#WHY DID CHANDLO GET 2

[triffany-lottablog]

I’m sorry I know it’s not canon but Cheddarboardle will always be Triffanys boss snack to me

[anonymouspuzzler]

it's the Fizzlebeans!!!! (and some Chandlos, sometimes.) we love the Fizzlebeans here. and by "we" of course I mean "me". I love the Fizzlebeans.

many of these and other comics I'll be posting later came from prompts from @incorrectbugsnaxquotes, thank you for unwittingly and inadvertently powering me creatively through like half the pandemic

(alt text/image IDs under cut!)

[Image 1 ID: 2-panel comic of Floofty and Snorpy speaking. In the first, Snorpy is seen from the back, with Floofty reaching out to grab his shoulder with one hand and gesturing at themselves with the other, saying, "You can trust me. Let's not forget who pulled you out of the river when we were six." In the second panel the perspective has flipped so Floofty is seen from the back, and Snorpy, grimacing, is lowering their hand away from his shoulder with one hand, saying, "Let's not forget who pushed me in."]

[Image 2 ID: 2-panel comic of Snorpy and Floofty. In the first panel, Floofty is barely visible in the background sitting at a desk around a corner, while Snorpy is in the foreground grabbing his face and looking embarrassed and panicked, saying, "I think I have feelings for Chandlo". In the second panel, Floofty leans back so their face is in view to say "Congratulations! You're the last to know." Snorpy, in the same position as the first panel, glares back at them over his shoulder.]

[Image 3 ID: 3-panel comic of Snorpy and Floofty. In the first, Snorpy is in the far foreground holding a pencil, likely working at a drafting table, glancing over his shoulder as Floofty walks in the door looking frustrated and gesticulating wildly with one arm in the air, shouting "I am NEVER donating blood AGAIN". The second panel cuts to a close shoulders-up shot of Floofty, gesturing with one hand and scowling, saying, "The second you walk in the door it's just questions". In the third panel, they've lifted both hands to make mocking quotation marks, revealing their left hand is holding a bucket full of blood as they continue, "Like, 'where did you get it?' and 'why is it in a bucket?'"]

[Image 4 ID: 2-panel comic of Floofty and Snorpy. In the first, Floofty is sitting on the edge of their bed with their legs pulled up, covering their face in shame. Snorpy sits next to them and awkwardly pats their back in an attempt to be comforting, saying, "Don't worry. Just because you opened up a little doesn't mean everyone will be less afraid of you." In the second panel, Snorpy, looking in the opposite direction looking anxious, continues, "They're all still terrified." Floofty, looking genuinely relieved, puts their hands in their lap and leans against Snorpy's shoulder, saying, "Thanks, Snorpy."]

[Image 5 ID: 2-panel comic of Floofty, sitting at a desk working on a typewriter, and Snorpy, sitting on the floor behind them. In the first panel, Floofty is facing away from the camera working while Snorpy, looking overwhelmed, clutches his head and says, "My mind is like an internet browser". In the second panel, Floofty has turned in their chair to look at him and say, "Explain". Snorpy, now lying in a heap on the floor, responds, "15 tabs are open, 7 of them are frozen, and I don't know where the music is coming from".]

[Image 6 ID: Snorpy, looking terrified, standing behind Floofty, pointing and saying, "Did you just refer to that knife as a 'Grumpus Opener'?" Floofty, looking totally nonplussed, pulling on a medical glove and holding a comically large knife, looks back at him over their shoulder and replies, "Should I not have?"]

[Image 7 ID: Snorpy, leaning against a wall with one hand and gesticulating with the other, looking nervously down at Floofty and saying, "I'm about to speak to you very vaguely about a problem that I have, and you can't ask me any questions or details about it." Floofty, sitting on the ground with their back to the wall, not even looking up from the book in their lap, replies, "Besides no conversation, this is the ideal conversation for me to participate in."]

[Image 8 ID: Three-panel comic of Floofty and Snorpy, with no dialogue, based off a scene from Lilo and Stitch. In the first, Floofty is screaming and stomping around, arms in the air, tossing papers everywhere, while Snorpy cringes away behind them. In the second, Snorpy throws a lei over Floofty's head, making them stop mid-rampage with a surprised look and arms still in the air. In the third, Floofty has fallen on their back quietly like a cat in a harness, while an exhausted Snorpy glares down at them.]

[Image 9 ID (BUGSNAX SPOILERS IN DESCRIPTION): A three-panel comic of Snorpy based on a scene in Arrested Development. In the first, Snorpy is at the open fridge with a glass in one hand, removing a paper bag with a taped-on note reading "LEFT LEG, DO NOT EAT! - FLOOFTY". In the second, Snorpy, scowling, opens the bag and looks down into it. In the third, Snorpy, looking utterly exhausted and nonplussed, says simply, "I don't know what I expected."]

[Image 10 ID: A drawing of Snorpy, Chandlo and Floofty based on a meme. Chandlo, back to the camera, is embracing and kissing a smiling Snorpy, who is holding a drink with a straw in the hand closest to the camera. Floofty, crouched behind Chandlo and looking directly into the camera, takes a sip from Snorpy's drink.]

[Image 11 ID: A two-panel comic of Floofty, Snorpy and Chandlo, based on a scene from Parks and Rec. In the first panel, Floofty, standing in a kitchen, grimaces and says, "Are you eating turkey chili off of a frisbee?" In the second, it cuts to Snorpy and Chandlo sitting on the ground in a pile of laundry, doing exactly that. Snorpy, sitting on the left cross-legged with his bangs sloppily tied up out of his face, holds one frisbee in his left paw while not even bothering to look up at Floofty. Chandlo, next to him, looks back at Floofty with a big delighted smile, holding another frisbee in one hand and their only fork in the other.]

[Image 12 ID: Puzz's fan-design for, from left to right, Chandlo's dad, Chandlo's mom, Snorpy and Floofty's mom, and Snorpy and Floofty's dad. Chandlo's dad is short and stout with light yellow-green fur, a big round red-brown nose, brown eyes, rounded teeth, and wearing an orange construction helmet and brown toolbelt. Chandlo's mom is light green, taller but strongly built with a slightly cinched waist, curly teal-gradient hair in a sloppy bun with bangs that cover one eye, tired yellow-brown eyes, a pink triangle nose, tusks, pink lipstick and a beauty mark on the right side of her muzzle. She is wearing a pink tube top, a yellow skirt with pink and purple flowers tied at her left hip, and a necklace with a swirly lavender shell. The Fizzlebean mom is purple and very tall with long legs, long dreadlock-style hair that gradients from very pale lavender to dark purple, a light purple pear-shaped nose, dark purple eyes with glasses, and upwards-pointing tusks. She is wearing a lab coat and a neck lanyard with an ID badge. The Fizzlebean dad is short with stocky limbs, yellow and pear-shaped, an orange yam-shaped nose, orange short dreadlock-style hair, orange-brown eyes with round glasses, marshmallow-shaped tusks, and a slight orange goatee. He is wearing a forest green collared polo shirt and yellowish-brown work gloves.]

[moldymeat]

Some thoughts I had while playing Psychonauts 2 for the first time that I wanted to write down somewhere because I cant just keep info dumping to my dad. :]

Spoilers, duh

TL;DR this is my new favorite video game :D

I cringed so much through the whole process of turning Hollis into a gambling addict, I know Raz is just a kid and that they make up afterwards, but its so hard for me to play a video game and the character you play as does something I'd never do.

the music that plays in Hollis' Hotstreak reminds me of something from The Incredibles for some reason. Side note, I ADORE both PN1 and PN2's soundtracks and I do listen to them just as background noise. my favorites are all the circus tracks, Meat Circus, Flea Circus, Aquato Family Caravan

Me first hearing the main bad guys name was Maligula at the beginning of the game: "haha, Maligula kinda sounds like Amygdala, the part of the brain that controls emotions, especially fear! I sure love all the punny names in this game! I'm sure this will have nothing to do with this characters lore!"

In my head video games and film are kind of in separate categories, so hearing Jack Black and Elijah Wood, very prolific film actors voicing characters in this seemingly random video game was kinda jarring. I know now that Jack Black is friends with the creators of PN and has acted in other double fine games, buts its still kinda weird to me. (I still liked them tho)

In the Psi-Kings Sensorium, Helmut says "My Bobby" about Bob and my immediate thought was "something a little fruitys going on here" and then later on they show Bob and Helmuts marriage and stuff and I was like "oh something a LOT fruitys going on here". I think I was just so prepared for any kind of relationship for Bob and Helmut to have to be only subtext that I forgot this game came out in 2021 and they could show gay if they wanted to.

Psi pops are definitely sour grape and green apple flavored and dream fluffs are little condensed balls of cotton candy.

In hindsight, Gristol was totally trying to mail his own body to himself for safe keeping, but also he was the only mail worker so how did he think the package was going to get him? he didn't know he was going to get an intern and its not like he could walk down to the mail room as Truman without blowing his cover. My mans did NOT think this through.

The conversation Raz has with Dion is really sad and stuff, but when you're idling around Dion one of the things he says is "look at me and my psychic goggles!" and I literally laughed out loud when I heard that.

"Hey why do all these lice have little signs lol" "Lucy those were peaceful protesters!" "OH, UH OH."

I really loved Comptons Cookoff! it was way different from all the other regular old platformer levels, and I'm a sucker for timed cooking games. I only wish that you could replay the actual game show part in the collective unconscious.

In Cassie's Collection there are all the little paper fairy tale characters right? Well two of them, Shakespeare and a dragon, are played by the same actors who played Snorpy and Chandlo in bugsnax, so hearing the paper characters talk I was like "hey, I know those guys!"

Its a little pet peeve of mine when a character in any media is supposed to come from a specific country and they don't have that country's accent. Obviously Grulovia isn't a real place, but Nona has a nondescript eastern European accent, so why wouldn't the other Grulovian characters? I guess Augustus could have trained it out of himself or something, but Gristol? As much as I like Elijah Wood as Gristol, he's the gzesarevich and loves his country! there's no way he would train himself out of the grulovian accent. I've heard some other people say Gruman has an accent when Maligula was released but eh, I don't hear it all that much.

While finishing the game I (only!) shed a tear three times, once when Maligula was holding Marona's dead body, once when Raz got his junior Psychonaut badge, and once when the credits starting rolling.

i think Cosmic I and Welcome to my Mind are going to be stuck in my head for weeks.

[janknabobfdi]

Bugsnaxronpa - Bugsnax but the wheel decides their fate

I got bored and decided to do the "Danganronpa Wheel" trend but with Bugsnax characters and I really liked the story I got and came up with

(Daganronpa is a murder mystery game where Hope's Peak Academy students with "Ultimate" talents are trapped in an area where they have to get away with murder to escape)

I'll be sharing my live reaction and well as the story me and the wheel came up with

Prologue - 16 grumpuses find themselves trapped in Snaktooth Island. Monosnak announces that they have to get away with murder to escape and "graduate"

They also find a mysterious amnesiac Grumpus wbo doesn't remember their talent, He goes by the nickname "Buddy"

Also Filbo is the Ultimate Lucky Student, i refuse to give his incompetent the title of Ultimate Mayor

Now to roll for our protagonist

Protag - Snorpington Fizzlebean, Ultimate Engineer

(Snorpy protag? Hype as hell! He's my second favorite character)

(Snorpy would make for a good protag. He is smart... but he's a conspiracy nut, Probably thinks the Grumpinati is behind the killing game)

Now for the support/deuteragonist

Support - Gramble Gigglefunny, Ultimate Rancher

(Interesting... Gramble is kind and helpful, I didn't expect that but I can see it. Although I don't see him helping in the class trials very much)

Now for our rival/antagonist

Rival - Wambus Troubleham, Ultimate Farmer

(Hmm... I feel like his rivalry is mostly from Gramble and Wambus already hating each other. Since Gramble is our support he might argue with us by proxy)

Hmm... Interesting main trio so far, I really Snorpy as the protagonist. I see him initially thinking that the Grumpinati is behind the killing game

Chapter One

Who's gonna be the first victim?

Ch1 Victim - Floofty Fizzlebean, Ultimate Scientist

(WHAT? HOLY SHIT! I swear I didn't plan this! It's always the childhood friend/closest to the protag that dies first!)

(The protagonist's estranged sibling is like the PERFECT first victim)

(Wow... Their death will make Snorpy feel conflicted, He hates them but he still cares about them as a sibling)

Hell, I think the Fizzlebeans WERE planning on repairing their relationship but it got cut short

(Damn, i wonder who killed them)

Ch1 Killer - Shelda Woolbag, Ultimate Herbalist

(Huh... Why tho? Hmm... I guess I have to come up with a scenario for this, I won't come up with a murder method tho... That takes too much brain power for me)

Scenario: I think Shelda was planning on defeating/killing the mastermind, she tries to get Floofty's help

However Floofty doesn't take her seriously since Shelda still doesn't drop her persona, infuriating Floofty

(They already kinda hate each other in the original game, With Floofty being a person of science and Shelda having her whole "oracle" persona)

They get into an argument and Shelda ends up accidentally killing Floofty

(Wow, Off to a great start with Floofty as the first victim)

Now for chapter 2

Ch2 Victim - Gramble Gigglefunny, Ultimate Rancher

(Oh wow, a decoy support? That's interesting)

I was gonna roll for a new support, but I think Snorpy having two people close to him die will make his paranoid conspiracy theorist brain act up and think that the killing game is targeting him and anyone he's close to, so he tries to avoid getting close to anyone else in this game

This is a pretty good set up for a character arc

He might even distance himself from Chandlo to protect him, Which will hurt Chandlo as he hates seeing his boyfriend grow more distant

(Like in the canon game where he doesn't let Chandlo in on his plans fearing that the conspiracy will target him)

Ch2 Killer - Triffany Lottablog, Ultimate Archeologist

(Wow... Wambus even included her in the rivalry, Huh)

The motive this time is something like the "secrets" motive from the first game but this time it's notes that say "Worst thing someone else did to you/you did to someone else" and every note will get revealed if a murder doesn't occur in a few days

Gramble and Wambus get each other's notes, this makes their rivalry even worse

Wambus ends up trying to kill Gramble but then Triffany ends up interfering and killing Gramble to stop Wambus from being the blackened

Now for chapter 3 victims

(There's always a double murder in chapter three but I'll leave the first victim when I spin for a second victim and if it lands on the same person I'll only have one victim)

[I forgot to screenshot the other one whoops]

Ch3 Victims - Alegander Jamfoot, "Ultimate Barista" and Clumby Clumbernut, Ultimate Editor

I'm thinking that Snorpy finds out about their involvement with the Snakolites, gets suspicious of them... Then gets ULTRA PARANOID when it seems like the "Grumpinati" has "silenced them"

"Two Snakolite members getting killed at the same time? Right after they get exposed? Coincidence? I THINK NOT!"

"There has to be a secret Grumpinati traitor among us who killed them because the Snakolites and the Grumpinati are in cahoots!!!"

(What a coincidence that the two victims were Snakolites members, That gives me an easy motive)

Now for our third killer

Ch3 Killer - Beffica Winklesnoot, Ultimate Information Specialist

(The more I think about it... Her talent is just a glorified way of saying "gossiper" so her knowing things that should be secret is easy for her)

Beffica snooped and found out about Alegander and Clumby's relation to the Snakolites, a group she is VERY suspicious of

"What the hell is all this talking about "eating incests" and "food parasites"???"

"And why does the barista guy have a secret base on this island???"

"And why does he make worse coffee than ME shouldn't he be an Ultimate???"

She eventually find out about Alegander's real talent as the "Ultimate Cryptoentomological Researcher" and gets VERY suspicious of him

She tried to anonymously warn the group about their involvement since she thinks that the Snakolites are behind the killing game

However Alegander and Clumby twart her attempts to warn the group, the only one she succeeds in warning is Snorpy

Beffica thinks that Alegander and Clumby are going to "silence her" so she takes matters into her own hands

(Maybe at this point he finds out that the Snakolites were mostly benevolent and maybe even starts doubting his conspiracy theories)

Wow, This wheel is making an interesting plot

Time for the 4th chapter

(Please god if Chandlo dies from "Chapter 4 Buff Guy" syndrome I will be pissed)

Ch4 Victim - Wiggle Wigglebottom, Ultimate Musician

(Hmm... Interesting I guess... Wasn't what I was expecting)

[I'm sorry but I forgot to screenshot the wheel again]

Ch4 Killer - Cromdo Face, Ultimate Salesman

(Hmm...)

So Wiggle is a musician and Cromdo wants to succeed in the music industry

Monosnak says that the motive is a million dollars and a talentswap! Where the blackened gains the title of their victim

So if Filbo killed Snorpington, Filbo will start being called "The Ultimate Engineer"

Crombo kills Wiggle to get the money and her musical talent.

But the talentswap is actually in name only, all Cromdo got is the TITLE of Ultimate Musician, he doesn't actually get Wiggle's talent

(And plus Wiggle isn't that talented anyways, She just had a one hit wonder)

It seems like the scammer has become the "scam-ee"

[I forgot the screenshot the wheel, Which I heavily regret for reasons you will see why later]

Ch5 Victim - Eggabell Batternugget, Ultimate Doctor

(I wonder who killed her)

[I hate myself for not screenshoting who the wheel decided the killer is... Because you won't believe when I say that the wheel decided THIS to be her killer...]

Ch5 Killer - Lizbert Megafig, Ultimate Explorer

(....)

(Wait... What???)

(THIS WHEEL IS FUCKING HOMOPHOBIC)

(WHY DID THEY MAKE THE LESBIANS KILL EACH OTHER???)

(Now I hate myself for not screenshoting the wheel)

(HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO COME UP WITH A SCENARIO FOR THIS)

Okay... I think... This is a [DRA SPOILERS] thing

I think that Eggabell has been feeling VERY bad about herself from all the deaths

As the Ultimate Doctor she's been performing autopsies, has been the medic and trying to stop murders from happening, Hell she's even stopped attempted murders by healing the would-be victims

But after nine people died she starts blaming herself for "not being enough"

So she decides to try and "make herself useful" by making EVERYONE the blackened so they can graduate

She manipulates the situation so that everyone has equal involvement in her death (just like nagito but crazier)

But in her final moments Monosnak tells her that there can only be ONE blackened no matter what, And that he'll decide who is the one true blackened

So in her final moments, As she's bleeding out, she thinks that it's better that SHE decides who gets to graduate

She tells Lizbert to "get her some medicine" that's actually poison, Making Lizbert the "true blackened"

But Lizbert ends up confessing to the murder and accepts her execution as "graduating" would mean condemning everyone to die, Something Eggabell would never want

Huh... That was sad and emotional

It's chapter 6 time! Time to reveal the mastermind

(I put all the dead participants back since having the mastermind fake their death pretty cool, A call back to Junko)

Mastermind - Floofty Fizzlebean

(No fucking way...)

(NO FUCKING WAY!!!)

(I am speechless...)

(TBH secretly in the back of my head I was hoping for this but OH MY FUCKING GOD)

(Imagine how Snorpy feels)

He had a whole arc about realizing that the Grumpinati isn't real and can't hurt him THEN HE LEARNS THAT HIS ESTRANGED SIBLING IS THE FUCKING MASTERMIND

I was gonna have the mastermind fake their death but maybe Shelda's plan to kill the mastermind DID WORK because FLOOFTY WAS THE MASTERMIND, and that the whole game has been running on autopilot the whole time (hell, we know that Floofty is perfectly willing to sacrifice herself for science™)

(I feel like Chandlo being alive is the only thing stopping him from a regression arc)

What were their motivations? Is the entire killing game a wakeup call to get their brother to stop being an agoraphobic conspiracy nut? Is this a big experiment?

Who knows! The only one who can answer these questions is fucking DEAD

All the survivors have left are some vague notes they left behind

Buddy regains his memories, Remembers that he's the Ultimate Journalist and that there's a ship on the island that he can fix

They all get on the ship and get home as the island fucking explodes because I need the ending to be more climactic

Survivors: "Buddy" (Ultimate Journalist), Chandlo Funkbun (Ultimate Carpenter), Snorpington Fizzlebean (Ultimate Engineer), Filbo Fiddlepie (Ultimate Lucky Student) and Wambus Troubleham (Ultimate Farmer)

(I'm glad that Chandlo and Snorpy survive)

I swear to god I didn't rig any of the results

The wheel made decisions that felt like an actual writer would make

The wheel chose the smartest character as the protagonist, followed the Danganronpa trope of having an idiot survivor (Filbo), the protagonist's estranged sibling as the first victim and also CHOSE THEM AS THE MASTERMIND

I'm half convinced the wheel is sentient

[goresnax-archive]

....sorry, about that last one, sounds terrible and im sure it is...., i'll be asking a few more questions due to my curiosities but if it gets to much or you'd like to change the subject to something lighter please let me know, alright, let's begin 1. i've heard that the infection currently going around is only possible by consuming black ooze, which makes me question did you come across this, and how/why did you consume it? 2. how did chandlo react when he first transformed and interacted with you? 3. how did transforming, atleast halfway, affect your physical strength and durability? 4. and just for fun and to lighten things up a bit what's you're favorite season?, and why?

Ah, more of these...

[Sigh-]

1.. I didn't 'consume' the ooze. More like it.. forced itself down my throat?- I was.. clinging to Chandlo, and it just.. happened- I barely noticed it when it happened...

2, he... honestly acted like an overgrown, nervous dog..- He knew it was me, somehow, b-but... he seemed to be scared he was going to hurt me-

He never did, of course, but.. he was certainly cautious...

... [A-Ahem-]

3, I was able to scratch out my own eyes with little difficulty or hold-up. I think that should answer that...-

... and, ahh, for 4, I suppose fall...? Or winter?- Colder weather gives me an excuse to stay inside, and my allergies act up less-

... I apologize if I don't seem all too eager to answer these, I-I'm in quite a bit of pain, at the moment-

[the-artist-of-chaos]

Snorpy sundayyy!!! (Yes, I just made this up unless someone else made it up before me-)

Name: Snorpy (Snorpington) Fizzlebean

Age: 28 (headcanon)

Sexuality: Gay (canon)

Gender: Trans male (Headcanon)

Physical things to notice:

-look at the 2 buttons on his hat and work apron. The one on his hat is the transgender flag, while the one on his apron is the gay flag. (I don’t color in my drawings that much; so that’s why it’s a little difficult to tell what flag they are)

-look closely at his apron, and you’ll notice slight dark splotches. That’s supposed to represent dirt, oil, etc, because he does make inventions and other things here and there.

-on his arms, legs, and tail, you can notice a few scars. Remember, he makes inventions, and sometimes, inventions can lead to fails. And those fails can leave nasty injuries that sometimes leave a reminder to ALWAYS be careful while testing and making stuff.

-near the end of his tail is a bandage. I feel like while he and buddy (the journalist) were dealing with daddy cakelegs, Snorpy possibly caught his tail on fire. Considering they were in the snow, he was able to put it out rather quickly, but it did leave a pretty bad burn (I say second degree). When he got back, chandlo and Floofty treated the burn on his tail, and ever sense then, he kept it on as a way to remind him that he is loved, even if people don’t tend to show it that often.

-you can tell that he got scratched by Floofty on his left arm. Why? Well remember, their siblings, and they hate each other, so they’ll usually get into sibling arguments that can AND will go a bit far. So when Snorpy bit floofty’s leg, they scratched Snorpy’s arm in defense. They have forgiven each other, and they both do joke about it every now and then.

[lil-goat-is-watching]

ITS DA GAYS!!!

I felt like doing our favourite gay beans, so here ya go! Chandlo’s not the best I know, it’s really hard to draw on a computer (for Grumpuses) than it is on a phone. Sorry ;w;

If you’re curious why it’s so choppy, the only option for me to animate is to use Scratch, yes the community is literal trash but I have pretty much animated on it for 2-3 years, and I pretty used to it, so it flows my boat! Sorry if you don’t like it (and this is the second time I’ve drawn Chandlo, one on an unreleased drawing here)

It also pretty late (And English is potentially getting worst in school-) so ehhh that another reason ;w; Tho, I did my best, so enjoy! ^w^

[spade-snax]

Alright! Here goes my Bugsnax Grumpus last name headcanon!

(This ended up being way longer than I thought it would've been, oh god-)

I think we all can agree that the headcanon where a Grumpus child has their parent's combined last names as their own last name is a very common headcanon people share. It's a good one! Even I like it a lot. And when applied to OCs or fankids it makes for some hilarious names.

It'd make sense in-canon and I feel like it gives the Grumpus world more depth as their own little tradition. (Honestly give me ANY culture/tradition headcanon for Grumpuses PLEASE THOSE ARE MY FAVORITEEEE I even had one for teeth a while ago that I may share publicly one day!!)

But I've been thinking about this, especially because of Cromdo and my own OCs - Neddy and Rason Honeyfidget. With Rason being Neddy's dad, if we only used this headcanon then Neddy shouldn't have this last name... Well, there's a lore reason why he doesnt and that is that his mother has died while he was still an egg, a while before hatching. Rason made him take on "Honeyfidget" only.

But that's just the backstory that got me thinking at the name traditions as a whole, so I'll try to avoid OC talk any further to make this friendlier for others who do not know about my OCs and are just interested in reading this headcanon.

Another headcanon I want to mention as I apply it to my own is the headcanon that Triffany changed her last name to Bronica's last name as a way to honor her. You can definitely change your name to anything you want in the Grumpus world, but changing your last name to a relative's like your grandparent's last name is possibly quite common!

And now I want to bring up Cromdo and the fact he is divorced. It has been confirmed that Cromdo is divorced and that his name may reflect that. (Though originally it was answered in the AMA that "Cromdo Face" just sounded funny at first and that it is possible that he did loose a half of his last name this way!)

Also I want to say that he wasn't abusive to the child mentioned! I remember there was a small confusion and drama about that. And I believe one of the devs on the YH discord mentioned that the 1# tie was a reference to Octodad. I do not remember if that confirmed that he is a father or if this answer by Sage was possibly wrong. He cannot see the child because he lost custody of them and lost in court. I do not have screenshot evidence of this. On a side-note I believe this could be one of the reasons he grew to be so money hungry. He didn't have enough money back then to keep his child. Again I want to say it could be ONE of the reasons and not the exact reason why he is this way.

This is more so of an ramble about my headcanon and what I want to say rather than some comprehensive thing, I am so sorry dfwergeg it's just how I write and explain things and I gotta mention it ALL (Great addition to "Guzma, your ADHD is showing")

Anyways, back on track with my HC.

But in this/my headcanon - Cromdo is divorced, he has had a child, and lost a part of his last name because of the divorce. I do not know how human marriage last name and stuff works properly so uh, see this as just speculation about a fictional species' culture rather than a carbon copy of our own. Which it clearly isn't LOL

I personally think that you can do multiple things with your last name when you get married! (And how it can affect the child's last name!)

Let's use Chandlo and Snorpy as examples, because I think they make great last name combinations. (And Snorplo is HELLA !!/pos)

- You can change your last name to your partner's last name, like we do commonly. (At least, with all the cultures I'm aware of and how marriage works for us.) Examples: Snorpy Funkbun, Chandlo Fizzlebean

(This one isn't very common to do!)

- You can change one half of your last name to a half from your partner's last name. Examples: Snorpy/Chandlo Funkbun/Fizzlebun

(Not as common either, but it still happens. It is actually more common than the first example. This was the case for Cromdo. I'll get back to this later. Grumps usually reserve this for their childen, which is the most common way of naming your children!)

- You keep your last name after marriage! Example: Snorpy Fizzlebean. Chandlo Funkbun. Canon examples would be Wambus and Triffany as well!

(Most common one to do as many wear their last names with pride or for other reasons - such as Trifanny when she changed her last name to Bronica's last name in this headcanon.)

Before we get to the kids again, I'm gonna go back to Cromdo and what can happen during divorce.

During divorce you can simply change your name back if you changed it, or keep the last name you took from your partner. Many simply change their last names back to what they were originally. Some, if they went by the half/half method, take away the half from their ex-partner only. This leaves some Grumpuses with one worded last names, such as Cromdo.

I think he changed a half of his last name during marriage. After the divorce, he didn't want to "wear" his partner's name anymore and changed his name to Cromdo Face only as Face was a part of his last name he was given at birth. This is most often the default for Grumpuses who have been divorced and took only half of their partner's last name.

If Cromdo - (or any Grumpus with a one-word last name! There's certainly rare cases of Grumpuses who have one word that didn't go through divorce. Possibly Grumpuses with bad attachment to one of their parents - so they change or remove that half of the last name they got from said parent. If their last name was a combination.) - were to re-marry he could take one half of his new partner's last name, or not change his name at all.

I want to get onto how naming a child would work with this situation, so I will talk about ways of naming children before I get back to this! And by naming I of course mean the last names only, lol.

(One rule is that, unless you change your name later in real life for any reason, it's gonna have to be one of these otherwise! Your Grump parent cannot make you up a new last name. It is just a part of the tradition they have. Though re-naming isn't looked upon in any way by the majority of Grumpuses as there are many reasons to do so!! Unless you're a jerk or you value your last name TOO much.) (Also when I say "you" I don't mean YOU as the reader literally. I mean a hypothetical Grumpus child!! It's just how I like wording things.

(...I've been writing for almost an hour, brain scrampled eg)

- Your last name is the combined name of your parent's last names. Examples: Fizzlebun, Funkbean

(VERY COMMON! Most Grumpuses will do this when first naming their child!)

- Your keep one of your parent's last name! Fizzlebean or Funkbun.

(This all works if you have multiple parents btw! Can make for SUPER crazy long and funny last names. This *all* applies to marriage, too! I hope it is easily applicable. I do not want to go in depth on that. Feel free to hit me an ask about this if you want me to explain it more in depth!! I wouldn't want to exclude polyamorous relationships ^^ )

(Also yes, last names that are just the same word repeated twice/multiple times are possible too. Fizzlefizzle, Funkfunk... How fun are these to say? Gives me Grumpus OC name ideas already.)

But yes! Back to Cromdo! Or any Grumpus in the same situation, but as I've stater earlier, Cromdo is just an example here. If he were to re-marry and NOT change his name, there's two posibilities:

His new partner has a full last name.

In this situation, if they have a child they can keep the full last name from Cromdo's partner. Or they can have one word from his partner + Face. For reasons stated below the child cannot have "Face" as their only last name.

His new partner has a one-worded, short last name like he does.

In this situation, if they have a child they have to name it a combination of their last name's. No exception. Having a short last name is a sign of something happening in your life, and it is traditionally not put onto a child, unless they are adopted with no last name. That still counts as something that happened in their life, as their birth parents possibly just gave them away with no care in the world.

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At this point I am almost completely off track, so please do ask me questions as I am not sure where I completely left off - Or rather if there is something I forgot that I wanted to mention.

By the way, for combining last names and such, you can also mis-match! Doesn't even have to be combinations. This applies to everything, even for (Full last name + one-word last names) where it makes sense the most. Examples: Beanfizzle, Bunfunk, Bunbean, Bunfizzle, Beanbun, Beanfunk. I'm personally a big fan of Bunfunk and Beanbun :P)

And this applies to siblings, too! It isn't uncommon for parents naming their children mis-matched last name combinations if they have multiple ones. (This ties into my headcanon for Filbo's many siblings and that he isn't a single child. He's in a big household and has at least 2 siblings. ONE OF WHICH I want to make into an OC! This requires me to make the parents, too, but I am not so bothered about that :P)

I'm out for now, all my brain power has left me a few paragraphs ago and I've got to go eat lunch

But again I encourage people to ask me questions (If anyone was brave enough to read through this!!)

And if I got anything wrong, do let me know! I am not all-knowing and I could've missed some VERY OBVIOUS mistakes.

And sorry if the writing is wonky at times! Sometimes it is done on purpose but sometimes the fact I only pretend I know how to write + the fact English is my second language IS SHOWING

(Also I sometimes just write how I think, without much thought put into the sentence if I don't proof read, so HSDFWERGRGT)

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Bugsnax (Playstation 4)

Developed/Published by: Young Horses Released: 12/11/2020 Completed: 12/03/2021 Completion: Finished it all! Trophies / Achievements: 64%

I really didn’t expect this, but Bugsnax is brilliant.

Kind of what I loved about Bugsnax is that it’s an first-person game that isn’t just a “walking simulator” like your Gone Homes, but also it isn’t a shooter at all. Sure, you’re going to be aiming at creatures, and often firing things at them, but your main verb isn’t “shoot gun” and it’s mad refreshing to not have to spend my time shooting a gun or lamenting the absence of guns because something else interactive hasn’t replaced them.

I’ll admit it doesn’t totally work though. You’re on an island and basically tasked with catching bugs to feed to the local population of muppety weirdos, and the combination if items you have to use can be clumsy and it’s often unclear what you’re supposed to do--at it’s worst, you’re switching rapidly between three things that all act wildly differently, having to keep going into the selection wheel, giving the whole thing a kind of unpleasant stop-start feel that’s still somehow completely frantic.

Never mind that the game has a sliiight ecosystem that feels undercooked and mostly just serves to annoy while you’re busy wrestling with your attempt to catch a bugsnax--you’ll be like “ah I gotta change tools” and then suddenly some other bug will run in and completely destroy your plans. Gnngh.

(Load times are also horrendous on PS4, somehow--it really doesn’t feel like it should be taxing the system that hard.)

What saves this, wildly, is that the characterisation is wonderful. Somehow, even though it’s about weird muppets, it’s thoughtfully diverse, and you quickly buy into their relationships and want them to succeed. I mean: Snorpy and Chandlo forever!!!

(Once you’ll play you’ll understand why I said that, and not just worry I’ve had a stroke while writing this.)

It’s a biiit of a shame that the game doesn’t totally pay off all that work in the characters--not to spoil too much, but it actually sort of does turn into a shooter at the end, and most characters hit a low point that makes you expect a bit more from their arc, but they all wrap up quite abruptly--but it’s been a long time where I’ve played a game like this where I’ve felt that “I can’t wait for season two” TV style urge to get a sequel immediately. It’s not quite on the “I need more Ted Lasso!!! The pandemic won’t stop and it’s the only thing that might soothe me” but it’s definitely… like… Snorpy and Chandlo forever!!!

Will I ever play it again? I probably won’t, the mechanical issues bugged [“I see what you did there”--Ed.] me enough that I can’t imagine another playthrough, but I legitimately can’t wait for Bugsnax 2: Bugsnax in The City (which I have already mostly written in my head. Call me, Young Horses). Final Thought: If you play this, finish all the quests before you go to the last mission--a major flaw is that they don’t make it clear that you can get a bad end without doing so, and you don’t want the bad end.

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