Artcow WogglebugLoveProductions / Cynthia Hanson / Cherie Anne Hapney - One Womanchild's Fruitless Quest to Make Her Cockroach Husbando a Household Name

[AnOminous]

If you met one psychiatrist, you met one psychiatrist. What I'm saying is that you can always look for another psychiatrist if one doesn't suit you.

She'll just refuse any actually useful advice because of dumb, crazy reasons. Nothing short of being told being obsessed with some ugly ass thing you'd swat with a newspaper if you saw it crawling up your arm will satisfy her.

 

[WogglebugLover]

My top 10 favorite characters after the Wogglebug;

1. Fabrizio De Rossi from Titanic
2. Dobby from Harry Potter
3. Super Mario
4. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
5. Paddington
6. Madeline
7. Strawberry Shortcake
8. Tigger
9. Petrie from Land Before Time
10. Mumfie.

 

[drain]

And @DrainRedRain I don't care to seek out "professional help" because I have too much trouble with talking to strangers about my personal issues and can't trust them not to be rude to me if I do. For instance I once went to a well reputed mental health center called NetCare (only because my mom insisted on it) and the phychiatrist who saw me did little more than just talk to me in a way that made me feel he thought I was a bad person just because I had gone to the hospital because of my mental illness. I never went back and never will.

But Cynthia, rude people are everywhere. You just can't shrug off an opportunity to better yourself only because a psych was rude to you once. There are lot more professionals that I bet will help you and make you feel welcomed.

It's the same as to never order food again because the pizza delivery guy was rude to me that one time.

You don't need coddling; you need the cold hard truth. Maybe he told you some hard to swallow facts and you thought he was being rude? Maybe he was just pointing obvious truths...

 

[Koresh]

@WogglebugLover

Cynthia, do you understand what I mean by work harder and more honestly though? What is your current project right now? Is it another movie or back to the books?

 

[drain]

Reading some of her responses again, I concluded that having only ONE hobby in your life can do a mental number on you, big time. Of course, she has underlying issues that need attention, but hyper-fixating in ONE thing, and ONE thing alone for FIVE YEARS sure can worsen whatever condition she already had first.

That's why she refuses to get help; the movie and the character are the ONLY things she has. If she seek help and treatment, she will lose everything she knows. She absolutely needs help, but she isn't afraid of psychs being ''rude''. What she is really afraid is losing the only thing she has in life and that's fucking sad, dude

 

[Overcast]

@WogglebugLover

I drew Wogglebug when I ate breakfast this morning. It's not your design, but it's how I pictured him from the books.

Spoiler: doodle

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I also wanted to say that I really empathize with you. I know a lot of people have made futile efforts to try and make it through to you, and honestly, it wouldn't sit right with me if I didn't give it a go because you remind me of myself.

Spoiler: Dear Cynthia

I understand what it's like to be schizophrenic and have a cluster A personality disorder.

I understand what it's like to hate reality and retreat into a fantasy world. I understand what it's like to only be able to go on because of that world, because of something that everyone says doesn't exist. I was in an abusive environment too and the only way I survived was to create stories, just like you. I spent a year and a half doing nothing but attending classes, working a shitty minimum wage job, and then immediately went to work bringing these precious stories into reality. I slept 1 to 3 hours a night because I spent all my time writing and drawing. I didn't do it for the fame or money, I did it because I felt like I owed it to these characters, that I was alive because of them and the only way to express my gratitude and love would be to bring them to life. I know what you mean when you say that you need to do Wogglebug right, because I felt the exact same way. I didn't want my shitty life anymore, I wanted to give it to these characters and spend my days for their sake.

I understand how frustrating it is to work really hard on something, to bring a project to life and then have no one acknowledge it or like it. That's what happened to me. After spending all that time writing and finishing a book, I gave it out only for no one to read it. No one has read it. That tore me apart for years and I can only imagine that you're going through that same pain. People don't get that it's not just not liking a movie, not just not watching it or not reading a book. They don't get that this product is your life. It's what you've poured yourself into and them not liking it and saying it's a failure is them saying that you're a failure. That you failed to repay the characters who've done so much for you. And I understand that it's easy to think it's their fault, that they don't get it. I understand that when you're faced with reality, it's so much easier to just retreat back into the fantasy and hope that things will work out, and take the easy way instead of facing reality.

But for the sake of Wogglebug, you need to understand that your product isn't good enough. The issue with my product was that there was too much of me in there, I'd put every injustice and gripe I had with the world in there, and as a result, it was a bloated bunch of nonsense. The issue with my first comic was that I drew in a way that only appealed to me and I was rightly laughed at and mocked for it. The issue with your movie is that there's too much of you in it. If you love the Wogglebug, you're not doing this for yourself, you're doing it for him and you need to create a world that he can thrive in. Not literally, but a world where he can show his morality, his inner strength, his struggles and how he overcomes it. That's a world where the Wogglebug can grow as a character and be empathized with and truly beloved by everyone. It's a world where the Wogglebug can be the Wogglebug you love, and he'll be in reality.

Reality is like marble, you can stare at it all you want and imagine the sculpture inside, but staring at it won't do anything. You can use cheap tools to chip at it and shortcuts to make it easier for yourself, but people will see the shoddy craftsmanship. You need to get better tools, practice with them so you know how to use them and can demonstrate mastery, and then you need to apply the hard honest effort of chiseling the marble into what you want to show the world.

I know this probably won't get through to you, but it really does sadden me when I see people chasing their dreams in a way that won't bring them to fruition. My dreams haven't come true yet either, but now I'm able to make a living in that field and I'm already on a path where, if I work hard enough, they're certainly in reach. You need to start making an honest effort because Wogglebug deserves it. You should have enough gratitude in him to do unpleasant things for his sake. People won't understand, and that's okay, you just need to work harder to build a bridge where they finally can understand. Communication is all about what's being received and you need to change the message being sent into the message you want being received.

I will accept my powerlevel and autism ratings because sweet Joseph, I deserve them for this.

You sound like an amazing and down to earth person. Semper Fi mah man.

 

[WogglebugLover]

@WogglebugLover

Cynthia, do you understand what I mean by work harder and more honestly though? What is your current project right now? Is it another movie or back to the books?

My current project is a book I feel I've been putting for far too long. Though I have everything I need to start filming a new movie which is a prequel to the Enchanted Forest one called "The Incredible Tale of Mr. Wogglebug." And I think I understand what you mean, but you can explain it anyway if you want.

 

[Koresh]

My current project is a book I feel I've been putting for far too long. Though I have everything I need to start filming a new movie which is a prequel to the Enchanted Forest one called "The Incredible Tale of Mr. Wogglebug." And I think I understand what you mean, but you can explain it anyway if you want.

I respect that if you say you understand, you do. Good luck on both projects! Remember, don't trust people who guarantee that they'll get you a big studio deal, they're always lying, and book publishers who ask for a fee to send your book in. Sticking with Amazon is a good idea.

One tip I do recommend is going outside to maybe a mall or park and observing how people act and their little quirks and what puts them apart from other people. That's one of the most important parts of bringing Wogglebug and co to life.

I'll stop clogging up this thread now.

 

[drain]

One tip I do recommend is going outside to maybe a mall or park and observing how people act and their little quirks and what puts them apart from other people. That's one of the most important parts of bringing Wogglebug and co to life.

This is one thing she's really lacking, imho. @WogglebugLover doesn't understand how people work.
I get that sometimes people are fucking difficult and draining and be around people can be tiring, but she needs to make some connections irl, and by connection, I mean only saying ''good morning'' to an elderly lady at the local park.
Seeing people just going on with their lives.

She literally likes a character that was made with the purpose of being hated. The bug is everything people avoid, with a difficult personality. That she latched onto such character already tell us she can't grasp common sense and how people function irl.

 

[WogglebugLover]

Name 10 of both, none of them can be oz or wogglebug related. I want to know what other shit you like so I can legit have a conversation with you that doesn't involve giant talking bugs.

I never have conversations with anyone who doesn't want to talk to me about giant talking bugs, even if they might like other things and characters I like.

Younger? How much younger? Also, what made them your friend prior to telling them about wogglebug? Did you still talk after you told them? So you still talk to them now? What things did you talk about?

Up to seven years younger. Most of them became friends through reading and reviewing my stories, and depending on how much we seemed to have in common through our profiles I would message them and start us out.

If you literally hadn't and were chill I think all of us would've jumped on the wogglebug bandwagon.

I don't know about that.

 

[dirtydeanna96]

@WogglebugLover I've asked you a few times. Why did you read all of the baum books if you didn't enjoy them? You can stop anytime you don't like something.
Did you read all of the famous forty, just because?

 

[WogglebugLover]

@WogglebugLover I've asked you a few times. Why did you read all of the baum books if you didn't enjoy them? You can stop anytime you don't like something.
Did you read all of the famous forty, just because?

I didn't exactly read Baum's 14 books all the way through. I only read about 4 all the way through the rest I just read certain chapters or parts of. I also listened to abridged versions on cassettes. And I haven't read all of the Famous Forty, just one book from each additional author. Thompson's writing really sucks after all.

 

[howyadoin]

I never have conversations with anyone who doesn't want to talk to me about giant talking bugs, even if they might like other things and characters I like.

Have you tried talking about anything outside of bugs? If you want to learn how other people interact like what @Koresh and @DrainRedRain suggested, you must be willing to talk about things outside of bugs, and not everyone would be interested. If I may be honest, knowing your condition, I think a lot of people would listen to you out of courtesy/pity and wouldn't actually be interested in what you're saying. Try letting them talk about what they want to talk about and you'll learn much more about human interaction.

 

[dirtydeanna96]

Thompson's writing really sucks after all.

on that we can agree.

 

[drain]

I never have conversations with anyone who doesn't want to talk to me about giant talking bugs, even if they might like other things and characters I like.

And do you think this is normal ?
They are just pitying the crazy and treating you like a retarded toddler because they feel bad for you. Like when we talk about the ''special interest'' with the weird kid at our school who eats glue.

You're an adult, for fucks sake. If someone approached me and only talked about ONE subject (that happened to be the only source of entertainment in my life) I would get suspicious. I would think ''Hey, they're treating me like a tard!''

Critical thinking fam, have you even heard about it?

 

[WogglebugLover]

@howyadoin and @DrainRedRain That was never what I meant to say. I can easily talk about other things. I just meant I wouldn't ever be comfortable talking about anything with someone who didn't respect and support my main interest.

 

[Crichax]

And do you think this is normal ?
They are just pitying the crazy and treating you like a retarded toddler because they feel bad for you. Like when we talk about the ''special interest'' with the weird kid at our school who eats glue.

You're an adult, for fucks sake. If someone approached me and only talked about ONE subject (that happened to be the only source of entertainment in my life) I would get suspicious. I would think ''Hey, they're treating me like a tard!''

Critical thinking fam, have you even heard about it?

I get a feeling that might've been a joke, but you never know with this girl.

 

[Maskull]

@howyadoin and @DrainRedRain That was never what I meant to say. I can easily talk about other things. I just meant I wouldn't ever be comfortable talking about anything with someone who didn't respect and support my main interest.

You are a monomaniac.

 

[howyadoin]

I just meant I wouldn't ever be comfortable talking about anything with someone who didn't respect and support my main interest.

Then get out of your comfort zone. And no, autism and mental illness are not excuses. I know autistics who are willing to get out of their comfort zones, no matter how small they are.

 

[MuuMuu Bunnylips]

This isn't a movie, it's the audiovisual equivalent of a war-crime.