hoppy halfmoon, the quiet yet competitive bookworm. in the whimsical, peaceful world of the dreaming critters, she often encourages her friends to try the new things she finds out about in her books, from baking to new sports. in spite of her typically calm demeanor, she has a strong friendly rivalry with floatin chicken. she enjoys picky penumbras company, as she always has a new recipe book to share. bubba blueshift, her far stricter and louder yet still nerdy counterpart, is her best friend.
(for my au where the smiling critters was a nighttime block show, which…changes quite a few things. its called the dreaming critters)
What I love about Hellboy and Abe Sapien's dynamic in the comics is that, if you came into this blind, you'd expect Abe to be the voice of reason or the straight man to Hellboy's impulsive and hotheaded personality. But no, Abe is more often than not the crazy one. Hellboy would deal with fighting evil monsters and bad guys by just sighing and getting it over with, while Abe is going rabid over tearing the creature apart when he does get into a fight. Hellboy acts like it's a 9-to-5 job and will reasonably talk things out with a guy that had nearly killed him before, Abe acts like a madman in a slaughter house and his first instinct is to shoot first kill second and ask third. They're both insane, but on completely different levels.
This was going to have more of a comic format at first but I thought that turning it into an attempt of fake screenshots would be funnier-
If you get the reference, congratulations ✨
ALSO I think it's a good time to finally say that this cartoon-inspired verse will be called "Smiling Critters: Dream Series"! So I will be tagging it as such from now on