Meena is such a cute character š š š
I want to see an entire episode thatās about her and Alfonso š„° Maybe they could be hanging out with his sweetheart of an orangutan friend š¦§
Itās really weird how Iāve reached a point in my life where I both love and hate the same scene!
Well, Meena, of course! She had definitely learned to talk about her concerns more since joining the New Moon Troupe! She isnāt comfortable with her first kiss being with someone she doesnāt know (and I sure hope that when Gunter told her about this, he said that she gets to kiss someone). She even opens up to Buster about never having a boyfriend āor any of that stuffā! SHEāS AWARE OF THE LGBQT+ COMMUNITY, PEOPLE! You canāt convince me otherwise!
āHEY, THIS GUY HASNāT GOT THE SHOW FIGURED OUT!ā
Very funny comedic timing here! You may as well have just told everybody that Buster lied about the space opera! Technically, no! The show wasnāt a lie, but Clay totally was! I shouldnāt laugh about tattling and grassing up and stuff, but since Iāve been on the receiving end of it for years, I feel like Iāve got a free pass to how relatable I find the whole thing!
Well, the confusing editing of this whole scene!
Buster and Meena clearly start off right in front of the dance studio, once they walk away, it appears that they are now further away from the sliding door than when they started!
And hereās the massive elephant in the room⦠or lack thereof!
Meena slowly walks away just as Mason talks to Buster. You know that their exchange isnāt that long, so Meena couldnāt have gone that far either, right?
Well, then⦠WHERE IS SHE HERE?!?!?
Like, in a huge-ass crowd wearing nothing but blue, an elephant wearing a pink hoodie should NOT be hard to find right? Gunter is easy to see in this frame, so why shouldnāt Meena?
Now you may be saying, āWell, maybe sheās behind that background base or whatever itās called!ā Perhaps, but thatās beside the point! Thereās also a potential agrgument of there being too many character models in frame as well. SO?!? You didnāt need every last worker there! All you had to do was pitch a few of them to make room for Meena!
So, yeah, Unless she has secretly been harboring some magic transportation powers or something, there is NO excuse for her not to be present in this shot, at least turning her head toward Mason and blushing heavily.
Wait, is Barry married?
Buster
Ash
Johnny
Barry
Nooshy
Clay
Rosita
Finished this crazy little monstrosity. I love these two morons.
OMG WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME I AM SO CRINGE ššššššš
And I know Iāve dropped this image a hundred times but my OC is with him:
Hottest primate background character in the entire Sing franchise š©š©š©š©
Commission by the incredible @cutekoala1001. Iāve seen a lot of her work and commissioned her several times now, and her art never fails to amaze me each time 𤯠Like youād think Iād be used to it by now but no š I cannot believe how canon her style always looks. Thanks for the fantastic job as always!!
Yaaaaay, Klaus headcannons!!!!! š
Some fun headcanons for Klaus, Porsha, Nooshy, and (since heās my favorite) even more about Darius!
Klaus Kickenklober:
Perfectionist Tendencies:
Klaus has an immaculate routineāeverything from his diet to his exercise schedule is planned down to the minute. If something disrupts it, he becomes hilariously irritable.
He spends hours perfecting his choreography but will never admit how much effort it takes. Heād rather people think it comes naturally.
Hidden Passion:
Secretly a fan of vintage musicals but acts like theyāre ābeneath him.ā
Loves tea more than coffee, but drinks coffee in public because it feels more "refined."
Unintentionally Funny:
Klausās bluntness often makes people laugh, though he never means to be funny. Heāll say something completely serious, and everyone will assume itās a joke.
Heās bad with modern slang. Nooshy once said āslay,ā and he thought she was being literal.
Porsha Crystal
Social Media Queen (obviously):
Porsha has a massive following online and posts daily updates about her outfits, rehearsals, and random thoughts. Her fans adore her chaotic energy.
Unpredictable Talent:
Sheās surprisingly good at skateboarding. Nooshy taught her a few tricks, and now she insists on bringing her board everywhere.
Can do makeup perfectly in under five minutes, no mirror required.
Heart of Gold:
Despite her spoiled upbringing, Porsha genuinely cares about her friends and will defend them with her whole heart.
Sheās the first to cheer someone up when theyāre down, often with wildly over-the-top ideas like throwing a surprise party.
Quirky Interests:
Loves conspiracy theories and has a whole notebook dedicated to researching them. She swears aliens are real.
Collects novelty mugs and insists on drinking her coffee from a different one each day.
Nooshy:
Street Smart:
Knows every shortcut and hidden gem in the city. If youāre lost, Nooshy is your go-to guide.
Sheās amazing at bargaining and can talk her way into getting almost anything for free.
Loyal Friend:
She has a protective streak, especially with the younger cast members. If someone messes with them, sheāll show up ready to throw hands.
Hobby Enthusiast:
Has a surprisingly good singing voice but keeps it to herself, claiming itās ānot her thing.ā
Even More Darius Headcanons!!! š©·š©·š©·š©·š„¹š
Center of Attention:
If Darius walks into a room and no one notices, heāll āaccidentallyā drop something or hum loudly to make sure they do.
He tries to act unfazed when heās complimented but secretly thrives on the praise.
Artistic Side:
Loves sketching but is terrible at it. Heāll show Louisa (My oc) his attempts, and sheāll have to stifle a laugh while complimenting his "abstract" style.
Writes overly dramatic song lyrics in his downtime, but most of them never see the light of day.
Surprisingly Messy:
His home is the perfect mix of luxury and chaos. Expensive furniture? Yes. Clothes and scripts strewn everywhere? Also yes.
He has an organization system that makes sense only to him, like keeping his socks in the kitchen drawer because itās āconvenient.ā
Hilarious Vulnerabilities:
Gets grumpy when people donāt laugh at his jokes, even though theyāre sometimes awful.
Dynamic with Louisa:
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Heād be the type to tease Louisa constantly, but the moment someone else does it, heād shut them down with an intense glare.
If Louisaās ever upset, heāll do anything to make her smile, even if it means embarrassing himself.
Your OC is so sweet and classy and fun to draw!! š„°š„°š„° Itās an honor that you chose my drawing as a pfp, thank you so much š„¹
I canāt wait to see more of your art posted here š
Lilac done by the amazing @girl-monkey-odalys. Her style is so expressive! I know the bony structure of Lilac's face can be a challenge to draw. I had to pick the last one as a pfp, it's just too cute š„° thanks again for these!
Hey everyone! I just wanted to come on here and say that I am reopening my Sing server for new people!
Its a server centered around the Sing movies and shorts. We host events like movie nights, bingo, Sing themed Gartic Phone, character nights, and so much more!
If you are interested in joining, please send a DM to one of my mods listed below so they can help you get the link!
@hoperays-song and @stinkyhyena9000 !
reblogging bc I want to read this but I donāt have time right now
Throughout both Sing movies, we see a lot of different animals of all shapes and sizes. From Black Widow Spiders to African Elephants, the sheer range of species is remarkable. However, one thing stands out, the genetics of it all.
Now, that might not make sense at first, but throughout both movies and all the shorts, we see no āextremeā hybridization. Like no random horse with scales or wings, or a spider with fins, etc etc. Every animal looks realistic. There are no extreme hybrids at all (trust me, I've scanned these movies scene by scene). And yet despite this, we see all kinds of interspecies relationships ranging from a cow and giraffe to an iguana and a crocodile or a snake and bull. Which to me means that genetics can work one of two ways: random species selection or hybridization.
Now, both of these are popular kinds of genetic species determination in anthropomorphic pieces of media. But I actually want to talk about random species selection first. Namely, how this is not what we see happening in Sing.
See, basically, how random species selection works is this. If the biological parents of an offspring are different species, the child will be one of the two species, but not a hybrid of them. An either-or situation. However, while I am willing to admit we do not see many children in the series, the few we see do not come from wildly different parents, in fact they all come from same species parents or parents who are from very visibly similar species, making this seem rather unlikely.
However, that isn't the only form of random species selection. Some variations of random species selection include certain species dominance, where some species will always be more likely to appear, a kind of dominant recessive type of deal. However, this is also not what we see happening in Sing. See the issue with this type of genetic species determination can lead to the over presence of certain species in the population. But we don't see that happening. We instead see what one would expect in terms of species prevalence based on their real-world animals.
So, if those two have not a lot of evidence going for them, that just leaves hybridization. And all of you are likely going "wait, but I thought you said earlier there were no visible hybrids in the series?" And you would be partially correct. There are no visual extreme hybrids. Regular ones that we can see in real life, however? Well, that's a different story.
See, there are animals we see that are likely hybrids. Heck, even a named character is all but confirmed to be one in my opinion. But how? What are the rules? Simple, like with species prevalence, Sing based its genetics off the real world.
What exactly do I mean by that? Well, Sing appears to follow real world hybridization rules in animals. Meaning two species must be extremely closely related in order for a hybrid offspring to occur. Think of some great cats, hoofed animals, and any animal with subspecies. Things like ligers, mules, and golden-crowned manakins are real world hybrids.
So, hybrids that exist in the real world are able to exist in Sing, what's my proof? I said there were characters who appear to be hybrids after all. Which ones? Well, there's four, namely: a background equine in the first movie, a background bear from the Sing Thriller Short, Johnny, and most noticeably, Porsha Crystal.
Let's go in order of least plausible evidence to most, starting with a character that shows up for less than twenty seconds in the first movie, an equine animal I have been dubbing Jack.
I will admit that this is a bit of a stretch primarily due to the lack of screen time. However, as we see both donkeys and horses in Sing 2, Jack here seems to be a mix between the two with the ears of a donkey and the longer mane of a horse and a white muzzle that we only see on horses. They also have what I have always heard be called a āclassic mule colourationsā aka what a mule looks like in most art Iāve ever been around. Hereās some photos to illustrate my point here.
So yeah, Jack looks a lot like what a mix of Sing horses and donkeys would look like, though they could just be one or the other as we do not really get another look at them.
Next is our lovely bear friend from Thriller, who I've been calling Terry in my notes.
See our friend Terry here does not look like the brown bears we have seen in the series in the slightest. But! They do not look exactly like the other species of bear we have seen in the series either (polar and panda).
But what do they look like then?
This is a grolar bear. Also known as a brown bear/polar bear hybrid. And the first thing that sprang to mind when I laid eyes on Terry here. With a similar build to both polar bears and brown bears that have appeared in the series before, combined with the similar coloration to a grolar bear, Terry seems like a genuine candidate for being a hybrid species. The only reason they are not higher on my list is the existence of Syrian brown bears, which could also fit them though I do not believe to be as likely just due to the bear species distribution we have seen.
Which is also why we come with more than one example for evidence! Our next candidate is.... the world's worst rebel, Johnny!
Now, Johnny being small is a topic I've touched on before. Because well... it's really noticeable when you put him even remotely near other gorillas. Which is further compounded by the fact that Johnny is called a mountain gorilla. You know, the second largest gorilla subspecies in the world?
So, there's a chance that Johnny is so small because he's not solely mountain gorilla, and instead is part or even half western lowland gorilla or cross river gorilla. Not only has he not had proper nutrition, but genetics are at play. This would also explain the more prominent brownish hue to his hair than the hair of his father and uncles.
However, like I mentioned and posted about previously, there is also a lot of evidence that Johnny likely has stunted growth due to malnutrition as a child, which often has permanent effects. So really, Johnny could be either of the two possibilities, or even potentially both a hybrid and stunted in growth.
And last but not least, the most obvious, all but confirmed hybrid (in my opinion), Porsha Crystal.
See, everywhere I check, I see Jimmy Crystal being described as an arctic wolf. And honestly? That checks out. He has a stockier build and solid white fur, as well as a smaller head. Very arctic wolf, down to the design of his fur.
But Porsha just isn't. She has a larger head, slender build, and most noticeably, coloured fur.
Arctic wolves have to have, despite being shades of brown/grey when they are born, solid white fur. It typically turns that way within about a year, with some patches occasionally sticking around a few years longer. But nowhere near as long as Porsha has seemingly been alive. And her colourations are pretty obviously part of her natural fur pattern, not tufts of baby hair sticking through.
"So what, she has a patterned coat? Weāre seen characterās use hair dye before, that can't be the only reason-" Her build does not make sense for an arctic wolf. We see one due to her father. And the other children of the series that we are 100% sure are likely not hybrids look like their parents in terms of builds (think the piglets). Porsha does not. She looks more like the wolf bodyguard in that sense than her own father. She is much willowier with a notably different face shape that aligns with a different wolf subspecies than an arctic wolf, along with the coat pattern.
But which one?
Meet the northwestern wolf. A wolf that is a bit willowier than the arctic wolf, with a larger head shape, and most times, coloured fur. And a dead ringer for Porsha.
Which would make it seem like she is just a northwestern wolf right? Well, except one thing. Porsha is the same size as her dad, and arctic wolves are smaller than northwestern wolves. Which could be evidence of the arctic wolf dna. Same with the identical ear shapes. Those things are exactly why Porsha seemingly screams hybrid in terms of design, as well as the fact that she is simply called a wolf, with no subspecies designation. Because she's more than one.
I promised a theory at the start and a theory you shall receive.
So throughout Sing 1 and 2, there are a ton of background posters. And only a few of those are fully legible. However, two (one in each movie) really stand out.
What can we see in these posters? Well, simple. A small build, light yellowish, feline with green eyes, round ears, compact head, and a rosette spot pattern. Besides this character, are the words "Love, Respect, Protect".
And that is super interesting. Because that cat? It's surprisingly hard to identify in terms of species. Now from the rosette pattern with the spots, we can immediately assume that this cat is a jaguar along with the proportionally large ears.
What makes that assumption weird though, is the head.
Jaguars have broader heads than what we see on the poster. And notably broader heads than leopards. However, the poster cat has a narrow head. Which reads like a leopard in all but shape, with the head being slightly more round than a leopard's is, but still far too narrow to be considered a jaguar's. It looks like a mix of the two.
The leopard similarities don't just end there either, as we look at the eyes. See, jaguars don't have green eyes, but you know who do? Leopards. Notably so even, with yellow-ish green being the primary colour seen in leopard eyes. (Yes, I understand Sing does not care about eye colour genetics. It also doesnāt care about physics or proper medical treatment. Iām ignoring all those factors rn lol.)
All of this leads me to one conclusion: that cat is either a jagulep or a lepjag/leguar aka, a hybrid of a jaguar and leopard of some kind.
This animal being a hybrid makes this poster make a ton more sense than a just standard predator species. Because we donāt see any discrimination between herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. Seriously, within the cast we see, there isnāt any of the Zootopia type of discrimination at play. What we donāt see a lot of however, are likely hybrids.
If that poster is in fact about hybrids, it raises a new question about the lack of hybrids we see, which is, why donāt we?
A lot of animals can create hybrids. Any animal with a subspecies, a lot of canines, all the big cats, the list goes on. You would think that we would see way more than the four I mentioned above. And sure, we could count all the dog mixes (not really but we could try), and a lot of subspecies hybrids would look just like a regular one of that species to explain the low numbers, but the word choice of āprotectā adds a weird taste to that story.
Because it implies that this is a reminder that needs to be said. A reminder to love and respect hybrids, fellow members of your community, needs to be told to the other community members. Whatās more, it has to be added on that they need to be protected as well. Protected from what? By the looks of it, the community as a whole.
These posters are very similar to real world conservation and anti-bullying posters/billboards that are aimed at the general public in order to spread awareness. So, the fact that these posters are seemingly specifically about hybrids makes it clear that hybrids are likely not treated the best in the Sing universe. And while we donāt see this explicitly on screen, we can see potential effects it might have had, namely here: what an āacceptableā hybrid is.
See, the wording of the posters show that this group is discriminated against right? Well, we see Porsha and Johnny in particular not being treated differently from anyone else, so why? Well, letās look at the hybrid on the poster.
Like I mentioned earlier, you have to look twice to realise that that cat is likely a hybrid. You have to know what youāre looking for. Same with Johnny. If he is a hybrid, it isnāt extremely noticeable besides his size, which again he can dismiss as just being small. Porsha is the only really noticeable hybrid of the three and the fact she is in the upper echelons of society should not be dismissed. She is not going to be treated the same as people not in that social class. So, her treatment in society as a whole is likely not going to be that different from a non-hybrid.
So, are they ideal hybrids? Well from what we can see in the movies and in the posters, it seems to be hybrids that are not noticeable are the least likely to face issues, hence the hybrid on the poster being legitimately the poster child for being a hybrid. In the Sing universe, hybrids are alright, but only when you donāt know they are there.
This would explain the small amount of them in the movies and shorts, not only are there not many possible ones, but the most noticeable ones would also likely be heavily discriminated against. So much so that groups are having to put up posters in order to hopefully raise awareness to stop this from happening. They are having to beg with these communities that the hybrids amongst them deserve love, respect, and safety just like everyone else. And we as viewers? Well, we donāt know if they are listening.
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Disclaimer: It is important to note that we do not see much of Porshaās life or any of these characterās lives outside of a few snapshots from work. We do not see if Johnny had to deal with issues at school or if Porsha had to deal with issues online or with the media. We do not know. So they could have faced issues for potentially being hybrids that we just did not see on screen. Also, we do know species discrimination does exist, Buster and Mike in the first movie, as well as Jimmy in the second make several comments that are discriminatory. However, these do not seem to be widespread ideas in the Sing Universe, and it is nowhere near the level of predator/prey divides we see in other anthropomorphic media like Zootopia and Beastars. In fact, none of the remarks are even about a predator/prey divide at all.
Birthday gift from my good friend and incredibly talented artist, @thecraftedmacaque!!
These are my OCs Odalys and Mortimer sharing an intimate moment. Their ship name is called Mordalys šµ š šµĀ
I love Mortimerās huge chimpanzee lips š Their poses and expressions are just š©š©š© šĀ Also primate profiles are SO HARD to draw especially their noses!! And he drew them so well, especially Odalysā nose bridge!Ā
This is way ahead of my fic right now because at this point Mortimer has only just realized he has feelings for Odalys. At some point I need to scrape up some free time to write more š¤Æ
Thanks so much for this, @thecraftedmacaque, I love it! š„¹
Confession: I obsess over the Sing/Sing 2 movies to the point that itāsā¦maybe not healthy? I thought I should seek out counseling, but instead I opened a Tumblr acount.Pfp by @cutekoala1001. Background by @mousepoppydraws1ut. Pinned image by @thecraftedmacaque.
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