#puppet shenanigans

[starteas]

Puppet shenanigans 4: The Puppetting

After two different super glues that didn’t work, contact cement was definitely the way to go! Managed to stick the foam together to make an ill-fitting head.

Unfortunately, unconfident gluing ended up making quite the jagged look.

It will definitely work as a puppet head, just not THE puppet I’m currently trying to make.

Right now, I have some felt that I can drape over this guy to make it work, but I’m honestly a little disappointed that it didn’t end up as oval-shaped as I was hoping it to be.

Still! This is my very first time making a puppet, so I can’t be too upset with myself for still working out the kinks! I’ve still got some foam leftover (and new foam incomin) so I’m hoping that will help any janky scissor lines or unconfident gluing the second time around!

[navigatorsghost]

Naruto-specific thoughts here so I'm not going to add them on directly to the post I'm referring to, but I keep seeing that post going around about people who've worked with the Muppets IRL and how legitimately hard it is to not see a muppet as a person - to the extent of people doing things like unthinkingly miking up Kermit instead of the performer doing his voice.

And I absolutely yearn for more of that in headcanons and stories and fanon about Sasori, Kankurō, or the Suna puppeteers in general. Even in our world, a convincing enough puppet can cause people to have a genuine cognitive short circuit when it comes to remembering that it is a puppet. How much more likely would that be in a world where puppets can be animated from a distance with strings that can be made invisible, and disguised to the point of being physically indistinguishable from a living person?

Like. There's little glimpses of it already in the canon - Sasori's replacement parents, or that one omake where Kankurō gets told by Temari that he'll never have human friends if he doesn't stop being so weird about his puppets. I just wish there was so much more. I want puppeteers who casually talk to their own puppets, to each other's puppets (and get answers because the other puppeteer Gets It too), who have as much emotional attachment to their synthetic teammates as to their organic ones. Because that's totally what would happen. Human beings can't stick googly eyes onto an inanimate object without immediately projecting feelings onto the resulting implied creature. People got genuinely emotional over the Curiosity rover singing "Happy Birthday" to itself, and that was a faceless, utterly non-anthropomorphic machine that was literally on another planet at the time. There are a hundred million bedraggled elderly plushies sitting on the beds of adults who would never dream of throwing them away. And sensible grown-up actors and TV presenters can easily, naturally hold entire conversations with muppets without missing a beat.

So yeah, given all that? You cannot convince me that ninja puppeteers and their puppets wouldn't be tied to each other by the most complicated webs of love and empathy and emotional projection and just flat-out weirdness you could ever dream of.

[doodleswithangie]

number one estranged puppet show producer shane madej @wearewatcher

who’s ready for the finale

[image description: a comic of shane madej, ryan bergara, and the (fake) professor from puppet history. in panel one, the professor is attacking a panicked ryan with a knife. in the foreground, shane sternly says, “let me see what you have!” the professor gleefully shouts, “a knife!” in panel two, a disinterested shane says, “okay, just checking,” and looks down to a clipboard with notes. he fully ignores ryan shouting his name as he gets dragged away by the professor.]

[cool-frog-hours]

This bad boy is doing numbers on tik tok, so I figured I’d post him here too

Audio: [“Welcome…babies…to The Fruity Pebbles Castle of Torment, a scary castle with one hundred rats.” *laugher*]

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

PLEASE MORE BUTTERFLY HOWDY CONTENT HES SO FUCKING SILLY

OKAY HERE'S A COMIC SHENANIGANS THING

[wretchedraymond45]

pow 💥

[mechanicalinfection]

Glitched out fanart for @spoiledmilks :]], it didn't turn out as good as I wanted but!!!

[theblueeyedeagle]

ℜ𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔬, 𝔎𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔣 𝔓𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔢𝔱𝔰

[imagination-confusion]

Consider...

They're friends! :D

(I'm sorry if Barnaby's arm looks off I tried my absolute best-)

[dahscribbler]

Today is my birthday and of course I couldn't celebrate it without Puppet!Fives!

I had an afternoon tea with some friends and Fives found an appropriate apron to keep his armour clean. 😁

(yes those are toy plates and utensils, we're funny like that. 😅)

And because we didn't have an extra seat for him I put him on the rocking horse. 😂 I'm surprised he stayed up!

The first attempt however looks like he partied hard and decided to ride home. I mean, he's already legless! 🤣 (I'll see myself out...)

@anstarwar @drafthorsemath @kark-trooper-echo @ithillia @mamuzzy

[cherry-cola-ghost]

hear me out though,,, marielle scott as a special guest on puppet history

[starteas]

Brand spankin’ new puppet head!

[navigatorsghost]

New fic! Naruto/Magnus Archives crossover because yes I can totally juggle two obsessions at once if I try. Statement format fic, starring Sasori and an unfortunate OC. Gen, no warnings beyond, well, Sasori - ie, turning people into puppets, mental and physical control, the usual for him. Deidara and Hiruko get minor appearances, Jonathan Sims aka the Archivist appears as special guest narrator. I've tried to make this one at least reasonably accessible from either fandom if you don't know the other one, though it would probably help to know at least the premise of both (ninjas with magical powers on one side, creepy supernatural research institute on the other).

Thank you to anyone who reads this incredibly niche writing exercise, hope you enjoy!

[mariipun]

Adventures of Wally & The Gang (plus their Caretaker)

Keep A Level Head

Warnings: None. Humor. Just more silly antics. Inspired by the anime “ Aggretsuko”.  

Word Count: 834

Brief Description: The Welcome Home cast is alive, living alongside humans. You have been contracted as their Caretaker. Our dear Caretaker has been running around all day, working hard. On top of your daily administrative work, you also have to babysit tend to the colorful ensemble of actors, plus all the other studio employees, who can’t seem to do things on their own.

[Not sure if this constitutes a WH!Muppet AU scenario?? Not sure how to tag it haha] 

“Care! Hey, hey! Care--?! Hey! Caretaker! Heeeeeeeeeey!” Julie wails, following behind as you try to ignore her and focus on the task at hand.

No matter how many times you try to address the blonde, she pulls you away from what needs to be done, to what she wants to do. It’s become a bit of an irritating habit, although you’re convinced it’s her hobby, to distract you from your job so you can entertain her grabs for attention.

“Not now Julie, I have a lot of work to do, but I promise I’ll do whatever it is you’re wanting once I’ve got more time—”

“No, I need you now. The new dress I had ordered still hasn’t arrived and I—”

You drone out her increasing insistence, beginning to pick up the pace as you swerved through the crowd of studio employees and other puppets. Unfortunately, the moment the others sight you, the choir of:

“Hey Care—”

“--need you here—”

“Can you fix—”

“Get me some—”

You stop in your tracks, feeling Julie bump into you from behind. With your binder tucked close to your chest, your hands tighten around it. The overwhelming demands from the maintenance team, stagehands, cameramen, and puppets made you fume. It was obvious from your face how feelings of annoyance had now turned into full-blown anger. You tried steadying your breath, feeling the heat prickle at your cheeks, and reminding yourself to remain professional, you need this job, it pays the bills… it pays the bills…it pays the bills….

“Hold on!” You boom, causing the voices to settle. You stand your ground, steeling yourself as you take a breath. “I am extremely busy right now—” You strain, each word slow, with brows furrowed and jaw tight. “Sooo-- I’d appreciate it if you all stop pestering me for a moment, because if I hear one more per—”

“Hey, Care?” Barnaby interjects, poking his head out of the restroom door.

Your mouth shuts, head snapping around to look at him. “What?!”

“I clogged the toilet,” Barnaby responds monotonously, thumb pointing toward inside the restroom, as water slowly began trickling its way outside.

The grip around your binder tightens even more to the point you felt like you could have ripped it in half. Your eyes narrow into a glare, tight lips twitching up into a menacing grin.

“So uh… could you fix it?” Barnaby probes, moving away from the slow leak of water pooling around his feet.

“Please excuse me for a moment…” You seethe, quickly and silently moving your way toward one of the audio control rooms, knowing the padded walls would shield your outbursts. Upon arrival, you slammed the binder down onto the script stand, causing it to wobble and tilt over.

That was the last straw.

You bring your arms up, flailing them around as you release your rage. “What the actual [redacted]?! I just need to do one [redacted] thing! One thing! But nooooooo--! I can’t catch a [redacted] break around here! And why the [redacted] would Barnaby clog the toilet?! PUPPETS DON’T EVEN NEED TO USE THE [redacted] TOILET?!”

You heaved, palming your forehead for a second before sliding your hand over your eyes. You took a few deep breaths to soothe yourself until you heard an audible click and the sound designer over the two-way speaker.

“You, uh, okay in there?”

You drop your hand down to your mouth, eyes darting open to see not only the sound designer but a few of the puppets and two other employees who followed you to your location, staring at you from behind the glass.

You stared back.

Julie had arched a brow, crossing her arms over her chest in disapproval.

Wally’s half-lidded, unwavering, eyes peered at you. “Those are some naughty words there...” He commented, his voice crackling a bit through the speaker. Though, reading his expression you could tell he was a bit amused.

“Yes dear, you really should watch your language.” Poppy chimes, as everyone else in the sound room nods in agreement.

Standing there for a moment longer, you finally gave up. Picking up your binder and setting the script stand back up in place, you walk through the door into the sound room, staying silent as Barnaby stepped toward you with a plunger in hand.

“I found this if it’ll help with the toilet—”

You didn’t say anything as you walked past him, only extending a hand, and swiping the plunger from his grasp. You moved on through the exit.

[BONUS]

Barnaby and Wally both stood outside the restroom door, peering in and watching as you muttered curses under your breath and violently plunged the toilet to unclog whatever ungodly thing Barnaby stuffed in there.

Wally: “So, uh, Barnaby?”

Barnaby: “Yeah lil’ buddy?”

Wally: “What did you put in there?”

Barnaby: “Just a bunch of leftover doughnuts from the spread table.”

Wally: “…Why?”

Barnaby, shrugging: “Wanted to see what would happen…”

[For scientific inquiry]

[sweetest-honeybee]

I was gonna say "wait how do puppets sweat" and then realized that doesnt matter at this point because these puppets are sentient and one of them is being bullied by a house

hA

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

one of Thee funniest tv tropes is "group of people (better if they're not friends) wake up in the same area after being blackout drunk, with it being Wildly obvious that some crazy shit went down & they have to puzzle it out / fix their mess without anyone knowing"