#the themes are so important that i'm scared about rushing anything because i don't want the recovery arc to like suffer right

[elytrafemme]

heavy sigh. cool okay so cough syrup is now slated to be a 41 chapter fic, we shaved off four chapters! i'll try to get the next chapter up before summer ends because this feels like a more manageable goal. i tried to make the following chapters really scene filled which means pacing might suffer a bit but like God knows i'm trying lol. i'm trying to wrap up all the characters satisfactorily :] some of the future chapters are going to be short because i cannot be pulling 20k words out of my ass anymore but anyway hopefully they're good! i'm a little more excited again. forgot i care about this fic LOL. thanks for putting up with me <3

[athena-simpingforanimemen]

Something to Consider

Chapter One | Sometime In 2007

Chapters| One Two Three Four Five

Synopsis| Having a special technique that hasn’t been passed down in over a 100 years, you’ve been amongst the strongest since birth but with no clan of your own to clam this technique. It causes the Clans to offer arranged marriages left and right. Overwhelmed parents turn to your aunt's clan and the Zenin’s are happy to step in, in hopes you will pass down the technique down to them.

Whole story contains themes| arranged marriage, angst, violence, death, swearing? sexual harassments(nothing crazy) and of course SMUT. 

Authors note| This is about the road to marrying Gojo, it’s gonna be long and filled with angst because I'm mean. This story starts with the reader being around 11ish. Has a little bit of manga spoilers from vol.8 because it has Toji. Hope you like it. This is written for my two whore best friends. :)

Sitting in the back of a black sedan, the rain and some random talk radio station playing softly. The sounds of the rain on the roof made you sleepy. You let out a sigh, pressing your head against the window, watching as the water droplets race. You had just gotten out of school when you heard your mothers fussing through the thick wood of the front door. Not even getting the chance to greet her, she was already on you about changing into something nice; tossing clothes around in a hurry. Your father on the other hand was calm, casually chatting with you while your mother rushed around in a tizzy.

You didn’t have the time to ask what this was about or why you needed to hurry before your mother pushed you into the car with Suzuki. Suzuki was your personal driver and bodyguard appointed by the Zenin clan. She was always so kind and patient, putting up with your snappy comments and pre-teen attitude. Even when you were being difficult she never got upset with you. You never understood why she was appointed to such a low grade job. She was incredibly strong. What was all the fuss about you and your technique anyway?

Suzuki taking you to the Zenin Estate after school was a common occurrence, usually it was for training but today it seemed more important than just that. You were your parents' prized possession because the Zenin clan convinced them of it. Your parents weren’t sorcerers but your mothers family was long ago. They possessed The Divine Panther, it hadn’t been passed down in over 100 years and by some miracle you got it. The Zenin’s took the opportunity, hoping you would pass it down into their clan but that wasn’t completely up to them. Not like they treated you like you were special. Pushing you so hard to master your technique while most of them looked down upon you. Most likely because your cursed energy was “weird” as Noaya said. Most of the youth are scared to train with you. So why train when everyone is already scared of you in the first place? The Zenin’s didn’t even fully understand your technique or so they say but they knew you were strong. Special grade strong, up there with the six eyes. “But just appearing strong isn’t the same as being strong.” Noaya would always say to you. I’m sure someone older and wiser than him told him that. Those words are far too sophisticated for a boy like him. 

“Where are we even going, Suzuki-san?” you ask, moving your head from the window. 

She looked at you through the rearview mirror as she spoke. “We are headed to the Zen’in residence, they wanted you to attend a clan meeting. Did your parents not tell you?” 

You shake your head, crossing your arms. “No, they were too busy picking out clothes and telling me how to properly greet people, like I don't know how to.”  Shifting your kimono as you grumble. “I’m not even a Zenin. Why do they want me there?” 

“I’m sure they just want to include you.” She smiled in assurance.

She wasn’t wrong, but for some reason you didn’t like the feeling you got. It wasn’t that they wanted to include you in a clan meeting. The clan meeting was about you. They wanted you to marry one of theirs for the gain of power but they weren’t the only clan that wanted it. It was like a bidding war. It wasn’t really up to them, it was up to your parents in the end and the Zenin’s would do anything to sway them their way. A nice home, the best schools, private drivers. It was all just a ploy to get them to agree to an arranged marriage. 

The soft sound of the radio and the rain made the ambiance of the car relaxing, distracting you from the scenery slowly turning  into landmarks you didn’t recognize, the winding road getting more and more wooded as she drove. 

“Well, now where are we going?” You question, bringing your attention up to her. “You’re not gonna murder me right?” 

Your comment makes her chuckle. “No, I wouldn't dream of it!” The car turned into a long driveway. “I forgot to mention I had to stop at Jujutsu High to pick up Gojo Satoru.”

“A Gojo? I thought you worked for the Zenins?” Your little eyebrows furrow as you settle back into your previous position against the window. Looking at the well manicured landscaping as The car comes to a stop outside a large stair walkway that looks like it leads far into the woods. 

“I work for a few people. I have to drop him off for something.” 

“Something? Like what?”

“Well, that is not my business.” She shrugged. 

Your attention was brought to the stairs, watching as a tall, white haired boy ran down the steps with his hands in his black uniform. He looked smug wearing sunglasses in the rain. His cursed energy grew stronger as he approached the car. Your head turned back to the window as he got closer. Seconds later the car door opened. Watching his reflection in your window as he got in. His cursed energy was strong, stronger than yours. You could see him look over at you through the reflection of the car window. 

“Oh man, it's really pouring isn't it Suzuki-San?” He said, leaning forward to greet her. 

He smelled like expensive cologne and hard candies. Almost like he had melted ones in his pocket. Suzuki turned around to look at him with an expression you have never seen. 

“Hello, Gojo.” She smiled, leaning her arm on the middle console. 

Your head still resting against the car window, watching the interaction. Pre-teen angst stirring around your aura. This isn’t worth missing your favorite show and you have to talk to people you don’t really like in the most uncomfortable kimono to ever exist. Now you have to watch Suzuki swoon over this Gojo guy. You had a good feeling he might be annoying, usually you’re pretty good at reading people and he seemed full of himself. The whole thing makes you want to just jump out of the car. 

He leaned back in his seat as Suzuki started driving. He gave off an interesting energy to say the least, intimidating in a way but you felt a childishness that radiated off of him making you assume he couldn’t be much older than you. Not only that, he was texting someone; the clicking of his phone slightly irritating.  Yeah, you weren’t a fan. He definitely was going to be annoying. 

“You shouldn’t run down stairs with your hands in your pockets.” You stated.

Watching his fuzzy reflection pause, his attention moving to you. A smile grew on his face as he looked at you. All angsty and pretending to be uninterested. Don’t think you're the only one who can feel cursed energy and read people. He felt yours far before he got into the car and by the looks of it, you would be fun to mess with.

“Hm and why is that?” He placed his phone in his lap. What an interesting way to greet a stranger. 

“You really don’t know?” You looked over at him with a scowl, only to be met with an amused smile and sunglasses. 

“Nope.” he shook his head. “You shouldn’t start a conversation so harshly. Maybe try with your name next time.”

Oh, another Naoya? Fun. You thought. The way he spoke was like he was mocking you. So smug like you should be grateful to be in his presence and you couldn’t stand it. “You shouldn’t wear sunglasses inside, it's rude, plus it's raining.” 

His eyebrows shot up in mock surprise. “It is raining, good job kid.” 

“Whatever.” You turned away. Mostly to stop yourself from starting something that would get you in trouble. 

“You know.” he pondered, finger tapping his chin. “If you treat people this way, you won't find a husband.” You felt him lean over to you, hand resting uncomfortably close to your leg but moving away would let him know you were affected by his actions and the more you react the more they keep being annoying. You learned that from Naoya.

“Oh, I don’t want one.” You stated, looking at him. “I-um.”  The second part of your snarky comment dying on the tip of your tongue. The edges of his lips turned up into a cheeky smirk, crystal blue eyes and white eyelashes peaking over the rim of his black sunglasses. In all honesty It made you shut up, his closeness made you lose your edge and Gojo ate it up. He noticed how your posture changed ever so slightly, shifting around nervously as you tried to remember your sarcastic comment. Gojo was right, you would be fun to tease. 

“Go on?” He teased, leaning ever so slightly closer to you. You didn’t answer. Scrunching your nose at him. His close proximity made you blush. Why did that make you nervous? It’s not like he was that handsome. (This is a lie, he is very handsome. Unfortunately.) 

“Satoru.” Suzuki’s soft voice cut in, her head shaking lightly as she looked at the pair of you through her mirror. Her expression was sharp as Gojo made eye contact with her. He then looked back at your flush face before falling back against his seat with a sigh. Suzuki’s looks speak a thousand words but she must have known him well for her to address him like that. You were just grateful she saved you, the blush on your face fading while the sounds of talk radio filled the silence in the car.

Your thoughts brought you to the Zen’in clan meeting. You really didn’t care too much about these things, everyone was always so pretentious, always going on about something you pretended to listen to.  Noaya was the worst, of the younger ones that is. Always bullying everyone, especially the girls. He was so vulgar about it too but It didn’t bother you the way he wanted or at least you didn’t show it. Plus it was too much fun to watch his reactions. Boys like him need to be kicked down a peg or two anyway. A/N:(Or be pegged..hehehe)

“Suzuki-san? Do you think Noaya will be there today?” You question breaking the silence. 

“I’m sure he will, why do you ask?” 

“No reason.” you sigh.

Gojo glanced over at you. “Is that your boyfriend or sumin’?” 

“Ew No.” You shook your head. “He calls me a dog or... other things.. So, I bite him.”

“Ya’ one of those weird kids?” He chuckled.

“No. But if you're going to call someone a dog, don't act surprised when they bite you.” You shrug. He was silent, looking at you over his glasses with amusement— you did have a point.

“You’re kinda proving my point here.”

“If you knew him you would understand, he definitely deserves it.” 

“Mhm.” Gojo nodded, turning back to his phone. It was quiet again before he spoke. 

“Well, he's probably just got a crush on you.” 

“Ugh, I hope not.” You say with disgust. “Plus, I don't think you would say the things he says to someone you like.” 

“Like what?” 

“I’d rather not repeat them.” 

The car parking ended your conversation. You had stopping in a part of town you’ve never seen, It was fairly creepy. No bus stops or open stores, just abandoned stores and warehouses. You heard Gojo let out a small sigh before he unbuckled and opened the door, the sound of the rain filled the car as he got out.

“Where are you going?” you ask. “Why are you getting out here? It's creepy.” 

You had leaned over the middle seat to speak to Gojo, looking up at his tall frame as he stepped out. “Wait? Don’t tell me you actually like me?” He said, you could practically hear the smirk on his lips as he spoke.

“No, I’m just concerned for my own safety.” You said, smiling up at him a teasing glint in your eye. He chuckled, straightening his jacket as he bent down to look at you. Your Seat-Belt stretched as far as it could go in to speak with him. And for the second time since meeting him he makes you blush. His eyes locked with yours as he spoke, his tone no longer filled with its usual teasing nature. 

“That's probably a good thing.” He smiled, swinging the door shut. 

[razberryyum]

TGCF donghua Episode 11 Thoughts (SPOILERS for episode and novel!)

Ok I didn't think they were actually going to kiss, BUT for a heart-stopping second I thought they were gonna get close enough before cutting away. Just to tease us, if for no other reason. I actually held my breath. It was still a big tease nonetheless but I am still grateful for the scene because my God was it beautifully done. The focus on Dianxia's lips as he says Hua Cheng's name, the way his breath catches as HC leans closer, the world fading away around them, HC's ponytail gently falling forward just so, the way they just focus on his lips just as if from Dianxia's POV....all of it just screams romance. Once again, that was all the work of the donghua's team. In the book, this moment occurs when they're actually back at Puqi Shrine, and Xie Lian's actually in the middle of cleaning a table when he very nonchalantly addresses Hua Cheng by his name. It was cute because Dianxia did it so casually but hardly THIS romantic. So, really, hats off to the donghua team!

Actually other than that last scene, of course I am grateful to the donghua team for many other moments in this episode. To start, whenever they show San Lang protecting Dianxia.

We know Xie Lian can definitely take care of himself, but I appreciate that Hua Cheng's instinct is always to protect him anyway. I actually thought that's why he gave himself the name," Hua Cheng". The words translate to "Flower City", and in the olden days, a city had walls protecting the people in it, so I figured that Hua Cheng chose this name to represent how he will always protect Xie Lian, that his protection is all encompassing. Lol, I can't wait to find out how wrong I am.

Even though Hua Cheng's fight with Pei Su was mostly off screen and limited to quick flashes of swords clashing, what they did show of Hua Cheng in his "real" form was DELICIOUS.

I am grateful to the donghua team for Hua Cheng's adorable reaction to Dianxia being cheeky. Too precious!

Our General Hua looking like a god in armor...and the way he made bis appearance in that scene too, like a savior coming to rescue mankind...or in this case, Banyue.

This scene actually made me tear up. I don't remember thinking Pei Su was that attached to Banyue when reading the book, but that might've been my fault for not paying close enough attention when HuaLian weren't directly involved. I was actually wondering how they were going to conclude the Banyue arc in just one episode since it felt like they would have to pack a lot into just 20 mins or so, but I think they did a really good job of wrapping it up. Didn't feel rushed or that anything important was missing.

I love both of them already, but I want to especially commend the donghua team's character design for The Wind Master. I don't want to spoil anything for those who haven't read the book, but trust me when I say THAT is a brilliant bit of character design. They will have to change two things about her next season but it's like she's mostly there already. 😂 I also love her voice and voice performance (by VA Qiu Qiu), so perfect for the character. I seriously cannot wait to see more of her next season, especially after hearing that news about the VA. 😁

I guffawed. This was a bit of brilliance too. Man, I just love the donghua team! They really did such a GREAT JOB bringing TGCF to life. I mean, is there really anyone who hates this adaptation?? I guess if you weren't into Xie Lian and Hua Cheng's relationship, the case of the week parts might be a bit underwhelming, but what I appreciate about them is that they inevitably link back to Dianxia and his past, or introduce us to new characters which then opens up the world. They always have a purpose, leading to bigger things. As a first season I think it was pretty strong, what they changed from the source material were usually positive alterations. I mean, I'm reading the book now because of this show, after putting it off for so long, so I'm definitely converted.

I do have to say though that the season did end on a rather odd note since it felt like there should have been just a few more beats before the end credits. It was a little abrupt imho, but it still is miles better than poor SVSSS's season finale, which ended on a freaking scene transition.

Of course there's still that special HuaLian episode on February 16th, so I guess technicallyyyyy this first season hasn't quite ended yet. The special looks to be picking up right where this episode leaves off: with Dianxia having a conversation with Hua Cheng back at Puqi Shrine about his role as Ghost King and other related topics. I'm not sure why it's airing a month and a half later, or why on February 16th instead of Valentine's Day, but I'm not gonna look a gift horse in the mouth. I'm just grateful we have more TGCF and HuaLian to look forward to. Second season is already in production, and apparently the theme song for it will drop tomorrow! A live action has been announced which they're still casting, and honestly some of those casting choices scare me so depending on who they end up deciding on, I might just gonna stay away from that completely and stick with the donghua and book.

Novel Reading Progress...about to finish Book 2... SPOILERS

MXTX-laoshi is a total sadist giving us THAT kind of sex pollen scene when nothing could be done cuz Hua Cheng's still a little bean sprout...I love Dianxia, love him more now knowing he was a pretty flawed human being, that he's absolutely not perfect...his heart is warm but his actions are sometimes quite cold...I blame his privileged upbringing and his youth and inexperience for some of his rash decisions...he means well but of course the road to hell is pathed with good intentions...wish he would stop forgetting about little Hua Cheng though, poor baby...the more I read about the human face disease the more I don't want to...just, overall, I feel this heavy weight on my heart now because I know things are going to go from worse to utter calamitous shit soon. I am SCARED, preparing my heart for breakage.

To read the TGCF novel: https://tgcfmxtx.carrd.co/

[fly-pow-bye]

Powerpuff Girls 2016 - “Tooth or Consequences”

Written by: Haley Mancini

Written & Storyboarded by: Alicia Chan, Caitlin Vanarsdale

Directed by: Nick Jennings, Bob Boyle

A slight cavity.

An episode of the original Powerpuff Girls would start with the narrator saying what city this takes place in, and going into either a monologue or a fight scene. This episode of the reboot starts with an exterior shot of the house and generic sitcom music that wouldn't be too out of place in The Brady Bunch. This should be a hint on what we're in for.

Bubbles and Buttercup are having an argument over the lyrics to The Itsy Bitsy Spider. Bubbles says the spider went up the water spout, while the rascal decided it went for sauerkraut. In this episode, it's Bubbles that's the voice of reason! Buttercup tries to get Blossom to help her out, but Blossom is preoccupied with a pain in her tooth. She calls out to the Professor, and that loving father gives his loving response while washing the dishes.

Professor: Your tooth hurts? That’s great! (turns around, keeps washing dishes)

Sitcom music, sitcom Dad. After Buttercup sarcastically questions if there's anything more to it, saving me the trouble, the Professor tells him it's great because he's already scheduled their teeth cleaning! Blossom "Gallant" Utonium is confused, because she brushes five times after every meal. Buttercup "Goofus" Utonium, on the other hand, never brushes. She actually wants to get a cavity, because she wants to test her pain threshold against the drill.

Buttercup then explains what exactly happens at the dentist: once the dentist finds a bad tooth, the dentist gets a drill the size of the drills they use to get to the center of the Earth. Then the overly belted dentist drills and drills and drills, all for the purpose of pain! Buttercup's also taking the Rugrats' Angelica role Bubbles can fall into, too.

This utterly terrifies Blossom. The Professor tries to comfort her by saying that's not what really happens. Unfortunately, all he says is that it can't go to the center of the Earth.

People might think that a superhero that can lift cars, punch out giant monsters, and go into volcanoes without a scratch would not be afraid of the dentist, but she is supposed to be a 6 year old. Then again, isn't naivety more of a Bubbles thing than a Blossom thing? This universe clearly has it out for Blossom, as seen many times.

At the dentist, Blossom is still hyper-ventilating over the drill, and her name gets called. Blossom goes through a dark and flickering hallway, trying to calm herself down by telling herself that people don't usually die at the dentist. Then, she gets scared off by a shadowed person holding a drill, which turned out to be an electrician dealing with the flickering lights.

She rushes off into the bathroom, wondering about how to get out of going to that evil dentist. She then sees an open window, which shouts at her.

FREEDOM!

Yeah, they're still doing that. It's still not funny. It also doesn't lead anywhere.

Bubbles and Buttercup finish their visit to the dentist; Bubbles teeth are so good it would be used to advertise the place, and much to Buttercup's disappointment and effort, she does not have a cavity. Is this episode telling us that brushing is useless? Buttercup never brushes her teeth, and yet her teeth are still shiny! They didn't really connect this joke very well.

Blossom sneaks out of the door, and decides to lie her way out of this. It's not like she didn't do this before. The Professor is delighted, and wants to give the Powerpuff Girls a special treat!

He takes the three girls to eat crunchy ice cream with extra brittle to celebrate their good teeth! I guess if brushing is useless, anything goes. It would be clever if this was the Professor's way of getting Blossom to reveal that she's a dirty liar, but there's no real indication of that. It's just more oblivious Professor jokes and intentionally ugly eating!

Bubbles asks Blossom where her free toy is, and she said she didn't want one. Buttercup questions Blossom not accepting a reward for good behavior, and they both immediately figure out that Blossom is lying. The Professor also says something is fishy, but we then cut away to a salmon ice cream joke, so he can still be that sitcom Dad. Buttercup tells Blossom to take a big bite out of her ice cream.

I couldn’t even guess what was going to happen to get Blossom out of this situation: the cell phone hotline rings. It's so rare in this reboot; it's a big contrast from the original, and it's far from the only one. It turns out that Infernus is at it again. You know, Infernus, that villain that never appeared until this episode is "at it again"! Bubbles calls him a "hot-head", and that wasn't what I heard at first.

We then cut to Buttercup and Bubbles being stuck in Infernus’s claws. It's certainly not a piece of cake when Blossom has to be forced into saving her sisters. It would be clever if Bubbles and Buttercup intentionally got in this situation so that they can reveal that Blossom is a dirty liar, but there's no indication of that. This is essentially another "troublemaker has to save her sisters" scene, but it's Blossom instead of Buttercup. You'd think I'd be happy about it not being the boyish one this time. All I can say is, eh.

Part of the reason is that she isn't successful, as that toothache gets in the way. Infernus was practically made to be destroyed by Blossom's special ability to breathe ice, but because of that toothache, she breathes fire instead. This is one toothache. We then cut to the Powerpuff Home, Bubbles and Buttercup singed. That's the end of the superhero portion of this episode.

I am saying "Bubbles and Buttercup" a lot, but there is a slight difference between their two roles in this episode. Buttercup gets to make sarcastic quips throughout the entire episode, some of which feel like she's trying to do my job. As for Bubbles...she does this?

Bubbles: I don't know why, but I believe her! Buttercup: Uh, Bubbles? Bubbles: Oh! You can't lie to us!

Yeah, that's pretty much Bubbles' entire involvement, alongside getting a billboard for her healthy teeth. At least there's one joke they actually follow through on. Bubbles and Buttercup really want her to face the truth and go to the dentist, but the episode still has six minutes left. Bubbles draws a happy face on her bulging mouth so we have a joke later.

Blossom says she has it under control. She read on the internet that there's this natural remedy where she applies a "root" to the affected area. I can think of a few things that root resembles, at least one of which would have explained a lot. "Hot-head", indeed.

Blossom goes to sleep in her normal clothes, and we get this nightmare sequence where an evil dentist with a Freddy Krueger hand threatens to take out all of her teeth. You see, this scene is supposed to show that Blossom is afraid of the dentist! There's no way we would have known that from every second of this episode so far.

She wakes up, and forget the toothache, she apparently got possessed by Pazuzu! Not only does she become green, not only is she suddenly in her pajamas now, but she suddenly grew fingers. They know the fingers are there, as Buttercup mentions them, but the only thing close to an explanation is that Buttercup mentions the root not helping. The root would have no real payoff otherwise.

Buttercup tries to drag her to the dentist, but Blossom pushes her away and crashes through the wall. Bubbles echoes my sentiments exactly.

Bubbles: What is even happening?!

Blossom runs away. Literally, as this demon toothache apparently got rid of her ability to fly. Yeah, that's it. It also got rid of her thinking capability, as she's now bashing open toothbrush displays, beating up construction workers with jackhammers because it reminds her of that evil dentist, and speaking in Hulk speak!

Eventually, the Mayor finds Blossom, and because of that happy face Bubbles drew onto her devil toothache bump, he thinks that Blossom is a very happy two headed monster. I found that kind of charming, actually. He gathers up a mob consisting of parents that look exactly like their children, and they get out tiny little drills to fight it!

Blossom runs away, because those drills are far more frightening than jackhammers. The mob, however, eventually gets too out-of-breath to chase after her. That's pretty much the end of them, and it's not a bad end at all. It actually manages to be more of a parody of the "mob going after Frankenstein" trope than the time they actually tried to do it in The Squashening.

Blossom ends up on a cliff on a stormy night. There is no way this superhero can get out of this situation! Oh yeah, demon toothache did it! Bubbles and Buttercup show up to tell her that she can end this all by going to the dentist, but Blossom throws a rock at them. They dodge it, as if even they don't know if they could survive rocks. Buttercup threatens to give her another toothache. Considering the first, maybe she'll turn into an Eldritch horror.

The Professor shows up, and he reveals that he knows that Blossom dodged the dentist! He even prefaces this with "this may surprise you", because he's the wacky sitcom dad! I'd say more, but Buttercup echoed by sentiments exactly.

Buttercup: (sarcastically) Wow! What gave that away?

Hulk Blossom yells "NO DENTIST, SCARED!" The Professor easily forgives her, and tells her that he can be on her side to comfort her. With this assurance from her father figure she only called Dad once, she finally agrees to go to the dentist. Buttercup then punches Blossom into the Professor’s car. Because humor.

Blossom gets her demon possession/cavity fixed, as it apparently "wasn't that bad", and Blossom can finally tell Buttercup that her Itsy Bitsy Spider lyrics are wrong. The Professor even offers soft-serve ice cream. The episode ends with Blossom needing braces, and we cutaway to her having the exact same situation. This all shows that the smart one of the trio has learned nothing. Buttercup echoes my sentiments exactly.

Buttercup: Oh, come on!

While I talked about how this episode seems to teach that brushing is useless, I did research something. It turns out, brushing too often could damage your teeth. Being a superhero, maybe she brushed them so hard, that her super-enamel wore out more quickly than Buttercup can rot her super-enamel. Not only would a mention of this give an actual point to Blossom's "five times after every meal" line, but give another lesson for the kids. Oh well.

Does the title fit?

There certainly was a consequence.

How does it stack up?

The first time I watched this, I thought it was awful, but future viewings did soften my opinion a little. I can see that this episode is supposed to mirror a young child's fear of the dentist, and Blossom is supposed to be a young child even if they occasionally write situations fit for a high schooler for her and her sisters. While the monster transformation was a bit random, I can't exactly say it was uncreative.

Unlike Moral Decay, there's very little in this episode that shows that they even wanted to fit it into the superhero concept of the show. Home Sweet Homesick had that problem, and they made up for it with music and a good lesson. This didn't really do it for me. Those tired Sitcom Dad Professor jokes, jokes that have no point, and there's just a feeling of disconnection. This episode needs braces.

I don't hate this episode as much as I did, but it's still a low Neutral to me. Much like Phantasm Chasm, but for different reasons.

Next, Monkey Love, it's driving me mad, it's making me crazy. Crazy.

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