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When the third Tuesday of May sweeps...

The JELLYFISH FESTIVAL is here!!

Had this one in mind for a long time so here it finally is - another big OC collab post, this time to celebrate beautiful Spring and the return of the Stinging Red Jellyfish to Springfield!

Of course we have the cotillion with a stage for the musically inclined, the dancefloor to show some moves, refreshments, and the beach with the stars of the show drying under the sun. <3

Feel free to join in the festivities - whether alone or with a special someone to dance the day away ♥

As always if participating make sure to pick the most recent contribution before adding your own character, and I hope you'll have fun!!

The image is very easily loopable on both sides so if somehow this gets filled out, have no fear, I'll add some more room ♥

Empty background and Ann below the cut:

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Figured I'd go with the only OC I never used in art collabs so far. With her beloved, no less! 😊

Better resolution/transparent version of the couple below the cut!

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When the third Tuesday of May sweeps...

The JELLYFISH FESTIVAL is here!!

Had this one in mind for a long time so here it finally is - another big OC collab post, this time to celebrate beautiful Spring and the return of the Stinging Red Jellyfish to Springfield!

Of course we have the cotillion with a stage for the musically inclined, the dancefloor to show some moves, refreshments, and the beach with the stars of the show drying under the sun. <3

Feel free to join in the festivities - whether alone or with a special someone to dance the day away ♥

As always if participating make sure to pick the most recent contribution before adding your own character, and I hope you'll have fun!!

The image is very easily loopable on both sides so if somehow this gets filled out, have no fear, I'll add some more room ♥

Empty background and Ann below the cut:

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Chill evening?

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It was @bluebeerg's beautiful Cherub Berg's design anniversary not long ago so Little doodle to celebrate... I love you Cherub !

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hi will you post more simpsons?

head in hands. hi everyone. yea

I'm sorry I dropped the ball so badly. I've been crushed by both work and personal circumstances and I've utterly gone missing huh

Thing is I've been continuing to make art (when I could). I have Simpsons stuff and TTRPG stuff that's been accumulating in my drafts. But I've been feeling too guilty about disappearing to post anything ghbf

To be honest I've always had the habit of making sure to catch up at least a little to my friends n mutuals' art before posting my own, just as a matter of principle.

I've always functioned more or less like this, cuz for Many years I've always been a massive comments-in-tags person. Because I've forever loved giving comments... But also in a Be The Change You Want To See In The World way, a Instate The Dynamic You Dream Of believer, and I feel like I just can't stop doing that. It's inspired others, it's created such a healthy environment around, who would I be if I suddenly stopped doing it?

But due to being so crushingly overwhelmed for so many weeks, and not being able to catch up, and posts accumulating the longer I took to do it, well. Where's that post saying "oh no, did you intimidate yourself out of doing something you enjoy for fun?"

Anyway. I gave myself secret rules and now they're holding me down. And I haven't been posting cuz of it. :']

I hope I manage to break out of that frozen state. I wanna be back and show what I've done but I also want to be there for my friends and uplift them and give their art the love it deserves. Bear with me as I try to exist as a person again, if life will let me

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I’m curious of your thoughts on Season 37’s final episodes “Irrational Treasure” and “Homer? A Cracker Bro?”. Personally, my favorite episodes of the season are “The Day of the Jack-Up” since it has a bunch of decent jokes and “Seperance” as it gives an accurate portrayal of how someone can become easily jaded with their life and shows great bonding between Bart and Lisa as well their parents.

I thought they were just okay. Most of this season has been a giant let down for me unfortunately :(

"Irrational Treasure" was fine, with some pretty fun scenes and some cute moments with Santa's Little Helper, which was always welcome cuz I do love this dog.

"Homer? A Cracker Bro?" had some good moments that were tragically wholly ruined by some massive ableism in the way they presented and had the characters react to a bipolar disorder. There are so many things I could say about this but for the sake of brievety I'll just say I wish we'd get a sympathetic episode from the pov of the people/characters who have the disorders rather than how it 'affects' the other people surrounding them.

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I made this a few weeks ago.

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AW this is wonderful thank you so much!!! I’m sorry I’m late to seeing it but this is an amazing gift, I love how you drew Snake and imitated the Simpsons font so well on paper. Thank you !! ♥

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A tiny ficlet behind this:

Friendly reminder, Alfonso is clueless in all of this, so he has no idea what's actually going on with Ann and Snake in all of this.

Alfonso: Hey! Your name is Ana, by the way?

Ann: It's actually Ann, but yes?

Alfonso: Oh! Close. Hey! 'm sorry if I'm getting in the business of other people, but I want to say something! I'm glad you support your brother-in-law. It reminds me when I helped my brother-in-law to get the perfect gift for my sister Adela in their anniversary! But, there's something I don't understand, does his wife has no issues that you two kiss in the mouth? Is it something normal in the USA?

Ann: Brother-in-law? What? No! No. No. He's my boyfriend and we're dating!

Alfonso: Oh! My bad! (Under his breath) si que estás bien pendejo Alfonso. (Facepalm and nervious laughter) But... isn't he married with that cop? Which was her name? Julia? I think it was Julia or possibly Renata... And I think he has a son with her, who looks like a mini-version of him.

Ann: You mean Gloria?

Alfonso: Gloria! Oh! She's named like my sister Adela's best friend! Wow! The world is really small! ¡Cielos! But what's going on with her? You sound like you don't like her!

Ann: Well, she divorced him and I told her to leave him to move on and she's been pestering our relationship for the last months!

Alfonso: Divorced? But I tought they were married? There had been like 8 times since I had arrived to Springfield that I've seen them kissing, like you did with that guy Serpent some minutes ago. Does divorce works different in the USA?

Ann: What?

Alfonso: Yes. Well... There was one time, I was at the Squidport and I've seen them kissing in the ferris wheel and then the monday I was with Roger at the Channel 6 studios and I saw them again kissing in the parking lot and then I was yesterday at the mall and I saw them kissing again, after he stole from that left-handed store and also there was that other time at...

Ann: Okay! Okay! Stop! Maybe you remember wrong?

Alfonso: Really? (Beat) Oh no! I tought I left behind the whole thing of my mind playing tricks on me! I have to talk with Zander about this! Sorry for this!

Ann: Don't worry! It's fine. It's... fine...

Alfonso: So, thank you for the food, your food is very delicious. (While Alfonso leaves and also leaves a big tip.) And sorry for the whole bad memories! I'm still trying to adapt to Springfield! Sorry and have a good morning!

Ann: Yes... thank you! Come back... again...

Well! That's my headcannon! I don't know if I kept Ann-in character and how I drew her?

Also! Among the show characters mentioned are: Roger Meyers, Jr., Dr. Zander, Gloria and Snake, if you wonder.

What do you think?

I don't know if you liked it? Also! Unless Alfonso has familiarity with other characters, he will always misname the characters, because he fails in remembering their names and yes! It serves to explore his mouthy tendencies. Also! How I drew Ann? I tried to draw her as good as you do! Your art is really awesome! I love it so much!

You're an amzing artist!

HEHEHEH THIS IS REALLY GOOD!!! I LOVE the art you've made of them at the diner, Alfonso's big smile and gesturing hand as he's rambling, and Ann looking shocked and puzzled about what she's hearing...

And this interaction is super fun!! Alfonso's habit of mixing up names is so amusing and very Simpsonesque :'] Poor Ann, he's just telling her of all the ways things aren't working out and she's just trying really hard to ignore it and wave it away HEHEHE

You drew Ann very well I love how she looks in your style ♥♥♥ This is a wonderful post thank you so much for sending it to me!

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(Honest to god don’t know to which of your blogs I should send asks but here’s one)

Burning question with no relevant reason: Does Anne know Snake’s real name or is she just like “oh yeah that dude is named after a reptile in the order squamata”

Also another completely unrelated question what is her biggest hope and her biggest fear?

For all her naivety I'd think she does have a hunch this isn't his birth name LMAO, but I don't think she'd question it. He presents himself as Snake and people call him Snake, then he's Snake :] (Also it's so hot going out with a guy with a cool name like that oughh 😩)

Her biggest hope would be for Snake to become an upstanding citizen (cuz she'd manage to fix him), and then for him to marry her and them living together happily ever after in a nice house. She has very childish dreams LOL.

But biggest fear.. I think it'd be to be stuck in her current life forever? In a dead end low paying job, living in a shitty appartment in a crappy area, and remaining ever a temporary girlfriend at best for the guys she falls in love with.

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Quick ugly shitpost cuz ofc I had to do this

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Warden when his coworkers steal evidence, insult witnesses, let the mob take their weapons, and tell him he's dressed like shit.

And it's only the first day.

Original meme under the cut:

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@cherryberg HC'd his dog doesn't have a proper name and I agree. It's "Herman's Dog". What d'ya want a real identity for, you from government?

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@cherryberg and I have been talking about the dog from 35x14 'Night of the Living Wage' for a frankly unreasonable amount of time... So I'm finally posting about it :']

I think Herman doesn't particularly care all that much about animals - they're fine, but he's always seen them more as a means to an end, like hunters using dogs for tracking simply being practical. Adopting one merely as a pet never interested him.

As a result in my mind he only got it because it was court-ordered, and accepted it to get the judge off his ass. Otherwise Herman would never have bothered with getting an animal for himself - much less an emotional support animal, which he most definitely thinks is a stupid concept for 'weak people'.

Having it forced on him definitely wounded his pride. "Emotional support"? How insulting. He's not one of those overemotional snowflakes.

He probably resented the thing a little in the very beginning, even while knowing full well it wasn't its fault.

But those angry tendencies of him? Heh. Well that's exactly what an emotional support dog is here for.

And, well. It grew on him quickly.

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Rare Elusive Joyous Warden Photograph (NOT CLICKBAIT)

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I remember sometimes reading your reviews of new episodes of The Simpsons season 37 on NHC until you suddenly stopped. Is there a specific reason for this? I really enjoy your reasonably well-reasoned opinions, so I was curious to see if it was due to a drop in interest or something else. And if it's the latter, are there any episodes you'd highlight this season, or at least the ones you liked the most? I heard good reviews for the last three (Parahormonal Activity, The Fall Guy-Yi-Yi, and Seperance).

Hi, thank you for asking!!

I definitely didn't drop the interest, the Simpsons is absolutely still with me! I just got tired of the culture on NHC and decided to stop using it for now :']

There definitely are a lot of very sweet individuals there that I dearly miss interacting with - but there was at some point a lot of posts and subjects that made me very uncomfortable, made by a very vocal part of the website (I can't even call them a minority, really), so I decided to take a step back. I might come back eventually if it settles back down, cuz after all it was good vibes for a while when I came in, but at that point I needed a break 😔

I really appreciate your message though!! I think I know who sent this, and you were a very nice person to see around and discuss the show/our favourite episodes with :]

As for Season 37, frankly it's overall been a massive let down for me 🥲

I loved a lot of what the 30s had to offer up til now, but for S37 you really can feel that much of the usual writers, including showrunner Selman, are off working on the upcoming movie. There's been issues with pacing for a lot of episodes, either feeling too cramped or too empty, like they didn't know how to handle a 20-minute runtime especially with the classic A/B plot divide.

But there still were episodes I liked or even loved, and those would be:

37x06 - Bart N' Frink: An imperfect episode but it was the first of the season that I truly enjoyed watching, and I really liked the show touching on Bart's way of thinking and learning (very much ADHD though not clearly stated this time), with Frink being a positive encouraging force for him. Implied Autism/ADHD solidarity and that's pretty nice!

37x11 - Parahormonal Activity: A very good episode among a very disappointing season, it actually took me by surprise at that point LMAO. I was afraid of how they'd tackle this subject, especially with the way the show handles Men VS Women even within this one season (coughs. Men Behaving Manly. coughs) but it actually was made with compassion and care, and I really liked the tensions between Marge and Lisa. It feels a little like Lisa's Belly but surrounding another subject of feminine expectations and that was very pleasant.

37x12 - The Fall Guy-Yi-Yi: Simply a very good and fun story! An episode that doesn't necessarily have anything super in-depth going on, just wants to explore a never-before-seen relationship, and does so with a lot of slapstick comedy that we don't really see featured much anymore (especially since we get much fewer Itchy & Scratchy bits in recent seasons). And it works great!! It was amazing to see more of Bumblebee Man, and I think they really landed his characterization. There's been episodes that tried to focus on background characters and failed the landing before, but here he really comes off as a genuine person, even outside the costume he always wears, and it's really well done. I loved it ♥

37x13 - Seperance: It was alright. :] I'd put it in a similar area as Bart N' Frink, wherein I think it's not particularly outstanding but it has some good bits and I had a good time watching it. I think they got a bit shy with the actual political messaging they could have gone for, but nonetheless a good light watch. I think it's probably better paced and constructed than Bart n Frink, but I like that one for the more emotional bits that this one doesn't really have. They both have good things going for them in different ways!

That's pretty much it! I think in past seasons I probably wouldn't have bothered mentioning episodes I merely found 'alright', but given my overall dislike of the rest it would make for a very barebones review of the season :'] I really hope it picks up again, because the 30s had a lot of really great stories to offer and I'd be sad to see what might be the very last seasons of this historical show go down the drain the way the mid-20s did!

That's about it. Thank you again for reaching out and asking for my thoughts, I hope you've been well! Maybe I'll check out the NHC again one of these days :]

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What's something Ann really likes and she really hates?

Also are there any canon characters you want Ann to interact with outside the ones who've already interacted with her?

Hi!! OHH Good questions!

Ann likes a lot of things - she really enjoys trashy people magazines, scented candles, gossiping with her friends, bubble baths... Overall, a lot of the clichés you can slap on that sort of archetype will tend to fit her. But I'd say something she really likes are fancier parties (the kind she doesn't really get invited to) where she gets to dress up a bit and feel like she's important, even though she very rarely has the occasion to go there. Like I'd assume her highschool prom is probably one of her most beloved memories. :')

As for hating... You know that's tough, she's not that huge a hater. Well ofc she's long hated the cops for putting her various boyfriends away on the regular (certainly not for any moral reasons), but beside that, hmm. She's definitely very jealous, so I think she'd tend to hate her boyfriends' female friends fairly easily. She hates when people treat her like she's stupid or lesser too, the times where she actually picks up on it. She hates creeps who act weird about her at the diner. She hates a lot of clients tbh, but that's customer service 101.

Oh and she hates her ex-husband. But that's a whole other can of worms best kept for another time 😏

And as for whom I'd like her to interact with in canon, I def want to finally make posts about her interactions with Fat Tony (her ex), Barney (her neighbour), and Cora (her boss)!! The latter two especially are rather present in her daily life so it feels like it's long overdue. Maybe also Helen for Ann's short-lived presence at the housewife association, and I do want to have her interact with members of the Simpsons family, but that's already in the plans 😌

Beside those three who are directly linked to her episodes, hmm.. There's a lot of characters that I love but idk if they would or even should interact with her at all 🤔 I tend to imagine episodes with whatever characters would serve the story, more than try and find a story that would justify a character being there... But who knows if and when inspiration strikes, maybe I'll be surprised! And sometimes I get hit with one-scene ideas that sound funny to draw without needing to be an episode, so perhaps we will get some of that :]

So yeah for now that's it I think!

Tysm for asking!!

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If Ann herself made a character for a TTRPG, what would she be

LMAO interesting distinction. I think she'd crinkle her nose at the concept of TTRPGs (isn't that like, for nerds? 🙄) but once persuaded to play she'd go all out in wish fulfillement.

So she'd probably make herself an elf, tall and thin and so so beautiful and ethereal and wise, and everyone would respect her, and she'd be a magician so she can have cool and cinematic spells and she could heal others to save their lives and they would all love her for this. And she'd be beautiful btw. Did she mention she'd be beautiful and awesome?

Of course the reality of dice rolling would quickly squander her imagined badassery. Especially at level 1. But let her have this