Baby Sensory Videos (based On True Events)

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*looks at u w/ my chocolate orbs* opinions on mikesys

Not sure if you're talking about Mike and his alters, or Mickey from RR, but I'll assume it's the former.

I like Mike! I like the concept of his character - that being a "normal guy" who just so happens to have DID (or, given the show's airing period, I suppose he'd call it Multiple Personality Disorder). I'm... not so much a fan of the execution, but it's somewhat understandable that he's a little unrealistic as DID representation given the social standards of the time. If anything, the fact that he wasn't made into an antagonist is revolutionary! (Until, you know, All-stars ruined it.)

Mike as a character is fun. He's just a guy in a world, and nine times out of ten he's so done with whatever bullshit situation he's found himself in - it indicates that Mike's accustomed to finding himself in less than stellar situation thanks to his alters, which tracks given that most of them are definately predisposed to finding trouble. The number of times he's re-fronted in the show itself just to find himself in an awkward or otherwise distasteful situation thanks to whoever was fronting previously attests to this.

When it comes to my opinions on Mike himself, I found him a little too entrenched in the "everyman" personality to really care much for him. His character flaws are fairly generic and reasonable, which is to be expected from the "normal guy" archetype, yet his character strengths don't really have a chance to shine through as Mike.

The Zoke plotline was sweet, if a little painful to watch, but the main personality draw for the ship was Zoey (ironically enough). His alters are by far the most interesting aspect about him despite each only having a fraction of the screentime Mike himself gets, and Mike's own motivations are fairly unclear.

To clarify; Svetlana's motivated by being the best gymnast in the vicinity and showing off her acrobatic prowess, Manitoba's motivated by being the best conservationist/archeologist around (since he's, in all likelyhood, a culmination of an Indiana Jones fictive and Steve Irwin), Chester's motivated by Old Man Spite. Ect ect. Whereas Mike himself is just find of there? He's in the competition because... well, he had nothing better to do, and the prospect of a million dollars is too good to pass up, I guess.

Outside of his will-they-won't-they with Zoey, he forges a friendship with Cameron (though Mike and Cameron's rapport isn't really expanded on outside of Cameron trying his best to cover for Mike's DID) and, in his final episode, a sort-of rivalry with Scott, but otherwise he's fairly self contained in his system.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, more screen time outside of the Zoke plotline would've saved him.

Now, as far as his alters go, I have a pretty distinctive ranking for them:

Chester - He's relatable. I'm personally a big fan of grouchy old man characters when they're played for comedic effect, and Chester's consistantly funny in his brief appearences.

Svetlana - Do I need to clarify? She's Svetlana. She would be my #1 if I wasn't so biased towards Chester.

Vito - He's a fun character to watch, and technically he didn't do anything wrong despite the show itself trying to paint Vito and Anne Maria's relationship(?) as a bad thing, but he loses point for being Italian (/j).

Manitoba Smith - He's alright. Not as entertaining as the other personalities, and he loses even more points for the blatant sexism.

I haven't watched All-stars so I can't in good faith rank Mal.

... I wish Total Drama was good. Mike and his system could've been great.

can we stop drawing mal like covered in blood abt to kill some1

like

the worst he did was push cameron down a hill n break ppls stuff, what did bro do to deserve that fanon vers of himself

scarlett actually tried to kill everyone on pi n she doesnt get the killer treatment??

draw him being the silly guy he is

draw him hugging it out w/ mike after they confront eachother

draw him watching the stars from the top of a large tower

draw angst abt his past man

similarly, i keep seeing these mal x (mostly reader) that depict him as not physically affectionate n super possesive, n i dont agree with that tbh

what if he was tired of being so cold hearted all the time that he needed a place where he could be himself, which just so happened to be ur arms? what if he learns to accept that not everything can b his n his alone, n he becomes happy simply sharing ur epicness w/ the others? what if he, get this, wasnt an abusive boyfriend??

would u guys still like me if the demons won n i drew me as a td character cuddling with mal <_<

uh ignoring that ITS MEEEEE as a td contestant!!! (im lasting a day)

ignore the quality i drew it on my bed on top of a soft case

"we needed more jo vs brick" "we needed more jo vs heather" bro we needed more Jo vs CHESTER. Do you know how funny the mere concept of Jo having beef with old people is. She's banned from every retirement home in her area

Honestly- I don’t want see yall shipping her with Chester b/c that’s gross.

OI @melodicaprils HERES SELF INSERT/OC FOR YA TO SEE :))