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Post by Nobility on May 7, 2009 21:26:47 GMT -5
It struck me today how interesting it is that one of the most popular couples in a fandom happens to be a couple between a technically genderless gelatinous mass and an inanimate object. I'm almost hesitant to say it works, (because really, how could it work?) but that's the best way I can think of to describe this couples- it WORKS, despite it's ridiculousness.
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Post by Mansion on May 7, 2009 21:45:56 GMT -5
She has fourteen chunks of pinapple and everything he DESERVES in life!
I think it works because she's a reflection of him... A mirror, if you will, in which he can project that which his mysterious non-mind sees. So it's not a relationship; it's the delusion of one. Except that BOB's entire existence is some sort of bizarre hallucination going on in a conciousness somehow formed from a chemical accident, so it doesn't matter if it's real to the world at large; it's real to HIM. Jello makes him happy. What more could anyone ask from their beloved?
...I cannot believe I just used my hyperanalytic skills to justify BOB/Jello. Make it stop... DX
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Post by Twitter Cordova on May 7, 2009 22:11:55 GMT -5
I have mixed ideas about this idea. For one thing, jello is a food everybody knows that, so if she was eaten, B.O.B. would be freaked out. But the fact that the jello is well...how do I put this? She's full of mass gloop like he is, but she's not really alive that's the problem. So if someone were to experiment on the jello, then she would be alive like B.O.B. but without a brain still.
The reason this couple is really rough on me to believe is because Jello only has two scenes from the whole movie and that doesn't seem to be enough to make this couple ever lasting. It's like that thing in Madagascar 2 where Skipper got married to a hula doll that was a bobblehead, but after that, she was never mention or shown when they did the television show, so put it all away, Jello would just be a fling to other people.
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Post by Nobility on May 7, 2009 22:27:49 GMT -5
Twitter- let me just say that while I can understand why you wouldn't like this ship, especially since it's really just a one-off joke in the movie that we're blowing WAY out of proportion (which is enough to kill one's enthusiasm), your Madagascar example doesn't really fit (at least right now), as Penguins of Madagascar was in production long before Madagascar 2 ever came out, which is why some of the things from the sequel don't really match up with the series. Your point is still valid, however.
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Post by Mansion on May 7, 2009 22:39:04 GMT -5
I'd like to point out that technically, chemically... B.O.B. is food. Ranch and tomato. Not exactly pertinent to you points, but, eh. I just wanted to say it.
I do agree, though, that it's a one-off joke. But it's a funny joke, and it's good to play up for humor/comic relief/a relationship foil for other ships (that last one seems to happen a lot, come to think of it). I don't think most people "ship" Bob/Jello like they'd ship Susan/Dr. C or the OTP of their choice, but just about everyone enjoys the heck out of it.
Of course, there is the option of Frankenstiening her up... Ala the excellent fic "Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures." Good stuff there.
It all depends on where you do with it.
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Post by Twitter Cordova on May 7, 2009 22:41:31 GMT -5
Uhhh....okay....well there's no right or wrong answers about the shippings Nobility, so....I guess....probably MAYBE the Madagascar 2 thing could of been a bad example. I never said I dislike this couple. Sure there are some that I like and don't like, but...others...well...they're a little bit confusing to support especially if it's gonna be a one-to-one joke. I'm not positive that Jello might be shown again for future sequels, but like I said, they could do some experiments on her to make her alive without a brain like B.O.B., but...ehh...I don't know. That could turn her into a monster like all the rest, but I might be misleading here..
It's very hard for me to view couples like this seriously or for another cause of reason.
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Post by Crazyrabidpony on May 7, 2009 22:45:30 GMT -5
It kind of is hard to support a character and an inanimate object, but in B.O.B.'s case, it works. Utility boxes are the best inanimate objects to fall for. They're the easiest to "turn on". XP
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Post by Twitter Cordova on May 7, 2009 22:47:11 GMT -5
Turn on? Well as Mansion did point out, which is a true fact, B.O.B. did came from food. So if The Missing Link can be the only guy around to understand what Insectosaurus is saying, I wouldn't doubt a penny that B.O.B. can read Jello's mind lol
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Post by Mansion on May 7, 2009 22:47:10 GMT -5
The more I think about it, the more I decide not to put too much hope in a sequel. Not that I don't want one or anything, but it won't be an end-all cure-all for all the shippy tension, which is what I fic, so I don't even bother letting it skew my fic at this point. I'm going to operate like there will be no sequel until the offical announcement is made.
I can see why you wouldn't take this one seriously, but... It's hard to genuinely take a lot of ships in this fandom seriously if you're going for pure logic. Just try to have fun with it.
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Post by Crazyrabidpony on May 7, 2009 22:48:49 GMT -5
LOLZ!! Yesh! He speaks "food"!
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Post by Mansion on May 7, 2009 22:49:28 GMT -5
I like to think that in BOB's eye, Jello is a sexy antropomorhic jello being. I don't know why. I just do.
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Post by Crazyrabidpony on May 7, 2009 22:50:48 GMT -5
I can see that. She's a rich lime green, reflective and shiny, has chunks of pinapple which is an exotic fruit.
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Post by Twitter Cordova on May 7, 2009 22:53:33 GMT -5
LOL that nuff said isn't it? And that's the true fact about it. But...you might be right about the whole sequel thing Mansion, but we're gonna have to wait and see what Dreamworks will say about this. I'm still hoping that they could do a sequel to Over the Hedge and Bee Movie if they can, but I don't know if it could really work out for them well.
And Monsters Vs. Aliens has been new for a while all year, so I wouldn't want them to rush already and make a sequel if they can. These kinds of things take a lot of time unless you wanna wait 3 years and then BAM! There it is, a sequel. Hmmm...I wonder if they ever thought about doing a prequel for a change. That be great!
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Post by Mansion on May 7, 2009 22:55:36 GMT -5
Susan's mom must be a whiz in the kitchen, because that is the most perfect jello mold in existence...
Yeah, that actually bugged me a little... Isn't it actually impossible to get jello to set if there's pineapple in it? Something about the acid in it or... something.
Overthinking it? Never...
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Post by Twitter Cordova on May 7, 2009 22:58:41 GMT -5
Just imagine how many jellos Susan's mom can whipped up. Then B.O.B. could.....naw! I'm not even gonna say it XDD
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