Welcome to LOVEWEB

* Main
* Bonus Video

Presenting LOVEWEB, an internet cartoon about the internet!

**Welcome to LOVEWEB** is the pilot episode for *LOVEWEB*.

## Plot

Manon introduces the audience to their show and their friend Cybermare, who is a camerawoman for the show. Manon then explains what *LOVEWEB* is; it's a show where they will discuss all the wonders orienting from the web like memes, excluding anything thats currently trending since it's very hard to catch up with them. Manon then claims that the first episode will be about *Homestuck* (which would later be changed, although would later be a topic for the two-part episode "Homestuck: The Most Internet Story EVER") and tells the viewers they can suggest internet topics in the comments.

## Characters

* Manon
* Cybermare

## Transcript

*(Intro plays as normal, with Manon surfing before landing in their room)*
 **Manon:** Hello, the internet! And welcome to my new show LOVEWEB! It's about the internet! *(scene zooms in into Manon's computer, showing the internet icon, Manon holding the web, and a picture of Pedobear forming into Gondola, foreshadowing "Gondola: A Meme of Unexpected Sincerity")*. In this show, we're gonna share all the cool stuff you can find on the wonderful world of the web. We might also cover some old memes and see how they evolved into the internet of today! We're not gonna cover whatever the meme is popular right now though! It's gonna be impossible to catch up with whatever is trending right now! Now, this good boy right there....
*(Manon goes into their computer that displays "insert whatever is popular here")*
**Manon:** This good boy is my trusty computer I use to post online. *(goes into their Twitter account)* But we have another way to explore the web, and it's a lot cooler too. You'll see when we'll use it. Oh, and Cybermare is the one recording all this. Say hello Cybermare!
*(scene cuts to Cybermare)*
**Cybermare:** What's up?
**Manon:** Well, I think that's all for-
**Cybermare:** Didn't you forget something?
**Manon:** Like what?
*(Cybermare forms a "SUB" button with her pony magic, indicating to Manon to tell to the viewers to subscribe)*
**Manon:** Oh, nonononono! We're not doing that. We're doing this with passion and integrity. This is what the internet needs!
**Cybermare:** Okay, we'll see how long you last with that. Tee-hee.
*(Manon looks at Cybermare, unamused)*
**Manon:** Oh! I forgot! The first real episode is gonna be a something that could only exist on the internet. And some of you might know... *Homestuck*! *(Manon's computer displays the Sburb logo)*
**Cybermare:** Woah woah woah woah, can you not like... Stoop so low already, *Homestuck* is cringe as *(swear word is censored by a Windows XP error sound effect)*
**Manon:** Aw come on, it's the most epic internet thing ever! Also don't swear please. We gotta keep the monetisation on.
**Cybermare:** So... You don't wanna get demonetized... Yet you also don't wanna shill the video. Come on dude, it's all or nothing on YouTube. You know how it is
**Manon:** Okay, you know what? You can swear all you want and we'll make an uncensored version for Newgrounds, alright?
**Cybermare:** Based.
**Manon:** Awesome! Well my webfriends, look forward for more later. You can suggest awesome internet stuff in the comments. And see you on the internet!
*(Credits roll)*

## Music

* Michael Guy Bowman - We're riding on the internet (LOVEWEB Remix)
* Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (Go Ichinose) - Wi-Fi Connection
* Nichijou (Nomi Yuuji) - Helvetica Standard ~Sono 3~
* Yume 2kki (Mosenite) - The Ceiling [Reversed]

## Special Thanks Credits

* Nocthine
* Red5rainbow
* Kanny
* Serpent

## Fanart Credits

* Gabriel The Starman
* Nocthine
* Red5rainbow
* ShoujoWeirdo
* DarkzArts

#### Notes

1. ↑ Contributor has 2 arts.
2. ↑ Contributor has 3 arts.
3. ↑ Contributor has 2 arts.

## Trivia

* This episode was originally called "LOVEWEB: Boot up".

## Welcome to LOVEWEB - Bonus Video

Behind the scene look behind the creation of LOVEWEB and it's pilot

### Director

Shadok

**Welcome To LOVEWEB - Bonus Video** is a behind the scenes video about the said episode.

## Transcript

**Shadok:** Okay. So.... let's pretend that Manon and Cybermare are not real people and are characters and I'm also *(laughs)* the creator of *LOVEWEB*. The initial spark that made me wanna make *LOVEWEB* was after watching *Over the Garden Wall*, in the fall of like 2019, which might be surprising.... like: *Over the Garden Wall* is a dark fantasy adventure about two brothers exploring the unknown, and *LOVEWEB* is well.... not that. Inspiration comes from the fact that the creator made a cartoon about an aesthetic that they joined uh, which is the children's book of the 1800's. And I was like "Yeah what if I made a cartoon about like something enjoying?" And y'know an aesthetic I enjoy. And the internet is like my obsession, so I was like "Hell yeah I-I'll make a cartoon about the internet." And the time I also remember being uh very shy about showcasing my voice, or just myself in general. So I decided to talk about the internet through characters instead of yourself, which in parts makes uh *LOVEWEB* more unique, because it's uh-y'know it's characters talking instead of uh... just like some guy just like in every other YouTube meme review. About character voices uh, they were supposed to be first voiced by Vocaloids, but the rise of the Pony Preservation Project and 15.ai shifted my interest towards it very quickly. That said, *LOVEWEB* is also inspired by a lot of French YouTube, like from the 2010's. Notable examples being uh, this host cameraman dynamic found in *Les Analyses De Pubs* by MisterJDay, or this chop composition of uh "post on the right and screen on the left" that's found in *Salut Les Geeks*. The character designs uh... in August 2019 I drew this random OC concept that's just a 2channel cat wearing a Tumblr anon glasses, and uh 4chan anon suit. I remember thinking immediately I wanted a plush of this when finishing the drawing. You could technecially say that I'm making *LOVEWEB* apart to make this desire a reality. Manon's name took a while to figure out, it's a mix of Monā, uh a 2channel cat, and Anon. But its also like a real name people have.... Manon, anon.... Here's a random fact uh, do you know why we never see Manon's tie like moving or be animated ever? Because the tie is not actually there, uh.... its a shirt with a suit printed on top like its the same as the glasses like, th-the reflection is like its not actually reflection its like, printed white on the shape. Also in August 2019, I drew this. I wouldn't even call this alpha Cybermare because back then this was just a random OC inspired an album cover with a bunch of unicorns wearing caps. Suddenly, uh, I... cannot find it so if you know what I'm talking about please comment it below I wanna find this again. And I did the colors later when I knew wanted her to be a *LOVEWEB* character, I gotta say I still really like this look for her. I also thought it make sense for a show about the internet to be presented about like what I feel is the two most "internetcore" animals, which is a cat and a unicorn. In September 2019, I posted these two concept arts on Twitter. I remember doing a poll between the name *LOVEWEB* and *NETCHUNK*. You can also see a little third thingy character, uh I never fought of a name for it but it was supposed to be Manon's computer, and it would have spoken in sentence-mixing like a YouTube Poop. Its been removed in order to make the cast simpler at least in the start of the show. You can also see Cybermare has a cutiemark, which is something I decided against later because I wanted to distance her from *My Little Pony* which is ironic because now today she looks more like a *My Little Pony* character than before. Here's some more concept art back when I was looking for a style to draw the characters in. This was when the idea was to make their show in Flash and using lineless puppets since it's a lot easier to work with lineless puppets. You can also see that Cybermare now has been removed. Here's some exploration of the logo, they're pretty simple because making logos isn't my thing uhh. Maybe in the future I'll commission someone to make like a real *LOVEWEB* logo. A couple drawings here. The top left you can see an idea of what Manon's place would look like from the outside alongside the space web cyberspace thingy. Top right is Manon sitting on a cool chair which I thought would look cool if like the shots are Manon's talking to the computer next to them. On the left you can see this bunny looking character shaped like Manon's PC in the current show. This is a leftover of an abandoned idea. Manon would have furniture that's basically merch of the show they would watch those bunnies and that show was supposed to be like findable on Newgrounds. The idea got dropped because it-it was just very complicated like I have to work on this fake show alongside *LOVEWEB* which is just "Nah. Nah nah." Especially working on this pilot I was like I want to keep things as simple as possible to like kick things off as early as possible. Here's the first character sheet of Manon on the left and on the right is when I decided to have a more visible tie and rounded shades because it just looks a lot better like that. Here's me drawing some ideas of how Manon's shot would look like. You can see the Endless War tower here because well, "Welcome to LOVEWEB" isn't the first episode I worked on. RFCK was supposed to be the first episode of *LOVEWEB* actually, but since that episode was a massive amount of work, and it didn't give room to introduce the *LOVEWEB* characters. I decided to make "LOVEWEB: Boot up" instead which was the original name of "Welcome to LOVEWEB". Here you can find a little drawing of how Manon's play would have looked like, an idea how they would have the traveled the web, and another good design of Cybermare with bigger eyes and a smaller body. In March of 2020 I posted another style test a lot closer to what's in the show now. Here's a showcase of Cybermare's evolution. She was smaller I thought about giving her like a deer tail and make her more of a dear unicorn, but I like the rat tail a lot better, even if its not really a rat tail, but in this drawing, you can see Cybermare closer to the final design in the show, but with a different phone. I guess "skeuomorphism enjoyer" wasn't on the side of the character yet. Here's me trying to pin down her exact size in retrospect which is like it just makes sense that she'd be like tall she's not like a baby. I also tried a different leg shape, but I-I thought it would make her look like too much like a toy you know. Next up is more style test and as you can see, we're getting very close to the current show. Cybermare has an iPhone she's recording vertically for inexplicable reason that's obviously just an error on my end. Behind her you can see the-the spaceweb cyberspace thingy, at least an older version of it. Manon's place was supposed to be even smaller but also completely open to space outside just like you can see in this drawing. Here we have the first final version Manon's character sheet. You can see on the fourth face; Manon's mouth was supposed to be like a real mouth with depth. Right now I imagine Manon's face more like a flat texture on their head. Here's Cybermare, is getting lots of tweaks overtime. If you compare her look from the first episode to the last one, I think you'll see there's a couple tweaks here and there. When I drew this it was April 2020 and you can see that I was pinning down more and more with *LOVEWEB* at this vibe and quirks and be like surfing on download bars and using Window looking portals to go around. I've always been a huge nostalgic fan for *Sonic Adventure 2* and this is clearly inspired by the stage "Final Rush". You can also see a very rough drawing of what Manon's place look like. Also can someone please please help me find this, this is original Ultra Meme picture, but I don't remember how I found it so please send it to me if you find it. And here's the entire background for the Manon shot. On the side you can see the stuff that's rarely seen like a rage comic or Manon's clicker thingy or even Nyan Cat. Cybermare's background also has similar stuff like Business Cat, Duckroll, Gondola, Mudkip. This drawing, so, when Manon at the end of the pilot says "seeya on the internet!" uh with fingers like this I thought about making it like a recurring gimmick at the end of every episode. But most *LOVEWEB* episode don't end normally like y'know like YouTubers says with conclusions though I didn't get to implement that. As you can see Manon's fingers would be like an "L" and the mouth would be like the "O" but it would be impossible to catch unless you have someone telling you about it like I just literally did. Here's a comment on the episode itself; *(LOVEWEB intro jingle plays)* So in July 2020 I wanted *LOVEWEB* to have like a little intro jingle. And I wanted it to be a remix of the intro of the *Kids Guide to the Internet*. *(Kids Guide to the Internet intro plays)* I asked on Twitter who was up for a music commision and I pitted couple people to make the remix. The one I chose, my favorite one is made by Michael Guy Bowman which is I still find hard to believe to day that I got Michael Guy Bowman. He's like an awesome musician that make a lot of cool tunes, you might know him for making "Sburban Jungle" *([S] Enter [Final] from Homestuck plays)* I remember him message me do it for a pizza. I wanted to use the other commisions for later episodes but I just love this one so much. I also got something to say about like the Space here, pretty clearly inspired by the space in the French cartoon uh *Les Shadoks*, its also not a coincidence that this show is called *Les Shadoks* and I'm called Shadok. When I was a kid I was like obsessed with this cartoon I was so obsessed I named myself after it. I don't know if you noticed but I'm literally nowhere to be seen in the intro's credit over in the end. This is a reminiscence of an idea that was basically posting *LOVEWEB* on its on channel and have it be completely anonymous. I think it would have fit the vibe of the show a lot I think their show would have suffered a lot from starting from scratch. *(a clip from "Welcome to LOVEWEB plays)* This is the first example of establishing *LOVEWEB* of something that's real and like in our internet and if you bother checking this Twitter if its real or not you can find little bonuses I've always like rewarding. people who are willing to go to this extra step to these kind of things. It would be very easily identified how much of a deep fan someone is of the *LOVEWEB* iceberg graphic *(a clip from "Welcome to LOVEWEB plays)* Okay. Before and after Cybermare's shot you can see Manon like doing something behind their back. This was poorly executed but this was supposed to be Manon pulling back a phone behind them filming Cybermare and answer the question like "If Cybermare is filming Manon then who is filming Cybermare" except like who cares? *(a clip from "Welcome to LOVEWEB plays)* Oh gosh *Homestuck* episode has been teased for like two years now. Its-it's being worked on I assure you it's gonna happen someday. *(a clip from "Welcome to LOVEWEB plays)* This was a way to poke to the viewer to inform you that the show was also on Newgrounds. Thank you so much for watching uh.. the next bonus episode is available right now for Patreon for only 1 euro. And for 5 euros this month you can participate in *Queen Quest* which is um its a webcomic related to the upcoming *LOVEWEB* episode y'know about *Homestuck*. You can submit comments and follow the adventure on Discord server if you're at least a leaker tier Patreon. I wanted to put this up for free but uh this is gonna have like spoilers for the *LOVEWEB* episode of *Homestuck* and might get too many comment suggestions. Anyway uh thanks for watching and bye bye!

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## Notes

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