
curby&coughing
[otgw] im three episodes into this show and I feel like I'm having a fever dream

curby&coughing
LIKE. AM I AWAKE? AM I ON ACID? IM REALLY NOT SURE

curby&coughing
FIRST THE PUMPKINS AND NOW THE ANIMAL SCHOOL AND???

curby&coughing
Billie Sue 🌻
im summoning you here for whenever you get off work because you'll want to see this

curby&coughing
anyway I feel like I'm watching a family drama of Vanessa and her brother because Wirt is SO MUCH LIKE Vanessa's older brother Ryan

нalғ-dooмed.
IT'S SO GOOD ISN'T IT

curby&coughing
i'm kind of ?????????? about it right now because like... it's ok but I guess I'm getting too used to this surreal type of show because none of the big reveals are landing

curby&coughing
it's like. oh the kids are animals. oh. giant beast in the forest. of course

curby&coughing
im sort of waiting for the heavy lore/more plot to kick in tbh

curby&coughing
but the characters are cute and im quickly becoming more invested in Wirt so we'll see how this goes

нalғ-dooмed.
hohohoohoho

curby&coughing
also spoiler warning from here on out

curby&coughing
like I know most of beatrice's story because of eway and I know there's something to do with trees???

big ol metaphor
Yeah being spoiled might make a difference

curby&coughing
i mean I'm not certain of the world but I really want to enjoy it as much as everyone haha

curby&coughing
anyway back in for episode 4

ash hole
ACCURATE

curby&coughing
haha ok we're watching episode 4 and as soon as the tavern people started chanting I'm just like "ohhh THAT'S where koji got her wirt username"

ash hole
fjkdla

curby&coughing
oh noooo beatrice

curby&coughing
(we just finished episode 6)

curby&coughing
we just finished episode 7 and HAHHAHHA AOAKAUSYASDHGODIS

Curdy&Comfy
DDDD


curby&coughing
BAD TIME

curby&coughing
BAD TIME

ash hole
ahahahahhHHAHAHAHAHAHFDSKAJFLDSA

curby&coughing
HOW DARE THIS SHOW ASSAULT MY EMOTIONS

curby&coughing
WE JUST FINISHED EPISODE 8 HOW DARE

ash hole
boy if you think 8 is bad

ash hole
wait for nine and ten

curby&coughing
NO FUCK THIS

curby&coughing
FUCK YOU

ash hole


curby&coughing


curby&coughing
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ash hole
also when you have time at some point you need to rewatch the show because it's completely insane the amount of shit you pick up on a second viewing

Curdy&Comfy
IT REALLY IS THOUGH

Curdy&Comfy
OH MY GOD I AM SEEING SO MUCH NOW

curby&coughing
im going to fucking scream at my own ass for 17 years

curby&coughing
I'M STILL WAITING ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THOSE BLACK TURTLES THOUGH

curby&coughing
THEY HAVE BEEN IN EVERY EPISODE ALONGSIDE EVERY SINGLE BAD TIME

curby&coughing
WHERE THE FUCK

Billie Sue 🌻
THIS PLURK WAS A WILD RIDE

Billie Sue 🌻
I'm only on break but I'm laughing so hard

curby&coughing
HI KOJI IM OFFENDED THAT MIRROR WIRT CARRIES A LANTERN OKAY

curby&coughing
IM GOING TO FIGHT YOUR W HOEL ASS

Curdy&Comfy
I AM ALSO MAD ABOUT MIRROR WIRT CARRYING THE LANTERN

Billie Sue 🌻
THIS SHOW JUST TAKES A NOSEDIVE INTO HELL 2/3RDS OF THE WAY THROUGH

curby&coughing
KOJI I COULD GET ON A BUS RIGHT NOW AND GO FIGHT YOUR ASS

нalғ-dooмed.
lololol

curby&coughing
anyway christ that. THAT SURE GOT

BLITZØ
oh my god cries a lot

curby&coughing
okay but someone's done a good writeup on OTGW being Dante's Inferno right

curby&coughing
like the river is purgatory there's an episode for each circle

curby&coughing
THE FINAL CONFRONTATION IN DANTE'S INFERNO IS CLIMBING OVER THE DEVIL, ENCASED IN A BLOCK OF ICE

curby&coughing
SOMEONE'S DONE A GOOD WRITEUP ON THIS RIGHT? RIGHT

нalғ-dooмed.
oh yeah

нalғ-dooмed.
ohhhhhhh yeah

curby&coughing
BECAUSE LIKE. COME ON

curby&coughing
like there's so many allusions that is so much

Billie Sue 🌻
YES THEY HAVE I WILL LINK YOU ALLLLL THE THINGS WHEN I GET HOME IF YOU DON'T MURDER ME

Curdy&Comfy
alex is making me cry worse because she made the connection of wirt to my older brother and me to greg and i

Curdy&Comfy
am in tears

curby&coughing
YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO LIVE IF U SEND ME THOSE THINGS

Billie Sue 🌻
and HAHAHAHA I LOVE MIRROR WIRT AND HIS LANTERN

Curdy&Comfy
knocks that mirror out of your hands EAT SHIT

curby&coughing
YOU WILL PAY YOUR PENANCE BACK IN LITERARY ANALYSIS

Billie Sue 🌻
yes good like you know that kindnof analysis is forever my fav

Billie Sue 🌻
I have so many things saved for this gnome child

curby&coughing
i wish this existed when I was a freshman in college I could've written the most BOMB ASS PAPER on this shit

Billie Sue 🌻
FUNNY STORY BUT
big ol metaphor
ACTUALLY WROTE HER THESIS ON IT

Curdy&Comfy
holy shit

Billie Sue 🌻
I got to read it it was great

curby&coughing
DUDE IF I WAS STILL IN COLLEGE WHEN I SAW THIS I'D HAVE WRITTEN EVERYTHING

Billie Sue 🌻
SAAAAME

curby&coughing
it came out midway through my senior year anyway so no matter what i'd have missed it, sadly

Billie Sue 🌻
also you guys are terrible for getting me all excited about otgw I wanna just stay on break forever

curby&coughing
SORRY

curby&coughing
at least now i've seen it

curby&coughing
i've now seen every cartoon canon in eway front to back this is ridiculous

нalғ-dooмed.
Good

curby&coughing
im honestly just really glad greg didn't die ;A;

curby&coughing
i was so fucking scared

Curdy&Comfy
I knew he was going to be all right and I cried anyway

curby&coughing
I WAS SO WORRIED

big ol metaphor
you better believe i pointed out the dante shit

big ol metaphor
also i was thinking about it and i think the major thing that surprised me was finding out that they were from the 80's like that's NOT APPARENT if you go intot he show blind

big ol metaphor
but yeah bro i wrote about wirt and anxiety and beatrice and lorna and guilt

big ol metaphor
and fandom stuff!

Curdy&Comfy
The 80s thing was SUCH a fantastic reveal, I loved it so much

ash hole
the loveliest...lies...of all

curby&coughing
LITERALLY like the whole thing was like. wth

ash hole
so good

Billie Sue 🌻
here u go

Billie Sue 🌻
also thoughts on the beast and it liks to more meta from this person on the unknown, beatrice, and THE TURTLES YOU NEVER GOT AN ANSWER TO

Billie Sue 🌻
WAIT SORRY the pilot link was broken ugh CN must have taken it down

Billie Sue 🌻
THOSE JERKS

Billie Sue 🌻
what else do I have in my wirt reference folder...

Billie Sue 🌻
a neat interview with Pat McHale that talks about some stuff that got cut

Billie Sue 🌻
the special edition one-shot otgw comic please read this it's like 80% wirt thinking in purple prose

Billie Sue 🌻
There's a 4-issue comic series too, and now there's an ongoing one that's been featuring a greg storyline and woodsman's daughter storyline +-+

Billie Sue 🌻
I spent like two weeks trying to figure out what the hell the poster was on wirt's wall and it's this thing look at this nerd child

Billie Sue 🌻
I'm digging through my otgw tag I'm sure I've got more meta posts around

curby&coughing
bless you honestly

Billie Sue 🌻
just in case no one's screamed at you about pottsfield

Billie Sue 🌻
pen made a really great AMV and I'm going to embarrass her and link it

Billie Sue 🌻
ash hole

Billie Sue 🌻
8 )))

Billie Sue 🌻
NOT META BUT IT'S MY FAVORITE FUCKIGN SHIT POST ALKSJDLAKSJDLA

Billie Sue 🌻
honorable mention for favorite shit post

curby&coughing
thank god someone did this great writeup on the dante's inferno parallels bc THIS WAS HOW I FELT A LOT

Billie Sue 🌻
why jason funderberker is the total package aka anxiety meta

Billie Sue 🌻
Garden Falls this is the greatest comic it's so pretty and the concept is REALLY FUCKING UPSETTING

big ol metaphor
it is probably not as good or interesting but i can send my thesis anyone who wants to read it

Billie Sue 🌻
shush your thesis is great

big ol metaphor
IT'S LONG THO

Billie Sue 🌻
shot for shot comparison to Sleepy Hollow

curby&coughing
I HAVE READ MANY LONG THINGS

Billie Sue 🌻
this made me think of your initial reaction there

curby&coughing
this is so many links holy shit

curby&coughing
also that post is me af

Billie Sue 🌻
this is from pat McHale's tumblr and it's fascinating as hell

Billie Sue 🌻
I MEAN. I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS

Billie Sue 🌻
and this is skipping like 90% of the art

Billie Sue 🌻
OH WAIT I HAVE SOMETHING ELSE YOU NEED

Billie Sue 🌻
okay so you know how he made a tape for Sara

Billie Sue 🌻
that. That tape exists.

Billie Sue 🌻
it got realized as a special edition thing and some kind soul put it on the internet

curby&coughing
omfg

curby&coughing
it terrible

BLITZØ
Fun story the whole total package thing is one thing people use for arguing wirt is gay or bi cause he sure thinks Jason finder beret is great

BLITZØ
That was autocorrect I'm not fixing it

нalғ-dooмed.
jason finder beret

BLITZØ
Anyway that theory is why when at our ic Halloween party where Koji was wirt and I was dipper I broke character and cracked up when she started calling him that

Billie Sue 🌻
I WENT ON AND ON IIRC

Billie Sue 🌻
AND ON

Billie Sue 🌻
SIDE A

Billie Sue 🌻
SIDE B

Billie Sue 🌻
TRANSCRIPTS

Billie Sue 🌻
It....is and isn't terrible. I like it a lot tbh and I don't think it's actually BAD but it is very melodramatic teenager at times

Billie Sue 🌻
I think it's neat that tbh most of the poems aren't jsut him going on and on about how pretty sara is and how he loves her - it's all his thoughts and feelings and him sharing part of himself and it's like

Billie Sue 🌻
very personal?

Billie Sue 🌻
ALSO AT THE END OF SIDE A

Billie Sue 🌻
ALLLL THE WAY AT THE END, PAST WHERE HE SAYS IT'S OVER

Billie Sue 🌻
it starts up again and you learn that Wirt taped over...what's probably him and his father, when he was a baby

Billie Sue 🌻
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW

Billie Sue 🌻
YOU DIDN'T NEED YOUR HEART OR ANYTHING

Billie Sue 🌻
plus the full demo of that adorable cloud city song if you ever wanted to know all the words

curby&coughing
oh nice owo

curby&coughing
gosh this is so much I NEED TO SHOWER AND EAT BUT THANK U

Billie Sue 🌻
I solved a mystery and was very proud of myself that day

Billie Sue 🌻
I thiiiiink that's all the meta stuff I have in my tag anyway? I'll keep poking it but I think everything else is fanworks

curby&coughing
thank you omg

Billie Sue 🌻
NO PROBLEM I am always here for dragging people into otgw hell

Billie Sue 🌻
I'll send more along if I find them/think of them

Billie Sue 🌻
also if you were really into the music and have like $10 to spend, the DVD is worth getting because it has a composer's cut version of the show which is literally just a music-only version of it

Billie Sue 🌻
and it's fantastic I wish literally every show and movie had a composer's cut version

curby&coughing
ooooh that's neat

Billie Sue 🌻
oh I do have one last thing but it's more music

Billie Sue 🌻
so episode nine, when they're ~home~ has two songs in it and they're both INCREDIBLE dupes for real songs

Billie Sue 🌻
Little Black Train - Woody Guthrie
<- this one is DAMN NEAR IDENTICAL except the words are slightly different

Billie Sue 🌻
I remember when I stumbled on it I was like "wtf wait these aren't the words"

Billie Sue 🌻
and then the opening song is a dupe for Ballrooms of Mars

Billie Sue 🌻
T. Rex - Ballrooms Of Mars

Billie Sue 🌻
*opening of episode 9 I mean

curby&coughing
oh nice!

Billie Sue 🌻
okay now I'm done. For reals this time

Billie Sue 🌻
enjoy your 23498739842 links and I'll enjoy not being beaten up over M!Wirrt 8 )

curby&coughing
fine. fine. u get off this one time


Billie Sue 🌻
HOORAY


curby&coughing
DON'T THINK IM NOT WATCHING U

Billie Sue 🌻
LOOK I'M SORRY I ENJOY MY UPSETTING MIRROR CONCEPT WAY TOO MUCH

Billie Sue 🌻
someday he's gonna realize it's sure not greg in there


curby&coughing
AND ON THAT DAY: FUCKING SUFFERING

MOVING
this entire plurk is gold

curby&coughing
OK GOD I NEED TO GO SHOWER I'VE DISTRACTED MYSELF FOR A WHOLE HOUR WITH THESE LINKS SHIT

Billie Sue 🌻
YES GO DO THAT

Billie Sue 🌻
and when you come back have an upsetting Undertale crossover

ash hole
Jdkslajfjelajdbdkskwk

ash hole
You leave my amv out of this


Billie Sue 🌻
NO IT'S GREAT :>

ash hole
Weh

big ol metaphor
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pkpeylohbhqs9zj/DuQuaine%20Thesis%20Final.pdf?dl=0 a link if anyone wants it orz

ash hole
also the song the frog sings is basically
Leonard Cohen - Take this waltz

Billie Sue 🌻
oh my god I didn't know that one

ash hole
did you link anything about the cab calloway bettie boop cartoons

ash hole
GOD OLD CARTOONING IS SO FASCINATING

Billie Sue 🌻
omg I meant to but then I couldn't find the post

curby&coughing
WOW THAT UNDERTALE CROSSOVER IS PAIN

big ol metaphor
anyone found anything about the fact that adelaide and auntie whispers are played by two men who are famous for crossdressing

big ol metaphor
i briefly touched on it in my thesis and when i pointed it out to my director she was like GASP WHAT THAT WAS THEM???

big ol metaphor
and was really excited about the gender play going on there

curby&coughing
yoooooo that's COOL

big ol metaphor
(i'm laughing because i don't know if she even realized they were men???)

big ol metaphor
but yeah john cleese and tim curry man

curby&coughing
holy shit one of them was tim curry???????

big ol metaphor
yep! auntie whispers!

big ol metaphor
he sounds different which i think might be because he'd had his stroke by that point

big ol metaphor
i read a lot about old cartoons for my thesis too, especially since chapter 1 is basically a huge comparison to scooby doo

curby&coughing
omg that's amazing

big ol metaphor
