#and the factor was toadster

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Yo bro I’ve been meaning to ask so Imma say it now before I regret it: I wanna know how u interpret the Queen Bouncelia, Toadster and Bitty’s friendship together before Bitty got kicked out bcs I’m also working on a big project involving them three and I wanna know other people’s perspectives on them (still tryna study communication, manga and the social world so hehehe thank you) :)))

OK SOOO.... Until now I've been procrastinating on their relationship cause it's a whole mess and there's one factor that keeps me from developing it that I'll say later-

Soo to start, Bittergiggle and Bouncelia have this sort of mother-child relationship where she takes care of him (emotionally speaking) and treats him as if he were her child. Bittergiggle clings to her and feels most comfortable when he's around her. Then Toadster enters the picture- The queen greets him with warmth and kindness and the two form a friendship. Bittergiggle at first starts annoying him with jokes n what not because that's his initial reaction to meeting someone in general (mostly to try and drive them out). Then as time goes on he starts warming up to toadster and sees him as a good old friend instead of some random guy that just waltzes into his one and only home.

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Sheriff Toadster redesign! I have a lot to say abt him...

Toadster was, of course, meant to watch over the resort as a more approachable law enforcement figure (of course they had actual security, but Toadster was supposed to be there for anyone who might've been too afraid to talk to security). However, he was never introduced to the general public because during the testing phase he'd get easily worked up, paranoid, and conspiratorial-- he did NOT trust most people, not even most of his fellow mascots. So, he was 'shelved'.

Due to his unsuitability for the resort, he was instead sent to monitor the closed off lower levels; in management's minds, it didn't matter if he was violent towards the mascots down there, as they believed the lower mascots "deserved it". However, Toadster eventually found comfort in the lower level mascots, taking to Queen Bouncelia's kindness and hospitality. Things weren't 'great', but they were at least good, for a time.

Things changed after Sir Dadadoo's attempted rebellion. Toadster, having bonded with Bouncelia, refused to leave her side and trusted her wholeheartedly. He was meant to be a 'double agent' of sorts-- assuring management that Dadadoo was nothing to worry about, but he cracked under pressure and revealed everything, giving up completely. When Dadadoo's scheme was revealed and all the other mascots involved were persecuted, Toadster saw the majority of the punishments firsthand and blamed himself for everything. It changed him.

After the five mascots were caught for their conspiracy, it was decided that Queen Bouncelia and Sir Dadadoo would be punished simultaneously; management couldn't simply scrap Bouncelia because she was beloved by park guests, so they imprisoned Sir Dadadoo and the Naughty Ones inside her pouch and fed her a consistent stream of drugs to keep her sedated (and in hopes Sir Dadadoo and the Naughty Ones would slowly perish). Sheriff Toadster knew of this, but Bittergiggle didn't.

Post attempted rebellion, Toadster is a distraught mess who constantly thinks about death and how he could lose his precious Bouncelia any day. He has fallen to despair, the deep stains on his face a result of frequent crying. He worries about her to the point of being possessive and controlling. He and Bittergiggle were friends once, but he is losing trust in them fast.

Regarding his design, I rlly wanted him to look diseased and icky, like an oversized toad or giant salamander even! I LOVE Temnospondyls, so I kinda based him offa them! His mask has forward facing eyes, but his true eyes are hidden under his hat (which is made of mesh so he can see out of it) on the top of his head; I thought the canon design with the hat propped up on one eye was too silly for what I was going for. I also gave him a throat pouch and bumpy skin like real toads have for added gross factor lol.

As a bonus, here's how my Toadster draws my other designs!

his hands are very shaky and it's difficult for him to grip any sort of writing tool due to his moist skin. He likes chalk pastels because they're the driest. He's the best at drawing Bittergiggle since he sees them every day. It is very difficult to draw things badly on purpose in a believable way!!