#why is it a musical

[plantsandpies]

Thoughts on the strawberry shortcake series on Netflix. That’s right. That little series where each episode is like nine minutes long. The newest one.

So first things first, she’s a kid again? Did we need to do that? Cause like she’s already a cartoon and cartoons for children don’t need to star children. Because this causes a bunch of problems for a bunch of plot lines.

Like the entire plot line of this show. Because a bunch of young children are running like, all of the food trucks in the city. Why is the city allowing that? We never see her get a permit. Are they going to have her be arrested one episode as a lesson to follow food and safety guidelines? Lord knows with all the tik tok people selling food online, we might need that.

Another thing is that almost all those kids shouldn’t be running food trucks, personality wise. Why’s lemon meringue, who’s established as an engineer like character, running a food truck? Why doesn’t she have a garage the characters can visit? Also! Why didn’t the use the existing mechanical person in the strawberry shortcake universe? Banana Candy? She was introduced in the 2007 version in Berry Big Journeys (the dvd, each dvd came with two episodes). They already have that character available?

Which brings me to my next point. Now I know the 2009 version did this too. They lived in a fruit world. But I feel like we’re forgetting they’re not fruit. They’re desserts. Strawberry shortcake, blueberry muffin, plum pudding. They’re all dessert characters. Why’d we get rid of that theme? Cause if they kept it, you could do a whole lot more with the world and buildings. Also, you can use all of the existing characters? There’s so many and they aren’t using them? And they took the most popular ones and gave them new personalities. Which isn’t a problem until you realize that every one of their new personalities exists as another character introduced in the 2003-2007 version. Like the lemon meringue vs banana candy thing. Although I don’t think blueberry’s personality existed previously, but I think that’s a good thing.

Also. This is a musical? No one told me. I watched the first episode, wondering if it held any hope, and then they started singing. Why are you taking up about two minutes of your nine minute episodes for a song? Who planned that? And why are they only nine minutes? Why aren’t they longer for good cartoon stories?

I also, in general, don’t like when shows modernize. You have this great fantasy world and setting and then- you add boring skyscrapers and cell phones. I don’t want that as an adult. I can’t imagine a kid will. Think of mlp. There was such a fun world and cool buildings where little girls (the target audience) could have their murderous adventures cutely. Then in the new one all the buildings are kinda plain and we gave them phones? Why’d we give them phones? I thought we wanted those darn kids off their phones? Whatever.

As much as I love the 2009 berry bitty city strawberry shortcake. When revamping it, I would’ve looked to the 2003-2007 (side note. It’s two years because they had two versions of the same characters/ world. One where they were like nine and then the other when they were sixteen). It has a fun world that candy and cake. There’s so many more characters you can use when you reopen up the dessert theme. And that theme would work better with kids. I know that’s not what they’re doing, but it feels like we moved to fruit like candy land when it tried to promote healthiness that one time.

So here’s what’d I do. First off. Go back to 2003-2007. We got the pie man, we got the different countries and islands strawberry traveled too. We got awesome looking cookie factories. I don’t even remember the episode it was in, but I still remember gingersnap’s cookie factory. That shows impact. Or my love of making food inspired worlds. Or maybe it came from strawberry shortcake. Ooooo.

Anyway. I’d go for the short of ambiguous, where are the parents thing they did in 2003. Just because that way there’s this weird grey zone where they can do weird things but it’s still okay because they seem like adults even if their kids because their parents are gone. Like Charlie Brown. Even though they show parents, they’re so out of the picture that the kids doing anything can seem believable. Especially in a fantasy setting where they aren’t doing anything with real responsibilities (looking at you berry big city or whatever your musical ass is called).

I’d also bring back pie man. He’s a fun crazy man. Maybe they took him out because of stranger danger, but he’s a fun character. Maybe add a pre-establishing thing about his relationship to the kids or something. Maybe he’s one of their uncles who’s trying to entertain them or something. I like pie man the way he is, but I know stranger danger is obviously a huge concern.

For episode plots, I’m thinking they just go on random adventures. Like it rains and they’re bored inside so they come up with stuff to do. Or they need to help their friend when they’re overworking. You know, implementing habits to take down capitalism, like actually caring for yourself and relaxing. I’d also have some of those fairytale episodes they had. I really liked those.

I’m keeping the rivalry between raspberry torte and strawberry. It’s not a new rivalry. It existed in the 1980s version I think. But I think it’s a good message situation. (Maybe pie man is her uncle and he’s trying to support his niece in hating people).

I also, desperately want them to keep their pets. The 2009 version had them have dogs, but who else remembers blueberry’s pet mouse? (Side note: I love cartoon/ fantasy pet mice, like blueberry’s or alador’s from the owl house. But do not ever give me a real mouse, I will freak out). And then the pets could have their own episodes like in Barbie life in the dream house or the mlp episode with spike taking care of all the animals? How fun would that be?

I don’t care too much about the horses. I’m pretty sure only one of them had a horse though and the they were like, money, and made more horses. In my head, I’m not doing this to sell toys, so, no need for horses.

Finally, I think we should have 2D animation again. I like the 2009 version a lot, but shitty 3D animation only works in one iteration. You can’t have it work in more than one. I’m thinking a style like the image below but with the saturation of the 2009 version. (I do know that this is their original character, I just like the way it looks. Their instagram is peryrypan) I like the colors, they’re bright and fun. I think the characters would be a mix of the 2003-2007 and 2009. Combine the bright colors and patterns with the dessert like details the characters get. I think they’d look awesome. (Another side note! Please go find Lauren illustrated, also on instagram. They have strawberry shortcake designs that are so cute. Not the animation style I’m talking about, but they are so adorable!)

[nick-nellson]

The Sound of Music (1965) dir. Robert Wise

[duckysprouts]

brain chemistry changed from no longer you and monster btw

[coquexari]

This life is amazing...

[thebabygronckle]

hey so i Fully Believe that telemachus was not afraid of odysseus in Hold Them Down

people may have told him stories of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, Athena's chosen Champion, Hero of Troy

but mama's boy telemachus sat by her feet as she wove tapestry after tapestry; and penelope told her little wolf stories of his father

how they met, how he tripped over himself to woo her, how he cried his eyes out when penelope became pregnant, how telemachus wouldn't sleep in his cot as a baby because he was so used to being in his father's arms because odysseus would not put him down; and yes, how viciously he defended their family when the atrides came to retrieve him for the war

telemachus? the child of the Unhinged Power Couple? who knew very well how horrible those suitors were, how they treated him and spoke of his mother?

took one look at his dad viciously protecting their home, their family, and thought he was the coolest, strongest person ever (after mom ofc)

[cup1d-ch4rm]

Five minutes before god games:

[jarondont]

You want me to introduce myself? The thing that almost killed Odysseus?

[alittlebmblb]

It was only a matter of time. After two whole years... not one piece of art. I am ashamed.

[fox-mulder-gets-pegged]

I just wanna say bc I KNOW you're somewhere on tumblr, to the teenage girl who attended Take Your Kid To Work Day at an office building in Ontario, Canada circa 2013 and had a conversation with a middle aged woman in which you showed her your Black Veil Brides fanart and fanfics and ship content and told her about different fanfic tropes including a/b/o verse bc she happened to know who Panic! at The Disco and Fallout Boy were and thus you felt the need to show her your bandblr ship art, that was my fucking mother and I had to clarify all that to her including looking my mother in the eye and trying to explain a/b/o verse without sounding like a lunatic.

It's been 10 years and I still regularly sent evil energies in your direction. Since you'd be probably two years younger than me and thus legally an adult now, please know if this post reaches you it's on sight.

[messymoonmad]

Since im not very normal when it comes to designing im always more efficient when i design straight up on an illustration so here goes the main suitors :

Antinous (lion🦁) : loud arrogant and imposing. Will laugh at your face and threaten you in cold blood.

Eurymachus (snake🐍): hypocrite manipulative conniving bitch. Will gaslight you with a kind smile. Hates mediocrity

Amphinomous (bear🐻) : he's the answer to choosing a man or a bear. Not inherently evil. He thinks the beggar is funny (not knowing its ody). He is just a guy who's easily influenced by his terrible friends.

(Credit to pinkcherry097 on instagram for the joke)

[dyleeart]

odysseus & polites & eurylochus

[gigizetz]

HELLOOO

What do you think about Eurylochus???

I like him so much and I'll defend him always but I see a lot of people that hates him a little bit too much 😭

which side are you?

I'll defend him forever

he's just hungry, man

[bigidiotenergytm]

me seeing any piece of media ever: i can make that gayer (design cred: ody - gigi & zeus - neal_illustrator)

[almondcroissantsandink]

i've been BELTING out the Epic concept album in the car to and from work the past couple of weeks, esp. the bit where Odysseus cries out for Athena at the end of Love in Paradise, and I thought it would be funny if the goddess herself was like WHY is this person in rural NY state calling for me every day at 8:40am and after 5pm

[the-soft-hoodie]

This ✨ destroy ✨ me

[sloanslone]

Naiad Telemachus (au comes from my beloved anon yet again-they can cook fr)

Close ups:

I CANNOT draw seafood :D