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They'd be best friends too, I think.

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Turning 18 is a rite of passage.

im an adult now minors dni (JOKE)

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Well, maybe because redheads look nicer?

What is it with Cartoon Network pilots and red-haired protagonists?

Not that I’m complaining…

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What is it with Cartoon Network pilots and red-haired protagonists?

Not that I’m complaining…

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Well, you're lucky! I made my own crossover with these four, and also Hilda!

*chants* “infinity amphibia house forever” crossover

the new “brave tangled frozen guardians”

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Ah, 2019... Back then, there was only hype.

2019 looks very promising 

EDIT: to clarify… CN will air Infinity Train, Netflix will have Twelve Forever, and Disney will air both the Owl House, and Amphibia

i expect these four shows to surpass the biggest tumblr crossover

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I miss this era... Back when they were just CN pilot episodes awaiting approval...

I’ve noticed more recent cartoons have been super bright with their colors, especially the skin and hair colors. I tried to fix them to make them more palatable. 

@badcharacterdesign what do you think

also: 

just make them Not White

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Tulip's mum needs more recognition. 😔💚

Single mothers of medical profession in modern cartoons

The precursors

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#collection@shoopot

Author 1: dreamyartistroxy3.deviantart.com

Infinity train || Бесконечный поезд

Author 2: https://www.deviantart.com/flicker-show

Owl House || Совиный дом

Author 3: https://www.deviantart.com/graphic-dann

Amphibia || Амфибия

Author 4: https://www.deviantart.com/kingkimochi

Twelve forever || Всегда 12

Author 5: https://www.deviantart.com/anonamos701

Gen:LOCK || ГенЛок

Author 6: https://www.deviantart.com/foodibranch

Victor and Valentino || Виктор и Валентино

Author 7: https://www.deviantart.com/kaigetsudo

Hazbin Hotel || Оте��ь Хазбин

Do not know what to see after “Star vs. the forces of evil”? I advise you to look at the animated series that will be released in 2019. Among them are the works of Alex Hirsch, famous for “Gravity Falls”, and as well as his girlfriend. Pilot series of animated series available and waiting for your views.

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The new gals of animation! Sad to see the old shows go, but these girls are killin it!

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The only one missing is Hilda! 😀

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    In 1666 an English duchess received a psychic visitation.  Her contact identified herself as an immigrant in an incredible frontier, a Blazing World which she had discovered while lost at sea, where she was now worshipped as an Empress by fantastic beings.  The Duchess eagerly documented the exploits of her amazing new friend, hoping to enlighten civilization and memorialize their achievements as cosmic pioneers.     However, her writings were quickly dismissed as fantasy.  Nothing  could persuade a patriarchal society, especially when seasoned adventurers were unable to replicate any such expedition.  The suggestion that women might be more inclined to inter-dimensional travel than men was deemed laughable at best, and the Duchess ultimately decided that Earth’s authorities were too close-minded to truly grasp the implications of alternate reality, and far too materialistic to  trust with the dangerous temptation of limitless resources.     Thus, on the advice of her friend the Empress, the Duchess founded an institution to find, assist, accommodate, and commemorate any and all lady explorers who may, either by intention or by accident, manage to  slip the bonds of Earth and touch alien ground.  Their project grew in secret, and to this day the Persephone Society continues to seek out new members, joining under the roof of the traveling Newcastle to map and safeguard the invisible countries which surround our narrow perception…. Currently Active Members (clockwise inward spiral from bottom left): Jane “El” Hopper (of the Upside Down) Coraline Jones (of the Other World) Dr. Susan Who (of Tardis) Diana Smith (of the Realm) Megan Williams (of Ponyland) Lydia Deetz (of the Neitherworld) Sarah Williams (of the Labyrinth) Daria Morgendorffer (of Holiday Island) Jennifer “Mary Sue Parker” (of Pleasantville) Tulip Olsen (of the Infinity Train) Anne Boonchuy (of Amphibia) Regina “Twelve” Abbott (of Endless) Luz Noceda (of the Boiling Isles) Not Pictured: Sasha Waybright and Marcy Wu (of Amphibia) Jackie Trent (of Aruk) Haru Yoshioka (of the Cat Kingdom) Penelope Victoria “Penny” Sanchez (of ChalkZone) Princess Daisy Reznor (of Dinohattan) Esther Hopkins (of Endless) Julie Winston (of Eternia) Hitomi Kanzaki (of Gaea) Sarah Brightman (of God’s Video Game) Camille Duciel/Ewilan Gil’ Sayan (of Gwendalavir) Martha Kaply and Bethany Walker (of Jumanji) Valerie Felicity Frizzle (of the Magic School Bus) Nita and Max and Max Blellison (of the Many Place) Kagome Higurashi (of the Sengoku period) Shasha Prince (of Under My Bed) Chihiro “Sen” Ogino (of Yubaba’s Bathhouse) Past Members: The Duchess of Newcastle (of the Blazing World) Alice Liddell (of Wonderland) Marie “Clara” Stahlbaum (of the Land of Sweets) Polly Plummer (of the Wood between the Worlds) Wendy Darling (of Neverland) Dorothy Gale (of Oz) Mytyl (of the Past, the Future, and Everywhere) Jane Banks (of Bert’s Drawing) Fanny and Elizabeth Blyton (of the Faraway Tree) Carla Bennett (of the Flipside) Eglantine Price and Carrie Rawlins (of Naboombu) Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser (of 18th Century Scotland) Lucy and Susan Pevensie and Jill Pole (of Narnia) 
Hyppolyta “Orithyia Blue” Freeman (of Earth 504) 
Juliana “Jules” Crain (of the Neutral Zone) Barbara Wright and Louise Who (of Tardis) Joanna Russ (of Whileaway) Kim Cherrywood (of Care-a-Lot) Carol Anne Freeling (of the Other Side) Jenny Barker (of the Halloween Tree) Inactive, Retired, or Otherwise Engaged: Melissa Gimble (of Schmigadoon)
 Helen Knable (of Hellevision)
 Sheila Leigh (of the Realm)
 Debbie Maddox (of Yonderland)
 Holly Marshall (of the Land of the Lost)
 Tina Miller (of the Fourth Dimension)
 Meg Murry O’Keefe (of the Tesseract)
 Gina and June Sterling (of the Otherworld)
 Sarah Whittle (of Jumanji)
 Molly Williams (of Ponyland) Currently Missing (presumed alive but displaced after an expedition to Hanging Rock, Australia): Captain Natalie Artemis (of Astera) Lara Croft (of the Cradle) Jane Lane (of Holiday Island) Casey Newton (of Tomorrowland) Dora Márquez (of Troll Land) Status Unknown: The Empress (of the Blazing World)

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SURPRISE!  Didja have a happy Independence Day?  Bet you didn’t think  you’d hear from me again so soon, given my usual rate of posting!     Well, this set-up is a very roughly finished side project that I’ve  been toying with for a year or so, sort of a League of Extraordinary  Gentlemen for movies, TV shows, and cartoons in a particular genre.  It struck me that there are a whole lot of stories about young women going to other dimensions!  Especially lately, as great shows like Infinity Train, Amphibia, Twelve Forever, and The Owl House have brought the “isekai”  heroine into vogue in modern western animation.    The premise  is classically embodied by the holy trinity of Wendy Darling (from Peter  Pan, by J.M. Barrie), Alice Liddell (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,  by Lewis Carroll), and Dorothy Gale (The Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank  Baum).  Tied together by their shared traits of youth and otherworldly adventure, it’s not uncommon for the three heroines to meet up in a  shared universe setting.  I wanted to build on that, and after some research I found out that one of the earliest applicable examples of the theme is considered by some to be the very first science-fiction novel ever written!    Published in 1666 by Margaret Cavendish (Duchess of Newcastle and all-around renaissance woman), The Blazing World tells  the story of a nameless young lady who crosses from the North Pole to another whole universe.  The first isekai heroine!  Though the writing  style is difficult to penetrate and it never received any great amount  of critical praise or recognition (it’s pretty clearly a self-insert  story and the heroine is arguably the first “Mary Sue” to boot), I think  it’s fair to say that it’s a seminal work which took the first steps  into modern fantasy as we know it, and it surprises me that it hasn’t  garnered more attention.    Anyway!  I doubt that I’m going to devote much more work to this, but if anyone has any questions (or even wants to contribute to the project), then have at it.  I originally  started writing expanded histories for the current members, how they  work together as members of this special club, and especially what’s  happened to some of the older members since their respective TV shows or  movies ended.    For example, Dr. Susan Who is based on actress  Roberta Tovey, who appeared in the 1965-66 Dr. Who films which starred Peter Cushing as a version of the British icon.  I originally  thought about incorporating the main canon of the TV series, but that would’ve gotten WAY too crowded!  Adapting the obscure movie continuity  made much, much more sense.  Here Susan has long since taken up her grandfather’s title as “Dr. Who”, maintaining and upgrading his Tardis and the scientific resources of the society, including an all-purpose  tool which she jokingly calls her “sonic screw-driver”.  I could go on like this about most of them!  If you’re  curious about anyone, just ask.    As for the four kids in the middle, Tulip, Anne, Reggie, and Luz, I roughly guessed what they might  look like after they survive their own adventures and are inducted into the Society as its youngest members.  What actually becomes of them will almost certainly be different, but that’s the nature of fan fiction.   They’re sort of the main characters in my conception, but now I’m  talking too much.  I only wanted to get this off my chest!  Hey, just take it where you want it.    I’ll provide explanation or links to any unfamiliar characters mentioned that you might have trouble tracking down, like Sasha Prince (some last names were extrapolated from actors or authors).  Some of these are pretty obscure, and I surely have overlooked many potential members elsewhere in the ocean of pop culture.  For the most part, I kinda hope you find them on your own!  That’s half the fun, right?     I made it a rule to omit comics and video games as sources, because a  shared universe can take only so much before it buckles.  And I gotta be just a little economical or I’d never be able to stop!  Though adaptations are fair game so long as the starting point of the heroine’s  journey is a baseline “Earth” similar in perceived mundanity to our own.

- Joe

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This was also supposed to be posted the same day I did in Instagram.

In regards to my first Sentai team, I was having a good time making stories about it until I saw something negative on the internet. Someone was claiming that Steven, Star and Dipper—and implicitly Mabel—shared the same head shape...and it was killing the animation industry. I initally didn't understand. What was so bad about some characters supposedly sharing the same head shape? And the "same-head epidemic" kept going, with characters that weren't supposed to be there, like Gumball, Craig from Craig of the Creek and the bears from We Bare Bears. It was unstoppable. At that point, I decided to wind down the adventures of Dipper, Mabel, Steven, Star and Lincoln. By July and August 2018, I would stop caring for the crossover altogether.

In September, I heard from a local Youtuber I followed about a new Netflix cartoon: Hilda. It had a very defining aura, with great story, diverse character species, and a distinctive colour palette...and it was British! A great diversion from then recent Hollywood junk. I had to give it a watch. It was incredible! When that youtuber said it was the best cartoon on Netflix, he wasn't lying! Hilda quickly became my obsession in late 2018. So much so that, three years later, I bought a Hilda plush doll! I wish I was able to play the series' mobile game though... It was delisted just one month before I got a new phone.

But back to the series. Yes, I got obsessed with Hilda. And it stayed like this for over six months. By June 2019, I was interested mostly only in Hilda. That is, until the 17th. I was looking for new cartoons to watch when I found Amphibia, which didn't seem to be important to me until I looked for fanart. One artwork said that Anne Boonchuy was Thai. I had an obsession with Thailand lasting years, and finally having a Thai cartoon character was a dream come true for me. I got hooked, The first half of the first season was miserable, but thankfully it got better.

Having Anne be my new obsession made me divide my attention with Hilda. I couldn't decide which one I would prefer, so I made them a duo.

Also when I was looking for Amphibia fanart, I found out about another cartoon named The Owl House. I didn't know what it would evolve into, but I was hooked. The Owl House will become important later.

One month later, two new cartoons caught my attention: Twelve Forever and Infinity Train. I previously heard about both, though I heard about Infinity Train first. I knew in 2017 that it would become a full series, though Twelve Forever wasn't so lucky. In fact, I would only hear about it again in July 2019, around its premiere date!

Anyway, my attention was divided again. How would I make stories in my head about Hilda, Anne, Reggie and Tulip separated? I had no choice but add the latter two to the former two's team. I also threw in Luz from The Owl House. Now they were five, but I couldn't decide which team they would be. And then it came to me: another Sentai. This time, the theme was late 2000s nostalgia. I chose Shinkenger to represent them because, like Bioman, it had my favourite colour scheme.

And there it was, a new all-girls five character crossover team! I'm not sure where it exactly started. It was definitely set up before March 2020, but I retconned it to September 2019.

Like my Bioman crossover drawing, this drawing was also posted later than I wanted it to be. It was supposed to be posted on the 15th of February 2024, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Shinkenger, the sentai which inspired my new crossover team. The date came and went without me being able to finish in time. I could only upload that day a sketch of what was to come. The actual upload date was the 28th of February.

Isolated versions:

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Final June Week prompt, this time with adult June!

Day 7 Neurodivergent/Autism Acceptance-June grows up to be an scientist, building new gadgets (especially for Darryl) and continuing her research on ghosts. Ollie asked if she’d could speak about the autism spectrum at a seminar to young kids.

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This was supposed to be posted the same day I did in Instagram.

I've been a Super Sentai fan for more than a decade. I found out about it when I watched a video from a youtuber from my country about the Power Rangers... which was also an obsession with after I rediscovered it in early 2014, when it somehow it aired in Cartoon Network, way after the era they dabbled in live-actions, failed miserably and quit it. If I started watching Nickelodeon in 2012/13 instead of Disney XD, I would have joined the Power Rangers fandom earlier.

Anyway, still in early 2014, I was hyping the première of Steven Universe. I only complain about its première date in hindsight, because I believe series that air its first episode in the US until the 31st of December of a certain year should not take until later than the 31st of March to do so in Brazil. I believe both Steven Universe and Power Rangers Megaforce—yes, the second shittiest season—premiered in April. But back to Steven Universe. I became obsessed with Steven and the Crystal Gems as characters and I would see myself in Steven in every way I could... except the belly button gem. I was often embarrassed of my own belly button when I was a kid. Also, one thing that I really wanted to see was Steven reuniting with his mum. I don't know, I was just an innocent child, and I was not prepared for the misery that surrounded Rose Quartz until the end of the series.

In 2015, my obsession with Steven Universe was at its peak. I liked to imagine my own stories with Steven, the Crystal Gems and my own Gemsonas—which were mostly designs stolen from existing characters. Some of the character inspirations were plausible, like Gravity Falls, the Pokémon anime, and the then recent sensation Star vs the Forces of Evil, but others were very obscure, like, no one has heard of Dude, That's My Ghost, INK – Invisible Network of Kids, or Clang Invasion!

In 2016, I was recovering myself from a conservative tantrum I had over Steven acting effeminate—and by that I mean just crossdressing, something that was very common in cartoons and I used to not care about—in an episode that took months to air in Brazil, when I heard about a new cartoon to be released on Nickelodeon—a channel that I started watching the year prior—called The Loud House. I had instants of hype for the new series that were interrupted by the announcer showing that one of Lincoln sisters was named Luan. And he pronounced it like my name was pronounced! To 12-year-old me, this was outrageous. I genuinely had another tantrum over a girl having a boy name. It took me months to realise it was a gender neutral name, at least in English. Despite this, I became obsessed with The Loud House, and I related to Lincoln in every aspect I could...except that he has an absolutely miserable life. He's constantly humiliated, pranked and heckled, but still pretends to be a badass to the point of doing things harmful to others. Sure, he learns a lesson in the end, but often his plans fail miserably and he gets double the punishment, to the point that several episodes end with him being humiliated. This is what mostly killed my interest in The Loud House, even before the 3rd season. From then on, I would be only interested in fanart and fanfiction about it.

Speaking of fanfiction, my attention was divided between Steven Universe and The Loud House. One day, still in 2016, I would make them join forces...and bring Dipper, Mabel and Star along. They would become a sentai that didn't have a name until long after I abandoned it. I was inspired by sentais from the 80s, of which only four seasons aired in my home country from the turn of the 80s to the 90s. Somehow, nostalgia for an era when my parents were kids was an important point for my fictional sentai despite the members being from my childhood.

This drawing was originally scheduled to be posted on the 31st of January 2024 on my DeviantArt—which, unfortunately, has some questionable content that I want to distance myself from it, at least here—but it was delayed to the 1st of February. I don't remember what happened, maybe the drawing wasn't done in time, or it was done but it was too late to post it. The drawing was made to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Bioman, which inspired my first cartoon crossover team.

Sorry for the massive delay in posting, my computer crashed twice while I was writing this. Now I'm rushing this post so that it can be published before the end of the day.

Isolated characters:

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My first big fandom protagonist and my most divisive fandom protagonist. And Nimona... I got to watch Nimona some day.

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This was supposed to be posted on the 16/03, but I forgot to post it here, and it was delayed until today.

I initially wanted to do a drawing where they would be all together in the same scene, but I thought I couldn't finish it in time, so I made four headshots.

I wish people had more affection for these cartoons, and especially these characters.

If you're a relative of mine, they're not my original characters, they're from pre-existing cartoons.

Characters in zigzag from top left:

Reggie Abbott from Twelve Forever

Annie Bramley from It's Pony

Cleo Badette from Ollie's Pack

June Chen from The Ghost and Molly McGee

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I made this "mural" back in late December 2023 to show everyone the female characters I like. You might recognise a good number of them, but there are a few which you might not. They're arranged on a clock-like position, where the greater the number, the more recent is the cartoon.

Positions:

1: Hilda

2: Anne Boonchuy from Amphibia

3: Reggie Abbott from Twelve Forever

4: Tulip Olsen from Infinity Train

5: Luz Noceda from The Owl House

6: Annie Bramley from It's Pony

7: Miko Kubota from Glitch Techs

8: Kipo Oak from Kipo and the age of Wonderbeasts

9: Cleo Badette from Ollie's Pack

10, 11, 12 and centre: Molly McGee, Andrea Davenport, Libby Stein Torres and June Chen, all from The Ghost and Molly McGee