#grimal

[ogrepoppenangleaksofficial]

CAN YOU FUFIND THE SECRETS HIDDEN SECRETLY INTO THE PHOTOS OF THE ARCANUM'S OLD PHOTOS?? BECAUSE I FUCKING CANT

[odoroshi-rider]

Assuming grinal lives to the homestuck era. Do you think she'd become more or less insufferable when she discovers it?

Yknow given that the yaoi paddle era of anime con culture was almost immediately followed by the great homestuckening and the advent of gray paint smeared on every con hotel in sight (there were straight-up bans at a lot of the local cons I went to back in the day it was very funny), I give it a 50/50 that she either:

a.) gets completely swept up in the craze and becomes the second-worst kind of homestuck cosplayer: a terezi with precisely zero regard for personal space. she knows how to properly seal her face paint—she’s not a fuckin cosplay CASUAL—but she can and will lick unsuspecting fellow cosplayers, and get thrown out for it.

b.) absolutely REFUSES ON PRINCIPLE to read it, because these AMERICAN WEB COMIC READERS are infiltrating her JAPANESE ANIME CONS in droves and god dammit homestuck is NOT a manga and therefore BAD!!! would roll a stink bomb into one of the massive homestuck cosplay meetups and get thrown out for it.

so regardless of which: she would become more insufferable. as she is wont to do

[reddslym]

Okay I have a new theory about Grimal. I no longer think she's the Ghoul, but she still definitely choked out Occam. She was in the security room according to the map in the second bumper. Elise stole the keys to this room, and the vents in there go all over the chapter house, including the archives. Elise is later seen putting her hair up in a differently-colored hair tie after the break, blue instead of the green she started with.

When everyone shows up to see what happened to Occam, Grimal is suddenly wearing a stretched out green band on her wrist, presumably what she used to KO Occam. This is the aforementioend green hair tie. It shows up repeatedly throughout the episode going forward.

Initially I assumed Grimal was a ghoul due to how nervous she seemed to be about the whole situation, especially after Occam was found. But this reddit post got me thinking: Grimal-Kun-Chama. Or as Fatigue pronounces it, "Grimalkin-Chama". Grimalkin is an old faery creature that takes the form of a cat, and Grimal wears a hat with cat ears in her civvies. Elise's field of study at the Arcanum is the Fae.

In Conclusion: Grimaline Smith of Norfolk, UK is actually some sort of Changeling, Elise knows this, and they were both worried Occam is going to test her blood and find out she isnt human. So Grimal choked him out.

[dicecast]

Who is the Ghoul?: Hunter the Parenting

So Recently I've really been getting into Hunter the Parenting and I can't get this thought of my head, So this is going to be a blatant indulgence in fandom speculation.

Pictured, Family Game Night

For those that don't know, Hunter the Parenting is a web series set in White Wolf's "World of Darkness" universe, following a family of hunters who are trying to take down a vampire cabal. One of the cast is secretly a ghoul, a blood slave to a vampire, and the last episode ended in a cliff hanger. so I'm going to predict who I think the Ghoul is based on the aviable information. Hopefully the next episode will be out very soon and we can see if I'm right or not.

I predict that the Ghoul is....Grimal.

So I have three arguments for Grimal being the Ghoul, Narrative, Deductive and Meta

First lets talk about the Narrative logic of a betryal story. What makes a Ghoul narrative interesting and compelling is the fact that a close friend can be forced to betray you due to how addictive Vampire blood is. Someobdy you cared about and trusted Turned against you, possibly against their own will. That narrative is only impactful if its a character we and the protagonists like and care about. If the traitor turns out to be Brock, Blacklaw, Git or Spit then the narrative is "person we already don't like turns out to be a vampire spy, fuck them", its not very impactful. If its the doctor or the help its "character we barely know and just met turns out to be the traitor". For the narrative to have a punch, the traitor needs to be somebody who the audience can feel betrayed by, which means we have to actually like them. That leaves Grimal, Harry and Elise, all of whom were set up prior to the last episode. Of the three, Grimal has by far the most characterization, she has the most lines of dialoge, she has the most dynamic personality, and is given the closest relationships to the main cast, as Marcus best friend and Kitten's ex. While Elise is Reserved and Harry is bland, Gimal is is the most exciting and is a major fan favorite, meaning the betrayal would actually be upsetting.

Now on its own, this wouldn't be enough evidence, but lets look at the evidence. Of the suspects, the Ghoul is almost certianly not Blacklaw or Doctor Waters because they already have archive access, which means they would have already stolen the necessary data prior to the groups arrival. The Ghoul is somebody who must be trying to get archive access, which means Security, the Help, or the lesser members. Of whom, Grimal is the only one who has a significent period of time where she is unaccounted for, after Kitten runs off she is (according to the map) in the security room for some reason, and then isn't seen again until after Occams assault.

What is she doing in the security room?

Harry meanwhile is with Marcus the whole time, so he is in the clear, which lease Elise. Who I think is innocent because of when everybody is splititng up (15:55) she voices opposition too it, but quiently enough that only she can hear it. This implies it isn't just something said for show but is guinely felt, and if she was the ghoul, she would be encouraging the discord not trying to hamper it.

There is also the matter of Grimal's body language. At 5:20,5:42, 7:21, 10:22, 10:37, 11:07, 12:24, 13:19, 13:50, and 27:15 Grimal looks super nervous and guilty (espically at 10:22) . This isn't unique to her, but she is the most animated, which I think is a way of subtly hiting as to her guilty nature. Remember animation is hard and time consuming and they are really making sure we see Grimals expressions very distinctly. Not enough to be evidence on its own, but combined with the rest of the evidence I think it is foreshadowing. Grimal also stays super silent whenever characters are discussing who might be a ghoul, which is unusual considering how talkative she is.

Finally from a Meta Perspective, Grimal is the perfect character to be the Ghoul because she doesn't have any ongoing plot threads. Where Harry and Elise are still a bit mystery character wise, but Grimal is probably the most established character outside the protagonists, and thus her being the GHoul is the most upsetting. She also has less use in the future because her major is useless. Harry studies local folklore and Elise studies Fae, both of whom are likely to reappear in the series, buty Grimal studies Kuei-jin, which the series treats as a joke. Grimal is also a fan favorite, making her betrayal the most dramatic of the characters.

So lets talk about some of the other suspects. Spit is the obvious one, as he is acting super sus throughout the entire episode. I think however that Spit is a red Herring, and what ever happened to Lord Fatigue was unrelated to the ghoul. Spit makes reference to his head hurting and some event he didn't want to talk about, I think that he is actually a werewolf and his plotline is entirely unrelated to the situation with the GHoul. Otherwise he is too obviously suspect. Also his issues aren't really Ghoul addiction.

The third suspect I think is Giles, who we know is directly working for a vampire. he lacks the narrative and meta reasons, but if he is the Ghoul, than the ghoul story line is less about a dynamic twist and more about giving the protagonists a way to connect the vampires to the 99 P store.

One last point which I don't think is major evidence but I'll bring it up anyways, Blacklaws stupid Polymath/car battery. According to Brock, the machine shocks you until you tell the truth, and while this is likely just them being idiots, it did seem to work for Grimal when she insulted Brock's face. So its possible that there is something to there stupid machine and it actually does work

[chest-mimic]

I would like to propose my "Grimal is the ghoul because she bit a vampire" theory.

Grimal bites people

One of those people she may have bitten was a vampire

Vampire declares "I'm bleeding, making me the victor"

Grimal becomes the ghoul slash Tremere cryptid, and the Chantry now has to deal with a fujoshi that won't shut the fuck up about Cajun for some reason

Kevin sneaks out on Naruto night

[burgi-burgit]

Mate... It's Pub Night! 🍺

[parasite-of-sentience]

If ogrepoppenang needs a sketchy deep voiced totally not Kuei-Jin for Grimal to yell Japanese slurs at I'll take that racially charged bullet.

[donotopendeadinside]

I was thinking about this while watching the episode. Grimal was just giving me really weird vibes at the beginning, and when she vanished into the security room all by herself (which is seen in the map photo) I thought that was weird, why is she in there?

PLUS, if you look at the key, she shouldn't have access to that place! Its only for the Staff and the Elites. Harry having access makes sense, it said so on his ID. But, Grimal's didn't have anything like that, she only has student access.

Thats a bit suspicious.

Who's the ghoul? [HTP;4 SPOILERS!]

Alright so Hunter the Parenting Episode 4 has been out for a bit. If you haven't watched Hunter the Parenting and are just seeing this for whatever reason like coincidence or following me... WATCH IT! I assure you it's worth it it's all on Youtube its great come on don't get spoiled here. Seriously SPOILERS FOR BASICALLY EVERYTHING IN EPISODE 4

Alright hopefully everyone who hasn't watched it is out of here and now watching it. We can start by establishing the suspects.

Now for what I hope are obvious reasons we can rule out every member of the D family. Door and Boy aren't even here anyway. As such our current list of possible suspects is;

Upper Management Occam Blacklaw Sr. Gloria Waters Wernon

Security Brock Spit Giles

Cleaners Amanda Matilda Students Elise Grimal Harry

Now who else can we rule out for sure? 1. Occam can be ruled out. He's the chapter leader and if he was the ghoul for whatever reason the information would already be out. Plus Occam is already a mage or sorcerer of some sort so I doubt he'd get trapped into becoming a Ghoul. 2. Blacklaw Sr. can be ruled out. While he has keys to whole building we knew exactly where he was the entire time the crimes were being committed. Alright so then who can we rule out based on intuition? 1. Harry was with Markus for most of the time so it likely isn't him. 2. Elise, While Big D did interrogate her first I feel like he would've had some more suspicion if he genuinely believed her to be the ghoul. As such we can shorten the list to the following;

Upper Management Gloria Wernon

Security Brock Spit Giles

Cleaners Amanda Matilda Students Grimal Now we can look at where everyone was known to be while Occam was in the vault.

During this time the ones left unaccounted for are Elise, Big D, Wernon, Gloria, Grimal, Occam (duh), Spit, and the Cleaners. For obvious reasons we can ignore Elise and Big D as we've ruled them out as suspects. Now we can also rule out Giles and Brock from the list as during the time Occam was attacked they were both accounted for. HOWEVER I want to talk about brock for a moment. While I doubt Brock is the ghoul there is a moment near the end of the episode I want to bring attention to. While Markus and Co are saving Grimal from being tortured, D absolutely rocks Brock to the point he gets slammed into a wall. Yet Brock gets up with very little damage and continues to brawl. This is very interesting as Brock is apparently stronger than Blacklaw. This could be ghoul strength but I doubt it since Brock is a VERY big guy. Also about Giles, We know his boss at the 99p store is related to the vampires. Either she's a vampire or just a ghoul I'm not 100% sure. So Giles would have the connections to become a ghoul however having multiple ghouls working at the same 99p store seems like a waste of resources. So I doubt he's the ghoul. So now our suspect list is;

Upper Management Gloria Wernon

Security Spit

Cleaners Amanda Matilda Students Grimal Now that we've narrowed down the list of suspects I doubt that the either of the Cleaners end up being the ghoul as while both would be fairly easy to get in the building they lack any real clearance to get into the archives. As such they would be little strategical use outside of minor surveillance. Additionally they have no way to gain access to the Archives. Now ime to talk about that final scene. Wernon being killed at the end of the episode is very interesting as it acts in contradiction to what happened to Occam. Occam was just knocked out but Wernon was EVICERATED yet Wernon is a much lower priority target than Occam. Now I doubt Spit is the ghoul because again how would he have access to the Archives. However I do think Spit is the one who killed Wernon. Perhaps Spit is a Werewolf or other weird being as they were very specifically pointed out as killing machines in the episode where Big-D tells Kitten about some stuff. At the very beginning of the episode we can see the moon is full.

The lighting is a bit weird in these early scenes as outside is very red and orange but in other scenes we can see the moon and it's detailing a bit better so this is certainly the moon. As such the circumstances exist for Spit to turn into a Werewolf and flip the fuck out. Given the fact Spit is absolutely losing it I doubt he did it intentionally either. That answers the question of what happened to Wernon, what about the ghoul. Currently these are the possibilities as I see them; 1. Wernon was the ghoul. He had the means to get into the Archives and attack Occam. He's advancing in age so becoming a Ghoul might help with that slightly which would supply a motive. If he brought Spit off to deal with him, then spit flipping out in self defense would continue to track with him being a possible werewolf. 2. Grimel is the ghoul. Grimel was acting a bit weird the entire episode and during the start when the ghoul was announced she looked very uncomfortable. Additionally she's spent a majority of the episode away from the rest of the group and was missing while Occam was attacked. When she was being "interrogated" by blacklaw she doesn't actually say she isn't the ghoul she changes the subject. However this again could be coincidence as she saw Amanda get fried. Additionally there is the issue of her not having access to the archives. 3. Gloria is the ghoul. This one I think is the least likely. The only real evidence for this is that she was willing to so quickly take control of the situation when Occam was passed out. Currently the odds as I see them are Wernon; 40% Grimel; 30% Gloria; 10% Anyone else; 20% However if it is Wernon that raises the question, What will the rest of this arc be about? If the ghoul is dead then the rest of the arc would have to be about sorting shit out and kinda loosing it at eachother. But again that seems weird right? Killing the culprit off? So I guess my final guess is; Grimal (MAYBE Wernon) is the ghoul Spit is a werewolf (or similar creature) Matilda is going to be important somehow

[atomeja]

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[bearloonz]

Hunter the parenting fanart but it’s mostly just marckus’ weirdo friends. And by that I mean it’s mostly just Elise because I like her.

[ogrepoppenangleaksofficial]

[odoroshi-rider]

You ever played Changeling: The Dreaming? Purely out of curiosity because you can't convince me Grimal isn't a fae

I’ve never done a dedicated chronicle, but I’ve done it for crossover games and I’ve made some sheets! C:tD is so wildly underrated—it’s dense but it’s got incredibly fun flavor. I would LOVEEE to play a full game someday.

As for Grimal something something we will not confirm or deny ANYTHING

[msflora-lynn]

Grimaline Smith: Hunter the Parenting.

Reference/ Pose Reference: JookPubStock ⏦ﾟ♡︎ Thank you~

[tweek-ie]

digitalized it!

[bobbylilypad]

Ms. Grimaline Smith from Norfolk, UK

(Watch Hunter: The Parenting it's pretty good)