#proud boober

[atley01]

Im so proud of how far Ranboo has come :,) I'm a long time viewer and to see their growth has just been so- <3<3<3

[the-first-spinjitzu-master]

It’s the first time I’ve used watercolor in years!! I thought I’d practice on my favorite character of all time <3

[ditzydreamsss]

sbi!!! and beeduo ig

been a while since I drew them especially on paper

[monsterbananatv]

I’m totally normal about this… yup, definitely not crying, nope not at all, why would you even think that?

[soxinthesun]

You know its game time when I gotta colour the concept art to make sure it looks right lmao

I whipped the loose sketch up real fast on debut day but I wanted to play around with the colours and composition a bit before I get to, you know, actually drawing it lol. This might take me some time so were posting the wack one for now!

[mads-is-tired]

it’s wishing i could watch genloss again for the first time hours. i’m so hyped for the founders cut!!!!

[glowsticcc]

CYAN COYOTES WON IN MY HEART

RANBOO NOT LAST BABY LETS GOOOO

[that-one-raccoon]

[feliks-grayscayl]

A sona thing I did on a new tablet to get used to drawing on one and on this one after 3 months of not drawing

[genderqueeradrien]

HAVING. A SAMDWICH 💪💪💪

[atley01]

Ranbathon! (Who cheered)

The vtuber eats every single outfit they have worn Mochiflower is so talented omg /pos

[liminal-art-proxy]

I am not fucking sorry for the person I will become

This is going to be so cool

[sugar-puppy06]

GENLOSS WAS SO GOOD HOLY SHIT

SO PROUD OF OUR BOOBER MAN

GO WATCH THE SOCIAL EXPERIMENT: FOUNDERS CUT ON YT!!!!

[turnstileskyline]

“Why do you keep posting that picture of Ray Toro with Gonzo from The Muppets? Why do you keep posting that video of Gerard Way talking about the film Labyrinth? Are there any videos?” And other questions, answered.

A bit of background:

In 2016, the Center for Puppetry Arts and the Jim Henson Company co-hosted the first Puppets for Puppetry benefit event in order to support the non-profit organization, the Center for Puppetry Arts. The CPA is the largest organization in the United States dedicated to puppetry, and contains the worlds largest collection of artifacts from the Jim Henson Company, as well as one of the largest collections of puppets and puppetry materials in the world. 

The inaugural Puppets for Puppetry event fell on what would have been Jim Henson’s 80th birthday, and served to honor and highlight the life and contributions of Dave Goelz, a core member of Henson’s team since being hired on as a part-time puppet builder in 1973. Since then, Goelz has gone onto perform various characters, most notably originating daredevil, performer, and chicken-lover, Gonzo the Great, who he still performs to this day. Goelz also performs such characters as the scientist Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, the easygoing saxophonist Zoot, the depressed and cautious Boober Fraggle, the adventurous and proud Uncle Traveling Matt, and was a puppeteer of the small and hot-headed Sir Didymus. It’s easy to see from this resume why he was the first choice for the first ever Puppets for Puppetry event.

But, where the hell does My Chemical Romance fall into this?

Another aspect of this event was that it also served to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Jim Henson’s cult classic film, Labyrinth, which also happens to be the film that features Sir Didymus. The musical guests invited to perform the tribute to Labyrinth were Gerard Way and Ray Toro, joined by Jarrod Alexander, Matt Gurney, and Jamie Muhoberac.

Midway through the show, they performed a medley of the songs from Labyrinth, including “Underground” and “As The World Falls Down.” Considering that Gerard has stated that Labyrinth is one of his favorite movies, and that the Jim Henson Company is one of his favorite “creative collectives,” this performance should come as no surprise. Dan Garza, one of the puppeteers at the event, confirmed this year on Twitter that Ray also provided guitar backing for the finale, a performance by Dave Goelz and various puppeteers at the event of “I’m Going to Go Back There Someday,” Gonzo’s song from the first Muppet Movie.

Wow, this is great! I sure hope there’s videos!

It’s complicated. While there are a few clips of the cover of “Underground” floating online (HERE and HERE) and one of Ray performing “Helena” with a young fan, the event was meant to be recording-free since it was a benefit concert. There are rumors of a longer video existing at some point, and a very glitchy AltPress page with dead video links, but other than that... nothing. I have personally emailed the Center for Puppetry Arts, the Jim Henson Legacy, and the Jim Henson Company in an attempt to dig out any other videos, but have come up with nothing. If there are longer videos out there, I haven’t been able to find them. 

Photo Credits from the Jim Henson Company, illustration by Noah Ginex at ToughPigs.

[python-nebula]

Updated intro post!!

Name: Python or Py (you can call me whichever)

Pronouns: he/they/kit (I'm trans)

Age: why would I tell you (I am a minor tho so don't be weird yk)

Interests:

Ranboo + Genloss (proud boober and genloser)

Doctor Who + Torchwood

Our Good Shadows (ofmd, good omens, wwdits)

Gorillaz

Dead Boy Detectives (current hyperfixation)

Ted Lasso

Sherlock & Co

The World of Mr Plant

The Umbrella Academy

We Are Lady Parts

Sanders Sides (current hyperfixation)

Nerdy Prudes Must Die + The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals (current hyperfixations)

the colour pink (in case you couldn't tell lmao)

sooo much other stuff

What I post abt:

random shit that comes into my head

really long posts about fandoms

the occasional art thing (traditional + digital)

my hatred of the UK government

Palestine 🇵🇸

stuff about being neurodivergent

Other things:

My project!! I love it with my entire being :3

My side blog for advice! (a wasteland atp :/)

Some of my mutuals who I love /p: @a-shard-of-quartz-lol, @lettucesilver, @humanofexistance, @bubblemakerman, @consumingthecheese, @lemonade-lich

My current favourite post (I laughed so fucking hard at this)

(banner thingys under cut)

[genlossneg]

Any short film or media project can be submitted to film festivals pretty much off the bat so long as you appropriately own all the copyrighted material or have permission to use it

There's hundreds of smaller film festivals that ranboo could've submitted genloss too, including film festivals with focuses on experimental media like genloss is. But ranboo ran straight for an Emmy, the cream of the crop and literally nowhere else

It's both a mix of a massive ego and ignorance. Obviously I go to film school so this information was given to me by professors and it was discussed pretty extensively in class, but if Ranboo was genuinely trying to make genloss into anything, I don't think it's crazy to assume he should've submitted genloss to these film festivals that are much more in the lane of what genloss is

Also what peeves me off is because film makers have a crazy stupid amount of passion. I'm surrounded by them in my classes, my profs, we learn about them. And most of these people also have huge egos, and honestly what I've found is that very rarely can this ego be backed up by any substance.

But at the very least, they have an ego and they're trying to do something with it and actively putting in so many hours

Ranboo quite simply hasn't put in any time to make genloss, much like his extraordinarily misplaced budget, he didn't use his time where he shouldn've (don't worry one day I'll jump into your inbox and talk about the incredibly misplaced budget)

The way my particular program works is we all produce a short film at the end of each semester. We get a crew and actors and locations all on a college student budget and one of my classmates actually submitted their work for a film festival and got nominated for their category (very proud of them)

I didn't because I know my film wasn't very good. Am I proud of it, yes! I'm insanely happy with how it came out. But I have the self-awareness to know overall, it isn't this amazing thing that everyone needs to know about

Ranboo lacks this self-awareness, which along with any art, is absolutely critical for growth. Ranboo has never spoken about how he wishes he had done genloss differently or any regrets he had (aside from time crunch or things they couldn't make work) and that's how I know he didn't actually learn anything from this first run of genloss

Because the reality is, genloss wasn't good. And like my film, Ranboo can be proud of what he did as well as critical of the final product

An artist should always be their own worst critic because then they can see what the did wrong and then try and improve

Ranboo's biggest problems from my very limited perspective is a lack of understanding of how to tell a story, the lack of a backbone. He rushed genloss for an arbitrary reason. The production management was a joke too

To go for an Emmy, you're saying you think you are good enough for the highest prestige and that you believe that you've put in the appropriate amount of time and hours and that your work is worthy of gaining international recognition. And if Ranboo submitted it for the meme, that makes it worse. It shows his complete and utter lack of respect for the craft

Now, do bad movies exist, yes. Do I love some bad movies, also yes. But never have you heard of these directors hyping up these movies the way Ranboo has. And yeah, sometimes movies are cashgrabs. But again, the attitude ranboo carries as the director of genloss rubs me and so many other people so wrong as well as the attitude of boobers who think genloss is peak media. I can easily admit a movie I really like is objectively terrible but I still find enjoyment but boobers would flay you for daring say genloss isn't good (shout out live action Scooby Doo movies. They're absolutely terrible but they're fun to watch and I have fond memories of them from my childhood)

Apologies for the essay

-film student anon

film student anon this essay is wonderful. theres so much here i don't think i could reply to it all, and i really appreciated your takes on film festivals and passion projects vs the emmys. some of my favorite bits:

There's hundreds of smaller film festivals that ranboo could've submitted genloss too, including film festivals with focuses on experimental media like genloss is. But ranboo ran straight for an Emmy, the cream of the crop and literally nowhere else

To go for an Emmy, you're saying you think you are good enough for the highest prestige and that you believe that you've put in the appropriate amount of time and hours and that your work is worthy of gaining international recognition.

so big brain here. i would just keep quoting your ask in my reply because you make a ton of great points of effort not equaling quality.

i think the thing that gets me is that your first try of something is never going to be perfect. even with all the practice in the world your first try always is a bit messy, and that's how you get experience. but by submitting it for an emmy, it implies this first try was perfect, or at least close enough to be considered for such a high award. and like.. it wasn't horrible but it certainly had flaws.

i'll be so curious to see what happens with all this when the nominees get announced and what the fandom does with whatever happens