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This Duckburg Life Review: A decent batch of tales to hold onto.

I'm back all you happy people! Yes after a week's vacation to recharge and to pack up my room for an eventual move, i'm back, renewed and ready to get back in the game. And I decided to start with some unfinished business.

See about a year ago I did a sales drive and for each bit commissioned, you got to pick some stuff for me to review. Kev was the only one who kicked in and thus choose the Hazbin Hotel Pilot and This Duckburg Life. The first one was done back in October, alongside the helluva boss pilot in whaat was SUPPOSED to be a lead in to that series getting reviewed, but switching to a full season review and the finale of said season getting delayed constantly meant that still hasn't happened. Next pride, I promise.

As for why it's taken a year, I've kept TDL on the schedule.. but I kept having to delay it any time my blog hit delays to etiher get work I was being paid for out, or things that were time senstive. It was the easiest thing to keep pushing back, and for that I am sorry Kevin. So after Kev made me realize how much i'd been putting this off, I decided to shift the schedule slightly so I could make SURE to get this one done first and finally off my back. Granted it was one of MANY things I need to someday get to, but out of them it was the most pressing and with this it's finally done.

So for those who forgot this happened, This Duckburg Life was a podcast released on Disney XD's youtube channel and the Disney Now app. The podcast is Huey's own podcast of the same name, brodcast on Duckburg Public Radio and parodying the popular NPR radio show This American Life. I know nothing about TAL and not a ton about NPR other than it shows up in media a lot and Doonesbury's Mark Slackmeyer works there

So I really can't answer how good a parody this podcast is. What I can say is that it's a great piece of spinoff media. It's what i'd hope for from the comics: Smaller stories that still fully fit the feel of the show, but fit more into the cracks of things. Instead of you know.. this

I'm impressed this exists at all as Disney normally dosen't put in any extra effort for their Disney Channel shows, boldly assuming only kids watch them. Especially stupid here as this show got frequent interviews with entertainment weekly to hype up episodes. They rarely give their shows anything but web shorts, MAYBE a book if their very lucky, or in recent years the chibi tiny tales shorts.. which is getting a full series because god is punishing me for my hubris. I knew remaking christ the redeemer in my backyard but it's a shirtless keith david would haunt me, I just wasn't clear how.

This honestly feels like a test run, to see if more podcasts by Disney could happen. The short answer is

And the long answer is given there hasn't been any since then.. see above hard no. It was a noble attempt but while I don't mind the idea of an audio drama podcast starring these characters, there are a few obstacles in the way that are evidenced by this Duckburg life. The first is this: it's not on any podcast platforms. While i'm a guy who prefers Video Podcasts, and watches The Dead Meat Podcast and OSW Review religiously (Provided in the formers case i've actually seen the film or don't care about seeing the film), as my attention span scans better to formats where I can chonk up watching something if it's an hour long or so given both my job and my attention span (which is harder to do with podcasts when you don't have spotify and have to sit at a computer for them), so the format was fine with me.. but for the average listener they likely want to just.. listen to ducks anywhere and as far as I can tell TDL isn't on any non-video platforms. It's weridly just on Youtube, Disney Now and now Disney+. It makes access easy, but it also makes it hard to go with you and while the episodes are only 15 minutes long it basically means you have to go out of your way to just listen to it. So already Disney kind of missed the whole point and popularity of podcasts.

The other is that it requires money to do right. To this projects credit disney clearly invested some decent Voice Acting coin into it. For starters out of the main cast, ONLY Paget Brewster is absent. Why

She's just absent for whatever reason, my guess being Disney not offering her enough , bad timing or Disney purposfully asking the writers to not use Della to keep costs down. I don't know. It is a shame, though it thankfully dosen't hamper the series. At most it's just weird to here the characters not mention her.

As said though everyone else is here. The kids and launchpad get the most screentime, each appearing in about two episodes and one set of commericals for an episode, with launchpad only getting a commerical during the episode full of them. The exceptions are Huey, whose in every episode as host and the main star here, as he should be, and Louie who for whatever reason shows up the most, getting two commerical running gags, and being at the center of three episodes. Maybe it's because they knew Bobby Monihan would live forever, I dunno.

Scrooge gets a little less, only getting a starring roll in the fourth episode and cameos in the first two, but it's understandable given David Tennant probably gets paid the most out of the main cast, so Disney likely still wanted Scrooge.. but didn't want to spend more money than they wanted to. It works fine without him and as always David is a treat. Toks likewise is absent, with beakley ONLY showing up for a brief cameo in the second episode for whatever reason> Maybe they also didn't offer her the money she deserved like Paget. Maybe she just didn't want to do it. Again...

They do make up for it as supporting cast wise they get back a MASSIVE chunk of the supporting cast: Eric Bauza, Character Actress Margo Martindale, Josh Brener, Dean Jim Rash, Susanne Blaksee, Kari Whalgreen and of course, last but certainly not least, Keith Motherfucking Fergeuson as FLINTHEART GLOMGOLD!

So they got a fairly stacked supporting cast. Sadly no LIbe Bearer or Kimiko Glenn, so no Violet or Lena and thus no Huelet or Weblena content

Once again.... I have no idea why their absent, likely space or money issues. Point is even without my adopted daughters.. the cast is stilll shockingly packed and gets back to my earlier point: They likely wanted to put as much money as possible into this, and thus need to pay the voice actors the raits theyd id fir series. So while it was a decent concept it likely didn't pull the numbers to get another season nor ones for other series. But for this project they didn't cheap out for the most part, and got everyone they could back and many of them show up multiple times, mostly Keith Ferguson (who also played randy and johnny.. who knew?), Jim Rash and John Brenner.

So a combiation of poor platforming and budget mean this is a weird, one of a kind oddity in Disney's history... and I love that kind of thing. But being weird and one of a kind, while great dosen't mean quality. I mean Dan Akroyd only directed one movie but it's one where he plays a judge in heavy age makeup whose chin is designed to look like a penis, who rules over a tiny collapsed town with an iron fits and the help of his nephew played by John candy who basically kidnap Chevy Chase and Demi moore for speeding and wants to mruder them for the same and who has a giant murder carnival ride to do so, mutant grandchildren, and a room full of doll parts and gets visited by digital underground. You can say it's unique, you can say I need to review it as every deep dive into the movie i've seen has shown it to be thorughly intresting as it is crazy. But you can't really say it's GOOD? Being intresting dosen't mean being good, or even so bad it's good.

Thankfully... this series IS pretty good. The voice acting is quality as always from this series, and the writing is 100% spot on, helped by the fact the writers room includes Megan Gonzalez, who was a story assitant on the show and Benjamin Siemon who came up with stories. Both aren't what you'd call promient parts of tehs how but both did great. They wer eaided by Ben Acker, who does the thrilling adventure hour podcast and was likely brought on to get it into the podcast format and Danny Siegel who.. i'm not sure why he's here honestly. This is his only ducktales credit. But they did a great job and the show feels great as a result. The audio is crisp and the stories mostly well suited for the format: Smaller stories that possibly COULD'VE been episodes had we had more series, but still fit nicely into continuity in some vauge place and area joy to listen to.

My only real complaints are with the first episode, which we'll get to in a moment, and the visual representation. The drawings for each episode are gorgeous, as you'll see in a moment. It's clear the crew worked hard on them and they make a great poster. The problem is this is the ONLY image. They don't cycle the various images in the main image, and as such it's reptitive to watch even if your like me and play a bunch of Cowabunga Collection while you watch. Again the reason those video podcasts work better is because they have more: James and Chelsea have both the video of themselves and intercuts from the film being discussed, if possible, and OSW has footage from whatever PPV or Film's being reveiwed, animated segments nad other stuff. There's something to keep your eyes busy while your brain enjoys the content.

The other is that due to the images having to represent the entire episode it SPOILS parts and sometimes ruins the momentum of gags. Starting us off the first episode is based entirely on Launchpad's answering machine with it left up in the air why he isnt calling the kids back. Turns out he was a sleepy boy.. which is shown ON THE IMAGE FOR THE EPISODE.

It's right there! The rest of it is vauge enough it dosen't spoil any context, so it works. It wrecks the flow of the entire episode knowing this answer and makes the joke not land. That and other problems. There's some slight ones with the naratron 3000 (revealing it turns evil which while not a shock for gyro'ss thing is still about halfway into the episode) and that Louie didn't remotley check who he sold ad space too

They still hurt the episodes SLIGHTLY but both are the kind of plot turn you'd expect given the show, so it dosen't hurt them as much. And to the show's credit the next ep and the final ones don't really spoil anything, with the final one even having a misdirect.

Episode 5 though.. is a mystery. It's easily my faviorite of the episodes .. but it makes it somewhat obvious whose behind it given the suspects it shows are Flinty (with the whole gimmick being it isn't him this time), a beagle boy we never met till this episode, and ... the waddle yacht.. representing Mark Beaks. Who conspciously shows up early on. I mean I get it's more about HOW and WHY he framed Glomgold but still, make it a bit less obvious for those less observent or steeeped int his kind of mystery kay? Not everyone has watched a thousand hours of scooby doo, I get that, but even those who hadn't it's fairly obvious.

Finally for general stuff before we get to each, fairly self contained episode, we have Donald. Donald dosen't actually play a part in the any of the episodes and only reads the bumpers. To be fair, Tony again probably cost a lot, and while you know... paying him for more than this was an option, it's not a bad gag in concept, having Donald read the credits and be even more hard to listen to than ususal. It's fun enough and they even throw in a runner where Donald reacts consittently whenever Tony's own credit shows up. I missed most of these as while this gag is fine on an episoidc basis, it's understandably grating after the first few times when your binging them all at once, so I ended up usually skipping it. As I said it's good in concept, in pratice having Tony PURPOSFULLY play up the grating nature of donald's voice , something i'm normally fine with as a Donald Duck super fan, to be annoying was .. a choice.

So with that we've come to the episodes themselves. How do they stack up? Well.. hold on to your tails

Adventure Calls

I"m not one to take the side door, so i'll just come right up front and knock. This is the worst episode of the show. It's part of why I didn't watch the show as it came out as trying this episode really didn't grab me. That ended up being mistake as the show got better, but it was a mistake on whoever decided to put this episode first.

The reason dear reader.. is the gimmick. The entire episode is Huey playing back messages Louie and Dewey left on Launchpad's answering machine after needing a ride from Funzos, only to esclaate itno ab eagle boy kidnapping, a magical gauntlet resembling another certain Disney ip whisking them to tibet, warrior monks (possibly the same ones that raised Gabby, food for thought) and a wormtaur that's half man half worm.

This should all be very intresting but it's hampered by the format: we only hear about these things afterword and for laughs.. btu they just aren't that strange or epic enough. Yes our heroes getting whisked off to a monstary by a glove that reutrns to the owners after three thefts is intresting, as is a wormtaur, long may he reign, but this is a series where we've traveled into an emo tween's dreams, keith david as a horse wearing scrooge's head is a recurring extra, fought a shark made of money, had a jack and the beanstalk style adventure be simply the INCITING INCIDENT for an episode instead of anything of consequence, and Flintheart Glomgold.. just flintheart glomgold.

This stuff would make a fine adventure btu as "weird crap that happens as a joke".. it's just not weird ENOUGH. The show proper excels at weird crap that happens for a joke, and can sometimes even craft that into a heartbreaking well thought out story, like turning scrooge' shilarious weird vendetta against santa into a heartbreaking tale of two men driven apart by being very diffrent people with very diffrent goals.

So having all this relayed back to us.. just dose'nt work. The beeping of the answering machine is also REALLY annoying after the first few times and wouldv'e been better done being cell phone messages. You know same premise just update it a tad. Launchpad has a phone.. he goes through 10 a week but he defintely has one.

The other issue is this premise.. makes no sense whatsoever. See it banks on the boys calling launchpad over and over for help. Calling him the first time makes sense: Dewey wants his buddy to see his triumph..a nd then Louie likely dosen't want to get Dewey in trouble for getting thrown out of funzos, so they call Launchpad whose less liable to INTENTIONALLY rat them out or scold them.

But by the time their kidnapped by a beagle boy rideshare it makes no sense. Ther'es no mention of any handwaves like pride or anything their just calling Launchpad.. when they have Scrooge, Della, Donald and Beakley all in their phones and all far more capable of rescuing them from kidnapiing, tibetan monks or the blank white void where John Oliver filmed a season and a half of television. Like even just objectively it makes more sense to call Della to fly them as she's their mom, and while Launchpad is loveable as all hell.. she's the better pilot nad would likely bring whoever else was around. I get Dellas not in this series but like.. you can still mention her. All this could be handwaved as they coudln't reach any of them in time, they lost their numbers, Louie lost his phone and Dewey put all his contacts in as dewey, a sea monster at it with some ice cream. But instead we just get them calling the worst avaliable option so we have a plot.

The only saving grace of the episode is the commerical bumpers. Each episode has three commericals by a character promoting a new buisness... usually as it goes down hill and collapses due to their hubris. In this case it's your girl Webby, who runs a mytical creature petting zoo.. because of course Webby would have a hoard of smuggled creatures and think letting other children pet them would go well. Naturally this fails and naturally donald gets injured in his one non bumper apperance in the entire series. Still comedy gold. This episode.. is comedy copper someone left out in the rain.

Narratron 3000

As I said th efirst episode is the worst and this is where they pick up considerably. The premise is simple: Huey has Gyro as his guest (who naturally can't really tell Huey apart and is only there because he needs his ego fed once a day or it will run amok and conquer the land and gentry), Gyro tests out his new invention, a mind reading helmet, said helmet decides to eat huey's brain so she can take his body.

And gyro has to choose between saving his lab and a child's life. Suprisingly the child surives. The episode is half fun gags as everyone else tries out the helmet as Beakely in her only apperance is annoyed it reveals she's a spy.. which I figured at this point was like, on her driver's lisence or something. She's as bad at keeping a secret idetntity as fenton. Launchpad forgets to breathe and scrooge of course has even more money than we thought and Gyro wants some dammit. My faviorite was of course Glomgold, which reveals he secretly idolizes scrooge and built his life after him because ti's the only way he can feel good about himself> It's a nice bit of character depth that while clearly there in hindsight I never considered.

The other half is said brain eating near chld murder, which is fun, tense and of course ends with Gyro promoting the helmet anyway with predictable results. All in all a vast sstep up

Dewey's turn for this episode and he's naturally promoting himself, wanting a big movie roll and offering Louie as his stunt double. These adds are easily the higlight of the podcast as a whole. While the content itself is really good after the first ep, the various adds are just pure comedy and simply the character used distlled into three short gags. and it makes what the next episode is a bout entirely unsuprising.

Louie Sells Out

This is my second faviorite and has the simplist premise of the 7 episodes: Louie , still having regressed from the end of season 2 as is standard for season 3, when this likely takes place, decides to sell all Huey's broadcast space for his episode on the Duckburg Bark Beetle to whoever drives a dumptruck full of money up to the manor. He's not made of stone after all.

So the episode is Huey futiley trying to do an episode while Louie is a dick , mocking the episodes boring nature forgetting this is public radio and promising he has high standards

He does not so the episode is just a ton of fun one and done adds as opposed to the three part ones seen in other eps. This is clearly the ones they thought of , realized coudln't fill an episode and decided to put here. They are all PURE gold. We have funzos bragging that it disinfects the ballpit once a month, Randy and Johnny selling automans, of course, and Mark Beaks trying to get people to submit their inventions to him.. so he can take them. The sad part is I could see people falling for this. We also get the beagle boys promising a totally regit robberty testing service and of course my faviorite is my boy flinty, whose add for "DNA and Scrooge".. is a blatant attempt to steal scrooge's finger prints to frame him for crimes, so blatant in fact he can't resist belting it out and laughing maniacally before forgetting he hasn't done the first part yet. God I missed this man. All in all an outright classic it's only issue being Louie being obnoxious, and that's more an issue of the franchise at that point rather than thsi specific episode. Wish he'd got his compuance but the episodes funny enough I dont' care that he didn't

Ghost Library

Despite a throughly uncreative title, this episode is pure funa nd sums up a lot of what I love about this series: fresh ideas, creative settings and our heroes being creative in getting out of them, wether it's derring doo or just plain turnign the trap back on itself. Which granted also sums up why I love JoJo's Bizzare Adventure but frankly the series are both also generational sagas, incredibly weird and have been around a while so.. yeah what i'm saying is have Joesph and Scrooge meet god damn you! Also you know both rule and share some dna so .. yeah. Seroiusly though think about it Shonen Jump and Disney. Think. About. It.

Anyways the setting here is intresting: A ghost libary that contains books that were never written, the works of the greatest writers of all time.. which of course the writers coudln't reissit giving fun puns, too many to list as one gag is just Quackfaster, whose at the studio with Huey as his expert on the topic (With the audio from a recent expedition by Scrooge, Launchpad, Dewey and Webby), listing off various puns on authors for two minutes, which feels like either Susan improvising or the writers just deciding to put EVERY idea they had into two mintues and hoping we'll enjoy it while Huey slowly looses his patience. I mean it worked, I was nothing but entertained, but I also made a keith david butter sculpture of two keith david's doing the pottery scene from ghost that was eaten by a cat. I'm not anyone's target demographic.

Scrooge is here for a map HE dreamt up in a book though, but the kicker is they have to be quite vewy quite.. their hunting books. Which I do a lot but it's not in a ghost library haunted by Bird Magellian where if you talk your banished and if you stay past the 15 minute time limit, your trapped there for a hundred years. I just go to Half Price books or have Kevin mail me a box of books out of the blue that i'll be reviewing next year. you know normal things that happen to everyone.

Naturally Launchpad is just there to get thrown out, Dewey goes next after some voices irritate him into yelling, and in a nice twist as I thought he'd be the last one standing SCROOGE goes. And how Webby gets out alive and with the map is clever. She dosen't know where it is... but since the library manifests any book you think of she simply thinks up a directory to tell her, then when caught by Magiellain simply yells to get thrown out. IT's clever fun stuff... as is the end twist: Turns otu the map .. is of the Money Bin. Scrooge's greatest treasures are the ones he already has. He just didn't want to risk anyone else getting it. Granted he'll be long dead by the next time this happens, but the bin, and his legacy will outlive him so fair enough. No sense having webby have to deal with that headache. Good stuff.

The Framing of Flintheart Glomgold

Look i've been doing ducktales work for pretty much the full length of this blog. I've made it clear to the point Kev sent me some Glomgold themed mickey mouse ears that will be proudly displayed at my next home. I didn't ask for them but I do appricate the fact someone not only made these but that I have them.

Point is I love flintheart glomgold, so it's not a huge suprise for anyone who've been reading this blog a while and for those new... I absolutely love this version of the character> His over the top insane idocy is just my kind of comedy, Keith Ferguson does him well and it's a solid reinvention of the character: Since they really DIDN'T need him as scrooge's deathly serious evil counterpart, he works better as his boofonish wannabe nemisis who weirdly sculpted his life around him, has an obession with sharks, says a plan wasn't him because it was only two steps and actually worked, and is obessed with telling everyone he's scottish despite being south african. He is a delight. So an episode about Huey, easily my faviorite of the kids with Webby a close second, trying to investigate a crime that he swears he didn't commit.. I mean how could I say no.

It helps that Glomgold and Huey have barely interacted. They only ever talked in "McMystery at McDuckMcManor" and that was with a lot of other characters around. This one allows the two to actively play off each other and allows Huey to be the straight man to the deranged hurrican of a person whose turned to him for help. The fact Glomgold sought out Huey SPECIFICALLY for whatever reason only makes it funnier. It implies Glomgold KNOWS who Huey is, that he had a podcast and that he's smart. So he either remembered him from the Birthday Party or he somehow retained something in his head that isn't related to revenge on Scrooge, sharks, explosives or being scottish. And you could say "Well he's scrooge's nephew of course he does".. .but he never seems to really know them indivdiually just that their related to scrooge. So the fact the one he remembers is not the one he met first, nor the one that bested him, but the one he has had barely any interaction with... it's transcendent.

Huey at first dosen't buy it on the grounds that.. ti's glomgold. Attacking scrooge's waterpark with a bunch of leapord sharks SOUnds LIKE Glomgold, to the point his trial takes all of two minutes. It also leads to a great gag "This is a kangaroo court!" "No this is a duck court. The Kangaroo Court is down the hall"

Okay no wi'm just.. picturing the entire cast of Night Court as Kangaroos. That.. that's my headcanon now. That in this universe their all kangaroos. Your welcome. Is.. is anyone in my audience even going to know what Night Court is? I mean.. i'm even suprised I do, I just caught it on tv land.

Night Court aside, it's a fun mystery as Huey tries to unpack it as he realizes some things, like Glomgold doing app check ins don't add up. And given Mark Beaks shows up shortly into the episode to claim his check ins can't be faked, which Huey weirdly buys despite personally hating the guy and having been outright kidnapped by him, something brought up not too episodes. Only real weakness here. We also finds out Glomgold's shark guy is a girl, Sandra who Runs Sandra's Discount Sharks. I'm shocked Glomgold has anyone who likes him, even if she also thinks he's knida nuts which.. he is so fair point, but still it's kinda nice. She also cracks the case as Huey almost gives up after finding out someone used Glomgold's own gig app, made for getting henchman or doing crimes in general as you'd expect.. only to find out the sharks from Sandra's weren't the ones used and SHOCKER it's beaks. Also there's a beagle boy in there. I don't know why.

The solution is intresting though as Beaks did it because Glomgold's app was SHOCKINGLY popular. Whoever he stole it from must be proud. So this was all a scheme.. a scheme which mark gets arrested for because he was being recorded the whole time, and Glomgold.. gets re-arrested after trying his actual scheme of making sharks into butlers, having them get hired bys crooge and have htem betray him years down the line because he always goes for the obvious. Easily the best of the bunch and that's not exactly an easy thing to pull off.

Out To Lunch

This one is decent and the premise is simple: We follow launchpad on a usual day as Huey leaves a recorder on the dash to record it for his podcast. This quickly turns from Launchpad running into stop signs.. to a rom com. I mean it comes off that way at least. There's even a meet cute where Launchapd barges into the guys drivethrough, a sushi place that ook over for launchapds burtio place he's been going to since he was 13, which explains a LOT yet only gives me MORE questions about this version of his family. It's there he meets a nice guy played by Sam "Pull On My Motherfucking Beads" Rigel, also named Sam who gladly helps launchpad move on by making him sushi burtios and other fusion cusiine, with Launchpad suggesting he open his own restraunt and that he dosen't need a building. Sam disappears, so Launchpad goes looking for his lost boyfriend by going to every drivethrough.. while Sam was following him in his new food truck.. thankfully Launchpad stops before he goes into the ocean. Which somehow isn't my joke.

Seriously this whole thing is as gay as it is a rom com and I freaking love it. Flawless. no notes. Decent commerical bit about Louie's chef, kitten cleaning and old lady retreiving the kitten services. ONTO THE FINALE

Beagle Day

OUr grand finale... isn't all that grand. As the last piece of Ducktales narrative media released , for now, and the last piece of this universe till the book.. it's a bit of a let down. As the last episode of this series with far less expectations.. it's still not all that spiffy, and probably should've been placed a bit higher on the episode order.

It's not a bad episode, but not an amazing one. This one focuses on the Beagle Boys, as they stole some stuff Louie was selling for quick cash including Scrooge's Top Hat.. which he keeps the Deed to Duckburg, aka their primary goal when dealing with scrooge in. It DOES make sense as he also kept Magica quite literally close to the chest. He's the thing people are least likely to go after unless their stupid or Glomgold, which may seem like the same thing but Glomgold's level of stupidity, arrogance and determination is beyond most mortal beings.

This ep also kinda underlines why depsite the show tryign to make them a thing in season 1 the Beagles dropped off to cameos and apperances with other foes afterwords. Their not bad, they got a decent mythology, with this episode adding an annual day they celebrate Pappy taking over the town.. but at the end of the day their just thugs in domino masks. They were NEVER a threat to scrooge and are only a threat to the kids when it's a large crowd of them. It works for the comics because they reguarly raid the bin and are often used as muscle. But here they aren't really needed by any of the villians. Just for example Flintheart post ppilot usually works alone, magica has magic, Beaks has tech and for one episode Gandra, Lunaris is seperate from earth and FOWL would find them too out in the open. Character Actress Margo Martindale is FANTASTIC as ma, no question. She always is. She just got stuck with a character who really isn't necessary in the long run.

So this episode is just okay as Webby and Louie sneak in. The twist at the end that Huey's beagle expert is just a beagle boy in disguise is great, as is Webby clearly pummeling him off screen after he stries to start his own podcast.. but it's really just overal la forgetable part of a pretty solid series. While it starts and ends bumpily, this series is enjoyable, funa nd well worth a listen.

Also the last episode had one of the best bumper gags with Beaks holding Waddle Fest. You can guess both what it's parodying and how well that goes.

So sadly it's time to depart these characters again. I'll naturally see them again and again, I do plan to recap the entire series at some point, but it was nice to come back to my roots for a spell. Thanks for reading, consdier joining my patreon and you can let go of your tails now.

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ohh, that's too bad about your computer not being able to play dreamlight valley! i have heard that the game is supposed to have a mobile version, but i'm not sure if it's been released yet or not, so that could be something to look into. also, i can totally see that about tarzan wanting to dive right in and learn about everything around him. i'm sure that if jane were there with him she'd also be really excited to show him new things and help him with anything he didn't understand. oof, yeah, i didn't wanna be too harsh about wish in case you were still really looking forward to the movie, but i admit that my mixed feelings about it are more on the negative side. i like a couple of the songs, but they're riddled with strange and poorly written lyrics (for example, "i'm a star, watch out world here i are" or "i let you live here for free and i don't even charge rent") and some of them sound so generic that i just feel like i've already heard them before. after seeing the concept art and hearing about some of the ideas that didn't make it in, i ended up feeling like the movie had a lot of missed potential. it's a shame, especially since this was disney's 100th anniversary film. there is one other tarzan reference besides the shoutout in the credits, though, so definitely look out for that when you watch it! that's true about mark mancina, i see a lot of praise for tarzan's soundtrack that's specifically about phil collins, but mark created such a good score to go with his work. i'm really glad he got to work on moana as well. ooh i see, that does all sound pretty interesting! i love to read as well and pretty much always have a long list of things i'd like to read, and never enough time for all of them LOL. but i'll definitely have to add the tarzan novels to that list and try to check them out someday. are there any other tarzan movies you enjoy besides disney's version? -🌟

I looked, and is is available through Apple Arcade… but same problem, don't have a compatible device, lol. Not into computers/phones/etc enough to try and keep up with the latest. Would rather stretch my devices as long as I can and save the money for my collection. Oh well, maybe someday I'll play it. Would be so awesome to see more of Jane helping Tarzan learn new things though!

I agree with you on the lyrics, some of them are so bad!! I remember hearing those lines for the first time and feeling embarrassed for them. They sound like they're from a cheap bootleg ripoff, not from the most prestigious animation company in the world. They should be ashamed of themselves, they used to have incredible song lyrics.

That's awesome there's one other Tarzan reference though!! A very good reason to give it a watch!

Mark's score for Tarzan and Brother Bear are so beautiful. As soon as I saw he was doing Moana I knew I was going to love it!

Ah, the pain of never having enough time to read… and it always seems that when you do, you can't find anything to read! I'm currently halfway through the Asian Saga by James Clavell. I've read those books so many times I've lost count. I was about a third of the way through Shogun when I found out that there's a new FX series based on the book that's going to be on Disney+ at the end of February! Although I've finished reading Shogun since, I'm trying to finish reading the other 5 books before the series starts… I don't think I'm going to make it, lol.

I hope you enjoy the Tarzan novels if you get to read them!!

I haven't seen many other Tarzan movies, but I did really enjoy Greystoke with Christopher Lambert and Andie MacDowell. Of the ones I've seen it feels the closet to the books. And it has an unexpected connection to the Disney version… Andie MacDowell's voice was dubbed by Glenn Close, so it's like seeing Jane and hearing Kala!

Growing up I watched the Tarzan tv series starring Wolf Larson and Lydie Denier, which was my first introduction to Tarzan. It takes place in more modern times, and Jane was French in it. I watched it again a few years ago, and it was definitely not as good as I remember it being. But as a kid I found it thrilling, used to stay up until 3 am every Saturday to watch it!

#strangers like me

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My Top 10 Ships of 2020

It's been a weird year but I've seen other people doing this. Plus this year I've been way more into gen fics (love a bit of found family especially in clone wars and marvel) than anything shippy. So I genuinely don't know what imma put on here aside from two ships for sure. Sorry this post is super long idk how to do the below the cut thing and I've had this app for 5 years...

10) Viktor Nikiforov and Yuuri Katsuki - Yuri!!! On Ice

It was a real toss up between this, supercorp, kanera and wolfstar cos they're all very integral ships to my fan heart but this son because of the Yuri on Ice fandom's rebirth this year. I've never stopped shipping this, never stopped reading fanfic of them for any extended period of time, they're still my most bookmarked ship on ao3 (although I think now star wars - all media types may have overtaken them for fandom). They were one of the first things I watched where the queer ship I loved became canon and I can't wait for the film (and hopefully someday a season 2). Heck I even made my mum watch Yuri on Ice with me so I think that says it all.

9) Edelgard Von Hresvelg and female Byleth - Fire Emblem: Three Houses

My first fire emblem game was fates when I was like 14 (and finally gay awake lol). I was so disappointed that I had to be with a guy character because the only female option was kinda creepy and also I wouldn't get the character of kana. So when three houses came out I was so happy because finally there were beautiful incredible female characters my female byleth could romance (I'm so sorry mlm you deserved so much more than you got). I got the game as soon as it came out (had to search a lot of shops let me tell you) and started on black eagles. I was actually kinda disappointed back in 2019. I didn't like the explore the monastery bit (still find it kinda tedious) and the battle mechanics weren't quite the same as fates (no pairing up?! Aka my main battle technique for protecting the weaker units). So I got like 20 hours in and put it down. Came back to it in lockdown and finally finished it! I'm so proud of myself I virtually never finish games. And I fully fell in love with the useless lesbian edelgard in the process. When I started back playing in 2020 I was like eh I wish I'd picked a different character to romance (like shes an emperor that's morally very shady) but then the romance stuff started with edelgard and I fell the heck in love.

8) Cory Matthews and Shawn Hunter (and Topanga Lawrence) - Boy Meets World

Disney+ was released in the UK this year and I finally got the opportunity to watch boy meets world in its best quality (aka not on YouTube). I watched it back when I was like 12 or 13 and it's such a nostalgic show for me. Watching it again I still absolutely adore it (and my bi ass was low-key crushing on Shawn especially in chick like me - I'm 18 btw and I got so scared for a sec but rider strong was 18 when chick like me came out so it's fine woah). And of course now I see the possibilities of the beautiful Cory and Shawn relationship like they were so bromance it was basically romance and throw in topanga it's the perfect ot3 (but I'm also fine with just Cory and Shawn or just Cory and Topanga). Read some good fanfic for them this year. My favourite was one about Shawn stealing makeup and stuff and exploring gender (need more fics like this I'm biiii).

7) Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes - Marvel Cinematic Universe

I rewatched all the MCU films this year too. And got really into Peter parker whump and irondad. Plus my eternal obsession with identity and relationship reveals of course led me from Spiderman identity reveals (and found family cuteness) to stucky coming out. Especially when it involves the internet and social media. Not my favourite ship but it's been significant to my year due to the sheer amount of marvel stuff I've read.

6) Satine Kryze and Obi Wan Kenobi - Star Wars

I rewatched clone wars in prep for season 7 and wow Satine's death was sad and sudden. She first appeared in S2 E13 I think and just the sheer sexual tension of their bickering. "The sarcasm of a soldier. The delusion of a dreamer." Just ugnnhhh my bi ass can't take much more of this. And Anakin just sipping his wine in the background grinning. And I fully believe korkie is a Kenobi.

5) Commander Cody and Obi Wan Kenobi - Star Wars

I am very much an Obi wan multishipper. I don't really have a favourite but I fully believe he was with satine and Quinlan in his life. I don't think be would've actually done anything with Cody because of the whole superior officer thing. And this probably isn't even my favourite Obi wan ship - that honour probably goes to quinobi or obitine. However the most popular ships in the fandom are codywan, quiobi and obikin. No offence to anyone who ships these they're just personally not to my taste, but I can't stand quiobi, and obikin I find only slightly more tolerable and I think that's just because there's so much obikin content so if I like the concept of a fic that happens to be obikin I'll read it. I'm just not a fan of the mentor/student relationships. So I generally favoured the codywan fics when there was shipping involved meaning I read a lot of them this year. Needed that nice fix it content post season 7.

4) Zuko and Katara - Avatar: the Last Airbender

Again I am a multishipper I have nothing against zukka it's cute. But I'm a zutara shipper first and foremost because when I first watched avatar I was like 13 and denying my gayness and gayness in general so I shipped the straight things and the straight things only. Most of these ships I stopped shipping - dramione, spuffy, some my little pony ones which we don't talk about. Zutara stayed. (I have nothing against any of the things I used to ship I just stopped shipping them so much/shipped new things more). I've continuously shipped zutara since I first watched avatar even if I didn't necessarily spend that much time on it it has always been here as one of my favourite ships. It has such good fanfic I swear including my favourite ever fanfic from any fandom - love thy enemy. Plus like the black games (reread this for the millionth time this year), a delicate subterfuge (which I read for the first time this year and damn it's so good) and so many more. With the avatar resurgence this year I haven't actually rewatched avatar aside from my normal random episode every now and then when I feel like it. But there's been a lot of avatar on my dash from people I follow getting into it and people I followed for avatar returning so naturally I returned to the fandom and read quite a lot of fanfic. I also read just a lot of avatar gen fics which were great at the whole found family thing I've been so obsessed with this year.

3) Catra and Adora - She Ra and the Princesses of Power

Catradora is canon! They kissed! What more is there to say. Arguably they should've been top but I never shipped them that much since I was always very much a multishipper when it came to she ra so yes I was very happy it became canon because we actually won for once but also I've never read much fanfic for them etc. But they are very much a dynamic I love and watching she ra all again in prep for season 5 I really enjoyed the build up of their relationship. The other two only go above because Buffy is my favourite show ever and damn there's some good fuffy fanfic and Aphra and Tolvan is both fresh in my mind and star wars owns me. Would love some catradora fic recs btw if anyone has them tho.

2) Buffy Summers and Faith Lehane - Buffy the Vampire Slayer

I didn't realise it was last year that I got super into them but according to my ao3 bookmarks it was lol. 2020 I swear it's lasted an eternity. I got into them about a month before lockdown (which feels like another lifetime). I've loved Buffy since I first watched it when I was 13. It's arguably still my favourite TV show. I've been through a lot of ships for Buffy - bangel to spuffy and now fuffy. I still think angel and her were a beautiful ship back in season 2 and especially in the angel episode I will remember you. But faith and Buffy had so much chemistry in season 3 - she would've been a fresh start for Buffy and the amount of fix it fics I read I swear. My favourite has to be one where they met in LA during Anne and how that changed everything feat Buffy's internal homophobia.

1) Cheili Lona Aphra and Magna Tolvan - Star Wars

I read Darth Vader (2015) and Doctor Aphra (2016) for the first time at the end of 2020 (got a comic subscription which has served me very well already I've nearly finished the star wars canon comics). Just to see canon queer ladies in star wars was so magical for me as a queer lady. I didn't think star wars would be so overt yet as to have a queer kiss in canon (even if it's in the comics) and especially not with the main character of arguably their main comic series. Now we just gotta hope that we'll get it in live action someday soon. They weren't the ship I consumed the most content of in 2020 but they were the highlight of my 2020 because star wars did that and I finally found out about it

Honourable mentions: Vivian and Elle - Legally Blonde, Candace and Vanessa - Phineas and Ferb, Stevie and Alex - Wizards of Waverly Place, Xander and Spike - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (I actually don't ship this but damn some authors are good - this was the ship that made me realise I don't need to like a ship if the author is good enough to write it well), Eli Vanto and Mitth'raw'nuruodo - Star Wars (started reading the books last year but finished this year and only started with fanfic this year), Villanelle and Eve - Killing Eve, Kanan and Hera - Star Wars, Barriss and Ahsoka - Star Wars, Remus and Sirius - Harry Potter, Kara and Lena - Supergirl (let's hope this becomes canon next year!) (Those last four are ones I've shipped forever some of my og ships but nothing particularly big has happened for me this year with them so)

I got Disney+ this year so rewatched a fair few things from my youth and though hey my obsession with that character may have been a little gay.

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Hi so I'm interested in getting into the Kingdom Hearts series but I dont know which games to start, which games to avoid, and whether or not some of the games are canon or not. Could you help me please?

So the best thing you could get if you want to get into the series is this. (ignore the price tag Amazon has on it you can buy it at Walmart for like $20). It includes every game/cutscene movie in the series (except for the mobile game and the recently released Melody of Memory). Either way its the perfect collection to get you caught up to speed (I got caught up back before this complete collection existed so back then there were two collections you had to buy before they compiled them into just one lol). Either way, it includes basically every single thing you’ll need to get the (almost) complete story of KH. When it comes to what you’ll want to experience with it, here’s my take on things (in order of how you should play/watch them and what they are in that collection):

Kingdom Hearts (full game playable in the collection): Absolutely MUST play, its a great game and its story is the most simple in the series, very fun and charming and sets up some of the major characters (namely our main Destiny Trio) very nicely. Even if its not the first timeline wise, you’ll want to start with KH1 because of how it introduces the series and its concepts and characters in the most simplistic of ways

Chain of Memories (full game playable in collection, but honestly? I recommend just watching the cutscenes online its NOT fun to play through in my opinion): Again experience the story of this one at least. Its the direct sequel to KH1 and its where things start to get... kind of confusing. To fully understand what happens in this one, you may have to revisit it more than once, I’ve watched through it twice now and I’m still fucking baffled by a lot of it tbh but it sets up 2 so for that its worthwhile I guess?

358/2 Days (Cutscene Movie in collection); So you can watch all of the cutscenes in this one on the collection in a few hours. Its a pretty touching and emotional story focused on the Sea Salt Trio though it does have some... kind of confusing tangents in it too tbh. Either way its well worth the time to look into to learn more about certain characters, as well as the inner workings of Organization XIII

Kingdom Hearts 2 (full game playable in collection): MUST play, its fantastic tbh. Its often cited as the fandom’s favorite for a reason; it builds a TON on what KH1 set up, offers some really fun Disney worlds, and its plot is absolutely fucking batshit and I love that about it. Highly recommend this one for some of the character moments in it especially there are some really funny, really touching, and really heartbreaking scenes in this one, its a wild ride

Birth By Sleep (full game playable): MUST play though its kind of not that great to play in my opinion? Then again I suck at KH games so I might not be the best to ask in that regard XD Its story is great though, focusing on the Wayfinder trio and their absolute tragic backstory. Speaking of backstories, this a prequel, set like 10 years before KH1, something important to keep in mind going into it to avoid confusion (though you do see younger versions of some characters that show up in the “present” games so I suppose that helps lol)

Re:Coded (cutscene movie): Ugh... honestly? You can skip this one, it adds fucking nothing and its boring as hell to get through. If you really wanna sit through it, feel free to but its mostly a big old confusing waste of time if you ask me, one that doesn’t really add much to the story at all.

Union Cross/KHX/Back Cover: Ok so this is where it gets really confusing. Union Cross is the KH mobile game which I don’t recommend playing because from what I’ve heard its very grindy and basically its “pay to win”; so instead, I recommend getting caught up on this one through watching the “cutscenes” or reading through a plot synopsis online; This is another prequel, set waaaaaay before any of the other games and it has some... stuff thats significant mostly for the sake of KH3 and whatever will likely come after it more than anything else; Its story is... fine. Confusing as hell, but fine. Back Cover is a movie that’s on that collection that tells the story of the Foretellers and its boring as shit but I would recommend at least knowing what happens in it to understand the story of the first Keyblade War.

Dream Drop Distance (full game playable): Absolutely recommend this one, its a delight to play through and has a really fun (but also hella fucking confusing) story (confusing is a word thats very often used to describe KH for a reason XD); Its set after KH2 and follows Sora and Riku and its basically building up towards KH3 and elements that show up there. Again, highly recommend this one its one of my favorites of the bunch

Fragmentary Passage (full game playable): Though that game is only like 2 hours long. This is sort of another prequel though its also set during KH1 and you play as Aqua, who I’m in love with :) It was kind of made as a KH3 tech demo and that’s why its so short but its pretty fun and its story is compelling enough to keep you going as it continues building the way towards 3

Kingdom Hearts 3 (full game playable): Absolutely play this one; I may have my problems with its story, but its a hella fun time gameplay wise and its story has... its moments where its not fucking stupid. Though some of it is fucking stupid and I just have to deal with that :) Anyway KH3 is the conclusion of what’s called the “dark seeker” arc, which is really just the arc where we have Xehanort and the Organization as antagonists, tho knowing this hell series I’m sure they’ll all fucking come back someday :P Anyway its the culmination of a lot of things throughout the series and while some ends aren’t tied up the best, others are beautifully here. Totes recommend even if I personally have a very love/hate relationship with it ^_^

Re:Mind (bonus online purchase): This isn’t a game but its KH3′s DLC and it likely isn’t included in that story so far set. It basically adds more onto KH3′s ending and sets up for whatever game will come next after it (and also sets up MoM)

Melody of Memory (not included in set): The newest game in the series and a rhythm game at that; its largely just a recap of past games and their events, but the gameplay is really fun and addictive, plus KH music slaps. It does have about 15 minutes of brand new story content tacked onto the end of it, which again, is setting up for whatever game likely comes next, but if ya wanna skip it, I wouldn’t blame you, its waaaaaaay too expensive right now, I’d honestly just wait for a price drop :P

Dark Road: This is another mobile game and it basically tells Master Xehanort’s backstory; I personally haven’t looked into this one because I don’t give a single fuck about that asshole’s history but ya can if you want more context into his character I guess :/

And those are all the KH games. There’s a fucking lot of them and I hate them all. I also love them all. I basically love/hate this entire hell series,, so much so that I decided to write a shitty angst fic about it (which I highly recommend if you do actually go through all of the KH games, Keys to the Kingdom is basically an AU of KH3 and also sort of a “fix it fic” of sorts XD its a good, tragic time all around XD (forgive the shameless self promotion)) Anyway, enjoy the insanity that is KH!

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Movie Reviews (2019)

49. High School Musical (2006)

I know. I know. So overrated and cliché but hey, this cliché movies are like the basis of every other teen flick movies out there. Dont tell me I'm wrong because even if the movie was predictable, it's addictive too!

And heeeeey! Come on! It's High School Musical we are talking about! I know for sure that you also dreamt about being in High School Musical....or it's just me? Hahahaha

So... This spectacular Disney musical movie was released 13 years ago.

Yes. Thirteen years ago and when I first watched this was when I was in elementary. So I got my hopes up about high school because this movie pops up! I thought there will be lockers, a huge cafeteria, a huge theater and also the dress code. I thought my high school dress was going to be like how the students in East High dress... I forgot I was raised in the Philippines and uniform is a must.

SO ANYWAAAAAAAAAY. I have watched this so many times that I lost count! I watched the sing-along and dance-along version that Disney put up everytime they aired in in Disney Channel.

What so good about this movie? It's just about dancing and singer and teen falling in love. Some might say that what's so good about that, right?

Well, to tell them what's so good about this movie is that... It's not about those things. It's also about trying something out of your comfort zone and it's not bad.

I had almost lost count of all the chick flick that I've watched that the status quo in high school is so important.

The fact that its so important, it keeps the student grounded to where they think they belong. When they been labeled int a group, you must stay in that group until graduation but that shouldn't be that way.

High school is about figuring yourself up before college because trust me, you better get your shit together before graduation or else you'll be in serious trouble in college.

High school is about trying things. Experiencing. Having the time of your lives. It's not just about your circle or how great you are at high school. What you've become in high school doesnt really do you any good in college.

Watching this movie really brings me back to those happy times where I was just hoping that my crush likes me back....

I suggest to every high school student and incoming freshmen out there to have fun in your high school. I mean, hve fun but be careful okay. Fun is about happy times but dont be reckless to risk your life.

But hey, that part is way over.

I have experienced all that and now, new adventures are waiting to happen but here I am...in my room...watching movies...

Hahahahaha. Ironic, I know.

THIS IS TRULY A MUST IN EVERY GIRLS MOVIELIST OUT THERE. Because I know the boys wont like these kinds of genre. Especially in this generation.

Rate: 10/10

Someday, when you look back in your own high school memories make sure that you'll find yourself smiling instead of regretting.

#movie reviews #moviebuff #reviews #high school musical #disney movie

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Hello Jules! Secret Santa here again (:

I actually have that book! I love it. The way he wrote the stories out is enthralling and makes it super easy to read! Slavic mythology? I’d love to hear more about that!!

I’m visiting her again in March and then again in August, so I’m only assuming you and I will still be in touch and we’ll record a few things to share with you! 🥰

I love how art and creation is such an ingrained part of you. It’s something so special.

I also have an addiction to salty snacks. Reese’s cups and baked potatoes with flaky salt are a few of my favorites!

MULANNNN YESSSSSSS top tier Disney for sure!

I’m the same way! Getting out in nature is so wonderful and it really takes you out of the hustle and bustle of life and you can just be one as a creature on this big, round planet hurdling through space. Reading is magical!!! Not only do you get to explore new worlds and experiences, you get to read another’s thoughts as they thought them and I think that is so neat!

As of late, in my free time I’ve been making a lot of Greta Van Fleet edits for Tiktok or listening to music lol I can’t escape the music Jules!!!

Oh man, there’s quite a few!!!

Free Willy 1, 2, & 3 is such a nostalgic collection for me! I’m really into whales and porpoises and when I was younger I had quite an extensive knowledge of them. Plus, I thought Jason James Richter was an absolute BABE when I was 5 years old 😂

Tonight, You’re Mine or You Instead (same movie, different titles for different country releases). It’s a whirlwind love story that takes place between two musicians over 48 hours at a music festival in Scotland! It’s so cute and cheesy and kind of cringy, but it’s definitely a comfort movie for me.

Purple Rain is just solid. My mom showed it to me when I was young and I fell in love with Prince and everything about him. I vowed that I would see him live someday. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen due to his passing, but I was able to go see his band, The Revolution!! They played the song live without vocals and let the crowd sing for Prince. It was one of the most ethereal experiences I’ve had.

I love art!!! I’m not too into big-name artists, but more so love to support and promote local tattoo artists! A good friend of mine does the majority of my ink and you can bet I’m the first person to spread her name around when someone’s asking about my tattoos!

Question time!

When you’re reading a fanfic, what is the one thing that draws you in to the writing? Is it the descriptions or the dialogue?

Would you like me to write you as I’ve come to know you these past few days, or would you like me to write you as a more extraverted character?

Is there anything specific you would like to see written? This could be any small moment or attention to detail, a scene, a fantasy you’ve wanted to see played out?

This is officially the best part of each of my days. I really look forward to having these little moments in time where we get to know each other on a deeper level! Keep safe and stay golden, my dear 💖

#secretsanta10

Hello my love! How's your Sunday going?

Neil Gaiman is actually my favourite book author. Also I love to learn about Slavic Mythology since I'm Polish and it's really cool stuff

Yaaaay, i cannot actually wait to hear your music ❤️❤️❤️

Reading is absolutely wonderful, it opens your mind and helps you look at world in different way.

I can't escape the music too! 😅 You actually inspired me to pick up my guitar again, hopefully I can keep the motivation to learn.

Omg Free Willy is actually a movie I used to watch as a child! Whenever i see it on the tv it gives me such a nostalgic feeling, I love it!!

That's so awesome that you support your tattoo artist, it is a really tough craft to learn! Art can be people togheter and i think it's one of the most amazing things ever!

1. One of the things that draws me into fanfics are descriptions! I find them so captivating and i absolutely love to read them. Also you can really recognize the author's style of writing by discovering the way he shows the world within the story.

2. You can write me however you feel comfortable. I'm up to anything, because i genuinely enjoy reading stories.

3. Can you write maybe a friends to lovers story. I don't Ask for anything specific, because i would love to discover the ways you show their story and i'm sure by the way you write your replies that you're an amazing writer. You have rather advanced use of language which i adore.

Ok now questions:

1. What do you want me to draw for you? Like maybe a certain aesthetic or theme?

2. Can I use maybe your grandma's fave flowers as a point of symbolism in the art piece?

3. What color combinations do you find beautiful?

4. Do you want me to draw you a gvf fanart or would you like an original illustration?

Talking to you always makes me smile and I always wait impatiently for your replies. It a highlight of my day for sure!

Sending you some good vibes and love ❤️

~Jules

#my asks #secret santa 10 #secret santa #gvf secret santa

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Good morning! (Good night for you?) Omg, I think I'm going to cry :_ I want to keep in touch with you, too, and I hope we can meet in person one day! I will surely give you a big hug too! ♡ About the anon, I always doubted because I thought if I went off anon that "interest" would dissappear a bit because now, I'm just another reader of yours! But now I know how special I am to you, so maybe we could change IGs or kakaotalk? Idk >

Ho+ maybe we could talk more about each other and feel more comfortable since it would be just a chat between us! Only if you’re comfortable, ofc!! I don’t want to pressure you ;; and about the languages, yes! That’s why I love them so much! There are words and expressions so deep and beautiful you can only fully understand them if you know the meaning and not by a translation!! ;; About my drepression, thank you so so much, I hope you can get better as well

+ Min Yoongi and his lyrics, too. When he released his mixtape, more specifically that one song where he talked about his mental illness, I actually cried rivers because I related a lot and idk, I just love him so much ;; About my dream, thank you for taking it seriously and giving me your truly advice, I’m really touched! And I know there are other ways to be a musician, and that the Korean industry is really tough and difficult, but when I think about doing another thing, I just can’t (+)

+ imagine myself being happy. I imagine myself training so hard my muscles hurt and my throat is sore, sweating a lot and looking at myself in the mirror, and I see myself being happy. I imagine myself on stage and I imagine myself being happy! I want to be able to inspire people with my music, to give them hope and happiness. I believe music can save lives, because it saved mine, so I want to be able to do that, too. (+)

+ I used to feel bad and even cry a year ago because I thought that this would be impossible being a non-Korean person, but I try to think that there’s a first time for everything and that if I show all the passion I have in my heart, I can do it. I used to be a bit confused because one of my passions is learning and I think it will be difficult to train and study a career at the same time, and I’m also concerned about the money because I don’t really have much, so I’ll try to think a solution +

+ to that! But sometimes I’m confused, too. Because I don’t want to give up my education, but studying in Korea is something hard and there’s a lot of pressure in getting good grades, and as a person with depression and struggling to get good grades I’m scared. And that is something that makes me think sometimes if I could really do it. Again, thank you so much for giving me your advice, it really means a lot to me ♡ (+)

+ and wow, wanting to learn the Bible in its original languages is really cool! I believe you can do it!! And white colored animals are truly fascinating, yes! And the arctic fox is such a beautiful animal ♡ My favourite is the barn owl (lechuza in Spanish!) because I had one when I was a child, but it died… :( and that is a beautiful place! I hope you can find one soon! My favourite place would be a very dense forest, with super tall trees and a magic aura around it. Just like +

+ the ones in fantasy movies! I find myself at home when I’m in a place like that. It’s very relaxing and beautiful ♡ and yes, now I remember! I think you told me your bday but I tend to forget dates, I’m sorry ;; and woa, you’ll be in your twenties soon! I will be sixteen this year, hehe. And now, my answer to your questions for today! I stan both girl groups and boy groups and my bias groups are Monsta X, Seventeen, ToppDogg, Oh My Girl, Dreamcatcher, Loona and Pristin ♡ (I really like +

+ WJSN too!) My bias are Changkyun (he’s actually my ult bias, hehe), Hoshi, JinE (OMG), and I don’t have biases for the other groups! I love JinE because she’s such a beautiful, strong woman! I love Hoshi because he’s so hard-working and imaginative, I love his voice and his choreographies are so beautiful! And last but not least, I love Changkyun because he’s so amazing. I love the way he sees life and his personality is so warm and beautiful >

Hello Mae! That’s sad :( I was telling you about Bangtan, that I still love them but their new fans really throw me off so I don’t listen to them anymore, but that I still love them and Yoongi specially a lot!! And I’m proud of them. My question for you was something about what type of music do you listen to apart from kpop, i think!! Sorry for the bother ;;; -your lovely anonie

Yay! I do have an instagram but not a kakaotalk o.o” But I’m sure we can work something out if you direct message me! :D

Yes, I completely understand you about the language thing that things tend to be lost in translation if you don’t really know the language itself :/About the mental illness and Min Yoongi, I hope you get better too! And I also cried a lot when Yoongi released his mixtape last summer … it only made me love and treasure him even more! It really affirmed his place as my ultimate bias lol. I really don’t think that anyone can replace him up there because he just means so much to me …

Of course, I would take your dream seriously! I think that everyone’s dreams should be taken seriously because it truly is a part of them! I am glad that you continue to think about your choices, so I trust that you can figure it out one way or another someday on your own :)I’m happy that you liked my advice!

Oooh! A place like that is very pretty! That place actually reminds me of this really beautiful Japanese short film called Into the Forest of the Fireflies’ Light or Hotarubi no Mori e in Japanese. It takes place in a forest just like that, and it’s a really beautiful yet heartbreaking story! I recommend it! I actually want to write a story like that someday!

Wow, sixteen you’re so young ;___;I feel so old turning twenty now, haha xDYESSSS!!! I stan both boy and girl groups, too! Bangtan is my absolute favorite because their music has done so much for me over the years, but I really love Monsta X and Seventeen, too! I also love Pristin, WJSN, and Oh My Girl, too, hehe xDYour biases and your reasoning for loving them is so beautiful, too! I think it’s cool how people become attached to different people for different reasons!And I completely understand about the Bangtan thing! There will always be questionable people among a fandom I’m afraid :/I just can’t seem to stop loving them regardless in my case lol xD

As for the answer to your question: I listen to some Japanese pop and Filipino pop as well, lol. I also listen to American music as well, of course, bc I live in America. I tend to like soft, ballady songs, but I also like songs that are exciting, danceable, and hard-hitting! I also love music from musicals and Disney movies! I think I just love OSTs in general bc they really bring a lot into shows and films! Outside of film and shows, I am also interested in theatre, specifically musical theatre. I haven’t been listening to much other than kpop, so it’s rare that I listen to anything else, honestly. But I know that there is good music out there, and if I like it, then I like it! :D I’m sorry if that’s not a good answer, it’s just that my taste is very wide as well.

Again, don’t worry, you are never a bother! I love you a lot!My question for you is: How would you define yourself in three fictional characters, and why?

I hope you have a great day!

#my lovely anonie

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