#busterella

I GOT U GURL

Princess does not stare at Bubbles, okay.

i spent like an hour making and arranging a post of my chibi-ized characters

but tumblr said the post was empty

tumblr said the post was empty multiple times

so i am afraid i cannot show you my chibis

Journey - Open Arms (by BasicGreatGuy)

Some of you may be wondering why I'm posting this song here on my Tumblr.

You see, my friends, it all started about two years ago, when I joined LiveJournal.

(You might want to grab some popcorn to entertain yourself with. I tend to ramble and I may at one point evaporate into feels.)

I was eighteen then, on my way to being nineteen in five months, young, carefree, empty-headed. Let's take a moment to reflect on how that status has more or less not changed ever (with exception to the carefreeness; I have far too many cares now that I'm an ADult or something). I got one so I could stalk--um--FOLLOW some people (alright one person) more conveniently and not have to check her page for fic updates all the time, and that activity introduced me to many wonderful people (Wei-chan, Hermeown, Groudo, Jupitrie, Alicorn, Chrissy--HI! *waves*).

It also introduced me to someone who I'm also very glad to add to my Internet Friends repetoire. Someone whose artistic ability blew me away from day one, someone who was nice to me even though I was visibly drooling all over everything on her journal, someone who for whatever reason thinks I'm pretty cool, too.

It's also her birthday today.

So, in commemoration of this event, I have chosen the above incredibly cheesy song that I have NOT been blaring in my apartment for the past thirty minutes on repeat, because Busterella is one of my best friends and a day not talking to her or geeking out with her is a day a little less colorful. And one day, we are gonna meet in person, and this song is gonna play while we dramatically run at each other and hug like the huge dorks we are.

That mean I have to start a big chunk of my work over. Foo, foo,foo...

busterella reblogged your link: Multi-Year Agreement Grants Shout! Factory Rights to “Beetlejuice” Animated Series

…I’m kinda stunned by the sudden realization that toon!BJ was basically a Manic Pixie Dream Boy? Because oh my god he....

That's a pretty good way to sum it up. 

Lydia lives a stable, but fairly dull existence in her small town with her loving but out-of-touch parents.  Beetlejuice represents everything lacking from her everyday life; adventure, indulgence in creepy/supernatural, and excitement.  She can call up Beetlejuice whenever she wants, and leave whenever she wants.  Best of all, BJ never really asks for anything in return, so long as Lydia is happy.  As you said: it's no wonder young girls found this premise so appealing, and why they continue to remember the show fondly to this day. 

When you look back at nostalgic media with adult eyes, you start uncovering the subtle elements that attracted or repelled audiences.