Regarding your PPG fanfic post, I’d like to add that there has never been nearly enough Blues centered stories. NOR is there variety in them. If it’s a fic with all three pairings, Reds are usually the main main story line and the Greens have a more unique dynamic. Meanwhile the Blues are usually wrapped up in a nice bow and have one conflict that’s usually “our siblings would never approve of us seeing each other.” Which is fun, but it’s the only conflict they ever had and are depicted as high school sweethearts who go on to get married young and have a big family. And I enjoy it! But again it’s the only way they’re depicted.
I love my Blues soft and fluffy and sweet but I also would love to see the Blues being more complex than that as well. I assume people don’t care about them as much as the other two because they’re “not interesting and boring” but there’s a whole lot of missed opportunities you can make with them. Sorry if this is long 😭 Bubboom have always been my favorite
i wrote a long response to this that i deleted bc im really trying to ramble less but in short, i agree completely, and i think it mainly comes down to two things:
bubbles, despite being the most popular among non fans, tends to get shafted in fancontent (theres this one pretty popular future au comic on tiktok and bubbles stands around doing fuck all NOTHING for the entire comic), and when shes not shes boiled down to The Pretty One Who Likes Clothes And Makeup, instead of "the underestimated baby of the bunch who proved herself the most capable of flying solo"
boomer is often defanged, like, even more than his brothers are defanged in attempt to redeem them. while canon boomer is a pathetic pushover who does whatever his brothers tell him to and resents them (mostly brick) for it, hes still an asshole with a lot of sass to him. fancontent tends to make boomer the Long Lost Powerpuff Boy. hes just Bubble Boy (real), and maybe if youre lucky hell be slightly dumber than bubbles (who also isnt stupid. shes just naive and overly trusting!) on the rare occasion he shows any personality other than "i want to kiss bubbles". the way boomer is usually depicted in fanworks, youd never guess he was born in a prison toilet, and i think that is a problem
as a result, boomubbles has succumb to "Background Relationship" disease. they get no individual personality, so they can only be the ship that happens in the background (while still being tagged, of course). sometimes theyll say theyre going on a date while blossom thinks about how much of a dick brick was at study club that day. sometimes theyll call each other "boomie" and "bubsy wubsy" while buttercup gags and butch has an undercut. they have zero conflict, and most of the time they exist only to make the reds and greens look more dysfunctional by comparison to their complete lack of problems, or any characterisation at all, really
they dont understand the appeal of "Little Pathetic Asshole (Who Thinks Hes Much Hotter Shit Than He Is) x Sweet And Kind (But Constantly Underestimated And Will Not Hold Back)" because they dont know thats what their characters are. theyve suffered a fanon feedback loop, and i really wish theyd go back and watch the show, or even play multiversus! just go back and study the source material, until you can show me a boomubbles who can realistically have the "are you sure youre ready for another beating?" "you girls are gonna eat your words, spit em out, and eat em again!" exchange
