BOOK!!!

WOOOO

YAAAAAAY!!!!

when u rlly like a tiny indie newgrounds show with like no fanbase that died in 2024

hey so uhhhh where's the fandom

And now for something completely different.

This is the ADHD Teapot. I made it in a ceramics class a few years ago. I use it to explain executive dysfunction to people who haven’t come across the term before (and those who think of ADHD mostly as Hyperactive Eight Year Old Boy Syndrome).

So, most people’s brains are like a regular shaped teapot with a single spout. Let’s say that your time, energy, focus etc is the liquid you have in the teapot. Your executive function is the spout, that directs the tea into the specific cup you want to fill-aka the task that you’re meant to be doing. Spills happen occasionally, but generally most of the tea goes in the right cup.

If you have executive dysfunction, (a symptom of ADHD, trauma, autism, schizophrenia etc.) you have multiple spouts going in different directions. You can try pointing one of them at your chosen cup and you will probably get some liquid in there, perhaps you will even fill it right up (finish the task). But meanwhile, tea is also pouring out of several other places and not going where you want it. If you have another container nearby, perhaps some of it will end up in there. But quite a lot of it is going to end up on the floor and accomplish nothing.

And at the end of the day you’ll have filled one or two cups ( or sometimes not even one) compared to the five or six that somebody with the same sized teapot (but only one spout) has filled, and everyone wonders why you’re so bad at getting tea poured, and why you make such a mess in the process.

One day I’d like to spend more time learning pottery and create a really technically good fucked up little adhd teapot. But that’s a long way off since i currently live in the outback and the nearest pottery workshop is some 400km away. But I figure that for now, it might be a useful or interesting metaphor to somebody even in its rough draft form.

This post is the cup I filled instead of cleaning my house btw.

What if...

we started making Cosmo content about his character that didn't revolve around Sprout? Like actually diving into him and his character (ie. His self-sacrificial tendencies.)

Crazy radical thought, I know./sarc But srsly I think it would be cool and change that weird view people in the fandom have of him, which is really just none at all because they have no idea what he's like, which is how all these mischaracterizations start up!

oh goodie!

Cosmo Has More Personality Than the Fandom Gives Him Credit For

Cosmo! My favourite, and one of the most overlooked characters. I can genuinely not think of any other character that has been done so dirty by both the fandom and creators in Dandy's World and Im not even just being biased. So, in an attempt to clear these mischaracterizations and shed some light on Cosmo's true nature and character, I am making a Tumblr post. Yes it is 3 am and I'm too tired to do anything else. Cosmo... Is a very self-sacrificial person and it is so insanely obvious I am bewildered nobody is talking about this, but not really. Because it's so clear, just nobody has bothered to look into it or even comment on it. Nobody notices because they don't care to think about his character. Cosmo uses his own FLESH. His own flesh and blood- or I guess Ichor- to heal the other toons. He never worries about him being endangered or even if the other toons might waste his heal, instead he remains timid and unsure, worried about his own incompetency.

He doesn't even feel good or confident in his healing, all of his ability dialogues but a single one ending in '...' and Cosmo feeling as if he did something wrong. He's also a considerate person, his dialogue with Flutter, Astro, Finn, Ginger, showing that he takes the time to think about the other toon's and their situations. My favourite and the most obvious one being the Flutter dialogue. Not to mention his laughably gullible character that often gets overlooked because god forbid a cartoon non-human male carry feminine AND sensitive traits! Poor Finn, I bet he and Cosmo stood in awkward silence that whole elevator ride.

Another obvious and interesting fact about Cosmo is that he loves stars and space! It's been confirmed by Qwel that he enjoys to stargaze but it's not really shocking considering his name comes from COSMIC- yk, like SPACE? and STARS? And he literally has star freckles like c'mon it's right there in our faces. It's so glaringly evident and yes I'm running out of synonyms for obvious because I can't believe nobody knows this stuff! Yk why? Because people don't give two shits about a common toon that only exists to be a tool for Sprout, whether they mischaracterize him to be some uwu boy who can't do anything without his big strawberry boy or they make him into some big manly man with a moustache that has no issues at all with being confident and making snarky jokes.

Do you see the problem? God, I have to tag this with fruitcake otherwise nobody will care.

COSMOOOO!!!

why do the writers hate book T-T

I love u bfdi crew SOOOO much but like it's getting tiring how much book is ufe?? and its not like there's ever an interesting story or character arc going on for her anymore... Like what's going on?? I feel like after bfb Book deserves so much better... especially since she's up against so many S1 Fan favourites! No hate to the crew, I understand it must be rough running a show! I just wanted to share my thoughts on how book is being handled as a character.

I HATEEE when people say "sweet dreams makes no sense!!!!"

SHUT UP YES IT DOES BRO cosmo- THIS GUYS SO OBVIOUSLY LOVES STARS AND SPACE. fake fans don't know that cosmos hobby is stargazing1!!!!!/lh HE LITERALLY HAS STAR FRECKLES. HIS NAME. COSMO?? LIKE COSMIC??? LIKE SPACE???? astro- in sprout's dialogue, even though Astro wasn't trying to steal sweets its IMPLIED (omg yes!! you have to use your critical thinking skills for once.) that he would and probably has tried to snag a few extra snacks- though of course this depends on your perspective, and this is mine. SO yes we already have the indication that they like each other in a more basic sense. Astro likes sweets, Cosmo likes space. But then you also can have more dynamics! Ex. Sun and Moon but they aren't total opposites. Both introverts, so they have that similarity but Cosmo is more nervous(he still tries to be social and I see it as him caring for the toons) and self sacrificial (he literally uses his own FLESH to heal the toons.) Astro is obviously introverted but a common misconception about him that I HATE HATE HATEEEEE is that he's "shy" and "soft HE'S NOT SHY, NOT SOFT, AND HE'S NOT SOME UWU FEMBOY. HE'S LITERALLY JUST ANTI-SOCIAL. Yes, he's ANTI-SOCIAL. Not shy. He doesn't seem to be nervous on the machines like Cosmo is, he doesn't really care at all. Astro would be like a grounding force to Cosmo when he gets too stressed and overthinking, he wouldn't understand Cosmo's sacrificial nature and him doing so much for the other toons (not to say Astro wouldn't also lend a helping hand. Cosmo, the little ball of sunshine he is, would try to get Astro come out of his shell. Of course, the moon being the stand-offish guy he is, probably wouldn't be very open to talking at first (their dialogue.) UNTILLLLL he realizes that they have their love for astronomy in common! Astro shows a preference for people that are similar to him or have something in common with him (ie. Razzle & Dazzle, Brightney, Dandy and the mains.) And Cosmo's caring, social, vibrant personality wouldn't be a problem for him, his best friend is Dandy. Speaking of best friends... I can imagine a conversation between them, talking about their friends and how overshadowed they feel. Cosmo Is definitely a lot more uh... overshadowed- again, for lack of another word.- than him but I still feel like for Astro it might be a little uncomfortable to constantly be associated with Dandy like he's just "Dandy's best friend." Doing everything together with the star of the show might show problems. Of course I have a LOT more hcs for these two but Im gonna stop here at the more 'cannon' ones.