In new BFDIA, Pencil is shown to be a really likable and competent leader, and the entire FreeSmart was in great harmony, despite some of the social status issues seeping into Pencil over time. So it's not that Pencil is always a terrible leader, she used to be the opposite at one point. But something changed her to become more cynical and mistreating.
In BFDIA Pencil has repeatedly mistreated the people around her. Her behaviour in BFB was an exaggeration for sure, but her callous nature has been present throughout BFDIA.
@ Yeah, you have a point. But given the reunion of both halves of FreeSmart in TPOT 14, I’m 99% sure they will reunite at one point, and that means Pencil has to change her ways.
That makes so much sense, also i love price tag's kind of "role", shes a friend that has an unbiased look of pencil and so she knows that pencil's toxic, and gets her friends away from pencil
Ruby being a static character makes the diverting personalities even more apparent. She’s happy and cheering all over the place while the other members are having drama.
I fell like Ruby just din't do anything before because she was scared of Pencil and Match demoting her, which would explain why she only started helping bubble after matche's elimination
The worst part is that Pencil and Match treat themselves as the leader, even though it was Bubble’s idea. This has confused me as why Pencil and Match treat Bubble badly, even though Bubble probably should’ve been the leader.
Also, In BFB when Pencil get's eliminated, Match becomes more social towards others and gets a more forgiving and nicer personality, even apologizing to Spongy about the fatshaming and playing games with him, Match also realizes how toxic she was without Pencil, so I feel like it's more Pencil that brings the toxicity and Match is more of the friend that just does what Pencil does and acts like her to stay friends with her, and she was probably trying to act like Pencil and keep the alliance together when it was in desperate times, so I feel like Match is just kind of misunderstood.
marry me😍😍😍😍 IM JOKING BUT THIS VIDEO IS ACTUALLY SO GOOD. im so glad someone explained freesmart. i remember watching the same video and thinking the same thing you were. IT IS IN CHARACTER!!! omg thanks for explaining it so well!! freesmart is my favorite team ever, you did them justice!, :)
hoenstly i also love how freesmart portrays these kind of mini social higherarchies(iprobablyspeltthatwronglol) because i really relate to book and icys situation as at some point i too was in a friend group like that where like 3 people were the most powerful and i was kinda just on a lower level and would just be seen as a joke. kinda similar with the grand slams alliance arc in inanimate insanity too, with nickel in that season especially being uncomfortably similar one of the people in said friend group. pencil too but shes not as one-to-one
@@traviscunningham7062 Firstly, she feels like someone who hates even those she’s supposed to be friends with. Even characters like GB or Snowball have friends who they’re nicer to. Pencil only has Match, and as the video pointed out they haven’t been together (aside from the EXIT) for 7 years. 2nd of all, her “evilness” isn’t cartoony in the way most BFDI villains are. One could argue this is an upside, but in a silly little show like this, seeing a character mentally torment her own friends while never realizing what she does is wrong is upsetting to watch, even if the “Bember” jokes are played for laughs. This was the specific point that my other comment referred to. Third, aside from TPOT (which she’s only been around for 3 episodes of) she really doesn’t change at all, except getting worse. Sure, again some people might praise this decision, it doesn’t make me like the character. Flower gets a redemption arc. SB has friendships with Grassy and the bros. Blocky kinda redeems himself. GB becomes more reasonable in TPOT, Pin gets nicer and her anger in BFDIA is very justified, mostly. Most morally bad characters in BFDI undergo some kind of change, except Pencil. Her change is that she continues to suck and make things bad for everyone except herself and Match. Lastly, while this isn’t a direct source of hatred, I’ve seen Pencil be absolutely glazed more than any other BFDI character. If I say I don’t like Pencil, people will respond with something along the lines of “Oh great, another kid who wants to get rid of all the mean characters” and ignore actual attempts at explanation. Pencil is a very different kind of character than any other villain, and it’s not a kind I like.
@@ThaCataBoi hm thats a pretty good point actually. i personally believe pencil will get better throughout tpot tho, especially since they decided to show her good side in tpot 11
When you talked about TPOT 14, I personally think that Pencil had a perfectly good reason to act like that toward Book and Ice cube. She was split up from her friends for so long in the EXIT, and then when she finally gets to reunite with Match again they are split up by the storm. So Pencil basically has no one left so she is just hoping that her old friends will reconsider and be friends with her again. What I think about her personality change in BFB from BFDI is that there is a big of enough difference in her and Match's personalities so that you can consider that they write it in ti get them eliminated. Neither if them were ever the nicest characters, not by a long shot, BFDIA 5 proves it when Match steps on Nickel. But in the past I personally dont think either if them would ever purposely hurt another contested for fun or demote Bubble. Something else that I have been noticing as well is that it seems like they are trying to get Pencil eliminated from BFDIA. Because of her sudden beef with Pin and being mean to Book in the last episode.
In BFDIA post hiatus we can see a very improvement in Pencil after Match being eliminated (for real this time), she was understanding Icy as a member, an equal, someone of value and worthy of respect, and then all of that was threw away with Needle replacing Icy as her arc was to want the approval of Pencil, then her alliance most like got apart as Icy and Ruby got eliminated, and now in bfdia 16 she is probably going to be the next for not trusting Needle and let her totally in. In fact everything is Needle's fault
Tbh it's also pins fault for eliminating ruby. She was a good character and I personally think that pin was overly mean to freesmart. Not only that, needle getting into freesmart was a mistake since the beginning. Now she has to be loyal to 2 teams that despise each other while not being kicked out of them. The only reason why she even got on freesmart is because she could get "promoted" to become a "member" by I think ruby. And also that "promotion" is prob not ever coming because later season its not like needle is friends with some people in freesmart.
Needy will almost certainly leave FreeSmart in BFDIA 17. She's only in it for Pencil's approval, and if Pencil gets out Needy has no reason to stay in Freesmart. If Pencil doesn't get out, Needy will be forced to leave the team due to getting eliminated from it.
I feel like it’s a story of how they’re a group who think they’re better than everyone else. I swear. We need more moments in BFDIA where Pencil does the most uncalled for things to make Book not want to be around them anymore
I saw this on somebody else’s post and I will say it again I truly believe pencils behavior in the last few teapot episodes is due to the fact that without match, she has no one to rely on in order to feel that she still has a friend in the game, she pesters book ans ice cube, but it won’t work, it does not justify her actions at all, but that’s just my theory
I haven't seen anyone talk about how hard it is to write Pencil in TPOT. The last time she was in a competition setting was BFB, where the writers hyper focused on her flaws. Because of this, the writers of TPOT have to use BFB as a base on how she would act plus her added insanity in the EXIT. They obviously have plans for Pencil in TPOT, and I don't like how people are acting that she's a "lost cause".
yk what ur totally right, i think its probably bc all the bfdi/bfdia moments were treated as jokes while in bfb they took it seriously so it felt different/wrong. plus in idfb they all seemed to be cool with eachother (ignoring the comment about match of course). i feel like i initially hated it in bfb because it meant freesmart wasnt together anymore but i actually like it now bc its like they fall apart for being toxic, go their separate ways and learn and grow (i mostly felt this way with like book and icy, and pencil in tpot 11 but tpot 14 shows that clearly her development isnt done yet) then they all come back together and are besties again but actually healthy. obv that hasnt happened yet but i feel like thats the direction theyre going atm
I hope Pencil gets a redemption, I personally believe she’s gotten insane from being around Match for so long and no one else, especially bubble, ruby, book and ice cube. She found them ‘less than’ but she’s only shown true distaste for Match (with her ‘neediness’ ??) and the other bad stuff she says about the other members are silly and/or casual. I believe she rlly misses them but dunno how to reconnect..
Pencil kinda reminds me of some sort of napoleon figure. Started small, became big, denied others of equal power as her and fell because of it. Unlike napoleon, she didn’t give up when she rejoined. She knew she did something wrong but doesn’t know how to fix it, so she crawls back to her old friends to see what changed and how to improve only for them to have moved on.
The thing is the running theme in bfdi as whole has been people need space firey and leafy, they had space, book and hee team they had space, winner and clock they had space and after that everything got better
BFB 1 never seemed like a derailment to me, it definitely felt like natural progression of the characters involved. I always like voting the more interesting characters like Pencil over the more likable ones. Anyways great vid!
I feel like BFB Match and especially Pencil are different than in BFDIA or BFDI, but I feel like there is more story that isn't being shown yet due to IDFB and BFDIA not being finished. At the time of BFBs release, Match and Pencil had the jump in personality, but as more BFDIA episodes came out, Pencil slowly starts to become more bossy while still being a logical step between the earlier parts and BFB.
Match has always been the nicer one and it's shown when Pencil got eliminated in BFB. I think Pencil's exclusive and mean behavior towards her friends influenced her to act similarly, since she was a lot more nicer (example: her giving money to Woody in bfdi) and social without her influence In the end, Match realized her mistake 😭 Pencil could (unfortunately) never She deserves better (I'm definitely not a Match kinnie... trust)
I feel like Pencil is about to do something completely terrible to Book in BFDIA, that would explain why Book and Ice Cube rejected her in TPOT. Also why didn't you mention that Pencil has been literally manipulating Needle in BFDIA with the promise of the Freesmart membership status?
haven't watched any of the newer BFDIA stuff except for BFDIA 6. and the problem is, i feel the writing of the new BFDIA feels like a totally different show from the older BFDIA. most of the character's personalities feel a bit off, the dialogue is really wordy, and the overall tone shifted so much that it does feel like an AU of BFDIA than from what came prior
@@jondrawz I honestly think it's foolish to reject the new BFDIA simply on being different from the older BFDIA. If anything, I really enjoy the differences as well as appreciate the return of some of the vibes from older BFDIA from time to time. You shouldn't be too conservative of the older BFDIA since you'll be missing out on way too much.
why does this video sound like an essay bro laid out the claim evidence analysis and reasoning 😭 oh wait he says its an essay at the end thats my bad guys!
I used to like Freesmart (when they were called the alliance) weren’t my favourite but chill ig. Then I realised their problem at matchs eliminated, they are just plain rude, especially match. Then one by one I started hating all the members except for book. Pencil just being horrible, Ruby cheating, Bubble being an annoying pushover character, and Ice cubes whole “revenge” line which just got stale
In new BFDIA, Pencil is shown to be a really likable and competent leader, and the entire FreeSmart was in great harmony, despite some of the social status issues seeping into Pencil over time.
So it's not that Pencil is always a terrible leader, she used to be the opposite at one point. But something changed her to become more cynical and mistreating.
She forgot Book existed this episode, the seeds are already being planted.
@@XD-yn6hb I wouldn't consider that straight up forgetting
In BFDIA Pencil has repeatedly mistreated the people around her. Her behaviour in BFB was an exaggeration for sure, but her callous nature has been present throughout BFDIA.
@ Yeah, you have a point. But given the reunion of both halves of FreeSmart in TPOT 14, I’m 99% sure they will reunite at one point, and that means Pencil has to change her ways.
I think it’s because she spent such a long time in four, altering a bit of her personality
That makes so much sense, also i love price tag's kind of "role", shes a friend that has an unbiased look of pencil and so she knows that pencil's toxic, and gets her friends away from pencil
THEY'RE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and THEIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 but yeah lol
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@@koneser7947 yeah like i only said it bc there werent any replies yet like 1 correction is enough🙄🙄
@@sunny__41 does it matter?
I agree. They were always like this. BFB just made them a little curler and Bubble, Book and Ice Cube finally were fed up
Ruby being a static character makes the diverting personalities even more apparent. She’s happy and cheering all over the place while the other members are having drama.
LOL yeah Ruby reminds me of the little kid that doesn’t know what’s going on, and is just happy.
I fell like Ruby just din't do anything before because she was scared of Pencil and Match demoting her, which would explain why she only started helping bubble after matche's elimination
The worst part is that Pencil and Match treat themselves as the leader, even though it was Bubble’s idea. This has confused me as why Pencil and Match treat Bubble badly, even though Bubble probably should’ve been the leader.
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Bubble ALSO ranked higher than both of them in both seasons they competed in (BFDI and BFB) by a large amount.
Also, In BFB when Pencil get's eliminated, Match becomes more social towards others and gets a more forgiving and nicer personality, even apologizing to Spongy about the fatshaming and playing games with him, Match also realizes how toxic she was without Pencil, so I feel like it's more Pencil that brings the toxicity and Match is more of the friend that just does what Pencil does and acts like her to stay friends with her, and she was probably trying to act like Pencil and keep the alliance together when it was in desperate times, so I feel like Match is just kind of misunderstood.
marry me😍😍😍😍 IM JOKING BUT THIS VIDEO IS ACTUALLY SO GOOD. im so glad someone explained freesmart. i remember watching the same video and thinking the same thing you were. IT IS IN CHARACTER!!! omg thanks for explaining it so well!! freesmart is my favorite team ever, you did them justice!, :)
I'm subscribing, this is a runthrough of the history of FreeSmart I can actually digest, and I like your artstyle!
Damn, this really opened my eye.
Thank you!
Yeah, this makes a lot of sense, I'm so glad someone finally was able to explain it.
OMG
7:21 that’s what the exit does to you
How is bubble dramatic MATCH LITERALLY CALLED HER A Disappointment!
hoenstly i also love how freesmart portrays these kind of mini social higherarchies(iprobablyspeltthatwronglol) because i really relate to book and icys situation as at some point i too was in a friend group like that where like 3 people were the most powerful and i was kinda just on a lower level and would just be seen as a joke. kinda similar with the grand slams alliance arc in inanimate insanity too, with nickel in that season especially being uncomfortably similar one of the people in said friend group. pencil too but shes not as one-to-one
1. It’s “hierarchies”
2. This kinda thing is why I don’t like Pencil.
Why don’t you love pencil?
@@traviscunningham7062 ???
@@traviscunningham7062 Firstly, she feels like someone who hates even those she’s supposed to be friends with. Even characters like GB or Snowball have friends who they’re nicer to. Pencil only has Match, and as the video pointed out they haven’t been together (aside from the EXIT) for 7 years.
2nd of all, her “evilness” isn’t cartoony in the way most BFDI villains are. One could argue this is an upside, but in a silly little show like this, seeing a character mentally torment her own friends while never realizing what she does is wrong is upsetting to watch, even if the “Bember” jokes are played for laughs. This was the specific point that my other comment referred to.
Third, aside from TPOT (which she’s only been around for 3 episodes of) she really doesn’t change at all, except getting worse. Sure, again some people might praise this decision, it doesn’t make me like the character. Flower gets a redemption arc. SB has friendships with Grassy and the bros. Blocky kinda redeems himself. GB becomes more reasonable in TPOT, Pin gets nicer and her anger in BFDIA is very justified, mostly. Most morally bad characters in BFDI undergo some kind of change, except Pencil. Her change is that she continues to suck and make things bad for everyone except herself and Match.
Lastly, while this isn’t a direct source of hatred, I’ve seen Pencil be absolutely glazed more than any other BFDI character. If I say I don’t like Pencil, people will respond with something along the lines of “Oh great, another kid who wants to get rid of all the mean characters” and ignore actual attempts at explanation. Pencil is a very different kind of character than any other villain, and it’s not a kind I like.
@@ThaCataBoi hm thats a pretty good point actually. i personally believe pencil will get better throughout tpot tho, especially since they decided to show her good side in tpot 11
When you talked about TPOT 14, I personally think that Pencil had a perfectly good reason to act like that toward Book and Ice cube. She was split up from her friends for so long in the EXIT, and then when she finally gets to reunite with Match again they are split up by the storm. So Pencil basically has no one left so she is just hoping that her old friends will reconsider and be friends with her again.
What I think about her personality change in BFB from BFDI is that there is a big of enough difference in her and Match's personalities so that you can consider that they write it in ti get them eliminated. Neither if them were ever the nicest characters, not by a long shot, BFDIA 5 proves it when Match steps on Nickel. But in the past I personally dont think either if them would ever purposely hurt another contested for fun or demote Bubble. Something else that I have been noticing as well is that it seems like they are trying to get Pencil eliminated from BFDIA. Because of her sudden beef with Pin and being mean to Book in the last episode.
this is actually really underrated! plus this makes a lot of sense!
In BFDIA post hiatus we can see a very improvement in Pencil after Match being eliminated (for real this time), she was understanding Icy as a member, an equal, someone of value and worthy of respect, and then all of that was threw away with Needle replacing Icy as her arc was to want the approval of Pencil, then her alliance most like got apart as Icy and Ruby got eliminated, and now in bfdia 16 she is probably going to be the next for not trusting Needle and let her totally in. In fact everything is Needle's fault
Tbh it's also pins fault for eliminating ruby. She was a good character and I personally think that pin was overly mean to freesmart. Not only that, needle getting into freesmart was a mistake since the beginning. Now she has to be loyal to 2 teams that despise each other while not being kicked out of them. The only reason why she even got on freesmart is because she could get "promoted" to become a "member" by I think ruby. And also that "promotion" is prob not ever coming because later season its not like needle is friends with some people in freesmart.
Till you remember bfdia takes place before bfb
Soooooooooo
@@maximilianofabresbaeza4365 the point was to prove that Pencil actions in bfb 1 were out of character at least a little bit soooooooooooooo.
Needy will almost certainly leave FreeSmart in BFDIA 17. She's only in it for Pencil's approval, and if Pencil gets out Needy has no reason to stay in Freesmart. If Pencil doesn't get out, Needy will be forced to leave the team due to getting eliminated from it.
DONT CALL ME NEEDY
Start reminds me of the Sega screen great job with the video
I feel like it’s a story of how they’re a group who think they’re better than everyone else. I swear. We need more moments in BFDIA where Pencil does the most uncalled for things to make Book not want to be around them anymore
that would have to be IDFB tho cuz in IDFB 1 book and pencil seem closer than ever
I saw this on somebody else’s post and I will say it again I truly believe pencils behavior in the last few teapot episodes is due to the fact that without match, she has no one to rely on in order to feel that she still has a friend in the game, she pesters book ans ice cube, but it won’t work, it does not justify her actions at all, but that’s just my theory
Freesmart is actually so overhated like they’re actually so peak
I haven't seen anyone talk about how hard it is to write Pencil in TPOT. The last time she was in a competition setting was BFB, where the writers hyper focused on her flaws. Because of this, the writers of TPOT have to use BFB as a base on how she would act plus her added insanity in the EXIT. They obviously have plans for Pencil in TPOT, and I don't like how people are acting that she's a "lost cause".
Fr 😭
yk what ur totally right, i think its probably bc all the bfdi/bfdia moments were treated as jokes while in bfb they took it seriously so it felt different/wrong. plus in idfb they all seemed to be cool with eachother (ignoring the comment about match of course). i feel like i initially hated it in bfb because it meant freesmart wasnt together anymore but i actually like it now bc its like they fall apart for being toxic, go their separate ways and learn and grow (i mostly felt this way with like book and icy, and pencil in tpot 11 but tpot 14 shows that clearly her development isnt done yet) then they all come back together and are besties again but actually healthy. obv that hasnt happened yet but i feel like thats the direction theyre going atm
I hope Pencil gets a redemption, I personally believe she’s gotten insane from being around Match for so long and no one else, especially bubble, ruby, book and ice cube. She found them ‘less than’ but she’s only shown true distaste for Match (with her ‘neediness’ ??) and the other bad stuff she says about the other members are silly and/or casual. I believe she rlly misses them but dunno how to reconnect..
Same
She has potential just like match guys 😭
They are just..
Going about things in different ways :)
Pencil kinda reminds me of some sort of napoleon figure. Started small, became big, denied others of equal power as her and fell because of it. Unlike napoleon, she didn’t give up when she rejoined. She knew she did something wrong but doesn’t know how to fix it, so she crawls back to her old friends to see what changed and how to improve only for them to have moved on.
pencil is napoleon confirmed
@ u inspired me for epic art
this is just like popular girls/friend groups in high school movies…
The thing is the running theme in bfdi as whole has been people need space firey and leafy, they had space, book and hee team they had space, winner and clock they had space and after that everything got better
this run through of freesmart was so accurate!!
BFB 1 never seemed like a derailment to me, it definitely felt like natural progression of the characters involved. I always like voting the more interesting characters like Pencil over the more likable ones. Anyways great vid!
You could’ve included post episode 5 bfdia too? It definitely changes a lot of the characters and adds new members to the team
so basically save pencil, book and needle in BFDIA and pencil icy and book in TPOT so we can have closure
i feel like alot of what we are missing from the story definitely happens between the events of IDFB and BFB
Honestly I think that after the EXIT, Pencil’s just gone mad
I feel like BFB Match and especially Pencil are different than in BFDIA or BFDI, but I feel like there is more story that isn't being shown yet due to IDFB and BFDIA not being finished. At the time of BFBs release, Match and Pencil had the jump in personality, but as more BFDIA episodes came out, Pencil slowly starts to become more bossy while still being a logical step between the earlier parts and BFB.
BFDI: Alliance started
BFDIA: Alliance, with 2 alternates and 1 new
IDFB: Match gone, only 4 members
BFB: Bossy
TPOT: Crazy
Match has always been the nicer one and it's shown when Pencil got eliminated in BFB. I think Pencil's exclusive and mean behavior towards her friends influenced her to act similarly, since she was a lot more nicer (example: her giving money to Woody in bfdi) and social without her influence
In the end, Match realized her mistake 😭 Pencil could (unfortunately) never
She deserves better (I'm definitely not a Match kinnie... trust)
I feel like Pencil is about to do something completely terrible to Book in BFDIA, that would explain why Book and Ice Cube rejected her in TPOT. Also why didn't you mention that Pencil has been literally manipulating Needle in BFDIA with the promise of the Freesmart membership status?
haven't watched any of the newer BFDIA stuff except for BFDIA 6.
and the problem is, i feel the writing of the new BFDIA feels like a totally different show from the older BFDIA.
most of the character's personalities feel a bit off, the dialogue is really wordy, and the overall tone shifted so much that it does feel like an AU of BFDIA than from what came prior
probably gonna happen in idfb
@@jondrawz I honestly think it's foolish to reject the new BFDIA simply on being different from the older BFDIA. If anything, I really enjoy the differences as well as appreciate the return of some of the vibes from older BFDIA from time to time. You shouldn't be too conservative of the older BFDIA since you'll be missing out on way too much.
I mean, Pencil literally forgot Book existed as of BFDIA 16 and she never bothered to recover Bubble after BFDIA 6.
@@XD-yn6hb She literally recovered Bubble by BFDIA 9/14 (though 9 is accidentally). And I wouldn't consider BFDIA 16 as her forgetting Book.
7:45 yeah, its not out of character. She always sucks
Hi jondrawz I like your vidios
"An alliance of four and are equal to more will become opposites" yeah, something like that
Needle experiences same prejudice
so, many, sonic refrences
i agree
As of bfdia 16 pencil is treating book better
Remember bfdia is before bfb
why does this video sound like an essay bro laid out the claim evidence analysis and reasoning 😭
oh wait he says its an essay at the end thats my bad guys!
erm gotta put my english skills to good use
and u should be asleep 🤓👆
fre e smartt
Shouldn't bubble be the alliance/freesmart leader she recommended the alliance
Freesmarters and meanie psychopaths contestants ruined the entire show in TPOT with stupid kids voting unfairly
I'm the 1000th person to like the video. B)
JONDRAWZ YES (ugenimate)
Im glad freedumb fell off in tpot just have pencil and match seperate from bubble and ruby for good
I used to like Freesmart (when they were called the alliance) weren’t my favourite but chill ig. Then I realised their problem at matchs eliminated, they are just plain rude, especially match. Then one by one I started hating all the members except for book. Pencil just being horrible, Ruby cheating, Bubble being an annoying pushover character, and Ice cubes whole “revenge” line which just got stale
...what...?
As a freesmart fan ngl i gotta say freesmart is a MESS.
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