Waffle

They/Them - Genderfluid - 19 - Multifandom Writer for the GZ!Eltingville AU by @dyellogin

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The major downgrade of Lusamine's character in the USUM games needs to be studied. I remember playing the games and the entire time I was like, "When is she gonna turn evil, when is she- when is she gonna go squid games" and was sorely disappointed when I realised her "conflict" was resolved after the Ultra Necrozma fight/during the Rainbow Rocket arc. We got like one moment of her being evil and that was it. Absolutely robbed of one of the best villains in the entire pokémon series.

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Is there a pokemon au where pokemon just don’t exist? Like, people beat each other up to assert dominance and it’s a normal and accepted part of the majority of cultures around the world. I don’t mean like wrestling or using magic or anything, just your fists and a dream.

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Me, if you must know. (no one asked)

Link to the background I nabbed.

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"You're gonna re-write everything, and when you do there'll be a slight chance I won't hurt you." - Dyellogin, on call to me while working on GenZ stuff

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I need more of the Kitty Club House AU for the Eltingville club.

Ngl chat I forgot about it for a hot minute in lieu of other projects I was/am working on, but it makes me happy to know some people like the lil AU I put together, hehe. I never posted the designs for Josh and Bill cus I didn't really like how they ended up turning out, so I'll tweak them a bit later, and if I like em, then I'll post them tomorrow.

Anyways, if anyone would like me to write any specific headcanons/scenarios, feel free to make suggestions, I love making drabbles for tha hell of it, and it'd give me an excuse to expand on the AU that I've sadly neglected lol

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How it feels going to Team Skull's base just to pick up a fuckass yungoos they stole

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Do you possibly have any voice claims for the g zeltingville characters😇😇

I’m gonna be so fr right now with you man, I have next to no idea when it comes to voice claims for these guys. They are homunculi that change shape and form depending on the position of the moon and stars to me. The closest I can say is, if I had to give any of them a voice, then I guess can see Bill’s being Jerma985 and Pete’s being Mirage from RotB, but I’ll try to honour your ask with a bit more explanation and a proper answer:

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Bill

Jerma just has the kind of vocal inflection I can imagine Bill having, a voice that can have power in it but most of the time is neutral. It just seems very him for the AU and how he acts based off of Jerma’s streaming personality. It also captures the same sense of how, for the most part, Bill will be calm and composed, but unexpectedly can become extremely animated and expressive when emotions reach a certain high (typically anger). I don’t really have all the words to describe why Jerma and Bill connect the way they do in my brain, so all I can really say is to watch some clips of Jerma and if you know enough about Bill, you’ll easily see what I mean.

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Pete

Pete being voiced by Pete Davidson fits imo because ONE they have the same name and TWO Pete Davidson is one of the most New Yorkers to ever New York. Like he is from Staten Island, it’s literally him. BUT! I am going to also clarify that this would be his natural voice, as Pete DOES use a lot of AAVE (most of the time incorrectly), and because of that, I am not really comfortable with giving him an all-encompassing voice claim since, yknow, that’d be weird, as he didn’t grow up with that culture/isn’t surrounded by it. Anyways, this was mainly inspired by Mirage from the Rise of the Beasts movie. That characterisation reminds me a lot of Pete, therefore Pete’s voice claim is Mirage.

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Joshie

Joshie, oh I am struggling so much to think of a voice claim that ISN’T a lolcow, because that’s what Joshie’s character, conceptually, revolves around. A lot of people compare Joshie to Chris Chan, but I personally think that they’re just too different to ever really be put in the same box. The main things of note about Joshie is that they’re stubborn, whiny and very easily provoked, all traits of the average lolcow, but Joshie just has a base sense of morality and barely enough self-awareness that I can’t really pin her to any one in particular. And to add, I’ll be so completely honest, I don’t know of many transwomen in media that I could pick out for her either, especially transwomen characters that have mostly negative personality traits THAT AREN’T simultaneously awful stereotypes. I will only say that if I had to pick a voice actress, but not like an actual character, maybe Penny Parker (Snapcube)..? I think she could do her justice with the fact that Penny has done a lot of impressions for very cartoony and animated characters, and Joshie is basically that but irl. I would trust her the most to voice Joshie, basically.

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Jerry

Jerry can be Jake Paul idfk. Hate his bitchass he doesn’t get a good voice from me. Or my thoughts. Or my time. Fucker. 🖕

..…Ok but fr though, I can see Jerry having a smoother voice, a bit suave with that signature smugness we all know him for. However, a lot of voices I know of that are like that tend to be either too deep or have juuust too much grit in them to really be him. The closest I can think of is mayyybe Michael Kovach…? Jax kind of fits, but ehh… not really at the same time…? Jerry’s kind of a normie and also a Cali boy, so. Yeah. Not really Jax, but the essence of the character, I guess. Shrugs. Jax but toned down and vapes all the time and is a nepobaby that gets grounded at 22 years old.

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Conclusion

So yeah, to conclude my thoughts, Bill and Pete’s are the most solid of my picks, Joshie and Jerry are still up in the air for me. I might make a video with some clips just to give you all an idea of what I had in mind, but that’ll be saved for another time.

Also, a reminder that these are just my headcanons; I do not speak for Dyell or Prim. If you want to ask them, go ahead, but I’m just a writer that’s been helping out here and there behind the scenes. If anything, those two have a far better understanding of the characterisations than I ever will lol, but I’m always happy to receive GZ!Eltingville asks, so don’t be scared to submit anything to my inbox, peace ✌️

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Petejer with a daughter but it's like the christian baby thing, yknow? Like they both have to raise her together or they'll be condemned to eternal suffering.

Image below for reference

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Plugging again cus i have newfound clout. Link is updated

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GenZ Bill dies in the next comic btw

[dyellogin]

Welcome @waffleofwisdom our new writer ☝️😋

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Oo ee oo aa aa ting tang walla-walla bing-bang

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So bad at bowling that I managed to KNOCK DOWN THE SUPPORT RAILING and be the ONLY ONE to get a zero. Fuck my stupid Squidward life.

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The Jerm and the Pelt.

Jerry is only fluffy on the top of his head and the tip of his tail, otherwise, he’s very smooth and sleek. I wanted him to be long and stretchy, like a lil noodle. To quote a friend, “He got the Warrior Cat Hairdo”. He looked bald without it :(

Pete is so punt-able. You could toss him like a tennis ball and he’d bounce right back at mach 20. You could mistake him for a hairball if you’re not looking properly. He also has a lil snagtooth, cus why not. He may be tiny but he’s ferocious. Unless you kick him, in that case he’ll just go flying.

Kitty Club House AU by yours truly.

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ᨐฅThe Kitty Club House (AU)⋆˚🐾˖°

An Eltingville Club AU where your oc/you foster the Eltingville Club boys… but they’re cats!

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Basic Plot Overview

Set in the early 2000s, you have just moved into your new home! You decided to move out early because your family life wasn't going great, however, you luckily managed to find affordable housing in a town called Eltingville, far enough way for a fresh start. Your house may be a little… lackluster… but it's home!

However, having no friends or family in Eltingville, and working remotely, your social life is pretty much non-existent. You confide in an online friend, Mandy, about how you're struggling to deal with the isolation, to which she suggests you adopt a cat!

You take the advice, and decide to go to the local no-kill pet shelter, only to find out that the shelter is quickly reaching max capacity, to the point that any new animals coming in will have to go to the other shelters instead, where they'll surely be euthanised.

Hearing this, you apply to foster any of the "left overs", and you're told you'll be contacted after things are set in stone. A week later, you get a call about four shelter cats that need a home, ASAP.

Chaos ensues.

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Bill

Bill was brought into the shelter with Jane and Tommy after the kittens were abandoned by their mother, but they were adopted out separately, leaving Bill all alone in the shelter. He is very possessive over the other cats because of this.

He was notably tamer when the two were still with him. He has always been more aggressive than other cats, but that's due in part to him being a stray.

Obviously, he's the spiciest of them all. Hissing, attacking, biting and generally angry demeanour is to be expected.

Will hog toys and prance around with them to flaunt in front of others.

He has to sleep alone, no one is allowed anywhere near his spot. Neither cat nor human.

The spot is his during the day too. He will charge at any other cat that dares to disturb him and force them to leave, then he'll haughtily curl up in it for a long time to get rid of their scent.

He takes the longest time to come around to you.

Type of cat to finally sit on your lap after so long, but hiss and try to kill you if you attempt to pick him up, or so much as move.

Also hates guests. Quarantine him if you have people over, he will maim them.

Bill is probably the best hunter out of them too, he'll hunt mice, bugs, small animals, everything. He won't bring them to you though, he has a "stash" where he keeps them, in the corner behind the couch, right against the wall where you can't see or reach. You only notice when it begins to smell. Cue horror at all the dead bugs, mice and birds stuffed behind the couch.

Bill is not happy to come back to find his stash not only gone, but also blocked off by a covering to prevent him from getting around/under the couch.

Josh and him fight a lot, mainly over toys and food. They have to be fed separately and you CANNOT let them catch you giving the other one a treat. They will either have a problem with each other, or you. It is NOT worth it.

They have destroyed toys because they fought over them so much, but stopped after they both tore a doll in half, head clean off. It was both of their favourite. They now make a point to fight each other and ONLY each other if they're jealous.

This does not mean there is no longer any collateral damage. Glass ware and cutlery are not safe around these two combined.

Bill also teases Josh the most and will try to ostracise him from the group. When they're all on the cat tree, Josh is on the floor. When they're all on the window sill, Josh is on the floor. When they're all on the couch- you get it by now. Still, Bill does occasionally play with Josh, but it's very rare, and tends to only happen when you, or the other two, aren't around.

Bill tends to push Jerry around a lot, intimidating him by being nasty.

Bill is weird though, because while he's always trying to assert authority over Jerry, he does also hang around him the most one-on-one and will seek him out more times than not when he's bored. He's very Hot and Cold when it comes to Jerry, he can never seem to decide whether he wants to pity him, or treat him like a runt.

Jerry's the most anxious with him by far, but is more comfortable with Bill when the other two, or you, are present.

Bill is the most neutral with Pete out of all the cats. He'll growl and hiss at him, but never attack.

He only ever swiped at him once, and that was when they first met.

Pete was trying to play with Bill, but then Bill swiped unprovoked and nicked Pete's fur. Within seconds, they were on the floor fighting, and Pete had to literally be ripped off of Bill like velcro. Bill had some pretty nasty scratches afterwards, but he quickly learned his lesson to not fuck with him again lol.

They tend to just sit in silence with each other when they're on their own, usually just to bird watch and that's about it. Pete will still try to play with him a bit, but Bill isn't a very playful cat, so he usually gets bored and goes away to bother someone else instead.

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Josh

Josh was owned by an elderly couple before the shelter. He was overfed and overindulged a lot, but very loved and cared for. (He's an attention hog because of this and will whine the most out of the others.) Unfortunately, one of the elderly people passed away, and the other became too ill to look after themself, so Josh had to be submitted to the shelter.

Josh is the kind of cat that is sooo picky but also very greedy. He gets something he likes and it is HIS. He won't let anyone touch it, he's more possessive than Bill somehow when it comes to material items.

However, that being said, he will very rarely share with Bill and ONLY Bill.

He'll only eat a specfic type of cat food, the expensive stuff. Normal treats don't work for him either, he has to get like pig ears n' shit.

You have to hide the food in the shed outside or he'll eat it all in one go. Learned that one the hard way.

He's also on a strict diet because he's overweight, but he's not a very active cat so he doesn't lose much. Cozxing him to play and exercise doesn't work. DO NOT take him to one of those weight loss swimming classes for cats, THE SCRATCHES WILL BE PERMANENT AND THEY WILL HURT. It's best to just hope and pray he'll lose weight in time.

The sheer amount of fur makes it significantly harder to tell if he's losing any weight at all.

Josh's temper, while way less frequent, can be worse than Bill's. Bill is a grump 24/7. Josh, on the other hand, will be chill for the most part, but he is much more quick to react physically when provoked. He doesn't show many warning signs, they're very subtle and they take a while to recognise. The first few weeks are hell, but after that it should be fine between you two.

If cats could have OCD you KNOW this guy has it. He will tug his little cat bed back in its spot whenever it has moved, and he'll put his toys back when he's done playing with them, as well as with the others'.

Ok half the time the other's aren't finished playing with them, but he'll move them anyway.

This has adverse effects on him too. He'll be stuck in repetitive motions sometimes and will randomly jolt/get scared by nothing. He'll spring up and check every room in the house a couple times to make sure everything is in order, and only then will he settle back down

He'll overgroom himself too. You have to keep an eye on him when he's dirty since there have been a couple times where he has bit himself and drawn blood. :(

The closer Josh is to you, the more of a cuddle bug he'll be. Despite the intial fury, he will DEMAND pets and attention. Will probably curl up in your lap the most.

He's a great movie buddy actually, he'll stay there the whole time and watch with you without looking away once.

He'll also curl up next to you in bed, but against the back of your legs. He doesn't really like to be held.

Biscuitssss all the way. Couch cushions are destroyed and so are your sweatpants, but he's having fun so who cares.

Little shit will lie down on your keyboard/laptop though to stop you from working. He sets the breaks in this household, not you.

Might be for the better though if you're bad at self regulating.

Josh and Bill are sworn enemies, they're always fighting to be the boss of sorts. They're also unfortunately the best unit in the house. When they want something and combine their minds, it's over for you. Surrendering is easier than struggling to contain two cats acting like they're rabid because they can't go outside to chase a bird out of the back garden.

Still, if Bill is acting particularly shitty, the main one to put him in is place is usually Josh. This works vice versa, but it's a godsend when you're tired and don't want to deal with a literal hissy fit.

Pete and Josh have a weird but friendly relationship when they're alone. Josh is more the lazy type and Pete is more energetic, but they will play a bit together. They also like to prance around the neighbourhood as well, and don't get up to much when it's just the two of them. You'd think it'd be worse but it's surprisingly not.

I doubt that they'd fight much either. While Pete would probably be the worst to get attacked by, he does acknowledge that Josh is MUCH bigger than him (shortest of the bunch), and he isn't looking to get pancaked. Josh on the other hand has a muted respect for Pete, seeing him as more of an equal than the other two cats.

Unfortunately their good raport in private has no merit when Bill is ganging up on Josh with the other two. Pete goes with the crowd, and if the crowd is against Josh, so is he.

Jerry and Josh are… peaceful… to a degree. Josh will push Jerry around, but you can say it's payback for how Jerry treats him when they're with the others.

However he does act like he's superior to Jerry, not too desimilar to Bill, but less aggressive and more assertive? Passive-aggressive? Basically he'll take toys straight out of his paws and shove Jerry out of where he was sitting by using his body to his advantage. Jerry will hiss and growl, but Josh doesn't gaf and just ignores him, knowing Jerry won't do anything about it.

Josh will also try to steal your attention from Jerry as well, he'll walk in front of him or get in your face if you're sitting with Jerry on the couch/bed.

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Pete

Pete came from a hoarding situation. The family was rough, and the home was in even worse shape. He came from a litter of many that the family begrudgingly kept, but didn't properly care for. Pete would sneak out a lot and never liked staying in the home with how chaotic it was. He may have been used to it, but it was still too much, even for him. After a notice was given to the landlord about the family's living habits, as well as their breach of the "no pets" rule, Pete and his siblings were given up for adoption. Pete was the only one to not get adopted before they were kicked out, so he was sent to the shelter instead.

Pete was pretty aggressive when he was first brought in, he wouldn't let you anywhere near him. He had sustained quite a bit of abuse from his previous home and was the runt of the litter, so he expected you to treat him just as horribly as others had before.

Slowly, though, channeling his aggression into playfulness was what bridged the gap between you two. It's hard to say whether this was the best decision you could've made, or the absolute worst.

Pete is VERY playful. He's so playful that he tends to get bored of certain toys after a while. He's also a chaser, get a lazer pointer and that cat will be thoroughly entertained for the next decade of his life.

You have to get him one of those slow eating bowl things because he will DEMOLISH whatever food you put in front of him within seconds.

He's usually the main culprit for eating your unsupervised food. The black fur is always a dead giveaway.

He's very active, and absolutely more of an outside cat than an inside cat. He's always doing something. A quiet Pete is major cause for concern.

You'll have to baby-proof the house for him and PRIMARILY him. No candles allowed, this dumbass will set himself on fire and make it YOUR problem. He'll come out unscathed too, but the carpet won't.

Speaking of destructive habits, yeah your couch is getting scratched to shit and back if you don't get him to use a scratching post ASAP.

Pete is the type of cat to have the worst 3am zoomies possible. He will run over everything, nothing can stop him, he defies the laws of physics! …that is, until you wake up one night to loud meowing coming from downstairs, just to find him tangled up, mid-air, in the living room curtains…

You'll probably have to kick him out of the bed if he ever sleeps in the same room as you though. He tosses and turns and STILL runs, even in his sleep.

With enough patience, you can train Pete to walk with a harness! The good news is you won't have to worry about him running off + he still gets outdoor time. The bad news is that he will annoy the hell out of you for walkies. He's more dog than cat.

It'll take a while to properly socialise him. He'll do better than the others, but is very bad at understanding boundaries. He will accidentally provoke another cat and start a cat-fight.

He's very silly, he gets into all the little nooks and crannies you couldn't even imagine reaching. He's an orange cat in a black cat's body. Very entertaining.

Y'know that one video of the cat sitting on someone's lap and slowly sliding off, then scratches the shit out of the owner's legs when they're about to fall? Yeah. That's Pete.

Once he gets used to you he is ALL over you. You could toss him in the air and catch him, flip him around, use him like a gun, hold him upside down, he does NOT care. He is allll for it.

He'll treat you like a personal jungle gym too. He'll climb up and act like a parrot on your shoulder. This is awful for work meetings or interviews though, he wants to be part of everything you do so bad that he'll be trying so hard to get to the laptop/computer to find out why you're talking directly to it. (and not HIM)

Type of cat to quack.

Pete is fond of Bill. He doesn't understand why Bill is such a grump, or take note that Bill doesn't even want anything to do with him half of the time. He sometimes provokes Bill just for fun to tumble a bit. Bill thinks he's putting Pete in his place but Pete just thinks it's rough-housing.

Has definitely bit Bill's tail a lot. You hear a yelp and then see him come running right to you for protection, and you know exactly what just happened. Further cemented when an angry Bill is stalking the doorway.

Pete thinks Josh is amusing. They'll be lying together and Pete will be lightly batting at Josh's tail when it sweeps back and forth across the floor. He'll try to nibble on it but one back leg kick sends him flying, not because Josh is that strong, but because Pete gets so startled that he'll fling backwards. …and then run around a bit all excited like it's a game, which Josh will only half-react to.

Pete and Jerry seem to get along the best out of the four. When Jerry gets used to Pete, he'll be the main one to actively play with him. They're also the best together when they're around you, they balance each other out. Also very silly,

Since they're very attached, they'll trot around together in a pair around the house. Pete helps Jerry be more active and adventurous, while Jerry helps Pete take things a little more easily. They're probably the only two you can trust to be alone in a room together.

And yes, they cuddle. They cuddle the most. Jerry grooms Pete a lot when they're chilling. Pete doesn't really do the same back but it keeps him still for a while, especially if he's chewing on a toy at the same time.

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Jerry

Oh this poor boy. Jerry has, unfortunately, been at the shelter his entire life. Never looked twice at, never fawned over, never considered. He's the cat at the back of the row, loved by the staff, but just… discarded and ignored, by everyone else. If it weren't for the shelter being no-kill, he would've been euthanised ages ago. And to add salt to the wound, he is very, very anxious around new people.

He was adopted, actually, three times. Each time though, he was returned for "not being a good fit". It'll take him a loooong time to feel like your house is a home to him, but after that? He is in for the long haul.

Jerry, at first, will hide a lot. You'll have to block out specific spots to stop him from going in there, either for safety, or to just get him out and socialising. He's pretty skittish, and while he'll be fine for pets (as in he won't bite or scratch), more times than not he'll scamper off if you so much as look in his general direction.

However, Jerry does have a bit of bite to him! Don't pick him up when he can't expect it, he'll come to you when he's ready. The first few times you tried picking him up, he screamed and clawed the shit out of you. Now, he'll just leap straight out of your arms instead, knowing you don't have any bad intentions.

Just because he's shy doesn't mean he won't fight with the others either. They may intimidate him a lot, and in the beginning he gets bullied around the most, but he does fight back. Or, at least, try to. He's probably the weakest out of the bunch so it doesn't do much, for his pride nor his reputation, but hey, he's not a complete push over.

The only good thing he has going for him is his bite is worse than his bark. That cat's teeth are SHARP. If he bites, you'll be feeling it for DAYS afterward.

He'll be pretty apologetic though afterwards, licking and purring and being very cuddly to make up for it. You do feed him after all, so he has to be nice to you.

The others though can suck his neutered nards.

NOT an outdoor cat. He'll hang around the front/back garden and that's it. You don't have to worry about him running off, because he would never. A squirrel would scare the shit out of this guy.

He does begin to grow fond of a neighbourhood cat, Agnes. Bill doesn't like this though and scares her away from his territory, so Jerry rarely ever gets to see her.

He. Is. So. Clingy. It is so bad. Pushing him away does nothing, relocating him to a different room does nothing, hiding in the car does nothing. HE WILL BE NEAR YOU 24/7. He is the absolute WORST velcro cat in existent.

You have to watch him eat, or eat with him. He's weird like that, he needs you to be there during feeding time or he'll straight up not eat at all.

Type of cat to be mortified when you're bathing. He will think you are drowning and will jump in to "save" you. This results in a scrambling soggy cat, IMMEDIATELY regretting his decision, tearing up your shower curtain and then bolting all over the living room carpet, getting everything wet.

Adding onto this cat's saviour complex, he's also the one that panics when you're sleeping and tries to wake you up, thinking you're dead. You will find yourself waking up to a wet nose prodding you, sad meows and the unfortunate sting of a bite to your cheek if you were in deep sleep.

He also needs to sleep by your chest/face. Sorry, I don't make the rules, enjoy the morning mouth of fur when you yawn.

Like Pete, he is all over you though, but while Pete will just climb you on a whim (UNPREVENTABLE), Jerry is far more polite about it. He'll usually look up at you and meow for permission or for you to pick him up. He could sleep in your arms for dayyyyssss.

Josh may be a cuddle bug but this guy is a straight up leech. He will sink his claws in if you so much as try to move him. Not aggressively, but in the "no no please don't" kinda way.

You could absolutely put him in your hoodie and he would be content to just sit/lie there on your chest.

Ok, I think it's obvious that this guy would LOVE those little cat puzzle. The ones that have treats hidden in the little cartridges that he has to solve to get. He's OBSESSED with them.

Jerry can also be taught how to use the cat buttons! The ones with the voices that let your pet communicate with you. This is a great addition… until the Bill button becomes his way of saying he's anxious… but hey if it ain't broke, don't fix it!!

He'll lowkey tell on the others too lol. If Pete knocks over a vase, Jerry will call him out on it and the guy will be sooo confused by how you knew he was the culprit. Their minds are too feeble to understand the power of the buttons.

Vice versa he'll blame others for shit he does too. He looks like such an angel, but nah he's a little shit too.

Jerry doesn't like Bill. At all. He made it really rough for him trying to integrate into the house at first and he hasn't forgotten that. If the others turn on him, he'll do so too, gladly.

However, he also feels the need to get his approval. On like, everything. If he's doing his puzzles, he'll look to Bill for approval and he will not gaf. Same with playing, grooming… hell, he'll be glancing at Bill to make sure he's bird watching correctly.

Josh is an enigma to him. He can't tell if they're on good terms or not, while actively bullying Josh with the other two. He matures out of this in time, but he never fully grasps how bad Josh's treatment was.

He'll try to play or cuddle with him occasionally, but it's usually met with Josh turning his nose up and strutting off somewhere else to be left alone.

Pete is his favourite buddy by far. He brings out Jerry's playful side and helped him to settle in the most, when they weren't around Bill, that is.

He doesn't really like to roughhouse though, and if they ever do, Pete obviously wins be default. He also kinda has to let Pete win or he'll be in a huffy mood with him for a period of time after the fact.

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A/N: Hey! It's me, Waffle, the one who wrote all this junk and made the AU. I want to just say a couple things before ye go. Firstly, I know that there are a couple of AU's where the club are cats and have cool designs to boot, which is awesome lol, like-minded individuals. I'm just clarifying that my AU isn't associated with any prior Eltingville Cat AU's within the fandom, and if there are any striking similarities to someone else's, I'll be so deadass right now I have not seen any, and especially not off-platform since I only ever use Tumblr. However, my AU IS heavily inspired by @madamadamiu's Lost Light Cat Shelter AU! Please, go give them some love, they're a phenomenal artist and they're a big inspiration for me. To finish off, I'll be uploading designs soon for the kitties. I'll post Jerry&Pete and Bill&Josh separately cus I've practically finished the first pair's designs, while the other two I haven't gotten around to yet. We'll see how I feel lol. Laterzzz

[dyellogin]

Hey everyone, making a post just to address some things that have been going around concerning me and my AU.

First and foremost, I want to start by addressing the hate that I’ve recently been receiving. I have to be honest, it’s killed a lot of my motivation for making more content for Gen Z Eltingville. I have a lot of ideas and comics that I really want to make and put out there, but with a lot of the things that I’ve been getting online, it’s made me reconsider a lot to do with my AU, and I’m not sure if I even want to continue posting on my socials about it and instead keep it to more private spaces from now on.

A lot of people seem to have completely forgotten that I’m just a fan of the Eltingville Club, the same as EVERYONE here. I’m not aiming to make my works 100% accurate to the source material, and I’m not trying to make everything as close to canon as possible. It’s an AU, a fanmade AU, something that only I am working on for fun in my spare time, not for profit or likes or popularity. We are already in a very small fandom as it is, and I do see just about all of the posts that you guys have been making about me, both good and bad, across multiple platforms. There’s genuine criticism to be had, obviously, I know that my works aren’t perfect, but that’s the point! I’m just doing this for fun, for my own entertainment, and I’m sharing it with you guys! I’m not trying to reinvent the wheel, I’m just mashing concepts together and having a laugh over it.

So, it’s disheartening to have people one moment sing my praises to my face and then turn around and lambast me somewhere else. I get secondhand embarrassment watching it, because what am I supposed to say to that? How am I supposed to react? I’m not going to confront someone because they don’t like my stuff, but it baffles me how people will act like they’re cool with me only to simultaneously be against it on other platforms. It’s not like I’m not open to discussion, I’m not some kind of untouchable, higher being. You CAN talk to me, my dm’s are open, so the (not-so-vague) vague posting is just bizarre and, if I’m honest, really immature.

Continuing on the previous points, I actually have listened to what people have said about my AU, and I’ve even put out comics that were direct results of a lot of the criticism that I received, but I can’t help but feel almost helpless when the same people that gave such criticism continue to have issues with my work, even when I specifically tailored them to suit these people’s wants and demands. I know I can’t please everyone, but… it’s exhausting, getting endless criticism and when I do try to take what little advice I can to improve my AU, I’m STILL told I’m not meeting their standards.

I also really want to mention something that’s been a bit more disturbing to me as of lately. People have been labeling me as a racist and a bigot for portraying the characters, that IN CANON are racist and bigots, exactly as such, just in different ways. How I portray fictional characters is not, and never will be, a reflection on me as a person, and if you are going to say that it is, then you should be holding Evan Dorkin to that same standard. I don’t see anybody in this fandom daring to call him any names for what he’s written, and when you consider the fact that his comics contain slurs and mine don’t, it feels as though you’re all reaching to find reasons to hate me for not portraying these characters as the woobified versions you all have in your heads.

To conclude all of this, let’s remember what the comics were about in the first place. Toxic fans trying to argue what is and isn’t canon, what is and isn’t good, and ruining media for each other and everyone else around them because they can’t just let live and let be. THIS is what our fandom is becoming, something that was originally so inviting and welcoming is becoming just as toxic as the source material itself. I want to finish by saying that if you’re really upset with my work and what I do, I encourage you to redirect whatever grudge you hold against me into creativity, and make your own modern Eltingville AU the way that you think it should be done instead. Creativity is what brings people together in fanbases to begin with, so why tear each other down for having differing perspectives, when we can uplift one another instead? There’s a lot I could say against certain individuals in this fandom, but I’m not going to call them out, because while I never anticipated that I would ever have such a large platform in this community, I do understand that I have a bigger one than most, and bringing in more drama than necessary isn’t going to solve the issues that I myself am discussing here. It may shut some people up, but that would set a scary precedent, and would make me out to be more of a figurehead of this community than I ever wanted to be.

I’m just a fan, and so are you. We are not the Eltingville Club, we are just fans of it. So please, have some decorum, and stop trying to imitate the cautionary tale that we have all read.

[waffleofwisdom]

Hop off goat and let my boy play dandy’s world in peace ffs

[waffleofwisdom]

Sometimes I genuinely can’t tell them apart when they’re uncoloured