#wanted a 'bluey dog'

[dragpinkman]

seeing a dog breed most people do not have the capacity to handle and properly care for marketed as an easy adopt

[irradiatedsnakes]

hi

[atompalace-official]

bluey & bingo! 💙🩵🧡💛

[heystephen]

i feel like in general the trend of people getting dogs and thinking they can rewire the dog’s bred-in instinct by just pretending it isnt there is just getting worse and worse and as someone heavily involved in rescue it’s just hard to watch because it’s the dogs who get failed

[dogboots]

this post was brought to you by the judo lovers association

[j3nnix]

KEVIN IN BLUEY!!!! I don't like the one I colored but KEVIN IN BLUEY!!1!!!1!11!

[sillimancer]

so I've been watching Bluey and I'm on episode 37/52 in series 1 so I feel like I've seen enough of it to have genuine thoughts (I skimmed the wikipedia page too)

the reason I started watching it was because of its reputation among millennials with kids who have been swearing up and down that it's basically free therapy for our age group. I'm definitely in the market to having my brain chemistry altered but after 37 episodes, I don't know that I'm there yet. there is still a lot of show left to go though, and some of the most-circulated clips I've seen on social media have been in episodes I haven't come across yet, so that is subject to change.

what I CAN say is that Bluey is objectively a very good tv show that 100% deserves its Peabody award. it's thoughtful, fun, and honestly funnier than it has any right to be. I've laughed out loud more than once. Joe Brumm made the show with the intention of it being entertaining for both kids and parents and he absolutely nailed that balance, I think. in that way, it's not a kid show; it's a family show. and I like that (and I'm pleasantly surprised by how well it works!).

I haven't been a kid for a long time so it's hard for me to put myself in the shoes of a child, especially in a world that is so drastically different from mine. I think this is the first kid show I've seen that prominently features things like smartphones. I know those shows exist--the new Blue's Clues is a good example of how things have been updated to suit modern audiences--but it's something that caught my eye as an Old Fart (in internet years). Not as a bad or good thing, just as a "wow I'm getting older and it's getting harder to relate to or even understand childhood" kind of way. Maybe that's why people want to be parents so badly. To reconnect with that. I can sympathize with that feeling.

the show focuses a lot on Bluey and her sister and friends navigating the world through imaginative play, which I love and has a solid backing in child developmental psychology. I actually just started learning a little bit about play therapy (I follow a play therapist on tiktok who kinda got me into it, I love her), so I feel like I've been getting a little bonus bit of enrichment out of the show for that. it's like when you're watching a movie that's partly in another language and you don't speak the language but you recognize it and can maybe pick out a couple words? it's like that.

I think Brumm really captured lightning in a bottle with this project. you can feel the love it's made with. the storylines are grounded with just the right touch of an almost magical or fantastical quality that really makes you feel childlike wonder even as a cynical and deeply depressed 30-something. There's conflict and mess, sure, but built on a foundation of safety and community, and I think that's probably what's resonating with (american) millennials. we inherited so much instability and pain from our previous generations that it's hard to believe a world or even a family unit like Bluey's could exist. parents who love each other? who are active in their children's lives? who apologize when they do something wrong? COULDN'T BE US!

all this to say I'm enjoying the show, it's heartwarming, it's charming, it's delightful, and I hope Joe Brumm lives forever. but it's also very much designed for children so like. I worry the millennial parents crying over this show on tiktok may be overselling it.

[worm-in-a-trenchcoat]

Not y’all gate keeping a show about cartoon dogs 💀

Bluey isn’t even a “baby” show, it’s a youth and parent show.

It’s for children and parents, adults are allowed to (and literally encouraged by the creators) watch it. And if people who aren’t parents happen to watch it and it brings them joy, then who the fucks cares??

We’re literally just existing and vibing watching a show about cartoon dogs, you’re the ones that are making it weird by saying we’re weird for watching it.

It’s a cartoon, adults can watch cartoons. Let people watch what they want, man 💀

[c10v3r]

i think more people should draw in the bluey style its cathartic

[hkthatgffan]

So yeah, I'm kinda in love with Bluey now😂😭

This show is so good, omfg!🥺

[gwyoi]

adult bluey fans are just like normal bronies. I don’t doubt there’s weird bluey fans but it’s truly so tame compared to hardcore bronies

[mommyslilfrenchfries]

Her is so baby 🥺

[shiguknifeii]

On another note, I made these blueyfied Sig and Amitie designs

[fazcinatingblog]

I'm not sure if they do it but dogs players songs after goals (made up by me):

Cody - bluey theme song

Bont - gotta be something in Italian

Libba - shaddap your face by Joe dolce

Treloar - I should know this, gotta be something pop and mainstream

Trent - high hopes by panic at the disco (also my level of hope for seeing Trent playing today 🤞)

Poulter - something grunge

Jamarra - rap probably

Bailey Smith - sexual healing

Ryan gardner - Kung Fu fighting

[smile-files]

this is so silly. one of the perks of having goody gardens as a thing is that it gives me an excuse to have like 50 billion fursonas. but then i'll keep thinking "but what about my truesona" as if that doesn't completely defeat the purpose

[raykarr]

blooe