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some weird thing I came across once

Posted by PrincessElis - April 18th, 2023


I dunno why I'm telling you guys this now, but I kind of wanted to let you know about something I found a while ago.


Basically I recall scrolling through a Pico's School-related tag on Tumblr to see some art (not that I have a Tumblr account; I was just visiting to see some fanart of Pico characters or something), and I remember coming across this one guy who was planning on making a "remake" of the game or something along those lines. So I thought, "okay, that sounds pretty cool! I wonder what they have in store for a possible remake of the game." and I then decided to look into it via their profile, and... that's where it goes to a complete 180. To put it simply, the person planning on making a "remake" of Pico's School basically tore the OG game to shreds (because the humor apparently didn't live up to modern day according to them), especially the Ghettobots (I get they were designed after racist stereotypes, but it's not like Tom was actually racist. And they're fucking robots anyway; they aren't even "real" ghetto boys. Not to mention even I, a person of color, am not offended by them, especially considering the year of their debut game). The person also called Cassandra a "negative transgender stereotype" (if I recall, but it was still some bs claim that even I thought to myself didn't make any sense. So either way... yeah, try to wrap your head around that). Like... what the actual fuck?! First of all, the penilians are fucking aliens (and fictional aliens, at that); they don't have the same human gender classification, and Tom Fulp certainly wasn't making fun of transgender people while designing Cassandra. What led you to that conclusion?


The reason I say that "I recall" is because, several months ago, I tried finding the original artist who claimed all of this, but their account was wiped, so I couldn't find shit. But still, this person existed, let's just put it that way. I understand it if people are put off by Pico's type of humor, but still, don't make outlandish claims like this guy did (and especially considering the guy honestly made Tom Fulp look awful; I can't imagine someone digging up something I made years ago to try and paint me as a horrible person).


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They are probably just looking for attention.

Yeah, probably. Or they were one of those "Tumblr snowflakes" that took the game too seriously. And it kinda sucks because the art they made for their remake was actually really cool.

@PrincessElis Tumblr is not worth it. Just stay on Newgrounds. Or make an OC based on Tumblr snowflakes.

oh, that's a good idea

I'm honestly glad I never signed up for that site tbh

@PrincessElis Tumblr is a dead site anyway. Not many people use it, and most people advise sticking to Newgrounds. And they are most likely a troll.

Not to mention the number of infamous controversies the site has been involved in (if you know about the Steven Universe fandom, you know).

Speaking of the person I just mentioned, something very weird I also found about them was that they also reblogged an art piece that depicted the FNF characters as poc (aka racewashing), with the description saying something like "FNF would be better if the characters were black". Like... what the hell. As someone who is a poc, racewashing them like that wouldn't make the game "better", let alone claiming that crap.

@PrincessElis A lot of Twitter/Tumblr artists do it just to feel happier. Its just a place of weirdness. Maybe dont go on it at least you need to.

I know. Hell, it doesn't even just extend to human-like characters. I heard of a situation regarding Twitter where someone stole an artist's drawing depicting Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles as humans, and the asshat redrew Knuckles to be black because apparently he's "black coded" or some shit (while it's true that Knuckles' ancestors in canon are probably based on some specific tribe, that doesn't mean they should all be viewed as the same skin color, especially considering they're echidnas and don't even have human-like skin to begin with). I know some Sonic characters actually do have cultures or whatnot implied, but they're animals; it shouldn't even be the issue.

@PrincessElis True. Maybe, you should take a break from all this. I think you should probably take a break from sites except Newgrounds for now. Here's some stuff for you.

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/873818
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/878468
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/372276 (Contains R slur usage but this is before R slur was commonly associated with ableism)
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/845180
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/10006

okay, thanks

@PrincessElis No problem. I just felt like you probably need to stay in NG for a while, and not focus on weird people like the artist. I sent these cause I cope with lots of cute/depressing/funny flashes.

Don't worry about that. I'm just merely pointing out how weird certain sites are, plus I visit NG almost every day anyways.

god that’s just dumb. i understand how someone might not like picos schools humour i myself was confused when i first got introduced to the game but outright making it seem purposeful is just mean.

Exactly. And the fact that they baselessly made the game look like it’s “transphobic” when it isn’t just adds to the problem.