okay but honest to god the reason the king of town has taken the most notable dip in appearances outside of mocking his own character is because he was always a character with no decent relationships with others. i mean coach z had basically nothing to him outside of the accent & some sports things that didn’t last very long, but he’s got some relationships with marzipan & bubs that have given him room to stay. strong mad is & has been very similarly one-note to the kot but he’s got not only his relationship with sb & the cheat as a trio but his straightforward bond with the cheat on its own. they can appear together doing lots of things. meanwhile what has the kot got, the other members of the castle? if they had stuck with him being marzipan’s father that’d give him an excuse to have some kind of dynamic with her but as it stands he has got no relationship with a member of the main cast that isn’t just that other character’s default manner of interacting with someone else.
“hey bubs, can i get two tickets to the borch that makes you old?”
“sure thing! i love selling more than one of my products with no questions asked.”
“oh, that reminds me. i gotta ask you a question. how’s about i take you on a special date today? the destination can be a srurprise, and i already got the tickets!”
“okay. i also love going to places when the other person’s paid for the trip!”
“is there anything else you love...?”
“ask me about it later.”
*later*
“coach z, why did you take me to the beach that makes you old?”
“no, no, no, i took us to the borch that makes you old! it sounds much more romantic like that.”
“you wouldn’t know romance if it lived with you for 20 years of your life!”
“unfratunately, i may not have that much left.”
both a plural strong bad & homestar interpretation is great because they’d just be like
*strong bad voice* ugh crap man i really feel like playing with action figures & reading children’s books right now but i’m totally not going to do that no way
*homestar voice* hey strong bad i’m calling to ask you can i come over and play action figures & read children’s books with you
*strong bad voice*
[image description: monochrome art with thick outlines and minimal shading of duckshirt homestar runner and lil’ strong bad. homestar sits with his knees up to his chest, eyes looking up as if in thought, and his mouth open, talking to strong bad. sb wears his resting frown & a shirt with clouds shooting out lightning bolts, and sits with his legs sticking out in front of him. end id]
“when i grow up, i’m going to be the strongest man in the world!”
“you can’t do that! cause when i grow up, i’m going to be the strongest, baddest man in the world!”
“oh, cool! when i grow up, i’m going to be a terrific athlete!”
alt colored homestar under the cut
“hmm. today i think i will ask this ‘strong bad’ fellow a question.”
“great idea, homestar!”
“thanks! i came up with it alllll by myself.”
Does anyone else think about how free country usa probably floods like a MOTHERFUCKER
Most of the main area of the town is on assumedly flat ground with mostly only bushes and like 3 trees, and theres been at least one river and decent sized lake seen in a couple of toons, so I can only assume that as someone who lives in a place that also floods like a motherfucker it must suck SO BAD especially during the transition period between winter and spring when all that snow is melting and it starts to rain like nuts
On the plus side though, knowing how these characters are it would be so funny if the town had a flood regardless of how or why if im being honest