Shoutout To The Slow Artists. The Artists With Hardly Any Time For Art. The Artists Who Reach The End

elaborating on my “jax isn’t an asshole he just acts like one” post, i want to talk about a particular scene in the pilot. i’ve seen a lot of people call him a jerk for lying to kinger and gangle about kaufmo being okay, and then throwing the bowling ball at them to push them into the hole. i didn’t understand why he did these things at first, but after a few rewatches i think that jax was trying to protect them.

look at jax’s reaction when he finds out that kaufmo has abstracted. he’s clearly scared and concerned.

but he quickly covers up his worry and goes back to acting like he doesn’t care. it’s like he’s trying to keep up the appearance of being a jerk so that people don’t expect anything different. it’s a persona.

the next time we see him is when he finds kinger and gangle looking at the hole in the floor. they ask how kaufmo is doing, and jax says “oh, he’s doing great. in fact, i don’t think i’ve ever seen him this happy before.” this seems like a weird thing to lie about, especially since he knows kinger and gangle will find out what happened to kaufmo eventually, but i think that jax saw how worried they (especially gangle) were about kaufmo and didn’t want to stress them out more.

while kinger is expressing relief that kaufmo “hasn’t completely lost his mind,” there is a sound off in the distance that makes jax turn around. he looks worried because he know’s it’s abstracted kaufmo.

jax knows that they need to get out of there before kaufmo arrives, but the others don’t know what happened to kaufmo, so he has no way to explain to them why they need to leave. so, instead, he throws the bowling ball and knocks them into the hole before jumping in after them.

i’m not entirely sure yet why he keeps up this persona of being a jerk, but it is clear to me that it is a persona. that paired with the fact that he breaks the fourth wall earlier in this episode makes me think that he may be more aware of what’s going on than the other characters are. maybe he acts like he doesn’t care what’s going on so that nobody suspects he actually knows more than he’s telling.

Hm… Mario’sa saw an ad in the newspaper for’a part time job! Mario’sa gonna take it! It’a seems like easy pay! Yahoo!

Update on recovering the 1979 story cassette tapes!

This is a continuation from this post I made when I first received the tapes and books in the mail from ebay. I found a friend of a friend with a recording setup who offered to digitize them, and while Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy already has the book itself up on Internet Archive, I still hope to scan or photograph Camel with the Wrinkled Knees as well! So you may see an update to this post in the future.

Raggedy Ann and Andy:

Audio - Internet Archive

Book - Internet Archive

Audio - YouTube

Raggedy Ann wiki page

The Camel with the Wrinkled Knees:

Audio - Internet Archive

Audio - YouTube

Raggedy Ann wiki page

Happy listening!

-𝕸𝖔𝖉 𝕲𝖊𝖓𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖑 𝕯.

🎃Happy Halloween!🎃

Hiding my face as I for once use a reference image to draw the DCA, because I've been here for a year and 8 months but I'm somehow discovering things in their designs that I never even noticed

Oh I’m so putting my ocs in this. Gonna doodle it when I get time

Fuck it, puts your tankman in a dress

the good artist must suffer, be hungry and be depressed. This is when they create 'good art'.

~ my artschool teacher

literally everyone else in the room:

Disheartened and Pleading