#and...gramble is here too?

[shellsy-woolbag]

FREAK👹

[shwoo]

Okay! So I agree about Lizbert and Clumby, but Lizbert has Opinions on different beers, while Clumby likes when it has an alcohol content. Additional comedy option for Clumby: She drinks black coffee and treats it like she's drinking beer.

I think Wambus likes whiskey, because of his cowboy aesthetic, and Chandlo likes beer, because of his frat bro aesthetic.

Wiggle is definitely the complicated cocktail type. Alternatively, she drinks a whiskey drink, she drinks a vodka drink, she drinks a lager drink, she drinks a cider drink.

I don't think Floofty drinks at all because they don't see the appeal, but if they did, it'd be some kind of super-sweet liqueur. Like Midori or American schnapps or something.

Snorpy maybe used to drink, but doesn't anymore because it worked too well for his anxiety and getting to be a problem. Besides, he needs to be alert to properly fight off the Grumpinati. And Beffica is definitely a wine type, and it's probably good that she ate Bugsnax all day after her life fell apart, instead of day drinking. Wait, is that really better?

Cromdo drinks, um... moonshine. That, or he drinks whatever down on their luck PIs drink in Raymond Chandler novels.

As an older women who canonically drinks enough at parties to get tipsy, Shelda seems like she drinks sherry. I'm not sure why, because I barely know what sherry is. Or maybe it's just because the names are so similar.

Filbo drinks socially, but he could take it or leave it, because it doesn't do a lot for him. I was going to say that he'd be a good designated driver, but... I don't think Filbo drives.

I don't have strong opinions on Triffany, Eggabell or Gramble. I guess Eggabell would like telling people about the effects of alcohol in great detail if she thinks they've had too much? And if the Grumpuses have a drinking age like the US drinking age, Gramble might be too young to have figured out what he likes. He doesn't seem like he's been to a lot of parties. Triffany seems like she'd have a few drinks and then go back to standing on her own.

Jamfoot drinks... expensive brandy that he can't actually afford, so he waters it down until it's basically non-alcoholic. He likes to have a glass in his hand during meetings, because he thinks it makes it him look cool and in control.

From a Discord conversation. Open discussion

[fluffyglass]

How is fur color passed down through grumpuses?

A post about grumpus genetics

I know that the number one question regarding this topic is how on earth Snorpy and Floofty are complete opposites on the color wheel, and we'll get to that. But to get to that point, we have to talk about how the pigments in grumpus fur work. This is purely theoretical and not based in any canon whatsoever, it's just a very nice excuse for me to make charts. ONTO THOSE CHARTS!

At a very very basic level, there are three genes associated with grumpus fur color. They are called the M, Y and C genes after the colors they represent; Magenta, Yellow and Cyan respectively.

All hues of grumpus fur are combinations of these three genes. However, they are not all that goes into the determination of a grumpus' fur color. Alongside our friends M Y and C, we have their less common siblings, K and D! The K and D genes reflect the darkness and lightness of the fur color respectively.

(They don't have letters in this diagram. You'll get why later)

However, obviously every grumpus doesn't have the same amount of each pigment. That's where a handy distinction comes in: m, y, c, k and d are weaker versions of their respective genes. You'll be seeing a lot more of them than their full brightness counterparts. In fact, K and D are so dark and light that they're regarded as mostly theoretical genes, as either of them being active would make the fur entirely black or white.

Okay! We have all our letters sorted out. Three colors, two shades, and we know what they all mean. So, how do we take these and turn them into actual colors we can use? Let's use an example to demonstrate.

Filbo here is going to be our example color. He's cyan, but far less saturated than the pure C pigment. So he has one strong C gene, one weak k gene, and one weak d gene. He lacks the M and Y genes entirely. This results in him being the mellow light blue we all know.

You may have noticed that little "code" in the top left of the image. "Ckd" is the identification for his specific fur shade! Every fur shade can be identified with a code in this way. If a grumpus were to have all 5 genes active at the same time, that code would be MYCKD. No matter the strength of each gene, the order will always be the same. Magenta, Yellow, Cyan, Dark, Light. Absent genes are omitted from the code. Let's look at a few more examples so you can see what I mean.

Gramble's code is myd. It's fully lower case, as all three of his genes are the weak variations of their respective pigments. Weak m, weak y, and weak d.

Wiggle's code, mmY, may seem confusing at first, with its fancy double M. A doubled weak gene being part of a code means that the pigment it's associated with is a weaker version of the standard weak gene. There isn't an equivalent for the strong genes, as you can't get more pigmented than the pure pigment. To explain it simply, the strong gene is 100% pigment, the weak gene is 50% pigment, and the double weak gene is 25% pigment. Just know that if you see two letters in a row, it means that only an itty bitty bit of that pigment is in the final color.

With all our knowledge put together, Triffany's lengthy code can be understood. Weak m, strong Y, weak c, and double weak d. Her final color is only slightly lighter than the green you would get from just the code mYc.

Cool! Now we know how fur pigmentation works, and how to identify a color code. When do we get to the genetics stuff? RIGHT NOW BABY

A grumpus' fur color isn't just a 50/50 split between their parents. If it was, every grumpus would be a gross shade of grey or brown in a generation or two. Instead, there's a (somewhat) predictable way that each different gene combines.

The simplest combination is between two pure hues. A strong M and a strong C will result in a weak mc. Why is it a weak mc? Because when passed down, each pigment will get a bit weaker to account for the other pigment being added. This keeps the fur colors from getting too dark and saturated too fast.

The opposite is true when two grumpuses share a color gene. In this case, each parent's weak m gene combined into a strong M gene. Their strong Y and C turn into a weak y and c, which combined with the strong M, make that lovely purple. I think a somewhat random color is a much better compromise than the sort of sad grey that the kid would be if their parents colors were simply blended together.

Unlike color pigments, shade pigments cancel each other out instead of combining. So, a weak k gene and a weak d gene will simply vanish, leaving only the colored pigments. This is to prevent colors from getting too desaturated and grey. Grumpuses are colorful, dammit, I want them to stay colorful!

These are all very basic overviews of how colors are passed down through grumpus family lines. Let's look at a practical example now. You heard that right. It's finally time to look at those damn Fizzlebean siblings. Floofty's the older one, so let's start with them.

Getting this color from the previous codes is really really weird. I mean, where did the k gene come from? That's where things get complicated. So, get ready everyone, we're going another generation back!

As with humans, grumpus color and shade genes can be passed down by grandparents that "skip" a generation. The double weak k gene comes from their grandparent's weak k gene, that just so happened to skip over their parent. Perhaps both family lines had recessive K genes that then manifested in Floofty? I'm just saying shit at this point. Enough with Floofty, let's bring in THE OTHER ONE!!!

If Floofty had too many pigments in their color, then Snorpy seems to have too few. With a strong M and weak m from his parents, he logically should have a strong or weak m gene, not a double weak one. How do I explain this? That's the key: I don't. In this fur color theory, I'm presuming that Snorpy has a condition that gives him a heavy magenta deficiency. Come on, man. It was really hard to make a pair of siblings being purple and yellow work. Give me a break.

Also, if you look at Snorpy's code, it may seem familiar. That's right! Snorpy and Wiggle are genetically the same color. Isn't that fucked up and evil?

This is also an excellent segway into my next point. See how neither Wiggle nor Snorpy are exactly the color produced by mmY? While a code can get very very close to a grumpus' fur color, it'll never be truly exact. Genetics are unpredictable! It does let us have the very funny fact of Wiggle and Snorpy being technically the same color though. If you tried to tell Wiggle she was actually yellow, she would think you're colorblind. If you tried to tell Snorpy he was actually orange, he would think it's a government plot to gaslight him into not even trusting his own eyes.

I don't have any more examples. That's basically how my grumpus fur color theory works! You are all free to bask in my newfound glory of freeing the Bugsnax fandom from gross greyish fankids. Go forth and think far too hard about video game muppet colors. Frankie out.

[bonemittens]

Okay imma try not to get too off track but here’s the Wiggle post I promised :3

Wiggle doesn’t have a lot of fans so I’ve had plenty of time to look at her character with little interference :3

An artist struggling for her art, a tail as old as time. I love how much she loves music, she references it every damn second. But when you love something so much you can’t help but gush about it anytime! She uses it to express herself in every way. It’s her way of crying, screaming, losing her mind.

It’s terrible to think that if her fans weren’t liking the music she puts out, they’re not caring for the messages. She’s pouring her soul into her songs and they get pushed away. Reinforcing the idea that no one cares for the real her. She feels she didn’t write “Do the Wiggle” with that same heart she does, as why she views it as a “vapid waste of a song”. That song came about from her worst qualities.

Pushing herself to the edge to make something perhaps… days and nights past and you still have nothing to show people. To prove you’re worth listening to. To prove you’re worth caring for. To show them how good you are…. That validation is tantalizing. She wants to be seen and heard for who she is and she isn’t.

She grows desperate and would do anything to give her that taste of nirvana again… even if that means dying for it.

The way she was treated in the music industry just reinforces the idea that she needs to keep pushing herself to the edge to be adored. All the things she said she’s done are extremely dangerous activities (especially that reverse exorcism, damn girl). She’s very similar to Chandlo in a way. Of course this isn’t about them, but it would’ve been nice to see them interact with each other more.

Which is why her relationship with Gramble could turn out so sweet… she needs someone like him in her life. Someone who loves her for her… not for being some big time celebrity who created a song that topped the charts. He loves her unconditionally. And during a time where she’s questioning her own talents and therefore her whole identity… she needs him now more than ever. And he needs her too but this ain’t about Gramble.

I could go on and on…. I love her because of how she tries and tries her best to meet the bar she set for herself. She fails time and time again. She’s at the end of her rope. I could’ve best explained it as that she has imposter syndrome and is an addict. Relying on bugsnax to motivate her when in reality it just scratches an itch that will come back hungrier and stronger than before. Leading her to do things like steal from Gramble.

Small note: I truly believe there is not solid evidence that she’s stolen bugsnax before the event in game. While Gramble states that whenever she’s around his bugsnax, they disappear. It also is said that those same pets of his go running off. So it could be either or to be honest…(both are pretty unreliable narrators too)

I could continue but this post is long enough and I’m not entirely sure whether my points were clear enough. I’m willing to clarify if anyone is confused but I wanted to do this because I’m very passionate about reading characters, especially ones I love. It does, however, make me sad that so little people like her. But hey! At least I don’t go around making bad faith essays because the character I like isn’t popular :)

I don’t mind if yall ask me questions about my thought process for something’s, I like interacting with the community :3.

Y’all have a good night now. Luv all of you 🌺

[mangomagicaart]

Here are all of my grumpus sexuality and gender headcanons nobody asked for! 💕✨🏳️‍🌈

Filbo- transmasc pan romantic asexual. Gets extremely flustered by sexual stuff.

Beffica- bisexual, definitely prefers women tho

Lizbert- transfem lesbian

Eggabell- transfem lesbian. Supplies Snaxburg with whatever hormones everyone needs, being a doctor.

Wambus- a lil bisexual but only has eyes for Triffany

Triffany- bisexual but only loves Wambus

Cromdo- gay man. Married his wife because of comphet and pure obligation/convenience.

Gramble- he/him lesbian. Wears a binder because top surgery freaks him out too much

Wiggle- canonically pansexual

Chandlo- canonically bisexual; transmasc, he got all the tboy swag

Snorpy- gay man; cis but literally the most supportive boyfriend a trans guy can ask for. Was with him every step of the way during his transition. Took him to doctors appointments, got binders, helped pick out a name for him, arranged for Floofty to do his top surgery, etc

Floofty: demiromantic lesbian but an extremely tough nut to crack in the romantic attraction department. Definitely transmasc leaning but their gender presentation more or less depends on how they feel any given day. Did their own top surgery and takes t. If you misgender them, they won’t hesitate to correct you in the snottiest, most condescending way possible

Shelda: Aro Ace. Just generally indifferent to romance/sexuality because she dedicates so much time to Mother Nature.

Alegander- demiboy. Too poor for top surgery, wears a binder but desperately wants better health insurance to cover it.

Journalist- pan, doesn’t lean any particular way in terms of gender

Clumby- mean lesbian ™️

[floofble]

Replied to a comment on Reddit asking why I shipped Floofty x Gramble and thought, wow I wrote like almost 800 words, this should NOT be stuck on Reddit. Remembered I made this side-blog just to take @floofble as my user, so here’s my 2AM rambling about why I enjoy the pairing.

Wording might be off because, again, 2AM and Reddit comment reply. Feel free to offer your own insight, or to bash me for my opinion if you want lol.

Frankly, it’s difficult for me to really explain why I love the two so much because a lot of it comes down to my own personal headcanons and just the fact that I’ve liked the pairing since I first got into the fandom (about four years ago. Side note but DAMN, long time.)

When I did first join the fandom, I hated Wiggle with a burning passion and loved Gramble with all of my soul, thus causing me to hate Gramble and Wiggle as a pairing (I have moved on from this and I do like them now, but not exactly important to my ranting haha). I honestly just had wanted someone to pair with Gramble in spite of Wiggle. Who else to pick but the scientist on the other side of the beach that everyone was already shipping with half of the cast? In the beginning it was mostly just “haha, purple and pink sillies” but as I got more and more fixated on them I realized a lot of things that could genuinely make them an interesting pairing.

Firstly, their relationships with the Bugsnax sort of oppose each other yet mirror eachother in a fascinating way to me. Floofty’s entire goal throughout the game is to figure out a way the Bugsnax could be useful in a scientific/medical context. Their goal is based off of good for other grumpuses, and yet they socially isolate themself, seemingly not WANTING to build any relationships. Gramble, however, is pretty much the opposite. His sole purpose for coming to Snaktooth was to become part of a family, and despite the plethora of people surrounding him he too seems to isolate and instead fill the absence of a family with Bugsnax. I think, if written correctly, interactions between the two (whether platonic or romantic) could have added a lot of growth to their characters in regard to their relationships with others.

While Gramble having to come to terms with the fact that Bugsnax don’t make up for real connection and Floofty realizing that without connection they can never truly understand the people they are trying to help ARE points that occur in the canon end game, I think that the resolution of it all could have been a bit more satisfying if they had both had more interactions with people outside their main counterparts, and the fact that both of their resolutions revolve around relationships with others makes the pairing stand out.

Besides the whole story logistics of it, I think the two also parallel pretty well with our main boys (DRUMROLL PLEAAAAASE… Snorpy and Chandlo.) I think that any of them could mirror the other, honestly. The obvious choice of Floofty mirroring Snorpy for their sharing of a lack of social understanding/connection, their overall sort of high regard for themselves compared to others despite their obvious insecurities, honestly just the fact that they’re siblings, etc etc. Chandlo and Gramble’s mirroring is a bit less obvious, but it’s still there. Both of them have a surplus of love and care to give out based off of their respective canons, both are the more lighthearted of their couples, both also having obvious insecurity that they tend to shadow behind their resilience or just brush off all together.

Less obviously, Gramble could mirror Snorpy and Floofty could mirror Chandlo. Bear with me here. Gramble and Snorpy both have their extremely obvious anxieties. They both tend to dance around topics, resulting in miscommunication. They both isolate and have limited interaction with the others in game. Now, with Chandlo and Floofty I do think I might be reaching a tad bit, but here we go. Floofty and Chandlo both have a need to get things done themselves, a sort of a complex in all honesty. They are both stubborn as hell, though it’s more blunt with Floofty. Their goals are similar, just with Chandlo wanting to help one specific Grumpus rather than the entire race as a whole like Floofty.

There’s honestly a bajillion things I could say to explain this pairing. I was not expecting myself to write this much 😭 I guess, in conclusion, they have a shit ton of writing potential that I enjoy. Also, Floofty watching Gramble sleepwalk is funny. Don’t they have research they could be doing? Watching Gramble certainly isn’t helping you with your Bugsnax studies, Floofty.

[treefory]

Snorpy’s theory

768 words

And like that he was gone.

“Hello? Is anybody there? Anyone?” He called out only to get silence in return. After pouring his feelings out to his beloved Chandlo, he got nothing

he turned back around and put his glasses back on. One of the lenses was smudged and the other still dirty.

He peeked his head out the mill's door. “Chandlo are you there?”

But of course he wasn’t there. Only the snaks from Gramble’s barn acnolaged him. With a disgruntled sigh he returned to his cleaning.

“How odd…”

— — —

That night he stood in front of his conspiracy board Looking over his meticulous work. Red yarn linked drawings of his theories together. Yes it looked like a bunch of random papers pinned to the wall but that didn’t matter.

But no matter how much he tried to focus on what the grumpinati was planning for him. The thought of his confession to Chandlo plagued his mind.

The way he didn’t even react to what he said then ran off after Beffica. It disturbed him. And the way he said “terrible secrets” Was weird too. Chandlo doesn’t have any secrets. So why would he ask about that?

Unless that wasn’t Chandlo…

“Dear grump. Has the grumpinati already figured out how to make clones? Perhaps lifelike robots?” He went to his small shelf and took some paper. He made a drawing of two Chandlo’s and wrote the word impostor on top of one then hung it up.

“Terrible secrets, huh? My love doesn’t have any!” He mumbled to himself. “Its ai is possibly the best I’ve ever seen. When I get my paws on it I’ll Tear it apart and turn it against you!”

He cut some red yarn and connected the drawing to the grumpinati symbol. “I’ll foil your plans once again, just you wait.”

“Hey Snorp-dawg!”

Snorpy squeaked when he heard his best friend (with benefits) greet him, but Everything seemed normal about him… so far.

“Ah Chandlo, it’s just you.” He said as he gave him an awkward smile. “Or is it…” he whispered

“How’s your day been? Any new invitations?” Chandlo asked as he took off his cap, letting his shaggy hair fall out.

“Of course you would ask about my inventions, Impostor.” He said under his breath

Chandlo sat on his bed “Huh?”

“Oh nothing “Chandlo” my day was wonderful!” He smiled. “Say…”Chandlo” If you’d like we can talk about your terrible secret now.”

“… what terrible secret?” Chandlo asked. “You know I wouldn’t keep any secrets from you.”

“Oh so you don’t remember what we were talking about earlier?”

“No? I haven’t been here since this morning.”

Snorpy turned back to his board “ah, so I see that you're not the imposter then.”

Chandlo got up “Huh??? Snorpy, what imposter?”

“Oh it’s nothing.” He dismissed

“Why would you think I’m an imposter?” Chandlo said as he now stood in front of Snorpy.

“Well if you insist, When I was cleaning my glasses you came to me and asked about a “terrible secret”. And after I spoke to you, you ran off after Beffica. but since you have no recollection of that ever happening, I’ve come to the conclusion that there are two of you.”

“What? Bro that’s impossible. Maybe you just confused me for someone else?”

“Hmm perhaps. But who would ask me such a question?”

“Maybe Beffica? She did have pinkle arms and I’m pretty sure I saw her with one of my jerseys. You might have thought she was me.”

“Hmmm I suppose that is a possibility. She is known for being in others business, no matter how private.” He said as he adjusted his apron. “But I still think you should keep an eye out for anymore of you. Just to be safe of course.”

Chandlo gave him a warm smile “anything for you snorp-dawg!”

— — —

Stars now filled the night sky as the mill’s wide doors now let in A nice breeze. Snorpy gently pulled the glasses off his face and set them on his shelf. Chandlo was already in his bed on the other side of the room.

Snorpy sat on his bed “Chandlo?” He called out softly

“Yeah Snorp-dawg?” Chandlo responded sleepily

“Since that wasn’t you earlier… I’m guessing you didn’t hear what I told you? About the “terrible secret”?”

“Nope.”

“Ah… I see…”

Chandlo sat up in bed looking Snorpy in his eyes although all Snorpy could see was a green blob. “Something you wanted to tell me?”

“I- uh… no. No I-it was nothing” and with that he laid down in his bed “good night Chandlo.”

[shwoo]

Okay here's my headcanons of which Bugsnax characters actually know the Journalist's name. I'm also headcanoning that Lizbert mentioned their name when she told the others she wanted to invite them, and that they tend not to give their name unless prompted. They're a journalist, is that not enough?! (They may also have some personal identity issues)

REMEMBERED THEIR NAME

Lizbert: Knows their name and maybe also their address.

Beffica: Knew their name because she's read all their articles. Pretended not to know at first as part of her facade of detachment, which is why she said "You're that journalist!" when first meeting them.

Clumby: Presumably knows them as something more specific than "obsessed monster hunter who made me have to work late."

Chandlo: Remembered because he is definitely the kind of friendly and outgoing person who can remember anyone's name after hearing it once.

Wiggle: Makes a point of remembering journalist's names. Tends to unconsciously assume that any media person is there mostly for her, so she wants to make a good impression.

Snorpy: Remembered in order to look into them and figure out if they were the heroic truth-seeker kind of journalist or the villainous sensationalist kind. Liked what he found, but still suspected they were a Grumpinati impersonator when first meeting them.

Floofty: Remembers their name, but refuses to use it out of spite.

DID NOT REMEMBER THEIR NAME

Gramble: Forgot their name, and either asked them when they met, or asked Wiggle.

Triffany: Terrible with names, apologised and asked them for it when they met.

Cromdo: Told himself he'd remember their name in case they did show up and he had the chance to sell them something, then totally forgot. Asked them what it was when they met, and immediately did the "[diminutive], can I call you [diminutive]?" thing. The Journalist said "Sure," because they didn't really care.

Eggabell: Didn't pay much attention to what Lizbert said about them, since she didn't think they'd take the invitation. Despite having quite a bit of interaction with them and worrying about their health, didn't realise she didn't know what to call them until halfway through her "I just need Filbo and... Filbo's... buddy." line.

Shelda: Tried to remember their name so she could address them by it before they introduced themself, and impress them with her mystical knowledge, but got distracted by everything else that was happening and forgot. Got away with it for a while because of her tendency to refer to people with descriptions when overacting, but exposed herself when she said "Floofty, did you ask the journalist to throw acid at you?" The Journalist made fun of her for keeping up the charade for so long, so she reminded them that Floofty had asked them to throw acid at them, and they'd done it.

Wambus: Took a little while to realise that he couldn't get away with just calling them Stranger forever, and then was too stubborn to admit defeat and ask. The Journalist specifically suggested he use their name after his "I been calling you stranger, but you been around a while" chat, but he still refused to ask what it was, or admit that he didn't already know. Eventually heard Triffany refer to them by name, but she had to do it a few times before he decided that he knew it now.

Filbo: Forget immediately after being told, and also forgot to ask when they met. Didn't realise they probably had a name until after they'd interviewed him, and didn't want to ask out of awkwardness. Hoped they or one of the others would mention it, but coincidentally, nobody ever did, at least in an unambiguous way. Eventually asked them while they were heading back to the mainland, but continues to call them Buddy anyway.

Jamfoot: Clumby told him their name when she let him know that they were also going to Snaktooth Island, and he forgot their entire existence immediately. Was confused when Clumby mentioned them by name after they returned alive, even after she clarified that they were her ex-employee who went to Snaktooth Island.

[gamequoteshowdown]

Quote 1: “You don’t know a thing about love! That’s why your wife left you!” “…I’m gonna do violence to yah.” - Gramble Gigglefunny & Wambus Troubleham, Bugsnax

Quote 2: "Your god sent me because your confession was taking too long." - Sol Badguy, Guilty Gear

Propaganda

Quote 1: These people have serious problems, but they’re scared to face them. Instead, they attach each other and focus on Bugsnax. - Submitter

Quote 2: Ky Kiske is Sol’s rival. He is a faithful man who stands tall as a king. But his secret wife is a gear (experimental modified humans), and their son (who is named “Sin”) is growing too quickly. Ky’s world is falling apart, and he’s steeping in his misery. So of course who is here to literally kick him from his funk than his rival, Sol Badguy? - Submitter

[bugswapau]

NEW AND IMPROVED DESIGNS AND CHARACTER BIOS!

For a while now, I’ve been unhappy with the current designs of the Bugswap cast, so instead of wallowing in my frustration, I decided to finally do something about it. So after a few days, I whipped up the most recent and updated version of the cast — both in designs and in profiles!

Under the readmore, I’ll go into more detail about my design process and what I changed. So if that stuff makes you curious, feel free to read on!

Now with all that soft rebooting out of the way, things should be back up to speed! Thanks for all your patience and support!

Filbo: I feel like Filbo’s design was too cluttered. So, the most I did was just cut off Filbo’s sleeves. Additionally, I gave Filbo a hat reminiscent of old Newsboy hats. I also shifted his electoral badge to his hat, so it’d mirror the press paper commonly seen on hats on journalist designs.

Ripley: I decided to make Ripley look more like my design for the journalist. I also removed the pattern on their shirt.

Triffany: I decided to make Triffany wear just one shirt with a ribbon around the neck. It gives her more of a rustic old-fashioned feel.

Wambus: I didn’t change much of Wambus’ design. Yay for Wambus!

Cromdo: I ditched Cromdo’s previous outfit altogether and gave him a tacky tourist shirt with a pattern similar to his necktie. I felt like the previous outfit didn’t reflect his personality in this AU, so the Hawaiian shirt leans more into the sleaziness of him!

Beffica: Like Wambus, I didn’t change much with Beffica. The most I did was replace her sash with a vest (common in Girl Scout juniors) and simplify the detail on her necklace.

Gramble: I decided to remove the Strabby and bandana to keep his color pallet consistent. Additionally, he now longer plays the banjo and is now a violinist (or rather fiddler).

Wiggle: I made her color pallet consist more of browns because her previous color palette was too clashy. She also has a little Cinnasnail beanie. In terms of backstory, I decided to remove the aspect of her being a child star and made her more of a traditional “lonely rich child” archetype.

Snorpy: I took Snorpy’s hair down and made it more au natural, mostly so he and Flooftix look more similar. For a while, I was divisive about Snorpy’s outfit, but I figured the “shirt-atop-a-long-sleeves” look fit his skater style. I also gave him a new T-shirt to fit him being a skater more.

Chandlo: I gave Chandlo a new outfit altogether since his previous one didn’t fit him. I gave him an outfit closer to Snorpy’s current outfit, so he resembles something of a blacksmith.

Flooftix: I didn’t change much with Flooftix. I simplified the pattern on their flower crown, and I now gave them a little stick cane to tie back into them being disabled (here, they just have a really bad knee as apprised to self-induced amputation).

Shellsy: I didn’t change Shellsy all too much. She’s pretty tried and true.

Eggabell: Her new outfit is a mix of both Lizbert’s canon outfit and her previous outfit. I think the dark browns create a nice contrast on her primarily white color palette.

Lizbert: I decided to just give her Eggabell’s canon outfit. Other than that, not much else has changed.

[angered-box]

anyway let me tell you how fucking insane the voicecast for bugsnax is.

Max Mittelman (Filbo, Noodler, Crapple) - ryuji from p5, saitama in one punch man, atsushi in bsd (what.), and like 500 more

Cassandra Lee Morris (Beffica, Lollive, Tacroach) - morgana p5, sothis fe3h, ringo in an upcoming puyo game (YIPPEE NEW PUYO . ayway), and like a billion more shes everywhere

Sam Riegel (Gramble) - prinny in disgaea, teddie in p4 but he's uncredited lmao, phoenix wright (in dual destines and like one other?) but he's uncredited there too, alphinaud in ff14, and also like five bajillion more

Yuri Lowenthal (Chandlo) - MINATO AND RYOJI IN PERSONA 3 (fes), Eiichiro Takeba in P3Re tho :>, peter parker in the spiderman games, marth in fe engage (marth <3), dainsleif genshin impact, yosuke in p4, five bajillion more yuri is fucking EVERYWHERE

Casey Mongillo (Floofty) - Shinji in the netflix redub of nge, chilchuck from dunmeshi, the protag in smt v

Tom Taylorson who i alrady told you abt

Todd Haberkorn (Chillynilly, Flapjackarack, Waffstackarak, Scropepper, Shishkabug, Megamaki) - Razor genshin impact, italy in hetalia (lmao????), hes in more stuff im just too lazy to keep looking

Robbie Daymond (Paletoss Grande, Buffalocust, Incherrito, Pineantula, Pinkle, Scorpenyo, Scoopy) - goro akeppi p5 . hes in a million billion other things but thats the important one

also i was wrong abt erika i swore she was here but nope skdgdk . u can find the full voicecast on imdb these r just the ones i know in particular

see the funniest thing was i knew i heard max mittelman and cassandra morris! i love their voice acting they do great (along with everyone else) but gawd. insane voicecast.

[poliel]

Do You Think You Could...

Summary: Filbo is worried his friend aren't enjoying the Xmas Eve party. He asks Buddy to ask them.

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The Xmas Eve party was lively and loud. Everyone had come and they all seemed to be having a good time. As far as Filbo could tell anyway, he admittedly wasn’t always the best at reading people. But as the host it was his duty to go around and mingle with everyone and try to make sure that they were. All he could do was do his best and hope it was enough. Though there was more thing he could do too.

“Hey, Buddy,” he said with a smile as he sidled up next to where they were at the bar. Cromdo was currently on drinks duty but he was at the other end of it, chatting with Gramble. Leaving Filbo to talk freely with Buddy. “Do you think you could go around and make sure everyone’s having a good time? Don’t like ask them outright or anything but… you know?”

Buddy took a sip of their drink before replying. “I could but I don’t think it’s necessary.” Them declining was unusual but he had been telling them for a while now that they had the right to decline requests even from him. He couldn’t exactly be annoyed with them for finally listening to him. Couldn’t they listen to their people pleasing instincts for just one more day though? They were far better at reading people than Filbo could ever hope to be.

“What if they’re not having fun?” Such had been the case during most of the parties Filbo had thrown back on Snaktooth. Yeah, that was two years ago and no one had complained during or about last year’s Xmas Eve or most of his other parties but the fear was still there. What if, viewing him as a friend now, they felt too bad to say anything to him about it now? “I need to know so I can fix it if they’re not.”

“I’m sure everyone’s having a good time. So you can sit down and relax with me.” They gestured to the stool next to them.

“I wanna make sure though. I’m the host so it’s my duty to make this party as good a time as possible.” As the official mayor, it wasn’t his most important duty but it still mattered. “But I can’t just ask them because then they’d feel obligated to say ‘yes’. Everyone likes to share stuff with you though so if you subtlety brought it up or something, they’d be honest. And then if something is wrong you can report it to me and I can fix it.”

“Or more like you’ll ask me to help you fix it which often ends in me just fixing it for you.”

“Oh, uh, I guess so, huh?” Despite Filbo encouraging Buddy to not let anyone, including himself, push Buddy around like that, he did still do it sometimes. Like he was trying to right now. Which was wrong of him to do but… when it came to dealing with problems within the friend group Buddy was so much better at handling it. That didn’t make it right though. “Sorry.”

“How about this, in a bit you’ll come with me and we’ll go around and talk to everyone again and get a general vibe on how everyone’s doing? For now though, sit, relax, and have a drink. You deserve a break.”

Filbo took a breath to protest – as the host he didn’t have time for a break – but bit back on it. How many times had he had to tell Buddy that they deserved a break? A lot for sure and Buddy often protested much to Filbo’s exasperation. So him claiming he didn’t deserve a break would be hypocritical.

With a sigh he sat down. “Are you having a good time?” Buddy was the only one he dare ask outright.

“Yep. Especially now that you’re here.”

Somehow, despite dating them for almost a year now, Buddy saying such things to him still made him feel warm and fuzzy. “I’m having a good time ‘cause you’re here too. And everyone else too of course, I love my friends and uh… yeah, you know.”

“I love you too.”

Maybe it was okay if Filbo did just sit, relax, and stop stressing so much about the party. The reason he threw parties is because he liked them after all.

[fluffyglass]

Chandlo is like... a support character to me. The only scenes he's the main character in are like. ones where he's carrying the main joke. Lifting your crib dawg, drinking my snakwater upside down, or they're his own side quests.

Chandlo isn't really a character that can carry a scene on his own, y'know? He barely has his own character arc, but he instead works as an essential support to Snorpy, Shelda and Eggabell as characters. His presence improves them. I think that's a good way to verbalize how I feel about him. He's not the most interesting guy in the world, but he doesn't have to be. He's just a nice dude. A decent fellow on this hell island. He's a character that lifts up (literally in one case) some of the most interesting and engaging characters in the game.

He's insanely versatile considering that he's the only character nobody dislikes. I make him friends with Gramble in some of my art just because Gramble really doesn't have anyone to talk to, and it works! Really, you can make Chandlo hang out with anyone and I'll see it. The only exception is Cromdo because. like. He's Cromdo. I'll make a different post about how Chandlo is the anti-Cromdo because I'll ramble too much about it here.

Thinking about him in this way has kind of helped me turn him around in my mind. Yes, he's boring. But he doesn't need to be interesting for him to work! He's not the kind of character who's meant to be on his own or carry a scene. He's a funny guy who's nice and everyone likes him. That's a valuable role, and I'm sorry for not seeing it sooner.

You're alright, Chandlo. I've changed my mind.

[chikenkari]

Jacky's diary | Bugsnax

This has been laying in my drafts for some time. No beta read, may have a lot of mistakes.

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Diary entry #1 (from Snaktooth Island)

I finally got here, not without any losses. My ship is broken which means that I have no way out. Not like I wanted to go. And still I feel uneasy. I found the expedition team or, at least, part of it. For now I only met three (all of the info is under 'Grumpuses' bookmark). From what I can count there's supposed to be four more. And yet I think that my assumptions are incorect. There're more houses... I wish I had more info on the residents of Snaxburg (clever name). I might ask Filbo about it. I looked around the Lizbert's house. It seems that she shared (shares?) it with someone else. From what I've gathered it's here partner Eggabel. I had no idea.

Diary entry #2

I met two more reasidents on the Simmering Springs. I've returned back only one... Two more Crumbs are in the Scorched Gorge. I'm working on it... I've grown more interested in bugsnax than I'm ready to admit. And even though I'm curious I can't make myself eat them. I don't know what really stops me. It's more psychological than physical. Perhaps they somehow activate my reaction to cuteness. In easy words: they're cute. I can't eat cute things. I've caught all sorts of things this far. I keep all of the info under the 'Bugsnax' bookmark. Gladly Filbo and others are willing to be my taste testers. Even though Gramble isn't willing to. I can't make him. I can't eat them too. I wonder what's up the mountain...

Diary entry #3

It's been a few days since I wrote. I can't help it but... I grow fond of theese Grumps. I'm almost the therapist around here. Yet even I can't deal with everything. There's more land up the mountain. Chandlo and Snorpy (not a full name possibly?) moved there after the insident. And still I have no idea what happened. Something just doesn't add up. I've returned them both back to Snaxburg. I kind of want to ask what's between them on their interviews... Would that be rude? I don't know. Might ask Filbo. I've noticed that I always mention Filbo but never write about him. We've been growing closer with him. He seems too cute to leave behind. I would never tell that to his face but... He's stupid but in a good way. Childish way maybe? Cute way. But he's not understanding. He sees what most Grumps don't see. Beffica keeps telling me that I have a crush. I don't think that's the case... is it?

Diary entry #4

Oh no Beffica was right. That deffinetly is a crush.

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aaand it's not finished. idk if I will finish this but now I just want to clear my drafts

[the-artist-of-chaos]

Hear me out.

Bugsnax x C.O.T.L

Triffany - The lamb (I DONT CARE WHAT YOU SAY, THIS ACTUALLY WORKS)

Filbo - Leshy (that bush worm fucker brings chaos, filbo has caused chaos)

Beffica - Heket (originally it was supposed to be Cromdo but I changed my mind)

Gramble - Kallamar (THE VIBES MAN)

Floofty - Shamura (IT WORKS + THEY’RE BOTH NON-BINARY)

Wambus - The one who waits/Narinder (narinder is a cat. Wambus has cat energy in my opinion, therefore, yes)

Shelda - Ratau

Wiggle - Sozo (EHEM. ADDICTION. Sozo’s addicted to mushrooms, wiggle’s addicted to bugsnax)

Cromdo - Helob (Im sorry, but they both tend to be a little… sketchy in my opinion when selling you stuff)

Eggabell - Rakshasa (you know the rainbow caterpillar chef dude?)

Lizbert - Rakshasa’s wife (aka the snail in the background when you come across Rakshasa)

Snorpy - Clauneck (the dude that gives you tarot cards to choose from)

Chandlo - Kudaai (the other dude that gives you weapons/powers)

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Realizations I made while making this- (this implies spoilers, both small and big! I suggest you please play/complete the main adjective of the game before looking here!)

•Wambus looking at big and scary and tough but when Triffany defeats him, he’s just… smoll.

•Eggabell beating the shit out of you if you beat up her wife

•Wiggle dying from overdose if you keep giving her the thing she’s addicted too-

•Triffany practically having to be the parent of the cult she raises in wambus’s name

•Shelda and any other friends she has playing a friendly game of knucklebones with Triffany

•Cromdo either giving you old sick cult followers for cheap, or young healthy ones for an expensive price.

•Filbo losing HIS EYES- Beffica gets her throat S L I T- Gramble getting his ears shredded ;-; AND THEN FLOOFTY GETS THEIR HEAD BASHED IN- and then wambus is just vibing on the domain hes been banished to-

•Snorpy and Chandlo providing a helpful variety of powerful things/items to help Triffany on her runs/battles

[treefory]

Wambus’s find

801 words

The setting sun’s warm light lit up wambus’s small garden. He dusted off the dirt on his paws as he had just finished planting his last seedling. He stood up straight and stretched his back.

Soon his eyes laid on his neighbor, Gramble, who was tending to his “little ones”. When the other grumpus noticed the other, he scoffed at him and went back to putting a hat on a plump red strabby.

“Typical Gramble…” wambus said to himself. It was strange having your only sauce buyer hate you, And it was awkward having him ask for more sauce after an argument. Honestly it was getting tiring fighting all the time. Triffany just wanted them to make up already, maybe that was one of the reasons she wasn’t around as often.

But just because his yard work was done doesn’t mean he was done working for the day. He had left behind some equipment in garden grove when he moved back to town. It wasn’t anything too important but it would be nice to have them back.

— — —

Back at his old garden everything had been torn up. His scarecrow version of himself had been knocked down and sauce plants trampled. Tough upset, Wambus said nothing and just chewed his straw. It wasn’t even what he was here for anyways.

Behind his pen, hidden in the bushes was an old shovel. Sure it was just a shovel, but he would’ve hated to lose it. After he had it in his paw he dusted it off and turned back around. But when he did he saw the bush next to his garden move.

“Probably just a shishkabug, But they never come up here.” He mumbled to himself. “Doesn’t matter. I guess I could eat.” He put down the shovel and stood over the bush. He watched for any sign of the snak coming out. Without his net he’d have to be fast and strike at the slightest movement

When the snak poked its head out Wambus leaned over the bush and struck-

“Strabby! S-st-Strabby!”

“What in tarnation?” Wambus said as he held up the white strabby as It wiggled and squirmed in his paws “you ain’t no darn shishkabug!”

The two stared at each other “well I haven’t had a white strabby in a while .” He shrugged as he opened his mouth to swallow it whole.

“Oh wamby, when will you and Gramble make up?” Triffany’s words echoed in his head.

he stopped and looked at the strabby in front of him. “Hmf, I don’t think Gramble has a white strabby yet. I guess you could be a gift of sorts. Maybe put us on better terms.”

“Strabby…”

Wambus stuffed the strabby under his hat. “Hush.” He picked up his shovel and made his way back to snaxburg.

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By the time he got back to town the sun had finished setting and everyone was asleep. He stood on the cliff that sat over Snaxburg. “Guess yer goin’ off s the donation box.” He said as he fixed his hat. “Would’ve liked to give it to em in person.”

He made his way down to his house when his eyes caught a familiar orange grumpus sneaking around Gramble’s barn. “Gramble should be asleep by now…” she whispered

“Is he now?” Wambus said gruffly

“OH DARLING!” Wiggle yelped as she turned to face him “oh it’s just you wambus…”

“Mhm… why you up this late?”

“Oh uhhh�� just saying good night to my muse. So why are YOU up this late???”

He gestured to the shovel in his paw “Bringn’ some equipment back home,” then pulled the white strabby from his hat. “n’ leavin’ a donation.”

Wiggle gasped “a donation?! I thought you hated Gramble and his delectable snaks!”

Wambus shrugged “Tryin’ to hate him less n’ I think Triffany would like it.” He walked over to the donation box “Night.”

“WAIT!!” Wiggle called out

Wambus pulled the strabby away from the box. “There a problem?”

“Uh… yes. I think Gramble would like it if it was given to him in person! Hand me that delicious strabby and I’ll give it to him. I’ll be sure to tell him it was from you.” She said with a wide smile

“Alright,” he handed her the snak “as long as it gets to him, I don’t mind”

“Trust me Wambus, you're doing the right thing!” She said as she stared at quivering snak, she licked her lips as she did.

And with that wambus made his way back to his hut. He dropped the shovel off we’re he kept the rest of his supplies, took off his hat and vest then laid down in bed. He wrapped his arms around Triffany who was already fast asleep.

Hopefully tomorrow things will be nicer between him and Gramble… hopefully.