#what i lost looney tunes

[preciouslittletoonette]

What inspired your original version of “What I Lost”?

A bunch of fics to put it bluntly.

There are other fics that explored the idea of Dodgers' past life being that of the Looney Tunes/The Looney Tunes Show. A particular series of them was what really inspired me.

One fic had Dodgers actually go back to the past (with the Loonatics) by accident and seeing his reaction to everything sort of spurred me into writing. That fic was never finished unfortunately.

If you wish to read them (if you haven't already), here are some links:

https://m.fanfiction.net/s/9211598/1/Once-in-a-Half-Centuary

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9226505/1/Illudium-Q36

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9227120/1/But-I-know-the-Truth

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9299183/1/Time-and-Space-Divide

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9654064/1/How-Would-The-Universe-Survive

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10862959/1/Powerless-and-the-Weak

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12254943/1/With-A-Little-Bell-And-Everything

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9403646/1/Duck-meets-his-ancestor

EDIT: Fucking FF.Net why. Ugh. Every fic except the last fic is a Duck Dodgers fic. The last one is a crossover fic between Looney Tunes and Loonatics Unleashed.

[varpusvaras]

After Tim becomes Robin, Dick starts stressing so much. He needs to balance being Nightwing, teaching Tim (making sure he doesn't die), manage Bruce and Tim, and also still manage his team, all the while he is still very much grieving. This goes on for a while, and he is getting severely burnt out, and the Titans have had enough.

They more or less kidnap Dick and tell him that enough is enough, you're taking a vacation. You're going to some very lovely beach town in Europe and lay under the sun and just chill. Seriously. We are not joking.

So they fly him over to Europe with Bruce's Black Card and an order to just relax. Being physically removed from Gotham and the United States in general helps a little, so Dick starts to ease up into his sudden vacation. The town is nice to just lounge around for the day and the nights are warm and there's bigger city nearby, just a short drive away, and Dick goes whatever, why not and decides to go check out the local night life. It's pretty nice, and he gets to brush up his language skills, and he's just a little lost after taking what he thought would be a shortcut through an alley, and-

-and he gets tackled to the ground when someone falls off the roof directly on top of him. They're very much dressed in League clothing, and all of Dick's training kicks in, and he grabs the guy to fight him off-

-only to look up directly at his dead little brother's face.

[wordfather]

me: so whats it like being a 'many eyed creature'?

the many eyed creature: I SEE ALL. I SEE PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE. I SEE THE DUST PARTICLES IN THE ATTIC AND THE ANT LOST FROM ITS COLONY ACROSS TOWN. I SEE THE 7 BILLION BILLION BILLION ATOMS THAT MAKE UP YOUR BEING. I SEE THE FORMATION OF THE UNIVERSE AND ITS INEVITABLE END.

me: okay but have you seen looney tunes the live action movie

the many eyed creature: ........NO

me: do you wanna watch it with me?

the many eyed creature: SURE

[brucewaynehater101]

No Man's Land was eldritch Gotham's attempt on the Joker's life and she's still extremely pissed that after all that she still missed

Joker made some deal with a demon or something for immortality after he lost his boon and is actually constantly dying absolutely looney tunes deaths, lots of pianos dropped on his head and falling into the sewers and such, but coming back and Gotham is NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT

Post being referenced

Ooh!! It would be rad as fucking hell if there was a reason for why Joker just doesn't fucking croak.

In the AU you mentioned, Gotham isn't "good" because she isn't human. She doesn't really abide by human standards of "good" or "bad." She gives out boons to denizen that she favors.

Joker had a boon until he killed Gotham's favorite: Jason.

A boon being ripped away is a horrible experience and Gotham wrecked Joker's mind. Add that onto Joker continually dying by Gotham's hand?? Yikes. He deserves it, though.

I am curious about the escalation, though. Gotham is pissed at Joker, but that's why she took the boon. What does Joker do that tips her into murderous rage?

I believe Joker paralyzing Barbara is after Jason dies, but I don't know if that would permanently make Gotham vengeful? Maybe she'd be vicious for a bit

I'm just curious about Gotham's thought processes/feelings. She isn't human and won't follow a human baseline. Her favored ones have hurt and presumably killed each other in the past. That hasn't led to boons being taken away (since Joker [and maybe Tim] are the only "known" instances in a long while). Jason dying is what changes things...

I'm intrigued by what she considers acceptable and unacceptable behavior or consequences

[thegoodending-thelasttime]

"mia's a girlfailure" "donna's so girlfail"

WHAT. ABOUT. MC? MC WHO'S SO DISTRACTED BY BELA THEY NOT ONLY TRIP AND FALL, BUT DRAG THE STUDENT COUNCIL'S TABLECLOTH DOWN WITH THEM? MC WHOSE FIRST WORDS TO BELA ARE THAT THEY'VE FALLEN FOR HER? MC WHO ACCIDENTALLY SAYS DANI'S ABS CAN ASK THEM FOR A FAVOUR ANY TIME? MC WHO AGREES TO ANGIE'S TRIPLE DOG DARE TO SPEND THE NIGHT IN THE THEATER EVEN AFTER EXPRESSING HOW IMMATURE IT'D BE TO GET BAITED BY SUCH A THING? MC WHO GENUINELY GETS SPOOKED BY THE PHANTOM RUMOURS? MC WHO, IN THE MOST LOONEY TUNES ASS SEQUENCE I'VE EVER SEEN, CHASES, THEN GETS CHASED BY DONNA INTO THE SET? MC WHO CONSIDERS SWITCHING COURSES BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY MIGHT'VE SEEN A GHOST. MC WHO INSTEAD OF COMMUNICATING WITH CASS ABOUT THE FALSE RUMOURS SPREAD BY THE STANS, HOLES UP IN THEIR DORM AND ASSUMES ALL IS LOST? MC WHO CAN'T EVEN WIN A FIGHT AGAINST *THE* GIRLFAILURE OF ALL TIME, MIA WINTERS? MC WHO DEVELOPS CRUSHES TWO SECONDS INTO MEETING EACH LOVE INTEREST?

DON'T YOU GET IT? I SAY THIS AS SOMEONE WHOSE OBSESSION WITH DONNA BENEVIENTO BORDERS ON LEGITIMATELY CONCERNING, MC IS MORE OF A GIRLFAILURE THAN ANY OF UR FAVS.

[dean-winchester-is-a-warrior]

A House, the Puppy, and Everything

This is the fourth entry on my 2024 @jacklesversebingo card. It will fill the Character A loses Character B in a Store square.

Summary: Dean's frantic when his baby brother slips away from him.

Pairing: No romantic pairing. Sam x Dean (weechesters)

Warnings: None. Some angst.

Word Count: 1,174

A/N: As soon as I saw that square on my bingo card, I knew this was the fic I wanted to write. Our poor baby boys. I hope you enjoy this sad little moment from their early years.

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“Sammy!” Dean spun around frantically, the world around him twirling kaleidoscopically as his gaze refused to focus on anything that wasn’t his six year old brother.

He pushed through spinning racks of comic books, and ran past shelves filled with video games, bending to look beneath display racks to see if Sam had hidden himself under one of them. But Sam’s dark brown hair and big hazel eyes were nowhere to be found. Dean’s heart was slamming against his ribs so hard he was scared it was going to burst out of him like a Looney Tunes cartoon.

“Sammy!” Dean yelled again.

As he continued to panic, a kind-faced elderly lady approached him from the front of the store. “What’s the matter honey? Who are you looking for?”

Dean opened his mouth to answer, desperate for help. But then he snapped it shut. He knew better than to trust someone just because they looked innocent and safe. Most monsters disguised themselves that way, especially the ones who went after kids. It was part of their hunting method - find desperate kids and pretend to be their salvation.

So Dean ignored the old lady and moved away, but kept her safely in the corner of his eye. What’s an old lady doing in a comic book store, anyway? He thought.

But as he watched her suspiciously, she shook her head and shuffled back out of the store. He saw her slowly approaching one of the mall security guards and Dean panicked anew. 

She’s gonna tell the guard I lost Sam. They’re gonna try to get a hold of Dad. What’s gonna happen when they find out he’s not even in this state? 

Terrifying visions from after school specials, of shady foster homes and orphanages, filled his mind; they were gonna shove them someplace far away from each other and he’d never see Dad or Sam again. Who was gonna protect Sam if he wasn’t there beside him?

Dean gave himself a mental shove. “Who the hell is protecting him now, dumbass?” He mumbled to himself. He couldn’t believe he’d let him out of his sight. 

Sam hadn’t even wanted to come in here, Dean thought angrily. He should have known the kid was gonna wander off. Dean had all but dragged his resisting little brother into the comic book store; Sam wanted to go to the pet store further down the mall, but the puppies in cages always made Dean sad and he hated that.

Wait! His brain zinged with realization. The pet store! 

He bolted out of the comic book store, and through the crowded mall, hiding amongst the patrons as he escaped the gaze of the security guard who was headed towards him.

The other stores slid past him as he ran to the pet store at the end of the hall, annoying the slowly browsing shoppers on either side of him. He got to the pet store and skidded to a halt, checking over his shoulder for the guard or the old lady, but he couldn’t see them anywhere. He stepped inside the store and inhaled the slightly briney smell as he walked past the wall of fish tanks towards the back where the puppies and kittens were kept.

As he rounded the last corner, he felt his heart leap into his throat and then squeeze painfully. Sam was standing happily in front of one of the cages with his hand out so the fluffy white puppy inside could lick him through the bars. 

“Sam!” Dean yelled at his little brother, relief making his tone angry. “What the hell is the matter with you?” 

Sam turned to look at Dean, his little chin set stubbornly. “I wanted to see the puppies.”

Dean came close to him so he could hiss angrily at Sam and not be overheard. “And I wanted you to not wander away and be kidnapped, you little idiot.” Sam still knew nothing about monsters and how much very real danger existed in the world, and Dean wasn’t about to tell him the truth. But his little brother's lack of fear made Sam roll his eyes and turn back to the puppy. 

“I was gonna come back after.” He said simply, completely oblivious to Dean’s slowly receding terror. He turned his big hazel eyes on his brother. “But look at how cute he is?” 

Dean sighed and shook his head. “Yeah, Sam. He’s cute. Now let’s go. We weren’t even supposed to leave the motel. We need to get back in case Dad’s calling the room.” It wasn’t likely, John rarely called until he was on his way back, and that wasn’t likely for a couple days. 

But Sam’s lip jutted out and he stepped closer to the cage. “I wanna take him.”

Dean frowned. “Don’t be stupid, Sammy. What the hell are we gonna do with a dog?” Fat tears welled up in Sam’s eyes and slid down his chubby cheeks, making Dean instantly contrite. 

Sam’s voice trembled. “I don’t wanna leave him here. He’s gonna be lonely again.”

Dean squeezed his little brother’s shoulder. “Aw, come on, Sam, don’t worry about him. He’s really cute, so some family’s gonna come along and take him home really soon, I bet.”

“But I wanna take him home.”

“To where, Sam? The motel?” Dean snapped and then sighed deeply. “He wouldn’t have fun there; he’d be trapped inside all the time. Better to let some family with a big house and yard buy him. Think how much more fun he’ll have running around in a place like that.”

Sam was quiet for a minute and then nodded sadly. “Yeah, m’kay.” He mumbled. He gave the puppy a few more pats through the cage and then let Dean lead him out of the store. 

Keeping an eye out for the guard, Dean quickly maneuvered them out of the mall and onto the busy sidewalk. As they approached the slightly rundown motel half an hour later, Sam stopped out front, forcing Dean to stop too.

Dean pushed on his shoulder. “Come on Sam, let’s go. I’ll get us some root beers from the lobby before we go back to the room.”

But Sam stayed in the same spot. “How come we don’t have a house and a backyard, Dean? How come we can’t have the puppy and everything?”

Sam wasn’t pouting or sad, just genuinely curious and Dean wasn’t sure how to answer him. He couldn’t tell his baby brother that a house and a puppy and a yard was just something normal people had. Sam didn’t know yet that they weren’t normal, and he wanted to keep him from knowing that for as long as possible. 

So he just shrugged and lied. “We will one day, Sammy. One day we’ll have a big house, with like twenty bedrooms, and a swimming pool, and a huge yard with so many puppies.”

Sam looked unsure, but soon he let a smile create deep dimples in his cheeks. “And kittens too?”

Dean tousled Sam’s dark brown hair. “Yeah, kiddo. Kittens too.”

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[onepiece-writer]

His awakening in Wano Kuni

Pairings: gear 5 luffy x gn! Reader

This day is the Gear 5 day! The most epic episodes ever! Got that looney tune vibes in it. To celebrate, i made this just for you. So fasten your sealtbelt and get ready for Luffy to be alive again!

..........

You have just won the fight with a Tobi Roppo, and arrives to the middle of the castle. The castle itself was too confusing for you, and you met Nami, Otama, and Marco waiting for Luffy's victory.

You then saw Otama fill her eyes with tears. How long would Wano be in slavery? She couldn't take it all as a child, and cries on the spot. You saw Nami challenging the Emperor face to face. You agreed with Nami, that must be a lie. Your captain already promised to make a feast on your winning and Jinbe's arrival to the crew.

But when Kaido arrives on the floor saying that Luffy died, you were in denial. After breaking into the enemy's base, and being the only one that could defeat Kaido, how could he die? 

Marco blocked Kaido's attack, saying that no matter what, we must survive at all cost. You didn't hear Luffy's voice either, did he die already? After what he's done to Arlong Park, Arabasta, Skypiea, Enies Lobby, Sabaody, Impel Down, Marineford, Fishman Island, Punk Hazard, Dressrosa, Whole Cake Island, and survived all that? You'd be bursting into tears right now, if not suddenly you saw a hand grabbing Kaido.

You feel the strong conqueror Haki coming from the rooftop. It wasn't Kaido, nor the CP-0 agent you saw. It was much stronger than ever. When a rubber hand grabbed Kaido, you saw something magnificent.

A white warrior was seen from up the sky, smiling and shining from the lights of the moon. He wears a white cardigan, outfit like Luffy. You doubted that it was him at first, but were assured when you heard his voice. He's alive at all. 

The castle was burning in flames when your gaze was stuck on him. The straw hat he always wears was put on his back, hanging from the rope Nami sewed in Alabasta. He brings back the hope of the samurai below that almost lost hope, and within beats Kaido's ass to the fullest.

Yamato picks him up from below. He must have been so exhausted that he almost died not once, but twice. He then woke up two days later, to found you worried about him

"Shishishi! Did you see me turning all white?" He lunges himself towards you, smiling as always. "That was so cool, right?"

You nodded, and you couldn't help but gaze at him. Even though he died, with luck he rose from death and beat Kaido. He then eats all the meat that was served. Luffy still shares your food with him, though he still bites it a bit.

hope you enjoy. Im gonna wait for him to come back alive🔥🔥🔥🔥🤭🤭🤭

[quitealotofsodapop]

Post-JTTW Stone Egged Au asks: Bad Ichor

Amassing some Post-Jttw egg asks with similar vibes of "reject gods. stay monke".

Hehehe many questions - main ref post here. Btw in future try sending one sentence questions/comment as replies to the specfic posts. sometimes I find asks referencing a post and I can't remember which one they're talking about.

Wukong in the au makes a concious effort to inform his cubs and his people of what his mother sacrificed to bring him into the world. Her statue and the paintings on the walls of Waterfall Curtain a tapestry of a ruler more fair and far grander that any celestial in the monkeys minds.

And when their little chaotic Eclipse twins found the Consort's resting place, more of Wukong's parent's sacrifice was uncovered. Along with the King's delayed twin brother Luzhen. The little prince grows up being taught how him and the "larger him" share parents, but they aren't here in person anymore but they love him very much. Luzhen has met his and Wukong's parents during the holidays that allow it and gladly runs up to Yē Lín and Shíhuā calling them "Baba" and "Mama" let he's known them all his life. He misses them a lot. But older Brother/Mama and Bama/Baba are really good to him so he isn't sad for long.

Wukong never lets Heaven realise that Luzhen isn't his biological child, as he fears the Emperor or Queen Mother attempting to sieze custody of Luzhen out of spite. The few higher up that know agree that baby monkeys need to be with monkeys.

Pigsy is still uber confused when Luzhen refers to Wukong as "mama" and "gege" in the same sentence tho.

Mac and Wukong are still super petty tho. They call upon their ancestors during the cubs' naming ceremonies to give their little one's blessings. And along with Shíhuā, Yē Lín and Guanyin making an appearance, the royal couple are invoked to send divine blessings of protection down onto earth. They know who's calling them. They aren't happy about it but they won't hurt the little ones.

MK is still a huge JTTW fan, even more so since to him it's like learning about all this cool stuff his family did back in the Before times! And he was there for a lot it! (even if he wasn't born yet). Him and his childhood besties deduced early on that they have *some* kind of family in the Celestial realm, just not sure who.

As for the Dragons:

Going by Ao Guang still being upset by the theft (barely, in Jttw his wife let Wukong have it), of the Staff, I imagine that dragon can be super petty. Ao Guang doesn't like Sun Wukong at all for the theft and the havoc in heaven, even if he was cordial to him during the Journey.

When the youngest son of the Ao Run/Ji is fatally wounded by the Samadhi Fire, basically every royal dragon had an attack of pstd to when they lost Ao Bing. They started to hate Sun Wukong for his recklessness.

Then DBK, Wukong's older sworn brother and godfather to his young twins, suddenly goes on a rampage forcing Heaven's hands.

The royal dragons basically took DBK's imprisionment as an excuse to bail out. Dragons don't like the gods, and they don't like Sun Wukong.

Mei's parents hadn't wanted to cut ties with the monkeys, but Mei was a super sickly dragon pup and Ao Yi simply couldn't emotionally deal with cutting off her family with that happening... her and Long Chen continue to send Wukong's family birthday presents, card, and the occasional letter - all covert like a spy mission. Other dragons who disagreed with the royals continue this practice as well.

And ofc S4:

:)

Nezha: "Jade Emperor, there's a message for you from Sun Qi Xiaotian." Jade Emperor & Queen Mother: (*super intrigued! Did he find out about their connection?*) JE: "Send him in." Nezha, peaks head out of window: "Yeah he's in." MK: (*busts through wall like a Looney tunes character, shaking with anxiety*) MK, like he's on fast-forward: "Mister Jade Emperor sir I'm so sorry but Azure Lion's got this memory scroll and he trapped my family in it. He tricked me and my friends into freeing his old buddies from the Brotherhood but he wont let my mom loose and NOW he has my baby sister and little bro (it's complicated) and they're on their way here right now to kill you and my powers are glitching out and I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!" JE: "Uhhh..." Queen Mother, rolls her eyes and turns to her entourage: "Prepare the safehouse. Contact all the bodhisattvas and the Kings of Hell, and tell our armies to be ready for a big game hunt. And get this child some peaches." MK: (*heavily breathing/mid-panic attack. gives thumbs up*) Mei, peaking her head in: "Wow. Girl bossing!" Nezha: "And Sun Wukong my lady?" Queen Mother: (*looks over MK like he's the most precious thing in the universe. like she doesn't want to let him leave*) Queen Mother: "For the sake of my daughter... find Sun Wukong's mate the Six Eared Macaque. He knows those Brotherhood brutes well. It's the least he can do for giving my grandson such distress with that disappearing act." Rumble & Savage, appear from the Queen Mother's shadow: "Do we gets peaches too?" "I like melon better." Queen Mother: "Who are these?" MK, calming down: "My older little siblings. They're twins. Azure didn't take them. Probably because he couldn't catch them." Rumble & Savage, proudly flexing: "We're too fast!" "And we got our bama's powers!" Queen Mother: (*notices little red tiger-stripe-like markings on the twins' bodies*) "OH!!!! He had twins! My love! More wàizēngsūnérnǚ! Twins too!!" JE: (*frozen stiff on his throne, completely shocked*) "Can the brown one repeat what he said about celestial beasts coming to kill me?" MK, blanking at QM's use of chinese: "Did the Queen just say-" Orchard Maidens, quickly shuffling the Noodle Gang out of the Throne Room: "SO! How about those peaches?" "You'll learn soon enough." "Sorry, but we're going into lockdown." "He's taller than didi!" "Must be mother's genes that did that."

Basically MK is calling in the big guns early cus he's panicking, abd accidentally uncovers the fact that he's somehow the great-grandchild (by reincarnation nonsense) of the two rulers of Heaven!?

All he wanted when all this Scroll nonsense happened was a day off!

[preciouslittletoonette]

May I please ask if there are any plans for “What I’ve Lost”?

Omg I'm getting asks about What I've Lost

I do hope to eventually continue What I Lost, that's also not getting abandoned. Though the last chapter I updated might get edited and rewritten as well. I quite like Chapters 1-3 as they are though. My writing peeked with those chapters in my opinion.

I hope Gamergirl18 is still around. I missed getting reviews from them when I updated...

Anyway, yeah I'll be working on What I Lost eventually too. My Looney Tunes & Animaniacs fics take big priority now which that fic falls under.

[thowawayuntilfurthernotice]

Never thought I’d live long enough to see a finished Looney Tunes movie become lost media.

Imagine being the head of Warner Bros and thinking “Hey, I know what we need to do to save money. Let’s shelve a Looney Tunes movie! It’s not like it’s an established franchise that people hold near and dear to their hearts, am I right?”

Fuck David Zaslav.

[fipindustries]

my joker

i already made a post where i descrived my personal favourite version of the DC trinity. now, under the light of the joker sequel apparently sucking ass (dont spoil it, i still want to see it) i decided i might as well share my personal favourite interpretation of the joker.

to start with i like to see him as a bit of a tragic figure, and very patently just a man. i have no interest in the current primordial agent of chaos, madness and anarchy that popular culture has been so infatuated with as of lately.

this is going to borrow heavily from the 90's DCAU and the old comics, before we had all this nonesense about the batgod who laughs or whatever. first of all he is a criminal, he commits crimes because they are useful to him. he has two modes, resource gathering and big project. first he steals from banks or extorts rich people or takes parts of the city hostage and demands the police or the mayor to give him money. he then uses the money for some absurd gigantic "prank" on the city. like releasing a bunch of rabid gorillas in tutus and boxing gloves, or making cats and dogs rain. is all about the stupid silly gags. i dont think having him return to silly cartoon gag comedy would necesarily make him any less horrifying since a lot of these things (dropping pianos on people, painting fake tunnels so that cars crash into them, hiding spring loaded boxing gloves in mail boxes that can genuenly kick your teeth out) are sufficiently horrifying on their own when you bring real world consequences into them. but the key thing is that he should be genuenly funny. to us. the readers, safely protected behind the fourth wall. where we can laugh at the jokes because this is fiction and these are just drawings on a page and so we can appreciate that the concept is actually clever and hilarious. i really dont like it when they make the joker commit attrocities and just because they put some smiley faces on top of it is supposed to be funny. is so lazy when the joker's plan consists on throwing a bunch of bombs but because they had the words "HAHAHA" painted on them its conceptually related to comedy. no! the pranks the joker pulls should actually work as funny pranks that people would probably actually laugh at if they saw them in a looney tunes cartoon or if noone died.

i like to think of the joker as someone who is a little lost in his own sauce, as someone who on a certain level doesnt get that his pranks are truly that bad. like sure, he understands its "illegal" or whatever and that people generally dont like to be blown up or poisoned. but also, seriously, what's the big deal? its funny! its all a joke! i dont think someone should go to jail for genuenly funny crimes your honor. is it really that bad is everyone is laughing at the end? and if they are not laughing, well they just didnt get the joke.

as for his relationship with batman, i always loved how they are clearly such a distinct dichotomy. batman is dark and scary but he is good. joker is funny and colorful but he is evil. its the simple irony at the core of it.

and i think this is the main obsession with him, he wants to make the batman get it. Moore already decried the killing joke as flawed and not very good, and i see where he is coming from, but one aspect of it i really take home is the joker trying to make the batman understand. trying to make him get the joke. this is the tragedy at the center of the character, he wants to connect with batman. and if there is one thing that upsets him to no end is that the batman never fucking gets it, he just comes in as a party pooper with a stick up his ass, ruins the fun, doesnt crack a joke, is all grimm and morose and scowling like a bad parody of judge dread and then goes away after putting him in jail. he is personally offended by this, he gets genuenly aggravated, how is it possible? get over yourself dude. dont you see how ridiculous you look? you are dressed like a giant bat! and im a clown! come on, you have to admit this is at least a little silly, you HAVE to at least crack a smirk!

when the first trailer for the dark knight came out there was a beat the trailer kept going back to over and over. a line that now is a popular catchphrase on every t-shirt. when i heard that line, with heath ledger's particular delivery of it, out of context (which made it sound like it was adressed to the bat directly, perhaps during their last confrontation when they are at each other's throats) i thought they got it. i thought i was going to see the joker as i had envisioned him all those years ago. because truly nothing could capture better the feeling of a man trying desperatly to make another understand its all a joke, than the pleading, growling, almost desperate question: why so serious?

[scaryfangirl2001]

Fake Concern (Looney Tunes whumpfic)

Daffy's eyes narrow as he watches Bugs Bunny saunter across the studio lot, his cool and carefree demeanor a stark contrast to Daffy's simmering frustration. The incessant pounding in Daffy's head is a cruel metronome, keeping time with his mounting jealousy. Every fiber of his being aches, a physical manifestation of his envy.

Daffy's mind spirals, fixating on Bugs' effortless charm, his adoring fans, and the way luck seems to perpetually favor him.

"Why him?" he seethes, his beak twisting in a bitter grimace.

The headache intensifies with each thought, a vice-like grip squeezing his temples. Daffy's feathers ruffle, his body language radiating resentment.

Retreating to his dressing room, he slams the door, seeking solace in solitude. The green-eyed monster within howls, craving what Bugs has — fame, adulation, and most of all, freedom from this torment. Daffy's head throbs with each heartbeat, a painful reminder of his own perceived inadequacies. He wants, no, needs Bugs to acknowledge his pain, to care, to be his solace. But the rabbit's obliviousness cuts deep, leaving Daffy to wallow in his self-inflicted misery, a prisoner of his own making.

The bright lights of the studio lot do little to illuminate Daffy Duck's darkening mood. As Bugs Bunny strolls by, a wave of adoring fans trailing behind him, Daffy's jealousy flares, a burning sensation that sears through his core. The headache, a constant companion, pulsates with renewed vigor, each throb in sync with his quickening pulse. Daffy's eyes dart, taking in Bugs' effortless grace and the way he effortlessly dodges every trap and trouble with a wink and a smile.

"Damn that rabbit," Daffy mutters, his voice laced with venom.

He imagines the adulation Bugs receives, the laughter he inspires, and the way he always emerges unscathed, leaving Daffy feeling like a forgotten, fumbling fool. The pain in his head is a physical manifestation of his tormented soul, each throb a cruel reminder of his perceived shortcomings.

Bugs, ever observant, notices the tension in Daffy's posture, the tightness around his beak, and the way his feathers seem to bristle with unspoken anger. Concern creeps into his usually nonchalant expression, and he approaches his fellow performer.

"Hey, Daff, you look like you've got a cactus down your pants. Something eating you, pal?" he asks, his voice laced with genuine worry.

But Daffy, lost in the maelstrom of his jealousy, can only see red. "Leave me alone, bunny boy!" he snaps, his voice shrill and sharp as a dagger. "I don't need your fake concern. You always get away with everything, don't you? Mr. Perfect, Mr. Popular. Well, enjoy it while it lasts!"

Bugs, taken aback by the vehemence in Daffy's tone, tries again, "Hey, I'm just trying to help—"

"Save it!" Daffy interrupts, his eyes wild with emotion. "I don't need your pity, Bugs. I see how everyone fawns over you. You think I don't notice? Well, I do, and it hurts!"

With that, Daffy storms off, his body language screaming anger and hurt. The headache has become a living, breathing entity, feeding off Daffy's jealousy and self-loathing. He locks himself in his dressing room, the walls closing in around him. Daffy throws himself onto the couch, his wings wrapped tightly around himself, a pathetic attempt to shield his fragile ego from the world. The more he thinks of Bugs, the more the headache pulses, a cruel symphony of agony, driving him further into a spiral of self-pity and desire.

Bugs, not one to give up easily, knocks on the door, his voice soft and concerned. "Daffy, come on, let me in. We can talk this out. I know you're hurting, and I want to help."

Daffy's response is a bitter laugh, devoid of humor. "Go away! I don't need your help, Bugs. I'm fine, just leave me alone!" His voice cracks, revealing the depth of his pain, but his pride won't let him admit it.

The rabbit's persistence grates on Daffy's frayed nerves. "I'm not leaving until you talk to me, pal. You're my friend, and I—"

"Friend?" Daffy cuts him off, his voice dripping with scorn. "Friends don't make each other suffer, Bugs. You've always had it easy, and you don't understand! Just… just go away and leave me to rot!"

Bugs' expression falls, a mixture of hurt and confusion. He wants to break through Daffy's bitter facade, but the duck's words sting, pushing him away. With a heavy heart, he retreats, leaving Daffy alone with his demons and the relentless pounding in his head, a painful echo of his tortured mind.

[iravaid]

i mean this in thee most slash jay way possible but what was in the water the past year to make everyone like this about graves. and also can i have some

If you're asking about the Graves Yaoi Prophecy, that was all me and my undiagnosed neurological condition.

If you're asking why cod of duty girlies were charmed by Graves post-MW2, I would reason to say that Warren Kole's performance as him really sells the character.

His weird little zoolander smoulder during 'your men have been... detained' is so funny to me. Again, his VA's performance turns a character that was otherwise a forgettable 'twist' villain into something that's so funny when viewed out of context:

His name is Philip Graves. Fill Graves. Are you fucking kidding me. He's a cringey girlfailure that lost a tank in a knifefight. But that's okay because he never was in the tank to begin with, of course. duh. He is this vexing, looney tunes contrast to the other more 'serious' villains (Valeria, Makarov, that guy from MW1). His Shadows are cannonfodder that get conveniently killed at every opportunity and yet he still goes about acting like they're anything more than walmart brand mercs. The MW3 trailer oddly fixates on his fertile gyrating hips as he walks through the heli. Everybody hates his entire septic pussy with a burning fucking passion and he knows it. Farah, somehow and for some reason, thinks he's the most special little handbag dog and watches out for hawks on his account. He out-snakes Shepherd by stabbing him in the back at the last moment, arguably the only enjoyable moment from MW3.

He's blond. He's texan. He will never fucking die. God bless america.

[ducktracy]

I'm curious, do you have a favorite classic Disney short? 👉👈

OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD Hockey Homicide gets the crowning achievement for that! i've found all my favorite Disney shorts are the ones most (successfully) derivative of Warner cartoons. Clown of the Jungle fits the same niche... i also watched Little Toot for the first time recently and as a lifelong fan of the Andrews Sisters i LOVED IT. THE MUSICCCCC IS STUPIDLY GOOD and i could get lost in its spectacle.

i will say i just watched Duck Pimples for the first time the other day and LOVED IT. genuinely a little burned up it took me so long to see it. it's like... Who Killed Who meets Rooty Toot Toot meets The Great Piggy Bank Robbery. i never expected to see this sort of abstraction in a Disney short. Donald is unsurprisingly my favorite of the characters (well, technically the Aracuan bird is but he barely exists </3) and so i'm excited to see more of his filmography. i tend to prefer '30s Donald but this was very fun

I'M VERY HYPOCRITICAL WITH MY DISNEY TASTES.. i'm averse to the shorts because something about it feels very manufactured goody two-shoes wholesome, and yet i absolutely love the earlier Silly Symphonies, Dumbo and Snow White are my favorite Disney films and i've cried over both multiple times, etc... i really need to do more Disney research because it's been such a blindspot for me. i think i react most strongly to the spectacle and lushness of the art and just the historical magnitude of the studio, and all of that is mainly concentrated in the '30s. when they begin to shed that for their short films and instead try to imitate other studios or do their own attempts at comedy, i'm thinking "well, i could just be watching the Warner or MGM alternative of this instead". IUNNO. i'm at a very odd limbo with Disney. i articulated it a bit more concisely elsewhere (this is what i get for confining all my ramblings and essays on Discord..)

COMPLETELY RAMBLING. BUT YEAH! Hockey Homicide is probably my favorite as of right now, but i enjoy a lot of the '30s Silly Symphonies i've seen as well. i like Donald and want to see more of him--my uncle told me i'd probably like Uncle Scrooge and so i would definitely like to commit to reading Carl Barks' comics because my only real exposure to Barks is a LOONEY TUNES story he did for Dell with Porky and Bugs that is a bit... his ducks are more appealing. but there's some fun grandiosity in the staging you wouldn't get elsewhere. i'm not a huge adventure fan but i'm very curious to see what he has up his sleeves.

nevertheless, i've been liking more Disney the more i've been exposed to it and react most strongly to the '30s stuff. i think i'm more interested in its historical significance than the actual meat of the shorts themselves, which is why i should probably do my research about them. the most well known and easy to research animation studio is the one i know the least about (this is hyperbole but it is particularly egregious to me!)

[the-iron-fjord]

And this Naruto Shippuden completes its 10 and a half year run on Toonami

I remember the night pretty well. January 4th, 2014. The same night Space Dandy premiered. Naruto itself was running on the ass-end of the block, but Shippuden was on at 12:30 right after Bleach, and right before One Piece (A Big Three sandwich) As the Naruto Manga was also ending around this point and my interest in Naruto kinda piqued at this point since it was ending, I decided to give Shippuden a shot. It sucked. Like sucked mean cock, like a total downgrade to what made Naruto a decent Shonen anime, yet I still watched it, because it was on Toonami.

Through the few peaks, and many, many, MANY valleys in its run, I still watched it Gaara getting kidnapped, Sasori (my man) fighting Racist Sand Granny Chiyo with her Sakura flesh puppet, Kurama bitch-slapping Sakura. Asuma's death episode 82 with the God-tier animation, and Shikamaru's plan to kill Hidan, Episode 167 with Naruto and Pain's Looney Tunes-ass fight that predates Gear 5 Luffy vs Kaido's intentionally wacky fight. Other great parts include Killer Bee making Sasuke eat shit in a fight in the Cloud Village even after getting his band of misfits, the entire Toonami tag on Tumblr shitting on Sakura and her fake-ass love confession to get Naruto to stop pining for the Sauce that even HE knew was horseshit so much that we got a video compilation of everyone's posts (thanks wherever you are @lunarspiral1127).

Shit gets hazy after this part but Madara's entire arc, Guy vs Madara, the Mecha Naruto filler episode, the final battle was kinda neat, and a few of these NaruHina wedding episodes were already pretty good, but there was more godawful stuff in this era, like the Gay Armadillo Cock episode, and the Black Zetsu/Kaguya reveal and the shit that ensued after that, and that long fucking stretch of post-manga filler we got that was made to pad time for them to come out with Bort.

AND ESPECIALLY THAT FUCKING OSTRICH WITH THE BOWTIES, FUCK THAT GUY

And so, we finish off with a staple (or tumor if you want to be more correct) of Toonami for the last 10 and a half years that had a few ups, many downs, but stuck through it all even after it was relevant. Honestly surprised that Toonami outlived the Shippuden run, but we certainly are richer for having lost it.

FINAL SCORE (for Shippuden itself, not Naruto as a whole): 4/10

SEE YOU SPACE NINJAS, AND NARUHINACHADS STAY WINNING FOR LIFE!