#sherbert's gate

[scummiezzz]

Love is real and it's ❤️💙FunnyGummy💚💛

Fanart for @vashonian and their fanfic, Sherbert's Gate! I've been obsessed with the fic, it's sooooo good, they've truly fed us with their writing 🥹🙏 I have the fic linked, yall should read it when you get the chance 😊

Drawing based off one of the creator's own drawing of the pair 🖤 original image under the cut!

Link to the fanfic:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58641688/chapters/149417089

Original image! Grrrr I love them HHHH

LOOK AT THEM AHHH 😭😭🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[vashonian]

Found this one old sketch...thing from my Episode 4 Gummigoo lives AU fic thing where Pomni and Max are in a relationship. Like the other crackships floating around in my works, its entire existence is for plot purposes. Mostly to rub extra salt in the wound of finding that Pomni and his mates don't remember him.

Speaking of Gummigoo's Digital Days AU, there's a few things in the works, alongside Sherbet's Gate. Such fun things include:

The bridge between Episodes 3 and 4. More Gummigoo and Kinger, Ragatha and Gummigoo touching briefly upon their respective mommy issues, and the set up to Spudsy's.

Zooble and Gummigoo are stuck together for an adventure and end up having to save Jax from himself. Neither are thrilled with it.

Candy Canyon Kingdom II - The gang goes back to the Kingdom for another adventure with Gummigoo coming to better terms with letting Max and Chad go.

The humans use Gummigoo's bandit skills for a heist adventure.

Gummigoo crashing out over the existence of Evil Pomni and what that could mean about the 'Pomni' he encountered in Episode 4

Jax begrudgingly starting to respect Gummigoo - as much as he can offer for an NPC. Maybe.

Gangle gives Gummigoo art lessons, and the Sun approaches them with a proposal to assassinate Caine.

The underwater adventure from Episode 5.

And so much more!

I'm still working on the final chapters for the first part of Sherbet's Gate - Chapter 31 is the middle of heavy revisions. Coming back from vacation and viewing it again made me realize I didn't like large chunks of it. I'm hoping to have it out (and the bridge for 3 & 4) out by end of September at the latest.

In any case, new material will be out soon!

[iycedrem]

Bored at work so just kinda want to yell into the void about a fanfic I've really been enjoying.

Gonna probably spoil stuff so if you want to read it:

"Sherbert's Gate" by Vashonian on Ao3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58641688/chapters/149417089

Its a The Amazing Digital Circus fic that splits from canon at the end of the second episode asking the question: "What if Pomni and Gummigoo got left behind in Candy Canyon".

It manages to perfectly blend the existential dread that TADC is built on with wild west outlaw hijinks (And a surprisingly decent chunk of political drama and intrigue) Also some phenomenally paced and earned slow burn Pomni x Gummigoo/Funnygummy. (Yes, this is what got me interested in the first place)

Vashonian does a wonderful job of both fleshing out the characters as well as the world itself in what I can only describe as a love letter to the early 1900 and candy.

Definitely give it a read. Possible spoilers beyond.

I wanted to make this like a well thought out list or something but I think I'm just going to stream of consciousness this:

I've really been loving the setting. The fictional wild west in early chapters and Titanic/high society in the later chapters has really given me an itch for similar media. (Went and started a play through of Red Dead 2 to get a fix) Vashonian's descriptive writing paints the world beautifully and really puts the reader into it with the characters.

At the same time there's a lot of care taken to remind the reader that as detailed as the world is, it's still just a simulation. Ambient noise with no source, background NPCs just to be a faceless crowd, looping scenery while in a moving train just to name a few.

It sets up a great dynamic between the characters who know it's all fake and those who don't. There's a constant tension to maintain secrecy that the characters worry is going to break at any moment. Just knowing the truth makes for really interesting character moments and character development.

But I think it also highlights a really interesting question: Does it matter if the world around you is real?

Pomni struggles with this a lot in the first couple arcs. Pushing to get back to the circus despite it being an equally fake world with people that she only knew for a day.

They're real (or as close to it as you can get in the circus) but she has closer ties to a "fake" Gummy Gator and his family. She finds fulfillment and self agency in this fake world more than what would be possible under Caine's thumb.

It does a great job of leading the reader to root for her to realize that leaving isn't worth it.

Conversely the narrative being told between Abelle (the fictional map maker and the one creating the detailed world Pomni is in) and Caine adds a really interesting layer to this.

Abelle's plan is obviously flawed in a few ways and may end up causing serious damage down the line, but I can't help but root for her because it's allowing Pomni and Gummigoo a chance at a better digital life, meanwhile Caine would most likely set things stable and normal, but the dramatic irony is we know that THAT leads to a constantly tortured Pomni and pile of confetti on the ground.

Also if I can talk on the Funnygummy part a bit. I really love the pacing of their relationship. Pomni and Gummigoo trust one another pretty much right out the gate but they aren't an item for quite a while. We see glimpses of them leaning on each other emotionally throughout the story. Other characters poke fun at them about how they would make a good couple. When we finally reach the breaking point and see them actually get together, it really feels earned.

This is getting a little long. If you read all of that and haven't read it yet, I only really scratched the surface. Go give it a read, I've been thoroughly enjoying it and eagerly waiting for new chapters.

[professorhivewire]

Hi! This is some artwork I did of a Hokeypoke hummingbirds, a silly little creature from the tadc fanfic Sherbert's gate by @vashonian

I absolutely love it when stories talk about in universe wildlife, and I couldn't resist drawing/writing about them once I had the idea, so enjoy the mad ramblings of someone obsessed with fantasy biology! ->

The Hokeypoke hummingbird (Dulcem Trochilus) is a species of hummingbird (named for its beautiful honeycomb toffee wings) found all over the Candy Kingdom

Although native to the majority of the Candy Kingdom, the Hokeypoke hummingbirds tend to prefer colder environments with large quantities of pixie dust flowers.

[] Description []

The Hokeypoke hummingbird is 9.5 to 11.5 cm (3.7 to 4.5 in) long and on average weighs about 5 to 5.5 g (0.18 to 0.19 oz). Adults are usually a creamy vanilla color with specs of honeycomb toffee along their backs. They have one large honeycomb on top of their head like a crown (this is why they were also called the royal hummingbird), for females, it is an orangey-yellow while males have a bright red.

[] Feeding []

Similar to other Dulcem birds, the Hokeypoke hummingbirds stick to a gummy and gelatin diet. Although their have been some reports of them eating graham crackers crumbs, whether this is a form of gastroliths to aid with digestion is currently unknown.

[] Fun fact []

Hokeypoke hummingbirds are also called the (Royal hummingbirds) Not only because of the little honeycomb on top of their head that looks like a Crown, but because in 18XX Princess [XXXXX] loved the little birds so much that she had an entire garden built into the Kingdom's castle to house them.

The garden was said to house many different subspecies of the hummingbird such as chocolate, strawberry, butterscotch, mint chocolate chip, cookie dough, and rocky road.

It's reported that one of the birds, named Cherry Cheesecake (because of its dark redish-pink crown) often followed Princess [XXXXX] all over the palace, and would peck at any one who got to close to her. ->

Sorry if this is a bit disorganized. This is my first post here on Tumbler, so I'm still getting used to the layout. With that, have a lovely day/night wherever you are!

[vashonian]

In Sherbet's Gate, the Leporidites are one of the fastest-growing factions in Candy Canyon Kingdom following Pomni's stranding. In their eyes, Jax is some sort of savior that broke centuries of tradition and fully intended for the Fudge's rampage to be a sort of beginning for the world's rebirth, and they need to keep the momentum going.

Whatever that means - they can't even agree on how far to push the envelope. Regardless, they worship him and interpret everything to be far more deeper than it actually is. They're slowly getting more prominent over the course of the story, to the annoyance of Loo and the other characters that actually interacted with him.

While he's initially quite thrilled by having a whole swathe of a continent be his devoted followers, Jax himself eventually gets fed up with them. And of course, Loolilalu is going to do her best to stamp them out.

[vashonian]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapter 36 is out at last! It's been a difficult month for me to get anything done, but it's arrived in a form that's presentable enough for me. The link is right here.

I wanted to thank everyone so far for all of the kind words and support for the story over the past year, as 2025 winds to a close. I can't wait to show off the final chapters of this part, and what's going to happen in Part 2.

[vashonian]

Quick Update

So I saw Episode 9 yesterday, and I want to let that people know that this blog, Sherbet's Gate, and anything else I might have are going to remain spoiler-free until June 20th.

That being said, I'm going to keep working on Red Dead Confection AU, and Gummigoo's Digital Days, and probably a few oneshots here and there. I expect it to take a while for either to finish, and I'm really grateful for the time to be in the fandom and for all of the support I've been getting for it.

There's a lot more Funnygummy content coming, that's for sure.

[vashonian]

Hey Vashonian!

I’ve been reading your Sherbet’s Gate fic over the past month (now in Chapter 24!) and wanted to ask a couple of questions out of curiosity and for fun. Of course, feel free to skip any questions you’d rather not answer!

First, is Sherbet’s Gate the first long-form fic you’ve ever written? Second, are you writing as a hobby, or do you also work professionally as a writer? Asking because consistently putting out 20–30k-word chapters is honestly kind of mind-blowing, and it made me wonder whether writing is something you do professionally as well. And lastly, if there were a song that reminds you of FunnyGummy in Sherbet’s Gate, what song would it be?

Also, I just wanted to say how much I’ve been enjoying the story. It’s genuinely become one of my favorite FunnyGummy works I’ve stumbled onto. The amount of effort, care, and thought you’ve put into it is incredible, and it’s been a joy to read every chapter so far. Hope you have a good day, cheers! :) <3

Hi there!

Sherbet's Gate is pretty much the first longform fic I've ever written/published.

I've written some fics for myself a decade or so back, but I never published them online, for a lot of reasons, and in any case they weren't ever finished, so it's for the best - they were much, much shorter than this, though.

I actually do write professionally - though it's all been historical articles in various publications that at most crack 8k words. I've been working slowly on something I've wanted to get published - though it's also nonfiction, and just about everything needs to be cited/researched, so that's been an eleven year project now. I have done editing for fictional novels a few times - though really more as a consultant for historical accuracy - like pointing out a type of folding chair couldn't function in the space the story was taking place in, but they had other options and turn-of-the-century local area customs office functions, that sort of detail, but that's the extent of my fictional writing outside of a few highschool age novels that are floating about somewhere on a old laptop.

If there's any songs, it's something that I'm going to have to think about. It's one of those things that takes me a bit to formulate, I don't know why. But I'll put in down in the replies when I do come up with a good answer to it!

Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm glad you're enjoying it! It's been a really fun journey creating and writing it, and I know it's going to take some time to get the entire series out to its conclusion. But it's a fun one, nonetheless, and with the finale of the series here, it's a real strange, surreal feeling. I did not expect to get attached to the show (let alone one of the ships) at all in this sort of manner, and when I first started publishing it there was so little Funnygummy that I felt that I had to put out something, and at least contribute to it somehow. And well, it's gone to a place that I couldn't even begin to imagine.

Thanks again! And cheers to you too!