, random questions

Do you have any “yeah I’m good at it but I hate it” kind of skills? nah bc when im good at something i inherently enjoy it

If you could make one type of food cease to exist, what would you banish? cilantro

You’re allowed to know everything about one highly specific thing/topic. What would you choose? music

What’s a fictional character who you want to be like? In what way do you want to be like them? elena alvarez, i wanna b a more confident gay

If you had to live in and not leave a city for the rest of your life, what city would you choose? nyc

Do you tend to say what you’re thinking? What would people think of you if you did the opposite? usually yea,, but not quite everything. if i said some shit ive thought of ppl would be like,,,, hewwo

Is there anything that you’ve done/experienced so much you hate it now? Easiest to come up with are like, food or music. cards against humanity

Were you afraid of anything “silly”/irrational as a child that you’ve since outgrown? playing certain video game bosses alone

If you were to impart one moral lesson (think Aesop’s fables, Golden Rule, etc) on the world, what would it be? act as if someone is watching even when there’s no one

If you were a DND character or a game character (or something like that) what would your highest stat be? What would you want your highest stat to be? What about the lowest, to both of those? my highest stat is probs dexterity, itd be cool to have higher wisdom my lowest is def wisdom, i’d be fine w having lower dexterity

Is there anything you judge others for when you probably shouldn’t? grammar

Who are “your kind” of people? crackheads who say weird shit and are down to be stupid

If you had to come up with your last words right now… what would they be? gay rights

Do you have any “weirdly strong” opinions about things that don’t really matter? raisins do not belong in salads

Your goal is to completely confuse the people around you in as short a time as possible– what do you say/do? be myself,, prolly start interpretive dancing or cawing like a bird or some shit

What’s the most comfy place you’ve been in? stevies old bed

Did you have any “silly” beliefs as a kid? Where did they come from (parents, friends, out of nowhere, etc)? i thought you had to date someone with your same hair color, so i picked a blonde boy and said i had a crush on him.

If you were to add or remove one physical feature to yourself… what would it be? Can be from animals, can be from imagination… whatever. id have fuckin wings

What could you happily give a two hour lecture on? musical theatre

What would a mirror opposite version of yourself be like? It doesn’t necessarily have to be an evil version– any feature can be reflected! she would b super straight and just have casual sex all the time

What’s an occasion you’ve done a double take? i always think i see a dog when theres rly nothing there and i always have to do a double take

If you could only see one color (and its varying shades– dark/light) for the rest of your life… what would you choose? pink

Do your friends all share certain qualities? Major or minor! they memers, usually into theatre and music

How do you motivate yourself to do things? think abt my girlfriend

What’s one of your favorite jokes? Tell it to us! There was a little boy who lived in a far away land. Close to the boy's home, there was a tall mountain, always covered in snow at the top. Also at the top of the mountain, there was an ancient monastery where ancient monks lived. Sometimes, the little boy, as he was riding his tricycle around his yard, would look up at the monastery on the tall mountain and wonder what it was like up there. One day, when the wind was blowing down off the mountain, the air turned quite cold and the little boy could hear a very strange noise on the wind. It was coming from the monastery! He could not figure out what could possibly be making such a strange noise and he was curious. So, the little boy made a peanut butter sandwich, hopped on his tricycle and started his ride up to the monastery. It took him hours and hours, but he finally made it to the top. He bravely pounded on the massive door to the monastery and the head monk opened the door. "Hello, Mr. Monk, sir. Down at my home in the valley below, I heard a very strange noise coming from your monastery. Could you tell me what it is?" "I'm sorry," replied the head monk, "I can't tell you. You aren't a monk." Sadly, the little boy got back on his tricycle and rode all the way home, in a very foul and frustrated mood. He really did want to know what was making that noise. The wind did not blow down off the mountain again until a couple years later. The boy was a bit bigger and stronger now and now rode around town on his bicycle. As luck would have it, he was out riding when the wind blew down off the mountain, the air turned quite cold, and he heard a very strange noise on the wind. It was coming from the monastery! He could not figure out what could possibly be making such a strange noise and he was curious. So, the bigger boy made a ham and cheese sandwich, hopped on his bicycle and started his ride up to the monastery. It took him hours, but he finally made it to the top. He pounded on the massive door to the monastery and the head monk opened the door. "Hey, Mr. Monk. Down at my home in the valley below, I heard a very strange noise coming from your monastery. Could you tell me what it is?" "I'm sorry," replied the head monk, "I can't tell you. You aren't a monk." Sadly, the big boy got back on his bicycle and rode all the way home, in a very foul and frustrated mood. He really did want to know what was making that noise. The wind did not blow down off the mountain again until a couple years later. The boy had grown into a strapping youth now and rode around town on his motorcycle. As luck would have it, he was out riding when the wind blew down off the mountain, the air turned quite cold, and he heard a very strange noise on the wind. It was coming from the monastery! He could not figure out what could possibly be making such a strange noise and he was curious. So, the strapping youth grabbed a slice of pizza, hopped on his motorcycle and started his ride up to the monastery. It took him 30 minutes, but he finally made it to the top. He pounded on the massive door to the monastery and the head monk opened the door. "Yo, Mr. Monk, dude. Down at my home in the valley below, I heard a very strange noise coming from your monastery. Could you tell me what it is?" "I'm sorry," replied the head monk, "I can't tell you. You aren't a monk." Sadly, the strapping youth got back on his motorcycle and rode all the way home, in a very foul and frustrated mood. He really did want to know what was making that noise. The wind did not blow down off the mountain again until a couple years later. The boy was now a young man and often rode around in his new convertible sportscar. As luck would have it, he was out riding when the wind blew down off the mountain, the air turned quite cold, and he heard a very strange noise on the wind. It was coming from the monastery! He could not figure out what could possibly be making such a strange noise and he was curious. So, the young man bought a burger at a fast food place, got in his convertible sportscar, and started his ride up to the monastery. It took him 20 minutes, but he finally made it to the top. He pounded on the massive door to the monastery and the head monk opened the door. "Mr. Monk. Down at my home in the valley below, I heard a very strange noise coming from your monastery. Could you tell me what it is?" "I'm sorry," replied the head monk, "I can't tell you. You aren't a monk." Sadly, the young man got back in his convertible sportscar and rode all the way home, in a very foul and frustrated mood. He really did want to know what was making that noise. That night, he thought and thought about the very strange noise and how he just had to know what caused it. So, he resolved to do something about it the next day. The next day, he got in his convertible sportscar and raced up the mountain, slammed on his brakes, and skidded to a stop right in front of the massive door to the monastery. He honked the horn of his convertible sportscar until the head monk finally opened the door. "Alright, Mr. Monk, I want to know what is making that very strange noise coming from you monastery!" "I'm sorry," replied the head monk, "I can't tell you. You aren't a monk." "Well, then can I become a monk?" "Why certainly! It is quite easy. You must travel the earth and count the number of blades of grass in every field and the number of grains of sand on every beach. When you return with your answer, then you shall be a monk." So the young man left the monastery and travelled the earth. For years and years he counted the blades of grass and grains of sand, until one day he had finally finished. He made his way slowly back to the monastery and found the head monk. "Oh, Mr. Monk, I have travelled the earth these past years, counting the blades of grass and grains of sand. I finally know that there are 123,123,123,123,123 blades of grass in the fields and 123,123,123,123,123 grains of sand on the beaches and I would like to become a monk." So the man became a monk. At last, he would now be able to find out the source of that very strange noise coming from the monastery. "Mr. Monk, what is the noise coming from the monastery?" asked the new monk. The head monk replied, "The source is too complicated to describe in words. I am afraid that you must see it for yourself to truly understand it. This key will show you the answer you seek." "Take this key to the deepest, darkest corner of the coldest, dampest room in the dirtiest, filthiest cavern under the monastery. There you will find a long corridor. At the end of the corridor is a door and through the door is the thing that makes the noise." Well, of course the new monk went immediately to the deepest, darkest corner of the coldest, dampest room in the dirtiest, filthiest cavern under the monastery and there he did indeed find the long corridor. He walked down the corridor until he could see the door at the end. Unfortunately, there were three magical fires that never go out blocking the man from the door. He decided to jump the fires to reach the door. The man made sure the key was secure in his hand, took a running charge at the first fire and leapt! Over the first fire he flew, but he dropped the key. The man leapt back over the fire, ran all the way back down the long corridor, out of the deepest, darkest corner of the coldest, dampest room in the dirtiest, filthiest cavern under the monastery and back to the head monk. "Oh, Mr. Monk! I am so sorry! I went to the deepest, darkest corner of the coldest, dampest room in the dirtiest, filthiest cavern under the monastery, down the long corridor to the door, but there were magical fires and I dropped the key in the first one as I leapt over it." "Do not worry, for there is another key and you must overcome tests on your way to enlightenment. The second key, however is far, far away in Canada." The new monk left the monastery and travelled to Canada. It took many years because he had no money, being a monk and all. Eventually, he arrived in Canada and managed to track down the key to the door. The monk then had to make the return journey equally as painstakingly, but finally he arrived back at the monastery. Down into the deepest, darkest corner of the coldest, dampest room in the dirtiest, filthiest cavern under the monastery he went, until he found the long corridor. The three magical fires were in front of him as he took a running start. Over the first fire went the monk, key still in hand! Over the second fire went the monk, key still- RATS! He had dropped the key in the second fire. The monk leapt back over the second fire, back over the first fire, back down the long corridor he walked and out of the deepest, darkest corner of the coldest, dampest room in the dirtiest, filthiest cavern under the monastery. The monk went back to the head monk. "Oh, Mr. Monk! I am so sorry! I went to the deepest, darkest corner of the coldest, dampest room in the dirtiest, filthiest cavern under the monastery, down the long corridor to the door, but there were magical fires and I dropped the key in the second one as I leapt over it." "Do not worry, for there is one more key and we must all overcome tests on our way to enlightenment. The third key, however is far, far away in Australia." The monk left the monastery and travelled to Australia. It took many years because he had no money being a monk and all. Eventually he arrived in Australia and managed to track down the key to the door. The monk then had to make the return journey equally as painstakingly, but finally he arrived back at the monastery. By this time, he was quite an old monk. Down into the deepest, darkest corner of the coldest, dampest room in the dirtiest, filthiest cavern under the monastery he went, until he found the long corridor. The three magical fires were in front of him as he took a running start. Over the first fire went the quite old monk, key still in hand! Over the second fire went the quite old monk, key still in hand! Over the THIRD fire went the quite old monk, key still in hand! He had made it! He'd made the jumps and here he was standing outside the door with the answer to his question. Finally, finally, after so many, many, many years of wanting to know what was making the strange noise, he would know. The answer lay through the door in front of him and he could at last be at peace with himself. Slowly, the quite old monk slid the key into the lock. Turning the key a slight 'click' was to be heard as the lock moved back allowing the quite old monk to open the door. He pushed the door open and stepped inside. Shock and amazement came over him as he finally realized the answer to his question! "Do you want me to tell you what it was?" "I'm sorry, I can't tell you. You aren't a monk."