Dude I genuinely LOVE how you weave together your crafting into analysis and storytelling. Especially all the creative ways you transition between the two. I know I've said it before but I'll keep saying it damnit!
i swear your videos are some of my absolute favorites on this entire platform without hyperbole. they always get me emotionally and/or speak to something deep within me. hoping to sub to your patreon soon, thank you for sharing your progress on projects with us in such amazing ways!! i don't think i really know how to express succinctly just how much i connect to this video with looking back on team rocket as queer icons of my youth, they absolutely played a part in me being me and the young queer joy i experienced which was (and i'm certian still is) difficult to come by. i remember being a teen coming into my queer identity rewatching the show, both being full of nostalgia and experiencing almost a queer euphoria in seeing these characters from my youth freely and joyously express themselves while still being comedic without the underlying queerness necessarily being the butt of the joke. i'm a certified yapper, so i'll stop here. thank you lizard for sharing your art with us!!
It looks really cool! Also, tbh I've always thought of them as bi4bi, maybe cause irl it feels like kind of a cliche that bi4bi couples are the fem girl dating the gnc guy (who often ends up not being a guy at all)
You said this was supposed to be a vibe sesh, not an essay, and proceeded to give THE BEST analysis of Team Rocket I've ever seen on RUclips! The way you deconstructed each backstory episode and ended with THE queer reading of Meowth - just wow! This was really, really good!! ✨ Happy to see that you fixed the sound and thank you one more time for the shout-out! 💜
devastated to lose all those comments BUT WE'RE BACK !!!!!! had to manually screenrecord and resync every individual clip in the timeline to fix the stereo/mono problem but I think we're back in business
@HeyLizardLeigh That's intense! You did all that really fast! I am glad to get to enjoy the full video now, though. It was like a special little Easter egg treat just for the early ones, and we will treasure the comments in our hearts. Thank you for putting in so much effort to fix it and to create quality videos in the first place. They're all really well made, engaging and generally a lot of fun. They somehow hold the attention of my short attention span Audhd brain. Thanks again
I built my first costume (not the first one I've worn, but the first I made completely myself) this year in August, and you've really been a big inspiration for me to make more and try to do bigger things. Coming from someone who feels so behind in their skills in this hobby since I'm just starting out, it is really awesome to see you do something that you don't feel confident in and to really succeed at it! I loved to see you learn and really figure things out, and it really makes me feel more confident to just keep trying things out myself!
Thank you so much for reminding me about Madeleine Blaustein. The fact she voiced Meowth is something I've learned and forgotten multiple times, and it's always such a delight when I relearn it
My headcanons include: James: Not neurotypical AroAce (maybe just ace?) Very possibly not cis, however i think he could just be a very fem man (idk i dont do the gender thing) Jessie: Not straight, bi maybe? Or just into femboys (If anyone in team rocket is neurotypical its probably her, but im not sure if any of them are) Meowth: Neurodivergent in some way, shape, or form
@@slug_whitesnake We aces claim James as our asexual/ non-binary (possibly aro-ace or homo-romantic ace) Queen. *cough cough* Now I know why little queer me was obsessed with Team Rocket (particularly James) when I was younger.
My newly diagnosed ass absolutely sees Meowth as Autistic. I mean, he literally gets along with two people and learned to speak Human. Humans are his special interest.
One of the many reasons I love Team Rocket is their ambiguous queerness. As you said, you can project many queer head canons onto them. They don’t just represent one or two aspects of being queer, but many. I love them for that
The big thing for me growing up with Team Rocket is that it doesn't matter what gender you are, clothing can be made to fit you. The surprise around Team Rocket's costume reveals isn't that they were wearing clothes 'for the opposite gender' or 'over the top' it was that they were Jesse and James and Meowth. Clothing is just a way to look, that you can have fun with it even if its something you wouldn't wear everyday. Also I am big feeling the 'telling a fun story from your childhood only to realize you grew up in a very different tax bracket than your friends'
Ahhh what an absolutely amazing video!! The staff turned out gorgeous, and I genuinely had no idea Meowth's VA was a trans woman, so I'm incredibly glad to have learned that at last! I will def be doing some further research, can't believe I never knew :0 Meowth and Jesse's experiences both resonate with me. I'm both agender and a femme lesbian, and it's hard to balance my preferred gender expression (extremely feminine) with my preferred labels (they/them and neutral as possible). I like skirts and pink and cutesy toys and all the fun girly stuff, but I'm *not* a girl and I never will be, and so many people struggle to understand that. And, as an autistic therian, I also often find myself in the same limbo Meowth ends up in, between "too human" and "not human enough". I feel far more comfortable with animals than humans, but I'm stuck in a human body with human mannerisms and senses, and I'll never be quite animal enough to be considered one of them. And simultaneously my behavior is off-putting to humans as well; they find me animalistic and strange, something close to uncanny valley, or unreadable because my body language isn't human enough, doesn't follow the same arbitrary rules. Even when I force myself to study the social rules and make eye contact and fit in, I'm still not accepted. And if I do the same for animals, it doesn't change the fact that I'm physically still human. So many trans allegories take the form of animals and their relationship with their species or humanity, and a huge majority of otherkin folks are also transgender. Our experiences aren't as different as a lot of people think. Transgender and transspecies often go hand in hand, and it makes me really happy every time I see it somewhere new ^^ Anyways sorry for rambling lol. This cosplay is coming along beautifully, I can't wait to see what the next step will be
It's hard to comment limited by the language barrier, but firstly I love the way you edit or write your videos (idk a better word to say it), like how you interweave the process of your cosplays and the theme of the video, something in my little queer heart felt the sweetness and affection of your analysis, especially the part about Meowth 🥺✨
These videos have such amazing storytelling, not hard to follow while also being complex. They also are so comforting even though I have never seen or played Pokémon
i watched this as i finished up my own next BIG project, so thank you for keeping me company and for the genuinely touching flashbacks to my own childhood. the high school lunchroom cosplay skit put such a huge smile on my face. pikachu was my first ever cosplay ~
wooooo, Cecilily mention in a Lizard video!! I came across her videos a few weeks ago, and I LOVE her essays. I love these breakdowns, especially when it comes to the queer presentations of Jessie and James. James was such a dear character to me when I first watched the anime with Diamond and Pearl, and he’s remained near and dear to my heart as I’ve grown up and explored my identity as a queer nonbinary transmasc. This video makes me want to go back, watch the anime, and make a James cosplay. AMAZING work on the staff btw!! I can’t help but admire the delicate branch details :] Edit: ohhhhhh the last section about Meowth,,,, I don’t have many words for it, but man did that cut deep to my core. It was also lovely to see the note about her active modding efforts in the second life community. it’s the little things that can get you, you know?
I love your videos! I have to mostly listen to your Pokemon content, rather than watch it (for reasons), but I'm still going to play through every single one. Your talent and passion are contagious, and I hope you know how much you inspire so many of us! 💜
I was not expecting to cry over Meowth today, but you really got me here. James was fully part of my queer/trans awakening (along with Ryan from HSM) and seeing this al laid out so beautifully was incredible.
amazing video! you and your friend's impressions and acting were amazing, so cool to see you both still doing what you love so many years later the finished prop (and the rest of the witch costume) look incredible!!
your videos just make me so happy. it's exactly my favorite pocket: media analysis + fashion, design and sewing + cute sound effects and transitions + nerd shit!!! it's so perfect, it love it
A video that combines so many of my favorite things! Cosplay, the color purple, cats, deep dives and video essays, QUEER MEDIA ANALYSIS!!! Love love love, and HOLY SHIT the “my friend Justin” reveal legit made me do a double take at my screen.
To be real, I'm not a pokemon fan but I ADORE this series. That analysis was phenomenal and I will always listen to Lizard tell stories. Also, here for the DS9 references (if i ever see Rick Berman it's on SIGHT)
Your meowth queer reading makes a lot of sense, it would've never crossed my mind!! it kinda reminds me of the queer reading of legoshi in beastars Also the prop looks amazing, good job
I've been enjoying this series so much!! I never watched Pokemon growing up, so watching this deep-dive into so many aspects of it from someone who loves it so much has been wonderful! I also really love the crafting video/ video essay mashup style!
I adore this very much. Thank you for giving me a new facet through which to view Meowth! I always cry at his background episode and it's so lovely to hear someone with more perspective help me understand some of the why
I was SO unbelievably hyped for this video, you deliver every time! Team Rocket and Pokemon in general were instrumental to both my and my sister’s queer and trans journeys. I remember loving the androgyny of the Team Rocket Grunts when I played Heart Gold, and drew many a colored pencil drawing of myself as one. My sister and I both did runs of Pokemon as the “opposite” genders before we each came out, but I always felt more drawn to the queer-coded character designs than the very binary protagonists, as mentioned in your Pokemon fashion vid. All in all, I’ve been enjoying this Lavender Town witch series so much!
WOAHHHHH THAT WAS JUSTIN BRINER???? HOLY CRAP that is 1. incredibly cool and 2. one of those wild full-circle moments that makes your head spin. incredible things happening on this day
Been following you for years on other platforms but recently found your youtube channel. I so enjoy how you blend your cosplay creation process with captivating analysis. Thank you for bringing such wonderful things into the world! 💕
Damn, that staff is amazing!! Love hearing your thoughts on a show in only tangentially familiar with (one of my close friends was super into Pokémon and Digimon, and also pop culture osmosis).
Wow you’re creativity is amazing. Such an awesome design! I’m old so I didn’t really watch just heard it in the background as the kids watched. I will have to ask them if they ever thought about this
This is the first video of yours ive ever seen. Its fantastic and i love the effort you put into your cosplay. I love team rocket and Im always happy to see them represented in anime conventions.
First of all I can't believe this is the first I'm seeing of your channel. You should be way more popular. This video is a fantastic reading of Team Rocket and a great demonstration of your crafting abilities. Second, it's really bittersweet that this video came out pretty soon after Rachael Lillis passed away because now Eric Stuart is the last living Team Rocket member. Rest well, Maddie and Rachael.
THAT STAFF IS AMAZINGGGGG. holy shit, it looks great at the end but that white and black really had a solid vibe to it as well. So freaking well done, and of course amazing video as well. One day I will not cry during one of your videos.. but today is not that day
"never forget what Rick Berman took from us" yessss the Garshir rep is real. Even the actors are like "yah we were totally up for that romance, and support fanworks of it now". Although not even Mr. No Fun could take away Garek's camp, it's too powerful.
okay but what if we DO start discourse in the comments, to up your engagement? 👀 Real talk tho: What a delightful video!!! I never watched a whole lot of the Pokemon anime, but Jessie and James (and Meowth!!) are such core parts of my adolescence. Such fantastic characters
The little baby Lizard skit is the cutest thing on this channel hands down! Also, the staff turned out amazing!! The vines pull the whole thing together, and I love the paint job!
Seeing you crafting on your roof gives me so much joy, as i too do not have a fancy workshop but spend hours crouching on my tiny ass balcony. Also props to Justin!
i love the staff even more now seeing just every bit of detail that you managed to put into it. honestly as a kid, i never quite understood things with team rocket being that way, but as i got older i began to understand it. james to me feels very genderfluid or nonbinary and that he could really just go either way at the end of the day. also, justine briner? omg that's an awesome high school bestie to have and I'm glad the two of you got to do that together. i hope you are still friends and gett to share in other memories together even if not as grand or as easily.
Another great video! I really really enjoy your style of presentation and editing, Lizard! I keep catching myself re-watching your videos when I need a kind voice to listen to while I get tasks around the house done. Your work is such a fun part of my day when I use it and I appreciate you
To me, James Jessie & Meowth are the three genders: male, female, and chaos. & theyre all queer in every sense of the word. I follow an artist thatade Jessie end up with Ash's m Deliah & its beautiful imo.
If you ever want to work with PVC pipe that you have to cut down again, diy channels have taught me most hardware stores have special cutters for them that should save time/effort.
16:56 this god damn song,,, i was wondering why the head piece looked slightly familiar, ugh. i feel a headache coming on just thinking of it honestly, blue badger thrives in my nightmares
meowth being doomed by the narrative was not something i was expecting. LIZARD CONTINUES TO WIN!!!!! EVEN IN SPITE OF AUDIO ISSUES! what a lovely video and deep dive and also what a sick staff!!!! the LEDs give so much life to it
I was holding on until the Meowth section, sometimes stories about being stuck betweeen worlds and being unashamed anyway are actually the perfect thing you need to recover from con flu 💜
First off: staff looks AMAZING oh my god! As a propmaker more than a sewist I am so proud of you for tackling this! It turned out gorgeous! Second: the analysis of Team Rocket was something I was so excited to hear you talk about and you did not disappoint! Thank you for putting a lot of the things I felt into words about our favorite Royals of gay audacity
Caught the new video after it had been re-uploaded, and as usual it was incredible! I learned so much about Pokemon, and crafting, and got the chance to feel like I was crafting in company (working on knitting a shawl here), which is always my favorite part of watching your vids
Meowth's backstory as an allegory for the trans experience is something I as a probably cis person see and can understand. Meowth's backstory as neurodivergence, I feel in my soul. I can do all of the things the "human people" do, but they will still see differences I can't understand. I talk just like them but that is still never right. As an almost 30 year old adult, I am not trying to fit in by being inauthentic, but all that masking and alienation from childhood definitely tried to resonate out of my chest because of the cat from the kids TV show 😢😂
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I've been looking for a skillshare link! I was lucky enough to catch this when there was still an audio issue at the beginning, it was a great video
@@treason6661 thanks for coming back!!
@@HeyLizardLeigh gotta pump up that algorithm by commenting and watching to the last minute
Love the earss
Love the ears
Koffing is Ally Coded because he's just this guy but only turns up when he's asked to participate and he's always happy to contribute.
I cannot unsee this now thank you for this gift
He's your stoner Ally, who is happy to smoke up when y'all ask him to. What a cool dude.
Dude I genuinely LOVE how you weave together your crafting into analysis and storytelling. Especially all the creative ways you transition between the two. I know I've said it before but I'll keep saying it damnit!
i swear your videos are some of my absolute favorites on this entire platform without hyperbole. they always get me emotionally and/or speak to something deep within me. hoping to sub to your patreon soon, thank you for sharing your progress on projects with us in such amazing ways!! i don't think i really know how to express succinctly just how much i connect to this video with looking back on team rocket as queer icons of my youth, they absolutely played a part in me being me and the young queer joy i experienced which was (and i'm certian still is) difficult to come by. i remember being a teen coming into my queer identity rewatching the show, both being full of nostalgia and experiencing almost a queer euphoria in seeing these characters from my youth freely and joyously express themselves while still being comedic without the underlying queerness necessarily being the butt of the joke. i'm a certified yapper, so i'll stop here. thank you lizard for sharing your art with us!!
Commenting and rewatching to help with the algorithm. Love your content!
It looks really cool! Also, tbh I've always thought of them as bi4bi, maybe cause irl it feels like kind of a cliche that bi4bi couples are the fem girl dating the gnc guy (who often ends up not being a guy at all)
You said this was supposed to be a vibe sesh, not an essay, and proceeded to give THE BEST analysis of Team Rocket I've ever seen on RUclips! The way you deconstructed each backstory episode and ended with THE queer reading of Meowth - just wow! This was really, really good!! ✨
Happy to see that you fixed the sound and thank you one more time for the shout-out! 💜
Oh my gosh that plot twist with Justin at the end had my JAW dropping. That is so cool!!!!
it's back! hooray!
devastated to lose all those comments BUT WE'RE BACK !!!!!! had to manually screenrecord and resync every individual clip in the timeline to fix the stereo/mono problem but I think we're back in business
i was watching pokemon just yesterday by complete accident and this is right up my alley, so i've been excited to watch this!
@HeyLizardLeigh That's intense! You did all that really fast! I am glad to get to enjoy the full video now, though. It was like a special little Easter egg treat just for the early ones, and we will treasure the comments in our hearts. Thank you for putting in so much effort to fix it and to create quality videos in the first place. They're all really well made, engaging and generally a lot of fun. They somehow hold the attention of my short attention span Audhd brain. Thanks again
just finished it, it was REALLY REALLY good
4:05 Every flowchart ever should end with the Giant Lion Turtle quote lol
I built my first costume (not the first one I've worn, but the first I made completely myself) this year in August, and you've really been a big inspiration for me to make more and try to do bigger things. Coming from someone who feels so behind in their skills in this hobby since I'm just starting out, it is really awesome to see you do something that you don't feel confident in and to really succeed at it! I loved to see you learn and really figure things out, and it really makes me feel more confident to just keep trying things out myself!
Me: I wonder if lizard Leigh has posted anything new
LL, 3 minutes prior: making my dreams come true
I am a simple person, I see Lizard Leigh posted, I click
Thank you so much for reminding me about Madeleine Blaustein. The fact she voiced Meowth is something I've learned and forgotten multiple times, and it's always such a delight when I relearn it
My headcanons include:
James:
Not neurotypical
AroAce (maybe just ace?)
Very possibly not cis, however i think he could just be a very fem man (idk i dont do the gender thing)
Jessie:
Not straight, bi maybe? Or just into femboys
(If anyone in team rocket is neurotypical its probably her, but im not sure if any of them are)
Meowth:
Neurodivergent in some way, shape, or form
omg aroace james! he just like me!
@@slug_whitesnake We aces claim James as our asexual/ non-binary (possibly aro-ace or homo-romantic ace) Queen. *cough cough* Now I know why little queer me was obsessed with Team Rocket (particularly James) when I was younger.
What does neurodivergent mean?
@rhondahoward8025 some examples of someone being Neurodivergent would be if they had add, adhd, or if they are autistic
My newly diagnosed ass absolutely sees Meowth as Autistic. I mean, he literally gets along with two people and learned to speak Human. Humans are his special interest.
One of the many reasons I love Team Rocket is their ambiguous queerness. As you said, you can project many queer head canons onto them. They don’t just represent one or two aspects of being queer, but many. I love them for that
Yes!! I totally agree I see so many different headcanons abt them and they all seem to fit!
The big thing for me growing up with Team Rocket is that it doesn't matter what gender you are, clothing can be made to fit you. The surprise around Team Rocket's costume reveals isn't that they were wearing clothes 'for the opposite gender' or 'over the top' it was that they were Jesse and James and Meowth. Clothing is just a way to look, that you can have fun with it even if its something you wouldn't wear everyday.
Also I am big feeling the 'telling a fun story from your childhood only to realize you grew up in a very different tax bracket than your friends'
Ahhh what an absolutely amazing video!! The staff turned out gorgeous, and I genuinely had no idea Meowth's VA was a trans woman, so I'm incredibly glad to have learned that at last! I will def be doing some further research, can't believe I never knew :0
Meowth and Jesse's experiences both resonate with me. I'm both agender and a femme lesbian, and it's hard to balance my preferred gender expression (extremely feminine) with my preferred labels (they/them and neutral as possible). I like skirts and pink and cutesy toys and all the fun girly stuff, but I'm *not* a girl and I never will be, and so many people struggle to understand that.
And, as an autistic therian, I also often find myself in the same limbo Meowth ends up in, between "too human" and "not human enough". I feel far more comfortable with animals than humans, but I'm stuck in a human body with human mannerisms and senses, and I'll never be quite animal enough to be considered one of them. And simultaneously my behavior is off-putting to humans as well; they find me animalistic and strange, something close to uncanny valley, or unreadable because my body language isn't human enough, doesn't follow the same arbitrary rules. Even when I force myself to study the social rules and make eye contact and fit in, I'm still not accepted. And if I do the same for animals, it doesn't change the fact that I'm physically still human.
So many trans allegories take the form of animals and their relationship with their species or humanity, and a huge majority of otherkin folks are also transgender. Our experiences aren't as different as a lot of people think. Transgender and transspecies often go hand in hand, and it makes me really happy every time I see it somewhere new ^^
Anyways sorry for rambling lol. This cosplay is coming along beautifully, I can't wait to see what the next step will be
You did _not_ just call the Team Rocket uniform "dripless". Take it back *NOW.*
I CRIED 😭
I cosplay a Rocket Grunt multiple times a year!
8:47 I too hate when my bottom falls out 😂
It's hard to comment limited by the language barrier, but firstly I love the way you edit or write your videos (idk a better word to say it), like how you interweave the process of your cosplays and the theme of the video, something in my little queer heart felt the sweetness and affection of your analysis, especially the part about Meowth 🥺✨
I love team rocket their voicelines are so funny and iconic.
Youre so cool btw love your videos
I’m obsessed with this series. Your content is so soothing to me, thanking you for making these long form videos.
These videos have such amazing storytelling, not hard to follow while also being complex. They also are so comforting even though I have never seen or played Pokémon
I am so early and so ready
lizard- how are you gonna make me cry about cartoons i haven't seen AGAIN....
i watched this as i finished up my own next BIG project, so thank you for keeping me company and for the genuinely touching flashbacks to my own childhood.
the high school lunchroom cosplay skit put such a huge smile on my face. pikachu was my first ever cosplay ~
wooooo, Cecilily mention in a Lizard video!! I came across her videos a few weeks ago, and I LOVE her essays.
I love these breakdowns, especially when it comes to the queer presentations of Jessie and James. James was such a dear character to me when I first watched the anime with Diamond and Pearl, and he’s remained near and dear to my heart as I’ve grown up and explored my identity as a queer nonbinary transmasc. This video makes me want to go back, watch the anime, and make a James cosplay.
AMAZING work on the staff btw!! I can’t help but admire the delicate branch details :]
Edit: ohhhhhh the last section about Meowth,,,, I don’t have many words for it, but man did that cut deep to my core. It was also lovely to see the note about her active modding efforts in the second life community. it’s the little things that can get you, you know?
Team rocket is so unironically slay
Oh lord that meowth part made me emotional 😭
Well, I was not expecting to sit here and cry…
Woohoo!!! Im glad it’s all working I’m so sorry about the audio troubles RUclips put you through!
If you ever work with a lot of PVC, get a PVC pipe cutter. Cheap, easy, clean, and fast
combining video essays with crafting videos is such a genius move and i'm obsessed with your content
I loved Team Rocket. I still say "Jesse. James."
I love your videos! I have to mostly listen to your Pokemon content, rather than watch it (for reasons), but I'm still going to play through every single one. Your talent and passion are contagious, and I hope you know how much you inspire so many of us! 💜
I was not expecting to cry over Meowth today, but you really got me here. James was fully part of my queer/trans awakening (along with Ryan from HSM) and seeing this al laid out so beautifully was incredible.
my queer 30 year old heart learning about the takarazuka revue for the first time and going on an all night bingeathon THANK YOU
lizard i must know!!!! what's in your fish tank?
amazing video! you and your friend's impressions and acting were amazing, so cool to see you both still doing what you love so many years later
the finished prop (and the rest of the witch costume) look incredible!!
The skit you did looks so fun, the voices are actually so good!!!
your videos just make me so happy. it's exactly my favorite pocket: media analysis + fashion, design and sewing + cute sound effects and transitions + nerd shit!!! it's so perfect, it love it
A video that combines so many of my favorite things! Cosplay, the color purple, cats, deep dives and video essays, QUEER MEDIA ANALYSIS!!! Love love love, and HOLY SHIT the “my friend Justin” reveal legit made me do a double take at my screen.
Lizard, why did you make me cry today/pos
This video was so fun to watch! And the reveal at the end about who your best friend is at the end blew me away!
goated video. Thanks for teaching me about meowths voice actor i didnt know!!! thats so heccing cool
Ah! Spotted a certain potion bottle in your Meowth backdrop 😊
Another great video!
To be real, I'm not a pokemon fan but I ADORE this series. That analysis was phenomenal and I will always listen to Lizard tell stories. Also, here for the DS9 references (if i ever see Rick Berman it's on SIGHT)
The staff turned out so cool!
Your meowth queer reading makes a lot of sense, it would've never crossed my mind!!
it kinda reminds me of the queer reading of legoshi in beastars
Also the prop looks amazing, good job
I've been enjoying this series so much!! I never watched Pokemon growing up, so watching this deep-dive into so many aspects of it from someone who loves it so much has been wonderful! I also really love the crafting video/ video essay mashup style!
Thank you for uploading, it was very enjoyable but also kept me sane in the last hour of hemming 24 continuous yards of fabric😅
I adore this very much. Thank you for giving me a new facet through which to view Meowth! I always cry at his background episode and it's so lovely to hear someone with more perspective help me understand some of the why
I was SO unbelievably hyped for this video, you deliver every time! Team Rocket and Pokemon in general were instrumental to both my and my sister’s queer and trans journeys. I remember loving the androgyny of the Team Rocket Grunts when I played Heart Gold, and drew many a colored pencil drawing of myself as one. My sister and I both did runs of Pokemon as the “opposite” genders before we each came out, but I always felt more drawn to the queer-coded character designs than the very binary protagonists, as mentioned in your Pokemon fashion vid. All in all, I’ve been enjoying this Lavender Town witch series so much!
Your video formats are so good! The back and forth between the two topics really helps keep things fresh and interesting.
WOAHHHHH THAT WAS JUSTIN BRINER???? HOLY CRAP that is 1. incredibly cool and 2. one of those wild full-circle moments that makes your head spin. incredible things happening on this day
team rocket are so inherently queer and im always here for more discussion about it.
the ending really had me tearing up. thank you lizard
Been following you for years on other platforms but recently found your youtube channel. I so enjoy how you blend your cosplay creation process with captivating analysis. Thank you for bringing such wonderful things into the world! 💕
Damn, that staff is amazing!! Love hearing your thoughts on a show in only tangentially familiar with (one of my close friends was super into Pokémon and Digimon, and also pop culture osmosis).
Wow you’re creativity is amazing. Such an awesome design!
I’m old so I didn’t really watch just heard it in the background as the kids watched. I will have to ask them if they ever thought about this
I just started watching this witch series yesterday and I already can’t wait to see what’s next!
This is the first video of yours ive ever seen. Its fantastic and i love the effort you put into your cosplay. I love team rocket and Im always happy to see them represented in anime conventions.
Back to comment (again) that I ... don't care about pokemon, having never watched or played... But I enjoy your making and your story telling.
This was so beautiful. Your videos are as beautifully compiled as your cosplays!!! Thank you for being so awesome 😁
First of all I can't believe this is the first I'm seeing of your channel. You should be way more popular. This video is a fantastic reading of Team Rocket and a great demonstration of your crafting abilities. Second, it's really bittersweet that this video came out pretty soon after Rachael Lillis passed away because now Eric Stuart is the last living Team Rocket member. Rest well, Maddie and Rachael.
THAT STAFF IS AMAZINGGGGG. holy shit, it looks great at the end but that white and black really had a solid vibe to it as well. So freaking well done, and of course amazing video as well. One day I will not cry during one of your videos.. but today is not that day
"never forget what Rick Berman took from us" yessss the Garshir rep is real. Even the actors are like "yah we were totally up for that romance, and support fanworks of it now". Although not even Mr. No Fun could take away Garek's camp, it's too powerful.
okay but what if we DO start discourse in the comments, to up your engagement? 👀
Real talk tho: What a delightful video!!! I never watched a whole lot of the Pokemon anime, but Jessie and James (and Meowth!!) are such core parts of my adolescence. Such fantastic characters
Its so cool that your friend became THE voice of James! also great video, and amazing prop!
The little baby Lizard skit is the cutest thing on this channel hands down! Also, the staff turned out amazing!! The vines pull the whole thing together, and I love the paint job!
Must comment and watch and like and support because YES! THIS IS THE CONTENT WE WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD!
❤ Much love, lizard. Look after yourself
Heck yeah, I had fun watching the video! That last part with Meowth was AMAZING. (I mean, all of it was, but that was *extra* special.)
There's something about the way that you do your video embeds that gives Zenon/retrofuturism vibes. I like it 🥰
Sending love!
Seeing you crafting on your roof gives me so much joy, as i too do not have a fancy workshop but spend hours crouching on my tiny ass balcony. Also props to Justin!
i love the staff even more now seeing just every bit of detail that you managed to put into it. honestly as a kid, i never quite understood things with team rocket being that way, but as i got older i began to understand it. james to me feels very genderfluid or nonbinary and that he could really just go either way at the end of the day. also, justine briner? omg that's an awesome high school bestie to have and I'm glad the two of you got to do that together. i hope you are still friends and gett to share in other memories together even if not as grand or as easily.
Another great video! I really really enjoy your style of presentation and editing, Lizard! I keep catching myself re-watching your videos when I need a kind voice to listen to while I get tasks around the house done. Your work is such a fun part of my day when I use it and I appreciate you
I'm going to watch this several times. S.e.v.e.r.a.l 💜
That twist ending really got me, but in a video about queer audacity how could I not see it coming?
To me, James Jessie & Meowth are the three genders: male, female, and chaos.
& theyre all queer in every sense of the word.
I follow an artist thatade Jessie end up with Ash's m Deliah & its beautiful imo.
Love this hybrid of cosplay/video essay video.
As someone who doesn't have any ties to Pokemon at all this is amazing
So excited to see tour video pop up!
This was so good! I love how much queer love was in this.
If you ever want to work with PVC pipe that you have to cut down again, diy channels have taught me most hardware stores have special cutters for them that should save time/effort.
16:56 this god damn song,,, i was wondering why the head piece looked slightly familiar, ugh. i feel a headache coming on just thinking of it honestly, blue badger thrives in my nightmares
Very excited to see what you have planned next!
every time there is a ds9 mentioned my heart gets so happy. love the vid!
OMG JUSTIN?!?! IS?!?! Fjogsjdkwjbsjskakbzka AMAZINGGGG
As always, its a great day when you get to watch a Lizard video!
yahooooo they're back
Yay! New Lizard video 🎉
Thank you
meowth being doomed by the narrative was not something i was expecting.
LIZARD CONTINUES TO WIN!!!!! EVEN IN SPITE OF AUDIO ISSUES!
what a lovely video and deep dive and also what a sick staff!!!! the LEDs give so much life to it
QUICK! BABE! The new Lizard Leigh video just dropped, get your crafting project!
Loved this video!! The staff looks so cool:))
The amount of times I've said friends and I need to cosplay as Team Rocket 🤣
Edit: YES CECILILY MENTION
MY TINY TRANSMASC SON MARILL
I was holding on until the Meowth section, sometimes stories about being stuck betweeen worlds and being unashamed anyway are actually the perfect thing you need to recover from con flu 💜
First off: staff looks AMAZING oh my god! As a propmaker more than a sewist I am so proud of you for tackling this! It turned out gorgeous!
Second: the analysis of Team Rocket was something I was so excited to hear you talk about and you did not disappoint! Thank you for putting a lot of the things I felt into words about our favorite Royals of gay audacity
Caught the new video after it had been re-uploaded, and as usual it was incredible! I learned so much about Pokemon, and crafting, and got the chance to feel like I was crafting in company (working on knitting a shawl here), which is always my favorite part of watching your vids
Meowth's backstory as an allegory for the trans experience is something I as a probably cis person see and can understand. Meowth's backstory as neurodivergence, I feel in my soul. I can do all of the things the "human people" do, but they will still see differences I can't understand. I talk just like them but that is still never right.
As an almost 30 year old adult, I am not trying to fit in by being inauthentic, but all that masking and alienation from childhood definitely tried to resonate out of my chest because of the cat from the kids TV show 😢😂