#beetlejuice the musical headcanons

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Beetlejuice as your husband? 🕸️

;; talking more 'bout musicaljuice ¦🕸️

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He was planing to make the wedding when you were alive, yet Lydia was telling him to wait. Normally, he wouldn't listen. Yet he didn't want to force you to marry him.

After all, you two had "perfect" relationship, he didn't want to fuck it up

And after your death, as around your late 30's ̶(̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶c̶h̶o̶o̶s̶e̶ ̶h̶o̶w̶ ̶d̶i̶d̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶d̶i̶e̶,̶ ̶l̶i̶k̶e̶,̶ ̶i̶ ̶d̶u̶n̶n̶o̶,̶ ̶a̶ ̶t̶r̶u̶c̶k̶ ̶r̶a̶n̶ ̶o̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ )̶

He was already making his way to find you in the afterlife.

You were at least.. A bit shocked by how things turned out, yet there you are - standing dead and... Wait

Oop, there's Beetlejuice

Big wedding.

He would even get dress for you "babes look! You gonna love this one!!"

He never was more excited in his life

BJ's kisses might not be the best - yet he tries, don't judge.

Spoils you with sweet words of his "you look perfect darlin'" "you're the most beautiful woman i ever seen.."

There's no way that you two will separate - nu-uh

"we'll be together, yes.. FOREVER"

[ealvara7]

Something that has always interested me a lot about Musicaljuice specifically is trying to figure out who or what exactly he is.

Let me try to explain...

In the movie, the rules of the Netherworld imply that everyone who has passed away was once a human at some point in time, Beetlejuice included.

While we still don't know much about Moviejuice's past, we at least have an idea that he is a several-hundred-year-old ghost with demonic powers.

While I would consider Moviejuice to be more of a demon in terms of power, I would definitely consider Toonjuice to be more of a demon overall (as in both power and physicality).

The Neitherworld was designed in a way where while the associations of death are occasionally there, it acts more like an alternate realm of otherworldly creatures rather than a full on realm of the dead. Most likely done to make the show more appropriate for its target audience. This makes Toonjuice feel more like a creature as a result.

And then... there's Musicaljuice - a consolidation of both ideas merged in a way that gets... kind of confusing?

We at least know that in the musical, Beetlejuice has never lived in the past, thanks to The Whole "Being Dead" Thing. That would mean that Musicaljuice is a bit more adjacent to Toonjuice, in this case.

This now just begs the question - What exactly makes a demon in the musical?

From this point onward, I will be getting into more non-canon/theoretical territory-

In the earlier stages of the musical, Juno was originally going to be called "Mrs. Shoggoth". A shoggoth is a fictional monster in the Cthulhu Mythos.

If you follow the idea that Juno and Beetlejuice's last name is always intended to be Shoggoth, and that it implies that they're Loveraftian-like creatures in some way, then this adds a whole new layer of interesting...

Lovecraft's monsters were described as creatures unlike anything a human being has ever seen. Creatures beyond our comprehension. If this is the case, then what does that make the Shoggoths...? Where did they even come from?

I don't think we'll ever know for sure what exactly Beetlejuice is intended to be in the musical, unless... y'know, they decide to expand upon it via some form of post-musical media? Like a cartoon?

Right now, the idea that Beetlejuice and Juno are these strange, unknown beings genuinely intrigues me.

From everything I have found so far, it wouldn't be far fetched to believe that Beetlejuice, the way that we know him, is only a masquerade of his true form.

A strange, unknown creature hiding under a human-like skin.

At least... that is my headcanon.

[nonbinary-arsonists]

i want this shirt.

[dexstoner]

Cartoon

Old Movie

Recent Movie

Musical

Okay so, decided to design all versions of Beetlejuice n Lydia Deetz from each franchise ( that I am aware off... )

Of course these are all headcanon like designs so they don't all look too similar to it, Oh! Speaking of headcanon! Here is my headcanon sexualities for them just in case

[quenga-do-nordeste]

He is deadly cute

[mastersprogram]

Since Fizz Knows Sign language, I Now just fully Head canon that all Alex Brightman Characters know (or mostly) how to it

[charlotte-is-s1ck]

hanging on by a thread, so here’s some random headcanons

- i’m happy about éowyn and faramir, love them, but tbh i headcanon merry had the fattest mf crush on éowyn.

- frodo: pink floyd, sam: simon and garfunkle, pippin: the beatles, merry: david bowie. i don’t make the rules.

- legolas has a bag of holding for all of his hair and skin products (and tries to get aragorn and gimli in on it, randomly walking up to them and smearing the elven equivalent to moisturizer on their faces like ‘girl how you gonna show up to your own coronation lookin all crusty musty. lemme help you.’)

- pippin is so down for letting you put him in drag. he would love it.

- merry would be obsessed w legos

- everyone in the fellowship would absolutely flip out if you introduced them to chewing gum. hang on. lemme cook: frodo: peppermint, sam: pink lemonade, pippin: grape/watermelon, merry: bubble gum, legolas: sweet mint, aragorn: spearmint, gimli: the raspberry lime one, and gandalf: cinnamon. again, i do not make the rules.

- gandalf is the world’s biggest samfro stan (other than me)

- since beetlejuice can’t get sick bc he’s a demon, he will absolutely use the opportunity of lydia getting sick and having to stay home to just lay at the foot of her bed and rant to her about all his problems while they do nails together. if she’s faking sick it won’t be for long. he’s fun but she can only put up with it for about a day.

- logan howlett in another universe was undoubtedly a folk music singer.

[cat-and-books]

Random Beetlejuice Musical Headcanon:

With how crafty Barbara and Adam are, they'd likely have small cuts and scrapes and callouses on their hands.

Adam probably has a couple nicks on his hands/forearms, and callouses on his fingers, plus a couple of splinters.

The side of Barbara's hands (the side opposite of the thumb) would essentially have been rubbed raw and red due to many lessons on a throwing wheel. (With how good her vases are, I'd estimate a few months of lessons, which would rub her hands raw. This is coming from someone who works on a throwing wheel.) She also probably has clay and glaze in her hair/on her dress and keeps lotion on standby to rehydrate her hands after making pottery on the wheel.

[collin-the-fallen]

Bonus points if it’s all three

[bugs-with-webs]

bj and lydia in a fight

lydia: i could go so low rn-

bj: go on, do it. i dare you.

lydia: no, because then your feelings will get hurt and you do Not do well when your feelings get hurt

bj: no no, i can take it, go on scarecrow. do it.

lydia:… fine.

lydia: at least my mom actually cared about me.

camera pans to bj who has a blank yet shocked expression. like a kicked puppy.

lydia hugs him and apologizes while he just. stands there.

[fruitiebee]

BJ DEFINITELY KNOWS EVERYTHING THERE IS ABOUT INSECTS/ BEETLES SPECIFICALLY !!

Here’s the words typed out:3

- he just has bugs w/ him constantly

-stumbles over words bc he gets so excited

- Juno hated when he did this so he was hesitant to talk about his interests at the Maitland/Deetz household at first— Lydia would encourage him bc she genuinely wanted to hear bug facts— now Bj rambles about bugs w/o hesitation

- Lydia & Bj go bug hunting often— she’ll photograph some bugs while he shares facts

- Bj try’s bringing bugs inside the house a lot (Charles hates this and makes him put them back)

I think his favorite beetles would be the ten-lined June beetle and the Colorado potato beetle(yes bc of the stripes) !!!

[music4-ls]

How Beetlejuice would act when he is in love? 🕸️

;; That man would be so.. Head over heels for the person he loves, fr. ¦🕸️

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BJ is the type of guy who wouldn't confess so easily

Yet, he tries to give a little hints to say "yk what, i love you" but in his language it would be like:

"lookin' good hotstuff." "ya should get naked rn" well, in general he would be so much flirty

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Head over heels for ya, that's for sure.

He wouldn't tell that, yet he likes to touch you (not in perverted way...yet-)

BJ always would do something to at least touch your arm or something

Like, he would playfully poke your arm

"what? Just messing with ya!"

̶B̶J̶ ̶w̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶d̶a̶y̶d̶r̶e̶a̶m̶ ̶a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶w̶e̶d̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶h̶e̶ ̶w̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶s̶m̶i̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶l̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶i̶d̶i̶o̶t̶ ̶

You would playfully ruffle his hair, he would tell you to stop

Yet, he likes ̶L̶o̶v̶e̶s̶ it.

He often imagines himself cuddling up with you,

Totally not paying attention when you two talk, he would be busy thinking how sweet your voice is, or how good you look.

No matter what body type you have - he will love you.

I mean, he's a chubby man himself, if you were like him, hell! He would love you even more

Gosh. You love him so much, and he loves to to moon and back.

[dustykneed]

what if i drew myself stress relief musical sapphics.... what then....

can you tell i've been. hmmm. stressed this week LMAO (anyways if you recognise these pairs like that's awesome and you're so cool genuinely! but this is so self indulgent who am i kidding xDD)

[bratmobiler]

HEY!!! HEY THEATRE KID!!!

tell me some of your musical theatre opinions!!! popular, unpopular, hot takes, headcanons, anything!!! i want to know!!

[acrylicqueen]

A couple months ago my girlfriend and I finished a document that explains the lore of what we've been calling our "Beetlejuice Canon" (essentially an altered version of Beetlejuice's universe that blends the cartoon and the musical in a unique way.) I haven't shared it anywhere until now, which is wild because I typically love sharing stuff like this.

It's not a fanfic or anything, but it goes fairly in-depth about characters, environments, relationships, etc. I figure there must be SOMEONE who likes reading this kind of stuff, right? So, here it is for those people.

[quenga-do-nordeste]

I painted... what's worth trying, right?

This man has been watching her painting clay jars for hours with a silly smile on his face and hearts all around.