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oh you know im about to become cringy as hell

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as much as i like the twin hc, mugman is canonically the younger brother lol

silly ramble about the comics under the cut

while in the main game who's the youngest and who's the oldest isn't mentioned at all [because it doesn't really matter] both in the comics and art book from the game they confirm mugman is the youngest [there's the novels and the show, but i haven't finished those yet so i'm not sure if that subject ever comes up], and the comics specially paint such a beautiful picture of the brothers relationship

my favorite comic from the books was one where Mugman wildly misinterprets how growing plants work, and when corrected he gets embarrassed and runs away crying. Cuphead, instead of making fun of him, tells elder kettle and chalice how sad it makes him to see his little brother like that, so over night he helps Mugman's plant to grow full size in just a few hours

and that it's just so sweet. Cuphead is in the comics, although a bit selfish and irresponsible [he is a kid, so, understandable], VERY nice to his lil brother. And yes they fight sometimes but there's a very clear dynamic at play there, one very different to the one they have in the show

i like the show a lot, but they portray the brothers as- twins? i guess? [or at least they have a very small age difference, like 1 year or so, while the comics i'd say there's a 2, almost 3 year diffence] and i like how they're more even now, Cuphead doesn't see him as his baby brother so he's meaner, and Mugman has a lot more control now, sometimes bossing around Cuphead. And as a result, the show is funnier of course, it's fun to see how the one in control of the situation changes from episode to episode, but i still sort of miss this specific portrayal of siblings

GIVE ME MORE COMICS GRRRRRR i'm even considering buying the "step into reading" books to get more content

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HE HAS NIGHTMARES ABOUT THE DEVIL.... MY SON MY DEAREST

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they use each other's quilts...

Mugman's pillow has a bit of red...

Cuphead's pillow has a bit of blue...

OUGH MY HEART.... THEY ARE THE BROTHERS EVER.

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[casino cups] i really like the idea of Mugman always stealing one or two drags of Cuphead's cigarettes whenever he smokes, he hates the flavor and always coughs, but he likes the effects of nicotine so he'll still smoke

[he's a smoker but would rather die than admit it]

It becomes a habit, and they are both so used to it they don't notice it anymore.

One day Cuphead is smoking during his break, maybe Dice and Wheezy are around, then Mugman passes by, takes a drag [without asking, mind you], then leaves. Cuphead keeps talking as if nothing had happened [maybe he absentmindedly notes that Mugman took like half of the cigarette with him, greedy],

but Dice and Wheezy are losing their shits, What do you mean mister goody two shoes does smoke?! Even after all that stuff he said about it being harmful to your health?!!

they make fun of mugman for a week afterward

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cuphead hyperfixation so bad I'm going to the casino today, 4 dollars to my name wish me luck

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[casino cups] i think it would be so funny if mugman and cuphead started doing different bits whenever they work at the casino, like sometimes they do the scary twins act (finishing eachothers sentences/saying the same thing at the same time, being generally off putting, walking in perfect sync), other times acting like they hate eachother (one is taking orders from one table and just talking shit about the other, they're fake insults but the new clients dont know that). sometimes they deny they're brothers at all, just two guys that happen to look very similar

the regulars already know their act and look forward to seeing what version of the twins they're getting today

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[Casino cups comic idea that i wont draw so I'll just talk about the concept] I really like the idea king dice still being sort of afraid of the brothers, he know they're weak now, but still, sometimes he forgets

Cuphead gets hurt by a client, nothing bad but still an ugly injury, and while he's pretty calm about it, Mugman is absolutely losing his shit (something something, casino, his brother getting hurt, repressed memories coming back), he wants to fight the client, but he also wants to get all of the pieces of Cuphead scattered on the floor, and he also wants to curl up and cry for a bit

Cuphead tells him to calm down, saying it was his fault [a lie], and King Dice, who was trying to keep the situation controlled says "This really wouldnt have happen if you werent such an idiot", and he doesnt really mean it, he says it mostly out of frustration too. But Mugman really takes this to heart and turns around, looks at KD in the eyes and says with as much anger as he can muster "you watch your fucking mouth" and just for a second KD freezes up, he's back at the moment that he was defeated by the brothers, and he feels afraid

then Mugman realizes what he said and apologizes like there's no tomorrow "S-s-so sorry i really didn't mean to say that, i was angry and i didnt think what i was saying, im so sorry, dont fire me", Cuphead is apologizing too, picking up the pieces he lost so they can both get away from Dice as fast as posible

KD just nods, still a bit lost in that feeling of fear

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[casino cups] i love how Cuphead clearly idolizes Chips Bettigan a bit

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[casino cups] thinking about how cuphead probably had to get used to not grab mugman by his handle cuz it hurted him/could break again

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i like how people's experiences with their own family clearly affects the way they portray Cuphead and Mugman's relationship, sometimes they're really mean to eachother, sometimes really sweet, other times you can sort of tell the author had no siblings

It's cute! It's like i'm looking at a lifetime every time i see art of the two

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after fighting king dice, i have some atrocious things to say about him, but i assume most of you are 12 so i'll leave it out this blog

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i need to kill whoever made the decision to give my boys beards

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so like if you think about it this is Cuphead Show Fanart, but also Cuphead Fanart, but Also Casino Cups fanart

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hello! hope ur having a good timezone! :D

random question of the day: you got any sad/angsty cc!mugman hcs? (or js sad mugsy hcs in general ^^)

curious you made this ask right after i discarded an idea for an angsty mugman comic! so i'll just tell you about it (the list is at the end, if you don't wanna read all that lol)

My main hc (for both casino cups and in whatever au i got going on) is that he's got really bad anxiety, he had it ever since he was a little kid but really worsened after the events of the game. At this point he's having a bad time dealing with it, constantly having this feeling of "something horrible is about to happen, or maybe it already happened, or is happening right now", which mostly manifests as stomach pain and sometimes nausea.

(aside from the whole, studying ways to become immortal) To calm himself a bit he makes a few lists of things he need to do; pay rent, feed the daisy, clean, do laundry. But even then he feels he is forgetting something really important he needs to do, so the lists start to get more specific until every little task one could have in a day are writen down. Which can't be healthy, but does help to calm him at the moment.

I see it as him subconsciously trying to be ahead of any problem that could show up, you know? trying to never be caught off guard again (the deal with the devil, elder kettle's sickness, seeing his brother die time and time again), maybe if he does everything on time everything will be alright, things will never be that bad again.

It's not that he's always worried, it's not that he doesn't sometimes slacks off and doesn't do his chores, but sometimes his anxiety gets bad, and he goes back to that habit.

The comic i was making was going to be about that. Mugman working during rush hour and just being unable to shake off the feeling that he is forgetting something important, so he looks at the tables he's waiting and checks time and time again that he brought everything they asked for, he then goes over every chore he should do at home, everything he should fix now so it doesn't become a problem later.

But something is wrong and he doesn't know what, and suddenly everything is too much, the music is too loud and everyone is talking and those feelings mix up with the memories of his fight with the devil, and "oh god i died here", and he gets a bit dizzy, he's nauseous and his stomach hurts a lot, so he goes back to the kitchen so the clients don't see him like that.

Cuphead sees this and goes to check up on him. This has happened at home a few times already, so he does his somewhat usual routine of asking "You ok? No? You forgot something important? Don't be silly, everything is okay" and he stays with him for a few minutes patting his back (which is about as much physical contact Mugman can handle right now).

But Mugman can't really afford to do a "scene" at work, doesn't have the time to cry while there's a hundred of hungry people at the restaurant, so, reluctantly, he gets up again and keeps working.

Discarded the idea because it's too long, and because it just seems too pessimistic and i'm trying to avoid that because it makes me sad lol

aside from this whole rant, other hcs i have are

he saves as much as he can, not down to every single penny, but probably tries to always have at least a good 300 dollars saved up at any given time, just in case he or his brother need to go to the hospital or something (he can barely get to a hundred before he needs to spend it on something else)

chronic migraines because of his head injury (cuphead has chronic pain in his right arm too, fuck it, everyone gets chronic pain)

used to cry every time he got embarrassed as a kid, even now he feels tears build up when someone makes fun of him, but he's too old to cry for things like that so he tries to leave the conversation ASAP. He thinks he's childish for that

thinks his anxiety has to do with him being a coward, and that maybe if he became more powerful/brave he wouldn't feel like that (he would still feel just as bad, probably)

probably sucks at cooking tbh (tragedy)