#Duchess Fhfif

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[justletmeon12]

Random headcanon that emerged fully-formed this morning, like the goddess Athena

So, you know how the point they kept making in Good Wilt Hunting was that imaginary friends served both obvious roles (the conscious things kids wanted when they made them) and less-obvious ones (the things that said kids needed)?

I've been thinking about Duchess, and I have a theory on her backstory:

So, there's this kid who has your classic inciting event for living in a large mansion - parents died or arrested and sent to live with rich aunt, got in one little fight and mom got scared, adopted, whatever. And they're trying to fit in with these ultra-rich old-money types, and because they're a small child, they want to please their new guardians, but the etiquette confuses them and the guests scare them and they can't tell who's actually trying to help them from who's just mocking them.

So, they make a friend to basically be an extra governess: her personality is what a small child sees when they look at high society types. She's obnoxious, she's a snob, she never has fun as they understand it, but damn if she doesn't know what fork to use for every occasion. Her official purpose is to help teach them what they need to blend in, and because they're desperate, they don't challenge her weird, stuck-up attitude and kind of want the dependability that her consistently awful personality represents.

But there's another side to it: after all, they're here now, aren't they? And anyone who created someone as magnificent as Duchess is clearly a genius, right? So, she encourages them to put value in what she's teaching them and to value themself accordingly. They're learning, they're smart and adaptable and creative, and as a newly-minted member of the upper crust, they should have the infuriatingly high self-worth to match.

Is she making them into a good person? No.

But right now, what they need is the self-confidence to take what they're given and mold it into a life they can enjoy. And she's giving them that.

[getacluu]

#fostershomeforimaginaryfriends #fosters_home_for_imaginary_friends

Just for fun!

Which FHFIF character will be your scavenger hunt partner? 🔍

Depends on your birth month.

January 🔹 Mac

February 🔹 Goo

March 🔹 Wilt

April 🔹 Bloo

May 🔹 Jackie Khones

June 🔹 Frankie

July 🔹 Eduardo

August 🔹 Cheese

September 🔹 Mr. Herriman

October 🔹 Coco

November 🔹 Duchess

December 🔹 Madame Foster

[doodlestab]

quick warm up tribute to the top queen of my heart

[tasianacat]

Some of my old unpublished arts. An old idea to draw imaginary friends from “Foster’s home for imaginary friends” as dogs.

[ask-wiltmichaels]

Wilt, how do you and the others even put up with Duchess? I feel like she’d be horrible to deal with

Oh she IS horrible to deal with! Honestly, if we all had the choice, none of us would want anything to do with Duchess. She bosses around anyone she talks to and makes them do things that she could easily do by herself. Like making me brush her teeth, or making me hang up a really ugly painting in her room, making Frankie carry her down the stairs, making Ed cry so she can use his tears to remove her makeup, I could go on.

I’m sorry, this isn’t the healthiest method to deal with Duchess, but it seems like it’s the only method to deal with Duchess. And that method is to make Duchess someone else’s problem. For as long as Duchess continues to lives at Foster’s, she will always make herself someone’s problem.

[multifandomplushie]

Probably. But I think secretly she'd be pleased to get genuine attention. 💖

The First, Last, and Only

Duchess has so many complex shapes; therefore, getting her unique likeness right was one of my early art goals.

Never again will I doubt the power of referencing!

I'm happy I was able to pull this off, but knowing Duchess, she'd probably hate this portrait of her! Oh well....

Made in ibisPaint X.

[multifandomplushie]

Friendly Summer Fun

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[hottoepecker]

THE absolute worst characters from Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends:

Bendy

Goofball

Mac’s mom

That bratty little girl from the pilot movie. She wouldn’t qualify for this list usually but once she called Wilt “broken” all bets were off.

[sumechiayuu]

I forgot to show you guys my sorta incomplete tier list

[multifandomplushie]

Ikr! I can't stop wandering what her background is too!

I honestly believe the idea of an imaginary friend being mean because of the influence of the family they were imagined in.

I really wish we could have seen the person who imagined Duchess. I have so many questions that were never answered. She says she’s royalty. Was she imagined by a prince or princess, or does she just say she’s royalty? What country is she from? We don’t have royalty in America. If she is from a country ruled by a king and queen, did her original family fly all the way to America just to abandon her at Foster’s? Were they that desperate to get rid of her? If she acted that way when she lived with them, it would make sense. Or maybe she lashes out at people because that’s the only way she knows how to deal with the pain her family caused her.

Maybe some kid(royal or otherwise) imagined the worst imaginary friend they could just to make their family suffer.

[kailuabunny]

Tag yourself I'm red hair

[themesozoicsperm]

Duchess from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is most likely a reference to Picasso paintings. The fact that apparently in real life Picasso was an asshole just like her doesn’t help.

[sailorlovesong]

Human Duchess, Foster’s Home

“You’re interrupting my 23 hours of beauty sleep!”

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[multifandomplushie]

Here are my inspirations for Duchess and Ruthie's friendship.

Saikawa Riko and Kanna Kaumi (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid): Duchess at first wasn't fond of Ruthie because she unintentionally drew a lot of attention to herself when she first came to Foster's. But when she learned that Ruthie likes her and wants to be her friend, she got a soft spot for her too. I think Duchess would also find Ruthie cute, but it would be much more subtle than in Saikawa's case.

Mike Wazowski and James P. "Sulley" Sullivan (Monsters Inc.): Ruthie and Duchess have a nice friendship, spend a lot of time together and Ruthie is often able to cool Duchess down in different situations.

Turanga Leela and Philip J. Fry (Futurama) (particularly inspired by the episode "The Cyber House Rules"): Ruthie loves Duchess the way she is and finds her beautiful despite what other people think and say.

Meme by LollipopJewel