I Really Hope It Stays This Way, While It’s Puppet / Childish(?) Horror, It Does So Uniquely

I really hope it stays this way, while it’s puppet / childish(?) horror, it does so uniquely

And strangely brings a relatability that I don’t have much besides ‘haha isn’t that relatable’

While I love the usual approach, it’s the usual approach, it’s time to see something new from the genre

I'm having a certain amount of weird cognitive dissonance about partycoffin's Welcome Home (not tagging them because this is kinda speculation...)

I normally absolutely loathe the "the cute thing was EVIL ALL ALONG" genre, especially with Muppety puppets. I have a very strong squick about it. The Henson Workshop was one of baby's first hyperfixations, and The Dark Crystal is so important to me that it's hard to describe how without invoking religion.

... It's important to me, for these reasons, that the Muppets, especially the Sesame Street crew, are... innocent. Not in a Calvinist way, in an ... autistic hippie way. They're joyfully weird. They're not cruel for cruelty's sake. Some of the Muppets are grumpy and mean because it's what they were made to be, but they're not...

Look, it's hard to explain, but there's a very specific kind of Mean Comedy that, before Henson's death, the Muppets just did not do. Even Statler and Waldorf's heckling doesn't push that button for me. The Muppets shouldn't be capable of that kind of interpersonal cruelty. And that's important enough to me that I can't watch something like Avenue Q (much less Actual Puppet Horror) without getting sick to my stomach.

But *thus far*, the horror elements of Welcome Home haven't gotten to me in the same way. And I think it's because... Clown respects that aspect of the children's puppet genre?

Like, I know we're still in early days, and That One Fucking Picture Of Maisie freaks me the fuck out (for, uh, different reasons). But so far, it seems like at least part of the horror aspect... Is that innocence, and how it can't survive contact with humanity.

So far, at least in the newest version of WH, we've seen very little to indicate that the Home crew's joy and innocence aren't genuine. Everyone has Depths to their character, obviously, that can't be plumbed without going into the Gruesome Shit. But like.... with the possible exception of Wally, they don't seem Cruel. Fuck, even Wally seems Oblivious and Earnest, just... willing to do horrible things for the sake of Keeping Home Intact.

And that LACK of malice is ironically where the horror comes in! Because the sunny days of a kids' puppet show can't survive contact with a reality where people are cruel and ableist and homophobic, and once the show ends, there's nothing left but that reality... and everything falls apart.

Agh, I don't know. I might have to drop this fandom if I get that button pushed too many times. But for now, it's interesting to see an adult take on the genre that isn't gleefully mean and disrespectful towards one of the things I love about puppets.

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9 months ago

IT UPDATED 10 MINUTES, SAME PASSWORD

Conspiracy that thisisnotawebsitedotcom.com is never actually gonna be anything other than Soos “fixing” something. I think someone’s just trolling us into thinking something is gonna happen 😭

Someone just wants to watch as all scramble around and frantically type in the password knowing all along that nothing is gonna happen. Like some sort of sick mind game… I bet Bill is doing this to us


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1 year ago

Roleplay Rules Semi-lit Only

Always open Currently lf: Gravity Falls & or Cthulhu Mythos

Feel free to message me! Ocs are allowed and encouraged! I'd love to see the worlds you have and plots you've made, then mix the worlds of yours and mine for the setting! Read the rules & general data under the cut I also have an example down there! One thing to know before diving in, I do not like romance, do not come to me for it

Age I am 18, though I'd prefer if rp partners were at least 16 - 24

Timezone: EDT (GMT-5)

Availability: Roughly 24/7 excluding when I'm sleeping or got something going on. I graduated and don't have a job yet. Nws if you're not, I wont demand your attention 24/7! You got a life and its important to live it! I just have wayyy too much time personally Long term or short term doesn't matter to me! Long term is slightly preferred, start with a short term to see if we mesh yk?

Preferred Platform: Discord

Participants: 1x1 only, I can't keep up with more than 2 due to my writing pace

Length: I do about a paragraph or two per response, but the intro to a scene is nearly always much longer. I try to do quality > quantity! You can do more or less, I just need something to hook onto

Genres: No preference really! I love, angst, whump, fluff, and hurt/comfort in particular though. I love when characters go through terrible things to drag themselves out of it with grit teeth, with or without help Deep conversations between our characters while they have a drink and think about life,, that too, kill for it

Fandoms: Right now? Cthulhu Mythos and Gravity Falls mainly

Sensitive Topics: Not much is really off limits to me! Gimme all the vile blood, guts, and deep deep character trauma you got in our roleplays! No smut, no slurs, and romance between my character and yours is a no Not my cup of tea

I will attach this to more specific lf posts likely

My discord is the same as my username, but you will go ignored unless you message or send an ask here first! Otherwise, I'll assume you're a bot or scam

Writing example below

A fire roared under the metallic sky. Staving off the cold cold air. Three figures were vaguely gathered around the campfire

A 6ft bright blue lizard and 3ft pink moth chatted away. The rogue was working to make their rations into something— good, he wanted it to be at least! The warlock just watched as he generated salt from his fingers, with a pulsing organic magic A playful cheer erupted from the moth! They shoved and shoved in their coat, before throwing out a bunch of glittering gold confetti over the two Laughs were shared

“Be quiet. Please— we don’t know what may be with us, or where we may be.”

A larger entity spoke with a deep, raspy voice. Flame flickering in his small lenses. Wings engulfed the reddish form. Covered in odd religious vestments, with a moon shaped sickle at hip

That quieted the lizard, though the moth gave a groan as he flopped himself upon the ground

"Do we really gotta? We've been out here for- who knows how long, and nothings appeared yet?"

"Yet." Sighed out. Finally accepted by the moth, with a grumble


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2 years ago

Planning to join this year! Most prompts may be UFO or Dold on TH (my user is Phobiac, if interested!), all if I don’t get attached to any, and even those I’ll EO on

Wish me luck on doing it all (or most) this year!

Planning To Join This Year! Most Prompts May Be UFO Or Dold On TH (my User Is Phobiac, If Interested!),

For those who want text;

D1. Welcome

D2. Eater

D3. Observer

D4. Innovation

D5. Medical

D6. Animal

D7. Mimiery

D8. Lyre

D9. Underground

D10. Mainstream

D11. Grown

D12. Scattered

D13. Raid

D14. Thoughts

D15. Gem

D16. Prediction

D17. Attention

D18. Storage

D19. Scam

D20. And (&)

D21. Able

D22. Time

D23. Space

D24. Hat

D25. Song

D26. Photo

D27. Malware

D28. Assistant

D29. Silent

D30. Basic

D31. Exit


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2 years ago

Ty!

What’s the yellow snake in this post?

https://www.tumblr.com/is-the-snake-video-cute/715527670166929408/emerald-tree-boa-teeth-kinda-look-like-theyre

It looks beautiful!

This picture? It's a variable bush viper!

What’s The Yellow Snake In This Post?

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4 months ago

Damn Sara and I have to unfollow now, 500 is your max, sorry :/

Holy shit

Holy Shit

Holy SHIT there’s 500 (and two) of you

Holy Shit

Uh. wuhhh uhm. thank you all very much I feel like a deer in headlights.

Like. 502. What a number. Geez.


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3 months ago

If I were a cannibal (not to say I am) I would (not) doodle my friends ocs and stick it in the middle of a bear trap

1 week ago

I’m - I’m extremely hyperfixating on dredge. Badly. I keep trying to draw the collector and Fisherman but

Jesus

Christ

I cannot draw old men nor beards and I’m struggling

And why’s the fandom so dead

I might share some hcs soon, I’ve been rambling them in a discord server


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4 months ago
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11 months ago

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1 year ago
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