Now I know what you’re thinking about my Pureverse Goomi rewrite: Will Howard and Phillip show up?
They will, around what I consider the “Season 1 Finale”, if Pureverse were a show.
In the finale, the two sisters who are the main villains, (Apphia, who represents autistic masking and the pressure for me to grow up that is set by my parents, and Mara, representing the negative traits of my OCD as well as my fear of death and wanting villain characters who have died to be redeemed or win instead of die) are planning to combine their powers to make me give up on the Pureverse entirely. Goomi realizes that they’re almost doing what he did when he met Ashley, and realizes he can’t take on the combined threat alone if he wants Ashley to be happy. His wishes to help save his friend opens a portal to the dimension he originally came from, summoning his dimension’s Howard and Phillip, to whom he explains about his new friend who needs their help, so they must fight alongside him! (Squishing and eating the sisters are optional, though.)
Nearing the climax of the actual battle, Howard and Phillip are too weak for the sisters, as they are able to defeat both monsters. Goomi realizes he has no choice but to have Irene attack the sisters, but the sisters remember what he did to Ashley, and believe Goomi’s a valuable asset to their team. He refuses to join the, and Ashley is thrown into a pond near their home with toxic waters that affect one’s mind the longer they’re in it. Goomi has his friends save Ashley, but she is in a state of doubt….
Goomi just realizes Ashley needs a bit of space, so off she is sent to the real world. As she takes time to mentally rest, Goomi eventually feels Ashley holding his main plush body in the real world to help calm her down. He is happy that even if they’re apart, he is helping Ashley.
Putting this under a cut, because it might come close to going into into Minions and Monsters spoilers.
Goomi’s story begins when on one of Ashley (my self insert)’s visits to the Pureverse, a mysterious spellbook appeared at the Pure Mansion. When Ashley picked it up, it flipped instantly to the page to summon Goomi, which worked.
Goomi, at first, was excited to be freed from the spellbook, and wanted to see his friends, Howard and Phillip. Ashley wondered who they were, and Goomi explained that they were his best friends, and they did everything together. The last thing Goomi remembered before being sucked into the spellbook was performing the “undo” spell to save himself from humans who wanted him and his friends dead. Ashley decided that until they could find his friends, Goomi could stay in the Pureverse. So began Goomi and Ashley being “friends”. What Ashley didn’t know was that Goomi was powerful. He could read minds, travel through other’s dreams, communicate via telepathy, use healing powers on himself, create entire realms based on one’s emotions, and had the ability to cast spells.
As soon as Ashley got a big plush body for Goomi to inhabit in the real world, Goomi used his magic to examine Ashley’s mind. What he found shocked him: Ashley was a fun-loving girl who loved Goomi as a friend, but she also had insecurities about herself, as she masked her autistic self not to be seen as weird or immature due to her interests, and how she almost thought her life was not worth living due to her suffering from migraines. Goomi could almost relate to Ashley, because out of the monsters on his home planet, Goomi was the odd one out. Being born to Cthulhu-like creatures, no one was expecting him to stay small forever, which unfortunately was the case thanks to a mutation. He also saw Ashley had a death phobia and was scared of things relating to it. Goomi started to have doubts if he could live up to his self-dubbed “deceiver” status, but decided to use what he learned to his advantage to try to take over the Pureverse.
As the two bonded, Ashley began suffering from Goomi-created nightmares about her insecurities and fears and how they have ruined her life, making them seem worse than they actually are. Ashley told Goomi about her nightmares, and he said that Ashley was being too hard on herself, and he would help her with her problems eventually. What she didn’t know was that Goomi’s idea of helping her was twisted.
One day, as Ashley came back from her shift at work, Goomi tricked her into being trapped in a world he created based on the insecurities Ashley has, which is what he was meant to do to her eventually, believing her mood would be changed for the worst from being reminded of the worst parts of herself. As he closed the portal, something washed over Goomi…guilt. He had his first real friend, not one who wanted world domination like Howard and Phillip. Off went Goomi on a quest to save Ashley.
Ashley was in the worst part of the world that Goomi created when Goomi caught up to her: the Judgement Hall. In this area, Ashley was tormented by what she believed people would think about her unmasked self, as well as thoughts about how she could never be normal again due to her newly discovered migraines. The sentence? Ashley would die. Goomi began destroying the world Ashley was trapped in to save her from mental pain and death.
Goomi told the truth to Ashley about himself. He was a “deceiver”, and was meant to betray her, but he regretted ever using his powers on her. His friends back on the monster planet pressured him to take over the world despite his small size, so Goomi tried doing that in one city on the version of Earth in the universe he came from. The true reason he was sealed away? He cast a forbidden killing spell from the spellbook on humans that only the rulers of his planet were allowed to use after humans caught him trying to summon Irene. Goomi believed he was protecting himself from being found out by using the spell, but because he used a forbidden spell, he was automatically sealed away. Ashley was about to use the book to seal him away…until Goomi spoke up about how he could relate to Ashley.
“I know how you’re nervous about how people might see you. I know you are scared of death and the pain you’re suffering from. I have fears like that too…that people and monsters hate me because I’m tiny. That I can never be good enough unless I take over the world. But being with you…makes me feel happier than taking over the world. I’m sorry….I know you might not want to forgive me…”
Ashley accepted Goomi’s apology, since Goomi rescued her from death and made the right decision. The two hugged, and their friendship took off.
Meet my new Pureverse villains: Apphia, who represents my parents expectations for me to be mature, and Mara, representing my negative traits of my OCD and various anxieties.
To celebrate the Gabby’s Dollhouse movie on Netflix, I’m going to share info about Pureverse Chumsley. Consider this a glimpse into what my version of Chumsley is like.
Personality
Chumsley is a playful, happy-go-lucky plush cat. He is best friends with Ashley, and is inseparable from her when they are in the Pureverse together, as well as in the real world. He’s a big eater, and also enjoys cooking and baking. He’s also as imaginative as Ashley, thinking up solutions for problems in the Pureverse. He always wants the best for Ashley, and will do anything he can to make her happy. However, when things don’t go his way or when something angers him, he can get rather angry, even to the point of attacking the villains of the Pureverse or talking to them rudely.
Likes and Dislikes
Likes: Having parties, playing with Ashley, going on adventures, the Pureverse Team (his friends and family in the Pureverse), classic Steven Spielberg movies, mid 80’s-early 90’s culture, modern technology, Ashley dressing him up, eating food, baking and cooking, dancing, singing, making up his own stories
Dislikes: His Canon Self’s (or the real Chumsley’s) past behavior, seeing Ashley sad, hurt, or in pain, accidentally offending or upsetting others, Ashley being forced to “mask” herself by her parents, the villains of the Pureverse
Backstory
Chumsley came into Ashley’s life weeks after she watched the Gabby’s Dollhouse movie. After months of bonding with him in various plush bodies, Ashley was able to visit the Pureverse due to the shared bond between them powering the “Chumsley ears” she had.
How Chumsley is seen
To the Pureverse team, Chumsley is seen as a good leader who always has great ideas (well, not initially in the eyes of Topaz and Malgosha), even if he can have the ideas become out of control at times. He especially bonds well with the kids like Rosie Fuentes, Minky Momo, and Lil’ Petey.
As for the villains, Apphia (representing how Ashley’s parents want her to be grown-up and mature in the eyes of others) hates Chumsley. She sees him as an obstacle to Ashley being a “perfect adult”, especially with some of his canon behaviors, like creating a portal by abusing magic. Mara, (representing Ashley’s anxieties and negativity from her OCD), often compares Chumsley to villains that haven’t been redeemed like Malgosha and Topaz, and is hellbent on having him teach them to be nice, when in reality, Ashley needs to accept them as they are.
I had a little bit of a rough night (I don’t like it when I’m suddenly asked to work)…so I had to draw out how Pureverse Chumsley would feel if he saw me being sad (via the statue connected to me and my emotions)….
