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[zick-the-fairy]

Carl the Collector - Whole Lotta Lotta (episode 4)

I wanted to gif the clip that got me into this show. It is full of wonderful autistic representation. Free to watch on PBS Kids if you are in the US, or elsewhere.

I love Lotta so much here, she is my favorite character. <3 i made the subtitles myself, I hope they are readable.

[zick-the-fairy]

Forrest is nonbinary and you can't convince me otherwise

What are they running from if not hte gender binary? Think about it. (this is a silly post don't take this too seriously this is just a headcanon)

The Evidence: 1) The show I think goes out of its way to avoid gendering them, only dropping a quick 'he' once in the first 15 episodes, including no gendered language or pronouns in their dedicated episode "A Forrest of Plans". The kids call them Forrest every time. If you look up "Forrest Carl the Collector " the first autocomplete result is "gender". [EDIT: In the very next episode I watched they said he twice, it hurt to hear :'} ] 2) During "The Super Blue Moon Sleepover", where the kids have a pajama party, Forrest's pajamas are a cute pink with stars on them. Color doesn't define gender, but it's still a deliberate choice to give the sporty runner character cute pink pajamas and not blue or anything else. This is what they feel the most comfortable wearing at home, and what they wear to bed every night.

3) The blur they leave behind when they run real fast is kind of trans colored. My monitor color settings might differ from yours but I definitely see it on my screen. :} It's not a perfect match but I still find it cool!

4) Vibes.

I like Forrest as a character a lot and it makes me really happy to imagine them as androgynous nonbinary like me. I love this show a lot and I love that this headcanon even exists. Also Lotta is transfem I might make a separate post about her I love Lotta so much

[zick-the-fairy]

Enjoyed watching this, the simplified illustrations of the characters (especilaly Lotta) are really cute. It was also fun to notice a couple of things in the storyboard that were changed in the final episodes.

[zick-the-fairy]

I'm still too unwell to draw so I learned how to make gifs, I am making a bunch of Carl the Collector gifs to make a gifset! It's really fun so far.

[zick-the-fairy]

Been away for a while. Going through the hardest times, but just about on the other side of it.

[zick-the-fairy]

create table fairy (

bug type,

color,

location,

food habits,

slay levels);

Girl, help, they turned me into a table

[locustknight]

i think youre cool......

Um, yeah? Of course I'm cool. I don't need anyone to tell me that. Wait who are you

[zick-the-fairy]

One of my proudest hyperfixation moments, I got to make an edit on the Carl the Collector wikipedia page! An episode title was badly misspelled, and I fixed it. :} A small mark on the history of this show that I love so much. I could not ask for more. :} (except for canon nonbinary Forrest, which I will always stand by)