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It's my 2 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

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“And then the night comes alive

With lights to dazzle

And everything's extraordinary

Nothing is left ordinary

Caught in this night

Pieces of light

Glitter and play for you

And made of glass

Dreams from the past

Wait for this day

Christmas has come

With its long memory

And in my mind

It always will be

The world that she sees"

~Trans-Siberian Orchestra

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I love how he's all calm and collected, then his girl might be in danger and he just instantly goes feral 🥰😎

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Always ready to roll out with bae 🏍️💨

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The fact that it was seeing Charley and hearing her call out to him that Vinnie was able to break through the mental fog and overcome Dr. Karbunkle’s mind control…..❤️❤️❤️

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Quick n’ dirty Throttle sketch, coz I really need to practice dynamic action shots and foreshortening more. Always a great excuse to draw macho mice. I really got lazy on the concrete. I think I did this in about an hour, which is a record for me since everything else takes MONTHS.

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She can be just as much of a flirt as Vinnie

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“Whoops” is right!

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how to deal with your overzealous martian boyfriend by charlene davidson

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play this clip at my funeral

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Just an average day ending in y for these two

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I mean, she had 3 choices and guess who she hugs while saying that.

Funny how later in the series Charley’s ex-fiancé would use a ‘Casablanca’ line on her and Vinnie would lose his mind. ‘Oh PUH-LEASE!’

Dorky stuff is only cool when he does it.

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‘She’s already GOT her ride!’

Vinnie can’t stand anyone hitting on his girl, especially his old mentor.

In all fairness he once ‘stole’ Stoker’s old flame; Stoker’s only returning the favor.

It’s honestly sad the series was cancelled/ended within the next few episodes. Vinnie and Charley’s flirting had been there since episode 1, but by Season 3 the direction of their relationship was pretty much a given. Fingers crossed they won’t chicken out with the new series like they did in 2006!

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What are your thoughts on harley? Bc a lot of people question if Vinnie feelings for Charley are really genuine bc of what happened.

I actually like Harley a lot and thought she was a great character ( I feel like for a show that’s target audience was little boys, the writers did a great job of creating badass female characters with their own objectives )

Although it’s not stated by how many years, Harley is canonically a bit older than Vinnie, and ‘Once Upon a Time on Mars’ places him at about 18 during its events ( he is canonically 21 when he and the bros first land on earth and meet Charley ). He is young and eager to please and anxious to make a good impression. He catches Harley’s eye, and he develops a strong crush on her.

I don’t think what Vinnie and Harley had was love. Their time together was too short for it to really grow into anything, and it was based more on a mutual physical attraction ( notice how many times Harley refers to Vinnie’s looks, and how Vinnie reacts to the idea of her seeing his mutilated face ).

While Harley was probably the first girl he felt a really strong connection to and still wants to make Mace pay for kidnapping her, he’s written as is he has moved on and doesn’t expect to ever find her. In the episode where Charley takes Vinnie’s wallet, there is a brief moment where we see a flash of it open on the floor and there are some pictures of other female mice in there. I doubt he would have those if his heart was still set on Harley.

I know a lot of people don’t consider much of the 2006 series canon because it directly contradicts much of the original series, but when Harley returns she has to literally brainwash Vinnie to keep him by her side- he doesn’t go with her willingly. And it’s literally Charley being in danger and screaming that snaps him out of his brainwash fog long enough to rescue them both. The episode was definitely meant to tie up the loose ends of what happened to Harley. And while the episode ends with the question of whether or not she died, either way there is the realization she can’t be with Vinnie, for many reasons. It’s bittersweet, but at least it closes that chapter.

Do I think Vinnie is projecting old feelings for Harley onto Charley? No, I don’t. He probably sees some similarities between the two, but it ends there. Whereas the attraction between Harley and Vinnie was mutual from the get-go, it definitely doesn’t start out that way with Charley, who either rebuffs him or has a quick and sharp retort for his egocentric self-compliments. With Harley ( and probably the other girls he’s chased ) he easily won them over with his bravado and attractiveness. With Charley he has to earn her affections, and it’s his loyalty to his friends and noble heart that wins her over. Likewise, over-time his attitude towards her shifts from just being a conquest to win favor from to someone he feels strongly for and wants to protect. He also probably fears ‘failing’ Charley the same way he probably feels he failed Harley ( think of how he reacted when he was in that jail cell when Limburger made threats towards Charley ).

Also, Vinnie was visibly crushed in ‘Back to Mars’ when he realized it meant leaving Charley behind and possibly never seeing her again.

I realize this went on pretty long, but to cut to the chase, I don’t think Vinnie is projecting old feelings for Harley onto Charley. Harley is a chapter of his life that is closed, and their relationship was built on physical attraction and they weren’t together long enough for it to develop into something more. With Charley, Vinnie has to earn her affections, and their feelings for one another grow naturally over the course of time and make their bond stronger.

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That moment in ‘Bleu Cheese Brothers’ where Vinnie uses a flare to cut through Charley’s handcuffs and the look on his face coz he’s worried he might be hurting her

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Speaking of old flames, Charlie has had a set of admirers of her own. But probably the one that threatened Vinnie the most was Asphalt Jack McPherson. What are your thoughts on him?

Ah, a very good question! And one I have some insider information on.

Throughout the series Charley has a couple of would-be suitors, such as Greasepit and Sir Lancelot. While Vinnie reacted with some degree of jealousy ( especially with Lancelot ) at the same time he was secure in the knowledge that Charley would go for neither guy. Greasepit of course not, and Lancelot lived in a completely different time and place that Charley couldn’t possibly stay in.

However, with Asphalt Jack, it’s clear there is still a strong bond between him and Charley. Even though Jack would eventually look elsewhere for a relationship, going so far as to get engaged, Charley reacts with a bit of jealousy herself ( oh, how the tables have turned ).

One of the reasons why Vinnie feels so threatened by Jack is because Jack possibly stands a chance of being with Charley again. He’s known her since high school, they were engaged once before, and was the first true love of Charley’s life. Jack has had sexual relations with Charley ( read down below ) which is only going to make Vinnie feel more insecure and jealous.

I think it would be best to share words from the show’s original director and producer Tom Tataranowicz here, as he goes into detail about the whole McCyber and Vinnie rivalry dynamic.

This post was originally made by him to the Unofficial Biker Mice Club web forums back in 1998:

Re: All about Charley (to Camilia) 

Posted by Tom Tataranowicz on Sunday, 15 March 1998, at 7:39 p.m., in response to Re: Stink To Stink from Tom Tataranowicz, posted by Camilia on Sunday, 15 March 1998, at 5:11 p.m.

well, y'see, McCyber was the first major love of Charley's life. They are the same age, first met in high school and were an item. When they graduated, Jack went off to college, and Charley to Junior College, which she ahd to leave to help out her dad. 

That was that for a while until Jack came back on Summer break. hey ecame involved again, and it was then that Charley lost her ... uh, lessee ...how can I say it "P.C.-wise"? Well, y'know, ... they shared something very special. They subsequently became engaged. 

However, needless to say, that didn't work out and they went their separate ways. But this relationship is strongly hinted at and is why Vinnie is so jealous in the "Virtual Unreality" episode. This "subtext" is all something I worked out before the writing of the episode, and not something I just made up. I swear. A careful viewing of the episode and listening to the subtlties of the performances will bear this out. 

Jack subsequently became one of the country's premier freelance computer imaging consultants. 

That's it for now. Lemme think a bit about how much to reveal about the Vinnie/Charley thing (hopefully the McCyber/Charley tryst gave you enough soap opera for today) and the story of Modo's wife.