It’s the Haunted Mansion’s anniversary today!!! The movie has me going back to my old Haunted Mansion brainrot😭😭. I wanted to explore making my own interpretation of the Hatbox Ghost. This isn’t definitive, I’ll probably tweak it in the future but I just love Hatty so much and I figured this would be nice to share for today.
“Dear, sweet Constance. Poor child! Poor, poor child. Did you know that her mother supposedly killed her father in a fit of rage? Found an axe and took his head off in a single swipe. It’s supposedly still in the house somewhere, just bones and a wandering spirit. Mon dieu! How tragic. How horrible!”
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I like to think Constance taking the heads of her husbands is a learned habit. It was, after all, what mother did to father when he threatened to leave them.
‘When a man threatens to turn tail, or has eyes for a younger broad, take his head so he’s yours forever. Don’t let that dog run, Constance. Best to put him down swiftly.”
At least…that’s what Dame Peatcleaver used to tell her young daughter when she allowed her to hold father’s beheaded skull, a hatchet still in his head.
Now that I think about it, Hatbox Ghost is by far one of the worst Disney villains of all time- exclusive to just Disney’s studio. Tried to stick with the movie’s ominous colorgrade. Ah, we love the dark combination!
Hello I really like your haunted mansion art and was wondering if you could draw more of hatbox. I hope you have a good night/day
Hat Box Ghost
Why hello there stranger! Of course, how could I deny that request?
I love this guy and I am so flattered you like my art too!
Thank you for the ask! I may draw more of this fiend in the future~
In my mind, there are four Haunted Mansion brides, no more and no less.
From right to left: Constance, Emily, Mélanie, and Kimiko.
These four all have different curses afflicting them that result in their being stuck on earth.
- Constance is cursed with greed and wrath and is therefore wildly violent.
- Emily is Earthbound due to unfinished business and a broken heart.
- Mèlanie isn’t technically dead yet, but is trapped in an eternal damnation loop until she is.
- Kimiko is a vampire due to her vanity and lust for eternal youth in life. Therefore can’t die but is a monster for all eternity.
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This took forever to render and finish but I love all of them. 💀🤍 I would love to do a series of small comics with these called Mysfit Manor about them all being stuck together XD