#powerpuff script

[mysticalbookkeeper]

Villainous, Performing the song “Respectless” from Hazbin Hotel

(A script)

(Dr. Flug walks up to a large table in a meeting room in an office building hidden in Hatsville and takes a seat at the head and different villains from different Cartoon Network shows sit all around the table as well)

Dr. Flug: Welcome, members of Black Hat Organization. I’ve ordered you all here because you represent villains all throughout the globe.

Dr. Flug: Together you are millions of souls. Souls at risk of getting slain by heroes with their new extermination policy code.

(Dr. Flug slams a fist down on the table determinedly)

Dr. Flug: We need to discuss what can be done with these so called “heroes” and minimize the impact to our interest.

(HIM takes a seat next to Dr. Flug, surprising the scientist)

Dr. Flug: HIM, so good to see you my friend.

HIM: (giggles) Charmed as always my dear Dr. Flug.

Dr. Flug: (neck reddens in a blush and turns to see Black Hat seated nearby, grinning) Sir? What are you doing here, you never come to these meetings.

Black Hat: Yes I know, I’ve been neglecting these meeting for a long time, I’m sure you’ve all been wondering.

Dr. Flug: No, not really, Sir.

Black Hat: (scowls at Flug) Remind me later to shove you down a Lion’s throat later back at the manor.

Dr. Flug: (sighs) Duly noted sir. Well, welcome to the meeting in any case.

(Black Hat continues to glare)

Dr. Flug: (snaps his fingers and Him graciously gives him his clipboard and Dr. Flug paces at the head of the table)

Dr. Flug: This year’s extermination was brutal. The heroes seem to be gaining a bigger advantage on villains than even we at Black Hat manor can predict. But thanks to my brilliant calculations I was able to depict that at least ten percent of the villains in most populations have been lost. Which isn’t a lot, but things don’t seem to be getting any better. And with even more heroes coming into the fray and killing twice as quickly, I think it’s apparent to be…

(Suddenly, the door kicks in and Dementia walks in, talking on her phone)

Dementia: Yes, I got it One eyed Dorito, are you doubting me? Really? Me?! That’s what I thought. (Chuckles darkly) Yes, I know. They’re all a joke. Thank you B. Kisses darling.

(Dementia sits down and Flug glares at her angrily across the table).

Dr. Flug: Nice of you to join us, Dementia. Will your…colleagues be joining us?

Dementia: No, they have better things to do than listen to a whiny NERD who thinks he’s top shit.

(Dementia turns on the camera app on her phone and records Dr. Flug scowling at her and adds inappropriate images to her screen around the scientist)

Dr. Flug: Charming. (He turns his attention back to his clipboard) So, as I was saying, we need to discuss…

(Dr. Flug trails off as Dementia bounces in her seat and waves her hands in the air)

Dr. Flug: Yes, Dementia?

Demencia: On the topic of discussion…

(Demencia pulls out the head of a hero and tosses it onto the table, blood flying everywhere and everyone but Dr. Flug and Black Hat are repulsed by the display)

Black Hat: Ooh! Tasty!

(Dr. Flug glares at Demencia): Where did you get this?

Demencia: We found it during one of our routine “check ups” in Gravity Falls just shortly after a gnome had been killed there. Couldn’t bother to remember the old ceramic fart’s name. If these stupid heroes can be killed, the game has changed.

(Demencia climbs onto the table and walks around as she speaks)

Demencia: We can take the fight to them! Wouldn’t you agree, Oh, Lordship who doesn’t bother raising a finger against these heroes, because he’s too…cowardly?

(Black Hat hisses at Demencia and she backs off, laughing mockingly)

Demencia: The gang and I have come up with a full assault plan.

(A loud echoing giggle sounds out through the room)

HIM: If it’s true that you and your colleagues desire to war with such meagre proof, then you are far more…foolish than I thought.

Demencia: (scoffs) Meagre proof? It’s a dead fucking hero! I’d say that’s pretty definitive. You going blind old man?

HIM: We do not know how this hero was murdered. Maybe it wasn’t even by a villain’s hand at all. If we rush to war without knowing, wouldn’t they purge all villains for daring to uprise?

(All the other villains murmur in agreement and Demencia noticed Flug get a little sweaty and shift his eyes away)

Dementia: Oh, I get it. So gay claw boy is to pussy to fight, so I guess there’s no point, right?

(HIM glares at Demencia and snaps his claws together in annoyance)

Demencia: Oh what’s the matter fossil? Too senile to make a REAL POWER GRAB for…

(Dr. Flug fed up, gets in Demencia’s face and begins to sing Respectless)

Dr. Flug: You better show some respect! Check your behaviour! Nobody speaks to HIM that way!

🎵 Did you expect us to sit back and take your, insolent brazen display?

Demencia: (laughs)🎵 you got it twisted! I’m not the one who needs a new attitude! Maybe you’ve missed it. But I’m the hashtag bitch and I will do nothing less than I please!

🎵Woo! I’m the backbone of the Vees! 🎵

Demencia: 🎵Mad that I acted Respectless? Well it’s because no one could respect this!

(Demencia walks across the table): 🎵 Sorry group attending! Since when are overlords to scared to fight?

🎵You’re long passed trending! Sorry bae, but I ain’t swiping right! You’ve lost your relevance!🎵

HIM: 🎵We can’t act without more intelligence.

Demencia: 🎵Ugh! No wonder I’m so Respectless, I could eat you lot for breakfast!

Dr. Flug: 🎵 You and the Vees are inane and uninformed! Smug wannabes who don’t heed when you’ve been warned!

Demencia: 🎵Oops! Did I strike a nerve? Because when I pulled out the hero’s head, couldn’t help but observe! That your whole face was turning red!

Demencia: 🎵 And why are you avoiding war? That’s what the little gadgets you sell are for. Thanks to my being respectless, one thing I’m starting to suspect is, you know why this hero’s headless, do you have a disclosure?

Dr. Flug: 🎵This meeting’s over! 🎵

#villainous #black hat villainous #black hat #villainous black hat #dr. flug #villainous dr flug #him powerpuff girls #demencia #demencia villainous #dr flug villainous #hazbin hotel #parody #scriptwriting #script #hazbin hotel parody #hazbin hotel song #respectless

[bugeyedfreaks]

I love the idea of Buttercup being a party girl. I'd imagine in her teens she'd fake her age to try and buy beer. Though she'd probably need some help since almost everyone in Townsville most likely knows how old she is

100%, she would absolutely be the rebellious one trying to do all of the Forbidden Adult Things. Bubbles would also totally be the one going along with her wild escapades (after being peer pressured of course, ‘cause she’s totally hardcore enough to party!) and Blossom would constantly be trying to stop her (EDIT: I take that back, she’d probably do that the first few times, but eventually get tired of it and from that point forward let Buttercup dig her own grave lol), then lecturing/making fun of her when the Professor would eventually catch and ground her for all of it (which I assume would totally be often because, yeah, everyone in town knows her, so it would be hundreds of times harder for her to get away with things).

#powerpuff girls #ppg #buttercup #blossom #bubbles #there was a scene in the live action script kiiiiind of like this #and as bad as that script was I was like okay at least this is one thing that tracks #they did get buttercup and bubbles’ chaotic sisterly duo vibe pretty spot on #if only the majority of the script hadn’t suffered so much from shitty writing disease 😔

[azar-rosethorn]

POV: Your bf is too tall but you still wanna dance with him

#i needed some wholesomeness after writing the latest part of the TDIS script so here #mojo jojo #him ppg #mojo jojo x him #the powerpuff girls #ppg

[iminaworldofpureimagination]

#powerpuff girls #cw #i rem hearing the script it was awful pure trash

[itsamepatches]

#a part of me really wants to know if CW ppg is still gonna happen or not #if it's going still by how the script was...might be a hot mess #powerpuff cw #powerpuff girls cw #cw powerpuff girls #powerpuff girls #cartoon network #the cw #the cw powerpuff

[therabbitthatpostthings]

Okay let's talk about Reality in Welcome Home.

YES THIS IS JUST ME RAMBLING AGAIN BUT I SWEAR I HAVE A POINT TO MAKE. This is more of my collecting my thoughts and trying to make sense of what we have right now.

TLDR: The reality of Welcome Home is separated by the "fourth wall" that the characters are not aware of except for few.

So ever since the first update after the website launched I have been wondering about where the reality shift lies in Welcome Home. How can this be a haunted puppet show with no notable names for actors, production crew, puppeteers, etc. I was basically trying to figure out if this was Hello Puppets or My Friendly Neighbourhood kind of situation. Especially after Sally's Halloween Story, it came ever more clear that they are not fully aware of the fact that people are filming them.

This past update has somewhat solidified what I think is happening. The Welcome Home Puppet show exist in it's own version of reality literally separated by the fourth wall. The neighbours are completely unaware that they are puppets, being filmed, etc. The idea that a magic narrator can talk to them is normal (as it is in many children's cartoons, the Narrator from The Powerpuff Girls and The Storyteller from Into the Woods comes to mind). This really all comes together for me alongside the theory that some of the neighbours are self-aware. I'm not gonna argue who is and who isn't but I don believe the Neighbours featured in promotional material that directly speaks to the viewers or anything outside the show are aware.

(Note: It would be a big stretch to say the things like the TV and radio apprenticed were staged or faked by the Welcome Home Crew)

I think the ones most aware are Wally, Barnaby, Frank and Howdy. Everyone else is rather slowly becoming aware or going through the motions like Eddie. Wally and Barnaby are self-explanatory, they are closest to Home and the Narrator(s). Frank by the way of the Bug Theory and the fact that he "breaks script" to comfort Eddie. Howdy is because I cannot think of a way that he would participate in those commercials without knowing somehow. If Home really is antagonistic towards the Neighbours, I can believe they would act in line. Also during Eddie's panic attack, he doesn't move ever after expresses him desire to leave, because he can't move. He's a puppet. It's worth noting that everyone else has a puppeteer accept Wally and Home. Wally has a handler and Home's eyes are the only thing on it that can move via a crank on the side of it not showing to the camera.

I believe the cartoon reality is the one that the puppets see and why in all of Wally's answer videos we see it in IRL footage. He is not blind to what the show is doing. Eddie's panic attack shows up that what they see and we see are very different. This isn't like a foolproof way of thinking because it leaves a lot of holes but most of those holes have to do with things I believe will be answered later. Like:

What exactly is Home and the power Home has over the Neighbours?

Why did the show shut down?

The benefactor sending the packages

Why is Wally the one that remains? Where are the others?

Why were we able to see what Eddie and Wally sees outside of the reality they exist in?

etc.

Thats last point is still up in the air for me because that easier could of been a storyteller point but the fact that Welcome Home narrator and logo pops up at the end of the Homewarming Special alludes that everything Eddie went through we saw. Or at least it was filmed and probably cut out of the official broadcast.

I don't have any answers. What we do know now is that the show shut down, someone is still present and sending packages to the WHRP and Playfellow. This mysterious black goop has the power to influence those in contact with it, even causing loss of time. The WHRP went through an investigation internally and in the website. W is a part of the website and actively doing their own investigation after "supposedly" making contact with Wally in the post-halloween/pre-March 9th update (which you can see btw on the Wayback Machine). Wally, regardless if he is the one sending the packages, is using them to communicate. He wants someone to find him because he KNOWS we are watching and we are looking for him.

Personally I believe Home or whatever entity is controlling it, is sending the packages and trying to control others. I think Wally is a by product of all this and is trying to find his way out by any means necessary. I will never let my "Wally did nothing wrong" propaganda go.

This all btw does nothing to answer the mystery on the website. I have no idea how this reality breaking allowed Wally yo infiltrate the website. The fact that his eyes are no longer visible on the page means he's not here watching us (for now). Also the "You" character description is missing. As far as the Bug theory goes, I still believe that is Frank trying to give us more insight on what happened/happening. Same goes for W, who we know is human since they described the same events of the phone ringing and hearing Wally that the curator did. I don't believe this is Wally vs the Neighbours. I think this is the neighbours being physically or metaphorically trapped while not able to reach Wally they can reach this website and are doing the same as Wally, reaching out to us. I still believe Home/Entity has some control over them and is connected to who is sending the packages and infecting the WHRP and Playfellow. W is also apart of WHRP but has taken notice to everything going around and is choosing to document their findings since the WHRP is starting to run a tighter ship after the last slip up of W (probably) contacting Wally.

Hopefully this made sense to you guys...

#welcome home #welcome home arg #welcome home puppet show #clownillustrations #partycoffin #welcome home eddie #Eddie dear #frank frankly #welcome home frank #welcome home barnaby #welcome home wally #wally darling #welcome home w #welcome home theory

[bleachersgirl]

people on twitter making fun of that scrapped cw powerpuff girls script again… diablo cody i am so sorry that they didn’t understand your beautiful message 😭

#i think about the power that dove cameron bubbles would have had with that insane camp script every day…

[chongoblog]

Completely random question but remember when the powerpuff girls live action script that was really bad got leaked and there was a table read that i thiiiiiiink you were in as mojo jojo or something? Any chance youd remember who hosted that? I suddenly got the urge to rewatch it but i cannot find it for the life of me i feel like im going insane

Red hosted that!

[realistically-shifting]

Hi, call me Spectra~✨

24 years old | They/Them & Fae/Faer | Black shifter

I’ve been in the shifting community for around five years now. So far, I’ve successfully mini-shifted three times to three different realities. I’m also a witch and I’ve been practicing witchcraft since I was 12 or 13. I like to try everything at least once, which is how I mini shifted the first time when I jokingly tried, and I like to think of myself as a “spiritual scientist” of sorts.

I have over 20 desired realities and many more to come, I’ll be posting about some of it here✨ Some of my DRs include-

O.R.I.O.N (Zombie apocalypse)

Supernatural

Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Strange Ability (Anime)

Toriko (Anime)

H2O: Just Add Water

Resident Evil

H.O.T.D: College edition (Manga)

The First Hunter (Manhwa)

Enby Idol Group

8th Graders Will Survive (Quotev story)

Widow’s Bay (murder mystery book series)

Lollipop Chainsaw: College edition (Game)

Tokyo Mew Mew (2022 Anime)

Totally Spies (Cartoon)

Project MC² (Netflix show)

Trese (Netflix show)

Charmed

Powerpuff Girls Z

Etc.

In every script, I have powers as a witch. Telekinesis, Conjuring and spirit work, Visions, Sight, Mediumship, Spell-crafting and casting, Divination, Atmokinesis, Hydrokinesis, potion making, etc.

I look pretty much the same in most of my DRs, these pictures are my main reference pics used across my scripts.

#shifting realities #desired reality #subliminals #reality shifting #shifting #realityshifting #quantum jumping #shiftblr #shifting community #loa #shifting intro #blog intro #scripting #shifting script

[welcomehomeincorrectquotes]

HOLD THE PHONE! Is the Narrator a character now?!

This is barely a theory but an excited rambling I wanted to get out there to discuss it with you all.

Spoilers for the plot of the anime Princess Tutu and Powerpuff Girls episode "Simian Says".

When I think of Narrators as characters the first two that pop into my mind are the (unseen) Narrator from Powerpuff Girls and Drosselmeyer from Princess Tutu:

These two not only casually interact with the characters, but are revealed to have ability to control to manipulate the plot and characters to their whims.

In the Powerpuff Girls episode "Simian Says", the villain Mojo Jojo kidnaps the Narrator, taking over his position and using it to force the girls to commit crimes (and bully the Professor) to their own confusion.

Mojo: As the girls head to the city in a hurried manner, they—wait a minute! Hold up! (They hit the brakes and are suddenly pulled backwards into the house; the camera movement reverses itself. In the living room, the Professor still stands with his de-babbler.) Professor: Oh, I can’t wait to give this baby a whirl! (He starts to walk away; the girls pull up behind him.) Mojo: And to the Professor, they each give a swift kick! (They do so on the end of this line. Cut to the other side of the room, near the sliding glass doors that lead to the backyard. The de-babbler sails into view and breaks upon hitting the floor; the Professor slides across the carpet, with the prints of three little feet showing in his rear.) Mojo: Why? Because I don’t like him! No, not one bit! Professor: Hmm. Maybe I should curb their sugar intake. [Link here]

In Princess Tutu, the plot is started when Drosselmeyer was writing a story called The Prince and the Raven but died before he could finish, the characters trapped in a limbo. But before dying, and this part is particularly interesting for this Welcome Home theory, Drosselmeyer somehow managed to write himself into the narrative and continued to control the story, giving himself a form of immortality.

Unfortunately for the protagonists, while Drosselmeyer is quite the sadist who enjoys writing tragedies and enjoys watching the characters struggle (despite knowing that the character in his story are real people with thoughts and feelings), even taking direct control when they start to subvert his intended script.

Princess Tutu: I’m just a marionette, dancing exactly as I’m told. I don’t like this. I want to dance more freely. Drosselmeyer: Such thinking is mistaken. Marionettes are at their most free when they are being manipulated by their strings. You won’t be able to leave this place unless you acknowledge that.

So my thoughts are as follows; what if the Narrator is the secret big bad and also their true identity Ronald Doralaine?

Discuss?

#source: powerpuff girls #source: princess tutu #Ronald Dorelaine #The Narrator (Welcome Home) #welcome home theory #theory

[bugeyedfreaks]

Hi, hello, have you read the rejected script for the live-action CW PPG pilot? 👀 I have such Feelings about it that I saved it as a pdf to just.....marvel at it another day.

I have, and I made a post about it. The post doesn’t include all of my thoughts about it, and I honestly kind of feel robbed that it’s not going to happen because, despite much of it being a train wreck, it did have some bits I genuinely was interested in having the series explore… but not in the super awful terrible way like 80% of it was written. 😆

#I didn’t hate it as vehemently as most of the internet did but it was definitely not good haha #the one part of the script that does stick in my head is Blossom drinking wine and basically being done with everyone #and that GENUINELY feels like it’s in character for her lmao that got my approval #I also actually did like some of the Mojo parts too but #it was all too clear they were going to mess up my two favorites and I really do have BIG FEELINGS about………. that….. whole thing #if you know what I mean lol #so bullet dodged? 🤣 #powerpuff girls #ppg #ppg cw

[coulsons-fullmetal-cellist]

The Producer

(Dieter x horror loving female)

Words: 2, 137

Summary: it’s my birthday and wanted to do something fun, alsothis was my excuse to create my dream cast for a live-action Powerpuff Girls film!

Warnings: random celebrity cameos, lots of adorableness, Dieter being Dieter so some saucy suggestions

Check out masterlist here

“Dieter, who is that?”

“No one.”

Clara immediately popped up waving, “Hi mummy!”

You scooted over and kissed her on the cheek but kept that scolding glare on your husband.

“How many times have I told you not to bring her on set?”

“She wanted to see you.”

“Jojo!” she exclaimed.

“Did someone bring me a baby to cuddle?” Jack Black was already under a layer of makeup to portray said character, minus the big brain. Dieter plopped the eager toddler onto his lap which immediately started to jiggle.

“Pudding!”

“I’m 50% pudding!” Her laughter made it hard for you to be mad.  Eventually you took her from the soft clutches of the actor.

“Say bye to Jojo.”

“Bye Jojo!”

You handed her off to Dieter. “Put her back in daycare before we start getting complaints,” you gave her another kiss on the cheek but kept up the stern face.

“Okay,” Dieter sighed and begrudgingly took Clara back to the on-set daycare.

It was a wonderful idea, an on-set daycare. Wonder why it wasn’t thought of before. It was thought up by the writer who had a child of their own and didn’t want to leave them with nannies. This brought several great people on to the project as they now no longer had to worry over who would look after their little ones of various ages. The director herself had a toddler and was overjoyed to have her close by and would bring her little Bianca on set. You were signed on as head of special effects makeup but mainly your job was bringing Mojo Jojo to life. Dieter was playing Professor Utonium and Clara had finally accepted the fact that her father was still the same person even though he had shaved his beard. Occasionally she would still glare at him with suspicion.

The whole cast and crew were very friendly, and everyone got on well. You had yet to meet the writers or producers, but they didn’t have to be on set as much as everyone else.

You read through Dieter’s script and absolutely loved how the film started as the Powerpuff girls were growing up and going to high school in Citysville while Professor Utonium had a mid-life crisis which gave Mojo Jojo the opportunity to lure his old creator into being a villain. But underneath the fun, cartoon-like joy was the fear of girls being made to grow up too quickly and losing childhood. You shed tears over Blossoms speech critiquing those who stole the chance for girls to be safe and not letting them stay children.

Right now, you were looking at the psychedelic set which was having its backdrop changed.

“Oh wow, it’s like Colour Out of Space!”

“It is,” you turned to the man next to you, “Wait, you’ve seen that film?”

*****

Dieter saw you in deep conversation as he left the set for the day and made his way over to the on-set daycare. Dieter loved the daycare as he loved being able to see his daughter almost anytime and give her a cuddle.

Clara had made several friends already as they had similar interests, mostly bugs. Bianca, the director’s daughter, had curly brown hair and brown eyes which immediately made them twins.

Dieter went over to the two girls, “Hello there Clara,” he said to Bianca.

The girls both giggled. “I’m not Clara,” said Bianca.

“You’re not?” he turned to Clara, “Hi Bianca.”

Again they both giggled. “I’m Bianca!” exclaimed her namesake.

“Daddy silly!” said Clara.

“Oh, I’m sorry Bianca,” Dieter said to his daughter who burst into even more giggles. He picked up the right little girl and gave Clara a big kiss on the cheek. Both of them waved bye to Bianca and Dieter gave an interested glance at her father who just walked in as Dieter walked out.

“Hello cupcake!” he carried her out to the car where you were waiting for them.

“You were being chatty with the producer,” Dieter said as he got in the car.

“Oh that was the producer? We were talking about Colour Out of Space. I don’t know anyone who’s watched it and I was so excited to talk about it with someone!”

Dieter mumbled something incoherent but shrugged it off.

“There’s something familiar about him but I can’t quite put my finger on what it is. He is somewhat adorable like you.”

“Adorable?”

“Not as adorable as you. No one is as adorable as you. Except Clara.”

“She can out-adorable anyone.”

*****

Dieter had snuck Clara onto set the next day. He was going to introduce her to his on-screen daughters.

“This is my baby girl, Clara. Cupcake, these are the Powerpuff Girls.”

Clara looked at the three actresses and pointed accordingly, “Bubbles, Blossom, Buttercup?”

Emma Myers, Halle Bailey and Shioli Kutsuna reacted the way one would when meeting the small, adorable offspring of Dieter Bravo, they cooed and fawned over her.

You hadn’t noticed all this as you were having another nerdy discussion with the producer.

“I’m sorry, I never really got your answer before but, what is your favourite film?”

“The question really should be what is my favourite film at the moment?”

He had a look that seemed similar to when your husband had discovered you put Kit Kats in something. “Wow, no one has ever asked me that before.”

“I always thought just narrowing it down to just a handful makes it really hard to decide.”

“Exactly!”

Dieter however, noticed this as he snuck Clara back to the on-set daycare.

“I saw you being very chummy with the producer today,” he asked you later at home.

“Oh we were having this discussion over The Wicker Man and wait, Dieter are you jealous?”

“No,” he mumbled.

You put your book down and looked at your husband. “Dieter, you have nothing to worry about. I’m ridiculously in love with you and nothing will change that. If Mike Flanagan showed up with a cheeseboard, I’d say thank you, but no.”

“But you’d take the cheeseboard?”

“Oh, absolutely!”

*****

The on-set daycare was filled with children eager for their parents to take them home. Clara made another friend called Ari. Her curls were golden honey so sadly she wasn’t a twin but her and Clara were best friends as they both loved spiders.

Clara saw her father enter the room and ran up to greet him. Upon getting closer, she realised this was not her father.

“Daddy?”

The man kneeled down, “I’m sorry bonita, I’m not your father.”

Ari came up beside her friend, “Papa!” She was welcomed with open arms by the man who looked like her father. Suspicions were already forming in her two-year-old brain.

You were picking up Clara today as Dieter was still rehearsing some last-minute choreography for the big crazy musical number where Professor Utonium has his mid-life crisis while also being seduced by all the Townsville villains including Him who was being portrayed by Yanis Marshall (aka, the dancing Deadpool in the Ashes music video, the voice provided later by Crispin Freeman and Kari Wahlgren) You walked into the room and found Clara in her one-sided glaring competition with the producer. She managed to break her glaring when you picked her up. She pointed at the man, “Not daddy?”

“That’s right, it’s not daddy. He looks nothing like him.”

But Clara went back to her evil glaring. The man who looked like her father but was not her father could only result in one conclusion.

“Evil daddy.”

“Why do you think he’s evil? He’s a very nice man.”

This man must be her father’s evil clone, it was the only thing that made sense. But it was hard for a toddler to explain this to her mother and the thought of explaining this made her feel tired and confused so she ended up just burying her face in your neck.

“I’m sorry,” you said to him. “Usually her dad picks her up, so she thinks you’re her dad. But he had to shave his beard and she must be missing it and saw yours so...” you shrugged.

“Oh no, that’s fine,” he turned to the girl in his arms. “Is this your friend?”

She nodded, “Spider.”

You both looked confused until you properly introduced your daughter.

“This is Clara.”

“Oh, nice to meet you Clara,” but she was too busy being tired and confused over the thought of her father having an evil clone to acknowledge this man.

Thankfully Clara had recovered when she was in the arms of her father, although he was confused when she was calling him real daddy.

“She’s missing the beard, as am I.”

He kissed both of you on the cheek, “I’m missing it too.”

Clara was overjoyed to see her actually father and not some evil clone.

“Not evil!” she exclaimed as she wrapped her tiny arms around his neck.

“Not evil?” he gave you a confused look, but you replied with an I’ll-explain-later look.

*****

The next day, you were immersed in your new book while on a tea break.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to intrude your reading, but I couldn’t help but admire your book.”

Lifting your head, you came face to face with kind brown eyes, it was the producer who had become your new friend. There was a sort of familiarity to his eyes. You lifted up the book to show the full cover: Golem, Caligari, Nosferatu; A Chronicle of German Film Fantasy.

“My husband got it for me because he knew I’d love it. And I do.”

“So you’ve seen The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari?” he asked.

“Oh yes. Old films just have a certain quality to them modern films can’t replicate.”

“I completely agree. Is it one of your favourite films at the moment?”

“It is but I really like Nosferatu, mainly because it’s an early depiction of vampires. Oh, do you know the film Shadow of the Vampire?”

“Of course, a masterpiece to honour its original film,” you nodded in agreement. “Nicolas Cage produced that film.”

“He did?”

“Yes, he grew up with all those silent films.”

“How did I not notice?”

*****

It was the end of the working week and you and Dieter did not have to get up early the next day, so you indulged in tonight. Dieter was putting his heart and soul into every kiss. He’d been looking forward to this and slowly kissed down your neck. You were running your fingers through his hair, but suddenly, as your mind cleared, a forgotten thought entered your mind. You knew it would occupy until you found out, so you gently pushed your husband off you. Rolling off you in confusion, he watched as you left the bedroom. He quietly padded his way through the house, where he found you looking through your DVD collection.

“Honey cakes, what are you doing?”

“I just remembered something that I need to look up. My brain won’t shut up until I do.”

He sighed sympathetically, “I’ll turn the TV on.”

You followed him with your Shadow of the Vampire DVD. You pressed play and stared intently as the opening credits played. You paused when you found what you were looking for.

“There!”

Dieter squinted at the screen, “Nic Cage produced this?”

“Yeah I only just found out. I don’t know why I didn’t notice this before.”

“No one really pays attention to opening credits.”

“That’s true. Until they point out that there were clues hidden like in Malignant.”

He kissed your forehead, “That’s what trivia pages are for. Is your head feeling good?” You nodded. “Would you like me to give you some now?”

“I’m sorry I interrupted us before.”

“No need to apologise. We’ll just back to what we started,” he started nuzzling your neck.

“I just need to…”

“You put away the DVD and I’ll turn the TV off.”

*****

It was the start of a new week, and everyone was back to work, and the children were happy to be back with their friends again.

Once again, Dieter found you deep in conversation with the film’s producer. He wasn’t jealous. Why would he be? He had occasional immersive conversations with his wife but not lately. You were both working on the same film so you’ve both been so busy with that and dealing with a toddler. The two of you were still intimate but Dieter still felt like something was missing when he saw you talking with such animation in your whole expression. It’s not like he wanted to punch the man in the face, but he liked thinking about it.

You were once again deep in conversation when you saw Dieter approaching the two of you.

“Oh, hey Dieter. Have you met the producer?”

He held out his hand, Dieter reluctantly took it.

“Hi, I’m Javi Gutierrez.”

~

Yes, that’s right! Javi is now part of the Love of Horror Universe! To find out what he’s been doing, check out @cevans-is-classic because they have this story!

Lovingly tagging @boliv-jenta @simpingcowboy @ellenmunn @o-sacra-virgo-laudes-tibi @chaithetics @myloveistoolittle @glshmbl @cupcakehp @gswizzsstuff @nicolethered @blueeyesatnight @wannab-urs @meveispunk @morallyinept @djarinsimp

#pedro pascal #jose pedro balmaceda pascal #dieter x honey cakes #love of horror fanfic #love of horror universe #love of horror #dieter bravo #dieter x reader #the bubble netflix #the bubble

[kafkaesquedyke]

The new Velma show seems to neatly fall into this trend of tv shows (paramount heathers, leaked powerpuff girls script) that want to seem progressive by having a diverse cast, while simultaneously wanting to preserve that same edgy, punch-down comedy style found in 'centrist' or conservative media. They want the praise for having female, queer, and characters of colour while still retaining an audience made up of mainly edgy white men laughing at how ridiculous ‘the minorities’ are behaving. It’s a punch-down comedy wolf in progressive sheep clothing.

The fundamental flaw in this logic is that show runners assume the audience that would enjoy this humour will see past that supposedly progressive façade… and that often doesn’t happen. A lot of these specific edgy types see diversity as a red flag and immediately presume some type of agenda. It’s almost like seeing a minority participate in the joke (even though they’re still very much the punchline) zaps all the humour out of it or they can’t understand that the joke is still for them if it isn’t said by someone that looks exactly like them. And because they (especially, but not only, cishet white men) recognise all the jokes from things they like, but don’t find them funny anymore, the only reasonable explanation they have is that diversity is bad and makes it unfunny, instead of realising their inherent inability to recognise and relate to any character that isn’t a white man.

Meanwhile, an audience that would appreciate a diverse cast does recognise the comedy for what it is: cheap jokes made at their expense. At most there are occasional jabs thrown in at the white and/or male characters which often don’t relate to these identities in any fundamental or even realistic way. So you have this show that constantly uses their minority characters as punchlines and only includes vaguely progressive, but ultimately pretty universally accepted, messaging hoping progressive audiences will be enamoured with the occasional ‘girlboss moment™️’, while not noticing that vast amounts of regressive ideals.

In the end neither audience feels appealed to and the show is a massive failure. While it might be satisfying to see that these conservative audiences are too blinded by, let’s be honest here, identity politics to recognise something that is clearly made for them, ultimately all that is remembered is that ‘the comedy show featuring a lot of diversity’ failed. And it becomes harder for people who actually want to make media with, and especially for, minorities have a harder time getting any funding. Shows like these are a lose lose situation when it comes to furthering diversity in the media landscape and it’s increasingly frustrating to see this happen again and again.

#most of the criticism I’ve seen so far is hinging on the expectation that this show would be progressive because of the representation #but if you see it as just another family guy copycat you can see all the ‘weirdly problematic stuff’ not as flaws but part of the design #meanwhile most of the criticism coming from conservatives is ‘wokeness ruined scooby doo’ #we can’t assume just because something features minorities that it is for those minorities #especially with the rise of anti-intellectualism and ‘the curtains are just blue’ mentality this seems to happen more and more #they also often feature the surface acceptance of women queer people and poc while still being very blatantly bigoted towards other groups #many of which are discriminated against as well but their activism efforts are not as widely recognised #so you might not have as much blatant racism and sexism but incredible amounts of ableism and fatphobia #meanwhile the more obvious bigotry is either subtler or deflected by characters pointing it out like that erases the joke #this isn’t even touching on how all of these shows also wildly misconstrue the purpose of the media they are adapting #scooby doo #hbo velma #velma 2023 #paramount heathers

[yugiohio]

The last time I was into wrestling they were not intentionally playing into the homoeroticism; but Seth Rollins and Matt Riddle simply cannot be stopped.

Seth making deliberate allusions to more than platonic feelings between he & his former Shield members, dressing like Him from Powerpuff Girls every match and getting entirely too close to his coworkers during promos. While Matt Riddle is consistently providing the RK-Bro ship community with so much content they don't even have to write fic. From the way he emphatically says "Raaaaandy", the puppy dog enthusiasm with which he interacts with Randy and stares/pouts at him, the allusions to he & Randy doing things outside of wrestling together ("Our trip to the grand canyon, the grocery store because we need some stuff..."), constantly wanting to touch/hold Randy with Randy's notoriously stoic ass actually reciprocating his physical affection, and Randy doing his part by being so genuinely charmed and amused by Riddle's antics.

Also they just both say some sus as shit and my gay ass be like "IS THIS INTENTIONAL????". I can always tell by how Randy breaks or how whomever Seth is talking to breaks whether or not what they said was scripted. Hell they're already pushing the audience's limit with Seth's Elton John/Joker/Loki/Prince-esque outfits and Matt's painted nails (that he did not originally start out with but I imagine he was like "Fuck it. We ball." and painted his nails). I love this for them. Seth's outfits get huge pops and though I do notice that sometimes the WWE Universe isn't fully behind the homoerotic things that Matt Riddle does/says but those disgusted jeers are normally drowned out by people who genuinely enjoy the character building that Riddle has done with himself and Randy's characters. Dude is so over that people actually clap when he says these things.

#randy Orton matt riddle #rkbro #seth rollins #rolleigns #ambrollins #honestly sexy seth freakin rollins belongs to the streets #text post #wwe #wrestling #wrasslin #yall have no idea how rewarding getting back into this shit has been. this is like getting into cowboy stuff. its an endless treasure trove #lemme go back and add in Cody Rhodes brb #seth admits he be off the cuff sometimes and i dont believe matt riddle knows wtf a script is #i tried to only reference in ring stuff. i dont want to speculate on them as people. im tryna move away from that. #not judging anyone else i just got into fic in 2019 and only read for fictional characters #got back into kpop in 2020 then started reading fic for it in like 2021 and was like Oh this is salacious and scandalous. Gimme mas. #now im kinda just meh about it and it is weird knowing that people see what is written about them and knowing ive participated in it #also kinda skeeves me out #anyway yall didnt ask for all this lmao enjoy me enjoying these fruity ass wrestlers

[fiddler-on-the-starship]

What I find interesting about the response to the Barbie trailers is usually when there’s going to be a live-action adaptation of some beloved childhood thing, people tend to react with wariness at best and hostility at worst, but this time around I’m mostly just seeing excitement (on tumblr anyway). People are really, really looking forward to this movie.

I’m sure the excitement is in large part due to the light-hearted, campy tone and bright colours on display in the trailers. A lot of us are tired of dour, desaturated takes on things that are known and loved for being colourful and cartoony, so yeah, it’s a relief to see indications that Barbie 2023 isn’t going to repeat the disastrous mistakes of the live-action Winx Club series or that leaked Powerpuff Girls script that thankfully was not made into an actual show.

But I think there’s a little more to it than that.

I think it’s also because there’s a strong sense that this movie understands it is based on a toy and is not only unashamed of that fact, but eager to take full advantage of the... toyness, for lack of a better word. Everything we see of Barbie Land and the Barbies and Kens who live there screams “this is a Toy World where Toys live; this world and its inhabitants operate based on Toy Logic, not Real World Logic” - and I mean literally everything; the brightly coloured plastic aesthetic of Barbie Land, the unquestioned co-existence of many different variations of Barbie and Ken, the way Barbie stands on tiptoes when she takes her shoes off, the ridiculous “beach you off” exchange between the Kens that sounds like a little kid play-acting what they think conflict between grown-ups is like - it’s all telling us this movie is going to revel in being a story about toys (and it’s likely the plot will involve some sort of clash between Barbie Land’s Toy Logic and the real world’s Real World Logic, which is a very interesting concept).

This kind of unapologetic revelling-in-toyness is something that I’d like to see more of in live-action things based on toys. If you ask me, Toy Logic is why the 80s G.I. Joe and Transformers cartoons hold up so much better than most of those franchises’ live-action movies; those shows aren’t literally about toys in the way that Barbie 2023 is literally about toys, but they do run on the logic of a kid playing with action figures, and that’s something that I think is integral to their appeal.

#barbie (2023) #barbie #text post

[youre-only-gay-once]

rereading the cw powerpuff girls script. ah the golden old days of television (2020-2021)