#damaged lizbert

[sugary-spider]

I EDITED AND FIXED UP DAMAGED AU LIZBERT CAUSE SHE LOOKED FUNKY!!!

The beast ever

[illusion133]

Grumpus Headcanon: Claws

Some Headcanons about the different types of claws I gave them

Filbo - Normal painted claws that are easy to damage but are quite sharp. These claws retract under the skin of the grumpus.

Wambus - Long claws that are good for digging dirt. It may seem helpful but it can be an annoyance from time to time since he can accidentally scratch himself or other grumpuses. These claws retract halfway and can grow fast if left unchecked. ( he hates cutting his nails)

Beffica - Sharp and thin claws that can easily slice through hard materials like metal. these claws can also be an annoyance if she wants to scratch her fur. these claws cannot retract.

Gramble - Small and round claws that may not look harmful but they are enough to break through the skin underneath the fur. these claws can be seen through Gramble's fur since he plucked his fur out due to stress.

Triffany - slightly curled Claws are actually the bones that can break out from underneath the tip of her paws. these claws will retract once the skin heals and it slightly hurts.

Wiggle - Very short claws that are only visible due to them being painted green. These claws are harmless and will not hurt any Grump.

Chandlo - Long Like claws that are like wambus but he actually cuts them down or trims them so he doesn't hurt Snorpy. these claws however are not retractable.

Snorpy - Broken Sharp claws from biting them off due to stress. these claws hurt to retract due to the sharp edges around them.

Cromdo - Thick and curly like claws that are used for gripping onto walls or surfaces he can reach. These claws are hard to break but hard to retract back in.

Shelda - Very thin and easy fragile claws. They take a while to retract and She allows them to grow healthy.

Floofty - Long and very sharp painted claws that can dig through someones entire body. Floofty usually scratches at the table when working on something and they cant retract these claws.

Eggabell - short pink painted claws that can lightly scratch a grumpus. these claws can be retracted and she keeps them trimmed everyday.

Lizbert - Damaged and sharp claws from all the adventures and hunting she would do. She has broken a few nails or more but she is proud of it because it shows all her hard work.

Clumby - Sharp, thin, and thick claws that are enough to dig through her desk and everytime she wants the journalist to pay attention she grabs her chalkboard and scratches it a lot. She does not retract them.

Bronica - She doesn't use her claws often but her claws can break out from her paws. though since her claws are longer and more sharper than dull. it makes her bleed a bit.

Alegander - He doesn't have time to cut his claws and they have grown all the way down to his sides along with his messy fur. somebody give this man nail clippers.

[bugswapau]

Interview Wambus!

Time to ask the farmer a few questions.

“Have time for an interview?”

Oh, sure! Sounds like a real hoot!

“Who are you?”

Oh, I write about and plant sauces around town! Usually you only find random plants or weeds here, but this island is a agriculturalist’s paradise!

“Uh… And your name…?”

Aw, jeez, right, my name! I’m Wambus Troubleham!

“Why come to Snaktooth Island?”

When I heard about the expedition, I reckoned I may as well keep plantin’ fruits and veggies for the rest of my life... or really broaden my horizons. Follow in my pa’s footsteps!

“Who’s your ‘pa’?”

Ya mighta heard of Griffith Troubleham? He was a chef, as intrepid an adventurer as Eggabell. Our old home was filled to the brim with his family recipes, n’ he passed on his love of cooking to me. Bless his heart!

“Thoughts on Bugsnax?”

Ain’t they really somethin’ else? There’re Bugsnax paintings here that date back a thousand years. The Grumpus civilization rises, falls and gets lost to time, but the Bugsnax are still here. They’re walkin’ archives of everything here!

“Why did you leave town?”

I didn’t leave, per se. More-so just stopped comin’ back. I wasn't even there when the fight broke out! Imagine my reaction when I found Triffany red with anger, ready to claw at Wiggle's throat.

“Is that why you and Triffany split?”

No, no, it's more complicated than that. I really did wanted her to go with me to my farm. But she wouldn't give up her dig site, not even for me. Hmph… What a bonehead!

“Any info on Eggabell?”

Charmin’ young lady, that Eggabell! We rarely met in town at the same time... N’ when we did, it was usually in the medical tent, while Lizbert patched us up. We told each other what we had discovered n’ compared the worst our scars had to offer!

“Jeez! You two got injured that often?”

No adventure is without danger! Well, farmin’ is much less risky, but the Troublehams have pretty unconventional methods. This never sat well with Liz. She hated it when people got hurt, ‘specially when it happened to Egg.

“What happened to Eggabell?”

Y’know, in a place like this there's a good chance you'll fall into a hole or get stuck in a crevasse here or there. Especially with all’a the earthquakes that shake the island… I’d hate to be a Debbie Downer, but it could be a thousand years before anyone finds out what happened to Eggabell.

“Thanks, Wambus. I learned a lot!”

Aw, shucks! Yer too kind! I’m just happy to chip in n’ solve a mystery or two. Oh! And speakin’ of which…

“You have something for me? Did you figure something out?”

Sure thing! Eggabell hid a spare journal in the ruins for safekeeping. I can’t open it without damaging what's inside. I reckon you'll have better luck than me. Anyhoo, sorry for jabberin’ yer ear off! I'd better get back to work, eh?

[orb-the-watchman]

There are a bunch of balls bouncing around the walls in my brain. the “I really want Brichbam and Lizbert to interact somehow” ball and the “I’ve been listening to a lot more Euro beat lately” ball have just violently crashed into each other causing catastrophic damage

[pikapikabloom]

Made an interview skit with Fluffster! (Just to expand leaves more)

(read under the cut)

Interview Fluffster!

Have time for an interview?

"Oh an interview? Well I am on break so I have enough time for one."

Starts Interview

Who are you?

"Um.. My name is Fluffster Sparkleston, and I study the Bugsnax and how they interact with their ecosystems from their behaviors, physical characteristics, and how we grumpuses impact their habitat." (They claps their sleeves together happily as they said that)

➡️ Oh! So like an entomologist?

(Looks at the journalist questionably) "No??? I don't think so???? Entomologists are grumpuses that study insects in the branch of zoology. I'm a certified zoologist... I guess."

I see, apologies. Why come to Snaktooth?

(Looks down and shuffles leaves feet) "Well...um... Some famous guest coming to visit the campus and she came to me and a few of my *ahem* "colleagues" and told us about this big trip to the island, then she gave us a card and told us to give her a call. They all thought it was all a scam or a big joke but I thought different and decided to give her a call."

➡️ Thought different? How so?

"Well, the concept of creatures that are half-bug and half-snax sounds very unrealistic in common sense. But I kept thinking to myself "What if there more species beyond the average common animals we all see? Could there be a possibility of new life beyond our land" You really don't get a chance in finding new variety of animals, so the thought of different breeds on an isolated location have to be something worth knowing- Ah! Sorry about the ramble."

No worries! Thoughts on Bugsnax?

"Oh them. Well by physical appearance they look cute and has big eyes like I do, and when consumed it changes the consumer's body parts into the snax they ate, Floofty called it snakification. And by my personal observations I came to an inference that Bugsnax are just like regular old bugs but that when through periods of evolution due to the isolation that went through on the island, whatever chemicals that come from this place must have affected their DNA in a way that it also affected them physically!"

Why did you leave town?

"It's not like I even left at all but it's more like I couldn't go back. I was still in Sugarpine Woods stuck on top of ledge of one of the mountains cause I wanted to get a closer look at a Cinnasnail, fortunately I was able to find a cave system and decided to camp in there. Then Snorpy and Chandlo found me and Snorpy gave me a ladder if I wanted to get down."

➡️ Why couldn't you use it sooner?

(Glares a bit at the journalist) "Well I like to see you try to get down from a height that could give you serious damage!"

➡️ You mentioned earlier that you couldn't go back to town. Did you left when the fight was happening or after it happened?

"Hmm... It was when it was happenimg. Having two friends fight each other was bad enough but the whole having to fight was just too much! Especially when the number of your group is an odd number, someone gotta be used as the second opinion. I didn't want to be used like that again so I left for the woods and stayed at the mountain cave. I did had plans on coming back but when the earthquake happened it was best for me to stay there."

Any info on Lizbert?

"Info on Lizbert? Well she's gray, she's 6'10", she wears a pink scarf and a brown hat, she's in a relationship with Eggabell, she's in her late-20s, she has a chip on her tooth, we both chatted now and then whenever she had the time to see my research, and she was the one who came to my campus as the famous guest!"

➡️ But any info on her disappearance?

"Ohhhh that! From what I've heard she and Eggabell had an argument about something and they both left together. I assume they both got kidnapped and being held for hostage but we just hadn't got the note yet but that's just a theory."

Okay, well thanks anyway Fluffster! Guess your break is over now.

"Yeah, time really does fly when you do these things. But wait! Before I go I want you to have the ladder, if you're at any place above ground level that should come in handy."

(Fluffster has given you the retractable rooe ladder)

[wulfums]

grabbing gusher like a squeaky toy... give us the gush lore!!!

I cant tell if 'gush lore' is the Best Phrase Ever or the Worst Phrase Ever but I love it

1. what are the basics of your self insert? name, date of birth, height, etc.?

Gusher is middle-aged(But dye's his fur to make himself look younger.) His full name is Crusher Gusher (He becomes Crusher Gusher-Face after marrying his beloved Cromdo)! He is notably short- shorter than Cromdo. He's a trans guy and he has an ileostomy! He also has non-visible nerve damage on his leg. He would be voiced by Dana Snyder.

2. when in canon does your self insert come in? do you have a scene in mind for your entrance?

He went with the initial expedition! The short version of it is- He used to be a celeb due to his gimmick of crushing soda cans in his mouth and drinking them that way- he was in a lot of soda advertisements because of this. He injured his TMJ badly enough to where he can't do that anymore, but his ad agency and him agreed to continue faking it. It was revealed that he was faking it and the ad agencys quickly dropped him due to the scandal- he Just wanted to get away from everything and everyone- he as VERY overwhelmed. He was convinced that without this ability, no one would ever want to be around him again, because he's always been the "Hey let's invite the guy from the Grumpy-D Commercials who crushes cans to this party!" so without that- he thought he had nothing.

3. how do the other characters generally feel about your self insert?

Lizbert - I think Lizbert generally liked Crusher- she found his enthusiasm(Even if it was obviously fake at times) to be delightful and was happy to have him along.

Eggabell - She was honestly worried about Crusher coming along, due to his disabilities, but she was also very confident in her ability to keep him healthy. She was also VERY thankfuly that, unlike SOME grumps, Crusher avoids risks at all costs so he generally wouldn't be injured. She did regular check-ups to make sure his stoma was healthy!

Filbo - As with everyone, Filbo is nice to him and tries to be encouraging! Sadly, Crusher is mean to him- mostly out of jealously because HE wanted to be mayor but like...objectively? He'd be so bad at it. I think he grows to respect Filbo as time goes on but also he's not above throwing ketchup on Filbo in a Bunger infested area if he gets too annoying...

Wambus - I think Wambus finds Crusher annoying- basically a second Cromdo but a little less sleazy. Even though everyone else generally finds Crusher charismatic, Wambus just sees through it and doesn't fall for it.

Gramble - Gramble just stays away from Crusher- Crusher fed him a bugsnak in his sleep once and he's never forgiven him, especially because Crusher's reason was, and I quote, "It was funny"

Wiggle - Crusher just isn't a fan of Wiggle banjo-pop, which she finds frustrating. Especially when he says that he prefers Nightcore...

Cromdo - Crusher was originally Cromdo's business partner on the island- the charismatic one of the team. But they ended up falling in love with each other- becoming basically inseparable. When everyone left, Crusher went with Cromdo hoping maybe they could have some romantic alone time....until they realized all the other spots were taken and they were relegated to the desert....Crusher was NOT happy about this. Cromdo at least built the windmills so it wasn't as bad for his boyfriend, which Crusher appreciates. Though it does get very cold there at night, so at least they can warm each other up :smirk:

Chandlo - I think Crusher just doesn't like him much for a while- not even for any particular reason. But after Chandlo fully offers to make a bigger hut so that Crusher and Cromdo can be in the same one...he warms up to him and finds his kindness genuine.

Snorpy - I feel like Crusher and Snorpy want each other dead and refuse to speak to each other. I think, eventually, they start warming up to each other but...Crusher is still kind of an asshole to him. Autism on Autism violence.

Floofty - Crusher is alright with Floofty- they are dating his niece in law after all. Though he wishes that Floofty would stop asking to do experiments relating to Bugsnax and his ostomy- its usually alright but he has limited supplies on the island (Until Floofty, somehow, engineers an ostomy bag that never needs to be changed...)

Shelda - I just. Think Crusher has no interest in talking to her. He spaces out frequently and I think she wants him dead for that.

Triffany - Crusher pretends to know what the hell she's talking about despite...not...but he DOES think dead things are cool which is good enough for Triffany. She is always happy to give Cromdo and Crusher relationship advice as well!

Beffica- They WERE friends at first, loving to gossip....until Crusher found out that she is the one who broke the story about him faking the can crushing. Now they are at war. Beffica is Constnatly trying to get dirt on Crusher and Cromdo and ends up very surprised that they are, in fact, actually very good to each other.

4. would you be considered a main character, side character, villain, or something else?

Side character! He isn't super prominent.

5. does your self insert have any special powers or abilities?

He's super gay!

6. does your self insert have any pets?

No but he likes to stick straws into Pineantulas and suck their insides out as a smoothie.

7. would any other characters (besides your f/o) have a crush on your self insert?

He's with Cromdo for life basically- after they get together they're inseparable and really important to each other. Cromdo would do anything to protect Crusher- and he DOES.

8. what is your self insert’s orientation? GAY.

9. who are your self insert’s closest friends?

I think he generally just stays around Cromdo. He has a hard time socializing now that his One gimmick is gone.

10. how do the other characters feel about your self insert and f/o’s relationship?

To be honest, I think everyone is extremely surprised how well these two go together. They're both assholes and selfish but...they want nothing but the best for each other and would do ANYTHING for each other- even if that meant fucking everyone else over. They also clearly have no idea what they're doing (Crusher has never been in a relationship and this relationship is much, MUCH different than Cromdo's past ones) so they frequently get advice from the other island residents.

11. what kind of outfit(s) does your self insert wear?

He wears a spiked collar(The collar itself is leather but the spikes are actually plush and squishy.) and his ostomy bag!

12. how would the fandom view your character?

I think he would be pretty well liked- everyone likes him so far !!

13. does your self insert have any information about their family?

He does not- he has trauma related to his dad and he will not talk abt it with anyone But Cromdo.

14. what hobbies does your self insert have?

He is a big fan of food- and he truly Loves to dance. He also loves to stream on Tiktok and Twitch.

15. how does your self insert play a role in the plot of the story? do they help directly defeat the villain, support the heroes, etc.?

Well he helps the same amount that the other grumpuses do! He doesn't go to Broken Tooth.

16. freebie! name a fact about your self insert you want everyone to know.

He's autistic and gets the Bugsnax names stuck in his echolalia frequently.

[craftpunktabby]

I have a terrible idea for Junbie and The Journalist. From the start Junbie isn't really interested in eating bugsnax. She washed up on the island with food and find the bugsnax more cute than appetizing. So until her food supply runs out and she has to start eating bugsnaxs she isn't going to pick snaxs over her snacks. She does share her food with Shelda, Gramble, and The Journalist, but they try to take as little as possible since they don't want to take food from a kid and the first 2 reaaaaally don't want her to eat bugsnaxs. However the one situation she will eat bugsnaxs is if The Journalist or some other adult figure feeds it to her since she trusts them and doesn't want to be rude. So that's going to make the reveal at the end worse. Especially since The Journalist was giving Junbie Bugsnax as a gift to cheer her up because they feel guilty about not helping her get home. They're going to take her with them when they finish up their job, but it's taking much longer than expected and due to the language barrier they can't tell what is going on in her mind. If she's actually cheerful and doing okay or if she's pretending to. Junbie is actually doing okay. She got the jist that she will be getting off the island with The Journalist, but thinks they're temporarily stranded due to their airship being damaged and not because they're searching for Lizbert. She thinks they've been leaving everyday to go fix it.

[snaxsquatch]

[Spoilers for the game]

Including both the story and game, Filbo survives...

Setting Snaxburg on fire more than once

Everyone fighting & hating on him

Eating a poisonous flower that made him throw up and go blind (he doesn't suffer consequences for this)

Falling into a hole (which he somehow climbs out of) (again, no consequences (don't Grumpuses have bones?))

Almost starving to death

Being hit full force by a Bunger and getting thrown over a few dozen meters head first into a tree (dude, your spine)

Getting "dizzy" off paint

Lizbert and Eggabell's house collapsing on him & the Journalist & Shelda

Falling into a collapsing cave (with Eggabell and the Journalist) and being attacked by the Snax monster

Being thrown out of said collapsing cave full force (alongside the Journalist) from Frosted Peak (?) back to Flavor Falls

Dropping off from Wambus's old farm to lower Garden Cove (he doesn't react to this at all, keeps walking and talking as normal) while making his way back to Snaxburg (that or Grumpuses just don't have fall damage)

The takeover of Snaxburg by the Bugsnax and its collapse (which, in the case of the bad ending, no one else but him and the Journalist does (which yes, makes sense because he was warned by Lizbert, but I feel like the others were also warned by the earthquakes and Bugsnax attacking them & their partner))

hence, I present to you, my headcannon:

Filbo is god and cannot die

Thank you.

[clouddander]

At the start of the game you get knocked off your boat but it some how lands gently near Snaxburg with minimal damage? That could've been because of Lizbert. Liz knew the boat everyone originally arrived on was destroyed and the journalist's boat was their only chance. Now she was def ramming her head against the wall with how long it took for everyone to take the hint and get the grump outta there tho.

[hyper-fixator]

The second one to actually be made was another oc but I don't wanna bore yall with oc's so Im going to get in with the nitty gritty and talk about the first canon character I monster'ed considering that the first bugsnax you catch and feed to someone is strabby, and to filbo. Filbo would be the very first to do this with.

Filbo's main goal is to help. Above all. His issues are related to self confidence and to helping, he's the classic golden retriever tutorial character that guides you and yet cant seem to help anyone else, or stop accidently commiting arson with hotdogs. So I made him able to help, kept his status as a guide/tutorial/golden retriever, and stop 'inconveniencing' others.

As named by some friends on a bugsnax discord, Filbush. Filbush is rooted to the ruined fireplace in the middle of snaxburg, his lower half has been turned into a mass of vines so tightly packed that they appear more to be a trunk, this mass leads to the torso of our pal filbo, the plant growth weaves in and out of skin and appear to also be what's keeping his arms outstretched and ridgid at his sides. His teeth themselves are strawberries, wilted, mushy, splattered with juice thanks to the years he's spent talking to himself. The leaves on either side of or above him produces s near endleds supply of strawberries, even if thered no use for them to be eaten anymore.

He is one of the only non hostile residents of snaktooth, though he actually gives you survial tips and would also be your save point. His tips would be the behaviors and locations of the other snaxburg residents as well as small filler comments about the town/people itself/themselves. The only downside is that filbo is just as cheerfull and dismissive as he always is. And his tips are more of something you have to look into and understand because the island (and himself) have warped his thoughts and perceptions to see everything as fine.

As to why, why is he a Bush? Why no use of arms or legs, the bodyhorror id okay but what about mentality?

Filbo wants to help, he's always wanted to help, he came to snaktooth to help Lizbert set up, he asks every person on the island what exactly he can do to help them and most times they brush him off. Yet even with a cheerfull personality Filbo also sees himself as flawed. Clumsy, incompetent, he's committed arson on the town! So the island helps. It takes away his ability to fall, to trip, to wander and bother, it takes away his ability to hurt, to cause pain, to damage. It makes him into someone that can help.

Also! Here's some artistic pieces that friend @scalysunbather did of filbush, and their character cocomite head

[sugary-spider]

I want these icons to get insanely more popular then the first ones because I hope you ALL know its canon that filbo and lizbert took an bite out of her hat. Anywags gn chat

Plot twist axel fucking ACTUALLY redesgins their damaged au snaxcast 💔💔

[poliel]

Head Games Chapter 4/4: Truth

The party was a flop. No one wanted to dance or even mingle in a group, instead pairing off with their usual people or hanging out alone. If Buddy tried, they could perhaps convince at least some of the group to join Filbo in his attempt to ‘cheer everyone up’ as he’d put it. But… they didn’t feel up to trying to pretend everything was mostly okay any longer.

Beffica was right, they were a coward. Keeping Floofty’s death a secret was wrong and their reasoning for doing so was selfish. Everyone, especially Snorpy, had a right to know. But… but… after all the lies how could Buddy possibly bring it up and tell the truth now? … Well, Beffica’s note hadn’t placed a time frame on when they needed to tell, just said before they left Snaktooth, right? So, they could wait until right before they…

“Hey Bestie.” Beffica put ever so slightly more strain on the word, subtle enough that anyone else listening to it might not pick up on the fact that something was wrong. She sat down on the log bench next to them as they averted their gaze back to staring at the ground. “This party’s a real flop, huh? Not as bad as the first one but still.”

“Yeah.”

“Everyone is gathered though, even Snorpy showed up. So it might be a good time to like make an announcement and tell everyone something they should know. Or like, I don’t know, tell one person privately and then everyone else or whatever. However, you might theoretically want to do it. Assuming, you know, you had anything like that that you needed to say.”

“You’re not be very subtle.” And if someone over heard and asked what they were talking about Buddy might have no choice but to come clean lest Beffica do so for them which would be worse.

“You know, I overheard Snorpy whispering to Chandlo earlier about a kidnapping and possible rescue mission. They’re thinking about grabbing you and sneaking off during this party to investigate or something. They might decide to go off on their own though if they can’t get you to come with them. What do you think they might find?”

Buddy couldn’t pretend that that wasn’t a problem, could they? Nor could they pretend that continuing to let Snorpy have false hope, especially to the point of letting him waste his time like that, wouldn’t be wrong. They never should’ve lied. … Well really, they never should’ve pressed that button or let Floofty set up the machine or lie down on it. It was their fault and… they needed to come clean. But…

“I can’t yet. There’s, uh… a door up on Frosted Peak. I’m trying to figure out how to open it because I think Lizbert might be on the other side. I might need help doing that so… I can’t have everyone mad at me yet… you know?” Another excuse, any three grumps could open the door once Eggabell figured it out, they just wanted to be part of it. But the damage of lying and delaying had already been done, a little bit longer wouldn’t add any extra hurt or wrongness to it, right?

Beffica groaned. Before she could say anything, degrading them or in threat of coming clean for them, Buddy continued. “I will go do something about Snorpy’s plans though.” Still avoiding looking at her, they stood up. Before they could take more than a single hurried step away though, the ground rumbled and shook mightily, knocking them off their feet. Seems the world didn’t want them to tell the truth right now anyway. Luck was on their side for once, they had an actual valid excuse to put it off a bit longer.

*Later, during the escape sequence*

In the surprisingly competent paws of Filbo, the airship steadied as it rose higher in the air away from Snaktooth. Despite seemingly everything being stacked against them they’d all gotten safely on the ship and were basically home free. Everyone had made it aboard too. Now all they had to do was...

“Wait, wait,” Snorpy shouted from his spot at the railing, breaking the stunned silence following their rescue at Lizbert and Eggabell’s paws. “Pull her back down, Filbo. Floofty’s still down there somewhere… perhaps… hopefully.”

“Oh, uh, I don’t know how likely it is that they’re still…” Despite the doubt in his voice as he trialed off, Filbo changed course back towards the island.

“We gotta look though,” Chandlo said from his usual spot next to Snorpy. “Egg and what looked an awful lot like Liz turned out to be all right so Floofty might be too, right? So we gotta at least…”

Buddy couldn’t allow this to continue, not with how dangerous bugsnax had just proven themselves to be. “They’re dead! Don’t go back. It’d be just… putting ourselves into danger for no reason.”

“We can’t know that for sure,” Triffany said. “I feel we owe it to them to at least try to…”

“No! I… I…” They were getting closer to Snaktooth. How close before the Mothra Supreme came back to harass them again? Possibly knock them out of the sky, dooming them all. Was Filbo a good enough pilot to avoid that fate? “I was there when they died. I killed them.”

The airship lurched as Filbo jerked the wheel, not a big lurch but enough to surprise Buddy into losing their balance and fall as their spot in the middle of the ship didn’t provide them with anything to grasp onto. As they righted themself it was under the shocked looks everyone had turned towards them with. They all looked at them with various expression of shock and surprise. Except for Beffica of course who gave them a nod, it’s meaning hard to guess.

Snorpy broke the silence again, stepping towards them. “What do you mean you killed them?”

Buddy flinched but resisted the urge to take a step back. “It was an accident! Or uh… an experiment. They were testing to see if bugsnax could grow their head back if they had a machine cut it off. They asked me to help and I… I pressed the button. … Their head didn’t grow back. And then I hid all the evidence and lied about it because I’m a coward.” They wanted to say more, explain just how sure Floofty had seemed about it working. How they’d trusted Floofty to be right in their hypothesis. How if it had worked, that’d be a great scientific discovery, opening the door to many things that could help a lot of people. None of that really mattered though, did it? Especially since part of the reason they’d gone along with it was the selfish desire for a good story. And so instead they stood in silence, watching Snorpy’s expression change as he processed the news.

“They’re… they’re… really dead?” he eventually asked in a horrified whisper.

Buddy nodded. “I’m sorry.”

“And you didn’t grumping tell us?!” Chandlo was almost yelling. “All this time that’s Floofty’s been missing and we were worrying about them and looking for them but they’ve been dead this whole time. And not only did you know you helped cause it and then you didn’t tell anyone. What the grump is wrong with you? I thought you were cool, dawg.”

Buddy could explain how they were worried that the news would cause strife that would make it harder to find Lizbert or possibly result in the town breaking up again but it didn’t matter. So they just stood there in silence instead, staring at their feet. If they weren’t on an airship flying high above the ocean, they’d have run away. Technically they still could but… even if they probably deserved it, they couldn’t bring themselves to do that kind of running away.

“You’ve been one of them this whole time, haven’t you?” Snorpy was mad now too. It was probably an easier emotion to handle than grief and was well warranted. “I should’ve trusted my instinct about you when you first showed up at our cabin. This never would’ve happened if I had. How dare you…”

“Snorpy,” Chandlo interrupted, his voice softer, “let’s go. They’re not worth our time.”

Snorpy made a wordless sound of distress and anger, intense to enough to pull Buddy’s gaze off the deck and to his face. He was visually struggling not to cry and failing. Chandlo took his arm. He looked for a second like he was going to resist but instead, let Chandlo lead him away to the ship’s cabin. Presumably for privacy but definitely to get away from Buddy. A good idea; being around Buddy even to yell at them some more wasn’t likely to do him any real good even if they deserved it.

With the two of them gone, closing the cabin door behind themselves, a heavy silence settled over the deck once more. Everyone was still staring at Buddy. Seemingly no one else knew what to say next, neither did Buddy. What more even could be said other than how stupid they were for going with Floofty’s plan and how cowardly and awful they were for hiding the truth for so long?

Cromdo finally let out a low whistle. “Wow, this is gonna be an awkward flight back to the mainland, huh?”

Yep so hopefully it would be fast. Then Buddy could flee from all this and never think of it again. Not that they could ever escape the guilt of being a killer or how they’d lied about it for so long to people who they considered to be friends. At least they’d finally come clean and maybe, just maybe, they felt a bit better for it. No longer weighed down by the knowledge that they should tell, that everyone had a right to know the truth. It wasn’t much but they’d take what little comfort they could get.

And at least everyone else was safe. Buddy had helped get everyone else on board the ship. Not that their heroism made up for their crimes but it was something at least, right? They hadn’t caused the death of anyone else. But yeah, this was gonna be a long, uncomfortable ride back to the mainland no matter the length of time it actually lasted. Nothing else to do but settle in and do their best to give the people their actions had hurt the most as much space as possible.

[thegalleonsnest]

HC Gramble & Wiggle Sibling Dynamic

Hey, I wanted to follow up on my last post that had some good old Gramble & Wiggle art. So basically, I headcanon that Gramble & Wiggle’s relationship is way more akin to a sibling dynamic; mainly on the account of their large age gap (Gramble is in his early 20s while Wiggle is in her late 30s). I’m mainly basing this HC off my own personal experience since I have siblings with large gaps, so this whole thing just makes sense to me.

Of course, I am also using what info I could gather from the game and the characters backstories to come to this HC. So to fully explain, I will have to spoil a lot of Gramble & Wiggle’s backstories and their relationship in game to really get my point across. If you wanna read into my reasoning, keep on going. Otherwise, enjoy the HC.

Ok, let’s get started: Gramble

Gramble is a love starved young man who has been emotionally damaged due to his family abandoning him (which is never fully explained, but take what you will). Because of this, when he heard that Lizbert was going to start a new community on Snaxtooth, he found this to be the perfect opportunity to start a new life with a new “family”.

To me, this entire set up and reasoning isn’t to go find “the one” or anything like that, but to build a new life with new people he could consider his own family that accepts him for who he is & receive that familial affirmation. Of course in that process, he ends up becoming the head rancher for his own Bugsnax barn, and begins relying more on his little ones for emotional support (which we know won’t help him in the long run cause duh, they're parasites).

Now for Wiggle.

Wiggle comes into the picture and is basically one of the few people who sticks with Gramble, even when she let’s her Bugsnax addiction get the better of her and takes advantage of him. Gramble knows what she’s doing, but he’s too love starved to sever his connection with her or properly call her out on it. I do think there is a hint of truth in Wiggle’s interview where she genuinely cares for Gramble, but she's so fixated on her muse journey and Bugsnax, she loses sight of herself and her bond with Gramble. When they escape the island, Wiggle finally sees Gramble for who he is and not just a snax vendor to smooch off from for “inspiration”.

With all that considered

She’s interesting and flawed, and because of her relationship dynamic in game, I feel as though she would come to heavily regret the stuff she’s done to Gramble. From manipulation to even letting on the idea of dating her, (which as far as we know, never came to pass). Being wracked with guilt, Wiggle would apologize to Gramble for her behavior and what she did to him back on Snaxtooth, although it would not be immediately but at some point after. After Snaxtooth, she would slowly begin to stay by Gramble’s side more and look out for him, bringing out a big sister role in herself. She’s wants the respend the time she wasted on Snaxtooth with him to be more meaningful and to help guide him when there’s trouble.

I imagine these two would be hanging out almost all the time being way more honest, and getting up to some goofy stuff. Taking advantage of the studio green screens & equipment, playing games, watching some garbage dating shows, shooting the shit every now and then. Maybe even help each other out with their parties/social activities.

Of course no sibling-like relationship is perfect, so there could be occasional spats about "who was right" in a situation and teasing each other. It would take a serious conflict to really break this duo's trust in each other.

Gramble & Wiggle are so closely connected like siblings despite the age gap; they both found a familial love that was desperately needed in both their lives. I also still consider the rest of the Snaxburg gang to be relatively close, acting as his new family (and I basically agree with a lot of other people’s HCs like Wambus & Triffany acting like the parents cause that’s just cute & they’ve always been parents in my eyes anyway lol). 

They’ve gotten a much more tightly knitted relationship because of what happened and what they’ve done, so it makes sense for them to really reflect and reconsider their relationships when they get off of Snaxtooth and look at the bigger picture. 

And that bigger picture is big sibling energy lol.

[shwoo]

I've actually spent an unreasonable amount of time thinking about this, though more about preferred type or gimmick than signature team, so!

Cromdo - Fire (He likes spicy food. Not Dark type because being a con artist isn't something he's actually interested in)

Beffica - Psychic (She likes finding out people's secrets, and also likes cuteness and the colour pink)

Chandlo - Fighting (Heavily physical strength themed)

Eggabell - Egg-themed Pokemon (Anything that can learn Soft-Boiled or Egg Bomb in at least one generation) (Wasn't sure about this, but I think there's four Pokemon that fit that criteria other than Mew, and for a gimmick, that's just enough)

Filbo - Normal (He has an average design, claims to not really have any particular skills, and you find him in the first proper area in the game)

Floofty - They are interested in Pokemon that display extreme phenotypic plasticity, particularly when this plasticity is induced by quantifiable environmental factors (Pokemon with lots of forms, but not so much the stuff that just involves using a certain item or move) (They're a biologist who seems particularly focused on body modification and shapeshifting)

Gramble - Bug (Already treats Bugsnax more like Pokemon than the other characters do. Bug trainers are also seen as kind of weird in-universe, like he's seen for trying to train Bugsnax at all)

Journalist - Flying (This is kind of a stretch, but they do have a flying boat, and better reach with their tools than most of the cast. Otherwise I'm not sure.)

Lizbert - Dragon (She seems like the type to use something rare, strong, and difficult)

Shelda - Fairy (Went back and forth on this, because religion is more associated with Ghost than Fairy in the Pokemon games, but her specific religion is more like Fairy's natural world focus than Ghost's spirits focus)

Snorpy - Steel (He's defensive, and likes metallurgy)

Triffany - Ground (Also considered Ghost for her, but Ground is also death themed, and Ghost is at least as much about living objects than dead things. Also this way she can have a Cubone and fit the theme still)

Wambus - Grass (Likes plants)

Wiggle - Pokemon associated with sound or dancing (She's a celebrity singer who's constantly dancing)

I haven't settled on a signature Pokemon idea for every villager, but here's about two thirds of them:

Cromdo: Volcarona, almost entirely because of Mothza Supreme. Eggabell: Would Chansey be too on the nose? Filbo: Herdier fits him well I think. Floofty: Something artificial, probably Porygon-Z or Type: Null. Gramble: Ribombee, a Bug type that stays small and cute even after it evolves. Shelda: Comfey. There's no flower crown Pokemon that I know of, but a lei Pokemon is close. Triffany: Runerigus, because it's a living ruin that needs to be damaged to evolve, or Cubone, because it's death themed, and very sad about its dead mother. Wambus: Gogoat. Goats are associated with farms and stubbornness, although I'm not sure about Gogoat itself. Wiggle: Primarina, because of its whole fashionable famous singer aesthetic. Or maybe Meloetta, since Meloetta seems to be an actual muse themed after song and dance, and if anyone had a legendary, it'd be the rich celebrity.

I guess Snorpy could have a Gigantamax Alcremie for the same reason as Cromdo and Volcarona, but Alcremie is extremely not a Steel type.

I don't think Triffany would necessarily have a fossil Pokemon, since that's more of a paleontology thing than an archaeology thing. Restoring fossils to life does sound like the kind of thing she'd be into, though.

Hey what would the Bugsnax’s crew’s signature pokemon be?

I feel Chandlo would have a Machamp

Floofty probably has a Porygon-Z

Triffany would definitely have a fossil pokemon

Idk I want your options

May or may not be asking cuz I wanna do a thing *Wink wink nudge nudge*

[craftpunktabby]

Okay, sooooo really dumb thought I had. If the ground is bugsnax and technically a living organism pretending to be dirt, is the reason there isn't any fall damage is because it softens up or changes in some way to stop the Journalist from breaking both their legs? Just imagining Lizbert getting more and more tired of changing the ground to make sure that the Journalist doesn't die from taking "short cuts".

[poliel]

Surprise Egg 10/13: They're Parasites

Filbo glanced up towards the mountain for the umpteenth time since Buddy had left town with Triffany and Eggabell. He’d already been worried but… could there be any worse place to be during a bad earthquake than on a snow-covered mountain? Probably there were a few places but not many. How far up it had the three of them been when it hit? At the top? Maybe already inside the stone doors and thus perhaps safe? An earthquake that big had to have caused an avalanche, right? So what if… No, worrying about them in general but especiallythat wasn’t helping so also for the umpteenth time, Filbo forced those thoughts out of his mind and looked away.

Having saved what had survived of Buddy’s extra store of sauces from the wreckage of the cabin – as well as his one surviving frog plushie – he turned and resumed his jog for the airship instead. Chandlo was working on fixing the hull and balloon of it while Snorpy worked on fixing engine. Everyone else had already settled into going back and forth loading the airship up with useful stuff found amongst the wreckage of the town. It didn’t feel like a lot or enough but…

“Filbo.”

He stopped turning to face Wambus as he approached.

“I’m ‘bout to head up the mountain to look for Triffy,” he continued, gesturing back towards it. “Since Buddy’s up there too I figured I might as well invite you along as well.”

Filbo would’ve loved to jump on that invitation but… “We can’t go up there. It’s too dangerous and they’re going to be trying to come back here to us. What happens if we go out and get in trouble and then they come back here and we’re not here. Then someone’s going to have to look for us and that’ll just be time wasted when we could be getting out of here. Plus we don’t know where exactly they are so if we have to search for them it should be as a party with a plan and… and a way to communicate with everyone back here.”

Wambus growled, low and deep, but it was probably just out of frustration and not actual anger at Filbo… hopefully. After a few seconds he let out a heavy, defeated sigh. “I hate it but… you’re right. We should focus on getting ready to get out of here first.”

Filbo nodded to hide his sigh of relief because he had no idea what he’d have done if Wambus had insisted on going with or without him. “If they’re not back by the time the airship is ready to leave, I’ll go with you to look for them along with whoever else wants to help us. But Triffany, Eggabell, and Buddy are some of the strongest grumps I know so I’m sure they’ll get back here probably long before we’re even ready to leave.” Because it was clearly going to take a while. “And they’ll bring Liz with them too I bet.”

“You’re awfully optimistic.”

“Yep! It’s the one thing I’m good at other than uh… messing stuff up. So it’s the only good thing I’m good at. Anyway uh… I got to go.” He turned and jogged up the hill and over to the airship.

After dropping his haul off with the other supplies, he went over to the engine which Snorpy was currently fixing. “I can uh… help with that. … Or at least should be able to, I think.”

Snorpy looked up from it to give him an understandably skeptical look. “You can?”

“Yeah. Uh… I got an airship license a while ago and while getting it I learned some basic repair stuff. I probably couldn’t uh… fix it all the way on my own or anything but I should be able to help.” Hopefully anyway.

“Hmm… very well. It’s more busted up than I thought anyway. It looks like someone rigged it to explode upon taking damage. So we’re lucky it was almost out of fuel when it did otherwise it would’ve been a lot worse.”

Surely it couldn’t actually have been rigged to explode. That was just Snorpy being Snorpy, right? … Well, it wasn’t worth dwelling on right now, fixing it was much more important. So Filbo settled down on the deck next to him. “What’s with the radio though?” he had to ask because Snorpy had set it up right next to himself and the light on it indicated it was on but… it was silent.

“It’s connected to the radio tracking device I planted on Buddy. It lets me listen to what’s going on around them.” Snorpy’s tone was casual and he didn’t even glance up from his work.

“You… planted a tracking device on Buddy? When?”

“Shortly before they convinced me to return to town.”

That was a while ago now. How often did he listen in? What all had he overheard? Did Buddy know about it? … All important questions for later. Right now though… “Can you talk to them through it? Or uh… have you heard anything from them yet?” Surely if either was the case he’d have told Filbo and everyone else by now, right? But then again it was Snorpy, he had a tendency to be weird about things sometimes so… it didn’t hurt to ask.

“I have not heard anything yet even though I’m still receiving a signal from it. My attempts to reach them have all failed as well. So either the receiver is damaged or they can’t respond.”

Filbo’s heart sank even though that didn’t have to mean anything. Snorpy had also said the receiver might be damaged. So… Buddy could still be all right. And probably was because if anyone could survive an earthquake and probably an avalanche too, it was them… right?

***

Buddy woke with a jolt as something cold and wet plopped onto their upturned face. Instinctively they shot up right, ready to spring if there was danger.

Which while there was no immediate threat… where the fuck were they? A cavern for sure. High above them was a hole clogged up with what looked and could only be snow – which was probably what had fallen on them, waking them. But… the walls, they were made of… food? A hallucination brought on by starvation? … No, Buddy didn’t feel the slightest bit hungry at the sight of any of it and the way they seemed to move, almost as if the walls were breathing, made them uneasy instead.

They were sitting a shallow puddle of pinkish water but it was clear the floor was made of food – or what looked like food – too. And of course it was also ‘breathing’. They could feel it rise and fall slightly underneath them, taking away any doubt about whether or not it was a hallucination. Ugh! What the fuck?

How had they even ended up here? … The avalanche! Had to be right, that was the last thing they remembered. And it would certainly explain why they felt like they’d been pummeled.

All right, strange unsettling surroundings or no, they needed to check if they had any real injuries. Carefully they moved every part of their body. All of it hurt but they were pretty sure nothing was broken. Next, they checked their camera, still hanging from around their neck. Its screen was cracked but… it turned on! Yes! Spending all that money on it was paying off once again, everyone who’d doubted and criticized them for spending so much could suck it.

Next, they carefully extricated their arms out of their backpack loops and pulled it around to their front. Unfortunately, all their bugsnax hunting equip was smashed to bits and barely hanging onto the hooks or gone entirely. But what about… they slid a paw into their pouch and… yeah, Sprout’s buggy ball was still in there. They pulled him out just to make sure and, yep there he was. They put him back before pulling the backpack on once more.

Now came the hard part; standing back up and finding a way out of here. Or finding Triffany and Eggabell, assuming they’d ended up down here too. Hopefully they had otherwise they were probably dead, right?

Using the nearby wall for support, Buddy carefully stood up. Even so though a wave a dizziness washed through them, blackness eating at the edges of their vision. Thankfully it passed after a several long seconds.

With a groan, they shook themself a little and looked up and around again. They were in a dead-end area, leaving them with only one tunnel to go down. So, keeping one paw on the wall even though it felt gross, to help steady themself, they started down it.

Quickly it became obvious that this was a whole cave system. With branching tunnels of various sizes, some leading to dead-ends, requiring Buddy to turn around, others seeming to go on for a while. Without any hint on if there even was a way out of here at all, let alone which direction it might be in, Buddy just kept going down any tunnel that wasn’t a dead end and didn’t taper off to be too narrow for them to easily fit. They were going in the general direction of uphill though which was either good or bad depending on if there was more likely to be an exit towards the top of the mountain or the bottom. Buddy didn’t know enough about how cave systems worked to even make an educated guess so they didn’t think too much about it – or anything else really – and just kept forcing themself onward.

~

Both the ground beneath them as well as the wall they were leaning on for support suddenly weren’t there anymore. They fell, landing on and sliding face first down a small incline. It was softer than normal ground and smooth but was still thoroughly unpleasant.

They lay stunned at the bottom of it for a few seconds before a sound of something came from somewhere above them. With soft growl they pushed themself back up, first to their paws and knees, then unsteadily to their feet.

Somehow they’d ended up in a large cavern. Bugsnax of various sorts gathered around and lined alcoves in the walls to either side. They all centered around what could only be the Queen of Bugsnax, as Wiggle would’ve declared it.

With a shiver of excitement, Buddy pulled their camera and snapped a photo of it. And then a few more as they inched closer. How dangerous was it though? Maybe they shouldn’t be…

“Ah so you’re Budlegard Fuzzypaw, the journalist, right?”

Buddy froze. It spoke and knew their name somehow! “Yep! Just call me Buddy though.” They zoomed their camera in on the Megamaki like neck and the grumpus shape they’d been a bit too distracted by the rest of the being to notice before now at the end of it. “How’d you know…” Wait was that…

***

“Lizbert!” Filbo said at the same time as Buddy over the radio because he’d recognize her voice anywhere. Hearing both their voices confirmed once and for all they were both okay! That was the best news Filbo had heard in what felt like forever. Now if only they could hear him but Buddy hadn’t responded to any of his and Snorpy’s attempts to reach them, indicating their receiver wasbroken. But being able to hear them and know they were both alive was more than enough for Filbo for now.

“Yep,” Lizbert said with what almost sounded like a sigh. She went on but…

“Yo, is that Lizbert on the radio?” Chandlo asked, his loud voice drowning her out as he stepped closer to the radio and Filbo and Snorpy kneeling it. Filbo was almost a little tempted to growl at him.

“Yes,” Snorpy answered. “Now hush please, we’re trying to listen. But tell the others, I suspect we might be about to get some important information.”

“Got it,” Chandlo said in a whisper and salute before backing away. It wasn’t long before everyone was gathered around to listen to Buddy’s conversation with Liz.

***

Buddy almost couldn’t believe they’d finally found Lizbert. Surely it had to be a starvation combined with sleep deprivation fever dream of sorts, right? Perhaps they were slowly suffocating under a mound of snow and this was just their mind taunting them with the goal they’d suffered so long searching for before it shut off.

Though did they even care if it was a dying dream? … Probably not as much as they should’ve. Regardless… “I need to interview you.”

“Are you joking?” She asked, her voice incredulous.

“I didn’t come all the way here for nothing.” Regardless of the danger, they’d been through far too much to get here; starvation, sleep deprivation, unknowingly carrying the egg and then birthing it alone in the middle of Sizzling Sands, all the various beatings, bruisings, and burns they’d taken from the aggressive bugsnax around the island and now they’d survived being run over by a dang avalanche too. Far, far too much for them to leave off here.

Liz sighed and opened her mouth to respond but before she could something behind Buddy drew her attention. The Megamaki tendril holding her grumpus form shifted upwards. “Triffany?”

Buddy turned to see that Triffany had indeed found her way in into the cavern. Awesome, she was still alive which meant Eggabell likely was too. Naturally she was looking around mystified with a dawning look of excitement on her face as she came closer. “Oh wow, this place is… Lizbert!? Is that really you?”

“Yeah. It’s me.”

“How did… Oh, hi Buddy!” She smiled as she reached them. “It’s great to see you’re okay. Or… still alive if nothing else. Anyway Lizbert! What is this place? Why are you…” She looked Lizbert up and down, “like that?”

“I don’t have time to explain. You two need to get out of here. I can…”

“Nuh-uh,” Buddy interrupted. “Interview first.”

“Are you serious?” She glared at them, visibly exasperated. The fact that she was currently inhabiting the body of a very large bugsnax would’ve made her annoyance with them rather intimidating if Buddy were still able to care about such things. But they didn’t so…

“I swear to every nonexistent god grumpkind has ever come up with, I’m not leaving this cursed island until you’ve answered my questions.” Or until they were physically dragged off it, fighting every step of the way, or until they were dead.

Liz growled but… “Fine. Make it fast.”

Quickly they pulled out their notebook and recorder. Taking as deep a breath they put on their calm and friendly interviewer face before pressing record.

***

“Uh… guys we got some pretty some pretty major problems.”

The undisguised note of fear in Beffica’s voice was pretty much the only thing that could’ve drawn Filbo’s attention away from the radio right then. He looked over to see she was pointing out past the bow of the ship and down towards town.

He was loathe to leave the radio even for a moment but… along with everyone else he stepped over to look out over the ship’s railing at the town below. … Bugsnax were swarming into town from all the entrances, slowed by the destruction the earthquake had caused but not by much.

“They’re parasites,” Liz’s voice came over the radio in response to Buddy’s question. “They get inside you and they... change you. Your body and your mind. They make you want them and before you know it... you become them.

“We need to get out of here right grumping now,” Cromdo shouted, breaking everyone’s paralysis.

“We can’t,” Beffica countered before Filbo could.

“Yeah,” Wambus agreed with a growl. “Triffy’s still out there.”

“So is Buddy, Eggabell, and Liz,” Filbo said. “We can’t leave without them.” He certainly refused to especially since this was Buddy’s airship.

Cromdo growled but before he could say anything though Snorpy cut in. “And I’m not done fixing the grumping engine yet!” He was already rushing back over to it.

“Don’t worry Snorp-dawg, we’ll hold them off!” Before he’d even finished speaking, Chandlo was off, giving everyone else little choice but to follow. Filbo would’ve too but…

“Watch the egg for me for a bit,” Beffica said as she pushed the egg into his paws.

“W-why me?”

She didn’t even look back at him as she answered. “Cause you’re helping Snorpy fix the engine.”

With a grimace, he shoved it into his pouch again instead of following everyone else off the boat. It did make sense though to have one of people not fighting off the bugsnax be the one to watch it. So… no use worrying about it, he had a job to do, or more like help with.