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waratah-moon · 2 years

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Gremlin

Four times Dustin was clueless, and the one time Lucas spelled it out for him. Shout out to @lfaewrites for proofreading & encouragement!

masterlist / read on ao3 < bonus smutty drabble posted there ;) I Think We’re Alone Now < smut add on

Pairing: dad!Eddie x mom!reader

Word count: 5.1k

Warnings: Teen pregnancy (not elaborated on), cheerleader!reader, shitty parents, enemies to friends platonic!steddie Steal my writing and I will hex you

1. Eddie’s trailer

Eddie opened the door of his trailer and was very surprised to see Dustin Henderson on his doorstep.

Dustin didn't wait to be invited inside, pushing past a bewildered Eddie, “do you have my book report? I lost it after the last Hellfire meeting and I really don't want to rewrite it."

He'd never been inside Eddie's trailer before. It was slightly cluttered but in a homey-lived-in kind of way. The walls were lined with baseball caps, and a collection of novelty mugs hung above the couch.

“What, no hello? You need to work on your manners, Henderson.”

“Sorry,” Dustin looked around the living room, taking in an array of stuffed animals on one end of the couch and a pile of picture books on the coffee table. He wasn’t about to judge what Eddie Munson did in his spare time. “Nice place. Do you have my book report?”

"The one on Grapes of Wrath? I wondered who that belonged to. Let me find it," Eddie disappeared into what Dustin could only assume was his bedroom.

Dustin looked around the trailer, eyes landing on a couple of baby photos that he guessed were of Eddie. He stepped forward to get a closer look, but stopped when he felt something under his foot; it was a small toy that looked a lot like the Muppet Babies version of Fozzie Bear. Before he could investigate further, the phone rang.

Eddie came racing out of his room and breathlessly answered the phone. "Hello?" He waited for the person on the other end to respond, a smile crossing his face when they answered. “I mean, maybe. How difficult is it?” Eddie was grinning now and Dustin could swear he was twirling the phone cord like a teenage girl. “I think I can manage that. How did Gremlin do?”

Eddie's smile turned to a soft pout. He spotted Dustin out of the corner of his eye and turned away, “I’ll see you soon, okay?” Dustin heard him mumble something into the receiver, but couldn't quite make out the words.

Once Eddie hung up the phone he walked into the kitchen and began fiddling with the knobs on the oven.

“Eddie?” Dustin raised his eyebrows as Eddie pulled a casserole dish out of the freezer and put it on the bench.

“Oh, shit. Your thing. Right. I think I know where it is. It got mixed up with the one shot we did last week,” he disappeared again, and Dustin thought he could see a glimpse of a floral patterned bedspread through the door of his room.

Eddie reappeared and handed him a few pieces of paper. "Thanks, man.” Dustin looked at the casserole dish on the bench. “So what’s for dinner?”

Suddenly, Eddie was herding him out of the trailer, “as much as I’d love for you to stay, I have a hot date.”

2. Family Video

Dustin was sitting behind the counter at family video, something Keith had adamantly stated was not allowed. Steve was the only one working, and he didn't care what Dustin did, just happy to have company during the slow part of his shift. Dustin had brought takeout from the diner up the road, only offering to share his fries when Steve had complained. "C'mon, dude, it's gonna stink of fast food in here."

The door jingled and Steve absentmindedly began his ‘welcome to Family Video’ spiel while twisting a Rubik’s cube, only stopping when he looked up at the woman who’d arrived at the counter.

“Real customer-focused service you’ve got here,” you smiled, hoisting the toddler you were holding higher up on your hip.

“Oh hey!” Steve grinned, ducking down so he was on eye level with the little girl, “how’s my favourite Cabbage Patch Kid doing?”

Cabbage Patch Kid? Dustin thought, pushing his food aside to watch the interaction.

The little girl smiled shyly, hiding her head of dark brown curls into the crook of your neck.

You sighed, “Steve, I’ve told you before, stop insinuating my child looks like a Cabbage Patch Kid.”

“But she has the dimples,” he stood up straighter, poking his tongue out when the little girl showed her face, causing her to emit the world's cutest giggle.

“She gets those from her father, not Coleco,” you kissed your daughter's cheek, smoothing down her unruly hair. “Did Care Bears come in?”

“Sure did,” Steve pulled a tape from the counter below, scanning it.

“Great!” You looked around the store, eyes landing back on Steve. “Can you watch her for a sec while I grab a couple more?”

“‘Course!” Dustin watched as Steve held out his arms and you passed the toddler to him. The little girl’s hands instantly reached to pull for his hair while you darted off to the horror section.

“Not the hair,” Steve groaned, attempting to tilt his head backwards and away from the prying hands.

“Pretty,” the little girl mumbled, tugging a lock of Steve’s hair. Dustin stifled a laugh.

“Me? Why thank you, I think you’re very pretty too, the prettiest little Cabbage Patch Kid around,” he bumped his nose against the toddler’s, kissing her forehead. Dustin gagged.

The scene was adorable, but it went against everything he thought he knew about Steve Harrington.

You'd found what you were looking for and arrived back at the counter, setting down two more tapes; A Nightmare on Elm Street and Splash.

“Interesting double feature,” Steve remarked, the toddler now clutching her arms tightly around his neck, refusing to let go.

“Date night,” you grinned sheepishly, holding out your arms to collect your daughter. Steve attempted to pry her off his neck, but she was clinging on for dear life.

"Seevie stay," she whined, tightening her grip on the man.

Steve scanned the tapes using his free hand, seemingly unfazed. “Oh, did you hear about Ethan Carroway?”

You dug around in your purse, finding the correct amount of money to pay for the tapes, “and Ivy Tech? I know! How dumb can you be?” You handed over cash.

“I mean, he seemed like the type though, right?” He put the tapes in a plastic bag, a bit of a challenge with only one hand but he managed, handing the bag across the counter to you.

You hummed in agreement. “Some people just don’t change. Others surprise you,” you smiled, taking in the sight of 'King Steve' Harrington pulling faces at your two year old. "C'mon Gremlin, let's get home and see if Dad taped Muppet Babies."

"Aminal?" Your daughter loosened her grip on Steve and looked at you.

"Yep," you held out your arms and she finally let Steve pass her back. You smiled at the man behind the counter. “Thanks Steve, I’ll see you later.”

"See ya," Steve called after you as you exited the store.

Dustin was gobsmacked, his mouth hanging open as he watched Steve go back to fiddling with the Rubik's cube on the counter.

"What the hell was that?" Steve jumped when Dustin spoke, seeming to have forgotten about the young teen's presence.

He managed to keep his cool, nonchalant tone, "what was what?"

"Were you just flirting with her?"

"What?!" Steve sounded offended. "With her? Of course not."

"She has a kid, Steve."

"I know," Steve had turned to look at Dustin now, leaning with his back against the register. "She has a boyfriend too. We went to high school together. She was a cheerleader, I was on the basketball team. We're friends."

"I didn't know you had other friends," Dustin cocked his eyebrow with a grin. He vaguely remembered his mom gossiping with Mrs. Wheeler about a cheerleader who got pregnant a few years ago.

Steve rolled his eyes, turning back to face the front door, "and you don't know as much about your friends as you think you do, Henderson."

Dustin frowned, "what's that supposed to mean?"

"Eat your burger."

3. Max’s trailer

Storm clouds hung over Hawkins, and rain had been attempting to sprinkle all morning. Riding their bikes all the way to the Forest Hill Trailer Park probably wasn't the smartest idea, but it was Dustin and Lucas's only mode of transport since Steve decided to pick up more shifts at Family Video.

They pulled up to Max’s trailer, the wheels of their bikes spitting up gravel as they skidded to a halt. Max had watched them ride up from the window, and she was already standing in the doorway when they reached the porch.

“What are you two doing here?”

“We were wondering if you wanted to see a movie, or go to the arcade," Lucas asked, he always sounded nervous talking to Max.

"Or do anything," Dustin added. "We're so bored." It was true. Mike was on his weekly phone call to El, and since the mall had burnt down the activities in Hawkins had become severely limited.

“I can’t," she had her headphones slung around the base of her neck, her trusty Walkman in her hand. "I’m babysitting.”

"Babysitting? Since when do you babysit?" Dustin peered over her shoulder inside the trailer, but Max moved to block his view. Over her shoulder he could see an animated movie playing on the TV, it looked like the Care Bears.

“Since we moved in here,” she shrugged.

“Huh?”

"I like her parents, they're cool, so I offered to look after Gremlin whenever they wanted some alone time. Plus her mom always brings over cookies. This time it’s peanut butter chocolate."

"You offered?"

"Is that so hard to believe?" She squinted, her tone accusatory.

"Kind of, yeah," Dustin said, groaning when Lucas elbowed him in the ribcage.

“What Dustin means is that you seem to have other interests that don’t coincide with babysitting.”

Max rolled her eyes, moving to put her headphones back on.

“Wait! Can we at least come in and hang out?”

“Nope. I’ve got other interests that don’t coincide with hanging out,” her smile didn’t reach her eyes as she shut the door in their faces.

Lucas sighed, but Dustin was already making his way to the trailer opposite Max’s.

“What are you doing?” Lucas watched, before quickly following after his friend.

“Eddie’s home, his van is out front.”

“And there's another car next to it, he has someone over," Lucas added, pointing at the red Ford Fairmont parked next to the van.

But Dustin was already knocking on the trailer door to listen to Lucas.

The door swung open, revealing a flushed and wild haired Eddie. His eyes were dark, and his tee-shirt was on inside out; when he took in that it was Dustin at the door, his expression turned from annoyed to pissed.

"Henderson? What the fuck are you doing here?"

"We were in the area," he started, turning to see that Lucas had not joined him on the porch but had stopped halfway between Eddie and Max's trailer. He continued, "do you want to hang out?"

"I'm a bit busy right now, dude," Eddie folded his arms across his chest, still glaring at Dustin.

"Do you have a girl over?" Dustin tried to peer into the trailer but only managed to spot a bowl of popcorn and a couple of VHS tapes on the coffee table.

Eddie rolled his eyes, "sure let's go with that. Are we done here?" He started to shut the door, but Dustin stuck his arm out.

"Wait! Who is it? Is it Shelley Keibler? She was totally flirting with you at lunch last week."

Eddie looked disgusted, "ugh, no, dude. She buys from me and she was flirting to get a discount; which I didn't give her, by the way."

"Then who?"

"Don't worry about it, Henderson. I’ll see you on Monday." He grinned and shut the door.

4. Hawkins High

Dustin thought Eddie was acting strange. He hadn’t said anything about Dustin’s ill timed visit when he saw him on Monday, and he hadn’t been in the cafeteria at lunch on Tuesday or Wednesday. Mike had sworn he’d seen Eddie in the library when he’d gone to get money off his sister. He seemed back to his old loud, rambunctious self on Thursday, but during Hellfire on Friday he was constantly watching the clock. When the clock struck 6pm, he was packing up, even though they were in the middle of a high tension fight.

“I’m sorry guys, I have places to be.”

“Where?”

“Oh, that little bar on the corner of nunya and business,” he grinned, stuffing his binders in his bag.

Dustin followed him out to the parking lot, expecting to watch him get in his van and drive off. Instead he was greeted with the same red Fairmont coupe that had been parked in front of his trailer.

The following week proceeded much the same as the week prior, except this week Eddie cancelled Hellfire. And Eddie never cancelled Hellfire. The table erupted in disgruntled yelling when he broke the news over lunch on Friday, but he just sat back in silence, letting the members spit their disdain.

Dustin finally got a chance to speak with Eddie after school was let out, catching up to him in the parking lot as he was leaving.

“What’s going on? Why are you suddenly acting all weird?”

Eddie sighed, looking over at the red Ford that was parked next to Steve’s BMW. “You do know I have a life outside high school and Hellfire, right? I don’t only exist to further your quest, Henderson.”

“I know that-”

“I’ve been busy, alright? I’ve got some stuff going on.” He studied Dustin’s face, as if he was trying to figure out damage caused by a d20. “Look there’s a one shot I’ve been working on,” he grabbed a notebook out of his bag, ripped out a page, and scribbled something down before handing it to Dustin. “Come to this address tomorrow night, 7pm. Bring Wheeler and Sinclair.”

+1. Hellfire Club

Dustin, Mike, and Lucas weren’t sure where they were going, but surprisingly Steve did. In fact Steve hadn’t put up any kind of fight when Dustin asked if he could drive them somewhere for DnD. Sure he’d sighed, but that sigh was quickly followed by a shrug and a “sure.”

Steve pulled up in front of a small one story house, parking his car behind Gareth’s. Two cars were already in the driveway, a two-toned station wagon, and the red Ford Fairmont that seemed to be everywhere.

Eddie swung the door open, a grin on his face. “You’re here!” He glanced over the boys in front of him before his eyes landed on Steve. “Harrington?”

Steve held his hands up. “Don’t worry, I’m just dropping them off. Thought I’d say hi.” He pointed to the station wagon in the driveway. “Is that your new car?” Eddie nodded and Steve added, “a wagon. Very sensible.”

“I’ll have you know that’s a ‘74 AMC Matador. It has a V8 401 engine, 230 horsepower-”

“I’m going to stop you right there, I have no idea what any of that means.”

“You drive an E23. Dude, a 733i!”

“Doesn’t mean I know anything about it,” Steve shrugged. “Finally traded in the van for a family car, hey?”

Eddie rolled his eyes and turned into the house. “Babe, Harrington’s here,” he called out, before turning back to glare at Steve.

After a moment, you appeared behind Eddie, wiping your hands on a dish towel. “Steve, hey!” Dustin recognised you instantly as the woman from Family Video.

“Hey,” Steve smiled, giving you a little wave. “Wanted to see your new place.”

“Can you stay for a soda? I’ll give you the tour.”

Before Steve could move into the house, Dustin held his arm out to stop him. “Uh,” Dustin looked from you, to Steve, to Eddie, and finally to Mike and Lucas. “What’s going on?”

“Oh right! You guys haven’t met,” Eddie wrapped his arm around your waist, pulling you close to his side, and introduced you to the teens. “This is my girlfriend.”

Once the shock had worn off, Eddie had led the boys inside to the dining room table, where the older Hellfire members were already sitting. You lead Steve in the other direction, making good on your promise of a house tour.

“So this is your place?” Mike took in the surroundings; they were sitting in a dining room that was attached to a small kitchen. Various picture frames dotted the walls and a large potted plant sat next to the china cabinet.

“Yep, we moved in last weekend. The trailer was getting too crowded now that Gremlin’s decided to grow into a tiny human,” Mike had no idea what Eddie was talking about, but Eddie sounded horribly offended at the idea of Gremlin growing. “We’ve been planning the move for ages, but we finally had enough money to do it. Wayne seemed sad to see us go, but I think he’s happy to have the place to himself. Kind of annoying we lost Mayfield as a babysitter, though.”

Dustin seemed to have a faint inkling as to what Eddie was talking about, “I saw your girlfriend at Family Video a few weeks ago with her daughter.”

As if this was the craziest news in the world, Mike blurted out, “a kid?” His eyes darted around the room, finally taking in the several picture frames embedded with the image of a curly haired toddler.

“Yeah, Eddie’s girlfriend has a kid,” Dustin said casually, proud that he’d figured out this fact about his mentor before Mike. “It’s pretty cool you’re a stepdad.”

Eddie’s eyes widened, but Gareth, Jeff, and Grant just laughed. “Stepdad ? Henderson, no, no, no.”

Lucas shook his head, pointing to the closest picture frame; the little toddler was sitting on Eddie’s shoulders, her fingers gripping his dark brown curls, identical to her own unruly mess of hair. She looked like a mini version of him, both had mischief gleaming in their chocolate button eyes. “That’s obviously his kid.”

Like a sign from above signifying the revelation, an egg timer went off in the kitchen.

Dustin choked on his soda. “You have a kid? How did that happen?”

Lucas whacked him on the back, attempting to stop his friend's spluttering. “How do you think it happened, dipshit?” It seemed to work.

“No,” the tips of Dustin’s ears turned pink, his voice still hoarse. “I meant-”

“You want the story,” Eddie grinned, and Gareth, Jeff, and Grant groaned. He leaned back in his chair, his hands clasped behind his head. “Settle in boys, for this is a tale for the ages.”

Gareth snorted, “What the hell are you talking about? Indie is the product of too much alcohol and an expired condom.”

“Excuse me, but Gremlin was born from an epic love story that crossed not only class barriers, but changed Hawkins society as we know it.”

Steve entered the dining room with a can of cola, you following close behind him.

“Babe,” you rolled your eyes, having heard the conversation. You set a plate of pizza rolls down in front of the boys. “I think Gareth is a little closer to the truth. It wasn’t West Side Story .”

“You don’t think our story is romantic?”

“Our story? Sure. Teen pregnancy? Not so much.” Steve snorted.

Dustin had calmed down a bit, but he still had a lot of questions. “Wait, I’m confused. Steve said you were a cheerleader. How did you get with Eddie? You’re way out of his league.”

Surprisingly, Eddie didn’t look offended, instead he pulled you into his lap and tucked his chin over your shoulder, looking at the young teens. “You’re dead right, Henderson, she is way out of my league.” You scoffed, ready to disagree with him but he cut you off, “do you want to tell the story, babe?”

You adjusted yourself so you were sitting on Eddie’s thigh, his hands firmly gripping your waist. “My family moved to Hawkins at the start of my sophomore year. I didn’t really notice Eddie much that first year, he was a junior and we ran in very different circles.”

“I noticed her though. Straight away. Especially when she wore her cheer uniform-”

You flicked him on the shoulder, continuing with your story. “Anyway, school was out for the summer. Remember the heatwave in ‘83? I was driving down Millbrook and it was at least 100 degrees outside and the hood of my car started smoking. So I pulled over and began freaking out, because you know Millbrook, it’s all farmland and there’s no one around for miles.”

“But I just happened to be driving down Millbrook.”

“Yeah, Eddie was my knight in a Metallica cut off. He figured out what was wrong with my car, drove us to the auto shop, bought whatever it was that my car needed and fixed it for me.”

“It was super easy, she’d just run out of-”

You cut him off before he could begin to ramble about cars and the importance of checking the coolant level. “I bought him a milkshake to thank him and we’ve been together ever since.”

“And your kid?” Mike asked through a mouthful of pizza rolls.

“Gareth wasn’t far off. Pretty sure it happened after the homecoming dance that Eddie refused to attend. He snuck in my window when I got home with a bottle of peppermint schnapps and…” you drifted off, noticing the wide eyes at the table, as well as Steve's smirk. “I’ll spare you the details. Nine months later Indie was born.”

"Indie? Like Indiana?" Lucas asked, he wouldn’t admit it but the story was romantic.

"No, Indie like Indigo. Indigo Ripley Munson," Eddie said proudly, and you smiled. He'd snuck Ripley on the birth certificate before you could protest, but you had to admit your daughter couldn't ask for a better role model than the badass heroine from Alien.

It was as if her name summoned her. A bleary eyed toddler in pink footie pajamas entered the dining room, rubbing her eyes.

“Hi sweet pea,” you hoped off Eddie’s thigh, picking up your daughter and smoothing her hair. “Did we wake you?”

“Not tired,” she said, instantly contradicting herself by yawning. “Want Dadda to tell me a story,” she pushed away from you, reaching for Eddie. “With princesses.”

As much as you wanted to be her favourite, it warmed your heart knowing how much she loved her Dad.

Eddie held out his arms to take her from you and she instantly snuggled against him. "Dad’s playing a game with his friends, do you want to listen? There’s no princesses but there are lots of monsters." She nodded, smiling.

You knew it was futile to try and get her to go back to sleep now that Eddie had promised her a story. Knowing Eddie it would be a gory and violent story, but having sat in on many of Hellfire's campaigns, Indie was used to it. You thought it was creepy that she was enamoured with monsters, Eddie thought it was adorable.

You crouched down next to Eddie so you were on eye level with your daughter. "See those boys over there? That's Dustin, Lucas, and Mike. Do you want to say hi?"

She stuck out her bottom lip, contemplating the question before shaking her head. Dustin grinned, he liked this kid, she had spirit.

"How did you manage graduating with a kid? I mean Eddie obviously didn't," Mike said. The table went silent. Surprisingly, it was Steve that spoke up.

"He could have graduated, he just chose to put his family first, right Munson?"

Eddie looked at Steve and smiled. You stood up to glare at Mike, "Steve's right, Eddie should have graduated in '84, but he had different priorities that year."

Turning his attention to Mike, Eddie sighed, “My first senior year was when we found out about the pregnancy. My uncle got me a job working nights at the plant, so I slept through most of my morning classes. But the money was good and we were able to afford most of the stuff we needed for a new baby without asking for help. But I failed pretty much all my classes.”

You nodded. “My parents cut me off when they found out we were keeping the baby. They already hated that I was with Eddie and were looking for a reason to disown me; teen pregnancy was it. So aside from the secondhand stuff we got from the Holts’ and the Mitchells’, and that Wayne never made us pay rent, we did it pretty much all on our own. Eddie’s second senior year was also my senior year, but it was our first year with Indie too.”

“I didn’t want her skipping class, she’s too smart to not graduate. So I stayed home with Gremlin. Wayne helped out when he could, but I still managed to miss most of my classes.”

“But now, I have a job that lets us afford daycare and rent, and Eddie’s been working real hard at school. You know what they say, third times the charm.”

“This is my year, I can feel it.”

“Damn right, babe.” You leant down to kiss his cheek. “And Indie and I will be right there cheering you on when you cross that stage.”

It was all too much for Dustin to handle, hearing about this part of Eddie’s life; his girlfriend, his daughter, his connection to Steve. Tears pricked at the corners of his eyes, threatening to spill at any moment. He was filled with a newfound desire to protect his friend; he had a family to think about after all, hell he’d traded in his ratty old van for a station wagon.

“Why didn’t you tell us?” Dustin wasn’t sure if he felt more hurt or betrayed that Eddie had kept such a big part of his life a secret.

“I never hid it, Henderson, you just never asked.”

Dustin thought back to what Steve had said all those weeks ago, ‘you don't know as much about your friends as you think you do.’ He was right, Dustin didn’t know that much about Eddie. He knew he was in a band and liked metal music, but he hadn’t asked him much in the way of personal questions.

“I’m sorry Eddie, I-”

Eddie cut him off with a lazy grin, “Relax, Dustin, we’ve got the rest of the year right?” For some reason the use of his first name instantly put Dustin at ease. He let out a breath and smiled at Eddie. “Now are we playing?”

“And that’s our cue,” you nodded at Steve, leaving the boys and Indie to their game.

Later that night, after everyone had gone home and Indie was finally tucked up in bed, Eddie said something that surprised you.

“I think we should make Steve Indie’s godfather.”

“What? You’re not religious.”

“No, I know. I don’t mean it in the whole ‘teaching faith’ way. I just,” he ran his hand through his hair. “I know he’s important to you, and he loves Indie. If something was to happen to us, I know he’d take good care of her.”

“I think that’s a great idea, babe. Is this about what he said to Wheeler?”

Eddie’s cheeks flushed, he hadn’t wanted to admit that Steve’s approval had affected him. “Maybe.”

You grinned. Steve had been your friend for a long time, since you first moved to Hawkins. You’d known him through his douchebag phase, and you were his only friend from his high school days he’d kept in touch with since he’d mellowed out. But he and Eddie had never gotten along; Eddie was too loud and brash, and Steve still held an air of elitism that although he’d mostly gotten rid of, still reared its ugly head whenever Eddie was around.

Today, though, the two of them somewhat made an attempt at a truce. “How about we invite him for lunch and ask him?”

Eddie groaned, “ugh, can’t you just ask him?”

“It was your idea!”

“Fine, we’ll do it together.”

Baby steps.

Okay okay... I would really appreciate feedback as I worked my ass off on this one. And guys... I was so nervous my mum read this... that's the first time she's read my writing since I was in high school. @a-lil-pr1ncess @livsters

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hoardingpuffin · 1 year

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Every time I see some idiot proclaim "Jim Henson wouldn't have wanted this" under queer-positive, anti-racist or otherwise anti-bigotry posts by Sesame Street, Muppets or related fan accounts, I gotta laugh.

Like, do y'all know who Jim Henson even WAS?! He was, by the gods, no perfect person, but do y'all honestly think he'd be on your side as you spew hatred against minorities? The man that had a TV series created with the literal goal to teach equality and social systems and that'd help stop wars?!

Actually, let me bring up other Muppeteers while I am at it, who'd likewise not support y'alls crap: Dave Goelz, famously basing his characters on himself at least in part, playing the very gender-expression-flexible Gonzo and supporting the queercoding of Boober in "The Glow". Bill Baretta, performing Pepe the King Prawn who canonically has described sexuality as fluid. Richard Hunt, who performed Scooter, Mudwell the Mudbunny and many more, a gay puppeteer. Frank Oz, performer of Fozzy Bear, Animal, Bert, Miss Piggy and more, 1st Gen. Immigrant from a Jewish-Catholic mixed family. Kevin Clash, a Black man who made his own career as a puppeteer since he was a teenager. I could go on and on. Aymee Garcia. Peter Linz. Frank Meschkuleit. John Tartaglia.

Your bigotry has no place on Sesame Street, nor with any Muppet media. It never has. From the start, Jim Henson, his fellow creatives, and the people who carry on his work have promoted kindness, education, creativity and equality.

If you think any of them would agree with your bigotry, you have not been paying attention.

#special interest #autism #jim henson #muppets #the muppets #puppetry #personal rant #rant #fraggle rock #sesame street

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fernsnailz · 8 months

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January 2024 Review Roundup

hello everypony‼️ something i want to do through 2024 is a mini review series where i recap some of the media i watched/played/read at the end of every month. this was inspired by tumblr user ponett’s 2023 media wrap-up, it's a great collection of quick reviews so go check it out!

i’m doing this partially as writing/analysis practice, but mostly because my memory is really bad and i want to keep track of what i've seen this year. with that said, my thoughts on everything i finished in january 2024 is under the cut :]

Portal 1 + 2

yyyup i beat Portal and it only took me (checks watch) 13 years

the first time i played Portal 2 was at a friend’s house when i was in middle school, and i had a fuckin blast. but after all that time... it still holds up! i don’t think anything i have to say about Portal will be particularly new since people have been praising this series since it came out. the writing, the level design, even the controls feel tight and engaging the whole way through. i played on switch and expected a bit of jank, but i was pleasantly surprised at how smooth it felt to play. the only part that dragged for me were the levels through the old aperture labs, but i think i would like them a lot more on a second replay. Portal 2 is fantastic and one of my new favorite games, the artistry behind it is truly incredible and i’m really glad i finally finished it. while i was playing Portal 2, i described Glados and Wheatly to a friend and said “they’re like if a ceiling fan could be passive aggressive and if Fozzie Bear was an evil golf ball”

I Think You Should Leave

finally. i can truly understand and appreciate Subspace Dubbed Over

i think one of my favorite things about I Think You Should Leave is how it utilizes horror. beyond sitting slack-jawed in disbelief at the crazy events unfolding before my eyes, a number of the sketches dipped into bits that genuinely kinda scared me. like the one sketch that circulates on here where the guy (pig?) in a mask crawls through a dog door, which is. genuinely terrifying. but so many of the other sketches have slow, nerve-racking pacing leading to crazy shit that would be perfect in a horror film were the context different. idk i like dissecting how horror and comedy are essentially the same thing and I Think You Should Leave was very good at enabling that <3 favorite sketches are probably “then let my wife eat the damn receipt” and “55 BURGERS 55 HOTDOGS 100 FRIES 100 TATER TOTS”

Sonic Prime Season 3

man. ohhhh man. i didn’t go into this with high expectations and i still feel let down. Sonic Prime Season 3 was definitely my least favorite “season” of the batch - abysmal pacing, very few character moments i actually enjoyed, and the things i praised about the show felt very underutilized through these episodes. Nine is the shining star of Sonic Prime and i was looking forward to seeing his more villainous side, but his character took such a sharp turn into pure evil and it felt like he spent the entire season repeating the same three lines. and as much as i praise Shadow’s writing in Prime, it doesn’t really matter when he spends half of the season trapped in a hole that he just… runs out of later.

lastly, i cannot stop thinking about how bad the pacing of this season is. three episodes for a repetitive final battle feels like such a waste of time when you see just how much they rush the emotional resolutions in the last episode. however, there is one thing i truly love about Sonic Prime Season 3 - i love the Sails and Mangey fakeout death. it's so fucking funny. like you really expect me to believe that two cartoon animals in this Y-7 rated show EXPLODED?????? absolute comedy gold.

overall, i just… don’t really know what to think of Sonic Prime. anything i enjoyed in the show was often fleeting, and much of it felt like its only purpose was to waste my time. also Rouge i can’t believe they did you so dirty oh my god

Ghost Trick

i was so proud that i figured out the secret behind Sissel’s memory loss like halfway through the game. however i also kept getting caught during the prison escape sequence like an idiot

Ghost Trick is in a similar situation as Portal where 1. it’s incredible and one of my new favorite games, and 2. there’s nothing i can really say about it that hasn’t already been said or just. shouldn’t be said. Ghost Trick is a fantastic mystery game, and because of that i think it’s best to go into its story as blind as possible. the narrative unfolds in such fascinating ways - even though the actual object manipulation gameplay isn’t directly about solving the mystery (like in Ace Attorney or other mystery games), it still ties wonderfully into the story in some incredibly unique ways.

i also really love the artstyle of Ghost Trick - i love 2D character artwork with that sharp lineweight, it reminded me a lot of Sonic Battle (another game with an artstyle i love). i was also really impressed by the 3D character models and animation - despite the limitations of the camera, you get a wonderful sense of everyone’s personality from the limited body language expressed in the overworld (even though the models lack much facial expression which. i guess they don’t really need? idk that was the only thing that threw me off). anyways yeah everyone should play Ghost Trick so Ghost Trick fans can be freed from their curse and talk about it without having to tag like 10 different spoiler tags. and for Missile

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

ok bear with me. i went into Scott Pilgrim Takes Off without reading the comics first. and i fuckin loved it

my understanding of Scott Pilgrim before SPTO was mostly from the movie (I KNOW I’M SORRY), but even with my base understanding of the series i really enjoyed this show for what it was. i found myself appreciating the time they dedicated to further develop every single character in the show - especially Ramona. she’s fantastic as the lead, i really loved watching her reconcile with her exes and seeing all of them grow instead of exploding into coins. my favorite episode was probably the one with her and Roxie - not only did i adore the movie-jumping set pieces, but you really understand the weight of Ramona’s mistakes in their past relationship and how much it hurt Roxie. despite the big climactic fight, the flashbacks are quiet, subtle, heartbreaking. Ramona’s apology is genuine, and it feels so wonderful to watch her confront her past throughout the show. also i think it’s really funny that for all these characters to become the best versions of themselves, they had to kill off Scott for most of the story

and holy shit the artstyle and animation. oh my god. i love watching something that makes me immediately go “i need to see the storyboards for this RIGHT NOW.” SPTO is such a visual delight to watch, it elevates the artstyle of the comics while also keeping what makes that style so appealing - i love the line weight on the characters, i love how much forward energy the animation has, i love the fucking. virtual boy section. as soon as i found out Science Saru was also behind Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken, everything made immediate sense. i was destined to love this show.

another worry i had going into SPTO (besides the fact that i hadn’t read the comics lol) is that the original cast from the movie was returning. i think the movie cast is fine, but i wasn’t sure how some of them would fare with voice acting for animation. however, i thought they all did a good job - i think the whole cast loves these characters and would be able to fit into them fairly easily no matter what form their performance takes, and they definitely had a good voice director in the studio with them. the only thing that felt off about the voice performances to me was that sometimes it sounded like some of their mics kept peaking?? idk some of these episodes i watched high as balls and i felt like i could hear and see every single sound and frame of the show. so that might have just been me.

god i did not. expect to have this much to say about Scott Pilgrim. i really loved this show and i’m currently reading the comics to fully catch up on the general Scott Pilgrim experience - i think reading the comics AFTER Takes Off is making me appreciate even more of the character work that went into the show. like they do so much with Mathew Patel in SPTO, a character that was. not originally around for a long time from what i’ve gathered? also i like the funny little robot. oh my GOD i cannot talk about this show anymore whatever it’s good get me out of here

Sword AF Season 1

i put on the Smosh cast’s D&D series to play in the background while i was drawing. i did not expect to think much of it. instead, i had one of the most enjoyable D&D podcast experiences since i listened to The Adventure Zone Balance???

i haven’t really enjoyed other D&D podcasts since i dropped off of The Adventure Zone, and i wasn’t expecting much from Sword AF of all things. then i saw that Shayne was playing as a druid warforged made of plants and his name was fucking Fernie and i sat my ass down and LISTENED. while i think Sword AF is currently lacking in its world and larger story, those things just. aren’t really what Sword AF is really trying to provide at the moment. it’s main focus is comedy, and the players are genuinely such a delight to watch play together and build off of each other. they mostly focus on bits and goofs for the sake of she show's comedic tone, but i still found it thoroughly enjoyable because every player embodies and performs their characters really well. idk Sword AF was an unexpected hit for me this month, i thought it was fun. and i love Fernie so much

Plastic Death - Glass Beach

so originally i wasn’t going to include music reviews in these roundups at all, but then i was entirely surprised by a new Glass Beach album and oh my god. holy shit. oh my fucking god jesus christ. holy shit. its preddy good

Plastic Death gets the low point of the album out of the way immediately. it starts with the “phone call/conversation audio” trope that i don’t particularly enjoy - HOWEVER despite me disliking this opening, 1. it sets up the overall themes of Plastic Death very quickly, and 2. the rest of the album blows this 40 second opening completely out of the water. from there, the album grows into something beautiful and uncontained, and i just. i really like it

Plastic Death captures the beauty of the temporary, asks what it means to be created for a cause you can’t fulfill, questions if you can reclaim yourself from cycles and constraints designed to destroy you. and is also about being transgender. the lyrics are abstract in a way that requires a conversation with the listener, many of the vocals obscured and smooth like waves - this album is definitely one that needs to be listened to a few times. i wasn’t sure how i felt about the vocal style at first before realizing the vocals were the main reason i was relistening to this album, allowing myself to find even more that i loved about it. the instrumentation is also incredible, i love the use of marimba in a number of songs - distant, eerie, almost skeletal. and the fucking. 8-bit section?? which kinda rules???? and that’s the only point in the album it ever shows up??????? incredible. a fleeting, somewhat silly moment that i love every time.

this album left my heart aching, in part from my connection to it and in part from the pure love and joy emanating from this music. i can feel just how much fun this music was to perform and create, a cohesion of time and sound that just clicked for me. Plastic Death made me miss playing music, which is something i haven’t felt in years. all from an album that starts with a conversation about CrankGameplay’s dead youtube channel. good lord

i like this album a normal amount. go listen to it a few times. my favorite tracks are cul-de-sac and commatose

Wish

i watched Wish with a couple of friends and knew i probably wasn't going to like it. with that in mind, i gave myself a challenge: i wanted to find one thing about this movie that i genuinely really loved. it could be anything, and loving it for ironic reasons was allowed.

here's the complete list of things i loved about Disney's Wish (2023):

i love the one shot where King Magnifico stirs an evil caldron evily. i thought it was hilarious. what was he cooking

i loved that the end credits included a reference to Dinosaur 2001 at all, and i loved that they paid homage to Big Hero 6 by showing the forgettable villain of that movie instead of their Baymax cashcow for some reason. my friends and i saw him show up in the credits and were like "who's the trenchcoat guy??"

you may notice that this list is very short and 50% of it is about the movie's credits. so yeah this movie is not very good

Wish is an empty husk of a movie. everything about it feels so, so hollow - lifeless town squares, uninspired character designs (to quote a friend: "i have all of these characters' hairstyles in The Sims"), characters whose existence is only justified to fill empty space or an overused archetype, and an "evil" villain who lacks charisma and spine in a futile effort to remind the audience of previous disney villains with actual character. even the artstyle lacks any sort of sauce, the watercolor effect they were trying to go for only makes the backgrounds and character textures run together, and the dull lighting makes things look even more faded. it's like disney was scared of making a movie that made its audience feel... anything. all to celebrate 100 years of Disney slop, baby!!!

Some YouTube videos I liked in January: 💥 An Exhaustive Look at Pokemon Brilliant Diamond 💥 TomSka's Guide to Plagiarism 💥 Paradise Bombed (this video is a great piece of journalism and i’m definitely not doing it justice by throwing it into the youtube vid list) 💥 Surprising Our Friends with Zoo Animals 💥 Did FNAF Ever Have a Good Story?

thanks for reading! next month’s roundup will be wild because i’ll likely be reviewing House of Leaves and Hazbin Hotel. can you guess which cursed house gives me a worse headache? WHO KNOWS! (hint: it's Hazbin Hotel)

#under the readmore is pretty long! oh boy i love having opinions about media #most stuff in january i liked a lot though :] good month of stuff!!#review roundup #<- oh boy new tag for this series #long post

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atti-rambles · 3 months

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I've been thinking about a Muppets dungeon meshi au bc I have autism and I've been assigning roles

Miss Piggy would play Marcille bc let's be real it's her dream role to be a pretty blonde elf girl who kicks ass like she's not into the nerd shit but she can blow people up and that's good enough for her. Also she'd LOVE doing the ancient magic you know she would

Bc of this, Kermit would need to play Falin bc COME ON. I think the role would also suit Kermit pretty well even if he's not the main guy character for once. Like Kermit being a healer who beats people with a staff when necessary is very Kermit... Also chimera Kermit would be comedy gold... Frog... Chicken and dragon hybrid thing is so perfect

Chilchuck is the human actor bc it would be funniest, I wanna cast David Tennet. I am unoriginal with this BUT it is the funniest. If I had to choose a Muppet, it would be Pepe...

I think Laios would be Walter bc they both have autism and I think he would do great... Like imagine Walter barking at the shape shifter, that would be his acting peak frfr. Also Walter is already a nerdy guy so he would suit the role well. Plus he's rarely in muppets things and he's my favorite... Also omg Walter would be so HAPPY that he gets to be Kermit's brother in this role lmao

Senshi is... The most difficult one for me to assign. Bc you'd be like oh swedish chef right? Well no I don't think that'd be like a perfect fit, doesn't have very good potential with the later parts of the story... I kinda wanna say Fozzie Bear bc he would be a pretty good fit for Senshi's humor and his general vibes, but I'm not so sure?? He's the one character I'm like really huhh Senshi is just such a unique guy. Although Fozzie does have good range so I don't doubt him at all...

Izutsumi is Animal 👍 like yeah Animal just needs to act more teenage girl but he's got the spirit that Izutsumi has already... Also I think he'd have fun being able to basically do whatever and jump around and be loud

Kabru is Gonzo, I'm not saying more

#i lost my wind near the end #I LOVE THE MUPPETS IM SO AUTISTIC #i wanna make art of chimera kermit at least #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #the muppets #atti rambles #txt #dont bully me in the tags i will cry

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The muppets Show: Life in the boarding home series

PILOT

"whos that wocka agent?"

Disclaimer: at the end of the Journal pilot episode, i'll write the characters like what are Main ones, mentioned ones or the supporting ones, And the villains. And i'll tag the characters that had most voice roles. I wont tag all the characters that were mentioned, And I really want tumblr to make a update where you can tag more than 30 tags- And i'll even write the song name and who is created by.

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The intro starts with the muppets boarding home showing on the screen, And kermit Opens the door:

Kermit: its the muppet Show Life in the boarding home! Starting with fozzie for this pilot!

And the music in the background is the muppets Show theme but more energetic, everyone are shown in the House doing their activities while singing the muppets Show theme song:

"its time to play the music,

Its time to light the lights!

Its time to get things started in the muppets boarding home tonight!

Its time to put on makeup,

Its time to dress up Bright!

Its time to raise the curtains in the muppets boarding home tonight!

Statler: why do we even live here?

Waldorf: I guess we'll never know.

Statler & waldorf (together): its like a kind of torture to have to live in here.

The camera Shows Kermit infront of the door

Kermit: But now lets get things started! ♪

Miss piggy: why dont we get things started?~ ♪

Fozzie: Its time to get things started! ♪

Then the camera shows all of the muppets in the muppets boarding home sing at the same time:

All muppets: ♪ On the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational-

Welcome to the muppets boarding HOOOOOOOMEEEE!!! ♪ ♪ ♪

Then gonzo tries to play a tune on the trumpet but then a Badge comes out saying: "secret wocka bear"

Gonzo: what the?-

Then fozzie snatches the badge

Fozzie: OH! thats mine! Hahahahaha!

Then the title card of fozzie dressed up as the "secret wocka agent" shows up with fozzie's voice saying: "who's that wocka agent?" While the instrumental of the lazytown song called "man on a mission" is playing.

The camera shows the muppets boarding home. The camera shows inside the kitchen of the boarding home, there were only Kermit, miss piggy, gonzo, Pepe And Rizzo in the kitchen, others were probably either in their rooms or outside.

Kermit: hey, where's fozzie?

Pepe: probably fantasizing about being an famous comedian, okay?

Rizzo: well, he is one, Pepe.

Pepe: well, okay, but still, okay?

Then Rizzo slaps his hands on the table And glares at Pepe

Rizzo: CAN YOU LIKE STOP SAYING "OKAY" AT THE END OF EVERY SENTENCE YOU SAY!?!?

Pepe, smirking: eeehh.... No, okay!

Rizzo: UGHHHH!!

Then fozzie comes from upstairs And he is carrying an poster with The wocka agent bear on it.

Fozzie: hiya, Guys! I have an AGENTY thing to tell ya! Hehehehahaha!

Gonzo: oh, what is it, fozz?

Fozzie, who has a big exciting smile on his face, he shows the poster of the wocka agent bear on it.

Fozzie: This is the wocka agent bear!! And he is in OUR TOWN!!

Kermit, miss piggy, gonzo, pepe And Rizzo stare at the poster for a few seconds And then they start laughing, but Kermit was chuckling

Kermit: oh, fozzie... Wocka agent bear doesnt exist! He is just a character from the comic for our town.

Miss piggy, laughing loudly: yeah!! And if he even existed, he would call moi to go on a date with him.

Kermit And fozzie stare at miss piggy with an awkward look on their faces

Miss piggy: what!? Im just joking.

Fozzie: wait! What do you mean that he DOESNT exist? He does!

Rizzo: oh, really? You Got proof, fozz?

Fozzie, sweating a little bit: well... I, uhhh...

Kermit, miss piggy, gonzo, Rizzo And pepe start laughing loudly again And even nearly falling off their chairs. And fozzie has a sad expression on his face.

Fozzie: Aww.... Looks like they dont believe me.

Fozzie sighs And goes upstairs to his room again, And then chip the IT Guy was going downstairs while Seeing fozzie going upstairs And he sees Kermit, miss piggy, gonzo, Rizzo and pepe laughing loudly.

Chip: uh.. can you Guys Shut up? Zondra, Ubu and I are trying to do our show, And you're interupting us with your loud laughing.

Kermit, miss piggy, gonzo, Rizzo And pepe stop laughing but they are still smilling And have tears in their eyes from laughing

Kermit: oh, sorry, chip. Fozzie was trying to tell us that the "wocka agent bear" exists-

Chip: yeah, yeah, whatever. I dont care. But PLEASE Shut up and be quiet! Again, zondra, Ubu and I are tryna do our sho-

Rizzo, smirking: oh, when you mean THAT, you mean trying to sabotage us, right?

Then chip started sweating

Chip: uhh... No? We- youknowwhat? Whatever.

Chip started to walk away while staring at them but then he bumps into a wall And breaks his glasses, And he looks down at those broken glasses.

Chip, his eye twitching from annoyance: oh, how great.

Chip takes his broken glasses And runs upstairs again. Then Kermit, miss piggy, gonzo, Rizzo And pepe started laughing loudly again And even fell from their chairs while saying: "OW!!"

Meanwhile with fozzie, he was in his room And he was still looking at the poster of wocka agent bear And he sighs

Fozzie: I wish others would believe that you're real, Mr. Wocka agent bear..

Fozzie was still looking sad And then he Got an Idea And he gasps

Fozzie: oh, shucks! I can be the wocka agent bear! And then the others will believe me!

Then fozzie points at himself

Fozzie: fozzie, you're a genius! Why thank you! Wocka wocka-

Then he puts on a black agent hat And he speaks in the voice he had as foozie on muppets 2011

Fozzie: wockaaaaa...

The camera shows the outside of the muppets boarding home, And it shows Hilda with her Bag, And then kermoot jumps infront of her

Hilda: oh!

Kermoot: Gimme yo Bag, Lady!

Hilda: oh why there's no way that i'll give you MY Bag!

Kermoot then sighs

Kermoot: welp, you made me gonna do it!

Kermoot then snatches Hilda's bag And runs away

Hilda: HEY!! MY BAG!!

But then fozzie- I MEAN! wocka agent bear shows up and he puts a bear trap on the walkway And kermoot steps in it, yelling loudly And dropping the bag

Kermoot: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOO!!!!! OH GOD!!!!!

All the muppets look outside the windows And see the scenario And some gasp

Wocka agent bear (fozzie) takes the Bag And he gives it back to Hilda

Hilda: ah! Thank you, dearie!

Wocka agent bear (fozzie): your welcome, ma'am. Its my Job to protect everyone And solve mysteries.

Everyone in the muppets boarding home looked amazed And shocked because they thought that wocka agent bear REALLY exists

Gonzo: Woah... Fozzie was right! Wocka agent bear DOES exist!

Fozzie Heard that And he was proud of himself for dressing up as wocka agent bear to make others believe that agent wocka bear DOES exist

Wocka agent bear (fozzie): well! My Job here is done.

Then wocka agent bear (fozzie) runs away somewhere near the muppets boarding home, but the muppets didnt notice that he went there somewhere near the boarding home

Then fozzie whispers to himself

Fozzie: oh boy! I cant believe they believed it! Now they wont make fun of me!

Fozzie Chuckles And he takes off the wocka agent bear clothes and he hides them behind his back and he gets back to others, who are still looking outside And chatting about wocka agent bear

Fozzie: hiya, Guys! Whats going on?

All of the muppets look at fozzie And smile

Kermit: fozzie! Wocka agent bear really does exist!

Fozzie: really!!? Woah! See? I told ya he does exist!

Yolanda: definetly! I even have a picture of him giving Hilda back her bag!

Yolanda shows the picture to fozzie

Fozzie: Woah! He looks just like on my poster!

Yolanda: he sure does! He looked so hot!!

Pepe: not as hot as me, okay!

All the muppets groan And roll their eyes as Pepe Said that

Pepe: wha??

Fozzie: oh boy... Im very glad you Guy believe me now! See?! He does exist!

Kermit: well, it looks like he does, fozzie.

Fozzie: well! I'll go now to MY room! And be happy about you Guys believeing me!

Fozzie laughs And he goes inside the House And goes upstairs to his room

The muppets were still looking outside through the windows, or balconies or Doors, And miss piggy gasps, she Got an idea

Miss piggy: oh moi!! We should sing about this!!

Some muppets say: "yeah!" And some groan, especially chip

Chip: im not in the moo-

The starting music of the lazytown song "man on a mission" starts (they all are gonna dance And sing like the characters from lazytown in that episode with The song)

♪ ♪ ♪

Miss piggy: ♪ quick and suave, no one knows who he was, he's a-.. shh!

Gonzo, rowlf and janice: ♪ Secret ageenntt.. ♪

Miss piggy: ♪ with phones on his feet, he's a Spy you cant beat! He's a-... Shh!

Gonzo, rowlf and janice: ♪ secret ageenntt.. ♪

Miss piggy: ♪ if you've Got his back against the waaaaall... You'll discover he's not there at aaaaaaaaaaaaalll... ♪

Gonzo, rowlf and janice: bam! Bam! ♪

Annie sue: wocka agent bear! ♪

Gonzo, rowlf and janice: bam! Bam! ♪

Kermit: he's everybody's hero! ♪ X-ray vision, a bear on a mission, he's a- ♪

Gonzo, rowlf and janice: bam! Bam! ♪

Gonzo: wocka agent beaaar... ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ (Zoot plays the saxophone)

Miss piggy: gadgets galore, no one knows whats in store, for the-... Shh! ♪

Rizzo, Pepe, yolanda, gonzo, Janice And rowlf: secret ageenntt.. ♪

Miss piggy: saving the world, And getting the girl, he's a-... Shh!

Pepe: secret agent... ♪

Rizzo, Pepe, yolanda, gonzo, Janice And rowlf: bam! Bam!! ♪

Annie sue: wocka agent bear! ♪

Rizzo, Pepe, yolanda, gonzo, Janice And rowlf: bam! Bam! ♪

Kermit: he's everybody's hero! X-ray vision, a man on a mission, he's a- ♪

Rizzo, Pepe, yolanda, gonzo, Janice And rowlf: bam! Bam! ♪

Miss piggy: wocka agent- beaaaaaaaaaaa... ♪

Kermit: piggy! Piggy, piggy. Stop! Its over. Piggy, stop!

Miss piggy stops singing

Meanwhile with fozzie, he was in his room And he looked proud of himself for making other muppets believe that wocka agent bear is real

Fozzie: I cant believe the others really believed me! This is the best Day of my Life!!

He was still very proud of himself

After a few hours, it was night, everyone went to bed except for fozzie, he wore his wocka agent bear clothes and he again has the voice of wocka agent bear (foozie from muppets 2011) And he whispers to himself

Fozzie: its time to solve mysteries.

Then he Got out of his balcony And was outside the muppets boarding home, about to solve some mysteries

Fozzie- I MEAN, wocka agent bear, was going around the muppetown, And then he saw an shadowy figure from behind the trash cans

Wocka agent bear (fozzie), whispering: ah-ha!

Wocka agent bear started walking fastly towards that shadowy figure And he jumps on it, trapping it

Wocka agent bear (fozzie): I GOT YOU!!

Then it shows that it was Bonzor, the "fantastic", wearing his acrobatic clothes but they looked more darker

Bonzor the fantastic: hah! You Got me, Mr. "Wocka agent bear". But I Got my friends with me.

Wocka agent bear (fozzie): hahaha! Really? Let me see them.

Bonzor smirks And he snaps his fingers, And then lots of roosters come out from behind some places, like shops, trash cans, bushes, trees... Etc.

Wocka agent bear looks around And he sees roosters surrounding him And Bonzor, Bonzor kicks wocka agent bear with his legs, making wocka agent bear letting him go.

Wocka agent bear (fozzie): OW! you are strong there, boy.

Bonzor the fantastic: I am?

Bonzor Chuckles And smirks again And he flexes his muscles

Bonzor the fantastic: why ofcourse I am! Hahahahaha! ROOSTERS!!! ATTACK HIM!!

Then all the roosters started bitting And attacking wocka agent bear while he is Screaming And yelping in pain

Wocka agent bear (fozzie): OW!! AAH!! OW OW OW! OH THAT HURTS-

And suddenly some muppets like selena, Tammy, Hilda, Cliffy, cliffster And a few others from their own houses opened their Windows And peeked outside And they gasp And look surprised, but Bonzor ran away with The roosters before they noticed them.

Wocka agent bear was laying on the ground with bruises And scratches, but he wasnt very far away from muppets boarding home, even the muppets from the boarding home Heard the Screaming noises And they all gasp loudly as they saw wocka agent bear from a little afar

Wocka agent bear (fozzie): goouhhhhh... That Hurt, A LOT!

Then he immediately Got up and ran away And he hides in the shadows, with other muppets in the boarding home being confused, concerned And scared. And a few muppets from other houses being surprised And scared. But cliffster recorded the whole thing.

Cliffster: Holy... Toledo.. this is awkward.

Meanwhile with The muppets in the boarding home, they were all chatting And talking about what happend

Kermit: oh gosh... That didnt look good! He Got very Hurt by those roosters.

Gonzo: wait! Those were Bonzor's roosters!

All the muppets: really!?!?

Gonzo: yeah!

Rowlf: wait! Where's fozzie? He isnt here.

All the muppets were nodding And they were confused too

Miss piggy: oh that bear's probably sleeping.

Kermit: well, maybe. We should back to bed too.

Then all of the muppets nod And went back to sleep.

Wocka agent bear (fozzie) Got back to the muppets boarding home And he looks up at the balcony of his room.

Wocka agent bear (fozzie), whispering: aw, shucks... How do I get UP there now?

He looks around And sees ladders, he takes them And theyre even high to get to his balcony. He started climbing, until bean Bunny noticed him from outside the window of his And the jim Henson hour gang's room, he gasps And screams

Bean Bunny: WOCKA AGENT BEAAAAAAAAR!!!!! HE'S THERE!!! GUYS!!! WAKE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!!!!

The other six in the jim Henson hour gang immediately woke up and look at bean And then out the window And see wocka agent bear (fozzie) outside with The ladders And climbing up

Vicki: w-what the!?!?

Wocka agent bear (fozzie) looks at them And he does a wildtake And he screams

Wocka agent bear (fozzie): WHAAAAAA!!

And then he falls off the ladders while Screaming in pain

Wocka agent bear (fozzie): YAAAAAAAOOOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!!

Wocka agent bear is on the ground And he sits up, again with some scratches And bruises

Wocka agent bear looks up and sees bean, digit, Clifford, Vicki, Lindbergh, Waldo And Leon looking down at him from their window

Wocka agent bear runs away And hides in the shadows immediately

Leon: god! Can we have ONE normal night in this town!?

The next Day...

Everyone were woken up, (note: fozzie did make it inside his room, he succesfully Got inside) And they were downstairs in the kitchen eating breakfast. Then fozzie Got downstairs

Fozzie: mornin', everyone! Was your night "wockatastic"?? Aaaaaaaah!

Fozzie giggles, And the muppets groaned and they were watching the news with wocka agent bear on it after being attacked by roosters

Fozzie: so, uhh... What are you Guys watching?

Pepe: you didnt hear it!? Wocka agent bear Got attacked by Bonzor's roosters last night, okay!!

Fozzie gasps as if he is shocked, but the others dont know the truth

Fozzie: what!? Thats horrible!

Miss piggy: yes.. its horrible Seeing your idol being attacked by ROOSTERS! Hmph!

Bean Bunny: And we literally saw him last night with ladders!! And he tried climbing to your room, fozz!! Clifford, digit, Vicki, Waldo, Lindbergh, Leon And I saw that!!

The other six in jim Henson hour gang noded

Fozzie: really!? I didnt see that!

Kermit then noticed fozzie's bruises And scratches, And it looked like wocka agent bear's scars

Kermit: uhh... Fozzie? Where did you Got those bruises And scratches from?

Fozzie: oh! These?? Well...

Fozzie was sweating a little bit, trying to come up with an good excuse

Fozzie: I Got bitten by mosquitos! Yeah.. And I uhh- scratched a Lot! Yea-

Other muppets were looking at fozzie with suspiciousy in their eyes, especially miss piggy And kermit. Miss piggy slaps the table with her hands

Miss piggy: are you sure!?

Fozzie: ofcourse I am! I never lie!

Kermit: well, okay, If you say so...

Fozzie: welp! I'll go now, Guys!!

Fozzie then Got upstairs to his room again very quickly

Kermit: I feel like he is hiding something...

Miss piggy: me too...

Other muppets nod and agree too

It was night aga-

Chip appears infront of the camera, looking closely at it

Chip: WAIT! STOP! PAUSE! how is it already night if it was morning?!

I, who was the narrator of the story, spoke up:

Emin (me): well, chip.. thats called: "TMS:LITBH logic", shirt for "the muppets Show: Life in the boarding home logic", man.

Chip: well... I guess THAT makes sense to some others, but not really to me!

Emin (me): well, then STOP COMPLAINING And let ME finish, m'kay?

Chip rolls his eyes And sighs

Chip: Fine.

He gets away from the camera

Anyways, it was now night in the muppetown again...

Other muppets in the boarding home went to sleep, while Meanwhile with fozzie, he was in his room again and he put on his wocka agent bear clothes again And Got outside from his balcony

Wocka agent bear (fozzie), again in his foozie voice from muppets 2011: time to solve mysteries..

He was walking sneakly around the muppetown And he saw that there werent any mysteries that he can solve, he sighed...

Wocka agent bear (fozzie): oh, shucks... There isnt any crimes or mysteries I can solve, nor help anyone.. i'll just go back home..

He sneakly Got back home, but at the front gate, he Heard a noise from the bush

Wocka agent bear (fozzie): Huh!?

Then suddenly, Bonzor And kermoot came out of the bush, And kermoot had a bandage on his foot because of the Bear trap. They were both smirking evilly

Kermoot: we Got you now, Mr. "Wocka agent bear"!

Bonzor the fantastic: HAH! we indeed do!

Wocka agent bear (fozzie): you two!? Well, it looks like this is one VS two, right?..

He put his black hat a little bit over his face to look more mysterious And to make his face look shadowy

Kermoot: ofcourse it does, bear!

Wocka agent bear (fozzie): well then go on!

Kermoot And Bonzor look at each other And smirk, And Bonzor snaps his fingers And yells loudly

Bonzor the fantastic: ROOSTERS!!!!!! COME HERE!!!

Yet again, like last night, the roosters occupy all the sides And corners And they surround fozzie. And wocka agent bea- i mean, fozzie, speaks in his normal voice again.

Fozzie: uh-oh....

The roosters jump on fozzie And attack him again while fozzie screams loudly And yelps in pain

Fozzie: OOUH! EEEH!!! AAAAAA THAT HURTS!!!

Bonzor And kermoot were chuckling. Then suddenly, the muppets look outside their Windows of the boarding home And AGAIN see "wocka agent bear" being attacked by Bonzor's roosters, And fozzie's sunglasses And hat fall down, revealing his True form, And he screams loudly for help

Fozzie: HEEEEEEEELP!!!! SOMEONE HELP MEEEEE!!!! MR. WOCKA AGENT BEAAAAAAAAR!!!!!!!!

All of the muppets from the boarding home gasp

All the muppets: Fozzie!?!?

Kermit: I KNEW he was hiding something!! FOZZIE!! HANG ON!!

Then suddenly, an shadowy figure that looked like a bear, maybe... Real Wocka agent bear!? He comes out of the shadows And he had his face shadowed, except for his eyes And sunglasses, and he speaks up in his voice of foozie from muppets 2011 And he had a deadly look on his face

Wocka agent bear: ...leave the kid alone...

The roosters stop attacking fozzie And look at wocka agent bear, kermoot, Bonzor And all the muppets look at the REAL Wocka agent bear, and fozzie gasps

Fozzie: IT- IT- IT'S WOCKA AGENT BEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!!!!!

Some whatnots (from muppets Show) And muppets who lived in their own houses looked outside their Windows to watch the scenario

Then the instrumental from Garfield game tango toss (high quality) comes on And wocka agent bear attacks kermoot first, with a "POW!" on the lips and fists

Kermoot: AHH!!!

Kermoot falls on the ground, wocka agent bear looks at Bonzor, who is sweating

Bonzor the fantastic: UHH... IT- IT WASNT MY IDEA!! I SWEAR-

Wocka agent bear gives a "POW" on bonzor's lips with his fists to Bonzor

Bonzor the fantastic: AAAAH!!

Bonzor falls on the ground too, And both kermoot And Bonzor sit up, And bonzor's roosters run go Bonzor And hide behind him

Wocka agent bear: now... You two leave this kiddo alone, before I didnt do something to you two And the... MOOPETS...

Kermoot And Bonzor nod And they get up and ran away, And bonzor's roosters run away with them

Bonzor the fantastic: AAAAAAA!!!!

Kermoot: RUN YOU ACROBATIC ALIEN!!! RUN!!!

Fozzie gets up and he looks at wocka agent bear with a huge smile on his face, And the muppets get out of the boarding home And walk towards fozzie And wocka agent bear

Fozzie: I- Its really you!!! You're wocka agent bear!!!

Wocka agent bear: mh-hm, I indeed am. And you're not. You pretended to be me, kiddo. Thats not wockatastic for my fans, y'kno?

Fozzie: uh, well... Im- uhh... Im very sorry if I pretended to be you, Mr. Wocka agent bear... Its just that you're my wockatastic idol! And im your wockatastic fan!

Wocka agent bear nods

Wocka agent bear: I understand that, kiddo. But thats not very wockatastic towards your friends too.

Wocka agent bear points at the other muppets that are standing outside the gate of the boarding home, And they were all looking at fozzie, they were sort of angry at him.

Fozzie: oh... I-...

Fozzie sighs

Fozzie: im sorry, Guys... I just wanted to prove you all that wocka agent bear DOES exist, but I more made you all angry... And I made wocka agent bear look bad...

He looks down at the floor And he looks sad And guilty, Kermit And the whole muppets gang then dont look Mad anymore, they now look like they were calmed that fozzie was brave enough to say the truth. And wocka agent bear puts his hand on fozzie's shoulder.

Wocka agent bear: you know, kiddo? You're very brave because you Said the truth to your friends, now THAT'S a thing that a good fan And friend would do.

Fozzie: r-really?

Fozzie looks at wocka agent bear

Wocka agent bear: ofcourse, kiddo. And I respect you as my good fan. And now, Im very proud of ya. Im sure your friends are too.

He looks at Kermit And the whole muppets gang and they all nod And look happy that fozzie Said the truth

Fozzie smiles And then he nods

Fozzie: Woah! It looks like i learned a wocklesson this night! Hahahaha!

Some muppets groan from that joke but they Chuckle too

Wocka agent bear: ya sure did, kiddo. And im proud of ya. And never forget, I know my fans' every move, especially yours now.

Fozzie nods And hugs wocka agent bear tightly

Fozzie: m-mm! Thank you, Mr. Wocka agent bear! Wocka wocka wockaaa!!

Wocka agent bear looks surprised from that tight hug, but he hugs fozzie back

Wocka agent bear: wocka, wocka, wocka.

Then wocka agent bear looks at fozzie

Wocka agent bear: well, before I go, want an autograph, kiddo?

Fozzie: I would love that!

He takes out his poster of wocka agent bear and he signatures on it

Wocka agent bear: im glad to see you happy now, kiddo. Good luck kiddo. I hope we'll see each other again like how I do see my other fans.

Fozzie: ooohhh I cant wait to see you again, Mr. Wocka agent bear!

Wocka agent bear smiles a little bit like a faint smile And he waves a little bit And runs away back in the shadows

Fozzie had the biggest smile on his face And he jumped up and down from joy

Fozzie: MMMMMMM I MET WOCKA AGENT BEAR!!!!

Kermit: ya sure did, fozz! But you still lied to us tho.

Kermit crosses his arms the rest of the muppets gang did And they look at fozzie

Fozzie: well... I Said I was sorry! I wont do that anymore! Promise!

Kermit And the whole muppets gang smile And Chuckle And they all hug together

Gonzo: well! Lets go inside, im kinda sleepy-

Everyone nods And go back inside the muppets boarding home

Meanwhile a little bit with wocka agent bear, he had a few pictures of fozzie disguising himself as wocka agent bear, And he smiled a little bit And chuckled

Wocka agent bear: Im glad that kiddo learned. I hope i'll see that brave comedian bear again.

And the instrumental of lazytown song "man on a mission" plays while the credits are on:

The screens shows the "the end" screen

Created by: Emin Muslich (eminsunnytoons123)

Main characters that mostly spoke: fozzie, Kermit, miss piggy

Supporting characters that spoke more: Pepe, Rizzo, gonzo

Characters that spoke a few Times or once/Sang a few Times: Janice, rowlf, Leon, yolanda, Leon, bean, Hilda, cliffster, Vicki, chip, the rest of the whole muppets gang

Characters that have been mentioned by the characters or narrator but didnt spoke: Ubu, zondra, Tammy the red haired whatnot, selena the brunette haired whatnot, Clifford, digit, Lindbergh, Waldo C Graphic, Cliffy, Zoot (except for playing the saxophone)

Villains: Kermoot, Bonzor the fantastic, bonzor's roosters

Guest characters: Wocka agent bear

Music/songs: man on a mission instrumental From lazytown And muppets' version of the song, tango toss theme from Garfield tango toss game

I hope y'all enjoyed this pilot episode I made for TMS: LITBH i literally worked on this pilot episode nearly this whole Day ^///^;

I'll make the episode 1 of season 1 on Friday =^_^=

And this is for all my besties/Sisters And brothers/pen pals:

@splashy900 @kxllboii @cheezekennith @aquamarine-dream-queen @dayzsaclark @oscarandgrinchfan @moshywoosh @ilovescaredysquirrel2 @nuggetaubrey @sharkyy599 @nightkit92 @familyoffood @mysafespaceblog13 @thelazzyblogzz @sugar-miss1 @shrimpathizer @shypeachrunaway @iggyguyy @sophia-does-skits @typical-sophie @peaceforpeople @ben5569 @xxkurosakutisaxx @ducktoonz903707 @muppet-fan-real @artismeyou-12 @blackstar044 @acen402 @acen404 @walt-diego-rodriguez @goatsarecool1 @nia1sworld @rumplestiltsbear @s4gefr0g @beeware-of-lulu @leafith

#my arts #digital art #the muppets #the muppets show: life in the boarding home #TMS:LITBH pilot #TMS: LITBH series episodes #Kermit the frog #miss piggy #fozzie bear #wocka agent bear #pepe the king prawn #rizzo the rat #gonzo the great #the moopets #kermoot the frog #bonzor the fantastic #ibispaintx

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listen. star wars is about letting go of selfishness and the hero's journey and space samurai and war etc etc but it is also about muppet aliens. do you understand me. if your star wars does not include little green frogs who speak bizarrely and sound like fozzie the bear then is it really star wars? no. thanks for coming to my ted talk.

#star wars #there are three types of non-human beings in star wars:#muppets (yoda)#human-looking aliens with different markings or additions (ahsoka or maul)#and robots (r2d2 or darth vader)#you can't just have the second two or it's not star wars!!!#sick of people saying that yoda and other funny looking aliens aren't serious enough for star wars #or that they ruin the story #my guy you don't get it!!!! that IS star wars!!!!#the muppets are integral!!!!!#yoda is hilarious and I want to see more people embracing the inherent chaos of a universe where something like him exists

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✧ synopsis: Its the terrifying weeks between doctors appointments that have the Bradshaws on edge, and one wanting Black Licorice

✧ word count: 1.1k

✧ warnings: pregnancy, IVF, mentions of past miscarriages, PTSD, medical jargon

For three weeks, Dragon had been testing her hCG levels at home daily, slowly watching as they started to rise. It was hard to try and keep her emotions at bay. The transfer had gone on without a hitch. Rooster held her hand and was by her side the whole time. His brown eyes watched on the screen as Doctor Miller talked through the process. He smiled, letting his gloved finger run over the screen and whispered a soft “hey baby” as the egg was implanted into Dragon’s uterus. Rooster was always so positive during the first weeks, while Dragon tried to keep herself with scotch tape and glue.

She wasn’t sure if it was the added hormones in her body making her want to cry everything seconds of it was the thought of knowing she could possibly be pregnant. Rooster was right by her side, every single morning as she took the hCG test. He would stand in the doorway or sit on the bed with their golden retriever, Fozzy, watching Dragon move around the bathroom. The whole process had basically become muscle memory for her. When the timer would go off, Rooster would get up and check the tests for her.

“Darker than the last one,” Rooster said, looking in the mirror at his wife. Dragon nodded, crossing her arms over her chest. Rooster stood up and walked over to her. He gently lifted her chin to look at him, “Three more days until you can take a pregnancy test. The line keeps getting darker every day. All good signs.”

Dragon nodded, “I know,” She let out a shaky breath, “We’ve been here before and I just. . . I get scared. What if my body is tricking me again? What if, What if it doesn’t stick?”

“We just can’t think like that until we take the test and get confirmation from Doctor Miller,” Rooster said and Dragon looked up at him. She puckered her lips and Rooster smiled, placing a kiss on her soft pink lips.

“Can you do me a favor?”

“Anything, honey.”

“I really, really, really want,” Dragon grabbed his hands in hers, squeezed them and placed a kiss on his knuckles, “Black licorice from the candy shop down on second.”

Bradley scrunched his eyebrows at her request. Of all the things she could ask for, this is what she wanted. She had some odd cravings with her past pregnancies, but this was a new one. But Bradley knew that he had somehow made a mistake as he watched the tears start to well up in her eyes.

“Oh no, honey don’t-”

Dragon held her hand up, cutting him off, “It’s fine. I’ll just go cry over my flight plans and eat red licorice. It’s totally fine.”

“I-” Rooster opened his mouth to say something as Dragon briskly walked away from him and down to their home office, “I love you!”

“Fuck off!”

“Yep, you too, babe,” Rooster sighed and hung his head. He looked up at the dog that was sitting on their bed, “What are we gonna do, Foz?” As if the dog could understand him, he jumped off the bed and ran down towards the home office, “Traitor!”

— — —

Rooster whistled as he pulled his golf clubs out of the back of his truck, putting them in their spot in the garage. It was the first saturday of the month, which meant it was “book club” as Dragon liked to call it. But it was otherwise known as the monthly golf outing with the boys. It was Javy’s idea to have a saturday just for the guys, and somehow they all decided on going to play golf. Rooster didn’t even know that half the squad could play golf, and it showed month after month.

Walking into the house, Rooster toed off his half tied tennis shoes, and set his keys on the hook by the door. The house was quiet, which was a rare occurrence for a saturday. Usually Rooster would come home to Phoenix’s car blocking his spot (something she did on purpose) making him have to park on the street. The sisters used the boys’ golf outing to their advantage and usually spent the morning making breakfast and gossiping. Rooster quickly checked his phone, making sure that his wife didn’t want him to grab anything on his way home.

“Honey?” Rooster called out through the quiet house.

“Upstairs,” Dragon called softly. Rooster climbed the stairs, taking two at a time, seeing the light on in their bedroom.

“Hey,” Rooster smiled, seeing her snuggled up in bed with Fozzy. The dog’s head was in her lap, Dragon was running her hand over his soft fur while her other hand held a book. Doctor Miller had recommended Dragon to bedrest while in the waiting stage of IVF, hoping to keep her stress levels down. Bradley flopped down on the bed, laying on the other side of Fozzy, “How was your day?”

“Good,” Dragon said, closing her book and putting it on the side table, “How was golfing with the boys?”

“Eventful, like always.” Rooster laughed, “Only managed to create a couple new holes in the ground, and lose the ball twice.”

“That’s better than last week,” Dragon said.

“Small improvements.”

Dragon smiled, “Hey, can you go grab me the box of Kleenex from the bathroom? I need to blow my nose.”

“Yeah,” Rooster said and rolled over, getting off the bed and walking into the bathroom. Dragon looked at Fozzy, and nodded her head towards the ground. The dog obliged and jumped down, going straight to his bed on the floor.

Rooster mumbled some words to a song he heard on the radio as he flipped on the bathroom light. Dragon shifted in bed, moving so she could watch Rooster in the bathroom mirror. He reached for the box of kleenex on the counter, and faltered. His jaw fell open slightly as he retracted his hand, his brown eyes looking down at the plastic sticks laid out on the counter. Rooster brought his hand up to his mouth, covering it as he looked down at them in disbelief.

“Honey?” Rooster called out softly. He gingerly picked up one of the sticks and walked into the bedroom. Dragon moved to sit on the edge of the bed, and Rooster knelt down in front of her, “Is this. . .,” His voice caught in this throat as he wiped a tear from his eye, “Is this real?”

Dragon nodded and grabbed his hand, “I haven’t gone to Doctor Miller for real confirmation but I think it is. I took like three of them.”

“Four,” Rooster looked up at her, “There’s four and they’re all positive.”

“They are all positive,” Dragon smiled and Rooster wrapped his arms around her midsection, pressing his head into her belly. Dragon ran her hand over his curls as she felt tears hit her shirt. Bradley had always been the more emotional one in the beginning but became solid as a rock as things progressed.

He sniffled and pulled his head back from her belly, placing one of his large hands there, “Hi baby, or babies,” Dragon giggled, “I’m your daddy.”

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