i seriously need to talk about the holiday toons at some point, or at least the way i see their narrative, because unlike the rest of the toons (which are all pretty interesting don't get me wrong! astro and dyle are highlights outside of dandy himself,) oh my god they actually kill me a little bit on the inside god this game has actually deeply affected me with its crumbs
i will also be the first to admit i haven't thought too much about the Halloween event but i ball with this post,
this got long so cut but it's interesting I swasr
the gardenview educational center and museum,a for-profit children's establishment with the ever-omnipresent need to generate as much money as possible (it was founded on a loan,) needed to find any way it could to develop interesting characters that would draw in new visitors on a regular basis.... what better way to do that that with seasonal toons, right?
DISREGARDING THE WHOLE IDEA THAT MAKING CHILDRENS CHARACTER REALIS A FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED CONCEPT DUE TO THE EXAGGERATED TRAITS A CARTOON CHARACTER NEEDS TO BE "FUNNY" OR ONE NOTE AND FORCING THEM INTO THAT ROLE BEING INHERENTLY DANGEROUS TO THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. like sure ok. let's make some new guys. cant be that bad ok....
WRONG
BECAUSE WHAT DO YU DO WHEN ITS NOT THE HOLIDAY SEASON ANYMOR HUH.
DONT NEED THEM ANYMORE!!!
isn't it way more practical to have them ISOLATE THEMSELVES. SO THAG THEY DONT BREAK THE ILLUSION. WHO CARES ABOUT THEM THEYRE JUST CHARACTERS THEYLL GET OVER IT. when it's their season they'll feel better
like they had good intentions. arthur more so than delilah maybe, since he actually asks about the well-being of the christmas toons (most likely the first ones made) when he notices them retreating after christmas, but at the end of the day these guys are all MONEY MAKERS
they were made to make MOENY!!!!!!! BRING IN MORE PEOPE DURING THE HOLIDAYS. !!!!! LIMITED TIME EVENT GUYS
AND ALSO WHY DID THEY DESTORY ALL THE MAINS. WHY CANT THEY BE HAPPY. WHY TOERMRN THEM
YOU are forced to be santa claus every year, no one else, just YOU specifically, which is an IMMENSE AMOUNT OF RESPONSIBILITY
YOU are an orphan baby who works a 9-5 and probably never even had actual parents in the first place when you should be COLORING OR SOMETHING
YOU are constantly worried about losing your job (and therefore a key aspect of your identity) to one of your best friends and you ARENT EVEN TOLD HOW YOU COULD PROBABLY TRY AND FIX THAT
AND WHEN TOURE ALL OVER THAT... when you are done thinking about all the things you could worry about... it's all over. you aren't needed anymore. time to go back to your designated floor and stay there for the rest of the year
and let's talk about the ones im already quite impartial to also
YOU..... DONT EVEN KNOW WHY YOUR FRIENDS DO THIS. BE AUSE THEY SPARED YOU BY MAKING YOU THINK EVERY DAY IS FOR YOU
YOU......... TAKE YOURSELF VERY SERIOUSLY AND DESPERATELY WANT TO KEEP YOUR FRIENDS SAFE. BUT NO ONE EVEN NEEDS YOUR HELP
YOU............. YOURE OLD! YOUR WHOLE JOKE IS THAG YOURE OLD.
they're all just like that. whatever. sure.
and then some of them are just like.
ginger is cosmos cousin. fuck you cosmo your cousin goes in the basment
flyte is flutters brother. fuck you flutter your brother goes in the basement
soulvester is connies brother too. fuck you connie. not only were you somehow able to escape the event toon depression cycle —
WHICH MEANS IT CAN BE REVERSED. THEY JUST DIDNT DO THAT when they all decided to ABANDON THEM.
everyday i get closer to reaching my breaking point and just dumping all my wii deleted you interpretation slop for the SOLE purpose of making my own version of wdy: aftermath. i love aftermath so much. don't even play. i cry everyday knowing that it was left unfinished ... fuck....
