#'no one leaves simon says'

[sysig]

Now that they can, would they want to spend a lot of time together? (Patreon)

#Doodles #Adventure Time #Fionna and Cake #Simon Petrikov #Marceline #Hhhh I feel so bad for both of them 💔 #Obviously Simon misses her since she's like the one tether he still has to ''his'' time - they were both born before all the Everything #And I'm sure Marceline misses Simon too but like - even this Simon isn't ''her'' Simon. They met when he was already affected by the Crown #They clearly love each other when they see each other when Simon is as much himself as he can be! #But I can't help but wonder if it would be painful to spend time with this sad lonely magicless man - and how guilty that would make Simon #He wants to still be a part of her life! But how much of himself does he even have to offer now? #And the guilt would go round and round - she sees it in him and he sees that in her and they just both feel bad! #I really can't blame him for being a little emotionally closed and her being distant - they're not who they were #With all that said I still really love their dynamic <3 They're /not/ who they used to be but they've still got such an interesting relation #I think in the moments that they do have together where they're both trying to be good for each other Marcy would really push her humour ♪ #She's got 1000 years of silliness to get out of her system to her bestie! I'm sure she's got the material hehe #Even if he still sees her as a little girl - I mean that just adds to the joke if she says something a bit blue lol #I don't think he'd actually keep the sharp teeth - it's more of a visual metaphor of how Marceline sees him in these kinds of moments #It's hard to leave it behind!

[cordeliawhohung]

In my head, jokingly, I picture Simon befriending pet Johnny the same way I befriend newly adopted/covid baby dogs at work. Get down to their level and offer them yummy chicken treats.

Got this one dog that kind of looks like a weird bear that comes in. First trip to the store she barked at me. Second trip she barked after I walked away with the treats. Third trip and she didn’t bark, but did stare at me like “wait. No. Come back here.”

This is exactly how I see pet Johnny being befriended. Hehe.

lmfao fuckin' simon just dragging Bonnie around like "come 'ere boy," and johnny follows like the damn dog he is.

except johnny was infatuated with simon from the very beginning, so honestly he would've followed the man anywhere even if he only had like, a half eaten sandwich for bribery.

#core responds #pet!au #also like #if someone came up to you and was like #i've got this old house in the woods where no one will bother us #and i'll provide everything for you #as long as you promise to never leave me #i'd fucking say yes in a heartbeat hello #assuming they're not a freak anyway #unfortunately - simon is a freak

[bubblegum-and-ciggarettes]

Spoilers For Final Episodes!

Tbh I’m kinda disappointed in these last two episodes. I knew that we would end the series with Simon and Fionna learning to be happy, but I felt like it went too fast.

I’m glad my accession of how Betty sacrificing everything for Simon was something that came back, and Simon actually learned that Betty sacrificed so much for him while he just let it happen.

Very cool that we got to see Beth and Shermy again, but I’m still confused on how Shermy and Simon were both in his head? And why Simon was naked for some reason??

I am glad on the direction they decided to take Fionna’s world, in how she made a wish for it to be real or for everyone to have their wish(which is what I’m assuming is implied as she never says it). I really do wish that they let Simon put on the crown and for Fionna’s nightmare to actually become real, as I feel it would’ve made the last episodes feel more active and led to her and Simons realization in a more direct way.

I honestly don’t get why Simons voice actor said it would be heartbreaking in the 9th episode as it really wasn’t. Even in the last episode it was pretty tame and didn’t feel as bittersweet as I felt it should’ve for the topic the show decided to address.

Also really wish Betty and Simon had more than like 3 sentences said between them, as it felt like Simon and Betty really didn’t get closure. It kinda seemed like Simon decided he was worth living for when the episode really wasn’t about that? It was about how Simon loved Betty but they weren’t on equal footing in terms of commitment so Betty agreed with Simon, even if it put them both in a bad place in the end.

They didn’t even show how it would’ve been different, which you could agree is the point of “well that’s not what happened”, but it just felt lacklustre with the rest of the context.

I feel bad because I REALLY liked this show and the rest of the episodes. The end just didn’t have the right kick to it and didn’t really make sense. Like why did we have the random characters show up to live in Fionna’s world, and we didn’t even get a glimpse of Finn or Marcy in Simons ending? I was thinking they would do a montage at the end with what happened in the universes we left, but I guess it does leave it open for a season 2. I’m of course glad that Simon and Fionna were able to feel happy in their worlds again, but still.

I honestly wasn’t that stoked about a season 2 unless the ending for this season wasn’t the best, so I guess I’ll just hope season 2 gets created.

#fionna and cake #fionna the human #fionna Campbell #cake the cat #simon petrikov #adventure time #of course I’m not saying people can’t be satisfied with the ending #but imo stories about depression and shi like not knowing what to do with your life shout be bittersweet in a way #like it leaves the ending up to interpretation to whether it’ll b good or bad bc that’s how mental health works #even if you try and gain happiness again it doesn’t mean it’ll last #Simon and Finn’s mom kinda went over that but for luke one sentence #oh yeah the lich was there too ig #still don’t know who the scarabs boss is #cause it’s not Betty #prismo and scarab r kinda cute tho #prismo now has a dude to chill with and make fanfics #now that I’m thinking about it prismos arc wasn’t really solved either #kinda forgot about it but like he was depressed too

[spookylostboy]

John: Shh, do you hear that? That's the sound of forgiveness.

Jack: That's the sound of people drowning, John!

John: That is what forgiveness sounds like: screaming and then silence.

#this one popped into my head and won't leave me alone #john hart #jack harkness #captain jack harkness #torchwood #incorrect quotes #simon says #extra points to those who know what I'm quoting <3

[eagleeyethree]

thinking about an alternate universe where betty returns but not everything is well

#fanart #my art #sketches #betty grof #fionna and cake #inspired by that one analysis where globetty has seen the past present and future #and by merging with glob she is no longer really human #and no longer experienced things the way humans do #and that new perspective has made her realize some hard truths #also the way the first couple of episodes set it up make it seem #that simon's obsession with finding betty again #is just a shallow solution to his broader problem of finding meaning in life #that isn't to say their relationship can't work out! #it's more like they both got off the train to p aris #and realized it isnt as beautiful as they thought it was going to be #and like tourists #they can either be disappointed and leave forever #or they can enjoy the time there and learn something new. grow and develop even. #but i feel like they still go on different roads because of the events that had led up to it #like they need time to figure out what they mean to the world now #in a way that doesnt base their entire reason for existence on a single person

[mokeonn]

So I heard that Tumblr is slowly being abandoned (they seem to be laying off a majority of their staff and keeping a skeleton crew) and we might be nearing the end of this webbed site. I don't think it's currently worth panicking over, but I'm definitely going to start making that neocities website.

I'll make a post soon about other places where you can find me. Unfortunately, I've spent quite some time these last couple years getting rid of a majority of my social media because most platforms were bad for my mental health. I do not plan on going back to these platforms, so if tumblr goes down, I'm going to be only on non social media.

Maybe if one of the new social medias being created, actually take off (like bluesky or pillowfort or whatever else these days) I might join, but if not I might be entirely on personal websites, patreon (I will start posting regularly like a blog and make more free posts), some old websites I deleted but not because I hated them (such as ko-fi, which I deleted due to inactivity) and possibly furaffinity. I'm still on the fence about furaffinity. I might also finally start using my toyhouse but that is an oc sharing website and not much of an art sharing website.

I really do hope Tumblr doesn't go down, this is my one social media and if it does go down I am going to lose nearly all of my audience. I can make do by creating a personal blog and using whatever I have left in terms of "can post my art there and people can find me", and it won't discourage me from making my personal projects. I can make do, and I will make do, but I don't really want to make do.

Anyways, that's all I have to say right now, I'll make a post later once I set up some alternative sites to find me at, but for now I want to give the heads up that if I'm gone, you're not gonna find me on twitter, Instagram, or whatever third option there is. I'm likely going to just make do, be offline more, and likely just become active on the discord servers I'm on.

#simon says #long post #i think #it looks long on mobile #anyways there it is #I'm gonna have to start learning html #im also really sad that i hate making videos so much because I probably would just go on youtube #but I know from experience that I am not becoming a youtuber entirely because I fucking hate making videos that much #i get tempted quite often to become a nice little art youtuber or go into a niche art video subcategory #personally fight against the things I hate about youtube by not doing those things #but I just hate video making too much to do that #i do NOT like my voice enough to edit it #i might consider live streaming again since I used to live stream but also hnng nah im not sure #I prefer live streaming to video making because I hate making scripted videos and I love the live aspect of streaming #but also do I really WANT to stream again or do I just want an audience from a platform where it's very easy to build an audience? #that one is gonna be up in the air for a while tbh #streaming is currently in 'im not sure how i feel about it' limbo and it may never leave #if I do decide to start live streaming again you will hear about it on my sick ass personal blog I have to code #because I'll probably unravel those mixed feeling and come to a decision likely long after tumblr disappears lmaoooo #edit: #also I would rather eat my arm off than ever go back to tiktok so rule that one out forever

[wispythreads]

I don't trust North we disagree on literally almost everything why does me attempting to still be a civil human being with the basics of decency lock Markus and her into a romance what the heck

#detroit become human #detroit become human spoilers #bit of play experience #literally I think I've only gotten her approval twice? #being sincere when Markus was trying to have alone time and successfully getting the trucks during the heist at the very beginning #Bring John with us? disapproval #turn away from her suggestions of violence (that she is constantly making at the slightest inconvenience)? disapproval #its mainly that last one actually #But I try to return the common decency of her expressing interest in Markus by asking her what her deal is? #suddenly they're lovers #I go back because I'm too frustrated with the fact I'm prompted to kiss her despite the fact that I'm still steadily gaining disapproval #and stick with the decision to not ask about her past #even though now that I know it Markus turning away saying “I'm going to talk to the humans” sucks and feels so bad #but don't just leave her to die when the army is baring down on her? #oh you guys are lovers again #even though you literally gain her disapproval yet again literally a moment later #like #????????????????????? #I don't dislike her enough to leave her to die but this is absolutely confounding to me #my version of Markus is literally opposed to her on almost everything #the one thing they can agree on is making sure Jericho is safe and making a better future for androids #why cant markus just dap up simon #<- screachogreilige addition that I agree with

[coredrill]

also these imaishi storyboards…………the energy of them is sooooooooooo fucking good but also they make me want to curl into a ball and cry LMAO

#i think they should release a ttgl storyboard bible like tjey did with prmr #it would be one million pages long and i would LOVE IT #a: ttgl #ttgl: staff art #art: hiroyuki imaishi #ch: simon jiha #ch: kamina jiha #t.ttgl #i wish i could read japanese SO BAD i gotta know what they’re talking abt in these interviews #they mention dead leaves and gunbuster and diebuster and promare and on god i gotta know what theyre saying #there’s a whole segment called ‘thanks to gurren lagann there is now trigger’ OTL

[trevanent]

I think one thing I will say about the finale was that the most problematic aspect of the concept of the show was how it feels like they had to use the Fionna and Cake plot to Trojan horse a resolution to a swathe of loose ends Simon and Betty's arcs had. They pulled it off even better than I ever wanted to let myself hope for for the most part but I would say my main issue if anything was how cramped the finale felt when I think they could have left a lot more up to season 2 speculations (especially with the resolutions for the alt universes, they didn't really feel necessary when they basically just had to egg Scarab).

I feel I liked the understated melancholies of seeing Simon recontextualized and kinda infantilized in that temporary form hosting his mind, and some people have said the Casper and Nova thing felt hamfisted but I thought the vibes were too cute to care that it wasn't particularly "efficient" as far as metaphors go, but that does slow down the pace which probably crunched the ending a little harder :'). But it also worked in further showing the sad side-effect of the crown on Simon's relationships, including that of stunting his ability to have ever matured in his understandings of love and his relationship with Betty. I also think their last scene in the memory worked because it was Simon reconsidering how he viewed their relationship for the first time, even if his attempt to do for Betty what she did for him would have just been an inversion of their original flaw, the scene rests on them understanding it's unchangeable anyway, so that decision doesn't matter so much and it's not something for Simon to dwell on.

I also feel I liked the scene a lot in spite of how scarce it felt in the finale was because of what was most conspicuously unaddressed, which was just the sheer logistical impossibility of any different choices they made having possibly been any "better." It sticks out because Betty says they could have made better choices, which kinda seems to situate their relationship in a vacuum as if there wasn't a very high likelihood had they done anything different at that crossroads, they would have just been literally nuked into orbit regardless. Sure, it seems like enough time had passed for them to have worked out their relationship better at least and then died, but that kinda seems better by an arbitrarily less tragic amount, and really it seems the least tragic possibilities ever were either that they conceive their relationship more healthily, Simon finds the crown and protects Betty from exploding somehow and also doesn't warp her to the future, and they live some terrible survival life but at least they get a chance to live something kinda fulfilling and Betty probably would have taken care of Ice King decently for the remainder of her life once Simon was gone while also having a better understanding of what had happened to him. The only other hand would be that she also was still warped to the future he finds the crown but Simon had not enabled her self-sacrificial tendencies and so she becomes less undividedly obsessed with saving him and instead integrates into Ooo more properly and also accepts what had become of him (I find it hard to think she would have just let him die either way though lmao).

That all said, they had been around a long time to have reflected over everything. I think it is a bit of an issue that they don't really allude to that, but I find it easy to believe that they did recognize how thwarted a happy ending would ever be for them by all angles of their reality, yet they still had that tender ache of that simple and small tragedy just between them two that still exists within the torrent of catastrophe that engulfed them and the breadth of their fate. So much horror in their lives but they reconnect and find themselves primarily concerned with that last regret of not having been able to make the ideal relationship they quite thought they had.

#fionna and cake spoilers #Besides that I would say my other kinda issue with the best part of the finale was that you also don't get to see much more #of how Simon enables Betty besides the elaboration on what Betty alludes to in Temple of Mars #Like they only show the red flags at the start of their relationship but I feel they could have taken some time out of the Scarab fight #to have pretty much just one more scene of his lack of awareness in their relationship after they got together #Because we literally only see him make a misstep right at the inception and that Casper and Nova imply this was a continuous pattern #But Simon has literally no autonomy over himself or Betty for like 95% of the original Adventure Time #and tries to stop her from saving him the first time she shows up #Granted I suppose he saw it as being for his own good should he die and leave Betty alone in some alien world #But that whole situation was profoundly different and difficult to have controlled #save for Simon having not opened that portal at all but the considerations and assumptions of how that might have affected her #a thousand years ago... seems difficult to forsee mid-rigor mortis #So it just sorta feels like Casper and Nova kinda was just pointing to something we didn't actually get to see that much of #And though Simon failing to consider that it wasn't great Betty threw out her plans to do Simon's thing like it was nothing #and then overlooking that more directly and with initiative a second time even with Babette yelling at him was a strong enough prelude #for you to “get the idea” but like. Damn! I wanna see a little of the idea maybe

[xolborsaysstuff]

Lapidary!Simon: It's pride month, Betsy, you know what that means

Betty: What

L!Simon already walking away:

Betty: what do you want me to steal like

Betty: Gay gemstones

Betty: What

#xolmumbles #Simon petrikov #Betty groff #An au of mine #I have only posted about it three times on the Simon protection squad server but #Basically this simon is a gem collector and he and Betty started off as friendly rivals. But they got worse. #They're like og Simon and betty but their obsession with each other isn't out of love it's hate #And they're toxic to everyone around each other #(figuratively but also literally because if you befriend this Simon he might turn you into a gem so you don't get a chance to betray him) #Their obsession with each other keeps leading them to only focusing on one another #I made them for my self indulgent au wherw fionna cake and simon visit more universes together befor the end of F&C #And I had an idea for a scenario I'll polish more later on the simon protection server #OG!Simon gets mad when Betty and Lapridary Simon casually mention killing Marceline to tease each other #He gets really more mad at Lapridary Simon than Betty though #and it gets pointed out that he's more mad at LS because he likes Betty more #And he barely acknowledges that it was Betty who actually killed her but he's biased and believes it was LS's fault #Because this Betty seemed so nice (and seemed exactly like og betty and he couldn't imagine her killing marceline ig) #Anyways LS has gem shaped holes in his skin (the gems he puts in there are always shaped like the crowns gems.) #(I won't say why yet I'll leave that for a later post maybe but there is a reason he doesn't have a crown but has holes for the gems)

[sodalite-lite]

Today's (last week's, really) Trackpad Tuesday is sponsored by: Lying to your friends to protect them! I gave up on doing the dithering sorz Process parts under the cut

#soda draws #taleblr #trackpad tuesday #blood #eyestrain #i keep forgetting parts of my design for him but WHO CARESSS #wouldn't be a fun fandom without that one person who draws bad awkward edgy mspaint fanart #<- i say that endearingly #yeah i colored the gloves. so what they get covered in blood anyway #i have a lot of useless things to say i'm writing this like half an hour after i finished at 2 in the morning i feel a bit panicked #i was drawing this and was like 'this is getting more about me by the minute' whatever THAT means #this was fun for the most part. took way too long. i really like leaving most of the sketch visible but it makes it hell to color #honestly he probably has a better memory than me but whateverrr mann #'so is the blood real or symbolic simon?' that's for you to figure out random person online reading my tags!!!! #whatever my problem is sucks two days ago i could barely get out of bed and today(ish) i whip SOMETHING up after working on it #for like 10 straight hours #i'm mostly just thinking about my unfinished assignments #ENOUGH TALKING INTO THE SCHEDULE FEATURE 4 YOU...

[danielpowell]

The work mood

#mel talks saw #going to make a fool of myself eventually #with me talking about something and attempting to analyze #like I really wanted to express my thoughts on it as a whole #and how I think that uhhh tbh none of them are good but they sure are entertaining and have great potential #and how I'm not surprised the ones people are attached to are the ones with a semblance of personality fxfu ugxguxug #still don't have a favorite either #I sure have least favorites #in terms of films I should clarify #will leave saying that the only one right is Simone

[lesbiten]

theres a cat whose been hospitalized at work for the past week, and i met him for the first time yesterday. came in, immediately went "...is he dead?"

the answer was no, he was just mildly sedated. however, today the answer has changed to "maybe". literally all of his shit is fucked

#no one ever told me whats wrong with him #just that he has a uti #but today as i was leaving all of the techs and the doctor had taken him out to examine him #and my friend just texted me to say he might be septic in his abdomen and they dont think he'll live through the night #and we dont have anyone to stay all night to monitor him bc its not an er clinic #poor potato the cat #simon says

[dehliman]

My version of Ghost and Toast aren’t both named Johnny, but it’s been a ‘joke’ that’s stuck with them since they were kids.

Both Fred and Collin knew Ghost’s real legal name when they joined, but eventually forgot and accepted his name was Johnny Ghost

#happy pi day it’s my excuse to flood the taleblr tag #johnny ghost #johnny toast #taleblr #it’s Simon btw #Simon woods #the pie building gets broken into one day #and ghost is arrested #but the cop says that ‘Simon woods’ is under arrest leaving Fred and Collin sure they had the wrong guy- #not that they were surprised ghost would be getting arrrested

[unproduciblesmackdown]

i'm the first to admit i'm doing a bad job of not liveblogging, but i gotta be nogblogging

#the fault of having captions on lol. if not i'd've gone ''didn't quite catch that'' & moved on b/c Context Is Enough #apparently indeed [nog] on its own could historically refer to a strong ale; so says top result on an etymology search. further origin [?] #and for all i know maybe it was already used as [cited star wars drink] or something lol. i don't know these little details at all reliably #like i Know gun to head everything will have the blue milk lol e.g. but not much further than that #technically seen most? all? of the original / prequel trilogy movies but Ages ago & never moved to rewatch. eh. #i can live w/the nog possibilities. maybe if the original movie was just luke being a funny little gay icon i'd be like yeah i'll see it as #like an exercise in the novelty of that. but then i remember like eh...han solo will be there. i can sense the vibes of [annoying & boring] #which should be a star wars quote really #now i'll have to watch [will roland singing something so right] like the original paul simon version? kinda take it or leave it like #i appreciate it but i wouldn't ever seek it out. but then it's like ah....Augh #(b/c of the lyrics When Something Goes Wrong / I'm The First To Admit It (x2) / But The Last One To Know) #when someone....noggg blogggs....iii'm the first to admit it....i'm the first to Admit it....but the last one to knooooww.... #oh okay a scene later and this guy refers to revnog. what is this; fury road (watched fury road and now i'm antifascist) #as well as reads out the [any witnesses?] quote ft cassian described as ''a human w/dark features'' space racial profiling hours indeed #and then going on ''they clearly harassed a human w/dark features'' implying that's correlation w/some Meaning to be sure #now coming back to add ah another moment with. mednog. seems like an established beverasuffix #andor

[hillerskaroyals]

new young royals timeline just dropped:

#ive spent so long trying to revise my timeline post and simon's invoice is ruining my life #ive now decided young royals occurs in the dot of the I in jeremy bearimy #if you dont get this reference watch the good place. it's a great show #kind of #young royals #but also fully my brain shutting down #simon confronting august about the money and parents day being mid-August leaves damn near 2 full months before lucia #mid-August i meant mid-OCTOBER but i got distracted bc i was thinking about august (the character; derogatory) #im literally losing my mind over this #which then makes all the /other/ timelines confusing #like this means movie night is before autumn break and erik's funeral is during it #so the society meeting happens mid october and alexander is suspended for like 5 weeks before anything happens??? #does august ignore the fact that alex is missing for like a week before dealing with it or does it happen immediately?? #and then when does the music room fight happen? bc i /know/ its right before lucia #which means wille just sat on the info of alex getting caught with the drugs provided by simon for like a couple weeks?? #the math simply isn't mathing #although even if it was im horribly bad at math #im about to return to team 'this was all one fucked up week for wille' #im .2 seconds away from saying simon's invoice isn't cannon bc trying to use it is giving me a headache #that is all #young royals shit post #mine