Friendly reminder that Butch Hartman is a TERRIBLE designer.
You know how there are those images that simulate a stroke? This is what I’m feeling lookin at this character.
It looks like Dr. Frankenstein decided to imitate Piccasso.
The mouth above her dog nose is hideous but it took me a moment to register because I thought the nose was supposed to be a big gaping hole.
it’s not even a tough fix???????
friendly reminder than fairly odd parents and danny phantom’s character designs were all done by Stephen Silver and butch hartman can’t design a character to save his life
“Oh, Bowser sweetie, do stop pulling that frown! Why, if we didn’t know better, we’d think you didn’t want us here!”
I’d like to formally introduce Bruce Koopa and Coco Koopa, the parents of Bowser and Bowsette!
Coco Koopa is very much into fashion and struck up her own line while still queen. The moment she (eagerly) stepped away officially from that responsibility, she dove even deeper into the fashion industry. She’s the type to produce super tacky clothing that only vain rich people buy, not with the idea of looking good, but with the idea of making a status statement.
Bruce Koopa is a music snob, the type to think only classical music is real music, and really enjoys playing piano. Like his wife, the moment he (just as eagerly) officially dropped his title as King onto his son, he pursued a career in music development. Only he no longer actually makes the music and instead works as a contracting entity. He likes to say “oh darlin’, I bring glory to musicians. And I can just as easily steal it away.” He’s actually where Bowsette initially found her love for music and, in the scant few times he’s shown to have some semblance of care for his kid, played his piano for her. Now all he does is berate Bowsette for her “gaudy music taste” and bugs her about signing with him instead of pursuing her “frivolous rock fantasy.”
So as you’d imagine, their relationship with their children is…. rocky at best, nonexistent at most. While not abusive in any physical way, Bruce and Coco were pretty negligent with both children and kingdom. They’d often disappear with no word of where they were going to mingle with other high-power folk and party, and wouldn’t return for days on end. Impromptu vacations, constant misuse of the kingdom treasury, and casual neglect to their responsibilities as monarchs and parents. This is why Kamek stepped up to fill both roles as best he could.
Fun facts!
- Bowser never calls them “mom and dad”. Hell he struggles to even refer to them as “mother and father”. He mostly calls them by their first names and when they whine and pester him about it will switch to “mother/father”, if only to get them to shut up.
-Bruce will never admit it, but he is absolutely jealous of the fact that Bowser and Bowsette calls Kamek their ba, but never him.
-Unlike Bowser who is 100% done with Bruce and Coco, Bowsette wishes to have some semblance of relationship with them despite everything. But gods is it hard when they refuse to compromise.
-Bruce and Coco are… doting grandparents? As doting as they can get anyway. They frequently ask to spend time with the Koopalings and Jr, spoiling them rotten and buying them whatever they want. Bowser is always hard-pressed to let the folks spend more than a day or two with them because quite frankly they’re terrible influences, but they behave themselves when spending time with the kids. Maybe it’s them trying to compensate for something.
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Enjoy some headcanon for Bowser’s mom and pop! I’m glad I got to share them with ya’ll finally, they were amongst the most requested of the characters. owo
Gandalf: Hmm, I think the Shire-folk need to be reintroduced to the outside world… Gradually, though, this isn’t the sort of thing you can do all at once. I’ll just bring one hobbit on an adventure again, to start with, just to plant a seed…
Bilbo Baggins, having gone on one (1) adventure: *acquires a mithril-coat, Gondolin-blade, and the One Ring; becomes an Elf-friend, close to the Elvenking and Elrond Halfelven; orders party favors from Dale and Erebor decades later; learns Quenya; goes to live at Rivendell; compiles a comprehensive history of the First Age in Westron from translated Elvish epics and primary-source accounts; becomes personal friends with the Heir of Isildur; eventually sails to Valinor*
DURING AN OPEN commission meeting Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously to enforce laws around the Right to Repair, thereby ensuring that US consumers will be able to repair their own electronic and automotive devices.
The FTC’s endorsement of the rules is not a surprise outcome; the issue of Right to Repair has been a remarkably bipartisan one, and the FTC itself issued a lengthy report in May that blasted manufacturers for restricting repairs. But the 5 to 0 vote signals the commission’s commitment to enforce both federal antitrust laws and a key law around consumer warranties—the Magnuson Moss Warranty Act—when it comes to personal device repairs.
The vote, which was led by new FTC chair and known tech critic Lina Khan, also comes 12 days after President Joe Biden signed a broad executive order aimed at promoting competition in the US economy. The order addressed a wide range of industries, from banks to airlines to tech companies. But a portion of it encouraged the FTC, which operates as an independent agency, to create new rules that would prevent companies from restricting repair options for consumers.
HOLY
SHIT
?!?!?!?!?!
Literally every single warranty I have ever read says “lol void if u tamper w/ this shit”
And you’re telling me that’s a rule violation the manufacturer can be reported for?!?!
[Image ID: a screenshot of a portion of text from the article linked in the first post that reads “the FTC is so encouraging the public to report warrant abuse–as defined by the Magnuson Moss Warranty Act of 1975, which prohibits manufacturers from telling consumers that a warranty is voided if the product has been altered or tampered with in someone other than the original manufacturer.” The text from “which prohibits” through to the end is underlined with red. End ID]
Yep! Those “warranty void if removed” stickers are not legally enforceable in the US. Companies still put them on because unfortunately most people don’t know about this. Best advice I ever heard for if you need to return a product that you’ve removed the stickers from:
Persistently insist that the stickers never were there. Act confused if you’re asked. You got the product like this, sticker-free. The eye of the law doesn’t see the stickers, so you didn’t either.
