Tiny But Mighty

I’m Hayley! Call me Hay ✨ lover of Pokemon, Phineas and Ferb, Avatar, and a whole lot more! Home region is Hoenn.

[mizraichu]

The Pnf fandom is actually the cutest place on the internet. Like. Please tell me why I spent the past few days reading phineas and ferb fan fiction (phinbella no less) at…holding my breath as I type this…30 years old?!? When I read the same type of fics 15+ years ago? And wrote my own + drew fan art back in ye olde 2010?

It’s so cool to see something I loved so dearly coming back in full swing, and the new people who are part of it now. And how much they LOVE IT, proudly and fearlessly. It’s a unique lil corner of the internet, one so separate from my everyday life.

Gonna get a bit #personal below so adding a read more.

I’m working with my therapist on caring less of what others think. It’s strange; you’d think by a certain point, caring what people think would be old hat. Something high school Hay did to “fit in” when she had her people the whole time. And actually, publicly admitting how much I ADORE Phineas and Ferb and its fandom is still something I am grappling with, since I still fear what people think. “People” as in, coworkers. As in professional connections. It’s why I love scrolling PNF Twitter, but won’t engage personally unless I create an alias account.

Imagine though if I could freely speak how much these characters mean to me. Why I am a shipper through and through. This is the show that keeps imaginations running wild, dreams changing form. It’s inspired me to be a better friend, a better partner, a better creator.

I think I’m writing it all here to admit what’s been holding me back from engaging fully, and hold myself accountable. I spent the other day drafting a Phinbella fanfiction, and I’d love to continue working on it. I’d love to meet the other people in the community and just THEORIZE with them and gush about this insanely smart, funny, wonderful little piece of media we’ve grown so fond of. I literally did a play back in 2015 with Aaron Jacob, who worked on the show and did some of its most memorable songs… I was star struck when I found out who he was. Like. What a cool job! What a cool life!

A life I’m building right now, as a creator, a writer, an actor, a singer, a filmmaker.

The people in this fandom are SO creative. They’re the artists of today, the storytellers of tomorrow. How cool is it that we’re seeing each others work here on Tumblr?

Ha, I’m rambling a bit. It feels good to use Tumblr as originally intended: a blog. A public diary. And a way to finally share why this show is so special to me.

[dudetorchkovsky]

There's another 104 days of summer vacation⭐️

My Telegram

[mizraichu]

Oh I LOVE this style!

[camblogarchive]

nature documentary but the narration is just weird enough to make you question it

[camblogarchive]

“Some fish can walk out of water, so remember that next time.”

[camblogarchive]

“You might think you’re safe, but horses are omnivores”

[toxicglooo]

please watch the round planet on netflix it’s exactly like that 

[dhaaruni]

This is very good

[necromeater]

i love how you guys talk shit about cartoon style and animation but what the fuck is with this phineas and ferb obsession, The Ugliest Childrens Show Ever Animated.

[pajamaslam-deactivated20190101]

[boo-or-whatever]

Fun fact: In one interview the creators mentioned that one reason everyone’s heads are shaped like really recognizable shapes (Candace is the letter p, Phineas is obviously just a triangle) is so its way easier for younger kids to draw them. Not being able to to draw your favorite characters when you’re little can be really frustrating and kind of put you off drawing all together.

[bramblewing-deactivated20210119]

I got to speak with the creators in their studio years ago when P&F was still being created and they said at dinner one night they challenged themselves to design a character with a triangle shaped head. Right there on the paper tablecloth (the kind restaurants provide with crayons for kids to draw on), they drew the very first Phineas, then realized he needed acompanion, and thus with a rectangle, they drew the first Ferb.

Dan & Swampy are incredibly kind men who wanted to create a show that was easy for kids to recognize and participate in, while having fun antics for anyone of all ages.

It’s not even that ugly, it’s got funny shapes sure, but the colors and character designs are bright and fantastically fun, and the show’s writing was completely clever.

I detailed in a long post once how they left most of the dialogue up to the animators: they had a basic outline of how each episode would go, and as the animators would draw it out (they didn’t use puppets folks, they used cintiq tablets and drew everything, I saw it first-hand) and as they were drawing they’d think “what would this character be saying while making this gesture?” and that’s how the dialogue was created. The animators also worked in pairs, so they always had a companion to talk to, work with, and help with dialogue as they went. This is how most of the jokes were created, and as they had multiple animator teams, they were able to keep jokes and dialogue very fresh so the show never stagnated from using only the same couple of writers like most shows do.

For the songs Dan & Swampy themselves would pull a guitar off wall, go into the meeting room and gather anyone around, and just come up with songs on the spot right there. They would sit for a couple of hours messing around gathering input from anyone and everyone. This kept the songs fun and fresh and also kept them from stagnating or becoming boring.

Phineas and Ferb was made in a very rewarding, fun environment. Everyone who worked in the studio seemed very happy, and they loved having visitors and getting to show off and explain every aspect of the show. Everyone was kind and fun and just loved their job. I genuinely can’t accept seeing anyone saying negative things about a show that was intrinsically meant to be gratifying, fun, and wonderful for kids and adults of all ages, and stuck to that mindset throughout its entire creation process.

Edit: I forgot to add one of my favorite parts! The creators knew their animators so well that they could tell who designed which episode! To each person watching, it’s difficult to tell differences in style since it’s meant to all look the same, but the creators looked at some clips in front of us and guessed which animator pair did the clips and then they double-checked it and were correct, pointing out extremely minute details that were recognizable trademarks for each team. Clearly they had a very kind and caring and friendly environment!

[phineas-and-ferb-heritage-posts]

phineas and ferb heritage post

[mapaillus]

And this is why phineas and ferb is the greatest american cartoon EVER

[angstandhappiness]

INTERESTING

[aatlaaas]

What if they make an episode about Isabella's bat mitzvah and that's when Phineas realizes his feelings

[mizraichu]

PLEEEEASEEEE omg

[sugarsylvie]

Eevee finally accepts the cone!

[scruffpuppy]

please bring back 2014 indie pop (i could care less that a few of these songs were pre or post the 2014 era if the song fits it fits)

cecelia and the satellite by andrew mcmahon in the wilderness

i wanna get better by bleachers

cigarette daydreams by cage the elephant

ways to go by grouplove

girls by the 1975

miracle mile by cold war kids

take a walk by passion pit

little talks by of monsters and men

tongue tied by grouplove

midnight city by m83

undercover martyn by two door cinema club

i can talk by two door cinema club

young blood by the naked and famous

kids by mgmt

1901 by phoenix

young folks by peter bjorn and john

daylight by matt & kim

animal by neon trees

stolen dance by milky chance

out of my league by fitz and the tantrums

talk too much by coin

greek tragedy by the wombats

chocolate by the 1975

anna sun by walk the moon

everybody talks by neon trees

what you know by two door cinema club

dancing on glass by st lucia

FEEL FREE TO READ THE PART AT THE TOP WHERE I SAY ITS NOT ALL FROM 2014 THANKS!

[witnessings]

happy last day of pride to the gay snails who hug and kiss for hours without mating

[brick3621]

[fella-lovin-fella]

i hate it when people mistake "etymology" with "entomology." like, i know where they coming from but it still bugs me

[rapid-raynor]

*Dr Doofenshmietz gestures at an empty area*

“BEHOLD THE PROCRASTINATOR!”

*empty area*

“I haven’t built it yet”

[phineas-and-ferb-heritage-posts]

phineas and ferb heritage post

[artyline]

hello again phinbella fandom

[rtgx0701]

art by @sakmo_ibm22

Source:

https://x.com/sakmo_ibm22/status/2022894244302864747?s=20

description (from twitter post):

A picture I drew however I liked! / 好きなように描いた絵！

[retrogamingblog2]

[sharkbill]

Your Pnf headcanons are my absolute fav!! You seem to hint at liking Ferbella, got any more thoughts you’d like to share?💚

Thanks very much! And yeah, I enjoy Ferbella. I at least enjoy it more so than I enjoy Phinbella for reasons I suppose I'll share again now, although I'm sure that'll get tiring.

I don't see Ferbella as kids or even as teenagers. For me, Ferb and Isabella make sense and are optimally compatible when the gang are grown up - when Isabella has been given a chance to try Phineas on for a stint, and perhaps learned more about herself and what she wants from an adult relationship. We're never given concrete reasons why Isabella crushes on Phineas, but we can glean that she finds him VERY cute and admires him for his intelligence and spontaneity. The big hiccup of course is that Phineas is SO intelligent and spontaneous that he misses her advances at every turn. He doesn't notice feelings like that. It's a skill that he has to work on, not inherent to his nature. Phineas sees the big picture, which is admirable... but it leaves him emotionally UNavailable.

You know who's intelligent, spontaneous AND emotionally available? Yeah, we all know.

I've said before that I don't think Phineas is really designed for a serious relationship, but Ferb is 100% more that kinda speed. He's solemn but flirty, and shows devotion through acts of service and thoughtful gestures. We already know that Ferb is entranced by witty, determined and beautiful girls a la Vanessa, and Isabella fits the bill perfectly. She's badass, and nobody can tell me that Ferb wouldn't be interested. The difference here is that Isabella has less shame than Vanessa by what I'd guess is a wide margin. Isabella isn't one to cringe away from mushy-gushy feelings for fear of appearing less strong - as Vanessa probably would (albeit V probably grows out of that after her teens).

You see what I'm getting at here? Isabella, too, is more emotionally available than Ferb's other romantic interest.

That's why I think they work. Not as a "steal your heart away" romance. Not as a "swept off your feet" fling. Rather, Ferbella works as two strong, supportive and smart individuals who look at each other one day after YEARS of being in the same friend-group and realize, out of the blue: Hey... you might accidentally be what I'm looking for.

Maybe a relationship works out for them, for the long term. Maybe they only date for a few short months, just to realize that they don't have the chemistry they hoped for. I don't know.

But In my heart, I think they TRY each other out. They get flirty, they get fun. And they have a grand old time of it because they've been friends for ages and they've never so much sat down and talked on their own, before now. And hey, I think they have a fair chance at making something amazing.

[sharkbill]

Realized the other day we got kinda Neville Longbottomed by Ferb. Couldn't let this thought go without including the entire, wholesome Flynn-Fletcher sibling unit!

THEY LOVE THEIR SISTER

[hannahlockillustration]

Day 3 of drawing Ditto until I give in and nab Pokopia...

Ditto as Ophelia.