#msbra

I want to ask you some questions about Rides Again,but you can answer from the original too,I don't mind:)))

1.Who is your fav student??

2.What are your fav ships??

3.Do you have a favourite special from S3 of RA??

4.Any headcanons idea for the characters??

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It’s honestly impossible to pick, because I love all of the kids. But my favorite has to be one of the girls, maybe Jyoti or Wanda, but I like them all the same.

Fav ships gotta be Jokebook (Carlos and Dorothy Ann), and Rock and Roll (Wanda and Arnold). I’m also a multi shipper btw, so I may but not likely ship other characters with each other, even if I say their ships. I mainly ship Jyoti with an OC of mine, because I’m glued to the ogs. Like RA wise, I ship her with Ralphie, but in the original and my au, I ship her wit and oc named Oliver if you’ve seen my stuff. I can make him a lil headcanon along with the other msb ocs if wanted.

Omg, yes! Fav special has to be Goldsteeler or In the Zone. Goldsteeler was fun to watch, I could watch it a hundred times and still not be bored, but it’s not that available, I’ve found a few videos on YouTube. In the Zone is so emotional for me and it’s so sweet, may fav scene is when Wanda and Jyoti hug Ms. Frizzle, bc she looked like she was gonna cry a little bit before that storm hit and the bus went haywire, (poor thing 🥺🥺🥺).

Fo headcannons, like maybe shipping dynamics or like class dynamics. I hope this isn’t weird but sometimes I write little scenarios where my class (as in the group from my au) is like hanging out at Fiona’s place when they’re in middle school or highschool. Mostly my oc Jaylene because her main oc in msb had relationships with the Frizzles through her parents. But yeah, that’s all I really got. If you make headcannons I’ll totally read, or you can request headcannons!!

This is something I had in my head for months now but I never got to actually draw it out, so here's is my take on if The Magic School Bus had a Evolution Line. Obviously it doesn't have an Evolution Line since it's built, but what if it did?

While the original Magic School Bus can have an Evolution Line, I personally decided to use Rides Again Bus, as while the original Magic School Bus is definitely a classic, Rides Again Bus is more detailed, so there was more of a chance to come up with a pre-evolved from for him than the original Bus. Magsbus, The Bus pre-evolved form, evolves with high friendship, courage, or perseverance. I also gave them types as if they were a Pokémon. It should be pretty obvious why I gave them those types. However, when The Magic School Bus changes it's appearance, it's type changes based on what it turned in to.

I had fun making this! Hope you enjoy! Bios down below!

Magsbus:

Type: Electric/Steel

Bio: This is a young Magic School Bus, who has not yet gotten used to it's magic. It is prone to making mistakes as it learns to master and control it's magical abilities. It's beeps are high-pitched compared to it's adult form. Despite this, it is very friendly and loves to have fun. It is also very protective of The Class, and will not hesitate to protect them from danger on their field trips. While people can't ride of them due to it's small size and undeveloped insides, they can teleport others to any location they want to go, shapeshift, and levitate (my personal headcanon), but they usually get tired after all this. However, this does not discourage them from being the best school bus they can be, and they try harder to master their powers.

When it has high friendship, courage, or perseverance, it evolves into...

The Magic School Bus:

Type: Electric/Steel

Bio: This is a Magic School Bus who has mastered it's magical abilities, although that doesn't mean it's immune from making mishaps. It still retains it's friendliness and gained a silly personality, but can get serious at times. It is also very brave and confident, and won't hesitate to put itself in danger or use all his might to protect The Class. It is also more stronger and can shapeshift/teleport without getting worn out and can do anything with ease. It also enjoys taking the students on field trips.

hot takes:

-fuck!!!!! yeah!!!! its happening!!!!!

-not 3D animated?? at least not the characters. i thought i’d heard it was gonna be cgi early on but maybe that idea got scrapped

-new theme: 10/10 thanks lin 

-i saw a really funny post in the tag complaining about the new animation and they posted an old screencap and a new one side by side and oh man,,,, i dont know how to tell you this my guy but they are both bad. this has never been a well-animated show

-the character animation is certainly not,,, great. tho with the high-profile actors/musical artists they got im surprised they didnt spend more money on the animation 

-the head writer is Mark Banker, who’s worked on a bunch of animated shows including Adventure Time! this gives me some hope for sure

-the “animation technical director” is Jason Lin, who’s worked on Wild Kratts and My Little Pony so,,,,, idk folks

-none of the rest of the voice cast is on imdb!!!!! i need to know this shit!!!

-overall im fuckin pumped and honestly even if its bad im gonna watch every ep and post about it constantly so it’ll bring joy to my life one way or another

All the tech in the show is either up-to-date or like...surpassing what we have (but you know magic so don't question it which is actually said almost verbatim by Ms. Frizzle's sister).

But one thing I will say...they seriously overestimate how many kids make phone calls. Because they still have that "is this the magic school bus?" call thing at the end and that made sense in the 90's before texting and social media but I don't make phone calls and ten year olds probably wouldn't either????

They just recently (I highly recommend watching that video first before reading after this paragraph as this desc contains spoilers for that video) showed the bus from of Albie in a Mighty Explores promo video earlier last month, so I didn't hesitate to make art of their form now now that it's revealed. Rides Again Bus is getting annoyed that Albie just keeps on talking....And being a show-off.....And also forcing him to take them to outer space, which is going to be wild since (in my personal headcanon), Albie likes to get into mischief (even more than Rides Again Bus and even more crazy mischief then he does) and is always getting into trouble so Rides Again Bus has to constantly watch over them.

Anyways about Albie's overall design, yes they have lights that can glow (obviously if you seen their first promo image from October 2024), yes they can wiggle their rear mirrors, have blue flames for their rocket launcher instead of orange like Rides Again Bus has, and obviously the ability to speak. Their overall model looks way more flexible than The Bus in the RA specials. Albie having the ability to wiggle their rear mirrors looks odd imo because it really doesn't feel/look like their an actual bus when they do that. Sure, it's a preschool show, but Albie's movements are a bit uncanny especially since they act like a dog in one part (where the dog wags their tail, Albie does something similar to that before he bumps into the viewers screen) and they can move their tires individually now. It just makes Albie not be taken more seriously imo because it looks like a thing that a toy bus would do.

They then reference that part in the 90s show opening where 90s Bus turns into a rocket bus. Albie does something similar to that in the video, but their wings and thrusters just pop out (I will also mention that Albie does not have a door on the back like past bus forms did unless they plan to add that later on). 90s Bus didn't transform in it's usual way in that scene, but I hope they aren't removing that feature from Mighty Explores.

Now for their voice, their voice is thankfully not even that annoying, but I just hope that Albie won't be constantly talking and let the other characters shine. Their design is way better than what we got in their promo image but they still look Cocomeon-ish and looks like a bus toy for babies. Also I headcanon that Albie is more smaller than his cousins. Still no images on how the rest of the ME cast looks through.

Magic School Bus Rides Again - The Frizz of the Future - S1:E1

hot takes:

-the dialogue is really cute!!!! Ralphie is so,,,,,,hes good okay

-animation is still bad but u stop noticing it eventually, until theres a group running scene and then u die

-they do A Lot of magic stuff in this first ep, and its not all on the same theme?? 

-Jyoti is really good!!!

-i miss Arnold’s curly hair

-Wanda.....pls. im really hoping for a Wanda-centric ep in this season so we get to know her character better, but weirdly she seems more like Phoebe so far?? sensitive animal lover, which is nice but i miss wild brash adventurous Wanda

-new Friz is p good,, but im still not totally sold

Conclusion: i only watched the first two eps but im love it so far,,,,,very imperfect but dude im having such a good time!!!!!!!!!! 

just wanted to do a quick compare and contrast of Tim and Keesha’s skin tones on the old series vs the new. i saw some folks talkin about this in the msb tag and @nero-neptune had a good point as well:

this is a pretty big yikes. while the new series class still looks very diverse, its a bummer that all the poc characters are so light skinned. its hard not to feel like they’re trying to get points for being even more diverse than the original show without really putting in the work to have good representation.