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@jerandtheincidentals

Candace they carved your head into mount rushmore and the bobblehead was sweeter? I just saw you looking at it, in retrospect you probably didn't even want to be there.

Well yeah…but then it started spewing lava everywhere so it was kinda ruined…

[ask-entity-of-the-tower]

There's a 104 days of summer vacation-

[flynn-fletcher-antiques]

I’d like to wish a happy anniversary to my lovely wife, Linda! You snuck your way right into my heat 🥷❤️

[captian-toony]

Reporting from base in the Ss-NX. This planet is great..after the rescue core sent me here to scout out for random castaways (youd be suprised how many people weve heard of crashed here) i ended up getting lucky and not crashing! Its night out at the moment. When flying in i saw a onion in the atmosphere! Looking out there are..way to many creatures to have a innate want to explore right now but trust me! Once i get out of here tomorrow ill see if the Pikmin im the onion i saw are willing to explore! Will absolutely tune in more on this expedition!

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𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌: 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦

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(AUTOMATED VOICE MESSAGE SYSTEM— 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙙)

𝙰𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜,

𝙳𝚘𝚘𝚏𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚣 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗.

𝚆𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗’𝚝 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙰𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙿 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚂𝙾𝙼𝙴𝙱𝙾𝙳𝚈 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙰𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙿’𝚜 —𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐫!— 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚢.

𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝙳𝚘𝚘𝚏𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚣? 𝙷𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎!

- 𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖 𝚘𝚞𝚝

𝚈𝚎𝚜 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚕, 𝙸 𝙺𝙽𝙾𝚆 𝚑𝚎’𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜! 𝚆𝚊𝚒𝚝, 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚗? 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚍𝚘 𝙸 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚏𝚏—

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WoY: A Decade Later (A personal retrospection)

Wander Over Yonder… for a time, it was - in my opinion - the best cartoon ever. It was my number one, and I wasn't sure that anything else could top it. While I don't necessarily feel the same way these days, it's still a cartoon that very much lives in my heart and I don't think I'll ever truly leave it behind.

From a personal perspective, it was probably the biggest and most active Fandom I had been in at that time. It wasn't my first fandom/hyperfixation - prior to WoY, there had been Cartoon Network's Chowder and Regular Show, as well as Disney's Phineas and Ferb. But Chowder was short-lived and RS and PnF were both shows I had lost interest in due to them beginning to dip in quality.

WoY, however, was new, fresh, exciting and growing rapidly. It inspired me to write probably at least a hundred fanfics. It was a blast live-reacting to new episodes with everyone and seeing all the art that would come afterwards. It brought me into the RP scene and, if not for that, I might have never met my best friend of 10 years (and counting! Love you, Tessa).

Looking back on it 10 years after the fact, I can't fully say that WoY is still my favorite cartoon (shows like Kid Cosmic, The Ghost and Molly McGee, Big City Greens and Craig of the Creek have all outshined it in one way or another), nor can I claim that it is/was a perfect show. But man… It sure was a hell of a ride.

(Keep reading for all my admittedly VERY LONG personal thoughts or opinions regarding this one of a kind show)

Humble Beginnings

Pretty sure I've mentioned this before, but I actually didn't care for WoY at first. It was the summer right before college, and I remember watching the sneak peek - The Picnic - early one morning after not being able to go back to sleep. I remember not really laughing much or even seeing the appeal… and yet the episode stuck in my mind, to the point that I ended up watching it again during a free moment I had from Freshman Orientation Week. I had a similar reaction to the show's proper pilot, The Greatest - not loving it, but not hating it either.

The fact that people/friends from my RS and PnF days were also posting about it helped keep the show in my mind (shoutout to Taylor, Erin and Darkwing). But it wasn't until two specific episodes - The Fugitives and The Good Deed - that I managed to finally start to connect with the characters myself. 

I started to see the appeal in this little furry orange spoon who just wanted to do good and make others happy, even when it was a struggle. I really liked the show's core theme of not just optimism and positivity, but also just being kind. I also started to really enjoy the show's sci-fi and space aesthetic and grew to adore its animation and gorgeous backgrounds, as well as laugh at its wacky sense of humor (I still laugh at The Fugitives/Good Deed quite a bit, even though I probably have their entire scripts memorized at this point).

So, it was official. I was hooked. Whenever there were new eps, I'd either try to watch them on the basement TV in my college dorm or wait for a livestream or FreeCartoonsOnline upload. If we're being honest, the first half of season 1, while being much more low-key than the wackiness that the show would end up eventually shifting to, was probably when it was at its most consistent. Other eps later on would reach higher highs, but getting stuff like The Bad Guy, the Prisoner, the Troll, the Pet, the Box and The Little Guy back-to-back just made my love for the show grow more and more.

The Little Guy specifically is one that is just incredibly well-crafted in its dialogue, story-telling and pacing, being both enjoyable and heartfelt. (Also the last time I watched it the ending made me bawl so, there's that, lol). Shortly afterwards, The Hero was another ep that I distinctly remember sticking in my head for whatever reason (Dracor and Demurra are still adorable, ngl). Then we had another favorite of mine, The Nice Guy.

I know I may be in the minority on this one - I remember my parents being annoyed and frustrated when they watched it with me, haha - but I absolutely love this episode. I find the jokes funny enough - the cashier is one of my favorite minor characters tbh - and the space gas station appeals to my aesthetic. But what really sells this episode for me is how it handles and portrays its moral of "being nice isn't always easy, but it's still right and still worth doing". Its ending never fails to get an "awwww" out of me, and honestly I could probably go on for an hour about all the little details and things I like/appreciate. I've also grown to really like its sister episode, the Time Bomb.

But no show is perfect, and right around here is where the show, in my opinion, started having some misses. It was mostly just "meh" affairs like The Night, The Toddler and The Big Job (weird, since I usually like heist eps… though I haven't rewatched this one in a while so *shrugs*). Other eps like The Tourist and ESPECIALLY The Helper (which I consider to be the show's worst outing, the vibes are just SO WEIRD on this one) I just didn't care for at all. 

Nothing terrible (save for the Helper), just cases of the jokes not landing or the stories being boring. This was also when the show really started leaning into the wackiness - which wasn't BAD persay, since it led to some really funny jokes and memorable moments when it was used well - it's just that looking back, I sorta miss the simplicity of early s1.

Thankfully, the season put out some real bangers by its end, with my personal faves being The Epic Quest (that ending will never not make me cackle. Again, it's a case of the wackiness actually working incredibly well), the Halloween/Christmas special, and the Rider, which is a great adventure to cap off the season and also the Horse from Horsin’ Around guest stars in it! (and does a pretty good job too. Will Arnett is def one of my favorite celeb VAs at this point, ngl)

So yeah, between the two seasons, s1 is easily my favorite. Call it nostalgia or personal taste, but for me it's all about that consistency. Adding in the fact that s2 has some pretty notable flaws and is thus a lot harder to look back on without noticing those flaws, and it's really no contest for me. 

New season, New problems

I certainly remember the excitement - as well as the fandom's stir craziness - in the lead-up to s2. There were crackships that were invented, silly RP blogs were rampant, Craig McCracken and crew (back when they were still on Tumblr) kept us fed with cool behind the scenes info as well as sneak peeks of the new season, and while I can't recall when it specifically happened, I also vividly remember the 'Bad End to Episodes' phase that the fandom was in at one point. Ah, the joys of still being in your angst phase.

Come that year's Comic Con, and a new round of hype came from the reveal that our new villain of the season was going to be a girl! …yeahhh, it sorta sucks recalling how hyped we all were about Dominator now that we know that she didn't quite work out the way we were all hoping for…

But regardless, s2 had a very strong start. Outside of the premiere, my favorites of this first batch would easily be The Boy Wander and The It for both just being incredibly funny. Although, if you had asked me at the time though, I probably would have said the Skeleton Dance fueled eps that were The Big Day and the Fremergency Fronfract - and like, yeah those eps can still be funny and enjoyable, but I've definitely cooled on the Skeleton Dance ship since these eps first premiered. (Still love a lot of the cute fanon stuff though)

Skipping past the next tent-pole episode for right now, this season had two of my favorite episodes of the ENTIRE SERIES - these being The Cartoon and The Black Cube. The former is just hilarious while the latter has a unique visual presentation and feels like an early s1 ep, and I mean that in the best possible way. I also really enjoy the Eye on the Skullship as well as the Hole… 'Lotta Nuthin' (this one especially, as it's another instance where, for as good as the ep is as a whole, it's the heartwarming lesson and hilarious ending that makes it such a winner in my book).

But for as much as the show was still putting out hits, I'll admit that there were also quite a few meh or just okay eps, especially as the season goes on. Some eps I found funny when I first watched them, but that humor doesn't hit as well when I watch them now. I also feel like there were points where it tried to be TOO silly to the point where it inhibited the actual humor and made the characters flatter and a bit flanderized compared to how they were in s1 (Hater especially got hit bad with this, where it’s less about him ‘softening up’ to show that he has the potential to be a good guy, and more just him constantly leaning into him being a bratty teenager instead of having that mix of dumb/bratty teen boy and legit evil conqueror).

Other times, it was just another case of a story not being as good as it could have been - and by this point in the season, while there are still enjoyable eps with fun concepts/jokes in the latter half of the series, the only one to get near the peak of the show's typical high quality is the musical ep, and if we're being real, it's Andy Bean's impeccable songwriting that saves this ep and makes it so good to rewatch despite its connection to the season's flawed overall story.

And I think it's about time we talk about that…

Not Quite Ready for Serialization

Being a show that was made right after Gravity Falls but before stuff like Star VS, Amphibia, and Owl House, s2 of WoY felt like a show with one foot stuck in episodic stuff and one foot trying to step into serialization. Because of this, the season’s overarching plot feels incredibly underbaked.

Now… Am I saying that I’d want the show to be like ATLA where every episode had to relate back to either the overarching story or one of the side-arcs? No, absolutely not. We’d be missing out on some of my favorite one-shot episodes if they did that, and if I had to choose between the season we have now and the season we could have gotten had the WoY crew gotten more freedom and were allowed more serialization, I’m going with the former each and every time.

HOWEVER, I still have to acknowledge just how poorly done the structure of this season was when it came to the overarching story. Basically we got four tentpole episodes acting as the season’s beginning, arc shifts and ending. During the season’s second and third arcs, there would be certain episodes afterwards reacting to the change in the show’s status quo.

Now, I get what they were TRYING to do but in my opinion it just really didn’t work as well as it could have. I’ll talk more about this in a bit but the season’s second arc (the “romance” arc) definitely got tiring after a while, meanwhile the third “Stop Dominator” arc felt like it was sort of killing time given that it was mostly just the main 4 trying to find some sort of weapon/figure out some sort of plan that ultimately resulted in some ‘funny’ failures and some quick lessons, with the occasional character piece thrown in here or there.

Now, I didn’t hate these episodes. By this point, it should be evident that one of my favorite elements of WoY are its morals and lessons, so even if the episodes themselves didn’t amount to much in the grand scheme of things and were essentially filler, I can at least appreciate a message like “being sad doesn’t mean you’ve given up hope” or “allowing yourself to laugh even in the dark times can help a ton”. So yeah, not completely pointless.

Unfortunately, even with a few bright spots here and there, the overarching plot of s2 still feels underbaked somewhat - and that’s ultimately because of the new character its focused around.

Dominator’s Dilemma

Okay, fess up. Whose idea was it to completely exclude Dominator from the first six episodes of the season (after the s2 premiere)? Because WOW does this decision backfire a lot. I don’t even like Dom that much and I can still acknowledge that she needed much more screen time and focus than she got.

I don’t know if this was to build up the ‘mystery’ surrounding her or because they wanted to get back in the groove of writing the main 4, but this was the crew’s first crucial mistake. Hell, in the first two episodes she plays an active role in, she’s nearly silent in both of them, only having her little fangirl rant in The Greater Hater and a small handful of lines in The Battle Royals. (Which, if I’m being honest, is still a really fun episode for 90% of it, having both great action and absolutely hilarious jokes that still make me laugh, but I get the ending of it making people sour on the episode as a whole.)

Again, it felt like trying to build up this artificial mystery surrounding her when it really wasn’t necessary. Dominator was meant to be a MAIN MEMBER of the cast! Yet I’m pretty sure Emperor Awesome got more significant screen time than her in the end!

Things got a teeny bit better as the show went on, with Dom at the very least getting more lines and more moments to be both badass and totally villainous, but she still felt more like a goal/obstacle than an actual character. I’m not sure if the writers MEANT to do this persay, or if it was just an accident.

Ultimately, it wasn’t until The Night Out when Dom finally got a spotlight episode… which was a little over 3/4ths of the way through the season. You could argue that she also got a bit of characterization in the musical episode, but it was really more emphasizing what we already knew or could infer about her. 

The Night Out, meanwhile, gives us something new - that she’s lonely - and we get a teeny hint of this again in The Robomechabotatron before being told outright in the series finale. Ultimately, it truly does feel like too little too late - especially when her secretly desiring friends just sorta feels like it’s aping off Hater’s secret motivations of wanting to be liked/admired and to have friends/people who love him for who he is.

So yeah, the crew completely dropped the ball on Dom’s characterization, using her as just a goal/threat/obstacle/etc. for nearly all of her appearances. Not only does it make Dom feel like a shallow character, but it also just feels unfair in general. Practically everything we know about Dom is for the sake of other characters.

She’s a test for Wander, an enemy/temporary love interest for Hater, an obstacle for our main four to overcome, and a threat to the characters we already love. Again, there’s nothing wrong with having a character that’s only meant to serve a purpose in the narrative, nor is there anything wrong with a character being shallowly evil… it’s just that the WoY crew hyped her up so much and claimed that she was a fifth main character (implying that she would get about as much development as the main four), so it just felt all the more disappointing when we didn’t get that. Add in her character design - a mix of goth/punk girl energy with Hartman Hips - and it does feel just a tad misogynistic.

There were things I liked about Dom - her cool lava powers and gadgets, her excitable personality, her villain spotlight moments, and her fun vocal performance provided by Noel Wells were all excellent. But unfortunately, these were all surface-level elements, and the crew just didn’t put in enough time to give her much else, essentially saving all her deeper character stuff for the never-made season 3…

A love-hate relationship (leaning towards hate)

Of course you can’t talk about Dom without discussing the season’s second arc, which many see as both a tumor on the plot and the absolute low point of the season. Admittedly when I was watching the season for the first time, I didn’t mind the romance arc all that much. I didn’t care if Dom was getting short-changed, I was too busy laughing at Hater falling all over himself like a dork and thought all the ‘critics’ of the arc were just focusing on the wrong thing and didn’t know how to have fun with a silly cartoon.

Obviously, this was the wrong perspective to have about this sort of thing (I was in the mindset of “I don’t want to accidentally make myself hate this thing I love so I’m going to ignore all criticism of it”. Definitely not the right approach), one that I still apologize for because the critics were totally in the right. From both an objective and a storytelling standpoint, this arc was just the worst - and for several reasons.

Leaning into the overall problem with Dom herself as mentioned previously, this arc was focused solely on Hater and Wander (and to an extent Syl and Peeps as they tried to talk some sense into their respective friends). Whenever Dom was brought in, she either used Hater’s crush to mess with him or just ignored it entirely, being obviously annoyed - and that was the extent of focus that her feelings got.

Outside of those moments, however, Dom’s feelings are relegated to the background, deemed as ‘unimportant’. Sure, in the climax of the arc, she gets this big whole musical number about how she’s “not the damsel” and isn’t interested in Hater’s affections - but again, it’s at the VERY END of the arc and the moment is less about Dom standing up for herself and more about emphasizing just how cruel she can be, as instead of simply rejecting Hater’s advances, she laughs in his face, continuing to mess with him to try and make the rejection as painful as possible before ultimately trying to kill Hater.

But while the arc ends in a showy (and admittedly still kinda fun, thank you Andy Bean and your musical talents) way, the way it starts sorta proves why this idea was so rotten to the core. The ONLY reason why Wander tries to get Hater and Dom together is ONLY because he knows Hater wants a GF and believes that a ‘positive’ thing like love could only ever result in the two villains finding happiness and no longer being evil. Nevermind the fact that Wander is shown only really caring about Hater’s perspective, not once considering Dom’s feelings or even asking if she wants a BF or romantic partner in general.

We get Syl calling him out on this a couple of times, but it’s in that ‘oh that Wander, always with the crazy ideas’ way. You’d think Sylvia, the icon that she is, would be just a bit more blunt and maybe even a bit harsh about how Wander’s treating Dominator - it’s not just a matter of it being a dumb and dangerous plan, but it’s essentially objectifying Dom, treating her like Hater’s missing piece. But hey, it’s fiiiiine, because Wander learns his lesson in the end, right? Except, no not really.

Because even when Wander FINALLY realizes this and feels guilty about causing so much trouble, Syl is more concerned with comforting Wander about it, because he TRIED to do what he thought was right and that “acknowledging you messed up is the first step towards making things right”. Like… yeah I guess but you could have let Wander actually acknowledge what he did was wrong and super messed up, focusing more on the personal aspect of how his whole romance scheme affected Dom AS WELL AS Hater (not JUST Hater) instead of how his scheme broke Hater’s heart and inadvertently made Dom more powerful.

(Also we see Wander shipping and actively pairing up the little Pikmin things in “The Sky Guy” soooooo no I don’t think he fully learned his lesson)

I also have to bring up how there are fans who view Dominator and her whole anti-love thing as aphobic. As someone who only recently figured out she was almost definitely aromantic, I’m certainly not the authority on this, but I can certainly understand the critiques.

What I THINK the WoY Crew was trying to go for was a ‘strong female villain who don’t need no man’, but between Dom constantly being described as ‘heartless’ and Peeps saying that he “doesn’t think she likes anybody” and her cruelty being turned up to 11 whenever someone expressed romantic feelings towards her, it does sorta imply “She can’t love and THAT’S why she’s a villainous monster” rather than simply “she’s a villainous monster”. And because we don’t get any real development or strong characterization with Dom, it’s hard to say where exactly her cruelty comes from, so it’s hard to really argue against these implications without simply inserting headcanons like “Dom is a lesbian”.

Now to be fair, I have seen some aromantics see Dom as good representation - I recall a month or so back when I saw people praising her after she was included in one of those Tumblr polls, with this one being focused on aromantic characters, saying that they liked how she didn’t sugarcoat her rejections and seeing her as this strong, cool, badass villainous who didn’t need romance. So yeah, obviously not every person who shares an identity is going to agree on representation and whether or not it's good, but considering all of Dom’s baggage and the inability to determine whether or not her heartlessness is the cause of her evil or simply a by-product of it, I personally feel like she’s just too messy of an example of a potential aro character.

(Honestly, Syl feels like a better example of an aromantic character to me, given that she and Ryder seemed just as platonic as she and Wander are, as well as her multiple rejections of Awesome and general disinterest/discomfort with romance. Buuut given that those latter examples are specifically with villains and thus it makes sense why she’d reject them regardless of her orientation, it’s still just a vibe/headcanon).

Before I close off this section, I do wanna acknowledge that beyond the potentially aphobic nature of Dominator, WoY’s LGBTQ+ rep isn’t nearly as great as I thought it was once upon a time as a young shipper. Some parts are still pretty okay, like Wander being coded as genderfluid/agender, but overall it still feels more like an old Looney Tunes cartoon than an episode of “The Owl House”, if you get what I’m saying.

In Craig’s defense, the man has never been all too interested in romance in his shows nor has he claimed otherwise - he either uses it as a joke while portraying it as a negative (see Ms.KeenexProf.Utonium, BlooxBerry or, obviously, DomxHater) or it’s a wholesome relationship that ultimately still stays in the background because it’s not all that important (see DracorxDemurra or Ramona and Carlos Flores from “Kid Cosmic”). 

BUT given that there were LGBTQ+ crew members working on the show in s2, such as N.D. Stevenson, as well as LGBTQ+ allies, it is a shame that no proper representation came of that. We got a whole episode where the joke was “oh, Wander and Hater are planning Wander’s execution like it’s a wedding”, an episode where Peeps and Hater essentially break up when Hater fires him, and an “I just can’t quit you” sort of moment from Peeps in the s2 finale when he goes all heart-eyed over Hater deciding to continue being a villain. That’s it, all jokes but nothing substantial. Even the show’s number one lesbian/wlw pairing of SylxDom got a quick Girls Night montage and one sweet moment between them, nothing else.

Again, it’s fine if you’re just looking for jokes, and yeah the WoY Crew never outright promised any romances… buuuut given how much they chose to lean into the Skeleton Dance and DeathGlare stuff while at the same time never outright confirming any of these characters as LGBTQ+ (they didn’t even have to make any ships canon, they just had to say whether or not Wander/Hater/Peeps were gay/bi/pan/etc), I’m not gonna invalidate people who feel just a bit queerbaited about the whole thing.

Bittersweet Goodbyes

As I said before, I was starting college when WoY first premiered. It’s the show that led me to my best friend and it’s the show that helped me through those first two years of college (easily the roughest part of college). It was a show that made me laugh and got me excited, even during the times where I was stressed out or worried. For all its flaws, it was one of the brightest lights in my life at that time.

So, needless to say, when I heard the show was canceled, I was devastated. I remember crying about it that night and even the day after, and I remember joining in as many online strategies as possible to try and get the show back, from letter writing to petition signing. Of course none of that worked, but as a bright side, going through this helped emotionally prepare me for the next time one of my favorite shows was suddenly canceled (looking at you Nickelodeon. Though considering how the RotTMNT movie turned out maaaaybe it was for the best…)

Honestly, for as much as I can look at the show through a critical lens nowadays and point out all the ways it could have been better, I think there will always be a small part of me that wishes we could have gotten some sort of continuation, whether it be through a special, a TV movie or a comic - or hell, I’d even take the plans for s3 leaking at this point. Now, given that the end of WoY brought about the creation of “Kid Cosmic”, I feel like this part has faded a bit, but I’m always gonna want closure on things like Hater’s arc as well as his origins given how much they were teased.

But that in itself is another critique I could give the show. Whether it be Wander facing a different type of threat that wasn’t just another villain, Hater’s transition into becoming a good guy, Peepers getting fed up with his boss and striking out on his own, or Dom’s true characterization that the crew kept insisting was there - the show simply saved a lot of it’s most interesting ideas for a potential Season 3. It was a gamble, and it was one they ultimately lost. It sucks, but it is what it is.

There’s a few more things I could critique about the show, such as its take on the idea of character redemption and Wander becoming a bit of a karma houdini that the show pretty much stopped calling out, and while these critiques are valid I feel like there are other fans who could do a better job talking about those points. But in the end, while season 2 was both a let down in some parts and a bit of a mess in others, I still feel like there were ultimately more good things to be found within the show than bad things.

It’s not a perfect show, far from it. Frankly, I don’t look down on anyone who fell out of love with this show or enjoyed s1 but hated s2. But for what it’s worth, the memories I got from the show are still ones I treasure, and episodes like “The Good Deed”, “The Little Guy”, “The Nice Guy”, “The Epic Quest”, “The Rider”, “The Boy Wander”, “The Black Cube”, “The Hole… Lotta’ Nuthin’” and “The Cartoon” are ones I still love to bits and will probably always love as I watch them over and over.

Disney Channel itself may not care all that much about this show these days save for an occasional rerun or a quick cameo in their Chibi-Verse shorts, but I’m always gonna remember it - for better and for worse. So here’s to 10 years, WoY. I may not always like you, but I still love you.

[yurigalactica]

hey moots you should join me and my mutuals brand new pnf rp server. for the silly

[theblackcubeofdarkness]

Welcome to this dumpster fire of a blog!

The Ask Box is Open! (IM SORRY FOR MY POOR TYPING SKILLS)

Another note to this mess of a pinned post. Whenever I see this post I tense a bit because how disorderly it is. I want to make it more shorter and simple in the future and not like this chaotic infodump. I do apologies for how weird this is.

Sooooo originally this was supposed to be an RP blog for the Black Cube of Darkness from the show Wander of Yonder but it has evolved into chaos in a good way! This blog is sort half personal, half in character so if you don't like that you may not want to interact and that's completely understandable. (May change)

About the Mod:

I'm a Male and my pronouns are He/Him and NOTE THAT I AM A MINOR!!! I also go by Turner or Cube.

Birthday is JUNE 12TH

I also get stressed out by the smallest details sometimes WITH NO CONSISTANT PATTERN! and tend to overthink things alot and may take breaks of RPs for a day or so. Also my typing and grammar skills are absolutely trash so expect mistakes... A LOT!

My humor is also horrible so sorry in advance!

Things I like include: Wander Over Yonder, PIKMIN, The Owl house, Cookie Run, Spongebob, SCP, Marine Life, Video Games, Gastropods, and other random stuff. (Need updating)

I will not tolerate homophobia on this or any other of my blogs.

Muses: (Needs updating may just remove in the future)

The Black Cube Of Darkness! (Character is owned by Disney)

𝑶𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 (𝑶𝒓 𝑶𝒍𝒊) Cubes son! (Brought into existence via magic!) (Ref)

The following muses are the physical embodiments of Cubes 'personalities'. See this shattered shapes event for more details.

Green ( Calm )

Purple ( Intellect )

Orange ( Heroic )

Yellow ( Anxiety)

Red or Rage Cube ( Rage )

Blue (Sadness)

Smile Cube (WARNING SMILE MAY BE VERY VIOLENT AND WILL THREATEN YOUR MUSES AND POSSIBLY ATTACK THEM! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED) Considering removing.

(If you notice that I made a inappropriate comment or action PLS LET ME KNOW!!! I'm dumb a lot and don't see the obvious and would appreciate the criticism so I may improve! Thanks)

Side RP Blogs (that probably wont be used ever again lol)

(FOR PETES SAKE ME FIX THIS MESS)

@thewizardanon Basically 2 anons who are brothers named Conspiracy and Wizard causing chaos with one casting missiles and the other... Is slightly more sane but still chaotic

@echo-wraith-posting Pikmin OC blog about a shapeshiftign wraith.

@asfarchivalandtransportdiv A ask blog based off a division of a made up organization I came up with for anons and stuff.

@askcinnamonsnailcookie MY COOKIE RUN ASK / RP BLOG FOR A OC I MADE!

@thesquidinatiwatches An ask / rp blog / Reblog blog about that one reoccurring joke on the Minecraft Youtube Channel about the Squid Uprising. GLORY TO THE OVERLORD!

@researcher-james-arci A rp ask blog about a fictional organization based off the SCP Foundation called ARC-I (Anomaly Research and Containment Institute).

@lila-posting Pikmin OC blog about a girl trying to find her missing brother.

@dr-hollow-posting Pikmin OC blog about a psychologist for the rescue corps.

@alaina-posting Pikmin OC Captain who is stuck on PNF-404 with her crew

@custodian-hue An RP blog about a traumatized SCP Foundation custodian who is tired of everything.

@nabbit-posting A posting blog for everyones favorite nabber from the Mario Bros Series!

@best-employee-bob An RP blog for a Regretevator OC I made. He is an employee who is overworked and refuses to admit the company he works for does not care for him.

@robloxian-sea-slug Regretevator OC blog about well a sea slug who goes to Robloxian University and is tired of being around stupid and annoying people.

User Boxes Below

[mrlivingdude]

I know like

Maybe one of the people I did Pikmin rp with actually read these posts (do you read these Mang?) but I was like "shit man I never explained the Alyn dandelions!!"

Basically Alyn was really bad at connecting with people his whole school life cuz he always thought himself to be much, much smarter than everyone else. He'd try to make friends, but they would stop talking near instantly as Alyn thought they were boring . There was only ever one person who really did make him feel special, who I never did think of a name for, so let's call him Jeremiah. Jeremiah, in all honesty, was not a friend to Alyn. He treated him like shit. Ignoring what he said, never trying to spark conversation, but nothing physical. Alyn did...somehow grow feelings for Jeremiah, mostly cuz his brain said "this is the only other smart guy it's destiny!!" and he kinda blinded himself to all of it. Jeremiah knew this. He would commonly playfully flirt with Alyn, leaving him wanting more, but never getting it. One faithful night, Jeremiah had taken Alyn out to a dandelion field. The two sat down in the dandelion field next to each other, and then Jeremiah started talking. "Y'know Alyn.." Jeremiah started "You're kinda like a dandelion". He plucked one out from the field, and held it up to his face. Alyn started blushing, and even giggled a bit, flattered Jeremiah would compare him to this flower. But he continued. Jeremiah breathed heavily onto the dandelion, making a seed fly off. "The stem of one, at least. You can't keep your 'friends' with you" Jeremiah smirked, as Alyn's face of joy(reference!!) turned into one of confusion, and a bit of worry. Jeremiah blew the rest of the seeds off, and turned to Alyn, to be greeted by his face of sadness. Jeremiah laughed in his face, crumbling many dandelions on the floor as he rolled around. Once he'd finally stopped laughing, he stood up and stretched, while cracking a couple jokes Alyn doesn't remember, so neither do I!! He walked off, and that was the last time they really talked. Alyn pretty much didn't start conversation with anybody for the rest of his school life. Feeling as though he had nowhere to go, at least on his planet, he spent his time learning how to build spaceships. All his life became was do your schoolwork, do your homework, work on your spaceship, sleep. It took him a while, but eventually he got it. And he travelled to the Pikmin RP Colony planet (is it js PNF-404????)

Actually roleplay plans were for Alyn to eventually run off in tears at...something and for someone to try and comfort him, where he would then tell them this story, but we never made it. And for those of you wondering, he had some feelings for Dawn, he's a lil bozo who develops crushes quickly (hmm I wonder where I thought of that character trait from)

By the end of his story he would've seen dandelions as a symbol of the people he cares about most, and how he'd grown since the days of Jeremiah.

Originally Jeremiah was gonna be a lot less..shitty and just have not talked to Alyn, but being led on cuz someone playfully flirts is oh my god im projecting onto alyn

[localtopegg]

Gonna do a ramble not associated with an ask cause @polwigle has been playing Pikmin 4 for me and we've been talking about our RP stuff and what has recently become Shared Verse between us.

While Shi plays a Pik1 Bad End Olimar (that she's modified a little with the release of Pik4), Moss and Olimar's pikmin squad, I'm playing a host of other characters from that verse. Other than Louie (and eventually a good chunk of the Pik4 cast) for that shared verse, I also write-

Rosa Holiday: My Pikmin Bloom Protagonist! Not to be confused with the Rosa of another dear friend of mine!

[Picrew Link]

She is very much human, a native to PNF-404. By pure fucking coincidence, she's a recent biology degree graduate that was recruited into a government project just before starting university. Asked to take a set of gear and cultivate Pikmin, alongside some of her classmates, for what the group called the Bloom Project.

Around that time was when the chatroom from a server myself and Shi are a part of came in and downloaded itself on her phone. That's where she met Olimar, who at the time was in another universe entirely. The two got to talking and while she taught him to read and understand English (and little bits of other human language) he helped her with her studies to the best of her ability. Eventually things got busy on both their ends and they fell kinda silent in chat.

At least until Rosa Graduated from University and (because we needed an excuse for OOC changed) timelines just so happened to merge. Putting the two universes into the same one. By this point Olimar had found the Hero's Hideaway, only finding out who owned the house- or that it even WAS someone's house- when Rosa came home from her post-grad celebration. Both of them ended up pretty surprised, but it gave them a chance to catch up and Rosa to find out Olimar was stranded there.

Where the events of Pikmin 2 have happened for Olimar (and Louie has been back to Hocatate and come back for Olimar... seemingly), on Rosa's end the Bloom Project got defunct. She's now got the tech from the project and is continuing to take care of her own squad and selling craft stuff to keep things funded not only to care for her gardens and the pikmin, but to make the house easier for the squad (and now Olimar and Moss) to traverse as well.

They all have been weird roommates since that point.

Recently, more interference from that chatroom has resulted in Rosa being brought down to Olimar and the Pikmin's level, (among a slew of other problems being caused to make it the Hero's Hideaway from the game) and it's been a hell of a time. We're currently making preparations to have the events of Pik4 happen in the RP timeline and it's been a blast.

[crashed-on-pnf-404]

PNF 404 LOG 344: Welcome to our home

Welcome to our blog, a connection to you from pnf 404 documenting what is happening with us on this planet. We've grown accustomed to this place and there is a safe space connection between us, koppai, and hocotate. We even managed to make the atmosphere habitable without space suits.

(This is a pikmin rp blog, Character information underneath cut)

Olimar

A hocotatian that wears a tan space suit with a red antenna and gloves. He's a bit below average in height and he makes up for it with a kind but proper attitude. He's best friends with Louie and the two have an older and younger brother relationship.

Louie

One of Olimars first coworkers and now best friends. His space suit is similar to olimars but the red is replaced with blue and he's a bit taller than Olimar. Louie is clumsy and he loves food (which inspired him to start a restaurant) and he's caused many accidents, not including his and Olimars crash. He runs a kitchen with Charlie and has made many meals with PNF-404's fauna, although some are a more acquired taste than others.

Alf

A young koppaite who cherishes his captain, Charlie, and he loves exploring with his "family" of misfits. Brittany is like a mother figure and Charlie a father, and the three live near Olimar and Louie.

Brittany

She is a koppaite who is very well mannered and loves her job as a botanist and novice biologist, she can often be found sitting in her flower garden and reading a book or revising her notes on the flora and fauna of PNF 404.

Charlie

Charlie is a friendly giant of a koppaite, he makes friends with everyone he meets and sometimes forgets he's a captain while they are out on expedition. He helped Olimar and Shepherd build the defensive wall around their base and he often helps Louie run the kitchen in his free time.

Shepherd

A darker skinned commander from Giya, she is very proper and the owner of oatchi but she loosens up when at the base to hang out with her friends.

Oatchi

Oatchi is a golden furred dog that Shepherd owns and takes care of. He loves to be around others and gets put in charge of keeping Louie intact on missions which the two love. He can only move around with his 2 feet but is faster than everyone in the group.

Yonny

Yonny is a doctor from Ohri with dark skin and green hair. He's worked with Shepherd for many years and it a beloved member of the Rescue Corps. He's able to diagnose and treat almost any injury no matter how severe.

[ducky-momo-fangirl]

ITS YO GIRL BACK FROM THE DEAD 💪

Me and @big-bow-bae just got back from a trip from Japan to visit her parents and see Tiny Cowboy on tour and it was AWESOME!!

It wasn't exactly planned tho- some weird beam hit me (it reminded me strangely of that one chicken replace inator thing Vanessa's dad made @not-a-pharmacist) but it saved us a plane ticket!!

[ctntduoarchive]

I think you’re very cool :-) also every time you do more gay rp on the dash my brain goes *candace pnf voice* MOOOOOMMM cee is roleplaying again!!

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[chaos-parallels]

*Gone to fix him*

*Stol*

NO-

*Should we RP Glade being put on the same shift as PNF and Neon?*

[itsplanty]

Crazy news Planty, just straight up crazy news — I have some hopes for it but also like 10 years ago (!!!!!!) we were on PnF rp twitter and here we are

I can’t believe how long it’s been!!!

And yes, I am actually still on Twitter too !!! :D

[cantdanceflynn]

Thoughts on Warrior Cats?

I LIKE THEM EVEN THO I RLY HAVENT BOTHERED TO READ ANY AFTER WHICHEVER ONE HOLLYLEAF DIED IN LOL ALTHOUGH I DID READ MOST OF THE SIDE BOOKS. MY OPINIONS ON THE SERIES IS THAT LIKE. THE FIRST ARC AND A HALF ARE OVERALL PRETTY GOOD, BUT EVERYTHING AFTER THAT(MUCH AS I LOVED ALL THE POWER OF THREE STUFF) WAS KINDA BELOW AVERAGE WITH LIKE. CERTAIN MOMENTS THAT JUMP TO LIKE. THE PEAK OF LITERACY. AND THEN IT GOES BACK DOWN TO BEING SUBPAR BOOKS ABOUT CAT DRAMA THAT I LOVE DEEPLY

ALSO OFC I HAVE A PNF AU AND I DO MY BEST TO BE ACTIVE ON THIS ONE WARRIORS RP SITE THAT I GOT THE WORST LUCK W GSKJSVJFK

SO OVERALL I LOVE IT EVEN THO I UNDERSTAND ITS NOT EXACTLY HIGH LITERATURE (USUALLY)