#Been thinking about dhmis lately

[aguita-mineral]

I think... I miss my wife...

[sherbetyy]

a lot of people will say the 3 guys call themselves “the other one” because they don’t know eachothers names, the creators would rather keep it a secret, they keep forgetting their names… etc… but i think the main reason is because they literally just don’t want to. yellow guy’s name is some horrible gibberish with a bunch of other unnecessary punctuation, duck’s name is some creature screaming, and honestly i don’t even wanna know what red guy’s name is.

[colliholly]

I love how tragic of a character Red Guy is. I loveee how both the YT and TV series explored his themes of wanting something more in life and wanting to fit into a family or community but having both be cruelly unobtainable despite his efforts. I love how he knows something about his world is very wrong but he doesn’t know enough to figure out exactly what it is or how to escape it. He just knows something’s wrong and he’s not meant to be there. I love the way he’s apathetic as a result and never wants to play along because he knows it’s the same thing every day and nothing he does will change anything.

I think the Transport episode might have been my favorite because it explores both of these SO MUCH. I loved seeing him get genuinely excited over the glimmer of hope that the car could finally be his escape - which slowly devolved more and more into desperation as the episode progressed. I loved how even at the very end when the gang is lost and cold in the junkyard he’s still desperately hanging onto the that glimmer of hope that the neighbors “will be here” before everything resets again.

Then mix this with Red Guy’s realization towards the end of Ep 6 that he prefers looking at the house (and at Duck lol) rather than total darkness  - It’s really sweet. I think he realizes he already has some kind of weird “found family”, or at least something that’s better than being alone.

[persy-r-bozo]

[angelxd-3303]

Tw: kind of a vent, mention of depression and anxiety.

I'm sure you've all noticed by now that I haven't been posting a whole lot as of late. To be honest, I've kind of been avoiding this blog, not because of anything my followers did, but mainly because I kind of lost the meaning of my art.

I started using Tumblr exclusively to use the messaging feature to chat with my partner four years ago, but decided to share some of my art, just for fun. I wanted to make people happy, wanted to use my art and writing to not only convey how I felt and what I was experiencing, but to help those going through something similar feel heard and seen. I feel like I have achieved that, in some cases, and it makes me feel good to know that I've made someone's day, or that my writing made them feel understood.

As time progressed though, I began to feel like I had an obligation. Art and writing began to feel more like a chore, and that combined with my resurfacing depression and anxiety made it nearly impossible to even pick up the pencil. It seemed more draining than anything, and the art I did make I didn't share because it reflected my mental state in a deep and personal way.

Tldr, I'm sorry to all the people who have been waiting for updates to my stories, or more Mario content in general, or answers to their asks. It's not that I don't want to finish them, or make more content. It's just that I've realized that my lack of motivation is coming from the fact that I'm making art that I think others want, and not art that I want.

I've been rediscovering Undertale lately, reminded of how amazing the game is and how deep the storyline is, and I want to make more content for that. I'm big into weirdcore and would like to explore it as a style. I want to revisit Dhmis and expand on their story. There's so much I wanna do, but I've been holding myself back and trying to make myself as enthusiastic about Mario as I was before. The truth is, hyperfixations come and go for me, and that's ok. Mario will probably come back here and there, but I'm gonna try to focus on the stuff that I wanna do, because that's when my art is best, and when I feel the best making it. I can't tell you how satisfying it was to draw that piece with Asriel and his parents! I was into Undertale when it first blew up, my friend and I, but left when the fandom began to get toxic. It's so sad to me how disturbed it was, but now I'm much wiser with regards to internet safety, and I know to avoid certain things.

It's very nostalgic for me to rediscover the game, the music I listened to on loop years ago, the amazing artists who had a pure and genuine love for the characters, all of it.

In short, Mario isn't gone, they're just off enjoying their happy ending for awhile before they feel like visiting again. Again, I hope you all understand, and can find content you love from my blog! From now on though, I'm gonna try to avoid forcing myself to make content I don't love. Because from the beginning my art has been an escape that made me happy. If it doesn't make me happy, what's the point lol?

I love and appreciate you all so much,and I hope you can understand this word vomit. Hope you all have a lovely day.

[lovesick-fanfics]

Hello! Whenever you have time, could you write a dhmis quick fic where reader just appears one day? And then there's just 4 of them. Maybe at first they would think that they are another teacher and try to get them to teach something and they do it "wrong"(by not singing so the guys get confused about it)? Sorry if it makes no sense, I'm bad at explaining

I wrote it a bit differently I hope that’s okay!

DHMIS x reader (platonic) where reader just shows up one day!

Where are you….?

“Look! Something’s over there!”

Why does everything feel fuzzy…?

“Not something, someone.”

Huh….?

“Do you think they is-they are dead?”

Who….?

You blink a few times and realize you’ve been sitting slouched in front of a… very pink house, and there are three… things walking up to you.

“Hey there! Are you going to teach us something?” The small yellow one said.

“Yeah! Aren’t you teachers supposed to appear and tell us what to do?” The green one added.

“Um… where am I?” You asked these strange creatures while you started to stand.

They all looked at you in varying degrees of confusion. They all looked at each-other before the green one spoke,

“Well you are here silly! Just like us!”

“Yeah, but where is here?”

“It’s certainly not over there!”

“But where-”

“Are you going to teach us something or what?” The red one cut you off bluntly.

“Teach you?” You said, “teach you what?”

The green one scoffed, “you teach us anything! The last one came and taught us about eating healthy. You guys normally teach us through song!”

“You must be a silly teacha’ if you can’t remember what you teach!” The yellow one added, “maybe you here to teach us about where we are!”

“Uh. Okay.

🎶 I might not know where we are, but at least I’m here with you. 🎶

🎶here is here, and there is there… and we are here with each other.🎶

…. 🎶we are here together, even if we don’t know where….🎶

🎶we might not be anywhere, but at least I’m here with you!🎶

🎶We might not know where the road goes,

or what’s over the hill.🎶

🎶we are somewhere that is true, but at least we’re here together…”🎶

🎶I am here with you, you, and you,

And you are here with me!🎶

🎶here is somewhere in some place, and we are here, it’s true.🎶

🎶Here is here and there is there, 🎶

🎶and we are here together…🎶

🎶And we are here together….🎶”

The yellow one starts clapping, “that was a good song!”

“Yeah. And nothing weird happened…?”

“Are you really a teacher? You don’t have the same… qualities as the others”

“No…? I’m just here with you, I don’t know where here is, like I said in my song”

“also I’d like to add that that was all ad-libbed.”

“What does that mean?”

“It means I made it up as I went.”

“Oh! Okay!”

“It’s getting late, we should go. Good bye”

They all turned away and started towards the pink house, not waiting for you to follow. The yellow one turns back, probably expecting you to be gone, and stops walking.

“What are you doing?”

“Yeah! The show’s about to start!”

“They’re still there, the teacha’”

“Aren’t you going to disappear, or something?”

“Huh? No? I don’t have anywhere to go”

“Oh”

“Hey! Maybe you can stay with us!”

“What are you saying?!? There’s only three chairs and beds and there are four of us! There’s no way for all of us to live here! They just need to go away!”

Seemingly right as the green one said that you could see the house get slightly bigger, and in front of the door a chair appeared.

“Uh. Well that’s new”

“Oh wow! You must have done that just to get at me, huh teacher?!”

“N-no!! I had no say in this!”

“Well I guess there’s room for you now, come on, we’ve probably missed half the show already”

As the red one dragged the new chair in and the rest of you followed, you realized something.

You might not know where you are, but at least the company seems nice.

[trappper-johnathan]

The MASH time loop but it's Don't Hug Me I'm Scared style in that all the characters are stuck in the loop but they take turns being aware of it ((the phrase "passing the consciousness around like a blunt" comes to mind))

Cause there are certain episodes where it seems like some of the characters have more clarity of the situation than others. An example off the top of my head is Trapper in Mail Call with his "it's continuous" comment. Now consider his actions in that episode vs in Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde where he says Hawkeye is turning into a fruitcake cause of his breakdown. If you look at it through my view, his different attitude is because he's not quite aware of the time loop in Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde. He also has another big moment of clarity in Cease-Fire, and is the only character in that episode who is aware of the time loop. He doesn't get his hopes up cause the war isn't ending. It will continue on and on and on and they're all gonna remain right where they are.

@thebreakfastgenie has an analysis on Henry Blake knowing he's doomed to die in Abyssinia, Henry, but I also think Radar knows. Obviously he's emotional about Henry leaving, which is why he cries when they salute each other, but that last part of the episode in the OR when he comes in to break the news, it struck me as a little odd. Yes, people show their grief in different ways, but his body language and the tone of his voice kinda stuck me as...disappointment? Or at least an emotion along the lines of disappointment, almost like he was kind of resigned to it. The way his body sags and the way he says it with a sort of bone-tired sadness rather than a fresh wound makes me feel like he knew it was going to happen. Because it's happened before. And maybe that time would have been different, but no. Henry never makes it home, no matter how many times they do this. And he just... He just wishes it didn't have to be that way but it is. And he's gotta be the one who tells the others.

I think it's safe to say that Hawkeye is the one who is conscious of the time loop most often (The Late Captain Pierce is a great Hawkeye Sees It episode), but sometimes it feels like even he doesn't see it. I would say that the episodes in which he's the most out of character are the ones where the veil is thickest.

That's sort of where the DHMIS thing comes in for me, where he (or any character, really) will say/do something that makes the viewer go, "Hang on, that's not quite right." Cause when that happens it almost feels like the character is being puppeted by someone/thing, and so of course they would do something they wouldn't normally do, because it's not actually them. Now that's getting kind of deep into the time loop thing, where it's not just a strange phenomenon occurring, but instead some outside Being manually controlling the story.

You could say that the writers are the ones who keep them trapped in the time loop. You could even say it's the viewers, too! When I watched GFA and I finished crying my eyes out after Hawkeye was flown away at the end, my immediate thought was "I should rewatch the show from the beginning" and my second thought was "If I start back at the beginning, I have continued the loop and Hawkeye never makes it out of Korea." Which made me cry a little more tbh, but it also kind of made me laugh. Here I am, rooting for this tortured man to get back home and get well, and then I'm going to start back at "Korea, 1950. A hundred years ago" and put them right back where they began to suffer over again.

ANYWAY, back to what I was originally saying: they're all stuck in the time loop, and they're all aware of it but at different times and to different degrees.

[adventures-in-moderating]

Are you less likely to reply to asks that attempt to 'meta-game' things, like asking the teachers things about stuff they wouldn't have known about?

Yes, asking a character something they don't/shouldn't know is likely to disqualify the ask. However, if it's not anything terribly important that would effect much, it might get answered. But like, if someone sends an ask about how God is real and her name is Lesley, I'm probably not going to answer that. Here, let me just take this opportunity make a list of things that can automatically disqualify an ask:

Telling characters about an event/plot point/whatever within the continuity from the blog that I deliberately keep said character ignorant about. Like before they all knew Roy was their boss, people would send in messages saying "hey guys Roy is your boss," and they'd get ignored 'cause I wanted them to find out on their own. Or messages telling Steve that Penny's into him get deleted because it's important for later that right now that he doesn't know that. Things such as that.

Related to above but somewhat distinct, people trying to godmod the story. Like in the "Colin Is Dead" arc that I regret, people would send things like "*fixes Colin*" in the middle of the arc. I know I'm slow as hell, but I'm not going to derail the story I'm poorly attempting to tell because of some anon, that's how I got into this mess in the first place. This is much less of a problem now due to completed stories getting released all at once, but can still be with plot stuff that carries between stories, but that applies more to the above point.

Asking "How is [character]?" will probably just never be answered simply 'cause it gives me nothing to work with. And those are like 90% of the questions I get. Same vibes as the "HOW ARE YOU? HOW IS YOUR CHILD?" bit in 'Jobs'.

Referring to DHMIS itself as a show to the characters, like referring to them literally as characters or mentioning specific episodes by starting an ask with something like "In episode 3" or "In the TV show." I like making fourth wall jokes sometimes, but I do have a couple standards.

I obviously don't expect everyone to know all these rules or where they even apply. People aren't always going to know what characters can and can't know about. Some of it is just my own internal rules, and it's no one's fault. But honestly, lately I've just not been good at answering questions at all. I get plenty of good asks I could probably work with, but just no fun answers come to mind. I think I just can't work or think as fast as I did when I was 20 and didn't script anything and didn't even do sketches, it was just shitty doodles off the top of my head. I don't want to say I'm phasing out asks or anything just yet, but I occasionally consider doing so. However, if someone's ask doesn't get answered, it might be one of the above problems or it's just 'cause I'm tired and busy.

[eclipse3-sh4dow]

heyyyy helllooooo hiiiiii

ok so,,, so,,,,,, have you seen the amazing digital circus?????

i know you like dhmis and welcome home, and i think you’d like it a lot :] there’s no gore, but it’s very fun and goofy silly

OH MY GOD IM SO SORRY THIS IS LATE I HAVENT BEEN ACTIVE ON THIS ACCOUNT IN SO LONG :((

That being said yes I have seen TADC and it is AMAZING!!!! Lol I ranted about it to you on Discord but I don't think you saw the messages

Yea my favorite character is Pomni btw :> She's so unhinged also Jax is cool hes a jerk but hes cool

[pinkrose787]

I’ve seen a lot of chatter in the DHMIS fandom about the characters ages, mainly yellow guys, and I’m just going to put in my headcanons. 

So first, I think that Yellow Guy is early 20′s. I am basing this off the Work episode. In that episode there’s a time skip which shows that Yellow Guy is retiring after 40 years. Since, the average retirement age in the UK is 66, that means that he would have been in his 20s.

For Red Guy, I think he’s either late 20s or early 30s, and Duck is probs early 40s.

This is of course all my headcanon and not canon at all.

[wormturned]

Been thinking about DHMIS lately

Anyways thing I doodled in class yesterday lol

Image ID: two pencil drawings on notebook paper. In the first Yellow Guy from Don't Hug Me I'm Scared asks, "Would you guys be there for me if I was going through something?"

The second image shows Duck, reading a newspaper, and Red Guy, drinking coffee. Duck says "No." Red Guy says, "Nope." Duck continues, "Definitely not."

[dandymaximilian]

I have been thinking a lot about The Internal Family Systems Theory as of late, and I couldn't help but notice that the DHMIS trio seem to fit each of the roles to a T.

Yellow Guy as a whole represents an Exile, or the suppressed part of the system burdened by extremely painful memories and feelings. He's had horrid flashbacks about an unknown life, and is followed by his father everywhere he goes. He has an inner world that he escapes to whenever he feels alone and unwanted. On top of that, his Brain Friends are the very definition of Exiles; or parts of Yellow's personality locked within his mind. His batteries, or his awareness, are considered a threat to Red Guy and Duck. The latter of the protectors frequently attacks Yellow Guy whenever he messes up. Even the song "We All Have A Worm In Our Brain", could be referencing an Exile.

Duck represents the Firefighter; or a protector of the system that fights against any external issues, and eases potential problems stemming from the Exile. He rebels against the teachers or even the others whenever they break the status quo or threaten their existence. He's the most emotionally reactive of the three, and has an explosive temper. He responds to Yellow Guy's life threatening injury by immediately taking action. Furthermore, he copes with their nightmarish existence by fixating on inanimate objects, especially his shredder, which they all enjoy using. He tends to keep his distance from Yellow Guy, and sticks by Red Guy. Finally, Duck outright idealizes being a leader of the Mililary.

Red Guy represents the Manager; or a protector of the system that maintains order. He attempts to maintain the illusion of control by critiquing the teachers if needed, and by acting as the mediator between Yellow Guy and Duck. He comforts Yellow Guy when the other is upset, and tries to reason with Duck. He attempts to escape when he feels like their situation is too much. He tends to clean the house to maintain structure within their chaotic environment. He tries to replace Duck to fill a void in their family. He also acts as a people pleaser whenever he's meets his own, or when someone praises him. Not to mention, he even takes on the literal role of a manager when the trio are in their jobs.

Where does that leave Lesley? I think she would represent the Self. She lacks total control, but she is above the trio, sheltered from their reality. She introduces real world concepts whenever she sees fit, and she is impartial to their suffering. Still, she appears to need the trio, not letting them escape from their dollhouse. The sense of Self is made out of Curiosity, Calm, Clarity, Connectedness, Confidence, Courage, Creativity, Compassion. Yet, she doesn't appear to be defined by any real traits at all, perhaps due to the constant infighting within the system. She even makes a comment that "(Yellow Guy) is not (her) son." If not her son, than perhaps her memories of him instead?

Of course, I don't mean any of this literally, but it's still interesting to think about all the same.

[ultimateloserboy]

I just want to say thank you to everyone who reads my little dhmis rambles by the way. I’m a bit tired and emotional right now but you have no idea how much this means to me. Nobody ever has the time or want to listen to me talk about the things i love and this is all ive ever wanted. ive been online since i was like eight and nobody has ever cared about what ive had to say. but this little fandom is supporting me and discussing things with me and its so cool! this show is so very important to me and to finally be able to have a voice in the fandom space is just so amazing!!!! a lot of people think that one hundred isnt a big number online, but one hundred people is a lot of people! just one person is enough! every time someone replies to something i say or asks me a question im filled with joy!! all of you little gay people in my mober phone have really made me the happiest lil guy ever lately :>> THANK YOU JUICERS!!!!!!! (thats what i call yall in my head)

[theautismgoblin]

Okay so I've been thinking about dhmis lately and I think I know what happened to David. So I think most people here agree that David was Lesley's kid, and I think he was run over by a car. In the 5th episode during the community and moving part Yellow ends up running in the road and the narrator screams for him to watch out. And it's like a guttural scream. And then I think Yellow is a cyborg or more likely AI built to mirror David. Which would explain his long ass name in the 4th episode, it's not a name it's an identification code with a bunch of random letters and numbers and a hyphen. It also seems like his low battery self is the most like David and his fully charged self is nothing like him. I think David was also probably a child when he died as he was chasing a creature that ran across the street, now this isn't to say Yellow is a child (but his low battery self has the actions of a child at least.) Yellow is most likely an adult since ya know, his fully powered self is way smarter than the rest. Another thing is how the crap did Yellow get so low powered. Cause you would think he wouldn't allow it to happen, unless it's on purpose by Lesley, since when he's full battery he notices all the shit happening. I think Lesley has purposely made his batteries low both because then he's the most like her son, and so he doesn't try anything or team up with Red and Duck.

Also I think Lesley input herself into this simulation, not the same way as the Traffic light trio was because she is still human, granted with stitching which I think was a way to trick the simulation into allowing her to either keep memories or knowledge. Making the world think she belonged. Because think about it, Red and Duck are adults but they don't seem to even know what a bunch of normal everyday things are. I mean I think they have moments of clarity, but it's not a lot.

[transredguy]

artist asks!!

9. What are you currently trying to improve?

17. What inspires you?

24. How do you deal with artblock?

9. hm. coloring and rendering i thinks

17. (bats my eyelashes) my dear friends and mutuals art.. also 10 million other things. i cant list them all ough but its mostly music like. trying to make it look how it sounds, you understand right (ive mostly just been listening to the bugsnax ost and lemon demon lately..) and dhmis, obviously hehe.. idk what they put in that show that completely rewired my brain but it's been making me make so much art... so many images...

24. i haven't really had art block in while. whenever i feel like im getting it im over it in 10 seconds. i guess what works for me is trying different things and not trying to stick to one art style, i remember constantly worrying about having a consistent style when i was younger it sucked lol. redrawing screenshots also helps, since you don't really have to put too much thought into it hehe

[moved-to-cinnamon-phrog]

hii, anon with the yellow guy f/o here again to talk about him!!

I'm actually very new to dhmis, but I was immediately drawn to yellow. Upon watching the YouTube series and the show I started looking into the fandom a bit. The amount of people that have the hc that yellow is a child lowkey freaked me out at first because I thought it was somehow canon. (Nothing against that hc though it's just not for me!) I'm definitely not into any of that pr0shipper stuff so I had to do a bit of research.

After resolving the initial panic I decided to get into self shipping and have yellow guy as my first official f/o! I've known about self shipping for a while, but hadn't had the bravery to try it. I found that it makes me really happy especially since my DHMIS hyperfixation has hit me harder than any other fandom has in a longg time!

The amount of constant inspiration and energy thinking about yellow guy has given me is insane!! He's gotten me back into drawing after a huge break from it because I'm just so in love with him that I have to translate those thoughts into art. I have so much art of yellow saved to my phone cuz there are so many talented people in this fandom and I love seeing how they interpret him!

It's so nice to see someone who also has yellow as an f/o and I would be so so happy to hear you talk about him as well!!!

ASDFGHJKIUYTREWQEFGVCBNVCVBN!!!!!!! HI ANON!!!!!!

Sorry for such a late reply, I was trying to conjure up any kind of coherent sentence in my head because I am SO happy for you and to be able to talk to someone who also has Yellow as an F/O.

I haven’t been in this fandom for long, either. Only a week from a year. Which is crazy, because it feels like only yesterday I was subjected to this crazy, sopping puppet man and yet I feel like I’ve known him my whole life.

ALSO YOUR ART!!!! I BET IT’S AMAZING!!!!!!!

He’s given me SO MUCH drawing inspiration as well, most of my sketchbook is at least 70% Yellow asdfghsdfgxcvbcvb

I love him, and for once I don’t once feel pained over it.

Every other person I’ve loved, fictional and real, just felt… hollow. I always felt detached and empty and had no real comfort. Most made me feel worse.

But, with Yellow, things feel better. Things feel fuller. Brighter, even. I always tried to associate my past crushes with sunlight, but it never really fit them.

But it does with Yellow. Because he literally is sunlight. The vibrant colour of it, the warm softness of it, even the violent blaze of it.

And I’m glad he makes you feel a similar way, really.