#utm grumpy

[entropy-sea-system]

BPD Grumpy Bear

Reformatting this post from a previous post I made!

I've watched only the recent care bears(unlock the magic) and I found it relateable that Grumpy had moments where he snapped at people he cared about or had his anger be more intense than he found manageable. As someone who has experienced similar things as a trauma response and still sometimes needs to be left alone when really angry so I don't inadvertantly hurt people, I related that to being similar to an aspect of my bpd.

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And grumpy's anger gets represented as a thundercloud due to his belly badge power which sometimes functions as an indicator of emotion. I sort of relate to not exactly knowing how you feel until it becomes visible or obvious, due to my alexithymia. Also he has one arc where because he was working on something that was important to him(Rain, Rain, Go Away), he didn't realise until later that he was frustrated and taking it out on others, which he then apologises for.

He also appears to split on another character whos kind of like his friend/kid(?), (basically a young whiffle who joined the group and gravitated towards Grumpy) alternating between getting along with her and feeling very positive about her and then having times where due to frustration he wants to be left alone or gets upset at her(If it's Broke, Fix It).

He also shows similar emotions about the other characters he's close to and has a few taking accountability for the effects of his anger and doing his best to manage it type of arcs I suppose(Rain, Rain, Go Away and Sorry not Sorry). The latter episode also shows him to have difficulties with apologies which I relate to though thats due my aspd and npd rather than bpd.

Also its not very noticeable but he has this thing where he feels the need to be alone usually due to being introvertedish or needing to work on something or due to intense emotions, but at the same time misses others when alone and seems to have doubts about himself. Sort of makes me think of the emptiness and possibly abandonment issues associated w bpd.

And in one episode he is shown to be likely the most suspicious of newcomers out of the care bears(Things That Go Plunk), and this suspicion towards others is something I relate to my bpd and trauma, more so the latter, as a hypervigilance type of thing.

In one episode where his anger-formed thundercloud causes rain (Rain, Rain, Go Away) , the whiffles in the meadow where it rained(which as a result became messy and muddy and the plants got washed away), including Dibble(the one whos joined the care bears group), are upset at him.

As a result, he thinks the best solution is pretending to always be happy and not prone to anger or frustration, basically the opposite of his usual personality, to the extent that his sense of self is eclipsed by his need to avoid anger. Its even physically shown by him sticking a sticky note with a smiley face on it over his belly badge and asking to be called Mr. Happyface.

This I felt reminded me of bpd masking and having an unstable/variable sense of self. The storyline that results felt kind of iffy in that the other care bears try to make him angry so that it rains in an arid field in addition to telling him to be and accept himself. It felt like they were just trying to get him to make the raincloud at some points.

But at the end of the episode he also learns that its best to be himself and accept his emotions rather than pretend to be someone he's not which I feel can be similar to someone realising they're pwbpd and not feeling like they have to mask their bpd traits all the time. I guess I personally have been masking less since I realised Im pwbpd but also prefer to be left alone when some of the traits like intense anger show up due to that not always being safe for me to show around others.

I will also definitely be making an addition here of the IDW comics arc he has because that felt very much like I related to it as someone with BPD. However when I made the initial post, I had not read the IDW utm comics (and in fact may not even have made my way through the entirety of season 1 at that time)

Okay, so, remember how Grumpy's cloud powers get more rain and storm like when he's frustrated or angry(and more unpredictable due to being in the silver lining)? I noticed a detail here in the comics where he's lifting cans with a cloud (as far as I remember he does not lift things with his clouds other than perhaps the entire cloudseeker, in the show) and as his mood changes the cloud turns gray and rainy.

(for reference he starts off pretty burnt out already from fixing things in this issue. He just really needs a break.)

There is a plot point here where Bluster, Robbie, and the bad crowd are messing with these mirrors that are supposed to show one's ideal self to make the mirrors show their worst self. They dress up as the worst possible selves of Grumpy, Cheer, Goodluck, and Funshine (as they are the ones who enter the 'funhouse' with the messed up mirrors).

Each bear has an arc where they overcome the negative perceptions of their worst reflection. Grumpy's 'reflection' shows up the earliest and he did not look at the normal mirrors which show ones ideal self first like the others did.

Cheer, Goodluck, and Funshine all see past the illusion but realise Grumpy's still in the maze. At this point Cheer goes in to find him.

I do very much connect this to having an unstable sense of self (which I experience due to my bpd and other neurodivergences). It also really shows how much he cares for his invention (The Cloudseeker) and Dibble. (Also side note huh. They can get oil from rainbowson mountains??? Interesting. )

At this point, Cheer reassures Grumpy that the crew knows he's not turned to the bad crowd like Bluster and Robbie try to convince them (and him) he is. She also reminds him that they know he cares and I think it's really cool how her leadership skills are shown in this arc!

And at this point Grumpy breaks through the illusion with the help of Cheer. I find it to be a similar arc to Rain, Rain, Go Away in the acceptance of having grumpiness as an emotion though this is also Grumpy realising he matters to the people he cares about. And I think its nice that this arc is portrayed.

At the end, Cheer also gives him this piece of glass from the funhouse for his souvenir hat to remind him of his true self, and that was another way Cheer's leadership skills and ability to reassure others was displayed.

Finally, the arc ends with Grumpy seeing his ideal self in the nearby mirrors. I feel the comics mostly spoke for themselves thus I don't have all that much to add on here.

(-Rift)

[grumpyshine]

ive always loved how funshine looked at grumpy durin this scene, second redraw time !!! i finally figured out how their head works

screenshot below!

[semosayba]

Bro, Get Up.

[fandomgingerfox]

doodles of meme templates and other art with different fandoms

(featuring my ocs again) (sorry for not posting a lot)

I’m think I’m starting to join the multifandom universe on TikTok

[michimonie]

Cute little thing I made last night. I'm debating on posting it around, so figured I'd just drop it here on Tumblr for now. Also I started a new show, lol.

Two dads gushing about their kids.

[rocketonin]

[carebearscomfort]

[cheshirette]

[toesuckler]

CARE-BEARS MOVIE COMP <3

Care Bears: Battle the Freeze Machine 1984

Care Bears: Adventure In Wonderland 1987

Care Bear: Bedtime Stories 2003

Care Bears: The Last Laugh 2003

Care Bears: Journey To Joke-a-lot 2004

Care Bears: A Big Wish 2005

Care Bears: Oopsy Does It! 2007

Care Bears: Tell Tale Tummy EP 1-8 2009

Carebears: The Giving Festival 2010

Care Bears: Share Bear Shines 2010

Care Bears: To The Rescue! 2010

Care Bears: Flower Power! 2011

[jellypawzy2k]

H HELLO UHR,, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! *Twiddles my fingers together* HERE IS SHIP ART OF ROBBIE X GRUMPY X SWEET TOOTH BEAR (WHO IS ONE OF MY NEWEST CAREBEAR OC'S)!!! ERRRR hope you guys don't mind a little oc x canon.. I've fallen in love with most of the bears and bad crowd characters XD

[entropy-sea-system]

Grumpy Bear !! (Images from wiki)

I love him... my favorite care bear.. and an f/o.... <3

[jadeswwrld]

GUYS LOOK AT THE ART FOR THE NEXT SPECIAL THEY LOOK SO CUTE OMG!!!!!

Also here’s each of them as a pfp

[semosayba]

“Hey”

[xlunart]

[grumpylovesbigmacs]

here you go guys here's some ships

the Grumpshine ones are so silly and I am very happy about that

do Grumpy and Cheer have a ship name?

[puppy-barkz]

niche as heck maybe but here are some queer pride flag care bears unlock the magic icons <3