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My sparkly and vast mama

Pets they’re based off of vv

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As much as I'd like to keep this short, I know it's gonna be long. If you are prone to taking rant posts personally, please scroll away.

Also this is gonna center towards Ep. 5 since it's my most recent watch, but it still holds up my feelings about the show since Ep. 2 released.

I am under the impression that Gooseworx has most to all the creative control over the show, as it's something I've seen talked about cite wide when it comes to Glitch Studios. If this is the case, I wish there was someone (or some people) that would help her tighten those ideas together. Especially with this most recent episode, it felt unfinished. It came off to me more as a demo reel than an actual episode.

I think the setting and the main conflict is something interesting to dive into. It's what peeked my interest when the pilot came out. The execution so far on what we learn about the world around us has been poor however. As someone who's casually watching and not fully in the fandom culture of the show, I feel like I need to connect more with the characters first in order to retain why certain events are shocking (ex. when Pomni clips through the map in ep. 2 and sees the NPCs with Gummygoo). This would mean that I'd reorder/change the episodes so that, towards the beginning of the show, we mostly focus on character conflicts and foreshadowing to greater worldly conflicts so that the latter episodes can be more high stakes and tie in some of what the characters learned about each other. I'm mixed on the character development of the whole cast. I find a lot of potential with Zooble and Gangle's friendship building up. For me, it's a breath of fresh air when we constantly have bickering, anxiety, and a lack of harmony between the characters for a majority of the show. It's especially relieving when Jax and Raggatha come to mind. I feel like their conflict should've been resolved faster. Not to say that it gets fixed in one episode and they're totally perfect afterwards, no. I mean different issues get resolved which, overtime, diminishes the main conflict. Maybe one episode we can tackle Raggatha's constant babying of Pomni, and another, Jax learns that there's extreme consequences to his rudeness when unchecked. This episode, there was too much happening with the both of them, and in a way that makes me not continue to connect to the characters. I think Caine is starting to grow on me because he has a clear personal struggle that (as an artist and creator) I can relate to. The way he handles it, by trying the suggestion box or spitballing adventure ideas with the cast, and immediately experiences rejection is relatable. Which is ironic because his character is an ai (as far as we know).

I think the only characters that I have extreme qualms with is Jax and Bubble. Bubble has moments where I do chuckle a little, or they bounce well off of Caine. They, however, are smaller piece of a larger issue I have with the show. Glitch Productions has written in their "About" tab that they "... started with a singular goal: change the way the west creates teen and young adult animation." So they're aiming for 13-17 year old teens to enjoy the content, and they have mostly succeeded (source: I was essentially a camp counselor for high schoolers last year). To me, this show feels like it's confused on the main audience as it juggles between topics, settings, and moments that are suited towards middle grade (8-12 year olds) and young adult (their intended audience).

Jax makes it hard for me to watch this show. I like a mean character, don't get me wrong, but I don't have fun with his antics. Ep. 5 highlights pretty well to me that Gooseworx doesn't know how to write him or develop him in a way that naturally makes us show that he thinks about the others or desires friendship. There's small moments that I like, where, when everyone is holding their breath, he opts out in order to stay mysterious and intriguing. Cool, now we get a feel that he's hiding his vulnerability in small unimportant ways. But then you have the stargazing scene, where he suddenly looks at Gangle, a character he's been relentlessly bullying and physically harming throughout the show, and is like "Do you think Gangle is actually capable of being happy?" It felt forced for his character to question this. This being paired with the fan service this episode had, the comedic and the serious tones of the episode did not balance out well enough for him. Overall, I get the appeal of a character who's mean and uses it to shield being hurt again. But if I were to point at a character who was able to do this successfully, it'd (unfortunately) have to be Max from Camp Camp. What makes Max work so well that Jax doesn't is that him caring about someone he hated (David) was saved for the season finale. Which then, in S2, created a new boundary in his relationship with David. There are also other reasons, like how he still negotiated with people he saw value in, and how his plans never worked in the end. He wasn't 100% a snarky bully that didn't care about others opinions, unlike Jax.

Finally, episode 5, I'd completely reorder it. I found the hunting adventure and the president adventure unmemorable and unnecessary as it established something we knew already: Jax is a dick. The stargazing scene being next to the bar tending scene was a poor choice since they're both slow, contemplative scenes. We lose the importance of why these characters are talking about what they are talking about, as well as, when we get into the bar scene, there is nothing new to talk about. It makes them discussing about their old lives feel forced.

I feel like the evil team was under utilized. They were there to be a gag or show that Jax and evil Pomni are chill. We would've gotten more out of them if the evil versions of them could show that, despite being major assholes, they can all actually work together. Or maybe they are chill with each other but bully evil Jax instead. Or evil Ragatha and Jax are friends whilst evil Zooble and Gangle are hindering evil Pomni's performance (to parallel what Ragatha and Jax are doing to Pomni). There's a lot of ways they could've been used to have something thought provoking happen in the cast.

I think we'd get more out of the episode if we started with the anime scene (the 2D animation tickled me) then go into the bar scene, have an intermission, the softball scene, and lastly the stargazing scene. This is so that we can have Jax be a dick in the anime scene and seed in the conflict between him and Ragatha over Pomni. As well as him bullying Gangle. Going into the bar tending scene, we can establish that Zooble and Gangle are closer friends since the last episode, whilst Jax and Ragatha are passive aggressively asserting themselves into Pomni's decisions on what/who she should like and dislike, much to her displeasure. Also Zooble pointing out how weird it is, but directing it towards Jax since they all have beef with him. Caine gets bored and does the intermission. Then we have the softball scene where we can utilize the evil versions of themselves. The climax of the conflict happens here, and can be fully processed in the stargazing scene, where they can reflect on what happened, how they feel, and what they will take away from it. Also Zooble, Gangle, and Kinger eating sandwiches together because I really liked it and think it's strong to show Kinger, someone with bad memory/amnesia, hanging with chill friends rather than three people who were in the middle of an argument all episode. Like he gets the vibes.

Finally, to wrap this up. I am confused why they remember their pasts. I thought it was stated in the pilot that Pomni cannot remember hers, her name, what she looked like, everything. So it's jarring that suddenly they remember their old jobs and what they were like in the past. Also if they knew, it makes the bar scene even weirder since you'd think these characters would've mentioned it to each other before Pomni arrived.

Anyway, these are my points. I do not want to continue talking about the show. I still think it has potential, and that there are fun ideas in it, but the execution makes it weak. If this series ends in a way that neatly ties the main conflicts and questions together, you'd see me dancing naked in the streets.

I need Pomni to do this

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I need Pomni to do this

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Something quick for the night

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Humpback Women

Had the idea that the camel was insecure about her bump cause no other pet has it. That’s until she meets the whale, who shows off her own bump with to her with no shame. The camel finds love in not just the whales bump, but in her own as well.

LPS they were based off of vvv

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my mlp sona!! featuring a draw-over from tamers12345 on youtube :)

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Mentioned to my friend that what if Lancer’s dad squished his head to be cone and now I can’t stop thinking about it

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Lps humanoid based off of @samaelsinking ‘s character, Tarot. It also did the color for him. Big fan on how stupid he looks

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LPS Redrawww

I got these lps from some blind packs from work and decided to use them 4 practice. YAY!

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My friends requested I draw seal LPS so here she is!! She’s ready for a game of volleyball

Seal that she was based off of vvv

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Been curious about this. Who do you guys think is the most underrated LPS? Can be a mold or a specific LPS. I’m interested in what the community thinks here

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Had the idea of LPS doomed Yuri magical girls in my head spinning around. Yolanda finds Priya and enter the light realm through the Home Depot lamp alley. They are both shy.

Them as toys below ⬇️

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Processing a memory

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Had another idea for this. Unsure if I’ll continue it but I am having fun drawing these guys more than I thought.

Here’s part 1

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Replaying Pokémon Ruby and I’ve actually been trying to do the contests

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Big Nose

Douglas toys Muzzles line has my heart

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Needed to get back on the drawing grind so I drew the worst character ever.

Here’s an unexpected Part 2