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look, fandom as a whole certainly has its own built-in biases and problems that need to be addressed 

but like

every so often i think about all of the deep, nurturing lifelong friendships that only ever happened because one day two internet strangers were like ‘oh hey, we agree on which fictional characters should kiss!’

people who are right now helping each other survive via connections they initially forged by liking the same sailor moon girl or something

the internet is a goddamn garbage pit but it is also a goddamn miracle

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Dude it is SO FUN and EXCITING to see a reoccurring reader. If you've commented a handful of times on an author's work, I guarantee that they recognize you. You can't imagine how many times I've excitedly informed my friends "the person with the funny cat image commented!" "- anon is back!!!!" and the friends've recognized who I was talking about because I talk about my commenters so often LOL. We love you all!!!

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Current mood: this Zoot sticker from 1982

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Anyone want some ROYALTY MAYHEM??? One of my favorite fandoms of the Electric Mayhem I’ve ever drawn since I became an official Mayhead..:3

Bow down to the 6 main majesties who own and rule the Hip ‘n Groovy Kingdom! Where peace and love is the only rule and no wars shall commence!!

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Little guy art i did at class

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Haiiiii :3

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I was bored at 3am

(muppet show era scooter would’ve said money tho)

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I think with something like that, you can do whatever works best for the story. It's like the "rule of funny" (going with whatever would be funniest in the moment even if it contradicts some previously established rule - which is something the Muppets do a lot of the time). There have been productions I don't necessarily consider canon, like Muppets Haunted Mansion, but I've used them as canon in a fic just because it had more emotional weight for the characters that way. And I've treated Treasure Island and Christmas Carol as historical AUs, just cause that was the story I wanted to tell. There aren't really any hard and fast rules!

I'm curious

So to those of you who write stories or create characters in the Muppets universe, do you consider any Muppet Movies/series cannon events, or productions the muppets produced in universe??

Muppets Mayhem I like to consider as cannon events, but things like the 2015 series I think qualify as both (since they break up the episodes of that series with one on one interviews with the characters)

However, aside from the original Muppet Movie, I don't think I've ever asked myself if I consider any of the movies as cannon things that happened, or movies the muppets made in universe.

Asking because Walter is mentioned in parts of Hired Sparky, and I don't know if I should treat the movie he appeared in as something cannon that happened to the Muppets, or something Walter was hired to act in

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(WIP)

“Frankenstein”,

or alternative title, “me and the bad bitch I pulled from being autistic”

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Characters that wear suits be like: i kiss men

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Hiiii! Do you have anything you can share so far about He's a Keeper? I can't wait for the next chapter ❤️❤️❤️

🥺🥺 Aww thank you so much!! Hearing that really does motivate me to keep at it!

Hmm well I'll talk a bit about the fic as a whole! I'm not sure how much of this is coming through in the fic so far, but as I'm writing, I think a lot about this post I made back in August, and the idea of the Shack being home for Zoot. And I think about the importance of home and the importance of memory, and how those are two things that Zoot never really got to have. So that's kinda always in the back of my mind, and something I'll get into some more with later chapters. (rn I'm 2900 words into chapter 3! But it's also a hot mess that will probably need a lot of reworking so 😅)

And for something less heavy… fun fact, I actually bought a bag of Funyuns while I was writing that last scene, so I could make sure they came in small enough sizes to be ring size. ✨Research✨!

Thank you for the ask, I really appreciate it!!

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⭐I don't have any stories in mind in particular, but I would like to hear your thoughts about anything you have written that you would like to share!

Ooo thank you anon!! So much to choose from… but since chapter 2 of He's a Keeper is fresh in my mind, and I'm actually pretty happy with how the Lips/Floyd/Zoot scene came out, I'll take a moment to ramble about a paragraph from that:

But that was just how they were, like night and day. Lips kept his trumpet pristine with an elaborate cleaning ritual, and Zoot left his saxophone covered in fingerprints and smudges, insisting that the patina made it sound better. They both had the same love for their instruments, but showed it in completely different ways.

This is a hc I've had for a while, them taking care of their instruments in opposite ways (one of those hcs that's sorta-canon? We know Zoot never changes his reed or cleans his spit valve, and I think some merch and promo things have talked about Lips keeping his trumpet clean. But I took both those things and ran with them cause I'm all about the opposites-attract with this ship.)

But as I was writing this, it hit me that the way they express their love for their instruments really represents how they express love in general. Lips wants to take care of his trumpet and doesn't want anything bad to happen to it. Much like how he fears anything bad happening to his loved ones, and how he's had past jobs in caretaking roles. Whereas Zoot has to have a tangible reminder of love - those smudges on his sax serve the same function as a photograph. It's like the Garfield "to be loved is to be changed" meme, it's physical proof that you loved something or someone.

I didn't get into all this in that scene because it's Lips' POV and I don't think this is even something he'd really be aware of or have been thinking about at the time, but it occurred to me as I was writing it and I just really liked the thought of it. Yay ✨symbolism✨!

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Fanfic Writers: Director’s Cut

Reblog this if you want readers to come into your ask box and ask for the “director’s commentary” on a particular story, section of a story, or set of lines. 

Or, send in a ⭐star⭐  to have the author select a section they’ve been dying to talk about!

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LEBRON JAMES HAS REPORTEDLY TEXTED “NO I REALLY REALLY DONT WANT SMORMU” TO 555-0100

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Jim Henson filming a commercial for Jomar Instant, an espresso coffee produced by Martinson Coffee. In 1958, Wilkins and Wontkins starred in a series of 15 ten-second ads for Jomar Instant.

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🌻💛🌻🧡🌻 2 companion paintings I did of one of my favorite muppet pairings: Janice & Floyd! :} medium: acrylic painting on these super cute flower-shaped wood signs I got at the dollar tree~ along with some tiny paper sunflowers I also found there :D yay for mixed media!

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