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sinxerlyri · 1 year

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Oh the tragedy of being understanding but not understood.

_ Raconteur's Muse

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the-sage-libriomancer · 6 months

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i try not to overthink the worldbuilding in Scoob and Shag because it's a thin premise that can't withstand much scrutiny (especially stuff relating to Toone), but i did have some thoughts that don't blow up the story's logic, so.

-first of all, the concept of "cartoon characters = actors" is inherently fascinating. especially since a lot of the actors seem to be government workers as well, implying the government used their own staff along with professional actors (like Yoge). what was the criteria? did they just have to look human? did Toone write show premises around whatever "characters" they had available? maybe that would explain some illogical plots and clunky lines in saturday morning cartoons - the actors didn't have much acting experience, and for all we know the writers were entry-level accountants.

-ballyhoo is also fascinating. it's basically a living metaphor for how an audience can influence their media: a toon's ballyhoo is directly empowered by how much love the human population gives them, just like how enough love of a fictional character makes them popular enough to keep appearing in media. it increases their strength (bc they have influence over the world) and extends their lifespan (bc they don't "die" until people stop caring about them), and all the ballyhoos are named after tv/movie terms like Picture in Picture or Jump Cut, implying that using tv/movie screens as a medium influences what sort of abilities they can get.

-the fact that too much ballyhoo causes you to instinctively, uncontrollably break the fourth wall is super fun and super fascinating and (as Bugs demonstrates) super horrifying. too much energy from meta sources causes the confines of your narrative to break down, leaving you in a weird spot in-between your world and a world you can't see.

-i can't stop thinking about The Inspector's backstory. it's just so tragic. born an android, given a literal soulmate shortly after creation, constantly looked down upon for not having a ballyhoo, losing his soulmate to old age, then losing his home to a war caused by the very thing you were devalued for not having. Bugs said that a toon's ballyhoo can extend their lifespan (likely bc a character who's beloved by fans doesn't really die), so the fact that Penny got old and died means she wasn't popular enough with the humans, which makes sense - Inspector Gadget is the iconic one after all. he's the one who everyone loved and remembered, and it was completely useless to him because he didn't have ballyhoo. no wonder he never smiles.

-i just realized that the Inspector was forced to leave Penny's grave behind when he escaped Toone. he can never visit her again :(

-speaking of screen partners, i love thinking about how the dynamics in cartoon series translate into real life and vice versa. it's a chicken and egg question: did certain characters land roles together because they were friends, or did they become friends because they worked together as actors? were Spongebob and Patrick actually buddies? did Felix the Cat work with Mick back in the beginning days of sending broadcasts? what's Scooby's professional opinion on Scrappy-Doo?

-(i wonder if you could justify the short period in Scooby-Doo history where Shaggy and Scooby were the only members of the gang regularly appearing in shows as "the government needed a way to keep the dangerous terrorists busy so they literally Could Not let those two stop appearing in things" asjhshbjahsjahsja)

-i I love that all the commanders are cartoon characters who were so popular/beloved that they seeped into (usamerican) popular culture: Mickey Mouse, Homer Simpson, Bugs Bunny, etc. They were the most powerful because their cartoons became the powerhouses of their respective eras - you can't get more loved than them.

-i wonder if the Simpsons were basically an ageless family back on Toone because they're still popular even after 40+ years, halting their aging. actually, i bet a lot of toons stopped aging after ballyhoo became commonplace. if your lifespan was defined by how loved you were by a fickle human audience, how do you think that affected relationships? it must've been hard if you had a tangible, literally life-affecting gauge of how popular you are according to alien beings you've never met.

-i was thinking about why Kermit is included as an mc when he's a muppet and the other toons are strictly western animation characters. the doylist explanation is that the author hadn't decided to limit the media used (similar to how Mario and Goku appear in early episodes), but i have a watsonian theory. i think Kermit is from the old Muppet Babies saturday morning cartoon, all grown up. he might've been a child actor who stayed with the government even after aging out, possibly explaining why there aren't any other muppets: they left the business and probably didn't escape Toone as a result.

-relatedly: my headcanon is that traditional (i.e. not toon-led) animation IS possible in this universe, and any animated project not usamerican is created that way. so anime is to the toons as a cg character is to humans, and the Goku pic is the equivalent of...i dunno, a photo of Avatarized Jake Sully lol.

-the fact that anime characters apparently didn't exist on Toone is probably for the best. can you imagine how powerful characters like Sasuke and Bakugo would be lmao.

-lastly, i was thinking about the old gods (or whatever they are). i'm pretty sure they're beings who exist behind the fourth wall. when Dee is pulled into the purple one's domain, she at first sees it as a wide open area in space, but then she starts processing it as more of a glass cube, with one huge window screen, large tubes, and wires running through the floating spheres - not unlike being held inside a tv. the purple god even says that staying too long will cause her mind to "shatter under the weight of reality" which...i think discovering you're actually a fictional character in a webcomic would do that to you. so the gods "interfering" is them going against the story's narrative to give the characters a boost. (this might tie into who Bugs is talking to when he/she addresses the camera - it's not technically us, it's the gods behind the wall.)

i have other thoughts but uh. this post is probably long enough.

#scoob and shag #analysis #i just finished rereading the webcomic and i'm obsessed with it again #there's so much going on and so much still untold #the metaness of it all is so much fun to read!#i love not knowing which characters will show up #and how their cartoons will be molded into new backstories #every single one always hits me like a truck #sage speaketh #i hope it updates again. i miss it #edited for your convenience #<- just cleaned up some wording + formatting

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rotteneldritchhorror · 5 months

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One thousand and one nights with you, is not enough to speennd, so let’s make ours a story with no eeenndd

#I watched twisted again #it’s so good #I almost cried lol #starkid twisted #starkid productions #starkid #team starkid #starkid musicals #star kid #twisted: the untold story of a royal vizier #🪲#robert’s characters in twisted are way too weirdly endearing #Abdul’s last words being ‘praise… Allah’ genuinely beautiful #the shop keepers (the one in Golden Rule AND the one #the shop keepers (the one in Golden Rule AND the one Aladdin intimidated during his first number) are both upsettingly endearing #this is staying in the tags

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doloniaxdiegesis · 24 days

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Can't believe I write two woman that were betrayed by the people they love -

#･｡ * ｡ ☆ * :: (( about ))#･｡ * ｡ ☆ * :: aeon | the stars are an untold story for us to write |#･｡ * ｡ ☆ * :: snezhnaya | a heavy heart to carry : words of love never felt like any blessings |#･｡ * ｡ ☆ * :: cecilia / lumine #･｡ * ｡ ☆ * :: Tsaritsa

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jerrsterrr · 4 months

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hello here is several characters that mostly represent me and how each character/design make up eachother in a silly way because i thought it would be funny

#(could talk about this forever but at the same time wouldnt even at gunpoint)#jerrsterrr jests #jerrsterrr art #SONAS RAHHHHH #i have several other fandom sona designs but these are all just from me :3 #(deranged)#ok goodnightipw92oeidjwkw #(foaming at the mouth thinking about how i cant say the words in my head so each of these characters stories is untold. my story is untold.)#EXPLODES #j oc snippets

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random-xpressions · 4 months

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How can I tell I love you without telling you...

Random Xpressions

#10 word story #untold #love

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euesworld · 1 year

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"I walk this path between reality and dreams, looking for your sweet beauty.. I run along cliffs, if.. you could only see the things that I see, then you would get a whiff of the things that you do to me. If.. you could see how much that I love you, then you would know the reason that it snows. If.. you could could see my dreams, then you would know that my love is not for show. You would see the untold amounts of love bubbling within me like a cool glass of champagne.. you would know my pain, you would know my brain, and you would even know why you drive me insane. You would know all of the things inside of me, and you would see the things you do to me.."

If you were deep inside of me, you would know that I love you dearly - eUë

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unk-me · 10 months

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“Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation. If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven’t loved enough.”

-Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love

#unknown #elif shafak #40 rules of love #life is beautiful #quotes #love #life #spilled ink #words #feelings #untold unheard stories #transformation #new beginnings #change #strength

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freensrcha · 1 year

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Every word I prepared over the last year, disappeared as if was a lie.

TO MY STAR 2: OUR UNTOLD STORIES (2022)

#to my star #to my star 2 #to my star 2: our untold stories #kim kangmin #son woohyun #am i the only one who hasn't moved on or what #still thinking about the genius that is hwang daseul opening s2 with scenes from the future #111gif #the words aren't wording but what was i supposed to do #typ

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imstilllosing · 2 months

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It's exhausting...

to understand people who don't understand me.

to listen to him, and he won't listen to me.

to care for him and not to be taken care of.

to be worried about him and not get worried even a tiny bit about me.

to love him, so dearly, and cannot get the same love I'm giving.

to always be there for him and never for me.

#im exhausted #exhausting #thoughts #words #feelings #inner thoughts #untold thoughts #life quotes

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sinxerlyri · 8 months

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The irony that speaks volumes of your tragedy is the fact that all your trust issues come from your home where you should have felt safe and had abundance of trust.

_ Raconteur's Muse

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teddyshoney · 2 years

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I'm baaaaaack with another chapter of Words Unwritten; Stories Untold! I'm finally all unpacked and moved and everything, and I'm finally back to writing longer things than just drabbles. This chapter is somewhere between 5.5k and 6k. I hope you enjoy!

Words Unwritten; Stories Untold Chapter 7/14 Total Words: 28,129 Summary: During his first ever author book signing event, self-published poetry author Blaine Anderson meets famous writer Kurt Hummel during a slightly awkward chance encounter. Blaine considers this to be a self-esteem boost and nothing more until an innocent-looking email turns into a whirlwind summer romance that Blaine is certain he'll never forget.

#klaine word scramble #words unwritten stories untold #writer!kurt #poet!blaine #i am really loving this story!#thanks for reading!

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antixabound · 1 year

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since I am a person who has opinions and am free to speak on said opinions, as you are free to not acknowledge or disagree. I think that Equius would fucking love the idea of Warhammer 40000 (obviously he wouldn’t be able to build or play with the models, but he could probably commission things) and when I say he would love it, I mean he would probably be a diehard imperium fan boy but not the “HERESY HERESY HERESY” type but more of the worst kind that is like “the imperium is the best option of government”. he would have one homebrew space marine chapter called some shit like the Astra Equus and he would write fucking novels of lore for them. Meanwhile Nepeta collects orks and splatters dollar store toys and shit in grime and greebles and makes a trukk or a battlewagon. and she also puts little cat ears on all of them. She calls them the green lions and their lore is that they are like giant murder cats with guns.

Feel free to add your own personal opinions or to show up at my castle and throw rocks but be warned I have a wand of obliteration.

#warhammer #warhammer 40000 #homestuck #headcanon I guess #it really isn't but it is in the same way #schrodinger's headcanon #unfortunately there aren't a lot of horse models for warhammer #but Equius could probably find some and commission someone to make big space horse #also important thing Equius is slightly annoyed of how Nepeta treats the setting but is really fucking impressed by her kitbashing skills #down right envious of her trashbashing #scratchbuilding catgirl powers of untold infinity #and yes those are all words and terms

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arahabakix · 1 year

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'fyodor is immortal' theories aside, how old do yalls reckon he could be? he looked just about the same 12-13 years ago and assuming he's pulling an esther, he'll be what mid-to-late thirties at most???

#bro i'm laughing at the thought of fyodor being an old ass man picking fights with teenagers in true bsd fashion #i say thirties because he looked like he was in his twenties in the untold origins scene #fyodor dostoevsky #bungou stray dogs #sorry about the weird wording idk how to english #draco.txt

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heatherfield · 1 year

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Much like the Babes, I think it is important to acknowledge when mistakes have been made and to take action to correct them as much as possible. Unfortunately, I repeatedly captioned the “Unsolved Babesteries” gifsets as “Untold Babesteries”—a bizarre typo that I deeply regret and has since been fixed. Somehow, this was only made clear to me when I was still half asleep at 5:45 am and checking Tumblr.

I promise I will strive to do better in future posts since the Babes, and you, deserve accuracy and truth.

Also, go watch “Unsolved Babesteries” here!

(This is all in fun but I was still horrified at the mistake, so here’s a fun reaction gif!)

#headless: a sleepy hollow story #unsolved babesteries #brom's babes #sorry #my apologies #maybe this is just the canadian in me lol #or more likely the perfectionist #why do my fingers always want to type 'untold' instead of 'unsolved'?!?!#heather posts #anyway the babesteries are absolute gold #the word 'unsolved' is giving me real trouble i also typed 'usolved'#i'm going to go crawl in a hole now XD

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theunheardwhispers · 2 years

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SOME UNTOLD STORIES

You never understood...

I never explained

~Ipshita

#words #poets on tumblr #writing #emotions #tumblr writers #life #longing for love #love to write #aesthetic #some untold stories #never understood #never explained

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