#vermicious knid

[rolex-kaard]

okay have these

[somesecretpie]

[shiveringfrogspawn]

From what I remember Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator was basically an episode of Doctor Who??

The Great Glass Elevator (which I am hereforth referring to as the GGG because I refuse to type that out every single time) was basically a see-through TARDIS. It had loads of buttons all over the walls, some of which made it go different directions/speeds, and some of which changed conditions inside (turned gravity on/off, etc.). I cannot remember whether or not it was bigger on the inside because I read this when I was eleven.

In the beginning they travel in time because, long story short, Charlie’s Grandma Georgina takes too many youth pills and ages herself back to before she was born. They have to travel in time to get her back from being ‘a minus’ before she disappears. They end up in a smoky, dark place full of monsters from which they have to rescue her and take her to the real world.

There is a hotel in a space ship for very rich people (Voyage of the Damned: Christmas special 2007, End of the World: S1 E2) that Willy Wonka visits with Charlie & fam later on that’s really nice yet FULL of these aliens called Vermicious Knids that look like giant, flesh-covered eggs balanced on the pointy end (which feels very much like an RTD-era monster if you ask me).

Willy Wonka is similar to the Doctor, with his crazy inventions and unbelievable genius. He fights the Vermicious Knids when they try to get inside the GGG to kill them. He basically adopts Charlie (as the Doctor does with companions), and helps the rest of his family to lift themselves out of poverty.

He is friends with ‘aliens’ (the Oompa-Loompas) and gets along just fine with all manner of creatures, travels extensively, and nobody knows exactly how old he is (remember, kids: in the book he is not a youthful Johnny Depp but a sprightly old man!). There is nobody quite like him. He dresses strangely and is generally agreed to be eccentric yet sweet, however he has a dark and dangerous side which can emerge. He doesn’t have very good social skills, but he largely gets along with the people of the town.

Anyway this is a very long post about a book I hardly remember, but all this to say: I want RTD to get Timothée Chalamet’s Willy Wonka into s15 so I can see him be devoured by a ginormous, carnivorous flesh-egg.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

[beaft]

i would like to know, also, why we have two movies and a musical and an upcoming prequel for charlie and the chocolate factory but nobody (as far as i know) has ever tried to make a movie of charlie and the great glass elevator. just kidding, i know the answer it's because all filmmakers are cowards

[veryfancyrat]

Nobody actually wants a Willy Wonka prequel movie, do they? What we NEED is a Great Glass Elevator movie, packed with all the cosmic terror, body horror, and over-the-top political commentary of the original story. The kids who grew up on Among Us would love it.

No studio will ever touch it, though. Cowards.

[artmakerproductions]

The various interpretations of the Loompaland creatures: Hornswogglers, Snozzwangers, Vermicious Knids, and Wangdoodles.

1 = Hornswoggler

2 = Snozzwanger 

3 = Wangdoodle 

4 = Vermicious Knids 

5 = An alternate set of depictions for the creatures. 

- Hornswoggler: These critters have the nasty habit of skewing multiple prey with that horn of theirs all at once (making a shish kabob), then, dries them out in the sun while perched up on a branch. Once cooked to it’s liking, the Hornswoggler goes on a search for the largest thorn it can find to once again impale the prey and to help pull them off their horn and digs in. Based off hummingbirds and the real life shrike which impales it’s prey on thorns: m.youtube.com/watch?v=RPXDouwQ… - Wangdoodle: Since in the ‘71 film Wonka mentions it could each 10 at a time and think nothing of it, I figured a frog would be fitting since they eat so much. The dog-like head was added so it can sniff out Oompa Loompas who may be hiding out of sight (it has terrible vision) and snatch them up like a chameleon. - Snozzwanger: It’s sticky snot/mucus from it’s elephantine trunk helps trap prey where it’ll then bring it up to the mouth to be eaten. Inspired by star-nosed moles and the heffalumps from Winnie the Pooh. - Vermicious Knid: A real trickster these buggers are. They like to pull horrible pranks on the Oompa Loompas from time to time either for sh*ts ‘n giggles or before going in for the kill. Either way they love to laugh. Their awful cackle can be heard all over the jungles of Loompa Land. Based off crocodiles, mandrills and baboons. An idea I’ve come up w/ is that these names are actually just what are used for the different class of animals that have a certain characteristics. Ex. Hornswogglers are used to describe animals that have a large (or multiple) horns. Snozzwangers are animals that eat snozzberries along w/ having a prominent nose. Vermicious Knids is a name used to describe animals that have sharp teeth, a big, horrible toothy grin, voracious appetites, and are typically tricksters. Wangdoodles are to describe all the big and weirder animals who don’t have a characteristic trait that fit in the other categories. The “kooky ones” to put it lightly.

6 = Another set of them.

7 = One more additional set.

8 = Some weird Loompaland plants.

[hedgehog-moss]

Poldine has been shorn! It was my first time shearing a llama and her first time being shorn, so, a big adventure for us both. I'll make a longer post about it tomorrow but first of all, let me post my new favourite photo of her ever.

She looks like if eggs were mammals.

She looks like a Vermicious Knid upside down with a beard.

Nooooo just kidding you're cute<3

[captain-safetypants]

Saw this on etsy....

I mean...

Are ya suuuuuuuure that's a dog?

[bearfoottruck]

Before it's too late, I just wanted to give a gentle reminder to all you good folks out there: PLEASE VOTE THIS YEAR. I know, you've probably all heard variations on this theme since time immemorial, but really, the thing of it is, even if you aren't mega huge fans of the candidates this year, they may be better than the alternative. See, last month, I saw a news headline saying that the Democrats were expecting a huge MAGA turnout this year, and there are still people who think that Trump and his cronies are a "Jesus movement". If you want to put the kibosh on these false believers, then do your part and cast your ballot.

[vitaminctablet]

i think willy wonka and jay gatsby share so many similarities - elusive billionaires who seem almost inhuman especially with the constant mystery surrounding their characters.

for example the constant allusions to magic and intangibility when (our very unreliable narrator) nick percieves gatsby - we have only ever known of gatsby though nick. hes so surreal - a dream.

wonka very clearly not being of this world. extensive knowledge of vermicious knids? a spacecraft that is miles ahead of nasa? who is this guy really?

also their distinct personalities that make them so hard to cast. gatsby is desperately insecure. he constantly tries to ingratiate himself with those around him. mr "picking his words with care". leonardo dicaprio didnt work because his immediate stage presence undermined all of this.

wonka is so multifaceted and i dont think he has ever really been translated onto film 100% accurately before. forget the book description, try casting someone that can emulate his personality.

solution? animate both👍👍

[angel-derangement]

there’s this one illustration in charlie and the great glass elevator of a vermicious knid and I’ll literally never create something with the power that that image held over me as a child. im talking spiritual.

[mlarayoukai]

Wildest thing is about the whole thing, the Second Willy Wonka book actually does have more stereotypical villains, the entire vacuum of space is full of shapeshifting omnicidal carnivorous aliens called Vermicious Knid, capable of moving at 11.5 miles per second, and every planet in the solar system used to be crawling with life but they killed and ate all of them, and only haven’t invaded earth because they can’t safely penetrate it’s atmosphere: “Wonka also tells Charlie that shooting stars are in fact Knids who are burning to death, due to their stupidity or boldness in attempting to attack Earth despite the well-known warnings”

Im not reading all this

[freetheshit-outofyou]

Growing up, I really thought Wangdoodles, Hornswogglers, Snozzwangers, and rotten, Vermicious Knids were going to be a bigger problem.

[ughtwigs]

the glaswegian willy wonka mess is making me realise that my real dream in life is to recreate the great glass elevator’s vermicious knids. i think they would’ve fitted right in

[acrylicqueen]

Wonka, shoving his face up against the wall of the great glass elevator while a vermicious knid tries its damnest to break the glass: KILL YOURSELF

[ender-sheep]

how’d we get a completely new ai generated willy wonka villain (the unknown) before any adaptation of the vermicious knids from the second book they’d make such a fun movie