#nicelander gene

[odd-chips]

Happy 10th Anniversary to the movie that fundamentally changed my brain chemistry and made me unbearable to be around in 2012!!! <333

[a-scary-lack-of-common-sense]

Some more studies and sketches of this silly guy from last night!

(Also I realized that I legit never drew Felix smiling in my AU so here he is- the grinner, the goober <3)

[geneposting]

i was thinking about wir fanfiction and how frequently gene is portrayed as being romantically/sexually interested in felix and men in general despite the only canon evidence being that he’s a felix fan (which has been shown to extend to the rest of the game as well)

obvs headcanons r cool and epic but its interesting that theres such unanimous agreement on a hated character’s sexuality who isn’t overtly queer-coded in the same way that king candy/turbo is. esp since the only major exception is gene x mary.

anyway so this poll is to see whether the modern wir fandom still views him as gay, and if the way he’s characterized/animated/designed/etc affects that perception. yeehaw

[ask-icancraft-it]

Caught (Extended)

(( An extended version/different perspective of the ‘Little Moment’ I wrote titled ‘Caught’. It’s been a long time since I sort of dove in to how nasty and controlling I feel Gene can be, particularly towards Felix, who doesn’t know how to handle it. This has potential to be a multi-part fic, but we shall see! )) -----

“Has anyone seen Felix?” Gene raised his tiny arms in exasperation. The Nicelanders bustling around him shook their heads and shrugged.

“Oh I’m sure he’ll turn up soon! Don’t you worry,” Mary plastered on a smile, carrying a freshly baked pie.

“No, something is wrong. I can feel it,” the mayor wiggled his mustache after polishing off his morning martini. “I’m going to check on him.”

Gene had knocked a total of three times on the superintendent’s apartment door, which was uncharacteristically locked. Luckily for him, as the landlord, he had a copy of the keys. Flipping through his ring, he inserted the correct key into the knob and opened the door to a quiet living room.

“Felix?” Gene huffed as he searched the area. His eyes narrowed as he turned to the closed door into the handyman’s bedroom. Determined to get to the bottom of things, the tiny man burst in through the door, his anger growing when he spotted a sleeping lump in the bed.

“Felix!” he shouted. “What’s gotten into you? The arcade opens in five minutes!”

The handyman shot up, shirtless, slowly followed by a second figure; a tall, blonde woman with hardly anything on.

“What the—Who the?!” The mayor could barely string words together, his face turning red.

“Gene!” Felix squeaked, hopping off the mattress, just in his boxers as he attempted to usher the Nicelander out the door. “Please! Let Miss Calhoun and I get decent!”

“You?!” Gene remembered that name, having briefly met the sergeant at a party a week ago. He’d hardly recognized her without all that ghastly armor on.

“Nice of you to remember me,” Tamora smirked over her shoulder, pulling up her camo pants.

“Her?!” the mayor spat at Felix. The handyman’s face soured and he pushed Gene through the bedroom door, locking it.

Felix's face glowed bright red as he turned around to face his lady. Grabbing two fistfuls of his light brown hair, he let out a long, tapered whine as he suppressed a scream.

“I knew this would happen,” he berated himself. “I mean, I didn’t know. But I did.”

“Deep breaths, Fix-It.”

“How are you so calm?” the 8-bit was beside himself. “You were half naked in front of a strange man!”

“Being one of the very few women in the corps, you get desensitized to that pretty quickly,” Tamora explained. “Sorry to tell you, but you’re far from the only man I’ve ever undressed in front of. Besides, who cares what that little squeaker toy thinks?”

“I do!” the handyman lamented as he pulled up his jeans. “Tammy, I live with these people. I work with them and for them every single day. For thirty years I’ve been their perfect, dedicated and trustworthy hero. And now that pretty picture they’ve painted of me will forever be tarnished…”

“You sure know how to make a girl feel special,” the sergeant quipped.

“I’m serious, Tammy,” Felix whimpered. “You don’t know what they can be like, how Gene can be when he disapproves…”

Tamora’s wry smile withered, but before she could reach out a fevered knocking rapped at the handyman’s door.

“Three minutes!” Gene shouted from the other side.

“Save yourself, my lady,” Felix whispered, throwing open his window that led out to the fire escape. Handing the sergeant her cruiser as she ducked through the opening, he gave a quick peck on the cheek. “I’ll see you at quittin’ time.”

“I’ll be waiting,” she smiled, grasping his white shirt collar to give the handyman a proper parting kiss. He couldn’t help the pang of uncertainty as she took off.

Turning around, Felix grabbed his work shirt, slipping it on before thrusting open his bedroom door.

“Uh-huh,” Gene huffed, zoning in on the open window behind the hero. “Sneaking off like a two-bit criminal. You sure know how to pick ‘em.”

“Do I?” Felix spoke impassively, brushing past the mayor and finishing buttoning up his uniform.

“Oh you sure do,” Gene insisted, shadowing the handyman as he walked to the entryway where his toolbelt hung on the wall. “First Pauline, and now…this woman!”

“Tamora,” Felix corrected, exiting the apartment with the mayor at his heels. “And as I recall, you all did the matchmaking when it came to Pauline and I…”

“Biggest mistake I ever made,” Gene huffed, bumping into the handyman when he turned around.

“Can I remind you that the major problem you had with Pauline is that she had an amicable relationship with Donkey Kong, and advocated the concept that ‘good’ and ‘bad’ went beyond our programming? And now we all know that she was right.”

His point made, Felix continued down the hall and to the stairwell, ignoring the tenants that peeked out of their apartments curiously as the arguing pair strolled by.

“She was a troublemaker, and a bad influence,” Gene huffed, trying to keep up with the handyman as they descended. “And clearly this Tamora is no different.”

“I’m starting to think that you just don’t want me to be happy,” Felix said in an eerily calm tone.

“That’s ridiculous. We just want the best for you. We’ve done nothing but love and support you all these years!”  

A pit formed in the handyman’s stomach, all too familiar with his turning point in their arguments. Face flushing and heart beat rising, Felix wished for an escape as he burst through the double doors to the outside. Tucking in his shirt and pulling the rest of himself together, he made for his starting position.

“It’s always like this with you,” Gene wagged a stubby finger, barking at the handyman’s ankles still. “One little thing doesn’t go your way, you act like a petulant child!

Felix stood on his mark, brows furrowed and heart crumbling.

“Arcade’s opening,” he murmured, hesitant to say more. He unconsciously held his breath until the mayor left his side to enter the building. Letting it out with a shaky exhale, the handyman steeled himself, eager to get through the day…

“Uh, hey–” a welcomed voice approached gently.

“Ralph,” Felix spun around, struggling to tamp down his agitation as he put on his gloves. “Do me a favor and please throw our dear mayor as hard and as far as you can today.” He took a moment to look up into his friend’s wide, unblinking eyes. “Just chuck him, please.”

[ultimate-blorbo-bracket]

Round 1 Wave 1

[wreckitralphrestart]

Restart chapter 1

When the day was over, Ralph was covered in mud from below the building. He was pushing himself up from the ground when the game's titular character came into his view.

"Need a hand, brother?" Felix reached out Ralph and helped him get up on his feet, reassuring Ralph that he was there for him.

The nicelanders were staring out from their windows, puzzled that their hero would help Ralph after everything that happened. Gene had a conflicted look on his face, while others were whispering among themselves, rather crossed with Ralph after nearly getting their game unplugged.

Ralph ignored them, and he walked towards the carts that lead towards Game Central Station. The only thing on his mind was seeing his best friend in Sugar Rush. But before he could Felix called out to him.

"Where are you going?"

"I need to see the kid, her roster race is tonight." Ralph eagerly replied.

Felix feels a sting of guilt, knowing that little girl was his only friend after so long, but he smiles encouragingly at Ralph promises him, "I'll talk with everyone for you, I'll explain everything!"

"Thanks Felix!" Ralph replied. He wanted to sort things out with the nicelanders, but Vanellope came first.

He squeezed into the carts after a few minutes of struggle and disappears into the tunnel. When Felix sees Ralph leave, he takes a deep breathe and walks into the building. He promised he would do better for his friend. "You owe him after everything."

Later at Game Central Station

As Ralph walked through Game Central Station, many characters walked past him with silent glares as he walked by. He feels himself begin to sink, Reminding him of the fear that came with who he was.

As he goes near Sugar Rush's entrance, he hears Sonic the Hedgehog talking to the Surge Protector.

"That clumsy jerk could've killed me if I didn't have my rings! You better do something about him!"

That was his cue to hurry. Ralph walked faster to Vanellope's game, hoping Sonic nor the Surge Protector wouldn't notice him. Thankfully for him, Surge was too busy. He groaned at the thought of dealing with him later.

"Geez."

[ifvillainwhysexi]

GRASAHHH

ORIGINALLY, THE GAME BUGGED! AU WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ANGSTY, BUT NOW I HAVE A SLICE OF LIFE AU. (Things may go wrong later....)

Short summary so far, instead of Turbo becoming King Candy, he ends up infiltrating the game Fix-it Felix jr. He's the even worse neighbor of the Nicelanders. And by default, commonly angers Ralph.

[sparklermun]

Hey there everyone, and welcome to night twenty-five of the ninth annual Wreck-it Ralph Pin Post Month!

Tonight we have the Loungefly, Wreck-it Ralph 8-Bit, Nicelander, Wreck-it Ralph pin. OE.

This little pin is apart of a four pin set sold together by the third party company, Loungefly. It was originally released online on March 1, 2021 for a limited time on their official site as well as Hot Topic. All four pins in this set were packaged together, while pined to a thin cardboard surface with the image of the Nicelander Apartment building on it. The pin itself is about the same size as an average Pin Traders Delight pin, and depicts an 8-bit window with an 8-bit Nicelander staring out. A single eyebrow raised as though asking something, such why the other pins of this set were standing on the roof.

Simple in design, it being a silver metal single layer pin, it does well to pull off the 8-bit look. While it is not confirmed, when I look at this Nicelander my first thought usually is that it must be Gene. Though there is an unnamed Nicelander that could also fit the look. There aren't too many pins that feature the Nicelanders despite their role in the main plot of the film. So it's nice to see them getting some attention, while hopefully not causing too much trouble for the other character pins in this set.

[king-crawler]

This is weird but I want to say something funny that happened

I had a dream where one of the directors of wreck it ralph did a QnA and confirmed that turbo had the driest lips and had to use chapstick

GOD LMFAOO

[bashfulgnome]

Merriment

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas everyone! Here's a short, light-hearted little fic for you all. Inspired by this conversation I had a few years ago with some friends. Credit to @guilty-as-battery-charged and @kittysfigurines24 for their parts!

Felix prepared to put the finishing touches on Niceland Apartments for Christmas, now that Mr. Litwak had left for vacation. From his perch on the eastern fire escape, he wrapped and stapled a cord of garland around the white brick ledge separating the eighth and ninth floors. Nicelanders milled about below him, busying themselves with stringing lights on the trees and bushes. The golden beams of the setting sun outside the doors of the arcade lit up the strands of tinsel lining the windows, and the handyman stopped to admire everyone's work. He had left Ralph and Vanellope in charge of the lights on the front of the building, since Ralph could easily navigate the vertical space without tools and had never had a chance to decorate before. His colleague presently climbed up and down the building, stringing lights as he went, while his friend glitched between rooms to secure the lights to hooks installed along the windowsills. "Almost done?" Felix jumped in surprise, looking up to see Tamora descending from the tenth floor's fire escape. She leaned in and gave him a peck on the lips. "I was just takin' in the second-prettiest sight around here before it suddenly got upstaged." He smiled and placed a hand on her leg. She grinned back and affectionately pinched her husband's reddened cheek. "With a honeyglow like that, we're not gonna need all those lights." "Well they're just about ready, and I've got the ledges all gussied up!" The handyman tied a red-and-gold bow to the corner of the garland setup. "How're the connections?" "All the bulbs are working," she replied with a thumbs-up. "I've got 'em wired up on three separate lines so the whole display doesn't have to go down if one strand burns out." "Aww thanks ladylove, that'll save me a lotta headache later in case anything takes a turn." They glanced over to where Ralph and Vanellope were finishing up, the wrecker and racer giggling at something as they threaded the ends of the wires together. "With those two, you can bet on it." Tamora leaned against the brick siding. "Best outcome's that the building's still standing." "I'm sure they'll do just fine, Tammy. Everyone’s—" "Hey Felix! All done!" Vanellope shouted from around the corner. "That's great, Vanny! You two go ahead down, Tammy and I'll be right with you!" Tamora spent the entire descent restraining a chuckle. Felix was just delighted that she felt the holiday spirit. A crowd of Nicelanders gathered around the front of the building as the four of them brought out the cables. "Ready?" Ralph shook out the cord one last time to remove any coils. "You do the honors, brother!" "Alright, drumroll please!" 

Vanellope leapt up with a devious smile and pounded her hands against Ralph's head as the wrecker pushed the two plugs together. For an instant, the crowd oohed and aahed at the lights, before dissolving into muttering and horrified gasps when they noticed the particular shapes. The word "PEE" (spelled out in appropriately yellow lights) shone proudly across the entire ninth and tenth floors of the apartment building, which otherwise stood resplendent in festive bows and ribbons. From somewhere in the crowd emerged a scandalized noise—between a yelp and a bark—that could only belong to Gene, but it was quickly drowned out by two distinct peals of laughter from the pair of best friends rolling on the ground. "Ralph! Vanellope!" Felix turned to them in a panic. He hopped up and waved his arms, knowing full well it was futile in hiding the spectacle from anyone who could see their screen across the arcade. "H-hey relax Felix, we—hah!—still put up the regular ones behind it," Ralph sputtered out. "Just gotta take down the yellow string and plug in the one underneath instead." "Yeah c'mon, we planned ah-ahead!" Vanellope chimed in, struggling to stand up and popping a candy cane back in her mouth. Felix sighed and put his face in his hands. He should've known that neither of them would've dissuaded whichever one came up with the idea. How they carried out the plan in plain sight was a mystery to him; it was almost impressive. He couldn't help but have a giggle at it himself. "Oh-heh-okay, okay you two, just please put those back to normal later tonight. At least the ground display is still all—Tammy Jean!" The sergeant, who had crept off in the confusion, snickered as she set the last lovingly-crafted wooden letter in place on the building's side lawn facing East Niceland. The display originally read "MERRY CHRISTMAS" in whimsical block lettering carved by Felix himself; her tampering had rearranged it to cheerfully announce "ASS TIME". After taking a moment to admire her handiwork, she strolled over to where the rest of the group stood and fist-bumped an uproariously-laughing Ralph and Vanellope, with a bewildered Q*bert looking on.  "Nice one, Sarge!" "Sugarplum! You were in on this too?!" Felix, in disbelief, attempted in vain to cover Vanellope's eyes. "I needed a diversion and they needed a parallel circuit," she shrugged. He stood in silence for a minute, looking from the lawn display to the lights, to the concerned Nicelanders, to his family gathered around him. The diminutive man took a deep breath and let out the tension in his posture. "All right fellas, I'll admit when I'm beat. You got me. And..." He risked a glance at the cutesy wooden letters again and a snort escaped him. Well, it made his gal smile, and it wasn't insulting anyone. "...that is kinda funny—" "Don’t worry, we won't tell the 'stache over there," Vanellope nudged her head in Gene's direction and hopped onto Ralph's shoulder. The mayor still grumbled to himself about the lights, martini in hand, and luckily hadn't noticed much else. "I'm sure he'll have something to say to me about it anyways. He always does..." Felix sheepishly adjusted the back of his hat as the pair headed off to take down their extra string of lights. "Hey, if it makes you feel any better, consider that an invitation for later," Tamora grinned and pointed to her rearranged display before heading back to fix it. Felix stood silent for a few seconds, then flushed at the realization. "A-ah coming—lemme give you a hand with that, Tammy!"

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Tagging some of my WIR buddies: @ask-icancraft-it @ashleybenlove @sgtcalhouns @coneygoil @kittysfigurines24 @fix-it-feesh @sadboytristan @make-it-mavis @datamining-your-heart @nijimarii @scarfboyxiv

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[mephiles-the-jester]

rewatching wreck it ralph the worldbuilding is actually insane for how many worlds there are to build i love it,,time for some random thoughts while i watch the movie in a single post

i like felix and ralph,and i think with the scene in the hallway on its own people can see felix not liking ralph but when you see him next to the nicelanders its clear he really does want to let ralph into the anniversary party when he comes,he doesnt want to tell him to leave despite how everyone doesnt want him there, i think inversely to how ralph finds it difficult to break from being the 'bad guy', felix finds it difficult to break from being the 'good guy',, or smth like that idk,,,

other thing, i love how the movie treats vanellope,like she's a child and so silly but shes also a strong parallel to ralph and it takes her seriously for it, i don't know why ive noticed that but its really cool to think about. it might be a while since ive watched movies with a child protagonist like her but i noticed it and i appreciate how shes not written off as just a child ralph just relates to, because she gets what its like for ralph and she knows it

no huge thoughts on felix and calhoun i love them both,also god i with that were me,,,(both of them)

also ive been thinking this for years and i must come out and say it now that i have the chance,,but king candys warning to ralph i think is the movie's best example of how much it succeeded with its storytelling and with both its princess vanellope reveal and its turbo motivation reveal. because vanellopes glitch getting the game put out of order when players see it, and her not being able to escape the cabinet being unplugged are,,like actual concerns if she was a regular racer,like if she wasnt a princess and an actual game anomaly than that scenario might happen, because she really cant escape the game when the cybugs do come, and she does retain her glitch ability when she enters the roster,,. and it makes ralph destroying her kart more sad than infuriating because you know as much as him and that he wants to keep her out of danger, and despite king candy being an antagonist,the audience isnt told why he truly doesnt want her in the race, and he gives a realistic explanation to ralph of a series of events that could threaten vanellope, and mislead the audience while giving foreshadowing. after all, turbo does have experience glitching a game into getting unplugged,,so,,,

also while writing this ralph telling king candy that the players will love vanellope and king candy going "and if they dont",,,im gonna hit that candy cane stripped ass mf 12 yards across a willy wonka world of imagination,,,with glasses

damn this movie look gorgeous the scene of ralph talking to gene with the orange out of order sign is beautiful,,

i think when i first watched the movie i thought it was unfair that vanellope had a built in power up in the form of glitching around when she gets added to the roster,but candlehead can turn cherries nearby into bombs so ill accept that,,i would play a real game of this tbh

i love turbo and ralph/felix recognising the other immediately since they were literally neighbours when turbo was plugged in, and you can even notice it in the salmon castle when king candy cane recognise ralph despite the audience getting the vibe that he just stays in sugar rush,(he has to because he probably has his disguise only in that game)

vanellope keeping her glitching is great for the disability allegory of her character, becoming a princess doesnt magically solve what happened to her code being disconnected like that and thats fine, she just becomes an absolutely busted racer that all the players are gonna use and i love that for her

the characters who got their game unplugged being invited to a bonus level is so funny,they dont even have to deal with copyright its perfect

in conclusion: wreck it ralph i think has become a favourite movie of mine

[a-scary-lack-of-common-sense]

Charlie Charliee

Yknow when Raph went turbo in the original movie?? (I don't remember that even happejed I gotta watch it again ofudbaoeh)

What happens in your AU when that happens?

Hello, hello!! I had to stew on this ask for a while, so I'm replying a tad late.. but I think I got a somewhat coherent storyline down! Kinda?

Since in the original movie, it's all about Ralph trying to prove that he isn't the villain everyone thinks he is, I decided to switch it up for Felix in my AU and instead make him want to prove everyone that he IS a villain! Why? Well, like in the movie, one conversation with Gene leads to everything going to very south.

Said conversation goes something along the lines of:

"You know, it's such a shame that it was you of all people that ended up coded as the villain of our game."

"... What do you mean by that?"

"Well, you have a real potential to be a hero. I simply find it... disappointing that you were the one made a villain. You would make a great hero. 'Fix-it-Felix' has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?"

"What are you trying to tell me? Are you implying that Ralph isn't a good enough hero for you?"

"Of course not, don't be ridiculous. He's been nothing but a gracious hero to us for 30 years, and we all appreciate him for it. But, even you must admit that he isn't perfect. He has his flaws, and Hero's aren't supposed to have flaws."

And then Felix gets so offended at the implications that 1) Ralph is not a good enough hero for them despite all he's done for them and 2) that they believe he has "potential" to be a good guy, even though they never once treated him like one?? Needless to say, he is not happy.

So, in order to prove Gene wrong- and in a brash moment of heated decision making- he decided to do the one thing considered the most villainous to do in the arcade: game jumping.

And then I haven't fleshed out the rest! Sorry if this makes zero sense, I tried to make it somewhat coherent, but plot and story making have never been my best suit. Please do tell if you see any plot holes, tho! Thank you for the question :)

[geneposting]

i know that we as a fandom dont like to think about rbti but can we talk about the scene where gene heavily implied he was planning on killing and eating sour bill and then everyone just. let them be roommates. can we talk about how insane that was

[starskitty-art]

It would be better if Ralph avoided making him angry… and you know why 😅😁

[ask-icancraft-it]

Lock and Key

(( Another little moment. Sometimes it can be hard to be on call 24/7 for some of the neediest people in Litwak’s Arcade... )) ------------- Felix closed the door and instantly felt a pair of eyes watching him. Locking the bolt, he turned, spotting Tamora’s figure on the living room couch. Her eyes seemed to glow in the dimly lit space as she stared at the handyman hungrily.

Felix stared back as he stood in the entryway, hastily removing his tool belt and placing it on its designated hook.

“You got home fast,” he said coolly.

“So did you,” Tamora smiled.

“I was going to light some candles; get the mood going,” Felix closed their distance, placing a kiss on his lady’s hand. “But something tells me we’re already on the same page…”

The sergeant leaned forward on the cushions, capturing the handyman’s lips with hers. A fire ignited between them instantly; breaths getting heavy and hands grasping frantically.

Knock, knock, knock.

“Aaaugh…” Felix growled uncharacteristically. Not now.

The couple paused, unsure what move to make next. Perhaps whoever was at their door would leave.

“Felix, I know you’re in there,” came Gene’s muffled voice. “I need you for something.”

“Mods alive…” Felix sighed when the Nicelander knocked once more. He looked up at his lady apologetically. “Are you able to ignore that?”

“Yeah,” Tamora raised her brow quizzically. “Are you?”

“Felix? Hellooo? Do I need to use my keys?”

The handyman groaned, seemingly in defeat as he reluctantly left his lady on the couch. Stepping up to the door, the handyman paused as he reached the handle.

In one swift motion, Felix secured the secondary bolt up top and ran back to Tamora’s arms.

“Did you just latch the security lock?! Felix?!” A few more fervent knocks echoed in the apartment.

With a mixture of amusement and adrenaline, the couple quickly picked up where they left off,  the fussy sounds of the mayor quickly fading into the background as they focused solely on each other.

[ultimate-blorbo-bracket]

Round 1 Wave 3