There are a few new followers and I decided to bring my other hobbies back around in case anyone was interested in checking out my art or supporting me. I dropped some stuff below so please give it a view!
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Hi friends. I wanted to share one of my friend's fundraisers and ask people to please please please consider donating -- any amount, no matter how small, helps.
I met Mahmoud over instagram (@ mahmoudabed_sm) and we've been talking every day for the past few months. He and his family are trapped in Gaza and trying to survive this genocide. The cost of food and supplies is exorbitant and every day Mahmoud is fighting to keep himself and his family alive. They have been displaced multiple times and, like everyone else in Gaza, have nowhere else to go. IOF murdered Mahmoud's uncle and wounded several of his nephews, and every day there are more horrors. Every day there are new horrors and atrocities and every day I worry about him so much, and every day I center myself and keep fighting to end this genocide because Mahmoud must survive.
Mahmoud is 24 years old and is such a lovely and kind person and every single day I worry about him so so so much.
I know there are so many fundraisers and so many people in need, and most of us are struggling to get by ourselves, but please, if you have a few dollars (or whatever currency you use) to spare, please consider donating to Mahmoud and his family.
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I'm crying laughing, the DVDs are even worse than I remember... Season 1's menus are silent with a single static jpg of the same key character art they use for everything else, and the episodes on the Season 2 discs don't even match what's listed on the box! Absolutely stunning lack of shits given. Truly unparalleled. But I really shouldn't be surprised given... well... everything about how this series has been treated since the very beginning.
Time for a quick ~✨PHANDOM HISTORY LESSON✨~ to give newer/less hyperfixated folks more context for why the graphic novel being as great as it is is such a HUGE deal:
Danny Phantom was one of Nickelodeon's MAIN cartoons, in its time. It was a central pillar. One of the top three or four of their lineup, which is saying something when the competition includes the cultural juggernaut that is Spongebob.
Despite this, and despite its superhero theming making it perfectly marketable, it got basically ZERO official merch.
What little we did get was often ugly and very, very cheap. The dedication at the start of the graphic novel that jokes about collecting the Burger King toys? That's because it was some of the most notable merch the franchise EVER had. (I sadly do not have any of it. There was no BK in my hometown. Here's a pic from the internet, though, to give you an idea.)
If you think I'm exaggerating about that being the most significant physical merch to come out of the series, consider that the first video game had an entire menu option specifically for the Burger King promotional tie-in:
That video game, by the way, was one of only two ever based on the show. The first was an adaptation of "The Ultimate Enemy" in the style of a short sidescrolling beat-em-up, and the second was themed around "Urban Jungle" and (as far as I can tell--I've only played the first couple levels) was an arcade-style scrolling shooter. Both were for the Gameboy Advance, and both are...... fine, as far as cash-grabby video game tie-ins to kids' shows go. This was pretty normal for the time, so I suppose we did okay in that department, actually. They're not GOOD, but they're playable and have at least a bit of effort put into them.
But besides those two video games (plus a handful of simple, long-defunct Flash games on nick.com)? In the decade and a half since the show ended?
Nothing.
No books, no games, no comics, no web shorts--unless you count mega-crossovers with every other Nicktoon (a la Nicktoons Unite), or soulless promotional material like "Fairly Odd Phantom" (which, trust me, despite being the first new DP animation in over 10 years was not even worth the effort of watching).
...I think there was a limited edition FunkoPop once?
So yeah.
A Glitch in Time is not just the first cool, well-made thing we've seen from the franchise in a while. It's the first THING we've seen since the show. PERIOD. And arguably the first worthwhile supplementary material to EVER come out of the show, depending on how you feel about those GBA games and the Nicktoons crossovers.
This franchise is widely beloved even now, almost 20 years after it first aired, and it feels like that fact is now, finally, FINALLY getting some official recognition.
PLEASE read A Glitch in Time. Tell other people about it. The series--no, the fans--deserve this (and more of this, if the folks in charge see enough of a response and decide to grace us with any followup). It's LONG overdue, but better late than never.
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My piece for @kavehzine !! Please consider buying, it'd mean the world to me + would directly support all of my efforts, not to mention the other incredibly skilled peoples who worked on this as well.
Link here!!: https://kavehzine.bigcartel.com/
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If anyone is able to I would really appreciate any tips today
If you're a fan of my content please send a tip to either
Cash app $gabbigabriella
Or
Venmo: gabbigabriella
Things are incredibly tight and I just don't see them getting better until I can return to work when my lo goes back to school.
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Watcher fans sure are entitled and a little insane, ngl. "No one is going to sign up for your service! We're all poor! You've made the worst decision, and you'll be back in no time!" Saying this directly to the creators really reminds you of how low the respect for people you don't personally know has gone. I miss the forth wall between creator and audience.
I get and fully understand not having the money to support them, but... Watcher does have fans with money. A lot of them actually. They have merch sales. Their live tour sells out most venues. They have thousands of supporters on Patreon, where the cheapest tier is $5. They're able to gauge the rough finances of their staunchest supporters; that's how they landed on the subscription price. Yes, this move will reduce their viewership in sheer numbers, but to say all of their fans are broke and none will follow/support is factually incorrect.
It may not be a decision everyone agrees with, but severing the limitations of advertisers and youtube in favor of artistic freedom is a good thing. Yes, even if it comes with a loss of revenue. They understand that risk.
Also, I'm begging people to stop treating this like "another Netflix" or something and instead look at it as, "I am supporting a creator I like, similar to Patreon." They literally said in the video that they don't care if you share accounts. Get five friends, and you'll pay $1/mo.
I hate feeling compelled to rant in favor of their decision because I have my own reservations about whether it's the best move. However, I know it's not a choice they made lightly, and I like to think they understand that they'll need to branch out like crazy to entice subscribers.
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CONFESSION:
My cat was diagnosed with lung cancer today 3/10/2024. Nothing can be done to stop it. I'm looking through photos of him this eve & found a bunch of him sitting around my desk and even on my head while I played DAO & DA2. DAI wasn't out yet. Time with someone you love is so precious. I'd give ANYTHING to go back in time and be with him while I gamed for thousands of hours. He'd even sandwich himself between my back & the chair and nap. I love my cat so much. He's even named after a minor character in 1st game. I never had much money for pc's, so I had to play DAI on my old PS3. I have pics of him laying on my bed while I played that! I don't know how to let him go. If anyone suspects their cat has a severe hairball or asthma, get an x-ray asap. Bloodwork didn't show anything. This started about 1.5 months ago, and now I have to be parted from him this week and can't stop crying.
Dear Confessor,
As a cat owner I just wanted to send you my sympathy and to let you know I 100% understand how you are feeling. I've grown up with pets my whole life and its painful to lose them. This is my cat and he's going to be 15 this year. I got him around the time of Origins. He used to bat the screen with his paws when certain scenes came up when I was playing. He still likes hang out with us when we play games and he provides a calming influence. Cry as much as you need to! There is nothing wrong with that. And keep all those memories in your heart.
-SMC
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