#sweepea

[catfindr]

[baby-brawl-bracket]

Me rn

[bettyboopbow]

Betty Boop and her friends, Olive Oyl, Popeye, Swee'Pea, Pudgy the Dog and KO-KO the Clown.

[gregoryhergert]

I’m working hard to have as many of these 40$ 4x6 inch paintings done for my POP•EYE show opening June 11th @brassworksgallery because I know they will sellout quickly and I don’t want anyone to be disappointed #urbansurrealism #popeye #oliveoyl #sweepea #lowbrowpopsurrealists #pdxartist #portlandartist #brassworksgallery #gregoryhergert (at Brassworks Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeT-dEppNVA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[manonamora-if-reviews]

Sweetpea by Sophia de Augustine

============= Links

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============= Synopsis

Someone claiming to be your father is trying to break in. Following the eponymous Sweetpea is: a mosaic faced guardian angel, something wearing her father’s guise, and the detritus of life in their gently crumbling mansion.

============= Other Info

Sweetpea is a Twine (Harlowe) game, submitted to the 2022 Edition of the SpringThing. It is the first game of this author.

Status: Completed Genre: Horror

CW: Unhealthy family dynamics, Unreality, Ecclesiastical content, Body-horror, Injuries, Violence, Alcoholism, Home Invasion Note: there is also animated text.

============= Playthrough

First Played: during the SpringThing 2022 Last Played: 21-May-23 Playtime: around 40min (one run) Rating: 4/5 Thoughts: A chilling and confusing snippet of life told through the eyes of a small child dealing with struggling parental figures, in a gothic style.

============= Review

The game follows Sweetpea (name unknown), a young girl home alone, as she is woken up by her father's texts asking her to let him inside the house. Which would not be an issue if she hadn't seen him in his office not long before...

Spoilers ahead. It is recommended to play the game first. The review is based on my understanding/reading of the story.

The game starts with the game's illustration of the eponymous Sweetpea, whose big eyes and scared demeanor grabs you and pulls you (into the darkness).

Pressing start will move the player to a makeshift phone, where Sweetpea exchanges messages with her supposedly father, who hounds her to let him inside the house. [I liked the timed appearance of the messages, and the slight wonky-ness of the its look added to the unsettling feeling]

Continues a series of choices where Sweetpea goes on to explore the house, recollecting past events and feelings while she examines bits of rooms or objects. Parts of the text is animated or transformed to add onto the strange and horror-y setting. There is multiple mention of a Micheal, which comes back later in the story [and whose description reminded me of the Archangel Micheal? <- not well versed in this, so could be me missing the point.] Still, you are often reminded that there is someone at the door, struggling to get inside. [The vivid description of the unusually lit rooms, the creaking sounds around, or the comforting taste of sweets or touch of a sweater, or the pain of the icy window, creates an intense imagery, enthralling any reader from looking away.]

Finally, Sweetpea decides it would be best to go take a nap instead of opening the door to some stranger who kind of looks like her dad, but also not really. She is still woken up by said father figure, a nightmarish apparition which frightens her, even if some part are strangely familiar. She is forcefully tucked in, before (or after?) witnessing blood on the floor and the not-dad-maybe-dad feeling sick in the bathroom. [I didn't catch this the first time I played the game, but it is heavily implied the father is an alcoholic following the mother's departure (death?), behaving strangely in her eyes when drunk. The horror of every day life...]

[The next part confused me quite a bit at first, not because of the change of background marking a new beginning in the story, but by the shift in the story going from a grim reality told through the eyes of a child, to being swooped by some sort of guardian angel in some imaginary place and being served breakfast. Then afterwards, the context of alcoholism with the father kind of makes it as if the dad was sobered up then, caring for his child.]

A confrontation between the Guardian Angel and the Father-Not-Father ensues, where we can read snippets from the guilt of the father over his behaviour and lack of care towards his child since the passing (death?) of the mother/focusing more/too much on his work, as well as knowing Sweepea, the child that she is, notices the changes in behaviour and the important trinkets tucked away.

Still, the game ends on a positive note [and the visual shows it, moving from dark colours to a bring pink], where things turn around for Sweetpea, announcing the turn of a new leaf for her, with brightness and happiness [following the dad's recovery/promise to do better?].

After reading the author's Post Mortem:

HA! I was right on the Micheal thing.

Also Micheal and dad are not the same person, apparently...

The fact that there was no set plot before the story was written strangely adds onto the uneasiness of the game, and works to better show how the mind of a child goes from one thing to another. Also, insane.

The path where Sweetpea does open the door instead of taking a nap was cut for time, and while it would have been interesting to get a more "obvious" hint at the father's strange behaviour, it does work in the game's favour of the child's portrayal (more likely to back down when scared, also it's the middle of the night).

A few random notes:

Sweetpea can/will visit the study twice; during the second visit, the game will not acknowledge the first (this is minor, and due to the construction of the game, done without variables, which is impressive in an of itself.

The choice of colors, while delightful and creepy, made it sometimes hard to read (the white on pink at the end) or to find links (the light pink being very close to the text colour), similarly with the textured words (animation/custom). But from a style/story perspective, since we are in the mind of a child (for the most part), this fits with how Sweetpea would be feeling (the uneasiness/hopelessness/happiness).

The description of the child being left alone for days on end just broke my heart...

The gothic style shines through the text, and makes the horror not just more vivid, but more visceral to feel. Chills going down the spine at every turn.

[cuppycat]

i call my cat sweepea too omg

GUUUUUUSSSSS IM SO GLAD YOU BETTER!!!! It’s perfect because they are simply sweepeas…. And it works for when they’re sleepy too. because it sounds like sweepy, for sleepy. All in all very useful excellent pet name

[oceanlue]

(C/n): dad

Auron: yes dear

(C/n): I finally accepted something

Auron: and what would that be *crouches to his child's hight*

Y/n: *walks in* what's going

(C/n): it's been increasingly obvious!

Auron: ok

Y/n: ?

(C/n): I CAN STAND IT NO LONGER!

Auron: why are you yelling

Y/n: sweepea

(C/n): .........I am smoll

Auron: =_=

Y/n: XD

[humaneflies]

Tears streaming from my face staining the pillow as I stare up at the ceiling. Gripping the sweat soaked sheets in one shaking bone white hand as I mouth the words "Bluto...Wimpy...Sweepea...Olive Oyl...Popeye..." And then I die.

[grossditz]

jiaaaa ily so bad the posts under my tag, you’re just the sweetest little thing 🥲

did you see the pluto mv? whoever styled gunil…i was eating that look up too hard

—🧸

im the sweetest little thing ????? im pretty sure its the other way around !!! ily so much more my lovely sweepea nonie <3

and omg yes i did see the pluto mv 😵‍💫 (it was literally for me like jiseok knew it was one of my favs and asked the company to shoot it for me /hj) but omg outfits !!!!!!!!! i absolutely love love fashion i always look at styling first and the styling was so good like im so in love T__T

gunil makes me so crazy.... like hes so buff n sexy playing the drums i dont focus on anything else but his arms (im insane)

[hamptons-hq]

good evening sweepeas ! i’m currently updating everything on the main at the moment, so come check us out and apply ! come bring us your favorite faceclaims ! 

[geekbroll]

Popeye The Sailor: The 1940s Volume 2 - Made To Order Blu-ray - Warner Archive - JUNE 18th 2019 - $21.99 (DVD $19.99) . Here come 15 previously unreleased adventures featuring our favorite two-fisted fighter that are literally out of this world! The secret to the seaman's success is "location, location, location," and with this new collection, you'll travel with Popeye and crew into outer space, all around the globe and under the sea! Continuing the chronological theatrical releases, this set covers the years 1946 and 1947. Popeye not only rockets to Mars, he explores the ocean deep, becomes a cowboy out West, fights pirates on the high seas and tackles wild game in Africa. He and his lady love, Olive Oyl, also find romance (and usually a Bluto-like rival) while traveling back to medieval times or exploring the fictional Middle Easter city of Badgag, as well as climbing mountain peaks in the frozen Klondike. This is classic animation at its finest - featuring zany cartoon action from the pen of veteran Jim Tyer and powerfully dynamic direction from animation legend Bill Tytla. Packed with a punch, loaded with laughs and heaping with heart, The 1940s, Volume 2 comes to port with plenty of Popeye appeal. https://www.wbshop.com/products/popeye-the-sailor-the-1940s-volume-2-bd Previous releases in the series: Popeye The Sailor: 1933-1938 Vol. 1 DVD Popeye The Sailor: 1938-1940 Vol. 2 DVD Popeye The Sailor: 1941-1943 Vol. 3 DVD Popeye the Sailor: The 1940s Volume 1 Blu Ray Popeye the Sailor: The 1960s Classics Volume One DVD . #popeye #popeyethesailor #oliveoyl #bluto #popeyedvd #popeyebluray #sweepea #kingfeatures #kingfeaturessyndicate #billtytla #jimtyer #cartoons #cartooncharacters #warnerarchive #manufactureondemand #cartoonsondvd #dvd #popeycartoons (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx1pnu4B-qB/?igshid=d51fhhovthpq

[raycaesar1111]

Gifts From The Sea My first memory of watching television was a Popeye cartoon over 55 years ago. I can remember being fascinated by the little “Orfun” Swee Pea ...who not being a child of Popeye or Olive Oyl had a mysterious past and a strange tail and would crawl along the floor like a mysterious gift from the sea. I identified with this strange creature in some fascinating way that even today is lost in lost in a nostalgia almost forgotten. I remember my parents and family in some continuous violent physical battle of endless arguments of blows and punches which the cartoon had made a parody ...strangely it made me smile and think all was well and this was the world as it is and as it should be. The violence of the cartoon was lost on me as it was simply a reflection of the world I lived in and looked up to from my place on the floor. Swee Pea moved through this chaotic world with a endless charm and innocence that I connected to on a very base level and seeing him about the floor with his mysterious tail like appendage formed a improbable explanation in my infants mind....Swee Pea was like my family ..different under their clothing than others...different under their mind than others. 
#SweePea
#Popeye #popsurrealism #beautifulbizzarre #hifructose #sailorboy #giftfromthesea #canadianart #popsurrealism #torontoart #lowbrow @galleryhouse_belinda #jamesfreemangallery #kochxbosgallery #dorothycircusgallery #damienromanfineart

[baby-brawl-bracket]

Baby Brawl Bracket: Round 1 Match 33

[detrixsta]

Issue No 42; more like Issue 420...

[gregoryhergert]

POP•EYE mini sale… click the link in my bio that takes you to my Popeye mini sale associated with my POP•EYE solo show opening tomorrow June 11th @brassworksgallery . These original paintings where I show the front and back are all $40 each and for all my friends in different time zones I will try and make more mini’s next week so that you have a chance to get one and they are free shipping so it’s a crazy deal❤️ #urbansurrealism #popeye #oliveoyl #sweepea #wimpy #lowbrowpopsurrealists #brassworksgallery #pdxartist #portlandartist #gregoryhergert (at Brassworks Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CepBGK-PFHe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[superman-2050]

#popeye #popeyethesailor #1960s #60sanimation #sweepea #oliveoyl #jackmercer #brutus #jacksonbeck #wimpy #maequestel #popeyespepupemporium #weatherwatchers https://www.instagram.com/p/CLyURmAJt5u/?igshid=19bjthghqgkzh