• Alastair/Kimber • He/They • Non-binary • Here mostly to read “Myth of the Machine” and apparently ramble about it • Artist • Multi Fandom • 24/7 Social Anxiety •
WELL! Guess who forgot how to work making a post- me! & whoa I’m posting something from a different fandom?! Actually putting my “multi-fandom” title to work
Anyway! Introducing a silly (joke) interaction between Ticket Taker & my oc The Magician (Magi as a nickname)
I was drinking coffee & the thought made me laugh so I sketched it this morning, then spent the rest of the day coming up with this finished product WHICH I really liked so I came here to post- idk how much more of the TFC I will post or of Magician more specifically we will see lol (or honestly post in general lol)
[Before Posting Edit: Upon posting the video might look a little wonky- huh oops??? Cropping wise??? Idk the actual images are below so even if the video doesn’t look decent or w/e then there is that at least lol still really new to this bare with me & again it wasn’t originally going to be made into a video w/effects soooo learning experience! :D]
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Is it obvious who is so far my favorite to draw yet? Out of the guys I can draw? (I am looking at you Mr. I can’t draw you Felix! Me who also hasn’t even tried drawing anyone else yet fully so my favorite to draw could easily change)
I drew these two pieces together & originally I wasn’t going to like try & make a short video like GIF of them (GIF didn’t work out so video affect thing it is!) I was literally just gonna post them side by side XD
& it’s obvious I learned new things about how this like text options work! Like changing the color of text! I knew that was possible- I just had no idea how to do it until now!
Honestly I have- so many thoughts about Bugs (& Tootles) & arguably I love to hate this guy & genuinely might be like in my top 5 favorite characters HE IS JUST! UGH! God- this guy
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Here are just the two drawings on there own without it being a video thing lol
Sometimes you just gotta learn in life- that for some reason drawing a cartoon cat named Felix in any way that isn’t dumb non serious doodles is hard XD FOR SOME REASON!!
I’m gonna try again later. And too be fair I tried drawing him like at 9pm yesterday while tired so that’s probably why- (we are gonna ignore a drawing of Bugs I did turned out perfectly fine & wip of the cup bros was also turning out fine despite being drawn during late hours 😭)
[Original Panel. Owned by @flygutzz & @nortsauce ]
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This was too much fun to draw- who gave them a right to be THIS fun to draw. I was not supposed to be posting this consistently but the update coming out made me draw something else before finishing this lol
Below is gonna be me rambling on and on about my thoughts on motm!Mickey & theories & overall like a vague “character analysis” & by character analysis I mean me probably digging way too deep into things & manifesting things in my own head
& mentioning things that are probably very obvious! I just need somewhere to ramble okay XD
Ahem.
•⬇️Ramble Central Down Below⬇️•
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My biggest thought out of the way, & like probably the biggest “no duh Sherlock moment”
Mickey isn’t as on top of the food chain as one would think. He is very high- but I think Bugs is far higher than him. Despite Micky being the mayor & founder of “Wish Upon” (I think he’s the founder- idk might be misremembering)
Micky is the face. The “mascot” is you will, the mayor the one the people trust. Bugs is a real schemer in the shadows, not to say Bugs controls Micky but obviously the line between who is really in charge of who blurs (even Felix mentions that in the Prologue that between Tootles & Mickey he isn’t sure who really commands who)
That’s NOT to say Mickey isn’t a bad or corrupt person- like- he DEFINITELY is a very flawed bad kinda makes questionable decisions person. Especially with the fact how he treats/abuses Felix. Felix is horrified of him & what Mickey can do to him. But I genuinely believe Mickey didn’t always start out the way he was. (Obviously just across the board no excuse for how he acts this isn’t a I’m excusing Mickey’s actions cuz xyz. I just genuinely think he is so god damn interesting!!!! Even before the update we got lol)
•[Ignore me getting TOO into this & being a theater kid about this lol]•
(I apologize ahead of time 😔✌️& also this is just my INTERPRETATION of what I see & the characters so if I’m wrong in any way or form that’s just part of the fun of theory crafting & also I am HEAVILY “filling in the blanks” very dramatically which is part of the theory crafting. I just really like making “hypothetical dialogue” between characters. Also this is using info I’ve mostly only gathered from the comic & not the questions Flyguyz or Nort answer on their personal blogs so maybe stuff got answered I bring up here! Or maybe not or maybe I would’ve gotten more crumbs to help with theories idk! I’ll go spend hours just looking through everything another day lol)
I feel like when he first became mayor. He genuinely was like a different person his whole motif of whimsy & hope & “happy go lucky” personality was real. It wasn’t some mask he puts on to appease the people, a mask to hide just how screwed over he is. Now obviously when this changed it’s really speculative but I think he started to change when Bugs came around (now idk if Bugs was just ALWAYS like that or something made him like that but ignoring that). But instead of a complete fast 180 it was a slow descent into “madness” he got more help creating the Stars & for a time doing things “by the book” worked fine. But tragedy with the blot was still an issue. Unrest just everything kept going wrong, & then Bugs comes in coming up with these grand ideas that are a little unethical to say the least but not too bad.
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“Maybe just this one time. We stray from doing it by the book” Mickey might’ve thought. Just. This one. Time.
But it wasn’t just this one time was it?
Bit by bit Bugs began to test how far he could push Mickey to ignore his morals.
“What’s innovation if we don’t break a few rules doc? Shove a few morals aside. We won’t make progress if we lets measly things like rules & morals hold us back”
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And so whatever we were seeing happening in those Mickey flash backs began….
The experiments with the Igor (I think that’s how it’s spelled) or w/e the searchers & even before that traumatic event happened I think already this whole situation of messing with the Igor in probably less than ethical ways was putting a strain on all his relationships. His marriage with Minnie. His relationship with Donald. Everyone.
It could be the stress got to him. Could be he was becoming more aggressive, angry, frustrated & accidentally took it out on them. Maybe Donald &/or Minnie were trying to convince Mickey that the path he was going down was bad. The choices he was making, listening to Bugs! (& maybe others that are just as messed up as Bugs) was a bad idea!! But he didn’t listen. Whether out of fear or just pure pride & arrogance that he thinks this will work out the way he wants even if he breaks a few rules! Maybe both. Bugs has eyes on him. He is always watching.
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“I know you won’t disappoint”
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He pushed them away. He lost them. They left him. Whether it was before or after the incident in the flashback it didn’t matter. He was alone. (Yeah he had Ozwald but who knows if his wife was alive or dead by this point during the flash back)
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“You can’t improve anything without a little sacrifice doc. Morals, rules, people. Get rid of all obstacles in your way that prevent you from doing what needs. To. Be. Done.”
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With him essentially ignoring his moral compasses. He doubled down. It’s too late to turn back now. This was the path he was going down so much as well give into it. & he does. Time & time again we see just how cruel & board line “heartless” Mickey can be. How much rage he has, how much people (Felix) fear him. But we also do see the cracks in the walls. The cracks in his “just another corrupt person in power” facade. That’s all he is. Power hungry greedy. Uncaring.
Except that’s not entirely true. He is actually broken. Drowning. With no life boat because he pushed everyone anyway with his choices. We see those seemingly genuine moments of care. During the meeting when he talks to Pomni he obviously is a lot more- chill. During the incident with the Searchers that took out the entirety of the Department of Defense. He was horrified. Terrified. Desperate. Regardless of how little Sonic & the gang didn’t listen to him, & how little care Mickey had for them, he obviously cared enough to be mortified by what happened. They are people after-all (toons w/e) they weren’t just pawns or pieces on a chess board. They were living breathing toons that while were probably a pain in the butt sometimes. Mickey did have the baseline of human decency to have some compassion. He feels things. Whether he likes it or not he feels things. He feels guilt, panic, fear compassion even if just the basic amount anyone would feel in this horrible situation(unless your Bugs-)
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I feel like the cracks in Mickey’s foundation are fairly new. Not entirely new, but new enough to be growing bigger & bigger fast. I think after everyone left & Mickey doubled down on being evil af, he did a better job at hiding his emotions. Shoving down the guilt. The fear of “what have I done” out of sight out of mind. He lied to himself. He told himself that this is how it has to be. He is stone hearted. He has no remorse.
& then the map was found. & then the map fell into the hands of bounty hunters that strike fear into anyone who hears the name
The Collectors
The small cracks begin to grow. The thoughts of doubt & real emotions of guilt & panic begin to seep through. & with every single failure after failure. The cracks grow. The stress grows. His cold hearted demeanor begins to crack. He can barely keep himself together. He’s lashing out all over again. He is running himself thin. Scrambling to patch up the cracks. Regain control over himself. Back to having nothing but a stone cold exterior. It’s not working.
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(Panels owned by Flygutz & Nortsauce)
The way Felix says this. The expression on his face. I feel like Felix saying this is the equivalent to Felix throwing Mickey’s own words back in his face. I genuinely believe that when Felix first started out, when he either first became a Star or was training to become one something happened. Something traumatizing to Felix, and when he turned to Mickey (who probably was baseline a lot nicer at the time just to earn Felix’s trust) for help on what the heck he was supposed to do. He was met with the words
“What’s a lil’ trauma to a budding explorer”
And maybe it was the first time Felix caught a glimpse of how cruel Mickey could be.
& now seeing Mickey falling apart in a panic obviously horrified by the sight Felix can’t help but be maybe mildly annoyed (might not be the best words but eh!). All of a sudden the big scary mouse is starting to feel bad. Starting to see that his actions are what led to this! A barely adult (Tails) is now traumatized from this experience but hey! It’s all a part of the job right! Nothing like a little trauma to give you experience. (I love Felix sm even if I’m wrong about how I’m interpreting those panels lol)
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Mickey’s cold hearted mask can’t be put back on. It’s too much. The Department of Defense is now going to be in the hands of Bugs! Of all people! Bugs is treating this situation like it’s a good thing. How can Mickey see this as a good thing?!?! Bugs says not to try & cover it up! Ozwald’s not picking up! Why would he. Doesn’t he have a right to be a little petty Mickey? The rage. The fear. The foundation of your hard exterior is crumbling right in front of you. You have no one. Not anymore. & deep down you’ve always known that. So.
What’s your next move mayor?
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[••Closing thoughts••]
WELP! I’m gonna stop right there!!! I have A LOT more to say- mainly things about tootles but that I think can be saved for a smaller post as this is long as heck already!!! (I think? Idk I have bad perception of things being long or not)
I am very normal so normal & not at all super hyper-fixated on this piece of media wym?!?! (⬅️Is lying) I am having such a fun time! I don’t have a lot to say outside of I’m off to go draw more lol
Okay first of all! I love how Bugs turned out in this drawing- it was literally meant to be a low quality drawing- that I cleaned up because he turned out too cool looking 😔✌️
2ndly, I was in the middle of drawing a specific motm!Micky screenshot redraw when we started getting new posts! & that drawing was going to be my like image I put down to ramble about Micky cuz oh my god do I have so much to say about that guy but then Bugs smug butt just had to snatch my train of thought & here I am!!! Also I’m still fairly new to how Tumblr works sooo sorry in advance for a wall of text that I will do my best to like idk make look nice???
Wait I think I figured it out??? IDK! Bear with me here!
I made a comment about these thing in like different posts as like commentary specifically but I figured putting my thoughts in one place would be better mostly for me XD (only numbering them for simplicity sake also I might refrain from diving toooo deep into my Micky thoughts until I finish the other drawing & go about it as planned)
•[Theory 1]•
“The Attack on the City”
- I genuinely think the searchers making it into the city was no accident. Amy mentioned she was surprised the searcher managed to enter without alerting them sooner. & Sonic replies that it was probably the cheap alarm systems Micky has set up on fritz. Oh ya know it was just an accident there was a delayed notification to summon them…unless. Someone- (*cough* Bugs! *cough*) on purposely tampered with the alarms. Let the people panic a little bit before there precious Stars come to the rescue.
But what if that’s not all. Two birds one stone. Sonic at the meeting showed he would put the people’s needs first. Showing that out of all the Stars he was the least corrupt the least who would probably do under the table methods to gain power. (Obviously other Stars are also to some degree not super corrupt either but like- ya know-) ok! I reread! Sonic flat out states “my loyalties are to the people not to you” when talking to Micky. & in the update Bugs mentioned that Sonic’s department never really listened to Micky in the first place. See how Bugs could definitely see that as a problem? A loose end, that messes with the “balance of power” I think Bugs if he didn’t fully on purposely plan this to happen he definitely WANTED something like this to happen. Which he was very obvious about. But I do think if not directly he was indirectly involved with how these events played out.
•[Theory 2]•
“Metal Sonic”
- This theory was crafted by me when the updated ended on the death of Sonic (the updates before the current updates that came today Feb.8th). When sonic died I spiraled into crazy town with the idea that Bugs would want to “bring Sonic back” via “upgrading” him. & Sonic would come back to everyone as metal sonic. Or some form of metal sonic. He’d probably still look organic as hell, because obviously Bugs is some weird cyborg thing. & even rereading the Stars meeting Bugs did mention if anyone needed upgrades to let him know. So I’m starting to think Bugs being a weird scary cyborg thing isn’t something only Micky knows about (mostly thought only Micky knew since Bugs waited for him to be alone to be all creepy like lol)
Well now- huh I’m starting to think I was right about at least the whole “upgrading Sonic” thing- not sure if like the Metal Sonic thing will play a part in it. & I didn’t take into consideration that ALL of them would be screwed over- so now I think Bugs is going to upgrade every single one of them- & that will give Bugs more control over them. Make them far more on board with whatever corrupt plans Bugs has in store. “Less for the people & more for the corrupt system” & I think Micky knows this. Micky was absolutely horrified when Bugs said he’d handle the department of defense. And honestly…yeah with good reason if I’m being honest.
•[Theory 3]•
“Micky lore flashbacks”
- oh boy where to freaking begin I might need to come back to this one on a future post after a ruminate some more but, I have two??? Two ideas what this could be- maybe three??? No two! Anyway first one. Again made a comment somewhere about this. I think this was the incident that lead to the death of Ozwald’s wife. OR this has something to do with Bugs experimenting with upgrades or something! Idk! I think this might be the incident that lead to Micky & Donald having a falling out. & Minnie leaving Micky! Regardless of what it was. It was a horrific moment for Micky, maybe this incident is what lead to “Bugs dying” & him upgrading himself to fix it. Maybe Micky was doomed to fail, & whatever we are seeing someone knew was going to happen but needing Micky afraid! Idk!
I might need to ruminate some more! Relook at those specific panels again! Look for clues! Tear it a part like the giant searcher did the train :]
•[Theory 4]•
“Bugs’ issue with Danny”
- this is again a vaugely “half baked” theory but at this point I’m just putting stuff down as a way for organizing. Bugs said he never trusted the garden toons(?) (or was it just the garden?? Idk!) he doesn’t trust Danny. Why? Idk! Maybe Danny was in the same boat as Sonic, except more so in the “I’m gonna do things my way” instead of “my loyalties lie with the people not you” you know??? Like Danny we can assume is trying to find a cure that isn’t the ink machine or find a way to make the symptoms better maybe. I mean department of health- Bugs sees a problem. Upgrade it. Maybe Danny sees a problem- he goes let’s resort it to how it was & he has big ideas but can’t execute them. & that’s why everyone calls Danny a liar & greedy & just generally Bugs probably thinks Danny is way over his head.
I don’t know! Again another topic I’d have to ruminate more on to fully think of what’s going on! I also have vauge theories involving Dial but I need to reread his things & those are pretty scattered so I’ll probably just save it entirely as it’s own thing!!
•[Closing Thoughts…]•
Honestly Reguardless of what’s right what’s wrong, this series is so much fun to dissect & read & it makes me feel things & it’s just god!!!! I love this series so much! I’m literally dragging like all my friends into it but they are slow readers/most of them are watching it purely from the dubs so it takes time for us to wait for new dubs to come out so they are fairly behind which is why I have come here to share my thoughts
I’m usually not one for huh sharing my thoughts publicly. Or even posting. Genuinely wasn’t expecting to post on this app at all, I knew I’d love this series a lot & new I’d theorize & stuff but I didn’t think I’d be able to drag my friends into it so now I can’t scream theories at them without risking spoilers lol.
Im so- excited to see where this story goes, I have so many like very small theories bouncing in my head. Well not even theories more like character analysis things but it ties into theory territory sometimes so ya know! You get what I mean hopefully!
If you read through all my nonsense huh thanks?? Haha honestly I don’t expect to have everyone read through my giant wall of text if anything I’m gonna use this post (& future ones) to share theories with my friends whenever they catch up because my memory gets clogged as heck XD & if people do read through everything & enjoy my crazy rambles that’s awesome too lol
The father & son are bonding!!! This is a part of something “bigger” I have in the works (h a angst-) but gonna be real I have no clue how long imma take or if I will even finish it so in the mean time I liked this panel so added the dialogue together & if I never finish the entire thing I know this stands fair on its own lol
(by the time I finish this the concept of Mario actually raising Sonic as a kid might be “debunked” slash we find out it’s like sibling family dynamic or something but NONETHELESS! The concept of Mario being Sonic’s adoptive dad since he was a kid is cute as heck regardless of cannonicity)
First ever post! This is like a month old piece of my Drow Cleric DND character Kemoni (1 of many) which still a favorite of mine so why not make it an actual thing! 👍 I will probably do a mix of DND ocs (maybe Minecraft ocs) & fandom content art very inconsistently posted for fun sooo *shrug*
