The Slums of Elwood - A Most Peculiar Arthur Forum Indeed

[Zaragoza]

Slums of Elwood is a fan forum dedicated to the PBS show Arthur. The forum takes extreme liberties with their relaxed moderation to allow all sorts of discussions of the show from weird fan fictions all the way to discussions on which characters members would like to date, to paraphrase the moderator, A Lotta Moms: this a forum devoted to strange and disturbing Arthur-related topics and fan creations... so pretty much anything goes that falls within the boundaries of legal conduct.

The Slums of Elwood.

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Brief History (composed & researched by @BradyBunchFan)

Here's the story of how the forum got started.

Before The Slums Of Elwood, there was a forum called Elwood City Central which was active for a long time. When that forum started dying down, a new one called The Slums Of Elwood got made with some of the same people from ECC joining the site.

Other Information (composed & researched by @BradyBunchFan)

• The Slums Of Elwood is known for its unique ranks when you get up to 1,000 posts include Homeless Santa, Pregnant, Slums Mama, along with many others.
• Member names are also clever as well, including one user who is named after a song from the show.

Members (composed & researched by @BradyBunchFan)

Let's take a look at some of the members on the site, shall we?

One member is named Kerry9Story, who is known for speaking in nothing but gangsta talk and using dollar signs in posts. Doesn't talk about Arthur that much, except for a couple of posts relating to the show. Other than that, this member happens to be a fan of My Little Pony.

Another one happens to be Jekyll Jekyll Hyde, who is named after The Brain's alter ego along with the Arthur song of the same name. This user likes to mention his namesake in posts.

A Lotta Moms is the administrator of the forum, is a fan of Molly.


Something Awful Article

The Slums of Elwood is a "Most Peculiar" message board where dorky teens and weird adults chat about the long-running PBS cartoon Arthur. With lax moderation and a focus on "strange and disturbing Arthur-related topics and fan creations," it aims to be to the show's fandom what Weird Twitter is to Regular Twitter. The details are a bit sketchy, but apparently it was formed in the wake of an earlier Arthur board's implosion, partially due to some drama over the concept of a certain tertiary character removing his hat. Sounds like the Arthur fandom was pretty damn weird to begin with.

Like any cartoon forum, The Slums of Elwood offers plenty of nit-picking over minor errors, grumbling about alleged network mishandling of the show, and dumb games. There's also some provocative analysis, ranging from a nine-page discussion about whether tomboyish monkey girl Francine is lesbian to WWII analogies ("As promised, here's my semi-serious, semi-crackpot theory about Draw! being a thinly-veiled allegory for World War II and Nazi persecution of the Jews"), as well as theories about which Meyers-Briggs personality types fit each character. Oh ho ho, Buster is such an ENFP!

What is it about Arthur that inspires such devotion? "A Lotta Moms" explains one aspect of its appeal:

"It's interesting, the whole concept of the children/town that never grows up while the world around it evolves and passes normally through time reminds me of my relationship with the show and the place it has in my head.

Arthur is really the only children's show I watch and consider myself a serious fan of. As I'd imagine for most of us here who are grown adults, it's as if Arthur and Elwood City exist to me unchanged, representing that little part of my childhood that remains constant as I grow and change with the world around me."

It's a surprisingly poignant post in a thread that's mostly about admiring 8-year-old Muffy's ass.

Some especially "peculiar" Arthur stuff happens in the "Gourd People" forum ("A place for all of your lovely fan creations, no matter how emotionally upsetting"), like these insanely twisted comics and what would no doubt have been a hilarious Arthur/Clockwork Orange mashup, had its creator not removed it for legal reasons. Ever wonder what the future holds for Arthur and the gang? Here's a passage from the dystopian fanfic "Revelations from the Aardvark's Mind":

Mom was inside. She didn't say much. She was sitting on the ouch, watching the BSNAD news network in a comatose state.

"Arthur... this family is over... I'm sorry."

Arthur headed back to his room, unsure what to make out of tonight's events. Dad was in jail, D.W. was now locked up, and most of his friends had turned into freaks. He contemplated where he was really going in life, and tried to figure out how to sustain himself in Elwood's tepid economy. At last, he had a plan - but that will have to wait until after a good night's sleep. At least D.W. won't be screaming again.

The Slums of Elwood isn't just about Arthur. There's also a thriving "off-topic" scene fueled by ice-breaking threads like this cool rant about gay people and "climatetards," and Kerry9Story's "let me vent here" post about her harrowing ordeal, which involves being wrongfully banned from a My Little Pony forum what the fuck how could they and oh yeah something else happened last week too:

So first I get locked out of my MLP account and then that shitbag Orion bangs his face into the Wikia forum and some homo PRETENDS TO BE ME and next thing I know I get banned for NO REASON, my account is POLLUTED with shit and then I find out I'm pregnant. That's how it all got this way but I stopped complaining a long time ago, just be careful if Orion001 comes here. I dont even know if its really him if he comes here of if some hacker jacked up his account too and wants to screw the whole thing up like we're all SOL. So yeah, I'm pregnant as of last week and its not my fault.

• The Slums of Elwood (Thanks, Oliver!) by Adam (rubber cat) Jameson of Something Awful

Threads of Interest:

• Buster & Molly Head Screen Shot
• Archive: https://archive.fo/EKsHO

Spoiler: Buster & Molly Head Screen Shot

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• Which Arthur Character You Date
• Archive: https://archive.fo/AIisF

Spoiler: Which Arthur Character Would You Date

• Kiwi Farms
• Archive: https://archive.is/aUIMA

Spoiler: Kiwi Farms

• Francine Farted Again.
• Archive: https://archive.fo/2jS01

Spoiler: Francine Farted Again

• Thanksgiving Special: Roasted Rabbit (Warning: Grimdark material)
• Archive: https://archive.fo/GsPCW

Spoiler: Thanksgiving Special: Roasted Rabbit

• (doorbell) Note: doorbell is featured in the threads of interest to show the Slum's artistic ability.
• Archive: https://archive.fo/Toc99

The following information was composed and researched by @BradyBunchFan, all credits goes to her.

Board Names

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/f8-street-corner-charlie - Site news and Updates

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/f5-the-slums - General discussion

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/f9-episode-epicenter - Talk about the episodes of the show

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/f4-bunnehs-n-bears - Characters

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/f1-happy-games - Games and fan fiction

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/f3-chatplay - Roleplaying

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/f6-gourd-people - Fan creations

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/f7-crossing-the-border - Off Topic

Media

Here's a video made by the administrator named A Lotta Moms called Crosswire Motors.

And A Clockwork Customer

/tv/ Discovers the Slums (@Zaragoza)

So 4chan's /tv/ struck gold today with a very fascinating find on a very peculiar Arthur fan forum.

How it all started goes from this: One frustrated anon is complaining about why Arthur is still around and another simply posts a link in response, from that point on the thread has been derailed as various anons goes on a journey beyond the link into a very unusual website that is extremely dedicated to a PBS show that overstayed it's welcome... also Steven Crowder was a voice actor for Brain believe it or not.

Spoiler: /tv/ thread and second post best post

4chan's original thread

Archive: https://archive.fo/H1Wrg
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The following pictures & threads were taken from various anons' submissions on the original /tv/ thread; all credits goes to the brave soldiers who ventured forth:

Spoiler: Screenshots from /tv/

 

[Null]

Before we make this live maybe take some time to archive other stuff? The glimpses at the board are good but it's 3 screenshots.

 

[Zaragoza]

Can I get some people to help me contribute to my OP?

Big thanks to @Guts & @BradyBunchFan for stepping in!

 

[Guts]

This has amazing potential, just needs a few more highlights.

 

[BradyBunchFan]

Here's the story of how the forum got started.

Before The Slums Of Elwood, there was a forum called Elwood City Central which was active for a long time. When that forum started dying down, a new one called The Slums Of Elwood got made with some of the same people from ECC joining the site.

Other Information

• The Slums Of Elwood is known for its unique ranks when you get up to 1,000 posts include Homeless Santa, Pregnant, Slums Mama, along with many others.
• Member names are also clever as well, including one user who is named after a song from the show.

Board Names

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/f8-street-corner-charlie - Site news and Updates

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/f5-the-slums - General discussion

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/f9-episode-epicenter - Talk about the episodes of the show

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/f4-bunnehs-n-bears - Characters

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/f1-happy-games - Games and fan fiction

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/f3-chatplay - Roleplaying

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/f6-gourd-people - Fan creations

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/f7-crossing-the-border - Off Topic

Members

Let's take a look at some of the members on the site, shall we?

One member is named Kerry9Story, who is known for speaking in nothing but gangsta talk and using dollar signs in posts. Doesn't talk about Arthur that much, except for a couple of posts relating to the show. Other than that, this member happens to be a fan of My Little Pony.

Another one happens to be Jekyll Jekyll Hyde, who is named after The Brain's alter ego along with the Arthur song of the same name. This user likes to mention his namesake in posts.

A Lotta Moms is the administrator of the forum, is a fan of Molly.

Other members

Sylvian Cascadian

MarleyandPal96

PrettyCoolStairs

Muffy Crosswire

Buster & Molly Lover

 

[BradyBunchFan]

One of the members of The Slums Of Elwood is chimping out over this site.

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/t958p25-we-re-getting-something-awfully-famous#39731

 

[Guts]

One of the members of The Slums Of Elwood is chimping out over this site.

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/t958p25-we-re-getting-something-awfully-famous#39731

 

[BradyBunchFan]

View attachment 577199

Sorry, but I had to fix a small mistake on my second post.

 

[Guts]

Spoiler

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/t1863-doorbell
There’s a furaffinity artist in this thread that really likes drawing Arther characters in questionable ways.

https://www.furaffinity.net/user/hauntedhouse/

Also a few choice interactions.

Spoiler

 

[BradyBunchFan]

Spoiler: This really unusual thread title

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion....-wear-jeans-with-no-underwear-jane-read-and-h

Spoiler: A thread for shipping characters from the show

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/t53-the-shipping-thread

 

[Guts]

Spoiler: This really unusual thread title

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion....-wear-jeans-with-no-underwear-jane-read-and-h

Wear Jeans with No Underwear

Spoiler

Jane read is a woman who had to watch her kids.she likes making a giant bread with her million clones.she and her 50 clones take their underwear off and put their jeans back on. Now jane read and her 50 clones wear jeans with no underwear. Jane read and her 50 clones in jeans without underwear like too cut down all 50 trees in the for est with their chainsaws. Jane read and her 50 clones got a peewee in their jeans. She and her 50 clones play with their peewee in jeans while the other clones continue cutting trees down. Jane read takes a walk in the forest.but realized that she has to pee.she'll pee in her jeans jane read glad she no longer wear her underwear she wears jeans instead.jane read finished peeing in her jeans she'll go cut down a big cherry tree.jane read took her shoes off and put on flipflops instead and she got a peewee in her jeans.while jane read finished cutting down a big cherry tree she'll play with her peewee in her jeans. Jane read and her 50 clones glad they no longer wear their underwear they wear jeans instead and flipflops.jane read and her 50 clones play with their peewee in jeans while the other clones make the worlds biggest pizza puff.they chop veggies,then make the sauce then add the flour and adding the giant dough and then jane read and her clones fold the giant dough from side to side while the other clones play with their peewee in jeans.jane read and her clones finish making the world biggest pizza puff she and her other clones take their underwear off and put their jeans on.the biggest pizza puff gets overcooked and its about to explode while janes read and her clones play"

Seems the reception is mixed.

 

[BradyBunchFan]

Spoiler: Talking about a Slums Of Elwood ripoff forum

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/t1455-a-slums-ripoff

Spoiler: And a user who is constantly returning to DeviantArt, then leaving

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/t1086-holy-shit-he-s-back

This person has a diaper fetish.

Sounds like this guy:

https://kiwifarms.net/threads/willm3luvtrains.17151/

His profile:

Here's a person who is like Kerry9Story and doesn't even post Arthur content at all. Instead, he posts nothing but all apricot related things.

His name is ApricotJack.

Profile and statistics

Spoiler: Profile

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/u57

Spoiler: Statistics

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/u57stats

 

[yeahweknow]

please tell me there are pictures of sue ellen's fat ass somewhere

 

[BradyBunchFan]

please tell me there are pictures of sue ellen's fat ass somewhere

Here you go!

Spoiler: The Butt Topic

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/t1517-the-butt-topic

A discussion of the Top 20 Worst Arthur Episodes, which has a video.

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/t2013-here-s-a-top-20-worst-arthur-episodes-list

The worst episodes of every season:

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/t505-name-the-worst-episode-of-every-season

And the best:

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/t480-name-the-best-episode-of-every-season

Spoiler: Talking about a Slums Of Elwood ripoff forum

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/t1455-a-slums-ripoff

Spoiler: And a user who is constantly returning to DeviantArt, then leaving

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/t1086-holy-shit-he-s-back

This person has a diaper fetish.

View attachment 577223
Sounds like this guy:

https://kiwifarms.net/threads/willm3luvtrains.17151/

His profile:

View attachment 577224

Here's a person who is like Kerry9Story and doesn't even post Arthur content at all. Instead, he posts nothing but all apricot related things.

His name is ApricotJack.

Profile and statistics

Spoiler: Profile

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/u57

Spoiler: Statistics

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/u57stats

TheUltimateCombo is also banned from the forum as well.

Videos

Here's a video made by the administrator named A Lotta Moms called Crosswire Motors.

And A Clockwork Customer

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/t702-weird-and-unusual-screenshots

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/t55-hilarious-screenshots

Here's a reason why The Slums Of Elwood came to be.

Spoiler: The reason

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/t82-what-the-hell-is-luigi-doing-here

 

[Kylie Raina]

Of course these ppl had to turn a children’s show into something weird. This just looks like a shitshow/reality tv show. I could only imagine if you put all of them in a room together

 

[BradyBunchFan]

A thread about Apricots.

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/t726-apricots

Along with threads on Crosswire Motors and Muffy's World:

http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/t1707-crosswire-motors
http://theslumsofelwood.forumotion.com/t1721-muffy-s-world

I forgot to add CMSAB11 to the list of other members.

 

[sperginity]

Holy shit, it's like discovering a time capsule full of autism

 

[KimCoppolaAficionado]

How the fuck is there even an Arthur forum, much less one dedicated to edgy hyper-autists?

 

[hotcheetospuffs]

This is the best thread since the Blue Moon Nursery.

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

There are two categories of Arthur autism:

Either it's ironic and you're laughing hysterically, or it's not and your laughter suddenly gets really nervous.