Marcy Screenshot Redraw

I wanna announce that I’ll be on a long trip out of the country from August 12th to mid/late October!

I probably won’t be doing any drawing or writing while I’m gone since I’ll be busy… but I should be able to pop online about once a day.

Btw It’s a marine conservation volunteer program in the Philippines and I’m really excited!! I’m also gonna visit a couple friends while I’m there hehehe

Greetings, frog Tumblr! Welcome to my impulsive, salt-induced Amphibia rant!!

This where I’m gonna ramble about Anne’s nonchalance and near indifference towards Marcy’s whole situation despite, not only supposedly wielding the “heart” gem (which embodies empathy, selflessness, and responsibility), but also the fact that she has been friends with Marcy since before kindergarten and has previously been very protective of her.

So STRAP IN, frogs, newts, toads, and hummuses alike cuz HERE WE GO

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[in TV announcer voice] Brought to you by unhinged screaming in a discord server with @froggythesculptor.

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Alrighty, we’ll start with Anne’s relationship with Marcy in “Marcy at the Gates”!!

When Marcy is about to jump in and save Sprig from the barbariant queen, Anne stops her and says she can do it herself. Marcy argues and asks about why she won’t let her go before Anne shouts, “Because I just got you back, okay?!” She then adds:

So worried and sensitive, right? Well, let’s move onto “True Colors” :)

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When Sprig is dropped by Andrias, Anne is so overcome by grief and rage that she actually activates her powers for the first time. She didn’t even see him hit the ground, yet still seems broken by the perceived loss.

However, when Marcy, her life-long friend, gets a giant flaming sword through the chest, uses what she thought would be her last breath to apologize, and collapses lifelessly to the floor, Anne simply shouts her name then basically goes, “Oh, I’m home now. Anyways-”

She has the shiny eyes here but doesn’t shed even a single tear until “All In” after Marcy is freed. Like, girl, you watched the friend that you’ve probably know longer than anyone except your own parents get brutally murdered 5 feet in front of you. How are you fine???

Of course it’s understandable for Anne to feel betrayed by Marcy after her truth is revealed. After all, she’s been trapped away from her home and family for 5 months and near-death experiences have become a worryingly routine thing for her in Amphibia.

The thing is that, with Sasha, despite her trying to knowingly and intentionally kill Hop Pop (and at one point Sprig), Anne still later said that “Sasha and I might be going through a rough patch, but that doesn’t mean I don’t care about her” (S2 E6). Plus, after Sasha showed a little remorse then let go of her hand at Toad Tower, letting herself plummet so her friend could get away, Anne was sobbing just a minute later. She even saw Grime catch her so she knew Sasha was going to be okay.

The most logical conclusion Anne should’ve come to after going through that portal was that Marcy was dead. Yet, we’ve seen her get far more worked up about someone that, not only also betrayed her, but was clearly saved and alive. And, in earlier episodes, Anne seemed so much closer to and more protective of Marcy than Sasha… So I’m honestly confused.

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As far as season 3 episodes 1-15, I wanna believe that Anne was simply in denial and didn’t want to bring it up, but it’s stuff like her being “stabbed” by the toy flame sword (in “Escape to Amphibia”) and simply laughing that make it hard for me to genuinely think that. When I just saw that happen through a screen I froze and stopped breathing for a second and it took me a bit to compose myself after. But Anne lived through both the actual event and the reminder yet didn’t react?

Also when Sasha passingly mentioned that Marcy was still alive, just captured, Anne simply sighed and said “thank goodness” before changing the topic. Like????

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Now for “The Beginning of the End” :D

When first faced with Darcy, Anne (and Sasha kinda, but her reaction is more expected/normal for her tbh and imma not focus on her here anyway) was initially confused but, once she knew the jist of what was happening, she was just angry. She didn’t take a second to mourn or feel bad for her friend and skipped straight to getting mad. I was expecting some sort of guilt for not getting there earlier and maybe even an attempt at an “I know you’re in there!” speech (I wouldn’t want it to work but I feel like Anne would’ve been one to try that), but guess not.

Insert text “Yeah, we gay. Keep scrolling.”

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BUT THERE IS HOPE!! Marcy’s Journal is gonna have a section written by S3 Anne, so we might get some Annegst >:3. I doubt they can entirely salvage this with just a book (the show is the great majority of the story, after all), but something is better than nothing lol.

@tharrb I would reply to your comment with another comment, but I couldn’t fit what I wanted to say so here XD

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I’m not saying that Anne “wasn’t affected at all by Marcy’s death”. I’m just pointing out that I think there should’ve been far more acknowledgment, even if it was just Anne trying to convince herself that Marcy was okay and being more actively in denial.

Anne may have been working REALLY hard to find a way to Amphibia, but it was always for the Plantars. I don’t ever remember her saying that she needed to return so she could help Marcy (or Sasha), but she stated several times that she wanted to get the Plantars home, so it didn’t seem like her friends were at the forefront of her mind despite the incredible danger they were in last she saw.

Also, Anne not acknowledging Marcy’s death could 100% be due to her near indifference lol. Sure, it may be a sign of denial and wanting to avoid a sensitive subject, but without any other clues to point towards that, I feel like I have to assume that she just wasn’t very affected by it. Besides, if it was denial/avoidance, it wasn’t communicated well by the writers, making it natural for me (and other viewers) to think that Anne simply didn’t care enough.

I actually mentioned the sigh of relief in my post because… that’s it?! You just… sigh then ask an unrelated question and move on?!?! You’d think she’d AT LEAST ask how Sasha knew that and be like “omg we have to save her then!!” Ofc they did save her eventually, it’s just that maybe it should’ve been one of the first things she said once she knew Marcy was alive instead of “oh, thank goodness. So, wHaT hApPeNeD tO tHe ToWn?”

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I’m always worried that people will misunderstand me or my intentions so imma say this next thing. Sorry if you already understand, my anxiety just really wanted me to make sure XD

Btw it’s ofc completely fine if you still disagree lol. I’m not gonna force/pressure you to say that you believe me or make you think you have to justify yourself. Feel free to reply with another argument (I kinda like debating stuff as long as it’s friendly :P), but don’t think you have to!!

Greetings, frog Tumblr! Welcome to my impulsive, salt-induced Amphibia rant!!

This where I’m gonna ramble about Anne’s nonchalance and near indifference towards Marcy’s whole situation despite, not only supposedly wielding the “heart” gem (which embodies empathy, selflessness, and responsibility), but also the fact that she has been friends with Marcy since before kindergarten and has previously been very protective of her.

So STRAP IN, frogs, newts, toads, and hummuses alike cuz HERE WE GO

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I think your amphibia analysis is spot on. Marcy did get forgotten by pretty much everyone she loved, proving her fears where right all along(still don’t care for evil Marcy though). I get the impression that the writers just..didn’t feel all that bad about, and that her stabbing and subsequent possession was a punishment for her previous actions.

I mean it is actually BAD for writers to hold back and be too nice to their characters XD. There’s no story without struggle. But unnecessary pain that doesn’t push the story is another thing. I feel like Yunan, Olivia, and (kinda) Anne simply not showing much care towards Marcy in s3 might have been a cop-out for the writers to bring more focus to Anne, the protagonist. I’m of course not sure, but that’s all I can really think of so I’m livid.

What I’m saying is: the stabbing and possession is okay (from a writing perspective), in my opinion, but avoiding Marcy’s arc and not really giving her the time of day in s3 is A WHOLE OTHER THING. I understand that Anne IS the protagonist and Marcy was… incapacitated for a while, but little things like making a few characters Actually Care wouldn’t have taken much extra screen time (if any). The only reason I can think of as far as why the writers didn’t let that happen was that the extra drama around Marcy would’ve taken some focus from Anne. Which is dumb because she gets plenty and the whole story hinges on the trio’s friendship, so ALL of their arcs should be incredibly important…

This show had SUCH cool concepts and set up, but they kinda dropped the ball in s3…. I was theorizing about so many theories for Marcy’s arc, her possession, and how those would get resolved, but then they gave her almost no development/screentime, snipped a cord, had a one minute talk, then moved on :T

Based on the @toh-tagteam-au!!

I had the gorgeous idea of both Hunter and Luz doing the classic Golden Guard “BYEEEE” at the same time and…. This happened XD

This drawing took a while lol. I guess I was in a perfectionist-y mood and couldn’t stop refining the sketch as if it were lineart…. (help)

Also here’s a Backup sketch cuz idk if I’ll finish the drawing I drew this for XD

FUCK YOU, MY CHEST IS IN PHYSICAL PAIN NOW /POS

have some permadeath hunter au sketches from 7 months ago, caused by accidentally getting way too invested and emotional while discussing "what if hunter hadn't woken up in ttt" scenarios with friends.

in which, uh, hunter wakes up in the inbetween realm instead of back at the old gravesfield cemetery...

The text saying duration of the time skip was cut out in the final version, so it could’ve been many years. However there is this storyboard:

Btw they used “several months later” when 5 months had passed once (in True Colors), so I assume it’d be around that

Sprig is literally older than me now what the fuck

I made ACTUAL CONTENT for dannypocalypse!! Woah!!!!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64327708

Title and Summary (cuz Tumblr isn’t embedding anymore?? :[):

Get Summoned, Idiot

Danny put off taking his place on the throne until he graduated high school. Now, a couple days after getting his diploma and never having to see those cursed halls again, he’s too busy with his new responsibilities to attend the party his classmates are throwing.

Tucker and Sam try to convince him to come, but he insists he can’t.

However, when someone has the genius idea of summoning a ghost for shits and giggles, why not do one better and force the new King of Ghosts to hang out with his friends?

HAPPY DANNYPOCALYPSE WAHOO

LOSING MARBLES CH7 IS FINALLY OUT

Compliments to the chef @froggythesculptor