"Oh, are you going to colonize my Virgin Islands?"

"I know my place, in a long line, in the back."

Hey. Whoever requested me to watch Ongezellig and make a Mymy bot. Thank you. Thank you for showing me this gem.

When I first started it, I had expected to walk into Ongezellig to see the things I already knew: racist ginger, too-sweet Blondie, and Dutch Tomoko.

Then, the reality smacked me silly, jugged me, shook me down and then made me so happy tapioca

Ongezellig, to my surprise, was SO MUCH more than "the animation that the racist ginger one is from". It was, like...REALLY good. And now I REALLY want more. But I CANT.

Firstly, Maya. She is introduced as your average relatable, somewhat of an audience surrogate. She's a shut in, friendless, watches hentai alone in her room in the dark...then as the episodes went on and dug into her character, I was surprised at the amount of depth they were able to give her in such a short amount of time

Don't get me wrong Maya is DEFINITELY not perfect and honestly she really needs to work on herself, but she does also need help to get a step in the right direction. She shows obvious envy towards Coco (and that's only made clearer on the show's finale) and also an intense self loathing. She wants friends, but she can't imagine herself as someone worth being approached or befriended. So she sinks all her time into the online space and...aggressive "self love."

And, sure, that kind of character isn't exactly anything new, but still!!! It didn't make me feel any less bad for her!!!! She is more than just a femcel!!!!

...Mymy is completely what I expected from the show though and I appreciate that no wonder she's so popular

But I would say that Maya is, by far, my favorite character in terms of characterization and portrayal

Ongezellig is really a kind of show that I find daunting to make any bots about, though. Not because the characters are particularly HARD to try and replicate in a bot, but because it's very deeply rooted in its Dutch culture. I mean, references, brands, things that an ordinary American young adult definitely wouldn't get on his own...I would hate to accidentally misrepresent something about the show or Dutch culture in general, especially knowing how Studio Massa feels about foreign fans of his work

That being said, I would LOVE to get to working on a series of Ongezellig bots now! The problem is...I can't have my PC during the school week. And, weeeelll...I HATE making bots on my phone.

Thankfully tomorrow is Saturday so I can dedicate myself to Ongezellig bots by then, but still. I NEED TO WORK!!!!

It's a little late for me so I'm not yapping as much as I'd like to, but hey, it's just the way it is

That's also why there's not many intros lol oops

Intro 1: Group partners POV

Intro 2: CYOS (more intros later down the line)