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fiendtheanonymous · 7 months

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It will never not disappoint me that the one PPG/RRB scene in "The City of Clipsville" isn't talked about as often as a fascinating piece of media satirizing early internet fandom much in the same vein of episodes like "The Itchy and Scratchy and Poochy Show" from season 8 of The Simpson. It's such a smart and funny critique of the shipping culture at the time (which was and still is mostly led by preteens and teens, in comparison to the adult audience of the Simpsons fandom at the time).

I don't know, I think both the animation community and fandom historians really overlook this as a fascinating piece of animation and early online fandom history, and it's always disappointed me. The City of Clipsville is going to be 20 this month, I think it's about time somebody really went in depth and dissected it for a wider audience.

#the powerpuff girls #the rowdyruff boys #this is not me being a hater btw I was def on the PPG/RRB high school AU train as a teen #and PPG/RRB work does still hold a soft spot in my heart especially done in ways I find interesting #hell I edited for a very popular PPG fic at one point before having to drop it because my childhood dog died and I got depressed #(I still feel really bad about this)#although I more than understand why this is something many people both on the PPG creative team and fandom were frustrated with #I find the potential dynamic of the puffs and ruffs to be so interesting (particularly as found family) and have a lot of commentary on it #but yeah high school AU 73283726 that exists for shipping purpouses and is OOC is fucking annoying and I more than get it lol #and 24 years after the original RRB episode aired and 20 years after Clipsville aired I definetly see why people are fed up with the concept

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