You're trying too hard to make the II cast sound like real people. They're always whining about not being liked or being betrayed and have social anxiety 24/7 when that's not how people really are. you could balance it out with some s1-styled minimum-necessary dialogue where characters just call each other dumb and ugly and stupid and kick each other into the sun. idk i just feel like scenes like those get to the point faster and keeps things balanced

Totally get that from the perspective of anyone who's entry-point to the show is s1, which I'm sure is plentyyy-common. And there's definitely a lot of this sentiment in the air today with Webz's video on the subject having just come out, with plenty of smart analysis regarding how the different eras of the show depict character.

I like a lot of what comes with the season one era. It's fun to revisit us as kids work with what came naturally to us. It's fun to see the wacky spontaneity that'd come about that would then be put to paper and never questioned. (And, even at that, I wasn't part of the writing team until fairly late into the season. So I can't take all too much credit for the early-show artistry.)

That all said, like noted above, that's what came naturally to us at that point. We as writers have never really written the show forrrr an audience. We write it for us. In-so-far as we're looking to impressive ourselves, entertain ourselves. Create something we'd enjoy watching, were we not the creators. And I wholeheartedly believe that's the way to write. We're not young adults making a show for kids, we're just making a show for us... that is also viewable and (hopefully) understandable for a younger audience, as well.

That doesn't mean, at all, that we're not influenced by the audience and what we read online. I read way too much for my own mental health, that's a work-in-progress, but I also find it important to embrace the element of conversation between creator and viewer with online projects. And that influence becomes a little part of me for the next time I write.

That aside, were we to just try to write in the essence of season one, I believe that at best it'd come across as a shadow of its former self, trying desperately to replicate the past. I completely understand that this ask isn't blatantly saying "make more season one," but the reality is that a lot of that old style just doesn't click with who we (or at least I) are anymore. A character I care about is called a mean name and kicked into the sun, I'm going to be less-quick to find that charming and silly and am probably going to be quicker to say "oh no :((((( ." Obviously it's very very tone-dependent, but my soul drips with sentimentality, so of course that's going to carry through when I'm bringing my art to the world. Anything less would be dishonest.

And, frankly, I've seen a lot of strong feedback that gives the very opposite essence of this ask: "please please, bring back the tone of season two, that's what I'm here for." Which I completely get as well. I love it, a lot of the work that I'm proudest of is from later season two. Ultimately, I do like to find a balance, and the best I can do is hope that people vibe with that.

Even with more recent work of mine on the show, I'll look back on and criticize myself on how that's it. Too jokey here, too schmaltzy there, need more room to breathe and explore here, this section is nonsense and cuttable there. It happens. But come the end, I'm happy season one exists. I'm happy season two exists. And I'm especially happy that we're able to work on a production that is so authentically us.

a weird amount of Fandom People but internet leftists in general seem to be completely unable to separate discomfort from harm

Saw a funnie and I wanted to do it

there's people that hate spam liking and i respect that but i simply love to see it. i see 99+ notes and it's one single person and i'm like go! go! go! go! godspeed!

the day is THEIRS

pathetic

got a random note out of nowhere that reminded me of this post and it’s. Really interesting going back on memory lane haha, esp now that i’m writing more fanfic (even tho it’s in a different fandom and i’m still planning it)

man, looking back at this... i def would have been a lot more charitable, or at the very least more encouraging. for starters, the author def gave the internet a lot more writing than i ever had the courage to post, there’s a bit of fanfic that i just haven’t posted, either because i forgot or because i wanted to elaborate on the context or i just Wasn’t Up For Sharing in its unfinished state. i hope that person is still writing & that they’re writing what they love, Experiment 21 or not.

i still stand by the fact that the fic was def not to my taste lol. but also i wish that i emphasized that other people are not only free to enjoy what they want, but to have fun with it. (as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone, obviously.) from what i remember, they were clearly having fun w/that fic? it’s been awhile? i wasn’t, which was why i stopped, but i could see why it appealed to them and to the fanbase.

i’m trying to access the fic again but i forgot my stupid. account name. OH NO I LOGGED ON WITH MY E-MAIL AND IT LOGGED ME INTO MY OLD ACCOUNT GO BACK GO BACK GO BACK GO BACK

experiment 21 is so hilarious wherhdhfjf,, people are praising the original story on the discord as i'm sure you know. PLEASE read it!! it's not as funny as the comic but it's a Lot

(Experiment 21: Panic Attack is a fanfiction on Wattpad whereas Test Tube decides to conduct a psychological experiment by trapping Marshmallow, Paintbrush, Lightbulb, and Fan in a small, blank room indefinitely.)

(The fanfiction itself contains blood, suicidal mentions and suicide, and it also touched upon mental illness. My analysis only implies a suicide actually turns out it was a murder lmao, but besides that is absent of those themes. Take care!)

actually, i’ve already read it! that is to say, i attempted to read it lmao. it’s not that it was the worst story in the world, imo it’s pretty mediocre as far as horror stories go. it’s the usual “what if x” happened and i can respect the experimentation (knee-slap) of putting characters to the test in extreme situations, but i just couldn’t get invested.

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i absolutely refuse to learn a single fact about that internet webseries (?) with the talking inanimate objects and the . number four with a mouth and eyes that all the twitter 17 year olds love. keeping whatever the hell that is completely inscrutable is my main goal. 

Will Yin and Yang split again in ii3? That would be so cool :0

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On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate hugs from Baseball and (alive) Dough and why

Baseball hugs would be strong, friendly, and full of power. Maybe it’s almost like he needs it too?

Dough hugs would be soft and mushy, you might find yourself stuck if you don’t let go after a while - hope that’s not an inconvenience.

Either way, both are 10/10.

what if cow tools but as those object dudes u post abt

cow objects

pros of having a brother with the same interests as me: got out of bed and immediately saw a drawing of firey that was, apparently, slipped under my door last night

INANIMATE COMICS ARE BACK BABY!!! Here’s issue #6, “Snow Bow”!

The most unlikely of partners...