#spooky month streber's rehearsal

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Spooky Short: Streber's Rehearsal | Streber

(Requested by @therealmaquaroonie)

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A sneak peek for Streber's Rehearsal posted by poisonjabs on Twitter

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the stubborn optimist. 👓

Character analysis on Streber!

Introduction/disclaimer

So the new Spooky month short has been graced upon us and with that we got the offical characterization of Streber, despite the short only being about a minute long we can still get an idea of his personality and even his interests.

Now because he has only showed up for this short and for only a very small bit in the actual Spooky Month series some of this may lean more towards headcanon and some assumptions based on how Sr Pelo writes his existing characters, which I hope doesn't bother y'all too much.

Also I tend to be bad at spelling and with grammar so please correct me if I mess up-

Now, let's get started...

Section one: Passions of an artist

What's the first thing we notice about Streber in both his initial appearance and from the short? Well his enthusiasm and the obvious joy he takes in his role as a "real vampire". Streber clearly is having fun in his role, smiling and laughing with his actor friends, playing this character for kids and the immersion was number one on his priority in the short, even in Tender Treats he's seen laughing with Skid and Pump and going all in on the exaggerated movements, he takes joy in his job, even going above and beyond with his work. Even when Ethan jokes that this isn't a big deal Streber immediately retorts, light heartedly obviously, but he still takes this very seriously. Why does he do all this? Well, he's an artist, an innovator, someone who takes that extra step. Streber's talent in inventing and acting is an artist job, acting is an obviously one but inventing from a far doesn't seem like an artist job, due to it difficult and sciencey nature, but the desire to create something is art, and that's what Streber wants to make, the artist will create for the happiness of himself and others.

Him being so smart probably helps his creativity in being an artist, which leads into...

Section 2: Streber and his...Streber-ness

Streber's name means "nerd" in German which was most definitely intentional, Sr Pelo has a pattern of giving characters sorta obvious names in relation to their personalities and or physical trait they have. Now does Streber live up to his name? Oh absolutely, he was the inventor of the green screen mirror as seen in Tender Treats, all created as to keep the children immersed in his "real vampire" persona. On the wall we see ideas and blueprints, along with him having the typical "nerdy" attitude that's elevated by high confidence. Inventing is an obvious interest of his which helps Streber be able to create works to make others and himself happy, while it's a slow process he gets joy from it, he may be neurodivergent? He seems very fixated on his work, which is a good thing but it makes a mixed trait of his show alot...

Section 3: Stubborn as- a vampire?

Stubbornness is a very 50/50 trait to have, it either works in your favor or it doesn't, we cannot with confidence which exact role Streber falls into but I believe it works more in his favor than doesn't mostly due to his positive attitude, but that's just an assumption, what's not an assumption is that yes, Streber is very goal minded and won't stop until it's achieved, considering he spent all day working on his invention and wasn't stopping until done, even when told it wasn't a big deal, he still carried on, passion and stubborn is a powerful combo, which will likely effect how Streber will act after losing an arm, he doesn't seem like he's not going to give up so easily.

Final section: The optimists struggle

Despite his cold demeanor near the end, it's not due to him being genuinely upset, he's just an optimist, having confidence in his abilities and a positive look on the future. He refuses to be let down about his invention, in his mind it's going to work out, and he wasn't wrong, the invention did work. Streber is not brought down by negative emotions, he's stressed but clearly still enthusiastic about his green screen mirror, his stubbornness and optimism are pulling him through and likely this is how he's going to pull himself in most situations, is it reckless? Yes. Absolutely, even if he's not running straight into danger he's still a reckless, which is powered by his optimism and furthered by stubbornness.

Hence why he's the "Stubborn optimist"

Ending notes.

I hope you enjoyed this! Sorry if this was a little bit too headcanon-y or seemed like a stretch but Streber just makes me very happy!

As for Streber's role in the story? He could be a huge help in taking down the cult due to his big brain and the fact that he was effected by them due to Bob.

Also tldr; Streber is an reckless artist fueled by his own optimism and inability to back down.

[ericvelseb666]

Streber 🦇

I wanna practice drawing other characters besides Bob, I really like drawing in spooky month style

[matcharabbit]

Leon and Liv! (Ft Streber)

[roach-mmm]

i need to be sedated i love him so much oh my lord hes just perfect

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Enemies/haters to lovers fans come get your candy

Also...

PLEASE HOW CAN I NOT SHIP THEM AFTER THAT 

All artists know that making random doodles of the person you love is a rule

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Another screenshot redraw!!!1!

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MORE OF THE BBG 😍

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Silly nerd

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Updates (For comic)

Hey everyone! Still working on STS, so dont worry, just been going slow with it since I've been worked up lately. (Trying to gain more attraction on my deviantart page. I suppose I should be patient as of course it is old, I can only hope one day im able to get some more recongnition from it.)

But here is a little Sneak peak of it

(About to have some Silky angst)

(Cuphead Au belongs to @eve-pie)

Meanwhile as I debate what style I should use for it, have some streber art in the meantime!

(Painted Style again guys! I really like it even if its time consuming)

Don't we all love Streber and-hey who is that behind him?!?!?!?!?

[inkthatmandrake]

as much as I love the new streber short I just realised they made him thinner now and idk how to feel

He's more accurate to the fanart now ig?

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References of the scare actors for Streber's Rehearsal

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If Eric was in Streber's Rehearsal...Eric did had a "feeling" that night...

Streber's Rehearsal by Sr Pelo

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Ethan doodle