#the simpsons season 36

[misterspectacular]

The Simpsons Season 36 (Spoilers)

Did The Simpsons creators forget Smithers is in love with Mr. Burns? The latest episode of season 36 was weird =/ Not a bad episode story-wise, the jokes were pretty funny, but character-wise, where Smithers is concerned, it felt off. Purely because his love for Mr. Burns was... not there? And that's usually at least 90% of his personality.

It started with him crossing off his to-do list and feeling bad that he was doing Mr. Burns's evil work. The song "I want to break free" was playing. He later gets drunk with Marge and says he feels like he's losing his soul and expressed disappointment at "starting to look like Mr. Burns". Heh??? The guy who thinks Mr. Burns is the most beautiful creature he's ever laid his eyes upon is disappointed that he's beginning to resemble him? THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE

So in this episode he:

Hates his job

Is disappointed that he resembles and is similar to Mr. Burns

Didn't say a single thing to express his obsession/love for Mr. Burns

IS THAT EVEN SMITHERS? WHAT IS HAPPENING?!

I'm wondering if the writers are trying to push Smithers in a new direction. I'm honestly not a fan of later episodes where Smithers hates his job and is looking for love outside of Burns. I don't know if it's supposed to be, like, inspiring? Like he's growing as a person or something? But I prefer it when Smithers is obsessed with Mr. Burns and fantasizes about him constantly. That's a huge part of his character! I miss earlier episodes when he loved doting on Burns, with or without reciprocation.

I'm hoping it's just a part of a bigger story, that'll end in reparation of some kind. I'd love if Smithers started pulling away and Mr. Burns's predatory and possessive instinct kicked in as a result. And then he realizes that he actually enjoys Smithers' attention and affection! It'd be satisfying to see the roles reverse, and put Mr. Burns in the role he's more familiar and comfortable in, which is where he's doing the chasing/initiating.

I just want them to get married already

[princess-unipeg]

Malibu Stacy Land

[starlightmeadowbloom]

Omg, Sideshow Bob!

From season 36 of the Simpsons

[marcaeltonox]

[excitementshewrote]

FYI:

The Simpsons Season 36 premiere "Bart's Birthday," was, imo, amazing! I highly recommend it's watched by all fans and even casuals.

[pop-st4rrr]

I DREW THE SEASON 36 LEAKS IN MY STYLE 🌟

[herbariumua]

For some reason, the current episodes of The Simpsons that focus on Waylon make me sad.

First, when we go from his blind admiration for Mr. Burns to instantly asking "Who should I kill" and kidnapping a man with a gun to his back - to his conscience that Mr. Burns bribed the judge to they were released from prison? You yourself bribed the judge to get Mr. Burns released in past episodes!

Second, I still don't understand why he has a photo of his ex on his wall. They did not part well. That dude was literally WORSE than Mr. Burns + he kicked a puppy that clearly represented Waylon throughout the episode - after which he decided to go his separate ways.

On the one hand, yes, I get it: character development. Perhaps the moment when he realized that he has a certain "type": "evil" billionaires - then he thought about what he was doing with his life in general. Yes, even in the first seasons, Waylon had a clear line beyond which he was not going to cross, "comic evil", like the idea of ​​blocking the sun or beating up Homer for a completely understandable angry letter.

In more modern seasons, he repeatedly tries to "smooth out" Monty's actions, try to direct him, if not to a more "kind" path, then at least to a "neutral" one. Although the funny thing is that even in the original episodes, Burns is just struggling with anger issues, he is not an "evil villain" and is capable of human feelings, good deeds and is really looking for love and acceptance - which makes him a very interesting character. In the later seasons, his character jumps here and there a lot and he is often reduced to the very "cartoon evil", which upsets me a lot.

I kind of like "I'm even worse than them because I know better - but I do it anyway". I like it if they showed how Waylon on the one hand changed (why?) in the process, and he has on the one hand - a blind and strong love for Monty, and on the other - a desire to do good deeds. And so yes, he is also behind his back, even if together with Marge (I still like that they are best friends), they do good deeds.

By the way, this reminds me a little of the Rick and Morty episode where it turns out that Morty is sneaking behind Rick's back in the dimensions where he messed up and fixing everything that can be done because he has empathy and conscience and even though he no longer a naive child, he is still not a cynical nihilist. Of course, Waylon Smithers goes through a completely different story arc here - although I highly doubt that he was actually given an ARC, and not accidentally, given that the people who created the show don't care about any kind of consistency, canonicity, character development in the long term.

Oh my god, hire fans, seriously.

And damn, we've gone from "I'll turn the Earth upside down for you" to "I bribed a judge not for you… and your wife." On the one hand, I still like the joke that Burns regularly forgets not just Homer, but his entire family, no matter how many times they cross paths and work together.

On the other hand, I don't really get the joke, of why he thinks Waylon is straight, even though he did come out, and he's so out of touch with his personal life that he thinks he has a wife. GIVE ME BACK THEIR "I NAMED MY QUEEN BEE AFTER YOU" RELATIONSHIP! Even if you're not going to make them canon, gosh, it sucks to show that they're THAT far apart because WE KILLED THE FUCK FOR THE PREVIOUS 35 YEARS OF BUILDING THEIR RELATIONSHIP. They are CONSTANTLY together, they TALK, we've been shown that Burns really values ​​Waylon as a sidekick and as a person, even if he can take him for granted.

At this point, I only want to read or write fanfics; and to rewrite these episodes in my imagination so that they fit into the canvas of their homoerotic behavior of the "golden age", if not to canonize them in my imagination. And yes, I DEFINITELY want to take this episode as a base and maybe write it "my way" so I don't want to cry so much.

I know I put too much into the relationship between the two drawing men, but I have a lot of bad things going on in my life right now, and these two are helping me a lot through this period.

[wantshimsorely]

Tonight's episode will have a new Smithers and Marge based plot in the world of counterfeiting wine.

[allieinarden]

I can see you’re experiencing some pretty big feelings right now. Let’s try and settle them.

[flyinghellfish]

wow.... The animation has become so perfectly robotic and computerized that sideshow bob simply looks like roger rabbit inserted.....

And new rule: you're not allowed to parody anything newer than 10 years old.

And rule 2: no more direct, shameless rip-offs. If you conceive a story that has similarities to something, reference it in style and passing, where the joke would otherwise work already even without the reference.

The joke first needs to work for someone who is COMPLETELY unfamiliar with what you are parodying! If it's only funny to those intimately familiar with the subject, it's guaranteed to be an automatic miss with 90% of the audience, and something that does not last into the future.

I did not live through Reagan or Nixon, but their shameful legacy has harmed us all to the point that jokes about them still play. I did not live through Churchill, but The Looney Tunes in 1950 could still make a joke about him cleaver enough that I can understand the parody even today.

Another thing to consider is that a complete straight parody of something that has survived in public consciousness for 10+ years is really only digestible as a few minute little vignette, like in treehouse of horror. Parodying something of small popularity (that has already vacated the public mind 2+ years ago) in its entirety over a full episode is masturbatory.

But the #1 issue with simpsons seasons 9.5+ (and Futurama season 5+) is that they have a character simply tell you the concept of the joke straight up, rather than making a joke itself.

An early example of this is s09e08 lisa the skeptic, when burns says to smithers "you better use the amnesia ray, and make sure to wipe your own mind after". Funny, right? And it could be much funnier when you learn it's a revolver. But they completely ruin the joke by explaining it straight up with smithers going "you mean the revolver, sir" and burns actually replies "yes" like cmon. Burns should have slyly handed smithers a revolver with a handkerchief (both to keep his prints off of it and because hes such an old fuss that he can't touch anything "unbecoming" directly) while smithers looks troubled but still accepts it. The joke should look like it ends there with a slow tighten on smithers, to a quick pull out and only then should Burns tell smithers "and don't forget to wipe your own mind after" where smithers does his signature groan, which should end the joke right there.

ANYWAY, writers (who i know surf the tag), you're welcome and please send cheques to "jesus, care of The Pentagon"

[herbariumua]

YES! I WAS THINKING THE SAME DURING THE WHOLE EPISODE AND I HATE IT! WHO ASKED FOR WAYLON NOT TO BE IN LOVE WITH BURNS??? NO ONE WANTS IT!

The Simpsons Season 36 (Spoilers)

Did The Simpsons creators forget Smithers is in love with Mr. Burns? The latest episode of season 36 was weird =/ Not a bad episode story-wise, the jokes were pretty funny, but character-wise, where Smithers is concerned, it felt off. Purely because his love for Mr. Burns was... not there? And that's usually at least 90% of his personality.

It started with him crossing off his to-do list and feeling bad that he was doing Mr. Burns's evil work. The song "I want to break free" was playing. He later gets drunk with Marge and says he feels like he's losing his soul and expressed disappointment at "starting to look like Mr. Burns". Heh??? The guy who thinks Mr. Burns is the most beautiful creature he's ever laid his eyes upon is disappointed that he's beginning to resemble him? THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE

So in this episode he:

Hates his job

Is disappointed that he resembles and is similar to Mr. Burns

Didn't say a single thing to express his obsession/love for Mr. Burns

IS THAT EVEN SMITHERS? WHAT IS HAPPENING?!

I'm wondering if the writers are trying to push Smithers in a new direction. I'm honestly not a fan of later episodes where Smithers hates his job and is looking for love outside of Burns. I don't know if it's supposed to be, like, inspiring? Like he's growing as a person or something? But I prefer it when Smithers is obsessed with Mr. Burns and fantasizes about him constantly. That's a huge part of his character! I miss earlier episodes when he loved doting on Burns, with or without reciprocation.

I'm hoping it's just a part of a bigger story, that'll end in reparation of some kind. I'd love if Smithers started pulling away and Mr. Burns's predatory and possessive instinct kicked in as a result. And then he realizes that he actually enjoys Smithers' attention and affection! It'd be satisfying to see the roles reverse, and put Mr. Burns in the role he's more familiar and comfortable in, which is where he's doing the chasing/initiating.

I just want them to get married already

[tuzinator]

I'm leaving The Simpsons fandom after the canon once again didn't match up with my headcannons:

My unfinished fanfiction and drawings:

[notevenhodgepodge]

ive heard some people say that the first episode of season 36, Barts Birthday, is pro ai. I think that's completely false, I think that episode is making fun of ai, since the plot of the episode is very generic at first, and Bart notices something is off. I think it's an episode poking fun at ai, and the length of the show itself at the same time. I don't think the Simpsons is pro ai, and I hope they stick to that

[marcaeltonox]

[excitementshewrote]

[pop-st4rrr]

Art based on the new episode