#the great batsby

[thegreatgatzbi]

trying out some minor changes to gatsby's design. Im not quite settled on some features but generally i want him to have a softer fame and frame. i want him to have blonde/light brown curly hair, but it blends in with his skin too much i feel, so i still am working that out.

[thesylverlining]

It's my birthday!!

If you wanna help me celebrate, I'd love it if you checked out Any of:

🌙 My award-finalist audiobook edition of CHAMELEON MOON!

🧛 Interactive fiction (free to play first 3 chapters!) Gatsby-But-Queer-And-Vampires THE GREAT BATSBY!

✨SFF romance Interactive fiction (free to play ENTIRELY!) DAWNFALL from Choice of Games!

🌊The first (Free to read!) chapter of my new polyam romantic fantasy PORTRAIT OF THREE LOVERS AT SEA!

💜A Metric Crapton more queer, weird books and games!

If you can't buy, that's completely fine! Reviewing or boosting any of my stuff that you've liked, anything you feel like is wonderful too! THANK YOU! <3

[thesylverlining]

Well, I dunno about Netflix, but I am very much writing an interactive fiction game that's Everyone Is Actually Queer, And Also Vampires.

It's called The Great Batsby.

And the first three (of eight, so far!) chapters are free to play right here!

So, enjoy that, if you're into that sort of thing. :D

It’s been two years since the great gatsby entered the public domain and Netflix hasn’t even made a horrible miniseries adaptation where they are all hot and gay and racially diverse but in a totally hollow meaningless unsexy way. We used to live in society

[ai-generated]

Earth 23 Skidoo!

The Great Batsby

Clark Kent and Lois Lane: 1924

Superman: The All-American Boy, 1924.

Wonder Flapper

Supergirl, 1924, The Vamp of Steel.

AI Generated

[bloombird]

Another prompt from @fembot-prompts ! Would probably see it happening in the show canon. Or like after season 1?

"Hey, you should move your rook over-"

"Shhh!! We're trying to concentrate here!" Batsby hissed at Lace Face, who was judging at the bat botbots's.. well, not that great chess strategy.

Batsby's opponent - Game Over - looked at her in a bored expression. She yawned, "You hadn't make a move for 15 minutes-"

"Thirty minutes." Lace Face glanced over at the chess clock.

"Whatever.."

Lace Face muttered, "Why did we even try this?"

Originally, Lace Face and Batsby were supposed to hang out. Something like a jock girls night out.

The two Jock Squad members found Game Over hanging out alone. They asked her if she wanna hang out and play games with them. The game controller perked up at the "games" part and joined in.

However, Game Over wasn't technically sporty and couldn't keep up with them and Lace Face and Batsby absolutely suck at video games.

As to not make things awkward and have her feel left out, they decided to play chess. One: it's a sport. Two: Game Over wouldn't have to feel tired. And three: Kikmee said that it exercises your mind.

Now, here they are.

Batsby groaned as she tried to pick which chess pieces should she move. She already lost 5 pieces which was less than what the game controller bot lost and yet.. Game Over had her checked.

"What's wrong, Batsby? Playing safe?" Game Over teased.

The bat growled as she decided to make her move. She then moved her queen. Game Over grinned and moved her piece.

"Checkmate~!"

"Huh?! What?!" Batsby exclaimed. She looked over the chess board.

"You overthink too hard that you had your king open." Game Over explained coolly and pointed at the chess pieces.

"For someone who plays video games, you sure are good at strategy." Lace Face commented.

Game Over smiled. "I've played some games before.."

Lace Face chuckled as she patted a whining Batsby.

[viewer-of-many]

A Guinness world record book

Book about plants

Book about space

Book about animals

A swiss roll, a cherub like the strawberry shortcake cupcake, but their job is to keep everyone from dying

Electric fan, acts like captain cuttlefish

A fishing rod, likes to talk about fishes

Golf club, acts like Batsby

A golf ball, acts like Dinger

A sock puppet, acts like Fantoccio

A pistachio ice cream, nobody likes him

A violin, always making a sad tone for everyone, but hates it when somebody ruins his music

A Nutcracker, loves to join in on anything for a bite

Onion rings, like 24k-bit

Chocolate coin

Chocolate heart

Deep fried pizza (it exist somehow...)

Cotton candy ice cream burrito! He's always the life of the party!

A damaged soccer ball, with stich marks, the exact opposite of Kikmee, he hates competition, he hates burpees and he definitely hates sports! ...Ironically...

Glorydaze(having lots of great achievements within her pages has given her an inferiority complex. What can she do that can compare to them?)

Botanbot(botany botbot. not much else to say here)

Stellastic(scholastic style book. As much as they know about space, they don't want to go there since they get homesick easily.)

Beastale(wants to capture the animals shown on its' pages so it can see what they're like firsthand)

Bernarollò(heart of a St. Bernard, body of a rollò[Italian version of a Swiss roll])

Argen Atratu(a silver swan fan)

Ichthilure(lures in Ichthyes. Loves fish...hates all the other animals that fish share their home with)

Viron(five iron club) and Dimmetri(dimples on a golf ball must be symmetrical)

Kalxino(calzino, Italian for sock, spelled like a possible way to mispronounce said word)

Palovera(paloodeh, a type of ice cream and Pistacia Vera, the scientific name for pistachios)

Minoradi(minor keys make music sound sad, and although this bot is just a regular violin, he has enough pride and skill in his music that he could be mistaken for a Stradivarius)

Caschew(he chews those cashews, and other tree nuts too!)

Oxifide(the process of making onion rings turns propanethial oxide into bispropenyl disulfide. Don't get them confused with their bestie Ceboyun[Funyuns, known as cebolitos in Brazil])

Olmecoin and Azterium(Olmecs and Aztecs both had chocolate. Azterium's name also comes from atrium, a part of the heart)

Frittetta(fried pizza is called pizza fritte, and small pizza is called pizzetta)

Medlestre(medley of postres, Spainish for desserts)

Reddkard(getting a red card takes an individual out of the game. Can't wait to see what the rest of the Shattered Glass botbots are like!)

[dumbassacademia]

Okay so I have been thinking a lot about the twilight renaissance and i have also been thinking a lot about the fact that the great gatsby is now public domain and anyway someone needs to basically just rewrite the great gatsby Except written in the exact same style and tone as twilight and obviously (Obviously) there’s vampires and shit bc it’s not a good retelling of a classic novel without undead characters

anyway

great gatsby with vampires

The Great Batsby

[orionangeline]

You've seen Pride + Prejudice + Zombies, now get ready for, The Great Batsby

[iviin-855]

With the great Batsby and the mess that is the watch I realized something. Reimagining something in an adaptation is totally fine! It can lead to some great creative things!

If it is done in public domain. There is the great mouse detective, elementary and even BBC sherlock but you can still find or even make (unless your sherlock has emotions, thanks doyle estate) an adaptation of sherlock Holmes that is close to the source material. Reimagining a licensed source material will likely stop an faithful adaptation from happening for a long time. Even if the reimagining is great that is not ideal.

In the end it's the way copyright laws work that causes problems and stifles creativity. If the watch wasn't the one chance the city watch books had to get adapted to the tv screen in a long time I would not be so mad. I would just not watch the show.

[9180-remade]

eyeball, corpse, velvet

eyeball:  some of your favorite films

bbb my Hands Down favorites are coraline and the babadook..... though i now have a soft spot fr the saw movies bc the puzzles are Good and im a gross horror nut

corpse:  something you would love to do but can't

ive thought abt smokin weed. it seems interesting. but i cant cos intoxication is haram. the closest is vaping and I Would Never

velvet:  your favorite era for fashion and aesthetics

shjksdgjf i dont rlly know.............. something Old probably. like with those rlly frily old dresses. lead dye? ill take it

[whatsnewcartoons]

What’s New In 2019: The Cartoons.

PART 1:

Separated by network. All premiere dates are estimated until confirmed. Timings are in EST.

NICKELODEON:

- Los Casagrandes (2nd Quarter 2019): Los Casagrandes features Ronnie Anne and her brother Bobby Santiago as they adjust to their new life in Great Lakes City, where they now live with their big, loving and chaotic multi-generational family, the Casagrandes. In the series, Ronnie Anne makes new friends, build stronger bonds with her relatives and explores the endless possibilities of city life. Bobby helps Grandpa Hector run the family’s corner store, and becomes familiar with the neighborhood’s quirky characters.The Casagrande family was first introduced in the The Loud House special, The Loudest Mission: Relative Chaos. The special was just nominated for an Imagen Award, which recognizes positive portrayals of Latinos in entertainment media.

The Loud House is co-executive produced by Mike Rubiner (KaBlam!), who will also serve as co-executive producer on Los Casagrandes. Award-winning cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz (Coco) will serve as a cultural consultant and consulting producer for the five-episode arc of The Loud House featuring the Casagrandes. 

The first six episodes will premiere during the airing of Season 4 of its sister series The Loud House.

- Pony (4th Quarter 2019): Pony, an original 2D-animated buddy comedy that follows the life of an average girl, Annie, her (almost) average family and what happens when an excitable, unpredictable, loveable and talking pony comes to live with them in their city apartment. Pony is the first animated comedy series to be greenlit for the U.S. from Nickelodeon International. Created by Ant Blades, Pony is based off a short of the same name from Nickelodeon’s 2015 International Animated Shorts Program.Pony follows Annie’s everyday life as a 9-year-old, from working at her parent’s city farm, located on their apartment balcony, homework, school friends and, most importantly, her friendship with Pony. Pony is Annie’s biggest cheerleader and best friend, although sometimes his optimism and enthusiasm lands the pair in unusual situations.

The series will be starting with a 20-episode order and is set to premiere in the fourth quarter of 2019.

- Glitch Techs (TBA):  Glitch Techs (working title) is an adventure-comedy following two newly recruited kids as they battle video game monsters that come to life in the real world. The series comes from Eric Robles (Fanboy & Chum Chum, The X's, Ni Hao, Kai-Lan) and Dan Milano (Greg the Bunny, Warren the Ape), both hailing from Nickelodeon's Artist Collective, an internal artist-led development program, and is being produced at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio in Burbank, Calif. Nickelodeon has picked-up Glitch Techs for an initial 20-episode first season.

The series was announced to be in production since 2016 and was originally intended to premiere on Nickelodeon in 2018.

- Invader ZIm: Enter the Florpus (TBA): In Invader Zim: Enter The Florpus, Zim discovers his almighty leaders have no intention of coming to Earth, and he loses confidence in his own amazingness for the first time in his amazing life, which is the big break his human nemesis Dib has been waiting for. At some point, GIR rides a tiny donkey, and that’s all anyone should really care about. The 2D-animated TV movie is produced by Nickelodeon in Burbank.

The voice cast also features returning Zim alums Andy Berman as Dib Membrane and Melissa Fahn as Gaz Membrane. Additional voice actors reprising their original series roles include: Rodger Bumpass as Professor Membrane, Dib and Gaz’s father; Olivia d’Abo as Tak, Zim’s Irken nemesis; and Paul Greenberg as Poonchy, one of Zim and Dib’s human classmates.

CARTOON NETWORK:

- Infinity Train (TBA): Infinity Train tells the story of Tulip (originally voiced by Ashley Johnson), an analytical teenager with a fondness for order and solving complex puzzles. While it’s never exactly explained how she got there in the short, Infinity Train follows as Tulip makes her way through the titular locomotive and its seemingly infinite cars, each of which contains entire worlds that, for some reason, are in desperate need of her help.

Despite being joined by her sophisticated, bifurcated robot friend One-One (voiced by Jeremy Crutchley and Owen Dennis), the only information Tulip has about her predicament comes in the form of an ever-changing, glowing number etched into her hand that’s trying to give her directions she doesn’t understand.

The official premiere date of the series has yet to be announced.

- Victor and Valentino (TBA):  Created by Diego Molano, this supernatural adventure comedy follows two half-brothers who spend a summer with their grandma in Monte Macabre, a small and mysterious town, where the myths and legends of Latin American folklore come to life.

The series first appeared on Cartoon Network in October 2016 with its pilot episode and is set to premiere early 2019.

- ThunderCats Roar (TBA): Staying true to the premise of the original series, Lion-O and the ThunderCats -- Tygra, Panthro, Cheetara, Wilykat and Wilykit -- barely escape the sudden destruction of their home world, Thundera, only to crash land on the mysterious and exotic planet of Third Earth. Lion-O, the newly appointed Lord of the ThunderCats, attempts to lead the team as they make this planet their new home. A bizarre host of creatures and villains stand in their way, including the evil Mumm-Ra, Third Earth’s wicked ruler who will let nothing, including the ThunderCats, stop his tyrannical reign over the planet.

ThunderCats Roar features a talented voice cast with Max Mittelman (Justice League Action) as Lion-O and Wilykat, Erica Lindbeck (DC Super Hero Girls) as Cheetara and Wilykit, Patrick Seitz (Justice League Action) as Tygra and Mumm-Ra, and Chris Jai Alex (Star Wars: Battlefront II) as Panthro. Victor Courtright (Pickle and Peanut) and Marly Halpern-Graser (Right Now Kapow) serve as producers, with Sam Register (Teen Titans Go!) as executive producer.

The series is set to be released late 2019.

- DC Super Hero Girls (1st quarter 2019):  The DC Super Hero Girls universe is expanding on Cartoon Network and into more graphic novels. From executive producer Lauren Faust (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), the new DC Super Hero Girls cartoon will feature fresh redesigns of popular characters like Wonder Woman, Batgirl and Supergirl as they navigate high school and superhero life.

The series has been previewed with online shorts since 2015 and a short clip of an episode titled “The Late Batsby” was shown at San Diego Comic Con in Summer 2018.

For the upcoming shows from Disney and Netflix, go check out Part 2.

[thegreatgatzbi]

Still figuring out Daisy and Jordan designs (especially Jordan hdfgkhdfgj), but here's some practice, mainly of Jay himself! I have a lot of fun drawing him and figuring out his personality. I've always pictured him putting a TON of effort into perfecting his appearance, so I think he should wear a simple corset to shape his silhouette into that Arrow Collar Man type look. Without it, I think he's got more of a strongman build. Strong and broad from growing up on a farm, living as a sailor for a while, and then being in the military, but a bit soft around bc of living in excess nowadays. I also feel the need to specify my Gatsby is about 5'6". This is vital information.

As for Daisy and Jordan, I'm trying to work out how to draw them both how I picture them and how they're described in the book. I generally know how I want Daisy's face and hair to be, but there are some things I'm still fiddling with. With Jordan.... Shes a struggle gdhjfghlgkjhdkj I originally wanted her to have straight hair, but then while sketching her I couldn't make it look quite right, so I tried something closer to how she looks in one of the older movies. I might stick with this, but make her a bit more butch in fashion styles. Idk! I'll have to figure that out as I go, I think.

[thesylverlining]

Happy Five Years of Chameleon Moon!

5 years ago today, October 11th, my life changed forever - my weird, queer book came out, in its final form!

CHAMELEON MOON is a found-family story about queer (including aspec + polyam), trans, disabled people (with superpowers) surviving in a city that's permanently on fire, where they're all expected to shut up and die in silence for the world's convenience. They decide to... not do that.

Since then, I've been a full-time author, artist, and interactive fiction game writer, doing more weird, queer things than you can sneeze at (STAKE SAUCE, DAWNFALL, THE GREAT BATSBY, EVERY BEAT BELONGS TO YOU)! It's been rough, especially with *waves @ everything* but the real treasure has been the friends I made along the way. <3

So to celebrate...

--> The entire CHAMELEON MOON series so far is entirely free, for one day only. <--

Yes, for exactly Zero Dollars, you get:

CHAMELEON MOON

CM BOOK 2: THE LIFELINE SIGNAL

LIFE WITHIN PAROLE volumes 1 and 2 (~20 short stories!)

DATE THE LIZARD (a tiny interactive fiction game where you can... date a cute lizard boy!)

Thank you for five years. <3 Here's to a lot more.

[mrjoelgarcia9]

Let’s Talk #DCSuperHeroGirls

Normally, animated superhero adaptations avoid sharing similar titles unless they are about a titular character or team such as Batman or the Teen Titans. Then there is DC Super Hero Girls, which is the name of both an ongoing YouTube and upcoming Cartoon Network series.

For my thoughts on both shows, feel free to keep reading. There will be spoilers.

DC Super Hero Girls is a toy brand by DC and Mattel aimed mainly at a young female audience that highlights the former company’s female heroes and villains. It could be seen as their attempt to compete with similar franchises such as My Little Pony: Equestria Girls and Monster High. All three franchises have one thing in common: Their characters attend high school.

The 2015 YouTube series centers around several heroes and villains attending Super Hero High. The school’s principal is Amanda Waller, while the teachers are a mixture of heroes and villains. The titular main team consists of Batgirl/Barbara Gordon, Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Bumblebee, Poison Ivy, Katana, and Harley Quinn. Throughout many episodes, the group meet and confront multiple characters such as Beast Boy, Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and Jessica Cruz, The Riddler, Lena Luthor, Raven, and Krypto.

What makes the show unique from other DC productions is how some of the villains are shown as being friends with the heroes. It is an interesting creative choice that mostly serves to highlight some of DC’s famous villains like Harley, Ivy, and Katana.

At the same time, it also shows that they may have wanted to highlight the villains far more than their other heroes such as Miss Martian, Black Canary, Wonder Girl, or Zatanna.

The show originally highlighted standard high school or teenage conflicts but in a superhero way, such as the characters winning awards, competing in sports, romance, and homework. By the third season, it mostly became a standard superhero series where the characters balance out their school work while also dealing with the bad guys around the school.

It has become popular enough to not only last five seasons on YouTube but also garner comic books, a half-hour TV special on Boomerang, and multiple direct-to-video films, some of which are based on the LEGO version of the franchise.

If I had to point out any flaws, it would have to be how many heroes and villains are shown as either teenagers or faculty members. The show appears to heavily imply that the only adult heroes around are Batman and Superman (neither of which appear in the web series). Similarly, only a few villains are shown to be adults such as Granny Goodness, Firefly, and Trigon. This situation is reminiscent of how the 2003 Teen Titans series never showed or referenced any adult heroes aside from Batman. Like with that show...

The flash animation is somewhat inconsistent. The first four seasons look relatively decent for a YouTube series and are vastly superior to Warner Bros’ previous flash-based series Gotham Girls.

Sadly, the recent fifth season looks terrible by the odd lack of shadows, static backgrounds, and limited character movement.

The LEGO-based productions look great by comparison, mostly due to the high quality CG animation used for that brand’s direct-to-video films and TV specials.

A major positive worth noting is the show's wide range of voice actors, some of which are reprising their roles from past series. Mae Whitman, for example, played Batgirl for the series’ first four seasons after having previously voiced the character on Batman: The Brave and The Bold. Other actors reprising their roles include Josh Keaton as Hal (from Green Lantern: The Animated Series), Tara Strong as both Harley (from the Batman Arkham games) and Raven,  Khary Payton as Cyborg, Greg Cipes as Beast Boy, and Hynden Walch as both Starfire and Blackfire (from Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go!).

There is nothing offensive or insulting about the web series. It is clearly not aimed at a general audience. Longtime fans of any of the featured heroes and villains might find it either degrading or disappointing to see them just going to high school rather than fighting each other.

It has been able to coexist with DC’s other films and series as just another franchise featuring their characters. While it may have inconsistent animation and a questionable premise, it is definitely worth a watch just to hear the voice actors reprise their roles in a different setting.

As the web series is entering what may be its fifth and final season, the Cartoon Network reboot has already made its debut by “The Late Batsby” short currently being presented before showings of Teen Titans Go! To The Movies.

(As a side note, I Highly Recommend that hilarious film.)

The upcoming reboot is from Lauren Faust, the series creator of Discovery Family’s My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

Based solely on the short, it heavily resembles her previous DC production Super Best Friends Forever, a series of comedic shorts featuring Batgirl (Tara Strong, reprising her role from The New Batman Adventures), Supergirl (Nicole Sullivan of MADtv), and Wonder Girl/Donna Troy (Grey Griffin) which originally aired in 2012 as part of the short-lived DC Nation block on Cartoon Network.

In fact, "The Late Batsby” is a remake of the short “Time Waits For No Girl”. The alterations made for the new short were swapping out Poison Ivy for Mr. Freeze, giving Supergirl and Freeze each a line of dialogue, and introducing the entire team.

Strong and Sullivan are reprising their respective roles of Batgirl and Supergirl for the reboot, while Griffin will reprise her role of Wonder Woman from the web series. The rebooted team retains Bumblebee from the original group but also adds the aforementioned Jessica and Zatanna.

Aside from the title and voice actors, it appears that the Cartoon Network reboot will feature a completely different story.

The team now solely consists of heroes, Commissioner Gordon is once again unaware of his daughter’s secret identity, and the new animation style looks far more fluid than the web series.

While the reboot will premiere sometime later this year, the web series is still currently streaming new episodes. The franchise’s social media accounts have called the reboot team “the New DC Super Hero Girls” and the fifth season premiere began with a teaser for “The Late Batsby”. It seems unlikely that the web series will continue past its current fifth season and presumably end prior to the TV show’s premiere.

On the bright side, Cartoon Network will soon be airing two DC animated series for the first time since 2013, the other show being Teen Titans Go!

The web series is currently streaming on YouTube. The reboot will premiere sometime later this year on Cartoon Network.

Until next time, thank you for reading!

[bloombird]

Batsby: Is Kikmee always like this when she loses? Burgertron: Oh, yes. You should've been there for the Great Jenga Tantrum of 2022. Kikmee: You bumped that table and you know it!

[thegreatgatzbi]

Heres Nick, finished for now!