#teen camps

[k12academics]

Languages you can study are Spanish, German, Italian, French and Mandarin. Countries you can study in are Canada, Spain, Germany, Italy, Costa Rica, Switzerland, Austria and China.

[starii-void]

going to chb must be crazy like imagine sharing a camp with

-one of the strongest demigods ever who's saved the world like at least 3 times, fought multiple gods & titans and WON (and is a tartarus survivor)

-the literal main architect of OLYMPUS who's also saved the world multiple times (also tartarus survivor)

-THE lord of the wild who's also close friends with the first two (and has helped save the world multiple times)

-an emo kid from the 1930s who again helped save the world and is also a tartarus survivor (TWICE)

-a son of apollo who survived tartarus with nothing but cargo shorts and sheer will (pun intended)

-the main designer and builder for the argo II, also the first hephaestus kid to have fire powers since hundreds of years ago (did i mention killed gaea? no? yeah he did that too)

-a girl who somehow charmspeak-ed gaea into falling back asleep (also side note daughter of super famous actor because why not)

-pretty much everybody is a two-time war veteran

-THE GOD APOLLO who just sometimes comes down to visit in the form of a teenage boy

-did i mention dionysus, god of wine madness and theatre

-also chiron, trainer of pretty much every greek hero ever

[the-night-puncher]

Agatha All Along being the best thing marvel ever did and also not having a single straight main character is not a coincidence

[cryptiqish]

ghost kids

[gummygoatgalaxy]

Just some of my fav boyos

Characters here are: humanized Louie Duck, Beast Boy, Phineas Flynn, Dipper Pines, humanized Tails/Miles Prower, and Max from Camp Camp!!

[sunny-rants]

2023 out here beating the “cinema is dead” allegations with pure camp

[idle-compy]

ben not watching the road - part 1

(part 2 here)

[4rainynite]

Shows That Deserve a Second Chance!

Hi! How y'all doing? Okay, time to get to the nitty gritty this is just my opinion on shows that deserve a second chance!

As we all know by now it doesn't matter if a show is popular or big the fandom is a show will get cancelled for no (and incredibly stupid) reason or never got to make it on the TV screen at all!

Due to Tumblr's limitation on pictures, I'll just do a select few series based on: never aired, messed up by the network but still had an ending, & messed up by the network.

Also, no show is in any particular order I just put them in randomly and if there are more shows that have been unjustly cancel/ never aired please be free to add some to the post.

This is purely for fun and if there is a show you like that got cancelled you may add it to the list.

Let's Begin:

First, are the shows that never aired but had amazing pilots.

1.The Modifiers

The Modifiers was created by Lynne Naylor & Chris Reccardi who pitched the idea to Nickelodeon.

The series is set in 1960's mod style/ steampunk/ magical girl/retrofuturism world focused on Agent Xero and her sidekick Mole who work for a secret agency known as The Modifiers in their quest to stop the evil Baron Vain and his rat sidekick named Rat (no, really, he's a rat named Rat). In the series Agent Xero disguises herself as Lacey Shadows to go undercover and foil Baron Vain plans, the twist of Rat knows that Agent Xero and Lacey Shadows are one in the same and tries to expose them.

Seeing how the modifiers had the same reteo style as My Life As A Teenage Robot, The Mighty B, and Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (owned by Cartoon Network), it would've made a great addition to the line up plus another girl boss series!

Despite the positive feedback and petitions the show has not been picked up and Chris Reccardi tragically passed away 2019 due to a heart attack, leaving ownership to Lynne Naylor.

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2.Carmen Got Expelled

Carmen Got Expelled was created by Jorge R. Gutierrez and was pitched to Disney Television Animation.

The series follows a young girl named Carmen who was expelled from her last school from defending her classmates from a group of bullies. While it looks like Carmen will face punishment (for actually doing the right thing and being a good person), good - karma steps in the form of The Baron who enrolls Carmen in his private academy. Sadly, Headmistress Gnarly and her niece Yvonne try to do everything in their power to get Carmen in trouble and get her expelled for good. Luckily, Carmen has her friends Bing, Ozzy, and Johnny (*coughCRUSHcough*) to get her out of trouble!

The reason the show wasn't picked was because the network didn't think it would do well with audience and wanted Carmen's race to be changed and be a girl who loves rules. WOW, REALLY?!? I think if Jorge pitched the idea to Nickelodeon, it might have worked since his show El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera was already on that channel and would've made a good crossover.

After being rejected, Jorge worked on The Book of Life film that also was rejected for a while only to become a- SUCCESS!

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3. The Kitty Bobo Show

The Kitty Bobo Show was created by Kevin Kaliher & Meaghan Dunn and was pitched to Cartoon Network during their 2001 Big Pick competition where the viewers picked who would win. The winner became the classic show Codename: Kids Next Door!

The series focused on Kitty Bobo an anthropomorphic cat living in a big city along with other anthropomorphic animals and had it continued would've explored more of Kitty Bobo, his adoptive parents who are dogs, and his friends. In the pilot 'Cellphones' the plot was of Kitty Bobo trying to look cool and impress everyone with his new (now dated) cellphone.

The show is now a cult classic and had many petitions to become an actual show. Apparently, the creators want to continue the pilot from this Instagram post. If it does happen, I think it would work best teens/young adults on Adult Swim.

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4.Princess Academy

Princess Academy was created by Olivier Ciappa and David Kawena and was pitched to Disney. It was supposed to be an animated short that was also a musical not just featuring the famous Disney Princesses, but also many other female leads at a boarding school. Sadly, the project was canceled due to Disney getting rid of its 2-D animation department (another bad decision).

This is just an educated guess, but from the concept art a little girl got accept into the Princess Academy and got to interact with her favorite characters and at the end of the short more students would arrive and meet their favorite leading ladies.

Seeing how big the Disney Princess fandom is, I'm surprised this was passed up. I mean HELLO! You got all the Disney Princesses and the other female leads in one place, I think this would've been a success!

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5. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit the Series

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit the Series was planned to premier on Disney+ and had many announcements and people excited for the return of Oswald, only to be disappointed (AGAIN!) when news hit they weren't doing the show.

After, all poor Oswald has gone through: Walt losing custody over him in divorce court, abandoned, and forgotten; give the poor guy a break and let him have his show!

Despite all that Oswald has made cameos in Mickey Mouse shorts, The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse, Once Upon A Studio, and his own short. There's still hope he'll join his brother again soon.

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6. Epic Mickey 3

After, the return of Oswald and success of Epic Mickey, there were plans for an Epic Mickey 3, but sadly never came.

This would've helped Oswald's popularity and maybe make Epic Mickey into a TV/movie series featuring the two brothers, but at this time that's wishful thinking.

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7. Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls

Created by Lauren Faust pitched to Hasbro.

The series would focus on eleven girls who are the personifications of planets. The pilot was about Milky Way accidently releasing the evil Black Hole and would meet the other girls to help fight. Sadly, it was passed over in favor of the popular My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

Lauren had ragdolls and a (now out of print) book released in hopes of making it a series, she even has some concept art on her Deviantart page.

Over time Lauren redesigned the girls so hopes and wishes that it becomes a series!

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8. Toil and Trouble

Created by Lauren Faust pitched to Netflix.

Lauren tried to pitch the series Toil and Trouble freaturing an orphan witch named Toil and her cat Trouble as they try to learn magic and save the witch world.

When, production for the project began Netflix decided to stop the show before it began.

SERIOUSLY, HOW DARE WHOEVER DECIDED TO CAN THIS SHOW DENY THE QUEEN HER RIGHT TO CREATE!

This so would've made a hit especially since Laurn worked on: The Powerpuff Girls, MLP:FIM, Kid Cosmic, Wander Over Yonder, and etc! But, not to worry y'all Lauren still has the rights and will most likely have it produced by someone else (hopefully)!

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9. Me and My Shadow

Me And My Shadow created by Maya Forbes & Wallace Wolodarsky and pitched to Dreamworks.

Me And My Shadow follows Daniel (human) and Dan (shadow) as they two work together to stop an evil shadow from staring an uprising against shadows and humans. Along the way Dan help Daniel gain some confidence and form a friendship.

THIS FILM HAD SO MUCH POTENTIAL!

It merged 2D & 3D animation, had an amazing story, a good cast of characters; what more could you want?

Sadly, it was passed over by other films and despite protest and a petition Dreamworks refused to budge.

Not only would this film bring back Dreamworks animation department and could've been a rise for 2D animation to come back!

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10. Bye Bye Bunny: A Looney Tunes Musical

Bye Bye Bunny would be about Bugs Bunny tired of being in the spotlight and wanting the life of a regular bunny. This becomes Daffy's big break to step out of Bug's shadow and become a star only to be kidnapped by an obsessive fan of his (talk about irony). Bugs and the others go on an epic quest to save Daffy with hijanks, adventure, and heartfelt moments.

Sadly, the project was canceled which is a huge crime. The story was the perfect star wants to leave the spotlight, we could've seen more of Bugs and Daffy's friendship, and the song 'Why Do I Gotta Be Bugs Bunny' was just so heart wrenching beautiful. This would've been great to release during Warner Bros. 100 Anniversary and give the Looney Tunes franchise some more attention.

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2. Shows messed up by the network but still had an ending

The Owl House

The Owl House created by Dana and aired on Disney.

The Owl House followed the story of Luz a teenage girl who has a love all things weird and magically gets sent to a 'normal' camp after one of her antics get her in trouble. But as fate intervened Luz stumbles upon the Boiling Isles and meets Eda the Owl Lady, King the king of demons, and Hooty the Owl House. To fulfill her dreams of becoming a witch Luz becomes Eda apprentice and explores the mysterious of the Boiling Isles.

The Owl House was a huge hit with fans and the LGBTQ community, and it bites that it was cancelled/shortened during season three. Dana had more ideas for season 3 for example: a beach episode, info on Hooty (don't lie we all want to know what Hooty is), and etc.

The reason the Owl House was canceled was because Disney exs didn't think it fit into their brand... What fit? They threw away a precious gemstone in the trash when they made that decision.

Dana Terrace, whatever your next project is I know it will be a success.

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2. Ducktales (2017)

Ducktales (2017) created by Matt Youngberg & Francisco Angones and aired on Disney.

Ducktales follows Huey, Dewey, Louie, their friend Webby, uncle Donald, and great uncle Scrooge, as they go on epic adventures, find rare items & hidden worlds, and a long-lost family secret.

Ducktales had a great start and a huge fanbase, but sadly it wasn't getting the ratings Disney wanted, switching channels, and bad marketing.

I really wish this show continued and had each character have their own season, but it did have a good ending.

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3. Danny Phantom

Danny Phantom created by Butch Hartman and aired on Nickelodeon.

Danny Phantom follows the story of Danny Fenton who gained ghosts powers after a freak accident. With his best friends Tucker and Sam, Danny uses his powers to protect everyone against evil ghosts, humans, and the horrors of high school. To make matters worse Danny has to keep his ghost identity a secret from his parents who are ghost hunters!

Despite the show's popularity it didn't reach the same goal as Fairly Oddparents or Spongebob (or so I'm told). Despite that Danny Phantom had an ending, but it was kinda a divide in the fandom.

It was said had the series continued: we'd find out more about the Ghost Zone, more characters, and most importantly: Danielle would've been adoptive by the Fentons!

4. The Amazing World of Gumball

The Amazing World of Gumball created by Ben Bocquelet and aired on Cartoon Network.

The Amazing World of Gumball follows the story of Gumball as he gets into random shenanigans in his town of Elmore along with his best friend/adoptive brother Darwin, and little sister Anais.

The show has been praised for its mixed media animation, humor, and storytelling. The last episode ended in a cliffhanger leaving many fans unsatisfied.

There were plans for a movie that Ben said would resolve the cliffhanger only for it to be shelved (along with other shows/movies) due to the HBO (HB -NO). I tried to find more information, but the only other information I found was that it 'might' still be in production and be bought by a different network. Again, I'm playing by ear.

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5. Wander Over Yonder

Wander Over Yonder was created by Craig McCracken and aired on Disney.

Wander Over Yonder follows the story of a friendly alien nomad named Wander with his best friend and stead Sylvia travel all over the galaxy going from planet to planet. While on their journey they run into Lord Hater who wants to take over the galaxy.

Disney ended WOY after season 2 and there were plans for a season 3 and would've been the final season.

Craig had plans to expand the story that didn't happened (maybe even travel to Earth?); after WOY cancellation Craig went to work on Kid Cosmic for Netflix.

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6. Samurai Jack

Samurai Jack was created by Genndy Tartakovsky and aired on Cartoon Network.

Samauri Jack follows the story of a Samauri named Jack and his battle with the evil demon Aku. Before Jack can defeat Aku with his sword Aku uses his powers and sends Jack into the future where Aku is the ruler. Jack travels through many lands in his search to find a way to the past, fix the future, and defeat Aku!

The only problem with the final episode was it took - 13 YEARS - to finish! Adult Swim revived the series in 2017 giving the fans a satisfying ending.

Everyone originally thought that season four that ended in 2004 would end in a cliffhanger. I guess that if it did end around the early 2000's the ending would be different since Genndy and the crew would've had other ideas. I'm happy that the series had the ending it had, but let's be honest do we really want to wait so long for a proper ending?

3. Shows messed up by the network

Infinity Train

Infinity Train was created by Owen Dennis and aired on Cartoon Network.

Infinity Train was at first a mini-series that focused on Tulip a young girl who's dealing with the divorce of her parents decides to run away from home to escape her home life. Tulip ends up on the mysterious Infinity Train and meets a robotic creature known as One-One and a strange green glowing number on her hands. Knowing the longer she's on the train the more danger she's in Tulip, One-One, and Atticus the King of Corginia, travel throughout the train to find The Conductor and send Tulip on. Afterwards we see different passengers travel the train going through different types of traumas and learning to heal.

Despite Owen having a total of eight books ( book five being Ameila's backstory), a passenger being traumatized by the train only to return on it, and even a Christmas special, Infinity Train went to HBO Max streaming service, was canceled after book 4 because execs decided it wasn't fit for kids and became one of many victims of the 2022 HBO Purge.

After much protest from the TV/FILM community Infinity Train books 1 & 2 can now be purchased on DVD (not giving up on the other books) and downloaded from online stores.

Once again, a great show canceled and destroyed by corporate greed!

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2.Ever After High

Ever After High was created by Mattel books by Shannon Hale & Suzanne Selfors.

Ever After High focus on the teenage sons & daughters (and non-binary) of legendary fairy tales. The children are sent to Ever After High School to learn how to follow the same steps as their parents. But Raven Queen the daughter of the Evil Queen, isn't evil and doesn't want to follow in her mother's footsteps. On the other hand, Apple White the daughter of Snow White wants to follow in her mother's footsteps and be the perfect queen. This divides the school into two separate parties: the Royals (those who want to follow their predetermined destinies) and the Rebels (those who want to rewrite their stories) and causes a shift in the fairy tale world.

Being a toy line Ever After High relied on their doll sells to fuel the books and web series. After Disney's Descendants release Mattel knew they couldn't compete, ending the Royal/Rebel debate too early, and cheaper doll lines the series was canceled.

There were plans for more dolls, books, and sadly characters that have been seen since the beginning never got dolls.

In my honest opinion they shouldn't have ended the Royal/Rebel debate in Way Too Wonderland, that's more of a final season kinda thing and it's hard to come up with more stories after jumping the shark like that.

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3.Star Darlings

Star Darlings was created by Shana Muldoon Zappa and Ahmet Zappa.

Star Darlings was a book and miniseries focused on twelve Starling girls (humanoid creatures who live on Starland) who attend the prodigies Starling Academy to learn to grant wishlings (humans) wishes only to find out they are the legendary Star Darlings destined to save their world and Wish World (Earth) from negative energy!

Honestly Star Darlings was a victim of bad advertising and Disney no giving it enough attention. The books had so much information on the characters, lore, and etc. while the cartoon only had shorts and was on random times. The cartoon had an ending, but the books were left on a cliffhanger.

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4. Super Best Friends Forever/ DC Super Hero Girls (2019)

Created by Lauren Frost and aired on Cartoon Network.

I'm listing this as a two-parter.

Super Best Friends Forever was a series of shorts featuring Batgirl, Wonder Girl, and Supergirl, three superhero teens fighting crime and getting into hilarious hi-jinks.

Lauren was denied turning SBFF into a series due to marketing.

In 2019 Lauren would later do the second installment of DC Super Hero Girls another group of superhero girls who battle the evils of high school and Metropolis.

Many fans argued which version is superior.

To be honest I wish Donna wasn't replaced with Diana, Diana and Zatanna weren't de-aged along with a bunch of other adult characters, the adult heroes were mentors to the girls, could've added more teen heroes that still haven't made their TV debut, not make the guys jerks/useless, and the setting wasn't just in Metropolis. But that's just my two cents.

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5. RWBY & Camp Camp

RWBY created by Monty Oum & Camp Camp created by Miles Luna and Jordan Cwierz both aired on Rooster Teeth.

RWBY story is about the four members of Team RWBY (Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang) who attend Beacon Academy to become huntsmen and huntswomen to protect the world from evil creatures known as Grimm, but as the series progresses, we learn more about the characters, lore, and world of Remnant.

Camp Camp focuses on campers (Max, Nikki, and Neil) & camp counselors (David and Gwen) who attend a shady & dysfunctional run-down camp known as, Camp Campbell. Instead of a traditional camp like space camp, sports camp, or adventure camp, Camp Campbell combines them all to save cost and avoid being sued.

While I was at school my art teacher told the class that a famous artist had died from an allergic reaction, but she neglected to tell who the artist was. Later on, I found out about RWBY and Camp Camp and while digging into the shows' history/ creators I realized Monty Oum was the artist my teacher was talking about.

Due to Rooster Teeth shutting down both series futures are in the air. I was lucky enough to meet Michael and Lindsey Jones the voice actors from RWBY and Camp Camp & a cool Oscar cosplayer LINK. I overheard him asking them when the next season for each show would come out, both replied that "I can't promise anything.", and that scared me a little. I really hope new seasons come out soon since I would hate for both series to go.

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6. Invader Zim

Invader Zim created by Jhonen Vasquez and aired on Nickelodeon.

Invader Zim focused on an Invader named Zim of the Irken Empire who wants to impress his leaders, The Tallest, after failing Operation Impending DOOM 1 after he destroyed his own planet. The Tallest give him a snipe hunt by sending him to the planet Earth. On Earth Zim disguises as a normal *HA* human boy and his SIR unit named Gir as an adorable green dog as they collect info on the planet to conquer it. Unfortunately, Zim forms a rivalry with a junior paranormal investigator named Dib who tries to prove to everyone that Zim is an evil alien.

The show was very popular at the time even having merchandise still being produced to this day. The reason for the shows cancellation was due to low rating and high costs even though there were many unaired episodes.

In 2015 Invader Zim continued as a comic book series and in 2019 Netflix aired Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus. Invader Zim doesn't really have a true ending, so I guess either the comic book ending or Enter the Florpus could count as an ending, maybe?

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7. Dead End: Paranormal Park

Dead End: Paranormal Park was created by Hamish Steele and aired on Netflix.

Dead End first appeared in a Cartoon Hangover short in 2014 and later became the book series in 2018.

Book and TV show follow the story of Barney, Norma, Pugsley, and Courtney who work at Phoenix Parks a haunted theme park where they battle demons, find out the mystery behind the park owner Paulina Phoenix, and maybe stop the apocalypse!

Dead End: Paranormal Park was not renewed by Netflix due to budget cuts (really, I mean really?) and Hamish planned to have the third season air on a different streaming network. While the cartoon ended with a cliffhanger the book series had an ending.

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8. Detentionaire

Detentionaire was created by Daniel Bryan Franklin & Charles Johnston and aired on Teleton.

Detentionaire follows the story of Lee Ping who has pulled off the most epic prank in A. Nigma High history, but there's just one tiny problem - Lee didn't do it! Framed for a prank he didn't commit Lee has to spend a year in detention (and grounded), determined to find out who pranked him and why Lee teams up with Biffy another detentionaire and his friends to get down to what's going on and darker secrets at A. Nigma High.

Due to low ratings and not too much viewership the show ended on a cliffhanger.

I came across Detentionaire while watching Ruby Gloom on YouTube (I live in the US so there were no channels featuring the shows) lucky for me it was in the middle of season one when it was still on air and I got to watch the series (when uploaded to Youtube).

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9. Sym- Bionic Titan/ Unicorn: Warriors Eternal

Sym- Bionic Titan/ Unicorn: Warriors Eternal created by Genndy Tartakovsky and aired on Cartoon Network.

I'm listing this as a two-parter too.

Sym-Bionic Titan focuses on Princess Ilana, Soldier Lance, and Advance Robot Octus who had to flee their home planet Galaluna when the evil General Modula. General Modula sends out monsters to kill Princess Ilana and destroy the royal Galaluna bloodline once and for all! When, the three combine they form Sym-Bionic Titan to battle the monsters. The three blend into Earth culture by pretending to be a family, owning a home, and going to high school to draw suspicion off them. On top of that two government parties are investigating them and their relationship to the Titan. As the three protect their new home they are trying to find a way to return to Galaluna.

I'll be honest I'm not a huge sci-fi fan, but I did enjoy the series during its run. The story and art style were amazing as well.

The reason Sym-Bionic Titan was cancelled was because it was unable to secure a toy license. Oh please, there's a bunch of shows without a toy line and they ran/ or still running. The series ended with a 'ray of hope ending' after production Genndy left Cartoon Network and began working on other projects.

Only to return in the form of Unicorn: Warriors Eternal which focus on four individuals who are the reincarnations of past warriors sent to fight an ancient evil from plaguing the world.

The series had a good old timey animation art style with the steampunk aesthetic. Sadly, it like its sibling series ended on a cliffhanger.

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10. Justice League Action

Justice League Action created by Sam Register, Butch Lukic, Alan Burnett, and Jim Krieg.

Justice League Action focused on the Justice League a team of superheroes protect the world from supervillains. Each episode featured a different set of heroes defeating their foe and giving everyone extra screentime.

Justice League Action had a special when it first came out only to get bad timeslots and was never renewed.

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10. Teen Titans

Teen Titans was created by Glen Murakami & David Slack and aired on Cartoon Network.

The series focused on five superhero teens known as the Teen Titans who battle evil villains both in their home of Jump City and the Earth. Their biggest threat being Slade (Deathstroke in the comics) a mysterious man bent on conquering Jump City & destroying the Teen Titans,

Teen Titans was one of Cartoon Network's successful cartoons with high praise from critics and fans it's a mystery why the show was canceled. Once fans found out that Teen Titans was threatened to be canceled there were protests to see it not happened. The reasons for the cancellation ranged from low ratings, decline in toy sales, wanting to work on other shows, and etc. I believe the show was cancelled was because the execs could (JERKS!).

There have been spin-offs of the series such as the 'Titans in Tokyo' film to act as "the ending" of the series, DC nation Teen Titans shorts, and (the infamous) Teen Titans Go series that has had many specials, a movie, and is still on air.

The things I wish that could happen in the show are: Wonder Girl was a member of the team to even the gender out (I hate that even to this day shows only have 1 or 2 girls on a team), the second season Terra still appeared but it was Wonder Girl's season (to give Terra more screen time and make the betrayal hurt more) than third would be Terra's and every season would go on as normal, Starfire having a season, and the finale season focused on everyone! But that's just my two cents.

There have been rumors of season six (maybe) happening. I mean Samurai Jack and Invader Zim came back after their cancellations. If Teen Titans were to return, it would be on Adult Swim.

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Conclusion:

Okay, and we're done.

To be honest the reason I made this post is because I want to pursue a career in writing, animation, and voice acting.

After the news of HBO's purge and many others, I had a major panic attack because if one greedy person could make the call to erase years and dreams of hard work no matter how popular the shows are or well known the creators are what chance did I have?

I have auditioned for many things only to be in 'always the bridesmaid never the bride' position so it gets heartbreaking after a while. But, with indie works such as The Amazing Digital Circus, Murder Drones, Spooky Month, The Art of Murder, and Puzzle & Sling: Boredom Killers getting recognized and receiving high praise it kinda gives me a spark of hope despite everything.

Thank you for taking the time to read my article. Bye y'all!

Special mentions: The Prodigal Son (FOX), The Summoning (Cartoon Hangover), Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! (Disney) Welcome to Doozy (Cartoon Hangover), Victor and Valentino (Cartoon Network), The Cuphead Show (Netflix), Class of 3000 (Cartoon Network), Cartoon Saloon version of Winnie the Pooh, and etc (like I said before you can add to the list).

[moonagedaydreamsofrhiannon]

btw all your favorite characters have type 1 diabetes, it’s just not mentioned in canon because they’re so good at managing their blood sugar that it never comes up

[k12academics]

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Our easy online registration at offers scheduling by the day or by the week to accommodate every parents busy schedule.

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[fellonypure]

Rewatching jwcc and we are half way through season five. Current human kill count at approximately 22 (counting some radio deaths from season one). I forgot how like intense this series is for a tv-y7 show. But love to watch it to remember how these guys have been characterized the whole series even through jwct. Defo my current hyperfixation.

[tikurrdurr]

did i rly never post these

[bbraeweek24]

BB: Hey Rae, have you read what they're going to be making us do for our week?

Raven: reading No.

BB: drags in camping equipment Guess what day one is!

Raven: No.

BB: tries shoving tenting equipment into backpack You're no fun.

Raven: Be careful with that.

BB: I got it! tent busts open AAHHHH!!!

BBRae Week 2024 coming October 20th - October 26th! Day 1 is Camping!

BB: lying on the ground covered in camping gear and half open tent

Raven: looks down at him You need any help?

BB: incoherent mumbling

Raven: Alright. goes back to reading

[theereina]

Who can you name?

Cartoon Network

[sacrilegesummer]

Wet, Hot, American Nights - Part 2

Take on Me

summary: It's Week 5 at Camp and you've noticed a not so subtle shift in Steve. He's happier, more helpful, and... friendlier, than you've ever seen. Maybe someone's rubbing off on him. Meanwhile, your Hell Week girls are starting to grow on you, but either way, Nancy always has your back. warnings: flirting, wide open water, mention of wild animals, cussing, alluding to sex, cussing, heights, ‘only one bed’ trope but for camping a/n: I am still VERY nervous pls be kind to me. I am trying to not describe the reader in any way besides age and gender, but if there's something written that feels like projecting a certain look, pls lmk and I will edit/fix it for the future:) More notes at the end <3

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Week 5

You woke up on Sunday morning with the inexplicable urge to go swimming. Sure, you were a lifeguard and enjoyed swimming, but normally the idea of diving straight into the turbid lake water unsettled you. But, at 7 a.m, you squeezed on your tight blue and red lined one piece and threw your sandals back on (as well as packing your shower essentials. You were motivated! Not crazy), marching to the waterfront. It was another hot but beautiful day, a clear blue sky, lit by the still rising sun. 

The waterfront was still, the surface perfectly reflecting the sky like glass. It looked endless as it blended into the horizon. You tossed your sandals and dry things on a nearby bench and padded barefoot down the dock. Looking down into the water, if you looked past the reflection, you could see the sun rays exposing the bluegills and sunfish that lived under the dock. You dunked your foot into the water, deciding it was plenty warm to dive right in. Ungracefully and lazily, you dove in, knowing exactly how deep the water was, and began to front crawl, finally disturbing the surface of Elk Bay. You watched as your arms caused ripples and waves, felt your feet kick away seaweed, and tried to calm your nerves. 

Sunday was the day all campers arrived. You knew you were a great counselor but every week came with all the same usual fears. Will they respect me? What if they hate me? How do I keep them entertained and safe? Will they like each other? One of the things you disliked about Camp Elk Heart was the change of campers every week. It’s difficult to make meaningful connections in the week you’re given with your campers, but you’ve been successful this summer. You’ve been lucky so far to have some incredible groups of girls, but you’ve witnessed other cabins and their ‘Hell Week’ cabin, and you knew that your time was coming. It was already Week 5 out of 10! Surely one of these weeks will be terrible and awful and push you to your limits more than you’ve ever been pushed before. 

You start to realize the more you try to force yourself to not think about your anxieties, the worse your mind is making them. You paused for a moment to tread, looking around the lake, and then around the waterfront. Suddenly you sense movement to your right, in the treeline. You hear the noise from the Northside of camp, colloquially known as “boys side”- and then it’s gone. A rabbit? A fisher? You prayed it was something that couldn’t swim. 

You kept your eyes on the treeline in front of Cabin 6 as you hurriedly swam in. Two weeks ago you fought off a fisher that was living under Cabin 11 and if you never had to see one again for the rest of your life, it’d be too soon. Grabbing your things and rushing to the bathhouse you’re glad the water on Northside is perpetually freezing. Some hated the cold water, but today, you found it refreshing in the humid weather. 

_ _ _ 

Your hair was still damp when you walked into the Nor’wester room for the camp-wide Sunday meeting. You were already moved into your cabin for the week and knew you were Co-ing with Nancy this week, but you still had yet to receive your camper assignments or med sheets for the week. Having new campers every week had its downside, but it also meant living and working with a new counselor every week- which you loved. You sit down in one of the only open spots on the couch next to Mae. You glance across the room, taking in everyone's faces. The people you’ve grown to love or care about, babbling excitedly to see their camper’s names and age groups.

You don’t really feel like joining in, being totally and completely content watching everyone else’s happiness and excitement. Your chest swelled with love, a feeling that seems to happen multiple times a day since you started working here. As your eyes flit across you the room, you try to ignore the pull in your chest to look at him. You didn’t see Steve after your bonfire on Friday, apparently Robin needed to go all the way back to Hawkins Saturday. You couldn’t hide your disappointment when Mae told you yesterday. You still haven’t been able to thank him for cleaning the party aftermath. 

You wonder if he left without saying goodbye intentionally. You completely avoid eye contact with Steve and, a little delusionally, you think he might be starting right at you. You wave a little at Torres, who was perched in front of the group with his arms crossed next to Southside director Darcy. He gives you a friendly smile and a little wink, his way of telling you the meeting was starting soon. You hear the door open and as your eyes move to see who entered, you catch Steve looking right at you. He looked away instantly in the opposite direction as everyone else, who were staring at the double doors. 

Tall and stocky and always sporting a backwards hat, Gavin is one of the kindest and most caring bosses you’ve ever had. He claps his hands and gives the room his signature sparking white and perfect grin. 

“Are you guys ready? What week is it?” he yells.

“First WEEK!” you and the rest of the room yells, even louder. A call and response Gavin started a few weeks back after sensing everyone becoming too comfortable with the routine.

“What week?” He cups his hand behind his ear. 

“FIRST WEEK!” the room feels like it's shaking.

“Exactly! It might be week 5 but these kids have been waiting all summer for their first week of camp! So let’s get out there! Give them creativity, compassion, and damn good time,” Gavin says as he passes out cabin assignments and med sheets. You make eye contact with Nancy from across the room, basically in Jonathon’s lap, and raise your eyebrows excitedly as Gavin passes you your list of girls for the week. 

She says something you can’t hear to Jonathon and gets up from her seat, walking over to you. You hold the papers face down, waiting for your friend and Co before looking at it. 

“What are you hoping for?” you ask the curly haired girl.

“Literally anything except the 10 year olds. They’re old enough to mouth off, but little enough to still wet the bed and that combination is just too much for me” Nancy says, shaking her head. “You?”

“I haven’t had the oldest girls yet so I’m hoping, fingers crossed, Darcy was listening when I asked for them.”

Nancy grins at you and grabs one side of the papers, “Ready? Three, two, one!” 

You flip the paper over and instantly your eyes go to the margins, looking for the ages. 13, 13, 14, 12, 13, your eyes widen in excitement at Nancy and at the same instant you both shout “Oldest girls!” Secretly though, you know you would have had the same reaction regardless of age. 

You laugh as you and Nancy dance in your seats, “Oh, my god.” you said suddenly, “Nancy,” you said, sounding very serious. 

Her eyes go wide, “What?”

“This means I can finally go across the lake! I finally have girls old enough to canoe without capsizing or crying! Should I sign us up for Elk’s Harbor?”

Nancy starts pointing at the Site Night sign up sheet across the room, “Yes, yes do it now!”

Another aspect of Camp Elk Heart that was new this year was “Site Night”. Every Wednesday every cabin has to pack out all their food and sleeping necessities to a campsite that was not on camp grounds. Some places could be quickly hiked to, meaning they could pack more for comfort and make multiple trips (and usually for younger campers). Others were miles away and usually required campers to bike, which meant all of their things would be brought to the site for them. Elk’s Harbor was a totally different beast, and campers had to be, at minimum, 12 years old to go. Canoeing across the lake, down the river and through a small series of rapids (where most campers tend to flip their canoes), to a small opening that’s hidden behind a low group of leaning trees and if you miss it, you’re basically past the point of no return. Then, portaging all of your stuff and your canoe 150 rods all uphill (just under half a mile) to the campsite. The campsite sat on the side of the most perfect rock on the edge of the lake for cliff jumping and swimming. It is highly sought after, and this was the moment for your adventurous heart and spirit to finally take it. 

You basically sprint across the dining hall to the Site Night sign up sheet, dodging people and chairs and politely as you can. Just as you’re coming up to the front of the room, you see Steve, pen in hand, calmly writing his own cabin number somewhere on the sheet. 

“Excuse me!” you shout, almost shouldering Steve out the way and grabbing the spare pen on the table. Your eyes rapidly scan the paper for Elk’s Harbor. When you do see it, you go to write your cabin but see someone has already taken it. 

“What? Who’s in Cabin Six this week?” you said, looking around for the culprit. 

Steve looked at you awkwardly, not quite understanding why you’re upset. He gave a fake cough and then said, “I’m Cabin Six. Me and Jonathon.”

“You have the oldest boys? Didn’t you have them last week?” you said, looking at him with saucer eyes, eyebrows furrowed. 

“Yeah, turns out I’m pretty good with them so I get older boys again. Are you trying to go to Elk’s Harbor?”

“Yes!” you said exasperated, “were you not just there?”

“I was supposed to go last week but my boys were too scared. Went to Quartz Creek instead, it was easier to bike there,”

“Well, if you like having the older cabins so much then you'll probably have them again, this might be my last time ever. Please, can we go to Elk Harbor instead?”

“What!? No way, I’m not guaranteed an older cabin ever again, I got lucky this time.” Steve said, bringing his eyebrows in. 

“Steve come on, you’re Watercraft Director, you could just go there whenever. You have full access to canoes all the time!”

“And you’re the Extreme Sports Director! You could just ask Gavin to go like- like- rock climb over there or something and he’d just let you!”

As your bickering was growing in volume, Steve’s words caught the attention of your Camp Director. 

“Woah woah! What’s happening over there?” Gavin called from inside the kitchen, helping the cooks with dishes before campers got here. 

“We both want to go to Elk’s Harbor but only one cabin can go at a time,” you said, a little dejected. Despite Steve being one of the more introverted counselors, Gavin adored him. Probably from bonding over their love of sports and the gym. You knew on some weekends they would go work out or run together. Steve was obviously a favorite and if it came between you or Steve, you knew who Gavin would choose. 

“Why don’t you both just go?” Gavin responds, nonchalantly. 

You and Steve looked at each other, and he said, “We can do that?”

“Well not normally, but you’re both good counselors and I trust you to behave and take care of your campers. Besides, not everyone gets the chance to go across the lake so I’d rather you both just go than one of you miss out on it,” Gavin turned back around to continue helping the kitchen prepare dinner. 

Your eyes lit up as you whipped back around to the sign up sheet, scrawling ‘Cabin 11’ in the corner of the box for Elk Harbor, not wasting a second. You turned to Steve smiling, “I’ve never done a co-ed Site Night, this will be so much fun!”

Steve looked a little nervous but smiled just a big, “Yeah, super fun! Do you think our cabins will get along?” 

“Oh of course, I’ve never had a bad group of girls, and boy cabins love me! I’m sure it’ll be great,” you turned to Nancy who was across the room, chatting with Jonathon but looking at you, and gave her two thumbs up. 

_ _ _

What had started as a group of girls who weren't super ‘outdoorsy’ had quickly turned into your first (and hopefully last) Hell Week. Despite only having 5 campers, the cabin was constantly disgusting with clothes, dirt, and sand, covering every surface, no matter how many times you and Nancy begged them to clean their stuff. They were completely disrespectful to you and Nancy, never listening, never on time, and always complaining. You could deal with the messes, the lateness, all of that, but hearing them complain for the fifth time in an hour ‘why do we have to do this, why can’t we be inside, why can’t we just tan’ was like nails on a chalkboard. Their teen voices reached decibels and frequencies you didn’t think were humanly possible when they came across frogs or bugs. 

You had truly never felt such…irritation, for a group of children. The nicest one, being the oldest 14 year old, but she was still very clearly not interested in being outside when she didn’t have to be. Your one saving grace was the fact that the girls were repulsed by the boys in Cabin 6. Despite the disgust with the other 14 year olds boys, they were utterly obsessed with Steve and were ecstatic that they’d be spending the night ‘with’ him and his cabin. 

Site Night was always pandemonium. As you walked into the Dining Hall you could barely hear your thoughts, it was that loud. Campers were talking, yelling, gossiping, all while making their dinner for tonight. You let Nancy handle your campers, food, and meds, meanwhile, you were doing all the physical tasks that needed to be prepped before leaving. You had gotten an early start, prepping the tents, canoes, and overnight bags for your launch at 3:30. You couldn’t wait to make your classic ‘hobo stew’, a conglomerate of leftovers from the last few days. You made sure to tell your campers that the secret to good hobo stew was making sure you had enough sauce, salt, and pepper. 

You were weaving through the crowd of children to your group of children when someone caught your shoulder

Steve called your name, “Hey! Are you excited for tonight?”

You looked up at him and laughed, “With my girls… I’m not sure. What about you?”

Steve’s eyebrows furrowed a little, “You’ll have to tell me what that means later. But absolutely, I mean, these kids are awesome. Blake is an Eagle Scout,” he said, starting to point to his campers, “Marcus and Eli are Boy Scouts, and, uh, Ethan and Wade are just super cool!” His cheeks were red from smiling, pride evident on his face. He had such knack for working with older campers, you wondered if he had more childcare experience than he let on. He didn’t seem the babysitting type, but you’ve been wrong about him before. 

“That’s awesome,” you flashed a big smile at the boys, “My girls are also super cool, but in the mall rat sort of way,” you didn’t even sound convincing to yourself, “I have a feeling the portage and hike are going to be pretty rough, but that’s okay! That’s the type two fun we’re always talking about!”

“No, type two fun would be if it started rain-”

You gasped and slammed your hand over his mouth, “Never, ever, ever, say that word before going on the water. Don’t you know that’s bad luck?”

You looked at him wildly as he stared back with wide eyes, he mumbles through your hand, “No…” then he licks your hand.

“Yuck! You’re such a freak!” you yelled, wiping your hands on his shirt (that might as well have been two scraps of fabric covering only the center of his chest, a fact you tried to ignore). 

“I’m the freak?” he laughs, “You keep your hands to yourself now or I’ll show you a real freak,” his face almost instantly flashed to horror at what he just said.

You laughed again, a look of disbelief coming over your face, “Yeah Steve, you’ll show me a ‘real freak’? Didn’t know you had a side like that.”

Steve groaned and grabbed your shoulders, shushing you, “I swear, everytime I make that joke it always comes out wrong. I’m not even like- trying to flirt-”

“Flirt?” you interrupt, your teasing tone filling every word, “flirting at work is prohibited Steve, you better watch your mouth.”

Steve was smiling, his face growing red with embarrassment, “Yeah, yeah, whatever go do your job or something,”

“I’m trying!” you said walking away from him. You look over your shoulder and say, “You’re just so distracting!” and send him a wink. 

You turn around and continue towards your cabin. As you approach you’re a little shocked at how… well behaved they all appear to be. Breakfast is in its bag, along with all of their hobo stews packed away. The girls didn’t seem upset or anything just very focused. Courtney, Piper, and Yvonne were staring at some journal pages from one of Courtney’s many, many journals. You couldn’t make out the writing totally but you swore you could see Steve’s name written at least a dozen times. Sarah and Alisha however, were staring in the direction of Cabin 6, but not directly at them. 

“Hey guys! How's everything going?” you glanced at Nancy, who was looking quite proud. 

“Pack out is going great,” Nancy answered, “All the food and meds are packed for the night and the girls have been doing a great job!” she said, exceptionally and oddly positive. 

“Uh huh. Well girls that sounds great! You should be proud of yourselves. Uh, Nancy, wanna help me make my dinner?” you said, gesturing to the buffet-like table of all this weeks’ leftovers. “I got uh- I got all the stuff ready to go, canoes ready to launch and all the supplies are packed in my canoe. Two canoes for the girls and one for us. What did,” you did a double take back at your girls, “what did you do to them,” you whispered into Nancy’s ear. 

“I told them if they didn’t listen to us we wouldn’t go across the lake which means… no Steve. They’ve been pretty well-behaved since then,” she proudly said. 

“Well, alright! Works for me,” you laughed. “How bad do you think this is going to be?”

“I think it’s going to be the worst night of our life. Is type three fun a real thing?”

“Type three is, what? You don’t have fun in the moment and it's not fun to remember. That’s just a bad time,” you and Nancy both laughed. 

Finishing packing up your dinner, you let the girls lead the way to the canoe launch, their quietness wearing off, and soon enough they’re gossiping and chatting again. 

“Oh my god, there’s no way he thought he could beat you in volleyball. I mean, you’re on the Varsity Volleyball team as a freshman! Ethan is like, the most unathletic Boy Scout I’ve ever met,” Piper gushed. 

“Right? As if! I’m the libero on my team even,” Yvonne gloated to the girls, who all immediately gasped in disbelief. 

“I like volleyball but I’m way better at basketball,” Courtney started, before launching into a monologue. You swore that little girl spoke faster than jets flew. 

You wished they would listen to you, but they were cute to listen to. You remembered what it was like to be a young girl again. Just as you’re getting your lifeguard tube on, Cabin 6 emerges from the trees. 

“Hey ladies,” Steve says, “heading out already?”

All of the girls’ mouths snap shut at Steve’s arrival, except for…

“Yep!” Courtney pipes up instantly, her blonde hair almost blinding in the sunlight, “We’re gonna beat you Steve!”

“I bet you are. Hey,” Steve turns and says your name, “would you mind staying back and helping me finish packing out? I promise we’ll be the first canoe in the water, but at this rate we won't leave until the sun has set,” he said, eyes pleading. 

“Let me ask Nancy real quick,” you run over to your girls. “Hey, can one of you canoe with Nancy? I’ve gotta help Cabin Six, is that okay Nance?”

She nods, “Of course. Boys are so useless. We’ll meet you there, Alisha, come join my canoe,” she said, calling to the duff in the middle of her canoe. 

Alisha groaned, but got up from her spot and trudged over to Nancy, “I was really hoping to not paddle today Nance. My shoulders hurt from the sunburn.”

“And who told you to wear sunscreen?” Nancy asked angrily, “Grab a paddle,” she grumbled. You watched as your cabin paddled away in an uncontrolled zig zag pattern, you could hear the giggles of Nancy and groans of the others as you turned back towards Cabin 6. Jonathan struggled to explain how to portage a canoe to the two non-Boy Scouts and could barely split the weight of one on his shoulders with his camper, Ethan. Steve was trying to get the attention of the rest of the boys who were chasing each other with paddles. 

“Okay guys, what needs to be done?” you yelled to the group. 

Steve yelled your name in relief, “Can you help me get the Trail Department stuff? We still need to fill the waters too,” he smiled at you brightly. “And guys!” he yelled, “make sure you go to the bathroom now! I’m not asking again.”

You both turned away from the rambunctious group and headed towards the Trail Department. Steve broke the silence first, “I really appreciate your help, they’re great kids but they’re a handful. Besides, I’ve never been very good at the whole ‘pack out’ thing. I’m not… super organized, I guess,” he said and rubbed his hand on the back of his neck. You glanced at his arms as scratched, almost mesmerized by the way his muscles moved under his skin, his tanned skin highlighted the sun and his sweat. He was still wearing the extreme cut off tee and a pair of black swim trunks that were almost a little too short. If there’s such a thing, you thought warmly. His hair was long, and looked like it had been pushed back repeatedly by sweaty hands. You didn’t realize how long the silence was, and when you didn’t say anything, he turned to you and you quickly made eye contact, trying to avoid the warmth in your cheeks.

“We can’t all be perfect!” you mustered awkwardly, moving to push the TD door open. The breeze from the AC inside pushed your hair back and it felt amazing. It was another extremely hot and humid day, but you knew the tan you would get from the sun was going to be incredible. You always canoe in your swimsuit, ‘just incase’ you told yourself, but you knew it was to avoid the dreaded farmer's tan. 

You called out to the Trail Director, letting her know you were grabbing the last of Steve and Jonathon’s pack out supplies. You and Steve began to collect his supplies; toiletries, tents, canvas bag, bear bag, and all the essentials for a night in the woods. As you walked back to the boat launch you tried to make conversation, “So, have you canoed before?”

He stares at you for a moment, a strange look on his face, and says laughing, “I’m the Waterfront Director. Yes I’ve canoed before, just not there,” he gestured to the water, vaguely where Elk’s Harbor was, and his own swim trunks. He winked at you, “that’s why I need your help, you’re the orienteer-er. A captain needs his crew.”

“I am not crew, if anything I’m the captain! I’m the cartographer mapping the stars so we don’t get lost!” you exclaimed, “besides, getting across the lake is easy, it’s the rest that’s a little more difficult.”

You began to pass the supplies to all the canoes and campers, while Jonathon got everyone settled and fitted in lifejackets. You wanted to spread the weight of supplies evenly, especially since these campers were fairly experienced cano-ers. As you finished passing supplies out Steve grabbed your canoe and dragged it into the water. He sat on the front of the boat, feet planted firmly on the ground so that you could climb in without getting wet. 

“Three points of contact,” Steve teased, angling his head towards you “Be a good role model for my young, impressionable campers,”

You giggled at him, and carefully stepped into the canoe. Good lord, he was like a brick house! You thought as you climbed in, the canoe hardly moving even as you set your full weight down. 

Steve carefully followed suit, and used his canoe to push the boat into the water. “Okay captain, lead the way!”

You laughed as you placed your paddle in the water, directing the canoe expertly from the back, meanwhile Steve was the power house in the front. Working with him felt like second nature. You glanced behind, seeing all the other canoes in the water, somewhat surprised to see how well they were handling themselves, working like a perfect team. 

Steve looked over his shoulder at you, and said your name quietly, “I really appreciate your help. Jonathan is awesome, but I could tell this was a little beyond his strengths. I think we’d still be on the shore without your help. So, thanks.”

“You’re not giving yourself enough credit! I’m sure you would have been fine, you're plenty capable,” you smiled brightly at him. He nodded his head curtly, a smile to match yours on his face, and turned around still grinning.

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a/n: Originally i did not want Week 5 to be two chapters but it just got so lengthy i had to split it up. so chapter three to come much sooner than this one! I honestly have no idea how i want to format this fic, i've been going off vibes (I have a pretty structured plot but the formatting is kicking my ass) i want to include weeks and then weekENDS when all the juicy stuff happens, but if i have to split up just one week i might end up doing a time skip a few times. like pivotal moments you know? also, just as a disclaimer, everything that is happening/has happened in this fic either happened to me, or someone i know, or is based on either of these (sincerely, a girl who met her boyfriend as counselors at a summer camp) in case you think anything is too unrealistic. comment ur thoughts btw.

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