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THEY'RE LITERALLY MY EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T LOVE THEM LIKE I DO. MIRRORMYSTERY IS PEAK!!!!!

ALSO THANKS TO MY SIBLING FOR GETTING THESE FOR ME I CAN'T READ IN-GAME WELL

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Yesterday I was trying to (perfect) my reflection trick all day. I always get sort of dizzy after I do the whole thing. Of course, I never tell people that! Can't have them thinking I don't know how to handle everything. I think SOMEONE has noticed though. He kept bothering me. Saying "don't overwork yourself" I don't! I know how to handle things! I am (perfect.) I have to be.

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I saw Rodger carrying a large stack of files recently into the elevator. Obviously he was struggling to carry it all! So being the perfect, kind, AMAZING Toon I am... I helped. He told me I showed up at the right time. Of course I did. I'm always there at the best times. I just wish everyone could see that. I should spend time with him more.

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Remembered I hate typing on other socials.

Mirrormystery but Glisten is a phantom thief that disguises as a singer, Rodger has spent his entire life trying to hunt him down (and failing) but ultimately falls in love with the star he believed Glisten to be. After the reveal Rodger realizes he's still in love with Glisten despite being on opposite sides of the law, but my guy fumbles so bad.

(Regular) Glisten often calls Rodger transparent as a haha funny with him being a magnifying glass, but he does really appreciate Rodger's honesty and care. Rodger does something similar with Glisten and glasshouses, regardless Rodger loves Glisten and his faults and is always willing to be there to help him through it.

(Twisted) Glisten is afraid of being alone and ending up like his friends, what makes matters worse is he can't find Rodger with the whole capsule thing. I imagine whenever Glisten finally finds him he just cradles the capsule in his arms or carries Rodger around with him. Keeps him calm while the non-twisted toons traverse the floors and keeps Rodger out of their way. Win-win.

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Here is where I'll ramble about my Dandy's World OTPs and other small things (probably)

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Firstly, I include Razzle and Dazzle under platonic with Scraps and Goob because Dazzle calls Scraps his "paper sibling", so to me they're the third and fourth of the craft siblings!!

Angryhugs Literally my first pair ever in this fandom because of their interaction. The argument I see of "Shrimpo hates Goob!!" drives me up the wall because Shrimpo hates EVERYTHING and EVERYONE, it's not targeted. I personally view Shrimpo as someone who internalized looking down on himself and instead says he's the best/better than everyone else, it's easier to keep people at arms-length, and in general anger issues. Goob, on the other hand, loves everyone/is the exact opposite of Shrimpo in that. Goob tries to show Shrimpo a kindness that, because of his own doing, he struggles to comprehend. In the vain of "Everyone wants a reaction out of me so they'll get the worst kind." No matter what Goob tries to reach out, sometimes he backs down but he really wants to try. I wouldn't say my OTP of them is romantic (like a lot of them) but it's that close bond and a lot of working through, a space for healing.

Moonlightshow Definitely my second pair that grew into a poly. What I love about these three is that they're always there for each other. Astro is always willing to help Vee, Vee does similar in return (even in regards to Twisteds, which Vee would die way faster than Astro could gameplay-wise). Brightney and Vee have sort of awkward interactions but it's very apparent that Vee finds interest in hanging out with Brightney, especially because Brightney is so knowledgeable on a lot of things. Astro and Brightney are together often, especially in regards to what to read. Astro overall isn't the most talkative but his girlfriends fill the quiet space and he enjoys that a lot.

Mirrormystery Anyone who follows should know this is one of my favorites as of late, especially with all the content between these two in particular (officially). Rodger and Glisten fit together very well, not only design aesthetic wise (their color palettes literally compliment each other so well I can't stop talking about this it makes my brain tingle), but in their dialogue. Rodger teases Glisten, which he rarely does with others if at all, to which Glisten reciprocates as part of their dynamic. Rodger doing that also comes from a place of care for Glisten. As with the new letters in Glisten's room, it's shown that Glisten struggles a lot with being seen as perfect and does overwork himself to the point of dizziness (which might worsen if not tended to). The one who tries tending to him, although Glisten rejects it, is Rodger. Glisten makes it a point that he wants to hang out with Rodger more too. Another silly addition, with Toodles (practically) being Rodger's daughter, Glisten gets along with Toodles so well. Glisten is willing to play with make-up with her and give her all the glitter ever (best step-dad ever). Toodles is also aware that Glisten "cries and complains to Rodger." All three of them are literally a family, I love Toodles and her two dads.

Dinoteaharbor This is one of the rarest pairs I have in this fandom and I haven't talked about it yet so here it goes. A lot of this I take from Teagan's perspective because she's literally my everything and they deserve the best. Teagan themself is an intelligent woman who enjoys having tea parties with any Toon she can invite and is more of the aristocratic type compared to everyone else. I'm also under the belief they have a type for shorter Toons with special interests (she'll listen for hours to them). Dinoteaharbor is less of a love triangle more of a "love acute angle." Shelly I view as sapphic and has no romantic interest in Finn (to which they're comfortable with) and has interest in Teagan. Teagan adores Shelly and really wants to spend more time with her, going as far as to (in canon) invite Shelly to their room for tea time. On the other hand, Finn is someone who likes Teagan and after asking about the tea in her head (sweet tea) said she was sweet. His love for her is less in affections and more in little gifts or cool things he brings from fishing trips. Shelly's love is plenty in affections and adorable dinosaur related flirts that are definitely cheesy. Teagan loves her partners a lot and is the one who has to reach the top shelf everytime.

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The most fed-up good player ever. Guys be kind to your goob players that actually take care of the team (begging on my hands and knees)

I have people who follow or want to take kite so bad frequently and once I hand it over all hell breaks loose. No tisha, your speed wasn't the issue I kept saying it was your STEALTH that almost got another tisha hurt. (3 star = average, goob is 2 star pleasepleaseplease) Same goes for flutter players. Why is it always tisha/flutter players doing this to me.

Other goobs please don't fight over who's kite or try to take aggro if you can keep both/all twisteds on one goob in an area then that's better than all over the map. Guys loop kiting is a team saver if you can, especially with other 2 star or below stealth toons. Map kiting (what people always do) can put others in danger.

Another note for kiters/distractors in general, prioritize round turning over sharp turning. Round turning (if done at the right angle) keeps you in line of sight of the twisteds and keeps the same distance if you outpace them. Sharp turning cuts line of sight so anyone else nearby (like on a machine, trying to run by to a machine, etc) will immediately pull aggro since the twisteds can't see you now. If you're handling 3+ twisteds and there's a twisteds who's slower (finn or shrimpo) then practice what i call "folding." it's a mix of round turning and sharp turning, you go out further from the loop section then sharp turn back in once the slower twisted finally passes the point you need, so it clumps them back in with the average walk speed twisteds and insures they don't drop aggro. (a stray twisted shrimpo can in fact kill a team in blackout it's so bad)

If you know you can't kite twisted scraps/goob but someone else can/is, don't take aggro or go near the kite they're having. The person I remember saying you can't kite them (in general), yes you can it takes remembering the timing between their hits. No do not let them run loose if someone can handle them the weebaby players in the team WILL die.

Btw if someone is looping in a spot with a pop/chocolate bar/etc items that help with kiting, don't run in and take it the tapes are not worth it they likely need that but don't have a slot open until panic mode. (poppy I'll remember you from this morning my heart is broken)

Lastly, if there's a goob who refuses to kite then that goob is on their own. You're one of the fastest and lowest stealths in the game with low extract what are you doing. (similar goes for pebbles players...)

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what do you mean the skin concept for glisten is just a blue sweater, have the people working on this SEEN him?? I'M GOING TO DO THIS MYSELF THAT'S IT

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Decided to save my head canons for my rewrite of Dandy's World since we have little to no actual lore for the main game besides character dynamics, and some characters feel closer to repeated personality types that I forget about them, and the general gameplay feels so detached from what we do have. Without any explanations Dandy himself literally feels like evil for the sake of being evil and it drives me up a wall 😭😭

As much as the characters are cute and I have favs, so much of what the fandom does atp is all head canon territory bc we're given practically nothing for substance. And some characters that we DO have anything established for is mischaracterized to hell. (People who believe Vee is emotionless I'm staring at you)

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Heads-up for anyone who followed for Dandy's World content, I'm out of there and instead sticking by fan projects/renewals. Also working on my own rewrite/build as we speak.

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🌼🌈 I'm worried about sounding mean about my interests but there's so much that bugs me in game that I want to express so bad. Putting all of it under the cut since it'll get long.

So Gardenview is supposed to be an education center/museum (for whatever reason) then what is with all the Toons? If we stick with it then only a handful make any sense having been created. They literally could've went with an animation studio and stuck with that since there's silly cartoons all over and the fact that the ichor looks like ink. The amount of storyboards and character sheets included. (It'd be similar to something like BATIM but that's about it.) Another thing, why is it literally in a subway station. For an education center/museum that makes NO sense unless we get actual world building for it to work. It's so stupid.

Personally the roleplay mode Toon Rooms feel rushed. Some are okay, but that's about it. It's just okay. Living room is probably the worst part for me personally. Half the toons missing rooms sucks, like are Main Toons getting their own floor entirely? What's with the room arrangements and is there going to be another floor for those who don't have one? Or is the Toon Rooms going to get a redux in the future to add the rest?

As much as I love Astro's Room for the layout and easy distraction (blackout Pebble doesn't exist if I close my eyes) the design of it feels weird, it doesn't feel like Astro.

What is the point of all the floors. There's nothing for it, just hop in and get stuff done. Why does ichor need to be made on all these floors. Like one of them is a DINER, one is a GREENHOUSE. Why would they need machines in the first place. The elevator feels like it's going down rather than up, because if you keep going up then eventually you get out of there.

One of the maps got overhauled to lessen the dead ends whilst giving maps with MORE awful dead ends.

A lot of the trinkets just suck or are completely useless. They waste trinket slots at this rate with our already limited 2 slots when there's SO MANY trinkets to begin with.

The increased chance board rarely fits to what's actually supposed to spawn. I get that it's all randomized but with an average floor of 20 they never appear to begin with. At this point it's useless.

I love Vee but her design sticks out like a sore thumb, there's no other way to put it.

In general the designs range from 'simple and cute' to 'mid.' Mains feel on par with the common/side characters in quality. Only thing that establishes Mains are their abilities. I'm always fighting myself over Poppy's color palette because half of it works and the other half doesn't. STOP WITH THE STRIPED SOCKS. There's a lack of creativity in design and models that the fandom has to put the work into. (Best fan designs I've seen have always been from Sprout, Cosmo, and Glisten enjoyers. I love you guys)

Some designs have specific aesthetics to them but are lumped in with the rest, like what determines these design choices for them?? Are they ever part of a specific set of characters???? Literally I think Teagan and Rodger got paired together often because they line up with a noir aesthetic in theory but then Toodles obliterates that with being in a basic hoodie (not counting the upcoming skin). The food characters fit together well and are probably the best designed ones in the entire game (Sprout, Cosmo, Shrimpo). The craft siblings are also higher up there, Razz & Dazz feels like such a hit or miss personally but I still like them. Astro is cute 100%, his Twisted design just slaps better. Also what's with all the arms. Honestly he reminds me of a caterpillar and I don't know why. Also Flutter is just kind of there. 💔💔

I understand people's complaints about this game so easily. It's cute and would have potential but there's so much that's lacking and specific shit holding it back that should be removed entirely.