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Mystery Monday #44: From a Certain Point of View

Today is Monday, and I had this Amphibia theory pop into my head. So I figured, what better time to bring back Mystery Monday?

Today we're bouncing off of a trio of my previous theories, including the ones about Amphibia having a trio of sides, the calamity trio being everywhere, and the trio of seasons each being different, and bringing together one more theory:

Each season is told from a different point of view.

Yes, throughout all three seasons, Anne is the protagonist. And the Plantars are the main supporting characters. But each season is also told from the perspective of one of the Calamity Trio:

Season 1, particularly 1a, tells about Amphibia from Anne's perspective: it is a strange new place, full of new people, new animals, new dangers, etc. It's a place where nothing is familiar and everything is out to eat you.

Season 2, particularly 2b, tells the story from Marcy's perspective: it's a fantasy DnD world, full of puzzles to solve and quests to complete. The people you meet are all one-off side characters designed to either give a mini-challenge or help further the mission. It's one big story, where you are the protagonist and the world is your playground.

And season 3, particularly 3b, tells what Amphibia is from Sasha's perspective: it's a battle. An all-out fight to survive in a world that's against you. You have to do what you can with what you have to live long enough to accomplish the goal and return to normal. It's a place where, if you don't stay suspicious, you won't stay alive.

I may or may not have been listening to The Wartwood Gazette podcast today.

So that's it! I hope you enjoyed this return to Mystery Monday. New posts in this series may or may not come soon, depending on how much more there is to say.

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For reference, if you were to pee once an hour, including at night, every day, it would take 114 years, 28 days, and 4 hours to reach 1 million pees.

EDIT: That is, IF there were 28 1/2 leap years in that time. There would either be 28 or 29 leap years, depending on when those years fall. So it would actually take either 114 years, 27 days, and 16 hours, if there were 29 leap years, or it would take 114 years, 28 days, and 16 hours, if there were 28 leap years.

EDIT 2: Because each century year (1900, 1800, 1700, etc.) skips leap year (except for every 400 years (2000, 1600, etc.) when we skip skipping leap year), it's also possible there were 26 or 27 leap years in that time. If that's the case, add on one extra day for each leap year skipped. So it would be 114 years, 29 days, and 16 hours if there were 27 leap years, or 114 years, 30 days, and 16 hours if there were 26 leap years.

Stan: Ford, given how old we are, do you think I peed a million times yet?

Ford: I heavily doubt it

Stan: Why, Poindexter? Have you counted how many times I peed or something?

Ford: Even if you peed once an hour non-stop for a century, you still wouldn't be at a million. Mathematics, Stanley

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Nah, Buff Frog from Star vs is the Best Dad. He's a single adoptive father with 12 kids, considered a monster in his home dimension, who left a life of being an evil underling to become a caring and loving father, and later worked tirelessly to help repair relations between monsters and the dominant race called Mewmans. All while putting his tadpoles first every day that he had them for.

Best Fictional Dad Tournament Top 3

In Third Place We Have Eli Vance From Half-Life

In Second Place We Have Goofy From Disney

And In First Place We Have Heinz Doofenshmirtz From Phineas and Ferb

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It looks amazing! No need to apologize!

Proud Pa-pa 💜✨🦋

Eleven days ago is when I've decided to draw globgor and meteora as a kid when I rewatched season 4 for the upteenth time and recalled just how I used to be obsessed with eclipsa and her family even though the show centered around star and marco with their crazy adventures 😅.

I liked how it looked in the end, but I'm kinda disappointed with myself as I know I could've done better than this however in my defense;

I've only drawn globgor two other times before this post (if I remembered correctly)

This is actually my first time drawing meteora despite being a fan of this show since 2017 (dunno why but it is what it is and I tried to make her look like how she would've looked like as a kid in the show itself)

It's also my first time attempting to draw a smaller character sitting on another character's shoulders and I think it looked fine but I have to guess how meteora's dress would've looked like while she was sitting on her dad's shoulders so my apologies if it looks off-putting 😓.

I've unfortunately developed some pretty bad rashes on both of my wrist and my arms around 3 days after I've decided to work on this project and it's still there and really hard to concentrate because I gave in to itching those rashes every few minutes or so while working on it 🙃.

But other than that it is what it is and I still like it enough to share it with the internet and I hoped you would like it too ☺️ @shironezuninja @untitled14360 @bloodmoon24 @bossbabyfan2 @moonlighteclipse17 @leo-x-u-raptor-fan @pianodogdodge @bitter-yet-civilized @cartoonfan21 @wolfie245 @roxxywolf-multiversa @wisefestivalloverpatrol @roselyn-writing @twiliartsdreams2017 @twinklemaddie @punk-63 @princess-paige-place-of-fun @princesshillaryellaworld25 @princessfandom812 @aria-blue-donut-muffin @ohmarjorie @torkmadox20

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I can think of two possibilities for the second one...

S16 Round 2

Match Made in Heaven

Born with the "evil" powers of a magical artefact, A is a human fated to die. Born with the "good" powers of the same artefact, B is a demon tasked with liberating his people.

Both grow up isolated, knowing the wider world sees them as monsters, and become each other's only friend. They each think themselves beyond redemption, but refuse to see the other as evil, or as an enemy. Their belief and trust in each other allow them to unite their magical powers, overcoming A's demise and rescuing B's people from doom. Though they face retribution from those above, they are determined to fight back.

Perfect Disorder

cw: suicide

Hero and Villain were best friends who dreamed of being superheroes together, leading to them signing contracts with a hero agency. Unfortunately, they were given different roles: Hero would be the perfect hero, while Villain would be his foil and archnemesis. As a scripted supervillain, Villain's role was to support Hero and make him look better. It wasn't what they wanted, but they were fine with it, still enjoying their friendship outside of work and having fun with their staged fights.

Hero was known to suffer from severe OCD, but he is shown to have been able to relax around Villain--while others say he couldn't stand any mess, he would laugh and have fun while making a mess with Villain. Meanwhile, Villain is very clearly shown to be jealous of Hero's fake, for-the-cameras relationship, all but outright stating that he wants Hero for himself. When Hero suddenly stopped responding to Villain, he began to worry that he wasn't needed anymore; when he found out that this was because Hero had killed himself, he flew into a grieving rage. Villain ultimately accepted his own apparent death with a smile, seemingly seeing nothing left to live for with Hero gone and their dream shattered.

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You would not BELIEVE how many times I have prayed "God, I want to do something outside on this day, but the weather forecast includes a storm. Can I please have good weather instead?" and been granted my request.

One of those times was yesterday.

One of the most freeing things you can do as a Christian is start praying over EVERYTHING. And I don't mean "actually remember to pray over the important things that deserve divine attention" or something I mean the stupid stuff

"my videogame controller isn't working properly and it's messing up my game and it's really frustrating me, but I really wanted to play this right now" you have NO idea how often this actually works

"God I can't find my other shoe and I'm in a hurry, please help me find it" BOOM, found.

"I can't sleep because I'm getting myself worked up, give me peace." And it works. Consistently!

Yes we should treat God with reverence, but you misunderstand; he is our father, and our friend. Talk to him. Talk to him about anything and everything. He'll always hear it.

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3 letters back

Guess That Rec Season 2: Round 2, Poll 9

Rec #97

Who would win: the human man trying to save the country, or the dysfunctional family on a wacky adventure that don't even come up to his knees? And what happens when that family breaks into his house when all his efforts are about to pay off?

In this pun-tastic media, you get to find out. Our protagonist struggles with his self-esteem, but that doesn't stop him from putting on a smile, and the family is always up to some sort of hijinks!

Not to mention the representation here! This story's cast is full of queer characters, both gender and orientation wise, and there's a huge number of characters of color! There's also rep for both mental and physical disabilities!

Oh, and don't let the silliness make you think the story never pulls on your heartstrings! There's so much emotion here you'd never believe me if I told you everything happens in a single afternoon!

Rec #100

Do you like dozens of quirky side characters who think their lives are normal? Dead-but-not-dead antagonists who probably wish they were dead? Parallel plot lines with a few things removed? Remembering everything but also wishing you could forget so you could learn it all over again? Then you'll love this!

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Didn't realize when I posted this, but it's their 40th!

Happy 618!

Happy birthday Alex and Ariel Hirsch!

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Happy 618!

Happy birthday Alex and Ariel Hirsch!

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Happy birthday to Gravity Falls, Stan and Ford Pines, Welcome to Night Vale, and Vanessa Doofenshmirtz! And happy anniversary to Linda Flynn and Lawrence Fletcher! 🎂🎂🎂🎂

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Just a friendly reminder that the rainbow is a reminder of what God did to the proud and the sexual degenerates, not a symbol for them to use.

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100 is something I think you may have heard of...

Guess That Rec Season 2: Round 1, Poll 18

Rec #99

Looking for a show that has a mix of action, adventure, and emotional scenes? Looking to laugh, cry, and grow with the characters? Look no further! This show has it all- disabled characters, characters of color, kick ass females characters, even some that are queer-coded! It has an intricate plot and a lot of characters, but is still easy enough to follow along with. This show also has touches of religion and philosophy to make it more than just "a guy has to do some stuff."

Rec #100

Do you like dozens of quirky side characters who think their lives are normal? Dead-but-not-dead antagonists who probably wish they were dead? Parallel plot lines with a few things removed? Remembering everything but also wishing you could forget so you could learn it all over again? Then you'll love this!

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No! It can't be!

If you recognize the movies hiding behind the decoy titles, please do not give identifying details about them in the notes.

Movie n°1: Banana-Based-Breakfast

A motherless princess is forced to watch her kingdom suffer for ages. She finally see an opportunity to do something about it but things start going wrong. 1) she has the same condition that took her mother. 2) her father dies. 3) she is kidnapped by a foreign soldier for power. But everything turns out well due to the wonders of reading! (#stay in school kids)

Movie n°2: Locked Hangar

A down on their luck orphan reluctantly allows their body to become possessed by a nonhuman entity. Their newfound abilities while under this control allows them to work their way up the ranks and gain the respect of their peers. However, their arrogance soon gets the better of them, upsetting the creature they made their pact with, resulting in their newly found empire to come crumbling down, all the while surprising new developments about the nature of their lineage come to light.

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What the heck? I can't edit, reblog, or like my own posts anymore? Check your blog to see if this also happened to you. And if you haven't downloaded the new update yet, DON'T DO IT!

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May the 4th be with you!

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Hopefully now you've learned?

Guess not...

I should've known.

It's the end of the NFL regular season, so this is the perfect time to check in on them:

Hey NFL! What do you want?

And how do you plan on achieving that?

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Gravity Falls mirrors Amphibia's triangle

Founder and Duly Appointed High Exalted Big Fish of the Royal Order of the Holy Mackerel Douglas MacKrell liked to say that much of Gravity Falls is a mirror.

He meant that, in the show, many scenes and events mirror each other -- they are different possible outcomes from a similar situation or different possible ways to achieve a similar outcome.

For the former, I would point to all the parallels between Stan and Ford, and Dipper and Mabel. One twin is the smart one, the other is the people person. The smart one is offered the chance of a lifetime, but it would mean leaving their twin behind. The other one -- to put it mildly -- doesn't take this news well, and makes one big mistake that separates the two. And I could go on, but you can draw your own parallels there.

For an example of the latter, I would point to Dipper and Mabel's relationships with their respective summer rivals.

Both met their rivals in similar circumstances: Dipper met Robbie one night at a haunted convenience store, where he made friends with all the other attendees.

Two episodes later, Mabel met Pacifica one night at a Mystery Shack party, where all the other attendees save for Pacifica's gang wanted to cheer for her.

But both made up with the other's rival under opposite circumstances: Mabel made up with Robbie thanks to a love potion from a cherub who wanted nothing more than to make people fall in love and to play his music at a daytime hippie festival, where the rest of the friend group all came back together at the end thanks to Thompson. Mabel appealed to Robbie's inability to make up for his mistakes by literally zipping his broken heart back together and redirecting him. And she refused to reverse what she had done after seeing the consequences.

In the next episode, Dipper made up with Pacifica at a nighttime party thanks to a vengeful lumberjack who had been wronged by her ancestors and wanted nothing more than to be let into the party or to destroy the mansion and kill its residents, where the high society party itself was ruined even though the townspeople were eventually let in. Dipper appealed to Pacifica's inability to make up for her mistakes by helping her face them head on. And what he had done was reversed after he saw the consequences.

This is a major theory on its own, but I'd like to talk about how much of Amphibia is a triangle -- in that, three things sort of mirror each other in the same way as described above.

For example:

The season structures:

Season 1 starts with Anne getting stranded in Amphibia and meeting Sprig. They then become fast friends and get into all kinds of mischief together. The first half of the season focuses on Anne forming bonds with each of the Plantars and the family adjusting to her being around, while the second half focuses on her using her heart calamity power to connect with the townsfolk of Wartwood. Then it ends with the family leaving Wartwood.

Season 2 starts with Anne and the Plantars adjusting to life on the road. The first half focuses on how they get along as they travel and some of the towns they find. Then in the second half, Marcy uses her brain calamity power to lead the gang on an epic quest to the three temples across Amphibia. Then the season ends with Anne and the Plantars leaving Amphibia.

Season 3 starts with Anne and the Plantars adjusting to life on earth. The first half focuses on how they live their lives there, and how they interact with Mr. and Mrs. Boonchuy and the other humans. The second half focuses on Sasha using her strength calamity power to fight a war against Andrias and his forces. And the season ends with Anne, Sasha and Marcy leaving Amphibia.

In each finale, a Plantar (Hop Pop, Sprig, Anne) nearly dies when the final antagonist (Grime, Andrias, The Core) proves to be a sore loser and goes for broke after losing the battle, but is saved unexpectedly by an outside force (Wally and his boom shrooms, Marcy, The Guardian). Anne loses a friend (Sasha, Marcy, all of her amphibian friends) in the process.

Each season, the stakes are set progressively higher as we explore more: Wartwood is at stake in season 1 after we explored Frog Valley, all of Amphibia in season 2 after we went across the whole land, and Amphibia and Earth are at stake in season 3 after we explored both worlds that season.

I also found it interesting that the main antagonist of Gravity Falls is a triangle, while a major message of Amphibia has to do with liking who you see in the mirror -- being "the best version of yourself."

If you have any other examples, for either show, feel free to reblog or comment!