#beetlejuice found family

[herefortheships]

You want another movie 3 speculation?

Ok, so I firmly believe that Lydia's dream at the end points to her subconscious worry that Betelgeuse might move on from her (and MacArthur Park is a song about moving on as best as you can after losing True Love) and target Astrid. With a compounding, and imo deeply fascinating, worry that her daughter (whom the movie/Delia seems to have cast as being very similar to Lydia, though personally I don't see it cause she seems too normal) might be happy with that. And I think that the bed-sharing might've been her brain - or B himself - pointing out the solution to that worry: Just give tf in and marry him already.

As an aside, a lot of Youtube synopses of that movie have AI-generated thumbnails of Betelgeuse threateningly/creepily hovering over Astrid, even though they barely interacted. Apparently lots if people's minds went there, at least for the sake of clickbait. Ffs, a guy tries to marry a teenager ONE time...

Anyway I think it would be hilarious if in movie 3 Lydia gets into trouble and Astrid calls on Betelgeuse for help, telling him she'll pay whatever he wants if only he saves her last remaing parent/family member, and he just goes: "Can you put in a good word with your Mom for me? Like, really talk me up. I didn't make the greatest first impression, and there were misunderstandings, and I don't think I'll have a shot if she thinks you'd disapprove" " I do disapprove!" "Well, just focus on the positives! Awesome powers, saved your life, has a massive di-... actually, forget about that last one. I mean, it's true, but wouldn't be helpful if you mentioned it."

So then they save Lydia, who'd be deeply, deeply worried bc her daughter seems to think B is a pretty cool guy actually, a woman could do worse for a husband. He's fun, he's helpful, he saved them, there's worse-looking dead people. So naturally, she'd find Betelgeuse and be like "If I marry you, will you leave her alone?" ...j/k, she'd try to exorcise him. We need spunky!Lydia back. She may be kind, but there are limits.

Mid-exorcism, Astrid clears up the misunderstanding about what sort of deal she's under, that he saved Lydia because he loves Lydia and without asking for anything bad in return, and points out that her deal didn't make her lie about B's good points. Lydia stops the exorcism via last-minute Green Card marriage. Betelgeuse does a whole triumphant, manic spiel about looking forward to moving in and starting married life. But first he's got to fetch some of his stuff (hc that he has just... so many clothes in an infinite magical wardrope somewhere). He draws a door with chalk, knocks, steps through. Walks slowly through the long, uneven hallway. Turns around to look back. Astrid whispers "If you took a step in there right now..." (Code 699) and Lydia goes "Yeah I know. [then, much louder] C'mon, let's ready the guest bedroom." *

We see Betelgeuse break out into a happy smile for a sec before the door slams shut.

*I don't think it would be believable if a movie ended with them being in passionate sappy Gomez-and-Morticia love. But there's no way that Betelgeuse³ will end without Lydia agreeing to keep him around. On a trial basis. With the understanding that she has the means to get rid of him if he misbehaves too much (he'll misbehave just the right amount).

It's an interesting headcanon that Lydia might have a subconscious fear about Betelgeuse making a move on Astrid. I've seen a few people mention it as well. It wouldn't be too far off to get to that conclusion, either, because of Lydia's past experience. Betelgeuse also had that flyer up in the attic just lying around. We as the audience know he likely put it out there for Lydia to find, because we saw him staring at her photo and talking to Bob earlier about how he's in a distant relationship with Lydia. We saw him trying to make contact and feeling triumphant because she might have finally noticed him that last time.

But Lydia doesn't have access to that info.; only we as the audience are privy to who Betelgeuse is actually after and how dead set he is on it, too. Only Lydia is the object of Betelgeuse's desires, even after thirty years. It wouldn't be a stretch to conclude that Lydia might fear Betelgeuse would go after her daughter, because at first she didn’t know what Betelgeuse was truly after; for all she knew, he’s still just looking for a way to get out and do evil mischief on the world of the living or whatever she thinks will happen if he’s out.

I personally don't think this is a fear she took with her at the end of the film, though. I think she has it clear now how Betelgeuse feels about her, and that he wouldn’t do something to her daughter. She might have thought it was a pretense before, or him being totally crazy, but after that dance mid-air, there's no way she doesn't know how he feels.

I think Babyjuice coming out of Astrid was just Betelgeuse turning Lydia's dream into a nightmare; a prank letting her know he hasn't left and he isn't planning on leaving her (he even thought it was strange himself lol). But yes, Lydia keeping a lingering fear about Betelgeuse going for Astrid is a solid headcanon as well, though it’s not my interpretation.

I know there are edits of Astrid wearing wedding clothes and Betelgeuse being creepy with her, but many of those were created before the movie was out, by people who thought the movie would be about Betelgeuse going after Astrid.

About Astrid putting up a good word for Betelgeuse with Lydia, that would be part of my dream-come-true story for Beetlejuice 3. I just want to see them explore Betelgeuse and Astrid's relationship as stepfather and stepdaughter. I think they'd get along great. As I've said before, Astrid hasn't really met Betelgeuse yet; she only knows two things about him: according to her mom, he's bad news. And yet, he helped save her life, and all it was going to cost was her mom marrying him and not being able to say his name (though he's totally chill with her calling him her "dad", which I totally love and will always bring it up 😂💜).

I wish the movie will end with Lydia and Betelgeuse being finally married, or at least together in love, but I'll accept them not getting married as well, as long as they’re on the way there as friends who may fall in love, and Lydia doesn't end up banishing him yet again or squirming out of another marriage deal. That'd be repetitive at that point. As for Betelgeuse being banished forever or destroyed, that will totally never happen; Tim, Michael, and especially the WB wouldn't allow that to happen. Not only do Tim and Michael love Betelgeuse, he's also a money-maker and widely beloved character for the WB, so it'd be dumb for them to end the movie with Betelgeuse being sent away forever or perma-killed.

To end my ramblings, I totally love the idea of Astrid and Betelgeuse working together in the next one and Astrid helping her mom see the good in him/putting a good word in for him. That'd be fun to watch.

I do have a feeling lately that if the do make the third part (which is looking more likely every day), they will be taking it in the direction of establishing Lydia, Betelgeuse, and Astrid as a family. I'm getting that vibe because I've seen an official promo TikTok about Astrid's family being strange, which kinda hints at Lydia and Betelgeuse being Astrid's family/her parents. Not to mention, the DVD cover photo has those three front and center, instead of having something like Betelgeuse big in the middle and the Deetz women all together below or something like that; a choice was made to have Lydia, Betelgeuse, and Astrid together front and center. Those little details have me like 👀, I'm getting a vibe that we're being led to see them as a family. But don't take my words for fact, it's just what I'm observing.

Thank you for sending me your speculations! I love and appreciate exchanging ideas with everyone. 💚✨

[highlifeboat]

Also I love the relationship between Barbara and Lydia in the original movie.

I don't... really have anything to add to that thought, I just really love how quickly they develop this mother/daughter relationship and how protective Barbara is of Lydia.

They're just really cute.

[n1ght-l0ck]

Me and them core!!

‼️NOT A SHIP POST‼️

[obsessive-ego]

"You're ditching me?! On Halloween?! Babes how could you!?" The ghoul cried as you loaded the washing machine

"I told you, my cousin is getting married on Halloween and I have to be there-" you sigh, still pretty upset about the whole thing

"Alright, so you're missing a netherworld halloween bash for some breather's Halloween wedding, babes. You KNOW my party is gonna be the better option -"

"It's not a halloween wedding"

"What?! Talk about a waste" Beetlejuice grumbles as if this was his problem

"I know." You sigh again as you continue the laundry

"Can't ya just sign the guest book, then hop on over to the roadhouse? No one would notice one little breather missing, right?" Beetlejuice pleads with you even though you told him plenty of times there's no way out, you'll be surrounded by family, they'll notice.

"I'm sorry, beetlejuice, I'll have to wait till next year to celebrate Halloween in the netherworld" you try your best to stay calm about the whole situation, but deep down you wanted to cry, you've never had the opportunity to celebrate in the netherworld and now you have to wait till next year.

"Well, fine!" Beetlejuice pulls you into a side hug, his arm wrapped snuggly around your shoulder."Then I'll be your plus one"

You grimace at the thought "I couldn't ask you to cancel your party just for me-" it was sweet of him to drop everything for you, but introducing beetlejuice to your family? Or more accurately introducing Mr beetleman to your family, you'd rather not go through that headache, especially not during a family wedding

"No, babes, I insist"

You begrudgingly go with his "offer" and think to yourself, you'll just send him back to the netherworld once you're infront of the venue, maybe if this wasn't a family wedding you would have left him tag along, you muse at the idea as you watch the ghoul show you outfit after tacky outfit asking your opinion on what he should wear to the occasion since he's "meeting the folks"

[kitsunecrows]

i ain’t ever seen two pretty best friends

[gardensinnerdoodleblog]

Warning for my younger followers!! This post contains swears.

Yep spooky season brought me right back to my old fixations doorstep. Anyways lydia 100% still gets into supernatural hijinks on the regular

(This is NOT a ship, people who ship these two please block me and do not interact with my art)

Proshippers/neutrals dni

[heart-aflame]

Ive been thinking of a fun au concept where, true to his last words before he leaves the house, Beetlejuice really doesn't come around the Maitland-Deetz house again and goes other places. Sometimes he does guides without really wanting to, just wandering around and doing the stuff he used to do before hanging around the house.

Lydia expects him to visit, she really does, but the years go by and she kind of has to give up on that idea. Then when she's an adult, she goes and visits new york again for a photography assignment from her job. Obviously she never stopped seeing ghosts, so she does end up seeing one with a guide in an alleyway she was passing by, and she would know that voice and his clothes anywhere so she stops.

The dead guy is the one who sees her first, and when Beej looks he goes and complains at the guy that hes done a great job, now he's traumatized some fresh faced semi adult with his body, clearly not recognizing her and probably entirely unaware how many years its been. He tosses the guy through the door and goes to leave but Lydia grabs his arm before he can pass her and thats when he knows who she is.

Obviously he freaks out about it and gets away, hiding from her while she tries to track him down. Shes absolutely upset that the one promise he kept was that one, and clearly they both missed their best friend, even if Beej himself is having a crisis about how long it's actually been and the fact he lost track of time that much.

I guess this would turn into a sort of ghost buster situation, except shes tracking him down to have a proper conversation and see her friend again, instead of trying to do any actual ghost busting. She's still taking pictures with her camera while doing this, no use going to all these cool creepy places without having pictures of all of them.

[filmcityworld1]

Hey I made another reboot of my old story I hope you enjoy

[mysteroads]

I MADE A SERIES!!!

Man, I'm on the fence about the series name, but it's what I've got so I'm going with it! 😉

Beetlejuice and Lydia reunite, and the chaos BFFFs are back in business for the strangest and most unusual summer the Deetz or Maitlands have ever had, dead or alive. (Warning: shenanigans ensue, both fluff and angst are a frequent visitors, tragic backstory intrudes, found family is the trope of the day, there are musical numbers and fanart, and humor of multiple varieties is employed. Also, we say Shit a lot.)

So, this universe is continuously growing, and the order of fics will change as new stories are written, but I do have an idea where I'm steering this, I promise! (There will be eldritch monstrosities.)

[myst1xx]

on a headcanon rampage rn … thinkin of my beetlejuice headcanons *throws them at u really hard*

lydia: they/she/neos nonbinary aroace lesbian ! is autistic and their special interest is photography & the supernatural :3

beej: any pronouns genderfluid pansexual ! is also autistic. changes his appearance from more masc presenting to fem presenting whenever they feel like it

barbara: she/her transfem bisexual !!! has adhd and switches from interest to interest very fast

adam: he/him transmasc bisexual !!! they match!! because guess what he ALSO has adhd. AND AUTISM!!!!!! has a lot of sensory issues with clothing and fabrics so barb makes a lot of clothing for him/alters it so he can wear it :) it makes him love his clothes even more knowing that theyre made from love!!!

delia: she/they demigirl pansexual. guess who also has adhd. this gal !!! she had always been very fluid with her sexuality and gender but never labeled herself until lydia introduced her to more of them

charles: he/him cishet. sorry charles you’re the token straight boy of the group but its okay hes very supportive and takes time to educate himself like a true ally

[burry-penguin]

Put all your eggs in a basket! Because soon YOU’LL be in the CASKET

You have a wish? Well just ask it!

But if it’s life,, I’ll have to PASS ON IT!

(To the tune of ‘a show about death’)

[herefortheships]

I know I totally just posted about this in another post, but I thought it deserves its own post, since it was at the end and it's a pretty long post.

Here it goes. I am getting a vibe that the WB wants us to see Betelgeuse, Lydia, and Astrid as a family.

Not only are they front and center on the DVD cover, instead of them having something like a big picture of Betelgeuse front and center and the Deetz women next to him or below him, with the rest of the cast around, or something like that; a choice was made to have Betelgeuse, Lydia, and Astrid together front and center, separate from the others, as we've all seen now. Then there is this promotional TikTok they put out, hinting at Lydia and Betelgeuse as part of Astrid's "strange family". Lydia is her mom, but why is Betelgeuse included as a part of her family?

So you see? Maybe it's my shipping goggles, so please don't take this for a fact, but with the talk about Tim Burton having official meetings with the WB about Beetlejuice 3, and now seeing these little details, it kinda makes me go "hmm 👀".

Tell me, do you get this vibe as well or am I imagining things? 😂 I feel like they're leading us to see these three as a family or as a unit. My hope is that they will take Beetlejuice 3 in the direction of establishing them as a family by the end. Of course, it might be wishful thinking. But I have a vibe, ok? A vibe. 👀

Editing to add these links to Beetlejuice merch promoting Betelgeuse as a stepdad and the trio together. That one also has Bob though, but the fact that it’s referring to them as a trio is what caught my attention. Putting up the links from Hot Topic, but other stores have the same designs since these seem to be officially approved designs to be on BJBJ merch. ✨

[hancydrewfan]

it is so tricky being a person who wants to love the spooky season but was forbidden from the spooky season growing up and now is overwhelmed by the sheer love everyone else has for the spooky season especially on tumblr. i appreciate your love of the spooky season, folks! i will just keep to the outskirts and chime in with a “hear hear!�� now and then with my pumpkin spiced things and love of black cats.

[something-about-sunflowers]

God I hate when ‘they’re like siblings’ headcanons get popular. You wanna view them as siblings? Go right ahead. But don’t call people gross for shipping them, not everyone views the dynamic in the same way.

Extra irony being two of them fully making out. ‘Don’t be gross’ I’m not the one who saw these two kiss, on the mouth with tongue, and thought ‘Oh, they’re like brothers! ❤’

[atticofbogsandbugs]

For the love of all that is silly and gothic and therefore dear to me can we please end Tim Burton's chokehold on the genre, he didn't even create it and he isn't even the best at it! Pull this man up for anti-monopoly law violations!

[itsmepage]

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Crowley, Luigi, Princess Peach, Bobby Worst, Ekko, Jinx, Beetlejuice, Robin Buckley, Chrissy Cunningham, Louis, & Clementine Crawford

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insufferable husbands, Luich, Worstthrust, blapaisley, Buckingham, Clouis, Timebomb

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Obviously I have my no’s and absolutely nots. I will NOT write incest, pedophilia, vivid descriptions ofsexual assault/abuse, Large age gaps (ex: early 20s x 40s it makes me uncomfortable) any fetishes and anything with piss kink (it generally scares me. I’m sorry.)

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