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@incurable-bookkl3pt0
Luis CamnitzerĀ - The Photograph (1981)
The Screenshot (2014)
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Bahahahaha love this
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The Revival (2026)
The Reblog (2026)
For the record, I have no fucking clue what's going on here, but it's hilarious and I want in. Tumblr Iconic Moments such as these shan't be ignored.
This is canon to me now.
Chase: *solemnly* We are gathered here today to pay our respects... to our lost squeaky toys. None of us know what really happened to them. *Ryder, Marshall and Rocky exchange a glance. Chase continues, not noticing* One day, we may catch the thief who took them, but for now... we can only remember the good times.
Rubble: *just as solemnly* They were truly beautiful toys too...
Rocky: *whispers to Zuma and Skye* What a pair of drama queens, am I right?
*Zuma, Rocky and Skye snicker amongst themselves*
Ryder: *nervously* I'll never hear the end of this if they find out, will I?
Marshall: *laughs* Nope!
(This was just a basically crack scene that popped into my head from the squeaky toy drama. I thought it was funny. š )
The fact that ROCKY is calling them drama queen ššš Iām laughing so hard rn
Also, like, even if Rocky DIDNT suspect Ryder and catch him by surprise in a dark room like the dramatic dog that he is, it is a cold hard fact that Rocky would STILL figure out what happened to the toys simply because heād find them by DUMPSTER DIVING. Like, imagine:
Rocky: Chase! I found the squeaky toys!
Chase: what? Where??
Rocky: in the dumpster!
Chase: ā¦what were you doing in the -
Rocky: IRRELEVANT
Anyways, now I canāt help but wonder what will happen if Chase DOES figure out this caseā¦
Ryder: *sighs as he flips on the light switch in the control room, his pjs already on and wearing his fucking Chase slippers, looking tired as all get out*
Chase, ominously sitting extremely still next to the giant computer screen: hello Ryder
Ryder: *screams bloody murder*
Ryder: WILL YOU TWO STOP THAT??
@incurable-bookkl3pt0 the continuation
BWAHAHAHAHA LMFAO!!! Not Chase performing a fucking EULOGY for the toys! That's HILARIOUS!!! Man, he really won't let go of the toys. How much you wanna bet he didn't even notice when HIS toy initially went missing, and only noticed that the toys went missing when MARSHALL'S was gone. Guess that goes to show his dedication.
Rocky making fun of Chase being overdramatic is seriously a pot/kettle moment, and I love it.
Poor Ryder. No, should the truth ever come out, he really WON'T hear the end of it. At least Marshall's on his side. Rocky (and maybe Rubble) may know the truth, but he definitely will not hesitate to join in the teasing that would absolutely commence.
Listen. That's why Ryder stashed them under his bed instead of throwing them out. Risky as that is, he knows that the ONLY way the toys wouldn't be discovered is if he tossed them in a dumpster far from Rocky's usual stomping grounds. And even then, Rocky would be looking specifically for his toy. It'd only be a matter of time before he'd find them. Ryder may not have been aware of Rocky's almost supernatural tracking abilities for his stuff, but he's very much aware of his dumpster diving tendencies.
Hahaha! Seems like "IRRELEVANT!" is catching on to be a Rocky mannerism. It just... suits him so well, though. Like Zuma's "Dude" and "Totally" it just makes sense for him.
LMFAO, not Chase sitting on the dark too! When I tell you I spent a solid 5 minutes DYING from cackling so hard, I'm not even kidding. Poor Ryder. My only question is, how did Chase find out the truth, and did the rest of the pups hear that screaming and come to investigate, only to witness what came next? The peoples must know.
Man, this is like the 1 year anniversary all over again. Chase, despite being told that Marshall was fine, still just couldn't let it go.
(I now have this funny scene in my head where CALI somehow found out the truth and accidentally-on-purpose snitches to Chase in some inadvertent way. IDK how that would even work or why Cali would do that, but that's what I'm thinking about. Maybe Cali just hates Ryder more that she hates Chase?)
@flashoneonetwo, this was amazing! Thank you for this hilarious follow-up. And @skyezuma, these what-ifs were also peak humor. It definitely made my day, thank you!
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No, youāre so right about Rocky and Ryder. Youāre right, that IS why Ryder stashed them under his bed and washed them 7 times hahaha.
My only other thought about this isā¦ you guys are seriously making me consider writing a silly oneshot about this, in the same realm of Memory of Flowers. Because this is hilarious, and I canāt stop thinking about how funny it would be to write both Rocky AND Chase ominously saying āhello Ryderā the moment the light is turned on. Itās like the āobjectionā sequence all over again
So now I have to think about HOW Chase found out about where the squeaky toys wereā¦ it could be some ridiculously convoluted schemeā¦ or it could simply be that Chase figures out that Cali didnāt do it, which makes him suspect Ryder. And Chase knows that Rocky and Ryder talk when they work together. And Chase definitely KNOWS that Rocky sometimes accidentally blabs to Zuma when heās working on something really challengingā¦ and of course, itās not hard for Chase to get Zuma to blab. All he has to do is ask Zuma to take him windsurfing ššš
The what-if of Rocky finding them in the dumpster is hilarious, though.
Oof, I feel bad for giving you prompt ideas when you already have so much planned to write. You could make it a part of your first Christmases story instead? Like, it's the first Christmas where Charshall, Skuma, AND Rytie are official? And that's why Chase was so certain it was Cali initially because she was definitely NOT HAPPY with any of... that? That's if you want to, of course.
I also have no clue how Chase would potentially find out. Nothing is speaking to me. Although...
...these were my notes in one of my previous reblogs, so maybe there's potential here. Like, Chase suspected Rocky because Marshall was suspicious that he was up to something (he was continually camping out in Ryder's room; my reblog here:
š¬ 3Ā Ā š 9Ā Ā ā¤ļø 7Ā Ā·Ā The answer to that is: a while. Rocky has the patience (and stubbornness) of his namesake, and Ryder's a bit of a busy bod
makes this make more sense) and in trying to talk him out of Rocky being guilty, he accidentally makes Rubble out to be suspicious, and then Rubble accidentally reveals that Rocky was camping out in Ryder's room, and from there, Chase can put the (still really vague, Chase, wtf? How?) clues together. Maybe? IDK, this is all I've got.
All I know is that Marshall kept Ryder's secret. I feel like he'd be great at keeping secrets. He just would suck at keeping the fact that he HAD a secret a secret. You know he knows something, but he'll never tell you what he knows, is all I'm saying. It's not a smug I-know-something-you-don't-know kinda thing (like what Rocky is notorious for), he's just really honest with his feelings, but also a really good confidante. Chase can grill him all he wants. He ain't getting ANYTHING out of Marshall. (What's funny about this headcanon is that I've had it for a while, and then you up and basically made it canon to your AU, when Chase was trying to get details about the meeting from Marshall. It's funny how that works. Great minds, amirite?)
Meanwhile, Skuma (and Rocky) would just be eating treats, watching the drama all go down. Rubble joins in, too, once he fetches Cali for the viewing party. Cuz he so would. He'd fill her in on the drama, too.
Small joys on Tumblr:
When your notes make a perfect cat
Kitty has an exclamation-point tail because of all the attention
i love attention notes cat
I love this so much. It feels like a stupid thing to love, but I love it nonetheless.
If you haven't heard, the em dash has been getting a lot of attention latelyā¦
Because it was trained on pirated workāincluding freely accessible online writing (like fanfic, academic texts)āChatGPT picked up patterns and quirks native to human writing.
Including (sigh) the em dash.
There are other victims here (RIP tapestry and delve š« ), but the appropriation of the em dashāa punctuation mark beloved by writers everywhereāfeels especially personal.
A kind of low-grade panic is ensuing. Writers who once memed their own em dash overuseāthe greatest punctuation mark ever to grace the control-freakās lexicon, franklyāare suddenly backing away to avoid accusations.
No. More. We have centuries of dash-abusing writers behind us. We will not sit quietly while AI repurposes our beloved stilted asideāor the just-one-more clarification the sentence demandsāor the dramatic pause your comma could neverāetc.
You donāt write like AIāAI writes like you.
Defend the em dash.
(Feel free to download/share/stick it where it matters!)
I am an em dash ride-or-die! Give me the em dash, or give me death!
That āI think I fucked upā was timed perfectly
Sometimes the internet is such a wonderful place to be in. This is one of those times.
it doesnāt have to be good it just has to be done
The phrase "They don't want it perfect, they want it Friday" does wonders for my productivity.
This is something I'm slowly trying to internalize, as perfectionism has done irreparable damage to my life.
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Mood.
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new nemesis dropped
Hey, we can talk this out. We don't have to fight
WHO ARE YOU
I love whatever is going on here.
TODAY IS THE ONLY DAY YOU CAN REBLOG THIS
Look, do whatever you want on your fanfics. It doesnāt hurt me nor anyone, so as long as youāre having fun, pop off.
But, am I the only one whoās a bit confused as to why I see half of the fanbase suddenly agree that the Princess of Barkingburg and Katie would absolutely hate each other? Not only that, but over Ryder 99% of the time?
I donāt know, they just really wouldnāt seem like the type of people to hate each other, especially over some guy. Even if they both developed feelings for Ryder, I donāt think theyād be on each otherās throats 24/7. Sure, maybe some jealousy may play out but, to me that feels like the extent.
Idk I could be biased because both of them are my favourite characters and Iād imagine them absolutely bonding. And again if you have this plot in your work this was not meant to be an attack. Just my dumbass ranting about a show meant for toddlers.
If there's one thing I absolutely HATE, it's the trope where girls are pitted against each other and fight like they're enemies over some guy. It's fine if they were enemies before the guy came in the picture (honestly, that makes for some funny media, not to mention gives the rivalry more depth), but that's usually NEVER the case. It's always the girls just hating each other because they both want the same guy.
Another trope I hate (with an even greater passion) is in mlm ships where there's a girl who wants to get with one of the guys in the pairing (and usually this girl and guy are canon in the actual media), but somehow she's a conniving bitch who is in the way of the mlm ship. I've seen this happen in other fandoms, but I've seen a bit of it happening in the PAW Patrol fandom; sadly, in the Charshall ship. Everest and sometimes even Skye are villainized for "daring to stand in the way" of Charshall. I love Charshall; it can even be said I'm a bit obsessed with it. But it's really sad when other characters I love get demonized for the sake of the ship.
It's why I am particularly OBSESSED with @skyezuma's writing because not only does she write Charshall amazingly, but she does it all while still acknowledging the fact that Skase is kinda perceived as canon, and writes the feelings of jealousy and guilt that comes from that jealousy on Marshall's part. Because yeah, there would realistically be feelings of jealousy there, but Skye and Marshall are also really good friends, so of course there would be guilt for said feelings.
There's nothing wrong with jealousy. It's a natural emotion. But there is everything wrong with demonizing a character (usually a female character) just for the sake of a (usually mlm) ship. It's not cool, and it practically REEKS of misogyny.
I'm not that well-versed in Rytie or whatever the Ryder x POB ship is called, but as a Rytie enthusiast and a Princess of Barkingburg and Katie fan, I hate the idea of 2 of my favorite characters hating each other in fics because of a guy. I don't know if either of them has even met in canon, so for all I know, they COULD hate each other. But if their only reason for hating each other is because they're competing for Ryder... that's just... I don't even know. Disheartening I guess.
I, too, don't want to police what others write. If I don't like something, I simply stop reading it; it's as simple as that. I love fanfiction and how others perceive the same canon I watch and make it their own. But sometimes it really does feel like there is a sort of internalized misogynistic vibe going on with how much female characters are either pitted against each other for a man or outright demonized; again, for or because of a man. Maybe I'm crazy, or maybe I'm just being sensitive, but really, there's something going on there. I just can't prove it.
(not me kicking my feet over here about this)
The funny thing is that I actively thought about this when I started writing my fic. I knew Skye would probably fall into the āfemale character getting in the way of the mlm shipā in other charshall related material.
So thatās how I started, right? Marshall acting cold towards Skye and she doesnāt know WHY. And Skye, my beloved, isnāt having it, because she knows Marshall isnāt like this. Heās not bitter, or angry, or COLD. No, she KNOWS something is wrong because Marshall is so important to her. And I also made sure to emphasize later that yes, while Marshall felt resentment towards her, he felt awful about it. Because Skye is also important to HIM. And itās not her fault, and he knows it isnāt. Itās his fault for feeling this way, but he canāt help it.
But guess what? Even though they both suspect Chase has feelings for Skye (WRONG, misunderstanding number one lol), this just makes them even closer. Because Marshall isnāt feeling resentment for Skye simply because Chase may or may not have feelings for her. His main concern is that Chase will probably get hurt, and he hates that. But itās STILL NOT SKYEāS FAULT.
**WARNING!! SPOILERS BELOW FOR FUTURE STORIES FOR THOSE READING MY AU**
@skyezuma, this is why I regard you so highly as a writer. You HANDLE these very real negative emotions in such a masterful and realistic way, it's insane.
Yes. I agree that because Skase is kinda perceived as canon, any ship with Chase (and Skye, but weirdly that's not common: anyone being jealous of Chase) involved is going to have feelings of jealousy towards Skye. The difference here is that she wasn't outright demonized by the narrative and is very supportive and understanding of the very real feelings that Marshall has, while also being firm and not letting the sudden coldness get in the way of their friendship. Because Marshall and Skye have a very beautiful friendship. He trusts her completely, even when he doesn't trust himself, so it's nice to see that within a story where Skase isn't a thing.
Off topic, but you even handle other things, like insecurities and mishandling of anger so well. I've mentioned it before that your writing evokes feelings that are sometimes really hard to deal with, and that's how powerful your writing is. It's masterful.
As for the spoilers, I trust you. And I can't wait to see what you have in store. I won't say any more, in case anyone reading this doesn't want spoilers, but do know that I fully admire your work and the plans you have seem amazing.
Love corners (I staunchly REFUSE to call the triangles) and unrequited love are tropes that are difficult to handle, but it seems you're handling them with mastery. I offer you all the kudos ever.
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Chase: *solemnly* We are gathered here today to pay our respects... to our lost squeaky toys. None of us know what really happened to them. *Ryder, Marshall and Rocky exchange a glance. Chase continues, not noticing* One day, we may catch the thief who took them, but for now... we can only remember the good times.
Rubble: *just as solemnly* They were truly beautiful toys too...
Rocky: *whispers to Zuma and Skye* What a pair of drama queens, am I right?
*Zuma, Rocky and Skye snicker amongst themselves*
Ryder: *nervously* I'll never hear the end of this if they find out, will I?
Marshall: *laughs* Nope!
(This was just a basically crack scene that popped into my head from the squeaky toy drama. I thought it was funny. š )
The fact that ROCKY is calling them drama queen ššš Iām laughing so hard rn
Also, like, even if Rocky DIDNT suspect Ryder and catch him by surprise in a dark room like the dramatic dog that he is, it is a cold hard fact that Rocky would STILL figure out what happened to the toys simply because heād find them by DUMPSTER DIVING. Like, imagine:
Rocky: Chase! I found the squeaky toys!
Chase: what? Where??
Rocky: in the dumpster!
Chase: ā¦what were you doing in the -
Rocky: IRRELEVANT
Anyways, now I canāt help but wonder what will happen if Chase DOES figure out this caseā¦
Ryder: *sighs as he flips on the light switch in the control room, his pjs already on and wearing his fucking Chase slippers, looking tired as all get out*
Chase, ominously sitting extremely still next to the giant computer screen: hello Ryder
Ryder: *screams bloody murder*
Ryder: WILL YOU TWO STOP THAT??
@incurable-bookkl3pt0 the continuation
BWAHAHAHAHA LMFAO!!! Not Chase performing a fucking EULOGY for the toys! That's HILARIOUS!!! Man, he really won't let go of the toys. How much you wanna bet he didn't even notice when HIS toy initially went missing, and only noticed that the toys went missing when MARSHALL'S was gone. Guess that goes to show his dedication.
Rocky making fun of Chase being overdramatic is seriously a pot/kettle moment, and I love it.
Poor Ryder. No, should the truth ever come out, he really WON'T hear the end of it. At least Marshall's on his side. Rocky (and maybe Rubble) may know the truth, but he definitely will not hesitate to join in the teasing that would absolutely commence.
Listen. That's why Ryder stashed them under his bed instead of throwing them out. Risky as that is, he knows that the ONLY way the toys wouldn't be discovered is if he tossed them in a dumpster far from Rocky's usual stomping grounds. And even then, Rocky would be looking specifically for his toy. It'd only be a matter of time before he'd find them. Ryder may not have been aware of Rocky's almost supernatural tracking abilities for his stuff, but he's very much aware of his dumpster diving tendencies.
Hahaha! Seems like "IRRELEVANT!" is catching on to be a Rocky mannerism. It just... suits him so well, though. Like Zuma's "Dude" and "Totally" it just makes sense for him.
LMFAO, not Chase sitting on the dark too! When I tell you I spent a solid 5 minutes DYING from cackling so hard, I'm not even kidding. Poor Ryder. My only question is, how did Chase find out the truth, and did the rest of the pups hear that screaming and come to investigate, only to witness what came next? The peoples must know.
Man, this is like the 1 year anniversary all over again. Chase, despite being told that Marshall was fine, still just couldn't let it go.
(I now have this funny scene in my head where CALI somehow found out the truth and accidentally-on-purpose snitches to Chase in some inadvertent way. IDK how that would even work or why Cali would do that, but that's what I'm thinking about. Maybe Cali just hates Ryder more that she hates Chase?)
@flashoneonetwo, this was amazing! Thank you for this hilarious follow-up. And @skyezuma, these what-ifs were also peak humor. It definitely made my day, thank you!
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I envy his life, honestly.
Doomed love between water and steelāļøš§
Doomed Yuri? On my feed? Yes. More!!!
I've seen wax + fire and tumeric + white shirt, but this just became my new favorite doomed anthropomorphic romance.
Kind of fucked thinking about the fact that there is one single American legally authorized to research the critically endangered pygmy raccoon in Mexico and it is, in fact, the same person who did Dashcon.
This person is also this person
And is currently the only person from the United States legally permitted to research the critically endangered pygmy raccoons (Procyon pygmaeus) in Cozumel, Mexico.
For reference, this is me, BTW! I was 15 when I started Dashcon and 17 when it actually happens, and now study tourismās impact on the critically endangered pygmy raccoon. Iāve been researching them before now, but due to Mexicoās laws, Iāve only been allowed to do data collection from abroad (so think surveys to tourists and video analysis on social media.) But now Iām authorized for in situ research!! Yippee! I even got a grant through my university as well to fund the whole project š„ŗ
This is the reason this hellsite is truly a homesite. We grow here. You can go back and see how it happened. I was a Bachelorās student when I started my tumblr. Now Iām an Associate Professor and Curator, with my own lab and Denmarkās national collection of 70,000ish reptile and amphibian specimens in my care.
This is why I love Tumblr and refuse to get rid of it.
some of you are mentally unwell bc your reusable water bottle is filled with black mold go wash that shit
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hi i was drinking mold all my freshman year and got the most sick ive ever been in my life here's good ways to avoid that shit:
number one rule is get stainless steel shit. stainless steel water bottle stainless steel straw, you dont want that rubber plastic etc shit it grows mold like a mf. turns out that was the main culprit of what happened to me, my reusable water bottle was plastic and it didn't matter how much i let it soak or cleaned it out.
get this either if you can or can't afford the stainless steel stuff and just be really on cleaning it; staw cleaner looks like this:
and get one its mammas the bottle cleaner for your cup:
this one is 3 dollars you get soap in there and spin this shit around and push it up and down and the mold will be begging for mercy
My additional piece of advice: get a pack of denture cleaning tablets. These are especially good if you use your bottle for anything other than water (squash, coffee etc) or if youāve got a built in straw with awkward curvy bits.
You put that tablet in the bottle, add hot water, let it fizz and soak for a bit and hey presto, any stains or discolouration or weird little crevices are suddenly removed of their hidden nasty bits.
My niece kept saying her water bottle tasted weird, and she washed it and washed it, and then me and my mum were like GIVE IT HERE and we put a denture tablet in it and added the straw to it and it started fizzing up the straw and all this black gunk started coming out the weird curvy bits of the fitted straw like a Coke-mentos experiment.
Itāll taste slightly minty unless you rinse rinse rinse rinse rinse rinse but thatās not a terrible thing, and letās face it, denture tablets are for cleaning dentures so, you know, designed to clean things that go in mouths.
Anyway: wash your water bottles! Wash your flasks! More often than you think you need to!! Keep denture tablets in the cupboard!!
Reblogging to inform the peoples. The peoples MUST know this!!
I've been thinking of more Christmas-related things regarding Paw Patrol, and I now can't get the image out of my head of Ryder hanging around the lookout forcing a smile on his face and saying he's glad the pups all like their presents, while inwardly regretting buying them toys with squeaks. He hasn't had a moment's peace since. š
Aaaaand Iām writing Christmas stuff based on the last ask I answered š will I get it all done before Christmas? Probably not. But I will give a valiant effort
BWAHAHA POOR RYDER š each one of the squeaky toys slowly disappearā¦ one by oneā¦ Ryder tells them āwhy no, I havenāt seen your squeaky toyā¦ā
~At the lookout~
[Chase trying to convince Ryder to let him launch a mission to discover why their squeaky toys went missing.]
Ryder: *the culprit* I just don't see why we have to launch a whole mission for a bunch of lost toys, Chase. You pups lose toys all the time. You've never cared this much.
Chase: *persistent* This time is different. I can feel it!
Ryder: *panicking slightly* Oh? And why's that?
Chase: Because! There is something fishy about ALL of our squeaky toys going missing around the same time, I just KNOW IT!!!
Ryder: *sweating profusely* ...what makes you say that...?
Chase: It just makes NO sense that we would ALL misplace our squeaky toys.
Chase: Rocky and Zuma make sense. Those pups have no organizational skills. Rubble, too, has been known to lose a toy from time to time. Skye is responsible, but she probably lent hers to Zuma, and it got lost.
Chase: But Marshall losing his doesn't make any sense! He may be clumsy but he's very organized about his toys. He has a whole rotation system so he ensures he gets equal play time amongst his toys, and has never once misplaced a single toy ever. He's just too organized. *starts to have this dreamy far-off gaze*
Ryder: *slowly trying to sneak out of this conversation*
Chase: *suddenly snapping out of his mini trance* huh- wha- uh, anyway.
Ryder: *under his breath* dammit.
Chase: *oblivious* Language! Like I was saying. It just doesn't add up that his toy would go missing. And of course MY toy disappearing makes no sense either, I would NEVER lose a toy.
Ryder: *squinting, thinking back to all the times Chase lost a toy because he forgot where he buried/left them* ...uh huh.
Chase: *still oblivious* So I know there's something suspicious going on! I just can't prove it.
Ryder: ...maybe it's just an unlucky coincidence?
Chase: *sniffs* Oh please! This is too big to be a mere coincidence!
Ryder: Is it though?
Chase: Of course! Marshall has never lost a toy before, ever. For him to suddenly lose one now is suspicious. That's why we MUST find them!
Ryder: ...we do?
Chase: Absolutely! Marshall is SAD!!! ...oh, and me and the other pups, too. Obviously.
Ryder: *visibly panicking now* Yeah, well. Ummmmm. Maybe they'll turn up?
Chase: *STILL oblivious* Hmmm, no. They would've by now. It's been weeks.
Marshall: *walking in, unnoticed*
Ryder: *doing his best to keep a straight face, failing* Well... maybe someone DID take them...
Chase: *pleased* See? Now you're getting it! Now the question remains... who???
Ryder: *mentally accepting his fate* Yep. I totally see. Eyes are wide open. Someone definitely stole them.
Marshall: *eyes narrowing*
Ryder: *muttering* Someone who couldn't stand the squeaking anymore.
Marshall: *head tilting*
Chase: *gasping, sitting up* That's IT! RYDER!! I KNOW WHO DID IT!!!
Ryder: *cringing* Oh yeah?
Chase: Of course! It all makes sense now!!!
Ryder: *sighing* Look, I-
Chase: It was Cali!
Ryder: ...huh?
Chase: Why didn't I see it before? Cali would definitely stoop to such levels if she hated something, and she did seem unhappy this Christmas. This must be why!
Ryder: *mentally apologizing PROFUSELY to Cali* YEP!!! I mean, yes! Cali is definitely a suspect of interest. Yes. Her. And not anyone else.
Chase: *already running off* Chase is on the case!
Ryder: *sighing in relief* Oh thank goodness.
Marshall: *sitting next to Ryder, still unnoticed, highly amused*
Marshall: It wasn't Cali, was it?
Ryder: *jumping in surprise, turning to Marshall* Wha- oh! Marshall! Hi! ...what makes you say that?
Marshall: *raises an eyebrow*
Ryder: *sighs* No... its just... the constant squeaks were giving me a headache. I'm sorry.
Marshall: *nuzzling against Ryder* That's okay. I'm sorry our toys were bothering you.
Ryder: ...you're not mad?
Marshall: Of course not. I'm a little sad about my toy, but if it was bothering you, I can live without it.
Ryder: Thanks Marshall.
Ryder: ...are you going to tell Chase?
Marshall: I can be convinced to keep my silence, in exchange for new squeaky-less toys for us.
Ryder: Deal!
Marshall: *laughing* Okay. Well, I have to go stop Chase from harassing poor Cali, and she decides to roll around in his pup house and hack hairballs all over it in retaliation. Again.
Ryder: *inhaling sharply between his teeth* Yeah, that's probably wise. Bye Marshall!
Marshall: *running off* Bye Ryder! WhoaAHH!!! *tripping and crashing somewhere* I'm good!
Ryder: *wincing* ...ooh! Be careful!
Marshall: I will!
Ryder: *sighing* Okay, time to order new SQUEAKY-LESS toys.
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CHASE JUST WANTS MARSHALL TO BE HAPPY, OKAY š AND MARSHALLāS TOY GOING MISSING DOES NOT MAKE HIM HAPPY
Marshall has to go reassure Chase that heās okay ā¤ļøš
One thing I wholeheartedly believe about Rocky is that his ridiculous amount of stuff looks like a horrible disorganized mess to everyone else, but Rocky knows exactly where everything is at all times. So I bet heād find it suspicious that he couldnāt find his toy either, and I could see Rocky joining Marshall with catching Ryder off guard lol
Yeah. Originally, this was supposed to be just Chase going full conspiracy theorist detective to an unwilling audience Ryder, and Ryder getting more and more nervous to the point of fessing up, but before he could, Chase suddenly goes "It was Cali!" and Ryder--- not willing to pass such opportunity--- just goes with it. That was the original plan. Somewhere along the way, though (completely unplanned might I add), I gave Chase a motive: Marshall was sad. And yes. That is completely unacceptable to him.
Marshall having to reassure Chase that he's fine is both for fluff reasons and damage control reasons. Cali is a vengeful kitty, and Chase has already been in her bad books for a WHILE now, and the last time he subjected her to an interrogation was met with swift vengeance. Marshall would rather not have a repeat of that.
I can totally see that, and now I'm mad I didn't include Rocky. He would've made such funny commentary, dammit. In my defense, though, Marshall wasn't supposed to be there either. He just kinda snuck in there towards the end, so I had to go back and add him coming in unnoticed.
Rocky is a chaos goblin. He can totally find anything in that mess of his. Too bad Chase is a hater who doesn't believe that Rocky has that particular superpower (the cartoon logic of his finding abilities and his truck storage skills) and just thinks he gets lucky every time. Also, consider this: Zuma has a tendency to lose his toys for him, too. Almost everyone has had a toy lost by Zuma before. Marshall's only avoided it because whenever he let's Zuma play with his toys, he's playing right alongside Zuma. It's hard to lose a toy if you're also playing with it.
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Damn son, Ryder just THREW CALI UNDER THE BUS š
āThe last time he subjected her to an interrogation was met with a swift vengeanceā THE WAY CHASE GOES TO INTERROGATE HER AGAIN WITHOUT HESITATION IS SO FUNNY TO ME š heās like āthis stupid cat is NOT getting away with this againā
Rocky is messy, but itās an organized mess. You see all those bins filled with crap in his garage? Yeah, Rocky digs through those like āI know itās in here somewhereā¦ aha! Here it is!ā Zuma though? No, Zumaās mess is chaos. He doesnāt know where any of his stuff is at any given moment. And you know he just shrugs it off lol
Listen. Ryder is a smart boy. He sees an opportunity to pass blame; he's going to take it. Without hesitation, even though it's blaming a cat that already hates him. Ryder KNOWS how Chase can be when interrogating someone (part of why Ryder thought he'd make an excellent police pup), he DOES NOT want that energy directed at him (it was bad enough when Chase was a tiny puppy who was suspicious of everything that moved), and will do everything to avoid it. Even if it means blaming poor Cali, and potentially worsening Chase's standing with her.
Speaking of which, there really is no "potential" here. It IS worsening. Pretty much everything Chase does annoys Cali, and her constant scheming and pranking of Chase has just made this rivalry mutual.
And Chase. Oh, Chase. He never learns, does he? Cali isn't like the other cat villains. Of course his methods of "stopping her" won't work. That "stupid cat" is far more clever than he gives her credit for. The worst part of all of this (for Chase and the other 2, but mostly Chase) is that Cali is clever enough to hide her mischief, so it really just looks like Chase is harassing (via constant suspicion and interrogations) poor Cali out of nowhere. Meanwhile, Marshall is DESPERATELY trying to get them to get along, or at the very least keep them away from each other, with varied success. Cali will play nice for Marshall. And Katie, Skye, and sometimes Rubble.
Listen, Rocky "has a system" and is somehow very in-the-know about where everything is at any given time. And if he doesn't know where it is, he goes to extreme lengths to find it. Zuma accidentally lost something of his in Adventure City the first time around, and he damn near tore the city apart (metaphorically) to find it. Even water isn't enough to deter him (for long). Meanwhile, with Zuma, he has that ADHD trait where if he doesn't see it, it might as well not exist. He's also not very materialistic. Outside of his gear (and his various surfboards), he really doesn't care for stuff, so he never notices if he loses anything until it's either pointed out to him or he accidentally finds it and has that classic "oh yeah" moment.
