I love the idea of Virgil being muscular because of his fight or flight response, not overly bulky but still and Roman thinks that Virgil is a scrawny twink until one day he hugs Virgil because he's excited that Thomas got a role or something and he feels Virgil's arms and is like "Oh, hello" it's stupid, ignore me
abandon the idea that anxiety medication makes virgil colorless/unable to speak/painfully restrained and instead embrace the idea that anxiety medication makes virgil high as fuck
One thing that I don't think the fandom has grasped about Remus's brand of evil is that he is a cartoon evil force. Maybe an adult cartoon type of evil, but still, he is not truly evil in terms of what's evil in our modern society. His idea of cruel and evil is booby traps, he is not a genuielly horrible person.
Not to say that he can't be, but he won't be. One because even though he's a freak, he's still limited by SaSi being PG-13. He's a character bound by the rules of the media he exists in, even if he wanted to be horrible, he's still bound by cartoon logic. But two, because Remus isn't a actually bad person. A freak, asshole, and general nuisance? Yes, 100%. Cruel, rotten, and at all comparable to the real evil people in our world? No. I think Remus would infact hate those people, because they aren't in it for a love of the game or some weird validation like he is, they're in it for corporate greed bigotry and other general reasons.
Remus is literally the result of a society that hates anyone who doesn't fit it's norms. Remus is everything that society taught c!Thomas was "wrong". The last thing Remus would ever do is stoop to that society's level.
Virgil choosing to wear purple after he's been accepted has been complete redefined for me after the newest episode. What do you mean Virgil had the choice to redefine himself however he wanted after he left the dark sides and he chose to define himself by the color that symbolized his own happiness.
And that's why Janus and Remus are so surprised when they see Virgil's new outfit. Virgil, closed off, emotionally reserved, completely miserable Virgil, letting the world see his emotions so openly.
Virgil you are not beating the joy and love allegations.
Janus: I never tell people off the bat that I'm gay. I wait. I wait until they say some homophobic shit and then I laugh and I'm like "you know I'm gay right?" and watch the look of terror on their face.
Im back in that damn building again THE NEW EPISODE WAS SOOO GOOOD :C and then i started thinking abt them and ohhhhhh the originals...
More sap abt sanders sides as a whole + the uh, interesting art process below, but MAN :( it was rlly good and i loved it so much -w-
oh and merry bitchmas or something
good god where do I begin, like... I have so many thoughts to say JASBDJASDBAKJS
BASICALLY for a really long time, i thought I kinda grew out of sanders sides. the feeling of "man am I too old for this now?" and I really hate that feeling -- if you couldnt tell from all of the childish interests that I always make art for, I hate the feeling of "growing up" out of something I once liked. I hate finding things I used to like "cringe" or "cannon events" or whatever, I hate it so much. it's like I'm mocking my past self for having interests, and that past self is still me, you know? I wanna always like the cartoons and stories that at one point meant everything to me.
sanders sides specifically, I thought I was growing up out of for years now. The side (and "a-side") never appealed to me as much, the incorrect quotes, the small skits, whatever it was. and obviously i didnt "not like" them because they weren't "the real deal." i love TS videos in general, I dont need a ling 1.5 hour video to keep me interested. but something about the "a-side" content being labeled as "a-side" never meshes well with me. like, as if the Big Guy himself was saying "hey this is a kinda whatever video compared to the Big Boys, this one isnt as good, dont look too hard" -- now obviously that's not what it was about. Im sure it's just for organizational purposes, like I even do with my own art, sketches vs renders. but, it's still what it read to me, a feeling of under-confidence almost. which kinda lead to my apathy of them.
and then over the years the a-sides kinda meshed with the skits, the shorts, the roleslaying, etc. it all kinds meshed together in my head, leading to a bubmled mess of just.. blech. Id see new thumbnails and pass, skip videos, just watch the main TS content rather than the Sander Sides stuff, which was really weird. I still loved the series of course, talked about them with my brother a lot, watched older videos, listend to the songs. my affections were all still there more or less, but whatever new came out i just kinda felt apathetic about.
and then this episode. I was at work, and my brother texted me that a new episode came out, a "real one" after so long. again, I felt apathetic, but i knew i'd still give it a watch. I was mourning something that I thought I grew tired of, but I wanted to at least give it a try and see. this was a "real episode" after all, something there hasnt been one of since i grew my apathy.
and UGHHHH man. it really all come right back. this felt like it was form 2019, the writing was like it was, just as before. the interactions, the character the personality, the costumes, the entire idea.. seeing right brain, left brain, and vision, it was all so new and fun and creative, but still felt so familiar. the way we all learned this lesson and the formatting of everything was just so perfect. felt like everything i loved about the series, even when it has a fresh coat of paint now.
summary is, Im ecstatic to know i never actually grew out of it. I love keeping in touch with my interests, and i love staying with them. i never like growing out of things I enjoy, and Im just really really happy to know that sanders sides is still on the list of things i love. i thought i grew out of it, but man. seeing a traditional episode again, it really was everything i loved about it all -w-
ANDDDDDDDD WIP TIME ================
i hate drawing from scratch, anf i have the inability too. but, if you give me anything, i can turn it into something.
Janus: I love cheating, if you don't cheat what the hell is wrong with you?
Roman and Patton *through tears*: Have you even been cheated on?!
Janus: Oh shi- I forgot some people are in relationships. To clarify! I love to violate academic integrity on exams!
Logan: How dare you!
A theory: Virgil is actually really good at chess what with always preparing for the worst and seeing all potential outcomes, which both delights Logan, now finally having a chess partner, and infuriates him because he can’t seem to win.
For @anxiousoddish who asked for virgil and logan hanging out
One struggle I did not see coming was dealing with how my appearance/body has changed and whether or not I *look* like my own characters. Did not expect this type of body incongruence.
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