#as you can tell courtney is my favorite character

[daniellarusso]

Stargirl question! If you have to choose one square off between ISA characters and JSA characters (or JSA vs JSA characters) that are unconventional (not Cameron vs Rick or Yolanda or Courtney vs Cindy) what would you pick and why?

courtney vs cameron! i would love to see them parallel the stargirl x icicle jr fight in smallville. a less cringey version, of course. i would hate to hear cameron say "anyone up for some ice cream" lol. i think a square off with the two of them is realistic, especially with where the season is headed. i'd also like to see courtney vs sylvester. i can already sense that the two of them will clash this season due to their differences in morals. plus, only one can wield the staff. and that person is courtney :) sorry, sylvester.

#as you can tell courtney is my favorite character #so honestly any square off with her and someone else would be interesting to me #but i'd also think a square off between pat and sylvester would be interesting as well! #stargirl #ask

[golden--doodler]

Here are all of the panels that I have of my Bob's Burgers comic featuring my OC, Alexis, thus far (I've shared the first few, but I have more now)! Work on it has been slow going because making a comic is hard. And yes, I know that it looks inconsistent because some of the pages were drawn digitally and a few were drawn on actual paper that I scanned into my computer (I wanted to experiment with different looks for the characters, which is why, and then decided to go back to digital).

I hope y'all enjoy what I have so far!

I also just realized I somehow forgot to draw Bob's mustache so you get cursed mustacheless Bob-- 😭

#bobs burgers oc #fan comic #tumblr was being mean to my scanned pages so i'll have to settle for putting in google drive links #my favorite part so far are probably the scanned pages because i love writing dialogue for the belcher fam so much #the show is in a floating timeline so please ignore the fact that it's weird for the gene and courtney show to have already happened #unless you want to imagine the characters are a year older here~ #you can probably tell how many panels i ended up reusing--also i hope y'all can read my messy handwriting ;-;

[totaldrama-showdowns]

Unused Submissions for the Favorite Rivalry Showdown!

justin and trent

please im so tired of seeing fluffy ship art of them THEY DO NOT LIKE EACH OTHER

justin literally got him eliminated i cant imagine they had a good relationship after action

"one time justin threw a tambourine at me and that kinda hurt >:|"

THE GUITAR SNATCH AND GLARE IN CELEBRITY MANHUNT

you know they had the nastiest most jawdropping arguments in the recording room during drama brothers recording sessions

uhh yeah they hate each other they should get to fight to the death as a treat

Alejandro and duncan

they're perfect

Scax

is this a rivalry? idk

Dave vs Leonard

IT'S ME! I DON'T BELIEVE IN YOU! NOW PICK UP THE PIG!

Lindsay vs Courtney

it was brief but it was enjoyable

Izzy and Justin

They're sooo funny, especially cause they're exes

Julia vs Priya

I don’t actually think this is the best one I’m just putting it here because we need more reboot characters in this bracket

Whatever Lindsay and Beth had with Heather after Island

you go girls

Geoff and Trent

hockey bros vs birds

why do they get beat up by birds so frequently

Dawn and Scott

Ok sure they lasted for two scenes but THEY COULD'VE BEEN SUCH GOOD RIVALS MAN

Julia vs Every Other TD '23 Blonde

Nominating this because I think it's funny

Julia and Caleb

I don’t actually gaf about them but i like when julia hit him with a frying pan or something

the roti writers and gen 2 female characters

they did them so dirty :(

bowie vs straight people

he's seen enough

chris vs blaineley

divorced enemies sweep

lightning vs cameron

it was ooc but it kinda slayed

Chris and Sierra

The New York episode. Please Chris should've been a hater the whole season and Sierra wouldn't notice it would be funny. See my vision

Ezekiel Vs Death

I just know Death keeps snapping those bony fingers any time Ezekiel escapes death

Emma and Julia

white on white violence

Terry and Chref

We saw that tweet

Mal and Julia

Mal plays the game really well and Julia's getting insecure. But I have faith Julia will triumph

Marmaduke and Garfield

I love tti

Me vs Blaineley

We are currently fighting over who gets 2 date Kelly (I'm winning)

larry v chef

chef’s gotta defend his man what can I say

Everyone (- Priya) Vs Caleb

He literally has no friends.

priya's personality versus the writers

season 2. need I say more?

Heather Vs Blaineley

I cannot tell you how funny it is that Blaineley turned up to the TD jumbo jet and chose violence against a girl half her age

Ezekiel and Chris

demolish that monster zeke

Sky vs Dave

He tried to kill her I think this counts as a rivalry at least a little bit

Damien vs Millie

Yeah! The finish line!

Duncney

toxic yaoi

Noah anf Harold

autism on autism violence and we love that

do alejandro and noah count,,, if not im voting leshawna and heather

brainrot says so

jasmine and shawn

just being a hater here, they were much more tolerable (but still crappy) when she hated him over them being a couple

dramarama ella and dramarama max

why couldnt this be their dynamic in the canon show

Damien & Julia

WE WERE ROBBED OF THEM!!!!

MK vs the bear

They literally fought in a duel together

Geoff/Bridgette and blaineley

Ma'am that's a child. Leave him by

Mal Vs Duncan

They suck I hope they get in so they're elimination fodder so someone else can go forward easily.

alejandro puppet and heather

1984

Wayne and me

I hate you little white boy! Get a job

#favorite rivalry showdown #unused submissions

[fantasy-mixtapes]

Adaine Abernant S3 Character Playlist: Side A

So many feelings, so many. Here's to our overworked teenage oracle of all.

Genres Include: Alternative Rock, Folk, Pop-punk

1. Custom Concern, Modest Mouse

Their custom concern for the people Build up the monuments and steeples To wear out our eyes I get up just about noon My head sends a message for me to reach for my shoes and then walk Gotta go to work, gotta go to work, gotta have a job Goes through the parking lot fields Doesn't see no signs that they would yield and then thought This'll never end, this'll never end, this'll never stop

Yeah, obviously, this is about spending so much of your time devoted to a job and losing your mind about it. There are a lot of songs about hating your job, but I don't think they capture the level of dissociation and disillusionment like this one.

2. Why Am I Like This?, Orla Gartland

Last night, I smoked a cigarette My dad would have been so upset Then we got tattoos by the coast Maybe I'm an old soul trapped in a young body Maybe you don't really want me there at your birthday party I'll be there in the corner, thinking right over Every single word of the conversation we just had So why am I like this? Why am I like this?

I can just imagine Adaine getting to experience so much of "normal" teenage life now that she's not controlled by her parents, getting to be the party wizard, getting to be the cool girl with the best friends, and knowing that she still has that little voice in the back of her head.

3. I Don't Know You, Mannequin P*ssy

I know one, two things I have heard about you But I wouldn't tell you No, I couldn't tell you I know three, four things that they say about you But I wouldn't tell you No, I couldn't tell you I know a lot of things I know a lot of things But I don't know you

Adaine's exchanges with Oisin really took me off guard, just because romance has kind of never been able to be on her plate the past two seasons. It totally makes sense, she was dealing with the worst abusive family ever, but also that means that 17-year-old cool girl adaine is absolutely clueless about this stuff (not to say that Oisin is any better).

4. Boreas, The Oh Hellos

Making lists, folding laundry Keeping tidy with my radio show I'd be lying if I told you I'm keeping tidy anymore Yeah, I swing from believing That maybe my working will all pay off To considering drinking with Molotov I'm halfway out the door Maybe then my breath could embody A wildfire starting I'd sweep up the forest floor And my body'd breath life into the corners Be a darker soil

This song, in particular, is MY burnout song. It's one of my favorites, and it (Romans 10:9 by The Mountain Goats) is what I listen to when I just can't take it anymore. Also I love to pepper in a little bit of rage/fire/red imagery into each of the characters since I think we can all tell what brennan has cooking down the line 👀

5. Running Out Of Time, Paramore

Never mind, I hit the snooze on my alarm twenty times But I was just so tired There was traffic, spilled my coffee, crashed my car, otherwise Woulda been here on time Shoulda, coulda, wouldn't matter, ultimate alibi You know it's a lie There was a fire Metaphorically Be there in five Hyperbolically

Obsessed with this song and the entire album, Ms. Williams (and the rest of Paramore, by extension) have my entire heart. I also like that we have cross over with having Cest Comme Ca on the Kristen playlist and this song here. I really like the dreamy quality this one has for Adaine though (could almost say trance-like ha ha)

6. How to Boil an Egg, Courtney Barnett

Pull yourself together, pick myself apart Nothing lasts for never so be still my bleeding heart Oh I've been dreaming, dreaming of a brand new start Yeah, I've been dreaming, dreaming of a brand-new start Oh, you have a great abundance of axes there to grind Remember some people have real problems next time you whine Oh, hang the washing Hang the washing on the line Yeah, hang the washing, hang the washing on the line

I just think she should start charging for prophecies. Like those tarot readers/astrologers on like etsy. People (elves) should fantasy venmo the oracle and she should turn her unpaid position into a lucrative business. Extort some hoity toity elves.

#dimension 20 #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #d20 #d20 fhsy #fantasy mixtapes #adaine o'shaughnessey #adaine abernant #siobhan thompson #Spotify

[kijosakka]

Assistant Noah AU: How Alejandro would react to Assistant Noah trying to warn Owen about the Spanish Charmer, by calling the Charmer an 'eel dipped in grease'?... Would Alejandro be salty that he can't vote Assistant Noah off, since Noah isn't a contestant?... Would Alejandro charm + flirt harder with Assistant Noah? 😘

noah being an assistant here implies something very specific — being, he’d definitely know alejandro knows. this would mean more, except that noah is not here for the competition, he’s here for The Paycheck.

on noahs end at least i don’t think he would care much, but i do hesitate to say what alejandro specifically would think of the situation — because despite him being badmouthed (which. i will get to), it does imply favoritism that noah is telling owen, which he may assume to extend further to their team and potentially be an advantage point.

he is. wrong. noahs ‘favoritism’ extends to owen and not so much in challenges, but im sure there’s potential there for alejandro to try and make nice with owen to reap this favoritism (or at least cut down how much owen receives by being close, since noah doesn’t seem to like alejandro much) < but the turning point comes with that because noah just Does Not Care.

i’d imagine he’d be juuust as flagrant about his favoritism without it technically infringing on any rules, explicit or implicit (and the rest of the cast, sans maybe those like heather or courtney, would be aware that owen would never do anything underhanded or wildly unfair with those privileges so it’s not so major in that regard either)

anyway, alejandro sees what happens and tries to intercept on owen to reap some benefit or control over the situation, and it doesn’t work. where does he go from there? flirting!!

^ this has more to it than narrative, being mostly alejandro’s character and it’s existence, really. while in canon his charming is more consistently his ‘first option’ for his scheming, you can see it through his relationship through heather how it can be a failsafe instead — where he can’t explicitly scheme her away from the game like he could with team victory, he flirts with her to make her emotionally volatile.

(also something to be said about how it is, in a way, a manner of forcing himself control over at least a small part of it)

all my rambling to mean that since alejandro can do nothing about noah, he goes to reap control and petty enjoyment through trying to fluster him (and, back to what i said earlier, probably some vindication for being badmouthed). spoiler alert: it doesn’t work.

finally getting over to the being badmouthed thing, i would want it to mean something more exciting, but the kinda boring, semantical answer i can give is just that. noah would probably know because he has access to stuff like confessional footage.

don’t get me wrong there’s definitely potential for a misunderstanding-type situation where alejandro writes off his own intrigue in noah as ‘wanting to figure out how he knew’, and introduces the conflict when someone (likely noah himself) tells him that no, he just knows because he has footage access. that’s it.

^ it would theoretically kill alejandro’s interest, but retconned with that alejandro may reason (in a way to ignore his feelings. stupid man in Denial) that it would bother noah if he continues to flirt despite knowing this.

(and of course that like heather is the only person alejandro could drop pretenses around in canon, noah would be that to him here — because he could. noah knows, he knows noah knows, and there’s no explicit or immediate threat to his game by doing so < which might amp up post-owen elimination, after noah is soothed from his inevitable spite.)

which he would be kind of right about? i do mostly see noah as more pissed that it’s taking away from his job (probably more at chris’ insistence, as the viewers are eating it up) and there being a more definite pivotal point once owen is eventually eliminated.

(going more definitely two-sided, i’d imagine noahs own feelings developing as he needles for information through alejandro’s constant attempts at flirting and does genuinely appreciate the more genuine parts of himself.)

for an actual relationship between them though i do imagine it would have to come post-season — either route you take it, drama-bot or not.

#anon i am not going to lie i drafted 2.5 paragraphs and left off on a transition phrase #and couldnt tell you where the fuck i was trying to go with this #past me what was going on man. what were you Doing #fuck it throw all stars in here. use the au to rewrite that fuckass season #noah being a beloved presence in wt and potentially staying on the crew in roti- #-opens the classic ‘assistant noah during as’ that we all love #the reason i specifically mentioned the footage btw is that- #-its. less impressive when someone has you figured out because they Saw You vs when you keep up a- #-constant mask and they STILL figure you out #differences and whatnot #these asks are really fun :3 #kjask #total drama #is this incoherent?? probably!!!! #i promise i had a Point when i started writing i just lost it midway

[bropunzeling]

☕️ tell me about your favorite and least favorite romance novel tropes! what makes a published romance work or not work for you?

ok i know i literally just asked @msmargaretmurry this and agree with everything she says but in hopes of having an original thought:

i think THEE biggest factor (besides like. is it well written/actually edited/meet my low bar) is like. does the relationship feel believable? by which i mean, i can like many permutations of relationship (friends to lovers! exes reuniting! bickering tension turning into sexy tension!) but there has to be the ground work of, here are these two people, and here is why they would be attracted to each other, and here is why they would work well together. i really really REALLY bounce on instalove type stories where it's like "well they love each other because they do." simply insufficient for me!! relatedly, there's that post about "does your ship like each other" and ultimately i DO have to believe that these two people like each other. even if it's a growing into liking type story with some animosity to start, they gotta get to that point.

i really dislike, like, miscommunication for the sake of a third-act conflict. miscommunication can work so well but only if it feels organic/natural! there is nothing worse than when you can SEE the author being like "well x can't spit this out bc i need to fill forty more pages"

also i think my first point ties into this like, your plot arc will work better if there is some first phase of the relationship that puts up a barrier to realizing the relationship (can't ruin the friendship, but would he really like me when he was so mean at the ball, etc), rather than "we love each other but external forces are against us". internal conflict will always beat external when it comes to romance!

one thing i DO like in romance is when the background characters are well drawn. i like when there are other relationships as important to the protagonists (friends/family/etc)! it makes everything richer.

finally the sex has to like. be specific! genuinely the hottest scene ive ever read was in the governess affair because it was SO grounded in "here is how these two specific people would have sex" and i was like hot damn courtney!!!!!

anyway i feel like im just repeating becs but it's like. i just want it to feel like two fully realized people who figure out they want to be together, is that so much to ask (apparently yes)

#ask meme

[canonically47]

thoughts on every ridonculous race duo including don at the beginning because i just finished watching it for the first time. continued in reblogs

don is such a fun host! he doesn't want anyone to get hurt, and doesn't push anything 'for the ratings'. and even so, he manages to have a lot of funny, witty moments. of course, chris is still my favorite host, but don definitely cuts it close!... especially because, let's be real, we all forgot anyone else in the universe. (don't come for me blaineley fans she's fine I SAID DON'T COME FOR ME STAY BACK PLEASE I HAVE A FAMILY)

the LARPers. definitely some... interesting characters. they're the prime example of total drama's flat and boring personalities, most of which were distributed in pahkitew island. i'm kinda mad that, of all those horribly mid and boring characters, we got the most mid and boring one back. hell i'd have preferred dave there, he'd had given us some substance to the story. i don't even remember the girl's name and i don't wanna google it. forgettable, but definitely annoying for as long as they were on screen.

the tennis rivals. good, but overhyped i think. at least, i've seen a lot of people talk about them and ship them, especially since their cameo in the reboot. i for sure thought they'd last longer because of that. i really liked their banter but they don't come close to my favorites. i will not be calling any of their agents. sorry :(

the geniuses. yeah they definitely existed! i mean their characters were fine and i really don't have anything against them, plus their concept is kinda fun. but i absolutely despise courtney's character and hearing her voice come out of another contestant's mouth made me hate her immediately. I STILL KINDA LIKE HER... like, her character design is fun... i just don't care for them that much

the vegans. they look sooo pretty and.. that is the sole reason i put them down as 'i vibe with'. i really don't care for them. i don't even know their names lmfao

the fashion bloggers. sooo fun whenever they were on-screen. unfortunately this show is so predictable and i can tell when a character's arc comes to an end and they're going home. i don't wish they stayed longer tbh? i like them but i think they've had their time. the wlw/mlm solidarity ever next to the ice dancers but we're getting to them. anyways, solid duo!

mom and daughter. ugh. fuck you

the adversity twins. i don't want to sound like a copypasta so i'll keep it short but GODDD THEY WERE SOOO ANNOYING. does NOBODY else feel this way?? i swear before i watched RR i only saw good things about them. HOW? LITERALLY HOW??? they are so fucking annoying and all they do when they're on screen is whine. "ooh mickey is allergic to breathing :((" "actually jay has a water allergy :((" AND THEN THEY HAVE THIS OP SUPERPOWER WHAT THE FUCK IS TEMPERATURE DYSLEXIA THAT DOESN'T EVEN EXIST ahem. excuse me. getting too worked up over thE WORST DUO. SHUT THE FUCK UP let's move on sorry i'll control myself

the step-brothers. idk about you guys but they are really close to being my favorite duo. just... their entire gimmick is so good. the build-up to finding out they're so similar... ough the bros ever. i was so sad when they got eliminated :( they were so funny AND fun. lorenzo is higher than chet because i like his character design more. tbh they're kinda the same person to me? but this is a mistake i made before watching RR, thinking every duo is the same person. which they're not, i quickly learned. at least not most of them. but yeah these two were very fun, they bounced off each other very well. i really liked them. they should've gone further methinks.

#total drama #total drama island #total drama presents: the ridonculous race #the ridonculous race #ridonculous race #not tagging everyone

[thegoldenphig]

Next to me

for smosh amangela week @zillaphoneswag

day 6: cute jealousy

You're not supposed to fall in love with your soulmate co-worker best friend. But then again, this was Smosh.

read on ao3

"Hey Amanda," Courtney sang in a character voice.

It was 7:15 am on a shooting day. Nobody else but Ian and Tommy were at the office yet, but they were watching stuff on Ian's phone and didn't pay attention. Amanda was making coffee, but now she turned her attention to Courtney.

"Oh, hello! Who have we here?"

"Tis I, the bringer of hot, scorching tea." Courtney did a little ballet dance around Amanda. She wore baggy clothes today, with her short haircut and glasses.

"Okay, okay, spill?"

"Well, have you noticed you always sit next to Angela in videos lately? There hasn't been a single one where there was someone in between you the last month."

Amanda actually didn't know. Or she hadn't noticed at least. It was so natural to have Angela at her side. They would always be joking, touching, hugging... it was great to have her 'soulmate' next to her, as Angela had declared "a soulmate can be a friend!"

"Is that the tea you're spilling, then?"

"No, it's just that there was someone who requested you always sit next to each other. Do you want to know who it is?"

"Is it... Is it Ian? No? Spencer? Kiana?"

Courtney kept shaking their head.

Tommy yelled, "Oh my god Ian, that's the worst thing I've ever seen! Please just... pour bleech in my eyes or something..."

Ian laughed and continued to show him whatever horrors he had on his phone this time.

Amanda ignored them.

"Then who?"

Courtney had that look in their eyes they usually reserved for when they were with Ian and Anthony.

"Angela requested it herself! She just always wants to sit next to you, she said!"

"Awwe, that's so cute! Oh my god, I'm gonna cry that's so sweet! I want to co-request it if you don't mind! Can we just always sit next to each other in every video?"

"Sure thing, honey."

Courtney tiptoed away again.

Amanda was genuinely moved. What a cute thing to request. She smiled and chuckled inwardly. She fondly remembered Angela clinging on to her, eyes closed as she loudly guessed the answers in a gaming video. She remembered snuggling on the couch together while Shayne read Reddit stories. And when they had fake-kissed in the Love is Blind episode. She swallowed, but kept smiling and just took a deep breath. Yeah, all better. You're not supposed to fall in love with your soulmate co-worker best friend. But then again this was Smosh.

Amanda continued to make coffee. It was Ian's "my favorite coffee" and it was delicious. She just took a sip, when Angela entered the room. She was beautiful in a black sweater and baggy jeans. She greeted Courtney and Ian and Tommy and Spencer, who also had just gotten there. But all the while, she looked at Amanda, smiling back at her.

"Amanda! How was your weekend?"

Amanda put her coffee on the counter and hugged Angela.

"It was great, I went to the beach with my sister."

"Your hair still smells like the sea."

"What, like rotting seaweed?"

"No! I mean like a... a fresh sea breeze."

"You're cute. What did you do?"

"I just slept. Gotta save my strength for this week, right!"

"Oh, sleep is the best thing to do on the weekends! Nothing beats it, really."

Amanda went to make coffee for Angela. When she gave her a cup, she decided to tell her she knew.

"So, you requested we sit next to each other, huh?"

"What? I, uh, I don't know! Maybe?"

Angela blushed.

"Ow!"

She had spilled some of her coffee.

"Oh nooo you just got your arm out of the sling! Be careful, babe!"

"Okay, I guess I'll put my hand under the faucet now," Angela grumbled, still blushing.

"It's just, I want to be the one next to you. If you sit next to someone else, I get kinda jealous? I know, it's weird. But yeah. I love it when you sit next to me."

"Ang! That's so cute I can't deal. Don't worry, I've doubled down your request to Courtney. From now on, we sit together, always!"

"Really? You don't find it weird?"

"Not weirder than I already think you are, you little freak!"

"Shut up."

It was time to film their first video of the day. They walked into the studio together, hand in hand.

#amangela #smosh #amangela week #I know I keep posting these at midnight but that's the only time I am free lmao

[ltwharfy]

"Bob's Burgers" Season 5 Episode Ranking Rewatch (Long Post)

So, I've been rewatching "Bob's Burgers" from the beginning and ranking the episodes using the spreadsheet that @babsvibes created! If you want to know why I'm doing this or how I view the 1-5 rating scale, you can check out my Season 1 post! If you want to check out any of the other seasons, I've been using the "bob's burgers episode ranking rewatch" tag for all of them.

Now, on to Season 5:

Average (Mean) Score: 4.57

Mode (\Most Common) Ranking: 5

Ranking Breakdown: 13 5s 7 4s 1 3

Season as a whole thoughts:

I'm so amused by how similar this season's average score was to Season 4- it's only .02 less than Season 4 (the current leader)! This certainly goes along with one of my main thoughts about "Bob's Burgers", and one the things that lead to me doing this rewatch: that it has been a really consistently good show. This was just another consistently funny season.

In the first couple of seasons, I mentioned my memories of watching the show as it was new and my growth as a fan. Here's my fandom memory tied to Season 5. This was during the time that Loren Bouchard and the case were going around doing Bob's Burgers Live" performances in theaters across the country- and I was lucky enough to see them at the Chicago Theatre on March 20, 2015 (I found an email about it. I don't have the date memorized!) And that might play into the rankings for two episodes in this season and one next season. At that event, they showed a completed clip of the then-unaired "Eat, Spray, Linda", an early animatic clip of "The Hauntening", and did a partial table-read of "Housetrap". So, those three episodes would probably always be 5s in my book just for that special memory. (Although, I also think they are really great episodes!)

Some thoughts on specific episodes (and feel free to ask if you want my thoughts on an episode I didn't comment on):

"Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl": Such a fun episode! So many great songs! But what it really made me appreciate this time was Courtney's character, and the development of her relationship with Gene. It would've been so easy for them to have just made her a one-shot character, or to have kept her as being his annoying ex, like she was in the first half of this story, but the end of this episode really marks the beginning of them being friends- and I like that they went in that direction! I think Gene kind of gets the short end of the stick when it comes to friendship- we rarely see him just hanging out with his friends like Tina and her group or Louise with Rudy and the Pesto Twins. But I think his relationship with Courtney is a sweet one that I have been underrating.

"Tina and the Real Ghost": One of my favorite Halloween episodes- I love that it's so offbeat for a Halloween episode. It's not about costumes or trick or treating or frights-yeah, it's a ghost story but the ghost is a pretty obvious joke and (as Tina points out at the end) it's really a way to tell us about the characters and their wants/needs. The scene in the butterfly garden will always crack me up. And I have a cousin named Jeff, so I love Louise saying it was the dumbest name she could think of for a ghost.

"Friends With Burger-fits": If you ask me what the most important episode for Rudy's character development is, my answer wouldn't be "Carpe Museum" or "Bridge Over Troubled Rudy" or "The Amazing Rudy"- it would be this episode, where we learn that he wants to be the bad boy of public radio like Elvis Mitchell. (I don't know if I am joking or not at this point.)

"Dawn of the Peck": Barely edges out "Turkey in a Can" as my favorite T-Day episode because I love Rudy and Mickey and I love the idea of them having T-Day dinner with the Belchers at the end.

"Midday Run": One of the sleeper hits of this season- I always forget how fun this one is! Just a great, fun school storyline! We learn more about Zeke and get the first reference to his crush on Tina. Rudy plays an interesting role in this episode as Tina's sidekick (and I think it's interesting that in "Fingers-loose", the next episode to focus on Tina as a hall monitor, Rudy doesn't appear to be one any more). Also, how come the fact the Bob's seen Edith naked doesn't come up more often? It just seems like it should.

"Speakeasy Rider": Another sleeper hit! I basically forgot about the existence of this episode, but it is fantastic! A great Tina and Louise in conflict plot! The introduction of Sasha! The One Eyed Snakes are back! Gus has a big role (how frickin' great is Gus?!?! I love him!) So much good stuff!

"Late Afternoon in the Garden of Bob and Louise": This is a mixed review 3. There are some things I really love in this episode. "Happy Place, Crappy Place" is a banger. Bob is so cute in his English lady garden hat, talking to his plants. And the scene where Bob and Louise make up is a classic. But I'm not a huge fan of the standard Logan and Louise dynamic of trading insults and antagonizing each other- and this episode has a LOT of that. So, this episode isn't really my jam. (But I know that a lot of other people love that dynamic and love this episode, and that's awesome! As the spreadsheet says, these are just my Personal Rankings, I don't claim to be putting out objective universal truths here.)

"Can't Buy Me Math": I love the way both storylines end in this one! The bowling alley scene is hilarious, and I love Bob stripping for Linda. One of my favorite aspects of Bob and Linda's relationship is that they are both pretty average looking people (I definitely have a Bob Belcher-esque body myself) but they clearly find each other hot as fuck, and the striptease scene really epitomizes that. One of the best Boblin moments!

"Adventures in Chinchilla-sitting": A great "the kids and their friends have an adventure!" episode, and a I love those. A particular highlight of this one: Gene's jokes at Tammy's expense. "We get it, you have email!" and "You're in 8th grade? I thought you were someone's mom!" I love how all the Belcher kids zing Tammy in their own, unique style. Also, "IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII wish my radio worked!"

"Housetrap": One joke I really remember cracking me up when seeing the tableread at "Bob's Burgers Live" was Linda's line about the clocks: "Spooky. They all stopped at 3:13. Oh, wait, they all moved." Not sure why that amuses me so much, but it does!

"Hawk & Chick": I actually posted when I was rewatching this one, but man, this is a fantastic episode! I honestly think it might be a top 10 or 15 episode for me. I knew it was a good, emotional Louise and Bob episode but I forgot how funny it was- Gene in particular has some good lines throughout! And I love Koji! There is just something really sweet and joyful about him; I hope they come up with a reason to bring him back for a third time!

Random Thoughts (stuff that doesn't affect the ratings):

If I thought of any random thoughts while rewatching this season, I don't remember them! So here are some memories of seeing "Bob's Burgers Live" at the Chicago Theatre:

Each of the cast members did a little standup set. I can remember a little bit from all of them except Eugene Mirman, although I do remember that he did some of the same bits from the Netflix special he had at the time ("Vegan on his Way to the Complain Store").

A Dan Mintz joke: "When I was a kid, I would always ask my parents 'who's your favorite kid?' And they would tell me 'we don't have a favorite kid' And that hurt my feelings because I was an only child."

John Roberts sang a song about how people like Linda more than him.

H. Jon Benjamin did a seemingly improvised bit holding a Walgreens bag containing a home drug test for cocaine that you can buy there.

Kristen Schaal did a bit that was, in part, a one woman show about Emily Dickinson. She also joked about attending Northwestern University in Chicago (along the lines of "So if you saw a weird girl mumbling to herself on the L back in 1998, that was me! You missed out on all this!")

There was an audience question part at the end and someone asked the cast if they would help him propose to his girlfriend. Which they not only did, but improvised a little skit about! I cannot remember the whole premise of it, but I do remember a bit where Eugene and Kristen were playing friends of the guy and girl respectively and were making fake small talk with them. Eugene to the guy: "Soooo....sports?" Kristen to the girl: "Soooo...bras?"

Well, thank you for travelling back in time to March 2015 with me! Who knows what I'll talk about in my Season 6 post! (Probably Season 6 of "Bob's Burgers"...)

#bob's burgers #bob's burgers season 5 #bob's burgers episode ranking rewatch #long post

[brookiidookiii]

what are your favorite and least favorite ships? 👀

Oh boy do I have a lot of opinions

- tbh I like a lot of Jo ships. Jock joeather jomaria,, ngl lately I’ve been in a joeather mood. Her x any girl is always a classic. The only guy I can ship her with is brick really 😭 I think they have really good chemistry. And I am a sucker for rivalries + it’s been a childhood OTP. I low key thought they were gonna end up together when I first watched s4.

Now I could write essays on joeather forever. Their rivalry could’ve been something great but the writers were awful. I think Jo should kiss her enemies

- yeah sorry I’m a duncney enjoyer and I do not care how toxic they were. Adds flavor. Heathney is excellent too. Courtney just needs someone who will enable her bad behavior (also sorry I prefer heathney over gwourtney). The TikTok fandom is really annoying about duncney tho because I’ll see videos about how “why does no one ever talk about how toxic duncney is :(“ while all the tumblr fandom does is talk about how they can make them worse lmaooo

- samkota is my favorite canon couple

- MKulia duhhhh I’ve been a shipper since I watched the reboot, which I started watching probably a month before s2 got released. Toxic yuri

- Chemma in the sense that it’s ironic and I can just make memes about them I don’t actually like them

- gwoey ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

- Trent x Lindsay is a secret rarepair of mine. They can be cute

- SKYELLLAA as much as I love toxic yuri I love wholesome stuff too. I think they are neat

- sanders x MacArthur. Idek how to explain what kind of relationship they’d have but I think they are both butch lesbians. MacArthur you are my lord and savior

Okay least favorites let’s go. Also heads up I don’t really care for any of the m/m ships 😭 mostly because I don’t care for many of the male characters lol

- zoke. They didn’t even do anything wrong like I LIKE them but they’re just so boring and unentertaining that what’s even the point yk. And when Zoey got superpowers after Mike left. Stop. Secondhand embarrassment. Like in s4 they were obnoxious at best but in all stars that made me truly pray on their downfall. I like fanon zoke.

In my mind they had a sweet romance that lasted a few years until they got a bigger divorce and left on good terms

- any and all Noah ships sorryyyy he’s overrated and I don’t like Noah at all. I don’t get the hype around alenoah it’s not that good. Everytime someone calls MKulia yuri alenoah an evil politician gets another year added to their life. I don’t like you. Like I get why people like noco. Just pure fluff, which isn’t for me, and they did have that ear kiss which was something, but I still hate it

I saw someone say alenoah was basically just aleheather without heather and yeah. Everytime I see someone list out the reasons Alejandro would be into Noah it’s just the same reasons Alejandro’s into heather.

Also MKulia is more like joeather anyway but whateva,,

- I don’t even make that many sexuality headcanons bc I guess I just don’t think about it but I can tell you who’s straight. Damien is straight. He is the most heterosexual person the series has ever made. I don’t think he should be shipped to with men. Also Wayne is straight

- sugella because as much as I love toxic yuri, that doesn’t even sound like fun toxicity just misery. It’s not for me 😭 I still stan sugar tho

- ripaxel. I tried to like it SORRRYYYY ripper is annoying and he needs the death penalty. Everytime they’re compared to jock I lose a year off my life. Ripaxel is what jock haters think jock shippers like. You are all wrong.

Axel is my queen and lord and savior. It’s okay babygirl we can ride off into the sunset together

- prileb. Why did it exist. I hate this. But seeing priya in love was pretty cute I gotta admit

- gwuncan. Self explanatory

- Scottney cause wtf 😭😭😭 once again I like them in the sense that I can make memes about it but bro SCOTT???? Courtney you can do better than that thing. Scott has skidmarks

- fanon brott 💀💀💀 I don’t like fanon brick in general. Y’all do him dirty. Ong Scott would not let brick use him as his Barbie doll for clothes. Scott would make fun of brick for liking fashion. Do you know nothing about Scott? Saw someone once say that they would watch legally blonde together HELL NO.

Also I really really hate that when I go out looking for jomaria fanfics, they’re only ever tagged as side couples in brott fics. Are you kidding me.

- bro the malejandro fanfics 😭 who is writing these things. Some of those titles make me lose it. I think we all should stop acknowledging mal and all stars existences

- gwody. Once again that big ass chin motherfucker doesn’t deserve Gwen.

- Jo x any other guy. Sorry. She doesn’t deserve any of those fuckers. Jock is the exception because at least he’d treat her right but even then he’s just a guy

- I don’t like Scott x anyone in general. Even Dott I’m hesitant because it would never work out and that’s what makes it soooo fun to explore because in the end she always ends up killing him

bruh most of these yaoi ships piss me off idk I don’t get the appeal for any of them. But I draw whatever people ask from me idrc it’s not a big deal LOLLL

Also this fandom is so goddamn cringe for calling straight couples yuri/yaoi. YOU LOOK EMBARRASSING OKAY

There’s a lot more couples I dislike than like tbh. I don’t think this fandom or its opinions sorry guys

#ask #I am a hater sorry #I have a lot more platonic dynamics in my head

[sketchy-the-changeling]

Because of my lack of interaction with the fandom, I was mostly oblivious to what the prevailing opinions were regarding various aspects of the show, so it was kinda cool having people catch me up on all the discourse as I was live blogging my rewatch journey.

For example, I had NO idea who Gwanon was until I started doing my Total Drama Rewatch posts. For those who don’t know, Gwanon is a person who, as the name suggests, is a Gwen stan that sends incendiary anon asks to people that are either Duncan x Courtney shippers, or just fans of Courtney in general, and what makes my interaction with this person extra hilarious is that they sent me an ask while I was watching season 2 that insinuated I didn’t like Gwen after season 1, despite me never saying anything of the sort and being very vocal about how Gwen was and still is one of my favorite characters in the entire series. And after I called that out, Gwanon started sending me links to other people’s posts telling me how terrible they are, and… I’m sorry I just find that hysterical.

First you mistake me for someone that hates your favorite character, then when you realize that you fucked up, you then think that I’m as weirdly obsessed and defensive about her as you are, and try to send me other people’s posts in what I can only assume is an attempt to get me to sympathize with you or join your one-sided crusade. What reaction can I possibly have to that other than laughter???

-Excerpt from “Random Total Drama Opinions No One Asked For”

#total drama #td gwen #td courtney #gwanon #duncney #gwuncan

[fallinggravity678]

Hey there! What’s your favorite episode of Bob’s Burgers that no one ever seems to talk about? (I actually don’t know if I sent you an ask, I REMMEBER trying to find your side blog but couldn’t spell it right 😭)

Lol no worries, this is my first time receiving this ask from you!

My sideblog is @zer0ogravity, but I'm way more active on this account (also I dont think I can receive asks from a sideblog) so sending it here was probably the best choice lol.

Anyway, favorite underrated episode...

I need to rewatch all of these still but I did like "The Show (and Tell) Must Go On" idk it was just very cute and the season 1 callback was nice. Also the B plot was really fun sfsvdg. Overall a really fun easy watch. It also inspired one of my first bobs burgers fics I've written (but haven't posted) it's not finished yet but I wanna finish it soon. It explores Tina and Louise's relationship and it's really important to me <3 one day I'll finish it

Honorary mention to Putts-giving for, while being a pretty weak thanksgiving episode (I often forget its about thanksgiving even though its in the title sgsgdg) it had a very chill plot with a good Tina and Louise plot (gravity falls might"ve made me develop a soft spot for mini golf episodes...)

Okay last one I promise, idk if The Gene and Courtney Show counts, but im gonna mention it anyway cause its sooo cute and it made Courtney one of my favorite side characters, shes so silly i love her <33

Theres a lot more I didnt mention (some of which were already mentioned by other people) but for a show with as many episodes as this one theres always a bunch of episodes that dont end up getting discussed much in favor of other episodes.

#bob's burgers #asks #thanks for asking <3 #Ignore the fact I tagged the wrong fucking blog at first #Its fixed now but apparently I also forgot how to spell my sideblogs name 😭

[sundaemuddysucks]

hello hello

I AM POSTING ABOUT TD REBOOT SEASON 2 SPOILERS UNDER #td spoilers

hi!! i'm not attaching my real name to this blog so you can call me sundae. or if you come up with a funnier nickname use that instead

they/it pronouns

i am in the middle of a total drama hyperfixation if it wasn't obvious ecks dee

i post fanfics on ao3 @ sundaemuddysucks. i don't post my fics here but they're visible to all ao3 users. if you like my works please feel free to follow/subscribe and tell me what you like!! i love hearing from ppl who like my work it makes me so happy

posts about my writing are tagged "my writing"

i'm not gonna bother with a dni, just don't be weird lmao

if you want to talk about anything (total drama related or not) feel free to slide into the askbox :) i love getting messages it's so fun

this is a total drama blog and i have very strong total drama opinions. below the cut i've listed opinions on ships, seasons, characters, etc (last updated jan 13)

top 3 characters from each generation

gen 1

courtney

heather

sierra

gen 2

dakota

jo

scott

gen 3

scarlett

sammy

sky

gen 4

julia

mk

millie

tdrr (teams)

the ice dancers

the sisters

the goths

nonexhaustive ship list

gen 1

gwourtney

aleheather

heathney

bridgney

gweather

duncney

evizzy

heatherra

skatie

lesheather

courtemma (i know emma is from rr. shhh)

gen 2

jomaria

that's it i don't like gen 2

gen 3

scamy

skyella

skylett

jasammy

sugella

skygar

ellado

danpher (danny is real in my heart)

gen 4

mkulia

axelle

i don't fr ship anyone from tdrr except courtemma but i think josee shouldve yuri'd out with every girl on the season. especially the cop i forgot her name (i've only seen tdrr once) also i'm a nemma supporter

season ranking + favorite episodes

total drama world tour favorite: awwwwww, drumheller least favorite: chinese fake-out

total drama island (2007) favorite: basic straining least favorite: brunch of disgustingness

total drama all stars favorite: moon madness least favorite: sundae muddy sundae (read my url i fucking hate this episode)

total drama action favorite: the princess pride least favorite: 5:10 to crazytown

total drama: pahkitew island favorite: scarlett fever (honorable mention to twinning isn't everything) least favorite: a blast from the past

total drama island (2023) season 1 favorite: caved by the bell least favorite: jurassic fart...

the ridonculous race favorite episode: bahamarama least favorite mediterranean homesick blues

total drama: revenge of the island favorite: a mine is a terrible thing to waste least favorite: the treasure island of dr. mclean

total drama island (2023) season 2 i dont care fuck this season

don't take any of these too seriously. also it's not my fault i like allstars im writing an entire fucking fanfiction about it i have to like it

[echoweaver]

List 3 of your favorite sims from other simmers you enjoy and explain why (Send this to 10 other blogs 💖💖)

Wow, this is both awesome and intimidating. I've been staring at it for a few days, thinking: how can I just pick THREE, and how can I do them justice? I should have a bunch of pictures of my favorite OCs doing my favorite things, but I suck at that, so have some text.

I read some REALLY good simblr stories, like stuff that could easily be published and make good money -- except for the fact that as far as I can tell, breaking into publishing is essentially random, so I'm not encouraging anyone to mess up their hobbies with financial crap. I think I'll list secondary characters for stories that have clear primary characters :).

So, hmmm.

Anh, from @nocturnalazure's To the End of Time. Noctie has said that she's a bit of a self-insert, and I believe it because she's a bit of a self-insert for me, and I don't even write her. She's the heir to a powerful Chinese political family -- a brave, powerful, determined woman who knows that she can't show the deep insecurity and loneliness that lies beneath. I am excited to see her grow and achieve good things... particularly good things since she seems to be drawn to the incredibly hot, and more importantly thoughtful and intelligent, primary hero, who suffers from some very similar issues.

Joel, from @treason-and-plot's story. (Um, I follow the tag "five years later".... I'm embarrased to ask, but does the story have an actual title?) Joel's married to the much older, prickly Anita, and nobody can figure out what he sees in her. The running gag is that he starts to describe some problem in his life, and his companion assumes it's a problem in his marriage, and Joel gives them a perplexed/annoyed look and says no, it's something else entirely. Everything's fine with Anita. I like Anita too, but Joel always gets me.

Courtney from @rebouks's Somnium. Cookie is the girlfriend of our central character Oscar, and she's kind of the Ted Lasso of the cast. She has been dragged through some absolutely awful crap, both from her boyfriend and because of her boyfriend, and that's built on some unaddressed childhood trauma. But she's always forgiving and supportive.... except that this in itself is also not really healthy. Oscar has been leaning on her to stay in therapy to work through the trauma and negative feelings she's always suppressing.

@treason-and-plot, did you do this one yourself, because I didn't see it!

#echoweaver #sims 3 #sims 3 stories

[ordinaryschmuck]

My ONE problem with Dead End: Paranormal Park

And no, it has nothing to do with how the finale stunk due to feeling rushed. This is more about discussing the show as a whole, rather than pick apart every inconsistency or bad episode. Because, in actuality, there’s a lot to love about Dead End: Paranormal Park.

The story is pretty easy to follow, even if it start to stumble in the end.

The comedy is surprisingly well done, getting genuine laughter out of me with nearly every episode.

Norma’s social anxiety seems realistic. Trust me, I know. And I feel like the writers perfectly portray what it’s like to have social anxiety, while teaching both kids how to deal with it and others on how to treat those who feel uncomfortable in social gatherings. Which is pretty cool.

As for Barney’s little character journey, it’s incredible as it is identifiable. The LGBTQA+ representation is on point and seeing him deal with being trans in a less than ideal home life has got to hit others where it hurts. Seeing him go through this and grow from it can be something that tells kids that they are not alone in this world, being something I will always admire from shows that fight for representation like this. Seriously, I’m shocked that this exists.

Courtney is also great, with her desires to go back to Hell being understandable the more you see her torn up about it. I mean, I’d prefer to go to Heaven, but...eh. To each their own. Courtney can also be a ton of fun, having the best jokes in the series and even the best song in the musical episode (which is my favorite episode, thank you very much).

And Pugsley. Pugsley! This little goober is adorable, funny, and voiced by Alex Brightman. Do I really have to explain why he’s the best thing about this series?

So, yeah, Dead End: Paranormal Park is a solid series with a nice story, great comedy, better representation, and some really amazing characters. So, what’s my problem with it?

Well, not much. It’s a cute show...the issue is that it might be too cute.

I get the feeling that the writers want to make this a comedy series with themes of horror, similar to something like Gravity Falls, Amphibia, or even The Owl House. The issue that those series do a fantastic job because they can be, well, terrifying.

Look, here’s the scariest thing in Gravity Falls:

Here’s the scariest thing in Amphibia:

And here’s the scariest thing in The Owl House:

Pretty spooky, right? Now, here’s the scariest thing in Dead End: Paranormal Park:

You see the problem, don’t you?

The colors are too bright and the characters are too rounded for something like this to really take affect.

“Well, yeah, you don’t want to scare the kids.”

A couple things about that.

One, the other shows I just listed have the same rating as Dead End: Paranormal Park.

And two, I’d argue that it’s not a bad thing to creep kids out a little. Maybe not show them genuinely horrific stuff, but show them something that should be enough to...slowly prepare them for actual horror. With this show, I doubt anything they have can actually scare kids, or even creep them out. Maybe a baby less than two, but no one older than the age of seven.

This wouldn’t be a big deal if one of the main hooks of the series is about having scary, paranormal creatures for our protagonists to deal with. Some stuff works like the implications of the in-between and Pauline Phoenix, but nothing more than that.

I still love the show and highly recommend it, but it could have done a little more in being...less cute.

#dead end paranormal park #dead end barney #dead end pugsley #dead end norma #dead end courtney #quick thoughts #what i thought about

[plumbobtv]

Plumbob Inside - Interview with Courtney Robins

Interviewer: Hello Courtney, thank you for wanting to do this interview. We just got the taglines and cast photo for the next season of Simwives and... You're missing! Courtney: Haha, yes... I didn't make it to the cast this year...

Interviewer: Oh... You saying you didn't make it, does that mean they didn't ask you back on the show? Courtney: No, I'm just messing with you. I decided together with Plumbob Tv that this season I wouldn't be filming. Because I had a very full schedule already and... I just wasn't gonna be present for filming and that's not the way it works.

Interviewer: Oh okay, so it was a mutual decision? Courtney: Indeed and... If I ever wanna comeback, they told me to reach out and then we could see together if it would make sense. But for now, you're gonna have to enjoy the show without me haha.

Interviewer: Well, they of course already lost Saffron. Who was a big part of the cast and now you as well, did you feel bad? Courtney: I did feel some guilt when telling them I was thinking about leaving the show, because I knew Saffron's exit was gonna be hard on the show. But in the end... My real life comes before the show and I just had a full planning.

Interviewer: Of course, that makes sense. How do you think the upcoming season will be without Saffron and you? Courtney: I think it's gonna be different, but good. The thing about this show is, there is no main character... Even if some think they are. But this is a show where new dynamics make it interesting. So I think giving others a chance to shine is, nothing but good.

Interviewer: Are you still in contact with the ladies on the show? Courtney: I am good with Mila and Victoria, but I must say... I have taken a break from the ladies while they were filming, since I didn't wanna hear about it. It's like a break up, even if you break it up, it still hurts seeing him with a new woman haha.

Interviewer: Yeah, I know what you mean haha. How are you with Heather, have you two reconnected since the reunion? Courtney: We have texted and she did reach out to talk, but like I said, I didn't wanna be around the cast while filming. But I am open to having diner with her, so that should be happening soon... And then I am sure we'll make things good again.

Interviewer: Heather brought a friend to the show this season, Hailey McClure. Do you know her? Courtney: I do, she is a mutual friend of Heather and me. So I am very excited to see her on the show, I think she is gonna be amazing. She has a very dynamic life and... An interesting love life, so that should be fun to see playout on the show.

Interviewer: Have Saffron and you talked since both leaving the show? Courtney: We have, I am very close to Saffron. She is an amazing friend and she is very happy living a bit more private now, with everything going on in her private life. Which I am not gonna talk about, but I am sure she will... When the time is right for her.

Interviewer: Last but not least... When can we expect you back on the show? Courtney: Haha, not soon... I loved filming for two season and was really happy being the favorite newbie. But... It's a lot and, I am enjoying my time off. It was a great chapter, but I am not sure if I ever will be back. It needs to make sense...

#ts4 #sims #sims4 #simblr #simwives