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Morty is very bat shaped 🦇 💛

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Hi everyone!

I’m back again with the 2025 Ricktober prompt list. I chose to release it early to give everyone some time to plan and prep since this part of the year can get hectic. If you have any questions or need any help let me know!

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My contribution to Mortycest week 2025!

(Hosted by @mortysmithhfan on twt)

Day 1: (attempted) comfort

“Dont be so anti social” 💛

Read at 1:15pm 🧡

Day 2: Confession

*this could be interesting*💭🧡

*…so humiliating…* 💭💛

Day 3: Secret Relationship

This restaurant is the best! You’ll love it because I love it and also because Rick hates it. It’s why I never get to go. This is so cool! 💛

Uh Sure thing. 🧡

Day 4: date night/drunk

Honestly, I didn’t think you had it in you 🧡

Yeah well, I have a lot of things in me that you don’t know about 💛

Phrasing. 🧡

Day 4: date night/drunk (part 2)

….🧡

….💛

Day 5: Jealousy

Can we just talk about it? 💛

Message send failure ❗️

Day 6: Beach day ☀️

A cherished memory that Evil Morty holds dear. One of his secret trips with Morty… 💛🧡

Day 7: free space

You’re the reason I can’t be with him🧡

Really? Specifically me? I did this?🩵

Day 7: part 2

Rick gave me my eyepatch back 🧡

Then why are you here? 💛

Day 7: part 3

You have such beautiful eyes 💛

We have the same eyes. Maybe we can just skip the talking part 🧡

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“Morty mated with an octopus”

“Might happen again”

🐙

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A little something for International Tiger day!! A mama and her cub 🐅 🐾

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“I know you said not to stare at the sun but I can’t help it momma.”

“Oh Ricky you’ll hurt your eyes that way.”

“You don’t hurt my eyes, can I stare at you?”

“Aw, okay baby. How do I look?”

“So beautiful momma.”

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After poking fun at Marvel years ago with "Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender," Rick and Morty set its sights on DC with "Ricker than Fiction." However, instead of roasting superhero movies for 20 minutes, the writers came up with a loving parody that allowed real-life DC alums to join in.

I loved Zack Snyder's cameo because he's been a long-time Rick and Morty fan, to the point that he met with Dan Harmon about making a movie, and letting James Gunn voice himself made his appearance a lot funnier. Celebrity parodies are usually lame and don't age well, but I could get on board with this because he basically played himself as a character.

The plot wasn't that original, and it stretched the characters a little (Rick always criticized superheroes in the past, and now he's suddenly invested in a franchise?), but in this era of superhero fatigue, the writers found a narrative beyond "Action movies are dumb!!" This episode combined a DC parody, a Rick and Morty adventure, some surprising character moments, a dash of social commentary and a fictionalized look at the life of a DC director.

I don't know how far in advance the writers' room produces scripts, so maybe they wrote this episode before AI took over, but Rick's Movie-lizer seems like a jab at AI-generated fiction. He explains that the machine uses a "prompt-driven CPU" that auto-generates changes to the script. Sound familiar?

As predicted, the machine goes haywire, leaving Rick and Morty trapped in the movie. When Jerry says that the plot is a mess, we get another appearance of Dan Harmon's famous story circle--the first since the Story Train episode in season four.

From there, the plot is fairly predictable, but the writers managed to throw in some twists that kept me guessing. I knew that Rick, Morty and Jerry would have to fix the plot somehow, but I didn't expect James Gunn to barge in and hilariously sabotage their efforts.

When he took control of the Movie-lizer, I figured he'd start writing his own script and make the situation crazier. The fact that he just tried to steal the machine instead seems like a missed opportunity, but I'll admit that Gunn tying chains around the machine and trying to haul it away with his car like he's relocating a fridge is a lot funnier.

And it led to Jerry having some great moments: beating up James Gunn because he wanted him to betray his family, doing his best to save Rick and Morty, and crying when he thought they were dead. Near the end, Rick proves that he believes in Jerry despite everything.

He might've slipped in another dig at AI, too. Maybe it's just me, but "Any idiot can plug an idea into a machine when they don't care what it spits back out, but it takes a special kind of idiot to get on the keys and write us an ending" sounded like a jab at people who choose prompts over original writing.

Speaking of Rick: after he stumbled in "Summer of All Fears," the rest of the season has emphasized that he really is changing. He's still mean, crabby and inconsiderate, and he struggles with empathy, but he's there when it really counts.

When the villain bites Morty, Rick whacks him on the head with a shovel, killing him instantly. Later, Morty furiously confronts Rick and shoves him to the ground, yells at him and shakes him, and Rick does...nothing. He doesn't even launch into an insult-filled tirade. Instead, he takes the beating with a silent frown. Is he finally realizing that he can't keep using his strength to hurt his grandson?

Just like he surprised himself by getting attached to Karen and Doug in "Cryo Mort a Rickver," he surprises himself again by getting attached to Tannenbaum and sacrificing himself instead of letting Morty kill his new favorite character. And then we get yet another "Vat of Acid Episode" reference...the writers never get tired of going back to that one, huh?

Morty's not afraid to speak his mind, either. When Rick told Morty to assemble the bad guy's henchpeople, I think he had confidence in Morty's ability to take charge and sway them with his natural charisma. The writers have backtracked on Morty's character development before, so I don't want to get too excited, but I hope this is headed somewhere.

While this episode is ostensibly about DC, it might also have some meta commentary about Rick and Morty fans. You get attached to characters you thought you'd hate (or I did, at least), you want to see Rick change ("Everyone sucks until they don't. That's the arc of every good story"), and Adult Swim is never going to be able to please the maniacs who want the show to return to season one again.

And even if it doesn't, you know Zack Snyder had a blast talking about Rick like he knows him personally. He's ONE mega-fan who won't be crying about season eight.

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“I don’t know your cousin, why do I have to go to his stupid wedding?”

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A labour of love but I finally finished my oc pride art! Happy June everypony! 🩵🏳️‍🌈🫧

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Holy shit guys,,,,

THEY ARE SO PRETTY WHAT GRAHHHH HOWLING LIKE A WOLF,, WAHHHWWWOOOOOOOOOO

yoinked these off twitter so yeah..

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Rick can't use chopsticks, apparently??

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Beta and Rick wanted to surprise Tiger for her 25th birthday in a very special way 🫶🏻

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Monty

❤️🩵💛

I wanted to redo Monty’s design now that we have a new adult morty design. His hair is fluffier and he’s got some muscle now

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I’ve been on a big fish kick lately so here’s my au version of Nim with his son Dante (in big fat tail form). Dante is part orca while nim is a tiger shark! They live in Atlantis together as king and prince (Atlantis is in the Arctic circle)

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I commissioned @duvetbunny for this one!! My first ever commission and it turned out exceedingly well!!!! I'm genuinely so happy with it ;w;w; thank you again, friend <333

Fic excerpt below the cut:

Rick sighed, a happy hum leaving the corners of his lips upturned. He heard his twin echo his sigh of contentment, the breathy sound pressed up against his ears.  “So where to next?” Where to next, indeed.  With over 400 billion planets in the Milky Way alone, they were certainly spoiled for choice. Thank God, Prime had a busy itinerary all planned out ahead of time. There was only so much he left up to random chance. They streaked across ice giants with cracked surfaces— each crevasse deeper than three Empire State buildings stacked on top of one another. The speeder hurtled across the snowy tundra and skimmed over jagged glaciers at hair-raising speeds. It was nothing short of thrilling as they explored frozen warrens kilometers wide and whizzed past dazzling icy turrets twisted with dark aquamarine and cobalt gradients. And when it got too cold for the forcefield to keep up— they headed for a desert planet, racing gargantuan worms with rings of sharp teeth for mouths, ploughing through the sandy dunes as easily as dolphins dipping through water with the heat of the sun warming their backs.  “Next time I’ll bring wetsuits so you can see how she handles being underwater.” Prime whooped as he pulled the speeder up, just above the worms’ reach. They hovered above the majestic creatures, watching the great clouds of sand and dust billow and settle as their tails disappeared into their nest, miles beneath the golden sands stained rusty red from a nearby setting sun.

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Dante and Morty 💛💜 my cutie patooties. They are in love your honour!

Needed to do a ss redraw when I saw the intro with rick and nim 😭

My morty is in his early 20’s and Dante is nims son. They have a very … tumultuous relationship but they have their moments.

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