Gus My Beloved

Call me Bas. (Short for Basilica) | I mainly write but also occasionally draw when inspiration strikes | Main blog is @everywhichwaymb, so I'll follow and stuff from there. | My AO3 is The_Steampug_Dude

[anguigenus]

Okay I noticed my pinned needed updating and I've been getting more followers lately so here goes.

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Useful Tags:

#my writing #my art #my edits -- pretty self descriptive.

#bibliotheca anguigeni -- this is the tag I use for fics, incorrect quotes, and various other text-based art.

#thesaurus anguigeni -- this is the tag I use for visual art, GIFs, edits, etc.

#ludi -- used for memes and shitposts

#de anguigeno -- for most posts I make

#writer's log -- me talking about my fics and stuff: update schedules, little teasers, etc. (won't be tagged with de anguigeno)

#toh meta and #toh theory -- used for those topics, character analysis and stuff falls under toh meta, and most theory posts will be tagged meta as well.

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Next item of business: Writing!

I write a lot, typically gen stuff, and my favorite character is Gus which often shows. Also, it's mostly angst. If that interests you, check out my AO3!

Find My Fics Here!

I always love talking about my fics, so feel free to drop into my inbox any time if you have any questions or just enjoyed them and want to let me know!

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If you were curious, here's a close-up of my icon:

See? Not threatening at all! Come talk to me I swear I won't bite

[jamscandraw]

Steve Week 2025 Day 1: Journey

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THIS HAS TO BE A MISTAKE

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LOOKED IT UP AGAIN

WHAT THE FUCK

[bumbylbee]

lmaooo all jokes aside i have heard that (about gus x mattholomule obviously, not whatever that is 😭) but idk if it’s true

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UPDATE I JUST FOUND THIS:

[bumbylbee]

yeah i saw that, but i couldn’t find the deadline article they were referencing

[starriiskyy]

yeah its not actually true haha they were joking

if only though 😔

[anguigenus]

This tweet IS real though ^_^

[speckletailsilly]

All talk

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goofy doodle because. i care them

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i can just... draw whatever i want... and you guys have to deal with it...

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there's no time! quick! take this tiny gustholomule doodle page!

the boyfriends ever,,,,

[starriiskyy]

literally cannot stop thinking about lemon boy by cavetown and gustholomule today

so heres doodles of a silly little au where gus is a gardener and matt is his,,, lemon boy,,

[lollipopuke]

Don’t they know it’s the end of the world

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matty

i saw this sweater on pinterest and it made me think of him

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your art is such a part of you that its as easy as breathing. but sometimes just breathing is too hard.

what are you supposed to do then, if that's all who you are?

you can try to hide away in the dark all you want, but you cant run from your brain

[tentacledsnakelover]

The Treatment of Gus' Understanding of Human Culture

One issue I have with the series is that while the show explores Luz navigating witch culture, we never really got to see Gus explore human culture.

Even when we do see Gus around human items, it is treated like a joke, with Gus acting dumber than one would expect.

I can understand Eda not caring too much about human stuff, since she just ends up hawking it to gullible people for money.

But human culture is Gus' special interest, and I wish the writers took Gus seriously enough to explore that.

I first think that Gus' inaccuracies over human culture are overexaggerated, such as how despite having a magazine on human culture in his debut episode, he somehow thinks braces are nailed to human teeth to make them magnetic. Gus is a prodigy who skipped a few grades, I feel like he could understand why humans have braces.

I can excuse Luz being more ignorant since the knowledge of witches being real was seen as silly when she was growing up, but it seems the Boiling Isles knew and accepted that humans are real. I think Gus would know more about them, since apparently, they can read English, such as when Gus gives Amity a cookbook in Follies at the Coven Day Parade. This is another instance where Gus is treated like a dummy for a joke, and I wish his intelligence was treated more seriously.

It could have been cool for worldbuilding and his and Luz's characters if we saw them hang out and exchange information about their species and cultures. We could actually get insight into how humans and witches differ in terms of anatomy (I really doubt Gus would actually believe humans have dorsal fins) and culture.

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no seriously! even if information about the human realm was limited gus still had a lot to work with and he definitely wouldve known a lot more.

i know its a kids' show so i understand why they had those scenes because they needed comedy and it was also a way to emphasize the differences between the two worlds, but unfortunately that left gus with poorer characterization gus is the type of person to completely throw himself into his interests and understand it as much as he can. and yeah, he was also twelve at the time of season one, so i can see why he had some misconceptions, but its used too much for comedy.

i think what bothers me most actually isnt exactly the fact that he started off not understanding humans as much but moreso that he didnt really grow much in terms of his human knowledge throughout the show. even in season one alone he wouldve learned so much just because he would definitely be hounding luz with questions and he would have more access to eda's human stuff

and yeah, it couldve led to a lot of really nice bonding moments between luz and gus while also deepening the audience's understanding of the demon realm

but his character is taken so unseriously by the show sometimes and it makes me a little sad

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some drawings of my favorite icon in different fits because i love him very very much and i think he deserves it

i also drew sleepy matt. if you even care

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dont mind this

(referencing that one ugly beanie baby post from last month)

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Tiebreaker: The First Day vs Something Ventured, Something Framed

For the first time in this blog, two contestants tied. As a user noticed, this poll was a literal 50-50. But sadly, according to the rules, only one of the episodes can move on. Only the winner of this 24h poll will progress to the round of 32.

What is your favorite episode?

The First Day (S1E13)

Something Ventured, Something Framed (S1E9)

Voting ended onJan 23, 2025

The First Day: During Luz's first day of Magic School, curiosity gets the best of her, and she finds herself thrown into the Detention Track, where she's not allowed to learn magic.

Something Ventured, Something Framed: When Gus sneaks Luz into Hexside School to present at the Human Appreciation Society, Luz sees a side of the school she didn't expect.

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something ventured someone framed all the way!!!

[chr1zss]

When ur bf goes to the human realm and has all this new human slang..

Okay so this is from a joke me and my friend came up with where like Gus (semi accidentally) gets Matt to believe “Hawk Tuah” means “I love you”

He tells hexsquad and it basically becomes an entire thing where they all just say “Hawk Tuah” to eachother whenever Matt is around 😭😭

“hawk tuah, Luz!” “Hawk tuah you too, Amity!!”

I’m so funny

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hi tumblr

first art dump ft. recent art and super old stuff bc. whatever