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Week 1 Retrospective: Who Is John Egbert?

It’s official - Homestuck is one week old today! And while a week is not a long run for a comic, it’s already got more pages than the author’s earlier work Bard Quest, so maybe it’s something worth recognizing. So I wanted to mark a week of Homestuck by doing a deep dive on what we’ve learned about our protagonist John Egbert so far. It’s some fact collection, some wild speculation, and some ongoing questions. It’s over 3000 words, so it’s under a readmore for anyone who’s interested.

If that doesn’t sound like a fun time to you (or even if it does), you can take the John Egbert Big 5 Personality Test to see how you score on John’s five key personality traits. It’s 14 multiple choice questions, so a much quicker read.

We’re introduced to John on page 4, where we’re given five key interests of his: bad movies, programming computers, paranormal lore, amateur magic, and gaming. I’ll take these one by one and use them as a framework for John’s character so far.

“You have a passion for REALLY TERRIBLE MOVIES.”

John has eleven (11) movie posters on his walls. Of these, three star Matthew McConaughey and two star Nicolas Cage. More notably, six have a Rotten Tomatoes rating below 50%, and two of these are below 10%. I haven’t seen any of these movies, but as far as I can tell, here are the one sentence summaries [broad spoilers for all these movies].

Little Monsters: A boy befriends a monster and visits the monster world, where they try to convert him into a monster too.

Con Air: A paroled man disrupts a gang of prisoner’s escape from a prison transport plane.

Deep Impact: Earth tries to prepare for extinction after a comet is found on a collision course with Earth.

Ghostbusters II: After going out of business, the Ghostbusters reunite to combat a negative energy slime monster.

Mac and Me: A boy befriends a young alien who gets separated from his family and lost on Earth.

Contact: An Earth scientist successfully discovers alien life and travels to an alien world.

A Time to Kill: A father is acquitted in court for killing the perpetrators of racial hate crimes against his daughter.

Failure to Launch: A 35 year old man’s parents hire a woman to persuade him to finally move out of their home.

Face/Off: A terrorist and a FBI agent go through facial transplant surgery and temporarily swap identities.

Armageddon: A group of space workmen go on a mission to stop an asteroid from destroying Earth. 

Ghost Dad: A man temporarily dies but is able to interact with his children in ghost form.

From this we can see that John really likes science fiction movies related to aliens, ghosts and monsters, as well as action comedy. We also know from page 21: ‘Films about impending apocalypse fascinate you’. A Time to Kill and Failure to Launch are the only ones that don’t fit his taste. The implication here is that John really loved Matthew McConaughey in Contact and so watched his other movies even though they were things he wouldn’t usually watch.

I’m curious if these movies are intended as clues to John’s character, the future of the comic, or both. In terms of his character, they make me see him as someone who’s imaginative and goofy, young and carefree, not concerned with other people’s opinions, more interested in watching movies for their surface meanings and exciting stories, maybe wants to escape to a different world, might be a little bit gay. 

In terms of the future of the comic, it could be that we’re going to see literal aliens or monsters - they could even be already here, keeping John ‘homestuck’. Slime monsters are particularly highlighted, with Slimer from Ghostbusters appearing on John’s shirt and computer background, and his chumhandle, ectoBiologist, relating to slime. Slime invasion honestly feels too obvious, and anyway, several of John’s movies are about befriending a more benign supernatural force - could John’s Pesterchum friends be something other than human? Or maybe it’s a more metaphorical meaning, referring to John having a very different life to his friends? 

Two of these movies feature Earth extinctions by giant space rocks, but there’s absolutely no indication of this being a real world threat John is dealing with. Again, it could refer more generally to a sudden, life changing event that’s about to happen to disrupt John’s current state, something that would fit thematically with this being John’s 13th birthday, a milestone age.

There’s also a theme of crime and the legal system in several movies, including Con Air, the one that’s been most highlighted. The most obvious interpretation of John’s dad right now is that he’s a clown or performer, but there’s an outside chance he could be in law enforcement, or a criminal. It’s even possible that he’s currently in hiding or some kind of safe house. This would explain John being ‘homestuck’ and sick of spending time with his dad.

Speaking of John’s dad, I’m concerned for him based on the Ghost Dad summary - the comic keeps teasing his presence, but we haven’t actually seen him yet. Could he be a ghost? Or become one at some point? Alternatively, we know John has an already dead relative - could his nanna be a ghost? Did John dropping her ashes release her ghost? Family is a really common theme in movies, so I don’t know if a large number of these movies being about family (especially fathers) is relevant, but I’m noting it all the same.

“You like to program computers but you are NOT VERY GOOD AT IT.”

John claims he ‘likes to program’, but it actually seems to make him angry. We first learn ‘[y]ou were never all that great with data structures and you find the concept [of the stack modus] puzzling and mildly irritating.’ We then see three files on John’s desktop, two in ^CAKE - ‘pff.^CAKE’ and ‘FUCK FUCK FUCK.^CAKE’ and one in ~ATH - ‘AAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH.~ATH’. These tell a clear narrative of John trying to work on his programming and getting increasingly more frustrated with his attempts, until inevitably giving up. Both of the programming languages are puns, too. ^ is often called a carat (carrot cake) while ~ is a tilde (til death). 

I know this is wild speculation, but… John started off coding in a harmless programming language, was already struggling, then for some reason switched over to the most ominous possible sounding language, screwed it up even worse, and now… he’s constantly haunted by the ghost of failed programming attempts in the form of his sylladex, which he appears to be new to using (he had no prior understanding of it on page 7 - although this could be handwaved due to video game tutorial logic), and which operates similarly to a computer program and seems to cause John endless frustration. He’ll have to figure out how to exploit the inventory system in ways that help him, which involves actually figuring out some stuff about coding, in order to partake in some real life ghostbusting, or monster hunting, or dealing with whatever threat he’ll have to deal with by using inventory hacks.

“You have a fondness for PARANORMAL LORE,” (...)

By far the interest of John’s that we’ve seen the least of so far, John’s love of the paranormal is mostly inferred through his movie preferences, and we don’t see any direct evidence of an interest in lore. However, I can’t stop fixating on John’s chumhandle: ectoBiologist. The comic’s first act was to draw attention to giving John a name, and for many 2009 kids, the names they go by online are more meaningful and representative of them than their real world names. 

‘ecto-’ means ‘outer, outside, external’ according to dictionary.com, and it’s actually a common prefix in a variety of fields of biology, but there’s no such thing as ‘ectobiology’ as a field, or an ‘ectobiologist’ - neither term has any search results prior to Homestuck. I think it’s way more likely that this refers to ectoplasm, a term from both cell biology and spiritualism that was popularized by Ghostbusters to mean any substance secreted by a ghost, in practice often manifesting as green slime. Slimer, who we can guess is John’s favorite, is a benign ghost made of pure ectoplasm. I love the idea that John loves this dumb ghost so much that he’s memorized all the lore about them in their appearances throughout the franchise, and devised this username based on being an expert on these ghosts right down to their biology (or at least thinking he is). 

The only catch is, ‘fondness for paranormal lore’ is very passive and doesn’t even imply much knowledge, much less action, while ‘biologist’ implies that John has been doing actual experiments. The idea of John trying to create a real life Slimer the same way other kids make slime in their kitchens is really entertaining, if an off the wall theory. Does ‘homestuck’ just mean John is grounded for an unethical science project? 

(...) “and are an aspiring AMATEUR MAGICIAN.”

The magic chest is one of the biggest, most eye catching and most colorful objects in John’s room. We see its contents on page 8, which lean more into joke store items than things a magician might use, except for the trick handcuffs and perhaps the collapsible sword. The narration on this page states that John is neither a skilled magician nor a cunning prankster. I’m nitpicking definitions here, but everything John has done so far has been way more about pranks than about magic. 

John’s uses of the magic chest to date are…

various putting things into his inventory and removing them (funny, but unintentionally)

combining fake arms with cake (p.36) out of necessity, which ‘makes the cake at least 300% more hilarious’

merging hat with beagle puss to create a clever disguise (p.45) and wearing it for 25+ pages, which he acknowledges is a ‘shitty disguise’

attaching fake arms to harlequin doll (p.65), which makes it ‘AT LEAST a million percent funnier’

All of which are definitely not magic tricks, and honestly not even pranks. Arguably John’s best and most successful prank so far has been when he pretended not to have arms for the first six pages, before revealing his arms after the interface had gone to the trouble of moving the cake off his magic chest to get him some arms.

John keeps thinking about reading Colonel Sassacre’s Guide to Magical Frivolity and Practical Japery, but always finding some excuse not to. He can’t read it until he captchalogues it, but once he does that, it gets buried in his inventory. He assumes that the book can tell him the exact percentage increase of hilarity a prank leads to, but it’s too big for him to actually look anything up. 

An outside theory for this that I don’t think is likely simply because it’s so much darker than the comic has been so far, is that John loves this book, but since the incident where his nanna was killed by a copy (perhaps even this copy?) he hasn’t been able to bring himself to read it. A far more likely theory is that while John is an aspiring amateur magician, it’s more of a big idea, and he hasn’t actually done any magic yet. This also tracks with his weaksauce pranks above. And if that’s true, then it says a lot about John that he defines himself by a hobby he aspires to but doesn’t actually practice - he’s someone with big dreams and less motivation, just like his big dream of going to collect the mail from his father despite the lack of motivation that’s kept him messing around for 70 pages. 

“You also like to play GAMES sometimes.”

Potentially most important of all is Gamer John. We get a list of games John likes to play from inspecting his CD tower the same way we get a list of movies from looking at his posters. 

Bard Quest

The Caper Havers

Problem Sleuth

And It Don’t Stop

What Pumpkin?

Ghostbusters II MMORPG

Little Monsters (for Nintendo)

Harry Anderson: Call My Bluff!

The first five games all reference previous work by the author of Homestuck, and as such probably don’t need in depth analysis. However, the fact that within the world of Homestuck, these are all games (instead of comics) is one of several suggestions that we should think of Homestuck as a game, something that needs further analysis. 

The next two games are video game adaptations of movies we know John likes, and the last is a branded video game from Harry Anderson, whose book we’ve already seen in John’s magic chest. Notably, none of these are real video games in our world either. It says a lot that John plays game versions of things he already likes (he’s put ‘countless manhours’ into this assortment of quality titles). 

However, it’s undeniable that the most important game in John’s life right now is Sburb. The poster is behind his head in the first panel, placed centrally with one of the only two splashes of color in the panel. The beta release is the only thing marked on his calendar for April besides his birthday, and the Sburb logo is even the picture printed on the calendar - perhaps it’s a calendar themed around new game releases? There’s clear delight on John’s face when he thinks about getting the beta, and his quest to fetch it from the recently delivered mail is the closest thing to a story this comic has so far.

Unfortunately, we know almost nothing about Sburb, so we don’t know what it says about John that he wants to play it. It’s publicized as the Game of the Year, and according to GameBro, the game may be about houses and the player may not get to thrash anything, although these details are provided by someone who hasn’t played the game so I’m not taking them as expert opinion. It might be multiplayer - TT has been pestering TG all day about playing it with her. Maybe John just wants to share a game with his friends.

Speaking of GameBro, John can’t stand the magazine, although he for some reason has a copy on his desk. He describes the publication as ‘a joke’ to TG, and he makes the effort to take it downstairs to the fire and burn it, presumably releasing asbestos fibers into the house and causing serious lung damage to himself and his father. Does he read this because it’s the only games magazine that exists? Or did he like it just fine until now, when it trashed the game he’s excited about, and now he’s furious with it? Either way, it tracks with John’s overall fondness for critically panned media that he would be angry about contrarian critics. 

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All of this has left me with a few questions about John as our main character. These are the things that I’m keeping an eye on and trying to answer as the story continues.

What is John good at?

We hear so much about what John is bad at. He’s explicitly stated to be bad at programming, pranks, and magic. He’s bad at using his sylladex. He’s clumsy and knocked over his nanna’s ashes. He’s got bad taste in media. He’s funny but only when he doesn’t try to be, and even then he’s sometimes the butt of the joke, where the joke is how not funny John’s joke is. He was tempted to squawk like an imbecile and shit on his desk. He has like six different prankster props and he doesn’t even use all of them. I’m saying all this with love and kindness because he also just seems like such a sweet kid, but so far he doesn’t have any defined strengths or skills. 

Is he going to turn out to be really good at gaming and kick ass at Sburb? Are we going to get a curveball where it turns out John is an amazing baker, and he hates the cakes in his room and the smell of Betty Crocker because he can do so much better than that packet mix? Or is he starting off from this low point so he can develop skills as time goes on?

What is John’s relationship with his dad really like?

John doesn’t want his dad to monopolize his time and feels trapped in his room, despite his dad baking cakes and leaving notes on gifts telling John he’s proud of him. John’s dad gets his son one great present that John’s really appreciative of, and one terrible present that John immediately hates. All of this feels very reasonable and normal for a teen feeling misunderstood by a parent who’s trying their best. 

And then there’s the clowns.

John can excuse magical frivolity and practical japery, but he draws the line at harlequins. He’s an aspiring magician, but his dad’s figurines are ‘fucking garbage’ and his dad ‘sure can be a real cornball’. John seems like somebody who gets angry at ultimately unimportant things, like bad reviews of games, too many cakes, and harlequin figurines, but because of the subject matter it reads like an intense rivalry between two highly specific subcultures that outsiders would group together. John is really making a huge deal of needing to disguise himself and mentally prepare himself to go down and face his dad, and I want to know if there’s any genuine reason behind John’s fear, or if it’s solely the overdramatics I’m starting to think are typical of him.

Is John ‘Homestuck’?

‘Sometimes you feel like you are trapped in this room. Stuck, if you will, in a sense which possibly borders on the titular.’ (p.30)

John clearly feels like he’s stuck at home, but is this the extent of the title’s meaning? His dad has recently returned from getting groceries, so leaving the house is in theory possible. Reasons why John might be homestuck include: he’s not allowed to leave the house (for example, he’s grounded, or his dad is very controlling), he can leave the house but there’s nowhere to go (he lives near major roads, bodies of water, farms, or other obstacles, and there’s no public transport to get anywhere), or he can leave the house but it’s not safe to do so (there’s some sort of external threat, either supernatural like a monster or alien invasion, or mundane like a criminal or bomb threat). Seeing out of John’s window and into his front yard does not provide any clues; it looks like an extremely average front yard with a tree, swing and mailbox, and we know the mail was recently delivered, so there can’t be anything too world-ending happening in the neighborhood. Right now John’s goal (the Sburb Beta disc) is inside the house, so this might not get answered right away - in fact, my running theory is that the game itself might hold the answers, as its logo is a house.

What’s the differentiation between John and the narrator?

My biggest question of all, and one that probably deserves its own essay. I’m fascinated by the lines ‘In a kid's yard, a tree without a tire swing is like a proper gentleman without a monocle.’ (p.27) and ‘In a home, a FIREPLACE needs a fire, because that's what FIREPLACE is for.’ (p.50). These lines carry so much opinion, but because the narrator is constantly addressing John with the second person ‘you’, I don’t think these are John’s opinions. The narrator does have a window into John’s thoughts, so the line between them can be blurred, but there's clearly a distinction somewhere, because there have been pushbacks and disagreements between the two of them. 

One theory is that John’s dad is the narrator - John’s at home a lot for whatever reason, and so the constant and overbearing presence of his dad means that he can’t get him out of his head even when he’s alone, the commands at the top of each page reflecting John’s dad’s level of control over his son’s life. But I think this question is open ended enough that I’m not willing to commit to one theory yet. After all, we ‘examine 3rd and 4th walls of [John’s] room’ which is a directly meta allusion to the comic’s audience that only really makes sense if the narrator isn’t a character in the comic itself. 

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I think John Egbert has been really well characterized so far. He feels like a real kid, one who keeps getting off track and forgetting what he should be doing, but one who it’s enough fun to get to know that I don’t really notice. While the main character in media often doesn’t end up being the most interesting character, I do want to keep an eye on John because I think he has a lot going on to analyze. Above the style and the world and the mechanics, John as a character is the aspect of the comic I’m most interested in right now.

#homestuck #john egbert #analysis

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Obscure Character Showdown FINALE

[image ID: the first image is of image is of No Significant Harassment, a shadowy figure standing behind a sleeping pink-red, fox-like creature. their green hands seem to be holding up the floating creature. the second image is of Granger, a girl with green eyes and short, wavy or curly black hair. in her hair is a red hat or ribbon. she's wearing a black turtleneck sweater, blue overalls, and a green coat. end ID]

No Significant Harassment

[NSH has beaten Akama (The Idiot (1951)), Libby Day (Dark Places), Sally Swing (Betty Boop), Shrimp (The Upturned), Oopsy Bear (Care Bears (2007 series)), Hikaru (Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu), and Diggory Graves (Hello from the Hallowoods)] They're just a silly little guy. A jokester. Significant harassment if you will. Anyway, a more in depth run down: They're a city sized supercomputer built by a Buddhist adjacent society to figure out how to transcend the 'Great Cycle' (semi-metaphorical cycle of death and rebirth) in a safer way than the previous method (submerging oneself in the 'void sea' which is a mysterious golden liquid that dissolves whatever it touches). Despite being built for this express purpose NSH never really shows a pressing interest in ascension, even cracking jokes about those who are still looking for a solution. Whether this is due to indifference, dislike of, or humor to cope with being unable to ascend is not clear and really up to interpretation. Example: NSH: I wish them super good luck in that endeavor. How is it going to happen? Have the overseers gnaw through bedrock until their entire can crashes down in the void sea? BSM: Please be respectful when speaking of the Void Sea. Grey Wind, where did you hear this? CW: I really shouldn't say. He's going to attempt some sort of breeding program. Thought you might want to know. NSH: Haha with the slimers, lizards and etceteras? Surely the answer was in a lizard skull all along! He's very flippant, but does care very intensely for those close to him. NSH: Moon? It's me again. NSH: I do not know if you are receiving these. Please signal in any way you can. NSH: I need to talk to you. I need to know you're okay. NSH: … NSH: Its difficult for us to assist you over this distance. NSH: Even more difficult for us to do anything in the midst of these tantrums. NSH: Were going to try everything that we can. NSH: Just hold on a little longer. (Context for previous convo: They genetically engineered a super organism of a slugcat (the species you play as in Rain World) to help reset his coworker/sibling after her collapse and restart her systems. He was so desperate to fix her that he accidentally messed up the slugcat's (Hunter) genetic code and as a result it became riddle with the Rot (relatively similar to aggressive cancer) :( which parallels his other coworker/siblings condition who also has the rot. ) He canonically uses he/they pronouns too! Nonbinary swag! NSH has major internet troll vibes. He has sent a data pearl of "something distasteful" to his neighbors on several(?) occasions and causes chaos. If he had access to the wider internet he'd probably be an influencer So…yeah! Vote NSH this website likes the allure of heavy machinery and stuff like that so… there you go. Kind of a blorbo. End post.

Granger

[Granger has beaten Chopfyt (Oz), Wolfman (Darkwood), Gaap Goemon (Mairimashita! Iruma-kun), Forest Friend (Gris), Turnip (Chicory: A Colorful Tale), Gary (Faith the Unholy Trinity), and Stag Malinay (Krystar First Fragment)] so granger is the main character of the indie game "NeverHome" Chapter one, which is only $1 on Steam, is called NeverHome: Hall of Apathy. if ur a fan of young protags being put in RPG maker horror games, then this is the game for you!! so granger is just that… she wakes up to find herself in a strange, hostile world. she, along with the friends she makes, must solve the various puzzles before them while creatures are out to kill them… and along the way they can uncover the secrets of these never ending halls… her dynamics with the cast is also super fun… each character gets their moment or moments with granger. and what's so cute is that there's unique art for each pair that highlights the fact you cant get through these halls alone!! she also has her own theme song!! here!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_vwtmIj5cw it's called cyclical tragedy AND HERE IS AN ANALYSIS OF THE THEME!! MUSIC THEORY!!! written by my good friend @HIEMIOLA "cyclical tragedy" embodies the protagonist, granger, through the music theory behind the track and ties itself back into the main track as well. to begin with an overview of the track, the key is D minor and hte time signature is 3/4. the piece begins with a broken minor third starting from the tonic. that is, it begins on the main note and moves along the main chord, D to F. the next set of notes are C to E, which is shifted down a step. the phrase repeats again, this time D to F, then G to E, which is an inverse movement from the original sequence. even in this first part, we could tell that the protagonist begins from square 1 with a simple pattern, then tries it again when it works. however, the inverse breaks that expectation of repetition, thus showing the diverse variations of solutions she comes up with using just the tools she has (the two notes moving in thirds). just like the game, she is given a handful of objects as well as a knife to defend herself and solve the mysteries of the world she exists in. with her creative uses of the items given to her, she continues on her way through the plot. we will keep moving. the melody begins. true to the title of the track, the melody cycles around the same beginning note, D, that she always returns to at her square 1. this is a nod to the save states she is allowed to keep to make sure that we the players don't lose the game, but it also references the health bar that appears as a circle around her avatar. the melody, mapped out, is also moving in an up-down wave movement across the sheet music. granger is creative with the knife she has and the quest items she obtains throughout the story, but she is not entirely reckless. rather, she knows when it is time to return to the safe rooms to rest. to time her returns requires skill because she must run to cover without being caught by varying her path so the enemies don't corner her as she tries to return to the room. most of the time, she is successful, shown through the consistent return to the beginning note. let's keep going. i would like to turn your attention to the main theme briefly. in the bass notes, you can hear arpeggios and outlined chords. this makes up the bulk of the accompaniment in the main game theme. [mod note: the rest of the essay, and some more propaganda, is continued under a cut because tumblr will not process more text than this in an indent. sorry to split it up, please continue below for the rest of the essay and additional propaganda (including art) !]

the third variation of granger's theme also has arpeggiated chords in the accompaniment while the melody features broken chords. at this stage, the pattern switches to eigth notes instead of the quarter notes at first. with greater movement and heightened senses, she runs throughout world and befriends other people, thus interacting further with the environment. while she isn't exactly someone we would call open, she is respectful to the people she first meets and has no problems with asking them for help when she needs it. because of her openness to working together, she speeds up her progress by asking for aid at obstacles that would be too difficult for her to overcome on her own, such as asking a teammate to break things, move things, or reach into smaller holes. fusing the main theme elements with her own theme marks this step as the inciting incident that sets her on the path to escape from this world. we'll continue.

continuing the same part, we hear some secondary fifths. i'm not entirely sure if this is what you call it, but it is a nod to the parallel key, D major. depending on what theory class you take, this could also be considered the other half of the key. i dont know how else to describe it, but i digress. these are glimpses to different dialogue options she could take, glimpses to a different key or a different ending. because this game only has one chapter ending so far, we are unsure of what other paths granger will end up in; we only know that there are certainly other endings she will experience, only to begin the cycle again when the save state is loaded for players to reach another ending. both A major and G major are chords that signify different choices that may lead her elsewhere only for her to return back to the tonic or main note, D. despite this, she keeps going, as will we.

at the midpoint of the track, we see a quick shift in patterns. instead of upward leaps in the notes, the melody falls in stepwise motion. true to the plot, this is another turning point of the game when she is forced to make a choice: continue or stop. after facing the spoiler event, her once determined personality is challenged as she struggles to keep herself and her team together. despite being the headstrong protagonist who spearheaded solutions, even now she finds herself doubting and taking smaller steps, smaller risks.

even after all of this, she rises to the challenge as the melody returns to its beginning sequence. true to a protagonist she gets up again despite the events that transpired and keeps her team moving in their lowest points. the thirds return as she finds more objects to solve more puzzles to open more rooms to save more friends. this repeating part of the track only solidifies her resolve as the piece ends with a broken chord in the main key, her key, of D minor. despite everything that transpired, she stayed true to herself."

the game is also so, so charming with the art, music, and story made by the same person… its so clearly loved and full of passion!! i love listening to the game's ost on occassion!! since it's all on youtube!

ok one last thing thing!! on may 8th, the game hit 100 downloads (on both steam and itch.io). you can see the creator of the game celebrate that with this lovely drawing of granger: https://twitter.com/NeverHome_Game/status/1655761270694633472

so at most, only a bit over 100 people have played the game… id like to say that makes it obscure!!

anyways granger and neverhome!! we love to see our protagonists put in horrific situations and isn't she super cute with a lil bow on her head? she is my daughter…

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[jungle-angel]

First Halloween (Fanboy x Reader)

“Alright little man,” Mickey said to the wriggling little three month old laying on your bed. “You are gonna look so cute in your Halloween costume.” 

Antonio wriggled and gurgled as Mickey zipped him into his Halloween costume, his chubby little arms flailing and poor Mickey struggling to get him in. “Sheesh, eres impaciente, hombrecito.”

The baby laughed a little as if he enjoyed annoying his father, but in no time at all, Antonio was in his Halloween costume. Mickey’s huge grin could hardly be contained, even as he whipped out his cell phone and snapped a whole mess of pictures. “Oh, your great grandmother is gonna love this,” he chortled excitedly. 

“Mickey you good?” 

“Yeah (y/n), I’m still in the bedroom!” 

“You wanna hurry it up?!” you called. “I might need some help with the hair!” 

“Gimme one sec!” 

Mickey lifted Antonio from the bed and moved him back into his own room, carefully placing him in his crib before heading back in to help you. “Your need help with the hair?” he asked you. 

“I dunno,” you sighed in frustration. “Honestly, the people that did Carrie Fisher’s hair....”

“Babes, I’ve got this,” Mickey chuckled. “You forget, I grew up in a big family and have an older sister who does hair for a living.” 

“Ok,” you said. “You win.” 

Mickey took your hair into his nimble fingers, working away effortlessly until at last it was done, your hair looking like a pair of huge cinnamon rolls stuck to the side of your head. 

“Alright Princess Leia,” Mickey teased. “Han Solo will be right back.” 

“Oh shit!” you blurted out. “I just realized, I need to feed Antonio.” 

“Alright, you go do that, I’m gonna go get changed.” 

You immediately went to the nursery and picked Antonio up, sitting right in the rocker to feed him as best you could. Alot of people had told you from the get-go that feeding would be painful and at times it was, but as soon as you got used to it, it hardly hurt at all. 

As soon as Antonio had been fed, burped and settled, Mickey popped right back in wearing his own Halloween costume. “Isn’t he cute?” he asked with a huge grin. 

““Oh my God,” you half laughed. “As if a Baby Yoda didn’t give me enough feels already, Mickey.” 

“Hey it was either this, or we go as Ghostbusters and he’s Baby Slimer,” Mickey told you. 

“So are we gonna get going, or are we just gonna stay here and nerd out?” 

“Right, right,” Mickey stammered. 

The two of you headed out to the truck and loaded up, putting Antonio into his carseat before heading to the Floyd ranch. Tonight was always the best time of year for the ranch, seeing as the squad got to set up and manage the haunted hayride every year.

It wasn’t a long ride at all, only a half hour at most before you two had pulled up to the ranch, people already having arrived just before sundown in an array of costumes, young and old, kids and teenagers as well as seasoned old salts. The leaves on the trees had turned burning shades of red, orange, brown and yellow while the heavy smells of hay, apples and fresh picked pumpkins was everywhere. 

“Holy shit!” Rooster exclaimed. “Looks like you guys went all out with the Star Wars thing.” 

“Yeah and you look like you just stepped out of a Bram Stoker novel,” Mickey chuckled. 

“Hey, Rusty wanted to be Mina so I had no choice but to be Jonathan,” Rooster said in his defense. “Look, I’ve even got a stake in the belt-loops of my pants.” 

Bob emerged onto the porch a moment later, his Indiana Jones look complete with a real bullwhip at his side. “Is that my favorite nephew?!” he exclaimed when he saw Antonio. 

“You wanna take him?” you laughed. 

Bob gladly took Antonio, still in his Baby Yoda costume, littering the baby’s cheeks with kisses and telling him how cute he was. “God I’m nervous,” Bob remarked. “The wife’s due in a few months.” 

“You’ll do fine,” Fanboy assured him. “By the way, what time’s the haunted hayride?” 

“Seven thirty is what Dad told me,” Bob answered as Antonio sucked on the end of his pinky. “He’s all excited because he gets to chase people with a giant knife.” 

“Isn’t that illegal?” you asked him. 

“Well, he was originally gonna make a homemade flamethrower but Mom talked him out of it pretty quick.” 

You guys laughed, trying to picture the whole thing going down. Regardless, you all intended to make it the best Halloween to remember.

#top gun maverick #mickey fanboy garcia #fanboy x reader #robert bob floyd #bradley rooster bradshaw #dagger squad #dagger squad halloween #headcannons to come

[kennythecatgirl]

Random fun facts about the Ghostbusters!

Dr. Winston Ramsey Zeddemore (he did not spend all that time studying Egyptology to not be called Dr!) 

1 Parents names are Lucille and Edward

2 Birthday is May 2nd, 1953

3 Is the oldest of three kids 

4 he’s 6ft2in

5 Former Air Force Major

6 Doctorate in Egyptology 

7 Started a successful Global enterprise 

8 Learned to pick locks at a young age 

9 Worked in construction, as a cab driver and as a gas pump attendant 

10 Fond of basketball and baseball

11 Likes crime and mystery novels 

12 Likes watching game shows and police dramas 

13 Likes Blueberry Fudge cake 

14 Is afraid of needles 

15 His maternal grandmother is African and Puerto Rican 

16 Has some fluency in Spanish 

17 Has always wanted to go to space (and has!)

18 Didn’t believe in the paranormal until he became a Ghostbuster

19 His license plate is "BIG-042"

20 Devout Baptist 

Dr Raymond ‘Ray’ Stantz 

1 Birthday is October 13th, 1959

2 Has an older brother named Carl and younger sister Jean (who’s apparently bisexual and polyamorous according to the first movies’ novelization.) 

3 Has two nephews and a niece

4 Is 6ft1in 

5. Had the most supportive parents of the group, the were never harsh towards him when he did poorly in school and encouraged his hobbies such as reading comic, collecting toys, and playing musical instruments such as the clarinet and bagpipes

6. Loved dinosaurs as a child

7 Was a boy scout 

8 This man cannot cook, roll dice, do math or drive to save his life

9 Loves horror movies, game shows, cartoons and baseball

10 He and Winston pull pranks on the others in the firehouse

11 Owns a bookstore

12 Wears reading glasses and contacts

13 Has had two pieces of real-estate left to him by two different uncles

14 Has ancestors from Russia, Scotland and Switzerland

15 Was hired to get rid of Casper and his uncles

16 He knows sign language

17 Owned a sailboat

18 Has multiple degrees in hopes of getting a Nobel Prize

19 is Agnostic

20 Has a birthmark under his chin

Dr Egon Spengler

1 Birthday is November 21st, 1957 

2 Nickname is Spookums

3 Has a daughter named Callie 

4 Has a grandson,Trevor, and a granddaughter, Phoebe 

5 Has a twin brother named Elon

6 Has a niece

7 Probably has the worst parents of the group. They wouldn't talk to him for a week after he received an A- on a test, was taught to repress his emotions  and even threw away his drawings of Socrates. 

8 Is fluent in Sumerian, Sign Language, Russian, Japanese and Troll 

9 Has some medical training- Mostly in first aid

10 Can make balloon animals 

11 Gets nose bleeds when underground

12 He and Ray were kicked out of college for trying to reanimate the dead (most likely a reference to Reanimator) 

13 Isn’t big on surprises 

14 Has spare glasses in Janine’s desk

15 Is not fond of the ‘book bat’ phenomena 

16 As a teenager he listens to Shakespear rap

17 He once switched bodies with Slimer 

18 Considers fungus collecting a vacation

19 Named one of his computers Marsha 

20 Almost always wears an old-fashioned nightshirt and cap when sleeping

Dr Peter Venkman

1 Birthday is October 25th, 1954

2 Dad’s name is Jim Venkman and he’s a conman

3 His mother had passed away

4 Is a bit Irish, German, French and Dutch

5 Eats peanut butter and onion sandwiches 

6 Hates it when people mess with his hair 

7 Loves old movies (mainly Westerns) 

8 Played college football

9 Loves baseball, football, ping pong, fishing and hockey 

10 Loves trains and train models 

11 Plays chess with Winston

12 Hates Roller coasters 

13 Carries around a nail file to pick locks with 

14 Is bad at spelling and math

15 Attended Woodstock

16 Has a stash of snacks hidden under his pillow

17 Use to have his own show

18 The team had to play for his soul in a game of baseball

19 was turned into a rat by accident 

20 Was sad that Bill Murray played him and not Robert Redford

#who you gonna call #ghostbusters! #egon spengler #winston zeddemore #peter venkman #ray stantz #the real ghostbusters #Ghostbusters 2 #i aint afraid of no ghost

[ariel-seagull-wings]

THREE MAN AND AN EGON

@bixiebeet @spengnitzed @theselfshippingwitch @slimerspengler @inevitablemoment @professorlehnsherr-almashy @amalthea9

In Three Men and an Egon, Egon accidentally gets caught in the Proton Beams along with a ghost, causing them to exchange aging processes. Egon begins regressing at an alarming rate and the Ghostbusters must reverse the process before he disappears into nothingness!

The title of this episode is based on the 1987 comedy film, "Three Men and a Baby."

Frank Welker provides the voice of Egon as a child, and Kath Soucie provides the voice of Egon as a baby.

Egon regresses through five ages:

He first regresses to a teenager. He wears tacky clothing, listens to rap Shakespeare, and has designed a helmet used to eliminate acne.

His second regression is into a pre-teen. He invents a water-balloon launcher and uses it on a pair of investors Louis Tully attempted to give a tour to the Firehouse. He later rides on a vacuum cleaner.

His third regression is into a young child. He complains and whines while they are in Ecto-1 and is unwilling to give up his proton pack until Ray tells him to be the trap man.

His fourth regression is to a toddler. He is seen playing with a cat.

His fifth and final regression is into an infant. He cries three times: first when he needs his diaper changed, again when he was upset that the other Ghostbusters had to go away, and the last time was when Slimer drank all his formula. Even in this age, Spengler's innate genius was shown when he used Tinker Toys to make a ladder to try to play with a bird on the sign.

#ghostbusters #the real ghostbusters #ghostbusters fandom #three man and an egon #egon spengler #maurice lamarche

[popculturebuffet]

Belated 420 Special: Cartoon All-Stars To The Rescue: A Million Wonderful Ways to Say Blaze It (comissioned by WeirdKev27)

Happy belated 420 you happy people! I'm jake, I review cartoons and to celebrate a drug that genuinely helps people relax, with anxiety and really took way too long to get legalized, let's talk about a goofy cartoon from the 1990 that treats it with the grace and subtely you've come to k now from anti drug psas.

Yes folks we're talking about Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue, the 1990 drug PSA that's here to talk about how the devil's weed will destroy your brain, lead you to injecting crack, and force all your faviorite cartoons and alf to stage an intervention.

And you'd expect that last part to be in quotations, being whoever the networks could scrape together. Instead.. it's an entirely stacked lineup of some of the biggest cartoons of the 80's, two all time stars, most from franchises that in one way or another are either still here or still iconic enough their in the public conciousness: We have Michealngelo of the tmnt, Kermit, Piggy and Gonzo of the muppet Babies, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Bugs and Daffy, Pooh Bear and Tigger too, Slimer, Garfield, Huey, Dewey and Louie, The Smurfs and … Alf.

A lot of studios went in on this and every children's cartoon network aired this thing. Granted they all agreed to a limited release, so it hasn't gotten a remaster or anything since airing, but said legal hurdles mean that since no one technically owns it, no one can yank it off youtube.

So I not only got to watch it but I can present those of you who haven't seen it with one of the most hilariously inept psas and crossovers of all time. Join me under the cut as these cartoon all stars jump to the rescue!

We open with what brings all these grand and wonderful characters together… in the bedroom of young Corey, SOMEONE'S STOLEN HER PIGGY BANK, and all her toys, posters, records, garfiled lamps and framed pictures of alf, what every child in the 1980's had in their bedroom.

Come to life. How?

Given slimer just.. passes through the wall she could just be a ghost and no one realizes it. Look if you came for logic from a 90's drug psa where instead of I don't know, saving some lost orphans, fighting skeletor or helping the autobots in their endless battle to destroy the evil forces of the decipticons, all these iconic characters are trying to save a piggy bank, you must be pretty pedantic when your high.

I will say that for all the speical's goofyness.. they do get the characters down really well. Alvin has to be dragged into it and Garfileld is happy just being a lamp until Alf threatens to eat him. For as mockable as this thing is.. they did put in actual effort. It's easy to forget when the team of Garfield, Alf and the Chipmunks are going into Corey's brothers room to find the stolen piggy, but they did actually try with this thing. The characters are on point the plot is just bonkers, with Corey's brother not only pouring over her money, but also having a smoke monster following him…. okay so maybe Corey and her brother are stand users and Pooh Bear is her stand. Maybe this is just a ghost since again, ghost busters are real. Maybe this is what the phantom from Scooby Doo and the Cyber Chase did for a living before getting sober. I don't know for sure

What I do know for sure is that Simon from Alivn and the Chip Munks knows what Weed is and says it's marjuana and that it's the best thing ever. I'm also entirely convinced Simon DOES smoke up as Alvin calls the drugs a "chemistry experiment" and Simon can recongize rolling papers, baggied up weed and smoking impliments on sight despite being ten. I mean.. it would explain how he's so chill despite also being perpetually annoyed by his brother, can't blame him. All I ask is maybe he wait a few more years till high school and share with dave.

Corey comes in to talk to micheal whose response is GET OUT YOUR NOT MY DAD I FOUND THIS BANK YEAH FOUND IT. FOR DRUGS. GET OUT. The two have had a strained relationship since Micheal started getting all sticky icky and she dosen't understand why. It's one of the few parts of the special that actually works: while it's still midly hilarious because it's weed, the idea of a small child who dosen't know HOW to deal with a sibling whose addicted is a great one. She spends the special confused, heartbroken and having no idea why her brother suddenly hates her. Her parents are no help: her mom seems oblivious to it and her dad is a raging alcholic as her mom's reponse to him noticing two beers missing is to assume he drank them in a stupor. I mean… i'm a teetotaler, but I do the same thing with my sodas. Shit is expesive. You gotta know what you have left in case you need more. This guy just comes off oblivious , not

At any rate the cartoons decide they need to stage an intervention for micheal, a sentence I need to remind you i'm getting PAID to write. I love this job so damn much. Thank you kevin. Pooh stays to guard corey because when you think someone to protect a small child you think Pooh Bear.. actually you do. He's cuddly, kind and reassuring and knows all about drug abuse after Christopher Robin came back from the war. Good call writers. Micheal goes to the arcade to chill with his buddies, all of who also do drugs and one of whom just.. casually plans to hand out some crack. Fun fact I didn't realize Crack was another form of cocaine. Their still diffrent drugs, Crack is the harder smoked form of it while Cocaine is the snortable kind that wears cool sunglasses. Aint' that right terry?

Yeah he be jammin. I love Smoke, the shadowy smoke monster what follows MIcheal I mentioned earlier's reaction of "aw yeah, crack!". Though honestly he strikes me more as the cocaine type but I get suburban kids can't really affor buisnessman coke, so he'll have his young charge smoke it up. Micheal IS reluctant to go full on cokey bryant though and thankfully a cop showing up scatters them.. and even more thankfully given this was the war on drugs it's just Bugs Bunny in a cop hat. Seriously just having some weed would get a subruban white kid like micheal jailed for like.. a week. My boy bugs has an uphill battle naturally, as Micheal is all "YOUR NOT MY DAD AND THIS WAS MY CHOICE. DRUGS ARE MY FRIEND! ARE YOU MY FRIEND BUGS BUNNY? ARE YOU" So bugs decides to debunk that first one the logical way: WITH HIS TIME MACHINE. Yes this special features bugs bunny with a time machine and isn't about him clowning on genghis kahn or stopping weed from existing all together like it should be. He did buy it from acme though.

So he reveals via the power of time micheal blazed it for the first time two years ago, when his friends who apparently have not aged in two years while Micheal apparently had a growth spurt and his voice drop in two years.. which i'd joke about but is somehow something they actually got right. And I feel it not being his decision.. was a mistep. I know , in the same speial that decides a gathering of some of the greatest cartoons ever should be to stop one weenie from getting into crack, quite the shock. But while peer pressure is a big part of this special and something that is genuinely dangerous, points to them there… they treat it like you ONLY get into drugs if it's peer pressure. It happens sure, but i've had friends who smoke and I never did, and my desire to take weed is because it'd help with my anxiety, not because people told me to SMOKE UP PUSSY. It's why not doing something like say cocaine where it's a genuine danger, addictive and makes more sense for the guy to not take casually. I know I know this is a fat lot of

But it's still worth pointing out where the special could've been really cleve rwhile still being a preachy mess.

Anyways rather than.. continue this himself bugs just.. drops micheal off and he goes to see hsi friends again with the only girl int he group suggesting she can get them all crack for 10 dollars. I'm guarnateeing she just gets some detirgent in a plastic bag that says DEFINTELY CRACK FOR REAL on it. Michela is one again hesitant so she just.. straight up robs him, and he chases after her. For some reason THIS Is when Michealngelo decides to intervene and captures him in a sewer. Like bud.. he was trying to get his money back to NOT spend on cocaine, and stopping him means it's already as going to a tuesday night coke party. Not only that it really undercuts your message when the person kidnapping a teenager to try and help him get clean eats chilli pepper whipped cream and sardine pizzas with hot fudge on top. Like either Mikey is baked out of his mind most of the time, or is donig this shit sober and neither speaks well.

Mikey apparently saw this coming though and thus calls in the muppet babies for an assit. Yes this could be another monthly muppet madness but I choose not to count it as such as there's so much I love involved here. I mean Garfield gets threatned bodily harm to help, Michealngelo is baked out of his gourd teling another teen not to and now 2 year old versions of kermit, piggy and gonzo are taking a teenager though his drug blown brain and .. somehow thorugh him skateboaring while he's inside his brain?

My point is it was hard to just let the muppets have this. Also why the fuck are toddlers teaching this teenager about how much weed h'es smoked. Has animal been doing drugs that long.. actually yeah that explains everything about animal. But if you can't get a baby to stop snorting cocaine you can't expect a teeanger to work.

he soon runs into Huey Dewey and Louie, presumibly because Mickey would invite roger rabit style equilvent screentime nightmares and Scrooge being a businessman in the late 80's early 90's would be the last person tellnig you not to do cocaine. I don't know what a hive mind of triplets is going to do exactly but then i'm asking for the barest minimum of reason from a special that then thinks what will talk torubled youths off the ganja is a rousing musical number starring huey dewey and louie. Garfield, maybe, lorenzo music can sing as Garfield incredibly well, but for some reason they factored everyone in. Plus he actually makes sense as while he does eat a lot and is near constantly asleep, Garfield is also too lazy to actually go out and buy some weed. So Micheal wakes up … for some reason thinking this was all a nightmare.

Only for Corey to come in to talk to him, worried about him. She tells him Pooh Bear is also worried he's on the stuff and he tells her "You can tell Pooh Bear to mind his own buisness)

He nearly breaks her arm.. well okay he grabs her arm agressively but the special and wikipedia would like you to think he did and she runs out crying, with Micheal seemingly finally off the stuff.. btu Alf dosen't think he's learned enough so he yanks Micheal into a hellish mirror dimension. He shows him a corpse like version of himself and when Micheal insists he can stop whenever he wants he's in charge, alf shows him SMOKE is actually in charge. That.. actually works honestly, a nice way of showing drug addicts aren't in charge of themselves afte ra point.

Corey goes to try and talk to micheal and finds the drugs, with smoke trying to tempt her and just shoving pooh bear away. Yet this dosen't stop say.. SLIMER or any of the dozen other cartoon all stars from coming to the rescue. Like.. the only ones trying to traumtize micheal right now are alf, huey, dewey and louie, and daffy, who are putting him through a hell carnival that makes sure I won't be able to sleep. no really I.. can't really describe what the fuck happened, it just.. did. Micheal however comes to his senses in time, with the help of psychic daffy, to save his sister, swears off drugs, and tells smoke to go the hell awya. Micheal goes to tell his parents he's got the reefer madness and the special ends

Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue fails at everything it tried to do. It has one or two good moments but is preachy and it's "just say no message".. dosen't work. As the special ITSELF shows, peer pressure is a lot harder to shake than just going NOPE NOPE WON'T DO IT NOPE. It's a specail designed more to try and wash parents hands of blame and convince kids who already wren't going to do drugs.

That said.. it is GENUINELY hilarious. The heavy handendess, genuine effort from the voice actors involved, and hilarously weird stuff like Micheal's friend stealing his wallet or bugs having a time machine, makes this a comic masterpiece. Will it convince you not to smoke weed? No nor should you stop if your of age and responsible with it. Will it make you laugh really hard and is it great riffing materail? Yes. So just say yes to watching this and smoking a bigass bowl of weed with me and KG and thanks for reading.

#weed #garfield #teenage mutant ninja turtles #muppets #muppet babies #kermit #alvin and the chipmunks #bugs bunny #daffy duck #drugs #alf #the smurfs #slimer #ducktales #huey duck #dewey duck #louie duck

[pigeonwit]

so much of ghostbusters: frozen empire couldve been fixed if they just trimmed down their egregious cast and all the ridiculous plots attached to them. yes, james acaster WAS the best part of the film but honestly if they'd combined him and lucky into some young adult genius for the other kids to bounce off of, we could've trimmed up all the messy subplots SO much.

we could've cut trevor's stupid slimer subplot and strengthened his forgettable 'i'm an adult now!' storyline by having him intern at winston's paranormal research center, working closely with a younger lars who's more trevor's own age. lars and his raw intelligence and quick success in studying ghosts and finding a career could've made trevor feel insecure and competitive about not being as smart or as useful to the group - we could've had a rivalry between the two throughout the film, with trevor being successful with practical ghostbusting and much better at thinking on his feet, but lars being much more skilled in research and academic study. this could've culminated in the two of them running to the research center when phoebe ghostwalked and lars firing the proton pack at garraka, but trevor intervening as garraka freezes it over, leaving trevor to take on the ice-affect that the movie seemed to make a big deal out of before immediately forgetting about it. the ice continues to progress throughout the final third of the film while a guilt-stricken lars tries to find a way to reverse the affect, the two of them then being able to reach a common ground through their shared love of engineering as well as face their misunderstandings of each other. we could've even had a cute scene where lars speaks to the press at the end of the movie and credits trevor as his partner, potentially setting up a cinematic-universe spinoff series since thats CLEARLY what this whole 'ghost corps' thing is trying to do.

not to mention just making lars younger could've made phoebe's whole 'but i'm a ghostbuster!!' plot SO much more interesting - instead of just being a brat who thinks everyone but her is a stupid idiot unworthy of being a ghostbuster, she could've been made to feel insecure over lars having much more ghost-hunting and research experience despite not being a spengler; they could've bonded over their shared weirdness and love of ghosts and science (seriously, why did they both seem so bored when she asked him about his equipment and experiments? why wouldn't they want to talk to each other about that?) but she could've also felt uncomfortable over not being the expert legacy ghostbuster she'd assumed she was - maybe when lars was her age, he had already skipped grades, been early accepted to a good school, and was studying ghost-biology or whatever, adding to phoebe's need to prove to herself that being a ghostbuster is her calling and making her impulsive, stupid decisions make a little bit more sense - hell, having her and lars be friends might've even made the whole ghostwalking 'do you ever want to be a ghost?' thing be built up a little more. they could've bonded over their shared alienation while also having the underlying tension that despite them being so similar, phoebe is still trailing behind. she didn't fit in as a regular kid and now she can't fit in as a ghostbuster, so where else can she possibly belong? it would've given melody's manipulation more weight and again, make phoebe's ridiculous decisions feel a bit more justified.

i seriously dont understand what direction these new movies are trying to take - the films are clearly trying to create this 'new generation' of ghostbusters so why introduce even more adults? why did we need to bring lucky into this sequel when she barely contributed anything besides making a few sex jokes and failing to shoot a proton pack twice? why did we need all these new characters when they barely contributed anything besides deus ex machinas and stupid decisions like PUTTING THE MEGA-POWERFUL SUPER-ORB CONTAINING A GHOST THAT YOU ALREADY SAW IS INSANELY STRONG AND DANGEROUS IN A FUCKING GHOST EXTRACTOR. god this movie was dumb. GOD this movie was dumb. it had so much potential and they decided to take the vivziepop approach. it's INSANE.

#im not gonna tag this since i dont wanna shit on a movie on its own tag #i know some people really liked this movie #but god i just fucking hated it. which sucks since i LOVED the previous one. #but man. why did they turn phoebe from a sensitive autistic-coded kid into your typical 'ugh no one gets me' girl. #why did they introduce so many stupid characters who contributed nothing. #why did they insist on bringing BACK characters who ALREADY contributed nothing. #i dont understand. i do NOT understand #long post

[megers67]

Just saw the new Ghostbusters movie!

It was fun, but I definitely have... Notes. I will put them below a Read More so that you can scroll past if you want.

First off, forgive me for forgetting basically everyone's names.

Okay so my main gripe is the plot. The machine that extracted Phoebe's soul to make her a ghost had a huge leap in exposition. For one thing, the only thing close to it that was mentioned had to do with possessions. Not your own native soul. Also, there wasn't any mention of a timer. Not only that, but was that REALLY the actual plan from Ice Dude and Melody? Like... There HAD to have been better ways to accomplish that. Also Melody had a moment where she was like "but does it have to be her?" There was never anything given to show why it did though?? Yeah, why DID it have to be her? If there was anybody who it would have been, specifically, it would have been Firebender.

Also, it felt like it was Phoebe's story with a Ghostbusters backdrop and on top of that, she's reckless, sure, but not like... That?? Even though her actions let out the Ice Dude and she was betrayed by Melody, she didn't really have any consequences for it? Like... There should have been something about her being too young actually coming into play. But no, Phoebe gets a pass I guess.

So here's a SparkNotes version of my ideal version of this, including maybe some minor things that weren't immediately in this rant and wouldn't have been an issue if the rest of it was fine. Also, if I have things slightly out of order or forgotten my memory sucks so that's likely my bad there. Rearrange or insert as necessary. The point is these are basic ideas.

First, opening largely the same, the prologue and the dragon spirit chase. They get chewed out and go on another call and it's to the room the prologue was in and find a lot of ghosts. Opens the mystery into Ice Dude. In researching, they find Firebender trying to sell the thing. The guy brings it into Ray's shop and that stuff is the same. Ray investigates and Winston goes on the same "we're not young anymore thing."

Some of the same family issues happen with Phoebe, she also meets Melody and there's mentions of her family issues and they bond.

Then the ghost containment stuff, the lab stuff, etc. However this also includes Firebender and since he's also hit the reader, he's believed to be possessed and out in the machine and it's on a timer. He gets to talk to his grandma and learns about the fire powers before either time running out or her fading, purpose fulfilled because she passed her duty on. except the first time the lab's power flickers, the ghosts actually escape. They split into pairs.

Phoebe and her mom go after Melody. They work out differences and how she wants to keep her safe etc. Phoebe prolly does something that actually goes wrong or gets her hurt that her mom has to save her from. Through this, they also work through Melody's family issues so she actually moves on by resolve her family issues rather than the ??? In the actual movie.

Teacher and the son go after Slimer, who is much bigger now. For some reason the teacher isn't able to drive the car and they reconcile over that stuff.

Ray and Winston go after the posseser after meeting Patton Oswald about the wax recording. Winston gets excited again and Ray realizes that he IS old.

James Acaster and intern go after the hardy ghost. Also the barfing ectoplasm actually has a possession effect and some good slapstick ensues. The ultimate goal is for this ghost to possess the body to say the magic words.

Melnitz and Podcast fight the Mini Stay Pufft guys maybe they try to wreck the lab or something idk. Podcast gets annoyed he's stuck with her since she didn't do any actual Ghostbusting back in the day, but she ends up showing him she's badass.

Venkman and Firebender team up to train to control the fire while fighting the bigger contained ghost. Since Venkman actually has a psych degree, he helps Firebender unlock his anger at himself and his brother and use that as a way to build and control the fire as it is triggered by anger, etc.

After all these side things are resolved, they team up to defeat Ice Dude. Also ALL their proton packs are modified to have copper so all their combined effort actually contributes. Also, when the original crew work to reverse the containment, they all have something to do or other to make it work so it's not like... Boring pushing down a lever thing, or conveniently designed to reverse from the get-go.

Idk, I think it would be better to make it more an ensemble and would better resolve some of the holes (though I don't have immediate answers for all the holes though).

#ghostbusters #ghostbusters frozen empire #ghostbusters spoilers

[emperornero]

Do you have a fav bird? Or animal in general (excluding bugs AND SLIMERS... )

bird: SHOEBILL STORK [balaeniceps rex] powerful beast. and black swan [cygnus atratus] i used to see one in my local park when i was young. idk how it got there since they dont live in poland in the wild aside from some very specific territories in warmińsko-mazurskie so it was probably bought by someone and just lived there ?

for other animals: i really like caracals [caracal caracal] :] funny cats

#asks

[ecandjamesvpjournal]

An Idea that I’m putting out there for anyone to use #1

Alright, I have an idea for a Harry Potter x Ghostbusters crossover fan fiction, but since I have never read the series, nor watched the movies, and only have heard of it through passing from clips, fan fiction, and people who know it (friends), I have devised the following idea:

The Dursleys (who are as “christian” as usual) take Harry, to New York where they give him to his distant relative to his mother. A relative connected on his mother’s side, The Spenglers. Cue the Dursleys arriving at the front door of GB HQ and dropping him off to Dr. Egon Spengler. Thankfully, they have a DNA test and is proven to be indeed a distant relative to Dr. Spengler.

At some point, Harry reveals his magical nature to the scientists, due to either deciding to reveal to them after an encounter with the green ghost (“Slimer”), or because sometimes he keeps setting off the PKE Meters. After this, the US version of the Ministry of Magic arrive to talk to the Ghostbusters, including with P-CoC’s Head, Walter Peck (remember, this is taking place in the 90s). There, they talk about how this US Gov’t has approved of Harry being there with the scientist, along with the scientist assisting with certain magical problems, as they were impressed on how they took on, not only a powerful god… twice (Gozer), but to defeat a powerful dark wizard Prince Vigo of Carpathia, and Ivo Shandor who was doing abominable experiments that neither non-magical humans, nor wizards would ever do.

While staying with them, Harry starts to learn how to combine magic with the science the Ghostbusters have on hand.

When he’s given a chance to learn magic in his home country, Britain, The Ghostbusters go over to help when the US Magic Gov’t sends them to help. There, they discover Hogwarts to be overrun with Class V [5] and VI [6] ghosts (Class IV [4] ghosts are basically human souls and since they show no hostility, they’re left alone).

The Ministry of Magic soon discovers these “muggles” that are able to fight ghosts and magical things, but by that time, Voldemort is being discovered by Harry and his friends. This leads to where events happen and before Voldemort is able to fly through Harry to get the “curse spell thingy”, the Ghostbusters with their tech is able to grab “He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named-For-It-Is-Cursed”, and trap him, altering the story somehow.

Things that Need to happen in the story:

Since it is the 90s, the Ghostbusters VG and the first two films are cannon

A cousin or nephew of one of the Ghostbusters is there when Harry arrives, and is there throughout the story. Not only is he there to help relate to Harry being in this new world that he’s been thrown into, but at the point of being at Hogwarts, he defends Harry and his friends when Draco(?) insults them. He challenges the Ghostbuster, leading to a really cool duel between the young wizard, and the non-magical human with the particle accelerator and thrower strapped to their back. BONUS: they somehow beat Draco.

Some of the ghosts and dead wizards are surprised by these new modern humans that are un-phased by the magic, ghosts, and sentient items. They are also intrigued by some of their science, and how it blurs with their magic.

Voldemort is captured and thus altering the plot. It would make things humorous to indicate that this wasn’t that hard to capture while the wizards who fear this guy is surprised to find him defeated by a young boy and his non-magic distant uncle and HIS friends.

That’s about whatever I could think of. But the possibilities are there for a epic crossover involving a group of blue-collared paranormal investigative scientist, and the “Boy-Who-Lived” becoming the “Boy-Who-Lived-With-The-Ghostbusters”.

Go nuts and have fun.

#harry james potter #Harry Potter #ghostbusters #ghostbusters and ghostbusters 2 are canon #urban fantasy #paranormal #fan fiction #fan fiction idea #writing inspiration #science and supernatural #science and magic #sci fy #crossover #hp

[stephenstrange-md-phd]

After capturing a horde of ghosts threatening their client's home, including the two ghosts, Dr. Spengler mentioned, for the crew notices something supernatural has intruded their headquarters. Young Egon's scowl forms of the sight of an occurring evil heading their way.

The young ghostbusters notice something transpired at the firehouse as they hurried to the sub-basement bunker in pursuit of their mentor who was attacked and taken hostage. Deborah and Ray hustle to the basement and discover the containment grid has been shut down, causing the entire building to be flooded with psychokinetic energy. Young Egon glances at a pile of debris blocking their path. Winston and Peter dash toward the entrance of the firehouse as a horde of spirits scatters across the city.

"Don't tell me. We are facing a horrific threat that terrorizes our headquarters." Peter complained.

"It seems to be taking its approach. The level of psychokinetic energy has increased when the stability of the containment system is disrupted. I have calculated the number of disturbances beginning to escalate the atmosphere." Ray theorized, "I doubt it requires more than proton pack implementation to drag the ghosts we have captured back."

"Dr. Spengler, where are you?" Young Egon called, rushing to the scene and shoving away the rubble, imprisoning his mentor as possible.

"Over here!" Dr. Spengler called to them weakly, and Young Egon throws off the debris, coating their mentor.

"Slimer, help us!" Deborah informed, struggling to remove the rubble from Dr. Spengler.

"OK, Debby." Slimer nodded, and he floated toward the rubble pile, rushing to lend assistance to them.

The crew glances and finds another pile of debris scattering into pieces, for it unveils a figure emerging from radiant verdant smoke surrounding the site. Her radiant green eyes glowered at the members, and Peter squinted his eyes to study its malevolent existence.

"Ultron?" Peter inquired, surveying the form of the figure.

The entity emerges from the edge of the rubble. Her existence comprises a comely female demon with pale skin and horns atop her head and triangular-shaped cheekbones. Her fingers appeared to be pitch black, and her slender appearance petrified Peter for a precise moment.

"That's Lilith; she is the goddess of evil. Little do we know of the goddess, she is classified as a level 7 primordial deity.

"Uh-oh." Slimer fretted.

The young Egon adjusts the circuits for his proton fist, with his eyes glaring at the villainous female demon.

"You will pay for threatening the doctor." Young Egon grumbled.

"You are as naive as him." Lilith smirked, and she shoves young Egon to a wall.

"Egon!" Deborah gasped, and she glared at the adversary and spins both her proton whips clockwise.

Deborah attempts to snatch the adversary with both her proton whips, but Lilith restrains her using her telekinesis. Deborah's body became stagnant for a brief moment, and Lilith drags her close with her telekinesis.

"Your tactics are as inutile as your mentor." Lilith smirked, and she shoves Deborah toward Dr. Spengler, knocking him unconscious.

"Deborah!" Winston frowned, and he targets Lilith with his ghost duster.

"I wouldn't point that toy of yours if I were you." Lilith pointed out.

"Ok, I surrender." Winston responded, dropping his weapon and raising his hands in the air in surrender.

Young Egon eases himself to his feet while Peter lends the assist, "I guess persuading her is out of the question."

"Bereft of aegis and resource, the ghosts you've caught will soon join my army as we dominate the world." Lilith smirked, with her index finger pointing at the young ghostbusters crew.

"Not so fast." A man's low monotone voice called to Lilith, and a mystic portal emerges from the bottom and whisks her away.

"Dude, what was that?" Peter asked.

"A portal." Ray answered.

"A portal? Could this portend a fate so.... bad?" Deborah wondered.

"Doc, can you hear us? Dr. Spengler?!" Young Egon called to his older counterpart, shaking him awake but no response.

"He's out cold." Winston pointed out, monitoring his mentor's cardiac levels.

"I didn't mean for it to happen, for I tried defending doc until she dragged me with her telekinetic grip." Deborah sighed.

"It wasn't your fault, Debs. I was the one who made a terrible decision to tackle against Lilith without knowing what powers she possessed." Young Egon replied before turning his head to Ray to provide an update of a baritone voice, "Ray, have you verified where that baritone voice came from?"

"Young ones," a feminine voice called to the team, for a glimmer of light flashes upon them as the crew shields their eyes, "it's alright, we are here now."

A flashing light glimmers and unveils two silhouettes, a man and a woman, for they took a beeline straight toward the group. They notice a man with a sturdy ruby cloak draped in navy blue robes floating towards the group. The woman with rapunzel brunette wavy hair follows alongside him.

"Madame Meredith." Deborah responded.

"I have arrived in time with my friend, Doctor Stephen Strange. He is here to assist you in desisting Lilith's proposal." Madame Meredith announced.

"I see your physical appearance in front of us, but where is the doctor?" Young Egon asked her.

"Actually, I'm right here." The male in a cloak answered with a subtle grin on his face, baffling the crew members.

"Wait, you're Doctor Strange?" Young Egon pointed out.

This is from the story I'm currently working on, strange.

(( I would love to RP with you , but I barely have the energy to read through all that

[bought-it-today]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Plush Slimer from the Movie Ghostbusters - 8.5" Tall - Green - Stuffed Animal.

[obscurecharactershowdown]

Group E Round 3

[image ID: the first image is of No Significant Harassment, a shadowy figure standing behind a sleeping pink-red, fox-like creature. their green hands seem to be holding up the floating creature. the second image is of Sally Swing, a young woman with long blond hair, worn loose and in a pompadour style on top of her head. she wears a black beret, white short sleeve shirt, skirt, and gloves, and on top of the shirt is a black vest shirt with a yellow collar and belt. she also wears black and yellow saddle shoes. in her hand is a conductor's baton, and behind her is the silhouette of a swing band. she's standing in front of a 1930s microphone. end ID]

No Significant Harassment

They're just a silly little guy. A jokester. Significant harassment if you will. Anyway, a more in depth run down: They're a city sized supercomputer built by a Buddhist adjacent society to figure out how to transcend the 'Great Cycle' (semi-metaphorical cycle of death and rebirth) in a safer way than the previous method (submerging oneself in the 'void sea' which is a mysterious golden liquid that dissolves whatever it touches). Despite being built for this express purpose NSH never really shows a pressing interest in ascension, even cracking jokes about those who are still looking for a solution. Whether this is due to indifference, dislike of, or humor to cope with being unable to ascend is not clear and really up to interpretation. Example: NSH: I wish them super good luck in that endeavor. How is it going to happen? Have the overseers gnaw through bedrock until their entire can crashes down in the void sea? BSM: Please be respectful when speaking of the Void Sea. Grey Wind, where did you hear this? CW: I really shouldn't say. He's going to attempt some sort of breeding program. Thought you might want to know. NSH: Haha with the slimers, lizards and etceteras? Surely the answer was in a lizard skull all along! He's very flippant, but does care very intensely for those close to him. NSH: Moon? It's me again. NSH: I do not know if you are receiving these. Please signal in any way you can. NSH: I need to talk to you. I need to know you're okay. NSH: … NSH: Its difficult for us to assist you over this distance. NSH: Even more difficult for us to do anything in the midst of these tantrums. NSH: Were going to try everything that we can. NSH: Just hold on a little longer. (Context for previous convo: They genetically engineered a super organism of a slugcat (the species you play as in Rain World) to help reset his coworker/sibling after her collapse and restart her systems. He was so desperate to fix her that he accidentally messed up the slugcat's (Hunter) genetic code and as a result it became riddle with the Rot (relatively similar to aggressive cancer) :( which parallels his other coworker/siblings condition who also has the rot. ) He canonically uses he/they pronouns too! Nonbinary swag! NSH has major internet troll vibes. He has sent a data pearl of "something distasteful" to his neighbors on several(?) occasions and causes chaos. If he had access to the wider internet he'd probably be an influencer So…yeah! Vote NSH this website likes the allure of heavy machinery and stuff like that so… there you go. Kind of a blorbo. End post.

Sally Swing

Her entire debut revolves around the entire concept that she could sing better than anyone else but for some reason in the Betty Boop comic, they decided that she should be so bad at singing that she causes bugs to explode [mod note: if you want to see Sally's debut, you can click here. it's a 6 minute cartoon, so not a big watch. also, a fun fact: Sally was intended to replace Betty, or at least take over the main cartoon spot, due to Betty's decline in popularity. it was the late 30s; flappers were out, swingers were in. unfortunately, the public didn't latch onto Sally like they did Betty, so she had that one appearance in the cartoons, and then faded into comic obscurity...]

#obscurecharactershowdown #obscure poll #group e round 3 #no significant harassment #rain world #sally swing #betty boop

[pennzance]

Ghostbusters: Port Huron (Episode 17)

Episode 17: Avoca Redux

September 21st, 1998

Incident report by Eric

Ah, milk runs. That’s the name for the routine calls, a term we picked up from Amber. Simple jobs, the everyday work. And on familiar ground, no less. The house in Avoca, my first report.

Okay, so it turns out the big purple slime thing we caught here is what’s known as a ‘free repeater.’ In Ghostbusting terms, it refers to an entity that keeps coming back, usually because it’s a symptom of some other issue. Our purple slime guy proved to be one of those, driving the poor couple we… inconvenienced last time quickly out of the property. It helps that they got just a whole bunch of money from us for the damage we did last time. I never got a thank you note for that. I think they moved to Lapeer. Anyways…

The Avoca house hasn’t been big on our radar for a while. We visited it twice more after my last report, both times to bust the ghost again and try and identify the cause of its repetitions. Today, however, its going to serve a different purpose: a fine introduction to the job for our new part-timers.

This is great. I’ve been in a few D&D groups where we introduced new players to the group by revisiting old adventure locations and this is that, but in real life and no real physical danger. Big, purple and slimy is an unruly and rude little pus, but he’s not the ‘throw sharp objects’ kind of violent. Just to keep things simple, I left my Proton Gauntlet back in PoHo. Classic busting times.

Jason is a lot like I was the first time out; skeptical that there’s anything to this job aside from talking to some crazies and putting minds at ease. I’m looking forward to his initial reaction. Kelly is a different problem. To start with, she is constantly both distracted and distracting. I told her four or five times to zip her jumpsuit up all the way, and all that did was make her flirt with me. Not entirely unpleasant, but not what the day was about.

It was sort of sad to see the Avoca house be empty of human life. The last time I had been out here it was to trap the slimer so the young couple could finish moving out. He kept scaring them away from their kitchenware. I did that job solo, so this was going to be a cakewalk. I stayed by the Ecto-908 and showed them how to power up their equipment, and then sort of intentionally sabotaged them by handing Kelly the PKE Meter, almost exclusively for my own amusement.

“Go get it.” I said.

“I just wave this around until it beeps?” Kelly asked, and a small part of my dark soul sang with delight.

“Sure,” I told her with a smile.

Jason looked a little uneasy. Possibly my face had given away something, but they both went into the house, stepping a little less cautiously than they probably should have. I looked at my watch and made a bet with myself. Ten minutes before I heard a scream, and I’d buy them ice cream on the way home. Five and I’d buy them dinner.

Seven minutes and forty-two seconds. That’s how long it took.

The first scream came from the second floor, generally the slimer’s preferred hangout so I had sort of expected that. What I didn’t expect was for Kelly to come crashing through the window and onto the roof trying to get away from it. I caught sight of the thing as it came to the window, slime pouring out of its mouth, and I think it saw me because it instantly darted back inside. A minute later Jason came sprinting out of the front door as Kelly sobbed on the roof.

“We found it,” Jason told me, his face a few shades paler than before.

“So I see,” I replied, trying very hard not to smile. I was failing.

“We left the traps in the car,” Jason said.

“Oh, no, did we?” I feigned shock. “I’m SO sorry. Here, I’ll get the trap ready, and you go help Kelly off the roof.”

“Um,” Jason said, looking around, “do we have a ladder?”

“Ladders aren’t standard equipment, I’m afraid. You’ll have to go up there and get her from the window.” I was so happy I had turned around, fake rummaging in the Ecto-908 for the trap because I was grinning so hard my face hurt. I took a few deep breaths to contain myself as Jason went back inside. For a little while, the only noise I could hear was Kelly’s manic, hyperventilating sobs.

I sauntered inside the house myself with the trap, powering up my own pack just for show. The floor was a mess. The slimer had been all over the house in the absence of living tenants, and the place was a mess. I heard a thump from upstairs as Jason brought Kelly back inside.

Then there was another scream that got muffled. I heaved a sigh and went up the stairs. The upstairs hallway was full of activity, with Kelly on the ground thrashing around while the purple slimer drooled all over her, and Jason frozen in terror, just watching this all unfold. I put the trap down, kicked it over near Kelly, and zapped the slimer with the Proton Pack. I talked through what I was doing as a learning experience, guiding the ghost over the trap with the confinement stream, opening the trap with the step-pedal, and taking off the stream as the ghost was sucked up.

Jason helped Kelly to her feet. She was covered in slime. I cracked a smile as she complained that it was seeping into her underwear. “That’s why you zip the jumpsuit up all the way,” I told her. “Come on, we’ve got towels in the Ecto-908. I’ll get you guys some ice cream.”

I called the realtor on the sign in front of the house when I got back to the office and told her about the ghost. Her tone of voice on the phone with me told me she was aware, and when I offered our services to investigate the cause of the repeater she declined. She mentioned that she might take us up on that later but heading into October she wanted to monetize the property as a haunted house. I wished her luck and filed my report.

End of report.

ADDITIONAL: I’ve had a talk with Kelly about what kind of undergarments are appropriate and preferred for Ghostbusting. I’ve also had a long talk with her about makeup, which kinds are ecto-soluble and which ones aren’t. We also spoke at length about appropriate behavior on the job. She might have heard some, all, or none of it, but I at least tried. I also spoke severely with Eric about forgetting the camera he was supposed to bring on this job. For official reasons, of course. – Amber.

#pennzance writes #ghostbusters #ghostbusters port huron

[appleflavoredkitkats]

okay. i gotta ask. im genuinely curious, what is it about slime that's got you so fascinated?

thank u for enabling me anon

slime got popular when i was in 9th grade, and a lot of the target audience of slime is young afab teens. it was just the Hip thing of the time.

i think what got me into it for the rest of time would be the sensory qualities of slime. slime actually introduced me to asmr and as someone w undiagnosed adhd, it scratched my brain in a way i've never felt before. i always refer to slime as quick asmr videos i can watch when i'm bored, and when the tingles hit it Hits yknow. w the way slime evolves over time, new types of asmr pops out and idk i just think it's cool!! like recently slimes with pebbles/rocks r the new Hip Thing and the way it crunches is SOOO satisfying omg

i guess a lesser reason altho still something i sorta look forward to is the way creativity is being exercised in the slime community? and i mean that genuinely. around 2018/2019 the community started making a lot of clay structure slimes, which means when you order a slime, you have to mix it in a clay sculpture that tends to look like food (altho it isn't limited to just food!). popular examples include rodemslime and momoslime (go checkem out). but genuinely, this era of slime REALLY separated innovative slimers from non-innovative ones. it was clear to me which slimer just didn't have the creative mindset to do new things, esp since a lot of slimes in the early days tend to be copy pastes of one another.

slimes nowadays come in such a variety which i find rlly cool!!! but yes asmr is the main reason tbh

#asks

[massive-multiverse]

Well I'm sure you've seen in the Ghostbusters a skill old photos of Janine. Kenny Young then suddenly her being over 800 lb yeah that would happen when slimer went on a feeding binge in her body

"I haven't seen any photos like that" Kylie admits

#Muse: Kylie